Kovalev knocks Shabranskyy out in 2

In the battle for the vacant WBO light heavyweight title in the main event of the evening at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York on the HBO channel, former unified light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (31-2-1, 27 KOs) destructed Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (19-2, 16 KOs) in two rounds. Kovalev sent Shabranskyy twice to the canvas in the first round and once again in the second. Referee Harvey Dock stopped the fight at 2:36.