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HBO rejects Andre Ward vs. Dimitri Sartison

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sartison653556By Dan Ambrose: HBO has said no to a proposed fight between WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (26-0, 14 KO’s) and former WBA super middleweight champion Dimitri Sartison (30-2, 18 KO’s), according to Fightnews.com. Ward’s management had a deal made with Sartison’s team, but they were unable to go ahead with it after HBO rejected the fight.

What’s surprising is that Ward’s promoter made the effort to put the Sartison fight together, because it’s been common knowledge that HBO wasn’t interested in televising the Ward-Sartison fight. You can’t blame HBO, because it would make for bad television when you know it’s going to be a mismatch going in. Of course, HBO has a mismatched scheduled next month with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. facing Brian Vera.

HBO should let Andre Ward take a soft opponent in September

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ward643By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (26-0, 14 KO’s) is coming off shoulder surgery on his right shoulder, and he’s been out of the ring since stopping Chad Dawson in the 10th round last year in September. Ward’s team wants to bring him back next month against former WBA super middleweight champion Dimitri Sartison (30-2, 18 KO’s), who recently lost his title last year in April in a 12th round TKO defeat against Karoly Balzsay.

HBO reportedly doesn’t like the idea of Ward fighting Sartison on their network, as he doesn’t have a recognizable name to American casual boxing fans. They prefer Ward take on a better known opponent than him. As such, Ward is expected to take a tough opponent coming off of a 1-year layoff and shoulder surgery.

Andre Ward targeting Sartison or Truax for next fight on HBO

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (26-0, 14 KO’s) has two solid choices for his potential next fight this year. Ward, 29, is looking to face former WBA super middleweight champion Dimitri Sartison (30-2, 18 KO’s) or middleweight Caleb Truax (22-1-1, 13 KO’s), according to Steve Kim. Ward just needs HBO to say yes to one of these guys, and then Ward will be locked in for his next fight.

Balzsay vs. Sartison on April 21st

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By Jason Kim: 32-year-old World Boxing Association (WBA) World super middleweight champion Karoly Balzsay (24-2, 17 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his title on April 21st against 32-year-old former WBA super middleweight champion Dimitri Sartison (29-1, 18 KO’s) at the Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Stieglitz vs. Sartison on April 9th

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By Jim Dower: WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (39-2, 23 KO’s) will be defending his title against World WBA super middleweight champion Dimitri Sartison (27-1, 17 KO’s) in a mildly interesting fight at the Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

Possible opponents for Allan Green: Andy Lee, Sartison, and Stieglitz

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Image: Possible opponents for Allan Green: Andy Lee, Sartison, and StieglitzBy William Mackay: It looks like Allan Green is going to be staying in the Super Six tournament after all, as the news has been announced that the group stage 3 part of the tournament will be going ahead in November instead of going straight into the semifinals. After Mikkel Kessler dropped out of the tournament suddenly, it left Green in limbo, without an opponent and it was thought that Green would be dismissed.

Golovkin-Smith, Chakhkiev-Solomon, Erdei-Fragomeni on November 21st

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golovkin55By Erik Schmidt: Former 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist for Kazakhstan, Gennady Golovkin (17-0, 14 KO’s) will be facing American Ishe Smith (21-4, 9 KO’s) on November 21st in a 12 round title bout at the Sparkassen Arena, Kiel, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Golovkin, 27, the World Boxing Organization Inter-Continental middleweight champion, will be making a big step up competition by facing the 31-year-old defensive wizard Smith. Golovkin is ranked number #1 in both the WBO and World Boxing Council, and number #2 in the WBA and #8 in the IBF, despite having fought largely European fighters in Germany.

The WBC bans Arreola for swearing; Sartison vs. Bozic – Boxing News

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arreola34354By Eric Thomas: According to the latest news in the boxing world, heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (27-1, 24 KO’s) has been banned six months from boxing by the WBC because of the swearing that the 28-year-old Arreola did after his 10th round stoppage loss to World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko on September 26th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Arreola, visibly upset and crying after his fight was stopped against Klitschko said the following words when being interviewed by HBO announcer Larry Merchant after the fight: