On August 24, 2019, Sergey Kovalev (33-3-1, 28 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBO champion, defends his title against British challenger, Anthony Yarde (18-0, 17 KOs).
Sergey Kovalev is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Eleider Álvarez, 6 months and 22 days ago. Anthony Yarde is on a 18-fight win streak with a 94% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round TKO win over Travis Reeves, 5 months and 16 days ago.
The winning odds are at 89.8-10.2 in favor of Anthony Yarde. Sergey Kovalev may have moments of brilliance during the fight but it won't be enough for him to get the victory.
Sergey Kovalev stopped Anthony Yarde via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title. Kovalev improves his record to 34-3-1 (29 KOs), while Yarde adds a loss to his record at 18-1.