Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin
| Date | 22 August 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Matchroom Fight Camp, Brentwood, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC interim heavyweight title | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin is an upcoming heavyweight professional boxing match contested between the defending WBC interim heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte and former heavyweight world champion Alexander Povetkin, with Whyte's WBC interim title on the line. The event was originally scheduled to take place on 2 May 2020 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, but was rescheduled to 4 July due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1][2] with the event being finalised for 22 August at the headquarters of Matchroom Boxing in Brentwood, Essex.[3]
Fight card
| Weight Class | Weight | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Note | ||
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| Main card | ||||||||
| Heavyweight | 14 st 4 lb+ |  Dillian Whyte (ic)
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vs. |  Alexander Povetkin
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/12 | Note 1 | ||
| Lightweight | 9 st 9 lb |  Katie Taylor (c)
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vs. | TBA | /10 | Note 2 | ||
| Heavyweight | 14 st 4 lb+ |  Martin Bakole
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vs. | Sergey Kuzmin
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/10 | |||
| Welterweight | Luther Clay (c)
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vs. | Chris Kongo
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/10 | note 3 | |||
^Note 1 For WBC interim heavyweight title
^Note 2 For unified WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring female lightweight titles
^Note 3 For WBO Global welterweight title
Broadcasters
The fight will televised live in the United Kingdom and Ireland on PPV's Sky Sports Box Office and Russia on TBA.
| Country | Broadcaster | |||
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| Free-to-air | Cable/Pay TV | PPV | Stream | |
| United Kingdom (host)
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— | Sky Sports Box Office | ||
| Ireland
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| Russia
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TBA | |||
 Austria
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— | DAZN | ||
 Brazil
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 Canada
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 Germany
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 Italy
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 Japan
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 Spain
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 Switzerland
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 United States
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References
- ^ "Dillian Whyte v Alexander Povetkin moved to July because of coronavirus". BBC. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ de Menzes, Jack (3 June 2020). "Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin called off for second time with fight to take place in Eddie Hearn's garden". The Independent. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Matchroom Fight Camp Begins on August 1, Whyte-Povetkin on August 22". BoxingScene.com. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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