Whyte vs Povetkin

Any hope of Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin 2 happening in January is definitely off the cards.

The original date was delayed with Povetkin contracting COVID-19. He was initially in hospital, sent home to further recover, resumed training and had to go back into hospital for a second time with the symptoms returning.

Povetkin, for the second time, is now back at home to recover.

According to Povetkin’s promoter, Andrey Ryabinsky, he is taking longer to recover from COVID-19 than they had initially anticipated pushing the rematch further back.

In fact, Povetkin was taken to the hospital for a second time after symptoms returned.

“Alexander had to go to hospital again for examinations. The other day he was discharged and is now starting training,” Ryabinsky told TASS.

“We’ll increase the workload in stages, under the supervision of doctors. Boxing is a serious load on the body, I won’t allow Alexander’s health to be risked. There will be no fight with Whyte in January. We underestimated the consequences of the virus, everything did not go as smoothly as we thought…

“We will discuss and appoint the date of the fight when we understand at what pace we can move with preparation.”

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Dillian Whyte Speaking to Sky Sports

“I personally don’t think he’s got COVID. I think he just needed more time to get ready, because he took a lot of damage in the first fight. After the first fight, he took a lot of time off. Even though I got stopped, I went straight back to training and I got straight back on it.

“I was just in my peak stage now, so I can’t just crash out and let it all die down. I’ve got to keep the engine warm and still train, but just not as hard. I keep the same intensity, but just not the volume. They wanted more time, or whatever. More time for me. More time for me to learn and bond with my team and to keep improving. We worked on a lot of stuff in the last camp that’s only falling into place for this camp, so it’s all good.”