Kovalev is back, am 25. November gegen Shabranskyy.
Er sagt es ist ein Neuanfang für ihn, dass er in sich gegangen ist und viel durch Ward gelernt hat. Er war sogar in einem Kloster!
Before returning to the United States from a summer in Russia, he spent time at a monastery in Greece to clear his head and prepare mentally and spiritually for his climb back to the top of his division. Kovalev said, "I learned a lot from my fights with Andre Ward. When you don't win and when you suffer adversity, it makes you stronger. It also shows you who your real friends are. I feel like I cleaned out my life and now I'm ready to start fresh. I'm very excited to get back in the ring, and fight at Madison Square Garden for the first time, and I'm focused on the future. I'm not looking back."