All posts tagged "Andre ward"
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Worldwide
Beterbiev vs Bivol Lays to Rest the Ghosts of Recent Light Heavyweight History
Ezzard Charles. Archie Moore. Bob Foster. Michael Spinks. Sam Langford. These are some of the names that are brought up as the best fighters in the...
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Andre Ward Parts Ways With ESPN
Andre Ward has helped ESPN call boxing matches since 2017. Following the Saturday night ESPN/Top Rank show featuring Jared Anderson in Toledo, Ohio, the ex hitter...
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Tim Bradley Says Portions Of Shakur Stevenson Fight Almost Put Him To Sleep
His record indicated that he’d maybe have a “punchers’ chance” against Shakur Stevenson, the 23 year old New Jersey native who is maybe the best defender...
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Floyd Mayweather, Andre Ward, Wladimir Klitschko, George Kimball Make Hall of Fame
The call for the Hall came, and it’s an honor that can get at the emotional core of even the most battle hardened, and characters like...
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Jamel Herring: Semper Fi – The Epilogue
It was Saturday night in the sport that loves to have moments that fall within “the theater of the unexpected” and WBO Super Featherweight champion Jamel...
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Around the Curve with Abe–Talkin’ Next For Canelo, Ryan Garcia, More
It’s been some time since we posted an “Around the Curve,” as there wasn’t much going on with boxing and all sporting events were on hold. ...
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Showtime Has Friday Night Fights, Like Joshua-Klitschko and Tyson-Botha, Upcoming
Boxing is tiptoeing back into the water, with Top Rank putting on cards June 9, and June 11. But that doesn’t mean everyone is all in–things...
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Tim Bradley Didn’t Give Jamel Herring A Great Grade…What Did Bradley Say About Herring Win?
The new media landscape can be better, and it can be worse…but, for sure, it is different. Former fighters were not always, but were often reluctant...
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New York
PROSPECT WATCH: Junior Younan Pumped For Brooklyn Return
Time for some home cookin’, for Brooklyn born prospect Junior Younan, who will glove up Sept. 29 at King’s Theater in Flatbush, foe TBA. “Back in...
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The Ghost of Andre Ward, He Don’t Fade Away
I don’t want to take a single thing from what Elieder Alvarez accomplished last night. The undefeated fighter from Colombia showcased serious boxing skill...
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Canada
Andre Ward V Tony Bellew: Creed II
This would be Saturday night at the movies on HBO with a free popcorn ticket. Tony Bellew (30-2-1, 20KOs) smashed David Haye (28-4, 26KOs) via 5th...
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UK
“The Son of Zod”
A con artist never wants to face prose. He can run from truth and wax ring poetic, but he cannot shine from false justice. There are...
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Worldwide
Why Wasn’t Andre Ward More Celebrated?
Andre Ward is a two-division world champion. He is an Olympic gold medalist. He hasn’t lost a boxing match since he was 13 years old....
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99 Problems But A Brain Ain’t One
Youngins ice grilllin me/ Oh? / You not feelin me? Fine / It costs you nothin/ Pay me no mind –Jay-Z, “Heart of the City” ...
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Was Top Rank Going To Do A Deal With Andre Ward?
Bob Arum is doing tons of business with ESPN now, and all his A grade talent is being featured on The World Wide Leader. But that...
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Worldwide
Andre Ward: My Way
It is written that the “Son of Man” will return as ‘a thief in the night’, and so it is that Andre “SOG” Ward disappears in...
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REPORT From SERGEY KOVALEV COMEBACK FIGHT Presser
Sergey Kovalev told the assembled media at a Thursday press conference to hype his Nov. 25 fight against Slava Shabaranskyy that he is “clear headed” following...
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Andre Ward Retires: He Was Super Skilled, And A Complex Character
He is a Hall of Fame talent, who did the boxing thing Sinatra style, most definitely his way….and this includes the announcement on this Thursday, Sept...
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Worldwide
Junior Younan Is Co-Featured Fighter Saturday Night, on Cali Card
The kid has been fighting since he was in diapers. But the kid is now 21, diapers are not in the equation, and his man strength...
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Worldwide
Andre Ward Stops Kovalev With Assault In Rd 8
Two fights, and still, complete clarity doesn’t exist in analyzing the Andre Ward v Sergey Kovalev rivalry. But two Ws on the Ward ledger do… The...