Pound for Pound: Kovalev vs. Ward
November 19, 2016
Las Vegas, NV (T-Mobile Arena)
WBA Super/IBF/WBO Light Heavyweight Championship: Sergey Kovalev © (175) vs. Andre Ward (175) - Ward, DEC (unanimous) - WBA Super (fifth defense)
- IBF (fifth defense)
- WBO (ninth defense)
Maurice Hooker (139) vs. Darleys Perez (137.5) - DRAW (split)
Isaac Chilemba (174.75) vs. Oleksandr Gvozdyk (174.75) - Gvozdyk, TKO (retirement), R8 (3:00)
Curtis Stevens (157.5) vs. James De la Rosa (159.75) - Stevens, DEC (unanimous)
Untelevised Preliminary Card:
Brice Ritani-Coe (242) vs. Darmani Rock (241) - Rock, DEC (unanimous)
Claressa Shields (167) vs. Franchon Crews (168) - Shields, DEC (unanimous)
Vincent Jennings (126.5) vs. Tyler McCreary (128) - McCreary, DEC (unanimous)
Sonny Fredrickson (140) vs. Gabriel Duluc (139.75) - Fredrickson, DEC (unanimous)
Botirsher Obidov (157) vs. Bakhram Murtazaliev (160) - Murtazaliev, TKO (referee stoppage), R2 (2:52)
Henry Beckford (160.5) vs. Meirim Nursultanov (159) - Nursultanov, DEC (unanimous)
Attendance: 13,310 Gate: $3.3 million Buyrate: 160,000