Sergey Kovalev pounds fellow Russian in strong title defense
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Sergey Kovalev powerfully defended his WBO light heavyweight title Saturday night, opening a deep cut under fellow Russian Igor Mikhalkin’s right eye that forced the fight to be stopped with 35 seconds left in the seventh round. Kovalev won his second consecutive fight since his back-to-back losses to Andre Ward, dealing punishment to his former...