WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (27-0, 14 KOs) will return against Paul Smith (35-5, 20 KOs) on June 20 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The bout will be televised on BET. It will be Ward’s first bout since November 2013. Smith is coming off consecutive WBO title losses to Arthur Abraham. This will be the first telecast in a long term TV deal between Roc Nation Sports and BET.

BET Networks will air up to nine live, two-hour telecasts of Roc Nation Sports throne boxing events over the next 18 months, starting with WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward against Paul Smith on June 20, 2015 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. Tickets priced at $250, $125, $90, $60 and $30 go on sale Friday.