It's fight night, fans, and we hope you'll join us for our live coverage from Quebec City, Canada, where two light heavyweight championship belts will be on the line.
In the co-featured contest of the evening, Russian wrecking ball Sergey Kovalev (22-0-1, 20 KO) defends his WBO Light Heavyweight Championship against Ismayl Sillakh (21-1, 17 KO).
Kovalev won the title by blasting through the previously undefeated Nathan Cleverly in August. He will be making his first defense against the tough but relatively unknown Sillakh.
In the main event, WBC and The Ring Magazine light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (22-1, 19 KO) will face mandatory No. 1 contender Tony Bellew (20-1-1, 12 KO).
Stevenson captured the title with a stunning one-round demolition of Chad Dawson earlier this year. He then followed up with what might have been the knockout of the year, a seventh-round pasting of former champ Tavoris Cloud.
Bellew earned his shot by defeating Isaac Chilemba in May, and while the Brit may be outgunned on Saturday night, he'll come to fight.
Our live coverage will begin tonight at 10 p.m. ET, and you can catch all the live action on HBO beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET.
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