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 78.7-21.3 in favor of Vyacheslav Shabranskyy. It is going to be a competitive fight and Sergey Kovalev will put up a very good fight, but Shabranskyy will prevail.
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.