Sergey Kovalev Clearly Had A Mental Edge Over Andre Ward...

Ill dismantle your argument in three letters and one number. TKO 8

 

Sure.
Andre knew what Kovalev brought to the table. He knew he could overcome his power and he knew that as the fight went on, Kovalev would weaken.
Kovalev was frustrated from the get go. He was frustrated by how the first fight ended, bringing up all the excuses in the book. He was frustrated by the judges. He was frustrated by his pay.
Hell, Kovalev even walked out of a press conference. When has he ever done that?

Remember when the third round started in the first fight? Ward ran to the center of the ring and landed a hard jab! Stopping Kovalev. Then Ward went for a take-down.
At that point Kovalev knew that Ward would not fold like all of his other opponents did.

In the rematch, the entire build up, Kovalev barely held any eye contact with Ward! He was always the first to look away. The man could not control his emotions.

Kovalev is one of the best fighters in boxing. He is always calm and collected in the ring. And he breaks his opponents down.
In the rematch he ran in there and threw more punches in a shorter frame, than in the first showdown.

 

According to Stitch Duran, Kovalev was a mental wreck in the dressing room before this last fight with Ward.

 

Snitch Duran should keep his mouth shut. Hope every boxer takes note and never lets this snake in their dressing room.

 

He's Ward's cutman so he had no duty to keep quiet.

 

I know but he shouldn't be allowed in other fighters dressing room if his plan is to snoop and snitch.

 

Exactly! Kovalev is used to when he knocks someone down they either stay down or they just look to survive not trying to win. When Ward got up and fought back it did something to him.

 

Ward was Ward. He's always the same, confident almost to the point of arrogance. WTF are you talking about? You're really reaching here.