Steve Cunningham vs. Vyacheslav Glazkov the co-feature on Kovalev-Pascal card on March 14th

cunningham32By 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.

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Kovalev not worried about fighting Pascal in Canada

kovalev442By 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.

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Sergey Kovalev vs. Jean Pascal on 3/14

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.

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2014 Boxingnews24 Awards

kovalev555By Gerardo Granados: Another year comes to an end and just as the last five years “the fight” that fights fans want to see failed to come to fruition; not the less we were able to enjoy many good fights. It is true that this year we got to see many mismatches but we also received good news like the Cold War end. As always I want to thank all those anonymous fighters who at all the corners of the world put up great fights to please the crowd.

A lackluster award but a necessary one the “Robbery of the Year” goes to: Tyson Cave vs Oscar Escandon. The official scores were 115-113 Cave and 115-113 / 117-111 Escandon. Cave clearly dominated the full fight imposing the distance and tempo, his defense and ring generalship was superior; outworked, out-punched and out landed his limited opponent, edging clean and hard punching with ease and his effective aggression was superior.

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IBF grants Kovalev’s request for an exception, Pascal fight is on!

kovalev5By Dan Ambrose: The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has granted Main Event fighter IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (26-0-1, 23 KOs) an exception to bypass his IBF mandatory challenger #1 IBF Nadjib Mohammedi (36-3, 22 KOs) in order for Kovalev to face former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17 KOs) on March 14th at a venue still to be determined.

This is good news because Kovalev vs. Mohammedi is a total mismatch, and it would be too easy of a fight for Kovalev. Mohammedi has been blown out twice during his career in early knockout losses to Dmitry Sukhotsky and Thierry Karl.

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Pascal needs to beat Bolonti to get Kovalev fight

pascal3423By Allan Fox: 32-year-old Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17 KOs) will be taking part in an important fight this Saturday night against 35-year-old Argentinean Roberto Bolonti (35-3, 24 KOs) at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada.

The fight is little more than a tune-up bout for Pascal, but it’s important because he needs a win over Boloti in order to get a much bigger fight against IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (26-0-1, 23 KOs) on March 14th next year.

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Sergey Kovalev vs. Jean Pascal in early 2015

kovalev555By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (26-0-1, 23 KOs) will be facing former World Boxing Council 175lb champion Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17 KOs) in early 2015, according to Fightnews.com.

Pascal, now 32, must win his fight this Saturday night against Roberto Bolonti (35-3, 24 KOs) at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. If Pascal wins that fight, which would seem likely, he’ll be facing Kovalev in early 2015.

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Bernard Hopkins vs. Sergey Kovalev this Saturday in Atlantic City, NJ

hopkins5By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBA light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (55-6-2, 32 KOs) will be putting his two titles on the line this Saturday night, November 8th against WBO 175 pound champion Sergey Kovalev (25-0-1, 23 KOs) at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

This is perhaps the final chance for the 49-year-old Hopkins to try and unify all the titles in the light heavyweight division, because he’s not young enough to stick around to try and come back from a loss to Kovalev to go after all the titles.

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Kovalev: If Hopkins can’t do something legally, he starts acting

hopkins563By Dan Ambrose: WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (25-0-1, 23 KOs) thinks that IBF/WBA champion Bernard Hopkins (55-6-2, 32 KOs) sometimes reverts to acting if things aren’t going well for him in his fights.

Kovalev specifically mentions Hopkins’ first fight against Chad Dawson in October 2011, a fight in which Hopkins complained that he suffered a shoulder injury in the 2nd round. The fight bout was then halted, and the fight was ultimately ruled as a no contest.

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Bernard Hopkins: Will the curtain of his career fall on Nov 8th?

hopkins2222By Yannis Mihanos: What keeps 49-year-old Bernard Hopkins going? One thing is certain the IBF and WBA light heavyweight world champion Bernard “The Alien” Hopkins has already booked a place in boxing history.

A place that not many and certainly not at this age will enter. Against heavy bomber Sergey “The Crusher” Kovalev (25-0-1, 23 KOs) will have a very tough challenge in their fight HBO Championship Boxing on November 8th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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