Andre Ward
Andre Ward
Andre Wardis an American professional boxer. He is a former unified WBA, WBC, Ring magazine and lineal super middleweight champion. As of July 2016, Ward is ranked the third best boxer in the world, pound for pound, by BoxRec; fourth by The Ring; and fifth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. He is also ranked the world's third best light heavyweight by BoxRec; fourth by the TBRB; and fifth by The Ring. In 2011, he was named Fighter of the...
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth23 February 1984
CitySan Francisco, CA
ability amazing both fighting fly guys hands left looking major switch work
I am very comfortable fighting southpaw, ... both my right and left hands are powerful. My ability to switch on the fly really is amazing -- most guys are not looking for it and then BOOM, I switch to southpaw and they are on the mat. I think that is a major part of my game, and I work on that as much as I do my conventional style.
fighting walking-away games
The part that sickens me about boxing is guys fight their whole careers and they have nothing to show for it. That's not going to be my testimony. When it's time to get out of the game, I want to be able to walk away. I'm not going to jeopardize my health. I will have no problems walking away.
motivation fighting winning
This fight should be dubbed, 'No Excuses.' If Carl Froch beats me, there won't be any excuses. I beat Carl Froch, there shouldn't be any excuses. No judges, no referees, no nothing. May the best man win.
motivation fighting fighter
What you gotta understand is, in this conversation and in our fight, you're not in control.
motivation fighting thinking
He says he was physically not right, that's fine but the mentality, even if you're not right, you're still in a fight and you still show what you have deep down inside, and I don't think he showed the mettle that he needed to show in that fight in order to beat a guy like Miranda.
motivation fighting sick
Even if you are sick, you fight until you have nothing left.
motivation fighting champion
I'm not going to say that I'm the best, we respect our champions. Floyd's been doing this a lot longer than me, he's been a lot of mega fights and I won't dare say that I'm better than Floyd Mayweather.
motivation fighting night
I like to talk come fight night, that's how I do it, but I'm not a pushover.
sports motivation fighting
You're only as good as your last fight. It's just the way things are. It's the way that the sport is built.
taken fighting hbo
The road I've taken to this point has not been easy. Being back on HBO is a big thing, but fighting on HBO in my hometown is huge. To be great you have to fight the best. Chad has beaten the best so these are the type fights I want to take. I will put on a great show for all the fans that come out to Oracle Arena.
motivation fighting challenges
Every fighter is my toughest challenge to date. After I get done with one fight, the next challenge is the toughest.
almost closest fighter gets pumped ready time
Every time a fighter comes out to fight me, this is almost a world-title fight. This may be the closest he gets to the big time. So absolutely, I'm pumped and I'm ready for each and every fight.
bell bring control establish fly game main plans rings roy soon thinks whose
As soon as that bell rings for the first round, ... you have to establish whose ring it is. That's really all I try to do -- I try not to think to much, I don't think Roy thinks to much in the ring. We try to think on the fly -- we bring game plans to the ring but the main thing is to take control of the ring, from the jump.
again break gold learn olympian prove start turn
You can learn a lot from the Olympics, but you have to learn the sport again when you turn pro. Just being an Olympian or a gold medalist isn?t going to get you a break when you take off that headgear and start prizefighting. You?ve got to prove yourself all over again, every day.