https://www.boxingscene.com/povetkin-still-recovering-from-covid-not-face-whyte-january--154044
Sad news for people who anticipated this fight to happen in January as what the title of the article says that Povetkin could not face Whyte on January as the former is still recovering from COVID-19. His case must be severe as it takes a long time for him to recover and the virus could have damaged some of his organs.
I think it is better for this fight to be postpone to the middle next year to give time to Povetkin to fully recover as to not give doubts if Whyte will win. Coivd-19 is a serious disease that damages our lungs that might affect the performance of an athlete like Povetkin.
Yes, this should be postpone on a later date as it seems that Povetkin will not fully recover and meet the Jan 30 fight as he has to train hard again. But if his body is not willing to response because of the ill effects of covid-19 then obviously his performance will be affected and he will not be 100%
We even don't know if Povetkin is really 100% recovered even if he is cleared to fight as there are other effects that we might not notice or even he himself will not feel it until after the fight when his body and mind are sort of not cooperating.