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Total Fights | 40 |
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Wins | 36 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KOs | 3 |
KO Wins | 25 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 15 years and nine months, Alexander Povetkin fought 40 times with 36 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw.
Povetkin retired from professional boxing with a record of 36-3-1, which included one heavyweight world-title win and four successful title defense fights. He had a 62.5% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 25 of his total 40 fights being knockout wins, three of which were in title fights. Povetkin suffered two knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Anthony Joshua in a heavyweight title fight.
His last fight was a 4th round TKO defeat to Dillian Whyte on March 27, 2021.
Some of Povetkin's best fights and notable victories include wins over Marco Huck, Hasim Rahman, Dillian Whyte, Chris Byrd, Christian Hammer, Hughie Fury, and Johann Duhaupas.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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40 | Mar 27, 2021 | 41 | Dillian Whyte | Loss | TKO4 |
39 | Aug 22, 2020 | 40 | Dillian Whyte | Win | TKO5 |
38 | Dec 7, 2019 | 40 | Michael Hunter | Draw | SD |
37 | Aug 31, 2019 | 39 | Hughie Fury | Win | UD |
36 | Sep 22, 2018 | 39 | Anthony Joshua | Loss * | TKO7 |
35 | Mar 31, 2018 | 38 | David Price | Win | KO5 |
34 | Dec 15, 2017 | 38 | Christian Hammer | Win | UD |
33 | Jul 1, 2017 | 37 | Andriy Rudenko | Win | UD |
32 | Dec 17, 2016 | 37 | Johann Duhaupas | Win | KO6 |
31 | Nov 4, 2015 | 36 | Mariusz Wach | Win | TKO12 |
30 | May 22, 2015 | 35 | Mike Perez | Win | TKO1 |
29 | Oct 24, 2014 | 35 | Carlos Takam | Win | KO10 |
28 | May 30, 2014 | 34 | Manuel Charr | Win | KO7 |
27 | Oct 5, 2013 | 34 | Wladimir Klitschko | Loss * | UD |
26 | May 17, 2013 | 33 | Andrzej Wawrzyk | Win * | TKO3 |
25 | Sep 29, 2012 | 33 | Hasim Rahman | Win * | TKO2 |
24 | Feb 25, 2012 | 32 | Marco Huck | Win * | MD |
23 | Dec 3, 2011 | 32 | Cedric Boswell | Win * | KO8 |
22 | Aug 27, 2011 | 31 | Ruslan Chagaev | Win * | UD |
21 | Dec 18, 2010 | 31 | Nicolai Firtha | Win | UD |
20 | Oct 16, 2010 | 31 | Teke Oruh | Win | KO5 |
19 | Mar 13, 2010 | 30 | Javier Mora | Win | TKO5 |
18 | Dec 5, 2009 | 30 | Leo Nolan | Win | KO3 |
17 | Apr 4, 2009 | 29 | Jason Estrada | Win | UD |
16 | Jul 19, 2008 | 28 | Taurus Sykes | Win | KO4 |
15 | Jan 26, 2008 | 28 | Eddie Chambers | Win | UD |
14 | Oct 27, 2007 | 28 | Chris Byrd | Win | TKO11 |
13 | Jun 30, 2007 | 27 | Larry Donald | Win | UD |
12 | May 26, 2007 | 27 | Patrice L'Heureux | Win | KO2 |
11 | Mar 3, 2007 | 27 | David Bostice | Win | TKO2 |
10 | Dec 10, 2006 | 27 | Imamu Mayfield | Win | TKO3 |
9 | Sep 23, 2006 | 27 | Ed Mahone | Win | TKO5 |
8 | Jun 3, 2006 | 26 | Livin Castillo | Win | TKO4 |
7 | Apr 22, 2006 | 26 | Friday Ahunanya | Win | UD |
6 | Mar 4, 2006 | 26 | Richard Bango | Win | KO2 |
5 | Dec 17, 2005 | 26 | Willie Chapman | Win | TKO5 |
4 | Nov 12, 2005 | 26 | Stephane Tessier | Win | UD |
3 | Oct 1, 2005 | 26 | John Castle | Win | RTD1 |
2 | Sep 3, 2005 | 26 | Cerrone Fox | Win | TKO4 |
1 | Jun 11, 2005 | 25 | Muhammad Ali Durmaz | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
Alexander Povetkin (Sasha) is a 44-year old retired Russian professional boxer. He was born in Kursk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on September 2, 1979. He is a former heavyweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 15 years — from 2005 to 2021.
Povetkin made his professional boxing debut against Muhammad Ali Durmaz at the age of 25 on June 11, 2005, defeating Durmaz via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 25 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 17 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 31 on August 27, 2011 after 21 professional fights, against Ruslan Chagaev for the heavyweight WBA (Regular) title. He defeated Chagaev via 12 round unanimous decision to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
Povetkin has won one world title at heavyweight. For all the details about Povetkin's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Povetkin had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title rematch against British boxer Dillian Whyte on March 27, 2021. Povetkin lost the fight via 4th round TKO. It's been 3 years and 1 day since this fight.
Povetkin had a total of seven world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and four successful title defenses. He won five of these fights and lost two.
Alexander Povetkin fought for a heavyweight world title in three fights and won once. He won one heavyweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Aug 27, 2011 | Ruslan Chagaev | Heavyweight | WBA (Regular) | UD |
Alexander Povetkin had four heavyweight world-title defense fights. He won all of these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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May 17, 2013 | Andrzej Wawrzyk | Heavyweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Sep 29, 2012 | Hasim Rahman | Heavyweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Feb 25, 2012 | Marco Huck | Heavyweight | WBA (Regular) | MD |
Dec 3, 2011 | Cedric Boswell | Heavyweight | WBA (Regular) | KO |
Povetkin fought a total of 40 times during his professional career, which includes 7 world-title fights at the heavyweight division. These nine fights are the highlight of his career.
October 27, 2007: Alexander Povetkin puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Chris Byrd via 11th round TKO.
August 27, 2011: Povetkin wins his first world title by defeating Ruslan Chagaev via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBA (Regular) heavyweight world champion.
February 25, 2012: Povetkin successfully defends the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title against Marco Huck, winning the fight via 12 round majority decision.
September 29, 2012: Povetkin successfully defends the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title against Hasim Rahman, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
May 30, 2014: Alexander Povetkin beats Manuel Charr via 7th round KO.
December 17, 2016: Alexander Povetkin beats Johann Duhaupas via 6th round KO.
December 15, 2017: Alexander Povetkin beats Christian Hammer via 12th round unanimous decision.
August 31, 2019: Alexander Povetkin beats Hughie Fury via 12th round unanimous decision.
August 22, 2020: Alexander Povetkin beats Dillian Whyte via 5th round TKO.
Povetkin knocked out 25 of his 40 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 62.5%. Of his total 36 wins, 25 of them were via KO (69.4%).
Povetkin's first world-title win was the WBA (Regular) belt at heavyweight. He defeated Ruslan Chagaev via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Povetkin won one world title at heavyweight.
Povetkin had 4 successful title defense fights.