Unbeaten Kovalev to defend crown against Pascal


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Russia’s undefeated Sergey Kovalev risks three world light-heavyweight crowns on Saturday against Haitian-born Canadian Jean Pascal in a rematch of a bout Kovalev won last year with an eighth-round stoppage.

Kovalev, 28-0 with one drawn and 25 knockouts, has won 12 fights in a row over the past four years and all but one of those ended early. Only Bernard Hopkins, the oldest champion in boxing history, took Kovalev the distance before losing a unification showdown by unanimous decision 14 months ago.

That sets up Kovalev to defend his International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organization titles against Pascal, 30-3 with one drawn and 17 knockouts.

Pascal will have the support of the crowd in Montreal, having fought only three times outside the province of Quebec in his 11-year career. But home-region cheers were not enough for Pascal, 33, to conquer Kovalev, 32, last March at Montreal.

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