Alexander Povetkin Announces Retirement At Age 41

Alexander Povetkin retires from boxing at 41

Former WBA Common and WBC Interim Heavyweight champion Alexander “Sasha” Povetkin (36-3-1, 25KOs) has introduced his retirement from the game of boxing on the age of 41. Hailing from Kursk, Russia, Povetkin would rise by the beginner ranks and win a gold medal on the 2004 summer time Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Turning professional in 2005, Povetkin would begin off his profession with twenty six consecutive wins. In 2007, Povetkin would cease former heavyweight champion Chris Byrd within the eleventh spherical. In 2011, he would defeat Ruslin Chagaev to win the WBA Common title. His 4 defenses of the WBA common title included a win over former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman, whom he stopped within the second spherical in 2012. He would additionally choose up a really controversial and extremely debated majority resolution win over former longtime reigning cruiserweight champion Marco Huck in 2012.

In 2013, he would problem former lengthy reigning heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko within the greatest battle of his profession. He would lose that battle by a unanimous resolution after being dropped a number of occasions.

After that loss, he would go on one other successful streak, successful eight consecutive bouts earlier than one other world title alternative got here knocking. Now age 38, he would tackle unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua as a big underdog. Joshua would knock out Povetkin in seven rounds.

A TREND OF FAILED PED TESTS!

Because the WBC obligatory in 2016, Povetkin was set to battle then Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in Russia on Might 21. Nevertheless, the week of the battle he failed a drug check for meldonium. Subsequently the battle was canceled altogether. Wilder, who would go on to face Chris Arreola in a July 2016 title protection in Birmingham, Alabama, would undergo a torn pectoral muscle throughout the bout that required surgical procedure. That will sideline Wilder till the start of 2017.

The WBC would then mandate former champion Bermane Stiverne and Povetkin to battle. The winner would go on to problem Wilder. Nevertheless, Stiverne would fail a drug check after testing constructive for Methylhexanamine. To make issues worse, Povetkin would additionally fail one other drug check for Ostarine. That will finally outcome within the battle with Stiverne being canceled after the WBC introduced that it will now not sanction the bout. That call resulted in Stiverne’s withdrawal. Povetkin would go on to face Johann Duhaupas, who changed Stiverne, stopping him in six rounds.

In 2017, he was fined $250,000 and indefinitely banned by the WBC for failing a number of drug checks. The ban resulted within the WBC now not sanctioning his bouts. Though, the WBC allowed for him to reapply in 2018. He would finally be reinstated within the WBC rankings in January 2018.

ONE LAST HURRAH!

The Russian would go on one final run at world title glory. He simply defeated Hughie Fury and drew with Michael Hunter in 2019. Following these wins, he would go on to face WBC Interim Heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte in 2020. He pulled off a significant upset by stopping Whyte chilly in 5 rounds! In what turned out to be his final fight, a rematch with Whyte, he would be stopped in four rounds.

We right here at 3kingsboxing.com wish to want Alexander Povetkin a cheerful retirement.

By: Jerrell Fletcher

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