At the final press conference for the Eleider Alvarez vs Sergey Kovalev rematch, Eleider Alvarez said Sergey Kovalev made a bunch of excuses for losing their last fight. When Crystina Poncher mentioned that Kovalev was winning the fight before he got knocked out and said he just made a mistake but this time would be different, Alvarez stated, “Well if he calls getting knocked down three times an accident, he just may have another accident on Saturday night” .
Alvarez also stated he knows what he did last time to Kovalev was the result of the hard work he and his team did in preparation for Kovalev, and that luck had nothing to do with it.