YORK ÉNGGAL, Ny (Juni 28, 2016) - Roc Nation Sports nyaéta pleased ka ngembarkeun yen Dua-Time Dunya Jawara jeung luhur-dipeunteun pound-pikeun-pound bajoang Andre Ward (29-0, 15 KOs) bakal mulang ka cingcin dinaSaptu, Agustus 6, to continue his conquest of the light heavyweight division when he takes on power-punching Colombian Alexander Brand (25-1, 19 KOs) at Oracle Arena in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, California. The event will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing® dimimitian di 10:30 p.m. AND/PT.
Ward and Brand were slated to face each other last November on the pay-per-view undercard of Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Álvarez, but a leg injury forced Ward to withdraw from participation in the event.
Tiket dibanderol di $300, $120, $90, $60 jeung $30, teu kaasup ongkos layanan lumaku jeung pajeg, go on sale Tuesday, Juni 28 di 5:00 p.m. PT and will be available at all Ticketmaster locations, online di Ticketmaster.com jeung muatan ku telepon di (800) 745-3000.
Ward vs. Brand is a 12-round fight presented by Roc Nation Sports and sponsored by Corona Extra, the motion picture HANDS OF STONE: The True Story of Roberto Duran, Management Travel perusahaan Leyuran (CTMS) and The Clorox Company, supporting the Bay Area Community for over 100 taun.
“We can get it on, ayeuna,"Ceuk Ward. “August 6th, 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 Agustus 6,"Ceuk David 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, Wawakil Présidén eksekutif, HBO Olahraga. “On August 6th, 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.”
Dipikanyaho keur karakter nya kuat jeung integritas di luar cingcin jeung naluri soldadu sacara jero eta, 32 year-old Andre Ward’s skill and talent were apparent early in his outstanding amateur career. He racked up every title in the books, culminating in a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2004 Olimpiade di Athena, Yunani. As the only male American boxer to claim Olympic gold in the past
decade, Ward ngagabung likes Muhammad Ali, Gula Ray Leonard jeung Oscar De La Hoya. Manéhna ngahurungkeun professional dina Désémber 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. Sanggeus jadi nu Ring Magazine jeung WBA Super Middleweight Dunya Jawara, rising to the number two spot on the pound-for-pound list and winning the 2011 Bajoang tina Taun Award (ESPN, Olahraga gambar, Magazine Ring jeung Association tinju panulis of America), ieu ngumumkeun yén Ward ditandatanganan an kasapukan promosi ekslusif jeung Roc Nation Sports dina Januari 2015, muka surah anyar dina karir tinju storied nya. Produk Bay Area balik ka cingcin dina Juni 20, 2015 di sarena Oracle di hareup fans kampung halaman di Oakland, California jeung ngoleksi kasalapan buleud knockout leuwih 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. Yordania, 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 rounds. 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.
Bogota, Colombia native Alexander Brand (25-1, 19 KOs) turned professional at the relatively late age of 32 following a long and accomplished amateur career that saw him tally over 400 ngéléhkeun. He burst on to the professional scene in 2009, scoring knockout wins in his first 12 fights and winning 15 tina kahijina 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. Saprak fight nu, Brand kaliwat unggal test ring jeung warna ngalayang, notching eight consecutive victories. Dina bout panungtungan-Na, 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, Florida. 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 jeung 94-95. Nu 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 Agustus 6 and thrust himself into light heavyweight title contention.
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