Sergey Kovalev (36-5-1, 30) was born in Kopeysk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on April 2, 1983. At the age of 26 years on July 25, 2009, he made his professional boxing debut against Daniel Chavez, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On his 23rd career fight at 30 years old, Kovalev became a light-heavyweight world champion on August 17, 2013 after defeating Nathan Cleverly via 4th-round TKO to win the WBO title.
Kovalev's last fight was a 7th-round TKO win against Artur Mann at age 42 on April 18, 2025. He is on a 1-fight winning streak.
Some of Sergey Kovalev's best fights have been against Isaac Chilemba, Eleider Álvarez, Bernard Hopkins, Jean Pascal, Anthony Yarde, Igor Mikhalkin and Vyacheslav Shabranskyy. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Sergey Kovalev".
Kovalev has 5 losses on his boxing record. For details about these losses refer to "Sergey Kovalev Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
42 | Apr 18, 2025 42 years 36-5-1 (30) | Artur Mann | LHW | 7 | TKO | Win |
41 | May 18, 2024 41 years, 1 months 35-5-1 (29) | Robin Sirwan Safar | CR | 10 | UD | Loss |
40  | May 14, 2022 39 years, 1 months 35-4-1 (29) | 39 years, 4 months 16-0 (13) | CR | 10 | UD | Win |
39  | Nov 2, 2019 36 years, 7 months 34-4-1 (29) | 29 years, 3 months 52-1-2 (35) | LHW | 11 | KO | Loss Lost WBO |
38  | Aug 24, 2019 36 years, 4 months 34-3-1 (29) | 28 years 18-0 (17) | LHW | 11 | TKO | Win Defended WBO |
37  | Feb 2, 2019 35 years, 10 months 33-3-1 (28) | 34 years, 9 months 24-0 (12) | LHW | 12 | UD | Win Won WBO |
36 | Aug 4, 2018 35 years, 4 months 32-3-1 (28) | 34 years, 3 months 23-0 (11) | LHW | 7 | TKO | Loss Lost WBO |
35  | Mar 3, 2018 34 years, 11 months 32-2-1 (28) | 32 years, 9 months 21-1 (9) | LHW | 7 | TKO | Win Defended WBO |
34  | Nov 25, 2017 34 years, 7 months 31-2-1 (27) | 30 years, 6 months 19-1 (16) | LHW | 2 | TKO | Win Won WBO Vacant |
33  | Jun 17, 2017 34 years, 2 months 30-2-1 (26) | 33 years, 3 months 31-0 (15) | LHW | 8 | TKO | Loss For WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, The Ring Vacant |
32 | Nov 19, 2016 33 years, 7 months 30-1-1 (26) | 32 years, 8 months 30-0 (15) | LHW | 12 | UD | Loss Lost WBA (Super), IBF, WBO |
31  | Jul 11, 2016 33 years, 3 months 30-0-1 (26) | 29 years, 1 month 24-3-2 (10) | LHW | 12 | UD | Win Defended WBA (Super), IBF, WBO |
30  | Jan 30, 2016 32 years, 9 months 29-0-1 (26) | 33 years, 3 months 30-3-1 (17) | LHW | 7 | RTD | Win Defended WBA (Super), IBF, WBO |
29 | Jul 25, 2015 32 years, 3 months 28-0-1 (25) | Nadjib Mohammedi | LHW | 3 | KO | Win Defended WBA (Super), IBF, WBO |
28 | Mar 14, 2015 31 years, 11 months 27-0-1 (24) | 32 years, 4 months 29-2-1 (17) | LHW | 8 | TKO | Win Defended WBA (Super), IBF, WBO |
27  | Nov 8, 2014 31 years, 7 months 26-0-1 (23) | 49 years, 9 months 55-6-2 (32) | LHW | 12 | UD | Win Won WBA (Super), IBF Defended WBO |
26 | Aug 2, 2014 31 years, 4 months 25-0-1 (23) | Blake Caparello | LHW | 2 | TKO | Win Defended WBO |
25 | Mar 29, 2014 30 years, 11 months 24-0-1 (22) | Cedric Agnew | LHW | 7 | KO | Win Defended WBO |
24 | Nov 30, 2013 30 years, 7 months 23-0-1 (21) | Ismail Sillakh | LHW | 2 | KO | Win Defended WBO |
23  | Aug 17, 2013 30 years, 4 months 22-0-1 (20) | 26 years, 6 months 26-0 (12) | LHW | 4 | TKO | Win Won WBO |
22 | Jun 14, 2013 30 years, 2 months 21-0-1 (19) | Cornelius White | LHW | 3 | TKO | Win |
21  | Jan 19, 2013 29 years, 9 months 20-0-1 (18) | 34 years, 1 month 21-4-1 (8) | LHW | 3 | KO | Win |
20 | Sep 21, 2012 29 years, 5 months 19-0-1 (17) | Lionell Thompson | LHW | 3 | TKO | Win |
19  | Jun 1, 2012 29 years, 1 months 18-0-1 (16) | 32 years, 4 months 19-18-3 (8) | LHW | 2 | TKO | Win |
18 | Dec 5, 2011 28 years, 8 months 17-0-1 (15) | Roman Simakov | LHW | 7 | TKO | Win |
17 | Aug 27, 2011 28 years, 4 months 16-0-1 (14) | Grover Young | LHW | 2 | TD | Draw |
16 | Jul 29, 2011 28 years, 3 months 16-0 (14) | Douglas Otieno Okola | LHW | 2 | KO | Win |
15 | May 6, 2011 28 years, 1 months 15-0 (13) | Terrance Woods | 3 | KO | Win | |
14 | Apr 1, 2011 27 years, 11 months 14-0 (12) | Julius Fogle | 2 | KO | Win | |
13 | Mar 12, 2011 27 years, 11 months 13-0 (11) | William Johnson | 2 | TKO | Win | |
12 | Dec 15, 2010 27 years, 8 months 12-0 (10) | Karen Avetisyan | 6 | UD | Win | |
11 | Nov 19, 2010 27 years, 7 months 11-0 (10) | Dallas Vargas | 2 | TKO | Win | |
10 | Oct 9, 2010 27 years, 6 months 10-0 (9) | 30 years, 8 months 17-15-3 (7) | 8 | SD | Win | |
9 | Sep 11, 2010 27 years, 5 months 9-0 (9) | Kia Daniels | 1 | KO | Win | |
8 | Jun 19, 2010 27 years, 2 months 8-0 (8) | Harley Kilfian | 2 | TKO | Win | |
7 | Mar 19, 2010 26 years, 11 months 7-0 (7) | Nathan Bedwell | 1 | TKO | Win | |
6 | Mar 6, 2010 26 years, 11 months 6-0 (6) | Francois Ambang | 2 | KO | Win | |
5 | Oct 10, 2009 26 years, 6 months 5-0 (5) | Micky Stackhouse | 2 | TKO | Win | |
4 | Sep 12, 2009 26 years, 5 months 4-0 (4) | Ayodeji Fadeyi | 1 | RTD | Win | |
3 | Aug 29, 2009 26 years, 4 months 3-0 (3) | Michael Birthmark | 1 | RTD | Win | |
2 | Aug 8, 2009 26 years, 4 months 2-0 (2) | Darryl Johnson | 1 | TKO | Win | |
1 | Jul 25, 2009 26 years, 3 months 1-0 (1) | Daniel Chavez | 1 | TKO | Win |
