Derek Chisora presents to face Dillian Whyte after Alexander Povetkin hospitalised with coronavirus
Derek Chisora has offered to substitute Alexander Povetkin and fight Dillian Whyte for a third time on short word.
The expected rematch between Whyte and Povetkin on November is off afterwards the Russian established wonderful for Covid-.
The proposed date for the fight to be rescheduled is on January, however promoter Eddie Hearn has been befuddled a lifeline to store the pay-per-view agenda afterwards conversations with Chisora.
The British heavyweight lost to Oleksandr Usyk on aspects final weekend however regardless of less than three weeks unless Whyte changed into because of face Povetkin for a second time, Chisora insists is “ready to rock and cycle”.
“Do you want to give me that fight? i may retract that,” Chisora informed Hearn on . “wish to give it to me? I have no bruises, I’m able to bedrock and cycle.
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“or not it s all about making heritage, consider about it, let me be aware of and i ll steal it.”
The offer got here under an hour after Hearn confirmed the fight changed into off because of Povetkin application the disease.
Hearn observed: “sadly we acquired the information nowadays that Alexander Povetkin is in hospital after trying out advantageous for Covid-.
“The fight will now be rescheduled to a target date of January. An advertisement on our November reveal will be made presently.”
He brought: “at the start we want to desire Alexander Povetkin a quick recovery. this is a challenging time for suggests. There may be lots of united statesand downs over the following couple of months. We appear ahead to the battle happening in late January.”
Whyte suffered a brutal shock defeat towards Povetkin on baronial, which saw the Briton droop to only the d defeat of his expert profession, almost five years after his loss to Anthony Joshua.
The -year-historical had been leading the bout up unless the fifth circular, having knocked Povetkin down alert in the fourth, but found himself knocked out cold by way of an attractive bang that turned the battle on its head.
