According to Dan Rafael, Alexander Brand has been accepted by HBO as Andre Ward's Nov 21 opponent.

Super middleweight Alexander Brand Monsalve of Columbia is age 38 and has fought one good opponent in his career: Badou Jack, who he lost to a few years ago.

Andre Ward will have him go up from 168 to 175 for this fight.

Does Brand have a chance? Is this a mismatch? Why didn't Ward choose a light heavyweight, why make Brand move up in weight?