NEW YORK – Sergey Kovalev knows seeing is believing. The former light heavyweight champion must beat Vyacheslav Shabranskyy convincingly to prove to his harshest critics that he has overcome his technical knockout defeat to Andre Ward in their rematc...
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NEW YORK – John David Jackson’s disgust with Sergey Kovalev is evident in his voice. Nearly five months have passed since Kovalev’s technical knockout loss to Andre Ward in their rematch, but the frustration from their split is still fresh for Kovael...
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Virgil Hunter, the head trainer for the recently retired Andre Ward, was not the least surprised that his boxer stopped Sergey Kovalev in their rematch back in June at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Ward (32-0, 16 KOs) retired with his undefeated rec...
Part of Sergey Kovalev is disappointed that Andre Ward announced his retirement from boxing Thursday. Just last weekend, Kovalev discussed his desire to land a third fight against Ward at some point. That third fight might never have happened, howeve...
LAS VEGAS – Sergey Kovalev knows it probably isn’t a realistic expectation, but he wants a third fight against Andre Ward. Kovalev considers their series even. The former light heavyweight champion thinks he should be given credit for winning their f...
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Three months ago, unified light heavyweight champion Andre Ward 32-0 (16 KOs) earned his claim as boxing’s top pound for pound fighter and erased any doubts by stopping Sergey Kovalev 30-2-1 (26 KOs) inside of eight rounds in their highly anticipated...
WBA/WBO/IBF light heavyweight champion Andre "SOG" Ward (32-0) has spent the past two weeks working the Terence Crawford-Julius Indongo broadcast and Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight week for ESPN. When he was last seen in the ring in June, Ward...
According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, Sergey Kovalev has filed an official protest with the Nevada State Athletic Commission - to reverse the outcome of last month's TKO defeat to IBF, WBA, WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev. The form...
Fresh of his third consecutive fourth-round stoppage of 2017, light heavyweight Dmitry Bivol (11-0, 9 KOs), one of the hottest prospects/contenders in the sport, recently resurfaced at the weigh-in for the Povetkin vs. Rudenko showdown. BoxingScene...
The mandatory fight between WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (29-1, 24 KOs) and challenger Eleider Alvarez (23-0, 11 KOs) is heading to a date in the early fall, according promoter Yvon Michel of GYM. Michel, who promotes both boxers,...
Sullivan Barrera battled Andre Ward for 12 rounds last year. Barrera believes Ward, who had a point deducted for hitting him low in the eighth round, throws low blows “on purpose” to take his opponents’ focus off of fighting him. That said, the light...
Those gate receipts generated $2.187 million in revenue, far less than the ticket sales from their first fight produced. That bout, which Ward narrowly won by unanimous decision November 19 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, produced $3.341 million in t...
Former world champion Sergey Kovalev will not insist on a third fight with IBF, WBO, WBA light heavyweight king Andre Ward. Two weeks ago at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Ward stopped Kovalev in the eight round to retain his three world titles. Afte...
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The Nielsen numbers reflected just how much interest there was in the controversial conclusion to the Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev rematch. According to ratings released Wednesday morning by Nielsen Media Research, HBO’s replay of Ward-Kovalev 2 on Satu...
IBF, WBA, WBO light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (32-0, 16 KOs) is still mulling over his next move for the future. Two weeks ago, Ward stopped Sergey Kovalev (30-2, 26 KOs) in the eight round of their rematch at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The...
