Hvala, svi, for joining us today for this great call to officially announce a very exciting match up. And without further ado, da razgovaramo malo o tom meču up, Ja ću uvesti Chris Deblasio, Potpredsjednik sporta komunikacije za SHOWTIME.

Chris Deblasio

Hvala, Kelly. I’m going to keep this brief. I know we want to talk to the fighters on this card. But I think I’d be remiss if I didn’t represent for Stephen Espinoza, who couldn’t be on the call today, kako vrlo uzbuđen smo za debi Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. na našoj mreži na Subota, April 18, za naše SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader. To će biti velika noć. On the call with us and in the ring across from Julio Chavez Jr. te noći je Andrzej Fonfara, a man that we know that really comes to fight. He brought it on his first fight on SHOWTIME last year when he fought Adonis Stevenson. And that was a thrilling affair. And we’re looking forward to a real test and a great challenge for Chavez Jr. And we’re excited to have him on behalf of all of us at SHOWTIME. We welcome both of you guys and, naravno, thanks to all the press for being on the call. Hvala, Kelly.

K. Swanson

Hvala, svi. U redu. We’re going to go ahead and introduce the fighters and their trainers for you. First we have Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., bivši svjetski prvak u srednjoj kategoriji, Andrzej Fonfara, bivšeg svjetskog naslova challenger, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. — svi znamo ko je on, a svakako iz pogledu velikog legenda da je on, smo ga dobrodošlicu na poziv — Joe Goossen, koji je Julio trener, Sam i Colonna, koji je Fonfara trener.

Tako, u ovom trenutku, ono što bih učiniti je pitati Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. da uvodnom izlaganju o ovoj borbi i malo o onome što on sada radi u trening kampu i koliko misli o borbi.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

I’m training very well. I’m training (na višem) level than the best. I’m doing more physical training (i ja sam se bliže) težina 172 funti. And I think I’m in great shape, znate? I have a lot of time and don’t stay in this kind of shape.

K. Swanson

U redu. Now let’s hear from Andrzej Fonfara. Andrzej, možete li govoriti malo i recite nam kako se osjećate o borbi Jr.?

Andrzej Fonfara

I’m feeling great. I think Chavez Jr. je veliki borac, svjetski prvak. I ti to znaš, it’s good fight for me. I trained hard for the fight. We got very good camp. Sada, we start a sparring session. Znate, moja težina je dobar. My training’s–all trainings are good. I spent two weeks in Houston. I’m trained there, suviše. Then I’m back to Chicago. We finished camp here. And I’m–znate, Spreman sam za sastaju Chavez u ringu April 18i pokazati mu da sam bolji boxer.

K. Swanson

U redu. Excellent. Hvala vam puno. Next we’ll have the trainers say something very brief before we turn it over to the media for call. Tako, Joe Goossen, he is Julio Cesar Chavez’s trainer at this point. Joe, želite napraviti nekoliko komentara?

Joe Goossen

Hvala. Broj jedan, I want to thank SHOWTIME because we’re very excited about performing for SHOWTIME on Julio’s debut fight with SHOWTIME. And that being said, znate, Julio je vrlo, very serious about this fight. Like Fonfara, he trained for a few weeks in Los Angeles. A sada, mi smo u Lake Tahoe, up in the high altitude in the mountains here. It’s very secluded. It’s very concentrated work. Julio is — Mogu samo da ti kažem — Veoma je posvećen ovoj borbi, mentalno, fizički, and spiritually. He’s shown me that he’s willing to work very hard for this fight, which always works out well when a fighter cooperates in training. And he’s doing that 110 posto. And I can’t tell you how happy I am, broj jedan, raditi sa Julio Jr. It’s been something that I’ve always wanted to do. I naravno, I know his father very well. And I’m very honored to be a part of the team. And I can’t wait ’til April 18 to display all of Julio’s talents and to go there. And we’ve got one objective. And that’s to win the fight. With the way Julio’s training, I’m very confident in what we’re doing right now. Tako, I’m very happy with that. And I’m sure Andrzej’s doing the same thing, training very hard. Uz to se, rekao je, hvala.

K. Swanson

Hvala. Sada, Sam Colonna, ako nam dati komentar, a onda ćemo ga otvorili za pitanja.

Sam Colonna

Dobro, prvi, I’d like to thank everybody for getting this together. It’s an honor to be part of it. Ali, znate, prije nego što su pokupili Julio Cesar Chavez u borbi, they were throwing names at us. And I would say no. And another name came. I would say no. As soon as they said, "Šta je Julio Cesar Chavez,’ Ja sam rekao, ‘That’s the fight we want.’ The style is perfect for us. He comes right at us. And it’s going to be a great fight for Andrzej to show what the power and the dedication he has towards it. He knows that this fight here is going to bring him to the top. And it’s an honor to fight Julio Cesar Chavez. It’s somebody I wanted him to fight for years. But the weight was never the same. Andrzej moved up. And then now, it’s perfect. Tako, to će biti velika borba. I think we’re going to bring a lot of action to this fight. And it’s going to be a jammed action fight. I’m glad that this fight happened. And I can’t wait for April 18.

K. Swanson

U redu. Hvala. A sada, Posljednje, ali ne i najmanje važno, Ja bih da se par komentara od Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. about his son fighting Fonfara and what he anticipates that will be like. Juli?

Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.

I didn’t want this fight. Znam da je, za mog sina, I know it’s a hard fight. It’s a difficult fight. And I didn’t want it. Fonfara is very strong. But my son wanted this fight. He wanted fighters that have a high category. He wanted a hard fight. And he believed that winning this fight will give him more credibility. And that’s why he chose Fonfara.

Q

This is for Chavez Jr. Juli, kako se osećate dolaze sa godišnje otpuštanje?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

I feel good. Znam da je teško kad si off. To je teško da se vrati u svoj tajming. Ali ja sam bio trening, working at my skills. And I think, znate, Veoma sam uvjeren jer sam proveo sve moje život u boksu. Ja sam u 13. godini moje profesionalne karijere. Dakle, ja ne mislim da je to problem jer je ovo borba je na 172 funti. I don’t need to have a problem with weight. And at 172, I feel good in sparring. I feel good in training. And I think I’m ready for this fight and ready to win another world title.

Q

Govoreći o tom svijetu titulu, šta mislite o momci kao Adonis Stevenson i Sergey Kovalev?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

Oh, these guys very strong. But I think, nakon ove borbe, Idem dole na 168 i ostati u ovoj težinskoj. Jedan ili prije dvije godine sam se preselio u 175 ali to je bilo previše za moje tijelo. Sada, Ja sam 168. Ali, za godinu dana off, ova borba je na 172.

Q

Andrzej, Kako se osjećate fizički dolaze sa Adonis Stevenson bitku?

A. Fonfara

Mislim da sam pokazao againstStevenson da sam bio borac. Fizički, I sada se dobro. Od tog borba, I’ve been training much harder. Mislim, zbog toga borba, Ja sam bolji bokser, jer, znate, I learn a lot in fights. I’m ready for Chavez, Trenirao sam naporno za ovu borbu, poput, znate, Chavez says. He’s trained hard for this fight. But I always train hard. It doesn’t matter if it’s Chavez or whoever else, Uvek sam trening teško.

Q

Ovo je za oba Julio Jr. and Sr. For Jr., očigledno, tu je prednost i možda mana, suviše, to having such a famous name. Benefit is that everybody knows your father and what he accomplished. And that brings you attention early in your career as it has. The possible drawback is that you’re always going to be compared to him, što neki bi rekli bio gotovo nemoguć, impossibly high standard to try to live up to. From your perspective and also from your father’s, šta o tome, teret i korist ima takvo poznato ime?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

I think I’m well respected because I’m world champion. Ali, znate, Mislim da je to prednost. Ali to me ne pomogne u ringu. Ja sam dokazao u ringu. I beat the champions. I beat the number one, broj dva, broj tri i broj četiri na 168 funti. A ja sam pokazao svima, ljudi, da se mogu boriti, suviše. Ja sam dobar borac i (Stavio sam na dobrom tuče). A ljudi kao što vidite moju tuče. My style is a good style for the people. And I think this fight, suviše, stilu Fonfara je da se došli da se bore, he’s a fighter with a great heart and great chin. And both of us will make a great fight.

J. Cesar Chavez Sr..

The name has helped. Očigledno, to je pomoglo dobiti pažnju, but we are very different. On — my son fights at a higher weight than I fought. I tako, there’s a lot of difference. Fizički, he’s a lot bigger than I was. Tako, ima dobre i loše, and we understand that. Ali, on je svoj borac kao što sam bio.

Q

Sam, you mentioned earlier that you had a lot of names mentioned for Andrzej before you finally settled on Chavez. Are you willing to reveal some of those names?

S. Kolona

Znaš šta? I really don’t have them right in front of me. Ali, bilo je najmanje tri, four different guys they were throwing at us. And as soon as they said Chavez, Idem, "To je tip želimo,’ jer, kao što sam rekao ranije, the style is perfect for us. And we don’t have to look for him too much, znate? He’s going to be right there for us. Tako, stil je zaista, stvarno dobra mješovite.

Q

Andrzej, ste se borili u srednjoj, super srednjoj kategoriji, light teškoj kategoriji . How does it feel fighting at 172? And do you see yourself moving possibly down in weight in the near future, ili se osećate da ste pravi svjetlo u teškoj kategoriji?

A. Fonfara

Ja sam svjetlo u teškoj kategoriji borac. That’s because I’m fighting with Chavez. That’s why we have a catch-weight. And that’s why I go down. Obično se boriti u 175, at least for maybe two years. And this my weight. It’s not impossible for me to go, poput, dva, 3 £ dolje, jer, znate, kada sam prošle godine borio Stevenson maj, Bio sam 173 onda. And I felt good then. Two pounds down is not problem for me. Should be good, znate? Just more diet, more work in the last week. And I should be good.

Q

Juli Jr., koliko olakšanje je za vas da konačno boriti nakon godinu dana? I know it’s been trying for you with the whole lawsuit and everything. Tako, kakav je osećaj za vas da znate da konačno imamo borbu ispred nas?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

I feel good. Osećam veliku, znate, because this problem offended me a lot mentally more than physically. But I’m really happy that this problem is better now. I have a fight in front of me. I ti to znaš, I’m not remembering anything about that. I’m just focusing on the fight April 18 za Fonfara. I feel good, Osećam veliku. You know I can’t tell you with words how I feel because I’m better to the ring. (Ali ja sam vrlo uzbuđen da se vraćati) u ring.

Q

Joe Goossen, koji od vještina Julio Cesar prevodimo najbolje za svjetlo teškoj kategoriji?

J. Goossen

Dobro, prvo, Julio is a well-rounded fighter. Mislim, we’ve seen him box before. And we’ve seen him pressure before. I don’t want to tip my hand on what we’re going to do but we have studied the films. We’ve talked about the films of Andrzej. I naravno, we’re developing a game plan. I think the weight — u osnovi, 172 is very close to 68. It’s a weight he’s fought at before. So I don’t think the weight is going to be a problem at all. The way he’s working right now and the weight he’s at right now, Mislim da ćemo biti u stanju pogoditi 172 mark quite easily. Ali, opet, as far as what skills he has that we’re going to bring to the table is something that I think is private to us. But Julio Jr. is a multi-talented fighter. Just watching him spar yesterday, kada nam je potrebna kutiji, he did it beautifully. And when we needed pressure in a few rounds, he pulled it off exactly how I like it. So I’m very confident that whatever style we bring and game plan we bring, ćemo biti uspješan s njim.

Q

Možete li napraviti težinu?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

Da. Važi. I’ll make 172 jer sam platiti $100,000 po funtu (ako ne). Ne mogu platiti toliki novac. Nikada nisam težio više od 172 u borbi. Jedina borba sam napravio 172 Brian je sa Vera, the first fight. But in all the rest of my career of boxing, u svim mojim prvenstvu borbama (Nikad nije napravio težinu). Ne znam zašto si me pitaš. U redu. Možda, Ja sam veći borac, znate? I know I am a bigger fighter. Ali, Nemam problema. I (ako ne) ne čini težinu, možda ću pobijediti $100,000 više.

Q

Tako, Juli, čemu se nadaš $100,000 iz Andrzej Fonfara, ali vi kažete da ne treba da se nada $100,000 od vas?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

Nemoj, nemoj. I think that the fight’s in the right way. And he’s not going to take advantage of anybody, znate, jer (Dolazim u upaljač). Znate, masa se prilično dobro mislim da za oba borca.

Q

Možete li govoriti o svojoj odluci da se Joe Goossen u vaš kutak, osećate, kao rezultat borbe Vera, da dugujete navijači predstava?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

Dobro, I’ve known Joe Goossen for a long time. He’s a great trainer. He’s a great person. He’s somebody that motivates fighters. And we have a true connection. We’ve connected again. And I like him a lot. I like that he’s a hard worker, just like me. And I think, zajedno, we’re going to do really well. With regards to the performance, Mogu vam reći da, this show is for the people. To će biti velika borba. It’s going to be a better fight. A sada, sa svojim novim promociju kompanije i sa zna ko moj protivnik će biti unaprijed, Mislim da će biti veliki noć.

K. Swanson

That was our last question. Tako, opet, we really appreciate the fighters taking time to join us. We look forward to this fantastic matchup between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. i Andrzej Fonfara na Subota, April 18, iz StubHub Center u Carson, Kalifornija, žive na SHOWTIME u 10:00 poslije podne. I, 7:00 poslije podne. PT. Thank you so much for joining us.

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