Andre Ward defeats Sakio Bika in vicious 12 rounder

The following is an excerpt from "Seconds out- The Sweet Science Corner" blog section on www.fightsweant.com

... Bika came out with the intent to make this a street fight of sorts throwing a lot of tight elbows from the inside and both fighters were cut early in the fight due to the many head butts. Ward showing his mettle was giving it right back to Bika and then some. Much of the fight was fought from in the cinch with a good deal of dirty boxing going on. At times it looked more like a Muay Thai fight than a boxing match. This went on for 12 vicious rounds although the last two rounds saw Bika beginning to wilt.

Bika, who took this fight when Andre Dirrell, Ward’s original opponent was forced to withdraw from Showtime's Super Six Super Middleweight Tournament (which this fight was not a part of) went on to lose to Ward who won by Unanimous Decision by 120-108, 118-110, and 118-110 on the judge’s score cards. In doing so, Andre Ward keeps his unbeaten record alive at 23-0. In fact, kudos to Ward as well in that he didn’t even ...READ  MORE HERE: http://www.fightswewant.com/blog.cfm?feature=1491310&postid=609823