Chinese light heavyweight boxer Meng Fanlong (17-0, 10KO) finally has good news, he will face the former light heavyweight treble on March 12 this year, Russian "bone crusher" Sergei Kovalev (34-4-1, 29KO), which is a 185-pound agreement weight match, of course, mainly to accommodate Kovalev. Because he had been out of battle for a long time, he had not returned to 175 pounds.
The determination of this match has undoubtedly brought very exciting news to China's big boxers, because no light heavyweight boxer in China can play against the former world triple crowner, and we can say that no matter what Meng Fanlong's success or failure, it will make history.
According to ESPN reporter Michael Koppinger, the match will be held on March 12 in Los Angeles, USA. Their match will be the headline main event of Boxing Night at The Trier Fight Club. It was Kovalev's first game since he was KO by Canero Avarez in 2019.
It was November 2019, and Kovalev was ko-punched by Avarez in the 11th round, losing the WBO world light heavyweight title. Of course, Kovalev also earned the highest career honorarium of $10 million.
Kovalev is about to turn 39 and has entered the end of his career, perhaps playing another 1-2 games will announce his retirement.
At his peak, Kovalev could be said to have beaten all over the world without an opponent, and he got the WBA/IBF/WBO light heavyweight three boxing champion gold belts, only the WBC gold belt. Kovalev, nicknamed the Bone Crusher, is sharp and domineering, and can be said to have both technology and strength, and the combination of fists is even more destructive.
Klevelli, Hillach, Pascal, Hopkins, Zilumba, Yard and a number of other boxing stars have become Kovalev's boxing ghosts.
Meng Fanlong, 33 years old, maintains a perfect record of 17 wins against 10 KO opponents, Meng Fanlong is 1 meter 88 tall, arm span 1 meter 92, the last game was in October last year, when he beat Israel Dafs by points.
Originally, Meng Fanlong was going to fight with the WBC/IBF light heavyweight boxing champion Betbiyev, but later because Meng Fanlong's visa was not processed, he missed a good opportunity.
Now Meng Fanlong finally ushered in the opportunity to challenge the famous player, although Kovalev does not have a gold belt, but after all, it is the indisputable light and heavyweight triple crown, if Meng Fanlong can KO Kovalev, it will become China's first light heavyweight person, enough to go down in history. Even if it loses, it will not be criticized, on the contrary, it still creates the history of Chinese boxing.
This time, Meng Fanlong wanted to seize the opportunity no matter what.
Fighting Jianghu believes that at present, Kovalev has been seriously in a state decline, physical fitness and resistance are short boards, as long as Meng Fanlong starts carefully, controls the distance, and then drags the game into the second half, it is entirely possible to KO Kovalev. Let us wish Meng Fanlong good results and create the history of Chinese boxing. 【Text/Fighting Jianghu】