New Povetkin doping test negative, promoter says (Reuters)

By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy MOSCOW (Reuters) – A repeat drug test of Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin, who is the official challenger for the World Boxing Council (WBC) title, has returned a negative finding, the boxer’s promoter said on Tuesday. “We received Povetkin’s new official tests. On May 13, a doping test that Povetkin had given in April showed traces of meldonium.