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I-LOS ANGELES – (March 13, 2015) – Ezifanele the nature engakaze ibonwe lokhu mega-fight, iziqubu ukuthi kulindeleke ukuba kube abacebe in boxing umlando, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao banikezwa ukwelashwa royal Wednesday engqungqutheleni gala press at Nokia Theatre at LA Live.
A glitzy, Hollywood–isitayela carpet-engaqhathaniswa obomvu ukuthi of umklomelo Hollywood ezinkulu sikhombisa-lalisongwa out nokwamukela bomlilo ukukhokhela ukufinyelela ngaphezu 700 credentialed media members from around the world. Among the formidable press core were dozens of television and radio crews and literally hundreds of newspaper columnists, boxing abalobi, futhi izindaba, entertainment and sports reporters. Even the Goodyear Blimp flew above to mark the occasion as the top-two fighters of this generation, Mayweather and Pacquiao, waya ubuso nobuso okokuqala ngaphambi kwabo welterweight amaqhawe ubuqhawe emhlabeni ubunye iziqubu Saturday, May 2, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Wasekela by Mayweather Promotions and Top Rank Inc., the pay-per-view telecast will be co-produced and co-distributed by SHOWTIME PPV® futhi HBO Khokha-Buka® isiqala at 9:00 p.m. KANYE/ 6:00 p.m. PT.
Nazi lokho ababambiqhaza NgoLwesithathu press conference ayezokusho:
Floyd Mayweather
“Le impi babekwazi uke kwenzeka kudala, kodwa isikhathi manje. Kuba i matchup engakholeki futhi ngiyazi abalandeli abakwazi ukulinda ngenxa lokhu. Isikhathi okulungile futhi isikhathi manje.
“Ekugcineni safika kwenzeke. Konke mayelana uyasigcina isikhathi.
“Kwakungekho ukukwata towards (umgqugquzeli zangaphambili) Bob Arum, Ngangineminyaka nje happy ukuba babe boss yami emva kweminyaka esebenza kanzima futhi ngokuzinikezela isibhakela futhi ukufunda nohlangothi lwebhizinisi it. With kwesikhathi, I ekugcineni kwadingeka ukuba babe boss yami. Azikho imizwa kanzima towards Bob Arum nhlobo.
“Kuba njalo kuhle ukubona ukulwa best the best, lokho yini ethakazelisayo ngalokhu matchup.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi thina behlangana emva Miami Heat basketball game, ukuhlangabezana one-on-one, Nginomuzwa wokuthi ukuthi isizathu esenza le mpi kwenzeka.
“It ngempela wehla nethimba lami nethimba lakhe ehlezi phansi nekuchumanisa, ukuthola ekhasini efanayo ngokuyisisekelo.
“Akukho umuzwa wokukhululeka ukuthi ukulwa yenziwa. Ngigxila nje ukuphilela kwami kwansuku zonke futhi wagxila kulokho ngenze. Angikwazi ukuphila kwami aphile for ubani omunye.
“Siye wabhekana nazo zonke lezi guys phezulu kulo mdlalo futhi washaywa zonke guys top. Emva le mpi, engikholwa I uyonqoba, thina kuyosishukumisela ke kwenye guy.
“May 2 sinawo umsebenzi onzima ngaphambi kwami. Manny Pacquaio kuyinto fighter omuhle, kodwa okokugcina I bahlolwe I wabhekana southpaws eziyisishiyagalombili futhi unqobe izikhathi eziyisishiyagalombili, kanjalo angiyena ukhathazekile.
“You umhlabeleli bakholelwa ukuthi ngibe shape phezulu futhi kube best Floyd Mayweather Angikwazi bube.
“Kuba njalo enkulu ukuba uthole emuva emzini omkhulu Las Vegas. Lights, ikhamera, action. The MGM Omkhulu the hotel umhlabeleli emhlabeni. Kwaba njalo umgomo wami ukuba khona ukulwa. Babeqala ngaya khona ukulwa lapho ngineminyaka 17, Ngabona James Toney and Roy Jones.
“Ngiye ngabhekana umsebenzi engakholeki. Konke kwaqala nobaba. Uma bekungelona kuye mina ngeke kube lapha engikhona namuhla. Uma ubeka zonke izingcezu the puzzle ndawonye, Ngizwa nje like Ngingumfana ucezu isikhungo. Nsuku zonke lapho ngicabanga career yami Angizisoli lutho. Sizohamba phansi emlandweni njengoba ezinye fighters best, the Mayweathers ekulweni.
“Ngithemba ukulwa uyahlangabezana hype. Konke esingakwenza fighters kuba aphume khona bese ekwenza futhi enza lokho esikwenzayo umhlabeleli.
“Anginalutho ukufakazela on May 2. Ngiyazi mayelana amakhono ami, Ngiyazi ukuthi yini engingayenza futhi ngiyazi ukuthi ulethe Umdlalo wesibhakela. I am wasibusisa ngempela ukuba baphukile zonke amarekhodi boxing. Kwamanje I cha bheka phi fighter esithile nokwephula noma iyiphi amarekhodi zami.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi izitayela ukwenza ukulwa, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi izitayela zethu ezimbili ezahlukene wenze for an fight ethokozisayo.
“Any fighter kuyingozi. Uma I babhekene nabaphikisi ezahlukene, Angikwazi ukuthola a guy out kweso. Ngiyazi ukuthi wenza kahle nalokho engakwenzi kahle. Umsebenzi wami ukuthola lokho akusho ukwenza kahle.
“Uma fighter walahlekelwa ngaphambi, wokulahlekelwa in the engqondweni yakhe. Kwami, konke engikwenzele emsebenzini wami kuba win, kanjalo ngokuwina njalo engqondweni yami.
“Ingakanani imali ngenza ngempela focus yami akulona. Bengingeke ngibe lapho ngibukele namuhla uma kwakungekhona bonke abalobi kanye zabezindaba. Ngiyabonga umuntu ngamunye, ukuthi kwaba indaba enhle noma embi indaba. For 19 Eminyakeni, nina guys kwangigcina efanele. Kuze kufike umuntu imali, it ngempela uye reinvented uqobo. Ngangineminyaka 'Pretty Boy Floyd’ futhi mina ngiza ke emuva njengoba Money Floyd '’ Mayweather. Konke mayelana reinventing wena. Ngifuna ukuqhubeka nokwenza otshalomali smart kangaka grandkids zami kukhona OK.
” Ngihlale ikhambi ukwenza lokho ngenze ukuba aphume phezulu.
“Ngingumfana pretty isiqiniseko ubaba has a game plan omkhulu kangaka singa ukuphuma khona futhi wenze lokho esikwenzayo umhlabeleli. Game plan wethu ukuba smart, ngowokuqala, thatha isikhathi sethu bese msebenzi.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi Manny Pacquaio kuyinto fighter ethakazelisa kakhulu. Ukuze kuye ukufika lapho manje, kusobala ukuthi uye kwadingeka wenze kahle.
“Akekho okufanele aye ukulinda kuze ngaba 47-0 ukugembula on me, kufanele Bengilokhu ukubheja kimi kusukela ekuqaleni.”
Manny Pacquiao:
“Ngijabula kakhulu ngokuthi le mpi sekwenziwe, futhi ngiyazi ukuthi isibhakela fans bazizwa ngendlela efanayo.
“In Miami sakhuluma ukulwa futhi ngaqonda ukuthi kwaba B side futhi kwaba A side.
“Ngikholelwa ukuthi le mpi ubelokhu kuwufanele ukulinda. Abantu abaningi ajwayelekile nathi njengoba fighters, ngisho nabantu abangebona abalandeli isibhakela bayazi ngaleli fight.
“Bonke abantu Filipino bazoya ubuke le mpi.
“Camp Training uya kahle. Sijabula kakhulu. Ngilungisa ukuqeqeshwa kwami usuku ngalunye on Instagram yami.
“Ngithanda kokuba isinamumva uya empini. Kube kanti kusukela bengilokhu eyodwa. Lesi sikhathi nxazonke kunginika ugqozi okuningi futhi ngizimisele ukufakazela ukuthi ngikwazi ukunqoba.
“Le impi kubaluleke kakhulu kimi futhi wesibhakela umlando. Asifuni ukuba ashiye uphawu umbuzo engqondweni boxing fans. Boxing fans bebelokhu bemagange ukubona le mpi iminyaka emihlanu. Aye engicela umbuzo ofanayo futhi ekugcineni kwenzekani.
“Ngilokhu ukulwa ngoba boxing kuba passion yami, Ngiyakuthanda boxing. Ngiye ngakwazi ukusiza umndeni wami ngokusebenzisa boxing.
“Abantu Filipino kakhulu ejabulile for kule mpi futhi angikwazi ukulinda ukuletha ukunqoba ezweni.
“Angifuni ukuba wahlulele, kodwa ngiyaqiniseka kakhulu ngalokhu fight. Ngangikhathazeke okwengeziwe ukulwa kwami ngokumelene [Oscar] De La Hoya, [Anthony] Margarito and [Miguel] Okuphekiwe, kunami nge ekulweni Floyd Mayweather.
“Siyamjabulisa abalandeli kuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu kimi; Ngifuna ukubenza bajabule. I uthole ngezinye izikhathi ngokomzwelo ring ngoba ngifuna ukubenza bajabule.
“I ungadikibali kusaba nge ukulahlekelwa in wesibhakela. It kuyingxenye yomdlalo futhi ngiye ngamukela ukulahlekelwa futhi ngazenza a fighter kangcono. Okubalulekile ukwakha wena up and turning wena ube fighter kangcono.
“I uyosibonisa May 2.”
Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions:
“Sijabula kakhulu ukwenza umlando namuhla by ngokusemthethweni ememezela ukulwa kakhulu emlandweni ka isibhakela omunye izenzakalo ezinkulu emlandweni yezemidlalo.
“Ngithanda ukuba aqaphele indima Floyd and Manny kwadingeka ekwenzeni lokhu fight. Umhlangano ukuthi kwadingeka in Miami kwaba yingqophamlando enkulu futhi ngingathanda uqobo ukubonga Floyd ngokwenza kwenzeke.
“Eminyakeni edlule Floyd esenze MGM Grand ekhaya lakhe futhi baya ngaphezu ukuqinisekisa ikhwalithi kakhulu zonke umcimbi Floyd. Lokhu kuyoba Floyd sika 11th fight alandelanayo at the MGM Grand kanye 14th isikhathi uyobe elwa khona emsebenzini wakhe.
“Mayweather vs. Pacquiao mpi okusika phakathi Champions ezimbili ezinkulu namadoda amabili ezinkulu. May 2 kuyoba umbukwane ngokungafani yini ukuthi Las Vegas oke wabona ngaphambili.”
Bob Arum, Umsunguli CEO of Top Rank:
“It waqala lapho Les Moonves [usihlalo CBS] wafika endlini yami. Yena wangivakashela on umbhangqwana izikhathi ukungitshela ukuthi wayefuna ukwenza le mpi kwenzeke. Wayefuna ngiye Manny [Pacquiao] futhi uxoxe naye isikhwama ukuthi kungaba okwamukelekayo.
“Sasinamasonto inkhulumomphendvulwano kaningi. Bengithi ukuthi okuyakumehlela ngoba Moonves azokwenza konke wayengase ukwenza lokhu kwenzeke.
“Kwaze kwaba the game basketball in Miami lapho Manny wayeqiniseka ukuthi Floyd wayefuna ukulwa.
“It cishe kwaba ukulwa kunzima kakhulu ukwenza bengilokhu ingxenye. Kwathatha iminyaka emihlanu ukuwenza.
“Enye into icacile; kungcono ukulwa enkulu yalesi leminyaka.
“Anginayo inzondo kanye Floyd Mayweather. Floyd ubelokhu wahlala umngane omuhle; I abe lutho olubi ukusho mayelana Floyd njengoba umuntu.
“Ngiyamthanda Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach. Uma Manny iwina on May 2, okuyinto Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi kuthanda, I uyoba okukhulu nokwaneliseka the bobabili. Bayoba ngenzile umsebenzi ukuze kwenzeke.
“Isitayela Floyd sika kufanelekile ngempela ukulwa fighter sokudla. The southpaws ukuthi uye walwa ngimnikele izinkinga futhi uvukile ngenhla, kodwa southpaws walwa esikhathini esidlule akuzona Manny Pacquiao.
“Le impi uyovusa ezingenayo enkulu zonke Las Vegas. Ngingathanda bengilokhu efakwa isikhundla esabekayo uma ngingathanda uzamile ukuhambisa le mpi out of Las Vegas, ngisekhona ohlala. Ngempela, impi kungokwalabo in Las Vegas. Izinkulungwane nezinkulungwane zabantu ngeke uthele Las Vegas nje ukuba yingxenye yesehlakalo. Lokhu kuyoba wumcimbi emlandweni Las Vegas.”
Freddie Roach, Trainer Pacquiao sika:
“Ngicabanga ukuthi Floyd kwadingeka ithuba elingcono ngokukhanda Manny Pacquiao eminyakeni emihlanu edlule kunaye manje. Imilenze Floyd sika kukhona shot manje futhi ehlile impela kancane. Ngicabanga ukuthi kungaba ngokunenzuzo leso.
“Floyd uthi ufuna ukushintshanisa nge fighters more manje ukwenza kube fight more okuthakazelisayo, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi akulona iqiniso. Yena akanandaba abalandeli ngaso sonke futhi isizathu kuphela anakho ukushintshanisa kakhudlwana ngoba imilenze yakhe ngeke athathe naye aphume fight.
“Uma Floyd has ukushintshanisa nge Manny Pacquiao ngicabanga ukuthi kuhle kithi yingakho ngicabanga sesikude ukunqoba le mpi.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi le mpi zizoshintsha umdlalo isibhakela.
“Manny ungibizile up and wangitshela ukuthi akakwazi ukuqeqesha in the Philippines ngoba kungcono khulu crazy nazo zonke fans khona, akakwazi ukugxila.
“I abe rule in ekamu lokuqeqeshela kulesi sikhathi ukuthi uma kungukuthi enempumelelo in the gym for ukuqeqeshwa, ke ngeke kube azungeze. Isu yale mpi kubaluleke kakhulu futhi kuhlukile ukulwa ezidlule. Asikwazi iyiphi izinhloli ejimini; sisebenzisana nje epulanini game futhi wagxila kulokho Floyd yenzani. Ngiyazi ukuthi Floyd ubeka abantu futhi kwenza ukuba bahambe zibe isibhamu.
“Manny ushukumiseleka kakhulu kule mpi. Kufanele uthathe Floyd out of ukuzethemba kwakhe zone. Manny uyazi kanjani ukumshaya. Sizokwenza bethutha ilungelo ngaphambi we ukuhlasela kwakhe.
“Ngangifuna ukuba abanye abasha, fighters oluzayo njengoba sparring partners for Manny. Kukhona fighters abasha abavela Chicago, Massachusetts and Finland abangena ukuba Spar nge Manny. Izitayela yabo kukhona yisifo sokuwa ephelele Manny. Bangase get akhishwe futhi wathumela ekhaya, kodwa sizobe sibone. Engiye ababambisene sparring zikleliswe.
“Game plan yethu ukunqoba zonke round. Uma sithola Knockout, ke lokho nje ibhonasi. Floyd agcobhoze esandleni sika Manny. Lokho iphutha umuntu uyokwenza ngokumelene southpaw. Sinazo ukunqoba umzuliswano wokuqala futhi athathe Floyd out of induduzo yakhe zone.”
Richard Sturm, President Entertainment & Sports MGM Resorts International:
“Siyajabula ngokuthi le mpi sesifikile ophawulekayo nokuthi ukuwethamela MGM Grand. The resort is home to the biggest names in sports and entertainment and on May 2 we will host one of the greatest fights the sport will have ever seen.
“Eminyakeni edlule, kokubili Floyd and Manny umlomo abalandeli ngaphakathi MGM Grand Garden Arena nalabo ukubukela on PPV ngendlela ejabulisayo fight isipiliyoni. Nakuba ukulwa wangaphambili ukuba kwakuthakazelisa kakhulu, we believe there is nothing that can compare to the spectacle these two champions will deliver on May 2.”
Ken Hershman, President HBO Sports:
“Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo, the fans, pundits nabalobi ngeke aphambane phansi zonke izici le mpi.
“Ngithanda ukubheka emuva futhi siqonde indlela sifika lapha. Bekuyi 2001 lapho a kid young out of the Philippines okuthiwa Manny Pacquaio wenza HBO DEBUT yakhe. Nhlanhla, the bottale of the impi Floyd Mayweather. Floyd wenza HBO DEBUT yakhe 1997 futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi uye walwa on HBO noma HBO PPV 26 izikhathi.
“Nakuba laba ababili akaphindanga wahlanganyela ikhadi ngaphambi May 2, babé ngamunye sesiqhubeke ukuba Hall of Fame careers abe fighters ezimbili enkulu esizukulwaneni sabo. Floyd uye isihloko esikhulu nine HBO PPV imicimbi and Manny 17 HBO PPV izenzakalo. Labo 26 izenzakalo baye benza phezu 21 million uthenga PPV abangaphezu billion dollars ezingenayo.
“On May 2, lezi superstars ezimbili bazobamba iqhaza kulokho thina sonke siyazi kuyoba umcimbi single boxing enkulu kunazo zonke isikhathi.
“Thina uyaziqhenya eyodwa liphinde ukwenza umlando May 2 kanye Mayweather and Pacquiao.”
Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President & Umphathi Ovamile, Showtime Sports:
“Uma Floyd Mayweather wasayina deal yakhe mlando nge Showtime eminyakeni emibili edlule, wathembisa us izinto ezimbili: one, wayezobe ukulwa kaningi futhi; ezimbili, ngamunye ngosuku lwempi ayisithupha ngaphansi deal yakhe yayizoba izenzakalo ezinkulu kungenzeka ngokumelene nabaphikisi engcono. Phambili Fast iminyaka emibili, futhi Floyd uye wagcina zonke izwi izithembiso zakhe.
“Manje nje okwesibili ukulwa abahlanu Showtime, Floyd elwa Umphikisi ukuthi abantu abaningi babecabanga ukuthi ngeke ukulwa. Showtime PPV and Floyd irekhodi PPV ne umcimbi wokuqala ngo September 2013 futhi sibheka phambili omunye ukusebenza irekhodi-breaking on May 2.
“Showtime iye yaba nesandla ezinye enkulu PPV izenzakalo zomlando kuhlanganise Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson in 2002 futhi Mayweather vs. Canelo [Alvarez] in 2013. Kodwa akukho lezo zenzakalo ziye ekhiqizwa uhlobo isasasa nokulindela in media ukunakwa olufana usinga ukuthi le mpi luye lwashukumisa kakade.
“Lokhu yokuthi sonke at Showtime and CBS ngekutsi beletha kule mpi ndawonye. Excited, uyaziqhenya, Bathokozile, labo ezinye tichasiso ezingenakubalwa ukuchaza imizwa yethu ngalesi senzakalo, kodwa bamangaleAkayena omunye wabo. Lapho nje wavala deal bethu Floyd in 2013, impi Pacquiao kwaba kuqala kokubili for Floyd kanye nathi.
“Noma nini kwaba isikhathi sokuxoxa Umphikisi Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao kwaba njalo phezulu ohlwini Floyd sika.
“Njengoba CEO of CBS kanye fan osenesikhathi eside boxing, Leslie Moonves kwaba onogqozi lokhu deal futhi isizathu esiyinhloko esenza le mpi senziwa.
“Siyazi ukuthi Floyd abavumelana inombolo eyodwa fighter in the mdlalo, siyazi ukuthi Floyd kunazo zonke wakhuluma athlete zonke kwezemidlalo kanye Floyd Mayweather, Showtime isibe PPV inombolo eyodwa distributer in ithelevishini. Sibheke phambili breaking amarekhodi more nokwenza umlando okwengeziwe May 2.”
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