Andre Ward calls Gennady Golovkin ‘a great fight for boxing’
RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward on the prospect of facing WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin: “A lot of people say that he’s gotten a lot of unnecessary hype, but I’ve got a lot of respect for Gennady Golovkin…When that fight happens, it’s going to be a great fight for boxing.”
read moreLem’s latest: Andre Ward’s best is yet to come, says trainer
Trainer Virgil Hunter says the best is yet to come from THE RING and WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward.
read more2013 Knockout of the Year, readers poll: Adonis Stevenson KO 1 Chad Dawson
It came down to two main choices, but readers went with Adonis Stevenson’s career-defining win over light heavyweight champ Chad Dawson as the best KO of the year. [Editor’s note: this is not THE RING magazine’s official choice for Knockout of the Year. The magazine’s official year-end awards for 2013 will be announced in the March edition.]
read moreAndre Ward: ‘I would consider fighting George Groves next’
Carl Froch has two options according to Andre Ward: “He has to rematch [George] Groves or try to avenge his loss to me.”
read moreBeibut Shumenov wants Bernard Hopkins next
WBA beltholder Beibut Shumenov wants to unify all of the belts in the division, beginning with a bout against IBF titleholder Bernard Hopkins in March or April.
read moreRichard Schaefer eyes Bernard Hopkins-Beibut Shumenov ‘immediately’
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said that he would begin working on a light heavyweight title unification bout between IBF titleholder Bernard Hopkins and WBA beltholder Beibut Shumenov “immediately.”
read moreWard on Hopkins and ‘Boogey Men’ Golovkin, Kovalev, Stevenson
Super middleweight champ Andre Ward said that Gennady Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev and Adonis Stevenson are being made out to be “The Boogey Men of their divisions.”
read more‘2 Days: Andre Ward’ airs Tuesday on HBO
RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward will be featured on HBO’s 2 Days tonight (Tuesday) in advance of his Nov. 16 title defense against Edwin Rodriguez.
read moreIBF: Hopkins, Molina have time to mull big fights
Carlos Molina has until next June to defend his IBF junior middleweight belt against a mandatory challenger, and Bernard Hopkins has until next July to do the same with his IBF light heavyweight title.
read moreChad Dawson L.A. workout
Chad Dawson LA media workout prior to his Oct. 15 fight with Bernard Hopkins. Photos by Gene Blevins – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions
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