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Warriors Congratulates ‘KingCarlos Molina for Victory Saturday Night and Sensational 2016

Warriors Boxing sends congratulations out to Former IBF junior middleweight world champion “King” Carlos Molina for winning his sixth consecutive (and fifth this year) ija lojo satide night.
Fighting at the Gran Oasis Arena in Cancun, Mexico, Molina (28-6-2, 8 KOs) won a unanimous shutout (80-72 X3) decision over DiegoDemoledor” Agbelebu (17-4-1, 13 KOs). The 33-year-old Molina is currently rated #9 at welterweight by the WBC.
I feel very comfortable at 147; this is my natural weight,” Said Molina, ranse si-ija. “I am at weight after working out and I feel faster in my fights. Fun yi ija, I worked on utilizing my jab and being more effective with it. Over all I am happy about how things came together. I will continue to work hard to get back to a world title fight.
Molina says he likes the hectic schedule he maintained this year, in fighting five times against respectable opposition.
I want to stay busy. The activity I experienced this year was excellent and I want to continue being busy. I want bigger fights with anyone in the top 10 ni 147. I want the fights that will lead to a second world title. I am a problem for anyone at 147 ati ni 2017, I want to be challenged with the best the division has to offer.
Carlos was one of the best in the world at 154,said his promoter, Leon Margules ti ogun Boxing. “But at 147, he could very well be the best in the world. He is a true technician with a difficult style to solve for anyone. Now that he’s bigger and stronger than his opponents, he’s in very serious contention for a second world championship once again. He had a great year and I congratulate him.

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ANDRZEJ FONFARA STOPS JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR., WINS BY 9TH-ROUND TKO AT STUBHUB CENTER

Amir Imam Remains Unbeaten

With Unanimous Decision Over Walter Castillo

Unbeaten Moises Flores Outpoints Oscar Escandon To Win

WBA Super Bantamweight Interim World Title; Omar Chavez Triumphs

By Decision, Fabian Maidana by Knockout on SHO EXTREME

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Carson, Calif. (April 18, 2015) – Confident and determined, Andrzej “The PolishPrince” Fonfara (27-3, 16 KOs) spoiled the ring return of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (48-2-1, 32 KOs) in resounding fashion Saturday night, flooring the former middleweight champion one time en route to a one-sided ninth-round TKO in the main event ofShowtime asiwaju Boxing gbe lori ASIKO IWORAN.

 

Fonfara, of Chicago by way of Radon, Polandii, dropped Chavez, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, with a wide left hook 50 seconds into the ninth round before a boisterous crowd of 8,636 predominately-Chavez fans at StubHub Center. It was the first time in 52 professional fights that Chavez had hit the canvas from a punch.

 

Upon returning to the corner, Chavez could be heard on the telecast telling trainer Joe Goossen that he had hurt his right leg and could no longer continue. Asiko nigbamii, the fight was halted. The busier and more accurate fighter throughout, Fonfara was comfortably ahead on the three judgesscorecards by scored of 89-80 ati 88-81 twice after nine full rounds.

 

Offered an ecstatic Fonfara, who had his fair share of Polish fans at the venue: “I knew he was a tough fighter, quick and in good shape but when he hit me for the first time in the first round, I knew I was going to win this fight. He didn’t punch as hard as everybody said he did.

 

I saw his punches easily coming in. I know I threw more punches. I was a little surprised that he did not come out for the (10th) but he was cut, had been getting beat up and had just got knocked down, so he knew what would happen if he came out.

 

Chavez said before the fight that he didn’t think I could take his body punches. I think I took them pretty good and passed that test.

 

I know there are things I can still work on in training to become a more complete boxer, ṣugbọnlalẹ was a dream come true. I want a rematch with (Light Heavyweight World Champion) Adonis Stevenson.

 

Said Chavez, the son of legendary Mexican icon, Julio Cesar Chavez SR. in the ring afterward and before he was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure, “Maybe 170,172 pounds is too big for me, maybe I’ll go back down. I’m not sure what my future holds. It was a very tough fight. But I congratulate Andrzej.

 

Goossen told reporters afterward that he had “stopped the fight. It was my decision. I didn’t like what I saw. ”

 

In the first half of a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader, undefeated world-ranked super lightweight Amir I (17-0, 14 KOs), of Davie, Fla., nipa ọna ti Albany, N.Y., won a lopsided 10-round decision over Walter “The Hammer” Castle.

 

The talented, versatile, Mo ni, 24, controlled a fight that featured numerous exchanges especially early on with a left jab and straight right hand.

 

My combinations were effective the whole night, we stuck to our gameplan and came out victorious,” said Imam. “I want any of the world champions next”.

 

Castle, who saw a nine-fight winning streak come to an end, wi “Mo ro mo ti gba awọn ija. I didn’t get credit for the punches I threw. The judge who scored it 100-90; daradara, that gives me no chance to win here. The cut bothered me in the early rounds, but was not a factor after.

 

Sẹyìn Saturday, on SHOWTIME EXTREME, undefeated Moisés “El Chucky” Ododo (23-0, 16 KOs), ti Guadalajara, Mexico, captured the WBA Super Bantamweight Interim World Championship with a thrilling 12-round split decision over defending champion Oscar Escandon (24-2 16 KOs), of Tolima, Colombia.

 

Ododo, ṣiṣe re 2015 debut and third start in a row in the United States, bori nipasẹ awọn ikun ti 116-112 lemeji ati 113-115.

 

An emotional Flores was near tears afterward. “Eleyi ti ni a ala wá otito – more than a dream come truefor me,” o si wi pe. “I saw my family on the beach, eating meat. I saw my babies better dressed. For me this is a life-changing victory and, bẹẹni, I thought it was very, very close but I absolutely feel I won.

 

I want to fight the best next, the top guys at 122 pounds and right now the top guy is Leo Santa Cruz. That’s who I’d like to fight next. I really want to thank all my team, lati oke de isalẹ, for giving me this wonderful opportunity. We’re very happy that we joined the Al Haymon team. We’re very loyal and we just really appreciate everything they’ve done for us.

 

Escandon felt he’d done enough to win despite injuring the right index finger on his right hand in the seventh round.

I did all that I could, everything was in my reach, but I think I broke or fractured my finger,” o si wi pe. “In boxing things happen that are out of your control. Because I hurt my hand, I couldn’t throw punches the way I wanted to with my right hand. I tried to do all I could with it. But I didn’t want to injure it further. I’m OK, but I definitely would love a rematch.

 

In the SHOWTIME EXTREME co-feature, Super welterweight Omar “El Businessman”Chavez (33-3-1, 22 KOs), of Culiacan, the younger brother of Chavez, Jr. and son of legendary Julio Cesar Sr., won an exciting, lile-jà, give-and-take eight-round unanimous decision over Richard Gutierrez (28-16-1, 17 KOs), of Arjona, Colombia.

Chavez won by the scores of 78-75 lemeji ati 77-74. There were no knockdowns.

 

Unbeaten Argentine welterweight Fabian “TNT” Maidana (6-0, 5 KOs), ti Santa Fe, Argentina, the brother of former world champion Marcos Maidana, registered a second-round TKO (32 aaya sinu yika) over outclassed Cory Vom Baur (2-3), of Vancouver, W.

 

Awọn Showtime asiwaju Boxing doubleheader yoo tun-air ose yi bi wọnyi:

 

DAY CHANNEL

Monday, April 20, 22, 10 p.m.. ET/PT SHOWTIME Extreme

 

Tuesday, June 24, ni 10 p.m. ATI/PT SHO Extreme

 

Saturday ká two-fight telecast will be available at SHOWTIME ON DEMAND beginning Sunday, June 22 27.

 

Mauro Ranallo called the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING action with Hall of Fame analyst Al Bernstein ki o si tele aye asiwaju Paulie Malignaggi commentating and Jim Gray riroyin. Ni Spanish, Alejandro Luna called the blow-by-blow with former world champion Raul Márquez serving as color commentator. Barry Tompkins called the SHOWTIME EXTREME action from ringside with boxing historian Steve Farhood serving as expert analyst.

 

The executive producer of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING is David Dinkins Jr. pẹlu Bob Dunphy directing.

 

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Chavez Jr. la. Fonfara” was a 12-round bout that took place at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. And aired on SHOWTIME.

 

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. la. ANDRZEJ FONFARA AMIR IMAM vs. WALTER CASTILLO OFFICIAL WEIGHTS & Awọn fọto

Showtime asiwaju Boxing® Gbe Lori Showtime® Saturday, April 18, (10 p.m. ATI/7 p.m. PT)

From StubHub Center In Carson, Calif.

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Showtime asiwaju Boxing

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: 171 ½ poun
Andrzej Fonfara: 171 ½ poun

Amir IFE: 140 Poun
Castillo Walter: 138 Poun

Showtime Boxing ON SHO iwọn:
OSCAR ESCANDON: 121 ¾ Pounds
Moisés Flores: 121 ¼ Pounds

OMAR CHAVEZ: 159 Poun
RICHARD GUTIERREZ: 158 ½ poun

(SHOWTIME EXTREME Swing Bout)
FABIAN MAIDANA: 146 ¼ Pounds
CORY VOM BAUR: 145 ½ poun

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“Chavez Jr. la. Fonfara”, a 12-round light heavyweight bout co-promoted by Goossen ni igbega ati Chavez Promotions that takes place at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. ati ki o yoo air lori Showtime (10 p.m. ATI/7 p.m. PT). Ni awọn àjọ-akọkọ iṣẹlẹ, Amir Imam faces Walter Castillo in a 10-round jr. welterweight showdown. Awọn Showtime asiwaju Boxing telecast ni yio tun je wa ni ede Spani o nipasẹ Atẹle iwe siseto (SAP).

Tiketi fun awọn iṣẹlẹ ti wa ni owole ni $200, $150, $100, $50 ati $25, plus wulo ori, owo ati iṣẹ owo, are available for purchase online at AXS.com.

Fun alaye diẹ ẹ ibewo www.sports.sho.com, tẹle lori Twitter niSHOSports, @ Jcchavezjr1, andrzej_fonfara, StubHubCenter AtiSwanson_Comm, o si tẹle awọn ibaraẹnisọrọ nipa lilo #ChavezFonfara, di a àìpẹ lori Facebook ni www.facebook.com/SHOBoxing tabi lọsi awọn Showtime Boxing Blog nihttp://theboxingblog.sho.com.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Vs. Andrzej Fonfara, Amir Imam VS. WALTER CASTILLO FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES & Awọn fọto

I know that this is a new weight class for me. I realize that Fonfara is very tough and bigger than me, but I am up for the challenge.

– Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

I want to show the whole world how good I am when I win this fight lojo satide.” — Andrzej Fonfara

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Showtime asiwaju Boxing® Yi Saturday, April 18,

Gbe Lori Showtime® (10 p.m. ATI/7 p.m. PT)

Lati StubHub ile-iṣẹ ni Carson, Calif.

SHOWTIME BOXING ON SHO EXTREME Airs Live at 8 p.m. ATI/PT

Inu MAYWEATHER la. PACQUIAO Premieres Immediately
Following SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING TELECAST

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Los Angeles (April 16, 2015) – Popular Mexican superstar and former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and dangerous brawler Andrzej Fonfara participated in the final the final press conference Thursday at Crowne Plaza Hotel LAX, just two days before Saturday ká Showtime asiwaju Ikinilẹṣẹ doubleheader.

 

Chavez (48-1-1, 32 KOs) of Culiacan, Mexico, and Fonfara (26-3, 15 KOs) of Chicago by way of Radon, Polandii, will meet in the 12-round light heavyweight main event live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (10 p.m. ATI/ 7 p.m. PT) lati StubHub ile-iṣẹ in Carson, Calif. Chavez will make his eagerly awaited return to the ring and first start for new trainer Joe Goossen.

 

Also participating in today’s press conference was undefeated top 10-ranked super lightweight Amir I (16-0, 14 KOs), of Davie, Fla., nipa ọna ti Albany, N.Y.. who will put his unblemished record on the line against fellow power-puncher Walter Castillo (25-2, 18 KOs) (25-2, 18 KOs), ti Managua, Nicaragua, in the 10-round co-feature on SHOWTIME.

Lori Showtime awọn iwọn® (8 p.m. ATI/PT) yi Saturday, WBA Interim Super Bantamweight World Champion Oscar Escandon (24-1, 16 KOs), of Tolima, Colombia, will make the first defense of his 122-pound title when he faces undefeated Moisés “El Chucky” Ododo (22-0, 1 NC, 16 KOs), ti Guadalajara, Mexico.

 

In the SHOWTIME EXTREME co-feature, Omar “El Businessman” Chavez (32-3-1, 22 KOs), of Culiacan, the younger brother of Chavez, Jr. and son of legendary Julio Cesar Sr., yoo dojuko Richard Gutierrez (28-15-1, 17 KOs), of Arjona, Colombia, in an eight-round middleweight fight. Also featured on the telecast, akoko fífàye gba, will be a six-round match between unbeaten Argentine welterweight Fabian “TNT” Maidana, ti Santa Fe, Argentina, the brother of former world champion Marcos Maidana, who’ll be opposed by Cory Vom Baur (2-2, 0 KOs), of Vancouver, W.

 

Tickets for the event co-promoted by Goossen Promotions and Chavez Promotions are priced at $200, $150, $100, $50 ati $25, plus wulo ori, owo ati iṣẹ owo, and are on sale online at AXS.com.

What the fighters, trainers and executives said Thursday:

 

Julio César Chavez JR., Ibewo World asiwaju

I had a great training camp. I feel better than ever. I am ready for the fight.

 

I know that this is a new weight class for me. I realize that Fonfara is very tough and bigger than me, sugbon mo wa fun ipenija naa.

 

I have worked on my boxing during my one year off, and I am very excited and motivated to get back in the ring.

 

I have worked so hard for this fight because I am fighting in a new weight class. I must punch harder, so I have focused on getting stronger during this training camp.

 

I have a great chin, I know how to take punches and my conditioning is great. A lot of fighters can take a punch, but I can take multiple punches and not be hurt.

 

I think that Andrzej Fonfara is one of the best fighters in the light heavyweight division. Inside of boxing, everyone knows who Fonfara is. He knocked down one of the best boxers in the world in Adonis Stevenson.

 

Fonfara is disciplined in the ring, but he doesn’t vary his punches.

 

I understand that my dad didn’t want me to take this fight. I had bigger names I could’ve fought, but I think that Fonfara is a great challenge for me and I like the challenge.

 

I would like to thank SHOWTIME for making this fight happen.

 

Andrzej Fonfara, World Title Challenger

I’m prepared very well and I’m ready for this fight. It’s been a great camp like always. I train hard for each fight. I’m a tough boxer who is feeling great. The weight is good and everything is perfect.

 

I must put everything into Saturday night and I will win the fight.

 

I must look even better than I did against Stevenson. Everyone said I looked good, but I lost the fight. I didn’t want congratulations because I did not win the fight. But this time I will win the fight. I’m ready for a decision or for a knockout.

 

I’m ready with a couple of plans. I don’t want to run around the ring, I want to fight tough. I’m going to use my jab and my right hand, which is my best punch.

 

I’m not worried about what his father said about not fighting me. Chavez Jr. wants to fight and I will show him that his father was right.

 

It doesn’t matter how I win, I want to win this fight and get my rematch with Adonis Stevenson.

 

“Chavez Jr. jẹ nla kan Onija. He uses a lot of combinations and has a powerful punch that I must be ready for. I want to show the whole world how good I am when I win this fight lojo satide.

 

If I get the chance, Mo n lilọ si kolu u jade. It’s boxing so you never know what will happen. I want to box round-by-round and win this fight.

 

I lost the fight with Stevenson but I showed that I was a good boxer. I’m a much smarter fighter now because of that experience. That was a fight at the top championship level.

 

It doesn’t matter what Chavez Jr. says at a press conference, we’ll be in the ring Saturdayand everything will happen there.

 

Fan’s can expect heavy punches, knockdowns and a great fight.

 

Amir IFE, Undefeated Super Lightweight Contender

I’m confident going into this fight because of how I train. I have put my heart and soul into this sport since I moved to Florida three years ago. I left everything behind to better myself.

 

I’m going to stay smart and composed in there and do everything I can to get the win.

 

I don’t feel like I need the knockout to come away with a successful fight. Ṣugbọn, you better believe that if there is an opportunity to knock him out, then I will take advantage of it.

 

“Ni 2015, Mo fẹ lati di a aye asiwaju. This is my breakout year. A lot of people have been buzzing about me. I want to become the WBC world champion, that’s what I’m heading for.

 

“Mo mọ ti o ni [Castle] a good opponent, he’s got a great resume, and he’s coming to fight. He has a great record, so that alone shows what he’s capable of. Bi Eleyi Saturday night may the better man win.

 

I’ve boxed styles like [rẹ] plenty of times, but you never know, he could come out different Saturdaynight.

 

I’m ready to put on a great show for the SHOWTIME audience.

 

Castillo Walter, Super Lightweight Contender

I’m coming here to fight. I can tell you one thing, Amir Imam made a big mistake by taking this fight.

 

I’ve fought a lot of tough fighters; my two losses were by decisions where I feel I was robbed. I’ve fought better fighters than Amir has.

 

“Bi Eleyi Saturday, I’m going to announce to the whole world that Walter Castillo is here to stay and he’s going to be a world champion.

SR Julio César Chavez.

Being in Los Angeles is like being in Mexico for me; I have had many great memories. I became the world champion for this first time here and my son also became the world champion for the first time here, ju.

 

Julio definitely has a very difficult fight ahead of him.

 

If I was Julio’s manager, I wouldn’t have taken this fight. Fonfara is a difficult and tough fighter.

 

My son wants to fight fighters of quality and wants credibility in boxing.

 

Julio has worked and trained very hard for this fight .He has the capability to win and we expect that it will go very well.

 

JOE GOOSSEN, Chavez’ Olukọni

Julio has a window here the next five, mefa, seven years that he can capitalize on.

 

I think he’s left the childish stuff behind, and we’re all guilty of being childish.

 

I think that Julio has surprised his father with his determination heading into this fight.

He’s got a left hook to the liver that just sends a shock through your body.

 

He’s not soft. He’s a real fighter. I have been around enough fighters to know that he’s a real fighter. Number kan, he has the never-say- die attitude in there.

 

We’re up against a very well-schooled, blue collar, workmanlike fighter in Fonfara.

 

He is an athletic, improvisational fighter, in that you don’t know where everything’s coming from.

 

I’ve watched a lot of Fonfara tape, and he pretty much repeats what he does, but he repeats it well.

 

This is going to be a battle. You’ve got two contrasting styles and personalities.

 

Julio has 51 fights under his belt. He’s no rookie and he comes from a great bloodline. (In the short time I’ve been with him, it has been) more of an association than a dictatorial effort between the two of us.

 

Based on former camps, he’s never really extracted himself from comfortable surroundings and put himself in a position where he is completely isolated like he was in Lake Tahoe.

 

SAM COLONNA, Fonfara’s Trainer

Fonfara could turn it up whenever. He could be down on the scorecards and one punch he throws could change someone’s world. He’s proven in the past that he has power in both hands.

 

The styles in this fight are perfect for each other. When people ask about the fight I say it could go either way, it depends on who catches the other first.

 

I’m looking for Fonfara to dominate, but Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is a warrior, he comes to fight, he knows how to go to the body like his father used to, so we’ve been working on all of these strategies.

 

A knockout win would be a dream come true to me. That’s what I’ve been looking for all these years. Winning this huge fight would change everything for Fonfara and myself.

 

This camp that Andrzej had was the best we’ve ever had. He worked hard, he had time to train and there’s no excuses.

 

We’re coming to fight a war. Don’t forget that wars are won by strategy.

 

People say to listen to your father. His father told him not to take this fight, but he took it anyway and that was a mistake.

 

I see this fight not going past 10 iyipo, with us getting the knockout.

 

STACY MCKINLEY, Imam ká olukọni

Amir has always trained very hard, but I did see a change in him in this training camp after the last fight. He has stepped up his training by two levels.

 

He learned a lot about his fight against [Fidel Maldonado] under the bright SHOWTIME lights at the MGM Grand.

 

Amir is always confident going into each fight, but he made a mistake in the Maldonado fight. He rolled his right hand and forgot about the left hand and was knocked down. He had to pay for his mistakes but it’s all a learning experience, he still has only 16 professional fights under his belt.

 

Castillo has a great jab and good combinations. A guy like that throws a lot of punches, but there is a technique to breaking down a fighter like that.

 

We can’t spend a lot of time on the ropes, and we must go after his body because his body is weak. Castillo is going to get knocked out lojo satide.

 

I think that Amir is going to open up a lot of eyes lojo satide.”

 

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Chavez Jr. la. Fonfara” ni a 12-yika ija ti o gba ibi ni StubHub ile-iṣẹ in Carson, Calif. ati ki o yoo air lori Showtime (10 p.m. ATI/7 p.m. PT). Awọn Showtime asiwaju Boxing telecast ni yio tun je wa ni ede Spani o nipasẹ Atẹle iwe siseto (SAP).

 

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. LOOKS TO MAKE A RESOUNDING STATEMENT WHEN HE RETURNS TO THE RING ON SATURDAY, Kẹrin 18 AT THE STUBHUB CENTER LIVE ON SHOWTIME®

LOS ANGELES MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES AND PHOTOS,

TEN GOOSE BOXING GYM, VAN NUYS, CALIF.

Tẹ NIBI Fun fọto

Photo Ike: Esteri Lin / Showtime

I am fighting [Andrzej] Fonfara now because I like big opponents. I like the challenge of fighting good, hungry fighters.

– Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Julio wants credibility in this sport and that’s why he made the decision to take this fight, even though it’s a dangerous decision.

– Julio Cesar Chavez SR.

GBOGBO ACCESS: Chavez

http://s.sho.com/1I1ezrs

Tiketi Ṣi wanile!

 

VAN NUYS, Calif.(April 13, 2015) – Tele aye asiwaju Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. ti o waye a media sere ise on Friday in front of a packed house at Ten Goose Boxing Gym in Van Nuys, Calif., as the Mexican superstar prepares to make his Showtime asiwaju Boxing® osôu keôsan-an Saturday, April 18, ni StubHub ile-iṣẹ in Carson, Calif., gbe lori ASIKO IWORAN(10 p.m. ATI/7 p.m. PT).

 

Ninu awọn ifilelẹ ti awọn iṣẹlẹ ti awọn Showtime asiwaju Boxingdoubleheader, Mexico ni gbajumọ Chavez, Jr. (48-1-1, 32 KOs) meets dangerous brawler Andrzej Fonfara (26-3, 15 KOs) ni a 12-yika ina heavyweight ija.

 

Ni awọn 10-yika-àjọ ẹya-ara, oke 10 ranked junior welterweight contender Amir I (16-0, 14 KOs) will aim to move one step closer to a world title opportunity when he makes his second start of 2015 against fellow power-puncher Walter Castillo (25-2, 18 KOs).

 

Julio Cesar Chavez, ijiyan awọn ti o tobi Mexico ni Onija ti gbogbo akoko, ṣe ohun hihan nigba ọmọ rẹ ká sere ise lati fi re support ati ìfilọ oro iwuri.

 

Eyi ni ohun ti Chavez Jr., Julio Cesar Chavez and Joe Goossen (olukọni) ni lati sọ Friday ni Los Angeles-agbegbe-idaraya:

 

Julio César Chavez JR., Ibewo World asiwaju

I am very focused going into this fight. I have changed a lot mentally this past year.

 

I am fighting [Andrzej] Fonfara now because I like big opponents. I like the challenge of fighting good, hungry fighters. Just because Fonfara doesn’t have the name recognition of other fighters, it doesn’t make him an easy fighter. O si ni alakikanju.

 

I feel comfortable at light heavyweight. Any time that you can add a couple pounds, you feel better. Although I will be fighting at 175, I feel most comfortable at 168 bi a afẹṣẹja. Since I have had one year off, it was a better choice to fight at this weight so that I could see how my body feels.

 

Since I have added a few pounds, I have become a more physical and stronger boxer. The light heavyweight division has very big and physical contenders.

 

“Joe [Goossen] is a great trainer. He is a great motivator to his fighters and makes them better. I have worked very hard with him for the 35 days we spent together in Lake Tahoe.

 

When I was training with Freddie Roach, it was very different. I think Freddie is a great trainer, but Joe also has a lot of experience and we have made a connection together.

 

I really liked training in Lake Tahoe. The altitude, awọn iwọn, everything I needed was there. I felt very comfortable up there and I would like to come back there to train for a fight again.

 

I promise a great fight, this is a very exciting fight. Fonfara isn’t an easy opponent, but he has never seen an opponent like me.

 

 

SR Julio César Chavez.

I am here to support and be with my son. I try to give him good advice. I tell him to train and prepare hard, and fortunately he is doing that well.

 

I think Joe [Goossen] is doing a great job, we are on the same page. We are all focused on him [Chavez Jr.] getting to the fight well prepared. This fight requires great preparation because he is going into the fight at a weight that’s higher than his normal weight and he is facing a very tough opponent.

 

He must go in 100 percent to win this fight.

 

I think there has been a 180 degree turn in his career. I see this as a positive because he can really develop his ability and looks very well prepared.

 

I would’ve liked to have seen him take a tune up fight instead because of his long layoff; I particularly didn’t want this fight.

 

“July [Chavez Jr.] wants credibility in this sport and that’s why he made the decision to take this fight, even though it’s a dangerous decision. He must be very prepared for this fight.

 

JOE GOOSSEN, Chavez Jr.s’ Olukọni

I’ve been asked over the years who the one fighter was that I would like to work and my answer was always Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

 

I’ve always really admired his style. I had known him as a kid, his father is a legend. It had always seemed like a dream job for me, and out of nowhere I got it.

 

Lake Tahoe was tremendous for training camp. You are isolated and it’s not an easy thing. When you aren’t training you are sitting in a hotel room. You are deprived the comforts of home, but it really gives you that concentration and dedication factor and I think that will interpret into some positive results.

 

I matured over my years, once I had a kid and a family and I think the same has happened with Julio. Life becomes clearer when you put away the immaturity. You realize that you have a future and if you really want to access what’s available to you, then you are going to have to work hard and dedicate yourself to it.

 

Going to Lake Tahoe and really working hard is a sign of maturity and I think that’s what Julio is going through right now. He really showed it by leaving his home and spending an extended period of time up there. To me that is a great indicator that he is mature, dedicated and taking this fight very seriously.

 

Of course I believe Julio is ready to fight Fonfara. The fight was made before I even came on board, but that’s the challenge that I am presented with. You must figure out a good game plan and figure out what you’re up against.

 

Just because Julio has been out a year doesn’t mean that it’s going to be a cake walk for Fonfara. We went up to Lake Tahoe with one thing in mind, and that’s winning this fight and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.

 

 

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“Chavez Jr. la. Fonfara”, a 12-round light heavyweight bout co-promoted by Goossen ni igbega ati Chavez Promotions that takes place at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. ati ki o yoo air lori Showtime (10 p.m. ATI/7 p.m. PT). Ni awọn àjọ-akọkọ iṣẹlẹ, Amir Imam faces Walter Castillo in a 10-round jr. welterweight showdown. Awọn Showtime asiwaju Boxing telecast ni yio tun je wa ni ede Spani o nipasẹ Atẹle iwe siseto (SAP).

 

Tiketi fun awọn iṣẹlẹ ti wa ni owole ni $200, $150, $100, $50 ati $25, plus wulo ori, owo ati iṣẹ owo, are available for purchase online at AXS.com.

 

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INTERIM 122-POUND WORLD CHAMP OSCAR ESCANDON RISKS HIS TITLE AGAINST UNBEATEN MOISES FLORES SATURDAY, Kẹrin 18 LIVE ON SHOWTIME EXTREME®

Younger Brother of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Will Also Be In Action from StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.

SHOWTIME BOXING on SHO EXTREME Airs Live at 8 p.m. ATI/PT;

And Precedes SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

®

Gbe lori Showtime® AT 10 p.m. ATI/7 p.m. PT

Full Undercard Featuring Mix Of Exciting Veterans & Rising Prospects

Tickets Are On Sale!


Carson, CALIF. (April 10, 2015) — Interim WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion Oscar Escandon (24-1, 16 KOs), of Tolima, Colombia, will make the first defense of his 122-pound title when he faces undefeated Moisés “El Chucky” Ododo (22-0, 1 NC, 16 KOs), ti Guadalajara, Mexico, in the 12-round main event live on Showtime Boxing lori Showtime awọn iwọn (8 p.m. ATI/PT) lori Saturday, April 18 ni StubHub Center ni Carson, Calif.

 

Headlining the card, popular Mexican superstar and former middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (48-1-1, 32 KOs) yoo ṣe awọn re Showtime asiwaju Boxingdebut when he meets dangerous brawler Andrzej Fonfara (26-3, 15 KOs) gbe lori ASIKO IWORAN (10 p.m. ATI/ 7 p.m. PT).

 

In the 10-round co-feature of Showtime asiwaju Boxing, Top 10 ranked junior welterweight contender Amir I (16-0, 14 KOs) will aim to move one step closer to a world title opportunity when he makes his second start of 2015 against fellow power-puncher Walter Castillo(25-2, 18 KOs).

 

Opening the SHOWTIME EXTREME telecast, Omar “El Businessman” Chavez (32-3-1, 22 KOs), younger brother of Chavez, Jr. and son of legendary Julio Cesar Chavez SR., yoo dojuko Richard Gutierrez (28-15-1, 17 KOs) in an eight-round super welterweight fight. Time permitting, unbeaten Argentine welterweight Fabian “TNT” Maidana (5-0, 4 KOs), brother of former world champion Marcos Maidana will also be featured in the featured in the telecast against an opponent to be named.

 

The action continues featuring a clash of middleweight contenders when Fernando Guerrero (26-3, 19 KOs) pàdé Abraham Han (23-2, 14 KOs) in a 10-round middleweight match. Die, young undefeated prospects face tough challenges when Wes Nofire (16-0, 12 KOs) gba lori Joell Godfrey (17-13-1, 6 KOs) in six-round heavyweight action, Jordan Shimmell (18-0, 15 KOs) oju Carlos Reyes (7-6-1, 5 KOs) in an eight-round cruiserweight bout and Anthony Flores (6-0, 5 KOs) ogun William Hughes (4-2, 3 KOs) in a six-round welterweight contest.

 

Tun ifihan, Jessie Roman (17-2, 9 KOs) ati 2012 Olympic Silver medalist from MongoliaTugstogt Nyambayar (1-0, 1 KO) ni lọtọ bouts.

 

Tickets for the event co-promoted by Goossen Promotions and Chavez Promotions are priced at $200, $150, $100, $50 ati $25, plus wulo ori, owo ati iṣẹ owo, and are on sale online at AXS.com.

 

Awọn ti ibinu-afe, 30-odun kan Escandon captured the crown in his last start via a 12-round split decision over Canadian southpaw Tyson Cave last Oṣu kejila. 11. Escandon was making his United States debut and triumphed in a tight fight by the scores of 117-111, 115-113 ati 113-115.

 

Escandon was a top amateur -he represented Colombia in the 2004 Olympic ere- before turning professional in June 2006. Twenty of his initial 21 fights took place in his native Colombia while he’s also fought in Argentina and Panama. His lone defeat came in his first attempt at the interim WBA title on a split 12-round decision to Nehomar Cermenoon Aug. 10, 2013, in Panama. .

 

Ododo, 28, ti wa ni ṣiṣe re 2015 debut and third start in a row in the United States. A pro niwon August 2008, Ododo’ akọkọ 20 fights took place in Mexico. He’s never gone more than seven full rounds although three of his fights have been scheduled for 10.

 

Known in Mexico for his show stopping-knockouts, the heavy-handed Flores registered three devastating knockouts in 2013, the biggest of which was a brutal second-round stoppage of longtime Mexican contender Rodolfo Hernandez in February of that year.

Flores recorded a seventh-round TKO in his last start over Mario Macias last Oṣu kọkanla. 21 in Tulsa.

 

Omar Chavez, 25, the youngest son of Julio Sr. and three years younger than Julio Jr., will be making his U.S. ati 2015 Uncomfortable. All his fights have been in Mexico, where he turned pro at the tender age of 16 ni December 2006. He was victorious in his first 28 bouts before losing a 10-round split decision to Jorge Paez Jr., the son of popular former world champion, Jorge “MaromeroPaez, ni December 2011. Paez also outpointed Chavez across 10 rounds in July 2012, this time unanimously.

 

After the rematch with Paez, the 5-foot-8 Chavez won four consecutive times, including a 10-round decision over Daniel Sandoval ni oṣu Karun 2014 to win the NABO 154-pound crown. But Chavez lost his last fight on a shocking 10-round decision to Ramon Alvarez, brother of Saulu “Canelo” Álvarez, on Sept. 27, 2014.

 

The 36-year-old Gutierrez is hoping to bounce back after suffering consecutive defeats. Fighting out of Miami by way of Colombia, Gutierrez has been battle-tested over the years having faced the likes ofJoshua Clottey, Vanes Martirosyan ati Luis Carlos Abregu.

 

Maidana, 22, is nine years younger than Marcos. A pro since June 21, 2014, he has won his last four fights by knockout, all within two rounds.

 

An exciting, come-forward crowd-pleaser (like his big brother), Maidana will be making his third start at StubHub. He won a decision his first time out and by a first-round knockout over Phillip Sorianothe second time around.

 

A terrific amateur, Maidana was the Pan American Youth Championships Bronze Medalist and World Youth Championships Silver Medalist in 2010.

 

A former world title contender, Jagunjagun is looking to bounce back from losing to David Lemieux in 2014. With victories over Ishe Smith, Gabriel Rosado and Derrick Findley, the 28-year-old from the Dominican Republic but fighting out of Salisbury, Aṣalẹ. is eager to redeem himself and get back into the hunt for another world title opportunity.

 

A 30-year-old former kickboxing champion, Han, of El Paso, Texas, ni tan-pro ni 2007 and quickly adapted his skills to the boxing ring. O si gba rẹ akọkọ 19 pro fights before losing a hard-fought bout with Glen Tapia in 2013. He rebounded to win four straight bouts before suffering a split-decision defeat to Sergio Mora his last time out.

 

An undefeated heavyweight prospect fighting out of Miami by way of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Nofiremakes his debut in California when he looks for win number 17. The 28-year-old will battle the 34-year-old Godfrey out of East Saint Louis, Aisan.

 

A former amateur standout who became the first heavyweight to win four Michigan Golden Gloves titles, Shimmell will attempt to remain undefeated and entertain the crowd with his seventh straight knockout against Reyes, 37, ti Phoenix, Ariz. Julọ laipe, the 26-year-old stopped Phil Williams in the fifth round in Dec. 2014.

 

A young prospect fighting out of Santa Ana, Calif., Roman will look to bounce back from losses in two of his last three fights after starting his career with 16 itẹlera victories. The 23-year-old will be fighting at StubHub for the first time.

 

A hot welterweight prospect, the 24-year-old Ododo will look to represent his hometown of Los Angeles when he takes on the 37-year-old Hughes out of Tacoma, W. Opening the card is the 22-year-old 2012 Olympic Silver medalist out of Mongolia, Nyambayar who battles an opponent to be determined.

 

Brian Custer will call the SHOWTIME EXTREME action from ringside with boxing historian Steve Farhood serving as expert analyst.

 

Chavez Jr. la. Fonfara ni a 12-yika ija ti o gba ibi ni StubHub ile-iṣẹ in Carson, Calif. ati ki o yoo air lori Showtime (10 p.m. ATI/7 p.m. PT). Awọn Showtime asiwaju Boxing telecast ni yio tun je wa ni ede Spani o nipasẹ Atẹle iwe siseto (SAP).

 

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UNDEFEATED 140-POUND CONTENDER AMIR IMAM TO FACE WALTER CASTILLO IN CHAVEZ-FONFARA CO-FEATURE APRIL 18 ON SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®

Saturday, April 18, YÈ lori Showtime® (10 p.m. ATI/7 p.m. PT)

From StubHub Center In Carson, Calif.

NIU YOKI (April 8, 2015) – Top 10 ranked super lightweight contender Amir I (16-0, 14 KOs) will aim to move one step closer to a world title opportunity when he makes his second start of 2015 against fellow power-puncher Walter Castillo (25-2, 18 KOs) in the 10-round co-feature of Showtime asiwaju Boxing lori Saturday, April 18, LIVE on ASIKO IWORAN (10 p.m. ATI/7 p.m. PT)

 

In the main event from StubHub ile-iṣẹ in Carson, Calif., Mexico ni gbajumọ Julio Cesar Chavez(48-1-1, 32 KOs) faces exciting brawler Andrzej Fonfara (26-3, 15 KOs), of Chicago by way of Poland, ni a 12-yika ina heavyweight ija.

 

Ọkan ninu awọn Boxing sare-nyara asesewa, awọn 24-odun-atijọ Imam ti lu jade 14 ti re 16 professional opponents since turning pro in 2011. The Albany, N.Y., native is coming off a fifth-round TKO of Fidel Maldonado Jr., in a brawl on Jan. 17 on SHOWTIME that featured five total knockdowns. Mo ni, currently ranked No. 4 in the WBA and No. 7 ni WBC, touched the canvas for the first time in his career but bounced back and relied on his power to floor Maldonado a total of four times.

 

I know Walter is a tough fighter, he comes forward and throws a lot of punches,” Imam si wi. “But I will figure him out quickly once I get inside the ring. I’m working on a lot of different things for this training camp, lots of tricky moves that are going to excite the fans. It’s great to fight outdoors at StubHub Center and to showcase my talents on SHOWTIME. I’m here to entertain and prove I’m ready for that title shot.

 

Castle (25-2, 18 KOs), ti Managua, Nicaragua, has won nine straight and KO’d six of his last seven opponents. The 26-year-old has fought mostly in Nicaragua and the only blemishes on his record are a split-decision loss in his pro debut and a controversial 2008 split decision on the road against former world champ Vicente Mosquera in Panama. Castle, who has knocked out his last four opponents inside of four rounds, will make his second start in the U.S. after winning his American debut via first round TKO last October.

 

“Mo wa gan yiya fun yi ija. I’ve been training hard for months now and can’t wait for the bell to ring,” Castillo said. “Where I’m from we have a history of great warriors like Alexis Arguello and Rosendo Alvarez and on April 18 I’m looking to moving one step closer to adding my name to that list. Imam may be undefeated but I’m ready for a war.

 

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Tiketi fun awọn iṣẹlẹ, eyi ti o ti gbe-ni igbega nipa Goossen ni igbega ati Chavez ni igbega, ti wa ni owole ni $200, $150, $100, $50 ati $25, plus wulo ori, owo ati iṣẹ owo, ni o wa lori tita bayi wa o si wa fun ra online ni AXS.com.

 

Chavez Jr. la. Fonfara, ni a 12-yika ija ti o gba ibi ni StubHub ile-iṣẹ in Carson, Calif. ati ki o yoo air lori Showtime (10 p.m. ATI/7 p.m. PT). Awọn Showtime asiwaju Boxing telecast ni yio tun je wa ni ede Spani o nipasẹ Atẹle iwe siseto (SAP).

 

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SHOWTIME Sports® Award-Winning Series Returns With “ALL ACCESS: Chavez”; One-Episode Special Premieres This Friday, April 10 on SHOWTIME®

Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. & His Legendary Father In Training Camp, Preparing For His SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Debut on Saturday, April 18, gbe lori Showtime

 

VIDEO PREVIEW LINK: http://s.sho.com/1c5cLDQ

 

“I had a hard life so yes, I am angry with him.” – Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr.

“I had all Mexico and the world at my feet at that time. But it still didn’t fill the void…So what was it that I looked for? The easiest and stupidest things…drugs and alcohol.” – Julio Cesar Chavez, SR.

 

NIU YOKI (April 7, 2015) –The Sports Emmy® Eye-gba jara GBOGBO ACCESS returns to examine the life of Mexican superstar Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., as he prepares to make his Showtime asiwaju Boxing® debut against dangerous brawler Andrzej Fonfara lori Saturday, April 18, gbe lori ASIKO IWORAN (10 p.m. ATI/ 7 p.m. PT) lati StubHub ile-iṣẹ in Carson, Calif.

 

GBOGBO ACCESS: Chavez premieres Friday, April 10, lẹsẹkẹsẹ awọn wọnyi ni ifiwe ShoBox: The New generation tripleheader at 10 p.m. ATI/PT.

 

GBOGBO ACCESS: Chavez is written and reported by SHOWTIME Sports contributor Mark Kriegel. Author of acclaimed biographies “The Good Son: The Life of Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini” and “Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich,” Kriegel has long focused on the conflicts and complexities that beset fathers and sons in sports.

 

With unprecedented access to the young star–Mexico’s first and only middleweight world champion–and his famous father, GBOGBO ACCESSuncovers the stormy yet loving relationship between Junior and his legendary father.

 

No question remains unanswered in a series of interviews at Junior’s high-altitude camp in Lake Tahoe, where his father once trained. What was it like to grow up as the son of Mexico’s greatest fighter? What price does a fighter pay for drugs and alcohol? And what does it do to his family?

 

Only the ending remains in doubt: Is Junior being punished for the sins of his father, or is he doomed to repeat them?

 

“Fame can be a disease, like addiction,” says Kriegel. “And this family has battled both. Junior and Senior weren’t merely candid. They were confessional. Ati, Mo ro, courageous, too.”

 

Pẹlu GBOGBO ACCESS cameras entrenched in camp, viewers will meet three generations of Mexico’s most famous fighting family as the 29-year-old Junior navigates a crossroads of his career.

 

GBOGBO ACCESS: CHAVEZ premieres on SHOWTIME with multiple encore presentations. GBOGBO ACCESS will be available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, Showtime nigbakugba® ati online niSHO.com/Sports.

 

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“Chavez Jr. la. Fonfara”, is a 12-round bout to takes place at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., ati ki o yoo air ifiwe lori Showtime (10 p.m. ATI/7 p.m. PT). Awọn Showtime asiwaju Boxing telecast ni yio tun je wa ni ede Spani o nipasẹ Atẹle iwe siseto (SAP).

Tiketi fun awọn iṣẹlẹ, eyi ti o ti gbe-ni igbega nipa Goossen ni igbega ati Chavez ni igbega, ti wa ni owole ni $200, $150, $100, $50 ati $25, plus wulo ori, owo ati iṣẹ owo, lọ loju tita loni ni 12 p.m. PT and are available for purchase online at AXS.com.

JULIO César Chavez Jr.-ANDRZEJ FONFARA Media ipe alapejọ tiransikiripiti

Kelly Swanson

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

Chris DeBlasio

O ṣeun, Kelly. I’m going to keep this brief. I know we want to talk to the fighters on this card. But I think I’d be remiss if I didn’t represent for Stephen Espinoza, who couldn’t be on the call today, bi o gan yiya ti a ba wa fun awọn Uncomfortable ti Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. lori wa nẹtiwọki lori Saturday, April 18, fun wa Showtime asiwaju Boxing doubleheader. O n lilọ si jẹ a nla night. On the call with us and in the ring across from Julio Chavez Jr. lori wipe ale ni Andrzej Fonfara, a man that we know that really comes to fight. He brought it on his first fight on SHOWTIME last year when he fought Adonis Stevenson. And that was a thrilling affair. And we’re looking forward to a real test and a great challenge for Chavez Jr. And we’re excited to have him on behalf of all of us at SHOWTIME. We welcome both of you guys and, dajudaju, thanks to all the press for being on the call. E dupe, Kelly.

K. Swanson

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

 

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

 

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

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

K. Swanson

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

Andrzej Fonfara

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

K. Swanson

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

Joe Goossen

E dupe. Number kan, I want to thank SHOWTIME because we’re very excited about performing for SHOWTIME on Julio’s debut fight with SHOWTIME. And that being said, se o mo, Julio jẹ gidigidi, very serious about this fight. Like Fonfara, he trained for a few weeks in Los Angeles. Ati nisisiyi, a ba soke ni Lake Tahoe, up in the high altitude in the mountains here. It’s very secluded. It’s very concentrated work. Julio is — Mo ti le o kan so fun o yi — jẹ gidigidi ifiṣootọ si yi ija, irorun, ara, and spiritually. He’s shown me that he’s willing to work very hard for this fight, which always works out well when a fighter cooperates in training. And he’s doing that 110 ogorun. And I can’t tell you how happy I am, nọmba ọkan, lati wa ni ṣiṣẹ pẹlu Julio Jr. It’s been something that I’ve always wanted to do. Ati ti awọn dajudaju, I know his father very well. And I’m very honored to be a part of the team. And I can’t wait ’til April 18 to display all of Julio’s talents and to go there. And we’ve got one objective. And that’s to win the fight. With the way Julio’s training, I’m very confident in what we’re doing right now. Nítorí, I’m very happy with that. And I’m sure Andrzej’s doing the same thing, training very hard. Pẹlu ti a wi, e dupe.

K. Swanson

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

Sam Colonna

Daradara, akọkọ, I’d like to thank everybody for getting this together. It’s an honor to be part of it. Ṣugbọn, se o mo, ṣaaju ki nwọn mu Julio Cesar Chavez si ija, they were throwing names at us. And I would say no. And another name came. I would say no. As soon as they said, 'Kí nipa Julio Cesar Chavez,’ Mo ti wi, ‘That’s the fight we want.The style is perfect for us. He comes right at us. And it’s going to be a great fight for Andrzej to show what the power and the dedication he has towards it. He knows that this fight here is going to bring him to the top. And it’s an honor to fight Julio Cesar Chavez. It’s somebody I wanted him to fight for years. But the weight was never the same. Andrzej moved up. And then now, it’s perfect. Nítorí, o ti n lilọ si jẹ nla a ija. I think we’re going to bring a lot of action to this fight. And it’s going to be a jammed action fight. I’m glad that this fight happened. And I can’t wait for April 18.

K. Swanson

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

Julio Cesar Chavez SR.

I didn’t want this fight. Mo mo yen, fun ọmọ mi, I know it’s a hard fight. It’s a difficult fight. And I didn’t want it. Fonfara is very strong. But my son wanted this fight. He wanted fighters that have a high category. He wanted a hard fight. And he believed that winning this fight will give him more credibility. And that’s why he chose Fonfara.

Q

This is for Chavez Jr. July, bawo ni o ṣe lero bọ si pa a odun layoff?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

Inu mi dun. Mo mọ o ni soro nigbati o ba si pa. O soro lati ri dukia rẹ sisare. Ṣugbọn Mo ti sọ ti ikẹkọ, working at my skills. And I think, se o mo, Mo wa gidigidi igboya nitori ti mo ti lo gbogbo aye mi ni Boxing. Mo wa ni 13th odun ti mi ọjọgbọn ọmọ. Nítorí náà, Emi ko ro pe eyi ni a isoro nitori yi ija ni ni 172 poun. I don’t need to have a problem with weight. And at 172, I feel good in sparring. I feel good in training. And I think I’m ready for this fight and ready to win another world title.

Q

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

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

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

Q

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

 

A. Fonfara

Mo ro pe mo ti fihan againstStevenson pe mo ti wà a Onija. Ara, Mo lero ti o dara bayi. Niwon ti ija, I’ve been training much harder. Mo ro, nitori ti awọn ti ija, Mo wa kan ti o dara afẹṣẹja nitori, se o mo, I learn a lot in fights. I’m ready for Chavez, Mo ti sọ oṣiṣẹ lile fun yi ija, bi, se o mo, Chavez says. He’s trained hard for this fight. But I always train hard. It doesn’t matter if it’s Chavez or whoever else, Mo n nigbagbogbo ikẹkọ lile.

 

Q

Eleyi jẹ fun awọn mejeeji Julio Jr. and Sr. For Jr., o han ni, nibẹ ni a anfani ati boya a drawback, ju, to having such a famous name. Benefit is that everybody knows your father and what he accomplished. And that brings you attention early in your career as it has. The possible drawback is that you’re always going to be compared to him, eyi ti diẹ ninu awọn yoo sọ je fere ohun soro, impossibly high standard to try to live up to. From your perspective and also from your father’s, kini nipa ti, awọn inawo ati awọn anfaani ti nini iru a olokiki orukọ?

 

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

I think I’m well respected because I’m world champion. Ṣugbọn, se o mo, Mo ro pe eyi jẹ ẹya anfani. Sugbon eyi ko ni ran mi ni iwọn. Mo ti n fihan ni iwọn. I beat the champions. I beat the number one, nọmba meji, nọmba mẹta ati nọmba mẹrin ni 168 poun. Ati ki o Mo ti sọ hàn gbogbo ènìyàn, awọn enia, ki emi ki o le ja, ju. Emi ni a ti o dara Onija ati (Mo ti fi lori ti o dara njà). Ati awọn eniyan bi ri mi njà. My style is a good style for the people. And I think this fight, ju, awọn ara ti Fonfara ni lati wá lati ja, he’s a fighter with a great heart and great chin. And both of us will make a great fight.

 

J. Cesar Chavez Sr..

 

The name has helped. O han ni, o ti n se iranwo gba akiyesi, but we are very different. O si — my son fights at a higher weight than I fought. And so, there’s a lot of difference. Ara, he’s a lot bigger than I was. Nítorí, nibẹ ni o dara ati buburu, and we understand that. Ṣugbọn, o ni ara rẹ Onija kan fẹ mo ti wà.

 

Q

Wà, you mentioned earlier that you had a lot of names mentioned for Andrzej before you finally settled on Chavez. Are you willing to reveal some of those names?

 

S. Iwe

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

 

Q

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

 

A. Fonfara

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

 

Q

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

 

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

Inu mi dun. Mo lero nla, se o mo, because this problem offended me a lot mentally more than physically. But I’m really happy that this problem is better now. I have a fight in front of me. And you know, I’m not remembering anything about that. I’m just focusing on the fight April 18 fun Fonfara. Inu mi dun, Mo lero nla. You know I can’t tell you with words how I feel because I’m better to the ring. (Sugbon Mo wa gidigidi yiya lati wa ni pada) si iwọn.

 

Q

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

J. Goossen

Daradara, akọkọ ni pipa, Julio is a well-rounded fighter. Mo mọ, we’ve seen him box before. And we’ve seen him pressure before. I don’t want to tip my hand on what we’re going to do but we have studied the films. We’ve talked about the films of Andrzej. Ati ti awọn dajudaju, we’re developing a game plan. I think the weight — besikale, 172 is very close to 68. It’s a weight he’s fought at before. So I don’t think the weight is going to be a problem at all. The way he’s working right now and the weight he’s at right now, Mo ro pe a ba lilọ si ni anfani lati lu awọn 172 mark quite easily. Ṣugbọn, lẹẹkansi, as far as what skills he has that we’re going to bring to the table is something that I think is private to us. But Julio Jr. is a multi-talented fighter. Just watching him spar yesterday, nigbati a ba ti nilo kan apoti, he did it beautifully. And when we needed pressure in a few rounds, he pulled it off exactly how I like it. So I’m very confident that whatever style we bring and game plan we bring, a n lilọ si jẹ aseyori pẹlu o.

Q

O le ṣe awọn àdánù?

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

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

Q

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

 

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

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

 

Q

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

 

J. Cesar Chavez Jr.

Daradara, I’ve known Joe Goossen for a long time. He’s a great trainer. He’s a great person. He’s somebody that motivates fighters. And we have a true connection. We’ve connected again. And I like him a lot. I like that he’s a hard worker, just like me. And I think, jọ, we’re going to do really well. With regards to the performance, Mo le so fun o pe, this show is for the people. O n lilọ si jẹ kan nla ija. It’s going to be a better fight. Ati nisisiyi, pẹlu mi titun igbega ile ati pẹlu mọ ti mi alatako ti wa ni lilọ si jẹ ninu advance, Mo ro pe o ti n lilọ si jẹ a nla night.

 

K. Swanson

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

 

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Tiketi fun awọn iṣẹlẹ, eyi ti o ti gbe-ni igbega nipa Goossen ni igbega ati Chavez ni igbega, ti wa ni owole ni $200, $150, $100, $50 ati $25, plus wulo ori, owo ati iṣẹ owo, ni o wa lori tita bayi wa o si wa fun ra online ni AXS.com.

 

Chavez Jr. la. Fonfara, ni a 12-yika ija ti o gba ibi ni StubHub ile-iṣẹ in Carson, Calif. ati ki o yoo air lori Showtime (10 p.m. ATI/7 p.m. PT). Awọn Showtime asiwaju Boxing telecast ni yio tun je wa ni ede Spani o nipasẹ Atẹle iwe siseto (SAP).

 

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