Montreal, Quebec, Canada:       Later tonight, Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs) will march back into Jean Pascal's (30-3-1, 17 KOs) home turf to defend his WBO, WBA, and IBF Light Heavyweight World Titles in the much-anticipated rematch televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing® beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT. With the well-publicized history of bad blood between these two high-intensity fighters, fireworks are expected at the Bell Centre on Saturday.

Kovalev's offense is his defense- last 7 opponents landed just 6.2 punches per round- nearly 3x fewer than light heavy avg. Pascal avg'd just 34 punches thrown per round in his last 8 fights- least among ALL current championship caliber fighters.

About Main Events - Main Events was founded in 1978 by the late Dan Duva and is now run by his widow Kathy Duva. As one of the top promotional companies in the world, Main Events has promoted boxing legends Evander Holyfield, Arturo Gatti, Lennox Lewis, Pernell Whitaker and many more. Currently, Main Events promotes WBO, IBF and WBA Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev. Main Events is committed to promoting quality fights that boxing fans want to see.

About InterBox - InterBox, founded in Québec in 1997, and acquired by Groupe Sportscene in 2004, is a boxing organization that is recognized and respected throughout the Quebec province and the world. Its goal is to promote professional boxing, locally and internationally, with talented boxers who are supervised by top-notch trainers and have access to a cutting-edge support staff. InterBox regularly promotes and presents first-rate events in cooperation with such major corporate sponsors as Vidéotron, La Cage - Brasserie sportive and Coors Light.