"Ratou whakaaro kei te haere i te reira ki te waiho i te kēmu mekemeke, engari ka waiho hei whakangaromanga.
It will be explosive. Three rounds – place your bets. Trust me.”
- James DeGale
"E ahau te mana ki te patoto ia ia ki waho, me te pūkenga ki te pouaka a ia.
Ahau rite noa ki te riro ano te toa ao. "
- Lucian'okú
Pāwhiritia HERE No te Photos Mai Amanda Westcott / SHOWTIME
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Tenei Rāhoroi, Nov. 28,
Ora i te SHOWTIME® i 11 p.m. AND/PT
Mai i VidKo reiraotron Centre i Quebec City, Canada
SHOWTIME BOXING ON SHO EXTREME Live i 9 p.m. AND/PT
Te Kuititanga, Canada (Nov. 25, 2015) - Matapae maia i te iti rawa te mutu te ono-a tawhio ki whenua tino Lucian'okú, tū he māia James DeGale tona IBF Super whitu World Championship whitiki nui i runga i tona matenga i roto i te amuiraa hui press matua i roto i mua o SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING hui o te Rāhoroi.
"Kia kee ono rauna, engari kia ai taua mea e toru,” DeGale repeated over and over as the fighters concluded their final shots for a packed room of media members on Wednesday at the Le Bonne Entente Hotel. DeGale (21-1, 14 Koó), i London, Ingarangi, tohe ki te rongonui toa mua 168-pauna te ao'okú (32-2, 25 Koó), o Montreal, tenei Rāhoroi i te Vidéotron Centre i Quebec City, ora i runga i SHOWTIME i 11 p.m. ET / PT.
Also participating in the press conference were the two top ranked light heavyweights facing off in the co-feature. WBC’s No. 1-runga 175-pauna toaIhaka Mark (24-2-2, 10 Koó), o Montreal, tutaki hinga kore, Kaua e. 2-rankedEleider Alvarez (18-0, 10 Koó), o Johannesburg, Awherika ki te Tonga, i roto i te marama taumahamaha eliminator taitara ao. E noaa i te toa i te tika ki te riro i te kaiwero whakahauanga mō WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion Tamutu Stevenson, tūmanakohia nei te ki kia i roto i te haereraa i te i runga i te po Rāhoroi.
FAKATOKANGA: Faaite te hoariri hou i runga i te Wenerei mo taumahamaha Oscar Rivas (17-0, 12 Koó), o Montreal. Joey Abell (31-8, 29 Koó), o Champlin, Mai., will square off with the undefeated heavyweight in the 10-round opening bout of SHOWTIME BOXING on SHO EXTREME.
Tenei ko te aha te mau piahi SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING i ki te mea i runga i te Wenerei:
JAMES DeGALE
“It’s on – fight time is finally here. I feel like a beast.
"Ratou whakaaro kei te haere i te reira ki te waiho i te kēmu mekemeke, engari ka waiho hei whakangaromanga. It will be explosive. Three rounds – place your bets. A ti'aturi i ahau.
"Whawhai ahau te pai southpaw whitu super i roto i reira i roto i Andre Dirrell ka titiro i mea ai ahau ki a ia. Once he feels my power that will be it. I’m going to start fast and throw loads of punches.
"Ahau titiro ki a ia ki a Carl Froch, titiro ki a ia ki (Tangohia) Andrade. He’s great in the center of the ring, but I’m not going to stand there. It won’t be a chess match. I’ll start fast and we’ll see how he takes it.
"Kitea Carl ia, a ka whakaotia e ahau ki a ia. But I don’t care about Carl Froch – he’s old. I’m the new champion. If he wants this belt, ka whai ia kia haere mai tiki i te reira.
“I’m an old school fighter – I don’t mind travelling to fight in my opponents’ hometown.
"Ko ia he toa nui nei i whawhai tahi mau whawhai nui kia kia whiwhi ahau kudos ka whiua e ahau a ia."
Lucian'okú
“It’s a great opportunity to fight for my old belt in front of my hometown fans. I think they’ll push me toward the victory. I’m looking forward to becoming world champion again.
"Whakaaro ahau te ia te whitu super pai i roto i te ao matau i teie nei, engari au e ahau rawa māia i roto i ahau.
“I had a great camp. I’m just ready to become world champion again.
"Au hauora ahau, I feel great physically. I have the power to knock him out and the skills to box him.
"Whai ahau Na i te whai wāhi ki te tango hoki toku whitiki ki tetahi toa Ingarihi."
JIM McDonnell, A DeGale Trainer
"Ua tamata ahau ki hoki mai, me te mahi i mahia e te mea kua Lucian, a kahore te mea ohie. Tune i roto i runga i te pō o te Rāhoroi no te mea kua hokona e ahau he motuhake, a ka pārekareka ki a koutou te mea e kite koe.
“It’s tough to win your world title back. I respect Lucian for trying, engari Hemi Ko te toa o te piha te ao. Te ia rite hoki nga mea katoa. "
Howard KALÅNITÉ, A'okú Trainer
“We did everything we had to do. Lucian is 100 percent prepared to surprise everyone on Saturday. Lucian knows what wearing that belt is all about – he wore it for about five years and he’s coming on Saturday to take it back to where it belongs.”
ELEIDER Alvarez
"Ko toku tupono tenei tika i teie nei. Au ahau te matekai, ka kua mahi ahau i nga mea katoa i ahau ki te mahi ki te whai i te puni taea pai mo tenei whawhai. Kei te anga ahau he kaimekemeke rawa maramarama nei he tū pai. Ko kua mea tonu ahau ki te kore ahau e fehangahangai i te pai, katahi ahau ka noho te kaimekemeke noa. Na ahau me te kanohi i te pai, ki te hei i te pai.
"A, no te ake ahau ki runga ki te ata Rātapu ara, Kei te haere ahau ki te kia te kaiwero whakahauanga mō te taitara ".
Mark Ihaka
"I ahau i te puni nui i roto i Burbank, Calif., whakangungu i reira hoki e ono e whitu ranei wiki. Whakapono ana ahau kia whai ahau i te pere i Stevenson, a ki te mea ko tenei te mea e te reira ki te tiki i reira ka meatia e ahau te mea taea ki te kia tupu te reira. Au ake ahau mo te wero.
"Au whawhai ahau he toa pai, me te te e ia tūturu mo te take. Ko ahau konei kia whakamatau ai ahau i te taumahamaha marama pai i roto i te ao. Ka hoatu e ahau ki runga ki te whakaatu pai i runga i te po Rāhoroi, a ka kite i te katoa.
"E e ahau he rota o te mau tamataraa i roto i toku ora, engari whakaaro ahau e te aha hanga kaha ahau me kua meinga ahau e te mea ko ahau i tenei ra. E kore ahau e titiro ki muri i runga i te mea kua tupu me te mauruuru e ahau he aha te ora i homai ki ahau, kua.
“He is a great fighter and I know it won’t be an easy fight. But I’ve put in the work and I’m ready.”
MARC Ramsay, A Alvarez Trainer
"Ko tenei te Rōpū matua e tika ana i teie nei. Enei e rua ko te heavyweights marama pai i roto i te ao. Kua ahau i te whai wāhi ki te mahi ki a Ihaka no te mea kua sparred ia i roto i Montreal ki Artur Beterbiev mō te rua wiki. Na e mohio ana ahau ki a ia te pai. Te ia te kaimekemeke rawa oti, me te matatini. Otiia eu ana ki tonu i ahau toku toa ki te riro i tēnei whawhai. Ko te tona faingamālie. "
Buddy McGIRT, Ko te Mark'S Trainer
"Hiahia noa ahau ki te mea te reira nui ki te waiho i te wahi o tenei hui. Mr. DeGale Ko te toa me te haere mai ia ki a Mr. Whenua o'okú ki te whawhai ki a ia. E te aha hiahia mekemeke. Me te reira atu whawhai rite tenei ki te pupuri i te reira i runga i te ara.
"Pera i te matara to tatou whawhai haere ki Mr. Alvarez, E whakapono ana ahau e haunga (Sergey) Kovalev, enei e rua ko te heavyweights marama pai i roto i te ao. Na whakaaro ahau kia whawhai ratou mo te taitara, me te kore he eliminator ki te kite i nei whawhai te toa. "
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