Robin Safar delivers the performance of his life, beating Sergey Kovalev
It looked easy. Too easy. Robin Safar knew what was being said prior to his 10-round cruiserweight fight against Sergey “The Krusher” Kovalev. The undefeated Swedish cruiserweight was supposed to be fodder for the returning 41-year-old former WBO/IBF/WBA light heavyweight titlist.
On Saturday in a 10-round fight on the Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk undercard from the Kingdom Arena, in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia, Safar proved otherwise.
Safar (17-0, 12 knockouts) took a dominating, unanimous 1