By Edward Chaykovsky
IBF/WBO/WBA light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (30-0, 26KOs) has no concerns ahead of his showdown with Andre Ward (30-0, 15KOs) on November 19th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Kovalev is not being lured in by any potential mind games that are being drawn his way by Ward and his team.
Their collision is one of the most anticipated fights of the year. Most experts are split down on the middle on the outcome. Both fighters had interim bouts and neither outing was entirely impressive. Kovalev had some struggles in winning a decision over Isaac Chilemba and Ward dominated an overmatched Alexander Brand.
Kovalev could care less what Ward is watching, what tactics he plans to use or what he says about the fight. Koavlev is only focused on his ongoing training camp.
"I don't think at all what Ward is doing, I don't think," Kovalev exclusively told Sky Sports. "I'm thinking only about me, what I'm going to do. I don't care about what Andre Ward thinks.
"You can ask him about what he thinks that he watches only one of my fights. He can say that he saw only one fight, but he can watch all my fights. I don't know what he's watching or I don't care what he's watching. My goal is to get victory and not to think about what Andre Ward is watching or not watching, what he's doing. I'm just working now on my body, on my shape."
Kovalev is also not fixated on Ward being dropped in his 2005 points win over Darnell Boone, who is one of Kovalev's knockout victims.
"I don't care about his knockdown, Andre Ward," admitted Kovalev. "I don't give any attention before about Andre Ward. I just saw a couple of fights, him against Sullivan Barrera and Alexander Brand, but what was before I don't know, I didn't check."
