Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin

Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin is an upcoming heavyweight professional boxing match contested between the defending WBC interim heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte and former heavyweight world champion Alexander Povetkin, with Whyte's WBC interim title 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 to 4 July 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]

Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin
Date22 August 2020
VenueMatchroom Fight Camp, Brentwood, England
Title(s) on the lineWBC interim heavyweight title
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)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBC interim heavyweight champion WBC #5 ranked contender

Fight card
Weight Class Weight vs. Method Round Time Note
Main card
Heavyweight 14 st 4 lb+ Dillian Whyte (ic) vs. Alexander Povetkin /12 Note 1
Lightweight 9 st 9 lb Katie Taylor (c) vs. TBA /10 Note 2
Heavyweight 14 st 4 lb+ Martin Bakole vs. Sergey Kuzmin /10
Welterweight Luther Clay (c) vs. Chris Kongo /10 note 3

^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 will televised live in the United Kingdom and Ireland on PPV's Sky Sports Box Office and Russia on TBA.

Country Broadcaster
Free-to-air Cable/Pay TV PPV Stream
 United Kingdom (host) N/A Sky Sports Box Office
 Ireland
 Russia TBA
 Austria N/A DAZN
 Brazil
 Canada
 Germany
 Italy
 Japan
 Spain
  Switzerland
 United States

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.
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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