His tuneup complete in the wake of decision Alexander Brand on Saturday night, Andre Ward can now set his sights on the best prize in the light heavyweight division, Sergey Kovalev
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 formally 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 Boxing News
While Ward (30-0, 15 KOs), a 100-1 top pick, led the 39-year-old Brand (25-2, 18 KOs), he combat now and again with Brand's unwieldiness. He used a solidified hit in front of calendar to cut Brand over the right eye, yet was never prepared to pound the contender 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 awkward style made it a genuinely revolting fight. Ward outlanded Brand 190-45 by and large punches, and 69-8 with his jabs. Still, Brand would not go down paying little respect to taking a couple left catches to the head and body.
"We knew this individual would have been ludicrously hard to pound out, he's a veteran," Ward said. "People got the chance to comprehend that when a man with his experience wouldn't care to get pounded out, it's hard. He's hurling punches from crazy edges, he doesn't go anything's to lose.
"I endeavored to crush it, be that as it may it's incredible to get the rounds."
Ward's control was exhibited as he won by scores of 120-108 on each one of the three judges' scorecards. That is each one of the 12 rounds scored for Ward.
Ward said he was stimulated and suspecting 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, along these lines, 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 in the event that I'm not set up to fight the best now, I'll never be."
Kovalev, who pulverized Isaac Chilemba in Russia a month back, Boxing Tonight came into the ring after the fight for the assertion of the Nov. 19 session, said he's readied, also, and said of Ward: "He's an incredibly unprecedented champion, and he showed his tremendousness it today,"
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 decision execution over Marcello Gallardo (7-4-2, 3 KOs).
Franco dropped Gallardo in the opening boxing schedule scraps of the first round with an annoying right hand, and found up all through the accompanying four rounds with a full munititions stockpile 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.
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