Alvarez KOs Kovalev in 11th

A left hook-right hand combination sent Kovalev crashing to the ropes. #AlvarezVsKovalev

Canelo Alvarez (right) hits Sergey Kovalev in the 10th round of their WBO light heavyweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on 2 November 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP)

LAS VEGAS, United States — Canelo Alvarez knocked out Sergey Kovalev with a vicious right hand to win the World Boxing Organization light heavyweight title on Saturday, moving up two weight classes to become a four division champion.

The 29-year-old Mexican superstar caught Russia’s Kovalev with a left hook-right hand combination that sent the former champion almost crashing through the ropes near the end of the 11th round at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.