Kovalev to debut in cruiserweights on April 25

Sergey Kovalev
Sergey Kovalev

On April 25 in Los Angeles there will be the battle for the WBO world championship belt in the welterweight division between Patrick Teixeira (31-1, 22 KOs) and Brian Castano (16-0-1, 12 KOs). The bout will be shown by DAZN platform.

29-year-old Teixeira won the World Boxing Organization belt in November, beating Carlos Adams.
Recently the Brazilian was also mentioned in the light of the duel with Terence Crawford, who could fight for the championship belt in his fourth weight category.

Castano had two fights last year. In March, he battled to a draw with Erislandy Lara, and in November he defeated Wal Omotoso.

Also on this card Sergey Kovalev (34-4-1, 29 KOs) may debut in the cruiserweights. Former world light heavyweight champion despite losing to Saul Alvarez, will have to conduct two more fights at DAZN by the contract.