By Rick Reeno

BoxingScene.com has been informed that WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward has suffered a knee injury in training and is unable to move forward with his scheduled defense against Allan Green on April 24 on Showtime. The fight was going to be part of a Super Six doubleheader with Carl Froch defending his WBC title against Mikkel Kessler in the other featured bout.

Ward's promoter Dan Goossen told BoxingScene his fighter hurt his knee during training camp, but should be ready to fight by the end of May/early June.

"He was getting ready for the fight and hurt the knee that he had surgery on last year and it got inflamed, swollen. It's prohibited him from running. The doctor told him that he need to get back to his strenght excercises on his knee and told him not to push it for at least four weeks. Andre thinks he will be ready to fight by end of May, early June at the latest," Goossen said.

Ward is upset over the postponement. He tried to work through the injury but it wouldn't go away. He doesn't want there to be any excuses in the fight. He wants Green to get an Andre Ward who is 100%.

“I want this fight in the worst way, and am very excited about it. I have been having reoccurring problems with my right knee. I went to camp and tried for a week and half to two weeks, and I can’t run like I’m supposed to. I want Allan Green to get an Andre Ward that’s 100% just like I want an Allan Green that is 100%," Ward said.

"The issue is that I came out of the blocks too fast in training camp with my running. I was supposed to gradually build up and I went beyond what my trainer, Virgil Hunter, wanted me to do. I believe that’s where all of the problems started. This has been a good lesson for me to listen to my coach in the future because he always warns me not to come out of the blocks of training camp too fast but because I’m so motivated about this fight; I came out too fast, too early."

"My  physician, Dr. Warren King, who is also the orthopedic surgeon for the Oakland Raiders, is recommending 4-6 weeks of rehab and rest. Dr. King doesn’t see anything that should hinder me beyond this point or in future fights. I look forward to getting back in the ring at 100% and defending my WBA title in the Showtime Super Six World Boxing Classic. I apologize to Ken Hershman, Showtime and all of the participants in the Super Six for any inconvenience this may cause.”