IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs) will defend his titles in a rematch against former world champion Jean Pascal (30-3-1, 17 KOs) on January 30 at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
The Russian stopped Pascal in the 8th round of an action-packed fight in March at the same venue.
If Kovalev gets past the Canadian for the second time as expected, he already has two bigger fights planned for 2016.
He will fight WBC champion Adonis Stevenson (27-1, 22 KOs) in June in…