Picking up where Part 1 left off, Virgil and Andre go all the way through the pro career. The 2004 Staples Center debut. The knockdown by Darnell Boone that nearly cost him an HBO deal. The frantic red-eye to Germany to lock in the Super Six tournament and opening the bracket against Mikkel Kessler at…
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FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/p4iUAS7qotM When Andre Ward was 15 and in the middle of his ‘downhill’ street period, Virgil Hunter wrote in a personal diary that this kid would win Olympic gold in 2004, become a middleweight champion other champs feared, be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, and become a top broadcaster. Andre found the diary,…
FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/p4iUAS7qotM Virgil Hunter walks through the night-before-the-final psychology play he ran on Curtis Stevens’ coach at Silver Gloves Nationals in Lenexa, Kansas. Played dumb, called Curtis’s kid a hitter, said ‘we’re just glad to be here.’ Coach let his guard down. Andre, 10 years old, beat Curtis the next day and took home…
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FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/p4iUAS7qotM Virgil Hunter reveals the depression he was in when he first met Andre Ward in 1994: pouring shots of Tanqueray and smoking cigarettes nightly despite not being a drinker or smoker. Then a 10-year-old Andre walked into the Hayward gym, eyes kept meeting across the floor, and Frank Ward made the request…
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FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/p4iUAS7qotM Virgil Hunter shares the cinematic faith story behind Andre Ward’s 2004 Athens Olympic gold: the voice he heard in his den, the $900 round-trip ticket he charged on faith, the Greek flat that appeared through a restaurant owner, the free front-row tickets handed to him at the booth, and the $10K USA…
FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/p4iUAS7qotM Andre Ward opens up moving on the streets during a time of weakness and Virgil reveals he had ears to the street the whole time, never panicked, and played the long game with prayer and psychology. Follow Andre Ward – https://www.instagram.com/andresogward/ — New DraftKings customers, bet $5 and get $100 in bonus…