Fightnews.com has contacted Povetkin's manager Vladimir Hrunov to know more about Alexander's injury and other recent news.
 
"Sasha has suffered an injury while running in the woods near his hometown of Kursk. He tripped over tree root and that was it. He was immediately taken to local traumotologists who conducted an MRI to know more about this injury. Right now we have already got a roentgenogram and Dr. Arkhipov has voiced his diagnosis. We are sending copies to the Professional Boxing Federation of Russia and to the International Boxing Federation to comply with all of the official procedures," said Hrunov. He denied a claim by som Russian sports media who have quoted Alexander's father saying an injury had been suffered ten days before. "This is incorrect information due to an accidental misinterpretation of Team Povetkin's recent statements by one of the reporters."
 
Alexander's manager also confirmed that the first ever Russian Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist would start his preparation once again in approximately a month. "Sasha will be back into training sessions by the end of November." And what is about his previously scheduled collision with the unified IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine, which had been set on Dec. 13 in Germany prior to Povetkin's trauma? "This diagnosis makes Alexander's fight with Klitschko completely impossible till the end of the year," commented Hrunov. "We shall be able to move on with the bout as soon as Sasha is one hundred percent healthy. I think spring of 2009 is a most reliable period of time for this fight to be set and fought. However, I can't tell you any exact dates or venues. All our hopes and thoughts are about Sasha right now and we shall conduct negotiations with Team Klitschko a bit later."
 
According to widespread rumors in the Russian press, Povetkin's contract with the Sauerland Event expires on Jan. 1, 2009, and Russian fighter will be a promotional free agent after that. Given this, Povetkin and his advisors would have a chance to omit paying Sauerland Event its share of fees, had his battle with Klitschko been rescheduled till the next year. Vladimir Hrunov has explicitly denied these rumors and their sources.

"That's a LIE and spreading it around the media is a pre-planned activity of those who want to spoil our steady and healthy relationship with Sauerland Event," he said to Fightnews. "Immediately after we had informed our German partners about this injury, Mr. Wilfried Sauerland himself has phoned Sasha to address him with all the warm words and wishes in the world. He said nothing about money or any financial conditions and he talked to Alexander as if he was his own son. I want to emphasize that we have no problems between Team Povetkin and Sauerland Event; nothing but a mutual partnership which greatly benefits each party. Speaking about the contract, it expires in 2012, not in 2009. We are considering some legal actions against several certain reporters who have deliberately reported false info."