Andre Ward: record, next fight and profile →
By Cliff Rold - According to the reports originating with Yahoo’s Kevin Iole and verified by others, the best made fight of 2016 was far from its biggest. If Bob Arum is telling the truth about Manny Pacquiao’s numbers against Jessie Vargas (a claim of around 300,000 buys), it wasn’t even the biggest fight of the month. Serious fight fans marked their calendars with anticipation for...
K2 Promotions' Tom Loeffler, who promotes WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs), disputes some of the recent statements that were made by WBA, IBF, WBO light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs).
Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. expects Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26KOs) to be far more confident in his rematch with Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs) in 2017.
LAS VEGAS – BoxingScene.com has confirmed a Tweet by Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole that the Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev pay-per-view show drew just over 160,000 buys. The figure is considered low for an HBO Pay-Per-View event that featured two of the five best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.
Promoter Andrei Ryabisnky of World of Boxing has been a huge critic of Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev outcome from two weeks ago at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Ward, who was knocked down in the second round, won a close twelve round unanimous decision over Kovalev to capture the IBF, WBA, WBO light heavyweight world titles. The three judges scored it 114-113.
Two weeks ago at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, very few people had a closer ringside seat than Hall of Fame ring announcer Michael Buffer. He watched closely for twelve rounds, as Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs) got off the floor to win a unanimous decision over Sergey Kovalev (30-1, 26KOs) to capture the WBO, WBA, IBF light heavyweight titles.
During his appearance on TMZ Live, WBA, IBF, WBO light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs) was questioned about the possibility of a catch-weight fight with WBC, WBA, IBO, IBF middleweight king Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs).
Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. views IBF, WBA, WBO light heavyweight champion Andre Ward as the best pound for pound fighter in the boxing.
Looking back to last weekend, I have to say I was a little dismayed by the widespread horror expressed in some quarters when Andre Ward was given the decision over Sergey Kovalev.
Veteran analyst Bob Sheridan saw Sergey Kovalev as the winner of last Saturday's fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Kovalev was stunned by Andre Ward, who survived a second round knockdown to win a twelve round unanimous decision to capture the Russian fighter's IBF, WBO, WBA light heavyweight world titles.