AndreWard News

AndreWard News From AOL News

Showtime's Fight Camp 360: Inside The Super Six Returns

You are hooked with the opening scene of Showtime's 30-minute long Fight Camp 360, during which Jermain Taylor's promoter, Lou DiBella, describes the frightening end to Taylor's 12th-round knockout loss to Germany's Arthur Abraham. "I'm on the way to the hospital. Six seconds left. Straight right hand up the middle, and...

Kessler Has Edge in Experience vs. Ward

Denmark's WBA champion, Mikkel Kessler, is considered boxing's premier 168-pounder -- and for good reason.And it is among those same reasons why the 30-year-old "Viking Warrior" is favored to take down 25-year-old former Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward in defense of his title on Saturday night at Oracle Arena."Mikkel...

Hometown Hero Andre Ward Looks to Dethrone WBA's Mikkel Kessler

Former Olympic gold medalist, Andre Ward, calls upcoming rival, Mikkel Kessler, of Denmark, "absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt the most skilled" fighter that he will have faced over the course of his nearly five-year professional career. "He's the champion. He's very tough. I take nothing away from Mikkel Kessler,"...

WBA King Mikkel Kessler Invades Challenger Andre Ward's Hometown

Although Denmark's Mikkel Kessler is nicknamed "The Viking Warrior," he could easily borrow the monicker of another fighter, "The Road Warrior," given how he has embraced the prospect of defending his WBA crown against American Andre Ward on Nov. 21 in the latter's hometown of Oakland, Calif."I've been here for three weeks...

Chad Dawson Overwhelms Glen Johnson

Southpaw "Bad" Chad Dawson moved effortlessly around the ring while Glen "The Road Warrior" Johnson was mostly flat-footed and looked old.Dawson fired his right jab, following it up with left hooks and straight lefts. Dawson won the exchanges when they existed over the course of Saturday night's lopsided, 12-round...

AndreWard News From the Web

05/21/12 Froch rules out Ward return Source: Evening Post - Nottingham - Nottinghamshire - UK NOTTINGHAM'S Carl Froch has ruled out any chance of a return with top American Andre Ward. Unbeaten Ward beat Froch on points for the WBC and WBA super-middleweight titles in their SuperSix Championship showdown in December last year.
05/20/12 SUNDAY GRAVY: New Haven's Chad Dawson close to getting... Source: Middletown Press - Middletown CT So I marched into my editor's office and told him I wasn't writing the Sunday Gravy this week.
05/16/12 Edwin Rodriguez thinking WBC super middleweight title Source: Telegram & Gazette - Worcester MA What looked like a giant opening for Edwin Rodriguez on the world championship front a few days ago is now threatening to close in his face, but it still could result in Worcester's undefeated USBA/USNBC champ inching closer to the WBC super middleweight title.
05/15/12 Andre Ward-Chad Dawson WBC Title Bout Approved Source: Bleacher Report According to Ring Magazine a WBC super middleweight title bout between the current champion, Andre Ward and challenger, Chad Dawson has been set for a September 8 date.
05/14/12 Andre Ward vs. Chad Dawson: Ward Ready to Fight Source: Bleacher Report Ever since Oakland's unbeaten super middleweight Andre Ward (25-0-0) held the trophy at the end of the Super 6 tourney, boxing fans have been anticipating and patiently waiting to hear what was next on Ward's agenda.