Alvarez (24-0, 12 KOs) scored a come-from-behind knockout against Kovalev on Aug. 4 in a major upset to shake up the division. Kovalev (32-3-1, 28 KOs), who has made nine title defenses across two ...

FRISCO, Texas – Andre Ward will be in Sergey Kovalev’s line of sight Saturday night. Ward will be as close to the ring for Kovalev’s immediate rematch with Eleider Alvarez as possible without actually ...

Eleider Alvarez immediately took exception early in December when he was told following their press conference Sergey Kovalev claimed he over-trained for their fight. Wait until Alvarez hears what ...

The Sergey Kovalev-Eleider Alvarez rematch might be headed to an unforeseen venue. Kathy Duva, Kovalev’s promoter, told BoxingScene.com on Monday night that Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, ...

WBO light heavyweight champion Eleider Alvarez feels disrespected and wants to do a lot of damage on Sergey Kovalev when their meet in a rematch on February 2, live on ESPN. Back in August, Alvarez ...

FRISCO, Texas – Eleider Alvarez isn’t exactly fluent in English. The Colombian-born, Quebec-based boxer still didn’t like what he heard from Sergey Kovalev on Thursday at a press conference to promote ...

Dmitry Bivol believed Sergey Kovalev would defeat Eleider Alvarez. Had that happened, Bivol might’ve been preparing now for a showdown with Kovalev. Bivol-Kovalev was a fight HBO’s Peter Nelson wanted ...

Jean Pascal wasn’t the least bit surprised Eleider Alvarez knocked out Sergey Kovalev. Pascal and Alvarez are friends, but Pascal shared the ring with both men and knew Alvarez was more than capable ...

It took two weeks they seemingly didn’t have to waste, but BoxingScene.com confirmed that promoters for Canelo Alvarez and Sergey Kovalev were in the process Wednesday of finalizing a deal for their ...

Buddy McGirt, the head trainer for WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, says his boxer wants to use his upcoming mega-fight to prove the critics wrong. Kovalev will defend his title against ...

NEW YORK – Gennadiy Golovkin gave a blunt answer Wednesday when he was asked why he thinks Canelo Alvarez agreed to move up two weight classes to challenge Sergey Kovalev. “I think that was his only ...

There was a lot of external pressure applied on Sergey Kovalev going into his fight against Anthony Yarde. That mandatory defense of his WBO light heavyweight title took place in Kovalev’s hometown of ...