Dillian Whyte: record, next fight and profile →
According to Andrey Ryabinsky, promoter for former world champion Alexander Povetkin, there is no intention to postpone the upcoming fight with Dillian Whyte, but the ongoing situation with the spread of the coronavirus can change those plans at any time.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says his boxer has several potential options for the fall - if there is no mega-bout unification with WBC champion Tyson Fury.
As previously reported by BoxingScene.com, Dillian Whyte has no intention of looking beyond Alexander Povetkin as he patiently waits for his shot at the WBC heavyweight title. Whyte is the mandatory challenger to Tyson Fury but will have to wait his turn, the reigning champion instead set to face Deontay Wilder for a third time later this year.
Dillian Whyte would love to challenge Tyson Fury for the WBC heavyweight title in London. With Fury contractually committed to a third bout with former champion Deontay Wilder, however, Whyte has taken yet another difficult fight while waiting for his long-overdue title shot. Assuming his May 2 fight against Alexander Povetkin happens as scheduled, Whyte will have fought Joseph Parker, Dereck Chisora, Oscar Rivas and Povetkin all after moving into the number one position in the WBC’s heavyweight rankings.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte does not expect to get a crack at Deontay Wilder in the near future. Whyte, who holds the WBC's interim title, is owed a mandatory shot at the full title by February 2021. Wilder had been the champion for the last five years, until suffering a seven round TKO defeat at the hands of Tyson Fury on February 22 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas,
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte explained that his team made two lucrative offers to former unified world champion Andy Ruiz, who had no interest in the contest. Whyte was hoping to face Ruiz in May, but that didn't happen.
Dillian Whyte has long ago established himself as the best heavyweight in the world to have never fought for a major title. That status won’t change even with a win in his next fight, which comes in the place where he first established himself as a rising contender.
Dillian Whyte, Alexander Povetkin Press Conference Photos Gallery - Dillian Whyte will make the first defence of his WBC Interim Heavyweight World Title against Alexander Povetkin at Manchester Arena on Saturday May 2, live on Sky Sports Box Office. (photos by Mark Robinson).
As he waits for an opportunity to fight for the WBC heavyweight title, Dillian Whyte will go up against Alexander Povetkin next. Whyte will take on Povetkin on May 2, with the two heavyweights topping the bill at Manchester Arena.
Dillian Whyte will make the first defence of his WBC Interim Heavyweight World Title against Alexander Povetkin at Manchester Arena on Saturday May 2, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Brixton’s Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) landed the WBC Title with a unanimous decision win over Oscar Rivas in an exciting battle at The O2 in London back in July 2019 before travelling to Saudi Arabia in December where he outpointed former World Title challenger Mariusz Wach on the Ruiz vs. Joshua 2 undercard.