Yeah I know that was their thinking behind choosing Chilemba, but there's another side to that - it also exposes weaknesses for Ward to see and work on too.
I guess that will be chilemba's first ko. So that's something. At least maybe ward might think kov is easy pickings.
Ward does not have Chilemba's chin. When you are getting rocked by Kenny Kost and Darnell Boone, you better not get hit by Kovalev. Sure Ward can win but he doesn't have much room for error.