Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between the defending WBC interim champion Dillian Whyte and former WBA (regular) titleholder Alexander Povetkin, with Whyte's WBC interim title on the line.
Background The event was originally scheduled to take place on 2 May 2020 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, but was rescheduled twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the event being finalised for 22 August at the headquarters of Matchroom Boxing in Brentwood, Essex.
The fight Povetkin defeated Whyte via fifth-round knockout, having been down twice himself in the fourth and well down on all the scorecards.
Aftermath The two would have a rematch the following March.
Fight card Weight ClassWeightvs.MethodRoundTimeNoteMain cardHeavyweight14 st 4 lb+ Alexander Povetkindef. Dillian Whyte (ic)KO5/12Lightweight9 st 9 lb Katie Taylor (c)def Delfine PersoonUD10Welterweight10 st 7 lb Chris Kongodef. Luther Clay (c)TKO9/10Heavyweight14 st 4 lb+ Alen Babićdef. Shawndell WintersTKO2/8Super Middleweight 12 st Zak Chellidraw Jack CullenSD10
Broadcasters The fight was televised live in the United Kingdom and Ireland on PPV's Sky Sports Box Office, as well as in Russia on Ren TV (FTA) and A1 TV (via Amediateka) CountryBroadcasterFree-to-airCable/Pay TVPPVStream (host) colspan="2" rowspan="2" Sky Sports Box OfficeRen TVA1AmediatekaWorldwide colspan="3" DAZN rowspan="2" SuperSport rowspan="2" DigitAlbTVim rowspan="2" Fox Sports rowspan="2" Foxtel NowKayo Sports
Arena Sport colspan="2" TV3 SportGo3 rowspan="3" Sport1 colspan="2" rowspan="3"
ESPNWatchESPN colspan="2" SparkTVP Sport colspan="2" TVP Stream colspan="3" SSport+ - the coverage is not available in UK, IRL, CAN, and selected countries.
See also Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte II
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