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NIU YOKI, NY (Kínní 9, 2016) - Roc Nation Sports jẹ dùn lati kede pe meji-Time World asiwaju ati oke-ti won won iwon-fun-iwon Onija Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) yoo pada si awọn iwọn lori Saturday, March 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, California. The event will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing® bẹrẹ ni 9:45 p.m. ATI/PT.
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“I don’t really have much to say other than this. Lori March 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,"Wi Ward. “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,"Wi David 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. March 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.
Lori March 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, Alase Igbakeji Aare, HBO idaraya. “With a perfect record dating back to the age of 12 ọdun atijọ, Andre has risen to every challenge as both an amateur and a professional, including world titles and an Olympic gold medal. Bayi, he takes on Barrera, one of the toughest challengers as Ward moves up the scale. Boxing fans won’t want to miss it.”
Mo fun re lagbara ti ohun kikọ silẹ ati otitọ ita awọn iwọn ati ki o rẹ jagunjagun ká instinct inu o, Ward’s skill and talent were apparent early in his outstanding amateur career. O si racked soke gbogbo akọle ninu awọn iwe ohun, wq pẹlu a goolu medal ni awọn ina heavyweight pipin ni awọn 2004 Olympic ere ni Athens. Bi awọn nikan okunrin American afẹṣẹja lati beere Olympic wura niwon 1996, Ward darapo fẹran ti Muhammad Ali, Suga Ray Leonard ati Oscar De La Hoya. O si tan-ọjọgbọn on December 18, 2004, igbelewọn a keji yika imọ knockout gun lori Chris Molina ni Staples Center ni a ija ti a ti televised ifiwe lori HBO. O si ti lọ lori lati agbeko soke 27 diẹ victories niwon ki o si, Ilé ohun lailai-dagba Ẹgbẹ pataki ti egeb ni awọn ilana. Lẹhin ti di Iwọn irohin ati WBA Super Middleweight World asiwaju, nyara lati awọn nọmba meji iranran lori awọn iwon-fun-iwon ati ki o gba awọn akojọ 2011 Onija ti Odun Eye (ESPN, Eré alaworan, Iwọn irohin ati awọn Boxing Writers Association of America), ti o ti kede wipe Ward wole ohun iyasoto ipolowo adehun pẹlu Roc Nation Sports ni January 2015, nsii a titun ipin ninu rẹ storied Boxing ọmọ. The Bay Area ọja pada si awọn iwọn lori June 20, 2015 ni awọn gbagede Ebora ni iwaju ti ilu rẹ egeb ni Oakland, California ati ki o gba wọle a kẹsan-yika knockout lori Paul Smith, continuing his unbeaten streak which dates back to when he was a 13-year-old amateur. Ward laipe Witoelar ni iwaju ti awọn kamẹra fun a patapata ti o yatọ ipa, a part in the New Line/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Warner Bros. feature “Creed.” Fellow Bay Area natives, director Ryan Coogler ati awọn fiimu ká Star Michael B. Jordani, ami jade lati Ward ki o le pese rẹ ĭrìrĭ fun awọn fiimu. Ni afikun si ṣiṣẹ ni iwaju ti awọn kamẹra pẹlu Ward, Jordani lo akoko ni Ward ká ile-idaraya ni igbaradi fun ipa re bi Apollo igbagbo ká ọmọ. Now it’s time for Ward to get back to his day job when he faces the undefeated Barrera on March 26.
Born in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Barrera had an impressive amateur run with a record of 285-27. Bi ohun magbowo, he was able to earn World Amateur Championships in Germany, Cuba, 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, Florida. 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’sFriday Night njà, 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, California. 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, Florida.
Ward vs. Barrera, a 12-round fight which is presented by Roc Nation Sports in association with Main Events, gba ibi Saturday, March 26, 2016 ni Ebora Ijinle Arena in Oakland, California and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:45 p.m. ATI/PT. Follow the conversation using #WardBarrera.
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