Andre Ward

Professional boxer Andre Ward, before hanging the gloves on the nail, occupied the first place in the unofficial ranking of the best fighters in the ring, and without taking into account the weight category. Not all victories of the athlete were accepted unconditionally, not for nothing he was great and the Son of God, and a blow below the belt.

Ward is the last American to win the Olympic Games in boxing, making his name a par with Oscar De La Hoya, Muhammad Ali and Ray Leonard.

Andre Michael Ward was born in San Francisco in February 1984. The boxer's family is mixed, Frank's father is Irish, Madeline's mother Hervi Taylor is a dark-skinned American.

Moving to Auckland, the mulatto tasted the "charms" of bias towards people like him. However, Ward did not correspond to his sign of the zodiac Fish and was not going to go with the flow of circumstances. It was worth looking obliquely towards Andre or, worse, engaging in a verbal altercation, as he immediately moved from words to deeds.

As well as for the famous namesake Mickey Ward, for Andre sport has become a way of survival. The boy often had to fight at school, and his parents gave his son to boxing. The first coach was the godfather Virgil Hunter, he still accompanies the student in training and tournaments.

At the age of 16, Andre became america's champion in his age category. The stats of fights held in amateur boxing are respected - 110 meetings, and at 105 Ward came out victorious.

Boxing style Andre, by his own admission, owes to Roy Jones and Floyd Mayweather Jr. as well as Bernard Hopkins. The technique of the famous American is distinguished by melee, jabs on the body and head, the ability to use the legs and a killer blow to the left.

After the Athens Olympics, ward's biography opened a new chapter. At the 2004 Games, Andre came in the status of a dark horse and created a sensation. Significantly conceding in anthropometry and experience, knocked out of the tournament grid Evgeny Makarenko, who at that time was a two-time champion of the world and Europe. After that, the American decided to turn professional.

The first fight in the professional ring was a meeting with compatriot Chris Molina, whom Andre knocked out in the second round. In his debut title fight for the WBA NABO North American title, Ward met Gerson Ravelo.

In 2005, the first knockdown from Darnell Boone took place. Fearless Jorniman, who had Gennady Golovkin in sparring partners, noted that only GGG is able to overcome both Ward and Sergey Kovalev. And if you had to choose a pair of Ward and Kovalev, Boone would bet on a boxer from Russia.

Golovkin and Ward's expected and undeniably rating fight was not to take place. Andre accused the Kazakh athlete's team of wanting to combine titles and therefore planned the meeting only for 2018, while negotiations were held since the end of 2015.

Managers did not agree on the sums of fees. According to the American, his side agreed that the sum would be divided in half, but the opponent refused without explanation.

For his part, Golovkin fended off the fact that Ward pr on his name, "boxing with the fourth or fifth numbers and for a long time nobody cares." Moreover, it is not necessary to rush to hold a duel at least purely for marketing reasons.

In 2009, Andre won the belt of the champion of the North American Boxing Federation. In the same year he entered the elite of fighters performing in the Super Six World Boxing Classic series. On the way to the final, Ward defeated Arthur Abraham and Allan Green. Famous Russian commentator Vladimir Gendlin Jr. considered the fight Abraham-Ward a decoration of the entire tournament "Super Sixes."

In November 2009, Andre won his first world title under the auspices of the World Boxing Association. Three fights on the title defense also ended with Ward's victories. With Colombian Edison Miranda Ward met twice, in 2009 and 2011, and both times came out of the fights victorious.

The status of the world star was strengthened by the victory over Chad Dawson, who tried to take away from the new boxing miracle the titles of ring, WBA Super and World Boxing Council. And the contract with the company Roc Nation rapper Jay-z allowed to receive a fee regardless of whether the income from the tournament with his participation or not.

The boxer's triumphant march through the world rings was interrupted at the end of 2012, when Andre suffered a shoulder injury at training. Shortly before the fight with Carl Froch from Great Britain, Ward injured his left hand, but nevertheless won on points.

From a year-long hiatus, Ward returned to another weight class. The first fight in the new division was marked by the overthrow of Cuban heavyweight Sullivan Barrera.

In 2016, Andre and Colombian Alexander Brand, who at that time was ranked 6th in the WBS rankings, took place. The boxers lasted 12 rounds. The meeting was expected to end with the American winning by unanimous decision.

Andre Ward is the father of four children. Tiffany's wife, his classmate, gave the boxer three sons and a daughter, so he calls his wife a real champion.

Among the friends of the American boxer - Philippine champion Nonito Donaire and Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux.

In the fall of 2017, Ward announced that he was leaving the sport. Having set a record in the arena in 32 fights, in half of which the boxer won by knockout, Andre considered his mission in professional boxing accomplished. On the official website, the champion explained the reasons for such a move: the desire to leave undefeated, physical fatigue and lack of motivation for further battles.

WBS champion Adonis Stevenson didn't believe Ward had finished his career. According to the boxer, Andre is too smart and leads some game. If he does find an opportunity, it should not be surprising when any boxing association announces his return.

The final meeting in Andre's career was a rematch with Russian Sergey Kovalev. Before the fight, Ward said that, with all due respect to Sergey, without belts, and there were three at stake - WBO, WBA and IBF, will not leave.

Sergey lost twice to the American, in November 2016 - with minimal loss by ambiguous decision of judges and TKO - in June 2017. A photo from the last fight Ward posted on Instagram, which caused obscene comments yesterday's opponent, who offered Andre once again to prove his championship.

After the fight, in which according to some fans, the American won by inflicting prohibited blows, Kovalev called Ward the best among dirty boxers. Ward was perplexed by the news that Kovalev wanted to hold a third meeting. According to the former world champion, it is ridiculous to talk about it, as Kovalev had chances, but the fights were not in his favor.

The rivalry of the two light heavyweights American cable channel NWO dedicated the documentary "My Fight." According to another ESPN channel, Ward received only a guaranteed fee of $6.5 million, not counting interest on ticket sales and broadcast rights.

Andre refused to accept the challenge and British boxer Tony Bellew. The Vringe.com's website quoted Ward as saying he was on the set of the sports drama "Creed 2" starring Sylvester Stallone and Michael Jordan. In addition, the former athlete is the host of The Contender show. In reality, 16 middleweight boxers are fighting for a prize of $1 million.

However, in early 2018, Ward's Twitter account posted a promising post saying the former light heavyweight was "preparing something special." According to the boxer-"pensioner", now his weight is 90 kg at a height of 183 cm, and he is going to gain a mass corresponding to the first heavy category.

According to Allboxing.ru, the fight between Ward and Tony Bellew is still likely, as "promises a lot of money."

2001, 2003 - U.S. Champion

2004 - Olympic champion weighing up to 81 kg

2008 WBO NABO winner

2009 - WBA Super winner

2011 - Winner of Super Six World Boxing Classic, WBC and The Ring

2016 WBA super, IBF and WBO world light heavyweight champion

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