Alexander Povetkin: record, next fight and profile →
It has emerged that retired heavyweight Alexander Povetkin is currently serving a four-year ‘period of ineligibility’ following an investigation which uncovered the previously unreported presence of banned substance ostarine in a sample provided by the Russian in 2014.
There is no climax in sport as dramatic and violent as the one-punch knockout. Angelo Leo was the latest orchestrator of such a finish when, on Saturday one fateful blow ripped Luis Alberto Lopez from consciousness in the 10th round of a nip-and-tuck battle. With the upset victory, inside Albuquerque’s Tingley Coliseum, Leo became the IBF featherweight champion and the final punch, a swirling left hook, is surely destined to take its place on highlight reels for years to come.
WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is receiving a lot of praise from his compatriots from Eastern Europe. Bivol pulled off a major upset that sent shockwaves all over the boxing world, when he outboxed Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez over twelve rounds to secure a unanimous decision at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Alexander Povetkin has decided to call it a career. The 41-year-old former heavyweight champion and 2004 Olympics gold medal winner announced his retirement during a news conference in St. Petersburg, Russia on Sunday.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury was an interested observer in Dillian Whyte's recent rematch win over Alexander Povetkin, which took place last month in Gibraltar. Last August at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood, Povetkin scored a brutal fifth round knockout of Whyte.
Dmitry Ivanov, manager of former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin, says his boxer was still suffering the effects of the coronavirus when he stepped in the ring for last month's rematch with Dillian Whyte. Back in August of 2020, Povetkin recovered from two knockdowns to score a brutal one-punch knockout in the fifth round.
By Corey Erdman - Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin were scheduled to fight one another for the second time on Saturday night, but judging by their ring walks, you would have thought they were walking into totally different events. When Whyte came through the LED entranceway, resplendent in a well-tailored ring coat with spiked shoulder pads, commentator Tony
Dillian Whyte has accepted a lot of risky fights during his well-documented, frustrating pursuit of a heavyweight title shot. Now that the London-based contender has avenged his knockout loss to Alexander Povetkin, Whyte wants a gimme. The WBC interim heavyweight champion called for a low-risk, high-reward opportunity as he stood alongside promoter Eddie Hearn on Saturday night in Gibraltar.
Alexander Povetkin’s problems in the opening minute of his rematch with Dillian Whyte were an indication of what was to come Saturday night. A right hand by Whyte made Povetkin stumble less than 40 seconds into their scheduled 12-round rematch. Povetkin struggled to regain his footing and looked shaky as he tried to re-establish his balance early in the first round.
Whyte, Povetkin Rematch Photos Gallery - Gibraltar - In a high stakes rematch for the WBC interim-heavyweight title, Dillian Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs) got revenge with a fourth round stoppage of Alexander Povetkin (36-3, 25 KOs). (photos by Mark Robinson)