Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin

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Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin
Date22 August 2020
VenueMatchroom Sport Headquarters, Brentwood, England
Title(s) on the lineWBC interim and inaugural WBC Diamond heavyweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Dillian Whyte Alexander Povetkin
Nickname "The Body Snatcher" "Russian Vityaz"
"Sasha"
Hometown Brixton, London, England Chekhov, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Pre-fight record 27–1 (18 KOs) 35–2–1 (24 KOs)
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 18 st 0 lb (252 lb; 114 kg) 6 oz 16 st (224 lb; 102 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBC interim heavyweight champion WBC #5 ranked contender
Result
Povetkin defeats Whyte via fifth-round TKO

Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between the defending WBC interim champion Dillian Whyte and former world champion Alexander Povetkin, with Whyte's WBC interim and the inaugural WBC Diamond titles on the line. The event was originally scheduled to take place on 2 May 2020 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, but was rescheduled twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1][2] with the event being finalised for 22 August at the headquarters of Matchroom Boxing in Brentwood, Essex.[3] Prior to the rescheduled fight, Whyte split from long-time coach Mark Tibbs and appointed Xavier Miller in the role.[4] Povetkin defeated Whyte via fifth-round knockout.[5]

Fight card[]

Weight Class Weight vs. Method Round Time Note
Main card
Heavyweight 14 st 4 lb+ Russia Alexander Povetkin def. United Kingdom Dillian Whyte (ic) TKO 5/12 0:30 Note 1
Lightweight 9 st 9 lb Republic of Ireland Katie Taylor (c) def Belgium Delfine Persoon UD 10 Note 2
Welterweight 10 st 7 lb United Kingdom Chris Kongo def. United Kingdom Luther Clay (c) TKO 9/10 2:44 note 3
Heavyweight 14 st 4 lb+ Croatia Alen Babić def. United States Shawndell Winters TKO 2/8 2:20
Super Middleweight 12 st United Kingdom Zak Chelli draw United Kingdom Jack Cullen SD 10

^Note 1 For WBC interim heavyweight title
^Note 2 For undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring female lightweight titles
^Note 3 For WBO Global welterweight title

Broadcasters[]

The fight was televised live in the United Kingdom and Ireland on PPV's Sky Sports Box Office, as well as in Russia on Ren TV (FTA) and A1 TV (via Amediateka)

Country Broadcaster
Free-to-air Cable/Pay TV PPV Stream
 United Kingdom (host) N/A Sky Sports Box Office
 Ireland
 Russia Ren TV A1 N/A Amediateka
Worldwide N/A DAZNINT
 Albania N/A SuperSport[6] N/A DigitAlb
 Kosovo TVim
 Australia[7] N/A Fox Sports N/A Foxtel Now
Kayo Sports
N/A Arena Sport N/A
Baltics[8]
 N/A TV3 Sport N/A Go3
 Czech Republic N/A Sport1[9] N/A
 Hungary
 Slovakia
N/A ESPN N/A WatchESPN
 New Zealand N/A Spark[11]
 Poland[12] TVP Sport N/A TVP Stream
 Turkey[13] N/A SSport+

^INT - the coverage is not available in UK, IRL, CAN, and selected countries.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Dillian Whyte v Alexander Povetkin moved to July because of coronavirus". BBC. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  2. ^ de Menzes, Jack (3 June 2020). "Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin called off for second time with fight to take place in Eddie Hearn's garden". The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Matchroom Fight Camp Begins on August 1, Whyte-Povetkin on August 22". BoxingScene.com. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Who is in Whyte's corner? Bellew talks about the split with Tibbs and what Coldwell will add". inews.co.uk. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Alexander Povetkin knocks out Dillian Whyte after twice being on canvas". Guardian. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  6. ^ "DigitAlb's Instagram post: ""The Villain"