Miami, FL: On March 14 Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (26-0-1, 23 KOs) will compete in his first title defense as Unified WBO, WBA and IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion against former lineal light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17 KOs) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Kovalev completed the first half of his preparations in Big Bear Lake, CA then moved to Miami, FL where he is finishing training camp with his trainer, John David Jackson.
By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (26-0-1, 23 KOs) will be facing his first real test of his career this Saturday when he faces former WBC 175 belt holder Jean Pascal (29-2, 17 KOs) at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
Pascal, 31, will have the Canadian crowd on his side when he steps foot inside the ring on Saturday night against the hard hitting Kovalev. Whether that will be enough for Pascal to get the victory remains to be seen.
By Dan Ambrose: This Saturday night on March 14th, IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (26-0-1, 23 KOs) will be putting his unbeaten record on the line against former WBC 175lb champion Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17 KOs) in a fight on HBO Championship Boxing from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
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By Wilmar Patino (Boxing’s Finest) Sergey Kovalev will be facing off against Jean Pascal on March 14, 2015 in Montreal, Canada. Sergey Kovalev will have all his 3 titles (WBA, WBO, & IBF) on the line when he faces Jean Pascal in the challengers hometown. This is why Sergey Kovalev is a True Champion. He’s not afraid of anyone and he will go anywhere to take on all challengers despite the politics.
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC light heavyweight Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17 KOs) says he sees his upcoming March 14th title shot against IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (26-0-1, 23 KOs) as a fight similar to the movie Rocky IV. But instead of Pascal seeing himself in the Apollo Creed role where he gets smashed to bits by Russian Ivan Drago, Pascal sees himself as a black version of Rocky Balboa.
For the boxing fans who may have forgotten the plot, Drago kills Creed in the ring after giving him a vicious beating. Balboa then trains hard and takes on Drago and defeats him despite giving up a massive amount of size to the much bigger Drago.
By Dan Ambrose: The March 14th fight card headlined by Sergey Kovalev vs Jean Pascal will have a heavyweight match between #6 WBC, #9 WBO, #12 WBA Vyacheslav Glazkov (19-0-1, 12 KOs) and #4 IBF, #14 WBO, #14 WBA Steve Cunningham (28-6, 13 KOs) as the co-feature bout at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
This is kind of disappointing because there was talk about a match between light heavyweight contenders Artur Beterbiev and Isaac Chilemba potentially taking place on the card, and that’s a much better fight than Cunningham-Glazkov. Beterbiev has the potential to be a future world champion at light heavyweight.
By Allan Fox: IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (26-0-1, 23 KOs) may be a three-belt world champion and the guy that many boxing fans consider to be the best fighter in the 175 pound division, but on March 14th, Kovalev will be in the adopted country of his opponent Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17 KOs) at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
The reason why Kovalev will be fighting in Canada rather than the United States or Russia is because Pascal has a huge fan base in Canada. They can make more money fighting in Canada in front of a large audience of Pascal fans than they could if the fight took place in the U.S.
BOUCHERVILLE, Quebec, Canada, Dec. 22, 2014 – In the first face-off between the triple light heavyweight champion and the former holder of several belts in the same weight division, there was nothing but respect all around at a press conference that was held Monday to officially kick off the unified Light Heavyweight World Championship fight that will take place between Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (26-0-1, 23 KO) and Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17 KO). The bout is to be televised on HBO on March 14, 2015 at the Bell Center.