It’s not a stretch to say that Sergey Kovalev’s career is on the ropes and Eleider Alvarez wants to knock him through them.
The two met last August when Kovalev, a former undisputed light heavyweight champion, was on the comeback trail after dropping back-to-back bouts to the now-retired Andre Ward. The Dagestani powerhouse had won two straight bouts via knockout and seemed like he had regained a foothold on the 175-pound division.
Kovalev (32-3-1, 28 KOs) was in control of his first bout with Alvarez and had his way for six rounds. However, Alvarez (24-0, 12 KOs) turned the tides in the seventh and dropped “Krusher” three times before scoring a TKO 2:45 into the round.