Andre Ward
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"Andre Ward" is an Americans/American professional Boxing/boxer and the current World Boxing Association/WBA (Super) and The Ring (magazine)/The Ring super middleweight champion, and former World Boxing Council/WBC super middleweight/super-middleweight champion.

Ward was a Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics#Medal summary/gold medalist at the Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight/2004 Summer Olympics. He won his first world championship in 2009. Ward is rated as the #2 Pound for pound/pound-for-pound boxer in the world by Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated, ESPN and Ring Magazine pound for pound/The Ring. He was named Ring Magazine fighter of the year in 2011.

Andre was born to Frank Ward, an American of Irish descent, and Madeline Arvie Taylor, an African American. Andre Ward's paternal grandparents were Harold Ward and Florence B. Ward. His father inspired him by regaling him with stories of hard fought battles and triumphant victories. Given the choice to fight or pursue other sports, the young Andre chose boxing and became a world champion.

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It was either Connecticut or San Jose, so you know what I chose. I have great fans here.

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I am very comfortable fighting southpaw, ... both my right and left hands are powerful. My ability to switch on the fly really is amazing -- most guys are not looking for it and then BOOM, I switch to southpaw and they are on the mat. I think that is a major part of my game, and I work on that as much as I do my conventional style.

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I never want to despise small beginnings. I?m grateful for where we?re at right now.

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I think my jab has a lot to do with having a throwback trainer in Virgil.

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As soon as that bell rings for the first round, ... you have to establish whose ring it is. That's really all I try to do -- I try not to think to much, I don't think Roy thinks to much in the ring. We try to think on the fly -- we bring game plans to the ring but the main thing is to take control of the ring, from the jump.

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Every time a fighter comes out to fight me, this is almost a world-title fight. This may be the closest he gets to the big time. So absolutely, I'm pumped and I'm ready for each and every fight.

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When I hit him, I knew it was over, ... It's a concussive type of punch. Because he's a lefty, he was wide open for that shot.

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You can learn a lot from the Olympics, but you have to learn the sport again when you turn pro. Just being an Olympian or a gold medalist isn?t going to get you a break when you take off that headgear and start prizefighting. You?ve got to prove yourself all over again, every day.

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