O ṣeun, gbogbo ènìyàn, for joining us today for this great call to officially announce a very exciting match up. And without further ado, lati ba sọrọ kekere kan bit nipa ti baramu soke, Mo n lilọ lati se agbekale Chris DeBlasio, Igbakeji Aare ti idaraya Communications fun Showtime.

Chris DeBlasio

O ṣeun, 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, bi o gan yiya ti a ba wa fun awọn Uncomfortable ti Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. lori wa nẹtiwọki lori Saturday, April 18, fun wa Showtime asiwaju Boxing doubleheader. O n lilọ si jẹ a nla night. On the call with us and in the ring across from Julio Chavez Jr. lori wipe ale ni 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, dajudaju, thanks to all the press for being on the call. E dupe, Kelly.

K. Swanson

E dupe, gbogbo ènìyàn. Dara. We’re going to go ahead and introduce the fighters and their trainers for you. First we have Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., tele middleweight aye asiwaju, Andrzej Fonfara, awọn tele aye akọle Challenger, Julio Cesar Chavez SR. — awa mọ gbogbo ti o ni ti o, ati esan jade ti ọwọ si awọn nla Àlàyé tí ó jẹ, a gbà a si ipe — Joe Goossen, ti o ni Julio ká olukọni, ati Sam Colonna, ti o ni Fonfara ká olukọni.

Nítorí, ni akoko yi, ohun ti Mo fẹ lati se ni beere Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. lati ṣe nsii awọn ifiyesi nipa yi ija ati kekere kan bit nipa ohun ti o ti n nse bayi ni ikẹkọ ibudó ati ki o kan bi o ti kan lara nipa awọn ija.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

I’m training very well. I’m training (ni kan ti o ga) level than the best. I’m doing more physical training (ati ki o Mo n si sunmọ ni jo si) àdánù ti 172 poun. And I think I’m in great shape, se o mo? I have a lot of time and don’t stay in this kind of shape.

K. Swanson

Dara. Now let’s hear from Andrzej Fonfara. Andrzej, le ti o ba sọrọ kekere kan bit ati ki o sọ fun wa bi o ba lero nipa ija Jr.?

Andrzej Fonfara

I’m feeling great. I think Chavez Jr. jẹ nla kan Onija, aye asiwaju. And you know, it’s good fight for me. I trained hard for the fight. We got very good camp. Bayi, we start a sparring session. Se o mo, mi àdánù jẹ ti o dara. My training’s–all trainings are good. I spent two weeks in Houston. I’m trained there, ju. Then I’m back to Chicago. We finished camp here. And I’m–se o mo, Mo setan fun pade Chavez ni iwọn April 18ki o si fi i Mo wa dara afẹṣẹja.

K. Swanson

Dara. O tayọ. Mo dupe lowo yin lopolopo. Next we’ll have the trainers say something very brief before we turn it over to the media for call. Nítorí, Joe Goossen, he is Julio Cesar Chavez’s trainer at this point. Joe, iwọ yoo fẹ lati ṣe kan tọkọtaya comments?

Joe Goossen

E dupe. Number kan, 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, se o mo, Julio jẹ gidigidi, very serious about this fight. Like Fonfara, he trained for a few weeks in Los Angeles. Ati nisisiyi, a ba soke ni Lake Tahoe, up in the high altitude in the mountains here. It’s very secluded. It’s very concentrated work. Julio is — Mo ti le o kan so fun o yi — jẹ gidigidi ifiṣootọ si yi ija, irorun, ara, 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 ogorun. And I can’t tell you how happy I am, nọmba ọkan, lati wa ni ṣiṣẹ pẹlu Julio Jr. It’s been something that I’ve always wanted to do. Ati ti awọn dajudaju, 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. Nítorí, I’m very happy with that. And I’m sure Andrzej’s doing the same thing, training very hard. Pẹlu ti a wi, e dupe.

K. Swanson

E dupe. Bayi, Sam Colonna, ti o ba le fun wa a ọrọìwòye, ati ki o si a yoo ṣii o soke fun ibeere.

Sam Colonna

Daradara, akọkọ, I’d like to thank everybody for getting this together. It’s an honor to be part of it. Ṣugbọn, se o mo, ṣaaju ki nwọn mu Julio Cesar Chavez si ija, they were throwing names at us. And I would say no. And another name came. I would say no. As soon as they said, 'Kí nipa Julio Cesar Chavez,’ Mo ti wi, ‘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. Nítorí, o ti n lilọ si jẹ nla a ija. 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

Dara. E dupe. Ati nisisiyi, gbeyin sugbon onikan ko, Mo ti fẹ lati gba a tọkọtaya comments lati Julio Cesar Chavez SR. about his son fighting Fonfara and what he anticipates that will be like. July?

Julio Cesar Chavez SR.

I didn’t want this fight. Mo mo yen, fun ọmọ mi, 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. July, bawo ni o ṣe lero bọ si pa a odun layoff?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

Inu mi dun. Mo mọ o ni soro nigbati o ba si pa. O soro lati ri dukia rẹ sisare. Ṣugbọn Mo ti sọ ti ikẹkọ, working at my skills. And I think, se o mo, Mo wa gidigidi igboya nitori ti mo ti lo gbogbo aye mi ni Boxing. Mo wa ni 13th odun ti mi ọjọgbọn ọmọ. Nítorí náà, Emi ko ro pe eyi ni a isoro nitori yi ija ni ni 172 poun. 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

On soro ti awọn ti aye akọle, bawo ni o ṣe lero nipa awon enia buruku bi Adonis Stevenson ati Sergey Kovalev?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

Oh, these guys very strong. But I think, lẹhin ti yi ija, Mo n lọ si isalẹ lati 168 ki o si duro ni yi àdánù kilaasi. Ọkan tabi meji odun seyin ni mo ti gbe si 175 ṣugbọn ti o wà ju Elo fun ara mi. Bayi, Mo wa 168. Ṣugbọn, fun awọn ọdún kan ni pipa, yi ija ni ni 172.

Q

Andrzej, bawo ni o ṣe lero ara bọ pa Adonis Stevenson ogun?

A. Fonfara

Mo ro pe mo ti fihan againstStevenson pe mo ti wà a Onija. Ara, Mo lero ti o dara bayi. Niwon ti ija, I’ve been training much harder. Mo ro, nitori ti awọn ti ija, Mo wa kan ti o dara afẹṣẹja nitori, se o mo, I learn a lot in fights. I’m ready for Chavez, Mo ti sọ oṣiṣẹ lile fun yi ija, bi, se o mo, 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, Mo n nigbagbogbo ikẹkọ lile.

Q

Eleyi jẹ fun awọn mejeeji Julio Jr. and Sr. For Jr., o han ni, nibẹ ni a anfani ati boya a drawback, ju, 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, eyi ti diẹ ninu awọn yoo sọ je fere ohun soro, impossibly high standard to try to live up to. From your perspective and also from your father’s, kini nipa ti, awọn inawo ati awọn anfaani ti nini iru a olokiki orukọ?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

I think I’m well respected because I’m world champion. Ṣugbọn, se o mo, Mo ro pe eyi jẹ ẹya anfani. Sugbon eyi ko ni ran mi ni iwọn. Mo ti n fihan ni iwọn. I beat the champions. I beat the number one, nọmba meji, nọmba mẹta ati nọmba mẹrin ni 168 poun. Ati ki o Mo ti sọ hàn gbogbo ènìyàn, awọn enia, ki emi ki o le ja, ju. Emi ni a ti o dara Onija ati (Mo ti fi lori ti o dara njà). Ati awọn eniyan bi ri mi njà. My style is a good style for the people. And I think this fight, ju, awọn ara ti Fonfara ni lati wá lati ja, 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. O han ni, o ti n se iranwo gba akiyesi, but we are very different. O si — my son fights at a higher weight than I fought. And so, there’s a lot of difference. Ara, he’s a lot bigger than I was. Nítorí, nibẹ ni o dara ati buburu, and we understand that. Ṣugbọn, o ni ara rẹ Onija kan fẹ mo ti wà.

Q

Wà, 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. Iwe

Ṣe o mọ kini? I really don’t have them right in front of me. Ṣugbọn, nibẹ wà ni o kere mẹta, four different guys they were throwing at us. And as soon as they said Chavez, Mo ti lọ, 'Ti o ni eniyan ti a fẹ,’ nitori, bi mo ti wi sẹyìn, the style is perfect for us. And we don’t have to look for him too much, se o mo? He’s going to be right there for us. Nítorí, awọn ara je looto, gan adalu o dara.

Q

Andrzej, ti o ti sọ jà ni middleweight, Super middleweight, ina heavyweight. How does it feel fighting at 172? And do you see yourself moving possibly down in weight in the near future, tabi ni o lero o ba a otitọ ina heavyweight?

A. Fonfara

Mo wa kan ina heavyweight Onija. That’s because I’m fighting with Chavez. That’s why we have a catch-weight. And that’s why I go down. Mo maa jà ni 175, at least for maybe two years. And this my weight. It’s not impossible for me to go, bi, meji, mẹta poun si isalẹ nitori, se o mo, nigbati mo jà Stevenson odun to koja ni May, Mo ti wà 173 ki o si. And I felt good then. Two pounds down is not problem for me. Should be good, se o mo? Just more diet, more work in the last week. And I should be good.

Q

July Jr., bi o Elo ti a iderun ni o fun o lati nipari ja lẹhin odun kan? I know it’s been trying for you with the whole lawsuit and everything. Nítorí, bi o ni o lero fun o lati mọ ọ nipari ni a ija soke niwaju?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

Inu mi dun. Mo lero nla, se o mo, 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. And you know, I’m not remembering anything about that. I’m just focusing on the fight April 18 fun Fonfara. Inu mi dun, Mo lero nla. You know I can’t tell you with words how I feel because I’m better to the ring. (Sugbon Mo wa gidigidi yiya lati wa ni pada) si iwọn.

Q

Joe Goossen, eyi ti o ti ogbon ti Julio Cesar ti wa ni itumo ti o dara fun awọn ti ina heavyweight pipin?

J. Goossen

Daradara, akọkọ ni pipa, Julio is a well-rounded fighter. Mo mọ, 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. Ati ti awọn dajudaju, we’re developing a game plan. I think the weight — besikale, 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, Mo ro pe a ba lilọ si ni anfani lati lu awọn 172 mark quite easily. Ṣugbọn, lẹẹkansi, 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, nigbati a ba ti nilo kan apoti, 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, a n lilọ si jẹ aseyori pẹlu o.

Q

O le ṣe awọn àdánù?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

Bẹẹni. Daju. I’ll make 172 nitori mo ti san $100,000 fun a iwon (ti o ba ti mo ti se ko). Emi ko le san pé irú ti owo. Mo ti sọ kò ti ni oṣuwọn diẹ ẹ sii ju 172 ni a ija. Awọn nikan ija ni mo ṣe 172 ni pẹlu Brian Vera, the first fight. But in all the rest of my career of boxing, ni gbogbo mi asiwaju bouts (Mo ti ko ko ṣe àdánù). Emi ko mo idi ti o beere mi pe. Dara. Maybe, Mo wa a nla Onija, se o mo? I know I am a bigger fighter. Ṣugbọn, Emi ko ni awọn išoro. Ati (ti o ba ti o ṣe) ko ṣe awọn àdánù, boya Mo ti yoo win $100,000 diẹ.

Q

Nítorí, July, ti o ba ni ireti fun $100,000 lati Andrzej Fonfara, ṣugbọn ti o ba wipe o yẹ ki o ko ni ireti fun $100,000 lati nyin?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

Ṣe Ko, se ko. I think that the fight’s in the right way. And he’s not going to take advantage of anybody, se o mo, nitori (Mo ti wa ni fẹẹrẹfẹ). Se o mo, awọn àdánù ti wa ni lẹwa ti o dara Mo ro fun awọn mejeeji awọn onija.

Q

O le soro nipa rẹ ipinnu lati ni Joe Goossen ninu rẹ igun, o lero, bi awọn kan abajade ti Vera ija, pe o je awọn onijakidijagan a išẹ?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

Daradara, 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, jọ, we’re going to do really well. With regards to the performance, Mo le so fun o pe, this show is for the people. O n lilọ si jẹ kan nla ija. It’s going to be a better fight. Ati nisisiyi, pẹlu mi titun igbega ile ati pẹlu mọ ti mi alatako ti wa ni lilọ si jẹ ninu advance, Mo ro pe o ti n lilọ si jẹ a nla night.

K. Swanson

That was our last question. Nítorí, lẹẹkansi, we really appreciate the fighters taking time to join us. We look forward to this fantastic matchup between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. ati Andrzej Fonfara on Saturday, April 18, lati StubHub ile-iṣẹ in Carson, Calif., gbe lori Showtime ni 10:00 p.m. ATI, 7:00 p.m. PT. Thank you so much for joining us.

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