HBO's World Championship Boxing returns tonight with a light heavyweight main event between Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) and Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 KOs). Ward, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, will have the hometown fans cheering him on at Oakland, California's Oracle Arena. The fight purses have been revealed for the night's two televised fights, and unsurprisingly Ward is the runaway top earner.
#WardBarrera purses from commission: Ward $1.85 million. Barrera $450,000. Diaz $50K. Velez $30K. #boxing
— Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) March 25, 2016
This fight is Ward's first of three on his new HBO contract, which includes a big showdown with consensus #1 LHW Sergey Kovalev (29-0-1, 26 KOs).