His tuneup complete resulting to decision Alexander Brand on Saturday night, Andre Ward can now set his sights on the best prize in the light heavyweight division, Kovalev vs Ward Fight 2016
In the wake of going the full 12 rounds against Brand at Oracle Arena in the spot where he grew up of Oakland, Calif., Ward, the undefeated past Olympic gold medalist and No. 4 in the USA TODAY Sports/Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound rankings, said he would definitively meet the champion Kovalev, No. 3 pound-for-pound, on Nov. 19 on HBO pay-per-view. Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) watched the fight from ringside.
The site has not been formally reported, yet rather it's acknowledged to be the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
While Ward (30-0, 15 KOs), a 100-1 top pick, administered the 39-year-old Brand (25-2, 18 KOs), he struggled every so often with Brand's awkwardness. He used a solidified hit in front of timetable to cut Brand over the right eye, yet was never prepared to pound the warrior down or out.
In the fifth round, Ward changed from standard to southpaw position and took care of a couple of straight lefts taking after hard right hands to the body.
Brand landed couple of shots and the Colombian's ungraceful style made it a genuinely gigantic fight. Ward outlanded Brand 190-45 by and large punches, and 69-8 with his hits. Still, Brand would not go down regardless of taking a couple left catches to the head and body.
"We knew this individual would have been preposterously hard to pound out, he's a veteran," Ward said. "People found the opportunity to comprehend that when a man with his experience wouldn't prefer to get pounded out, it's hard. He's hurling punches from crazy focuses, he doesn't go anything's to lose Boxing News Online
"I endeavored to crush it, yet it's incredible to get the rounds."
Ward's authority was shown as he won by scores of 120-108 on each of the three judges' scorecards. That is each one of the 12 rounds scored for Ward.
Ward said he was empowered and expecting meeting Kovalev.
"I should be light-heavyweight champion of the world," he said. "I expected to move past this movement. He moved past his movement, thusly, I'll see you in November."
Drawn closer if he was set up for Kovalev, Ward said, "I've been doing this 22 years, and on the off chance that I'm not set up to fight the best now, I'll never be."
Kovalev, who vanquished Isaac Chilemba in Russia a month prior, came into the ring after the fight for the revelation of the Nov. 19 session, said he's readied, too, and said of Ward: "He's an outstandingly great champion, and he exhibited his essentialness it today, Boxing Talk
Ward earned $850,000 for Saturday's fight, while Brand was paid just $30,000.
Franco KOs Gallardo: On the undercard, featherweight prospect Daniel "Jerk" Franco upgraded to 14-0-3 (8 KOs) with a telling execution over Marcello Gallardo (7-4-2, 3 KOs).
Franco dropped Gallardo in the opening bits of the first round with an annoying right hand, and found up all through the Boxing Schedule accompanying four rounds with a full ordnance of power shots to the head and body.
Sending Gallardo to the canvas again in the fifth round, Franco earned the stoppage at the 2:16 normal for the round.
In the wake of going the full 12 rounds against Brand at Oracle Arena in the spot where he grew up of Oakland, Calif., Ward, the undefeated past Olympic gold medalist and No. 4 in the USA TODAY Sports/Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound rankings, said he would definitively meet the champion Kovalev, No. 3 pound-for-pound, on Nov. 19 on HBO pay-per-view. Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) watched the fight from ringside.
The site has not been formally reported, yet rather it's acknowledged to be the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
While Ward (30-0, 15 KOs), a 100-1 top pick, administered the 39-year-old Brand (25-2, 18 KOs), he struggled every so often with Brand's awkwardness. He used a solidified hit in front of timetable to cut Brand over the right eye, yet was never prepared to pound the warrior down or out.
In the fifth round, Ward changed from standard to southpaw position and took care of a couple of straight lefts taking after hard right hands to the body.
Brand landed couple of shots and the Colombian's ungraceful style made it a genuinely gigantic fight. Ward outlanded Brand 190-45 by and large punches, and 69-8 with his hits. Still, Brand would not go down regardless of taking a couple left catches to the head and body.
"We knew this individual would have been preposterously hard to pound out, he's a veteran," Ward said. "People found the opportunity to comprehend that when a man with his experience wouldn't prefer to get pounded out, it's hard. He's hurling punches from crazy focuses, he doesn't go anything's to lose Boxing News Online
"I endeavored to crush it, yet it's incredible to get the rounds."
Ward's authority was shown as he won by scores of 120-108 on each of the three judges' scorecards. That is each one of the 12 rounds scored for Ward.
Ward said he was empowered and expecting meeting Kovalev.
"I should be light-heavyweight champion of the world," he said. "I expected to move past this movement. He moved past his movement, thusly, I'll see you in November."
Drawn closer if he was set up for Kovalev, Ward said, "I've been doing this 22 years, and on the off chance that I'm not set up to fight the best now, I'll never be."
Kovalev, who vanquished Isaac Chilemba in Russia a month prior, came into the ring after the fight for the revelation of the Nov. 19 session, said he's readied, too, and said of Ward: "He's an outstandingly great champion, and he exhibited his essentialness it today, Boxing Talk
Ward earned $850,000 for Saturday's fight, while Brand was paid just $30,000.
Franco KOs Gallardo: On the undercard, featherweight prospect Daniel "Jerk" Franco upgraded to 14-0-3 (8 KOs) with a telling execution over Marcello Gallardo (7-4-2, 3 KOs).
Franco dropped Gallardo in the opening bits of the first round with an annoying right hand, and found up all through the Boxing Schedule accompanying four rounds with a full ordnance of power shots to the head and body.
Sending Gallardo to the canvas again in the fifth round, Franco earned the stoppage at the 2:16 normal for the round.
