The titled Russian boxer Sergei Kovalev rarely spoke to his native public – he spent only five fights in professionals from 42 in Russia. However, Krasher decided to leave boxing in his native Chelyabinsk, and it turned out beautifully.

A spectacular knockout has become a point in the career of the former worldwide world weight in versions WBO, WBA-SUPER and IBF.

Eternally young twist

On Friday, April 18 in Chelyabinsk, the ex-champion of the world in the versions of WBO, WBA-SUPER and IBF Sergey Kovalev completed the sports path in Chelyabinsk. At the sunset of his career, the speaker moved to the first heavy weight, where Bulgarian won Terval Puleva and lost to the Swede Robin Safar. In the third fight in this category and the 42nd battle in professionals, the Russians had to go to the battle for the IBA Intercontinental championship belt with the representative of Germany Arthur Mann.

The speaker habitually appeared under the track of “semantic hallucinations” “forever young”, and then the fans heard the anthem of Germany and Russia. If we talk about preliminary layouts, then the chances of 42-year-old Kovalev to win were quoted higher than that of his 34-year-old counterpart. At the same time, the bookmakers were inclined to the fact that the duel would pass the entire distance, although both rivals often won with a knockout.

Sergei immediately tried to take the initiative, but the opponent defended himself well and was not against responding with dense blows. In the second round, Mann continued to demonstrate a desire to spoil the farewell duel of Krasher, though the experienced Kovalev quickly reassured him, sending a cunning blow to Canvas.

Arthur Mann and Sergey Kovalev / Photo: © Dmitry Chelyapin / Match TV

German surrender

The German boxer managed to return, although in the end of the round it was very difficult for him. Mann experienced this difficult segment, however, he had problems, including a dissection on his face. It would seem that the Russian has a chance to finish the match ahead of schedule, but the opponent quickly straightened the position. The impression began to be created that Kraser began to protect strength.

It was difficult to say how good Sergey was good in the current form to count on winning the points at 10 rounds distance. Mann seemed to have not offered anything special, he simply pressed the enemy, tightly hiding behind the block. But any series of blows on his part forced to worry about Kovalev fans.

Sergei himself reduced the number of blows, but tried not to reduce their quality. In the seventh round, after the next series from the twist, the German was again in the knockdown. He was not opposed to continuing, but the corner of the German athlete decided to surrender. As a result, Kovalev, who finally grabbed another champion belt, managed to leave boxing beautifully. And it is very cool that he won the victory in a farewell battle in front of his fans.

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