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MGM Grand, Las Vegas - Virgil Hunter, who is the head trainer for Andre Ward (30-0, 15KOs), has been throwing more than his fair share of verbal jabs at Sergey Kovalev and his entire team.
John David Jackson, who trains WBA Super, IBF, WBO world light-heavyweight champion Sergy Kovalev (30-0-1, 26KOs), says their upcoming opponent, Olympic gold medal winner Andre Ward, is declining as a fighter and is no longer the man who dominated all of the fighters at 168-pounds years ago.
John David Jackson vs. Virgil Hunter Video Debate - MGM Grand, Las Vegas - This Saturday night, No. 2 Pound-for-Pound and WBO, WBA and IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) and No. 4 Pound-for-Pound and Two-Time World Champion Andre "S.O.G." Ward (30-0, 15 KOs) will collide in their "Pound for Pound" showdown at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Ward vs. Kovalev Undercard Fighters Hits Las Vegas - MGM Grand, Las Vegas - This Saturday night, No. 2 Pound-for-Pound and WBO, WBA and IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) and No. 4 Pound-for-Pound and Two-Time World Champion Andre "S.O.G." Ward (30-0, 15 KOs) will collide in their "Pound for Pound" showdown at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
NEW YORK – John David Jackson remembers Kenny Kost and Darnell Boone hurting Andre Ward within the first year of the Olympic gold medalist’s professional career. The undefeated Ward withstood the power of much better fighters since those days, but Sergey Kovalev’s trainer thinks Ward will have more difficulty dealing with his fighter’s heavy hands Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Oxnard, California: As knockout artist Curtis 'The Cerebral Assassin' Stevens (28-5, 21 KOs) prepares to face James "The King" De La Rosa (23-4, 13 KOs) on the live HBO Pay-Per-View undercard of Kovalev-Ward "Pound For Pound" he once again has teamed up with world-renowned trainer, John David Jackson.
John David Jackson Video Interview - WBO, WBA and IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) and Two-Time World Champion Andre "S.O.G." Ward (30-0, 15 KOs) are only weeks away from their November 19 "Pound for Pound" showdown at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Currently IBF, WBA, WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (30-0, 26KOs) is up in the mountains of Big Bear, California preparing for his November 19th showdown against Andre Ward (30-0, 15KOs). And early on, his trainer John David Jackson likes what he sees.
New York, New York - John David Jackson has been around the sport of boxing for his whole life as a boxer and trainer. He has a tall task on his hands when he prepares his best fighter, IBF/WBA/WBO 175-pound champion Sergey Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KO's) to defeat a pound for pound mainstay in Andre Ward (30-0, 15 KO's).
John David Jackson, trainer for WBO/IBF/WBA light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (30-0, 26KOs), is confident that his fighter's power will break down Olympic gold medal winner Andre Ward (30-0, 15KOs) on November 19th, likely at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.