Kovalev vs. Mohammedi Being Pushed Back To 7/25

By Alexey Sukachev

According to Egis Klimas, a manager of the unified Super WBA, IBF and WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (27-0-1, 24 KOs), his protégé’s mandatory title defense (under IBF legislation) against Frenchman Nadjib Mohammedi (37-3, 23 KOs) was postponed for a week.

“The fight is rescheduled for one week due to correction of TV dates on HBO as well as due to some changes with the hotels booked”, said Klimas to TASS (Russian media agency).

IBF #1, WBA #2 and WBO #3 Mohammedi secured his title chance a year ago with a stoppage win over Ukrainian Anatoly Dudchenko. He has scored two KO wins in non-title fights against lesser opposition since then.

Kovalev, TBRB #1 rated 175lber won the WBO portion of his regalia in August 2013 with a kayo of Nathan Cleverly in Wales, and then defended it thrice via knockouts versus Ismayl Sillakh (KO 2), Cedric Agnew (KO 7) and Blake Caparello (TKO 2) before unifying with Bernard Hopkins (UD 12) and stopping Jean Pascal in eight this March.

The bout will take place at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV.