Surely that's his career over now.
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Deontay Wilder flew out last Saturday from Atlanta to Manchester, England to begin training in the UK for his May 21 fight against mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) at the Khodnyka Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia.
Deontay wanted to train in Europe so that he could get acclimated to the time difference and not be in such a shock when flying over to Russia for the fight.
He’s not worried about the crowd noise because once he’s in the ring with Povetkin, he’ll be in the zone looking to KO him.
Wilder’s trainers Jay Deas, Mark Breland, Russ Anber and Cuz Hill will be with him, as well as three capable sparring partners.
This past week, Wilder got some bad news with IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury saying he plans on retiring after his July 9 rematch with Wladimir Klitschko.
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I arrived at camp and I'm happy to get back to work and prepare for the battle.
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Less than one month after winning his first world title, Anthony Joshua (16-0, 16 KOs) signed a multifight deal Wednesday with Showtime. The cable network, along with Joshua's promoter Matchroom Boxing, announced the licensing agreement at a news conference in London. Terms of the deal were not released.
"Showtime has become the home of the best boxers in the United States and in the world," said Stephen Espinoza, executive vice president and general manager of Showtime Sports. "Our commitment to our viewers and subscribers is to find the best boxers and bring them to us. This is a commitment we have made for quite some time and we are happy to extend it to Anthony Joshua, who we believe is one of the future stars of the sport."
In just his 16th pro fight, Joshua, 26, made his U.S. television debut on April 9 when he scored a second-round knockout of unbeaten titlist Charles Martin.
The first fight of his Showtime deal takes place June 25 in London, when Joshua defends his title for the first time against 6-foot-7 American Dominic Breazeale (17-0, 15 KOs). The bout marks Showtime's sixth heavyweight title fight in the first six months of 2016. Later that evening, parent network CBS will present a "Showtime Championship Boxing on CBS" card featuring a welterweight title bout between Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter from Brooklyn, New York.
"It's a great opportunity to link up with an American TV network and have Dominic come over here as well," Joshua said. "He gets to announce himself in the U.K. and I get to announce myself in America. May the best man win."
While Joshua spoke positively and thanked Showtime executives after signing the deal, he was quick to point out where his real focus lies.
"I know there are a lot of positive things that are happening in boxing and around my career at the minute, but you see my reaction when these things are happening," Joshua said. "You are only good when you are winning, and boxing is a real tough sport. Every fight can be a loss and that's why I take it serious and don't really let the success get to my head."
Joshua, a hulking 6-foot-6 and 245 pounds, is so wildly popular in his native England that the fight against Breazeale, his fourth straight unbeaten opponent, sold out in 30 minutes at the 20,000-seat 02 Arena. He recently joined James DeGale as the only British fighters to win a gold medal and a professional world title.
"It's a significant move for us and one that I am very, very proud of," said promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sports. "I have spent many years knocking at the door of Stephen [Espinoza] and other networks in American and Showtime has always been the network that has consistently backed what we believe in and backed the future of British boxing. The deal is significant to the marketplace, not just in Britain, but around the world. It's going to be a wonderful journey."
Joshua is also just the sixth Olympic gold medalist at super heavyweight to win a heavyweight title in the pro ranks, joining Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Lennox Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko and Alexander Povetkin.
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Alexander Povetkin insists he has done nothing wrong despite his failed drugs test causing the cancellation of his shot at Deontay Wilder.
The Russian (30-1-KO22) was due to face America's WBC world heavyweight champion in Moscow on Saturday but has tested positive for meldonium.
Povetkin, who admits to taking meldonium before it became a banned substance last year, said: "I'm clean. I haven't taken anything or consumed anything, so I've got nothing to fear."
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Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin did not fail a doping test and meldonium content in his blood is 15 times lower than the prohibited level, Andrei Ryabinsky, the head of the promotion company Mir Boksa, said.
"We are very interested in clean sports. We are against doping. Extra tests will be performed. Several test samples were taken from Sasha [Povetkin]. One of them showed a meldonium blood content of seventy nanograms. And the sanctions begin at 1,000. After the tests, we will schedule a new date of the fight and will hope to conduct it. It's a pity it has to be delayed," Ryabinsky told a briefing on May 16.
He also said the promotion center Mir Boksa intends to prove that the presence of meldonium in Povetkin's blood is a residual effect from the drugs taken last year.
"WADA cannot make any official complaints about Povetkin. He had three clean doping tests before April 11 and he had a 'dirty' test on April 27. Even if Sasha had taken doping in that period, meldonium content in his blood would have been at least 1.5 micrograms, not the microscopic amount of seventy nanograms. It's a residual effect from last year, and we will prove it," Ryabinsky said.
Povetkin, for his part, told a press conference he is worried about the doping test result because he has not taken mildronat since last year.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) put meldonium on the list of prohibited substances on January 1, 2016. Many Russian athletes tested positive for meldonium this year.
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Ruslan Chagaev, again the WBA champion, ordered to face Fres Oquendo
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