Ka taƙaita labarin:  Paul Smith ya samu daya daga cikin gwagwarmaya mafi wuya a dambe bayan kammala sharuddan da za su fuskanci Andre Ward a ranar 20 ga Yuni. Kamar yadda Sportsmail ya bayyana, gwagwarmayar a Oakland, California ba za ta kasance ba don taken WBA na duniya mai matsakaicin matsakaici. Amma yana da babbar dama, kodayake mai ban tsoro, ga Smith, wanda ya gaza a cikin kalubalen baya-da-baya don belin WBO na Arthur Abraham. Paul Smith (a hagu) ya sami damar harbi a kan dan wasan California Andre Ward wanda ba a ci nasara ba. Ward (dama) bai yi fada ba tun lokacin da ya doke Edwin Rodriguez a kan maki a watan Nuwambar 2013. A Ward zai fuskanci mutumin da ya wuce Carl Froch a shekara ta 2011, amma wanda bai yi aiki ba tun Nuwamba 2013. Gwanin zoben daga wannan sihirin na watanni 17 na iya zama wani abu a cikin ƙayyade ko Smith zai iya doke ɗaya daga cikin fitattun ƙwararrun wasanni na wasanni, tare da mai shekaru 32 yana cewa: 'Ba zan iya jira don dawowa cikin zoben ba kuma gwada kaina a kan aikin aji kamar Andre Ward. 'Na tabbatar da cewa na kasance a saman matakin tare da wasan kwaikwayon da Arthur Abraham ya yi kuma wannan ƙalubale ne da nake jin daɗi. Andre babban dan dambe ne mai nauyin fam-da-fam kuma wani da nake girmamawa sosai, amma ya yi dambe sau ɗaya kawai a cikin kusan shekaru uku kuma zan ba shi duk abin da na samu. 'Ina da sabo da kuma amincewa da shiga wannan gwagwarmaya. Wannan babbar dama ce a gare ni kuma wadda na dauka da hannu biyu lokacin da aka ba ni. Na shafe lokaci mai yawa ina dambe a Amurka kuma ina fatan in dawo don wannan gwagwarmaya. ' Ward ya ce: 'Ina matukar farin cikin dawowa a ranar 20 ga Yuni a Oracle Arena a garin na Oakland, wanda ya daɗe yana zuwa. Ina da wani dan kokawa mai matukar karfi a gabana a Paul Smith, wanda yake neman ya janye tashin hankali, amma ba zan bari hakan ta faru ba. 'Dole ne in kasance a cikin mafi kyawun wasan don in juya Smith kuma in doke shi yadda nake so in doke shi.' Takardar WBA ta duniya mai nauyin matsakaici ba za ta kasance a kan layi ba lokacin da ya fuskanci Smith a watan Yuni.
Paul Smith zai dauki Andre Ward a ranar 20 ga watan Yuni a California. Wasan WBA na tsakiya na tsakiya ba zai kasance a kan layi ba. Smith yana fitowa ne daga nasarar da Arthur Abraham ya ci shi a gasar cin kofin duniya. Ward bai yi fada ba tun lokacin da ya doke Edwin Rodriquez a watan Nuwamba 2013.