LAS VEGAS -- Unified light heavyweight world titleholder Andre Ward and former titlist Sergey Kovalev did not come face-to-face following the final pre-fight news conference on Thursday because Kovalev, so irritated by Ward during the lead-up to their rematch, walked out along with trainer John David Jackson and manager Egis Klimas after Ward's team began to speak.
But he had no choice but to come face-to-face with Ward on Friday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center as they weighed for the rematch, which will take place on Saturday (HBO PPV, 9 p.m. ET).