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Former World Boxing Champion Kovalev will hold a farewell fight on April 19 in Chelyabinsk
Sergey Kovalev / Photo: © Steve Marcus / Stringer / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Former worldwater worldwater champion Russian Sergei Kovalev will hold the last fight in a professional career on April 19 in Chelyabinsk as part of the IBA Nights Tournament against the German Arthur Mann.
The duel was officially announced during the weighing procedure in front of the Betsiti tournament IBA’s night, which will be held on March 7 in Moscow. Kovalev and Mann held the first duel of the views.
– This will be my final career battle. I want to please the audience, ”the correspondent“ Match TV ”reports the words of Kovalev.
Kovalev is 41 years old, in a professional ring he won 35 victories, suffered five defeats, one fight ended. In the course of his career, the Russian boxed with such rivals as Saul Alvarez, Bernard Hopkins, Nathan Cleverly, Anthony Yard, Eleider Alvarez, Andre Ward, Jean Pascal, Ismail Sillah. Kovalev was the world champion in versions of the World Boxing Organization (WBO), the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the World Boxing Association (WBA).
On the account of Mann 22 victories with four defeats.
Source: Sportbox
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