What can Kovalev do differently this time?

[elina jhon]

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

[hugh grant]

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

[Dip_Slide]

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.

[therealpugilist]

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.