Reigning in the night, we have a new boxing champion – Andre Ward, after his brutal battle with Sergey Kovalev.
“He had just completed 12 punishing rounds in a boxing ring with the steel-plated, hammer-fisted Sergey Kovalev and somehow pulled out a come-from-behind victory in a unanimous decision. With it, Ward, 32, claimed Kovalev’s light-heavyweight belts and neatly positioned himself to become America’s next big boxing star — a distinction that seems long overdue for him….” [ Read more here ]
