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Game-changer: Andre Ward graced boxing with dignity, leaves on top as Hall of Fame beckons
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Boxing lost another of its light brigade this week as present pound for pound king Andre Ward followed the former in Floyd Mayweather Jr. by departing the sport on a high.
Ward, at just 33 hangs up his gloves with all his faculties intact and heads off into the sunset as an untouchable with plent Read Full Story >>>Andre Ward: S.O.G. & A.T.G.
By Caryn A. Tate, Boxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
?At the end of the day, these careers are gonna stop, and the cheers are gonna stop at some point, and what are you left with??
On September 21, unified light heavyweight champion and pound-for-pound #1 fighter Andre Ward announced his retirement from the sport of boxing. As he?s known in boxing, Read Full Story >>> Friday night fight 'a chance for the people to see who Oscar Valdez is'
By Bruce Pascoe, Tucson.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
For Oscar Valdez, Friday?s fight card at Tucson Arena is about returning home with a belt in hand, and having no plans to give it up.
For the sport of boxing, it?s potentially much more than that.
Valdez is one of four undefeated fighters on the two main events Friday, defending his WBO feathe Read Full Story >>> Andre Ward: My Way
By John Gatling, NYFights.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
It is written that the ?Son of Man? will return as ?a thief in the night?, and so it is that Andre ?SOG? Ward disappears in broad daylight. He will not return? for that is not the man that he is. A Man, better at being that than the fighter he was.
A pugilistic Picasso of neutral colors, Ward wil Read Full Story >>> A look inside boxing judging with an eye toward fixing it
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Oscar De La Hoya had one question after hearing judge Adalaide Byrd?s 118-110 scorecard favoring his fighter Canelo Alvarez over unbeaten, middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin in Saturday?s fight in Las Vegas:
?What was that??
Later, Byrd tried explaining how she inexplicably saw Alvarez win Read Full Story >>> Roach Still Hopes Pacquiao-Horn Rematch Will Happen in 2018
BoxingScene.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Freddie Roach, trainer for eight division champion Manny Pacquiao, is still hoping that his boxer is able to secure a rematch with WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (17-0-1, 11 KOs).
Horn shocked the boxing world when he clinched a twelve round unanimous decision over Pacquiao back in July to c Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao parts ways with Kia, stays mum on next PBA step amid offer to join Blackwater
By Gerry Ramos, Spin.ph, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
MANNY Pacquiao's stint as player of Kia Picanto ended last month when his contract with the team finally expired.
A few weeks after, Pacquiao, the coach followed suit.
The 38-year-old Senator and boxing legend formally ended his tie-up with the franchise that made him its first ever first rou Read Full Story >>> VALDEZ, SERVANIA MAKE WEIGHT
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Oscar Valdez (L) weighed in at 125.8 lbs while Genesis Servania (R) came in at 125.4 lbs during Thursday official weighin for their WBO world featherweight championship Friday (Saturday in Manila) at the Tucson Arena Read Full Story >>> JORGE "EL NI?O DE ORO" LINARES VS. LUKE CAMPBELL FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
LINARES VS. CAMPBELL TAKES PLACE THIS SATURDAY, SEPT. 23 AT LOS ANGELES' 'FABULOUS' FORUM AND TELEVISED LIVE ON HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING?
Tickets still on sale!
LOS ANGELES (Sept. 21, 2017): Jorge "El Ni Read Full Story >>> BOXING?S HEAVYWEIGHT RESURGENCE CONTINUES ON SHOWTIME?: JOSHUA VS PULEV OCT 28
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
ANTHONY JOSHUA VS. KUBRAT PULEV HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT TO AIR LIVE ON SHOWTIME
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 FROM CARDIFF, WALES
Joshua vs. Pulev Kicks Off First Of Consecutive Saturdays Featuring Heavyweight Worl Read Full Story >>> ROSADO VS TAPIA OCTOBER 19 ON ESPN
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
GABRIEL "KING" ROSADO AND GLEN "JERSEY BOY" TAPIA TO COLLIDE IN EXCITING BATTLE OF MIDDLEWEIGHTS IN MAIN EVENT OF OCTOBER 19 EDITION OF GOLDEN BOY BOXING ON ESPN
ALEJANDRO "EL ELEGIDO" BARRERA TO FACE KEANDRE "THE TRUTH"
GIBSON IN WELTERWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT
LIVE FROM PARK THEATER AT MONTE C Read Full Story >>> Sergey Kovalev: Andre Ward Retired 'Cause He's Scared of Me
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
TMZ SPORTS -- Sergey Kovalev says he's "disappointed" Andre Ward is retiring from boxing because "I don't have opportunity to kick his ass again."
The Krusher joked to TMZ Sports that he predicted he would end Ward's care Read Full Story >>> Yunier Dorticos vs. Dmitry Kudryashov WBSS cruiserweight quarterfinals continue
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
AIRING LIVE IN CANADA THIS SATURDAY EXCLUSIVELY ON SUPER CHANNEL
EDMONTON, Canada (September 21, 2017) - Quarterfinals action in the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) tournament continues this Saturday when World Boxing Association (WBA) Cruiserweight World Champion Yunier "The KO Doctor" Doritico Read Full Story >>> Michael Dutchover Dishes on Sparring Sessions with Oscar Valdez & Jessie Magdaleno
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
ORANGE, Calif. (Sept. 21, 2017) - Top junior lightweight prospect Michael Dutchover (5-0, 4 KOs) marks his return to the ring this Friday night against Carlos Flores (4-5-1, 3 KOs) in a featured 6-round bout on the "New Blood" Read Full Story >>> GH3 Promotions News and Notes
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Nutley, NJ (September 21, 2017)--Vito Mielnicki's GH3 Promotions is gearing up for a busy fall schedule.
Middleweight Antoine Douglas (22-1-1, 16 KO's) has won three in a row since his lone defeat, and that has catapulted him to world rankings of number-8 by the WBC, Number-9 by the WBA and Numbe Read Full Story >>> Genesis Servania: ?I want to bring the championship back to the Philippines?
By Ryan Songalia, RingTV.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
MANILA, Philippines ? It?s been two years since Genesis Servania made up his mind to pack up his gloves and leave the Philippines for Japan. It was not an easy decision to leave the only homeland he had ever known to start over. To hear him tell it, it was the only choice he had if he was going to k Read Full Story >>> The curious case of Andre Ward's complicated boxing legacy
By Andreas Hale, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Andre Ward?s sudden and shocking announcement that he is retiring from the sport of boxing at the age of 33 has left behind a complicated legacy that will surely be up for debate when it comes to his place among the all-time greats of the sweet science.
While no ?retirement? is definitive, this i Read Full Story >>> Andre Ward: American two-weight world champion retires from boxing
BBC Sport, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Unified light-heavyweight world champion Andre Ward has retired, ending a career which delivered world titles across two weight divisions.
Ward, 33, held titles at super-middleweight but moved up a weight division and unified the WBA, IBF and WBO light-heavyweight belts in 2016.
In a statement Read Full Story >>> Andre Ward, Olympic Medalist and Boxing Champion, Announces Retirement
By Mike Bohn, Rolling Stone, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
An athlete walking away from competition while at the top of their game is a rare occurrence. Undefeated boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward, however, has made the decision to do just that.
After a long and illustrious boxing career, Ward (33-0), the WBA, IBF, WBO and Ring Light Read Full Story >>> More than two years covering Valdez & the road that has led us to #Valdez/Servania #Ramirez/Hart, theres nothing more we can say. It?s time.
By Jose Roman Jr., AllSports Tucson, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
You would be hard pressed to find anyone in the country that has covered the saga and all that has surrounded the event happening tomorrow night at the Tucson Convention Center more than AllSportsTucson.com. For nine months leading up to his title shot against Matias Rueda and more than a year after Read Full Story >>>
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