By Mark Vester
Following his twelve round decision loss to WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, Allan Green explained why he appeared to look so tired and sluggish in the fight. Green said he overtrained and felt weak coming into the fight.
Some eyebrows were raised at Friday's weigh-in when Green weighed in at 166-pounds, a full two pounds under the super middleweight limit. He promised to change his training schedule ahead of his next fight in the Super Six Boxing Classic. In the third stage of the Super Six, Green will face WBC champion Mikkel Kessler.
"I've had three training camps since December, and that really made me feel weak,'' Green said. "I had to stop running about three weeks ago because I was feeling so weak in training camp. I wasn't feeling right, and I knew coming into this fight that I wasn't feeling my best," Green said.
"Andre Ward showed me a lot of things that I know about, a lot of things I can deal with, but a lot of things I couldn't react to because I was feeling extremely weak. I'm not trying to take anything away from him, that's just how I felt.''
