Dillian_Whyte_vs._Alexander_Povetkin
Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin
Boxing competition
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.
| Date | 22 August 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Matchroom Sport Headquarters, Brentwood, Essex, UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC interim and inaugural WBC Diamond heavyweight titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Povetkin defeated Whyte via fifth-round KO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
Povetkin defeated Whyte via fifth-round knockout, having being down twice himself in the fourth and well down of all the scorecards.[4]
The two would have a rematch the following March.
| Weight Class | Weight | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Note | ||
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| 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
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 | — | DAZNINT | ||
 Albania |
— | SuperSport[5] | — | DigitAlb |
 Kosovo |
TVim | |||
 Australia[6] |
— | Fox Sports | — | Foxtel Now |
| Kayo Sports | ||||
| — | Arena Sport | — | ||
| — | TV3 Sport | — | Go3 | |
 Czech Republic |
— | Sport1[8] | — | |
 Hungary | ||||
 Slovakia | ||||
| — | 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.
- "Dillian Whyte v Alexander Povetkin moved to July because of coronavirus". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- 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.
- "Matchroom Fight Camp Begins on August 1, Whyte-Povetkin on August 22". BoxingScene.com. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- "Alexander Povetkin knocks out Dillian Whyte after twice being on canvas". Guardian. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin už dnes večer!". Sport1 (in Czech). Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- "De pronóstico reservado Whyte-Povetkin y Taylor-Persoon". ESPN (in Spanish). 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- "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.
- "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.
- 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 | Dillian Whyte' bouts 22 August 2020 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Alexander Povetkin's bouts 22 August 2020 |