AFP, LOS ANGELESFormer world champion Andre Ward said the winner of next week’s showdown of unbeatens between himself and world light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev should be seen as boxing’s pound-for-pound king. “It would be really hard to go against that, based on both our resumes, and us stepping up and being willing to fight,” Ward said on Tuesday on an international conference call. 1.”The bout in Las Vegas on Saturday next week will see Russia’s Kovalev, 30-0 with one draw and 26 knockouts, defend the World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization crowns for a fifth time since beating Bernard Hopkins for them all in a unification bout. “This fight is a great opportunity for both of us to show the boxing world who is the best pound-for-pound,” Kovalev said. “I’ve heard people say I’m not the same fighter I was in my 20s and I hope I’m not,” Ward said.

Source: Taipei Times November 09, 2016 16:05 UTC