Trainer John David Jackson, the head coach of WBO/WBA/IBF light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, to discuss his fighter's big twelve round decision victory over Bernard Hopkins in their high stakes unification at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Jackson talks about the strategy, what worked in their planned game plan, what options that he sees for Kovalev in the future and more.

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Sergey being able to counter bernards jab is what did it, it was so effective it droped him in the first and later hurt him in the 8th I believe.

[QUOTE=Beercules;15088148]They had the perfect game plan. Bernard was hesitant to throw after he tasted Kovalevs power.[/QUOTE] Being able to score from the outside changed everything. It made the fight, as much as it could be, easy from a tactical point…

They had the perfect game plan. Bernard was hesitant to throw after he tasted Kovalevs power.