page_title: Alexander Povetkin
hierarchical_section_title: Alexander Povetkin
caption_attribution_description: English: Alexander Povetkin during an interview in 2015.
context_page_description: Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Povetkin is a Russian professional boxer who has held the WBC interim heavyweight title since August 2020. Previously, he held the WBA heavyweight title from 2011 to 2013 and has challenged twice for the unified heavyweight championship.
  As an amateur, Povetkin won gold medals in the super-heavyweight division at the 2002 and 2004 European Championships, 2003 World Championships, and 2004 Olympics. After turning professional in 2005, he defeated Ruslan Chagaev to claim the vacant WBA title in 2011. He challenged unified champion Wladimir Klitschko for the WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO, The Ring, and lineal titles in 2013, losing by unanimous decision. Povetkin fought unified champion Anthony Joshua for the WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO titles in 2018, and suffered a seventh-round technical knockout loss, his only defeat by stoppage to date.
  As of August 2020, Povetkin is ranked as the world's fourth best active heavyweight by BoxRec, and seventh by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and The Ring.
context_section_description: Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Povetkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Пове́ткин; born 2 September 1979) is a Russian professional boxer who has held the WBC interim heavyweight title since August 2020. Previously, he held the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title from 2011 to 2013 and has challenged twice for the unified heavyweight championship. 
  As an amateur, Povetkin won gold medals in the super-heavyweight division at the 2002 and 2004 European Championships, 2003 World Championships, and 2004 Olympics. After turning professional in 2005, he defeated Ruslan Chagaev to claim the vacant WBA (Regular) title in 2011. He challenged unified champion Wladimir Klitschko for the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, The Ring, and lineal titles in 2013, losing by unanimous decision. Povetkin fought unified champion Anthony Joshua for the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO titles in 2018, and suffered a seventh-round technical knockout loss, his only defeat by stoppage to date. 
  As of August 2020, Povetkin is ranked as the world's fourth best active heavyweight by BoxRec, and seventh by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and The Ring.
caption: Povetkin in 2015
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