Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko Sergey Kovalev o Rūhia i whakamutu i a Jean Pascal o Kanata i te tīmatanga o te rauna tuawaru i te pō o te Rāhoroi kia mau ai ki ana taitara taumaha marama e toru o te ao. Ko te mano nui o Bell Centre i whakamoemiti i te wa i mutu ai te whawhai a Luis Pabon, me te Pascal (29-3-1) i pa ki nga taura mai i nga whiu mai i a Kovalev (27-0-1). Kāore hoki te Kanata i hari ki te whakamutu, i karanga tonu ia mo te tukinga anō i muri i te whakamutu o te tukinga, e tohe ana: 'I uru tonu ahau ki te whawhai. I pupuri a Sergey Kovalev i ana taitara taumaha marama e toru o te ao i muri i tana wikitoria i a Jean Pascal. Ka whakaarahia te ringa o Kovalev e te kaiwhakawa whawhai i muri i tana aukati i a Pascal i te rauna tuawaru. I pupuri a Russian Kovalev i ana taitara WBA, WBO me IBF i te wa o te whawhai i Montreal. Ko Kovalev (matau) e patu ana i te upoko o Canadian Pascal i te wa o te whawhai taumaha taumaha. Ko Kovalev o Rūhia (matau) ka hinga ki te taha mauī ki te tinana o Pascal i te whawhai whakakotahi i Montreal. Ko te whawhai te wā tuatahi i whakamutu ai a Pascal (matau) i tana mahi. 'Kua toa a Kovalev i te whitu o nga rauna e waru i roto i te whawhai 12-rauna kua whakaritea. 'Kāhore au i pai ki taku tīmatanga,' i mea a Kovalev. Engari i muri i te rauna tuawhā ka taea e au te whakahaere i a Jean, ā, ko tāu i kite ai, he pai te ringa matau i patua ai ia e au, ā, ka ngaro ia. I pupuri a Kovalev i ana taitara WBA, WBO me IBF. Ko Pascal, te toa o mua o te WBC o Montreal, i aukatihia mo te wa tuatahi i roto i tana mahi. Ko Kovalev (maui) e tuku ana i te kopu ki a Pascal me tana matau i te wa o te whawhai i te Bell Centre. Ko Kovalev (matau) e whiua ana ki tōna matau ki te mahunga o Pascal i a ia e ngana ana ki te karo atu i a ia. Ko Pascal o Kanata (matau) i werohia e Kovalev i te wa o ta raua whakataetae toa. Ka titiro a Pascal ki tana kokonga i a ia e whakahihiri ana i a ia i te whawhai i Bell Centre. Ka whakawhiwhia a Pascal ki te kaute tu mai i te kaitautoko i muri i tana hinganga i te rauna tuatoru o te whawhai.
E toru nga taitara o te ao taumaha taumaha a Sergey Kovalev. I whakatārewatia e te Rūhia o Kanata a Jean Pascal i te rauna tuawaru.