Kovalev to exercise rematch clause against Alvarez

Former Light Heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev has exercised his rematch clause to rematch Elieder Alvarez, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.

Alvarez stopped Kovalev on August 4th in Atlantic City.

“Yes, he wants to have the rematch. There’s no other fight that he wants and there is no fight as big for him as the rematch,” Kovalev manager Egis Klimas said.