Today (Saturday, August 24th) features a big light heavyweight title fight, as WBO champion Sergey Kovalev (33-3-1, 28 KOs) defends his title against England’s Anthony Yarde (18-0, 17 KOs), who is in by far the biggest and toughest fight of his career. The Russian power-puncher recaptured his title from Eleider Alvarez with a unanimous decision win in their February rematch, while Yarde has been consistently knocking out his foes, none of whom is remotely close to the upper echelon of the division. This is Yarde’s chance to show he’s for real, and in enemy territory.
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