Alexander we're here at Wembley Stadium where you take on Anthony Joshua and a
huge occasion this would be sold out is this the sort of fight that really
brings the best out of you do you relish these sorts of occasions?
It's a sure thing that every sportsman would like to be here
would like to reach this level I would like to fight this kind of opponent as
Anthony Joshua so I can assure that I will do my best to to show what I can do
and achieve the most in this fight
Much of the talk certainly in England
has been about Anthony Joshua against Deontay Wilder and they've even got a
date booked in April for what they hope will be a Wilder fight do you feel
there's a chance that Anthony Joshua may be overlooking you in this fight?
I think they are a bit in a hurry and what I care about is my fight with Anthony and this what I
think about right now
What flaws do you see in Anthony Joshua how do you go
about beating him as the 21 previous opponents have failed?
I can tell you anything I want but the most important thing is that
I have to do my thing and try to approach this fight in the best way what
we're going to do in the next couple of days is to travel and to see my coach
who is already analyzing the fights who will be offering these particular
strategies and this is how we're going to prepare in the next couple of months
Following the success of a magnificent World Cup in Russia it feels like
Russian sport is on a high do you feel like you can be part of that you might
benefit from that wave?
The Russian sport in general is definitely growing is definitely
progressing and I can assure you that every single fund that arrived in Moscow
in Russia and all the other cities that were hosting the games they saw the way
they were treated they saw the way how the games were organized and I'm sure we
will do well as well
And Alexander you've failed two drugs test in the past
many fans particularly in England will write you off as a drugs cheat does that
annoy you? You've, you've served your time and how can fans be sure that this part
will be completely and totally clean?
so I still do operatic Authority roof go to organize me Amenia period poem doping
I wouldn't say that it annoys me now but it used to annoy me when it all happened
because right before the fight I've been tested and I've been clean then they
have found some nanograms very insignificant amounts and then after the
tests I've been test again and proved to be clean by the way I've used the
services of independent Switzerland company that tested me again and proved that I am clean
I've been tested on a regular basis so it won't make it wouldn't make any sense for me to
consume this took to consume what I've been accused of and the amount of
nanograms say that they have found will just say that it would be enough just to
lick the peel of it not to consume it
With that in mind is it does it bother
you then that you're tainted it seems for the rest of your career for such a
small amount and for what you suggest is a suspicious circumstances is that
annoying that that will follow you around people like me ask any questions about it?
As I said before it's been annoying a long time ago now I'm sure
that I'm sure that I'm approaching this fight is a clean sportsman and I have
nothing to prove to every everyone to anyone I have just proved to myself what
I can do and all these scandals they were proved in the courts and they have
justified my right
Final question more generally speaking
Tony Bellew believes maybe 75 percent of the world champions have taken drugs do
you feel that generally there's a problem with drug taking in the sport or
do you feel that you currently operate in a clean sport overall?
I wouldn't agree with this
opinion maybe he thinks like that of himself and what I can tell you is I've
been tested on regular basis and sure that everything is alright