He didn’t look all that skilled, but his power in his left hook and his toughness enabled him to roll over his opponents like a Sherman tank.“I went up against Anthony Joshua, an Olympic gold medalist, and European amateur world champion, who’d been in the Olympic setup for many years and had been training properly,” said Whyte.“What I realized in the fight was I had injuries, and he was injury-free because I never saw a physio until five or six years ago. They may vacate the belt and fight Joshua. It would stop, and then I’d fight again and stuff like that. Because he didn’t have a real amateur career, Whyte had to learn in the pro ranks against fierce but limited opposition.He didn’t get a chance to fight the tremendous amateur fighters that Joshua and many other warriors fought, but he still was able to learn from the pros how to compete at a high level.“I was knocking everybody out. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. But we are completely guessing.”“We have looked at alternative dates for everything without knowing anything concrete,” said Hearn.“We have ongoing conversations with Tottenham to say that if the Premier League extends and does get played in June then we’ll be pushed back.“We do have a date of July 25 held at Spurs as well, which is more realistic. Deontay Wilder didn’t fight me for 100 million years, so why should I go and fight him?” said Whyte.Dillian can’t overlook Povetkin on August 22 because if he loses to him, then he will no longer be the WBC mandatory.“At the minute, we’re coming to terms with the WBC, and obviously, I’m the mandatory, and I think they will honor the mandatory,” said Whyte. Dillian Whyte’s hotly-anticipated heavyweight bout with Alexander Povetkin has been postponed until July 4 after all British boxing events in May were called off amid the coronavirus pandemic. The winner of Wilder and Fury will have to fight me. Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin in Play For August 15 Hearn had originally hoped to match Benn with Johnny Garton, the former British champion, only for Garton to decide to retire.“In an ideal world that is the fight I would like to headline on July 25 to start us,” Hearn said to IFL TV.Other fights agreed for the series include Terri Harper making the first defence of her WBC super-featherweight title against Natasha Jonas, Simon Vallily v Fabio Wardley for the English heavyweight title and James Tennyson against Gavin Gwynne for the vacant British lightweight title.Luther Clay and Chris Kong are due to meet in a clash of welterweight prospects, while Chris Billam-Smith will face Nathan Thorley for the English cruiserweight title.Hearn says he is also trying to make a fight between Ted Cheeseman and Sam Eggington, as well as Jason Quigley against Jack Cullen and Jordan Gill against Reece Bellotti. By Ron Lewis Published On Wed Jun 3, 2020, 05:03 PM EST Dillian Whyte’s interim WBC heavyweight title clash with Alexander Povetkin looks … The lifestyle and the training,” said Whyte when asked what’s different now from when he lost Anthony Joshua in 2015.“I had seven amateur fights, and I didn’t win anything as an amateur. He was fighting with just one arm from the third round on, and he had no chance of winning.Although Whyte had Joshua hurt in round two, he couldn’t take him out. I didn’t know little things to strengthen your shoulders and small things.“And I didn’t know about all these things. I didn’t think about dieting and stuff. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. It’s a great thing.” said Dillian.You can’t rule out the Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III winner vacating the WBC title so that they can go straight into the fight for the undisputed championship with Anthony Joshua. Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin is OFF. Whyte vs. Povetkin (Cancelled) takes place Saturday, July 4, 2020 with 0 fights at Manchester Arena in Manchester, Lancashire, UK . It’s good stuff. "It's heartbreaking to see every sport suffer and some sports will never recover, some businesses will never recover but more importantly some people will never recover.“When that's an issue everything stops and everything becomes insignificant. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services.The heavyweight clash was originally scheduled for May 2 but the Matchroom promoter confirmed the bout would have to be moved.The Essex resident was then pressed on when he expected boxing to make a comeback.He added: "Whether that's behind closed doors at first, or whether that's back with small-hall shows, then we hope we can get to the bigger shows before the end of June.“If you don't run a sustainable business very quickly this is going to unfold on you like a ton of bricks.