Andre Ward vs. Edwin Rodríguez, billed as The Return, was a professional boxing match contested on November 16, 2013, for the WBA and The Ring super middleweight championship.

[1] After defencing his unified WBC, WBA, The Ring and TBRB super middleweight titles he had won in the Super Six Boxing Classic once in 2012, against Chad Dawson in September, Andre Ward was scheduled to make his second defence against former unified middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik on January 26, 2013, at the Galen Center in Los Angeles.

The injury was more severe than originally thought and led to the cancellation of the fight as well as the subsequent retirement of Pavlik.

[3][4] Wouls spend most of 2013 recovering from injuries and feuding with his promoter Dan Goossen, before signing to face unbeaten contender Edwin Rodríguez on 16 November, 14 months after the Dawson fight.

Rodríguez forfeited 20% of his career-high $1 million purse after weighing in 2 lbs over the super middleweight limit.