Former UFC Champion Woodley Show Off Skills Ahead of
SHOWTIME PPV Headliner This Sunday, Agosto 29 desde
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CLEVELAND (Agosto 25, 2021) - Creador de contenido reconocido y boxeador profesional invicto Jake "El niño problemático" Paul y ex campeón de UFC Tyron "El Elegido" Woodley kicked off fight week on Wednesday with an open to the public media workout before they headline on SHOWTIME PPV this Sunday, Agosto 29 de Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse en Cleveland.
The media workout also featured fighters who will be competing in undercard action, including Puerto Rican star and WBC/WBO Featherweight World Champion Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano, who will enter the ring in the PPV co-feature, el ex campeón del mundo Ivan Baranchyk and unbeaten Cleveland-native Montana Amor, who meet in a 10-round attraction, plus U.K. estrellas Daniel "Dynamite" Dubois y Tommy "TNT" Fury, who compete in separate PPV undercard bouts.
Rounding out the participants on Wednesday was 2016 U.S. Olympian and Cleveland-native Charles Conwell, who will enter the ring for an undercard showdown prior to the PPV.
The Cleveland-native Paul will be looking to thrill his hometown crowd on Sunday night topping a stacked night of action as he takes on the toughest test of his burgeoning boxing career in the dangerous and accomplished Woodley.
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Here is what the fighters had to say Wednesday from Public Square in Cleveland:
JAKE PAUL
“I couldn’t have thought about a moment like this. I couldn’t have dreamt it. That’s why I was just looking around. Yo era como, ‘how am I here?’ This is the city that made me and to bring this one home is the perfect crescendo to my boxing career that’s just starting out. Looking around and seeing friends and family, seeing this beautiful city, I’m just having fun. I’m trying to soak it all in because you don’t get moments like this twice in life.
“Tyron said he’s training like he’s fighting Mike Tyson. Floyd Mayweather is training him and you can tell he’s in shape. He’s got the six pack back. He’s looking good. He’s not messing around. This is his biggest fight ever and the whole MMA community is counting on him to represent them and to get the ‘W’. Desafortunadamente, that’s not going to happen. And when I beat him, there will be no excuses because he was being trained by Floyd Mayweather. Because Jorge Masvidal said he was going to knock me out. Because he took this camp and had a 14-week camp. He has no excuses.
"Me encanta el boxeo. I fell in love with it. There’s something about knocking someone out and cracking someone in the face. My whole life has been a fight. I never got anything handed to me so I feel like I’m at home. I feel like I was put on this earth to fight. And I like challenges. I’m driven by challenges.
“Boxing is a 24-7 trabajo. The training camp – sleep, comer, recovery, no partying, no distractions – all of that type of stuff makes it the hardest thing I’ve done in my life. Más, the promotional side of it. I’ve probably done 75 interviews in the past three weeks. It’s non-stop.”
TYRON WOODLEY
"Todos los campamentos tienen altibajos. Tienes que luchar contra la adversidad. With me mentally it was a lot easier when we were having fun. Fue apasionante y tenías gente observando cada uno de tus movimientos y monitoreando cada uno de tus pasos.. Estoy muy agradecido con todos mis entrenadores.. A mí, esto es muy divertido. No me he divertido en mucho tiempo, ser real. Me encantó este campo de entrenamiento. It was one of my most fun ever.
“I don’t have any issue with Jake Paul. Only issue is he signed the contract. He’s trying his very best to play the mind games. But I’m a man. I don’t play kids’ games.
“There’s a lot of things in MMA you can get away with. In MMA you can make excuses like, ‘Coach, I’ve got to watch out for a kick or get ready for the take takedown.’ So we make all these excuses. None of those excuses are allowed.
“The times I worked with Floyd [Mayweather], he was very vocal. You couldn’t do nothing wrong. And that’s what makes him so great. In MMA we over-do it a lot, but it doesn’t always transition into power. It doesn’t always transition into accuracy. He gave me the foundation of how he beat everyone he did.”
AMANDA SERRANO
“Jake Paul is the main event, but he’s not the main attraction. Voy a asegurarme de robarle el centro de atención y de atraer a la gente a disfrutar del boxeo femenino y a entender que las mujeres pueden pelear y montar espectáculos., y demostrar que nos merecemos esta oportunidad.
"Es un campeón puertorriqueño contra un campeón mexicano. Eso es suficiente dicho. Ella es joven y tiene hambre y quiere mis títulos, pero he trabajado muy duro por esos títulos y no va a ser una tarea fácil quitármelos.
"Traigo emoción, poder de nocaut, habilidades, y una gran barbilla también. He estado boxeando desde que tenía dieciocho años.. El boxeo es todo lo que he conocido. He dedicado y sacrificado toda mi vida al deporte del boxeo..
"Lucho por el deporte del boxeo femenino. No es para mi, it’s for the future girls coming into the sport.”
Oy BARANCHYK
“I’m excited. I’m hungry and I’m ready for the next challenge. He’s never fought anybody like me. He’s never been ten rounds. I’m ready for a long-distance fight.
“Of course he’s going to try to move around a lot and box me. But this is no problem for me. I’ve changed my style a little bit. I will try to show everybody the new Ivan Baranchyk.
“We will see what’s next for me. Ahora mismo, I just need to fight Montana Love. We will see what happens after that.”
AMOR DE MONTANA
“There’s a lot of motivation from fighting in my hometown. Estoy muy emocionado. I’m happy to be in this position. It’s very rare that these kinds of events come to Cleveland. I hope there’s more to come. It’s a dream come true to fight in front of thousands of fans. Mis amigos, Mi familia. I get emotional at times being here and having this opportunity is great.
“I just have to be myself on Sunday night. I’ve been doing this since I was five years old. I just have to pull everything out of my arsenal. Hopefully Ivan pushes me. I think he will push me so that I can show the next level.
“I’m just focused on this fight that’s in front of me. My only goal right now is to be victorious on Sunday night. Después de esto, we’ll look to do a title eliminator after that and then I’ll fight for a world title.
“I’m expecting Ivan Baranchyk to be wild, agresivo, fuerte. With him, it’s not about his skill or anything like that. We expect aggression and wildness.”
DANIEL DUBOIS
“I want to show that I’m all action. I’m not a man of many words, but when I get in that ring, they’re going to see that I’m the real deal. It’s going to be a devastating performance.
"Estoy 23, so with that loss I have just gotten stronger. I’ve had to learn to tighten up my game and that I have flaws, so I’ve just been working on that. This is going to be like my debut.
“I’m full of confidence and I’m ready to go right now. I can make this fight as easy as I want it to be in my opinion. I’m the next one coming through. I’m destined to be a world champion, that’s my goal.”
TOMMY FURY
“This is my first fight in the U.S. But I’m used to it, No es mi primer rodeo porque desde que era un niño vi a Tyson pelear con Klitschko y siempre estuve allí en la semana de la pelea y vi cómo se manejaba en la semana de la pelea y pensé cuando llegaba mi momento., que es ahora, Voy a hacer exactamente lo mismo. Así que volé con mi equipo aquí y hacemos lo que hizo Tyson, y es un trabajo fácil.
"Para ser un Fury, creces para ser un luchador, y no hay nada mas. Es pelea, lucha, lucha. Cuando era niño, no haces nada más. Es pelea, lucha, lucha. Y eso es todo lo que he hecho toda mi vida. He estado rodeado de luchadores. Todos en mi familia lo hacen y ahora es mi momento.
"No siento ni un poco de presión porque solo hay presión cuando intentas estar a la altura de alguien. I’ve said this time and time again there will never ever be another Tyson Fury. No one will ever come close. I’m only trying to do the best I can do. And as long as I’m being the best version of Tommy Fury, I don’t care about anything else. I’m only trying to do the best that I can do.”
CHARLES CONWELL
“I’m doing this in front of my family and my friends and want to thank everyone for supporting me. It’s going to be a major event.
"[Juan Carlos Rubio] is an undefeated fighter, 18-0. That means 18 have tried and not succeeded. But on Sunday night it’s a whole different story as he’s fighting a whole different type of fighter he’s never experienced before. There are levels to this boxing game and this one is just going to take me to the top.
"Sí, I think every fight is a level-up fight at this point in my career. I keep getting to fight on bigger and bigger stages.
“I just want to show the fans what good boxing is and to put on a performance that they can remember me for. Whatever that has to be and if it’s a knockout, I’m going to go out there and do it. I’m going out there and risking everything, just like he is
“The local support is amazing for me. I have a lot of people here supporting me. I’m looking to steal the show, every time. I know there are a lot of great fights on this card, but I’m looking to put on a show.”