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Lisa Milner
Mauruuru koe, operator. Thanks everyone for calling in. We have a great call today to talk about the debut of PBC on CBS taking place next Rāhoroi, April 4, i te Pepsi Coliseum i Quebec City, Canada. We are going to start with the main event guys it’s Adonis Stevenson, toa taumahamaha o te marama te ao; tona kaiwhakangungu, “Sugar” Hill; Saki Taurus, toa o mua whitu super ao; me tona kaiwhakangungu, Kevin Cunningham. We will also have Artur Beterbiev later. His opponent is training in Spain. Na, he will not be joining us. Ko, first let’s get some opening comments from the fighters and their trainers. A Tamutu, e homai e koe ki a matou he iti moka o te mōhiohio i runga i pēhea te whakangungu a haere ārahi ki te wiki whawhai o muri wiki?
A Tamutu Stevenson
Ngā mihi ki nga pāpāho katoa. E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai Al Haymon, toku kaiwhakahaere, great job. This is a good person for me and fight on CBS since like ’80 like Sugar Ray Leonard, Muhammad Ali. E mohio ana koe, this is amazing. And the first championship they want to start in Canada, Quebec City. This is amazing. And I’m very glad to be part of that.
L. Milner
Great. “Sugar” Hill, i taea te tāpiri koe tetahi ki taua pā ana ki te whakangungu kōrero e pā ana ki te pehea te mahi i a Tamutu i te puni ranei?
“Sugar” Hill
The training camp is going fantastic. We are here in his hometown of Montreal training at his gym. His gym is just opening. Na, this would be the first training camp held at this gym and for such a fight of this magnitude where Adonis is defending his world championship for the fifth time. I’ve only been here for one week any other time, but Montreal is a great place and a great place for training as well. The city has been so good and warm welcoming me here, a ka kite ahau he aha a Tamutu te here nei Montreal, a ka kite ahau he aha Montreal te here nei a Tamutu rite te pai.
L. Milner
Great. Mauruuru koe. Sakio, taea e homai e koe ki a matou he kōrero whakatuwhera tere e pā ana ki te puni whakangungu?
Saki Taurus
Tika katoa, te tuatahi o nga mea katoa, I want to thank everybody for giving me this big opportunity at the world title. . My training camp is going really well. E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai ki te Atua, e mohio ana koe, to give me this opportunity. Ano, we have a good training camp here. Everyone is happy. Au fiefia, and my coach is happy. All my kingdom is happy. I’m just looking for on April te 4, ki te riro te toa wā e toru ao.
L. Milner
Awesome. Mauruuru koe. Mr. Cunningham, Ko koe i reira? Could you add anything to that?
Kevin Cunningham
Ae. To piggyback on what Sakio has just said, kua i tatou i te puni whakangungu nui, great sparing. Nga mea katoa te pai te haere. Sakio understands the opportunity that’s before him, and we look to come to Canada and Montreal. And we’re going to into Adonis’ hometown. Na, Ahau kua reira, mahi e. You got to go into the lion’s den and take the title. So that’s what we’re working on doing and that’s what we plan on doing.
L. Milner
Great. Mauruuru koe. Te pai, we’re going to go ahead and open it up for questions from the media. Operator, Ka taea e koe tēnā mahi e?
Q
A Tamutu, so much talk about you fighting the other light heavyweight champions and who the real light heavyweight champion of the world is. What are your thoughts about these other guys and it is interfering with your concentration for your fight with Sakio on April 4 i runga i CBS?
A. Stevenson
Yeah, E matau ana ahau i te nui o ratou korero e pā ana ki taua, engari au rawa ahau e arotahi ana ki Bika inaianei, because Bika is in my face now. I don’t see anybody. I don’t see anybody in my face now. It’s Bika. And I don’t underestimate him, a au rawa rite hoki ia ia. Ka waiho e ahau rite hoki ia ia April 4. Na, toku arotahi ko i runga i Bika. E mohio ana ahau ki i e ratou pera i nga iwi maha e korero ki ahau, e pā ana ki te pehea, ki te whawhai i tēnei, engari au e ahau rawa arotahi ki runga ki tenei taata.
Q
He aha te mea te tukanga mō te raau whakamātau ki te aroaro o te April 4?
A. Stevenson
E toru taime i roto i te whakangungu me te kotahi wā ko te e ono nga haora in the morning. Na, they come into the condo and to do a drug test and two times in the training after sparing. I think it’s good for the boxers, to protect them. I’m very glad about that. And when I got to fight, Te mahi tonu ahau i te whakamātautau, e mohio ana koe? Na, ehara i te mea i te wa tuatahi te mahi ahau i te whakamātautau, but I always to do it. This is fantastic, Aroha ahau e.
Q
Whakaaro e koe, ko reira e tika ana mō kia mekemeke i taua huru o te whakamātautau?
A. Stevenson
O te akoranga ko te mea e tika ana no te mea, Ko āwhina koe. Na, he mea tino nui ki te tino mea katoa te tino pai te haere. Na e te wahi o te mekemeke me e te te kunenga mai. Au nui atu te koa, me te hari me te tautoko e.
Q
Sakio, he aha ta koutou e whakaaro e pā ana ki taua?
S. Taurus
Whakaaro ahau he mea tino, tino pai no te mea i ahau [tapepe] since I’ve been here. I think it’s good for the new generation. It goes for this sport. Hoki ahau, Whakaaro ahau he mea tino. He mea tino no te mea, na taata e rave rahi [tapepe] hoki atu [tapepe] drug and they never get tested. And now with new generation, Whakaaro ahau te mea tino pai, e mohio ana koe, for younger kids to try to see if they want to win. Once you come in this sport you have to have been clean. Ko te he tino whakahaere ki te tiki iwi whai wāhi i roto i, me te whakamatautau ia ratou. Ko te te mea tino ki te mahi.
Q
Na ka tamatahia e rua o koutou e toru nga wa, e rua nga wa i roto i te puni whakangungu, kotahi te wā i mua i te whawhai? Is that correct, eé?
A. Stevenson
E kore ahau e mohio ki a ia, but for me it’s three time. And we do a piss test, a ka mahi matou i te whakamātautau toto, rawa.
S. Taurus
Yeah, for me it was three time. Then two blood test–like blood test and piss test. This is the third time them testing me since I was here.
Q
Ko te pātai tuatahi i ui ki a Tamutu e pā ana ki tona faaineineraa no te whawhai ka ū mai a hoki te rorona a tawhio noa hoariri pümanawä nohopuku kei mua katoa, E hiahia ana ahau ki te tiki ki te tāpiri ano te pātai taua ki a Tamutu.
A. Stevenson
E mohio ana koe, te huru o te mea rite Bika he mohoao, e kua whakaaturia mai e ia–e mohio ana koe, he just keep coming. The kind of stuff like that, I love this kind of stuff because he’s large and keep pressuring. And so, whakaatu i te reira, ki te hanga e koe i te hape, ano e reira ka waiho he knockout rawa hohoro i roto i te whawhai.
Q
Taku pātai ko te hoki “Sugar” Hill. “Sugar”, Hiahia noa ahau ki te mohio, ki te i pai koe ki te kāhua i whiriwhiria mo tenei whawhai ka ū mai, ki te mea ko te momo o te whakamātautau tenei i titiro koe no te rite te kaiwhakangungu.
S. Hill
Pera i te matara titiro mo te kāhua mo a Tamutu ki te whawhai–and actually it doesn’t really matter to me. I’m happy with the selection of Sakio Bika. I have no problem with his style. I actually like the style because he’s coming forward. He wants to fight, and Adonis loves to fight. Adonis likes to go to toe-to-toe, and he likes to box. This is important for the maturity and, no te mea ataahua ako atu e pā ana ki mekemeke ki te e taea ki te hei i roto i te reira ki te toa rite Sakio Bika, nei te he kaha, hōia pūkeke, me te uaua ko wai e ahei te tu atu ki. He can take a punch. He’s never been knocked out or anything like that. Na, Ko ha faingamālie mo a Tamutu kia pea haere tenei 12 rauna ranei ki te rauna muri, e taea e hanga, me te tāpiri ki tona mahi rite whawhai i roto i te rauna muri, kua e ia taea ki te mahi i. Tenei whawhai i konei ki a Bika ko te whakamātautau, a ka aroha ana a Tamutu kia whakamatautauria. I love for him to be tested as well. This is the only thing that’s going to make him grow and become more of a talented fighter and become a bigger superstar.
Q
A Tamutu, e rapu ana koutou i te uaua 12 whawhai a tawhio noa ranei e kite koe i te reira rite hihiri kia rite ki te i te tuatahi ki te patoto i tēnei taata i roto i te mea he hakari i taua faingamālie ano?
A. Stevenson
It is motivation for me. That’s why I train very hard. I know he’s large as well in his punch. And he wants to keep me pressured. I love this kind of style. And if he goes for 12 rauna ahau rite hoki 12 rauna. I fight and spar. My fight is, tohu me te whakangungu mo 12 rounds.When ahau whiwhi i roto i te whakakai, E rapu ana ahau mo te knockout. I don’t look for the 12 tawhio. If he goes the distance or 12 rauna, this is not a problem. Ka taea e kuru ana ahau. I’m beautiful. I got a good skill. I’m a Superman. Na, it’s not a problem for me. Ko, first I’m looking for a knockout. And I think any boxer going in the ring to fight always looks for a knockout. Te tahi mau taime, it’s not like that. Ko, ahau, E rapu ana ahau mo te knockout. And Emanuel said knockouts sell.
Q
You said that you weren’t impressed with Kovalev’s performance over Jean Pascal. Do you want to put on a better performance? Do you feel pressure to put on a better performance since you said that? What do you think about that?
A. Stevenson
I’m not going to put pressure on myself. “Superman” e kore e ite te pēhanga. Kei te haere ahau ki te whakamahi i taku pūkenga mekemeke, a ka haere ahau ki te whakamahi i toku upoko i roto i te whakakai. I don’t have to put pressure on something like that. I don’t feel like that. I’m the man. I’m the guy to get beat.
Q
Ko Sakio Bika te hoariri tuatahi tapaea ana e ratou ki a koutou?
A. Stevenson
Yeah, it was the first. He was the first to open. We’re happy, and we don’t have a problem. And I know Sakio he was light–mahi e kore e, super middleweight champion. It’s very good, no te mea te ia he kaimekemeke pai. He was champion last two fights. That’s a good opportunity for him, rawa, ki te haere i te marama, he taumahamaha ki ahau whawhai. And it’s a good opportunity for me, rawa.
Q
E hiahia ana ahau ki te ui ki a koutou i te mea wāhi i koe mea ki a koe, “E ahau ki te whawhai,” ranei “E hiahia ana ahau ki te whawhai Sergey Kovalev ki te whakakotahi i nga tatua katoa i roto i te wehenga.” At what point did you say that in your career?
A. Stevenson
I don’t think about Kovalev now. I think about Bika. It doesn’t matter what I said now because I have a fight coming up with Bika. Ko, tino hiahia ahau ki te whawhai mo te taitara, tena ko tenei–hoki inaianei kua hokona e ahau Bika i roto i toku mata.
Q
Kihai i faahiahia e koe ki te ara e titiro Kovalev i te whawhai i te tahi atu wiki ki a Pascal. Aha?
A. Stevenson
I’m not impressed by it because this is the first big fight Pascal had since Bernard and he fights one time a year before Bernard Hopkins. Na, in four years he fights one time. Na, e te au e ahau he aha e kore e maere e pā ana ki taua, no te mea kahore he Pascal te kaimekemeke kaha rite whakamahia ia ki te kia hoki i roto i te ra.
Q
E mohio ana koe ki e Kovalev, because of the WBC is going to be mandatory. I want to know how hard will you press for that mandatory if you’re successful again.
A. Stevenson
O te akoranga, E mohio ana ahau ki. I’m ready to fight a title. Ko, Tukua ahau toku kapa, Al HAYMON, tiaki e pā ana ki taua. Then after that Kovalev we can unify the title. It’s not a problem for me because the two titles he gets now he gets Bernard Hopkins’ taitara, a kia whawhai ahau Bernard Hopkins.
Q
Ko te whawhai e ngā haere ki te runga i te pouaka motu i roto i te United States tenei, free TV. Have you given any thought about the fact that you’ll be performing in front of an audience probably bigger than has ever seen you fight ever?
A. Stevenson
O te akoranga. This is a good opportunity for that. And first of all, E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai Al Haymon mo e, rawa, no te mea, that’s him putting on the show. And since Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, back in the day it was free. Na, we offer the public the fight for free and that’s a great opportunity for me. Na, I have a good performance for Sakio Bika. Ko, I know Sakio Bika is a tough opponent and he’s very awkward and tough. We’ll prepare for that, a koe rite tatou. Ko te hoki rawa pai mō te kuao tamariki, matakitaki ai i te whawhai. Ko te he faingamālie pai mō te katoa.
Q
Ki te kore e e nui whakarongo te mātakitaki pea e hoatu e koe ki roto ki te tūnga i reira e rapu ana koutou mo te knockout?
A. Stevenson
O te akoranga. That gives me a lot of motivation. That’s why I train really hard for this fight and watch–na mataara ahau te iwi. Since Muhammad Ali, I’m the first to be poor and the projects. Na, Ahau rawa, tino hari, and I’m going to put a good performance. Like Emanuel said, hoko knockouts.
Q
A Tamutu, te wahi e whakangungu koutou i tenei wiki? Na ka, Kei te haere koe mau, no te ki Quebec City?
A. Stevenson
You know I opened a new gym in Quebec City. This is a good opportunity for me to train in my hometown. This is the first time since 2011. Ka taea e kite ahau i toku koati, rawa. Na, Aroha ahau e. And we train very hard, ahau me toku kaiwhakangungu. We put the hard work pay off. This is different. This is a good opportunity for me, a ka aroha ahau e.
Q
Na, inaianei ka koe i roto i Quebec City koe?
A. Stevenson
I’m in Montreal now. Quebec City, Kei te haere ahau i tenei wiki.
Q
Na, ka e koe mau haere ki Quebec City?
A. Stevenson
Rātapu.
Q
Ano, my question goes to Adonis. I just want to know if a knockout is the result that you absolutely need or would you be disappointed if you didn’t win by a knockout against Bika?
A. Stevenson
I know Bika is a tough opponent. Na, Ahau rite hoki 12 rauna. Ki te mea ko reira te knockout, it’s there. If it’s not, it’s not. Ko, i roto i te whakakai, E rapu ana ahau mo te knockout. Na, e kore e mea faufaa te reira no te ahau, but I’m always looking for the knockout. That’s a Kronk. The Kronk Gym and my team we’re looking for that. Since the Kronk it’s been a while. They’re always looking for the knockout. If you’re training in the Kronk Gym and any fighter is looking for the knockout.
Q
Ko, Ka taea e te mea kino ki tonu te titiro mo te knockout no te mea ka ki te kahore e whiwhi koe i te reira rite hohoro rite ki te hiahia koe ka taea te tiki atu i te kāhua o te mekemeke koutou ia koutou. Is that something that worries you?
A. Stevenson
E nehenehe tatou e haere 12 tawhio. It’s not a problem for me. We train for that. We train for that. Ka taea e ahau te haere 12 tawhio. And I’m from Kronk Gym, Detroit. And this place, to tatou i te pai, kaiwhakangungu pai rite Emanuel “Sugar” Hill. They know boxing. They teach me very well my skill and everything and my balance. They know boxing. And so, e mohio ana ratou ki te kore e reira te knockout, engari e haere tatou ki te mahi. We’re going to use the good ability to go for 12 rauna. It’s not a problem.
Q
Sakio, Hiahia noa ahau ki te mohio, me pehea e ite i te reira hoki koutou i roto i tenei puni whakangungu ki te whakangungu mo te whawhai taumahamaha o te marama i muri i, ka pau tino nui to koutou mahi katoa i te taumahawaenga super?
S. Taurus
Ahau ite i te reira i te titauraa hou ki te haere ki runga, ka ngana ki te whawhai i te puru nui. A, no te kite koe i toku talena, ake hiahia ana tangata ki a ahau whawhai. Ko tonu te reira fifi, he iti bit no te mea e kore te tangata e hiahia ana ki ahau whawhai. Hoki ahau te mea he wero nui no te Stevenson, A Tamutu Ko te toa nui, me te hiahia ahau ki te riro i te toa ao i roto i te ora. Au rawa mohio taea hapai i ahau ki a ia. Na haere mai April 4, no te mea e ahau i te faaineineraa pai, , he hoa e tohu i nui, Ahau titiro noa hoki koutou ki te kite i pēhea te taea e ahau te hapai i te puru nui. A Tamutu Ko te tuatahi hoki ahau i tenei taimaha, but I just feel confident, Ite e ahau pai. Ahau rite, e mohio ana koe, ki te haere ki reira, ka whakaatu i te iwi i roto i te ao nei e taea e ahau whiua a Tamutu Stevenson i runga i April 4. I want to tell the big bull. I want to move up in light heavyweight division, aApril 4 E haere te iwi ki te kite i te reira.
Q
E te taimaha ite pai mo koutou? Do you see yourself staying at light heavyweight?
S. Taurus
Kite ahau i ahau ano he taumahamaha te marama. Kite ahau i ahau i te taumahamaha marama no te kite koe na e rave rahi toa ao. For me just it’s just a challenge. I want to challenge myself. Ka taea e ahau te mea i te marama taimaha ngāwari. It would be a struggle to do super middleweight. E mohio ana koe, Taea e ahau te marama taumahamaha tino ngāwari. Ka taea e ahau te hapai i te puru nui, no te mea rahurahu ki ahau katoa. This is a big opportunity for me to try to see if can I handle the big bull. I can handle Adonis. pērā i April 4, I will try to test myself. You all ready? Ahau rite. I ahau i te faaineineraa pai,. Ako'i tatou rawa pakeke hoki tenei whawhai. Au noa titiro ahau ki te haere mai ki a Quebec, ka tango i te tiaki o te pakihi.
Q
I te wa ano i a koe i te whawhai Sergey Kovalev / Jean Pascal, a haere ana ia koutou ki HBO autaua mo i te wā, Bernard Hopkins, and you told him that you guarantee that you will fight Sergey Kovalev. I wanted to see what your answer was to what you think of Sergey Kovalev and his performance i runga i Rāhoroipo o te wiki i te tokorua i mua.
A. Stevenson
E kore e Pascal mea faufaa i teie nei no te mea e korero tatou e pā ana ki Bika. Haere ahau ki te whawhai April 4 ki Bika. Ko te he mea tino uaua e pā ana ki Bika, a kahore he inaianei Kovalev he tangata, ina whakaaro ahau e pā ana ki te whawhai ki a Kovalev me Pascal, me ka i muri ka mea ahau, “Well, yeah, Kei te haere ahau ki te whawhai.” He’s not a person for me now. The person now is Bika.
Q
Fakapapau'i koe e pai kia koutou whawhai muri ki Kovalev hoki i roto i te Mei o whakamutunga tau i muri i 12 rounds against Fonfara. You beat Fonfara.
A. Stevenson
You can’t guarantee. It’s not working like that. It’s not football. It’s not hockey. And one punch can change anything. So now I got Bika in my face, a au rawa arotahi ahau ki a Bika, because I know this guy gives problems to all the champions. He was champion. And I know this fighter is tough.
L. Milner
Te pai. Gentlemen, thank you so much for your time. I think this call really set in motion a great week and a half heading into the fight. Na, thank you so much. We’re going to switch over to Mr. Beterbiev.
Artur Beterbiev
Ahau i rite ki toku whakangungu, and I am training hard. And it was all planned. Na, te reira mea katoa i haere kia rite ki te mahere. Ko te he hoariri tino. E kore e taea e ahau tatari ki te whai i taua whawhai.
Q
Artur, you defeated Sergey Kovalev in the amateurs. What do you think of him as far as a professional opponent right now?
A. Beterbiev
Na ka mau ia ki te whakaaro ana tauākī katoa e tata hua ia, E rite ahau ki te whakatau ki a ia, ka maka ia ia i roto i tona wahi i roto i te ngaio.
Q
He aha e mahara koe e pā ana ki a ia ano he taata ngā whawhai nei koutou? What do you remember?
A. Beterbiev
I ahau i te mahara rawa te pai. Na, I tukia e ahau ki a ia e rua i roto i nga rarangi runaruna, engari au e ahau atu arotahi ki runga i te heke mai matau i teie nei. E hiahia ana ahau ki te whiua ia ano.
Q
Artur, taea e koe whakaahua e founga koe ite to koutou umanga kei te haere ake i tenei wāhi?
A. Beterbiev
Ahau i rite ki te ara i kua e ahau arahina i roto i toku mahi ngaio. Ahau ia rā whakangungu ahau, e mahi ia rā, me te whakaaro e pā ana ki taua nga wa katoa. Tamata tonu ahau ki te whakapai ake me te whakapai ake i toku wahi e kore e kaha, as part of my preparation.I’m not a future teller. Na, I’m ready to meet all the solid opponents. And I’m ready for the championship of the world, a ahau rite mo tetahi tauira e take.
Q
He reira tetahi huamoni i roto ia koutou whawhai i te toa o Stevenson / Bika?
A. Beterbiev
Taea e whawhai ahau taata.
Q
He aha koe e whakaaro o Campillo me te aha te huru o te mau tamataraa e he hakari Campillo ki a koutou no te mea kua ia kia nui atu ngaio wheako atu ia?
A. Beterbiev
Ae, I have a lot of respect for Campillo because he’s very experienced. For sure he has more experience than I do. He has experience winning and losing, a ka te ia he hoariri totoka, te haere engari te whawhai ki te whakaatu ki te taea e tona reo ngaio te tauturu ia i roto i tenei whawhai.
Q
He aha ta koutou e ako i te knockdown?
A Beterbiev
I don’t think that was a knockdown. I just lost my balance for an instant. I recovered right away instantly. But I still think that this is a good lesson for me for this not to happen in the future. And I’m going to try to avoid any dangerous situations in my future.
Q
Me pēhea te kite koe Campillo, he aha te ahua o te toa ko ia, a ka he i reira tetahi wahi o tona kāhua–tetahi huānga o tona kāhua e taea e pe'ape'a?
A. Beterbiev
Tenei ko te opponent.He o totoka mahi tino pai, very experienced at attack. He’s very experienced at defense. Kei te haere te whawhai ki te whakaatu he aha te haere ki te tupu.
L. Milner
Te pai, nui. Mauruuru koe. Mauruuru koe, Artur. Thanks everybody for being on. A special thanks to the media. This is a great show April 4 i runga i te wā, CBS, PBC on CBS right from Quebec City. Na, whakawhetai ki a koutou na nui, me te whai i te ra nui.
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