Held at the Europa Point Sports Complex in Gibraltar and shown live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and on DAZN in all other markets excluding the UK and Ireland (7 p.m. GMT / 3 p.m. ET), Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte II is expected to attract a huge worldwide audience to watch as ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte (27-2, 18 KOs) attempts to exact his revenge on Povetkin (36-2-1, 25 KOs) following his shock defeat to the big Russian last August. (photos by Mark Robinson).
Also on the card, Bermondsey’s Ted Cheeseman (16-2-1, 9 KOs) meets Liverpool’s James Metcalf (21-0, 13 KOs) for the vacant British Super-Welterweight Title, Ipswich Heavyweight talent Fabio Wardley (10-0, 9 KOs) steps-up again against USA’s former World Title challenger Eric Molina (27-6, 19 KOs).
Manchester Super-Featherweight Campbell Hatton – son of British fight legend Ricky Hatton – makes his professional debut against Jesus Ruiz, undefeated Welterweights Chris Kongo (12-0, 7 KOs) and Michael McKinson (19-0, 2 KOs) will collide for the WBO Global Title, Heavyweight contender Eric Pfeifer (7-0, 5 KOs) locks horns with Nick Webb (16-2, 12 KOs) and Wembley Super-Featherweight Youssef Khoumari ( 11-0-1, 4 KOs) faces Birmingham’s Kane Baker (14-7).
–boxingscene.com
