Jean Pascal plans on doing something that has been tried and failed 29 times, and that is to stop Russian bulldozer Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev.
Pascal (30-3-1, 17 KOs) harbors another underlying motivation to beat the reigning WBA, IBF and WBO light heavyweight champion in their rematch this Saturday night at Bell Centre in Montreal. The fight has reached a personal level between the two.
Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs) says he wants to end Pascal’s career. Pascal, who recently replaced longtime trainer Marc Ramsay with Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, says his animosity stems from Kovalev’s photoshopped tweet last April of a monkey’s head on Adonis Stevenson’s body, with the caption “Adonis looks great!