HE’S won an Olympic gold medal. He’s the Super Six joint leader. He calls himself “Son of God”. But only now has Andre Ward reached the pinnacle of the sport – he is the subject of a Boxing News Big Feature, as Danny Flexen gets to grips with a deeply religious family man.

On the action front, we have ringside reports from a disappointing showing in Glasgow from Commonwealth lightweight champion Lee McAllister against Samuel Amoako and a far more explosive performance from Belfastman Brian Magee against Mads Larsen in his Danish opponent’s hometown. We also give you the lowdown on the controversial WBA light-heavyweight title rematch between Gabriel Campillo and Kazakh prodigy Beibut Shumenov.

Editor Tris Dixon looks ahead to Venezuelan dynamo Edwin Valero’s WBA lightweight title defence against Mexican Antonio DeMarco, while Daniel Herbert picks a winner between British super-bantamweight champion Jason Booth and his challenger Matthew Marsh.

Former WBC welterweight champion John H Stracey is our State of the Game subject and Bob Mee is the Guest Columnist, while Olympic medallist Tony Jeffries takes the 60-Second Interview. We also have news exclusives with Tyson Fury and Rendall Munroe, we give you the very latest on Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley and Amir Khan-Juan Manuel Marquez and we pay tribute to cult journeyman Ernie Smith, who sadly died recently.