Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin

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 technical knockout (TKO).[5]

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 27–1–0 (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

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

^Note 1 For WBC interim heavyweight title
^Note 2 For unified 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
 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. 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.
  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" 🆚 "White Lion", cili do të triumfojë? 👊 #Whyte-#Povetkin, ora 22:00 LIVE në SS2. #DigitAlb #SuperSport"". Instagram. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  7. "A heavyweight title brawl! Dillian Whyte v Alexander Povetkin for the interim WBC belt. Live coverage from 4am AEST this Sunday morning on Fox Sports 505 and Kayo Sports". Twitter. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  8. "TV3 Sport Latvija on Instagram: "Dilians Vaits pret Aleksandru Povetkinu! Kurš izcīnīs WBC smagsvaru pagaidu čempiona jostu?💪 Cīņu skaties sestdien 21.00! #tv3sport…"". Instagram. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  9. "Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin už dnes večer!". Sport1 (in Czech). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  10. "De pronóstico reservado Whyte-Povetkin y Taylor-Persoon". ESPN (in Spanish). 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  11. "Spark Sport enters the pay-per-view ring with Dillian Whyte interim heavyweight title fight". Spark. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  12. "Whyte vs Powietkin. Transmisja wyczekiwanej walki w TVP Sport!". TVP Sport (in Polish). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  13. S Sport. "Yazın en büyük boks gecesi! WBC ağır sıklet geçici kemeri sahibi Dillian Whyte, tecrübeli isim Alexander Povetkin karşısında. Dünya ağır sıklet şampiyonluk maçına kim çıkacak? 22 Ağustos Cumartesi 21:00'de canlı yayınla sadece S Sport Plus'ta!". Twitter. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
Preceded by
vs. Mariusz Wach		 Dillian Whyte's bouts
2 May 2020		 Succeeded by
TBA
Preceded by
vs. Michael Hunter		 Alexander Povetkin's bouts
2 May 2020		 Succeeded by
vs. TBA
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