Ward wields the cleaver in 8th round victory

LAS VEGAS —  The second verse, as usual, was louder than the first.
Andre Ward finished Sergey Kovalev in the 8th round of their light-heavyweight rematch at Mandalay Bay Events Center Saturday night, keeping three belts and raising his record to 32-0  with his 16th knockout.
The two were staging a tense, tactical fight until Ward popped Kovalev with a left at the beltline, which seemed to stun the former champion. Ward then connected with a sweet right in the chops, and Kovalev&