Ward only initiated clinches in the first two rounds, pretty sure Kovalev was the one doing the clinching every time Ward tried to fight on the inside.
It worked of course for Kovalev...initially, but then he got tired from all the wrestling and the body shots and ended up getting the snot beaten out of him on the inside in the second half of the fight, falling down easily, his head falling through the ropes, and getting staggered by stiff jabs, short left hooks, and left uppercuts.
He gonna need a heck of a lot more stamina if he wants to win the second fight, and he can forget about scoring another KD again, Ward quickly adjusted to that power and took over the rest of the fight.
If Kovalev comes in trying to KO Ward he got get Tim Bradley'd.
It worked of course for Kovalev...initially, but then he got tired from all the wrestling and the body shots and ended up getting the snot beaten out of him on the inside in the second half of the fight, falling down easily, his head falling through the ropes, and getting staggered by stiff jabs, short left hooks, and left uppercuts.
He gonna need a heck of a lot more stamina if he wants to win the second fight, and he can forget about scoring another KD again, Ward quickly adjusted to that power and took over the rest of the fight.
If Kovalev comes in trying to KO Ward he got get Tim Bradley'd.

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