Sullivan Barrera punches Felix Valera during their Light Heavyweight at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on November 25, 2017 in New York City. Abbie Parr / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFPRussian power puncher Sergey Kovalev got back into the win column on Saturday, making quick work of Vyacheslav Shabranskyysecond-roundnd round technical knockout win to reclaim the WBO light heavyweight title.
Kovalev, who was coming off a pair of back-to-back losses to Andre Ward, looked like his old dynamite self in knocking down the Ukraine fighter three times in the first two rounds before the referee stopped it with 24 seconds left in the second at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Kovalev got himself back in the 175-pound division mix as he finished Shabranskyy off late in the second round. The referee stopped it with Kovalev landing punches at will as a defenceless Shabranskyy stumbled backwards.
“I did it,” said Kovalev, who improved to 31-2-1. “I know that I am back.
Kovalev Recaptures WBO Title With 2nd Round TKO
