Tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET one of the most feared knockout punchers in the world, light heavyweight champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev, returns to the ring to defend his WBa, IBF, and WBO titles against Nadjib Mohammedi in Las Vegas at the Mandaly Bay Resort and Casino. Fans can live stream the fights online by clicking this link.
Kovalev possesses one of boxing's highest knockout rates (86 percent) and will be a massive favorite to win against Mohammedi tonight. The biggest obstacle in Kovalev's way appears to be taking his opponent lightly, rather than the opponent himself. According to Kovalev, there's no way he will let that happen.
"I would like to still be champion as long time as possible," Kovalev said at Thursday's final news conference. "I did not get all my goals in my career yet. Some of my dreams in boxing and my goals are not finished. For my dreams, my goals -- this Saturday is the next step in my career."
Kovalev is more than a puncher. He proved that by shutting out Bernard Hopkins in the biggest fight of his career and knocking him down in the first round. He followed that performance with a high-intensity battle in Quebec with Jean Pascal, knocking him out in front of his own home crowd. Both fights were on his opponents' turf, but this time around Kovalev figures to be the fan favorite.
Mohammedi is on a 13-fight winning streak that dates back to 2011, and enters the ring with a 23 knockouts. Two of his losses have come by way of early knockout though, a bad sign against the Krusher.
Prediction: Kovalev def. Mohammedi by TKO (Round 4)
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