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Total Fights | 40 |
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Wins | 35 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 5 |
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Title Defenses | 10 |
Title-Fight KOs | 10 |
KO Wins | 29 |
KO Losses | 3 |
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12 years and nine months into his professional boxing career, Sergey Kovalev has fought 40 times with 35 wins, 4 losses, and 1 draw.
Kovalev's boxing record is currently 35-4-1, which includes five light-heavyweight world-title wins and 10 successful title defense fights. He has a 72.5% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 29 of his total 40 fights being knockout wins, 10 of which were in title fights. Kovalev has lost three times via knockout, all three of them in title fights.
His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision victory over Tervel Pulev on May 14, 2022.
Some of Kovalev's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Bernard Hopkins, Nathan Cleverly, Eleider Álvarez, Jean Pascal, Anthony Yarde, Isaac Chilemba, and Igor Mikhalkin.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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40 | May 14, 2022 | 39 | Tervel Pulev | Win | UD |
39 | Nov 2, 2019 | 36 | Canelo Álvarez | Loss * | KO11 |
38 | Aug 24, 2019 | 36 | Anthony Yarde | Win * | TKO11 |
37 | Feb 2, 2019 | 35 | Eleider Álvarez | Win * | UD |
36 | Aug 4, 2018 | 35 | Eleider Álvarez | Loss * | TKO7 |
35 | Mar 3, 2018 | 34 | Igor Mikhalkin | Win * | TKO7 |
34 | Nov 25, 2017 | 34 | Vyacheslav Shabranskyy | Win * | TKO2 |
33 | Jun 17, 2017 | 34 | Andre Ward | Loss * | TKO8 |
32 | Nov 19, 2016 | 33 | Andre Ward | Loss * | UD |
31 | Jul 11, 2016 | 33 | Isaac Chilemba | Win * | UD |
30 | Jan 30, 2016 | 32 | Jean Pascal | Win * | RTD7 |
29 | Jul 25, 2015 | 32 | Nadjib Mohammedi | Win * | KO3 |
28 | Mar 14, 2015 | 31 | Jean Pascal | Win * | TKO8 |
27 | Nov 8, 2014 | 31 | Bernard Hopkins | Win * | UD |
26 | Aug 2, 2014 | 31 | Blake Caparello | Win * | TKO2 |
25 | Mar 29, 2014 | 30 | Cedric Agnew | Win * | KO7 |
24 | Nov 30, 2013 | 30 | Ismail Sillakh | Win * | KO2 |
23 | Aug 17, 2013 | 30 | Nathan Cleverly | Win * | TKO4 |
22 | Jun 14, 2013 | 30 | Cornelius White | Win | TKO3 |
21 | Jan 19, 2013 | 29 | Gabriel Campillo | Win | KO3 |
20 | Sep 21, 2012 | 29 | Lionell Thompson | Win | TKO3 |
19 | Jun 1, 2012 | 29 | Darnell Boone | Win | TKO2 |
18 | Dec 5, 2011 | 28 | Roman Simakov | Win | TKO7 |
17 | Aug 27, 2011 | 28 | Grover Young | Draw | TD |
16 | Jul 29, 2011 | 28 | Douglas Otieno Okola | Win | KO2 |
15 | May 6, 2011 | 28 | Terrance Woods | Win | KO3 |
14 | Apr 1, 2011 | 27 | Julius Fogle | Win | KO2 |
13 | Mar 12, 2011 | 27 | William Johnson | Win | TKO2 |
12 | Dec 15, 2010 | 27 | Karen Avetisyan | Win | UD |
11 | Nov 19, 2010 | 27 | Dallas Vargas | Win | TKO2 |
10 | Oct 9, 2010 | 27 | Darnell Boone | Win | SD |
9 | Sep 11, 2010 | 27 | Kia Daniels | Win | KO1 |
8 | Jun 19, 2010 | 27 | Harley Kilfian | Win | TKO2 |
7 | Mar 19, 2010 | 26 | Nathan Bedwell | Win | TKO1 |
6 | Mar 6, 2010 | 26 | Francois Ambang | Win | KO2 |
5 | Oct 10, 2009 | 26 | Micky Stackhouse | Win | TKO2 |
4 | Sep 12, 2009 | 26 | Ayodeji Fadeyi | Win | RTD1 |
3 | Aug 29, 2009 | 26 | Michael Birthmark | Win | RTD1 |
2 | Aug 8, 2009 | 26 | Darryl Johnson | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Jul 25, 2009 | 26 | Daniel Chavez | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Sergey Kovalev (Krusher) is a 41-year old Russian professional boxer. He was born in Kopeysk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on April 2, 1983. He is a former light-heavyweight world champion.
Kovalev made his professional boxing debut against Daniel Chavez at the age of 26 on July 25, 2009, defeating Chavez via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 15 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 13 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 30 on August 17, 2013 after 22 professional fights, against Nathan Cleverly for the light-heavyweight WBO title. He defeated Cleverly via 4th round TKO to become the light-heavyweight champion of the world.
Sergey Kovalev is a one-time unified light-heavyweight world champion, and has won five world titles at light-heavyweight. For all the details about Kovalev's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Kovalev has had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was a non-title bout against Bulgarian boxer Tervel Pulev on May 14, 2022. Kovalev won the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 1 year, 11 months, and 13 days since this fight.
Kovalev has had a total of 17 world-title fights till today, which includes winning five world titles and 10 successful title defenses. He won 13 of these fights and lost four.
Sergey Kovalev has fought for light-heavyweight world titles in five fights and won four of these fights, two of these victories coming via way of stoppage. Till today, he has won five light-heavyweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Feb 2, 2019 | Eleider Álvarez | Light-heavyweight | WBO | UD |
Nov 25, 2017 | Vyacheslav Shabranskyy | Light-heavyweight | WBO* | TKO |
Nov 8, 2014^ | Bernard Hopkins | Light-heavyweight | WBA (Super), IBF | UD |
Aug 17, 2013 | Nathan Cleverly | Light-heavyweight | WBO | TKO |
Sergey Kovalev has had 13 light-heavyweight world-title defense fights. He won 10 of them and lost three times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Aug 24, 2019 | Anthony Yarde | Light-heavyweight | WBO | TKO |
Mar 3, 2018 | Igor Mikhalkin | Light-heavyweight | WBO | TKO |
Jul 11, 2016 | Isaac Chilemba | Light-heavyweight | WBA (Super), IBF, WBO | UD |
Jan 30, 2016 | Jean Pascal | Light-heavyweight | WBA (Super), IBF, WBO | RTD |
Jul 25, 2015 | Nadjib Mohammedi | Light-heavyweight | WBA (Super), IBF, WBO | KO |
Mar 14, 2015 | Jean Pascal | Light-heavyweight | WBA (Super), IBF, WBO | TKO |
Nov 8, 2014^ | Bernard Hopkins | Light-heavyweight | WBO | UD |
Aug 2, 2014 | Blake Caparello | Light-heavyweight | WBO | TKO |
Mar 29, 2014 | Cedric Agnew | Light-heavyweight | WBO | KO |
Nov 30, 2013 | Ismail Sillakh | Light-heavyweight | WBO | KO |
Sergey Kovalev has lost three world-title defense fights, and lost a total of five titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Nov 2, 2019 | Canelo Álvarez | Light-heavyweight | WBO | KO |
Aug 4, 2018 | Eleider Álvarez | Light-heavyweight | WBO | TKO |
Nov 19, 2016 | Andre Ward | Light-heavyweight | WBA (Super), IBF, WBO | UD |
Kovalev has fought a total of 40 times till today, which includes 17 world-title fights at the light-heavyweight division. He is among the very best of his generation and has put on some incredible performances in his fights. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.
August 17, 2013: Kovalev wins his first world title by defeating Nathan Cleverly via 4th round TKO. He is now the WBO light-heavyweight world champion.
November 8, 2014: Kovalev becomes a unified light-heavyweight world champion by beating Bernard Hopkins via 12 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBO, WBA (Super), and IBF light-heavyweight world-champion belts.
March 14, 2015: Kovalev successfully defends the WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight titles against Jean Pascal, winning the fight via 8th round TKO.
January 30, 2016: Kovalev successfully defends the WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight titles against Jean Pascal, winning the fight via 7th round RTD.
July 11, 2016: Kovalev successfully defends the WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight titles against Isaac Chilemba, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
March 3, 2018: Kovalev successfully defends the WBO light-heavyweight title against Igor Mikhalkin, winning the fight via 7th round TKO.
February 2, 2019: Kovalev wins the WBO light-heavyweight title from Eleider Álvarez, by beating Álvarez via 12 round unanimous decision.
August 24, 2019: Kovalev successfully defends the WBO light-heavyweight title against Anthony Yarde, winning the fight via 11th round TKO.
Kovalev has knocked out 29 of his 40 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 72.5%. Of his total 35 wins, 29 of them have been via KO (82.9%).
Kovalev's first world-title win was the WBO belt at light-heavyweight. He defeated Nathan Cleverly via 4 round TKO to win the title.
As of April 2024, Kovalev has won five world titles at light-heavyweight.
Kovalev has had a total of 13 title defense fights so far. He was successful 10 times and lost three times.