This Saturday night November 25th 2017, Sergey Kovalev (30-2-1, 26 KO’s) will make his ring return as he takes on Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (19-1, 16 KO’s) for the vacant WBO Light Heavyweight title. The fight will take place at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, and will be live on HBO Boxing at 10pm ET. In the co-feature, Yuriorkis Gamboa (27-2, 17 KO’s) will square off against Jason Sosa (20-2-4, 15 KO’s) in a 12 round Featherweight bout. Also on the card, Sullivan Barrera (20-1, 14 KO’s) will take on Felix Valera (15-1, 13 KO’s) in a 10 round Light Heavyweight bout. Here is the breakdown and predictions:
SERGEY KOVALEV
-Record: 38 – 0 – 0, 37 KO’s
-Weight Class: Light Heavyweight
-Height: 6′ 0″
-Reach: 72″
-Notable Fights
- Nathan Cleverly — Win, TKO 4th round (12), 8/17/13. (Won WBO Light Heavyweight title)
- Bernard Hopkins — Win, UD (12), 11/8/14. (Won WBAsuper/IBF Light Heavyweight titles)
- Andre Ward — Loss, UD (12), 11/19/16.
VYACHESLAV SHABRANSKYY
-Record: 38 – 0 – 0, 37 KO’s
-Weight Class: Light Heavyweight
-Height: 6′ 3″
-Reach: 75″
-Notable Fights
- Yuniesky Gonzalez — Win, MD (10), 12/19/15.
- Oscar Riojas — Win, KO 3rd round (8), 8/19/16.
- Sullivan Barrera — Loss, TKO 7th round (10), 12/16/16.
Predictions:
Sullivan Barrera — def — Felix Valera — via — Unanimous Decision
Yuriorkis Gamboa — def — Jason Sosoa — via — Unanimous Decision
Sergey Kovalev — def — Vyacheslav Shabranskyy — via — TKO 8th round
-David Jukic, INSIDE RINGSIDE
