The Art Of Ward

Undisputed super featherweight champion Alycia “The Bomb” Baumgardner sits down with Andre Ward on THE ART OF WARD just days out from her lightweight debut. She takes it back to a two-bedroom house in Fremont, Ohio, and growing up in a small town knowing she wanted to be ‘great at something’. Then the climb: $800 purses, one fight for free, and stopping Terri Harper on five weeks’ notice in Harper’s hometown.She also gets into the Mikaela Mayer beef, the positive test that kept her out 14 months, and the more than $100,000 she spent to clear her name. Plus why she left Eddie Hearn for Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions, what happened with Claressa Shields, and why she says Caroline Dubois avoided this fight.Catch Alycia Baumgardner Sunday, November 8th as she takes on lightweight world champion Elif Nur Turhan on MVPW-07, live on ESPN.

0:00 Intro: Alycia Baumgardner Before Her ESPN Main Event2:05 Growing Up in Fremont, Ohio7:27 From Wrestling to Boxing11:37 Why Derrick James & Refusing to Stay Stagnant19:21 Finding Out About Her Biological Father20:44 The First Photo She Saw of Him Was From Prison29:45 Turning Pro33:00 $800 Purses & Fighting for Free34:04 Jake Paul & Women’s Boxing37:36 Her First Loss40:58 Losing Her Grandmother & Getting the Call for a World Title Fight42:35 Beating Terri Harper in the UK46:41 The Mikaela Mayer Beef50:15 Learning the Business the Hard Way54:05 The Positive Test & Spending $100K to Clear Her Name59:15 Leaving Eddie Hearn for MVP1:04:12 Special Forces in the Malaysian Jungle1:10:00 What Happened With Claressa Shields1:11:51 Laila Ali’s Support1:15:01 Lightweight Debut on ESPN1:15:20 Why Caroline Dubois Avoided This Fight
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Skye Nicolson joins Andre Ward and Roy Jones Jr. on HALL OF GAME ahead of her November 8th fight against former three-time world champion Miyo Yoshida in Arlington, Texas on Most Valuable Promotion’s #MVPW07 live on ESPN. Skye breaks down the challenge of controlling a high-volume opponent in two-minute rounds, returning from the first injury of her career and preparing for her first fight under the MVP and Matchroom co-promotion.The conversation turns personal when Skye revisits her only professional loss to Tiara Brown. Despite believing boxing was 90 percent mental, she admits she had done virtually no mental preparation—and spent the night before the fight at dinner with roughly 40 friends and family members. Now she journals, visualizes and keeps a five- or six-person bubble throughout fight week.Andre and Roy share what their own careers taught them about isolation, responsibility and the difference between the people who come to watch and the fighter who has to perform. Family can support you, but they cannot make weight, execute the game plan or fight for you when the bell rings.[11:57 AM]getting timecodes together rn — dropping in 5 at 3pm ET

00:00 Skye Nicolson joins Hall of Game01:05 Postponed fight and first injury of her career01:48 Is Skye a happy fighter in camp?02:11 Why camp started in Dubai03:08 The value of pre-camp04:11 Scouting Miyo Yoshida’s high-volume style11:01 Coming back from injury the smart way12:15 Ring walks, style, and 150 amateur fights13:20 Competitiveness inside and outside the ring15:05 Lessons from the Tiara Brown loss, the mental side of boxing17:23 “My bubble”: setting boundaries in fight week19:16 Dre and Roy on isolating before a fight20:09 How Roy assesses a loss with his fighters
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Andre Ward is joined by Roy Jones Jr. and Zab Judah for a three-champion breakdown of the biggest conversations in boxing. They react to Daniel Dubois’ win over Fabio Wardley, debate whether Ermal Hadribeaj deserved to finish the Sebastian Fundora fight on his feet, and explain why boxing may need instant replay.The conversation turns to weight, leverage and the fights that never get made. Andre reveals the preparation mistake he made before facing Sergey Kovalev, the panel challenges boxing’s “weight bully” label, and Roy draws a hard line on Devin Haney vs. Shakur Stevenson: fight at 140, fight at 147 or move on—with Tank Davis waiting as the alternative.0:00 — Welcome to Hall of Game2:00 — Zab Judah’s Youth Football Championship Run4:03 — Roy Jones Jr. on Building an Old-School Champion9:24 — Remembering Charles King11:32 — Daniel Dubois vs. Fabio Wardley18:52 — Sebastian Fundora vs. Ermal Hadribeaj28:58 — Emanuel Navarrete vs. O’Shaquie Foster34:06 — The “Weight Bully” Debate38:25 — Andre Ward’s Kovalev Training Mistake41:32 — Haney vs. Shakur: 140, 147 or No Fight?45:55 — Catchweights, Money and Negotiating Leverage55:31 — Roy Jones: Haney Must Stay at 1471:01:01 — Closing Thoughts
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On this special Mike Tyson edition of HALL OF GAME, Andre Ward sits down with six-time world champion Zab Judah to look ahead to Netflix’s four-part ‘TYSON’ documentary series and unpack the contradictions behind one of boxing’s most feared figures.

Zab recalls spending a month with Tyson as a teenager—and wrecking one of his brand-new custom Ducati motorcycles. Zab expected the worst. Instead, Mike asked whether he and his brother were okay and told them, “That bike is replaceable. You guys are not replaceable.” Dre and Zab also discuss Tyson’s intelligence, his honesty about entering fights terrified, and how that openness helped other champions understand and overcome their own fear.They close with the Mike Tyson they see today: calmer, family-focused and still capable of commanding the world’s attention. From his evolution outside the ring to the way he sold the Jake Paul fight approaching 60, the aura remains unmistakable.

0:00 – Mike Tyson Special0:50 – Can Four Episodes Capture Tyson’s Life?4:21 – Zab’s Month With Mike Tyson4:56 – The Wrecked Ducati Story8:10 – The Reader Behind the Knockouts8:50 – Tyson’s Honesty About Fear12:39 – What Andre Ward Learned From Tyson13:49 – What the Netflix Series Must Show14:59 – Who Mike Tyson Is Today17:10 – How Tyson Still Sells a Fight18:24 – Final Thoughts
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Roy Jones Jr. is out this week, so Andre Ward brings in the newest member of the All The Smoke family: six-time world champion, former undisputed welterweight king and Hall of Famer Zab Judah, the pride of Brooklyn, sitting in on Hall of Game. They start with Ben Whittaker's unanimous decision over Conor Wallace, the 10th round that had him in real trouble for the first time as a pro, and his own admission that he switched off. Dre shares the uppercut that wobbled him in his second pro fight, and both have a message for Eddie Hearn on how to move Whittaker from here.

Then it's Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua, finally made for December 11 in Cardiff. Zab calls it the UK Super Bowl and real beef, while Dre wonders if the bigger fight is Dana White vs. Eddie Hearn. Neither of them knows what to make of AJ tickling Fury at the face-off.

They close on the state of the game: fighters controlling their own story on social media, wolf tickets that never turn into fights, the business that gets in the way of the fights fans want, and why anyone saying boxing is dead has it wrong.
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