Last week, renowned Russian heavyweight boxer, Alexander Povetkin, tested positive for Meldonium ahead of his title fight against Deontay Wilder in Moscow. Following much deliberation, it was determined that the fight would be cancelled and Wilder would miss out on his career-high $4 million purse despite his innocence.
Despite the significance behind Povetkin's positive test in the boxing community, it remains the latest in a list of over 200 positive tests for the scandalous substance since the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) instated the ban on Jan 1 2016.
Meldonium, an anti-ischemic drug that gained infamy when tennis' highest female earner Maria Sharapova tested positive and was provisionally suspended, was many used for issues concerning blood flow.