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Ward (29-0) knocked down Barrera in the second round with a sharp left. The 34-year-old Cuban bounced up quickly before Ward landed another pair of stinging lefts to the head.
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Ward (29-0) knocked down Barrera in the second round with a sharp left. The 34-year-old Cuban bounced up quickly before Ward landed another pair of stinging lefts to the head.

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 potential fight against in the fall

Andre Ward has unanimously outpointed Sullivan Barrera in his light heavyweight debut to set the stage for a potential title fight against unified champion Sergey Kovalev.

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 butt.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Andre Ward unanimously outpointed Sullivan Barrera in his light heavyweight debut Saturday night, setting the stage for a potential title fight against unified champion Sergey Kovalev.

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 scored a third-round knockdown en route to a unanimous twelve-round decision...

OAKLAND, CA - Two-Time World Champion and top-rated pound-for-pound fighter Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) and number one rated IBF light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 KOs) will collide at the Oracle Arena in Oakland.


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 shots per round- (wgt. class avg.: 11.4)and just 8.9 total punches per round (wgt. class avg.: 16.4). Huge step up in class for Barrera who landed 27.9 of 79.3 punches per round vs. limited opposition. Sullivan Barrera also landed 47.3 of his power punches.

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 televised co-feature.