HBO has announced that it will televise the pro debut of light heavyweight Andre Ward, the boxing gold medalist for the United States at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. The fight takes place Saturday at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Ward is scheduled to face Christopher Molina (2-0) in a four-round super-middleweight bout on the undercard of the Antonio Tarver-Glen Johnson fight. Ward's pro debut will begin the HBO telecast at 9PM ET/ 6PM PT. The tape delay of Vitali Klitschko vs. Danny Williams, in which Vitali retained his world heavyweight title belt with an 8th round TKO, will be shown following Ward's fight. The 12-round light heavyweight fight between Tarver and Johnson, the two men to knock out Roy Jones Jr. in 2005, will conclude the boxing coverage on HBO for the evening and for the 2004 season.
Tuesday, December 14 2004

HBO has announced that it will televise the pro debut of light heavyweight Andre Ward, the boxing gold medalist for the United States at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. The fight takes place Saturday at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Ward is scheduled to face Christopher Molina (2-0) in a four-round super-middleweight bout on the undercard of the Antonio Tarver-Glen Johnson fight. Ward's pro debut will begin the HBO telecast at 9PM ET/ 6PM PT. The tape delay of Vitali Klitschko vs. Danny Williams, in which Vitali retained his world heavyweight title belt with an 8th round TKO, will be shown following Ward's fight. The 12-round light heavyweight fight between Tarver and Johnson, the two men to knock out Roy Jones Jr. in 2005, will conclude the boxing coverage on HBO for the evening and for the 2004 season.
Tuesday, December 14 2004

Fantastic!! That is great news! :D

That's good news I was wondering if they would show it.

Hell yeah! Thanks for posting that borikua

It is great that he gets some exposure, but if he doesn't KO his opponent in the first round, it will be a failure.

Are his first ten or so fights going to be highly uncompetitive?

Very nice. Thats a good night of boxing

I hope Ward does well, I am looking forward to seeing him fight.

it's better than seeing david telesco.

He could be one of the future stars in boxing Im very happy that HBO decided to show this fight.

He could be one of the future stars in boxing Im very happy that HBO decided to show this fight.

Definately! The were smart to grab him up that way ;) He was our (Americas) ONLY 'golden boy' at the olympics after all. It will be interesting to see how he makes the transition from amateur to pro boxing too. Good for HBO! :D