Filed under: WBA, IBF, Boxing Rumors, Showtime, FanHouse Exclusive
Unbeaten WBA super middleweight (168 pounds) champion Andre Ward spoke to FanHouse in this Q&A concerning his scuttled Nov. 27, Showtime Super Six Super Middleweight Classic bout with former Olympic teammate, Andre Dirrell, as a result of Dirrell's withdrawal from the tournament with a neurological issue.
Ward (22-0, 13 knockouts) also addressed his friendship with Dirrell (19-1, 13 KOs), whom he was originally slated to meet on Oct. 7, as well as Dirrell's replacement, Australia's Sakio Bika (28-4-2, 19 KOs), who is coming off of July's first-round, disqualification loss to Jean Paul Mendy (29-0-1, 16 KOs) of France, whom Bika hit and knocked cold while the fighter was down in their IBF super middleweight eliminator bout.
The winner of Mendy-Bika was set to be in line for a title shot against IBF king Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KOs), whom Ward said that he would like to face in the second part of this Q&A.
Read more: Andre Ward on Super Six, Lucien Bute, Bernard Hopkins.
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