លោក. លោក Marc Abrams: ជំរាបសួរ, មនុស្ស​គ្រប់​គ្នា, welcome to this great conference call for this tremendous fight that’s going to happen on Saturday, April 18th at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, ញូ​វ​យ៉​ក. The fight will come on air at 9:45 as part of a split site double header with Terence Crawford taking on Thomas Dulorme. On the call for the first part of the call will be Team Provodnikov, Banner Promotions present Artie Pelullo, the Siberian Rocky himself Ruslan Provodnikov, along with his manager Vadim Kornilov who will train–ultimately will translate, Hall of Fame promoter Freddie Roach, and also Kelly Abdo and Heidi Strong from Turning Stone are also on the call. Let me turn it over to Artie Pelullo–Artie?

លោក. arti Pelullo: សួស្តី, hello, អ្នក​រាល់​គ្នា, this is Artie Pelullo from Banner Promotions. Good afternoon–everybody on this call knows that this is one of the great fights of the year for us, for our sport, and I just wanted to–the first thing I want to say is thank Eric Gomez from Golden Boy, and Oscar for helping us put this fight together. It was very easy to do. លោក Eric, Lucas បាន, និង–I’m sorry, Lucas Matthysse and Ruslan Provodnikov, excuse me, both wanted this fight. ដូច្នេះ, it was very easy to put together. Eric and I literally did the deal in maybe 30 ឬ 40 minutes and this is how one of the great fights of 2015 got made, very easily, but two guys who wanted to fight and two promotional companies who work together in the co-promotion. And we’re doing this event equally together and it’s going to be an exciting night for boxing. I believe it’s going to be Corrales Castillo one, which I had a good fortune of promoting with Bob Arum and Gary Shaw. That’s what I think of the fight. Both guys don’t know how to do anything but put on TV friendly and fan friendly fights. Before I get into anything else with the show, I’d just like to turn it over to Kelly from Turning Stone who is the PR Manager who would like to say a few words on behalf of or host, Turning Stone Resort & Casino who went out of their way to make sure that they landed this fight because they’re really into the boxing business. They’re really fight site friendly. And they’re really into going out of their way to put on a spectacular live event at their location. ដូច្នេះ, Kelly បាន, why don’t you take it from here and say what you’d like to say about Turning Stone.

លោកស្រី. Kelly បាន Abdo: សិទ្ធិ​ទាំងអស់, សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក, Artie–hello, មនុស្ស​គ្រប់​គ្នា, it’s Kelly Abdo from Turning Stone Resort Casino. And as Artie mentioned, we’re really excited to be hosting this epic fight and to have everyone here. We’re all really looking forward to it and we have a week’s worth of events lined up that we’re really excited to host.

លោក. arti Pelullo: សូម​អរគុណ, Kelly បាន–one thing I need to mention, បុរស, to everybody on the call and ladies and ladies and gentlemen, the reason why the fight is at Turning Stone is because Ed Allmann and Heidi Strong. They wanted the fight. They were aggressive about the fight. They realized what this kind of fight could mean because it could be a historic event because of two great punchers and two great exciting styles. I know Oscar is going to talk about Lucas, but I just like to say that he is a great fighter and I know his manager slash promoter for 20 ប៉ុន្មាន​ឆ្នាំ, Mario Arana and he’s an exceptional young man. ដូច្នេះ, it’s going to be a terrific fight on their side. As far as Ruslan’s concerned, in my opinion there’s none better. We’ve been together since his very beginning, since his first fight. It’s been my privilege to work with him. He’s a true athlete. He’s very focused on his job. He’s extremely focused on being a promotional. The VADA, the Anti-Doping Test is always something that he demands and insists on. He doesn’t believe athletes should be anything but legitimate and 100 percent legal. And his manager is Vadim who I have been working with for several years. We have a lot of fighters together. And he’s just good people, focused on the job–never an issue about who. It’s always when are we fighting? Let’s make the best fights possible. And also now Freddie Roach is on the call with us, as you know. Everybody knows Freddie. And his career changed Ruslan when he went to Freddie. The truth of it is, when he went to Freddie, got in that gym, was around world-class guys, the quality of the people he was working with changed and the development of his career was tenfold. ដូច្នេះ, after saying all of that I want to thank everybody. I’d like to introduce Freddie right now. និង, as you know, Freddie is training also training the great Manny Pacquiao, but I’d like to have Freddie say a few words on behalf of Ruslan and the show–លោក Freddie?

លោក. Freddie Roach បាន: តើ, សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក, Artie. Ruslan is doing really well and he’s in a really good shape for this fight. He knows just how to fight and he’s a good fighter and I look forward to it, and on paper it looks like one of the best this year. ដូច្នេះ, it’s going to be a tremendous show and I don’t think you want to miss this on.

លោក. arti Pelullo: មិន​អី​ទេ, thanks, លោក Freddie, and now I’d like to introduce to you all Ruslan Provodnikov, the Siberian Rocky, ដែល, as I’ve said I’ve had the good fortune of meeting him and Vadim seven years ago when I went to Moscow for the first time and signed Ruslan to an exclusive contract. និង, boy, did I not know how lucky I was at the time–Ruslan Provodnikov, gentlemen and ladies–Ruslan Provodnikov.

លោក. Ruslan Provodnikov: How are you? សួស្តី.

លោក. arti Pelullo: ជា​ការ​ប្រសើរណាស់, that’s good. He can say more than one word.

លោក. Ruslan Provodnikov: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: I just woke up getting ready to go to training. I’m happy to hear everybody.

លោក. arti Pelullo: ជា​ការ​ប្រសើរណាស់, Vadim, would you like to say a few words?

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: ជា​ការ​ពិត–Artie, thank you for the great introduction and, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, we’re here. Ruslan–he’s eating as we’re doing this. I’m sorry–he’ll be more talkative in about two, three minutes, but I’m glad that this all worked out. It’s a great fight that everybody is looking forward to. និង, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, ការ​ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ​ផ្ទាំង​ប​ដា, មាស​ក្មេង, កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន, arti Pelullo, you guys did a great job and I appreciate, and you working together to put this fight together. It’s very easy to make, and I think this is the way it should be. This is way the business should be, is the best fighting, the best, and the promoters working together–សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក.

លោក. arti Pelullo: សូម​អរគុណ, Vadim, and I guess now it’s back to you for questions and answer, បុរស, for Marc? How does it go from here?

លោក. លោក Marc Abrams: Maggie?

Operator: The lines are now open for questions. If you would like to ask a question, you may do so by pressing star and then one on your telephone keypad. That’s star and the number one. Our first question comes from the line of Dan Rafael with ESPN. Your line is live.

លោក. លោក Dan លោក Rafael: សូម​អរគុណ​ខ្លាំង​ណាស់–hello?

លោក. arti Pelullo: Go ahead, និង. We can hear you.

លោក. លោក Dan លោក Rafael: មិន​អី​ទេ, សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក, Artie–សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក, បុរស–my first question, Vadim, could you ask, respond, what does he believe the impact will be if any in the fact that Freddie–because of the Pacquiao training camp–is not going to actually be in the corner, even though he’s training him in the gym?

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Ruslan Provodnikov: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: Everything is all right. This is not the first time that Freddie was not in the corner. For me what’s important is that Freddie is with me throughout the camp and we’re working together as a team to come up with the right strategy and, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, get ready for this fight. It’s not a big deal. អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, Marvin Somodio is Freddie’s right hand guy is going to be there for me and I know that Marvin knows what I need to do in the wrong. And that’s all that’s important, but for me this is not a problem.

លោក. លោក Dan លោក Rafael: មិន​អី​ទេ, លោក Freddie, មាន​អ្នក​មាន?

លោក. Freddie Roach បាន: បាទ.

លោក. លោក Dan លោក Rafael: លោក Freddie, I know you always like to be with your fighters on fight night. Obviously that’s a big part of training a guy. Can you speak to the reason you won’t be there? Is it the matter of just because of the serious nature of the Pacquiao training camp? I understand you’ve also had some problems with your back. What’s your take on the reasons that you can’t make it to Turning Stone for the fight.

លោក. Freddie Roach បាន: យាយ, because the Pacquiao fight is very important right now and Ruslan is very important also. I work with him every day in the gym. He and Marvin have a good rapport together. Marvin knows what to do. He’s a very good trainer. Even after a fight when we went to Denver by himself without me and they came through. They understand what I want and just because I’m not there doesn’t–Ruslan will still fight his fight and Marvin will make the adjustments along the way. There will be no problem whatsoever. It’s not the first or last time this has happened in my life.

លោក. លោក Dan លោក Rafael: លោក Freddie, when you think about the fight on paper between these guys, I think pretty much every boxing fan looks at this and just says, “អស្ចារ្យ, there is no chance. This can’t be, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, potentially the fight of the year, or a very memorable action packed fight. Can you just give me your take on the match up?

លោក. Freddie Roach បាន: បាទ, it’s the greatest match up in the world. វា​ជា​ការ–you’ve got two guys that love to fight, two guys that are great punches. It’s going to be a very exciting fight. នោះ​គឺ​ប្រាកដ, and it’s the best fight and the best is what we need. This is what’s going on in boxing right now and that’s why everything is really happening in boxing bigger than ever at this point because of fights like this.

លោក. លោក Dan លោក Rafael: Vadim, could you ask Ruslan to also give your response to his take on the match up? There are so many boxing fans who are super excited about this just because of the action style that Ruslan as well as Lucas to the ring.

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Ruslan Provodnikov: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: I expect the same as all the fans. អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, this is a very exciting match up. This is going to be a great fight and I think that for me it’s no less than to all the people watching. អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, for me it’s exciting as well and these types of fights are what’s important because for me the fight and the money as I’ve said many times, they’re not number one. Number one is I want my fights to be part of history, and I think this is one of those fights that is destined to be part of history. And that’s what I want to give my fans. That’s what I want to give my people back home is these fights that people will remember because not all the fights that a World Title fights are remembered. But the fights that–the type of fight that can happen between Matthysse and I are–is a fight that’s definitely going to be remembered forever.

លោក. លោក Dan លោក Rafael: សិទ្ធិ​ទាំងអស់, សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក​ខ្លាំង​ណាស់, បុរស–appreciate your time.

លោក. លោក Marc Abrams: សូម​អរគុណ.

Operator: សិទ្ធិ​ទាំងអស់, next question comes from the line of Michael Woods with the Sweet Science. Your line is live.

លោក. លោក Michael វូ​ដ: តើ, បុរស, thanks for making the time–my question is for Ruslan. Ruslan, I presume that you believe going into the fight you are betting than Matthysse. How are you better than Mattyssee?

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Ruslan Provodnikov: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: ជា​ការ​ប្រសើរណាស់, first of all I never said that I’m better than him or that I’m better than anyone else because it’s not for me to judge. All I can say is that I know that I can beat anybody and it’s all about my will. And I know that if I give everything that I have in the ring, and I give everything that I have in training, I can beat anybody. It’s all about my character and all I’m willing to give. I can’t judge who is better or who is not better, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង? And I know his team are saying a lot of things and they’re saying, “អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, we’re going to knock them out. We’re smarter, we’re better, we’re better boxers.” I don’t want to say any of that. I’m a lot more political than that. អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, talk is cheap. អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, there’s a Russian saying that says, “Don’t say I won until you win,” you know basically. And I’m not going to talk. អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, I’m going to my talking in the ring and I think that I can be better than anybody if I deserve it and I give it all in training.

លោក. លោក Dan លោក Rafael: Good stuff–ខ្ញុំ​ចូល​ចិត្ត​ថា. Question is for Freddie–លោក Freddie, I’m not asking for your game plan, but I am asking how you believe Ruslan is better than Matthysse on paper going into the fight.

លោក. Freddie Roach បាន: ខ្ញុំ​គិត​ថា, យាយ, he is, I think he’s a good puncher, but Matthysse is very strong also. I mean this is–both guys are very dangerous. I told Ruslan if you hurt this guy, don’t just talk in because he has tremendous power. Don’t let him get lucky. ដូច្នេះ, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, we have a pretty good game plan down. We know what do I think and how to do it I think. And so, probably we had a great training camp.

លោក. លោក Dan លោក Rafael: សិទ្ធិ​ទាំងអស់, good stuff–thanks, បុរស, ខ្ញុំ​ពេញចិត្ត​ក្នុង​ការ​ស្តាប់​វា.

Operator: Our next question comes from the line of Distino Lois Jr. from Black Star News New York City. Your line is live.

លោក. Distino Lois Jr.: សូម​អរគុណ​ខ្លាំង​ណាស់–thank you for the invitation, ខ្ញុំ​ពេញចិត្ត​ក្នុង​ការ​ស្តាប់​វា. The question to Ruslan is, Ruslan, ជា​អកុសល–this is Distino Lois Jr., Black Star News, តំបន់ Manhattan–you suffered a setback with your loss to Chris Algieri. Do you consider this fight with Lucas Matthysse a redemption, a door opener if victorious so that you can take advantage of the vacancies of the 140 pounders because now, ជា​ការ​ពិត​ណាស់, we are aware of the fact that Danny Garcia and Lamont Peterson, two of your future opponents, have moved up to 143 catch-weight fight for the 11th. ដូច្នេះ, now the victory over Matthysse would be a door opener for you. Is that how you feel?

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Ruslan Provodnikov: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: I definitely know that there’s a lot of different things going on at 140 ឥឡូវ​នេះ, but for me right now I’m thinking about April 18th, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង? អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, I’m thinking about this fight and I know that once I win this fight it will open a lot of doors for me. ប៉ុន្តែ​ការ, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, once the fight is over we can sit down and I’ll be happy to answer all your questions about what’s next.

លោក. arti Pelullo: I see–let me just also clarify the question that was asked. So you know, neither one of those two guys are giving up their title. They’re fighting at 143 ផោន. ដូច្នេះ, neither one of them would have to be at risk of losing their title, which I find very interesting that neither one of them would fight for their title so they could give up their title to the winner. ដូច្នេះ, nobody is giving up their titles in that fight. What they’re doing is they made an agreement not to put their titles on the line, which is a big difference in what your question was originally about, លោក.

លោក. Distino Lois Jr.: ជា​ការ​ប្រសើរណាស់, ពិត​ជា, but I question Danny Garcia and you said he was having trouble making the weight. That’s why he agreed–.

លោក. arti Pelullo: –Then he should give up the title–.

លោក. Distino Lois Jr.: –To, ទៅ–.

លោក. arti Pelullo: –Then he should give up the title, but anyway–.

លោក. Distino Lois Jr.: –ស្តាំ–.

លោក. arti Pelullo: –That’s not–he should give up the title, but that’s not what’s going on–.

លោក. Distino Lois Jr.: –ស្តាំ–.

លោក. arti Pelullo: –What’s going on is they’re not fighting on weight, so neither one of them are at risk to lose their title–.

លោក. Distino Lois Jr.: –ស្តាំ, I’m aware of that. សូម​អរគុណ​ខ្លាំង​ណាស់. Ruslan, without giving out any trade secrets with your Hall of Fame Freddie Roach trainer, how are you all prepared for Matthysse, being that Matthysse has already shown some flaws of being knocked down twice by Molina and once by Danny Garcia? ដូច្នេះ, what are you doing to make sure that yours is the final punch?

លោក. លោក Marc Abrams: I guess next question?

Operator: សិទ្ធិ​ទាំងអស់, our next question comes from the line of Briggs Seekins from Bleacher Report. Your line is live.

លោក. Briggs Seekins: យាយ, hi, Ruslan–I’m wondering is there a sense where mentally it’s a little bit easier to relax in training camp when you know you’re playing a guy who is going to give you the kind of fight you want and not be, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, an evasive sort of fighter like Algieri, but a guy who is going to, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, like you say, give you a fight that makes history and also give you the kind of fight that you like to fight?

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Ruslan Provodnikov: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: For me training camp is training camp. I always give everything I can in training camp and I’m very responsible in training camp. ខ្ញុំ​មិន​ទទួល​យក​នរណា​ម្នាក់​ស្រាល, but to answer your question, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, walking into a ring with a fighter that I know will fight me definitely I can do a lot better than a fighter who will just run.

លោក. Briggs Seekins: ដ៏​អស្ចារ្យ, សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក–and Artie I did–I want to thank you for calling out the situation at 140 with the titles. It’s a little discouraging to see them not treated the way that a lot of us grew up seeing titles treated.

លោក. arti Pelullo: Yup, you’re right, និង, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, what’s going on is purely that they don’t want to have anything at risk. It’s a dangerous fight for both guys, but not for like Provodnikov and Matthysse. They’re putting it all on the line because they’re still fighting at 12 ជុំ. វា​ជា​ការ 140 ផោន. There is no title because we don’t have one, and I’m telling you both these kids would put their titles out if they had, but they wouldn’t be avoiding fighting for the title because then they don’t want to take a chance at losing it. That’s what’s going on. That’s exactly what’s happening.

លោក. Briggs Seekins: យាយ, ពិត​ជា–all right, good luck, Ruslan.

លោក. លោក Marc Abrams: I guess we’ll take one more for Ruslan.

Operator: Our last question comes from the line of Chris Gunzz with 15rounds.com. Your line is live.

លោក. Chris Gunzz: Ruslan, he is a huge puncher as a few different guys brought up already. Do you think he’s going to be the biggest puncher you’ve faced and do you ever wonder if you’ll be able to handle that power? Have you ever had the experience of getting hit by a guy who carries a massive punch like that, and do you feel–any questions on whether you’ll be able to take it on the night?

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: The question is about Matthysse being the biggest puncher that Ruslan has faced, correct?

លោក. Chris Gunzz: បាទ, and if he has any questions of whether he’ll be able to take it.

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Ruslan Provodnikov: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: Looking at his record, he seems to be one of the biggest punchers of this decade, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង? He’s probably one of the biggest punchers right now. Does it bother me–not at all. It only makes me more excited because I know that this is going to be a real fight and I know that either, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, I take him or he takes me. And it’s going to be toe to toe it’s going to be a real fight. For me that’s only a positive.

លោក. Chris Gunzz: And I appreciate that even more that you realize you’re facing someone dangerous, and you want to face him anyway and you don’t mind it. I love the balls you’re showing in that, and final question for Freddie. Is it a plan to jump on him early, លោក Freddie, because he did show that vulnerability in the Molina fight? Is Freddie still there? I heard someone hang up in the phone call, but is Freddie still there?

លោក. Freddie Roach បាន: ខ្ញុំ​នៅ​ទីនេះ. យាយ, I’m still here.

លោក. Chris Gunzz: Is it a focus in training camp to try to jump on him early seeing that the vulnerability was shown in the Molina fight early on?

លោក. Freddie Roach បាន: ជា​ការ​ប្រសើរណាស់, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, we can. I mean we know how this guy fights. I mean I think he is the bigger punch, and we’re a little bit better than he is, but I mean, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, he’s got his strong points also. ដូច្នេះ, it makes for an exciting fight. Ruslan is a very good fighter. Ruslan, I saw him learn how to fight Manny Pacquiao on his own. He used to be Manny’s sparing partner. And that’s when I first really got interested in him because he’s so capable. He learns very quickly and he’s a great shooter.

លោក. Chris Gunzz: One of the best ever–ខ្ញុំ​ពេញចិត្ត​ក្នុង​ការ​ស្តាប់​វា, លោក Freddie. Good luck on April 18th and good luck on May too.

លោក. Freddie Roach បាន: សូម​អរគុណ​ខ្លាំង​ណាស់.

លោក. arti Pelullo: មិន​អី​ទេ, was that it, បុរស?

លោក. លោក Marc Abrams: វា​ជា​ការ–I’m going to turn it over to Golden Boy and Team Matthysse in a minute. I guess final comments from I guess first Artie and then Ruslan.

លោក. arti Pelullo: ជា​ការ​ប្រសើរណាស់, I just want to say thank you for everybody for joining the call. There’s really not much to say. As Dan Rafael and all the other reporters and Mr. Woods who got on the phone, everybody knows that this is the most TV friendly and fan friendly fight. The networks were all over–both of them bid on the fight. ដូច្នេះ, it’s going to be a great night for boxing, a great night for our fans. And I just want to thank everybody, Ruslan, លោក Freddie, and Vadim for helping promote the fight, ដែល–it’s like–it doesn’t take a lot of promoting to promote this event because everybody knows it’s going to be a terrific event. I want to thank everybody for coming on board–សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក. Now I’d like to introduce my co-promoter and my partner in the show, and everybody knows who this is, one of the great fighters of our time who has turned out to be quite the promoter himself, good people. He has a nice staff. Like I said earlier, a lot of people say a lot of different things. It literally has been no misses to work with Oscar and his staff. It was very smooth and it’s been a joy and a pleasure, and like Eric Gomez and I say there will be future events that we’ll be working. Now I’d like to turn it over to Oscar De La Hoya. He’s the founder and president of Golden Boy and one of the great personalities in our sport. It’s my pleasure to work with him, អូ​ស្ការ?

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: Artie, sorry to interrupt. Ruslan is leaving. ដូច្នេះ, we’re good to go. He wanted to say a couple of things–.

លោក. arti Pelullo: –អូ​!, I’m sorry–I went too fast, excuse me. I’m sorry, Ruslan. Say something. I apologize.

លោក. Ruslan Provodnikov: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: I just want to say that I want to thank Artie Pelullo personally, ការ​ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ​ផ្ទាំង​ប​ដា. I want to thank my whole team for making this happen. នេះ​នឹង​ក្លាយ​​​ជា​ការ​ប្រកួត​ដ៏​អស្ចារ្យ. I want to thank HBO for making this happen. I’ve been loyal to them and they’ve been loyal to me and that’s very important to me and we’ve done great things together and there’s great things to come. ដូច្នេះ, I appreciate this and I want to say one thing to the fans. I promise this is going to be the fight you guys are all waiting for. And now from me, Artie, good luck with–.

លោក. arti Pelullo: –Sure–.

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: –I want to give the word to Oscar De La Hoya and the rest of his team, and I bet for the next 30 minutes you guys are going to hear a lot of–Matthysse is going to knock Provodnikov out and all of that, but I just want to say that Provodnikov has never been on his knees. ដូច្នេះ, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, they’re talking about knockouts a lot, but they should be expecting a knock out on their team. Good luck to you guys and I appreciate the promotions. Ruslan says all the best of health to Matthysse and his team–សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក.

លោក. arti Pelullo: សូម​អរគុណ, Vadim–.

លោក. Vadim Kornilov: –Thanks again–.

លោក. arti Pelullo: –ជា​ការ​ប្រសើរណាស់, since I–I apologize, បុរស, I went a little bit too fast. ដូច្នេះ, អូ​ស្ការ, you’re up. I don’t have to say it again. Everybody knows what we think of you–កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន–.

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: សូម​អរគុណ​ខ្លាំង​ណាស់–we really appreciate it and Artie already mentioned this fight needs no promotion. We are just thrilled that the best network is going to be televising this event. These are the types of events that obviously belong on HBO Championship Boxing and we are just thrilled and excited to be part of it. I also want to take the opportunity to thank Corona Extra, also Mexico Live it to Believe it, and Corsair Vodka, which are the sponsors of the events. They have been doing a tremendous, tremendous job with all of the Marketing and the grassroots Marketing. ដូច្នេះ, come April 18th the whole world will know the best 140 pounders will be fighting on that night. It is my pleasure to introduce to you a fighter who hails from Argentina. We all know Argentinean fighters are strong fighters who are smart fighters who come to give the fight fans a spectacular show and when you’re going to see Lucas and Provodnikov in that same ring April 18th, we–you’re guaranteed fireworks. ដូច្នេះ, it is my pleasure to introduce to you a fighter with a record of 36 និង 3 និង 32 លើក. They call him La Máquina, and that is Lucas Matthysse. [Foreign Language Spoken]–Lucas បាន. [Foreign Language Spoken], Lucas បាន.

លោក. Lucas បាន Matthysse: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: I’ll translate for Lucas. He said, hi, good afternoon, អ្នក​រាល់​គ្នា–I’m calling from my training camp in Junin and I’ve very excited for this fight and to be fighting once again in the United States.

លោក. លោក Marc Abrams: សូម​អរគុណ, gracias, and we’ll now open it up for questions from the media–gracias.

Operator: As a reminder, if you would like to ask a question, you may do so by pressing star and then one on your telephone keypad. That’s star and the number one, and our first question comes from the line of Dan Rafael with ESPN. Your line is live.

លោក. លោក Dan លោក Rafael: សូម​អរគុណ​ខ្លាំង​ណាស់–my question for Lucas–I asked Ruslan this in his portion of the call–you have a fight here where I think pretty much every boxing fan, media is anxiously waiting what they think would be the fight of the year. I would like to hear from Lucas about his thoughts about the really high expectations for this fight to be, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, extremely, extremely exciting and entertaining.

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Lucas បាន Matthysse: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: បាទ, ខ្ញុំ​ពិត, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, I’m just excited. I’m excited to be fighting a caliber of fighter like Ruslan. It’s two, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, fighters at the top of their game fighting each other. I had many good, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, replies on it, especially in Argentina. A lot of people are looking forward to the fight and I’m just excited to be fighting again at this level and fighting a guy like Ruslan.

លោក. លោក Dan លោក Rafael: លោក Eric, could you ask Lucas, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, in April last year he knocked out John Molina. It got voted as the Fight of the Year by the Boxing Writers. Does he think that it has the chance of–to be another fight of the year? Is that something he ever thinks about? I know he’s probably happy that they got the Fight of the Year for last year. He could make it two in a row potentially.

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Lucas បាន Matthysse: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: ជា​ការ​ប្រសើរណាស់, I mean for last year’s fight I’ve got to give credit to John Molina because he came to fight and he allowed me to perform in a way that made it Fight of the Year. If Ruslan comes forward and is aggressive and does the same thing, បន្ទាប់​មក, បាត, I’m going to seize that opportunity and try to take advantage of that and make it an exciting fight. I think personally it could be a great fight. ប៉ុន្តែ​ការ, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, it takes two.

លោក. លោក Dan លោក Rafael: Exactly, thank you for that, លោក Eric–one question for you, អូ​ស្ការ.

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: ខ្ញុំ​នៅ​ទីនេះ.

លោក. លោក Dan លោក Rafael: តើ, អូ​ស្ការ, good to talk to you. I know for the last number of months you have preached very regularly about your desire to try to make the best fights you possibly can do as the leader of Golden Boy Promotions. I’d like to know from your point of view, is this sort of basically the kind of fight you had talked about when you said those words that this is the expectations that you have to make this caliber of a fight on a regular basis?

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: ជា​ការ​ប្រសើរណាស់, these are exactly the fights that the fans want to see, whether there’s a title on the line or no title, or where it takes place. អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, these are the fights that the fans deserve and I’ve been an advocate of staging the best fights possible for the fans and come April 18th I don’t know for sure, but I have a good hunch that this fight might be the Fight of the Year.

លោក. លោក Dan លោក Rafael: សិទ្ធិ​ទាំងអស់, thank you for that, អូ​ស្ការ–appreciate it. សូម​អរគុណ​ខ្លាំង​ណាស់, បុរស, look forward to this one.

Operator: សិទ្ធិ​ទាំងអស់, our next question comes from the line of Daniel [យល់] [00:35:22] Deportiva [sp]. Your line is live.

លោក. ដា​នី​យ៉ែ​ល: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. ដា​នី​យ៉ែ​ល: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: យាយ, he asked me about this fight, why wasn’t it staged in Los Angeles or in Las Vegas? Why New York, និង, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, simple–the venues were not available and I–he asked me if, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, this fight being such an exciting and anticipated fight, I mean how do I feel? This is what Golden Boy is all about and I’m just really happy to be working with Artie Pelullo and Eric was very instrumental in making this fight happen, and we feel very, very optimistic that I mean this fight is going be action packed from the first battle and I–and it might even be better than the Mayweather Pacquiao fight.

លោក. ដា​នី​យ៉ែ​ល: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Lucas បាន Matthysse: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: មិន​អី​ទេ, so the question was, do you know–are you aware that, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, Freddie Roach will not be working in the corner of Ruslan on the night of the fight. And Lucas said, “តើ​មិន​មែន​ជា, not really–I didn’t know.”

លោក. ដា​នី​យ៉ែ​ល: Gracias.

Operator: សិទ្ធិ​ទាំងអស់, next question comes from the line of Michael Woods with the Sweet Science. Your line is live.

លោក. លោក Michael វូ​ដ: សួស្តី, បុរស, thanks for taking the time. My question is for Ruslan. Ruslan, on the first portion of the call someone referenced you saying something along the lines of you believe you are going to knock Provodnikov out. But I didn’t see that. I’m not sure what outlet that was said to. Can you reiterate that? Can you talk about that and clarify it for me what was said there?

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Lucas បាន Matthysse: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: តើ​មិន​មែន​ជា, he said they weren’t exactly those words, but he said how long. It’s a tough fight and he’s going to–he’s ready to fight. He’s ready for a tough fight, and if the opportunity presents itself so that the fight could end early, obviously I’m going to take advantage of it. But I’m ready to fight a tough fight and it’s going to be a tough fight.

លោក. លោក Michael វូ​ដ: សូម​អរគុណ–this question is for Oscar. អូ​ស្ការ, you’ve repeatedly said you want the best fighting the best. That’s going to be the stamp that Golden Boy wishes to put on its fight. I am wondering, is there a certain class of athlete and human being who wants to accept the challenge of the best fighting the best, and are you going to maybe target those types of fighters and only sign those types of fighters to Golden Boy moving forward?

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: ជា​ការ​ប្រសើរណាស់, that’s up to the fighter. I mean I can’t fight for the fighter. អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, they go up to the ring and they perform, ប៉ុន្តែ​ការ, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, we at Golden Boy want to make the best match ups possible, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, obviously keeping in mind that, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, that the fans always come first and, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, this fight here with Lucas and Provodnikov, I mean this is–everybody is writing about how this is going to be the Fight of the Year and we feel proud to be working with Artie Pelullo and making this happen.

លោក. លោក Michael វូ​ដ: យាយ, and the fan buzz for this on Twitter is amazing I would say. Could you give us a hint maybe, a little bit of a tease about maybe some other types of fist fights that maybe you’re trying to make, or want to make for the rest of this year?

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: ជា​ការ​ប្រសើរណាស់, this is–that’s calls for another conference call. ដូច្នេះ, we’re going to focus here on Lucas. ដូច្នេះ, we’ll have a call about that shortly, my man.

លោក. លោក Michael វូ​ដ: សិទ្ធិ​ទាំងអស់, thanks–appreciate it, បុរស–be well.

លោក. arti Pelullo: Take care, លោក Michael.

Operator: សិទ្ធិ​ទាំងអស់, next question comes from the line of Disino Lois Jr. with Black Star News New York City. Your line is live.

លោក. Disino Lois Jr.: សូម​អរគុណ​ខ្លាំង​ណាស់–gracias–[Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. arti Pelullo: តើ, លោក Eric, can you translate that in English too? I speak a little Italian, but no Spanish.

លោក. Disino Lois Jr.: អូ​!, you want me to say it in English too?

លោក. arti Pelullo: យាយ, I want to hear what’s–I told you, I speak a little Italian, but no Spanish–sorry, បុរស.

លោក. Disino Lois Jr.: ជា​ការ​ប្រសើរណាស់, I can do both if you want me to. I don’t know.

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: ដូច្នេះ, the question was, Lucas បាន, do you see this as an opportunity of more doors opening at 140 so that you can be the top fighter at 140? Obviously there’s still Danny Garcia and Lamonte, but everybody knows they’re fighting at a catch-weight. Is this kind of like the changing of the guard and it’s going to open up the doors so you can be the top fighter at 140? Lucas បាន, [Foreign Language Spoken], Lucas បាន?

លោក. Lucas បាន Matthysse: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: បាទ, ជាក់​ស្តែ​ង, I mean obviously with this fight here, we’re the ones that are fighting at the weight class–.

លោក. arti Pelullo: –ស្តាំ–.

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: –Whatever reason Danny and Lamonte, they’re not–they’re fighting outside of the weight class. បាទ, this is the fight that’s going to open up opportunities for the winner. It’s the fight that’s going to open up bigger and better things, and that’s what I’m looking forward to. That’s what motivates me.

លោក. Disino Lois Jr.: Lucas បាន, [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: Are you preparing for this question–are you preparing for this fight which obviously promises to be a fight in a phone booth? Are you preparing so you’re not hit and not dropped like you have, like you did get dropped with Danny and your last fight with Molina, Lucas បាន?

លោក. Lucas បាន Matthysse: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: ជា​ការ​ប្រសើរណាស់, it’s all in the preparation. It’s all in the preparation and I’ve had–.

លោក. Disino Lois Jr.: –ស្តាំ–.

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: –And I’ve had a very, very good preparation and obviously we’ve worked on things so that that won’t happen during the fight, but it’s all in the preparation and I’ve had one of the best preparations for this fight.

លោក. Disino Lois Jr.: សូម​អរគុណ–gracias, Lucas បាន–my last question will be to Oscar De La Hoya. អូ​ស្ការ–I’ll do it in English. Is this your dream come true, អូ​ស្ការ, that all of the fights that you wanted to put together are little by little coming true, and at the same time you are spreading the wealth because you are going up to Verona, ញូ​វ​យ៉​ក. A lot of people have told me, where the heck is Verona, ញូ​វ​យ៉​ក, but it is a fight town. ដូច្នេះ, are you doing this to spread the wealth of boxing and to make it more palatable for those who cannot come into the Las Vegas and the California’s and whatever?

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: ជា​ការ​ប្រសើរណាស់, it, I’m happy to be part of a year where boxing will be shown and on the main stage. អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, we feel that boxing in 2015 is going to transcend–.

លោក. Disino Lois Jr.: –ស្តាំ–.

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: –And boxing is just–it’s just getting started. I mean with the Mayweather Pacquiao fight happening–.

លោក. Disino Lois Jr.: –ស្តាំ–.

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: –With Canelo fighting and this fight here, I mean this is what the fans want to see and we’re just excited to be part of it. និង, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, to take it down to Verona, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, the ticket sales are just a great indication of–.

លោក. Disino Lois Jr.: –ស្តាំ–.

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: –អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, that Verona is a fight town and–.

លោក. Disino Lois Jr.: –Exactly–.

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: –យាយ, the arenas weren’t available in Los Angeles or Las Vegas. ដូច្នេះ, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, we didn’t take a risk of taking it to Verona. I mean we obviously already–Pelullo knew first hand what type of fans there are in Verona, ញូ​វ​យ៉​ក. ដូច្នេះ, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, obviously he wasn’t wrong. I mean this is almost a sell out event so we’re excited to be part of it.

លោក. Disino Lois Jr.: សូម​អរគុណ​ខ្លាំង​ណាស់–God bless all of you and [Foreign Language Spoken]. សូម​អរគុណ​ខ្លាំង​ណាស់, ខ្ញុំ​ពេញចិត្ត​ក្នុង​ការ​ស្តាប់​វា.

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: Gracias.

Operator: សិទ្ធិ​ទាំងអស់, next question comes from the lines of Chris Gunzz with15rounds.com. Your line is live.

លោក. Chris Gunzz: Lucas បាន, ខ្ញុំ​ដឹង​ថា–it was my opinion that it was Fight of the Year last year, you versus John Molina. And you know how hard John Molina hits. You faced him. When you were sent film of Ruslan, you know that he carries a punch. How do you assess through film when you compare what you might feel from him, that what you already felt from John Molina? Who do you think has bigger one-punch power?

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: Lucas បាន, [Foreign Language Spoken]. Lucas បាន?

លោក. Lucas បាន Matthysse: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Lucas បាន Matthysse: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: បាទ, បាត, okay–យាយ, យាយ, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, obviously it’s hard to compare because, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, I haven’t fought against Ruslan. But they’re different styles. They’re different styles. Molina was a little sneaky. Ruslan is a very, very different style. Obviously the object of it is not to get hit, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, in this fight but I’m preparing. I’ll be ready for it.

លោក. Chris Gunzz: និង, as a guy who faced that kind of power and had to get up, cross the canvas, and you pulled out a victory in that great fight, do you ever have any questions that if Ruslan does prove to carry bigger power, will you be able to get up? Do you ever question that?

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Lucas បាន Matthysse: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: I’m not going to get dropped with Ruslan. ដូច្នេះ, you don’t have to worry about that. I’m not going to get dropped. But when Molina dropped me, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, if the punch was a little bit behind my head. I’m not making excuses, but I’m not going to get dropped. I’m not going to get dropped with Ruslan and that’s not what I’m thinking about.

លោក. Chris Gunzz: He’s pretty tough, and one question for Cuty Barrera, Lucas did show and he has shown that he can jab and he can move a little bit. He does have a little bit more to his game than Ruslan does. Is it a game plan to show movement because Ruslan does admit that he has problems with movers? Is it a plan to try to move a little bit?

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Cuty Barrera: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: He’s talking in robot I think. I don’t know what he’s saying. [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Chris Gunzz: Does Lucas want to answer that? Is he trying to involve a little bit more movement to the fight?

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. Cuty Barrera: [Foreign Language Spoken].

លោក. arti Pelullo: I don’t now what’s going on.

លោក. លោក Eric Gomez បាន: យាយ, លោក​ថ្លែង​ថា​:, អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង​នូវ​អ្វី​ដែល? I think I understood him saying they’re working on the jab. He’s working on the jab a little bit, but he doesn’t want to give up too much information.

លោក. Chris Gunzz: Maybe he’s coming as a robot. He’s going to be had to beat if he does. And one quick question for Oscar. អូ​ស្ការ, when you finished laughing out loud, what did you end up saying through text or phone call to Gary Russell on Saturday night? I’m just playing. I’m just playing. I don’t want you to answer that. I know you’re a lot more professional. I just want to commend you on the great fights that you’re putting on and the great job you’re doing at Golden Boy. I do appreciate the great job you guys are doing–សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក–សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក, មនុស្ស​គ្រប់​គ្នា.

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: សូម​អរគុណ.

លោក. arti Pelullo: Are we done, Marc?

Operator: We have no further questions, សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក, នៅ​ពេល​នេះ.

លោក. arti Pelullo: មិន​អី​ទេ, ដូច្នេះ, ខ្ញុំ​គិតថា, អូ​ស្ការ, I want to thank you. លោក Eric, Lucas បាន Matthysse, Ruslan, and all of the reporters on board. See everybody–អូ​ស្ការ, I’d like you–I’ll let you finish up with the last word. I want to see everybody at the fight and I appreciate everything that is happening with this great event–សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក.

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: សូម​អរគុណ–សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក​ខ្លាំង​ណាស់, និង, យាយ, there’s really not much to say. We’ll see you April 18th. I mean sure fireworks. We are all excited and we’re just–it’s just a pleasure to be working with Artie Pelullo and his staff and everybody involved. ដូច្នេះ, watch it live on HBO Championship Boxing. There’s a few tickets left. ដូច្នេះ, it’s sure going to be a sell out and crowd there in New York. ដូច្នេះ, we’re excited and so we’ll see you soon–សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក.

លោក. arti Pelullo: អូ​ស្ការ, if you’re around tomorrow, ថ្ងៃ​ពុធ, I’ll be in LA. Lunch is on me at In-N-Out Burger. Very important on the east coast–we don’t have them here.

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: I’m actually in–I’ll be in New York, but I’ll take you up on that at another date–សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក, Artie.

លោក. arti Pelullo: You got it. Have a good day, បុរស–សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក​ខ្លាំង​ណាស់–anything else, Marc?

លោក. លោក Marc Abrams: តើ​មិន​មែន​ជា.

លោក. arti Pelullo: សិទ្ធិ​ទាំងអស់, សូម​អរគុណ​អ្នក–bye bye–.

លោក. កីឡាករ Oscar De La Hoya បាន: –Bye–.

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