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НЬЮ-ЙОРК, NY (Феврал 9, 2016) - Roc миллат варзиш бо хушнудӣ эълон менамояд, ки дар ду-қаҳрамони ҷаҳон ва минои-барои-минои муборизи Андре Уорд аз боло ба баҳои (28-0, 15 KOs) , ба ангуштарин ба баргардад Шанбе, 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 KOs) in a 12-round bout at Oracle Arena in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, Калифорния. The event will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing^® сар 9:45 Земле. ВА/PT.

 

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“I don’t really have much to say other than this. Дар бораи 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,Гуфт: "Уорд. “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,Гуфт: "Довуд 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.

 

Ба 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, Ноиби иҷроияи Президенти Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Ҳитлер варзиш. “With a perfect record dating back to the age of 12 сола, Andre has risen to every challenge as both an amateur and a professional, including world titles and an Olympic gold medal. Ҳозир, he takes on Barrera, one of the toughest challengers as Ward moves up the scale. Boxing fans won’t want to miss it.”

 

Маълум барои хислати худ қавӣ ва беайбии берун аз ҳалқаи ва инстинкт ҷанговари худро даруни он, Ward’s skill and talent were apparent early in his outstanding amateur career. He racked up every title in the books, њароси бо медали тилло дар тақсимоти гаронвазн нур дар 2004 Бозиҳои олимпӣ дар Афина. As the only male American boxer to claim Olympic gold since 1996, Шӯъбаи ки монанди Муҳаммад Алӣ ҳамроҳ, Шакар Рэй Леонард ва Оскар De La Hoya. Ӯ касбӣ декабр рӯй 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. Пас аз табдил ба ҳалқаи Magazine ва WBA Super Middleweight Ҷаҳон Champion, rising to the number two spot on the pound-for-pound list and winning the 2011 Муборизи аз ҷоизаи сол (ESPN, Варзиш тасвир, Magazine ҳалқаи ва Ассотсиатсияи бокс нависандагони Амрико), аз он эълон шуд, ки Ward созишномаи истисноии рекламавї бо Roc Миллат варзиш дар январ ба имзо расид 2015, кушодани саҳифаи нав дар касб бокс сеошёна худ. Маҳсулоти минтақаи Bay ба ҳалқаи июн баргашт 20, 2015 дар Oracle Арсаи дар пеши мухлисони зодгоҳи худ дар Оукленд, Калифорния ва гол дар як нокаут нӯҳум-даври бар Павлус Смит, continuing his unbeaten streak which dates back to when he was a 13-year-old amateur. Шӯъба ба наздикӣ дар назди камера барои нақши тамоман қадам, a part in the New Line/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Warner Bros. feature “Creed.” Fellow Bay Area natives, директори Райан Coogler ва ситораи филми Русия Михаил B. Ӯрдун, расида аз азоберо, ки ӯ таҷрибаи худро барои филми таъмин. Ба ғайр аз кор дар назди камера бо Ward, Ӯрдун вақт дар толори хона Ward дар омодагӣ ба нақши худро чун писари Apollo Инно харҷ. 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. Ҳамчун ҳаводор, 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’sҶумъа Задухурдҳо Night, 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, Калифорния. 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.

 

Уорд новое. Баррера, a 12-round fight which is presented by Roc Nation Sports in association with Main Events, сурат мегирад Шанбе, Март 26, 2016 дар арсаи Oracle дар Оукленд, California and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:45 Земле. ВА/PT. Follow the conversation using #WardBarrera.

 

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