Comments Thread For: Wilder: Can't Trust Russians; Stiverne Can't Beat Povetkin in Russia

[bojangles1987]

Wlad was allowed to cheat worse than just about any fighter I've ever seen against Povetkin in Russia, so I'm not sure about that.

You always have to take home-ring advantage into account when you take a fight like this. Be prepared as best you can. It doesn't always matter, but that's beyond Stiverne's control at this point.

[BOXING-SCRIBE]

Wilder is 100 percent correct.

[kafkod]

Well certainly there’s no way a Russian gets popped fighting on home soil. But that problem is partially dealt with when you put an agency like VADA in charge of the testing process. The Russians might complain about VADA being American, but the agency has to come from somewhere and the Russians themselves have given up any right to do this stuff themselves. They are hopelessly corrupt. Worse than Texas

hes not wrong

You guys must have very short memories! Povetkin got popped for Meldonium in Russia while training to fight Wilder.

[Dr Rumack]

You guys must have very short memories! Povetkin got popped for Meldonium in Russia while training to fight Wilder.

The meldonium thing is a bit of a grey area. Wasn't that VADA anyway?

[skinnystev]

no way an ethnic slavic fighter gets a fair shake in the usa look how they screwed over kovalev wilder is just making excuses fo stevern because he knows he is gonna get KO'ed and he will have to face povetkin at high noon in red square

[1hourRun]

Andrei Ryabinsky is about to sue Deontay again!!!

[bronx7]

Povetkins promoter won purse bid because they couldn't work it out by deadline why stiverne uses 90 don king is crazy no one else does. Stiverne has tested for peds so has povetkin. Judges will never let stiverne get a decision ko or nothing they will cover up povetkin ped say stiverne was juiced 90% amateur athletes juice in Russia too olympics blew them up a champ should never fight there if povetkin wins and is mandatory wilder better win that purse bid or re aggravate injury

[1hourRun]

no way an ethnic slavic fighter gets a fair shake in the usa look how they screwed over kovalev wilder is just making excuses fo stevern because he knows he is gonna get KO'ed and he will have to face povetkin at high noon in red square

Kovalev's first professional fight was on American soil, hes fought here more in the states than his own native country - U.S.A is the land of opportunity! but this ingrate refuses to carry our flag into the ring.

[kafkod]

The meldonium thing is a bit of a grey area. Wasn't that VADA anyway?

Yes, it was VADA, but the tests were done in Russia and Povetkin was only cleared to fight again on condition that he is tested continuously under a VADA protocol for a year, at his own expense.

[1hourRun]

Yes, it was VADA, but the tests were done in Russia and Povetkin was only cleared to fight again on condition that he is tested continuously under a VADA protocol for a year, at his own expense.

Some logic...like they would fly Pedvetkin to China for a piss sample.