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Lisa Milner
Salamat sa iyo operator. Salamat sa iyo ang lahat ng tao sa pagsama sa amin. Kami ay pagpunta upang makakuha ng mga mandirigma para sa malaking, huge day of boxing next Saturday, Hulyo 18. I did want to first turn the call over to Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager of SHOWTIME Sports who can get into the details of the fights and the first fighter we will have speaking immediately after Stephen is Chris Arreola. But Stephen please kick it off.
Stephen Espinoza
Thanks very much Lisa. As Lisa said, it is a huge weekend of boxing coming up on CBS and SHOWTIME. First on Friday night we’ve got a stellar SHOBox card featuring six undefeated boxers in action.
Then on Sunday we have a unique day/night double header, which as far as we have found is unprecedented. It’s CBS and SHOWTIME teaming up to televise a total of five fights, including two world title fights and a title eliminator, all coming from the Don Haskins Center in my hometown, Hakbang, Teksas.
So the SHOWTIME family is very happy about these events, as are all the rabid boxing fans that are in the El Paso area. Sa 1:00 p.m. PT/4:00 ET on CBS we have the always exciting heavyweight star Chris Arreola as well as the U.S. debut of super bantamweight world champion Carl Frampton.
Shortly you’ll hear from both Chris and Carl as well as Carl’s promoter Barry McGuigan. Interesting note about Barry McGuigan, obviously a Hall of Famer in his own right. Barry McGuigan appeared in one of the first televised bouts ever on SHOWTIME back in 1986 against Steve Cruz. Unfortunately he didn’t win that night, but he was one of the very first televised events on SHOWTIME. It’s a pleasure to have him back.
Pagkatapos sa bahaging gabi ng telecast on SHOWTIME, 7:00 p.m. PT / 10:00 p.m. ET kami kung ano ngayon ay isang tatlong fight card. Masaya na ipahayag na nagdagdag kami ng isang third fight sa card, ang tunay nakapupukaw Amir Imam ay dinadala sa Fernando Angulo sa isang super magaan alis pamagat.
Pagkatapos kami din ay nagaganyak na magkaroon ng isang super flyweight world championship McJoe Arroyo, ang nakagugulat Puerto Rican star, laban Arthur Villanueva. Siyempre ang pangunahing balita ay isang labanan ng dalawang napaka-kapanapanabik na Mexican fighters Julio Cesar Chavez, JR. and Marcos Reyes.
So all in all, it could be a very historic day. It’s certainly unprecedented as far as we know in in this sport. Now I’m going to turn back over to Lisa.
L. Milner
Okay great. Thanks so much and we’re just going to go straight ahead and introduce Chris “Ang bangungot” Arreola. Chris could you please make an opening statement just about training camp and then we will open it up for questions?
Chris Arreoloa
Well I’m over here in Riverside training. I’ve been out here for the past seven weeks working hard, grinding every day, getting ready for this big fight in El Paso. You know El Paso is a big fight town and I’m looking forward to exhibiting my boxing skills and showing everybody that I’ve still got it and I’m still a force to be reckoned with and I’m going for the title run again.
Q
Just talk a little bit about this next fight and your opponent. What do you know about him? And what are the keys for you?
C. Arreola
Alam ko na siya ay isang tunay makintab fighter, isang napaka tuso boxer, isang boksingero na switch ng maraming, switch mula sa kaliwa upang righty, depende sa uri ng mga opsyon na iyong inaalok sa kanila. At ang mga bagay na ako pagpunta sa kailangan mong gawin ay gumamit ng isang pulutong ng aking mga anggulo at magbigay sa kanya ng ibang view dahil siya ay isang napaka-skilled fighter at gusto kong gawin sa kanya out sa lalong madaling ko dahil wala silang magbayad ako obertaym. At ang El Paso fans maging karapat-dapat ng isang magandang pagliliwaliw mula sa akin.
Q
Alam ko ikaw ay nagkaroon ng isang pares ng mga title shots sa iyong karera, Chris, at alam ko mayroong nangyaring ng ilang talk ng kayo sa pagkuha ng isa pang title shot sa Setyembre. Ano ang inyong focus ngayon? Ano ang iyong pag-iisip tulad ng?
C. Arreola
Aking focus ngayon, ito ay ang ika-18. Iyon ang aking isa at tumutok lamang dahil walang manalo na, there is no title shot. You’re only as good as your last win, at iyon ang paraan na sa tingin ko. Kaya ang lahat ng talk ay makipag-usap lamang. Hindi ito nangangahulugan ng kahit ano hanggang manalo ako laban na ito. Pagkatapos ay maaari naming talagang makipag-usap tungkol sa mga ito. Kaya unang bagay na una ay ang ika-18. Gusto kong siguraduhin na ko bang ilagay sa isang magandang labanan dahil Fred ay isang magandang fighter at kapag matalo ko siya gusto kong upang talunin siya sa isang fashion na gusto ng mga tao upang makita ako lumaban Wilder, hindi lamang ito ay may naibigay na sa akin.
Gusto kong maging karapat-dapat na title fight. Gusto ko ang mga tao na nais na makita na labanan. Kaya na ang aking pangunahing layunin ng fight, upang maipakita ang aking mga kasanayan at ipakita ang lahat ng tao na karapat-dapat ako ng isa pang title shot.
Q
Chris doon ay isang ideal na timbang para sa iyo upang labanan sa at kung ano ang balak mong dumating sa, dulo ng kaliskis sa sa fight night?
C. Arreola
Aking mga pangunahing layunin – unang una at ang aking mga pangunahing bagay ay na sa boxing hugis. Aking timbang ay hindi sumasalamin sa aking pagsasanay. Ang pangunahing bagay ay gusto kong maging isang magandang boxing timbang at malaking boxing timbang sa order para sa akin upang pumunta sa full sampung rounds, sa order para sa akin upang ihagis 80 sa 100 suntok sa paligid. Iyon ay ang aking pangunahing layunin ay upang ipakita ang aking mga kasanayan sa boxing.
Bilang malayo bilang boxing timbang, kung ako ay isang optimal na timbang, ay ito ay sa kalagitnaan ng 240s, katulad 44, 45, sa pinakamababang siguro 42, ngunit para sa laban na ito ako nag-iisip ako pagpunta sa darating sa sa mga mataas na 40s, — 47, 48. But the main thing is El Paso fans are going to see a good boxing weight and a great boxing fight from myself.
Q
How do you use your size advantage? How do you use your size advantage against an opponent, particularly on this fight coming up? How will you use that advantage you have?
C. Arreola
Well as far as my weight advantage, it’s more you’ve got to impose your will. You’ve got to impose your will as far as pushing him back. Pushing him back is smart with the jab and making sure I keep him in his heels because I don’t want him being on his toes because he’s very good on his toes.
So the main thing I have to do is impose my will, moving my head, working behind the jab, and pushing it back to the ropes. Once I push his back to the ropes, it’s trying to work his body from the body to the head. We love working the body.
That’s what I’m going to plan to do, is make sure that he knows that he’s in a fight, make sure that he understands that every time I touch him I don’t touch him to touch him, I touch him to hurt him.
Q
What does it mean to fight on network television, which everybody gets?
C. Arreola
Honestly it’s a privilege and an honor to be fighting on national network TV where everyone gets it. It’s different to hear of regular person – a person that doesn’t even know boxing – know some boxers. Like I’ve been hit up by a guy like, “Hey do you know Keith Thurman?”
They never watched a boxing fight in their life. But the fact that now it’s on NBC, CBS, and all the three networks, people are able to watch boxers and showcase their skills. That’s one thing that I’m so happy and honored to do is that it’s not just a casual boxing fans but it’s anyone. Anyone could watch me fight, and that’s pretty dope. That’s really an honor and just drives me to want to display my skills a lot more, knowing that there’s going to be a wider audience watching me.
Q
Chris. I was just wondering what you thought of Wilder’s performance against Molina and were you surprised that Molina was able to give him the trouble that he did considering what you did to him in your fight?
C. Arreola
To be honest with you, when I watched that fight I didn’t think it was going to last two, three rounds. Personally I think that Wilder carried him. First I think Wilder wanted to get himself rounds. I don’t think that Wilder was really trying to take him out until he actually pushed on the gas.
Sometimes trying to showcase you get caught and he got caught a couple times with some stupid shots that he should never have been caught with. That’s why I never want to go rounds. I don’t care who it is. I want to get him out of there as soon as I can because all it takes is one punch to get knocked out.
I honestly believe that Wilder was just showcasing. I believe that Wilder was just carrying him to fight. I take nothing out of that fight. I take no honor in me taking Molina out quicker than him.
Q
Does it encourage you if you were able to get the opportunity to fight him?
C. Arreola
It didn’t encourage me. It didn’t make me feel any better, any different. What I got to see more off of him is when he fought Stiverne. Now that fight was a good fight. That fight is a fight that I see a lot out of Wilder and a lot of mistakes, a lot of good and a lot of bad in Wilder.
As far as him fighting Molina, did it encourage me? Man, matapat, I don’t fear anybody. I love fighting. I want to fight him just because I want to fight him, especially now since he has a title. And do I believe I could fight him? Yes and I believe that he hasn’t been in the ring with someone like me, someone that really doesn’t give a crap.
Alam mo, I really don’t care about myself. I really care about winning the fight. I’m willing to put my life on the life because I want to win a fight. Now the time that I cried when my trainer stopped me, I didn’t cry because he said I quit or anything. I didn’t quit. I cried because of my pride. I’m a prideful man. I have too much fight for myself. And to quit, that’s horrible.
L. Milner
Salamat sa iyo kaya magkano. If you give just one quick closing comment and then we’ll move on to Carl Frampton.
C. Arreola
Ayos, well I’m really looking forward to July 18 to showcase my skills in front of the whole United States to watch showcase boxing. I’m happy that we’re up here and I can’t wait to showcase my skills in El Paso, Texas which I know has been hungry for big fights. See you on the 18th.
L. Milner
Perfect, salamat. Okay now I am delighted to introduce Carl Frampton and his Hall of Famer manager Barry McGuigan. We also have Alejandro on the line. But before we have him make an opening statement I did want Carl and Barry to say a few words.
Carl Frampton
I’m just looking forward to the fight. I think it’s going to be a good fight. Kind of reiterating what Chris just said there now, it’s giving me a chance to showcase my talents on CBS, terrestrial TV in the U.S., also terrestrial television in the U.K. on ITV. So I’m really looking forward to a good fight.
Barry McGuigan
Just to reiterate that point, as a manager and a former world champion myself, my name was sort of written in stone 30 years ago because I appeared on terrestrial TV. It’s been that way for a long time, and I think what PBC is doing – it’s great for us to be associated with the go-to guy at the moment in boxing.
To get terrestrial television fans interested in boxing, casual boxing fans, not just the aficionados but people who are genuinely of a casual interest in boxing but the ones who will watch big fights. I think it’s great not just for Carl Frampton but great for all the fighters on the bill and great for boxing in general.
So we’re thrilled to be here. We’re already in El Paso. Carl is expecting a tough fight from Alejandro, and we’re very much looking forward to it.
L. Milner
Ayos, wonderful. We actually also have Alejandro Gonzalez, JR. sa linya. Alejandro could you make an opening comment just about how training camp’s going and preparing for Carl?
Alejandro Gonzalez
Mahusay, we’re preparing 100% because we’re going to fight a great champion so we need to be 100% ready with the preparations.
Q
Your name is not relatively known to the casual American boxing fan and in this fight you’re going to get massive exposure to American boxing time basically. What does that mean to you?
C. Frampton
That means a lot, that’s something me and my time have discussed, I’m pretty well known in the UK and Ireland but in the United States, unless you’re a diehard boxing fan you won’t know who Carl Frampton is.
So this is giving me the chance for a lot of exposure on terrestrial television. It’s a big deal. I think boxing has kind of been depraved. It’s a sport for the working class and the working class people are not getting to see it because it’s been hidden away on satellite channels for so long.
So this is great for me, well not only for me for boxing and also for our pretty new promotional team Cyclone promotions to have one of their fighters showcased on both sides of the Atlantic.
Q
What was the main reason that you decided to jump on board with Al Haymon and make a trip over to the United States?
Carl Frampton
Well we discussed it with our team and it was a pretty easy decision to be honest. I think the exposure that we can get with Al Haymon is absolutely massive and huge.
Even more so than that he’s got a lot of the top fighters around the super bantamweight division all these names that I want to fight, alam mo, Leo Santa Cruz, Abner Mares, Gary Russell those sort of fighters that he’s got that Al Haymon controls.
So without linking up with him it would have been pretty hard to make them fights. So it was a pretty easy decision. We are very grateful for the opportunity here.
As I said before to the answer previously it’s giving me a chance for massive exposure here and that’s really the big thing, exposure both sides of the Atlantic.
B. McGuigan
If I could add to that, there isn’t any bigger than Al Haymon at the moment. If you want to get into the American market and the reality is Carl is a superstar in Britain and in Europe and in Ireland and the reality is when your career is dead and buried all they remember is the stuff you’ve done in the United States.
So it’s a very important decision for us to come over here and try and be impressive and trying to make a name for ourselves.
Q
How much of that went into your decision to come over here and expand the market and be able to touch on those big fights against Leo Santa Cruz, Gary Russell or even Abner Mares if he can upset Leo in August.
B. McGuigan
Here’s the thing, here’s the thing again there are at the last count 27 million people of Irish descent in America I think that’s on the East Coast actually. So we want to get into that market.
It’s a great market, we need to get as many people on our side as possible and we have great respect for Alejandro and his dad. He’s got a great Mexican boxing heritage and obviously that’s the fight that we’re looking at and concentrating on at the moment.
But it would be foolish certainly of me not to look ahead and plan ahead and think about what are the super fights out there for us and that is against Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares, Gary Russell and I believe Frampton can to go 130 as well and be successful there.
Ngunit isang yugto sa isang oras at hindi na kami ay pagkuha ng ating mga mata off ang bola sa 18th. Ito ay isang tunay matigas away para sa amin, Alejandro ay isang mahusay na manlalaban.
C. Frampton
Lamang Sumasang-ayon ako 100% sa lahat ng bagay na sinabi ni Joey. Kung nais mong gumawa ng kahit ano sa America sa minuto ang paraan boxing ay pagpunta Al Haymon ang tao na mag-link up sa at ang aming nagawa na.
Ako tunay masiyahan sa paggawa na. Ako at ang koponan ay ang lahat ng tunay masiyahan at sa tingin namin na ang mga bagay ay lamang talagang pagpunta upang mag-alis. Ngunit muli ito ay isa away sa isang panahon.
Hindi ako naghahanap nakaraang Alejandro. Iwan ko ito sa aking manager Joey at ang natitirang bahagi ng pangkat na mag-isip ng maaga ngunit para sa akin sa tingin ko na lang ang tungkol sa mga fighter sa harap ng akin at na Alejandro .
Siya ay ang tanging tao ako ay nag-iisip tungkol sa huling 14 week training camp at iyon ang paraan na ito ay mananatili hanggang sa paglaban.
Q
Lamang ako ay nagtataka kung ano ang iyong mga saloobin ay sa paghango ng fighting sa East Coast, beginning to draw in some of those new American Irish boxing fans who may not be familiar with you yet?
C. Frampton
That’s where we want to be, we want to be on the East Coast. We want to be fighting around the East Coast, New York, Madison Square Garden, Barclays Center, those sort of places, Boston potentially as well.
I’m hoping that there is already talk about my next fight I’m not too sure where it will be but good chance my next fight could be in the UK and Ireland again somewhere.
Then we’d be looking to go to New York or the east coast. Sa tingin ko na kung saan ang aking American fan base ay, higit sa lahat sa East Coast.
Sa tingin ko ang mga ito ay ang mga paraan labanan ko. Ito ay ang lahat ng mahusay at magandang me winning fights ngunit sa tingin ko kung ano ang mga Amerikano at boxing fans gusto mong makita ay nakapupukaw mandirigma at sa tingin ko na ako got isang kapanapanabik na estilo upang mangyaring ang mga ito.
Kaya East Coast ay kung saan gusto naming maging. Sa tingin ko ang El Paso ay ang tanging matinee show na maaaring mag-link up sa British Time TV. Kaya ito ang setting pretty sa UK sa minuto, it’s being shown at around 10:00 pm out of the UK.
That’s why we had to go to El Paso but, alam mo, I’m very happy for this chance to fight here but of course I want to fight on the East Coast.
B. McGuigan
Can I also add to that, what we see and Carl wants to do what GGG has done. We want to get the Mexicans fans on our site too and obviously the fight against Alejandro on the 18th of July is a fight that we, that Carl must win, he must win impressively. We hope that we will garner some support from the Mexican fans too and that they will appreciate Carl’s style.
Q
What’s it like working with Barry and what kind of things have you learned from him during your time together?
C. Frampton
Well it’s great. I’ve been with Barry since six years ago. Originally at the start I had done a lot of training with Barry and he’s the best for me and taking me through training sessions.
I lived in his house while I trained in England, the South of England. I have a very good relationship with Barry and the rest of his family. His son is now training me at the minute and he kind of took the reins.
Barry is in the gym most days. He comes and watches me spar and he’s been there and done it, he’s done it all and to be getting advice every day of someone who has done that it’s obviously great and very beneficial to me.
Ako ay 28 years old I’m not the youngest guy in the world but I still feel like I’m learning all the time. Pa rin ako makaramdam ng mas mahusay Nakakakuha ako at ako lamang na subukan at ibabad ng mas maraming impormasyon up bilang ako.
Q
Joey maaari mong dalhin sa kanya Hulaan ko na sa mga tuntunin ng mga payo sa mga sinasabi ng kung ano ang hitsura para sa bilang siya gumagalaw pasulong sa kanyang karera?
B. McGuigan
Sa tingin ko Carl Frampton ay isa sa mga pinakamahusay na mandirigma Irish na may kailanman naging at iyan ay isang naka-bold na pahayag at siya ay 28 taong gulang, siya ay chronologically 28 ngunit physiologically siya ay lamang ng isang binata dahil sa mga paraan siya fights, ang paraan ng kanyang estilo ay.
Hindi niya ay kumuha ng isang pulutong ng mga parusa at siya ay maaaring box balik, pasulong at sa tingin ko siya ay nakuha ng isang mahusay na estilo ng labanan. Sa tingin ko ang mga Amerikano ay pupunta sa kaniya, at ang ika-18 ng Hulyo ay ang makipag-away kung saan gumawa kami ng aming unang impression at sa tingin ko ito ay magiging isang malaking impression.
Kami ay umaasa sa isang matigas labanan pero talagang naniniwala ako na Carl ay pareho ang pagkatao, ang fighting style at ang karisma upang gawin itong trabaho sa paglipas dito at, I believe we’re on the threshold of something very big.
Q
Barry does it bring back a lot of memories for you seeing Carl.
B. McGuigan
The next best thing to actually fighting yourself is being involved with young men and developing talent and as you come along through your career and I’m sure the same is with Alejandro ‘s dad.
Being involved with kids and developing them, especially if they are your own child and often Carl feels like he is part of the family. He’s been involved so long and he’s a really talented kid. He’s very dedicated and it’s great to see him make progress.
For me vicariously I love and appreciate all of the things that he’s doing and making the progress he’s making and turning into the fighter that I always believed he could.
Q
What do you see as being the potential for you fighting either or both Guillermo Rigondeaux and Scot Quigg?
C. Frampton
Tingnan, I would like to fight them all. Sa tingin ko ang mga sitwasyon na may Quigg ay ang outpricing niya ang kanyang sarili sa isang away. Iniisip niya na siya ay nagkakahalaga ng higit pa sa kung ano siya ay. Ako palaging ay sinabi ng aking ina lumalaking up hindi upang magbenta ng aking sarili maikling kaya hindi ako pagpunta sa ibenta ang aking sarili maikling sa Scott Quigg o Eddie Hearn.
Sa tingin ko ang Rigondeaux fight ay isang malaking posibilidad. May mga alingawngaw na maaaring siya ay nagli-link sa Al Haymon at kung ang link na siya hanggang sa Al Haymon pagkatapos ng kurso ang labanan ay magiging mas madali upang gumawa ng mga. Naniniwala ako na maaari kong manalo.
You look at Rigondeaux and I completely admire what he does and his fighting style, but I think I’m the only man in the Super Bantamweight division that can beat him. I’m ready to take that fight whenever it comes.
Q
How long do you see yourself sticking around at 122?
C. Frampton
Well I can stay here as long as possible. I think I could probably, if I wanted to be, I could be a career super bantamweight. I find it that I’m making the weight division a little bit easier with each camp.
But I’m a big super bantamweight. I think Alejandro is maybe a few inches taller than me. He’s about five foot seven area. I’m about five foot five.
Malakas ako. Ako ay napaka, very solid. I’m quite a super bantamweight. But if I wanted I could just stay here for the rest of my career. But I think it’s some sort of legacy and it’s important to move up the weight divisions. I think I would be very dangerous as well.
B. McGuigan
Very simple situation with Scott Quigg. Scott Quigg has got the regular title. Scott Quigg has never headlined to show, although he’s a champion and I really respect the guy. He thinks I don’t, but I do. I just want to set the record straight in America too. He’s a decent fighter, no question about it.
He never has fought the level of opposition Carl has fought. The real champion is Guillermo Rigondeaux. Scott Quigg doesn’t merit 50% of the purse. Carl has won all his title fights. He’s taken risks. He’s buying out arenas. He’s been a headline act; all of the things that Quigg has not done. Quigg has got the WBA regular title. The real champion is Guillermo Rigondeaux.
When Hearn took it upon himself to go and ask, he went behind our backs and asked if the fight could be sanctioned as a unification fight. He was told no because the real champion is Guillermo Rigondeaux.
So with that in mind, we don’t want the regular title. We’re not interested in the regular title. We’re interested in the fight, but not in that title.
We are of course interested in Guillermo Rigondeaux’s Super world title. That’s a different story. But the fact is, if we’re going to Manchester, we’re putting Carl’s credibility on the line and we’re going into his home first.
When you come into this fight with a voluntary defense, the guy gets as much as the champion wants to pay him. Or even in the mandatory position, it’s still a 75/25% situation. So we said we’d star at 70/30 but the least we would take would be 60/40, and they wouldn’t play ball. It’s as simple as that.
So the fight doesn’t matter and therefore we now have a situation where we can fight a number of these great guys, provided Carl gets back and gets past Alejandro on the 18th of July.
Q
How much of an adjustment is it going to be for you not being in that arena full of the big supporting crowd for you?
C. Frampton
I think it will be absolutely fine. I’ve boxed all over the world as an amateur. I’ve boxed away from home a lot of the time. I’ve been in very, very hostile environments in Turkey. I remember Turkey being extremely hostile for some reason and I went out there and beat three Turks three years in a row.
Q
Have you noticed any difference around since that fight on ITV?
C. Frampton
I get recognized a lot, but obviously back home in Belfast it’s very good, and especially around a fight. It’s hard to kind of go anywhere without someone coming and asking for a photograph or even just to shake your hand, which I don’t mind at all. I enjoy it and I enjoy people’s company and I enjoy chatting to him.
In London since the last fight it has got a little bit better. Well better or worse; whatever you want to call it. People are approaching me a little bit more. But I can still go fairly unrecognizable in London.
It’s all about the change. We’re fighting here on CBS here. I’m fighting on ITV at prime time – a prime time slot. We don’t have any other big shows to go up against. The last time I fought it was pretty late on ITV much of the day and stuff was on at the same time.
So they took a lot of viewing figures we’re expecting to do about a million viewers here, and obviously when you do that, more people are going to recognize you in the street.
Q
Did you get any feedback from ITV?
C. Frampton
I think they were over the moon with it and that’s why this came back and they’re showing another. You know if they weren’t happy with it they wouldn’t have put me back on again. That’s the bottom line.
So ITV were very happy. They were very happy with their viewing figures and they want to continue a relationship with us and that continues with the fight on the 18th against Alejandro.
L. Milner
Ayos, malaki. We’re actually going to take one question for Alejandro and then we have to move on to Julio Cesar Chavez. So can we please have this question for Alejandro and then we will turn it over.
Q
Alejandro you’ve fought before at the Sun Bowl on the Julio Cesar Chavez undercard. Are you looking to upset Carl Frampton this way here and shock the world?
Ang isang. Gonzalez
Oo, this is going to be my second time fighting on Chavez’s undercard, but I’m very happy to fight a great fighter. But my dad told me, if you want to be best you have to fight the best. So that’s what I think that Carl Frampton is one of the best of the bantamweight champs.
Q
Are you looking forward to fighting in front of a huge Mexican-American crow in El Paso?
Ang isang. Gonzalez
Oo, talaga. In El Paso there’s a lot of Mexican people. Like I just said, Chavez is going to be in that fight and he’s a Mexican. So he has a lot of crowd. I have a lot of crowd and it’s going to be a great fight and a lot of people and a lot of Mexican and American people in the fight.
L. Milner
We do have Julio Cesar Chavez on the line so we’re going to jump over to the SHOWTIME
Julio Cesar Chavez
I’m very happy that we are close to the fight. I have five weeks with (Robert) and I prepared 100% for the fight. I feel ready to fight.
Q
Hulyo, you’re always an honest person. You’ve always been very sincere about everything. And my question to you is, whether the biggest enemy of your career has been Julio Cesar Chavez, siya mismo?
J. Cesar Chavez
I haven’t been 100% all the time, but my career has had lots of accomplishments. I was the first Mexican to win the Middleweight World Champion. I’ve been a World Champion. I’ve defended my belt. In addition to that I’ve beaten really great fighters. And I have a record of 48 at 2. And so it’s not fair to say that I haven’t accomplished a lot and haven’t been prepared all the time. But this is a great challenge.
Q
Do you feel you owe the public a great performance?
J. Cesar Chavez
Obviously I have to win this fight. I have to be great.
I took on a challenge that was tough. I fought somebody who was 175 pounds. I fought somebody after two years of being inactive.
There were a lot of things going on in my career including the legal problems that I was going through at the same that I was trying to get ready for a fight. It was a tough challenge.
Even though it was a defeat for me I feel like I was a better fighter than him. But he was more prepared. I think that those were the factors. I plan to win this next fight.
L. Milner
Okay we actually have Marcos Reyes on the line before okay our next question I just want to let him say a few words about training camp.
Marco Reyes
Well I’ve been Mexico City for six weeks right now in camp with Nacho Beristain, my trainer right now. A number of you have been excited for that fight July 18 which I’m going to face with Julio Chavez and I’m going to be in great shape for it.
Q
Nacho Beristain says that Julio changing trainers is not the issue, that it’s a personal and a mental issue and that’s the problem. Do you have a response?
J. Cesar Chavez
Robert Garcia is a great trainer. He has respect for a lot of people. He’s a respected trainer. I don’t understand what Nacho Beristain’s problem is.
He has in the past criticized me and he’s also criticized other people. In his career he goes around criticizing people. Pero, the facts are different.
I’m is first Mexican middleweight champion. I’ve only had two defeats. One was number two pound fighter which is Martinez. And I knocked him down, almost knocked him out, almost finished the right.
My second was against a natural 175 pounder who was ranked number four in the world who’s a very top level fighter.
So on July 18 I plan to show Nacho Beristain and everybody else that I’m one of the greatest fighters.
Q
Julio have you ever thought about losing again since you lost again what would happen in your career with another defeat?
J. Cesar Chavez
I’m not planning on losing. I’m planning on winning. When I fight at my weight I can beat anybody. There’s nobody in boxing who can beat me when I fight at my weight.
I feel right now that I’m at the best. I feel this is the best part of my career. And on July 18 Ako pagpunta sa manalo.
If I lost this fight then it would make me think about retiring because this is not the type of rival that should beat me. The type of rivals that I fought are much better and tougher than this rival.
Q
What big name are you thirsty for?
J. Cesar Chavez
Well firstly I respect my opponent a lot. All opponent are dangerous because Reyes, he’s a tough guy.
I have big plans for the division, I will fight anyone out there.
Ngunit ngayon focus ako sa Reyes. Pagkatapos na ito ay kahit anong kalaban ay dumating. Handa na ako para sa kahit anong pangalan
Lumaban ako para sa mga tao at kung ang mga tao ay nais ng isang malaking pangalan ko fight
L. Milner
Ayos. Maaari mong isara ang Julio lang ang araw na ito bilang mong tapusin ang training camp at tumuloy sa fight linggo sa El Paso?
J. Cesar Chavez
Pakiramdam ko ay handa na upang ipakita ang mga tao ng isang mahusay na labanan. Handa na ako upang ipakita sa mga tao ang aking mga dakilang labanan at Umaasa ako na enjoy nila ang fights. Dahil ang dalawang Mexican fighters sa singsing sa bawat oras na gumagawa ng isang mahusay na labanan.
Gusto kong magpadala ng isang malaking yakap sa lahat ng mga tao sa El Paso. Umaasa ako na ang mga ito ay lumabas at suporta sa parehong mga mandirigma. Ito ay pagpunta sa maging isang mahusay na labanan sa pagitan ng dalawang Mexican fighters.
Ngunit malinaw naman balak ko sa mga nanalong ito labanan. At higit sa lahat plano ko sa pagbibigay ng mga fans ng isang mahusay na labanan sa Hulyo 18.
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