Anyone who was looking forward to a clash between Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev before last weekend is probably even more interested now. Part of the fun of big fights is the build up. Part of the build up is the comparing and contrasting of well-mat...
Andre Ward’s return to HBO didn’t exactly set the industry ablaze, but it was enough to get the ball rolling for a highly anticipated light heavyweight showdown with Sergey Kovalev later this fall. The unbeaten former super middleweight king enjoy...
Andre Ward climbed the CompuBox Categorical Leaders list after limiting Sullivan Barrera to an overall connect pct. of 15.4%. Barrera landed just 5.4 power shots per round and averaged 60.2 punches thrown per round after averaging 79.3 per round in...
Fighting in front of his hometown crowd, Ward was the quicker fighter most of the night and used his jab to score often, mixing it with a powerful left hook that landed to the head frequently. He also ducked away from most of Barrera’s punches and at...
About the only thing to go wrong for the Oakland fighter came late in the eighth when referee Raul Caiz deducted a point from Ward for a low blow that sent Barrera (17-1) down to one knee. Ward also drew a warning in the 10th for an accidental head b...
Unified light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev is surprised Sullivan Barrera was able to last the entire twelve round distance with Andre Ward, who has unanimously outpointed the Cuban fighter in his light heavyweight debut to set the stage for a...
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by Cliff Rold - Working his way back to the stature he had after winning the Super Six tournament, 32-year old former super middleweight champion and 2004 Olympic light heavyweight gold medalist Andre Ward (29-0, 15 KO), 174 ¾, of Oakland, California...
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Andre Ward has amassed a +14.1 CompuBox plus/minus rating, #4 among all active champ. caliber fighters (he landed 38.2% of his total punches). Ward landed 7.2 jabs per round- #7 and well above wgt. class avg.,while opponents landed just 6.2 power sho...
Later tonight former two time super middleweight champion Andre Ward will make his light heavyweight debut against unbeaten Cuban Sullivan Barrera. The bout will air live from the Oracle Arena on HBO with Jo Jo Diaz-Jayson Velez serving as the televi...
Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Guillermo Rigondeaux believes countryman, unbeaten heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 KOs), will have a very tough task later tonight when he faces former super middleweight king Andre Ward (28-0, 15 K...
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