Dance boxing from the Krusher 👊🏼😀#krusher#kovalev#worldchampionpic.twitter.com/FX9ZvHGKlM
— Sergei Kovalev (@KrusherKovalev) January 8, 2018
Kovalev has finally touched on the retirement of longtime rival and 2-weight world champion, Andre Ward.
‘The Krusher’ has shared his opinion that Ward is not retired indefinitely but instead is waiting for more clarity on the light heavyweight scene as to who the number one fighter is before deciding to embark on a very lucrative comeback.
“I think he will be back,” Kovalev told BoxingScene.com.
Kovalev shared his opinion that Ward is just taking a break following two gruelling encounters against himself.
Their first match-up ended in a very dubious decision going Andre Ward’s way their second fight in June 2017 ended with Andre Ward stopping Kovalev in the eighth round.
“He just made this decision to get a rest and because he has got enough money to be outside of boxing.”
“From the last two fights, he has enough to money to be outside from boxing.”
We got the one of my titles back and two more like a bonus💪🏼😀👍🏼
Thanks to all my team,fans for support and haters to push me to get success 👊🏼#krusher#kovalev#крашер#Ковалёвpic.twitter.com/oiQwv23HsI— Sergei Kovalev (@KrusherKovalev) November 30, 2017
So right now, he’s watching what’s happening in the light heavyweight division.
“He will wait until there’s a unified champion and he will make a call and make a fight, again for the big purse.”
“Yes and no. I understand that he could do this, but I didn’t know he would do it at that time, how he did it.
“He’s one year younger than me. But for him, it’s a business, like a game. He understands what he’s doing. He’s a smart guy.”
“He has a great team who give him the right advice.”
“He made very, very good money for the last two fights. Believe me, I never did this for all of my career,” Kovalev concluded.
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