Whyte vs Povetkin is officially on August 22 for the WBC interim

There was an official confirmation that on August 22 at the Matchroom Boxing event there will be a fight of the interim WBC heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) against Alexander Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KOs). The fight will take place without the participation of the audience.

The August event will take place in the UK in the PPV paid broadcast system and will be the fourth in a series of evenings at a place called Fight Camp, which is normally the estate of the Hearns family in Essex. In the USA, the evening will be shown on the DAZN platform.

The clash of Povetkin and Whyte is likely to be preceded by a female fight of Katie Taylor (15-0, 6 KOs) and Amanda Serrano (37-1-1, 27 KOs). Negotiations on this issue are still ongoing. At the same evening heavyweight Martin Bakole may also fight Sergei Kuzmin.