‘Redemption Hour’: Dillian Whyte knocks out Alexander Povetkin in fourth round

It was redemption hour for Britain’s Dillian Whyte as he avenged his defeat against Alexander Povetkin to be crowned WBC Interim Heavyweight champion on Saturday in a clash dubbed ‘Rumble on the Rock’.

In front of only 500 fans, 32-year-old Whyte knocked out his Russian opponent in the fourth round.

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Last August, Whyte twice put Povetkin on the canvas, only to see the former WBA champion defeat him with a fifth-round knockout.

‘The Body Snatcher’ was a man on the mission as he landed a straight jab on Povetkin and send him stumbling. The Russian bounced back off the ropes right into the path of the hungry Brit.

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Whyte snapped up a combination of left and right hook and ended the affair with a thunderous left hook to knock out Povetkin.

However, the Brit wasn’t the happiest as he exclaimed: “I’m sad it didn’t finish in the first round. I could’ve finished him early.”

Inevitably still disgusted with his loss last summer, he said, “I’m willing to run it back again, if he wants the rematch? I’m annoyed, I shouldn’t have lost the first time.”

“All I had to do was be a bit smarter.”

Ahead of Saturday’s fight, Whyte said the victory should give him a shot at facing the winner of a future bout between Anthony Joshua versus Tyson Fury, with the undisputed heavyweight title on the line.

So boxing fans could in for an all-Brit enticing bout in the near future.