Super middleweight champion Andre Ward will be making his RocNation Debut Saturday night in Oakland, CA when he takes on Paul Smith. Ward has been out of boxing for 19 months, and will only be fighting for the third time since 2011. The following are the purses for Andre Ward and Paul Smith for there fight. The fight will be shown on BET at 10pm EST.
Purses:
Andre Ward: $2 million
Paul Smith: $225K
Paul Smith has been fined a total of 65K due to not making the 172 weight limit and coming in higher than his rehydration limit when he weighed in earlier today. The rehydration clause was put in place when Smith missed weight. His purse will now be 165K