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Canelo Álvarez vs. Sergey Kovalev

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Canelo Álvarez vs. Sergey Kovalev
DateNovember 2, 2019
VenueMGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBO light heavyweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Russia Sergey Kovalev Mexico Saúl Álvarez
Nickname "Krusher" Canelo
("Cinnamon")
Hometown Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Purse $3,000,000 $35,000,000
Pre-fight record 34–3–1 (29 KO) 52–1–2 (35 KO)
Age 36 years, 7 months 29 years, 3 months
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg) 174+1⁄2 lb (79 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBO
Light Heavyweight Champion
The Ring/TBRB
No. 2 Ranked Light Heavyweight		 WBA (Super), TBRB and The Ring
Middleweight Champion
WBA (Regular) super middleweight champion
The Ring
No. 5 Ranked Super Middleweight
TBRB
No. 6 Ranked Super Middleweight
The Ring No. 3 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
2-division world champion[*]
Result
Álvarez wins via 11th-round KO

Canelo Álvarez vs. Sergey Kovalev was a professional boxing match contested on November 2, 2019, for the WBO light heavyweight championship.[1] The fight took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada and Álvarez won by 11th-round knockout.

Background

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Álvarez made his debut at light heavyweight and was looking to become a three-weight world champion[*] by challenging WBO titleholder Kovalev, who was defending his title after having fought two months prior on August 24.

The fight

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After a competitive first ten rounds in which Kovalev found success with his jab while Álvarez largely utilized power punches, the latter produced a left hook, straight right combination to stop Kovalev in the eleventh round to become a three division world champion.[2] Kovalev was stopped for just the third time in his career. At the time of the stoppage, Álvarez led 96–94 on two of the judges' scorecards, with the other scorecard even at 95–95.[3] He joined Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Mike McCallum as the only former light middleweight champions in history to win a title at light heavyweight.[4][5][6][7]

Aftermath

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Immediately after the bout, many fight fans started asking Kovalev on social media about why he allegedly took a dive. The former champion answered via several videos on his Instagram page,:[8]

"It was impossible for me to win that fight because of all the demands and contract clauses I have signed, and my physical conditioning problems. But financially it was very interesting for me... so, yeah, I accepted the fight I was not supposed to win."[9]

Álvarez responded by calling Kovalev a "bad loser".[10]

Fight card

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Confirmed bouts:[11]

Weight class vs. Type Round Time Notes
Light heavyweight Mexico Canelo Álvarez def. Russia Sergey Kovalev (c) KO 11/12 2:15 Note 1
Lightweight United States Ryan Garcia def. Philippines Romero Duno KO 1/12 Note 2
Super welterweight Russia Bakhram Murtazaliev def. Spain Jorge Fortea UD 12/12
Flyweight United States Seniesa Estrada def. United States Marlen Esparza TD 9/10 Note 3
Welterweight United States Blair Cobbs def. Mexico Carlos Ortiz RTD 6/10 Note 4
Middleweight Kazakhstan Meirim Nursultanov def. Mexico Cristian Olivas UD 10/10
Light heavyweight Uzbekistan Bektemir Melikuziev def. United States Clay Collard TKO 4/8 1:11
Super welterweight United States Evan Holyfield def. United States Nick Winstead KO 1/4 0:16 Note 5
Super welterweight United States Tristan Kalkreuth def. United States Twon Smith UD 4/4

^Note 1 For WBO light heavyweight title

^Note 2 For vacant WBC Silver lightweight title

^Note 3 For WBA female flyweight title

^Note 4 For vacant WBC-NABF welterweight title

^Note 5 Holyfield's professional debut

Broadcasting

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The fight was streamed live on DAZN in the United States and nine other countries, televised on both FTA Azteca 7 in Mexico and Channel One in Russia.[12][13]

Country Broadcaster
Free-to-air Cable/Pay television PPV Stream
 Australia[14] — Main Event —
 Austria — DAZN
 Brazil
 Brunei — Astro Box Office Astro GO
 Canada — DAZN
 China[15] CCTV-5 — CNTV Ai Bugu
 Denmark — TV3 Sport — Viaplay[16]
 Finland Viasat Urheilu
 France[17] — beIN Sports — beIN Sports Connect
 Germany — DAZN
 Indonesia Mola TV[18] — Mola TV On Demand
 Ireland — Sky Sports[19] — Sky Go
 Italy — DAZN
 Japan
 Kazakhstan[20] QAZTRK — QAZTRK
Latin America

Central:

South:

Space (PAN and South) — Space GO (PAN and South)
 Mexico Azteca 7
Las Estrellas TUDN TUDN
 Malaysia[21] — Astro Box Office Astro GO
 MENA
 — beIN Sports — beIN Sports Connect
 New Zealand — Sky Arena —
 Norway — Viasport
 Panama[22] Telemetro — Medcom Go
 Philippines[23][24][25] 5 (delayed) — ESPN5 (delayed)
— Cignal TV
Sky Sports
 Poland[26] — Polsat Sport — IPLA
 Russia Channel One — Channel One
 Spain — DAZN
Sub-Saharan Africa
 — SuperSport[27] — DStv Go
 Sweden — Viasport
  Switzerland — DAZN
 Taiwan[28] — Eleven Sports — Eleven Sports
 Timor-Leste Mola TV — Mola TV On Demand
 Turkey[29] DMAX — DMAX
 United Kingdom — Sky Sports — Sky Go
 United States — DAZN
Pluto TV (undercard only)
Stadium (undercard only)

Fight purses

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According to the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Álvarez earned an official purse of $35 million and Kovalev a $3 million purse. These figures are the final figures they will earn as Canelo has a subscription deal which means no potential PPV revenue.[30]

Guaranteed base purses

  • Canelo Álvarez ($35 million) vs. Sergey Kovalev ($3 million)
  • Ryan Garcia ($250,000) vs. Romero Duno ($50,000)
  • Bakhram Murtazaliev ($55,000) vs. Jorge Fortea ($20,000)
  • Seniesa Estrada ($50,000) vs. Marlen Esparza ($50,000)
  • Blair Cobbs ($20,000) vs. Carlos Ortiz ($5,000)
  • Meiirim Nursultanov ($12,500) vs. Cristian Olivas ($12,000)

Notes

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1.^ Canelo is a 2-division champion because his WBA (Regular) super middleweight title was a secondary title. The universally recognized WBA super middleweight champion during this fight was WBA (Super) champion Callum Smith.

References

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  21. ^ "Astro Malaysia". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
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  23. ^ "CIGNAL TV - Canelo vs Kovalev x KSI vs Logan Paul PPV". Cignal TV. Archived from the original on 2019-10-26. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
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  28. ^ "Eleven Sports TW on Instagram: "🥊WBO輕重量級拳王爭霸賽倒數五天🤜 Kovalev vs Canelo 🤛 ⭕️拳王限定通行證 限時開賣 單月看兩場 來自俄羅斯，流著戰鬥民族的血液，拳王Sergey Kovalev對決墨西哥巨星Canelo Alvarez，拳力出擊！！！ 👀Kovalev本場看點…"". Instagram (in Chinese). Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  29. ^ "Bilgehan Demir on Instagram: "Gel de uyu 🤔 3 Kasım pazar sabahı tam ne zaman? Harbiden saatleri 4'e kurdunuz mu? #CaneloKovalev @boksgecesi @dmaxtr"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
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Preceded by Sergey Kovalev's bouts
2 November 2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Canelo Álvarez's bouts
2 November 2019 		Succeeded by
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