Andre Ward - Boxing News

Andre Ward to work for ESPN on Crawford-Indongo & Mayweather-McGregor fights

ESPN Boxing - August 17, 2017 Leave a Comment

Undefeated two-division world champion and 2004 Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward will join ESPN’s coverage of two of the year’s biggest boxing events: the August 19th Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Terence “Bud” Crawford vs Julius Indongo and the August […]

Tony Bellew back in training aiming for December return: “Andre Ward would be a mega-fight; I will walk through him like a train

James Slater - August 8, 2017 Leave a Comment

Tony Bellew says he is “much closer” to a fight with Andre Ward in comparison to a return bout with David Haye. Bellew shocked Haye back in March, beating him via 11th round stoppage (assisted by Haye’s Achilles injury) and […]

Sergey Kovalev files protest, wants Ward defeat changed to a no contest

James Slater - July 25, 2017

Former light-heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev is still unhappy over the way Andre Ward defeated him via stoppage in their June 17 rematch; itself a return meeting of a controversial decision victory picked up by Ward. As fans know, the unbeaten […]

No Andre Ward-Adonis Stevenson unification next; Stevenson “headed for an Eleider Alvarez fight early in the fall”

James Slater - July 10, 2017

Though fight fans would very much like to see a light-heavyweight unification showdown between Andre Ward, recent KO winner over Sergey Kovalev, and Adonis Stevenson, the WBC king, it doesn’t look like happening. Not this year anyway. Yvon Michel, Stevenson’s […]

Kovalev is Considering Moving to the Heavyweight Division; Virgil Hunter Offered Kovalev His Help

Vitali Shaposhnikov - June 27, 2017

According to Kovalev’s promoter Kathy Duva, Sergey’s next fight would take place sometime this coming November. Despite the fact that team Kovalev has recently filed for protest to his rematch against team Ward, due to the supposed low blows that […]

Ward-Kovalev 2 replay debuts tonight at 10 p.m. on HBO

HBO Boxing - June 24, 2017

HBO Sports presents WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: ANDRE WARD VS. SERGEY KOVALEV 2, the exclusive replay of their highly anticipated light heavyweight title showdown, SATURDAY, JUNE 24 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT). The HBO Sports team, which was ringside at Mandalay Bay […]

Left-Hook Lounge Mailbag: Ward/Kovalev Low Blows, Ward P4P King, Broner/Garcia, & Rigondeaux

Vivek Wallace - June 21, 2017

Arturo S. (Orlando, FL): I felt the “low blow” situation in the Ward vs Kovalev fight was pathetic. While I would agree that all of the shots didn’t go low, I think more than 90% of them were. Can you […]

Sergey Kovalev: “I give him credit!”

Vitali Shaposhnikov - June 20, 2017

There are winners, and there are champions at heart. Sergey Kovalev, despite being a rather active trash talker, is generally a very honest and constructive person after his bouts. In today’s Instagram, Kovalev stated the following: “I admit that Ward […]

Ward vs. Kovalev II: Simply Part II of the First Bout

Vitali Shaposhnikov - June 20, 2017

When the fight was stopped, the scorecards showed Andre Ward as a close winner. Based on the direction the fight was going, the scores were spot on. I think it’s unnecessary to nitpick, and more candid to say that Andre […]

Andre Ward-Adonis Stevenson: A fight that has to happen

James Slater - June 20, 2017

Although Andre Ward doesn’t seem too overly enthused at the idea of taking a fight with Adonis Stevenson – preferring to ponder a move to cruiserweight, maybe even heavyweight – a clash between the two light-heavyweight rulers remains of interest […]