Everything changed for Andre Ward when he found a needle. Originally, Ward never wanted this part of his story told. Now, he's ready to share about his Oakland upbringing. The “Son of God,” ahead of his Showtime documentary premiere with tashanreed:
After traveling from Houston to California, Prince hopped in a car with Hunter and tracked down Ward in the streets while he was selling drugs. Prince told Ward that he was going to “take care of all these misdemeanor problems,” in reference to the trials and tribulations that had consumed his life.
Even then, however, Ward remained in the streets. It wasn’t until he nearly died after swallowing multiple bags of crack rocks to hide them from police in 2003 that he finally decided to make a change. To help guide him along the way, he aimed to reconnect with the Christian faith his father had instilled in him at an early age.
After he became the United States amateur light heavyweight champion that year, Ward qualified for the Olympics. In 2004, he won the light heavyweight gold medal in Athens, Greece. Ward went on to become one of the greatest boxers ever. He compiled a 32-0 record across the super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. The success seemed to be never-ending, but he never lost sight of how close it came to never happening at all. As Ward said, “I knew I shouldn’t have been there.”
“Next to my dad dying, this is one of the hardest things that I’ve ever had to do,” Ward said. “It’s more just like a nagging feeling. It’s that drive in you. That competitiveness, it doesn’t go away. It’s sitting ringside saying, ‘Man, I could deal with this dude in a certain kind of way.’ That kind of stuff doesn’t go away.
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