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and athletes. The main character of our video today is boxing superstar Alexander Povetkin.
Russian former professional boxer Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Povetkin was born on
September 2, 1979 in Kursk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Povetkin is one of the best
heavyweights in the sport, is famous for his power despite being one of the smaller heavyweights.
Throughout his professional career from 2005 to 2021, he held the WBA (Regular) heavyweight
title from 2011 to 2013, the WBC interim heavyweight title from 2020 to March 2021,
and challenged twice for the unified heavyweight championship.
Povetkin has a brother, Vladimir Povetkin,
who fights as a professional light heavyweight. Both fighters were trained by Valery Belov.
Povetkin has a very close-knit family, and he likes to keep his personal life very private
and confidential. The Russian boxer has been married to Yevgenia Povetkin since July 2013.
Lady Povetkin is a famous Russian model and is a winner of the Miss Kursk competition.
He also has a daughter named Arina with his ex-wife, Irina.
Alexander Povetkin started as a kickboxer and won several amateur tournaments. This included the
World Junior championship in 1997, World title in 1999, and a European professional kickboxing
title in 2000. He then turned his focus to boxing and found more success. The biggest of this was
his gold at the 2004 Olympic games. After taking Olympic Gold, he concluded his amateur career with
a record of 125–7, with all losses avenged. Povetkin turned pro in 2005 has had a very
successful career. The pinnacle of which was his world title triumph. He defeated Ruslan Chagaev
to claim the vacant WBA (Regular) title in 2011. He challenged unified champion Wladimir Klitschko
for the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, The Ring, and lineal titles in 2013, suffering his first
professional career loss by unanimous decision. Povetkin fought unified champion Anthony Joshua
for the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO titles in 2018, and suffered a seventh-round technical
knockout loss. On June 13, 2021, Povetkin announced his retirement from boxing aged 41,
citing lingering injuries that require treatment. The Russian has a respectable record of 36-3-1,
25 of these victories have come by knockout. With such greatness and consistency,
Povetkin is definitely on his way to being remembered as one of the sport’s greatest.
According to Sport404, Povetkin’s net worth is estimated to be $9 million as of 2021.
Povetkin has declared himself a Rodnover, he wears a Perun Axe necklace and has the Star of
Rus tattooed on his inner left biceps. He considers himself to be a
follower of the Slavic Native Faith. The Russian has started his charity called
The Renaissance Foundation. The charity aims at promoting sports and a healthy lifestyle among the
youth. Even Wladimir Klitschko auctioned his fight short and donated the money to Povetkin’s charity.
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