Andre Ward Boxing News

By Marian Toca: Yet again the boxing fans have to face the facts that there are only few fighters out there left that are willing to fight the best no matter what.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) has given IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) clear instructions on what he needs to do in order for him to get a fight against him.

Los Angeles (Jan 31, 2012) – At the end of the year, when several highly respected publications, including ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and Yahoo! Sports named Andre Ward their Fighter of the Year, it seemed that the people around the 2004 Olympic gold medalist were even more thrilled than he was. Though grateful for the awards [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Virgil Hunter, the trainer for WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward, told the sweetscience.com that he sees a stoppage win by IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute over Carl Froch in their proposed April 14th fight as something that would increase demand for a Bute vs. Ward fight.

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (44-2, 33 KO’s) hasn’t even beaten his next opponent WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (41-2, 23 KO’s), who the 32-year-old Kessler fights on April 14th at the Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark, and yet Kessler is already looking for excuse for why he can’t fight a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: According to Dan Rafael and Fightnews, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) is still being pushed forward towards an April 14th showdown with the recently beaten former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) in Montreal, Canada.

By Scott Gilfoid: There is still a possibility that IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) may sign for a two-fight deal with Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) for a couple of fights that will take up pretty much all of 2012 for Bute.

By Chris Williams: WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward believes his close friend Nonito Donaire (27-1, 18 KO’s) would fight a lot different fight against newly crowned World Boxing Association (WBA) World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (9-0, 7 KO’s) compared to the way WBA super bantamweight champion Rico Ramos did in getting stopped in [...]

Blog Talk Radio’s “The Pugilist KOrner” is proud to present: The universally recognized Super Middleweight Champion Andre “S.O.G.” Ward, Heavyweight Contender “Fast” Eddie Chambers, and Three Division World Champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero.

By Scott Gilfoid: According to TVA Sports, Showtime has little interest in televising an April 14th fight between IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) and former WBC super middleweight belt holder Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s).

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) doesn’t plan on letting up after beating some of the best fighters in the super middleweight division in the Super Six tournament.

By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) is expected to be back in the ring defending his belts by April or possibly May at the latest, as he looks to continue his domination of the super middleweight division.

By Eric Thomas: A fight between WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) and Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) is Martinez goes ahead and leaves HBO like he’s been talking about.

Report by Pepe Rodriguez/WBC Andre “Son of God” Ward, received today from World Boxing Council (WBC) President, Jose Sulaiman, the green andgold championship belt that accredits him as the new WBC Super Middleweight World Champion, which won last Saturday December 17 within the SHOWTIME Super Six World Boxing Classic Final, that came to a dramatic [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) will reportedly have his cast removed from his left hand next week or so. This is the hand that Ward fractured in two places while training for his Super Six tournament fight against WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch.

By Chris Williams: Former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi disagrees with the Ring Magazine ratings, which currently has WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao at No.1, Floyd Mayweather Jr. at #2 and Andre Ward at #5. Instead of those rankings, Malignaggi sees Mayweather #1, Ward #2 and Pacquiao #3.

By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated light heavyweight contender Ismayl Sillakh (17-0, 14 KO’s) thinks WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) would have no problems beating International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) if and when they end up fighting in 2012 or 2013. Sillakh, 26, simply thinks Ward [...]

By Paul Jones: In this review, I highlight seven of the most anticipated and discussed bouts of 2011. For the sake of brevity, I focus on matches with title and Pound-4-Pound (P-4-P) implications, paying special attention to fights that produced sustained action.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) is open to the idea of facing WBA/WBC middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) in 2012, albeit with the help of a handy catchweight, according to RingTV. Martinez is already scheduled to fight Mathew Macklin on March 17th, but once that stay [...]

By Allen Fox: If WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) is looking for a big time challenge in 2012, he might to consider taking a fight against former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s), who reportedly is willing to move up in weight to face the 27-year-old Ward at 168lbs [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) moved up to the No.5 spot in The Ring Magazine’s pound for pound list with Ward’s one-sided masterpiece performance against WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch in the Super Six tournament finals bout on December 17th.

Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KOs), who just weeks removed from a dominant Super Six Tournament Final victory over the gritty and brash-talking Brit, Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KOs), retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) belt, while also capturing the WBC, Ring and the inaugural SHOWTIME Super Six World Boxing Classic Cup. In addition, Ward, who [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Floyd Mayweather Sr. says he sees Andre Dirrell and Andre Ward as becoming the big stars in the boxing world after his son Floyd Mayweather Jr. retires from the sport.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) laid down the roadmap to his door to IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) if he wants to earn a shot against him by telling the 31-year-old Bute he needs to get off his back and fight some A level [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch was soundly beaten by WBA super middleweight champion recently in the Super Six finals bout.

Photo: Casino/SHOWTIME – By Scott Gilfoid: Instead of beating up on Carl Froch again or facing unbeaten but still unproven IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute next, WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) will likely face his No.1 ranked WBC mandatory challenger Anthony Dirrell (24-0, 21 KO’s) next in the first quarter [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Ward doesn’t agree that Carl Froch should go straight from a loss against him into an important fight against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute. Ward thinks Froch needs a tune-up before taking that kind of fight, and I agree. I think Froch will pull a major dumb move if he [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward has some advice to give IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute if he wants to fight him in the near future, and that’s to fight an A level fighter like Andre Dirrell.

By Sean McDaniel: WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) paid Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) a big compliment when he said he feels Froch is the No.2 fighter in the super middleweight division. Ward says this even though IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) is still unbeaten, and Mikkel [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) wants to face Mikkel Kessler in 2012 to prove to boxing fans that his win over him two years ago was a legitimate victory. Ward also states that he’s serious about wanting IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute to prove himself by beating [...]