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Last night, Alexander Povetkin (36-2-1) was scheduled to face Dillian Whyte (27-2) for the interim WBC heavyweight championship. Whyte looked in complete control early in the fight, even scoring two knockdowns on Povetkin in the 4th round. But Povetkin got back up each time, and out of nowhere, he hit Whyte with a beautiful left uppercut that put the British away. It was a shocking result for everyone in the arena and in the commentary booth. https://twitter.com/DAZN_USA/status/1297564970964717569 https://twitter.com/DAZN_USA/status/1297297896782663680 https://www.youtube.com/watch?vu_CekGA9CA0 To Adam Smith, It Was 'Extraordinary' Colour commentator Adam Smith couldn't hide his shock after Povetkin knocked Whyte out. Smith said “Unbelievable. And when Alexander Povetkin had lost every single round, he’d been down twice, he finds one huge shot that lays out Whyte." "I cannot believe what I've just witnessed". At 40 years old, Povetkin was deemed too old to be a threat at the top of the division. But this knockout is quite a solid answer to all the people who doubted him. Eddie Hearn Gave His Thoughts After The Fight “Dillian wants the rematch. There is a rematch clause. We want to try and do that by the end of the year. There will be a rematch,” Hern said to reporters after the fight. “Two heavy knockdowns from Whyte... people felt it was over. One punch completely changed the fight." Povetkin snapped Whyte's 11 fights winning streak and had this to say after the fight. “I didn’t feel that I would finish the fight like this but I was pretty confident in the fourth round,” Povetkin said. “I was watching his fights and took into account that he missed the uppercut from the left and the right. So I trained for just those shots.” https://twitter.com/SkySports/status/1297466932711567361 The boxing world including fighters Like Tyson Furry had a few things to say about the fight https://twitter.com/Tyson_Fury/status/1297302789824172032?ref_srctwsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1297302789824172032%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_urlhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Fsport%2Fboxing%2Falexander-povetkin-knocks-out-dillian-whyte-in-fifth-round-video%2Fnews-story%2Fde4b77d011456f46ee9932f9528f4d84 https://twitter.com/AndreasHale/status/1297297582666821632?ref_srctwsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1297297582666821632%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_urlhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Fsport%2Fboxing%2Falexander-povetkin-knocks-out-dillian-whyte-in-fifth-round-video%2Fnews-story%2Fde4b77d011456f46ee9932f9528f4d84 https://twitter.com/_WrightJosh/status/1297297155472973824?ref_srctwsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1297297155472973824%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_urlhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Fsport%2Fboxing%2Falexander-povetkin-knocks-out-dillian-whyte-in-fifth-round-video%2Fnews-story%2Fde4b77d011456f46ee9932f9528f4d84 https://twitter.com/BCampbellCBS/status/1297297413552648192?ref_srctwsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1297297413552648192%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_urlhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Fsport%2Fboxing%2Falexander-povetkin-knocks-out-dillian-whyte-in-fifth-round-video%2Fnews-story%2Fde4b77d011456f46ee9932f9528f4d84