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In August of last year, the Russian veteran was 41 years old. Aleksandras Povetkinas fell twice to knock out the 32-year-old Brit Dillianą Whyte’ą, but in the fifth round he sensationally knocked out his opponent and won.
Just over half a year has passed and Whyte retaliated against Petetkin when he was defeated by a fourth round TKO at the Europa Point sports complex in Gibraltar and won the interim WBC heavyweight title.
D. Whyte injured his opponent with his right hand in the third round, and in the fourth, he performed a combination of punches, after which A.Povetkin lost his balance. Finally, D. Whyte hooked his right and left hands, after which A. Povetkin fell to the ropes of the ring and the fight stopped.
Before celebrating the victory in front of 500 spectators, Whyte brought Povetkin a stool to sit on, and when the Russian veteran recovered, the fighters embraced.
For Povetkin, this was the third failure of his career: before that, in 2013, he lost to Ukrainian Vladimir Kličko, and in 2016. – Briton Anthony Joshua.
Meanwhile, D. White has already achieved victory number 28 (19 knockouts) and has suffered only 2 losses in 2015. He landed for Yoshua and last year for Povetkin.
Now Whyte will await the end of the agreement between Tyson Fury (WBC champion) and A. Joshua (WBA, IBF and WBO champion) in the match of two and said he would agree to a third fight against Povetkin.
“If Povetkin wants revenge and the money is okay, I will fight him again because I didn’t have to lose the first time and that bothers me,” Whyte said. “He only lost to V. Klichko and A. Joshua and that shows how good he is. I can beat anything.”
Whyte simply couldn’t lose this fight as it would have done irreparable damage to his career. Standing after an unexpected loss for A.Povetkin, D.Whyte will continue to fight to become the undisputed heavyweight champion.
“Today, I have got my career back on track. “We are back where we wanted to be, and the goal remains the same – to get Dillian to fight for the world heavyweight title,” Matchroom manager Eddie Hearn said, adding that he looks forward to seeing Whyte in the ring again this time. summer. his rival could be Deontay Wilder, who disagreed with T. Fury in a third duel.
The revenge fight between A. Povetkin and D. White was supposed to take place in November last year, but A. Povetkin became infected with the COVID-19 virus and the fight was postponed.
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