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Press Conference OKUCASHUNIWE & IZITHOMBE
KUSUKELA UMCIMBI MAIN PLUS ABALWELI undercard EROMA Martinez, Orlando Salido, JACK BADOU,
GEORGE Ashera, Were SMITH & VANES MARTIROSYAN
Chofoza LAPHA Ukuze ifotho From Esther Lin / Showtime
Chofoza LAPHA Ukuze ifotho Ibhayisikobho Idris Erba / Promotions Mayweather
I-LOS ANGELES (August 6, 2015) – Ezihlonishwayo abezindaba amalungu evela emhlabeni wonke waphuma uye JW Marriott at LA. Live in Los Angeles Thursdaynjengoba Floyd “Imali” Mayweather (48-0, 26 Kos) futhi esigcwele ezimbili welterweight iqhawe Andre Berto (30-3, 23 Kos) baziswa ngokomthetho wabo SHOWTIME PPV matchup ngokungenisa endaweni Saturday, September 12 kusukela MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Futhi ababekhona Thursday base pay-per-umbono undercard fighters nengxenye embondelene ezine-impi telecast. In a rematch of amaqhawe abo April 11 umhlaba-isihloko impi Roman “Rocky” Martinez (29-2-2, 17 Kos) ngiwuvikele WBO Junior igama lakhe uHlelo ngokumelene amane-time emhlabeni iqhawe Orlando “Siri” Bamuka (42-13-2, 29 Kos) kanti WBC Super middleweight Champion Badou Jack “The Ripper” (19-1-1, 12 Kos) izohlangana inselele yakhe amandla“Saint” George Groves (21-2, 16 Kos). A impi wesine telecast pay-per-umbono uzobe umemezele maduze.
Ngaphezu kwalokho isinyathelo undercard sibonisa super welterweight Yimpi ephakathi Ishe “Sugar Shay” Smith (27-7, 12 Kos) futhi Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan (35-2-1, 21 Kos), ababephakathi ababekhona Thursday ukumemezela impi yabo.
Wasekela by Mayweather Promotions, the ezine-impi pay-per-umbono telecast uzobe kukhiqizwa futhi basakaza bukhoma by SHOWTIME PPV futhi ukulwa lesithupha kokugcina a deal irekhodi-breaking phakathi Mayweather futhi Showtime Networks Inc. Showtime Sports® uyokusekela mcimbi ne Sports Emmy® Uchungechunge imiklomelo KONKE ACCESS premiering Friday, August 28.
Nakhu wayenamandla bomlilo abahlanganyeli ukusho Thursday:
Floyd Mayweather, 12-Isikhathi World Champion
“Ngiye wayesethubeni lokuthola umsebenzi okuphawulekayo. Bengingeke kushintshe lutho. Sonke siyawenza amaphutha. Siphila futhi sifunda kodwa mina ngeke kushintshe lutho.
“Ubaba trainer ephawulekayo, Virgil Hunter kanye. Kodwa uma kuziwa phansi kuso, kuziwa phansi fighters ezimbili esiyingini.
“Andre Berto kuba nathi ezinzima, owayeyisikhulu wezwe iqhawe. Njalo yena uyaphuma lapho, walunika 100 Amaphesenti angu.
“Ngakhetha Berto ngoba kuyajabulisa kakhulu. Andre Berto uya bacindezela uFloyd Mayweather umkhawulo. Yilokho enye into engiyaziyo.
“Berto njalo unikeza impi esijabulisayo. Uma Ufika washayisa yena efika up. Wayehlale ukunikeza 100 Amaphesenti angu. Izandla Fast, boxer okuhle.
“Ngiyazi ukuthi yini edingekayo lapho kungcono ukulwa lokhu ezidlula, ngoba Bengilokhu ibambene ngezihluthu pay-per-umbono iminyaka engaphezu 10 Eminyakeni. Berto kuyinto umfana onzima kakhulu, yena elambile futhi ngeke uzolala.
“September 12th is my last dance. On September 13 I just want to sit back and watch some football. Ngifuna ukubukela izingane zami zithole imfundo engcono. Futhi ngifuna ukuchitha nsuku zonke izingane zami. Lezi izinsuku kakhulu ekuphileni kwami.
“Umehluko phakathi Andre Berto futhi Pacquiao nguwe guys [nabezindaba] abeke hype ngemuva Pacquiao. Umsebenzi wami kwakuwukufaka aphume khona futhi kube uFloyd Mayweather futhi abe umdlali chess futhi yilokho engakwenza. Ngathola indlela ukunqoba.
“Inombolo 49, nazo ke. Ngiye wayesethubeni lokuthola umsebenzi okusika. Sengikhulile, uhlakaniphe kakhulu futhi impilo yami kubaluleke ngaphezu kwanoma yini. September 12 kuba impi yami lokugcina. All 48 nokulwisana wadlala ukhiye, kodwa inombolo 48 owawubaluleke kakhulu.
“Leliphupho bonke waqala nabantu ababili nje. Me and ubaba. Just sobabili.
“Uma ubuka izigaba ezimbili I ukulwa, kukhona omunye umuntu oma ulahliwe. Ngabuka division wambuza ubani njalo ezinzima impi ethokozisayo, onezandla esheshayo futhi ohlale uyinika 100 Amaphesenti angu, kwaba Andre Berto
“Lena umfana Angikwazi ungasikhohlwa. Uthi elalinikezelwe mdlalo njengawo mina futhi uya ukusunduza kimi.”
EZINYE Berto, Two-Time Welterweight World Champion
“Kuba yisikhathi eside ezayo. Manje silapha. Noma wubani uyangazi ozibonile izinto ezinkulu kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo babone mina zidlule ezinye izilingo Okuyınqo. Yini iza ukuthi okuningi uma usebenza kanzima uzophumelela.
“Eminyakeni emibili edlule ngase ngihlinzwe embhedeni esibhedlela kokuba ehlombe lami futhi engazi uma ngingeza sibuyela emuva kusukela kulowo. Ekupheleni kosuku kwaba isibusiso. Sahlala enqophileko manje silapha.
“Ngiyazi Ngiya usufikile khona fast and eqinile. Ngingumfana 152 amakhilogremu okwamanje. Ekupheleni kosuku nithatha ukubona izingane ubani kwadingeka highs yakhe. Noma ubani kwadingeka yokuwa kwakhe. Futhi manje thina Uqinisile emuva okwenza kube kwenzeke.
“Lena empini ngazizwa Floyd wayesafuna ukwenza kwenzeke. Eza off of the lwa Pacquiao, Yebo kulula ngabantu ukululaza kimi. Angikwazi sikhathazeke ngokuthi futhi angikhathazekile ngalokho ukuthi.
“Wake wambona a yisicefe Andre Berto impi? Ekupheleni kosuku sisebenza Butt yethu off, Bengilokhu ngisebenza isikhathi eside. Khona manje, isivuno uyeza. We owahlwanyela imbewu futhi isikhathi manje.
“I ukuletha ukuthi inhlanganisela ezingavamile of speed, amandla futhi explosiveness etafuleni. Umuntu wokugcina Wathenga ngayo ukuthi inhlanganisela kwaba Zab uJuda. Ngikhathazekile omncane, Ngilambile; Ngikhathazekile eqinile futhi fast. Ngithathe egxile kulokho ngiseza ukuze uthole.
“Ngazizwa like Ngabhekana lokho engabhekana ngesizathu. Isikhathi sami manje. Akukho suku kangcono ukwedlula samanje. Floyd kungekho eyisihambi kimi. Sesikhathele kakade sijule ekamu. You nakanjani asifuni miss nalena.”
EROMA Martínez, WBO Junior Esilula World Champion
“Ngijabule kakhulu ukuba yingxenye yalesi show enkulu. Ngithathe ulungiselela kahle kakhulu kule mpi. Everybody owabona impi yokuqala uyazi lokhu kwaba khona impi futhi lokhu kuyoba into efanayo. Ngingumfana isesimweni enkulu futhi Ngikulungele ligcine ibhande yami.
“Ngidinga ukusebenza emzimbeni more kule mpi futhi ubone uma ngikwazi ukuqedela ekuseni kulokhu.
“Ngingumfana isesimweni esihle ngempela kule mpi futhi bengilokhu ukusebenza ukwenza izinguquko ukuze uthole knock out kodwa uma kumele uhambe ibanga, sizobe sikulungele.
“Ngizizwa rematch lena impi esijabulisayo ithelevishini, abalandeli uhlobo athande.
“Everybody owabona impi yokuqala uyazi kwaba khona impi futhi lokhu kuyoba into efanayo. Kwami, kunginika ithuba asishiya singenakho ukungabaza engqondweni ubani ukuthi nginguJehova iqhawe.
“Salido ongasho lokho akushoyo, Ngithemba ukuthi zisesimweni esihle ngoba nginguJehova. In the end umuntu umhlabeleli uzophumelela kule mpi nokuthi kuyoba kimi.”
Orlando Salido, Four-Time World Champion
“Manje ngiyazi ubuthakathaka bakhe, Ngizomenzela ukuhlasela kusukela mzuzu sokuqala ngqa, Ngiyazi ukuthi benzeni ukuze ukunqoba.
“I kufanele ubuyisele ngokwengqondo nangokomzimba, Angiyi ukwenza ezahlukene kakhulu ngaphandle kuncoba lesi sikhathi
“Ngithathe nakanjani ngokuya ukuze siphinde sithole lokhu isihloko for Mexico. Angizizwa it. Ngiyayazi.
“Ngiyajabula kakhulu silwa insimu hlangothi for rematch yethu, hhayi Puerto Rico aphinde. Ngase kakhulu alungele impi yokuqala kodwa umahluleli ngeke ngivumele silwe impi yami. Kwabonakala unompempe ukhuluma nami wonke 12 emahlandla. I wayezama ukugxila kuphela isitha sami, kodwa ngeke ngikwazi.
“Ngijabulile kakhulu ngalokhu impi. Lena uyinyanga ekhethekile kakhulu eMexico ngokuqondene ngenxa yalowo, Ngiya uthole ukunqoba.
“Kukhona njalo ubutha okhethekile kakhulu phakathi eMexico Puerto Rico futhi nginomuzwa wokuthi, yingakho I kabi ufuna ukunqoba lesi sihloko for Mexico.”
JACK BADOU, WBC Super middleweight World Champion
“Ngiye ekamu cishe izinyanga ezimbili manje. Sekuyiminyaka ekamu enhle kakhulu uqeqesho kanye sengilungele manje ukulwa. Thina kusadingeka inyanga ukuya futhi thina usulungele.
“Ingihlabe njalo eqinile ngengqondo kodwa ngithola nokuzethemba extra ezinye ekubeni ukuthi ibhande eliluhlaza. Kusadingeka ukuba sihlale sithobekile futhi balokhu besebenza kanzima.
“Ashera kuyinto fighter kuhle. I nakanjani ucabanga ukuthi kuzoba yinto impi esijabulisayo. Ngiyazi ukuthi uyeza ukuze uthole ukuthi yini mine futhi uyeza ukulwa.
“Uthi ezilwiwa UK phambi eziningi abantu, kodwa kungcono isigaba ezahlukene Vegas.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi jikelele fighter ngcono. Uthi uya zama knock ngiphume futhi Ngizofika ukuzama ukuthola knock kuye. It kuzoba empini enkulu. Ngithathe nakanjani uya for the Knockout.
“Ukuthi iphupho lifezekile ukuba ingxenye umcimbi omkhulu kangaka ngesikhathi MGM Omkhulu impi last Floyd sika, kungcono isibusiso.
“Akuve akuhlukile kimi ukuba lesi senzakalo main noma kwi undercard. Kuyoba nabantu ngisho nangokwengeziwe ebona impi yami enkulu.
“I nje ukulalela ekhoneni yami, kube smart and kube ngokwami. Uma ngenza lokho Ngizohamba phandle lapho umuntu emunye ngebhande lami njengoba yayinjalo.”
GEORGE Ashera, Top 168-Pound Olwa
“Konke ekamu lokuqeqeshela bekulokhu ephelele. Siyakucela ukuba bazivumelanise umehluko isikhathi futhi engamamitha, okuyinto ethatha izinsukwana, kodwa konke kuhamba kahle ngempela. Sesikhathele ngaphambi schedule.
“Sake ukuqeqesha bonke ngonyaka kule mpi ukuze ngizizwa omuhle ngempela. Sengiyehluleka ukulinda ukuze uthole lapho and uqale isibhakela.
“Ngicabanga Ngiyazi ngaphezu kokwanele mayelana Jack. Ngiye ngimbone ebhokisini bukhoma ngokumelene Anthony Dirrell futhi ngiye wafunda kuye on tape. Kuningi ukuthanda ngaye. Ngithanda iqiniso lokuthi uye eze U.S. futhi uye wenza ekhaya phandle lapha, kukhona isibindi kuleyo. Uthi latched on ekamu yimpumelelo kodwa ekugcineni kumele ume ngokwakho ngezinyawo zakho ezimbili e-ring.
“Ngicabanga Ngingcono mina kunawe kuye ezicini eziningi. Uma ngiphumela futhi enze kungcono umsebenzi ubusuku bonke lula angithanda.
“Kuba mnandi ukuba on a undercard ngoba ngiye asebenzelana ngayo ingcindezi lomcimbi main. Kumnandi ukuba nje akwazi ukujabulela ukulwa. Kuyinto impi omkhulu kodwa into kuphela kumele sikhathazeke ngayo ukulwa. Yithuba olukhulu kimi.
“Rust kakhulu engqondweni kwanoma yini. Wena nje bayolalela inkulumo fighter wendandatho nokugqwala emva kokulwa ngoba kungcono izaba. We uku abacula ejimini, nabalingani sparring bayahleleka bayishaya futhi azikho izaba ukuze hhayi bayiyise ubhekene nempi yangempela.
“Ngikhathazekile uyajabula ukuba lapha e America. Okwesithathu uya isihloko kuyoba lucky. Sike walungisa ngenkuthalo. Sesikulungele isinyathelo.
“Sengike ngakubona Badou eduze futhi siqu futhi njengoba of kodwa, asikwazi ukuthola lutho ukuthi Uyongenza inkinga. Sihlela ukuthatha ibhande emuva UK.
“Uzofanele induduzo ukuba ekhaya futhi nabantu abashade wakhe esitebeleni, kodwa ukuthi konke kuhambe away uma step esiyingini umfana uzama ukuthatha ikhanda.
“Kusukela ngineminyaka eyisikhombisa ubudala Ngiye Wayefisa ukuba iqhawe somhlaba. Ngiye ube nezikhathi ezinzima nezimnandi wesibhakela kodwa konke sijphenduka ngokuphelele.
“Sine ngokwethu endaweni enkulu e ekamu ukuqeqeshwa mina ngokoqobo awukwazi ukulinda ukuze uthole lapho.”
Were SMITH, Owabe Super Welterweight World Champion
“Ngicele ngosuku lwempi eziqine enzima. Ngifuna ukulwa the best. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi abantu bacabangani noma ukuthi abantu bathini ngami, sibeka kulwelwa ndawonye okuhle.
Sike saba champions ezintathu ngesikhathi Mayweather Promotions ukuze thina wenza into efanele.
“Vanes Martirosyan kuyinto fighter omuhle, Anginanto engingayibeka kodwa inhlonipho ngaye. We Niyazisebenzisa ndawonye umsebenzi odingekayo ejimini ukuze uphumelele.
“Le mpi kungenzeka baye umcimbi main endaweni ethile kodwa Ngiyajabula ukuba yingxenye yomlando futhi isiphetho Floyd sika. Ngibheke phambili ubusuku omkhulu isibhakela.”
VANES MARTIROSYAN, 2004 U.S. Olympian 154-Pound Olwa
“Lena impi enkulu kimi. Impi yami last ngashiya in the abahluleli’ izandla futhi wahamba enye indlela.
“September 12 Angikho Ngokuvumela abahluleli uthole indlela yami. Ngiya for the Knockout futhi uya ukubona Vanes umhlabeleli oke wayibona.”
Virgil Hunter, Trainer Berto sika
“Kuyangijabulisa ukuba yingxenye yalesi sehlakalo mlando. Kuba lezi zikhathi ukuthi ngicabanga ngalokho lezi zinsizwa zidlule. Sengike ngakubona ezinye fighters omkhulu elafika phambi kwethu. Uma ngibona ezinye izimo zengqondo ezingakhi on lo mcimbi, kungcono kusukela abantu abangamazi yini labo ababelwela ukudabula endaweni yokuzivocavoca.
“Sitshelwa never ukuyeka futhi ungalokothi uphonse ithawula. Ukuba 48-0 akuyona umsebenzi olula. Ikakhulukazi uma uya emuva osukwini olulodwa futhi nezingqinamba namagquma une ukukhuphuka. Lokho umoya sport. Ngicabanga once uFloyd Mayweather kuba gone, sizobe ukuzwa ukuthi ukhona wokuthi le ndoda kwadingeka on the sport. Ngazibonela into efanayo Muhammad Ali.
“Andre Berto uye ukunqoba okuningi ekuphileni kwakhe futhi ngiyajabula ngokuthi baye kumngane wakhe. Wenza ibeka lokho fighter kuba. Uthi ukunqoba futhi yena efanelwe leli thuba esekelwe off ukuthi.
“Uma ubuka ukuthi iphakethe ngalolo division welterweight kukhona oyedwa kuphela umi phandle, wonke umuntu kulelo pack.
“Sihlose ukuba sinike lo msebenzi the best ukuthi sesikude ngiwunike. Ngicabanga Champ ngokwakhe ihlonipha ukuthi. We eze ukunqoba, kodwa thina kufanele sihloniphe lokho akwenzile ukuze sport.
“Kuyangijabulisa ukuba yingxenye yalesi. Kuba injabulo enkulu kimi ukuba esesayidini eziqanjiwe siyakucela silindele konke turning nje esifanele thina impi ebusuku.”
Leonard ELLERBE, CEO of Mayweather Promotions
“Siyakwamukela wonke umuntu lokho kuyoba kick uFloyd Mayweather lokugcina off press conference umsebenzi wakhe amazing. Sijabula kakhulu ngokuthi ngiye ukusebenza ndawonye ukuze alethe omunye PPV ikhadi embondelene Boxing abalandeli on SHOWTIME PPV.
“Sine uhlelo omkhulu amathathu Championships nezwe kulwelwa.
“Amathikithi uzohamba ezisendalini kusasa ngalesi 10 am P.T. / 1 pm E.T. Amanani isukela $1,500, $1,000, $750, $500, $300, $150.
“Waphinda Floyd kuyoba ngokubeka neziqu zakhe WBC futhi WBA isihloko on the line. Yena uzobe ebhekene Andre Berto, ngubani ebukele ukusula 0 kwirekhodi Floyd ngo-September 12.
“'Rocky’ Martinez vs. Orlando Salido iyoba rematch of the Fight of the Year candidate kusukela ngoMbasa. Siyazi ukuthi ngeke kube nempi.
“Lawa izinhlobo nezinselele Floyd kudingeka ukusunduza kuye ngendlela okumele kwaphoqa. Andre Berto kuyinto umfana kufanele sibhale ukulwa edlule. Muhle a-time zezwe ezimbili iqhawe. Siyazi uya lililethe. Uthi uzonikeza kuncono yakhe. On September 12 Sizobona uma kuhle ngokwanele.
“With the career storied ukuthi uFloyd Mayweather uye waba, esikubonayo ngempela umlando. Uthatha kangcono ukubhekisisa kahle ngaye, ngoba into yilokho yena yafezwa kulo mdlalo, asisoze ukubona aphinde.
“Sihlale wayazi ukuthi Floyd kungaba lapha, eminyakeni eminingi edlule. Uma umfana ufeza lezi izinhlobo zezinto, konke akwenzayo kungenxa mlando. Uma uqalaza the landscape, lokhu umnumzana khona lapha Yingakho umdlalo lishintshiwe.”
USTEFANU Espinoza, Executive Vice President & Manager General Showtime Sports
“Boxing is a sport ezinzima. Kuyinto sport ezinzima ukumboza, kungcono sport onzima ukwenza ibhizinisi futhi kungcono sport onzima ukuze baziphilise at. Uma uthola umuntu oye iqhaza njengoba professional ngoba mdlalo 19 Eminyakeni, hhayi nje iqhaza kodwa abaqhuba lo mdlalo ezingeni elite, omunye lokho kuyaqabukela ibonwe, ukuthi into ekhethekile.
“Ngemva kwamashumi amabili phezulu mdlalo, kodwa wazi yini umxhwele kakhulu? Kuba umsebenzi ohilela. Cishe 20 iminyaka isimiso sokuziphatha emsebenzini olungenakuqhathaniswa mdlalo isibhakela. Never in wakhe 19 iminyaka has Floyd wabonisa zakha ingxenye engaphansi 100 kwamaphesenti angu walungisa, 19 iminyaka isiyalo okungantengantengi. Uma efika ezingeni phezulu, umsebenzi ohilela akuzange kuyishintshe. Lokho kuyoba ifa Floyd kulo mdlalo, uyinto I cishe ngeke nibabone futhi esikhathini sokuphila kwami.
“Konke luphela September 12, kungcono Yithuba lethu lokugcina ukujabulela ikhono lakhe Amazing.
“Andre Berto has a ithuba lokwenza umlando ngokwakhe. Uma engakwenzi lokho, lutho okunye okuyobe kusemqoka. Berto uyokwaziwa njengomuntu insizwa ekugcineni ishaye Floyd Mayweather.
“Enye into esiyaziyo Andre Berto, Akakaze siswele isinyathelo. Kukhona yinye kuphela indlela uyazi ukuthi ukulwa nokuthi konke out nolaka.
“Sengike ngakubona lokho Andre angakwenza esiyingini, Ngiye ngimbone ukulwa round emva round. Fighters like Andre Berto uyohlale bamukelekile, ngoba akekho elwisana nzima kuka Andre Berto.”
Mauricio Sulaiman, WBC President
“Ngiyajabula kakhulu waphinda ukumela ubaba nokubona WBC emuva umcimbi omkhulu. September 12 iyi-national iholidi Mexican kanye Floyd uzinqumele phezu futhi amelwe kahle kangaka Mexico. Andre Berto kuyinto ingqwele owabe WBC abayoba nakanjani ulethe inselele enkulu ukuba Floyd Mayweather.”
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