Dillian Whyte: record, next fight and profile →
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.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte is questioning the drive and desire of IBF, IBO, WBO, WBA world champion Anthony Joshua. Back in 2015, Joshua knocked Whyte out in the seventh round of their grudge match. In a recent interview, Joshua acknowledged that he was nearing the end of his career - with a five year period, at most, to continue in the sport.
Eddie Hearn has confirmed that March 6 is the date for the much-anticipated Dillian Whyte-Alexander Povetkin rematch. The second Whyte-Povetkin bout likely will be officially announced Friday by Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and Sky Sports as part of a larger schedule rollout. BoxingScene.com reported recently that March 6 was the targeted date for Whyte-Povetkin II, but Hearn revealed Tuesday during his weekly spot on “The Ak & Barak Show” that Whyte will attempt to avenge his knockout defeat to Povetkin on that night.
Ivaylo Gotzev, co-promoter for heavyweight contender Kubrat Pulev, says the Bulgarian boxer would love to get in the ring with British contender Dillian Whyte. Last month, Pulev suffered the second defeat of his career - when he was stopped in nine rounds by IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua.
By Keith Idec - Alexander Povetkin was down twice, battered and all but out. Dillian Whyte was on the verge of finishing the Russian contender entering the fifth round August 22. The heavy-handed contender sent Povetkin to one knee with a left hook 28 seconds into the fourth round and again with 20 seconds to go in the fourth, the second time thanks to a left uppercut....
By Thomas Gerbasi - There really should have been a better storyline behind Jeison Rosario’s fifth-round stoppage of Julian Williams, a bout that earned Boxing Scene’s Upset of the Year award for 2020. Unlike other great upsets in the sport, Rosario’s win wasn’t a case of an undeserving fighter coming out of nowhere to defeat a dominant champion who...
WBC interim-heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin is starting to get his body back in order, after spending weeks fighting off the coronavirus. Povetkin's career is back in the spotlight, after the Olympic gold medal winner scored a brutal one-punch knockout of Dillian Whyte in the fifth round of their match in August of 2020.
As previously reported, WBC interim-heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin will be ready to fight by the early spring. Povetkin was in action back in August, when he knocked out Dillian Whyte in five rounds at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood.