On May 14, 2022, a 39-year-old Tervel Pulev (16-0, 13 KOs) and a 39-year-old Russian boxer Sergey Kovalev (34-4-1, 29 KOs) met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Pulev came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 3 months, and 15 days. Kovalev was on a -1-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 years, 6 months, and 12 days.
Sergey Kovalev defeated Tervel Pulev via unanimous decision in the 10-round cruiserweight fight. Kovalev improves his record to 35-4-1, while Pulev adds a loss to his record at 16-1.