I have never in my entire life of following boxing, heard a fighter test dirty

[ThatDude44]

And the fans blame the clean fighter and just say postphone the fight..Are you ****ing serious? Please tell me another time this has EVER HAPPENED??? Now all the sudden being a dirty fighter is ok and we should just say its ok man lets just push the fight back? If this was Wilder testing dirty by VADA (and i dont even like wilder) posters would not be saying this at all...Matter of fact he was the one they were accusing of being dirty. This is ridiculous and is showing a lot of posters true colors and the reason they hate and or follow certain fighters

They're just trolling and you're giving them the reaction they want.

[UNBIASED BOXING]

Povetkin didn't test dirty. He tested below the dirty threshhold and VADA said there wasn't time to re-test. WBC postponed the fight. Wilder's people pulled out/cancelled.

Do I need to copy/paste the WADA policy on meldonium again? I've already done it 10-20 times. If his levels were 70 nanograms, then according to WADA guidelines (which VADA is supposed to follow), Povetkin did not test dirty. That's considered a trace amount both before and after March 1st.

Thinking iz hard tho. HE ROIDIN!!!!!11

Is this true?

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

its wilders fault, bl@cks r the new oppressors, they run monsanto, the cia, bring drugs into the country, destroy the echo system, run pedophile rings, run the psychiatric drug industry, planned prenthood, boxing, take steroids, n start world wars, and pollute the air... get over it...its the new reality

[Nubia]

We all know why it's happening too.

[roxy]

Any fighter in the world that heard his opponent was doping should cancel. Wilder agreed to go to Russia with all the odds against him and fight Povetkin.
Povetkin should be suspended and his promoter should compensate Wilder for his time and expenses.

[buddyguns]

Yup, I've given Wilder his fair share of criticism in the past (Will probably do so again in the future) but dude stepped up and was prepared to fight and defend his title away against an opponent most people expected him to drop avoid.

I respect that in him. . . He's done nothing wrong here, and I see all these memes about social media of how he's happy it's off. LOL ridic. He's earned some respect from me after this and it's sad to see his fellow Americans not support him through it.

Boxing fans can be the worst sports fans in the world sometimes.

Worst sports fans in the world sometimes? Try all the time. I blame it on the American fight market which is shaped by consumers of a throw away society.

[FeFist]

First thing: Povetkin gets no leniency from me and I don't blame Wilder or his team if the fight is cancelled. Povetkin cheated and should be suspended.

BUT.. Hypothetically speaking: let's say they left it up to Wilder and he really wanted the fight. Could they wait until the drugs are entirely out of Povetkin's system, have the fight and suspend Povetkin after? Of course this could be problematic if Povetkin wins, and it could set a bad precedent.

Yeah, give him a second chance to cheat.

Trust is a huge issue as the testing is inadequate.

[LacedUp]

Who's blaming Wilder?

Did I miss something?

[BennyST]

It is a very bizarre one admittedly, but a lot of these fans today are ****ing wack jobs. A lot of Povetkin fans are bitter Klit fans who are still mentally damaged from the embarrassing Fury defeat and have pinned their deluded hopes on Povetkin only for him to test positive for PEDS when he most needed to step up.

Hilariously, this is something that the whole fan base were constantly on black fighters' backs for and they were all self righteous twats about it for years, so it's pretty pathetic that they've now turned around when it's happened to one of their fighters and they are completely excusing it and acting like it's nothing.

You never heard the end of it with Floyd and the IV stuff, Roy Jones, Holyfield etc etc. "They should be banned for life!", "Dirty American cheats!" and yet now it's one of theirs and the only thing you hear is weak excuses.

Anyway, as I've always said, I think the majority of fighters are on something so frankly, the majority are BSing and I'd still love to see this fight. But excusing Povetkin and suggesting that Wilder and his team are the ones that have pulled out of the fight, rather than Povetkin killing it dead in the water because of clear PED abuse is pretty rank on their part.

[Derranged]

Yeah, give him a second chance to cheat.

Trust is a huge issue as the testing is inadequate.

So you're suggesting he should be banned for life?