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Although I would for sure still watch it and be interested, the Kovalev vs Stevenson fight has about completely died out for me. Stevenson hasn't been fighting top level fighters for at least a few years and Kovalev has to prove that the Ward loss didn't ruin him.
If Kov did what Stevenson has been doing for many years he still would be champion and not ruined. It is easier to defend your title against mandatories than take on real challenges as Kov did against Ward.
Kovalev has to feel bad about how the Ward series played out. The 1st could have gone either way, the 2nd had both guys robbed of the opportunity for a controversial free ending.