FILE PHOTO: Boxing - Andy Ruiz Jr & Anthony Joshua public Work Outs - The Public Investment Fund Office Complex, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - December 3, 2019 Alexander Povetkin during the work out Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge
LONDON (Reuters) - A WBC interim heavyweight rematch between Alexander Povetkin and Britain's Dillian Whyte has been postponed to January after the Russian was admitted to hospital with COVID-19, promoter Eddie Hearn said on Tuesday.
'Body Snatcher' Whyte was knocked out by 41-year-old Povetkin, the 2004 Olympic super-heavyweight gold medallist, in the fifth round of their fight in London last August.
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