Ward does not want to piss Kovalev off. It just means he will get beat worse. However, it does not surprise me that Ward blew Kovalev off, because it was inevitable that Ward's arrogance would come through. Some of that arrogance will fall off when he's laying on the canvas.
i hope kovalev goes in there with confidence. If he trains really hard, has a good gameplan and has confidence he can win. But if no confidence I see Ward, hugging and running his way into an easy fought boring decision
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