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Kovalev vs Ward: Sergey Kovalev ready for 'street fight' with Andre Ward

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Sergey Kovalev says he will try and drag Andre Ward into a street fight on Saturday night.

Sergey Kovalev is primed for a "street fight" when he takes on Andre Ward in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Ward and Kovalev made their grand arrivals into Las Vegas on Tuesday night ahead of their light-heavyweight showdown at Vegas' T-Mobile Arena, to be shown live on Sky Sports.

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Kovalev is putting his WBO, IBF and WBA 'Super' world titles on the line against the unbeaten American in a much anticipated encounter.

The winner will likely be considered the best pound-for-pound fighter, but 'Krusher' is staying focused on the job at hand.

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Image: Sergey Kovalev defends his WBA 'Super', WBO and IBF world titles against Andre Ward in Las Vegas

Speaking exclusively to Sky Sports, the hard-hitting Russian said: "I feel very good and I am ready to fight. I could fight now or tomorrow even, I just want to get in there.

"My dream was always to get to this level and I've dreamed about headlining in Las Vegas, I want to deliver a great fight for boxing fans around the world.

"My right hand will do the job that I need to do in this fight, I don't really have any plans going into my fights - you never know what will happen.

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"For me, each fight is like a street fight as just like on the street you never really know what an opponent is going to do.

"If I get this win then I might be considered the pound-for-pound number one, but I'm not thinking about it - that is simply a bonus."

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