Eleider Alvarez upsets Sergey Kovalev by TKO to win light heavyweight title

• Unbeaten Colombian beats Kovalev by seventh-round TKO
• Dmitry Bivol defended WBA’s version of title on undercard

Eleider Alvarez scored an upset on Saturday by dropping Sergey Kovalev three times in the seventh round en route to a technical knockout to claim Kovalev’s share of the light heavyweight championship in Atlantic City.

Alvarez won the WBO light heavyweight title and ended Kovalev’s reign atop the division.

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