The light heavyweight nicknamed “Krusher” made short work of Slava Shabranskyy to recapture the WBO title Saturday night. He used a devastating series of right hands to stop the challenger at 2:36 of the second round. He dropped Shabranskyy twice in the first round, once more in the second, and somehow Shabranskyy didn’t go down from another series of powerhouse punches seconds before the fight was stopped. Things were much the same in the second round before the bout was wisely stopped. He’s won four straight since, including knocking out Shabaranskyy, and is in line for a title fight, although Kovalev seems to have his sights set elsewhere.

Source: National Post November 26, 2017 06:45 UTC