| Date | November 16, 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Citizen's Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBA (Super) and The Ring super middleweight titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andre Ward via 12th round UD | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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