Sergey Kovalev destroys Jean Pascal, admits he wanted to punish him

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Sergey Kovalev of Russia (center) with his mother and with former NHL player Alexei Kovalev following his second win over Jean Pascal at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images

It was a slow, methodical, chilling beat-down.

Sergey Kovalev punished Jean Pascal for seven rounds, unleashing a torrent of punches as payback after Pascal had hurled accusations that Kovalev was racist in the pre-fight buildup.

Pascal’s trainer, Freddie Roach, stopped the fight after the seventh round after Pascal absorbed a frightful beating Saturday at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

Kovalev retained his three light heavyweight titles before an announced crowd of 9,866 in a rematch of their March fight, also won by Kovalev.

Kovalev admitted afterward he wanted to punish Pascal.

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Sergey Kovalev manhandles Jean Pascal again, full-card report

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MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada – Sergey Kovalev, the WBO, WBA and IBF light heavyweight titleholder, soundly defeated Jean Pascal again, this time at the end of Round 7 when the former champ’s corner lead by Freddie Roach stopped the fight. Last March Kovalev stopped Pascal in eight rounds.

Kovalev (29-0-1, 26 KOs) threw jabs, went to the body and unleashed constant combinations, while Pascal resorted to looking for one big punch (usually the left hook).

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