Alexander Povetkin: record, next fight and profile →
IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev is hoping Alexander Povetkin knocks off Dillian Whyte on August 22nd at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood. Pulev and Povetkin were at one time promotional stablemates under Sauerland Event.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for Dillian Whyte, is worried that his boxer will physically attack his upcoming opponent, Alexander Povetkin, while the two boxers are quarantined at the Fight Camp hotel. Whyte will collide with Povetkin in a clash for the WBC interim-heavyweight title at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood.
Dillian Whyte has issued a firm warning to his domestic rival, unified heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua. In an interview, Joshua threatened to "give [Whyte] a punch" at the Alexander Povetkin fight on August 22 at Matchroom's Fight Camp.
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman is standing firm on the world title schedule for the heavyweight division. Back in February, Tyson Fury stopped Deontay Wilder in seven rounds to capture the WBC heavyweight crown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin will arrive in the UK on Friday, and he's scheduled to use Derek Chisora and Dave Allen as sparring partners. Povetkin is going to face WBC interim-champ Dillian Whyte on August 22 in Brentwood.
Alexander Povetkin is 40 years old and has gone 1-1-1 in his past three fights. Dillian Whyte still considers the former WBA heavyweight champion a very dangerous opponent. Whyte figures Povetkin realizes their fight for Whyte’s WBC interim championship is essentially his last chance to become a two-time champion and make substantially more money before he retires.
Dillian Whyte is to seek a government exemption so he can return from his training camp a few days before his fight with Alexander Povetkin. Whyte defends his interim-WBC heavyweight title against Alexander Povetkin at Eddie Hearn’s Fight Camp in Essex on August 22.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte, is concerned with the boxer's upcoming fight with former champion Alexander Povetkin. Whyte and Povetkin have both been inactive since fighting on the Anthony Joshua-Andy Ruiz undercard last December in Saudi Arabia.
Former heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin believes he still has plenty of sand left in the hourglass. Although Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KOs) will turn 41 years old on September 2, he’s not viewing his Aug. 22 fight against Dillian Whyte as his last hurrah.
Dillian Whyte has promised to be much slimmer for his upcoming return to the ring next month. Whyte, the interim WBC heavyweight champion, weighed a whopping 271 pounds when he plodded to a points win over Mariusz Wach in Saudi Arabia, comfortably the heaviest of his career.