On November 25, 2017, 30-year-old Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (19-1, 16 KOs) and 34-year-old Sergey Kovalev (30-2-1, 26 KOs) fought for the vacant WBO light-heavyweight title.
Shabranskyy came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 21 days. Kovalev was on a -2-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 8 days.
Sergey Kovalev made very easy work of Vyacheslav Shabranskyy, stopping Shabranskyy via TKO in the 2nd. Kovalev improves his record to 31-2-1 (27 KOs), while Shabranskyy adds a loss to his record at 19-2.
On December 16, 2016, a 29-year-old Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (17-0, 14 KOs) and a 34-year-old Cuban boxer Sullivan Barrera (17-1, 12 KOs) met in the ring in a light-heavyweight bout.
Shabranskyy came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 27 days. Barrera was on a -1-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 20 days.
Sullivan Barrera stopped Vyacheslav Shabranskyy via TKO in the 7th round. Barrera improves his record to 18-1 (13 KOs), while Shabranskyy adds a loss to his record at 17-1.