I've noticed that Eastern Europeans hate it when someone is waking behind them.

Just felt like sharing that with you.

Anyway... I think Ward looked a little undersized and lacking in physicality against Barrera. I wonder of his inside game is less effective at the higher weight. With out that, he is 2/3 of the fighter we know which would play very well into the hands of Kovalev, who positions himself just as well as Ward does at both ends of mid-range.