| Date | 22 August 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Matchroom Sport Headquarters, Brentwood, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC interim and inaugural WBC Diamond heavyweight titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Povetkin defeats Whyte via fifth-round TKO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between the defending WBC interim champion Dillian Whyte and former world champion Alexander Povetkin, with Whyte's WBC interim and the inaugural WBC Diamond titles 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 twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the event being finalised for 22 August at the headquarters of Matchroom Boxing in Brentwood, Essex. Prior to the rescheduled fight, Whyte split from long-time coach Mark Tibbs and appointed Xavier Miller in the role. Povetkin defeated Whyte via fifth-round knockout.
Fight card
| Weight Class | Weight | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main card | ||||||||
| Heavyweight | 14 st 4 lb+ |
 Alexander Povetkin
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def. |
 Dillian Whyte (ic)
|
TKO | 5/12 | 0:30 | |
| Lightweight | 9 st 9 lb |
 Katie Taylor (c)
|
def |
 Delfine Persoon
|
UD | 10 | ||
| Welterweight | 10 st 7 lb |
Chris Kongo
|
def. |
Luther Clay (c)
|
TKO | 9/10 | 2:44 | |
| Heavyweight | 14 st 4 lb+ |
 Alen Babić
|
def. |
 Shawndell Winters
|
TKO | 2/8 | 2:20 | |
| Super Middleweight | 12 st |
Zak Chelli
|
draw |
Jack Cullen
|
SD | 10 | ||
^Note 1 For WBC interim heavyweight title
^Note 2 For undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring female lightweight titles
^Note 3 For WBO Global welterweight title
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)
| Country | Broadcaster | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free-to-air | Cable/Pay TV | PPV | Stream | |
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United Kingdom (host)
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— | Sky Sports Box Office | ||
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Ireland
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Russia
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Ren TV | A1 | — | Amediateka |
| Worldwide | — | DAZN | ||
 Albania
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— | SuperSport | — | DigitAlb |
 Kosovo
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TVim | |||
 Australia
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— | Fox Sports | — | Foxtel Now |
| Kayo Sports | ||||
| — | Arena Sport | — | ||
| — | TV3 Sport | — | Go3 | |
 Czech Republic
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— | Sport1 | — | |
 Hungary
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 Slovakia
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| — | ESPN | — | WatchESPN | |
 New Zealand
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— | Spark | ||
 Poland
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TVP Sport | — | TVP Stream | |
 Turkey
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— | SSport+ | ||
^INT - the coverage is not available in UK, IRL, CAN, and selected countries.