Brook-Rabchenko

BROOK STOPS RABCHENKO IN TWO

Kell Brook marked his first bout at light-middleweight with a victory as he stopped Belarusian Sergey Rabchenko in the second round at Sheffield Arena.   Brook was making his return to the ring after losing his IBF welterweight title to Errol Spence Jr in May.   The 31-year-old sustained a fractured left eye socket in…

Kovalev-Mikhalkin

KOVALEV STOPS MIKHALKIN IN SEVEN

Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (32-2-1, 28 KOs) of Russia delivered another trademark crushing performance with a seventh round stoppage of Igor Mikhalkin (21-2, 9 KOs) of Russia at The Theater at Madison Square Garden to retain his WBO World Light Heavyweight Championship.   Despite their friendship, there was no love lost between Russian countrymen as Kovalev…