Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua eke a Paul Smith ki tētahi o ngā tukinga uaua rawa atu i te mekemeke i muri i te whakaoti i ngā tikanga ki te aro atu ki a Andre Ward i te 20 o Pipiri. E ai ki te Sportsmail, ko te whawhai i Oakland, California, ehara i te mea mo te taitara o te ao WBA super-middleweight o Ward. Engari he mea nui, ahakoa he uaua, he whai wāhitanga mō Smith, nāna i hinga i ngā wero o muri mai mō te whitiki WBO a Arthur Abraham. Ko Paul Smith (matau) kua eke ki te patu i te kaitakaro Californian Andre Ward. Kāore a Ward (matau) i whawhai mai i tana whiunga i a Edwin Rodriguez i runga i ngā tohu i Whiringa-ā-nuku 2013. I roto i te Ward ka aro atu ia ki tetahi tangata i kaha ake i a Carl Froch i te tau 2011, engari kaore ano kia kaha mai i te Noema 2013. Ko te waikura o te mowhiti mai i taua moemoea 17-marama ka taea te whakatau mena ka taea e Smith te patu i tetahi o nga taranata pauna-mo-pauna o te hakinakina, me te 32-tau te pakeke e kii ana: 'Kaore au e tatari ki te hoki ki te mowhiti me te whakamatautau i ahau ki tetahi mahi akomanga penei i a Andre Ward. 'Kua whakaaturia e au he taumata tiketike taku mahi ki a Arthur Abraham, ā, he wero tēnei e manakohia ana e au. Ko Andre he toa toa-mo-tohu, ā, he tangata e whakaute nui ana ahau, engari kotahi noa iho tana whawhai i roto i ngā tau tata ki te toru, ā, ka hoatu e ahau ngā mea katoa e whai ana ahau. 'Kei te haere au ki tēnei whawhai me te maia. He wāhitanga nui tēnei ki ahau, ā, he wāhitanga i tangohia e au me ōku ringa e rua i te wā i whakawhiwhia ai. He nui te wā i noho au ki te mekemeke i Te Hononga o Amerika, ā, e tatari ana ahau ki te hoki mai ki tēnei whawhai.' I kii a Ward: 'He tino harikoa ahau ki te hoki mai i te Pipiri 20 ki Oracle Arena i taku taone nui o Oakland, kua roa e tatari ana. Kei mua i a au tētahi kaiwhawhai tino pakeke i roto i a Paul Smith, e whai ana ki te huri i te whawhai, engari kāore e taea e au te tuku i tērā kia tupu. 'Kia pai taku mahi ki te tahuri atu i a Smith, kia whiua ia e ahau.' Kāore te taitara o te ao WBA o te taumaha waenga-nui o Ward e pā ana ki a ia ina tutaki ia ki a Smith i te marama o Hune.
Ka riro a Paul Smith i a Andre Ward i te 20 o Pipiri i California. Ko te taitara WBA o te taumaha waenga-nui a Ward e kore e tau ki te raina. Kei te haere mai a Smith i muri mai i te tukinga o te taitara o te ao ki a Arthur Abraham. Kāore a Ward i whawhai mai i tana whiunga i a Edwin Rodriquez i Whiringa-a-rangi 2013.