Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo and former world light heavyweight boxing champion Sergey Kovalev will compete in Hardcore Boxing on March 18 in Dubai.
This was announced in the next issue of the HukVam program by the president of the league, Anatoly Sulyanov.
“March 18 in Dubai is a big Hardcore Boxing event,” said the head of the organization. “I won’t name names yet, but Jose Aldo and, most likely, even Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev are on the card, in addition to all our guys. And two big international names. Jose Aldo – 99.9%, that is, he is now finalizing the contract. Negotiations are underway with Kovalev”
Jose Aldo, 36, who has been with the UFC since 2011, notified the organization of his retirement in September and was released from his current contract, which left him to fight one fight. A month before, the legendary Brazilian entered the octagon for the last time, losing by unanimous decision to Merab Dvalishvili.
39-year-old Sergey Kovalev returned to the ring in May of this year after more than a two-year break, after winning ten rounds by unanimous decision against Tervel Pulev.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/30343-zhoze-aldo-i-sergej-kovalev-vystupyat-na-turnire-hardcore-boxing.html?rand=19907
