Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev (36-5-1, 30 KOs) showed that he still possesses formidable power, ending his career with a crushing seventh-round TKO win over Artur Mann (22-5, 13 KOs) on Friday night in front of a home crowd at the Yunost Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Sergey Kovalev closes the curtain on his legendary career this Friday, April 18, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, against Artur Mann as part of the IBA Champions tournament.
Sergey Kovalev has decided he will have one more fight before calling it a career. “Krusher,” now aged 41, was last seen giving it all he had in a fight with Robin Safar, this on a Riyadh show in May of last year.
Today marks the 10th anniversary of a fight that, upon going in, plenty of people had a genuine concern for one of the fighters involved.
The one could prove exciting. RingTV.com reports how a WBC cruiserweight elimination bout between former light heavyweight champ Sergey Kovalev and former WBC cruiserweight title challenger Thabiso Mchunu is in the works.
Saturday night in front of a huge crowd at the Kia Forum, Triller Fight Club presented TrillerVerz 5, an outstanding evening of entertainment featuring world class professional boxing and an iconic VERZUZ battle between Cypress Hill and Onyx, broadcast on FITE.
Sergey Kovalev’s cruiserweight fight against Meng Fanlong is now off for March 19th. Triller reportedly were planning on moving the fight to May 14th, but Fanlong (17-0, 10 KOs) opted instead to go in another direction against 39-year-old Jean Pascal on May 20th.
Last seen being KO’d by Canelo Alvarez in a fight that was close until the sudden ending, former light-heavyweight champ Sergey Kovalev will return to the ring against the unbeaten Meng Fanlong of China, the two having agreed to meet at a catch-weight of 185 pounds.
Sergey Kovalev says he’s ready to face Canelo Alvarez for free in a rematch for free, and he’s CERTAIN that he’ll beat him this time.
Andre Ward recently spoke with Ak & Barak, and when talk turned to Sergey Kovalev and the Russian’s recent positive test for synthetic testosterone, the retired Hall of Famer said that he is “not gonna kick a guy when he’s down.”