Andre Ward - Boxing Hall of Famer on forgiveness, faith and fighting
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Andre Ward is a former professional boxer who won titles as a Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight. In 2004, Ward won the Light Heavyweight Gold Medal for Team USA at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.
As a professional, Ward went 32-0 including 16 knockouts before retiring in September 2017. A documentary on his life released in June 2023 on Showtime and in November 2023, he released his first book, "KILLING THE IMAGE: A Champions Journey of Faith, Fighting and Forgiveness."
Today on the podcast, we talk to Andre Ward about his journey with Christ, giving God all the glory, the importance of forgiveness and what it was like to be cast as a part of the movies "Creed" and "Creed II."
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, guys? Coming up today on the show, I could not be more excited to have Boxing Hall of Famer, USA Gold Medal Boxer, Championship Boxer, Andre Ward here today on Sports Spectrum. This is an interview I've wanted to do for at least three to four years. It finally came together. God made it happen. And Andre Ward is our guest today on Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:22.5 | He is a pastor now. He is a new author. He's got a documentary that released earlier this year on |
| 0:28.4 | Showtime on his life. God is using Andre in a really cool way post boxing career. And this guy's |
| 0:35.9 | main goal in life right now is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. |
| 0:41.0 | Andre Ward coming up in just a moment here on Sports Spectrum. First, want to say thanks to our |
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