He just started sparring early this week: http://www.boxingtalk.com/pag/article.php?aid=29342 Is he overlooking Pascal?
He will wear better shoes in his next fight and that would be enough to pummel Pascal inside a couple of rounds.
Easy work. Another TKO win but probably earlier. After this loss Pascal will probably face Beterbiev to conclude his career at the top.
Kovalev better be prepared because he took some hard shots from Pascal last time. He also needs to box smarter, patiently.
Of course he will be prepared he has a great trainer and he has a strong will to win. I expect him to stop Pascal sooner this time.
He also had Christmas , new year and I think russian christmas was yesterday , so I'm not sure how well prepared he will be.