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The fight took place on May 14, 2011 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. [45][46], Ward spent all of 2014 inactive, still feuding with Goossen. From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone who has played a part in my journey. We were able to beat him to the punch, and that's what won us the fight." Ward originally claimed the belt in November 2009 with a victory over long-time champion Mikkel Kessler in his opening fight of the Super Six tournament. Abraham entered having lost two of his previous three bouts. [14] The Ring Top 10 ranked super-middleweight Allan Green (25-1, 18 KOs) was selected as his replacement and challenged Andre Ward on June 19. This was Ward's third fight in eight months, after only fighting three times from 2012 to 2015. [100][101], On August 23, 2017 Ward announced that his contract with HBO had expired, making him a free agent. This time leave the excuses at home." Ward dictated the fight however with a strong jab. I don't feel cheated. It’s probably not fun to spend your days getting punched in the face at work, but WBA super middleweight champ Andre Ward (27-0) makes sure to dish out more punishment than he takes, both with his fists, and now, between his fights, as a commentator for HBO Boxing: “They’re still my peers, and I still respect them, but I gotta call it like I see it.”. Ward later admitted it was his toughest fight to date, since he became professional. – Boxing News", "Duva and Roc Nation start talks for rematch of Ward-Kovalev June 17 – The Ring", "Sergey Kovalev indicates he signed deal memo for Ward rematch – The Ring", "Andre Ward set to defend title vs. Sergey Kovalev in June – ESPN", "Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev rematch set", "Ward agrees to give Kovalev rematch in June", "Andre Ward, Sergey Kovalev agree to rematch June 17 in Vegas", "Ward vs. Kovalev II: No Rematch Clause For Third Fight – Boxing News", "Andre Ward, Sergey Kovalev purses revealed", "Andre Ward finishes Sergey Kovalev in eighth round, retains titles", "Andre Ward Stops Sergey Kovalev in Eight To Retain Belts – Boxing News", "Ward vs Kovalev II: Andre Ward produces stunning stoppage win over Sergey Kovalev in rematch", "Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev 2 Disappoints Greatly On PPV Buys", "Ward-Kovalev Rematch Replay Peaked at 947K Viewers on HBO – Boxing News", "Ward-Kovalev rematch underperforms at gate", "Ward-Kovalev Rematch: Paid Attendance Was Only 6,366 – Boxing News", "Andre Ward says contract with HBO is up", "Ward 'leaving' boxing, says 'desire not there, "Andre Ward: American two-weight world champion retires from boxing", "Andre Ward stuns boxing world by announcing his retirement", "BOXINGTALK : ANDRE WARD ABRUPTLY RETIRES", "VIRGIL HUNTER MENTOR OL' G BOB EXPLAINS WHY ANDRE WARD IS THE MOST COMPLETE FIGHTER TODAY", "ANDRE WARD SAYS HE'S A COMBINATION OF ROY JONES, BERNARD HOPKINS, & FLOYD MAYWEATHER; EXPLAINS WHY", "Kovalev vs Ward: 5 keys to victory for Andre Ward", "The star of 'Creed' wants a sequel – here's why it will probably happen", Article about Andre Ward's involvement with Victor Conte, Olympic boxing champions – men's light heavyweight, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andre_Ward&oldid=983514670, Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers, Olympic gold medalists for the United States in boxing, International Boxing Federation champions, World super-middleweight boxing champions, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 2001 United States Amateur Middleweight Champion, 2003 United States Amateur Light Heavyweight Champion, Won the Light Heavyweight gold medal for the United States at the 2004, This page was last edited on 14 October 2020, at 17:41. For the fight, Kovalev received a minimum purse of $2 million and Ward's purse was a career-high $5 million. In an article, which appeared at FoxSports.com, boxing writer Zachary Alapi speculates that Ward is one of the best in-fighters in boxing, being "merciless when it comes to wrestling in the clinch while simultaneously throwing punches to prevent a break, Ward is also willing to fight dirty if he has to."[109]. "[26], Advancing to the final of the Super Six, Ward fought WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KOs) in front of 5,626 at Boardwalk Hall on December 17, 2011. He held the unified WBA (Undisputed), IBF, and WBO light heavyweight titles in his last two years of his career. After his parents fell to drug abuse, Ward was looked after by his godfather, Virgil Hunter, who became his trainer and remained his trainer for the length of his career. He claimed that it was done to make him look "vulnerable and expose him with weight loss. It was later confirmed that he would fight on June 20, against British Paul Smith (35-5, 20 KOs) at the Oracle Arena in California at a 172 lbs catchweight fight. The scores were 116–112, 119–109, and 119–109 for Ward. The fight was to take place on BET. Now that it's over with, I'm ecstatic I was able to defend this belt one time. An injury and eventual surgery to the right shoulder has made Ward even more reliant on the left hand, causing him to even switch to southpaw on occasion to land his power punches. The hand was broken in two places. We wanted to fight on the inside and on the outside, and we pulled it off tonight. Paulie Malignaggi noted the high degree of difficulty both fighters faced that night and doubted the prospect of a one-sided affair in the case of a rematch. [80] CompuBox stats showed that Kovalev landed more punches, 126 of 474 punches; Ward landed 116 out of 337 thrown All three judges scored the fight lop-sided 120–108 for Ward, who said post-fight of his win, "This means a lot to me. Ward defended his WBA and Ring titles against unbeaten Edwin Rodríguez in Ontario, California in November 2013 with a wide unanimous decision. If I cannot give my family, my team, and the fans everything that I have, then I should no longer be fighting. “So I just look for ways to continue to get better.” Ward recently sat down with us to explain how his dad, Frank, inspired him to be an Olympic gold medalist, world champion, father, and man – in his own words: eval(ez_write_tag([[250,250],'mensjournal_com-under_second_paragraph','ezslot_5',167,'0','0']));“My dad was on the boxing team in high school and he was just telling me about his rivals and how he trained, and as a kid I looked up to him. [27], Ward won the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament via unanimous decision . Ward defeated Roy Ashworth on April 7, 2005 by disqualification. Then, in the tenth round, Ward dropped Dawson to a knee after a solid combination, which prompted referee Steve Smoger to stop the fight after Dawson could not continue. [40], On March 23, 2013 the WBC stripped Ward of the WBC super-middleweight title belt for being inactive for a long period of time, and for failing to face a mandatory challenger. [28] The judges scorecards were 115–113, 115–113, and 118–110 all in favor of Ward. IPA. After the fight with Boone, Ward went on to win his next six fights, including TKO victories over undefeated Andy Kolle (this fight was the last of five that Ward fought within the middleweight limit of 160 lbs) and Francisco Diaz.

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