What can Kovalev do differently this time?

I said it before....I'll say it again....he has to stop ward of knock him out Ward is as mentally strong as he is physically strong and skilled. Guys like that are the hardest to beat by decision I said the same thing about floyd for years.....and before roy jones lost to Tarver...i said the same about him as well. they control the pace, can adapt mid fight, and are physically gifted. If kov doesnt stop him by round 5.....its gonna be the last half of fight one all over again. Kov has to be more aggressive while being defensively responsible....easier said than done.....better focus on cardio and conditioning.

Keep the jab popping, throw punches while moving forward, and be the same Kovalev on the inside like in the first fight, I know a lot of people weren't impressed with Kovalev's inside fighting in the first fight, but I think he had the right game plan with what he came to the ring with and by him tying up Ward and pushing him back everytime Ward wanted to fight on the inside, he completely neutralized Ward's inside fighting game and forced Ward to fight on the outside. That happened the whole first half of the fight and if Kovalev has the stamina to keep doing all these things for more rounds he can win the fight.

To start with kov in the 11th round don't assume he's ahead against ward on scorecared 8-3. After every round kov should assume the judges scored it for ward even if ward don't land one punch. That's what kov should do different. Don't underestimate how easy ward is

It's one of the biggest fight of Kovalev with Ward

Well for starters he could wear red trunks instead of blue trunks

It's nigh on impossible for Kovalev to give a better performance than he did whereas with Ward I don't think that was even his best. In fact, I think he'll dominate the fight even more next time round.

Kovalev to win needs to hire Virgil Hunter.

He completely nullified wards inside game you need to go watch the fight again, he used too much energy beating ward at his own game,he threw ward about like a rag doll Yes. But locking up Ward made him lose a lot of energy and, eventually, he couldn't throw his usual amount of hard punches.

He cant fight inside and he has stamina issues Unless he builds up an early enough lead he'll lose again Its amazing how he cant fight inside, how could anyone rate this guy P4P is beyond me Guy almost got GTFO by Jean Pascal lol Won both Pascal fights by TKO, LMAO for starters. Secondly, he had to deal with MMA maestro Ward going for takedowns and bear hugs on the inside when he thought he was actually in a boxing match. Even given all that, he outlanded Ward and dropped him making him look like a fool. In the rematch, he will keep Ward on the outside with his jab and stepping back then countering as Ward tries to lunge in to tackle him. It won't be pretty, Ward's face will be a mess from all the jab work...pure pizza face.

Punch more. Especially being more consistent with the jab. He couldn't miss it.

He cant fight inside and he has stamina issues Unless he builds up an early enough lead he'll lose again Its amazing how he cant fight inside, how could anyone rate this guy P4P is beyond me Guy almost got GTFO by Jean Pascal lol He completely nullified wards inside game you need to go watch the fight again,he used too much energy beating ward at his own game,he threw ward about like a rag doll

Realistically there's not much he can change in just a few months. I would focus mainly on conditioning and throwing a lot more body shots.

Kovalev has got rematch in bag already. Kov found first fight easy. Thought it was easy. Thought he was beating ward easy so didn't feel the need to push himself moire than necesary. In the 12th and final round kov thought he was 8-3 rounds ahead. Basically bringing his level down to that of wards. In next fight kov needs to fight each round as if he lost the last round But kov was naive in not knowing judges had other ideas. So not being naive is what he can do different. I bet nobody has come up with reply like this!

Like he said about Pascal in their rematch: "There is nothing he can learn in that amount of time that will help him" Ward has much more room to improve upon, Kovalev was 100%, fully peaked.

Jab more, invest in the body early instead of the 12th round, step back when Ward comes in and feint him into the right hand when he tries to get inside! Ward will look to come to Kov so Kov needs to use that to his advantage!

Shorten up his punches, catch Ward coming in

just by hiring a world class conditioning coach, he would be able to dominate 12 rounds like he dominates rounds where he presses the fight more....he's always thinking about conserving energy....if his body feels fresher ,he will let his hands go more....dude already has great distance management. Ward already had a Mackie Shilstone in his team, he can't do any better physically. When they're both at 100%, Ward doesn't have the skills to hang with Sergey at mid range, doesn't have the power to keep him honest and doesn't have the strength to maul him.

Use more uppercuts to avoid fighting inside

do the exact same, but he only needs to finish strong, that will be hard due to the inside that ward gives. But its completely possible. Ward is going to do the same thing over and over...that is his game, maybe he can add more speed to see if that can trouble Krusher.

Kovalev can win it by knockout but also easy UD by only jabbing and keeping distance.