On November 8, 2014, Sergey Kovalev (25-0-1, 23 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBO champion, and the light-heavyweight WBA (Super) and IBF champion Bernard Hopkins (55-6-2, 32 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Sergey Kovalev is coming in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round TKO victory over Blake Caparello, 3 months and 6 days ago. Bernard Hopkins is on a 3-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, with his last fight being a split decision win over Beibut Shumenov, 6 months and 20 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Sergey Kovalev at 99-1 winning odds. Bernard Hopkins really doesn't have much to present against Kovalev.
Sergey Kovalev defeated Bernard Hopkins via unanimous decision and unifies the WBO, WBA (Super), and IBF light-heavyweight titles. Kovalev improves his record to 26-0-1, while Hopkins adds a loss to his record at 55-7-2.