Hunter: In our fight Povetkin was on doping

Last December Alexander Povetkin (36-2-1, 25 KOs) drew with Michael Hunter (18-1-1, 12 KOs) on the undercard of Joshua vs. Ruiz Jr. II. The American claims today that the Russian was helped by doping during this duel.

“In the heavyweight division doping has always been present, but I have the impression that it is becoming an increasingly serious problem. We need to make sure that the federations involved in this pay more attention to this. They must ensure that boxers participate in the testing. I think Povetkin was doped in a duel with me,” Hunter said.

“There was a person on my fitness team who told me that urine tests showed no illicit drugs. Frozen urine takes too long to travel to Colorado to be tested. In addition, Povetkin used sobering salts during the fight with me. This can be seen from the video recording of the battle, although some frames may have been cut out. Povetkin was beaten and hurt, but came to his senses, I had never seen anything like it before,” the American added.