Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin

Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin

Date	22 August 2020
Venue	Matchroom Sport Headquarters, Brentwood, Essex, UK
Title(s) on the line	WBC interim and inaugural WBC Diamond heavyweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Dillian Whyte Alexander Povetkin Nickname "The Body Snatcher" "Sasha" Hometown Brixton, London, UK Kursk, Kursk Oblast, Russia Pre-fight record 27–1 (18 KO) 35–2–1 (24 KO) Age 32 years, 4 months 40 years, 11 months Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) Weight 252 lb (114 kg) 224 lb (102 kg) Style Orthodox Orthodox Recognition WBC Interim Heavyweight Champion The Ring No. 2 Ranked Heavyweight TBRB No. 4 Ranked Heavyweight WBC No. 9 Ranked heavyweight The Ring/TBRB No. 6 Ranked Heavyweight
Result
Povetkin defeated Whyte via fifth-round KO

Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between the defending WBC interim champion Dillian Whyte and former WBA (regular) titleholder Alexander Povetkin, with Whyte's WBC interim title on the line.

Background

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]

The fight

Povetkin defeated Whyte via fifth-round knockout, having been down twice himself in the fourth and well down on all the scorecards. ^[4]

Aftermath

The two would have a rematch the following March.

Fight card

Weight Class	Weight		vs.		Method	Round	Time	Note
Main card
Heavyweight	14 st 4 lb+	Alexander Povetkin	def.	Dillian Whyte (ic)	KO	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 Babić	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 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)	—		Sky Sports Box Office
Ireland
Russia	Ren TV	A1	—	Amediateka
Worldwide	—			DAZN INT
Albania	—	SuperSport [5]	—	DigitAlb
Kosovo				TVim
Australia [6]	—	Fox Sports	—	Foxtel Now
				Kayo Sports
Balkans   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Croatia   Montenegro   North Macedonia   Serbia	—	Arena Sport	—
Baltics [7]   Estonia   Latvia   Lithuania	—	TV3 Sport	—	Go3
Czech Republic	—	Sport1 [8]	—
Hungary
Slovakia
Latin America [9]   Argentina   Bolivia   Chile   Colombia   Costa Rica   Dominican Republic   Ecuador   El Salvador   Guatemala   Honduras   Mexico   Nicaragua   Panama   Paraguay   Peru   Uruguay   Venezuela	—	ESPN	—	WatchESPN
New Zealand	—		Spark [10]
Poland [11]	TVP Sport	—		TVP Stream
Turkey [12]	—			SSport+

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

See also

• Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte II

References

1. "Dillian Whyte v Alexander Povetkin moved to July because of coronavirus". BBC Sport. 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.
4. "Alexander Povetkin knocks out Dillian Whyte after twice being on canvas". Guardian. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
5. "DigitAlb's Instagram post: ""The Villain" 🆚 "White Lion", cili do të triumfojë? 👊 #Whyte-#Povetkin, ora 22:00 LIVE në SS2. #DigitAlb #SuperSport"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
6. "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. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
7. "TV3 Sport Latvija on Instagram: "Dilians Vaits pret Aleksandru Povetkinu! Kurš izcīnīs WBC smagsvaru pagaidu čempiona jostu?💪 Cīņu skaties sestdien 21.00! #tv3sport…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
8. "Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin už dnes večer!". Sport1 (in Czech). Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
9. "De pronóstico reservado Whyte-Povetkin y Taylor-Persoon". ESPN (in Spanish). 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
10. "Spark Sport enters the pay-per-view ring with Dillian Whyte interim heavyweight title fight". Spark . Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
11. "Whyte vs Powietkin. Transmisja wyczekiwanej walki w TVP Sport!". TVP Sport (in Polish). 23 July 2020. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
12. 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 . Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

Preceded by vs. Mariusz Wach	Dillian Whyte' bouts 22 August 2020	Succeeded by Rematch
Preceded by vs. Michael Hunter	Alexander Povetkin's bouts 22 August 2020