Boxer Andre Ward: a brief biography and interesting facts

American professional boxing is a special world full of bright stars and real talents. Their fights are bright and entertaining, the audience loves them literally and always looks forward to fights with their participation. One of these genuinely brilliant fighters is André Ward - a boxer whose biography will be considered in this article.

The appearance of the light

"Son of God" (this is the name of the athlete in the ring) was born on February 23, 1984 in the family of an emigrant from Ireland Frank and an American of African descent Madlney. Unfortunately, the future boxer Andre Ward in his childhood saw from his parents is far from the best example of family life: the couple used drugs, and therefore periodically had problems with the law. In many ways, with his difficult childhood, the current champion explains the presence of his strong-willed qualities.

Career in amateurs

Boxer Andre Ward began his sports career thanks to his godfather, who, incidentally, today regularly conducts training with him and is always present in the corner of the fighter during the fighting in the ring.

For his amateur career, Ward 119 times fought with opponents and only four times he learned the bitterness of defeat. The peak of the amateur speeches can be considered the 2004 Olympics, when the monotherapist won victories in all his matches and won the gold award of the most prestigious competitions of the planet. Prior to this, boxer Andre Ward has become the champion of his country three times in different age categories.

Debut in the pro

For the first time the athlete stepped into the ring as a professional in December 2004 against Chris Molina. The first duel for the American turned out to be successful - Molina was knocked out in the second tri-minute. After this, followed by five more successful fights, in which Ward without any problems replayed his rivals.

However, in his seventh fight, boxer Andre Ward for the first time in his life was knocked down after a missed strike from Darnell Boon. But in the end, Andre was able to gather strength and win the fight on points.

Successful series

A series of victories led to the fact that Ward in the summer of 2008 went into the ring to fight with Gerson Ravelo for the WBO NABO belt. The duel ended with the fact that in the eighth round corner Ravello threw a towel, and Andre became the new champion.

The first serious title - WBA - American won in a duel with the Dane Mikkel Kessler. The battle took place in Oakland under the auspices of the Super Six middleweights tournament. Further Ward defeated Allan Green, Sakio Bika, Arthur Abraham, and then again went to the championship fight.

December 17, 2011 in a fight with the Britishman Carl Froch, the American won the referee's decision on the WBC belt and the vacant title of The Ring and, thus, became the best in the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament.

Further, there was a successful defense of the belts in a duel with Chad Dawson, who had been knocked down three times for the fight.

Transition to a light heavyweight

The first fight in the new weight division Ward held against intercontinental WBO champion Sullivan Barrera. The battle began actively, and in the third round the Cuban visited the canvas after the left side left from the American. Further, André also had the advantage and as a result came out the winner on points, although he did not show good boxing, as it affected the long simple out-of-combat.

Fight of the Year

November 19, 2016 Andre Ward (biography, the family of the boxer examined in the article) had a fight with undefeated at that time Russian champion Sergei Kovalev. The fight was very spectacular, and the American for the second time in his life went down, missed a strong blow "Destroyer" in the second round. The subsequent rounds took place in the typical style of Ward: he was at a distant distance and worked mostly with jabs, while Sergei went ahead and worked in a power-like manner. At the end of all 12 rounds, all the judges gave preference to the American with the same score of 114: 113. The decision was very controversial, many experts and boxing fans were extremely unhappy with them.

For the fight Kovalev received two million dollars, and Andre - five million. On the basis of the contract signed before the fight, Ward is bound to give Sergey a rematch, which again will be one of the most anticipated fights next year.

In conclusion, we note that Andre Ward - a world-famous boxer and a wonderful family man. With his wife, he is familiar with the school and brings up with her four children.