Winner: Sergey Kovalev
Photo by David Spagnolo/Main Events
Sergey Kovalev had one goal on Saturday night–teach Jean Pascal a lesson.
Working behind a vicious jab–kind of like the one that Gennady Golovkin used to pulverize David Lemieux–Kovalev stalked Pascal throughout the fight and methodically beat him down.
The scariest part about Kovalev’s attack was that he let up on the gas multiple times, seemingly prolonging the ass-whooping that he was dishing out.
According to Sergey Kovalev, Jean Pascal was punished when defeated via corner stoppage after round seven. pic.twitter.com/qL2Uth8Z79
— ESPN (@espn) January 31, 2016
Pascal stumbled around the ring for the last couple of rounds until Freddie Roach finally ended things in the corner after Round 7.
To recap, Kovalev came in pissed, beat the breaks off of Pascal, took $50,000 from him thanks to a side bet, laughed like a sinister Mortal Kombat boss and had an epic encounter with Adonis Stevenson (more on that later).
I wouldn’t be surprised if Andre Ward injured himself just watching the shellacking Kovalev gave Pascal.
