The unified master of lightweight heavyweight Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (36-5-1, 30 KO) ended his 16-year professional career with a positive note, winning a technical technical knockout in the seventh round over Artur Mann (22-5, 13 KO) on Friday evening at Yunost Arena in Chelyabinsk.

Fighting in front of a family crowd, 42-year-old Kovalev landed with a handsome left, right left combination to put manna on canvas. After Mann, born in Kazakhstan, returned to her feet, his corner decided to stop the fight. His legs swayed after he returned, and it would not be a good idea to let him continue.

Manna’s resistance

Earlier in the fight Kovalev knocked Mann with a low left hook in the second round. Mann was seriously hurt after he returned, but survived the storm after inflammation of the bulky blows from Kovalev. In the last seconds of the Mann round fell for the second time, but the judge said it was a slip. It seemed that this could be justified to knock down.

In third and four rounds, he fought well, tagging Kovaleva with low blows and making him utilize energy. Mann suffered a cut on the right eye in the third round of hitting with repeated stiff stabs from Sergey.

“Krusher” looked clearly tired of energy, which he spent in the second round. Despite this, Mann could not utilize his fatigue because of his low exit. He was still approaching, but he did not throw, and allowed Kovalev to land stabs and power. Mann had power, but he didn’t let his shots leave.

Kovalev got his second wind in the sixth and significantly increased his result. In this round he marked Mann with many blows and it could be said that the fight would not last longer if Artur did not start to reject something.

Thoughts in retirement?

This Kovaleva performance can give him second thoughts about his retirement because he looked good in this fight compared to some of his last. However, he did not have to worry that nothing would come back to him because Mann was like a training bag. The circuitous weight division is faint. So it is possible that Kovalev has gone to the title.

His age can be an obstacle because he cannot afford to spend years, trying to gain a position for the title of world champion. In addition, the money does not change life for Kovalev, unless Turki Alalshikh was interested in financing the fight between him and one of the masters.

By: Sean Crose

“Zepeda vs Shakur is turned on !!!!!!” Promoter Oscar de la Hoya published on social media on Thursday evening. “Checkmate”, wrote Shakur Stevenson himself. Receiving this information straight from the sources makes it quite a secure plant, that WBC World Lightweight Champion Stevenson will actually fight this airy league of divisions, Zepedy in the near future. Ring Magazine reports that the high fight is to stay in Fresh York on July 12. 33-0 Zepeda has just emerged from a close fight against the inexplicably underrated Farmer Tevin. On the other hand, Stevenson has recently seen the destruction of Josh Padley in February.

This is an engaging fight in which Stevenson will finally adapt to a high -quality warrior. Although the extremely qualified compatriot from Newark will be rightly privileged to win, Zepeda is nothing if an impressive opponent. Although a few weeks ago he was gritty against the farmer, at this point it would be unreasonably to announce the underestimated. Fighting behind the powerful stab of Southpaw, Zepeda can exert a global level pressure. It also has a powerful defense of high guard and has thunder of power. Copies of opponents like wood.

However, Stevenson is probably in its own league. Having speed, expert leg work and liquidity, a man is undoubtedly one of the best practitioners in the game. The problem for Stevenson is that his style is not fans -friendly – at least not so much. Like Guillermo Rigondeaux in front of him, Stevenson is a chess champion in the era in which fans prefer the checkers. This is not a knock on fans. Certainly Stevenson is far from the most stimulating warrior in the world. A high -class opponent can make the situation intense in the ring and very amusing outside the ring.

For Stevenson, the fight is an opportunity for him to show the world how dominant. For Zepeda it is nothing else that life. It may not be a choice, but it’s definitely worth seeing. No man stands here in a dress. This is a justified fight for the title. What’s more, it is a fight for a title that will provide every warrior with positive attention. Boxer-Slugger fights have a built-in charm, and this fight, provided that it is signed, should not be an exception. This may turn out to be one of the better fights of the year.

After it was not possible to land with the hits with Canelo Alvarez and Gervont “Tank” Davis, Jake Paul decided to face the former world champion when he enters the ring with Julio Emperor Chavez Jr. On June 28 at the Honda Center, Anaheim, California.

Leaving the record boxing event, during which Paul defeated 58-year-old former heavyweight master Mike Tyson by a unanimous decision, YouTuber Pressed Privefighter was looking for Canelo, one of the greatest names of this sport.

Instead, he will have to settle for one of Canelo’s victims. 39 -year -old Chavez, former Middle WBC master, who in the last few years dealt with personal problems, including inactivity, problems related to weight and unsuccessful drug test.

“I just defeated the youngest man on the planet, and now I am fighting the former master whom Conman Canelo could not finish,” said Paul in a statement to ESPN on Friday.

Although Chavez is 8-6 years antique since 2012, he still bears the value of the name as the son of the boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez and a step in the Paul competition, taking into account his boxing.

Some moan because Paul stands in the face of another former master. However, this is a logical step in Paul’s boxing career, who became a professional in 2020 with one of one amateur fight. While people got stuck on the name of Paweł, in fact there is no experience of their contemporaries, and if he followed the regular path for youthful boxers, at this stage of his career he would be adapted to even less opposition.

Paweł’s popularity was Yin and Yang of his boxing career, which puts him publicly with control every time he announces the fight. The expectations of fighting a “real boxer” are often illogical, considering that the term “real boxer” actually means an experienced warrior who would defeat him.

This is not how boxing works.

Paweł’s opponents must achieve a slight balance between the quality name, which can sell tickets and a broader appeal, and the level of experience and/or current ability that suits him. What is happening is that we get Paweł against inexperienced warriors who lack skills or fighters with excessive situation with deteriorating ability. Chavez certainly falls into the latter. However, Chavez’s power was undeniable, even if his involvement in the training was at best doubtful. Even when 40 closes, Chavez can still fight and has a solid chin and has a criminal left hook. If he devotes himself to a full camp, instead of earning a check, a Mexican can be a powerful opponent who creates a constant sense of danger and good defense enough to prevent Paweł from landing the right right, which took out many of his previous opponents.

For divine love, he better hopes that the motivated Chavez appeared in the ring on June 28 and gives him a fight. He may not silence all Naysayers, but he will aid him grow as a warrior. If not, and Chavez clearly appears out of shape, criticism deserves rain from every angle.