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.
This should be a confident win for Sergey Kovalev at 99-1 winning odds. Vyacheslav Shabranskyy really doesn't have much to present against Kovalev.
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.