"I was a fan of him 'till the point we was going to fight him" 💨😅
Virgil Hunter admits he was a fan of Sergey Kovalev's game before the iconic fights with Dre — plus how he demanded HBO grant Ward three tune-up fights to adjust to the new weight class.
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@atsboxing@andreward Was just a great fight in general. Kovalev was superb at that time, and you got over the line using all the attributes that make good boxers into great boxers. Adapting under pressure, courage, dragging self belief out of the shadows.
@ats_fight@andreward Love how Virgil Hunter put his and his wife's contributions and unconditional support to Ward's life simply as a predestined "Spritual Journey."
Happy to see Virgil still healthy and looking fabulous in the 🍊 😎 👍
Part 2 with Andre Ward and Virgil Hunter goes places we didn't expect...
Andre admits, for the first time on tape, that he knew going into the second Kovalev fight it was going to be his last. He never told Virgil.
There's the knee that swelled to three times its size in camp and got drained two hours before he walked to the ring, rising to the moment, and then deciding to walk away from a sport you're at the very top of.
Part 2 is out now: https://t.co/x3BXDqTUSi
“The people that were praying for me… the prayers worked” 🙏
Andre Ward gets real about battling the demons within himself, all while trying to help his mother face her own battles.
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No one teaches the art of hitting and not getting hit better than Virgil Hunter 🧠
Dre & Virgil take it back to the first time Virgil saw a young Andre Ward in the gym in Hayward, California.
And the rest is history… 🐐x🐐
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Been covering #boxing for 18 years watching for 44 years. @andreward is my all-time favorite and because he's not only gifted, he's real. Salute my brother. https://t.co/58UuUb4uhT
Been covering #boxing for 18 years watching for 44 years. @andreward is my all-time favorite and because he's not only gifted, he's real. Salute my brother. https://t.co/58UuUb4uhT
@ats_fight@andreward I’ve been waiting until the weekend to watch the conversation in full…totally focused. I think it deserves it. Virgil sounds like a Special Human.
“That was the only option that was meant to be” 🥹
Andre Ward and lifelong coach Virgil Hunter reflect on Dre moving in with Virgil as a kid… when he had nowhere else to go.
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The man behind the champion takes his seat on THE ART OF WARD 🔥
Andre Ward’s lifelong trainer and Godfather, Virgil Hunter, sat down for an all-encompassing conversation about a young SOG, gold medals and championship belts, and all the stories that live between.
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