It’s Thanksgiving weekend, and fans looking for a little combat sports action to break away from the family time have the latest from HBO World Championship Boxing to help them.
Live on HBO tonight, former Light Heavyweight champion of the world Sergey Kovalev takes his first fight since his controversial back to back losses to Andre Ward. Kovalev will be taking on Vyacheslav Shabranskyy in a fight to crown the new WBO champion at 175 pounds (Kovalev is the former WBO champ who lost the title to Andre Ward - it was declared vacant when Ward announced his retirement.