Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte II - 27 March 2021

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Dillian Whyte's rematch with Alexander Povetkin will be in the ring no earlier than 10.15pm.

[Oiky]

Come on whyte

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Stats & Stakes

Alexander Povetkin

Age: 41
Titles/Previous Titles: None (Held WBA sub-title 2011-13)
Height: 6’2
Weight: 228 ¼ lbs.
Stance: Orthodox
Hails from: Chekhov, Russia
Record: 36-2-1, 25 KO, 1 KOBY
Press Rankings: #3 (Ring), #4 (TBRB, BoxRec), #5 (ESPN, Boxing News)
Record in Major Title Fights: 0-2, 1 KOBY (5-2, 3 KO, 1 KOBY including WBA sub-title fights)
Last Five Opponents: 111-8 (.933)
Notable Outcomes, TBRB/Ring Rated Foes: Chris Byrd TKO11; Ruslan Chagaev UD12; Marco Huck MD12; Wladimir Klitschko L12; Carlos Takam KO10; Mike Perez TKO1; Johann Duhuapas KO6; Christian Hammer UD12; Anthony Joshua TKO by 7; Dillian Whyte KO5
Additional Current/Former Champions/Titlists Faced: Hasim Rahman TKO2

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Dillian Whyte

Age: 32
Title/Previous Titles: None
Height: 6’4
Weight: 247 ¼ lbs.
Stance: Orthodox
Hails from: Britxton, London, United Kingdom
Record: 27-2, 18 KO, 2 KOBY
Press Rankings: #4 (Ring), #6 (Boxing News), #7 (TBRB), #8 (BoxRec), #9 (ESPN)
Record in Major Title Fights: N/A
Last Five Opponents: 149-16 (.903)
Notable Outcomes, TBRB/Ring Rated Foes: Anthony Joshua TKO by 7; Joseph Parker UD12; Dereck Chisora KO11; Alexander Povetkin KO by 5
Additional Current/Former Champions/Titlists Faced: None

[maverick23]

Actually buzzing for the show now tonight. A few really good fights, the debut of Campbell Hatton (who has done a great job promoting himself for this) and a good main event.

I think Whyte wins by early KO. Povetkin looks soft and I think it will go similar to the first with Povetkin not recovering after being hurt for the first time.

[MightyWarrior]

Whyte strikes me as the type who can put a bad loss like that behind him pretty quickly, like with the AJ KO, he’s quite single-minded, and I think Pov is shot...

I’m gonna tune into DAZN USA for this, for some normal commentary thank god

[Ruthless-RKO]

I see they've managed to find a smart 'title' for the Webb vs Pfeiffer fight ?

Don't recall Eddie using the IBO before .. he's more of a WBA man

Yeh, i found it strange.. WBA ran out of regional belts?

Hearn likes the WBA and IBF.

[gregregegg]

Fury will be fighting web in a years time defending his IBO belt against the mandatory challenger....

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Haye: Whyte Should Stop Thinking Povetkin Landed Lucky Punch, Re-evaluate What Happened

David Haye noticed an old, tired Alexander Povetkin who looked “way past his prime” on August 22.

As faded as Povetkin appeared to him when the former WBA heavyweight champion encountered Dillian Whyte, Haye feels Whyte has made a mental mistake by convincing himself that Povetkin simply caught him with “a lucky punch” in the fifth round that night. Povetkin’s vicious left uppercut knocked Whyte unconscious and abruptly brought an end to a fight Whyte was winning easily at Matchroom Boxing’s headquarters in Brentwood, England.

Haye hopes Whyte has rectified the costly technical mistakes he made during training camp for their immediate rematch Saturday night in Gibraltar. Otherwise, Haye cautioned that Whyte could suffer the same frightening fate again in their second fight at Europa Point Sports Complex (Sky Sports Box Office; DAZN).

“It’s a very dangerous fight,” Haye, also a former WBA heavyweight champion, told Sky Sports. “And it’s a fight that I think Dillian doesn’t want to accept there was nothing other than a lucky punch. He thought, ‘I was winning the fight,’ which he was. ‘I had him knocked down twice in the fourth round, and I was winning the fifth round until I got hit with one shot and that was it. Anything can happen in boxing. It happens in the heavyweight division.’ I don’t think that’s the mindset you need to – you can’t just say you won because it was an anomaly. That left uppercut that he threw knocked out Carlos Takam in a very even fight, in a very close, toe-to-toe fight. It’s a shot that he throws regularly.

“You know, Dereck [Chisora] was telling me when he sparred with him, he was getting hit with that shot. So, it’s one of his shots. And to get hit with someone’s best shot isn’t really lucky, is it? The guy’s got a big shot. It’s like getting caught with Dillian Whyte’s left hook. You know it’s there. You can practice to go under it if you throw your right hook to the body, or not. You can stand up and get knocked out.”

London’s Whyte dropped Povetkin twice during the fourth round, in which Povetkin appeared well on his way to losing by knockout. The rejuvenated Russian blasted Whyte with a left uppercut that sent Whyte crashing to the canvas, beneath a bottom rope, early in the fifth round.

Referee Mark Lyson immediately called an end to their scheduled 12-round fight for Whyte’s WBC interim title.

Whyte (27-2, 18 KOs) promptly exercised his contractual right to an immediate rematch with the 41-year-old Povetkin (36-2-1, 25 KOs).

“You need to realize [with] Povetkin, it wasn’t a lucky punch,” Haye said. “It was a well-practiced punch. It was a punch that he thought about. The fact that he’s an Olympic gold medalist, you don’t just pull out lucky punches. It was a shot that, in his mind, he wanted. He dipped down, showed him the left hook to the body, Dillian brought his arm down, and he threw a left uppercut and knocked him out. It was a perfectly timed, practiced punch, something that he’s done a million times. So, I don’t think it was luck. I just think Dillian did the wrong thing at the wrong time, and paid the price. And hopefully, he learns from that, to think, ‘OK, if he’s gonna go to the body, I need to bring my weight back or I need to practice to block the uppercut.’

“You know, he needs to re-evaluate what happened in that fight. Because if he just says, ‘It’s down to luck. Let me just carry on with it,’ then we’ve got a problem. If he re-evaluates everything and goes, ‘OK, was I getting hit in sparring with that shot? Was I practicing? Was I aware when he dips down, not to lean forward?’ I don’t know. I don’t know. I’m not in his camp. I don’t know what he does. But I think he needs to really stop just thinking it was a lucky shot, and ‘Let me just do the same thing again.’ Because the same thing could happen twice if you’re not prepared for it.”

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Time Date Schedule

United States - Pacific 10:00 AM Saturday Mar 06, 2021
United States - Mountain 11:00 AM Saturday Mar 06, 2021
United States - Centra l0:00 PM Saturday Mar 06, 2021
United States - Eastern 1:00 PM Saturday Mar 06, 2021

Canada - Vancouver 10:00 AM Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Canada - Edmonton 11:00 AM Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Canada - Winnipeg 12:00 PM Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Canada - Toronto 1:00 PM Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Canada - Newfoundland 2:30 PM Saturday Mar 06, 2021

Brazil - Rio Branco 1:00 PM Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Brazil - Manaus 2:00 PM Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Brazil - Rio de Janeiro 3:00 PM Saturday Mar 06, 2021

United Kingdom - London 6:00 PM Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Ireland - Dublin 6:00 PM Saturday Mar 06, 2021

Australia - Western 2:00 AM Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Australia - Central 4:30 AM Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Australia - Eastern 5:00 AM Sunday Mar 07, 2021
New Zealand - Auckland 7:00 AM Sunday Mar 07, 2021

[jfsmith98]

He's come in some fantastic shape has Dillian Whyte, can't be the only one concerned with the direction of his career if he was to find himself defeated again. Although I don't think he'll have as much trouble this time around.

[Glass Joe]

10 minute countdown

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10 minute countdown

I just set up the RBR.. Gonna be a looooong night..

Main event is gonna be no later than 10:15pm

[Glass Joe]

will find a stream unless any of my mates are watching it then i will go halfs.

[Jimmy2020]

Unless I am being fed a pack of lies, Povetkin is still really struggling post covid, expects to get trounced, and is only there for the retirement cheque.

based on the way he bounced around yesterday banging the pads you have been " fed a pack of lies "

There is a strong chance he will do it again , tho I fancy DW to take him into the latter rounds to tire him out before going for the KO .
Either way it will be edge of seat !

I have called every big heavyweight and cruiserweight fight right on here, including Ruiz v Joshua, for over 20 years. I don't know much about the other weights.

[Jimmy2020]

Povetkin will get rolled over very quickly in the rematch. He has had a bad reaction to Covid-19 and won't be a shadow of what he was.

Fight should not have happened. It was an open secret how bad Povetkin had been hit by Covid.

[brilo33]

jeyus beat some 41 odd russian who couldnt walk

[stujones]

Povetkin will get rolled over very quickly in the rematch. He has had a bad reaction to Covid-19 and won't be a shadow of what he was.

Fight should not have happened. It was an open secret how bad Povetkin had been hit by Covid.

Poor show from Mike Costello on Five Live - mentioned Povetkin's Covid at the end, but said "but hardly anyone has made a big deal of it or thought it was a factor before the fight" - UMM yes, its been mentioned all the time by fans of the sport.

[margaret thatcher]

lol where exactly does mike go to hear his boxing opinions/news? it was mentioned all the time, i think only neil gee here was saying that 'the news' was that it hadnt affected pov and was no big deal

[Cent0089]

Ted Cheeseman is fun to watch guys like him are reason why people still watch boxing instead mma. What is next for him ?

[rd350lc]

jeyus beat some 41 odd russian who couldnt walk

Absolutely , thought Whyte looked poor myself and all over the place himself .
Long time out done him no favours either .

[DrDuke]

41 year old, post-covid syndrome Povetkin must retire. No speed and explosiveness anymore, his legs and chin are gone.