!!!!LiVe MatcH!!!@!!!|Sergey Kovalev vs Anthony Yarde Live Stream Boxing

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It was an interesting turn of events, but 36-year-old Sergey Kovalev has seen himself transition from from aging light heavyweight titleholder looking to finally secure a title defense in his hometown to the leading contender to land a fight against boxing biggest star today.

Admittedly, few could have predicted middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez's sudden want to move up two divisions and target Kovalev (33-3-1, 28 KOs) as a possibility, even with the Mexican superstar's blatant disinterest in the trilogy fight with Gennady Golovkin that everyone -- from fans, promoters and DAZN executives -- so lustfully coveted.

A last-minute negotiation left Kovalev at an interesting crossroads. Despite having already signed a deal to defend his title on Saturday in his native Chelyabinsk, Russia, against unbeaten Anthony Yarde, Kovalev received a last-minute offer in upwards of eight figures from Alvarez's team at Golden Boy Promotions for an Oct. 26 bout in Las Vegas that would require Kovalev to pay Yarde a large fee to step aside.

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