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 72.6-27.4 in favor of Andre Ward, but the win will not come easy. It is going to be a competitive fight and Sergey Kovalev will put on a really good performance, Ward will be required to be at his best.
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.