Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Undefeated welterweight prospect Dmitry “The Mechanic” Mikhaylenko (20-0, 9 KOs) will look to make his mark in the wide-open welterweight division against southpaw Ray “The New Ray Robinson” Robinson (20-2, 9 KOs) in the opening 10-round bout of the Kovalev-Pascal II HBO World Championship Boxing event Saturday, Jan. 30 live from the Centre Bell in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The telecast begins at 9:45 pm ET/PT live on HBO®.
Sergey Kovalev
Looking Forward to a New Year in Boxing
By Jonnyboy: The ever changing landscape of the boxing world has experienced serious movement in the last few months. Closing out the year, we witnessed the changing of the guard in multiple divisions with multiple champions with many new faces stepping into the limelight. With so many established names and newcomers in the mix, there’s an interesting slew of fights to look forward to in the coming year.
The question of whether or not all of these fights can be made remains unanswered, but the possibility still excites us. Here are five (possible) fights that we hope make the cut, but not the only ones that should be made:
Superman vs. Krusher: Stevenson vs. Kovalev this summer?
By Wilmar Patino (Boxing’s Finest): Welcome back Boxing fans and enthusiasts to BoxingNews24.com and another article about a potential match-up for 2016! This time we will look into the mouth watering clash between 2 of the biggest punchers in the light heavyweight division. Superman vs Krusher is a fight that has to happen 2016 most likely in the summer. You can see the epic promo in the link right here Superman vs Krusher.
Adonis Stevenson (27-1)as we all remember had a big 2013 and was the fighter of the year as Sergey Kovalev(28-0-1) would be elected as fighter of the year for 2014 by Ring Magazine. After some bad matchups for Stevenson and some inactivity for Sergey Kovalev in 2015 the time has come to settle the score. The prize? Becoming unified Light Heavyweight Champion of the world.
First thing first, Sergey Kovalev must get past Jean Pascal once again on January 30th to keep his career moving forward and take one step toward fighting Adonis Stevenson.
Can Roach turn things around for Jean Pascal?
By Raj Parmar: Back in 2010, Jean Pascal was on top on the world. He had just beaten the champion Chad Dawson for the light heavyweight title and was ready to become the dominant force in the division. Later that year, he faced an aging Bernard Hopkins. However, Pascal only managed a draw in his backyard of Quebec, Canada; a fight many felt that Bernard had won.
He signed on to rematch Hopkins in 2011 and this time would lose to Bernard, and in the process Hopkins became the oldest man ever to win a title at the age of 46 years old. This halted the momentum Pascal had been building and put his career at the crossroads.
Pascal: I’m going to teach the Russian [Kovalev] a lesson!
Credit: Bob Lévesque) By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC 175lb champion Jean Pascal (30-3-1, 17 KOs) called IBF/WBA/WBC light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs) a racist during their press conference on Monday at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
Pascal, 32, said that Kovalev is a racist and that he’s going to make it a point to teach him a lesson when they face each other two months from now in a rematch on January 30th on HBO Championship Boxing from the Bell Centre in Montreal.
Andre Ward sees Kovalev as better than Golovkin
By Chris Williams: Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) gave it his best shot at trying to get IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) to face him at super middleweight for what would have been a big fight on HBO pay-per-view, but the Kazakhstan fighter failed to accept Ward’s offer to meet him in the ring.
Ward says he still has the texts from Golovkin’s management. Ward just thinks that Golovkin doesn’t want any part of fighting him. However, Ward isn’t too worried about it, because he’s moving up to light heavyweight and will be facing IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs) later on in 2016 if Kovalev beats Jean Pascal (30-3-1, 17 KOs) in their rematch on January 30th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
Roach: I will do anything to help Pascal win against Kovalev
(Photo Credits: David Spagnolo/Main Events) By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (30-3-1, 17 KOs) is now being trained by the well-known Los Angeles, California trainer Freddie Roach for Pascal’s upcoming rematch against IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs) for their fight on two months from now on January 30th, 2016 at the Bell Centre in Monreal, Canada.
Roach says he’s going to do whatever he can to help the 32-year-old Pascal win this fight. Pascal fell apart last March in losing to Kovalev by an 8th round knockout at the Bell Centre. The fight was televised by HBO Championship Boxing.
Sullivan Barrera vs. Karo Murat on 12/12, winner to face Kovalev
By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten #7 IBF Sullivan Barrera (16-0, 11 KOs) will be fighting #13 IBF Karo Murat (27-2-1, 17 KOs) in an IBF light heavyweight title eliminator next month on December 12th at the Civic Auditorium, in Glendale, California.
Ward: Kovalev won’t be an easy fight
By Tim Fletcher: Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) will be making his second fight in the light heavyweight division on November 21st against Alexander Brand (24-1, 19 KOs) on HBO PPV, but Ward is already looking past the fight towards a bigger match-up against IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs) next year in late 2016.
Before Ward can get to that fight, he needs to beat Brand and then one other still to be determined opponent in 2016. Ward says he’s got a lot of respect for the hard hitting Russian. He thinks he’s got a lot of skills, and he’s looking forward to facing him next year.
Kovalev beats Ward, says Sanchez
By Dan Ambrose:
IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs) defeats Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) next year, says Abel Sanchez, the well-known trainer for IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin.
Ward and Kovalev are on a crash course for late 2016. Both fighters sighed a 3-fight contract with HBO Boxing this week. Their third fight will be against each other next year provided that they win their first two fights of the contract.