Canelo-Kovalev: How The Unlikely Mega Fight Came To Be

By: Sean Crose
“We promised to make this fight happen, and now we are delivering it.”
So said Golden Boy Promotions honcho Oscar De La Hoya this past September when the light heavyweight title matchup between the aging, but still menacing, Sergey Kovalev and boxing’s biggest star, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was announced to great fanfare. It was an odd pairing, Canelo and Kovalev, but it was an intriguing one, nonetheless. Kovalev, the WBO light heavyweight champion, wa