After this fight, Ward dominates Kovalev he will man handle him in another boring fight but he will win using what he knows clinch, hit, slip clinch hit etc.
Yes, he got himself trapped frequently, but when it was working he wasn't letting Kov plant his feet. That's one thing about Kov and GGG alike, they're extremely powerful guys but they like to plant their feet and have the opponent in front of them. When that doesn't happen, you see the off-balance and vulnerable stuff like tonight.
One area in which Ward is going to kill Kovalev is if you noticed how Chilemba would jab, duck the coounter, and give a counter of his own while changing position so that Kov couldn't counter back. That's bread and butter for Andre, who is quicker, stronger, and more precise than Chilemba.
Chilemba has 10kos, 2/3 what Ward has, and not the same physical strength inside either. Ward opponents frequently comment on him being stronger than they expected, including Froch.
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