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纽约, 纽约 (二月 9, 2016) - 大鹏民族体育很高兴地宣布，两届世界冠军和顶级磅磅战斗机沃德 (28-0, 15 科斯) 将返回到环上的 星期六, 三月 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 科斯) in a 12-round bout at Oracle Arena in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, 加利福尼亚州. The event will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing® 在开始 9:45 P.M. AND/PT.
门票分 $300, $150, $100, $50 和 $25, 不包括适用的服务费和税款, go on sale Tuesday, 二月. 9 在 5:00 PM PT and will be available at all Ticketmaster locations, online at Ticketmaster.com and charge by phone at (800) 745-3000.
“I don’t really have much to say other than this. 三月 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,” said 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,” said 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. 三月 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.
上 三月 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, 执行副总裁, HBO体育. “With a perfect record dating back to the age of 12 岁, Andre has risen to every challenge as both an amateur and a professional, including world titles and an Olympic gold medal. 现在, he takes on Barrera, one of the toughest challengers as Ward moves up the scale. Boxing fans won’t want to miss it.”
知道他的外环线坚强的性格和完整性，里面是他的战士的本能, Ward’s skill and talent were apparent early in his outstanding amateur career. He racked up every title in the books, culminating with a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. As the only male American boxer to claim Olympic gold since 1996, Ward joined the likes of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard and Oscar De La Hoya. He turned professional on December 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. After becoming the Ring Magazine and WBA Super Middleweight World Champion, rising to the number two spot on the pound-for-pound list and winning the 2011 Fighter of the Year Award (ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Ring Magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America), it was announced that Ward signed an exclusive promotional agreement with Roc Nation Sports in January 2015, opening a new chapter in his storied boxing career. 海湾地区的产品返回到环上月 20, 2015 at the Oracle Arena in front of his hometown fans in Oakland, 加利福尼亚州和拿下第九轮淘汰赛在保罗·史密斯, continuing his unbeaten streak which dates back to when he was a 13-year-old amateur. 沃德最近加强在镜头前一个完全不同的角色, a part in the New Line/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Warner Bros. feature “Creed.” Fellow Bay Area natives, 导演莱恩Coogler和影片的明星迈克尔乙. 约旦, 伸出手来病房，让他可以提供他的专业知识为电影. 除了在相机病房前工作, 乔丹花费了时间在病房的家健身房，准备为他的阿波罗信条的儿子角色. Now it’s time for Ward to get back to his day job when he faces the undefeated Barrera on 三月 26.
Born in Guantanamo Bay, 古巴, Barrera had an impressive amateur run with a record of 285-27. 作为一个业余爱好者, he was able to earn World Amateur Championships in Germany, 古巴, 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, 佛罗里达. 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’s星期五 夜战斗, 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, 加利福尼亚州. Sullivan is trained by legendary trainer, 阿贝尔·桑切斯, 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, 佛罗里达.
Ward vs. 巴雷拉, a 12-round fight which is presented by Roc Nation Sports in association with Main Events, 发生 星期六, 三月 26, 2016 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:45 P.M. AND/PT. Follow the conversation using #WardBarrera.
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