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紐約, 紐約 (二月 9, 2016) - 大鵬民族體育很高興地宣布,兩屆世界冠軍和頂級磅磅戰鬥機沃德 (28-0, 15 科斯) 將返回到環上的 星期六, 三月 26, to begin his assault on the light heavyweight division when he takes on undefeated and number one rated IBF light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 科斯) in a 12-round bout at Oracle Arena in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, 加利福尼亞州. The event will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing® 在開始 9:45 P.M. AND/PT.
門票分 $300, $150, $100, $50 和 $25, 不包括適用的服務費和稅款, go on sale Tuesday, 二月. 9 在 5:00 PM PT and will be available at all Ticketmaster locations, 在網上Ticketmaster.com和充電通過電話 (800) 745-3000.
“I don’t really have much to say other than this. 三月 26, it will be very simple. I’ll be in a new weight class against a tough opponent but I’m coming with the same approach,“沃德說. “I’ll be in great shape and ready for battle. Sullivan Barrera has had a lot to say lately and I love it. He’s going to have an opportunity to back up every word that he has spoken. These are the type of challenges I like and on March 26, it’s go time.”
“We as a team had a tough choice to make – crash the party by taking out Ward first or wait for the mandatory and take out Kovalev,” said Barrera. “We decided that the time is now. Ward will fall first and then we will go after the belts.”
“Having cleaned out the super middleweight division, Andre’s next challenge is to become the best light heavyweight in the world, and that challenge begins with the IBF’s number one rated contender in Sullivan Barrera,“大衛Itskowitch說, COO of Boxing Roc Nation Sports. “With both fighters having their sights set on an eventually showdown with Unified Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey Kovalev, there’s a lot on the line in this fight, but only one man will move on. 三月 26 is a night of boxing that no fan should miss.”
“I’m excited to be on Team Ward as we enter the light heavyweight division. No weapons formed against us shall prosper,” said James Prince, Ward’s manager.
上 三月 26, before a hometown crowd, pound for pound star Andre Ward returns to HBO in his light heavyweight debut against undefeated Sullivan Barrera” said Peter Nelson, 執行副總裁, HBO體育. “With a perfect record dating back to the age of 12 歲, Andre has risen to every challenge as both an amateur and a professional, including world titles and an Olympic gold medal. 現在, he takes on Barrera, one of the toughest challengers as Ward moves up the scale. Boxing fans won’t want to miss it.”
知道他的外環線堅強的性格和完整性,裡面是他的戰士的本能, Ward’s skill and talent were apparent early in his outstanding amateur career. He racked up every title in the books, 與金牌在輕重量級的高潮 2004 在雅典奧運會. As the only male American boxer to claim Olympic gold since 1996, 沃德加入了拳王阿里的喜歡, 糖光芒倫納德和霍亞. 他轉為職業選手十二月 18, 2004, scoring a second round technical knockout victory over Chris Molina at Staples Center in a fight that was televised live on HBO. He has gone on to rack up 27 more victories since then, building an ever-growing legion of fans in the process. 成為環雜誌和WBA超中量級世界冠軍後,, rising to the number two spot on the pound-for-pound list and winning the 2011 年度最佳戰鬥機 (ESPN, 體育畫報, 環雜誌和美國拳擊作家協會), 它宣布Ward在1月簽署的獨家推廣協議中華民國國家體育 2015, 在他傳奇的拳擊生涯的新篇章. 海灣地區的產品返回到環上月 20, 2015 在甲骨文球館,他在奧克蘭的家鄉球迷面前, 加利福尼亞州和拿下第九輪淘汰賽在保羅·史密斯, continuing his unbeaten streak which dates back to when he was a 13-year-old amateur. 沃德最近加強在鏡頭前一個完全不同的角色, a part in the New Line/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Warner Bros. feature “Creed.” Fellow Bay Area natives, 導演萊恩Coogler和影片的明星邁克爾乙. 約旦, 伸出手來病房,讓他可以提供他的專業知識為電影. 除了在相機病房前工作, 喬丹花費了時間在病房的家健身房,準備為他的阿波羅信條的兒子角色. Now it’s time for Ward to get back to his day job when he faces the undefeated Barrera on 三月 26.
Born in Guantanamo Bay, 古巴, Barrera had an impressive amateur run with a record of 285-27. 作為一個業餘愛好者, he was able to earn World Amateur Championships in Germany, 古巴, Venezuela and Central America. During his amateur career he also defeated former Light Heavyweight World Champions Chad Dawson and Beibut Shumenov. Following his defection from Cuba, where he was a member of the country’s national team, Barrera made his professional debut in 2009 with a first round technical knockout win over Anthony Adorno in his adopted hometown of Miami, 佛羅里達. He would go on to knockout the first five opponents he faced in his professional career in either the first or second round. Barrera made his television debut in January of 2015 with his appearance on ESPN’s星期五 夜戰鬥, when he scored a fourth round knockout win over former Super Middleweight World Champion Jeff Lacy. Barrera quietly rose through the ratings of the light heavyweight division until he was afforded the opportunity to fight former Light Heavyweight World Title Challenger Karo Murat to become the IBF’s number one rated light heavyweight contender. Barrera seized the opportunity, knocking out Murat in the fifth round on December 12, 2015 in his HBO Latino Boxing debut at the Civic Auditorium in Glendale, 加利福尼亞州. Sullivan is trained by legendary trainer, Abel Sanchez, who is best known for his work with middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin. When he is not at The Summit in Big Bear Lake, California training with Sanchez, Barrera resides in Miami, 佛羅里達.
沃德VS. 巴雷拉, a 12-round fight which is presented by Roc Nation Sports in association with Main Events, 發生 星期六, 三月 26, 2016 在甲骨文球館奧克蘭, California and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:45 P.M. AND/PT. Follow the conversation using #WardBarrera.
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