Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte is only a few weeks away from his rematch with Alexander Povetkin.

Last August, Whyte was brutally knocked out by Povetkin in the fifth round.

During the bout, Whyte was controlling the action and dropped Povetkin twice in the fourth round.

However, during the fifth, Povetkin landed a single uppercut that knocked Whyte out cold.

The loss would derail Whyte's position as the WBC's mandatory challenger to Tyson Fury's world title. Povetkin would walk also away with the WBC's interim-title.

In the aftermath, Whyte would quickly exercise an immediate rematch clause.

The rematch was postponed several times - with dates in November, January and early March falling through. The contest will now take place on March 27th in Gibraltar.

Whyte realizes that his career is at stake in the second meeting.

"I'm pissed off with myself," said Whyte to Sky Sports. "I shouldn't have lost last time and I did, and now it's more to prove to myself than anyone else that it was just a blip and I know what I'm capable of doing.

"Listen, I tried to fight Povetkin years ago. Years and years ago I tried to fight him. I believe I could have beat him then, and I believe I can beat him now."

Whyte also touched on the subject of his promoter, Eddie Hearn, holding Anthony Joshua in a higher standing than heavyweight Hall of Famer Lennox Lewis.

"Of course Eddie is going to say that (Joshua is Britain's best heavyweight). He's definitely going to say that AJ is, because he wasn't involved in Lennox Lewis, he was involved in AJ. Obviously, he's trying to make history with AJ, so you understand that and rightly so. That's what you should be doing as a promoter," Whyte said.