On November 25, 2017, Sergey Kovalev (30-2-1, 26 KOs) and Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (19-1, 16 KOs) battle it out for the vacant WBO light-heavyweight world titles. The vacant WBO light-heavyweight title is also on the line.
Sergey Kovalev is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 78% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round TKO loss to Andre Ward, 5 months and 8 days ago. Vyacheslav Shabranskyy is on a 2-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, with his last fight being a 7th round RTD win over Todd Unthank May, 3 months and 21 days ago.
The winning odds are at 85.8-14.2 in favor of Vyacheslav Shabranskyy. Sergey Kovalev may have moments of brilliance during the fight but it won't be enough for him to get the victory.
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.