Photographer and writer Malaika Kambon has been covering Andre’s fights for years – here are some of her photos and her recent article in the SF Bayview
PHOTOGRAPHY
Weigh-In
Andre in the fighter pose
The intensity of the Ward-Kovalev weigh-in and stare down was so palpable that the fighters had to be separated.
Floyd Mayweather Sr, father of legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather, with a friend
Lamar Austin and takes a selfie with an unidentified fan.
Heavy hitters on hand for the Fight of the Century are (from left to right) Retired Nevada State Boxing Commissioner and Center referee
Joe Cortez; the Washington D.C. state boxing commissioner; The Countiss and Fightlady
“The Heavy Hitting Diva” and eight time national champion Franchon Crews (l) faced two time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields (r)
Ms. Sheilds, both in their professional debuts. The bout is the second in history to grace a ROC Nation fight card. The historic first time,
Raquel Miller (2-0. 1 KO) defeated Sara Flores (0 – 1) on the Ward v Brand under card.
Fight
Kovalev’s inability to outbox Andre Ward showed in his used of illegal head locks, wrestling tactics, and tying up Ward’s arms by holding the ropes
Victorious!
Andre Ward (31 – 0, 26 KOs) is the new International Boxing
Federation (IBF) World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) light heavyweight champion of the world!
Fight of the Century
Post fight press conference
Micah Ward, AKA “Champ” practices his boxing skills with Andre’s Trainer, Virgil
Hunter during the post fight press conference
The core of TEAM WARD – Andre Ward, Trainer Virgil Hunter, and Manager James Prince meet the press
From left to right – Josh Dubin, Andre Ward’s attorney holds his WBO title belt,
ROC Nation president Michael Yormark, Andre Ward holding his son Micah, AKA “Champ”,
Andre Ward’s Trainer Virgil Hunter holding the the WBA title belt, and Manager James Prince
holding the IBF belt.
A victorious Andre Ward holds his son Micah, (AKA “Champ”) who shows the world
his dad is number #1!
Sergey Kovalev’s Team: Main Events CEO Kathy Duva (seated); Egis Klimas, Kovalev’s
manager; Sergey Kovalev; and Trainer John David Johnson came to the post fight press conference
demanding an immediate rematch claiming Kovalev loss was “robbery” due to favoritism and poor
U.S. judging
