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Andre Ward named BWAA Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year
Feb 1st
Andre Ward named BWAA Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year
Los Angeles - At the end of the year, when several highly respected publications, including ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and Yahoo! Sports named Andre Ward their Fighter of the Year, it seemed that the people around the 2004 Olympic gold medalist were even more thrilled than he was. Though grateful for the awards he had earned, the WBA and WBC super middleweight World Champion was waiting for “the big one.”
That wait came to an end yesterday, when the Boxing Writers Association of America announced that the 27-year-old Ward was to receive the 2011 BWAA Fighter of the Year award named after one of the greatest of all-time, Sugar Ray Robinson. The BWAA stated “Ward was chosen by an overwhelming margin over nominees Nonito Donaire, Wladimir Klitschko, Floyd Mayweather, and Manny Pacquiao.”
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Andre Ward talks about fighting Carl Froch on Showtime
Aug 22nd
Andre Ward talks about fighting Carl Froch on Showtime
Andre Ward On This Week’s Friday Night Fights
Aug 18th
Current Super-Middleweight Titlist Andre Ward on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights’ Season Finale; Andrade-Brewer Featured in Main Event
ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra, will close out the 2011 season from Hammond, Ind. on August 19 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN3.com when undefeated junior middleweight Demetrius Andrade (13-0, 9 KOs) and Grady “Bad Boy” Brewer (28-12, 16 KOs) meet in the 10-round main event. The card is presented by Banner Promotions/HITZ Boxing.
Joe Tessitore and Andre Ward, Ring Magazine’s No.1 ranked super-middleweight, will be ringside at the Horseshoe Casino describing the action, while studio host Brian Kenny will present the latest boxing news. Ward, a 2004 Olympic Gold medalist, who will meet Carl Froch in the Super Six World Boxing Classic in late October, is sitting in for Teddy Atlas who is in Russia training Alexander Povetkin.
Andrade, a 2008 U.S. Olympian from Providence RI., is coming off a second-round knockout win over Omar Bell. After the fight ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael wrote, “It was business as usual as he (Andrade) dominated the first round and then ended it in the second. He caught Bell with a left hand to the body and Bell went down. Although he didn’t look too hurt, Bell got to a knee and took the full count from the referee at 1 minute, 31 seconds.”
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ANDRE WARD ADVANCES TO SUPER SIX WORLD BOXING CLASSIC FINAL WITH DOMINATING DECISION OVER ARTHUR ABRAHAM
May 15th
ANDRE WARD ADVANCES TO SUPER SIX WORLD BOXING CLASSIC FINAL WITH DOMINATING DECISION OVER ARTHUR ABRAHAM
Catch Replay On Tuesday, May 17 (10 p.m. ET/PT), On SHOWTIME
CARSON, Calif. - Undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) champion Andre Ward moved one win away from claiming the ground-breaking inaugural Super Six World Boxing Classic Cup with a convincing 12-round unanimous decision over “King” Arthur Abraham at The Home Depot Center Saturday on SHOWTIME®.
Ward (24-0, 13 KOs) will face the winner of the June 4 Super Six Semifinal on SHOWTIME between World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch (27-1, 20 KOs) and former world champion Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson (51-14-2, 35 KOs) of Miami, Fla., for the right to fight for the Super Six title and 168-pound world supremacy sometime in the fall.
QUOTES & PHOTOS FROM TODAY’S WARD-ABRAHAM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PRESS CONFERENCE
Mar 30th
QUOTES & PHOTOS FROM TODAY’S WARD-ABRAHAM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PRESS CONFERENCE
LOS ANGELES – Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinalists Andre Ward and Arthur Abraham participated in a press conference on Tuesday at Sisley Italian Kitchen in Sherman Oaks, Calif., to formally announce their May 14 showdown at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., live on SHOWTIME®.
Ward will defend his WBA Super Middleweight title against the European superstar and former world champion to kick off the Semifinals of the groundbreaking tournament. Abraham, who is in the middle of training for the fight, was not able to attend the press conference from his home base in Berlin, Germany and joined via video conference.
The Ward-Abraham winner advances to the tournament Finals against the winner of the Carl Froch-Glen Johnson Semifinals showdown. The winner earns instant bragging rights as the world’s No. 1 168-pound fighter.
The talented Ward (23-0, 13 KOs), of Oakland, Calif., has emerged as the tournament favorite after impressive triumphs in Group Stage bouts over Mikkel Kessler and Allan Green, as well as Sakio Bika.
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THE SEMIFINALS BEGIN! SUPER SIX WORLD BOXING CLASSIC No. 1 SEED ANDRE WARD DEFENDS WBA TITLE AGAINST ARTHUR ABRAHAM SATURDAY, MAY 14
Mar 23rd
THE SEMIFINALS BEGIN! SUPER SIX WORLD BOXING CLASSIC No. 1 SEED ANDRE WARD DEFENDS WBA TITLE AGAINST ARTHUR ABRAHAM SATURDAY, MAY 14
NEW YORK – The Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinals are set to begin. Andre Ward, Arthur Abraham, Carl Froch and Glen Johnson are all one victory from the tournament final en route to 168-pound supremacy. On Saturday, May 14, Ward will defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Middleweight world title against European superstar Abraham to kick off the Semifinals of the groundbreaking tournament LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
The event is co-promoted by Goossen Tutor Promotions, Antonio Leonard Productions and Sauerland Event and sponsored by Corona. In the co-featured non-televised portion of the card at The Home Depot Center heavyweight world contender and popular Southern California slugger Cristobal Arreola will try to stay on track for another opportunity of a world championship when he takes on Nagy Aguilera of the Dominican Republic.
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