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SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Ora I 10 p.m. AND/7 p.m. PT i te SHOWTIME®
Mai i U.S. Bank Arena i Cincinnati, Ohio
Pāwhiritia HERE Hei Tikiake Photos i Stephanie Trapp / SHOWTIME Cincinnati, Ohio — (E whitu. 30, 2015) – Adrien Broner (30-2, 22 Koó) a Khabib Allakhverdiev(19-1, 9 Koó) tū te īngoa pāpāho i te Punch House i roto i Cincinnati i runga i te Wenerei a faaineine ai ratou no te a tenei Rāhoroi WBA Super Kōmāmā World Championship, ora i runga i SHOWTIME (10 p.m. AND/7 p.m. PT) i U.S. Bank Arena.
I roto i te SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING co-āhuatanga, tūturu IBF Junior Kōmāmā World Champion Jose Pedraza (20-0, 12 Koó) ka tiakina e tona taitara ki mua kaiwero taitara aoEdner Cherry (24-6-2, 19 Koó).
SHOWTIME EXTREME whawhai me opuaraa tūturu Robert Aranga Jr. a Jamel Herringwhai wāhi hoki i roto i Wednesday o īngoa. Aranga Jr. (15-0, 12 Koó) Ka tangohia i runga i Juan Ramon Solis(20-9, 9 Koó) i Herring (13-0, 8 Koó) Ka fehangahangai Yakubu Amido (19-7-2, 17 Koó) i roto i te 10-a tawhio noa pāngia motuhake Kōmāmā tenei Rāhoroi. FAKATOKANGA: Solis Ko te whakakapinga mutunga mo te Miguel Acosta kauwhautia mua hei hoariri mo Aranga Jr.
I tonu Broner tona taurangi o puku ki te pāpāho, te toa e toru-wehenga ao “kia mahi i tana ringa ki te korero” i roto i te tūmomo spirited i roa tata 90 meneti.
Tenei te aha i te era atu nga whawhai SHOWTIME o ki te mea i runga i te Wenerei:
KHABIB ALLAKHVERDIEV:
“Titau ahau Broner ki tamata ki te tākaro tona kēmu, engari ka tākaro tatou i to tatou kēmu.
“Ko te wheako e ahau riro i muri i ngaro i te taitara i roto i toku whawhai whakamutunga [ki Hehe Vargas] Ko e tino matau ahau te faingamālie e ahau kei te hoatu e ahau e haere ki tenei whawhai.
“E kore ahau māharahara e pā ana whawhai i roto i te whenua o Broner. I have fought many fighters in their own cities and it doesn’t bother me.
“I te Rāhoroi po, Ka whakaatu ahau i te pā he whawhai nui, me te haere mai i roto i ki te wikitoria.”
Jose Pedraza:
“Whakangungu tatou pakeke te wa katoa, Ko tatou i roto i te āhua nui, me te faaineine tatou no te nga whawhai kia rite ki te hoa tauwhainga ko te toa.
“Edner Cherry Ko te toa tino mātanga. He is a strong guy and good puncher.
“Ko ahau i roto i te āhua nui, me te ahau rite ki te whawhai 12 rauna.
“This could very well be the toughest fight of my career. He hasn’t lost in seven years. But we are very prepared, ako te puna whawhai a ka he rite ki te haere mai Rāhoroi.
“Ka tākaro i te wahi nui toku tamarikitanga i roto i tenei whawhai. Ahau nui muri atu ia ia, me te, i waho i te feaa, Ka riro ahau i tenei whawhai.
“E kore e taea e ahau e tatari mo te pā ki te whanga ki tenei whawhai, a ki te kahore e taea e ratou i konei i to tumanako ahau mataara ratou i runga i SHOWTIME. It will be a great fight.”
Edner Cherry:
“Tenei ka waiho i te whawhai tino uaua. We’ve been training hard and had a great camp.
“Au e kore tango ahau tetahi mea atu i ia, te ia he toa uaua. Te ia he toa mo te take. Ko i runga i Rāhoroi Au e haere mai ahau po mo taua taitara, e te toku mahi.
“Ako'i matou hoki 12 rauna pakeke, engari ki te haere mai te knockout, na, ko ahau rawa fiefia. All I’m looking for is a very hard 12-round fight.
“Ake mai i toku mate taitara ki Timoteo Bradley i roto i 2008, I’ve pushed myself to get back into this position and to give myself the opportunity for a title shot at the right weight class. I’m finally in the right weight class for me.
“Bradley ko te toa nui nui, no te whawhai matou [i roto i te 2008]. Ko te pohehe i runga i to tatou mutunga. Ia ko noa te taata nui, engari ko ahau i roto i te whakakai ki tetahi te whawhai pai i roto i te ao o me ahau tino ako i taua whawhai.
“Korerotia e ahau e ahau kia hari e kore ahau i riro i taua taitara ki a Bradley no te iwi, i roto i toku ngakau, E kua whawhai ahau i 140, engari e kore e ko e toku piha taimaha. E kua ahau i te ihupuku whawhai i toku ora 140. I glad I didn’t win it, engari au hari whakairihia ahau i roto i reira, ka eke ahau hoki ki roto ki te whawhai nui ano ahau.
“Kua kua ahau te whakarite mo tenei whawhai mo 15 tau, a haere ana a reira ki te whakaatu i runga i Rāhoroi.”
ROBERT EASTER JR.
“I ahau i te rota o te iwi e haere mai ana i Toledo kia kite i ahau. Kei oaoa katoa e pā ana ki reira ratou.
“Ko te rua taku wa whawhai i runga i SHOWTIME EXTREME tenei a ahau pono manaakitia. It’s a good opportunity to showcase my skills on national television.
“Ahau tetahi mea e pā ana ki toku hoa tauwhainga e mohio, engari e ahau te mahi e runga i te whakaaro. It’s been the same thing as the rest of my 15 hoariri. Kihai ahau i ako ia ratou i te katoa. Whoever they put in front of me, e te te whakamātautau i ahau ki te hinga, me te kia tawhiti kua ahau te mahi pai a haere ratou katoa.”
JAMEL Herring:
“Te ia toku hoa tauwhainga pai ano. He’s a tough guy, tino roa. He’s a lot more durable than my last few opponents.
“Ahau e tango tetahi mea i a ia, engari au hihiri, me te titiro whakamua ki atu ahau e aki atu i te tetahi mea e ahau. It’s going to be a great step up and people are going to see a lot more than they’ve seen from me in the past.
“Ahau i roto i te āhua nui. I just had a fight back at the end of August. I took literally three days off instead of a whole week and came right back, na kua ahau i hoki e toru nga marama mua whiwhi ki tenei rā i roto i te āhua.
“Te reira i te haamaitairaa ki te e taea ki te whakaatu i toku taranata i runga i te atamira ā-motu hei utu o te wāhi o te rohe ranei te i runga i te kāri nui, engari e kore e whiwhi ahua o te TV te rongo tetahi. Now I’m part of the big show.
“I don’t take anything for granted or let it get to my head. To me it’s another fight and I take every fight seriously. E kore e mea faufaa te reira nei Au i ahau ki, nga whawhai ko te kohatu takahi ki te taitara, na he nui nga whawhai.”
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