Comments Thread For: Wilder vs. Povetkin Heavyweight Title Fight Officially Postponed

[ThumperMcDougal]

[Sweet Pea 50]

People wanted Wilder to be a cheating, fraudulent champ SO BAD but then the guy they said he would never dare fight, let alone in Russia, fails his drug test.

[joseph5620]

I would agree, but for one caveat. Article states that he submitted 3 clean samples in early April. If WADA's testing methods did not change, then Povetkin must have taken it sometime in April.

The thing that sucks is that not only was this the best fight of 1st half 2016, but I don't think Povetkin legitimately cheated or knew what he was doing. If the concentration was really 70 nanograms, it's so low that I don't think he took it knowingly. The more likely scenario is some idiot on his team re-used an old water bottle or something ****** like that.

This drug has plenty of legal alternatives that are just as good. Why would he take a tiny amount of an illegal drug when he can take a normal dose of a legal one? In any case, RIP fight.

[Trs45]

Anyone had the thought al haymon had a hand in tampering the tests to protect wilder. Just a far-fetched theory lol

[robbyheartbaby]

Getting a bit over this, are there any clean f***ing athletes out there anymore?

[juggernaut666]

[Snoop Frog]

Drug cheats should be banned for at least four years so they really get hurt in the pocketbook. At least some of the purse for this fight should go to Wilder for the time he wasted training and getting ready for the fight.

[bojangles1987]

I can't believe there are so many people making excuses for Povetkin cheating. If this was the other way around there would be a lot more outrage. The title of this article buries the real meat of the story. You have to wait until almost to the third paragraph to find out why the fight was postponed and the only pictures are Wilder's. Go figure...

Oh no doubt. Everyone making excuses for Povetkin would be going crazy if this was Wilder. That's what they desperately wanted to happen, just as much as Povetkin winning the fight itself.

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

And all you fools that were talking all that s#it saying Povetkin was going to knock him out, are now seeing this fool was afraid for his life. Povetkin wasn't going to cheat to try to win, he did this to get out of the fight. Every fighter knows now they will get caught. No more excuses. Its a bitttch move to get out of the fight.

[RussB23]

UNREAL!!!!!! Povetkin fails a drug test and some people on here are attacking Wilder left and right!!!!!!!! Calling WILDER a coward, blaming him for everything under the sun!!!!!! Get ***ing real!!!!!

A bunch of biased closet racists