Certain nations have always been known for producing boxing talent: Mexico, Great Britain, the Philippines, Japan and, of course, the United States. And now Russia stands on the brink of joining this ...

WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev is once again aiming to be called the king of the division with Andre Ward now out of his hair, and he made a big statement in that regard on Saturday ...

2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today First, Sergey Kovalev lost his three light heavyweight title belts to ...

Kieran Darcy is an ESPN.com staff writer. He joined ESPN in August 2000 after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, where he played four years of JV basketball. NEW YORK -- Sergey Kovalev ...

NEW YORK -- Sergey Kovalev retained the WBO light heavyweight championship on Saturday night, defeating Igor Mikhalkin via a seventh-round TKO at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Kovalev (32-2-1, ...

First, Sergey Kovalev lost his three light heavyweight title belts to Andre Ward by highly controversial decision in November 2016, and then lost to Ward again in the immediate rematch, this time by ...