Andre Ward: record, next fight and profile →
By Cliff Rold - If you’re a boxing fan, this Saturday is a date that has been circled on the calendar for months. Two of the three best light heavyweights in the world will lock horns. They sport a combined record of 60-0-1. The former unified and lineal super middleweight king, the last American man to win a Gold...
In an interview with Larry King broadcast on RT, Russian boxing champion Sergey Kovalev has opened up on his winding road to success in sport and what motivates him, also sharing his thoughts about his upcoming fight on November with pound-for-pound superstar Andre Ward.
Retired super middleweight champion Carl Froch (33-2, 24KOs) has no intention of coming out of retirement for a potential mega-bout with WBC/IBO/WBA/IBF middleweight king Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs). This past weekend in Monte Carlo, Golovkin's promoter Tom Loeffler sat down with Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport, who handle Froch, and they discussed the idea of the fight - in very loose terms since Froch is retired.
TOTOWA, N.J. – From the moment Sergey Kovalev dropped Bernard Hopkins in the first round of their fight two years ago, Kathy Duva sensed from her front-row seat that Hopkins had gone into survival mode. Kovalev dominated Hopkins, then 49 years old, during their 12-round fight and left the aged legend ducking and dodging his way toward finishing their one-sided fight on his feet at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
World class trainer Abel Sanchez is very familiar with unbeaten former super middleweight champion Andre Ward (30-0, 15KOs). The Oakland native faces WBA/WBO/IBF light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (30-0-1, 26KOs) Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas strip in a fight distributed by HBO pay-per-view.
Welsh fighter Nathan Cleverly (30-3, 16 KOs) is picking Sergey Kovalev to win a close twelve round decision over Andre Ward on Saturday night. Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) will defend his WBA 'super', WBO and IBF world titles against Ward (30-0, 15 KOs) at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Sergey Kovalev Three Part Media Interview Video - MGM Grand, Las Vegas - No. 2 Pound-for-Pound and WBO, WBA and IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) and No. 4 Pound-for-Pound and Two-Time World Champion Andre "S.O.G." Ward (30-0, 15 KOs) made their grand arrivals in advance of their November 19 "Pound for Pound" showdown at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Andre Ward Interview Video during Grand Arrivals - MGM Grand, Las Vegas - No. 2 Pound-for-Pound and WBO, WBA and IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) and No. 4 Pound-for-Pound and Two-Time World Champion Andre "S.O.G." Ward (30-0, 15 KOs) made their grand arrivals in advance of their November 19 "Pound for Pound" showdown at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
As IBF, WBO, WBA light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (30-0, 26KOs) and challenger Andre Ward (30-0, 15KOs) meet on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the third man in the ring will be veteran referee Robert Byrd.
Sergey Kovalev (30-0, 26KOs) defends his light heavyweight titles this weekend at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas against Olympic gold medal winner Andre Ward (30-0, 15KOs).