Sergey Kovalev

Sergey Kovalev-Thabiso Mchunu Semifinal Title Eliminator Ordered By WBC

Sergey Kovalev has taken the next step in his quest to become a two-division titlist. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBC has ordered a cruiserweight semifinal eliminator between Russia’s Kovalev and South Africa’s Thabiso Mchunu. The two side...

Yarde: I Was A Big Novice When I Fought Kovalev; Different Kinda Fighter, Ready For Saturday

Artur Beterbiev is an unbeaten brute who owns three light heavyweight titles and the highest knockout percentage among active world champions in boxing. Sergey Kovalev was younger than Beterbiev is today (38) when Anthony Yarde challenged him in Augu...

Kovalev Expects Beterbiev To "Smash" Yarde in The First Six Rounds

Former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev is backing his amateur rival, Artur Beterbiev, in the mandatory fight with Anthony Yarde. Back in 2019, Kovalev made a mandatory defense against Yarde in Russia.

Chris Billam-Smith Open To Facing Kovalev, Prefers Opetaia or Riakporhe

Chris Billam-Smith believes Richard Riakporhe is refusing to fight him in Bournemouth - which would rule out a potential stadium showdown this summer.

Andre Ward Views First Sergey Kovalev Win As His "Proudest" Moment

In the eyes of many, Andre Ward was too skilled, too determined, and quite simply, too good, to hang up his gloves at the age of 33. Yet, as Ward stood at the summit of boxing’s mountain top, he quickly vanished into a cloud of retirement smoke.

Trainer on Kovalev’s Cruiserweight Debut: He Was 206, That's a Lot of Weight To Be Carrying

It’s damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t when it comes to Sergey Kovalev and his weight-making travails. Earlier this month, the former longtime Russian light heavyweight titlist made his debut at the cruiserweight limit (200lbs) against Tervel P...

Sergey Kovalev: I Want To Fight Every Three or Four Months

Los Angeles, CA - In the main event, fighting in his first fight as a cruiserweight and coming off a 31-month layoff, three time light heavyweight world champion Sergey Kovalev, (35-4-1, 29 KOs), won a dominant ten-round unanimous decision over the p...

Photos: Sergey Kovalev Boxes Past Tervel Pulev in Cruiserweight Debut

Kovalev, Pulev Fight Photos Gallery - Los Angeles, CA - Scoring big wins in the ring were three-time light heavyweight world champion Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev, two-time heavyweight world title challenger Kubrat “The Cobra’ Pulev and the Vargas Brothe...

Sergey Kovalev Outpoints Tervel Pulev Over 10 Rounds in Cruiserweight Debut

Sergey Kovalev’s start in a new weight class got off to an inauspicious start. In a clinical, if fairly uneventful, outing, Kovalev, the former longtime light heavyweight titlist from Russia, jabbed his way to a wide decision over Bulgaria’s Tervel P...

Kovalev on Loyalty to Main Events: If Somebody Offered Me More Money, I Will Not Leave

Sergey Kovalev has no plans on changing his promotional backers at this point in his career. The former longtime light heavyweight titlist from Russia who ran roughshod over the division in the first half of the 2010s recently restated his allegiance...

Kovalev: If Canelo Gave Me One More Month of Rest, Result Would Have Been the Same as Bivol's

Sergey Kovalev believes the tight turnaround time leading into his 2019 match with Canelo Alvarez was the main reason for his losing that fight.

Kovalev on Cruiserweight Debut: Don't Want to Stop My Boxing Career After a Loss

Sergey Kovalev is finally able to get a proper night’s sleep. The former longtime light heavyweight titleholder from Russia will be making his cruiserweight debut (200 lb limit) this Saturday against Tervel Pulev at the Forum in Inglewood, California...

Photos: Sergey Kovalev, Tervel Pulev - Ready To Collide in Cruiserweight Scrap

Kovalev, Pulev Weights Los Angeles Photos Gallery - The official weigh-in for TrillerVerz 5 was held in Los Angeles just a day ahead of the sensational event emanating from the Kia Forum. The Trillerverz 5 ‘Lineage of Greatness’ includes legendary bo...

Photos: Sergey Kovalev, Tervel Pulev - Face To Face at Final Presser

Kovalev, Pulev Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - The final press conference for TrillerVerz 5 was held today in Los Angeles just two days ahead of the sensational event emanating from the Kia Forum. The Trillerverz 5 ‘Lineage of Greatness’  inc...

Kovalev: Last Two Years at 175 Was Miserable, Making Weight Was Killing Me

Sergey “The Krusher” Kovalev (34-4, 29 KOs), living in Long Beach, CA, will fight Tervel Pulev in his cruiserweight debut on Saturday, May 14 at The Kia Forum in Inglewood, CA and will be streamed live on Triller and Fite.tv.