Dillian Whyte’s interim WBC heavyweight title clash with Alexander Povetkin looks likely to go ahead on August 15 in the grounds of Matchroom’s headquarters in Essex after the Manchester show that was to have included it was formally cancelled.
The show had originally been scheduled for May but was pushed back to July 4 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now that show has been scrapped altogether, while two other shows from July – Lee Selby’s IBF lightweight title eliminator against George Kambosos Jr and Lewis Ritson’s fight with Miguel Vazquez – have been moved to October 3 and October 17 respectively.
It has long been known that no shows would take place before fans in the UK for the foreseeable future and Eddie Hearn revealed to Boxing Scene last week that Whyte-Povetkin would feature on the fourth and final edition of his outdoor Fight Camp show in Brentwood, alongside Katie Taylor’s world lightweight title defence against Amanda Serrano.
The show would be on Sky Box Office in the UK and DAZN in North America.
It now looks likely that the Fight Camp series will begin on July 25, meaning the Whyte-Povetkin bill should be on August 15.
