НЬЮ-ЙОРК, Нью-Йорк (Июнь 28, 2016) - Roc Nation Спорт рада сообщить, что два-чемпион мира и топ-рейтингу фунт-для-фунта боец Андре Уорд (29-0, 15 КО) вернется на рингСуббота, Август 6, to continue his conquest of the light heavyweight division when he takes on power-punching Colombian Alexander Brand (25-1, 19 КО) at Oracle Arena in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, Калифорния. The event will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing® начиная с 10:30 p.m. И/PT.
Ward and Brand were slated to face each other last November on the pay-per-view undercard of Miguel Cotto vs. Канело Альварес, but a leg injury forced Ward to withdraw from participation in the event.
Билеты по цене $300, $120, $90, $60 и $30, не включая применимые плата за обслуживание и налоги, go on sale Tuesday, Июнь 28 на 5:00 p.m. PT and will be available at all Ticketmaster locations, на сайте Ticketmaster.com и заряд по телефону (800) 745-3000.
Уорд против. Brand is a 12-round fight presented by Roc Nation Sports and sponsored by Corona Extra, the motion picture HANDS OF STONE: Подлинная история Роберто Дюран, Corporate Travel Management Solutions (CTMS) and The Clorox Company, supporting the Bay Area Community for over 100 годы.
“We can get it on, прямо сейчас,"Сказал Уорд. «август 6й, я буду готов, 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 Август 6,"Сказал Дэвид Itskowitch, COO of Boxing Roc Nation Sports. “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, Исполнительный вице-президент, HBO спорта. “On August 6й, 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.”
Известный своим сильным характером и целостности вне кольца и инстинкт его воина внутри него, 32 year-old Andre Ward’s skill and talent were apparent early in his outstanding amateur career. Он мучил каждый титул в книгах, culminating in a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2004 Олимпийские игры в Афинах, Греция. As the only male American boxer to claim Olympic gold in the past
decade, Уорд присоединился подобных Мухаммеда Али, Шугар Рэй Леонард и Оскар Де Ла Хойя. Он стал профессионалом в декабре 18, 2004, забив второй раунде техническим нокаутом победу над Крисом Молина в Staples Center в борьбе, которая была по телевидению в прямом эфире на телеканале НВО. Он пошел на наберешь 27 больше побед с тех пор, строительство постоянно растущий легион поклонников в процессе. Став Ring Magazine и WBA в суперсреднем весе мира, Поднявшись на номер два пятна в списке фунт-для-фунта и выиграв 2011 Истребитель года премии (ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Ring Magazine и Ассоциации бокса писателей Америки), было объявлено, что Уорд подписал эксклюзивный рекламный договор с Roc Nation спорта в январе 2015, открываем новую главу в своей спортивной карьеры этажного. Продукт Bay Area вернулся на ринг в июне 20, 2015 на Oracle Arena перед своими поклонниками родном городе в Окленде, Калифорния и забил девятый тур нокаутом над Paul Smith, continuing his unbeaten streak which dates back to when he was a 12-year-old amateur. In his most recent fight on March 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. Иордания, 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 раундов. 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.
Богота, Colombia native Alexander Brand (25-1, 19 КО) turned professional at the relatively late age of 32 following a long and accomplished amateur career that saw him tally over 400 побед. He burst on to the professional scene in 2009, scoring knockout wins in his first 12 fights and winning 15 его первого 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. С этой борьбы, Марка прошел все испытания кольцо с честью, notching eight consecutive victories. В своем последнем бою, 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, Флорида. 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 и 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 Август 6 and thrust himself into light heavyweight title contention.
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