Dillian Whyte: record, next fight and profile →
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, was all-smiles when Alexander Povetkin scored a brutal fifth round knockout over Dillian Whyte on Saturday night at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood.
Dillian Whyte's world title dream was left in tatters as Alexander Povetkin inflicted a second career defeat on him with a sensational fifth round knockout. Whyte had dominated the opening four rounds and twice sent the 40-year-old Russian to the canvas.
By Ron Lewis - With one punch, one brutal left uppercut, Alexander Povetkin turned defeat into victory, wrecked the dreams of Dillian Whyte and put himself in line to be crowned heavyweight champion of the world in his forties. For four rounds, in the final fight of Eddie Hearn’s Fight Camp, Whyte looked a certain winner and Povetkin looked every bit of his 40 years...
Whyte, Povetkin Scorecard BoxingScene Live - The stage is set at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood, for Dillian Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) to defend his Interim WBC heavyweight world title against former WBA world champion Alexander Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KOs). (photos by Mark Robinson)
Whether we remember it as a great era or not, one word easily applies to the years since Tyson Fury ended the Klitschko lock on the heavyweight division: fun. That’s not to say every fight among notable players has been a classic but it feels like there have been more memorable fights in the last five years than there were in the five before in boxing’s flagship class. The two men in the main event on Saturday (DAZN, 2 PM EST) have contributed their fair share.
Alexander Povetkin feels as invigorated in present day as when he first arrived on the title stage. The longtime contender from Chekhov, Russia remains a viable player in the current heavyweight landscape even as his 41st birthday nears. Povetkin remains relevant enough to where his chances of an upset win are not at all discounted ahead of his showdown with Dillian Whyte—nine years his junior at 32—this weekend in Brentwood, Essex, England (Saturday, DAZN, 2:00pm ET).
The cloud of gloom seems to have lifted Dillian Whyte. Back in December, when he turned up in Saudi Arabia for his hastily-arranged fight with Mariusz Wach, Whyte was overweight and miserable. It showed in the ring as he plodded his way to a points win, looking anything like a future heavyweight champion. After five months away from home in Portugal, Whyte has his bounce back.
Frank Warren, promoter for undefeated rising heavyweight Daniel Dubois, has fired back at WBC-interim champion Dillian Whyte. Warren has called on Whyte to face Dubois next. Whyte returns on Saturday night at Matchroom's Fight Camp, when he faces former WBA champion Alexander Povetkin in a high stakes fight.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is in agreement with Michael Hunter. Both boxers believe former WBA champion Alexander Ppovetkin will overcome Dillian Whyte on Saturday night at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood.
By Tris Dixon - It’s been more than 1,000 days that Dillian Whyte has sat atop of the WBC’s ratings. If he gets beyond Alexander Povetkin this Saturday, he is due to fight the winner of the third contest between WBC champion Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. Understandably, Whyte remains skeptical, firmly in the ‘believe it when he sees it’ school of thought having waited so long for his chance...