Andre Ward finally returns to ring as he takes on Alexander Brand in the HBO card this Saturday, 06 August 2016 from Oakland’s Oracle Arena. The coverage will start at around 10:30 p.m ET and this is a massive fight as far as Andre ward’s career is concerned which has been stalled for quite sometime. A quality win over Alexander Brand will put him in contention to fight Sergey Kovalev. HBO will start the live action at around 10:30 ET while UK viewers can watch the fight live on BoxNation.
Andre Ward vs Alexander Brand Live Coverage: The night will begin with a few not-televised undercards. HBO will have live coverage of only the main-event which is suppose to start late at around 10:30 p.m ET. If you are based in the UK you can also catch the action live on BoxNation which is available with a monthly subscription of around 12GBP.
Ward has been looking for a big fight for quite sometime and a win against Brand will surely confirm much awaited fight against Kovalev
Andre Ward is coming into this fight on the back of a decent win over Barrera back in March and he will be eager to put on a show against a quality boxer that is Alexander Brand. Brand is no pushover and Ward will have to bring his A game if he were to have a decisive victory.
Brand comes with a record of 25 wins 1 loss and 19 knockout wins, his most recent fight was against Bektemirov which he barely edged on a points victory. Looking at the styles and quality of both fighters we can expect a good fight but Ward comes up triumph with both experience and higher quality of skill set. He is widely regarded as one of the best defensive fighters just like Floyd Mayweather.