Sergey Kovalev def. Vyacheslav Shabranskyy, KO (Round 2, 2:36)
Sergey Kovalev came back to boxing tonight, fighting for the first time since his losses to Andre Ward. And while there were fair reasons to question just what we would see from Kovalev in this fight, any doubts were promptly wiped out in a dominating performance.
Kovalev simply steamrolled Vyacheslav Shabranskyy, dropping him twice in round 1, and then a third time in round 2. Shabranskyy made it back to his feet each time and kept coming forward but Kovalev had no troubles landing his trademark power shots.