"Bivol is a very talented guy. Perhaps in the future we can hold an interesting fight with the unionification of titles. I'm ready for this. Maybe after the fight against Alvarez? Who knows.
"I can not say that our careers are going in the same way, because his career is much easier. He has already started fighting in America, HBO shows his fights. His name has already appeared on the billboards under mine. People learn about it and it's all because of me. He performs at my shows. But my career was different. I've talked about the whole difference many times," said Kovalev.