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ЊУЈОРК, Њујорк (Февруари 9, 2016) - Roc Nation Спорт е задоволство да објавиме дека двократниот светски шампион и највисоко оценет фунта-за-фунта борец Андре Вард (28-0, 15 КО) ќе се врати во рингот на Сабота, Март 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 КО) in a 12-round bout at Oracle Arena in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, Калифорнија. The event will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing^® со почеток во 9:45 вечер. И/Португалија.

 

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“I don’t really have much to say other than this. Во март 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,"Вели Вард. “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,", Вели Дејвид Itskowitch, 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. Март 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.

 

На Март 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, Извршен потпретседател, HBO Спорт. “With a perfect record dating back to the age of 12 години, Andre has risen to every challenge as both an amateur and a professional, including world titles and an Olympic gold medal. Сега, he takes on Barrera, one of the toughest challengers as Ward moves up the scale. Boxing fans won’t want to miss it.”

 

Познат по неговата силна карактерот и интегритетот надвор од рингот и инстинктот на воин е во него, Ward’s skill and talent were apparent early in his outstanding amateur career. He racked up every title in the books, кулминирајќи со златен медал во тешка категорија поделба на светлина на 2004 Олимписките игри во Атина. As the only male American boxer to claim Olympic gold since 1996, Вард приклучи сака на Мухамед Али, Шугар Реј Леонард и Оскар де ла Хоја. Станал професионалец во декември 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. Откако стана Ринг Магазинот и ВБА Супер средна светски првак, rising to the number two spot on the pound-for-pound list and winning the 2011 Борец на годината (ESPN, Спорт Ѕ, Ринг Магазинот и боксерска асоцијација на писателите на Америка), беше најавено дека Ворд потпиша ексклузивен договор со промотивни Roc Nation спорт во јануари 2015, отворање на ново поглавје во својот легендарен бокс кариера. Производот заливот простор се врати во рингот на Јуни 20, 2015 на Oracle Арена пред родниот град на неговите фанови во Оукланд, Калифорнија и постигна деветтата рунда нокаут над Пол Смит, continuing his unbeaten streak which dates back to when he was a 13-year-old amateur. Вард неодамна зачекори во предниот дел на камерата за една сосема поинаква улога, a part in the New Line/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Warner Bros. feature “Creed.” Fellow Bay Area natives, директор Рајан Coogler и ѕвезда на филмот Мајкл Б. Јордан, допре до Вард, така што тој може да обезбеди неговата експертиза за филмот. Во прилог на работа во предниот дел на камера со Вард, Јордан поминато време на дом салата Вард во рамките на подготовките за неговата улога како син Аполо верата е. Now it’s time for Ward to get back to his day job when he faces the undefeated Barrera on Март 26.

 

Born in Guantanamo Bay, Куба, Barrera had an impressive amateur run with a record of 285-27. Како аматер, he was able to earn World Amateur Championships in Germany, Куба, 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, Флорида. 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’sПеток Ноќ бори, 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, Калифорнија. 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, Флорида.

 

Вард vs. Барера, a 12-round fight which is presented by Roc Nation Sports in association with Main Events, се одвива Сабота, Март 26, 2016 на Oracle арена во Оукланд, California and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:45 вечер. И/Португалија. Follow the conversation using #WardBarrera.

 

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