Alvarez has right answer

Unheralded challenger scores stunning KO of Kovalev to take light heavyweight crown

NEW JERSEY - In his first shot at a world title, Eleider Alvarez repeatedly rocked WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev with laser-like right hooks on Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

After three years of waiting for his chance, Alvarez took the title and left Kovalev crumpled and bleeding, flooring him three times in a brutal seventh round before referee David Fields stopped the fight.