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Dillian Whyte's eagerly anticipated rematch with Alexander Povetkin is heading to Gibraltar on a new date of Saturday March 27, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and on DAZN in all other markets excluding the UK and Ireland.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte explains that he mentally recovered from his most recent defeat in very rapid fashion. Back in August, Whyte was brutally knocked out in five rounds by Alexander Povetkin at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood.
Dillian Whyte looks set to move his training camp to Spain for his rematch with Alexander Povetkin after Portugal, where he has been training, was placed on a list of countries from which travel to the UK is banned due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Dillian Whyte didn’t underestimate Alexander Povetkin. Whyte insists he took Povetkin seriously prior to their fight five months ago. He realized that Povetkin’s power would be the last thing to go, which made the Russian underdog, then 39 years old, a legitimate threat entering their 12-round fight August 22 for Whyte’s WBC interim heavyweight title.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte is not taking any chances when it comes to the rematch with Alexander Povetkin, which is scheduled for March 6. Back in August at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood, Whyte was brutally knocked out by Povetkin in five rounds.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte, believes a clash with former world champion Deontay Wilder would be a massive fight. Wilder has been out of the ring since getting stopped in seven rounds by Tyson Fury in February 2020, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Gibraltar, Monaco and the Middle East are all possible venues for the Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte rematch after Whyte asked Hearn to find a venue where fans could attend. Povetkin knocked out Whyte in their first meeting at Fight Camp in the garden of Matchroom’s Essex headquarters last August in front of no paying spectators.
Dillian Whyte wants revenge when he faces Alexander Povetkin in a rematch on March 6th, with the location yet to be finalized. They collided back in August at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood, with Povetkin scoring a sensational fifth round knockout of Whyte to capture the WBC's interim-heavyweight title.
The Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte rematch on March 6, for the interim-WBC heavyweight title, will headline a Sky Box Office show. It will be supported by Ted Cheeseman bidding to regain the British super welterweight title as he faces JJ Metcalf for the vacant belt.
Josh Warrington will defend his IBF featherweight title against Mexico’s Mauricio Lara on February 13, topping the fist of five cards that Matchroom have announced to kick off 2021.