KOVALEV CRUSHES SHABRANSKYY IN TWO ROUNDS
Sergey Kovalev, looking to shake off back-to-back losses to Andre Ward, made a triumphant return to the ring, blowing away an overmatched Vyacheslav “Slava” Shabranskyy to win a vacant light heavyweight world title Saturday night at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. “I did it. I worked really hard. Mentally, physically,…