Boxer Klitschko and Kovalev nominated for the title of soldier of the year today
MOSCOW, 25 Dec - R-Sport. Ukrainian super heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko and citizen of Russia Sergey Kovalev included in the list of nominees for the title of soldier of the year By assumption.
Klitschko in 2014 twice defended his titles of world champion, IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO, having gained the victory over Aussie Alex, Leapai and Bulgarian Kubrat Bullet. Both fights Ukrainian heavyweight won by knockout in the fifth round.
Kovalev over the past year, twice defended his title of champion of the WBO light heavyweight title, then defeated the American Bernard Hopkins in a unification fight for the title, WBA Super, WBO, and IBF.
equally among the candidates was a Japanese Naoya Inoue, Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto, American Terence Crawford, the Jamaican Nicholas Walters and Roman Gonzalez of Nicaragua.
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