Comments Thread For: Povetkin Back in Good Graces of The WBA, WBO, Says Ryabinsky

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Russian heavyweight boxer Alexander Povetkin has been reinstated in the WBO and WBA world rankings following their lifting of his ban for doping, his promoter Andrey Ryabinsky of World of Boxing stated on Tuesday.

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[BOXINGADICT]

People bash the wbc for them trying to make their belt famous but give passes to wba and wbo for scumbag moves like this...... This doping dirty russian should not be allowed anywhere near a championship fight...

[Nightfall]

he needs to be tested around the clock during training camps for all of his upcoming fights. pathetic punk

[BigAlexSand]

How much did the WBA and WBO take in order to be in good graces with this type of disrespect? WBC not looking too bad now huh?

[KillaCamNZ]

I have no issues with someone being reinstated after serving their ban - this should be fair enough, do the crime, do the time, get on with it.

What I do have issue with is the weak bans and sanctions imposed to begin with. If someone such as Povetkin is to be reinstated in organizational rankings, it should be off the back of AT MINIMUM an escalating sentence of multiple years. Not 6 months.

It's disgraceful that this sport does not have a governing body capable of handing out proper sanctions. Instead, it's the wild west, and orgs are cowboys.

Instead of worrying about orgs putting someone back into rankings after "bans" are lifted, we should be worrying about the ban they get in the first place.

[1hourRun]

The sanctioning bodies need to implement a perma-ban policy for repeated offenders for the sake of the sport.

[joe strong]

I been saying all along Povetkin should just shut up & keep training because he would be back in the rankings in under a year. No shocker here so if he beats Rudenko he will be in the WBO & WBA top 10. He will be fighting for the WBO title in 2018...

[Nomadic]

People bash the wbc for them trying to make their belt famous but give passes to wba and wbo for scumbag moves like this...... This doping dirty russian should not be allowed anywhere near a championship fight...

Or be in a ring with a human being period. He should only be allowed to fight lions, tigers, and Polar bears.

[HarryHurry]

Povetkin is a slow robotic awkward stiff on drugs

Povetkin is not very good and so slow and awkward and clumsy stumbling around the ring on steroids.

[Guest]

Wonder how much money he gave them to be in their good graces.