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Main Events CEO Kathy Duva, who promotes Sergey Kovalev, is confident that her fighter will return even stronger after suffering his first career defeat last month. At the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Ward (31-0, 15KOs) got off the floor in the second round to win a razor-thin twelve round unanimous decision over Kovalev (30-1-1, 26KOs) to capture the IBF, WBA, WBO light heavyweight titles.
After months of negotiations, a deal is finally within reach for a mandatory fight between IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) and challenger Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29KOs).
Main Events CEO Kathy Duva, who promotes Sergey Kovalev, had a good laugh when discussing some of the recent statements that were made by IBF, WBA, WBO light heavyweight champion Andre Ward.
From the moment the fight was signed, former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. felt it was a huge mistake for Nicholas Walters to challenge someone like Vasyl Lomachenko after coming off a near one-year layoff.
Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. expects Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26KOs) to be far more confident in his rematch with Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs) in 2017.
Two weeks ago at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, very few people had a closer ringside seat than Hall of Fame ring announcer Michael Buffer. He watched closely for twelve rounds, as Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs) got off the floor to win a unanimous decision over Sergey Kovalev (30-1, 26KOs) to capture the WBO, WBA, IBF light heavyweight titles.
For most of last week, super featherweight contender Nicholas Walters (26-1-1, 21KOs) had stated in several interviews that his inactivity would not play a role in last Saturday's fight against Vasyl Lomachenko (7-1, 4KOs) at the Cosmopolitan Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is expecting a Fight of The Year candidate on Saturday night, when Vasyl Lomachenko defends his WBO super featherweight title against Nicholas Walters (26-0-1, 21KOs) in an HBO televised main event from the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.
Former two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi expects the Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs) vs. Sergey Kovalev (31-1-1, 26KOs) rematch to be another close fight. Last Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Ward won a close twelve round decision over Kovalev to capture the WBO, IBF, WBA light heavyweight world titles.
Veteran trainer John David Jackson is completely speechless at how his fighter, Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26KOs), was the loser in last Saturday's fight with Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs).