MOSCOW, November 1. /TASS/. Retired Russian heavyweight boxer Alexander Povetkin has no plans to return to professional boxing, a source from the boxer’s team told TASS on Friday.

“Alexander has no plans to return to the sport. Everything that happened ten years ago no longer matters,” the source added.

The International Testing Agency (ITA) announced on Thursday that it had decided to suspend Povetkin for alleged anti-doping rule violations.

The ITA announced that it had temporarily suspended Russian boxer Povetkin on suspicion of a dirty test and violation of anti-doping rules. According to a source close to Povetkin, traces of Enobosarm, the same substance for which he was already suspended in 2016, were detected in the sample tested by the Russian boxer.

Povetkin, 45, is known to his fans as the “Russian Vityaz” and has a personal record of 36 wins (25 KOs), three losses and one draw during his career. The Russian boxer won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

He announced his retirement in 2021 and is now a politician: he was appointed deputy governor of the Russian region of Vologda in May 2024.