Andre Ward boxing news
Andre Ward of ESPN is cautiously optimistic that fans will see welterweight champions Errol Spence Jr and Terence Crawford battling it out in late 2021.
Ward believes the fight will occur because both fighters can’t make more money fighting anyone else at 147 other than Manny Pacquiao.… read full article “Andre Ward believes Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence happens in late 2021”
The International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum announced today the members of the Class of 2021. Living inductees include champions Wladimir Klitschko, Floyd Mayweather and Andre Ward in the men’s Modern category; Laila Ali and Ann Wolfe in the women’s Modern category; Marian Trimiar in the women’s Trailblazer category and Dr.… read full article “W. Klitschko, Mayweather, Andre Ward, Laila Ali & Wolfe Elected To Boxing Hall Of Fame”
Andre Ward sums up WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford’s win over Kell Brook last Saturday as one in which he got the job done, but it wasn’t an all-around impressive performance from start to finish.
Crawford (37-0, 28 KOs) stopped Brook (39-3, 27 KOs) in the fourth round on ESPN to hold onto his WBO 147lb title in ‘The Bubble’ the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.… read full article “Andre Ward on Crawford win over Brook: Not his best performance”
Thirteen of 42 official candidates for induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), Class of 2021 (Modern participants), are USA Boxing alumni, including virtual locks Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Andre Ward.
Members of the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) and an international panel of boxing historians will vote (maximum of 5) for the Class of 2021, which will be announced in early December. … read full article “Boxing Hall of Fame candidates Class of 2021”
For those that have the honor bestowed upon them, it’s again time to put pen to paper and vote for the fighters deserving of being enshrined in The Hall of Fame. The 2021 ballots are out, reports Dan Rafael, and all five first-year eligible fighters are very special indeed.… read full article “Five Super-Special Fighters Eligible To Be Voted Into 2021 Hall Of Fame”
Multi-Year Contract Extends Ward’s ESPN Tenure – Continues as ringside analyst for Top Rank on ESPN Continues as host of ESPN+ Originals Ring Science with Andre Ward and Unguarded
Undefeated two-division world champion and 2004 Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward, has agreed to a new multiyear deal with ESPN, it was announced today.… read full article “Andre Ward Continues as ringside analyst for Top Rank on ESPN”
Unforgettable Fights To Air Fridays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME
SHOWTIME Sports® has announced today its SHOWTIME BOXING CLASSICS June slate, featuring a collection of Mike Tyson fights, Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko and other memorable moments from the network’s deep archive of world championship bouts.… read full article “Showtime Boxing Classics in June: Broner vs. Maidana, Joshua vs. Klitschko, Mike Tyson, Ward vs Froch & More”
Oscar De La Hoya says he thinks a fight between Canelo Alvarez and former two-division world champion Andre Ward would be an “incredible” match-up if ‘SOG’ were interested in staging a comeback. Ward (32-0, 16 KOs) is still young at 36-years-old, and he can easily come back if he wanted to for a mega-fight against Canelo.… read full article “De La Hoya: Canelo Alvarez vs. Andre Ward would be INCREDIBLE’”
An illustrious cast of boxing legends were inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame today at the Fernando Vargas Fighting Foundation in Las Vegas. The 8th Annual Induction Weekend happens August 7th & 8th, 2020 at Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada.… read full article “Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Announces It’s Illustrious 2020 Induction Class”
Andre ‘SOG’ Ward and Tim Bradley are excited about the rematch between WBC champion Deontay ‘The Bronze Bomber’ Wilder and lineal champ Tyson ‘The Gypsy King’ Fury that was announced earlier on Friday for February 22.… read full article “Wilder vs. Fury II: Ward and Bradley analyze & discuss Feb.22 PPV rematch”