Three 2004 Olympians to appear on Fox Sports

15/08/2005

Three 2004 Olympians to appear on Fox Sports

Press Release: Unbeaten middleweight Andre Ward, the lone gold medal winner from the 2004 United States Olympic Boxing team, has scored four consecutive victories  since making his pro debut on HBO in December of 2004. Two of his Olympic teammates will join him on the  Best Damn Sports Show Period broadcast live on FSN on August 18 at the HP Pavilion at San Jose. “This is going to be a great and exciting event, not only for boxing fans, but for me personally, because I get to fight alongside two of my Olympic teammates, Andre Dirrell and Devin Vargas,” said Ward.  “I’m looking forward to putting on a spectacular performance in front of my hometown crowd and then letting the fans get an up close and personal look of Andre and Devin, just like we did in Athens.” Ward (4-0, 2 KOs) will face Christopher Holt (12-4, 8 KOs) in a six-round bout.  Dirrell (4-0, 3 KOs), will square off against Arturo Ortega (6-2-2, 5 KOs) in a four-round super middleweight bout, and Vargas (3-0, 3 KOs) will do battle in a heavyweight six rounder.