Alexander Povetkin

Alexander Povetkin is a Russian heavyweight boxer. Champion of Russia, world champion, owner of Olympic gold.

Alexander was born on September 2, 1979 in the city of Kursk. The boy's father was engaged in boxing and early sent his sons Alexander and Vladimir to the sports section. At first, the boys were engaged in karate, wushu, hand-to-hand fighting. But after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Alexander turned his attention to boxing. Over the course of a year, the young man achieved significant success and became the winner of city competitions. In 1995 Povetkin won first place at the Russian youth boxing championship.

But the defeat received two years later at the European Championship among juniors temporarily tempered the ardor of the young man and forced Alexander to switch to kickboxing. In this sport, Povetkin won the European Championship in the amateur and professional categories. Brother Alexander also remained in sports and performs in the first heavy weight. On account of Vladimir 6 victories, including over the German boxer Fadil Kazem.

In addition to playing sports, the young man attended vocational school, where he studied to be a locksmith driver. Love for cars Povetkin was instilled by his father, who put the boy behind the wheel of his own "Volga" at the age of 12. At first, Alexander paid for all trips to the competition out of his own pocket, using a student scholarship. After graduating from college, Povetkin becomes a member of the Russian national team, where the young man is already paid a state scholarship.

At the age of 19, Alexander earns his first serious fee at the competitions held in Krasnoyarsk. The boxer received $ 4500 for the victory and a gold bar, which he left as a keepsake of the event.

In 2000, Alexander Povetkin received gold at the Russian boxing championship, a year later he consolidated the result at the Goodwill Games. In 2004, the young athlete won first place at the European Championship, in 2003 he became the world champion. 2004 brought two major victories at once - at the Olympics in Athens and at the next European Championship. During his amateur career, Alexander Povetkin won 125 victories in 132 fights and rightfully, at the dawn of his sports biography, won the unspoken title of "Russian Knight".

In 2005 Povetkin officially switched to professional boxing. The first rival that Alexander entered into battle was Muhammad Ali Durmaz, an athlete representing Germany. The opponent was defeated in the second round. This was followed by victories in fights against Cerron Fox (USA), John Castle (USA), Stephen Tessier (Canada), Richard Bango (Nigeria), Ed Mahoon (USA).

In 2007, a fight took place with former two-time world champion Chris Byrd, who was only sent to the corner in the 11th round.

A difficult fight was the 2008 meeting with the American Eddie Chambers, who was beaten only on points. After a fight with a boxer from the United States, Alexander Povetkin became a contender for the IBF world champion title. The status belonged to the athlete from Ukraine Vladimir Klitschko, with whom the fight was scheduled for December 2008. But Povetkin was injured during the preparation, and the fight was postponed until 2009.

For unknown reasons, the battle was again postponed indefinitely. During this time, American boxers Jason Estrada and Leon Nolan fell under the blows of Povetkin, Javier Mora (Mexico) and Teke Oruha (Nigeria) were knocked out.

In a sparring with Nikolai Firta, which took place in 2010, Alexander injured a tendon on his arm, but won the fight on points. After that, he did not appear at the competitions for six months.

At this time, Vladimir Klitschko receives the title of super heavyweight champion, and Ruslan Chagaev and Alexander Povetkin become contenders for the regular world champion title, the fight between which took place in mid-2011. Povetkin won in the 11th round, surpassing his opponent in points, and received the status of world champion. In 2011, Povetkin fought with the American Cedric Boswell, in early 2012 - with the reigning world heavyweight champion of the first category, Marco Hook.

If the first victory came easily enough, then Alexander won the fight with Hook on points. In September 2012, a duel took place between Alexander Povetkin and American boxing star Hasim Rahman. The battle was postponed several times for technical reasons. After entering the ring, it became clear that the American was not in the best shape, which was shown by the outcome of the battle: Povetkin confidently won in the second round.

In 2013, the long-awaited battle between Povetkin and Klitschko took place in Moscow. From the very beginning, the Ukrainian led the fight according to his own scenario, using the advantage of the left jab and the length of his arms and legs. Alexander understood: in order to turn the tide of events, rapprochement with the enemy is necessary, but Vladimir Klitschko did not allow the boxer to come close, anticipating Povetkin's tricks. The exhausting struggle over 12 rounds led to the fact that Alexander was completely exhausted and for the first time in his sports career was knocked down. On points, Klitschko also had a threefold advantage. The video of the battle is freely available on the Internet.

After analyzing the situation after the fight, Alexander Povetkin changed the coaching staff, having signed a contract with the agency "Boxing World". The boxer's new mentor was Ivan Kirpa. In 2014, Alexander appeared in the ring in great shape and easily defeated his opponent from Germany, Manuel Charr. He then competed with Cameroonian boxer Carlos Takam for the WBC Silver title, knocking down the Cameroonian in the 9th round. In 2015, Cuban Mike Perez, contender for the WBC world title was defeated by knockout.

It is known about the personal life of Alexander Povetkin that the athlete is married for the second time. The first wife of Alexander was the girl Irina, whose marriage took place in 2001. Soon a daughter, Arina, was born in the family. But the athlete was forced to move from his hometown to Chekhov, where training was held. After several years of exhausting travel, the young people parted.

The second time Povetkin married Evgenia Merkulova, daughter of the master of sports in judo Yuri Merkulov. The wedding took place in the Czech Republic in 2013. The daughter from her first marriage, Arina, lives with her father and his new wife Eugenia. In an interview, Alexander often mentions the girl and says that he works for her.

Povetkin has a four-legged friend, pitbull Kim. The athlete is not averse to riding at high speed on his own Yamaha motorcycle, but more often he drives a Mercedes car. In his free time, he enjoys parachute jumping. Povetkin has a personal account on Instagram, to which 43,000 fans have already subscribed. On the page, Alexander uploads work and personal photos and announcements of upcoming battles.

In 2016, before the fight with Deontay Wilder, a scandal erupted, which was widely covered in sports news. Alexander Povetkin was convicted of doping. But the World Anti-Doping Agency determined that the dose of meldonium found in the athlete's body was negligible, and the charges were dropped from Povetkin. Before the December fight with Bermain Steven, a prohibited substance, ostarine, was again found in the blood of Alexander Povetkin.

Another fight was canceled, and all titles were removed from the Russian athlete. Now a doping investigation is underway against the boxer. The boxer's promoter, Andrei Ryabinsky, has already stated that the athlete's samples were clean at an independent examination in Lausanne.

On July 1, 2017, a fight between Alexander Povetkin and his Ukrainian opponent Andrey Rudenko will take place in the Moscow Luzhniki Stadium.

Champion of Russia (category up to 91 kg) - 2000 Champion of Russia (category over 91 kg) - 2001, 2002 Champion of the Goodwill Games - 2001 Absolute champion of Russia - 2002 Two-time champion of Europe - 2002, 2004 World champion - 2003 Olympic champion - 2004 Regular champion World (WBA) Heavyweight Championship - 2011-2013 WBC Silver Title - 2014 Honored Master of Sports - 2002 Order of Friendship - 2004

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