On November 19, 2016, Sergey Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO champion, defends his titles against former world champion Andre Ward (30-0, 15 KOs).
Sergey Kovalev is coming in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Isaac Chilemba, 4 months and 8 days ago. Andre Ward is on a 30-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Alexander Brand, 3 months and 13 days ago.
The winning odds are at 68.4-31.6 in favor of Andre Ward, but it is going to be a hard-earned victory. Sergey Kovalev is going to put on an exceptional fight, Ward better be prepared for one of the toughest fights of his life.
Andre Ward defeated Sergey Kovalev via unanimous decision and wins the WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO titles. Ward improves his record to 31-0, while Kovalev adds a loss to his record at 30-1-1.