NYU YORK, NY (Iyun 28, 2016) - Roc Nation Sport e'lon qiladi, deb ikki karra jahon chempioni va eng yaxshi reyting funt-uchun-funt qiruvchi Andre Ward (29-0, 15 KOS) bo'yicha ringga qaytadiShanba, Avgust 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, Kaliforniya. The event will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing® da boshlanadigan 10:30 p.m. VA/PT.
Ward and Brand were slated to face each other last November on the pay-per-view undercard of Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Alvarez, but a leg injury forced Ward to withdraw from participation in the event.
Chiptalar baholi $300, $120, $90, $60 va $30, Amaldagi xizmat ayblov va soliqlar, shu jumladan emas, go on sale Tuesday, Iyun 28 da 5:00 p.m. PT and will be available at all Ticketmaster locations, telefon orqali Ticketmaster.com onlayn va ish haqi (800) 745-3000.
Ward va boshqalar. 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, Korxona Sayohat boshqarish Solutions (CTMS) and The Clorox Company, supporting the Bay Area Community for over 100 yil.
“We can get it on, hoziroq,"Ward dedi. “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 Avgust 6,"David Itskowitch dedi, 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, Ijrochi vitse-prezidenti, HBO Sports. “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.”
Uning kuchli belgi va yaxlitligi xalqqa tashqarida va unga ichida uning Warrior ning instinkt uchun ma'lum bo'lgan, 32 year-old Andre Ward’s skill and talent were apparent early in his outstanding amateur career. U kitoblarda har bir unvonini g'amga, culminating in a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2004 Afina Olimpiya o'yinlari, Gretsiya. As the only male American boxer to claim Olympic gold in the past
decade, Ward Muhammad Ali o'xshashini qo'shildi, Sugar Ray Leonard va Oskar De La Hoya. U dekabr kuni professional qaytdi 18, 2004, HBO jonli televidenieda bir kurashda Staples markazida Chris Molina ustidan ikkinchi davra texnik nokaut g'alaba urishga. U qadar yengillashtirishni bo'yicha ketdi 27 shundan buyon ko'proq g'alabalar, jarayonida muxlislar tobora ko'payib borayotgan lejyon qurish. Ring Magazine va WBA Super Middleweight jahon chempioni bo'lish keyin, funt-uchun-funt ro'yxatida soni ikki nuqtaga ko'tarilgan va g'alaba 2011 Yil mukofoti Fighter (ESPN, Sport Illustrated, Ring Magazine va Amerika boks Yozuvchilar uyushmasi), u Ward yanvar oyida Roc Nation sport bilan maxsus reklama shartnoma imzoladi, deb e'lon qilindi 2015, Uning qavatli boks martaba yangi sahifa ochish. Janob joy mahsulot iyun kuni ringga qaytib 20, 2015 Oakland uning mamlakatni muxlislar oldida Oracle Arena da, Kaliforniya va Pol Smit ustidan to'qqizinchi davra nokaut kiritdi, 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. Iordaniya, 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 tur. 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 g'alaba. He burst on to the professional scene in 2009, scoring knockout wins in his first 12 fights and winning 15 Uning birinchi 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. Bu kurashda beri, Marka uchib ranglar bilan har bir ring sinov o'tdi, notching eight consecutive victories. Uning oxirgi Butning In, 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 va 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 Avgust 6 and thrust himself into light heavyweight title contention.
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