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BARE KNUCKLE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP SET TO DEBUT IN ALABAMA SATURDAY, Aprili 11 IN BIRMIGHAM!

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UFC Veteran Chris Leben & Former University of Alabama Linebacker Marcel Stamps Square Off in BKFC 12 Kuu Tukio from the Boutwell Auditorium

Co-Main Event Action to Feature BKFC Heavyweight Champion Joey Beltran Defending his Title Against Mark Godbeer

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Machi 6, 2020) – Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) will bring sanctioned bare knuckle action to Alabama for the first time on Saturday, Aprili 11 as UFC veteran Chris Leben and former University of Alabama linebacker Marcel Stamps go toe-to-toe in the main event of BKFC 12 from Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Ala.

The BKFC 12 co-main event will showcase a highly anticipated heavyweight title bout as BKFC Heavyweight Champion Joey Beltran defends his belt against rugged MMA veteran Mark Godbeer.

Tickets for the live event are on sale Friday, Machi 6 na inaweza kununuliwa katikahttps://www.bareknuckle.tv/ na Etix.

“It will be a great fight,” said BKFC founder and president David Feldman. “Chris Leben is a legend, he always comes to fight and he’s ready to throw down. Marcel Stamps is one of the most athletic fighters in BKFC, and we expect him to do some big things with the organization. This fight is a statement of how we do things at BKFC. The best fight the best!”


“I’m excited to be part of the BKFC 12 main event in Alabama,” said Leben. “Aprili 11, I will make Stamps regret he ever got into this. I will knock him out in front of his hometown fans.”


“I have my hometown supporting me and I will not let them down,” said Stamps. “Leben has nothing left. He is old and is nothing more than a name. I will retire him for good!”


Leben returns for his third BKFC fight, having previously knocked out Justin Baesman at BKFC 5, before losing a decision to Dakota Cochrane at BKFC 6. Originally from Portland, Oregon and now training out of Chula Vista, California, Leben first emerged onto the scene in the inaugural season of Ultimate Fighter before going on to become a WEC Middleweight Champion. A veteran of over 20 Matukio UFC, his career includes a five-fight win streak that led to a challenge of Anderson Silva.

Born in Brantley, Alabama and now fighting out of Birmingham, Stamps will step in for his second BKFC bout after previously knocking out Kendall Grove at BKFC 3. The 34-year-old played linebacker for Nick Saban at the University of Alabama from 2004 kupitia 2008 and played in the CFL before transitioning to combat sports. Stamps competed in Bellator prior to debuting with BKFC in 2018.

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About Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
Juni 2, 2018, Philadelphia-based Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) made combat sports history when it promoted the first legal, sanctioned and regulated bare knuckle event in the United States since 1889. “BKFC 1: The Beginning” took place in Cheyenne, Wyoming and featured 10 kikohozi mtaalamu, all under the auspices and control of the Wyoming Combative Sports Commission. BKFC uses only established fighters who have previously competed professionally in boxing, MMA, kickboxing and/or Muay Thai. All BKFC bouts are sanctioned and regulated by ABC member athletic commissions. Kwa habari zaidi tembeleawww.bareknuckle.tv or follow on Twitter at https://twitter.com/bareknucklefc on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/bareknucklefc/ on YouTube athttps://www.youtube.com/
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MONSTER ENERGY BELLATOR MMA FIGHT SERIES VISITS TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY UNDER THE LIGHTS ON NASCAR RACE WEEKEND FRIDAY, Oktoba. 13

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Pia, Appearances by Former Bellator Champ and Monster Energy Athlete Michael Chandler and Heavyweight Fan-Favorite Roy Nelson

LOS ANGELES - Monster Energy Bellator MMA Fight Series heads to the legendary Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala. for its third event on Ijumaa, Oktoba. 13. For the first time, fighters will step into the cage after the sun has set on Friday evening, kicking off an exciting weekend for fans that culminates with the fifth race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs siku ya Jumapili.

 

Ahead of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Alabama 500 siku ya Jumapili, Oktoba. 15, the Monster Energy Bellator MMA Fight Series will feature MMA action Ijumaa evening beginning at 8:30 p.m. CT at the Monster Energy Fan Zone in the Talladega Infield, immediately following the track’s “Big One on the Blvd” parade and party. Talladega Infield access is required for admission.

 

Zaidi ya hayo, juu ya Ijumaa, Oktoba 13 kutoka 3-4 p.m. CT, fans will have the opportunity to meet former Bellator lightweight champion and Monster Energy athlete "Chuma" Michael Chandler, as well as heavyweight fan-favorite Roy “Big Country” Nelson, at the Monster Energy Fan Zone in the Talladega Fan Zone, directly outside admission gates behind the north end of the frontstretch grandstands.

 

“The Monster Energy Bellator MMA Fight Series has been a great way for us to share MMA, as well as the Bellator brand, with an entirely new fan base this year,” said Bellator President Scott Coker. “With the support of Monster Energy, we’ve already seen the crossover appeal these events offer. I’m excited to head to one of the most iconic tracks in motorsports with Hans Molenkamp, Aaron Quesada, Austin Hodges and the entire Monster Energy team to bring Bellator MMA action to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs at Talladega.”

 

Through Bellator MMA, alongside longstanding partner Monster Energy, mixed martial arts will be included as a pre-race activation exclusively for fans in attendance. The lineup Ijumaa will consist of four MMA bouts featuring some of the best regional up-and-coming talent, with the main event prospects in consideration to be signed to a multi-fight Bellator MMA contract.

 

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Alabama 500 at Talladega takes place Jumapili, Oktoba 15 katika 1 p.m. CT. Tickets to the race are available at ‪NASCAR.com/tickets, TalladegaSuperspeedway.com/tickets or by calling Talladega Superspeedway at 1-855-518-RACE (7223).

 

Updated Monster Energy Bellator MMA Fight Series at Talladega Superspeedway Fight Card:

Lightweight Main Event: Omar Johnson (8-1, Birmingham, Ala.) vs. Jonathan Pearce (5-3, Johnson City, Tenn.)

Heavyweight Bout: Frank Tate (4-4, Birmingham, Ala.) vs. Kem Oti (2-1, Decatur, Ala.)

Middleweight Bout: Marcel Stamps (1-0, Birmingham, Ala.) vs. Derek Wilson (Pro Albamu, Atlanta, Ga.)

Heavyweight Amateur Bout: Christian Echols (2-0, Cullman, Ala.) vs. Billy Swanson (7-1, Cleveland, Tenn.)

 

Please visit Bellator.com for details.

*Event schedule subject to change.

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Mario Barrios Exicted Kuhusu Maamuzi Rapid Kurudi Kwa Gonga 9/6 katika Alabama

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Picha By Lucas Noonan – PBC
SAN ANTONIO, TX (Septemba 17, 2015) – Undefeated super-featherweight hisia, Mario Barrios (11-0, 6 Kos), hufanya kurudi kwa kasi kwa pete kama yeye kupambana TBA mpinzani juu ya Wilder vs. Duhaupas kadi, unafanyika katika Legacy uwanja Birmingham, Alabama, Jumamosi, Septemba 26.
Hii itakuwa ni ya tatu bout 8 mzima kwa San Antonio, Texas native. In his last bout which took place on September 6th in Corpus, Christi, TX, Barrios scored an impressive fourth round TKO over Jose Cen Torres. A body shot to the liver ended the bout at the 2:10 mark of the round. Looking to stay active, Barrios ni relishing katika nafasi ya kupambana juu ya mwingine juu ya kadi wasifu.
“Hii itakuwa ni mapambano yangu ya pili katika Septemba na mimi nina radhi sana kwa njia ya kazi yangu ni kwenda.” Said Mario Barrios. “I love staying active and I’m getting more comfortable in the ring with each fight. Fighting in Alabama for the first time, kwenye kadi kubwa akishirikiana na Heavyweight Campion wa dunia, will be a great experience. You can expect me to impose my game plan on my opponent, yeyote ambayo inaweza kuwa.”
PBC juu ya NBC ni kichwa na Heavyweight bingwa wa dunia Deontay “Mshambuliaji Bronze” Wilder (34-0, 33 Kos) vs. Johann “Reptile” Duhaupas (32-2, 20 Kos) na televisheni chanjo kuanzia na 8:30 p.m. NA/5:30 p.m. PT. Matangazo itakuwa kubadili juu ya NBCSN katika 11 p.m. NA/8 p.m. PT.
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HOMETOWN HERO hufanya historia: DEONTAY WILDER ataacha ERIC MOLINA, WINS BY 9TH-ROUND KNOCKOUT AT BARTOW ARENA

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Jose Pedraza Madai wazi Junior Lightweight Title

Pamoja na Kutawala usiojulikana Uamuzi Zaidi Andrey Klimov

Kukamata Replay Jumapili, Juni 14 katika 9 a.m. NA/PT juu ya Showtime® na Jumatatu, Juni 15 katika 10 p.m. NA/PT juu ya Showtime SANA®

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Juni 13, 2015) - Katika jina la kwanza kupambana katika hali ya Alabama, Deontay "mshambuliaji Bronze" Wilder (34-0, 33 Kos), had to work harder than expected before dismantlingEric "Drummer Boy" Molina (23-3, 17 Kos) na tisa mzunguko wa mtoano Jumamosi usiku katika tukio kuu ya Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP ndondi® kuishi juu ya Showtime.

 

Mji wa Nyumbani shujaa Wilder, ambaye alizaliwa na bado anaishi tu 60 maili chini ya barabara katika Tuscaloosa, imeshuka Molina, ya LYFORD, Texas, kwa mkono moja kwa moja haki 63 sekunde katika raundi ya tisa, kusababisha mwamuzi Jack Reiss kuwaita mapambano mbali kutokana na Molina ya nne na ya mwisho knockdown ya jioni mbele ya raucous kuuzwa nje umati wa 9,347 katika Bartow uwanja juu ya chuo wa Chuo Kikuu cha Alabama Birmingham.

 

mchezo Molina kushangazwa Wilder na stamina na moyo wake. "Mimi alishangazwa na Molina, alionyesha moyo mkubwa,"Alisema elated Wilder kama ya mngurumo na umati wa watu rang chini kutoka rafters. "Wakosoaji zote mashaka naye, lakini alionyesha kuwa yeye ni mpinzani mgumu sana. Mimi zinahitajika mgumu guy ambaye alikuwa moyo na ambao wanaweza kupata imeshuka na bado kuja nyuma juu. "

 

Wilder knocked chini Molina mara moja katika raundi ya nne na wa kushoto ndoano na mara mbili katika raundi ya tano kwa mkono wake wa kulia mauti, kuangalia kama kupambana itakuwa kusimamishwa kabla ya kuanza kwa duru ya sita. Lakini Molina aliamua kuamka na hata uwezo wa nchi mkononi kubwa haki katika raundi ya nane, stunning inaonekana amechoka Wilder.

 

Ingawa si matokeo yeye alikuwa na matumaini kwa, Molina alikuwa na furaha kwa nafasi. "Mimi akampa kila kitu mimi nilikuwa,"Kutupwa Molina alisema. "Haikuwa matokeo nilitaka, lakini naweza kufanya nini. Ilikuwa ni ndoto yangu kupigania cheo. Wilder ni mpiganaji mkubwa na mimi nataka awe mkubwa. "

 

Boxing historia na Showtime Mchambuzi Steve Farhood zinazotolewa kuvutia ufahamu baada ya tukio kuu. "Nilidhani vita hii zinazozalishwa washindi watatu. Deontay Wilder, hali ya Alabama na amini au sio, Eric Molina. Matarajio walikuwa chini kwa Molina, lakini yeye ni kwenda kupata inatoa zaidi msingi mbali vita hii. Yeye aliwasilisha changamoto busara na kupigana na mengi ya moyo. Umati ajabu na nadhani kwamba kila mtu angependa kuona Deontay Wilder kupambana hapa tena. "

 

Katika ufunguzi bout ya Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP ndondi doubleheader, Jose "Sniper" Pedraza (20-0, 12 Kos) inaongozwa Andrey Klimov (20-1, 9 Kos) kutoka kengele ufunguzi wa kudai wazi IBF Junior Lightweight Title pamoja usiojulikana ushindi uamuzi.

 

Pedraza, kufanya yake 2015 kwanza, ushindi na alama ya 120-108 mara mbili na 119-109.

 

Pedraza alikuwa wote smiles baadaye. "Nilikuwa na furaha sana kwa sababu mimi kafara maisha yangu kwa ajili ya mwisho 14 Miaka kuwa bingwa wa dunia,"Alisema. "Haikuwa rahisi lakini ni ndoto ya kuja kweli, ndoto kila mpiganaji anafikiria kwa kuwa bingwa wa dunia. "

 

Kutoka kengele ufunguzi, Pedraza, ya Cidra, Puerto Rico, kutumika upande kasi yake bora, mchanganyiko kuchomwa na jabs mwili wa kujenga umbali na kuweka Klimov, ya Klimovsk, Russia, pembeni. Pedraza nanga 50 asilimia ya uwezo wake shots ikilinganishwa na 26 asilimia kiwango na Klimov. Puerto Rican inakuwa 62nd fighter who has appeared on ShoBox: Generation New, kwa kuwa bingwa wa dunia.

 

Pedraza kutumika uliopita Puerto mabingwa Rican kama motisha katika kudai cheo yake ya kwanza. "Kuwa saba Puerto Rican Bingwa katika 130 ina maana dunia kwangu,"Alisema. "Mimi kuangalia juu Miguel Cotto na sasa vijana Puerto Rican mabondia ni kwenda kuangalia juu yangu. "

Baada ya kupambana na, Klimov umebaini nini alikuwa kufunikwa katika damu kwa zaidi ya usiku. "Katika ngumi ya kwanza ya kupambana, Pedraza kuvunja pua yangu na kuanzia wakati ule mbele nilikuwa inasubiri kumaliza kazi,"Alisema. "Uwezo yangu katika pete nikazuiliwa sababu ya pua yangu, kama agizo juu uvimbe. "

Ingawa pua ilikuwa sababu katika mapambano, iliyoonekana Klimov alifanya hakuna visingizio. "Pedraza alifanya kazi ya kipekee, yeye ni mzuri, kufunga mpiganaji. "

Ufunguzi Showtime ndondi juu sho SANA matangazo undefeated Julian "J-Rock" Williams (20-0-1, 12Kos) ya Philadelphia, Pa. mikononi kuvutia sita mzima TKO (2:43) juu ya Maskini Ovsepyan (14-5, 11 Kos) ya Yerevan, Armenia, ili kurejesha yake WBC Bara Super welterweight title.

 

Williams ilianza nguvu kugonga Ovsepyan chini kwa mkono wa kulia kubwa 35 sekunde katika raundi ya kwanza. Aliendelea kikasha toezi Ovsepyan, kuvunja naye chini na shots kubwa na sahihi mwili kwa mikono yote. Wakati wa dakika za majeruhi, Williams alikuwa nanga 52 asilimia ya kukwepa makonde yake jumla, ikilinganishwa na Ovsepyan ya 19 asilimia.

 

"Mimi labda inaweza wameweza kumaliza naye mapema, lakini nilitaka kuchukua muda wangu,"Alisema Williams. "Pamoja na mambo ambayo watu wanaweza kufikiri, yeye ni mpiganaji bora na puncher nzuri. Sikutaka kumlazimisha mtoano, kwa sababu ambazo zinaweza kuleta bondia kuangalia unpolished. "

 

"I got mtoano na mimi niko tayari kwa ajili ya hatua ya pili ya kazi yangu. Mimi wito nje mgawanyiko nzima, lakini ningependa kuanza na Austin Trout. Nikageuka 25 mwezi Aprili na mimi haja ya kuanza kujenga resume yangu kwa sababu nataka kuwa katika Boxing Hall of Fame siku moja. "

 

Katika Showtime SANA tukio kuu, undefeated montenegrinska Dejan "El Dinamita" Zlaticanin (17-0, 10 Kos) mikononi upset na mtoano ya pili ya jioni, ikiondoa rekodi kasoro ya Kiukreni Ivan "kutisha" Redkach (18-1, 14 Kos) na TKO katika1:24 ya duru ya nne na makubwa ya kushoto ndoano.

 

Redkach alikuwa na faida ya kufikia sita inch juu Zlaticanin, lakini montenegrinska alikuwa na nguvu sahihi zaidi mtu kutua 33 asilimia ya kukwepa makonde yake jumla ikilinganishwa na Redkach ya 21 asilimia. Redkach alichukua goti katika tatu baada ya pigo chini na headbutt ajali ambayo imesababisha kukata ndogo. Wakati wa dakika za majeruhi, Zlaticanin alikuwa mbele kwa scorecards zote, 27-30 na 28-29 mara mbili.

 

haijulikani virtual kwa U.S. mashabiki akija katika, Zlaticanin usingetosha kuviweka msisimko wake baadaye. "Najisikia kama ninaishi ndoto, Nina furaha sana,"Alisema. "Mimi kuwapiga mtu ambaye ni ndondi standout katika Amerika. Nilijua kwenda katika kupambana na kwamba nilikuwa mpiganaji bora. Mimi kwa kweli alitaka kumdhuru kwa kuwa pete. Mimi habari kwamba alikuwa kubwa bondia na nguvu puncher, lakini yeye underestimated vipaji yangu. Mimi ilionyesha Kaskazini shabiki msingi nilivyo uwezo wa. "

 

Baada ya kupambana na, Redkach ilikuwa wazi distraught. "Mimi ni tamaa sana,"Alisema. "Hii ni mtaalamu wangu hasara kwanza. Sielewi kwa nini mwamuzi kusimamishwa mapambano wakati bado kulikuwa na zaidi ya dakika kushoto katika duru. Nilihisi kikamilifu faini katika pete iliyokuwa dakika za majeruhi mbaya. "

Katika swing bout, kuahidi undefeated matarajio Ahmed Elbiale (11-0, 10 Kos) ya Miami, Fla. kwa njia ya Misri, alifunga 1:04, kwanza raundi ya mtoano zaidi Mapokezi Woods (8-5, 7Kos) ya Atlanta, Ga.

 

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"WILDER vs. MOLINA,"Mapambano 12 ya raundi ya Heavyweight michuano Wilder ya WBC, ulifanyika Jumamosi, Juni 13, katika uwanja Bartow katika Birmingham, Ala. DiBella Entertainment na Bruno Tukio Timu alijiunga na majeshi ya kuleta tukio Alabama. Katika ushirikiano kuu tukio mwenza kukuzwa na DiBella kwa kushirikiana na Universal Promotions, Jose Pedraza wanakabiliwa Andrey Klimov katika bout 12 ya raundi ya IBF Junior Lightweight Dunia Title. Ni kurushwa hewani kuishi kwenye SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. NA/ 6 p.m. PT). matangazo ilikuwa inapatikana katika Hispania kupitia sekondari redio programu (SAP). Preliminary bouts were televised live on SHOWTIME EXTREME (7 p.m. NA/PT, kuchelewa katika Pwani ya Magharibi).

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Homecoming: DEONTAY WILDER VS. ERIC MOLINA FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES AND PHOTOS

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“Kila mtu anajua kwamba Deontay Wilder anapata kazi kufanyika. Mimi kazi ngumu sana kupata hapa kutoa tu juu ukanda. Nataka mikanda yote, Mimi nina tamaa kama hiyo.” — Deontay Wilder

“Wakati ndoto yangu inakuwa ukweli Jumamosi, Nitakuja haki ya nyuma hapa na kutoa Wilder rematch.” – Eric Molina

HII Jumamosi, Juni 13, LIVE ON Showtime®

KUTOKA BARTOW ARENA KATIKA BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

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Picha ya Mikopo: Stephanie Trapp / Showtime

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Juni 11, 2015) – Siku mbili kabla ya kwanza kuwahi taji la dunia vita katika jimbo la Alabama, undefeated Heavyweight bingwa wa dunia Deontay “Mshambuliaji Bronze” Wilder na mpinzani Eric Molina walishiriki katika wakati wa mwisho wa mkutano wa waandishi wa habari Alhamisi katika Ubalozi Suites katika Birmingham.

 

ngumu kupiga Wilder (33-0, 32 Kos), ya Tuscaloosa, Ala, itakuwa kufanya utetezi wa kwanza wa cheo Heavyweight yeye alishinda impressively kutoka Gold Cup Januari, wakati yeye hukutana Molina (23-2, 17 Kos), ya LYFORD, Texas, hii Jumamosi, Juni 13, katika tukio kuu juu ya Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP ndondi® kuishi juu ya Showtime (9 p.m. NA/6 p.m. PT) kutoka Bartow uwanja katika Birmingham, Ala.

 

Katika ushirikiano kipengele kwenye Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP ndondi, undefeated Jose “Sniper” Pedraza(19-0, 12 Kos), ya Cidra, Puerto Rico, Itakuwa kinyume na Andrey Klimov (19-1, 9 Kos), ya Klimovski, Russia, katika 12 rounder ajili wazi michuano ya Dunia IBF Junior Lightweight.

 

Katika tukio kuu juu ya Showtime ndondi juu sho SANA®, undefeated dunia lenye nafasi wagombeaJohn “Kutisha” REDK na Dejan “Dynamite” Zlaticanin itakuwa mraba mbali katika eliminator 12 mzima. Mshindi kati Redkach (18-0, 1 ND, 14 Kos), ya Los Angeles, na Zlaticanin (16-0, 9 Kos), ya Montenegro, inakuwa mpinzani lazima kwa Jorge Linares, WBC 135-pound bingwa wa dunia.

 

Ufunguzi sho SANA matangazo, unbeaten juu 10 lenye nafasi super welterweight Julian “J Rock” Williams (19-0-1, 11 PRICES, 1 ND), ya Philadelphia, Itakuwa kinyume na Armenia Maskini Ovsepyan(14-4, 11 Kos), ya Glendale, Calif., katika pambano nane mzima. Time permitting, ngumu kupiga mwanga vigogo Ahmed Elbiali (10-0, 9 Kos, 1-1 WSB), ya Miami, Fla, na Mapokezi Woods (8-4, 7 Kos), ya Atlanta, itakuwa collide katika nne / sita mzima swing mechi.

 

Chini ni nini wapiganaji na Hall of Fame promoter Don King alikuwa na kusema leo:

 

DEONTAY WILDER, Heavyweight World Champion

 

“Mimi nina kushukuru kwa kila mtu ambaye kuweka pamoja tukio hili kubwa. Hii ni ndoto ya kuja kweli kwa ajili yangu. Wakati mimi alifanya ndoto yangu kuwa obestridd Heavyweight bingwa wa dunia, Nilitaka kufanya kitu kubadili Alabama michezo mazingira.

 

“Watu alitaka mimi kukimbilia kazi yangu, hata sikuwa katika maeneo fulani, lakini nina mtu ambaye anaamini katika majira na kwamba kuna wakati ambapo mambo lazima kutokea. Sisi kusubiri kwa muda wetu.

 

“Hii ni hatima yangu. Mara baada ya mimi alikuwa binti yangu ya thamani yeye iliyopita maisha yangu milele na yeye akawa motisha yangu kupata hapa. Yeye ni sababu mimi kwenda kwa bidii katika mazoezi, yeye ni sababu mimi kubeba mwenyewe njia ya mimi kufanya.

 

“Mimi kazi ngumu sana kupata nafasi hii. Sisi siyo mipango ya hii kuwa mwisho.

 

“Ni fursa ya kufanya historia na cheo kwanza ya dunia mapambano katika Alabama, katika mgawanyo yoyote. Nimekuwa kuhusu kufanya historia kazi yangu nzima tangu amateurs.

 

“Napenda kupambana, Nampenda mchezo huu. Wanasema una kula, kulala na kupumua yake na mimi kufanya. Mimi nina kamwe nje ya sura. Hii ni maisha yangu.

 

“Kila mtu anajua kwamba Deontay Wilder anapata kazi kufanyika. Mimi kazi ngumu sana kupata hapa kutoa tu juu ukanda. Nataka mikanda yote, Mimi nina tamaa kama kwamba.

 

“Sisi heshima Eric Molina na yale ya kujaribu kufanya. Ni nafasi kubwa kwa ajili yake. Mimi mara kwa mara nyingine alikokuwa, katika mapambano yangu ya mwisho.”

 

ERIC MOLINA, Heavyweight mgombea

 

“Nataka kuwashukuru watu wote wa Alabama, ambao wamefanya mimi kujisikia kulia nyumbani wiki hii. Mafunzo yangu timu imekuwa ajabu.

 

“Nimepata Oliver McCall katika kambi yangu kwa miaka minne, na yeye prepped mimi kwa muda wangu kwa mshtuko dunia, kama alivyofanya dhidi Lennox Lewis.

 

“Nimekuwa nimeota juu wakati huo, Nimekuwa mawazo kuhusu hilo tangu hata kabla I got vita hii. Mimi nilikuwa kwenda kubisha mtu nje na kuwa Heavyweight bingwa wa dunia. Ilionekana hivyo halisi kwangu katika mawazo yangu, na wakati sisi saini mapambano hayo yote walifanya mkutano.

 

“Kila mtu ameandika mimi mbali. Sijawahi kuwa undefeated na nimekuwa daima imekuwa underdog.

 

“Wakati ndoto yangu inakuwa ukweli siku ya Jumamosi, Nitakuja haki ya nyuma hapa na kutoa Wilder rematch.”

 

Jose Pedraza, Undefeated Junior Lightweight mgombea

 

“Nina furaha sana kuhusu fursa hii. Sina wasiwasi kuhusu hatua kubwa kwa sababu nimekuwa kwenye hatua kubwa mbele. Nimekuwa katika mapambano kubwa kabla na mimi nataka tu kufanya zaidi ya nafasi hii.

 

“Imekuwa ni muda mrefu kambi wakati huu lakini badala ya kuwa kumekuwa na hakuna kitu tofauti katika mafunzo. Imekuwa ni sawa maandalizi makubwa kama mapambano yangu mengine yote.

 

“Nina ngazi mbalimbali za ujuzi kuliko Klimov. Mimi nina haraka na siwezi kufanya hivyo wote. Kulia na kushoto mitupu, utaona ujuzi wangu wote siku ya Jumamosi.

 

“Hii ina maana kubwa kwangu na kwa watu wa Pwetoriko. Wanataka bingwa mwingine na mimi nina kwenda kuwa ijayo. Hii ni vita muhimu zaidi ya kazi yangu na mimi nina kwenda kuwapa wangu wote katika huko.

 

“Yeyote anasema hawapati vipepeo kabla pambano kubwa ni uongo, lakini nimekuwa kwenye hatua hii kabla hivyo najua jinsi ya kuwadhibiti. Moja kwamba pete kengele mimi nina kwenda kwa ajili yake.”

 

Andrey Klimov, Junior Lightweight mgombea

 

“Nimekuwa mapigano katika U.S. kwa miaka mitano. Mimi akageuka pro kuchelewa kidogo lakini mimi daima alijua kwamba mimi alikuwa na nafasi ya kuwa bingwa wa dunia.

 

“Akija katika kama underdog ni kitu kipya kwangu. Ni kilichotokea tena na tena. Mimi nina kwenda kuwa kuna kupigana, Mimi itabidi kamwe kuacha.

 

“hasara ni uzoefu wa kujifunza. Ilikuwa ni mara yangu ya kwanza chini ya taa mkali halisi. Mimi alichukua kupambana kwa sababu nilitaka kuthibitisha kitu. Nilikuwa upset kwa sababu nilijua inaweza kufanya vizuri.

 

“Watu ni kwenda kuzungumza kuhusu mimi tofauti baada ya mimi kushinda taji hii dunia. Nimepata kazi pamoja kubwa na timu yangu. Matuta yote katika barabara waliopata sisi hapa.

 

“Pedraza ilikuwa Amateur mkuu na mpiganaji mzuri sana. Kila mtu katika ngazi hii ni mpiganaji mzuri. Kama ukiangalia ambao sisi kupigana, ngazi yangu ya ushindani imekuwa juu sana.”

 

JULIAN WILLIAMS, Undefeated Junior Middleweight mgombea

“Tulikuwa na kambi ya mafunzo mgumu sana. Inaonekana kama Ovsepyan anakuja mbele mengi na kumtupia mengi ya kukwepa makonde. Mimi nina kwenda kuweka tu ni rahisi, kutumia dozi na kazi kukwepa makonde mbali ya kwamba.

 

“Mimi sina mawazo kuhusu wapinzani yoyote nyingine zaidi ya Ovsepyan kwa kipindi cha wiki tatu au nne kwa sababu yeye ni guy kwamba mimi nina mapigano, yeye ni guy hiyo gloved up. Hakuna mtu mwingine watakuwa katika kwamba pete badala yake siku ya Jumamosi usiku, hivyo yeye ni nani nina wasiwasi kuhusu.

 

“Mimi dhahiri Tailor kambi ya mafunzo yangu kulingana na mpinzani nitakuwa mapigano. Mimi kupata guys baadhi ya kuja na foromali pamoja nami ambazo zina mapigano mitindo sawa na aina ya mwili kama mpinzani wangu. Mimi kujaribu kupata kitu karibu na mpinzani wangu katika washirika wangu sparring ili niweze kupata kujisikia vizuri kwa nini kupambana utakavyokuwa.”

ARMS Ovsepyan, Junior Middleweight mgombea

 

“Mimi hisia tayari, Boxed zaidi 60 raundi ya vita hii na mimi nina dhahiri tayari kwenda.

 

“Mimi nina fighter; Mimi kuchukua mapambano ngumu, hiyo ndiyo wapiganaji halisi kufanya.

 

“Yeye vizuri sana kuonekana lakini tutaweza kuona ni jinsi gani yeye anapenda ni wakati mimi kuweka mengi ya shinikizo juu yake, tangu mwanzo. Sisi wote kuwa na mikono miwili, Siwezi kushinda vita hii.

 

“Ni kwenda kuwa mapambano bora ya usiku, kama tunahitaji kwenda umbali au kama sisi kupata mtoano mapema.”

 

 

IVAN REDKACH, Undefeated Lightweight mgombea

“Mimi nina msisimko kwa hii; Mimi nina kamwe hofu ya sasa kubwa. Juni 13 itakuwa tarehe muhimu zaidi ya kazi yangu.

 

“Nimekuwa katika kambi kwa miezi minne na kujisikia 120 asilimia kwamba mimi niko tayari kupambana na.

 

“Mpinzani wangu daima anajaribu kwenda mbele na ni kubwa sana. Yeye daima ni kujaribu kutupa, wakati mwingine kukwepa makonde weird kutoka chini mpaka upande mwingine to top.

 

“Nina mapambano magumu mbele yangu lakini tutaweza kuona baada ya hii moja kama hii ni mtihani wangu ngumu hadi sasa.

 

“Nina furaha sana kwa nafasi hii kwa kupambana juu ya Showtime, wachezaji wenzangu kuwa tayari mimi vizuri sana kwa hili na mimi nina msisimko.”

 

ONDOKA ZLATICANIN, Lightweight mgombea

 

“Sina novice, Nimekuwa karibu na ninajua jinsi ya kupambana. Mimi nina nguvu na mimi nina hofu kuja mbele. Najua Ivan ni njia ile ile, hivyo unajua ni kwenda kuwa mapambano kubwa.

 

“Katika mawazo yangu, Nimekuwa tayari kuona Ivan yameng'olewa. Nimeona hivyo kutokea na mimi nina kwenda kuona tena siku ya Jumamosi.

 

“Mimi nina kwenda kuja kufanya kazi kwa bidii. Mimi kuja kutoka nchi ndogo katika Montenegro na Mimi sipo hapa kwa kutoa kitu chochote mbali, Mimi kuchukua faida kamili.”

 

 

DON KING, Hall Of Fame Promoter

 

“Tunakwenda kuwa na mapambano kali hapa nchini Alabama Jumamosi usiku.

 

“Deontay Wilder umeonyesha kuwa mpiganaji mkubwa na yeye iliyopita imeonekana ni mnamo Januari 17. Nina hakika kwamba Wilder haina maana ya kuhamisha ukanda kama Bermane Stiverne alivyofanya.

 

“Texans kuwa nje ya njia sanduku ya kufikiri, wao tu kuchukua wanachotaka. Wewe ni kwenda na kikosi cha unstoppable dhidi kifaa unmovable. Mmoja tu atashinda.”

 

 

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“WILDER vs. MOLINA,” Mapambano 12 ya raundi ya Heavyweight michuano Wilder ya WBC, unafanyika Jumamosi, Juni 13, katika uwanja Bartow katika Birmingham, Ala. DiBella Entertainment na Bruno Tukio Timu wamejiunga na vikosi vya kuleta tukio hili kwa Alabama. Katika ushirikiano kuu tukio mwenza kukuzwa na DiBella kwa kushirikiana na Universal Promotions, Jose Pedraza atakabiliwa Andrey Klimov katika bout 12 ya raundi ya IBF Junior Lightweight Dunia Title. Itakuwa hewa kuishi kwenye SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. NA / 6 p.m. PT). matangazo pia inapatikana katika Hispania kupitia sekondari redio programu (SAP). Kikohozi awali itakuwa televisheni kuishi juu ya Showtime SANA (7 p.m. ET / PT, kuchelewa katika Pwani ya Magharibi).

 

WILDER vs. MOLINA Rasmi Kupima-In zitapatikana kwa kuangalia katika majukwaa mbalimbali, ikiwa ni pamoja na LIVE kupitia satellite malisho na Sho Michezo YouTube Ukurasa. Friday’s feed from Birmingham City Hall itakuwa mwenyeji na Mauro Ranallo na itakuwa inapatikana katika High Definition.

 

Tiketi kwa ajili ya tukio, which is promoted by DiBella Entertainment in association with Bruno Event Team are on sale now. Tickets start at only $25 with the best seats in the house going for $200. VIP packages are also available. To purchase tickets fans should visit alabamatitlefight.com. Tickets are selling fast and a sellout is anticipated.

 

Kwa habari zaidi tembelea www.sports.sho.com na www.dbe1.com kufuata juu ya Twitter katikaSHOSports, BronzeBomber, LouDiBella NaSwanson_Comm, kufuata mazungumzo kwa kutumia #WilderMolina, kuwa shabiki juu ya Facebook katika www.facebook.com/SHOBoxing au ziara http://shosportspoundforpound.tumblr.com/
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Heavyweight bingwa wa dunia DEONTAY WILDER,CHALLENGER ERIC MOLINA na wapiganaji undercard Media Workout DONDOO & PHOTOS

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Bonyeza HERE Kwa Picha Kuanzia Stephanie Trapp / Showtime®

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Juni 11, 2015) – Unbeaten Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder, Heavyweight mpinzani Eric Molina, pamoja na ushirikiano headliners Puerto Rican junior nyepesi Jose Pedraza na Urusi standout Amateur Andrey Klimov,ilianza kupambana wiki ya kufanya kazi nje kwa ajili ya waandishi wa habari katika Duru 1 Gym katika Birmingham, Ala. mapema kabla ya wao Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP ndondi® kikohozi hii Jumamosi, Juni 13, kuishi juu ya Showtime (9 p.m. NA/6 p.m. PT) katika Bartow uwanja katika Birmingham, Ala.

Pia katika mahudhurio Jumatano walikuwa, undefeated dunia lenye nafasi wagombea John “Kutisha” REDK na Dejan “Dynamite” Zlaticanin, ambao mraba mbali katika eliminator 12 mzima mapema usiku huo katika tukio kuu ya Showtime ndondi juu Sho SANA® (7 p.m. NA/PT, kuchelewa katika Pwani ya Magharibi).

 

Hapa ni nini wapiganaji alikuwa na kusema Jumatano:

 

Deontay “Mshambuliaji Bronze” Wilder

 

“Wiki hii imekuwa na furaha. Imekuwa ni ya kusisimua. Hata kuona watu na nyuso. Mimi nina kuangalia mbele hadi Jumamosi. Ni daima ni sehemu ngumu wakati una kusubiri. Hasa wakati tumekuwa mafunzo kwa bidii na ni kweli makali. Kila kitu imekuwa kubwa hadi sasa, na mimi nina furaha ni hatimaye hapa. Mimi nina kuangalia mbele na kufanya historia kuwa kwamba hii ni mara ya kwanza cheo mapambano katika jimbo la Alabama. Na mimi nina gonna kuweka jina langu juu yake ya kwanza.

“Kambi ya mafunzo imekuwa kama kambi nyingine yoyote. Wakati mimi nina katika kambi, Mimi daima kutoa wangu wote, 110 asilimia. Kwa sababu wakati ni wakati wa kwenda vitani, I gotta kutoa 110 asilimia. I have to kufanya vizuri kuliko mimi mara ya mwisho. Lakini hii ni nini mimi. I love it na kufurahia kila wakati ni.

 

“Urefu Molina ni kitu cha kuangalia nje kwa. Kila mtu anapenda guys mbili marefu katika pete. Mimi dhahiri kwenda kujua kama maganda yake ni kubwa kama kuumwa yake. Hivi sasa maganda yake ni kubwa. Lakini tutaona kama kidonda chake ni kama kubwa kama maganda yake.

 

“I do not kuangalia video au kusoma wapinzani wangu kwa sababu njia utaweza kuwaona kupambana mtu mwingine sio njia sawa kwamba wao wanaenda kupambana na wewe. Mimi kuruhusu watu wangu hawana hiyo na kuvunja yao chini. Nami naamini katika kuamini kwao, na mimi kama changamoto na pia. Hiyo ni sababu nyingine mimi si kuangalia filamu. Tutaweza kujua nini yeye ni kuhusu siku ya Jumamosi.”

 

 

Eric “Drummer Boy” Molina

 

“Deontay ni mpiganaji nguvu sana,puncher kubwa na uwepo kubwa. Lakini uwezo kama wengi kama yeye ana, yeye pia ana udhaifu. Sisi ni kujaribu tu muhimu katika juu ya udhaifu wale.

“Mimi najua hili ni pambano kubwa kwa ajili Alabama. Mimi heshima hiyo na ni heshima, lakini nina pia kujaribu kufanya historia. Mimi mpango juu ya kuwa wa kwanza Mexico na Marekani Heavyweight World Champion.

 

“Lengo langu akili ni juu ya Heavyweight cheo dunia. Wakati unatarajia kupigania ubingwa wa dunia, una kuja katika yadi ya nyuma ya mtu na kufanya nini una kuweka na shinikizo. Mimi wanaweza kushughulikia shinikizo.

 

“Nimekuwa kukubaliwa nafasi yangu kama underdog. dunia nzima ameandika mimi mbali. Nimekuwa kuvutiwa jukumu. Mimi nina kutumika kuwahamasisha mwenyewe. Mimi sio nguvu, umakini zaidi. Mimi sio zaidi kimwili, kiakili, nguvu kiroho. Mimi niko tayari kwenda. Mimi niko tayari kupambana na.

 

“Hii ni guys mbili kubwa katika pete, na siwezi Punch kama anaweza Punch. Ni kwenda kuwa mapambano ya kusisimua sana.”

 

Jose “Sniper” Pedraza

 

“Hii ilikuwa ni ndefu, kambi ya mafunzo kwa bidii. Tulianza mafunzo kwa risasi hii katika Desemba. Tuna kazi ngumu sana na wako tayari kuonyesha dunia Jumamosi usiku.

 

“Tumeona video ya Klimov na kujua nini cha kutarajia siku ya Jumamosi usiku. Sisi kuchukua ni pande zote na pande zote na kuvunja naye chini.

 

“Tunaweza sanduku, au tunaweza bang. Chochote Klimov huleta kwa meza tutakuwa tayari kwa ajili ya. Mimi mpango juu ya kutumia mbinu ndondi yangu ya kudhibiti kasi, lakini kama anataka kusimama pale toe-to-toe, sisi ni faini na kuwa vilevile.

 

“Ni muhimu kwa ajili yangu na kuangalia bora kuliko Crawford alivyofanya katika ushindi wake juu ya Klimov. Nataka kuonyesha dunia kwamba mimi ni mmoja wa wapiganaji bora katika mchezo mzima.”

Kuhusu kulinganisha na wenzake Puerto Rican nyota Felix Verdejo – “Verdejo ni mpiganaji mzuri na guy nzuri, lakini Jose Pedraza itakuwa ijayo bingwa wa dunia kuiwakilisha nchi kubwa ya Puerto Rico.”

 

Andrey Klimov

 

“Hii ilikuwa ni kambi kubwa. Sisi kazi ngumu sana, na mafunzo na mengi ya mabingwa mbalimbali. Nilipotoka 100 asilimia kiakili na kimwili tayari kwenda.

 

“Najisikia kwamba kupambana na Crawford kweli kazi kwa faida yangu zaidi ya hasara yangu. Mimi kujifunza mengi katika mapambano hayo na nitatumia kwamba siku ya Jumamosi usiku dhidi Pedraza. Nini Pedraza huleta kwa meza Jumamosi usiku mimi itakuwa tayari kwa ajili yake. Hakutakuwa na mshangao siku ya Jumamosi usiku, Niko tayari.

 

“Nina hakika sana kwenda katika vita hii. Pedraza ni mpinzani mgumu lakini sidhani kama yeye ni tayari kwa ajili ya nini Mimi naenda kuleta.

 

“Ni heshima kuwa hapa na mapigano katika ngazi hii. Jumamosi usiku utaona utendaji ya kuvutia.”

 

John “Kutisha” REDK

 

“Hii ilikuwa ni kambi ya mafunzo gumu mimi milele alikuwa. Nimekuwa mafunzo ya miezi minne vigumu kwa vita hii na mimi ni katika sura bora ya kazi yangu.

 

“Dejan ni mpinzani mgumu sana. Yeye anakuja mbele na ni fujo sana, lakini yeye si mazuri kama mimi. dunia utaona kwamba kuja Jumamosi usiku. Hakuna shaka katika mawazo yangu kwamba nitakuwa mshindi.

 

“Mapambano Hii inanileta hatua moja karibu na cheo dunia risasi, kitu nimekuwa inaelekea kuhusu maisha yangu yote, na hakuna njia yeye anaenda kutuzuia kufikia kwamba. mashabiki si kwenda unataka miss vita hii Jumamosi usiku, kwa sababu itakuja kuwa vita.”

 

Dejan Zlaticanin

 

“Tulikuwa na sparring kubwa kwa kambi hii na imetusaidia kuwa bora kabisa mpiganaji iwezekanavyo tunaweza kuwa kwenda katika Jumamosi usiku.

 

“Sina shaka na hakuna hofu. Mimi ni bora, zaidi kuliko mpiganaji.

 

“Vita hii si kwenda kengele ya mwisho. Mimi naenda kubisha Ivan Redkach nje. Hakuna shaka katika mawazo yangu.

 

“mshindi wa vita hii chuma risasi kupambana Jorge Linares kwa jina dunia, na hivyo ndivyo kupambana Nataka. Jumamosi usiku mimi kuacha Redkach na kulipwa haki ya changamoto kwa jina dunia.”

 

“Ni muhimu sana kwa ajili yangu na kuleta ushindi huu nyuma Montenegro kwa mashabiki wangu wote na wananchi ambao ni cheering me on.”

 

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“WILDER vs. MOLINA,” Mapambano 12 ya raundi ya Heavyweight michuano Wilder ya WBC, unafanyika Jumamosi, Juni 13, katika uwanja Bartow katika Birmingham, Ala. DiBella Entertainment na Bruno Tukio Timu wamejiunga na vikosi vya kuleta tukio hili kwa Alabama. Katika ushirikiano kuu tukio mwenza kukuzwa na DiBella kwa kushirikiana na Universal Promotions, Jose Pedraza atakabiliwa Andrey Klimov katika bout 12 ya raundi ya IBF Junior Lightweight Dunia Title. Itakuwa hewa kuishi kwenye SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. NA / 6 p.m. PT). matangazo pia inapatikana katika Hispania kupitia sekondari redio programu (SAP). Kikohozi awali itakuwa televisheni kuishi juu ya Showtime SANA (7 p.m. ET / PT, kuchelewa katika Pwani ya Magharibi).

 

WILDER vs. MOLINA Rasmi Kupima-In zitapatikana kwa kuangalia katika majukwaa mbalimbali, ikiwa ni pamoja na LIVE kupitia satellite malisho na Sho Michezo YouTube Ukurasa. Friday’s feed from Birmingham City Hall itakuwa mwenyeji na Mauro Ranallo na itakuwa inapatikana katika High Definition.

 

Tiketi kwa ajili ya tukio, which is promoted by DiBella Entertainment in association with Bruno Event Team are on sale now. Tickets start at only $25 with the best seats in the house going for $200. VIP packages are also available. To purchase tickets fans should visit alabamatitlefight.com. Tickets are selling fast and a sellout is anticipated.

 

Kwa habari zaidi tembelea www.sports.sho.com na www.dbe1.com kufuata juu ya Twitter katikaSHOSports, BronzeBomber, LouDiBella NaSwanson_Comm, kufuata mazungumzo kwa kutumia #WilderMolina, kuwa shabiki juu ya Facebook katika www.facebook.com/SHOBoxing au ziara http://shosportspoundforpound.tumblr.com/
ndondi, Showtime Boxing

Alizaliwa kuwa WILDER: 10 Mambo unapaswa kujua kuhusu Heavyweight bingwa DEONTAY WILDER

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Undefeated, Ngumu-kuchomwa, Mitaa Kipendwa

Inatetea dhidi ya Eric Molina Hii Jumamosi, Juni 13,
Kuishi On Showtime® Kutoka Bartow uwanja katika Birmingham, Ala.;

Picha ya Mikopo: Stephanie Trapp / Showtime

Bonyeza HERE To Watch Video Kuhusu Kurudi Wilder ya Kwa Homestate wake Of Alabama:http://s.sho.com/1FGY1D5

NEW YORK (Juni 9, 2015) – Unbeaten Heavyweight World Champion Deontay “The Shaba mshambuliaji” Wilder (33-0, 32 Kos), ya Tuscaloosa, Ala., hatari rekodi yake kamili na cheo dhidi ya Eric “Drummer Boy” Molina (23-2, 17 Kos), ya RAYMONDVILLE, Texas, hii Jumamosi, Juni 13, katika tukio kuu juu ya Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP ndondi® kuishi juu ya Showtime® (9 p.m. NA/6 p.m. PT) katika Bartow uwanja katika Birmingham, Ala.

 

Kwa kickoff matukio kupambana wiki, chini ni 10 ukweli haraka unapaswa kujua kuhusu Deontay Wilder (kwa maoni yake):

 

1. Yeye imetumia zaidi ya 1,000 masaa kupata Tattoos kufunika mwili wake, ikiwa ni pamoja na moja ya WBC Heavyweight michuano ukanda juu ya mguu wake wa kushoto …

 

“Ni pengine imekuwa zaidi ya 1,000 masaa. Tattoos ni hobby kwa ajili yangu. Mimi kufurahia kuweka maisha hadithi yangu juu ya mwili wangu.”

 

2. Ina zikitekeleza 50 raundi na Wladimir Klitschko, ambaye ana WBO, IBF, na WBA vyeo na uwezekano mpinzani baadaye …

 

“Ilikuwa ni uzoefu mkubwa. Mimi kujifunza mambo mengi kutoka kwake. Kwa ujumla ilikuwa ni kambi kubwa. Moja ya makambi bora nimekuwa amewahi kuwa katika. Alikuwa maandalizi kwa ajili ya Mariusz Wach (Novemba 2012).”

 

3. Alifanya kazi katika IHOP, Red Lobster na Budweiser baada ya kuacha chuo kusaidia kulipa gharama za matibabu binti yake …

 

“Nikaenda IHOP, kwa ai-Tatu Kampuni (Mercedes kampuni), Red Lobster na Budweiser. kazi ya kuvutia zaidi alikuwa dereva wa kujifungua kwa ajili ya Budweiser. Nilipokuwa bondia mchanga. Mimi nilikuwa na kupata hadi saa 4:30-5 a.m. kila asubuhi na nilikuwa na kuinua viwango mbalimbali ya bia. Pengine kuweka 1,000 kesi ya bia juu ya gari langu. Mimi kuchukuliwa kuwa asubuhi Workout.”

 

4. Aliandika kitabu cha watoto juu ya kushinda ubingwa Heavyweight …

 

“Ni zaidi ya kitabu inspirational kwa basi watoto kujua kwamba una kazi kwa bidii kwa ajili ya chochote unataka na hawezi kukata tamaa. Je, si lazima shinikizo rika kukuzuia kufanikisha malengo yako. Mimi pengine kuandika kitabu watoto mwingine, kwa sababu mimi upendo watoto na I love kuwa baba.”

 

5. Yeye kifedha inasaidia COFFEYVILLE (Alabama) Gym kwa ajili ya watoto. Ni ziko katika moja ya shule ambazo mji imefungwa. Pia husaidia kufundisha watoto ndondi …

 

“Tuliona fursa ya kusaidia COFFEYVILLE nje. Ni ilianza wakati wao kufungwa COFFEYVILLE High School. mengi ya watoto na kuamka mapema kuliko wao kwa kawaida kusafiri maili na maili shuleni. mji ilikuwa kupata rap mbaya. Sisi alifanya hivyo kuleta positivity katika mji mdogo. Tulitaka kuleta kitu cha kufanya katika mji. Sisi alifanya hivyo ili kupata watoto mbali mitaani na kuwapa kitu cha kufanya. Tulipata na mji na akafanya shule ya sekondari Gym. Sisi kufurahia kufanya kazi na watoto. Walikuwa kamwe kuletwa na ndondi. Haina mioyo yetu vizuri kuona watoto kushiriki katika shughuli za kimwili na kuwa na furaha. Nani anajua? Wapate kuwa mabingwa siku moja.”

 

6. Yeye alikuwa mmoja wa wanariadha waliochaguliwa kuwa mfano wa kuigwa kwa Ralph Lauren ya mstari wa mavazi katika 2008 Michezo ya Olimpiki mjini Beijing …

 

“Wao let me mfano nguo. Mimi ni mmoja wa handsome zaidi 2008 Guys Olimpiki (yeye anacheka). Kocha wangu walikutana nami siku moja na aliniambia wao alitaka mimi kuwakilisha nguo. Mimi alisema ndiyo, kama nilikuwa kufunga ndoa. Ilikuwa ni pendekezo kubwa. Sikuweza kupata kuweka yoyote ya nguo. Mimi alichukua modeling kwa nafasi. Kupata ndani yake, Nilidhani ingekuwa rahisi. Naelewa kile wale guys kwenda kwa njia ya. Mimi kuheshimu mifano. Mimi shaka utaona me on runway. Hiyo ilikuwa mwanzo na mwisho wa kazi yangu modeling.”

 

7. Wilder ni mara kwa mara / mara zote na makosa kwa NBA nyota LeBron James atokapo katika umma …

 

“Muda wote. I just tabasamu. Wakati wanasema mimi kuangalia kama naye, Mimi kwa upole hawakubaliani. kufanana tu ni smiles wetu kubwa. Mimi kwa upole exit kutoka hali ya kuwa.”

 

8. Yeye alishinda WBC Heavyweight cheo ya kuzaliwa ya Martin Luther King, Jr. na Muhammad Ali (walio rudi 73 Siku hiyo) …

 

“Hiyo ilikuwa ni dhahiri wakati maalum kwa ajili yangu ya kufanya hivyo. Ali ni yangu muda wote favorite mpiganaji. Nina kanda ya naye wakati alipokuwa anakwenda katika michezo ya Olimpiki. Mimi kuheshimu yale ya kufanyika katika michezo. Hiyo ilikuwa ni furaha wakati huo kwa ajili yangu. Pamoja na Martin Luther King, Jr. kuwa mmoja wa viongozi wetu mkubwa kiraia haki, kuwa alifanya moyo wangu nzuri. Ilikuwa ni wakati wa kihistoria kwa ajili yangu. Jinsi gani naweza wamepoteza mapambano kwamba? Ilikuwa ni mara moja katika maisha ya kupata mapambano juu ya siku za kuzaliwa watu wawili pekee ya. Mimi bado inafanyika sasa.”

 

9. Bibi yake Hakumruhusu mtu yeyote kwa spank yake kwa sababu yeye alisema alikuwa maalum na bila kukua na kufanya mambo makubwa …

 

“Yeye daima alisema nilikuwa mafuta na Mungu na mwisho kwa kuwa mkubwa na kufanya mambo makubwa katika dunia. Yeye si hai sasa na kuona nini nimekuwa yametimia. I missed biskuti homemade wale, peremende chai na homemade kuku na dumplings kwamba yeye kutumika kufanya.”

 

10. Yeye mangumi Bermane Stiverne kwa bidii katika michuano ya dunia mapambano kwamba yeye bent fimbo ya chuma katika mkono wake wa upasuaji umeandaliwa haki …

 

“Hiyo ni kweli. Mahali fulani katika tatu au raundi ya nne. Nikagundua ni kwa sababu mkono wangu ulianza kwenda numb. Nilijua ilikuwa ni nini, sababu nilikuwa hivyo kutokea kabla. mara ya kwanza mimi alifanya hivyo mimi waligonga kumtoa na sikuwa na kwenda kwa njia ya mapambano nzima. Na hii moja waliona sawa wakati wa vita. Ni tu napenda kujua kwamba kutokana na shida kila kitu kinawezekana kama una mapenzi na nia ya kutimiza lengo yako. Hiyo ni nini mabingwa ni maandishi ya. Baada ya kwenda kwa vita wewe kwenda kufanya kila kitu una kufanya ili kushinda. Ambayo siyo kuumia tu. Nilikuwa jicho moja kwenda katika mapambano. Mimi nilikuwa walemavu vita nzima. usiku kabla ya mapambano nilikuwa kukaza na bendi. Ikaenda mbali miguu yangu na kugonga nami katika jicho. Wakati nilipoamka siku ya pili sikuweza kuona chochote. Jambo zuri nilikuwa daktari wangu binafsi kuna. Yeye kutibiwa jicho. Mimi nilikuwa naona nyeusi na nyeupe kabla mapambano, lakini mimi nilikuwa tayari kuna na mimi alikuwa anaenda kwenda kupitia kwa mapambano.”

 

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“WILDER vs. MOLINA,” 12-Duru kupambana kwa ajili ya michuano ya Heavyweight Wilder ya WBC, unafanyikaJumamosi, Juni 13, katika uwanja Bartow katika Birmingham, Ala. DiBella Entertainment na Bruno Tukio Timu wamejiunga na vikosi vya kuleta tukio hili kwa Alabama. Katika ushirikiano kuu tukio mwenza romoted na DiBella kwa kushirikiana na Universal Promotions, Jose Pedraza atakabiliwa Andrey Klimov katika 12 Duru bout ajili IBF Jr. Lightweight Dunia Title. Itakuwa hewa kuishi kwenye Showtime® (9 p.m. NA/ 6 p.m. PT). matangazo pia inapatikana katika Hispania kupitia sekondari redio programu (SAP). Kikohozi awali itakuwa televisheni kuishi juu ya Showtime SANA (7 p.m. NA/PT, kuchelewa katika Pwani ya Magharibi).

 

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DEONTAY WILDER & ERIC MOLINA CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT

Acha maoni

 

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Kelly Swanson

Thanks everyone for joining us today. I’m excited about this call and this fight. Today we’re going to hear from both the fighters, Deontay Wilder and Eric Molina. Joining us as well is Lou DiBella, Rais wa DiBella Entertainment, and also Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager of SHOWTIME Sports.

 

Hivyo, to make the formal introductions, I’m going to turn it over to Lou.

 

Lou DiBella

Asante, Kelly. It’s always a real pleasure and honor whenever you get to promote a heavyweight championship fight, and Deontay Wilder is the first American heavyweight champion in quite a while. He’s getting the opportunity to defend his title, his first defense in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, on the campus of UAB from the Bartow Arena.

 

This will be televised as a main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on Saturday night, Juni 13. This is an interesting time to be at the UAB campus because UAB just reversed a very controversial decision to disband its football program, so college football’s coming back to Birmingham and the campus of UAB and so is heavyweight championship boxing with Deontay Wilder.

 

Tiketi ni bei saa $25, $50, $75, $100, $150, na $200, but there are less than 1,000 tickets left, and we expect a sold-out house of about 8,500 people and that tickets are going to sell out way before fight night. Hivyo, if anyone wants tickets, get them as soon as you can at UABSports.com and AlabamaFightNight.com. The doors will open at 3 o'clock. bout kwanza itakuwa saa 3:30 p.m., and then SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHP BOXING on the air at 9 p.m. NA, 8 p.m. CT, na 6 p.m. PT.

 

The opening bout on SHOWTIME is a terrific world championship fight itself between 130-pound title contenders, Jose Pedraza and Andrey Klimov. I’d like to invite Executive Vice President and General Manager of SHOWTIME Sports, Stephen Espinoza.

 

Stephen Espinoza

Thanks very much, Lou. It’s an exciting day for all of us here at SHOWTIME. Mapema leo, we announced the imminent launch of a new online streaming service, SHOWTIME Direct to Consumers, which means all our award-winning programming, including all of our live boxing telecasts, will be available on the live East and West Coast feeds for SHOWTIME as well as all of our on demand content. That service will launch in mid-July.

 

Later tonight, we have a great episode of 60 Dakika Michezo, which includes a very revealing interview with some of the latest developments in the Pippa scandal. That’s followed by the premier of ALL ACCESS: Deontay Wilder. That’s at 10 p.m. ET / PT. We’ll take a look back at Deontay’s signature win, that which earned him the heavyweight title through the award-winning lens of the series, and we’ll also, as usual, be taking a closer look at the personal side and showing you some of the depth of Deontay’s character that fans might not be familiar with this fall.

 

As for Saturday the 13, we have a big night of fights, perhaps one of our strongest nights of the SHOWTIME Extremecards to date. That kicks off at 7 p.m. ET / PT. That will kick off with two undefeated fighters in a WBC 135-pound elimination bout, Ivan Redkach, who many of you have seen several times on ShoBox against Dejan Zlaticanin, who is a very tough challenger. Pia, one of the staples of Extreme and a very highly regarded prospect, Julian Williams of Philadelphia, will be in tough against a Russian welterweight prospect, Arman Ovsepyan.

 

Then it’s SHOWTIME, a championship double header, as Lou indicated. Katika ufunguzi bout, we have undefeated amateur standout, Jose Pedraza of Puerto Rico facing heavy hitter Andrey Klimov. Pedraza, bila shaka, has represented Puerto Rico in the 2008 Olimpiki, was a gold medalist at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean games. You’ve seen him featured on ShoBox. He’s a very skilled fighter.

 

Andrey Klimov, also a top amateur, former Russian lightweight belt holder. His only loss, bila shaka, is to the current WBO 140-pound champion, Terence Crawford. Lou will give a little bit more into detail on main event and introduce the fighters, but allow me to say that we do expect a tremendous turnout for our first world champion boxing event and for our SHOWTIME Boxing telecast in the state of Alabama.

 

As we know, a packed arena adds a tremendous element of excitement to live television. We’re proud to present this compelling and refreshing world heavyweight title fight live on SHOWTIME.

 

Back over to you, Lou.

 

L. DiBella

Asante sana, Stephen. The heavyweight championship bout features Deontay Wilder being challenged by Eric Molina. Molina is 23-2 na 17 Kos. He’s on a five-fight winning streak and a three-fight knockout streak, including a career best win over Davarryl Williamson. His only loss since his pro debut came against Chris Arreola. He’s ranked number 9 na WBC.

 

He’s also a really interesting guy as I’ve gotten to hear him a few times over the course of this promotion, who does a lot to give back to his community, who has a great sense of charity and community, and he’s made it very clear that he’s got nothing to lose here. He’s viewing this as an opportunity of a lifetime, and that he’s going to do anything and everything to shock the world and take that world championship away from Deontay Wilder.

 

Hivyo, it’s my pleasure to introduce world title challenger, Eric Molina.

 

Eric Molina

Habari, guys. Just like Lou just said, that was a good introduction of who I am and what I’m coming in to do. We’re very excited about the fight, the opportunity to go down to Alabama. We know it’s going to be a very hectic environment down there, very uncomfortable environment, but Wilder is the champion, and he gets to enjoy all these privileges of all the guidelines of where we fight and all the logistics of it, so we’re excited for the opportunity to fight for the heavyweight world title and we are very prepared.

 

Training camp is going extremely well. We’re closing up our training camp on Saturday, and we should be ready to go down to Alabama on Monday. Everything’s looking very good, and we’re ready to go.

 

L. DiBella

Asante, Eric. Fight week, next week, there’ll be a slew of events leading up to the fight, including a workout on Wednesday and a public weigh-in on Friday. I’d like people to follow AlabamaTitleFight.com for all details as they’re updated, including a lot of details about stuff that’s open to the public and that the people of Birmingham can enjoy during fight week, so that’s www.AlabamaTitleFight.com.

 

One of the proudest sons and the greatest sons of Birmingham, Alabama, is a young man who’s a physical specimen. Yeye 33-0, with an incredible knockout rate of 32 KOs in 33 mapambano. Deontay Wilder had a brief but decorated amateur career that concluded with a trip to the Olympics where he won a bronze medal for the United States. He won a 12-round decision over Bermane Stiverne in January to become the WBC heavyweight champion.

 

In his professional career he’s knocked out former Olympic gold medalist, Audley Harrison in one round, former heavyweight title holder, Sergei Liakhovich in one round. He only began boxing in 2005, and his quick ascent in the sport was pretty amazing and actually the inspiration for a children’s book called Deontay the Future World Champ, and I guess that children’s book was prophetic because it’s now Deontay, the World Champ.

 

He was born in Tuscaloosa, grew up a diehard Crimson Tide fan, and he’s returning home to fight in Alabama for the first time in three years to defend his WBC heavyweight title for the first time.

 

Hivyo, it’s my honor and pleasure to introduce WBC heavyweight champion of the world, Deontay Wilder.

 

Deontay Wilder

Habari, guys. I’m excited to have this opportunity to get back in the ring and display my talent more. All the people that are going to be watching and the people that are going to be in attendance, it’s a pleasure and an honor to be able to get in the ring to do something that I love to do and I have a very strong passion about, so I’m excited about June 13. I’m excited about coming to my home state of Alabama.

 

When I set forth becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, I got one part of it becoming the heavyweight champion, the WBC heavyweight champion of the world. I’ve still got a long way to go, but I’m honored and pleased to have my very first title defense in Alabama. We’re going to make history come June 13 by having the first title fight of any division in the state of Alabama, and that’s a pleasure and definitely an honor to me. Hivyo, me and Eric will definitely be witnessing and making history come June 13.

 

I appreciate him for signing the contract and accepting this opportunity. A lot of guys don’t get an opportunity to be able to fight for a world title, and I congratulate him on the opportunity. I know it’s going to be a great fight. He’s going to come to fight, and that’s what I expect. I expect a great fight. He’s someone that got a big bark but want a big bite in the ring as well too, so that’s what I expect. To all my fans, he’s coming to enemy territory. He’s coming to an arena filled with nothing but majority of hometown people in the state of Alabama, so that’s a tough environment to come into and then facing one of the most dangerous guys in the division to date.

 

Hivyo, I applaud him for that. I’m just ready. I’ve been waiting for a long time to get back in the ring. Baada ya pambano langu la mwisho, I want to stay consistent. I want to stay busy in fights. I love to do this. God gave me the opportunity to do this. I’m going to keep doing it, keep giving the fans what they want to see, and that’s great fights and defending my title as much as possible. You can tell by my voice that I’m super excited. Siwezi kusubiri. There’s nothing like what I do, my job, and that’s to whoop a**, and I can’t wait to get up in there come June 13.

 

L. DiBella

Asante, Deontay. Naam, now we’ll open it up for questions.

 

Q

As my understanding is, Deontay, a couple years ago, or three years ago, whenever it was, not that long after you turned pro, that the people in Alabama really created the boxing commission that is there to regulate the sport basically because they wanted their favorite son, Deontay Wilder, to be able to fight in the home state and to put on these kind of big shows.

 

When that happened, was the ultimate goal for you to put on a big event in your home state?

 

D. Wilder

This definitely was the ultimate goal. My trainer and co-manager, Jay Deas, we set forth a goal to getting a commission here. We had a lot of great champions that’s from here but couldn’t get fight due to the fact that there was no commission here. I already had plans of after the Olympics turning pro and staying and residing here in my home state. I had a vision for this state. I wanted to make it bigger than just college football. I gave them opportunities to have a professional sport here, na kwamba ndondi, so once we got our commission, it was uphill from there. A lot of people have gotten on board. A lot of people have never troubled with boxing, kipindi, in their life, until they read about the story of my movement, what’s going on, and a lot of people had lost interest in boxing until they read about my story, my movement. Sasa, they’re on board.

 

Hivyo, it became a bit of a thing for the state of Alabama now, so they put me on top as far as the sport is concerned here in the state of Alabama because there’s nothing like a world sport, nothing. Nothing national can compete with a world-level sport.

 

Q

I was wondering if you could mention who are some of those other top contenders that you guys looked to fight before you decided to make an agreement with Eric?

 

D. Wilder

Naam, at this moment, I feel like stating names is irrelevant right now. Next week will be fight week, and everything is focused on Eric Molina. That’s the main focus, and I love the guys. It wouldn’t do any good stating names. They had the opportunity. Eric stepped up to the plate, and we’ll congratulate him. We’re going to put on a great performance June 13.

 

Q

How do you respond to the people who say, ‘Eric Molina, who’s that? And why should he be in a heavyweight championship fight?’

Na. Molina

Well there are a lot of casual boxing fans out there that really don’t know too much about Eric Molina. I have been in pretty big fights. I fought Tony Grano, the NABF champion, ranked in the top 10 in the world for over a year. If you look at my record, you see two losses. In the casual boxing sense, you see those two losses. Only a fighter knows how hard it is to bounce back from losses like those.

 

Hivyo, the casual fan doesn’t say ah, vizuri, they say he’s got these two losses, but I know what I’ve been through to come back from my losses, things that I’ve learned from my losses, and I positioned myself back into being a top contender in the world.

 

A lot of these fights on my resume, you see fights, but you don’t see the other angles of what’s on the table, how long I had to prepare, the things I had to go through outside of the ring, so I’m glad that June 13th is coming up. We’ve had a very smooth training camp, and I’m coming in with everything. I’ve never been this prepared for a fight before. I’ve never had the privilege to come in this prepared for a fight, so we’re excited about it.

 

Q

Eric, because your two defeats were in the first round, and because Deontay has so many first-round knockouts, he’s a fast starter, how pivotal is getting through the first round in this fight?

 

Na. Molina

Naam, it’s definitely important. I think that this is definitely a fight that from the first bell, I think it’s going to be a fast-paced fight. Deontay Wilder’s a big puncher, but I feel that I’m a big puncher also, so I think that it’s very important to be ready from the first bell. Anything could happen at any given second. It’s a heavyweight world title fight.

 

Q

Do you kind of feel that some pressure’s off of you to try to knock out everybody, or have to knock out everybody?

D. Wilder

I mean, you can say so, but I don’t live my life with pressure. I’m an easy-going person. I’m the type of person, people’s opinions about me doesn’t matter, especially when I’m in the ring because I know that everything I do, Mimi kujiandaa kwa ajili ya, I train hard for each and every time, in camp, in training.

 

I’m always training, I never stop. I don’t take any days off. I’m always training because I love to do this. I love to box. I love to be able to get in there and perform for the fans, so I don’t have any days off. But you can’t please everybody. There are too many billions of people in the world to try to please every opinion, to try to please everybody. Even when people said things about me, what I couldn’t do, my last fight I proved everything to them. That made me an even more dangerous fighter because now people know what I’m capable of doing. Not only that I’m a puncher, but I can box. I can have fun. I can go 12 rounds and make it seem like it is nothing. I can take a punch. That’s nothing, but we’ve been telling people for years what I could do, just needed the right person in there for me to display my talents. There’s no pressure on me at all.

 

I don’t go in there and try to look for the knockout, hata hivyo. I go in there and let my hands go, and if I get the knockout, I get it. I would prefer the knockout, bila shaka. This is a heavyweight division. It’s all based about power. When people get dressed up and come out to that fight, they come to see a knockout. They want to see a couple of rounds or whatever, to see what kind of skill and will that person has, maybe a little heart, and then they want to see the knockout because they’ve got other things planned for that night.

 

And when they come to see a Deontay Wilder fight, that’s what I want to bring them. I want to bring them knockouts, but that last fight, it meant so much more than just a knockout because I did, I wanted to prove to people what I was capable of doing. I think that particular night, winning a title, that was the perfect moment to prove what I’m capable of doing and what I’m all about.

 

Hivyo, now it’s time to get back on to my knockout streak like people expect from me, and that’s what I want to do, so here we go, mtoto.

 

Q

Lou, how were the ticket sales for the fight coming up?

L. DiBella

The ticket sales have been fairly remarkable, kweli, 7,500 tickets already sold. The capacity’s 8,500, so we’re not even in fight week and we’re looking at a sellout. We’re not in the last few days, and we’re looking at a sellout. I think we’re going to sell out before there’s a walk-up.

 

Q

Deontay, how does it feel just to go 12 raundi? It’s something you hadn’t done yet in your professional career, and how did it feel just to not to say get the rounds, just to quiet a lot of the critics. That was the one knock against you, how would you do in a 12-round fight?

 

D. Wilder

To go 12 rounds is, it’s something I do in training, I do in camp. The hardest part in boxing is not the part where you go out there and compete and fight your opponent. It’s the training part. That’s the hard part, the training, what people don’t really see.

 

They think fighters just go out there one night, they fight 12 rounds or less, and then that’s it, they get paid, oh, hiyo ni yake. But the hard part is in camp, what you do in training, what you do in camp. That’s the ultimate hard part of it and we-12 rounds is nothing. I’ve been telling 12 rounds is nothing to me. It’s an appetizer.

 

Most of the time, we go 15. After getting my belt, I was traveling for three months. I got right back in the gym and did 20 raundi, easy, because I’m never out of shape. I’m always full of energy. I love to do this, so to go to 12 raundi, that wasn’t anything. As you can see, I still had energy to go even six more, seven more rounds in that fight. But to silence the critics, sasa, we’re talking about something.

 

To silence the critics, that was such a joyful feeling for me. That right there meant a lot to me because like I said, we live in a world that’s based on opinions of many people. Some people know what they’re talking about. The majority of them and most don’t know what they’re talking about, and it was a remarkable feeling to be able to silence the critics. It was even enjoyable to see their faces, to see their voice, to have to eat their words. That was enjoyable right there.

 

Q

Did you ever think that in your wildest dreams this fight next Saturday would be taking place?

 

D. Wilder

I did dream it. Sometimes things start with a dream, and they say dreams do come true, but dreams only come true if you allow them to. It is not just going to come true just because you had dreamt it. You’ve got to dream it, and then you’ve got to apply some kind of ultimate goal to it. Then when you set a goal, you’ve still got to apply self-preservation, as far as gaining that goal and making that dream come true.

 

I dreamt it. I spoke it into existence. I believe in the power of the tongue, and I made my dream come true, and now we about to have it, about to make it the biggest thing in the state of Alabama. It’s just a blessing. I told people before, I’m a blessing to the state of Alabama, and a lot of people have agreed with me, hiyo ni kwa uhakika.

 

Hivyo, I am very honored to be able to fight in my state because a lot of fighters can’t fight in their state. A lot of fighters don’t have a home to come to, they have to fight elsewhere, but I have the honor and the privilege to have a state that’s behind me and has loved me, and I’m looking forward to it. And like I said, me and Molina are going to make history that night. Kushinda, lose, or draw, we’re going to make history that night in the state of Alabama.

 

Q

How do you try to eliminate the distraction of fighting at home, people talking about bigger fights for you in the future? How do you focus on this particular fight and not look forward or not get kind of caught up in the hoopla now of being the heavyweight champion?

 

D. Wilder

Naam, for me it’s just when I look at an opponent, the task that lies at hand, I automatically focus on that. I can’t look past nobody. I can’t put nobody aside. I treat every opponent that I get in the ring, no matter what their record is or what their resume may read, I look at this opponent as if he’s the most dangerous person in the world.

 

I look at an opponent as if I’m still a contender trying to gain me a world title, and that’s how I do all my opponents. And by doing that, it keeps me focused. It keeps me humbled as well too to do what I’ve got to do because this is boxing, and this is the heavyweight division. Anything can happen in boxing.

 

No man can ever feel like he’s bigger than the next person because once you start doing that, you start loosening up, your training starts to get a little lighter because you’re not training, you don’t have that hunger any more, and a lot of things will start to get exposed. People take advantage of that and feel confidence in themselves.

 

Hivyo, I don’t want to be that type of fighter that I feel like oh, I’m at the top now, I don’t have to train as hard as I was when I was a hungry fighter, because I’m still hungry. I’ve still got goals, I’m still looking to do things in this sport to make it bigger and better. I tell people all the time that even though I’m the WBC heavyweight champion of the world, my heart still feels like a contender, and by my heart still feeling like a contender, it keeps me humble. It keeps me grounded. It keeps me very, I mean, sana, very hungry.

 

Q

To quote Ric Flair, ‘To be the man, you’ve got to beat the man.’ And you know, the man in the heavyweight division for the last decade or so has been Wladimir Klitschko. A lot of people are discussing you as the heir apparent to that, so while you’re staying hungry and moving up the chain and continuing to fight, is that something that’s in the back of your mind, and do you think that’s something that you’re going to have to conquer to truly be the full heavyweight champion of the world?

 

D. Wilder

Naam, I’m going to put it like this, that fight is titled not if it’s going to happen, but when it’s going to happen. Bila shaka, that’s something I think about, but at this moment in time, I’m not focused on him. He will get his turn as well too, and last time I checked, I have the most prestigious, most well-known, most precious, beautiful belt in all of boxing, something that’s been around for a very long time, and that’s the WBC crown, it’s something that everybody wants.

 

Hivyo, I have that. I’m the owner of that, so I’m not worried about anything else. Sasa hivi, it’s all about Deontay Wilder and Eric Molina, and that’s what I’m looking forward to, Deontay Wilder versus Eric Molina.

 

Q

Eric, is it motivating to you to — when you hear people say that you’re just someone to help Deontay — a spotlight matchup, a homecoming match, someone that he can look good against? Does that give you even more motivation than just the fact that you’re fighting for the heavyweight championship of the world?

 

Na. Molina

It definitely motivates me more because people have their opinions, and like Wilder said, a lot of people don’t know too much about different angles of boxing, so people don’t want to give me a shot, people don’t think I have a shot, and that’s fine. I’ve used it as motivation. I’ve definitely trained hard. I’m stronger than I’ve ever been, and I’m not here to convince people to give me a shot or not. I know what I bring to the table. I know the size and strength that I bring to the table, and I don’t have to convince nobody to root for me or to give me a shot or to believe in me.

 

The people that love me, watu, my family and my fans, they believe in me, and I believe in myself, more importantly. Hivyo, we’re coming in, I’m coming in June 13th, and I’m blessed to, vizuri, God has given me more strength than I’ve ever had, and I’m excited, and we’re good to go.

 

Q

Deontay, you had spoken about obviously being Alabama’s fighter, Alabama’s hero. There’s some deep divisions in the state there. You’re from Tuscaloosa. You’re an avowed Alabama fan. Have you united even the Auburn people behind you?

 

D. Wilder

I’m representing — Alabama football has its own rival and different things like that, but this is not Alabama football, this is a heavyweight championship world title fight, and I’m representing not only just Tuscaloosa, I’m representing the whole state. I’ve got the whole state behind me. This is a worldwide event, so I just can’t say I just got Tuscaloosa or have a rival with Auburn. Je Si, I’m representing the whole state of Alabama, and the whole state of Alabama is behind me. That’s the unique and the special thing about it, that I’m representing the whole state, and people love that. I’m looking forward to – definitely it’s going to be a packed venue, hiyo ni kwa uhakika. I’m looking forward to that and moving on to an even bigger venue than the state of Alabama.

 

We’ve got even bigger venues, and I’m looking forward to packing everything out, but right now it starts with the Bartow Arena. I’m looking forward to displaying my talent there and making history right there, the first title fight in Alabama in any division right there at Bartow Arena.

 

Q

Klitschko was extended a little bit in his last time out with Bryant Jennings. Did you see anything there that led you to believe that this guy’s not Superman?

 

D. Wilder

I mean, we all did. We all seen loose holes. We all see something that was there. If anybody says they didn’t, then they’re a liar. We all seen that, but when that time comes, I’m going to execute those things that I saw. But right now, it’s hard to talk about another fighter when you’ve got one fighter that you’re getting ready to face and is on the phone now.

 

My focus is not on another fighter because if I don’t get past him, we can forget talking about anybody else. It’s irrelevant to talk about anybody else if this fight isn’t done. It’s not over yet, so it’s hard for me to state or talk about another fighter when I’ve got a task that lies at hand.

 

Once I get finished with Molina, then we can come back and talk about Klitschko.

Q

Do you give Tyson Fury much of a chance against Wladimir, and whether or not he gets wiped out against Wladimir, is that still something you’d like to do, come to England and take Furyon, shut his mouth up?

 

D. Wilder

I give Tyson a great percent of the chance of coming in and being a new world champion. It’s all going to depend on him, how serious he takes this business, this game, how serious he takes training and the preparation for that. I wish him luck on everything he does and on becoming the world champion.

 

There’s nothing like setting a goal to become a world champion and being that, seeing your hand raised high with that belt saying you are the world champion. It’s a great feeling to be a world champion, so it’s going to be up to him. Like I said before, we’ve seen what Klitschko did in his last fight, and we’ll see how he can adjust to a bigger fighter. These are bigger guys now, and that’s what’s running division, the bigger guys. That’s fine. All the taller fighters in the heavyweight divisions are taking over, so we’ll see what Tyson has lies ahead, so we can only wait.

 

Q

Deontay, do you think you could be bigger for boxing than Floyd Mayweather?

 

D. Wilder

Oh, dhahiri. Most definitely, and I say that with high confidence because the heavyweight division is the cream of the crop in the first place, and the things that I bring, the excitement, the personality that I have, everything about me is all me, is totally me. Some people, some guys when they have cameras in their face, they pursue to be a certain type of person. Their persona about them changes or whatever, and then when the camera is off, they’re a whole totally different person. I don’t have flip personalities. I’m not a fake person.

 

Everything about me is real, everything you see, even the ALL ACCESS (juu ya Showtime). Unajua, you all watch the ALL ACCESS, everything is me. Nothing is scripted. Nothing is planned out, nothing. I can’t sit back and let somebody script something out about my life and what it is because it’ll be fake, and I won’t be able to go through with it because it wouldn’t be me.

 

Hivyo, I think I bring a lot of excitement to this division. I have woken up a lot of people as far as friends to come back to the division and stuff like that, and I know I’m doing the right things. People love me. That’s what it’s all about, but I’m just glad to be a part of the movement because we’ve got a lot of other exciting heavyweights that have made it – come back alive again as well too, whether it’s bashing up the talking or whether it’s the excitement of the performance of their fights. Hivyo, the division is definitely on the rise, and I’m looking to be the biggest thing in boxing, kipindi.

Q

Deontay, you’ve said several times that your focus is just on this fight and Eric Molina and not anybody else in the heavyweight division. Could you talk a little bit about what you know about Eric Molina and why you think you’re going to be victorious in this fight?

 

D. Wilder

Naam, the only thing I know about Eric, he’s got a nice size as far as height-wise. His weight, I know the record about the guy, and he looks pretty exciting. He’s not the biggest, or tallest, but when people see two tall guys, I think he’s 6’5″ and I’m 6’7″, so when people see two big guys get in there, they automatically see the excitement and thrill, what they can bring. I’m not the type of guy that looks at any kind of films or nothing like that. I don’t believe in it. I’ve never done it in all of my career, and I’m not going to start now.

 

I like to have a challenge. I like to be surprised in the ring to see what they have so I can adjust to that fighter when I get them in the ring.

 

Q

Why do you think you’re going to be able to win in this fight? What are your advantages? You’re the favorite, wazi, but why do you think that’s going to play out?

 

D. Wilder

Naam, tegemeo langu ni katika muda wote juu. I’m always confident in any opponent that I get in the ring with. That’s just my mentality. I feel like if you don’t believe in yourself, then it’s hard to convince or motivate somebody else to believe in you. You can have all the greatest trainers and all the strength trainers, the top of the line strength trainers in the world, but if they don’t really believe in what you’re doing, you don’t really believe in yourself first, then you can’t get those guys to be motivated to believe in yourself.

 

Hivyo, first and foremost, I believe in myself. My confidence has always been over the top, no matter what opponent I get in the ring with. A definite advantage I have is my speed, my footwork and the power that I bring. My defense is remarkable with my footwork. My athleticism kills a lot of the fighters, and that’s what I’m going to bring to the ring. Hivyo, I’ll come through anybody. They’re all going to try and come, and that’s what they’re supposed to do. I just hope they come in the hopes of really trying to take it. That’s what I’m looking for. I’m looking for a guy that’s very hungry, that’s really trying to take this belt, to make this exciting. I want the most challenging opponent that I can get.

 

Q

Eric, obviouslywe know that Deontay’s the favorite. He’s going to have the crowd behind him. Why do you think you can win this fight being the underdog?

 

Na. Molina

I’ve realized one thing, that people keep saying Alabama this and Alabama that. We know how hectic it’s going to be going down there. That’s what the heavyweight world championship belt’s all about. You can’t expect to go in and fight no easy fights. I mean, you want to become champion, you’ve got to go through hell to get it. I’m expecting to go down to Alabama. It’s going to be a hard situation, a very uncomfortable situation, his backyard, watu wake, his commission, his everything.

 

But to be heavyweight world champion, this isn’t easy, so I’m excited. I’m mentally focused to go down there and face all these things. Namba moja, I want to bring that title back. I want to bring it back home. And like I said, if people don’t give me a shot, I don’t got to convince them to give me a shot or not to give me a shot. I know what I’m bringing to the table. I know what I’m coming to do, and that’s all that counts.

 

Q

Eric, howmuch do you think you’ve improved as a fighter in the last few years? Because you know everyone’s going to look at your record, they’re going to look at the loss to Arreola three years ago. How much do you think you’ve improved since then?

 

Na. Molina

Naam, I’ve always believed that special fighters are able to learn from their losses, but not all fighters can learn from their losses. I believe I’m a special fighter because I’ve learned from my losses, and I know I’ve learned from my losses. I’ve been able to bounce back. I’ve been able to be a better fighter. I’ve been able to put things together better, and I mean, a lot of things about my record that people don’t really understand is how hard it is for somebody to bounce back from some of the losses that I’ve been through, how hard it really is.

 

Hivyo, I’ve definitely handled those things that were very challenging, and I’ve regrouped. I’ve put myself back together. I’ve become a contender again, and I’m definitely a stronger, more experienced, more confident fighter. And I’m ready.

 

Lou DiBella

That’ll be it, guys. Asante, Deontay. Asante, Eric. Asante, kila mtu, for joining us. Just one more time, the event will be at the Bartow Arena on the campus of UAB in Birmingham, Alabama. Tiketi ni $25, $50, $75, $100, $150, na $200, but there are less than 1,000 tickets left. We expect a sold-out house of about 8,500 muda mfupi, so get your tickets quickly at UABSports.com and AlabamaTitleFight.com. Showtime Championship Boxing will be on the air at 9 p.m. Mashariki Time, 8 p.m. Central Time, 6 p.m. Pacific Time. The doors open to the arena at 3 p.m., first fight at 3:30 p.m., and thank you all for joining us.

 

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“WILDER vs. MOLINA,” 12-Duru kupambana kwa ajili ya michuano ya Heavyweight Wilder ya WBC, unafanyika Jumamosi, Juni 13, katika uwanja Bartow katika Birmingham, Ala. DiBella Entertainment na Bruno Tukio Timu wamejiunga na vikosi vya kuleta tukio hili kwa Alabama. Katika ushirikiano kuu tukio mwenza romoted na DiBella kwa kushirikiana na Universal Promotions, Jose Pedraza atakabiliwa Andrey Klimov katika 12 Duru bout ajili IBF Jr. Lightweight Dunia Title. Itakuwa hewa kuishi kwenye SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. NA / 6 p.m. PT). matangazo pia inapatikana katika Hispania kupitia sekondari redio programu (SAP). Kikohozi awali itakuwa televisheni kuishi juu ya Showtime SANA (7 p.m. ET / PT, kuchelewa katika Pwani ya Magharibi).

 

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UNBEATENS IVAN REDKACH, DEJAN ZLATICANIN CLASH IN MAIN EVENT ON SHO EXTREME® WINNER GETS CRACK AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

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Rising Star Julian Williams Aims to Remain Undefeated

Jumamosi, Juni 13 at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Ala.

 

NEW YORK (Juni 5, 2015) – With a shot at a lightweight world title on the line, undefeated dunia lenye nafasi wagombea John “Kutisha” REDK na Dejan “Dynamite” Zlaticanin itakuwa mraba mbali katika eliminator 12 mzima Jumamosi, Juni 13, katika tukio kuu ya Showtime ndondi juu Sho SANA® (7 p.m. NA/PT, kuchelewa katika Pwani ya Magharibi) katika Bartow uwanja katika Birmingham, Ala.

 

Katika ushirikiano kipengele, unbeaten juu 10 lenye nafasi super welterweight Julian “J Rock” Williams (19-0-1, 11 PRICES, 1 ND), ya Philadelphia, Itakuwa kinyume na Armenia Maskini Ovsepyan (14-4, 11 Kos), ya Glendale, Calif., in a ten-round bout. Time permitting, ngumu kupiga mwanga vigogo Ahmed Elbiali (10-0, 9 Kos, 1-1 WSB), ya Miami, Fla, na Mapokezi Woods (8-4, 7 Kos), ya Atlanta, will collide in a swing match.

 

Baadaye jioni, katika Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP ndondi®tukio kuu, undefeated WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay “Mshambuliaji Bronze” Wilder (33-0, 32 Kos), ya Tuscaloosa, Ala., will make the first defense of his title when he faces Eric “Drummer Boy” Molina (23-2, 17 Kos), ya RAYMONDVILLE, Texas, kuishi juu ya Showtime® (9 p.m. NA/6 p.m. PT).

 

Mshindi kati Redkach (18-0, 1 ND, 14 Kos), ya Los Angeles, na Zlaticanin (16-0, 9 Kos), ya Montenegro, inakuwa mpinzani lazima kwa Jorge Linares, the WBC 135-pound world champion who registered a 10th-round TKO over then-No. 1 mgombea Kevin Mitchell Mei 30. Zlaticanin and Redkach are the second- and third-rated contenders by the WBC at 135 paundi.

 

Redkach and Zlaticanin are talented southpaws who were both accomplished amateurs in Eastern Europe. REDK, a 2008 Olympic Games alternate for his native Ukraine, is known for his aggressive and relentless style. The 29-year-old is coming off a sixth-round knockout over Yakubu Amidu mwisho Jan. 9 juu ya ShoBox: Generation New and has been angling for a title shot in 2015.

 

“This is the most important fight of my life,” said Redkach, who made ESPN.com’s “Top 20 Prospects to Watch” lists in 2012 na 2013. “I’ve never trained longer or harder for a fight. Mkufunzi My, Robert Garcia, has me totally prepared and in great shape.

 

“It’s going to be a good action fight. I’ve watched tapes of [Zlaticanin’s] last two fights so I feel I’m familiar with him. He’s very strong and he throws a lot of punches. I thank him [Zlaticanin] for coming to the United States. I’m honored. But this is a good matchup for me. I want to thank my team for giving me this opportunity. This is another step closer to my dream, the world title. I’m confident in myself. I’m going to put on a great show.”

 

Dejan (hutamkwa “DAY-han) Zlaticanin (silent “z” – hutamkwa “la-ti-CAH-nin) is making his U.S. na 2015 kwanza. Zlaticanin’s most significant victory of his career came two outings ago when, as a prohibitive underdog, he earned a well-deserved 12-round split decision over hometown favorite Ricky Burns, a former two-division world champion.

 

The 31-year-old Zlaticanin, who moved training camps to the U.S. for his stateside debut, is an offensive-minded fighter who constantly pressures his opponents, outworks them and wears them down. Zlaticanin, of the Southeastern European country of Montenegro, represents the toughest opponent of Redkach’s career, though he’ll be giving away four inches in height to his opponent.

 

“I think I will knock Ivan Redkach out,” Zlaticanin said. “I don’t like his behavior. Now that I’m training in America, I think I will be stronger and better than I was before.”

 

The fast-rising Williams, 25, is making his sixth appearance on SHO EXTREME, more than any other boxer. Ranked in the top ten by multiple sanctioning bodies, the undefeated 154-pounder has won six consecutive fights, four by knockout since a bout with still-unbeaten Hugo Centeno Jr., ended in a fourth-round No Decision in September 2013. Williams was up, 3-0 katika raundi alifunga, when the fight was halted due to an unintentional clash of heads. In his last start he scored one knockdown en route to a shutout 10-round decision over veteran Joey Hernandez juu ya Aprili 4.

 

“I’ve seen some tape on my opponent,” Williams alisema. “He seems to be a really good, solid fighter. I’m expecting a tough fight, and I’m prepared. Mimi niko tayari.”

 

The 29-year-old Ovsepyan trains out of the Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles and has campaigned for most of his career in California or Russia. The aggressive-minded Ovsepyan has had difficulty getting fights in the past and this will be his first ring assignment in 13 miezi.

 

“I’ve been training for a whole year now,” Akasema. “They kept telling me that I could get a fight at any minute. I was supposed to have a fight in December, but it was canceled.

 

“I’ve seen Williams fight a couple of times, but it doesn’t matter to me. I don’t even want to know anything about my opponent. I just want to get back in the ring and get a win. I’m hungry and he better not be taking me lightly.”

 

Katika Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP ndondi mwenza kipengele, undefeated Jose “Sniper” Pedraza(19-0, 12 Kos), ya Cidra, Puerto Rico, watachukua Andrey Klimov (19-1, 9 Kos), ya Klimovski, Russia, katika 12 rounder ajili wazi michuano ya Dunia IBF Junior Lightweight.

 

Brian Custer will host the SHOWTIME EXTREME telecast with Barry Tompkins calling the blow-by-blow at ringside alongside expert analyst Steve Farhood.

 

Tiketi kwa ajili ya tukio, which is promoted by DiBella Entertainment in association with Bruno Event Team are on sale now. Tickets start at only $25 with the best seats in the house going for $200. VIP packages are also available. To purchase tickets fans should visit alabamatitlefight.com. Tickets are selling fast and a sellout is anticipated.

 

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“WILDER vs. MOLINA,” 12-Duru kupambana kwa ajili ya michuano ya Heavyweight Wilder ya WBC, unafanyikaJumamosi, Juni 13, katika uwanja Bartow katika Birmingham, Ala. DiBella Entertainment na Bruno Tukio Timu wamejiunga na vikosi vya kuleta tukio hili kwa Alabama. Katika ushirikiano kuu tukio mwenza romoted na DiBella kwa kushirikiana na Universal Promotions, Jose Pedraza atakabiliwa Andrey Klimov katika 12 Duru bout ajili IBF Jr. Lightweight Dunia Title. Itakuwa hewa kuishi kwenye SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. NA/ 6 p.m. PT). matangazo pia inapatikana katika Hispania kupitia sekondari redio programu (SAP). Kikohozi awali itakuwa televisheni kuishi juu ya Showtime SANA (7 p.m. NA/PT, kuchelewa katika Pwani ya Magharibi).

 

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DEONTAY WILDER, ERIC MOLINA, JOSE PEDRAZA MEDIA DAY WORKOUT QUOTES & PHOTOS

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Heavyweight World Championship Jumamosi, Juni 13,
Kuishi On Showtime® Kutoka Bartow uwanja katika Birmingham, Ala.;

ALL ACCESS: Deontay Wilder Premieres Juni 3 On SHOWTIME

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NEW YORK (Juni 1, 2015) – Unbeaten Heavyweight World Champion Deontay “The Shaba mshambuliaji” Wilder, confident heavyweight contender Eric “Drummer Boy” Molina and unbeaten junior lightweight Jose “Sniper” Pedraza participated in Media Day Workouts last Thursday for their fights Jumamosi, Juni 13, juu ya Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP ndondi® kuishi juu ya Showtime® (9 p.m. NA/6 p.m. PT) katika Bartow uwanja katika Birmingham, Ala.

 

The power-punching, popular hometown favorite Wilder (33-0, 32 Kos), ya Tuscaloosa, Ala., will make the first defense of his title when he meets Molina (23-2, 17 Kos), ya RAYMONDVILLE, Texas, katika tukio kuu juu ya Juni 13. Pedraza (19-0, 12 Kos), ya Caguas, Puerto Rico, watakutana Andrey Klimov (19-1, 9 Kos), ya Klimovski, Russia, in a 12-rounder for the vacant IBF Junior Lightweight World Championship in the co-feature.

 

Below is what Wilder, Molina and Pedraza said during their separate Media Days in Northport, Ala., Weslaco, Texas and Cidra, Puerto Rico, mtiririko:

 

DEONTAY WILDER, Heavyweight World Champion

“It’s definitely a blessing to be able to fight in my state. When we set the goal to be heavyweight champion of the world that was one of the goals we set, to bring it to Alabama. Just to change it up and give Alabama some spice besides football, and to finally get the opportunity to have a major fight in the state of Alabama. This is what we were looking for when we worked to bring the commission here, and we were successful and got it done. This is what we were looking for.

 

“I want Alabama to be my home territory. It’s why I stay here. Some people still try to throw me out but my heart is here and I’ve got bigger and better plans. This is just the beginning.

 

“My team handles all the distractions (from fighting at home). I’ve got a wonderful team. Mimi tu tayari kwenda. I’m ready to get this party started and welcome Molina to Alabama.

 

“My hand is fine. We tested it yesterday for 10-ounce gloves because that’s the competition weight. We put it on and I felt great. It gave me even more confidence. I’m ready to get in the ring and do what I have to do and perform for my people.”

 

(on being world champion)

 

“We knew we would be doing a lot of traveling after getting the belt but we didn’t know the capacity of how much. It’s been a journey for me.

 

“I think I bring a different flavor to the sport of boxing, and I want to bring even more to the world.”

 

(on Molina)

 

“I haven’t heard from Molina but that’s good, that means he’s focused. I want him to come very focused. I know he’s going to be nervous and scared, but they say if you back a rabbit in a corner, they fight back.

 

“I’m most dangerous when I’m at home. I’m not going to let down my home crowd and let someone take what I’ve worked so hard for. He’s not going to come behind enemy lines and take anything from me.

 

“I want a great performance from him. I want a great performance for the crowd and people to say, 'Hey, I want to come back for the next one!’ and to be hungry for the next one. We got a lot of fights we want to do in Alabama, and this is just the start. I want to move on from Bartow to the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC), which is bigger than the MGM Grand.

 

“Every title defense is proving something. I’m the world’s most wanted, and everyone wants it. I’ve got the WBC crown. It’s the most well-known, famous belt in boxing. Everyone wants their name on this belt, and I have it. Every fight is a dangerous fight when I’m putting the belt on the line, and I train as if everyone is a world champion.”

 

(on why he’s defending against Molina)

 

“We have a lot of other opponents, but Molina was the one to understand the opportunity that lies at hand. Some people can price themselves out and some teams make it so difficult that the fight won’t happen. They can really block themselves out from getting the fight. You can have the money or the opportunity. Molina understands what the situation is, and he stepped up to the plate and understands the opportunity at hand to be the World Heavyweight Champion.

 

“My last fight I proved to everyone what I was capable of. I can go 12 rounds and take a punch. I can be just as fresh in the 12th round as the 1st.

 

“The sky’s the limit in what we’re trying to do. I represent the state. Even though I’m from Tuscaloosa, it’s not just where my gym is in Northport or Coffeeville. I represent the state of Alabama. I need a home territory and a home state not only where we can bring in local people, bring in the nation, but also bring in the whole world.”

ERIC MOLINA, Heavyweight mgombea

 

“This is the fight that we dream about when we first lace on the gloves and I am extremely excited about the opportunity to fight for the biggest prize in sports, the WBC heavyweight title. I’ve been preparing and training very hard, and I’m almost at the point where we’re ready to go.

 

“We’ve studied a lot of Wilder, and expect a very physical fight. I think a lot of people are underestimating my strength and power. They know Wilder can punch but they are underestimating the power that I possess.

 

“We know it’s going be a hostile environment, fighting in basically his backyard, but he’s now the champion and with that he gets an opportunity in his optional title defense (to fight who he wants, where he wants). He gets to enjoy those opportunities, but that’s where I come in.

 

“Bila shaka, I’m confident I can win the title. I think people look at my record and think this or that, but I don’t feel they understand my entire career, the things I have gone through and overcome, the different angles of boxing that more than meets the eye.

 

“Nothing against Deontay, who has worked hard to get to where he is, but he doesn’t represent the kind of fighter, kwa ujumla, that I am. I’ve always had to fight and struggle from fight to fight. I never had a true training camp situation. I’m not saying he had things easy, but I had to work and juggle things to keep going. Only the fighters in my situation can understand it.

 

“I’ve been boxing for nine years. I have a BS and Master’s Degree and I’m in my fourth year teaching kids with disabilities. Along with boxing, this is what I do. This is who I am, and I am not ashamed of who I am either. I’m proud. If they want to consider me an underdog, faini. But I’m also the guy who got knocked out in his first pro fight and battled back to where I am now and I’m fighting for the championship.

 

“What people don’t know about me is that my career has been all about determination, strength and struggles. Other boxers, including Bernard Hopkins, lost their first fights and went on to win a world title. I’ve learned a lot from my two losses and now I have the confidence to accomplish anything.

 

“Bottom line is I am not trying to convince anybody who I am, I just want people to see who the real Eric Molina is — that I am more than what my record on paper indicates. I was NABF champion for a while but could never get a fight so I was dropped from the rankings. It was like I had to start over again. But I stuck to it, and with everything else I had going on outside the ring, things I had to put aside for this fight, still managed to get into the position I’m in now.

 

“I don’t think there’s ever been a heavyweight contender like me. Where I train, there are no other real heavyweights except for one or two. I have to fly guys in to help me work with the guys already here. I’ve been in camps with Bermane Stiverne; I often had to go to where the sparring was just to get the work.

 

“I’ve never been in a spot where things have been easy for me in boxing. I never had the odds on my side, the tools, the resources. But I still made it this far and want to go farther.

 

“I think the first round is very important. I expect that from the get-go that he will feel like he could hurt me, but I also feel very strongly that I could hurt him. So it is very important to be ready for that first bell.

 

“Hii ni kwenda kuwa mapambano kubwa, much, much better than many may be expecting, and I am ready.”

 

Jose Pedraza, Unbeaten Junior Lightweight Contender

“As a Puerto Rican, every time I fight, I fight for the honor of my people. Hivyo, juu ya Juni 13, I won’t only be fighting to win a world title, I’ll be fighting for Cidra, Puerto Rico and for all the Puerto Ricans out there watching me. Puerto Rico needs another champion and I’m here to deliver and make my people proud. I cannot afford to let them down. I won’t let Puerto Rico down. I’ll come back a champion.

 

“This is a great opportunity fighting on a big show on SHOWTIME. It has taken hard work, dedication and long gym work to obtain this big exposure on SHOWTIME.


“My last fight against Michael Farenas was very important to me because that fight was a title eliminator and, by winning, it opened the door to this fight and finally my dream of becoming world champion is close to arriving.


“It has been a long and hard training camp — intensive. We opened camp in Las Vegas in December. This camp has been special because it is for the world championship.


“Andrey Klimov is a strong boxer, always going forward, the jab and straight right are his best shots. The only thing I see is he is strong and has good fitness. From his last fight against Terrence Crawford I could see that he has problems when he fights a left-handed boxer with good movement. I will be working in side steps and with speed.


“I hope that he comes well prepared for me. We must do our best to give the fans a good show. OnJuni 13, I will be a new champ and after that I want to make two defenses and move to 135.”


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ALL ACCESS: Deontay Wilder, which chronicle’s the champion’s January fight against Bermane Stiverne and sets the stage as he prepares for his upcoming title defense, premieres juu ya Jumatano, Juni 3 katika 10 p.m. NA/PT.
“WILDER vs. MOLINA,” 12-Duru kupambana kwa ajili ya michuano ya Heavyweight Wilder ya WBC, unafanyikaJumamosi, Juni 13, katika uwanja Bartow katika Birmingham, Ala. DiBella Entertainment na Bruno Tukio Timu wamejiunga na vikosi vya kuleta tukio hili kwa Alabama. Katika ushirikiano kuu tukio mwenza romoted na DiBella kwa kushirikiana na Universal Promotions, Jose Pedraza atakabiliwa Andrey Klimov katika 12 Duru bout ajili IBF Jr. Lightweight Dunia Title. Itakuwa hewa kuishi kwenye Showtime® (9 p.m. NA/ 6 p.m. PT). matangazo pia inapatikana katika Hispania kupitia sekondari redio programu (SAP). Kikohozi awali itakuwa televisheni kuishi juu ya Showtime SANA (7 p.m. NA/PT, kuchelewa katika Pwani ya Magharibi).

 

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