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The promotional build ahead of the light heavyweight championship rematch between Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev has been largely pedestrian outside of general trash talk surrounding Ward's contested decision victory last November.
But things have suddenly heated up over the past week in an unexpected way, just two weeks out from their June 17 rematch in Las Vegas (HBO PPV, 9 p.m. ET).
Reports have swirled that Kovalev's trainer, John David Jackson, reached out to Ward after the first fight to inquire about swapping teams.