Povetkin wants to fight Whyte

Former heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin of Russia wants to fight Dillian Whyte. “Of course, I would like to fight Whyte. Let's see how everything goes. This depends not on me,” said Povetkin. Povetkin had operations on the elbows of both hands recently.

Earlier Whyte said that they gave each other oral agreement with Povetkin for a fight. In the last bout, which took place in September, Povetkin lost in the seventh round to WBA, WBO and IBF champion Anthony Joshua. In his last bout in December Whyte knocked out Derek Chisora in the 11th round.