Sergey Kovalev is set to fight for the vacant WBO light heavyweight title next weekend against Vyacheslav Shabranskyy, and in the lead-up to the fight Kovalev talks to FightHub about what what has gone wrong for him lately...

Kovalev on what was going through his mind after losing the second Ward fight:

“You know, my mind was busy with a lot of trash of everything that happened with me, you know, like since [Isaac] Chilemba fight, because all my problems started with Chilemba fight...

“I just understand that all my problems came from myself. You know, what I did, what I didn’t, and like, just now, cleaning up everything from my mind, from my life, and right now here for a new chapter in my boxing career.”

On changing trainers:

“...I’m very happy that I got a coach — real coach. I’m very happy that I got a real coach. Right now all my training under his control and I believe in this guy hundred percent, and we understand each other because we [speak the same language]. And even [though he’s from] Uzbekistan — I’m Russian, you know — but we’re from USSR together. We was born in USSR and we understand each other on the Russian language...

“He’s given me right job, right work, what I should to do, what I shouldn’t to do, you know, and my body understand this — understand these workouts and my mind understand and I agree what he gives me and I’m feeling good and I will show to boxing fans my boxing, November 25, the best how I can.”