LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez used a big punch to beat a big fighter. Alvarez landed a left-right late in the 11th round Saturday night, dropping Sergey Kovalev to the canvas and ending their light heavyweight title fight. Kovalev was left on his knees, his arms draped over the middle ring rope as the fight was stopped at 2:15 of the round. Kovalev was more than holding his own late in the fight and hadn’t been hurt when Alvarez landed the left followed by a right. The punch was one Alvarez had been looking for the entire fight, stalking Kovalev while taking a lot of jabs and right hands to the face.

Source: New York Times November 03, 2019 18:45 UTC