Andre Ward Net Worth

What is Andre Ward's Net Worth?

Andre Ward is an American former professional boxer who has a net worth of $12 million. In a career spanning from 2004 to 2017, Andre Ward went undefeated and held multiple world championship titles in both the super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. He also won the light heavyweight gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Career Earnings & Notable Paydays

When totaling his most notable reported fight purses, Andre Ward earned a cumulative $17,317,500 in guaranteed pay from these six key bouts.

The breakdown of that $17.31 million total is as follows:

• Sergey Kovalev II (2017): $6,500,000
• Sergey Kovalev I (2016): $5,000,000
• Sullivan Barrera (2016): $1,850,000
• Chad Dawson (2012): $1,367,500
• Alexander Brand (2016): $850,000
• Edwin Rodriguez (2013): $750,000

This figure represents the guaranteed contract amounts for these specific high-profile fights. It does not include his earnings from the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament or his share of the Pay-Per-View profits for the Kovalev fights. Estimates for Ward's total career earnings from boxing sit closer to $25 million to $30 million. Since retiring undefeated in 2017, he has remained active as a lead analyst for ESPN and as an actor in the Creed film franchise.

Early Life

Andre Ward was born on February 23, 1984, in San Francisco, California to African-American mother Madeline and Irish-American father Frank. He got into boxing at the age of nine when his father took him to a boxing gym in Hayward. Due to his parents' problems with substance abuse, Ward fell under the guardianship of his godfather Virgil Hunter, who would become his trainer.

Amateur Boxing Career

Ward won his first major amateur title in 2001 when he became the US Amateur Middleweight Champion. The following year, he won the Under-19 National Championship, and in 2003 he became the US Amateur Light Heavyweight Champion. In 2004, Ward claimed the light heavyweight gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He concluded his amateur boxing career with a 115-5 record.

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Professional Boxing Career

In late 2004, Ward made his professional debut with a second-round TKO victory over Chris Molina. The next year, he defeated such opponents as Kenny Kost, Ben Aragon, Glenn LaPlante, and, in a particularly tough fight, Darnell Boone. In 2006, Ward handed Andy Kolle his first career loss, and in 2007 he beat the undefeated Roger Cantrell. He remained dominant in the ring throughout 2008, claiming the vacant regional WBO-NABO super middleweight title in a TKO victory over Jerson Ravelo in June. In early 2009, Ward won the vacant NABF super middleweight title with a unanimous-decision victory after 12 rounds against Henry Buchanan. He successfully defended all of his super middleweight titles three months later in another 12-round unanimous-decision win, this time over Edison Miranda. Toward the end of 2009, Ward had his first career fight in Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament. He faced the powerful Mikkel Kessler for Kessler's WBA (Super) super middleweight title. Ward ended up defeating his heavily favored opponent with a technical decision in the 11th round.

In mid-2010, in his first defense of his WBA super middleweight title, Ward defeated Allan Green by unanimous decision after 12 rounds. He achieved the same results against Sakio Bika in his second title defense in November. In 2011, Ward had two more consecutive 12-round unanimous-decision wins, against Arthur Abraham in the Super Six semifinal and against Carl Froch in the Super Six final. The latter victory also gained Ward the WBC super middleweight title and the vacant The Ring super middleweight title. He successfully defended all his titles against Chad Dawson in 2012. In 2013, Ward was controversially stripped of his WBC title due to inactivity and mandatory challenger rules. He spent the majority of that year recovering from injuries and beefing with his promoter Dan Goossen before he successfully defended his WBA and The Ring titles against Edwin Rodríguez in November. Ward sat out the entirety of 2014 while still at odds with Goossen, who passed away that September.

After 19 months out of the ring, Ward returned in mid-2015 to take on Paul Smith, whom he easily defeated via TKO in the ninth round. Later in the year, ahead of his move up to the light heavyweight class, Ward vacated his WBA super middleweight title. He went on to make his light heavyweight debut against Sullivan Barrera in 2016, and won by unanimous decision after 12 rounds. That summer, Ward defeated Alexander Brand by unanimous decision to claim the vacant WBO International light heavyweight title. In his final fight of the year, Ward claimed the WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO light heavyweight titles in a controversial unanimous-decision victory over Sergey Kovalev in Las Vegas. Ward and Kovalev met up for a rematch in mid-2017, and Ward again took a controversial win, this time via TKO in the eighth round. It would be his final professional bout, as he announced his retirement three months later at the age of 33. Ward finished his career undefeated with 32 wins. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, in 2021.

Personal Life

Ward is married to Tiffiney, his high school sweetheart. Together, they have four children named Malachi, Andre Jr., Amira, and Micah.

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