نیویورک, NY (ژوئن 28, 2016) - ROC ملت های ورزشی خشنود است تا اعلام کند که دو بار قهرمان جهان و پوند برای پوند جنگنده آندره بخش دارای امتیاز بالا (29-0, 15 کوس) به حلقه در بازگشتروز شنبه, اوت 6, برای ادامه فتح خود در بخش سنگین وزن سبک هنگامی که الکساندر مارک کلمبیایی را با مشت مشت می کند (25-1, 19 کوس) at Oracle Arena in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, کالیفرنیا. این رویداد از طریق مسابقات بوکس قهرمانی جهان HBO به صورت زنده از تلویزیون پخش خواهد شد® شروع 10:30 p.m. و/PT.
Ward and Brand were slated to face each other last November on the pay-per-view undercard of Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo آلوارز, but a leg injury forced Ward to withdraw from participation in the event.
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بخش انتظار: کاهش از. برند یک مبارزه 12 راند است که توسط Roc Nation Sports ارائه شده و توسط Corona Extra حمایت مالی می شود, the motion picture HANDS OF STONE: The True Story of Roberto Duran, راه حل مدیریت سفر شرکت (CTMS) and The Clorox Company, بیش از بیش از انجمن منطقه خلیج حمایت می کند 100 سال.
“We can get it on, همین الان,گفت: "بخش. "اوت 6هفتم, I will be ready, so come out to Oracle Arena or tune in live on HBO. Don’t miss it.”
“It will be a great honor to face Andre Ward on August 6 and better yet in his own backyard,” said Brand. “Fighting somebody with such an illustrious career, facing a guy that perhaps hasn’t lost a round in his entire life, is even more thrilling. We were set to face each other last November, but he was forced to pull out of the fight with an injury. Now the time has come to fight him and I can’t wait to derail his future plans. I’ll work hard to spoil them.”
“Andre Ward’s quest to become the best light heavyweight on the planet and boxing’s number one pound-for-pound fighter continues on اوت 6,گفت: "دیوید Itskowitch, COO ورزش بوکس Roc Nation. “Alexander Brand has been waiting for this fight since last year and we have no doubt he is going to enter the ring hungry for a huge victory. There’s a lot on the line in this fight for Andre who knows he can’t look past Brand towards a much discussed clash with Unified Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey Kovalev.”
“Undefeated for the last two decades, technically brilliant and the last American man to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing, Andre Ward is one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world,” said Peter Nelson, معاون اجرایی رئیس جمهور, HBO ورزشی. "در اگوست 6هفتم, Andre continues his move up in weight to campaign in the 175-pound division against challenger Alexander Brand in front a hometown crowd at the Oracle.”
شناخته شده برای شخصیت او قوی و یکپارچگی در خارج از حلقه و غریزه جنگجو خود را در داخل آن, 32 year-old Andre Ward’s skill and talent were apparent early in his outstanding amateur career. او متصلب تا به هر عنوان در کتاب, culminating in a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2004 بازی های المپیک در آتن, یونان. As the only male American boxer to claim Olympic gold in the past
decade, بخش امثال محمد علی پیوست, شکر ری لئونارد و اسکار د لا Hoya. او حرفه ای در دسامبر تبدیل 18, 2004, به ثمر رساندن یک دور پیروزی ضربه فنی دوم بیش از کریس مولینا در مرکز استیپلز در یک مبارزه است که زندگی می کنند در HBO تلویزیون پخش شد. او در به دندانه دار کردن رفته 27 پیروزی های بیشتر از آن به بعد, ساخت یک لژیون رو به رشد از طرفداران در روند. پس از تبدیل شدن به حلقه مجله و WBA سوپر قهرمان جهان میان, افزایش به تعداد دو مقام را به پوند برای پوند و برنده 2011 جنگنده جایزه سال (ESPN, ورزش مصور, مجله حلقه و انجمن بوکس نویسندگان امریکا), اعلام شد که بخش قرارداد انحصاری تبلیغاتی با ROC ملت های ورزشی در ژانویه امضا 2015, باز کردن فصل جدیدی در زندگی حرفه ای بوکس طبقه خود. این محصول منطقه خلیج به حلقه ژوئن بازگشت 20, 2015 در اوراکل آرنا در مقابل طرفداران زادگاه او را در اوکلند, کالیفرنیا و به گل حذفی نهم دور بیش از پل اسمیت, continuing his unbeaten streak which dates back to when he was a 12-year-old amateur. در جدال اخیر او در ماه مارس 26, 2016, Ward made his highly publicized 175-pound debut against Cuba’s undefeated and IBF number one rated light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera in front of frenzied crowd at Oracle Arena that including luminaries such as Michael B. اردن, Stephen Curry, Marshawn Lynch and Draymond Green. Ward expertly managed the fight and began to unravel his opponent in the third round when he caught Barrera with a counter left hook, dropping him to the canvas. The rest was a routine victory for Ward, who scored a dominating dispatch of Barrera by way of unanimous decision after 12 دور. Ward looks forward to a formidable challenge in Brand who is now the only obstacle in the way of his anticipated showdown against Unified Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey Kovalev in the fall.
بوگوتا, Colombia native Alexander Brand (25-1, 19 کوس) turned professional at the relatively late age of 32 following a long and accomplished amateur career that saw him tally over 400 برنده. He burst on to the professional scene in 2009, scoring knockout wins in his first 12 fights and winning 15 از اول خود را 17 bouts inside the distance. His first and only professional setback came via an eight-round split decision loss to current WBC Super Middleweight World Champion Badou Jack in a 2012 fight that many ringside observers thought Brand had won. از آنجا که مبارزه, نام تجاری است هر آزمون حلقه با رنگ پرواز گذشت, notching eight consecutive victories. در آخرین جلسه خود, Brand faced the sternest test of his career since the Jack fight when he fought a favored, undefeated and highly touted light heavyweight Medzhid Bektemirov on December 5, 2015 at Osceola Heritage Center in Kissimmee, فلوریدا. Brand weathered an early Bektemirov blitz, including recovering from a first round knockdown, and notched a 10-round split decision victory by the scores of 98-91, 98-91 و 94-95. The 39 year-old Brand, who has held several regional title including the WBC Latino Super Middleweight and the WBC Silver Interim Super Middleweight Championships, will be looking to pull off another upset on اوت 6 and thrust himself into light heavyweight title contention.
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