Andre Ward made a cryptic submit on social media right now, seemingly hinting at a comeback.
Ward (32-0, 16 KOs), a 40-year-old former two-division world champion, posted a video clip of his coaching and previous struggle with Carl Froch with the caption, “I would like all of the smoke.” On the finish of the clip, it gave a date of July twenty second, this Monday.
Who May Andre Ward Combat?
If this can be a comeback, it will likely be attention-grabbing to see who Ward faces and when Some followers on social media imagine he may very well be one of many candidates for undisputed tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez’s subsequent struggle in September.
He wants an enormous title, particularly if he needs to take again his September 14th date from the UFC, who snatched it from him by planning one among their occasions on that date.
The winner of the October twelfth undisputed mild heavyweight championship between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol is one other course Ward may take. Combating whoever emerges victorious from that struggle in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, can be an enormous payday for Ward.
It would upset David Benavidez for Ward to leap the road, however he’ll recover from it. That is the leisure enterprise, and a struggle involving Ward towards the Bivol-Beterbiev winner can be big.
Ward hasn’t fought in seven years since stopping former unified mild heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev within the eighth spherical of their rematch on June 17, 2017. Ward was solely 33 and too younger to retire whereas nonetheless in his prime.
For boxing followers alarmed at Ward returning at 40, he’s just one yr older than 39-year-old IBF/WBC/WBO mild heavyweight champion Artur Beterbeiv and three years older than Terence Crawford, who turns 37 on September 28.
Apart from a possible struggle towards Canelo, Ward has many thrilling matches. A rematch with Carl Froch would appeal to lots of curiosity from followers within the UK. Froch is 47 however in good condition, and he is likely to be open to an opportunity to run it again to avenge his twelve-round unanimous choice loss to him in December 2011.
Ward might be considering of larger fights than a rematch towards Froch. It will be big if Ward acquired an opportunity to struggle the winner of Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol.
Just lately, Ward has been sparring with Terence Crawford, serving to him get in form for his August third struggle towards WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov on His Excellency Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh Season card on DAZN and ESPN+ PPV on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
I WANT ALL THE SMOKE 💨 pic.twitter.com/ARkIMYdTnI
— Andre S.O.G. Ward (@andreward) July 20, 2024
