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Sources: Ward suffers shoulder injury, Pavlik fight likely to be rescheduled
Andre Ward retained his middleweight titles with a TKO over Chad Dawson in Sept. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images).
LAS VEGAS — Unified Super middleweight titleholder Andre Ward suffered a shoulder injury during training and his Jan. 26 title defense against Kelly Pavlik will likely be rescheduled, multiple sources told SI.com
Though no final decision has been made, sources say the fight will likely be rescheduled in late February or early March.
Ward (26-0) is coming off a 10th-round TKO of Chad Dawson on Sept. 8. Pavlik, who took nine months off from boxing to begin 2012, has won his last four fights, most recently defeating Will Rosinsky in July.
– Chris Mannix
[...] SI.com – MMA [...]
[...] Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated has reported that Andre Ward, the world’s top super middleweight, has injured one of his shoulders in training camp, and his upcoming bout with Kelly Pavlik will likely need to be delayed. The original date was January 26, and it was to be televised on HBO. Mannix’s sources tell him that the fight will likely be rescheduled in late February or early March. [...]
[...] According to Sports Illustrated, Oakland’s own Andre Ward recently injured his shoulder in training, forcing a postponement of his January super middleweight title defense against Kelly Pavlik. [...]
[...] Due to a bummed shoulder that “The Son of God” suffered during training, The Ring, WBA, WBC and super middleweight champ Andre Ward will be forced to reschedule his January 26 bout against former titlist Kelly Pavlik at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. [...]