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Dillian Whyte to have knockout loss overturned as rival has 10 years worth of results wiped for failed drug test
Former heavyweight world title challenger Alexander Povetkin is set to have 10 years’ worth of results wiped from his record. This comes after a drug probe uncovered the previously unreported presence of a banned substance in the Russian’s system. Povetkin challenged Klitschko and Joshua for the unified heavyweight world titlesGetty The 45-year-old, who retired from professional boxing in 2021, tested positive for the Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (SARM) Ostarine in 2016 and received a one-year ban from the sport before returning to compete in several lucrative fights against Anthony Joshua, Dillian Whyte and David Price. However, a further investigation into systematic doping in Russian sports by the International Testing Agency (ITA) uncovered that Povetkin had also tested positive for Ostarine back in 2014. As a result, he has been slapped with a four-year ‘period of ineligibility’ while a decade’s worth of wins will be scrapped from his and his opponent’s records. Povetkin’s ban started on October 21, 2024 and will be in place until October 20, 2028. A statement from the ITA read: “After being notified of the case and informed of his procedural rights, the athlete decided not to challenge the anti-doping rule violation. “In addition, the athlete’s results from October 25 2014 until the start of the athlete’s provisional suspension on October 21 2024 have been disqualified, including the results obtained during a boxing match held on the night of October 24/25 2014.” The fight the statement is referring to is a 10th-round knockout win over Carlos Takam at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia. Other boxers that will see their records improve are Hughie Fury, Mariusz Wach, Christian Hammer, Price, and Whyte, who all lost to Povetkin during the period in question. Whyte was famously knocked out by Povetkin in August 2020 by a booming left uppercut. At the time, ‘The Bodysnatcher’ was the WBC ‘interim’ title holder, and a victory would have secured an immediate shot at then-champion Tyson Fury. The Russian famously knocked out Whyte in 2020 However, that result will be wiped following a drug probeMark Robinson/Matchroom The stoppage loss delayed the all-British showdown, but Whyte got his revenge in the rematch by finishing his adversary in the fifth stanza, thus earning him his long-awaited clash with Fury. Whyte’s defeat to Povetkin in their inaugural encounter stands as one of only three losses in his professional career. But as a result of the investigation, his record is set to change from 31-3 to 31-2. Povetkins’s record, meanwhile, reads 36-3-1 at present. However, it is due to look very different in the coming months while his achievements, which include an Olympic gold at Athens 2004 and a WBA ‘regular’ heavyweight title (2011 to 2013) will be marred by the ITA’s recent findings. Follow talkBOXING on social media talkBOXING is now on Twitter and Facebook. Follow us on social media for big breaking boxing news, exclusive interviews and the best bits from our talkBOXING YouTube show. Like our Facebook page HERE Follow us on Twitter HERE Sign up for our WhatsApp channel HERE
Former heavyweight world title challenger Alexander Povetkin is set to have 10 years’ worth of results wiped from his record.
This comes after a drug probe uncovered the previously unreported presence of a banned substance in the Russian’s system.
The 45-year-old, who retired from professional boxing in 2021, tested positive for the Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (SARM) Ostarine in 2016 and received a one-year ban from the sport before returning to compete in several lucrative fights against Anthony Joshua, Dillian Whyte and David Price.
However, a further investigation into systematic doping in Russian sports by the International Testing Agency (ITA) uncovered that Povetkin had also tested positive for Ostarine back in 2014.
As a result, he has been slapped with a four-year ‘period of ineligibility’ while a decade’s worth of wins will be scrapped from his and his opponent’s records.
Povetkin’s ban started on October 21, 2024 and will be in place until October 20, 2028.
A statement from the ITA read: “After being notified of the case and informed of his procedural rights, the athlete decided not to challenge the anti-doping rule violation.
“In addition, the athlete’s results from October 25 2014 until the start of the athlete’s provisional suspension on October 21 2024 have been disqualified, including the results obtained during a boxing match held on the night of October 24/25 2014.”
The fight the statement is referring to is a 10th-round knockout win over Carlos Takam at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia.
Other boxers that will see their records improve are Hughie Fury, Mariusz Wach, Christian Hammer, Price, and Whyte, who all lost to Povetkin during the period in question.
Whyte was famously knocked out by Povetkin in August 2020 by a booming left uppercut.
At the time, ‘The Bodysnatcher’ was the WBC ‘interim’ title holder, and a victory would have secured an immediate shot at then-champion Tyson Fury.
The stoppage loss delayed the all-British showdown, but Whyte got his revenge in the rematch by finishing his adversary in the fifth stanza, thus earning him his long-awaited clash with Fury.
Whyte’s defeat to Povetkin in their inaugural encounter stands as one of only three losses in his professional career.
But as a result of the investigation, his record is set to change from 31-3 to 31-2.
Povetkins’s record, meanwhile, reads 36-3-1 at present.
However, it is due to look very different in the coming months while his achievements, which include an Olympic gold at Athens 2004 and a WBA ‘regular’ heavyweight title (2011 to 2013) will be marred by the ITA’s recent findings.
