Unbeaten WBO light heavyweight world champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (26-0-1, 23 KOs) defeated 49-year-old IBF and WBA light heavyweight world champion Bernard “The Alien” Hopkins (55-7-2, 32 KOs) by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision to unify the titles on Saturday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Kovalev took control early, dropping Hopkins in the first round and pounded him throughout, winning a shutout decision by scores of 120-107, 120-107, 120-106. …