The highly anticipated Fight Camp finale on DAZN delivered a pair of candidates for annual honors as Alexander Povetkin’s stunning knockout victory over Dillian Whyte and Katie Taylor’s hard-fought win over Delfine Persoon are guaranteed to be leading contenders for their respective awards.
Talk about a stunner!
Tonight at Matchroom HQ, in what was seen as just one last step before at last getting his chance to fight for a world title, Dillian Whyte suffered the most brutal and out of the blue KO defeat only the heavyweight division can provide.
Saturday’s boxing schedule is jammed-packed from across the pond in the United Kingdom to back here in the states as well.
After so many weeks, months (it seems like years) since we fight fans were treated to as hectic a boxing schedule like the one we are looking forward to tomorrow night, it’s kinda tough getting reacquainted with the good stuff we will soon have upon us in just one night.
Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin have both weighed-in and it has to be said how great both fighters looked on the scale.
In The US: WHYTE VS. POVETKIN, TAYLOR VS. PERSOON II TO STREAM LIVE ON DAZN FROM MATCHROOM FIGHT CAMP ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 AT 2 P.M.
19:00 LIVE ON SKY SPORTS AND SKY SPORTS BOX OFFICE
19:15 RING WALK
10 x 3 mins Super-Middleweight contest
JACK CULLEN 11st 10lbs 6oz v ZAK CHELLI 11st 10lbs 8oz
(Little Lever) (Fulham)
followed by
19:30 LIVE ON SKY SPORTS BOX OFFICE (encrypted)
8 x 3 mins Heavyweight contest
ALEN BABIC 14st 9lbs 0oz v SHAWNDELL WINTERS 13st 12lbs 0oz
(Croatia) (USA)
followed by
10 x 3 mins WBO Global Welterweight Title
LUTHER CLAY 10st 5lbs 8oz v CHRIS KONGO 10st 5lbs 5oz
(Bracknell) (Bermondsey)
followed by
10 x 2 mins Undisputed Lightweight World Titles
KATIE TAYLOR 9st 8lbs 3oz v DELFINE PERSOON 9st 6lbs 7oz
(Ireland) (Belgium)
followed by
12 x 3 mins WBC Interim and Diamond Heavyweight Titles
DILLIAN WHYTE 18st 0lbs 6oz v ALEXANDER POVETKIN 16st 0lbs 0oz
(Brixton) (Russia)
DILLIAN “The Body Snatcher” WHYTE (GB)
WBC Interim Heavyweight Champion, 1st title defense
Age: 32 / Date of birth: April 11, 1988
Residence: London, England, United Kingdom / Birthplace: Port Antonio, Jamaica
Record: 27-1, 18 KOs / Total rounds: 155
Height: 6’4″ – 193cm / Reach: 78″ – 198cm / Stance: Right-handed
Interim World championship fights: 1-0, 0 KOs
ALEXANDER POVETKIN (Russia)
Ranked WBC No.
Eddie Hearn: “This is it. This is the final week of Fight Camp. It has been just the most remarkable project we’ve ever been involved with.
When Dillian Whyte says he’s “had enough fights to justify being a world champion,” he is bang on the money. Whyte has earned a title shot over and over yet he has been made to wait an agonizingly long amount of time.
Anthony Joshua joins Natasha Jonas and Tony Bellew on the Sky Sports Box Office team for Dillian Whyte versus Alexander Povetkin and Katie Taylor-Delfine Persoon 2.