Kelly Swanson

Thanks everyone for calling in. We have an exciting conference call today to talk about an unbelievable boxing weekend coming up in Las Vegas. We’re going to hear more about that from Leonard Ellerbe, CEO ta Promozzjonijiet Mayweather, li se jimxu l-sejħa.

Ewwel fuq is-sejħa aħna qed tmur biex jitkellmu ma Errol Spence, Jr, u l-avversarju tiegħu, Roberto Garcia, kien ukoll mistenni li jissieħbu fl-sejħa iżda, sfortunatament, kellu aħħar appuntament mediku minuta li kellu tikseb fiha qabel ma telqu għall Las Vegas, hekk hu mhux se tkun kapaċi li jingħaqdu magħna.

Dan il-gentleman żgħażagħ oħra hija ġellied meraviljuż, and I’m certainly looking forward to seeing him fight. I’m going to go ahead and turn it over to Leonard Ellerbe, li se jagħmlu l-introduzzjonijiet u jiftħuh.

Leonard Ellerbe

Grazzi, Kelly. I’d like to thank everyone for joining us on this afternoon’s call. PBC on NBC returns to primetime network television this Saturday, Ġunju 20^th. Il telecast jibda fil 8:30 p.m. U / 5:30 p.m. PT. We’ll be coming to you live from MGM Grand in Las Vegas. This event will be sponsored by Corona, u nixtieq nirringrazzjahom għall-appoġġ tagħhom.

Our main event will feature a 12-round showdown between former world champions Adrien Broner and Shawn Porter. The co-main event features hot prospect Errol Spence, Jr. and veteran Roberto Garcia in a 10-round welterweight fight. Following the fights on NBC, aħna se jisswiċċja għall NBCSN għal azzjoni aktar kbira.

Il-biljetti għall-avvenimenti ħajjin, li se jiġu promossi mill Promozzjonijiet Mayweather f'assoċjazzjoni ma 'Promozzjonijiet TGB, huma fuq bejgħ issa. The tickets are available through Ticketmaster and mgmgrand.com. With the purchase of a ticket to the June 20^th ġlieda din is-Sibt, fans will also have access to the PBC on CBS card taking place on Sunday at the MGM Grand. That bout will feature, fil-każ prinċipali, Rances Barthelemy versus Antontio Demarco, u Sammy Vasquez se ġlieda Wale Omotoso, li jibda fil 4:00 p.m. U / 1:00 p.m. PT fuq CBS.

Nixtieq li tibda tintroduċi l-avveniment ko prinċipali, and I’d like to start out with Errol Spence. Errol Spence is coming to us from Desoto, Texas. He is a 2012 US Olympian. He most recently dominated Samuel Vargas on the April 11 on PBC on NBC card. I’m very familiar with this young, exciting prospect. He’s a very talented fighter and he will be a force to be reckoned with for quite some time. He’s a future world champion. He’s coming to us at 16-0 ma 13 Kos. Errol?

Errol Spence Jr.

Hi, I’m glad to be here. It’s a big opportunity for me on a huge stage. I’m going to go in and do like I always do, put on a great show and a great performance and raise my stock. Nisperaw, wara din il-ġlieda, wara din il-prestazzjoni kbira, I jista 'jkun l-avveniment prinċipali fuq NBC.

Q

Tħoss bħal inti qed jiċċaqalqu il-mod inti tixtieq li tkun miexja? Faster? Slower? Where you’re supposed to be? Imbagħad, kif hekk taħseb, li jekk inti tista 'tieħu kura ta' avversarju tiegħek, Roberto Garcia, dan il-weekend, li tista 'tikseb fis ġlieda saħansitra aktar sinifikanti, forsi għal titlu f'xi punt?

U. Spence Jr.

I feel like I’m moving the way I want to move. I’m fighting when I want to and I’m fighting on the regular, so everything’s been consistent and how I want it to go. I’m stepping up the competition, and I’m fighting on the big stage that I wanted to fight on. After I get rid of Roberto Garcia, I think it will be another step up fight. Nisperaw, I tista 'tikseb-isem magħruf aktar opponent, nisperaw champion dinja qabel fil hemm, u mbagħad billi sena d-dieħla f'xi kmieni, I tista ġlieda għal titlu.

Q

Skond l-aktar nies, inti kienu l-ġlied aktar talent fuq l-Istati Uniti Olimpiku Tim fil 2012 u l-Guy bl-aktar potenzjal bħala professjonali. Huwa li distrazzjoni għalik? Does it motivate you? Do you believe your clippings? How do you stay focused? Because it seems like you are a pretty focused guy, il-mod inti kont qed tmur dwar in-negozju tiegħek.

U. Spence Jr.

Għal ħaġa waħda, jibqgħu ffukati biss xi ħaġa I naturalment do, but I also want to live up to the hype and to the high standards that a lot of boxing writers and a lot of people have of me. I’ve just got to go out there and perform and look great, u I tixtieq tfittex kbira, so I have to stay focused and work hard. That’s the only way that I’m going to get where I want to be and get to the top and get to fighting these name-known opponents. I biss għandhom jibqgħu ffukati u biss jibqgħu dedikati, u I ser tkun definittivament ġlieda kontra l-avversarji aktar magħrufa, bħal Robert Guerrero jew Keith Thurman jew Amir Khan jew xi ħadd bħal dik.

Q

X'inhu allura ma rebħa kontra Garcia tagħmel f'termini ta 'jkollna inti hemm?

U. Spence Jr.

Roberto Garcia, hu iebsa, huwa veteran, u naħseb me tkun prospett u fuq il-ponta li tkun konkorrent, I kellhom jiffaċċjaw Guy bħal dik, Guy ma 'lott ta' esperjenza u rekord verament tajba, so I can go into that contender level and contender status where I can start fighting more name-known guys. I think it’s just a process I have to go through so I can get to where I want to be. Roberto Garcia is a tough fighter. He’s not as known as the guys I would like to fight, imma jien ġlieda lilu biex tikseb għal dawk guys.

Q

Bil-ħolqien ta 'lott ta' l-ġellieda Ewropej tal-Lvant, li jiġġieldu għal titolu fit-tieni jew it-tielet ġlieda professjonali tagħhom, tħoss pressjoni li tip ta 'iżidu l-proċess tiegħek stess u jieħu tissielet aktar iebsa u tiżviluppa ftit aktar malajr milli konna normalment tidher ġellieda Amerikana fil-passat?

U. Spence Jr.

Do Mhux. I don’t necessarily feel pressured. Everybody has their own path that they have to take. What those guys did was great, u li l-straordinarja u verament fantażija, iżda kulħadd għandu triq tagħhom stess, u kulħadd tikber b'mod differenti.

Q

Errol, peress PBC bdiet ġlied xandir, fil 2015, inti kellna, il-ġlieda wieħed fuq il undercard Garcia-Peterson, iżda ġlied tiegħek kummerċjali jew bijo tiegħek, li kien jkollna ħafna ta 'espożizzjoni. Tista 'tgħidli liema li kien jixtieq li tara lilek innifsek fuq it-TV u dak ir-reazzjoni kienet li dik l-espożizzjoni?

U. Spence, Jr.

It’s been great. Jien eċċitati. It shows that my hard work’s been paying off, and it shows how my manager believes in me. I’ve only been a pro fighter for three years and some change and I’m already being broadcast in with guys that have been pro eight, għaxar snin, ħdax-il sena, and I’m head-to-head with these guys. It just shows a lot of people believe in me and I’ve got a lot of people behind me who support me.

Q

Int semma Robert Guerrero, Keith Thurman, and Amir Khan as potential opponents that you’re looking at. Do you see them as stepping stones to something bigger, jew huma dawk il-ġlied li trid? It sounded like you might have been alluding to a different fight. Dak li jien jistaqsi hija jekk inti tara dawk guys bħal fil-mod tiegħek għall-ġlieda kontra Mayweather?

U. Spence Jr.

Not necessarily. These are the guys that are in the top ten, that are in the top five. These are the guys that are supposed to be there after Floyd retires in September, dawn huma l-guys li ser ikunu allegatament qed taħdem id-diviżjoni, so these are the guys I’m looking at. I’m nowhere near close to fighting Mayweather, because I haven’t even gotten in the top ten yet. These are the guys thatI’m looking at that are in the top ten that are supposedly running the weight class after Floyd’s gone and retired.

Q

I tixtieq li tistaqsi lilek dwar dak li taf ta 'avversarju tiegħek, Roberto Garcia? Taħseb, bħala pro, Garcia li jkun il-ġlied aktar ħorox li inti stajt jiffaċċjaw?

U. Spence, Jr.

I see him as the most experienced fighter. It could be the toughest. It all depends. One of my tough fights was against Emmanuel Lartey. Huwa kien 15-0, u I kien 8-0 fiż-żmien. But I mean it could be. He iebsa, hu esperjenzat, and he’s gritty. I know he’s going to come to fight, għalhekk dan se jkun wieħed mill-ġlied aktar ħorox tiegħi sal-lum.

Q

Issa, you’ve gone back and forth in the last year or so between welterweight and super welterweight. Is there one of those weight classes you particularly want to focus upon?

U. Spence Jr.

Jien joqogħdu fil 147, and welterweight is my weight class. A lot of times I might fight at 148 jew xi ħaġa bħal dik, imma 147 hija l-klassi ta 'piż li jien ġlied fil.

K. Swanson

Okay, li kien l-aħħar mistoqsija tiegħek, Errol, but I have one for you that I’d like to add here. The weekend is Father’s Day weekend, u minn dak li stajt taqra dwarek, dad tiegħek kien pjuttost strumentali fl-iżgurar kellek karriera boxing. Jien jistaqsi jekk inti tista 'taqsam magħna ftit dwar ir-relazzjoni tiegħek ma' dad tiegħek, kemm hu importanti kien li l-iżvilupp ta 'boxing kapaċitajiet tiegħek, u jekk hu ser tkun miegħek dan il-weekend fil Las Vegas.

U. Spence Jr.

My dad, he got me started in boxing. Huwa kien sewwieq tat-trakk, hekk hu użat biex issuq matul il-lejl, u allura hu ser tingħata dar 12:00 p.m. jew għada imbagħad ħu me lill-gym. Then after that he’d come from the gym, kien simili 5:00 jew 6:00 p.m., u kien se mistrieħ għal siegħa jew tnejn u jmorru dritti għal xogħol. Fil-ħin, I ma verament taħseb dwarha, imma kif sibt anzjani u ftit aktar għaqli, twettiq l-sagrifiċċji li huwa sagrifikati għalija li tkun tista 'kaxxa u jmorru lil dawn tournaments nazzjonali kollha u dawn it-turnej kollha barra l-istat u l-għalf. He had to pay for the hotel, jħallsu għall-ikel u għalf bħal dik out of pocket. We didn’t have any sponsors and stuff like that.

Huwa jilgħab parti kbira tal-karriera boxing tiegħi. He’s my supporter. That’s my mentor. That’s like my best friend. For Father’s Day, Jien ser tikseb lilu rebħa, u li għaddej biex tkun rebħa impressjonanti li hu ser jkun kburi u hu inneħħu imħabba. He played a big part in my career. Without him, I know I ma tkunx boxing.

K. Swanson

Great. Thanks for sharing that. I know he was an important part of your story. Allura, Leonard, that is it on the side for Errol. We appreciate you taking the time out of your training. Aħjar ta 'xortih lilek, u aħna ħerqana li jaraw inti fuq PBC fuq NBC.

L. Ellerbe

The fans are going to be in for a great treat with this fight. Garcia comes with a lot of experience, and Errol is the new guy on the block. He’s making a name for himself. Big things are expected out of Errol, u hu ser tkun tfittex li ġejjin permezz nhar is-Sibt bil-lejl bi prestazzjoni kbira.

U. Spence Jr.

Grazzi. I’d like to thank everybody for their questions and stuff and everybody tuning in and listening. Just make sure you tune in Saturday. I’m going to put on a great performance and a great show.

L. Ellerbe

Fil-avveniment prinċipali, għandna ġlieda eċċitanti ħafna. We have two gentlemen who are very familiar with each other. They both come out of the state of Ohio. They both have extensive amateur backgrounds. I think it’s going to be an excellent fight.

We have Shawn Porter. Like I said, hu ġejjin lilna minn barra ta 'Akron, Ohio. He’s now fighting out of Las Vegas. His most recent win was on Spike in March when he fought Eric Bone. He has fought a number of good fighters, including big wins over former world champions Devon Alexander and Paulie Malignaggi. He comes to us with a record of 25-1-1, ma 16 Kos, xejn għajr l-eks champion tad-dinja welterweight, “Showtime” Shawn Porter.

Shawn Porter

X'hemm up, kulħadd? Thanks for having me on.

Ken Porter

Grazzi guys għall-introduzzjoni mill-isbaħ, Leonard. We really appreciate you guys having us on today. As far as our training camp, Shawn has been preparing for this fight and the previous fight and the previous fight before that ever since he turned professional. We never really go into a camp, per se. We just continue with what we were already doing. I have been blessed with an athlete who understands that this is his lifestyle, huwa s-sena kollha, and he just works like that. So when it was time to turn up the heat a little bit, we were already ready to go. When it was time to bring down the weight a little bit, li ma kienx problema jew.

He’s strong. He’s happy. He’s feeling really good. Today we did a little bit of track work. We headed to the gym, u mbagħad konna mfakkra li kellna din is-sejħa konferenza miegħek guys, allura kien assolutament l-ebda problema għalina li jmorru lura d-dar u joqogħdu bilqegħda għal ftit u jieħdu din is-sejħa minħabba kollha ta 'xogħol iebes tagħna diġà saret, mhux biss f'din il-ġlieda jew dan camp, but in previous fights and previous camps that we’ve had before this. Everything is on point. Everything is exactly where we want it to be, u aħna ħerqana għal ġlieda kbira fuq Sibt bil-lejl kontra ġellied kbir.

Q

X'irnexxilek jsir b'mod differenti f'dan kamp ta 'taħriġ biex tipprepara ruħek għal din il-ġlieda u l-veloċità ta' Adrien Broner?

S. Ilbes

Inti taf liema, I’ll let you know. Iva, he is skillful and fast. We haven’t really done much different to try to offset that or anything. The reason being is because we know that I’m just as fast and just as quick as he is. There haven’t been any special workouts that we’ve incorporated this camp or anything like that to do anything differently to offset his speed. We’ve just really focused more so on my skills and also the different techniques that are required to cut off and slow down a fast fighter like him. Allura, huwa dak li aħna kont qed tagħmel, biss f'livell ogħla. We’re not overlooking his speed. We’ve just done more of what we need to do to prepare for it, li huwa dak li konna dejjem isir.

K. Ilbes

Just biex jagħtuk guys a info ftit, I think Devon Alexander huwa wieħed mill-boxers malajr fil boxing, perjodu. I know that Manny Pacquiao is one of the fastest boxers in boxing. I know that Andre Dirrell is one of the fastest boxers in this sport. Shawn has been able to compete against those type of guys in professional fights, f'sessjonijiet, in camps. We don’t have a problem with anyone’s speed. He’s just as fast as anybody that comes in the ring with him, hekk meta inti titkellem dwar il-veloċità ta 'Guy, li mhux xi ħaġa li aħna qed kkonċernat ma.

Il-problema li din Guy se jkollhom jittrattaw hija aħna qed mgħaġġel, and we’ve got power to come along with that. Allura, we’re prepared for that. Just like Shawn said, we just continue doing what we’ve already done. At this point in time, li mhix ta 'tħassib fil-livelli kollha, hekk aħna lesti għal dak.

Q

Have inti bi kwalunkwe mod ippreparat ruħek għall forsi l-antics li ġejjin flimkien fil-ċirku ma 'Broner Adrien?

S. Ilbes

Inti taf liema, I haven’t. I understand that could arise during the fight. My whole thing is this, u huwa xi ħaġa li dad tiegħi dejjem ippressat fuqi, is being professional at all times. Being professional means maintaining your composure and staying poised and sticking to the game plan no matter what. Allura, l-ebda kwistjoni dak li jista 'jagħmel jew jgħidu matul il-ġlieda, iktar probabbli li jfisser jien tagħmel id-dritt ħaġa, and I’ll just continue to do what I’m doing and what my corner’s asking me to do. I’m not worried about it at all. I am li I am, u I x-xogħol isir.

K. Ilbes

Shawn’s coming to knock Adrien’s head off. He’s in a real fight, and this is a big fight. I think it’s going to be a very entertaining fight. They both have contrasting styles. Both have certain strengths that they do certain things very well. It’s going to be a very competitive and exciting fight.

Q

You’re an Akron guy. Broner’s a Cincinnati guy. They’re saying it’s the battle of Ohio, u aħna qed tmur biex Las Vegas, post kbir għall-ġlied kbar il-ħin kollu, post tremend li jkollhom tissielet, iżda ma inti taħseb forsi li inti guys se jkun duking out fil Ohio biex isolvu d-drittijiet bragging għall-istat?

S. Ilbes

Jien grigal Ohio Guy, mhux biss Akron, not just Cleveland. It’s a blessing to be able to represent northeast Ohio, and I’ve done that for a very long time with pride. I’ve made everyone proud back home along the way. Għal darb'oħra, kollox stajt tgħallmu, I learned from my dad. He told me a long time ago, jgħid jekk inti tixtieq li ttejjeb, jekk inti tixtieq li tikseb aħjar u jagħmlu affarijiet fl-ogħla livell, inti stajt ltqajna biex jimxu fuq u xi kultant jitilqu mid-dar waħdu u jieħdu ħsieb tan-negozju tiegħek.

Ma 'dak being said, Las Vegas is the Mecca of boxing. It’s where we all want to be. I’ve been blessed enough to move out here two years ago, and this is where I always wanted my career to go. A fight of this magnitude is happening where it’s supposed to happen at. The bragging rights will come after the fight.

Q

Kif iebes huwa se jkun għalik li tikseb sa 144? What was the reason that you guys made the fight for significantly under the welterweight limit when both of you guys have been welterweight champions and not had any issues with 147?

S. Ilbes

I’ll answer the first question first. Dritt issa, aħna qed Cadillacing, and what I mean by that is we’re taking it one day at a time. We’re moving slow so everybody can see us, and we’re feeling good doing it. It’s coming along exactly the way we wanted it to, and it’s been a blessing. We were called and told that we were asked to be 144 pounds by Adrien Broner. That was not our decision. As soon as it was announced to me from my dad, I qallu, irrispettivament għandna bżonn tagħmel biex jagħmlu l-ġlieda.

I raden hemm kid ftit minn Cincinnati li l jibża 'ġlied fil 147, even though that’s a weight that he’s even fought for a championship at. That’s neither here nor there. The weigh-in is Friday. We’ll be there. We’ll be on weight, and we’ll be excited to get on that scale and look him in the eyes at that weight and let him know that we’re feeling good. Whatever advantage he thought could come from that, huwa ma jkollna ebda.

Il-ħaġa tajba dwar dan hija jien mbierka li għandi korp kbir, and somehow we can get my body to do what it needs to do. Fl-aħħar tal-ġurnata, all I can do is give it up to God. It’s been great along the way and, bħalek qal, I ġġieldu għoli daqs 165 fil-dilettanti u anke 154 meta tiġi mdawra pro, u issa 147 for the last about four or five years. It’s been great, u jinżel 'l isfel ftit liri aktar mhux se tkun problema.

K. Ilbes

I call it addition by subtraction. As he loses weight, he increases his opportunity for big fights. Allura, aħna ġew minn 154 biex 147, u hemm ġlied kbir hemmhekk u ismijiet ġlieda kbar hemmhekk. Hawnhekk konna ġew mitluba biex tinżel ftit liri aktar, and it just so happens he’s living this way year round so he didn’t have to go into some crazy I’ve got to get this weight off type thing. This morning, he was very light. He’s eaten twice this morning already. He’s feeling really good. We’re able to do this, and we’re confident that it’ll continue throughout the week to come off like it is. We’re looking forward to this big fight at a lighter weight. Allura, that’s why I call it addition by subtraction. We get more out of coming down in a lower weight than we did being in the higher weight class.

Q

Shawn, tnejn inti u Adrien kienu f'ċerti ġlied eċċitanti, but you’re also both very good boxers also. What is your take on how this is going to play out?

S. Ilbes

I think this fight’s going to go everywhere. You’ve seen me fight. You know that I want to dictate everything. I want to dictate the pace. I want to be the commander in the ring. Ma 'dak being said, aħna qed versatili, li huwa kbir, and we can box from the outside. There will also be points where we look to move in and get really physical. We’re just going to play it one round at a time and we’ll look to box and also look to punch and put it all together. That’s what you want in a big fight, when you can do so many things and this fight requires you doing so many things. We look to put it all together on Saturday night-the boxing, l-ippanċjar, il-pressjoni, l-ġlieda kontra, kollha ta 'dan.

Q

Meta inti tħares lejn rekord Adrien Broner tal, tara kellu li t-telf li Marcos Maidana. Is there anything you’ve learned from that fight with Maidana that you can apply for yourself in your fight with Adrien?

S. Ilbes

Iva. We’ve taken a look at a number of his fights, mhux biss il-ħżiena, but also the good. I’m steadily reminding myself not to underestimate him, ma naħsibx li jien ser jidħlu fil hemm u jagħmlu dak kollu li Maidana ma lilu, and that’s it and I’ll get the win. We look to do so much more than what Maidana did, iżda l-pressjoni li Maidana applikata din il-ġlieda kollu kien kbir u kien dak li hu meħtieġ.

We will look to do some of that. I’ve also taken a look at his earlier fights when he looked really sharp and superb, just to remind myself of what he can do. There were lot of things he didn’t do against Maidana, but there were a lot of things he did do well against some of his other competitors earlier in his career. We look to do a lot of different things this fight. It’s going to take a lot to win this one, u aħna lesti għal dan.

Q

Kien hemm affarijiet speċifiċi li inti stajt tgħallmu jew mibdula fl-approċċ tiegħek peress ġlieda tiegħek aħħar sena ma 'Kell Brook?

S. Ilbes

Yes and no. I think with that fight, l-affarijiet li konna mibdula u ħadem fuq aktar saru aktar, numru wieħed, mentali u mbagħad numru tnejn, l-baŜi. I ser jgħidu, numru wieħed, l-mentali minħabba li kien hemm ħafna affarijiet li kienu mitluba mill lili fil-kantuniera li jien ma jinkorporaw matul il-partita. Fl-aħħar tal-ġurnata, I tista 'tħares biss lejn myself, and that’s the reason those things didn’t show up. We worked on a lot of mental preparation since that fight, tkun tista 'mhux biss tisma' l-kantuniera u jimplimentaw dawn l-istruzzjonijiet matul il-ġlieda u mbagħad l-affarijiet bażiċi.

There were a lot of things I didn’t do in that fight. I got a little wild at points. Wara l-ġlieda, ladarba aħna ltqajna lura taħriġ, aħna marru lura-triq kollha lejn l-affarijiet bażiċi bħal aħna dejjem nagħmlu, iżda nitfgħu ftit aktar enfasi fuq l-aspett mentali flimkien ma 'l-affarijiet bażiċi.

Q

Din il-ġlieda għaddej biex tkun Sibt bil-lejl, avveniment prinċipali, aqwa ħin, fuq NBC prattikament f'kull dar fil-pajjiż, and it’s going to be televised internationally. Tell us about how that affects you, tkun b'tali ġlieda Marquis.

S. Ilbes

Inti taf liema, I tista 'wegħda inti dan, this is something that I’ve always envisioned and I’ve always looked forward to. My fight with Julio Diaz, meta I ewwel sab li kien fil MGM Grand, I was really excited. Then I was told it was going to be in one of the conference rooms. The whole entire bubble didn’t bust, but a little bit of the air came out. I’ve just always marveled at the crowd, kif loud jiġrilha, l-dwal, the whole nine. I love every part of the ambiance of a big MGM Grand fight. I’m taking it with a lot of excitement and obviously not over enthused, but I do understand the moment that I’m about to have. The great part about it is it’s a moment that I’ve always wanted, and I’m looking forward to it, so I ser teħodha bl-ebda problema fil-livelli kollha.

Q

Hemm xi animosity leġittimu bejnek u Adrien?

S. Ilbes

Inti taf liema, there was no animosity about the weight up until the press conference that we had last week. We had the press conference. We’ve known for weeks now that the contracted weight is supposed to be 144. Here we are doing everything that we need to do as professionals to be on weight, tkun fuq il-punt, jkun 100%, u l-kid li għażlu li jagħmlu l-kuntratt, il-piż 144, jixtieq li ma jitkellmu dwar il-piż kuntrattati, jixtieq li ma jitkellmu dwar kull klawżola żieda ta 'ilma, irid jevita kwalunkwe konverżazzjoni li tinvolvi limiti ta 'piż jew xi ħaġa bħal dik.

L-aktar u aktar nitkellmu dwar dan, the more and more the animosity starts to set in because I’m a professional doing what I do. I’ve done it at this high level for so long, u klassi ta 'piż tiegħi huwa 147 for so long. You want to move up into my weight, then move up. Don’t be scared. Don’t be worried. Don’t be afraid. Put your skill on the line along with your record. Put everything on the line. Put it all on the line at 147. Don’t put it at 144 u mbagħad ma tridx li jitkellmu dwar dan.

I’m not going to worry about it. We still maintain our professionalism and come into this fight and this weigh-in the way we’re supposed to. No personal animosity towards Adrien Broner. I know him, imma naf lilu mill-bogħod.

Ma 'dak being said, Huwa dejjem kien aktar ta ', “Ħej, kif inti tagħmel?” tip ta 'relazzjoni, mhux “Ejja mur l-tonight klabb” tip ta 'relazzjoni u wkoll, mhux “Għaliex huma inti titkellem lili inti? I tista 'tiġi ġlieda kontra inti f'xi,” relationship. Allura, we’re cool. The night of the fight, se nkunu foes għall 12 rawnds, or however many rounds it lasts. Wara, I se jkun li jiena u jkun professjonali u ħalli l-boxing jieħu ħsieb innifsu.

Q

Ma dan il-piż jħossuhom tajjeb, jew inti tara lilek innifsek li jiċċaqalqu dritt lura sa welterweight wara dan?

S. Ilbes

Ovvjament għamilna din il-mossa għal raġuni, and that was to fight the kid. Wara, I don’t think there’ll be any other reason for me to move any lower than 147. It’s not going to be a problem this fight, but it’s not something that I want to entertain in the future. I’m a 147-pound fighter, simple as that. Anyone I fight will be a strong 147-pound fighter, not a blown-up 140-pound fighter and not a took-down 154-pounder. We look to fight everyone at their best, u l-aħjar tiegħi se tkun 144 nhar is-Sibt.

K. Swanson

Okay. That actually was your last media question, imma jien ser nistaqsik mistoqsija myself, something that I actually shared with Errol Spence too. It’s Father’s Day weekend for the big boxing weekend in Las Vegas. I think kulħadd fil-boxing jaf dwar l-għeluq, intimate relationship that the Porters have. I’d like, Shawn, għalik biex jaqsmu magħna dak dad tiegħek ifisser li inti u dak li inti qed tippjana għal Jum il-Missier wara Sibt bil-lejl.

S. Ilbes

Onestament, I’m happy that this fight has come at this time. My dad and I have worked extremely hard together for a very long time doing this sport. What better way to celebrate or wake up and just be proud of what we’ve done the night before, bħala familja, bħala tim? Jien eċċitati dwar li jkollhom din il-ġlieda jkunu l-lejl ta 'qabel Jum il-Missier, u jien ħerqana li jkunu kapaċi jqum u jmorru fuq fil-kamra li jmiss u jinxtegħel dad tiegħi u biss Marvel fuq dak li aħna ghamilt, ovvjament, mhux biss fiċ-ċirku, imma dak li għandna issa bħala familja u bħala tim.

Huwa tfisser il-dinja lili, u hu jaf li. I definitely know I mean the world to him. I’ve said this before, l-imħabba li għandna, li aħna naqsmu, inwettqu li l-ċirku ma 'xulxin, and it’s unparalleled. You can’t match it. Dan ifisser ħafna. That makes a difference during the fight.

K. Swanson

Leonard, Nixtieq li jduru fuq lilek għall-kummenti aħħar.

L. Ellerbe

Okay. I just want to clear up this whole weight issue. It seems that there’s a lot of back and forth about the weight. Both fighters have agreed to fight this fight Saturday at 144 pounds max. I want to be clear with that, 144 pounds max. Both fighters agree upon that. The fans are expecting a great fight, and I think that both fighters will be at their best come Saturday night. Both fighters have had an excellent camp and have prepared to fight at the weight, and both fighters know what to expect from each other. They know each other very well. They both have great strengths, u naħseb li għaddej biex tkun ġlieda jiġu eċċitanti ħafna Sibt bil-lejl.

Ninsab impressjonat ħafna bl Shawn Porter, with what he’s been able to do as a professional. What I like the most about Shawn is his confidence. As a young veteran, he’s willing to get in there with anybody and those are the things that are a rare attribute when what you see with young fighters. A lot of fighters talk the talk, but they’re not willing to step up. Like I said, one of the most impressive things that I personally admire about Shawn is that he’s willing to get in there with anybody. He’s even called out Floyd Mayweather. He’s willing to get in there with Floyd, and that’s what I like. The guy’s willing to put it on the line, tpoġġi fuq il-linja, jagħmlu dak li hemm bżonn għall-għalf familja tagħhom u biex jagħtu l-fannijiet dak li jridu.

Aħna ħerqanin sabiex Sibt bil-lejl, ġlieda kbira għall-fannijiet. Nirringrazzjakom ilkoll għall-irfinar fil.

K. Ilbes

Inti s Guy kellhom sessjoni kbir hemmhekk, good questions. We’re feeling good, so we’re looking forward to seeing you guys on Saturday. Thanks for having us.

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