Unbeaten Super Welterweight Opens Up On The 154-Pound Division, Pros In The Olympics & Muhammad Ali As He Prepares To Face Willie Nelson In WBC Title Eliminator هذا السبت, يعيشون على شوتايم®
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (يونيو 7, 2016) – A Team Promotions hosted an open media workout في يوم الاثنين at Bix Six Academy in Providence for undefeated former world champion Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade(22-0, 15 كوس). ال 2008 الامريكى. أولمبي, العناية الإلهية, R.I., is finalizing preparations for هذا السبت 12-round WBC Super Welterweight eliminator against Willie “The Great” نيلسون (25-2-1, 15 كوس) كليفلاند, أوهايو, in one of three fights on شوتايم بطولة الملاكمة® يعيشون على موعد العرض (9 عصرا. و/6 عصرا. PT) من تطرق ستون منتجع كازينو في فيرونا, N.Y..
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Here’s what Andrade, who’ll also be risking his WBO International title, قال الإثنين:
ديمتريوس ANDRADE
Reflections of Muhammad Ali:
“Muhammad Ali certainly shook the world, and not only in boxing. He was colorful; nobody talked like him. He helped boxers, أيضا. Ali is the reason Floyd (مايويذر, الابن) is who he is because Ali set the bar high.
“As an entertaining boxer, Ali brought blacks and whites together and later he spread the word about religion, culture and his other diverse interests.
“What young boxer didn’t do the Ali Shuffle? I know I did, and taunted my opponents like him, جدا. "
About Pros in the Olympics:
“I’m for pros in the Olympics as long as an amateur, who has a few Olympic trials, has the first opportunity to qualify for the Olympics. Coming up in the amateurs, I fought grown men, some who had been Olympians a few times. كنت 21 and some of the opponents were 34-35 and had already been Olympians one or two times. They had advantages in experience, قوة ومهارة. للأسف, Americans only have Olympic opportunities when they’re young amateurs.
“Would I go the Olympics now? نعم! The Olympics is the biggest thing on the planet. To represent the United States again, نعم, I’d do it now for the chance to win gold. But I do think headgear should be applied in amateur boxing, including the Olympics.”
On the 154-pound division:
“I’m putting myself in the best position to fight for the WBO or WBC title. There are rumors of Canelo fighting (WBO champion Liam) بيطار. Let me fight Smith and the winner gets Canelo. Or let me fight Canelo with the winner getting Smith.
“I’m going to knock out the Charlo twins. Both guys have fought on SHOWTIME, so those fights shouldn’t be too difficult to make. Once I take care of business with the Charlo twins, I’ll fight Lara (WBA champion) to clean up the division.”
On Gennady Golovkin:
“I definitely want to fight Golovkin. Let me build myself up first, by cleaning out the 154-division, and then we’ll have a mega-fight with two different styles. GGG is known for his knockouts. I knock out people, أيضا, but I’m a better boxer than him. It’ll be one of the biggest fights in the sport of boxing. I’m going to clean up the 154-division, make my reputation and then it’s a go with GGG.”
Relationship with his opponent Willie Nelson:
“We were in the U.S. amateurs together, but because we were in two different weight classes – he was 140-147 وكنت 152 – there were no problems between us. We used to watch each other fight and watch other Americans box.
“Nelson is experienced having gone through the amateurs. He fought (دوارات) مارتيروسيان, who I beat (for the vacant WBO title by 12-round unanimous decision). He’s fought at this level. I know he’s tall, but I’m 6-foot-1, so our height difference isn’t serious.”
On returning to the ring:
“I’m pleased that we have this opportunity. SHOWTIME has given me this chance and now it’s up to me to prove I can backup what we said.”
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