Eleider Alvarez Shocks Sergey Kovalev, Light Heavyweight Division (Article)

In his first legitimate test since being stopped by Ward, Kovalev was untethered from his senses by undefeated Colombian Eleider Alvarez. You cannot beat Kovalev with a jab, but what Alvarez, 24-0 (12), showed—particularly in those rounds when Kovalev channeled his best, most destructive self—is you can survive against him with one. And if you can survive, fatigue will join the fight in your favor. So when Kovalev hurt Alvarez in the fourth round, the Colombian fighter committed to the one punch he could land effectively and let fatigue accelerate the process his right hand would finish later. In the seventh, Alvarez baited a wilting Kovalev into throwing a weak counter jab and caved in the side of his head with a right hand. Kovalev fell and would fall twice more in the round before referee David Fields ended the fight. And unlike his two previous defeats (in consecutive fights against Ward) this loss featured no debatable scoring, no borderline low blows, and no salvageable excuses—Kovalev was simply and summarily ended.


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