PILI wakati bingwa wa dunia ANDRE WARD VS. Undefeated SULLIVAN BARRERA

NABF featherweight CHAMPION JOSEPH DIAZ JR. VS. JAYSON VELEZ

FINAL DONDOO PRESS MKUTANO NA PHOTOS

Showdowns SET YA Jumamosi, MARCH 26

AT ORACLE ARENA KATIKA OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

Televisheni kuishi juu HBO®

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Picha ya Mikopo: Roc Nation Sports / Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos

OAKLAND, Kama vile (Machi 23, 2015) - Jumatano, Machi 23, Roc Nation Sports mwenyeji mkutano wa mwisho wa waandishi wa habari kwa Barua Muda World Champion na juu-rated pound-kwa-pound mpiganaji Andre Ward(28-0, 15 Kos) na namba moja lilipimwa IBF mwanga mgombea Heavyweight Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 Kos) katika Ziwa Merritt Amphitheater katika Oakland, California mapema kabla ya wao Machi 26 kupambana katika Oracle Arena katika Oakland. Ward na Barrera watakutana katika 12 mzima IBF idadi nafasi moja na lazima nafasi eliminator bout televisheni kuishi juu ya HBO michuano ya Dunia Boxing® kuanzia saa 9:45 p.m. NA/PT. NABF Featherweight Champion Joseph "Jojo" Diaz Jr. (19-0, 11 Kos) na juu-rated featherweight mgombea Jayson "La Maravilla" Velez (23-1-1, 16 Kos) pia walihudhuria juu ya jukwaa na waandishi wa habari unaoelekea Ziwa Merritt mbele ya raundi 10 yao NABF Featherweight cheo kupambana ambayo kufungua HBO matangazo.

Ward vs. Barrera ni kuchagiza hadi kuwa vita na ushindani mkubwa kati ya wapiganaji wa wawili ambao wote wana safari za kwenda mechi-up dhidi ya Unified Mwanga Heavyweight World Champion Sergey Kovalev.

Chini ni nini wapiganaji, promoters, wakufunzi, mameneja na jukwaa mwingine wageni alikuwa na kusema katika mkutano wa waandishi wa habari:

ANDRE WARD, Barua ya Muda World Champion na juu-rated pound-kwa-pound mpiganaji:

"Nataka kuwashukuru kila mtu kwa ajili ya kuja nje kama kawaida. Area Bay ni sehemu nzuri. Hatuna mara nyingi kupata mikopo ya kutosha kwa ajili ya vipaji kwamba hutoka nje ya hapa, lakini kwa msingi shabiki, ni kubwa. Mimi nina kushukuru tu kwa kuwa kutoka mahali kama hii na kushukuru kwa kuwa na upendo na msaada saa kila tukio kwamba sisi kuleta hapa. Mimi nina kushukuru kwamba mimi mwenyewe na guys kama Marshawn Lynch, Damian Lillard na Warriors kuweka mahali hapa kwenye ramani na watu ni kuchukua taarifa juu ya hatua ya kitaifa. Kwamba ni kweli muhimu kwangu.

"Kama mbali kama kupambana yenyewe, ni rahisi sana kwangu ... mtu yeyote ambaye anajua mimi, wanajua jinsi mimi kazi na wanajua jinsi mimi Jibu. Mimi wala kupata hawakupata juu katika nini ijayo. Sina unakamatwa katika kile watu wanachosema. Mimi nina ufahamu wa kile ni kuwa alisema. Mimi najua kile mpinzani wangu amekuwa akisema na mimi kumpeleka kwa neno lake. Mimi tumefanya kila kitu natakiwa kufanya, kama mimi daima kufanya na kama mimi tumefanya mwisho 10 Miaka ya kazi yangu. Nimekuwa kuchukuliwa juu ya bora ... kama siyo bingwa mwingine basi ni contender juu ... na hii ni hakuna tofauti. You guys tu kujua kwamba mimi nina umakini na imefungwa katika kama mimi daima ni. Mimi nina tayari na mimi niko tayari kwa vita kuja Machi 26."

SULLIVAN BARRERA, Namba moja lilipimwa IBF mwanga Heavyweight mgombea:

"Nilitaka kusema asante kwa kuja hapa. Nataka kusema asante HBO, asante kila mtu. Asante Andre Ward kwa kukubali mapambano yangu. Mimi ahadi kila mtu ambaye anakuja na uwanja kwamba mimi kuwa na maandalizi makubwa na hii ni ndoto kubwa. Usiku ule, Mimi itabidi show kubwa kwa kila mtu. "

DAVID ITSKOWITCH, COO Boxing - Roc Nation Sports:

"Mbili ya vigogo juu mwanga juu ya dunia itakuwa collide juu ya Machi 26. Wana rekodi ya pamoja ya 45-0 na 27 Kos na napenda kusema, wala ina kuonja kichapo kama mtaalamu. Ingawa kila mtu ana mpinzani formidable mbele yake, wao wote wana macho yao juu ya Sergey Kovalev na tatu ulimwengu wake mikanda kichwa, lakini kwanza wao kuwa na biashara kuhudhuria kwa Jumamosi usiku.

"Kila mara mimi kuja nje ya Oakland kwa ajili ya tukio na mimi nina na Andre katika hafla ambapo yeye akizungumza na vyombo vya habari, mgomo mimi kwamba ni wazi, yeye ni vipaji maalum athletically, lakini yeye pia ni mtu maalum na natumaini kila mtu hapa katika Oakland anaelewa na kushukuru kwamba. Yeye ni kanuni familia mtu ambaye siku zote anajaribu kufanya kitu sahihi na kwamba ni jambo ambalo ni nadra katika maisha siku hizi, lakini ni hasa nadra katika michezo. Natumaini guys kufahamu kwake. Boxing kazi si mara milele. Yeye si kwenda kuwa mapigano milele, hivyo kila mmoja anapaswa kufahamu nini una hapa katika Andre Ward.

"Andre alitekwa medali ya dhahabu katika michezo ya Olimpiki Athens na ni Mkondoni mwisho. Bondia kwa wamefanya hivyo. orodha yake ya maadui wameshindwa wasomaji kama nani ni nani katika super middleweight mgawanyiko. Yeye pia inaongozwa na yameng'olewa zamani mwanga Heavyweight bingwa wa dunia, Chad Dawson katika zao 2012 showdown. Katika mapambano yake ya mwisho, yeye inaongozwa mara mbili ubingwa wa dunia mpinzani Paul Smith juu ya Juni 20 katika Oracle Arena. Yeye akitumikia sura ya pili ya kazi yake juu ya Machi 26, kurudi Oracle Arena kwa mara nyingine tena, kama yeye hufanya hoja yake hadi mgawanyiko mwanga Heavyweight tayari kufanya aliyoyafanya katika mgawanyo super middleweight ... kusafisha nje na kuhodhi kila mtu kwamba anasimama katika njia yake. "

NICOLE DOVE, Makamu wa Rais wa Masoko na Wakili Mkuu - Matukio Kuu:

"Kwa kweli napenda kuwashukuru Andre Ward. Hakuwa na kuchukua mpiganaji undefeated katika mapambano yake ya kwanza katika mwanga Heavyweight, lakini alifanya hivyo na nadhani kwamba ni ya kupongezwa.

"Katika mapambano yake ya mwisho, Sullivan akawa mgombea lazima kwa ajili ya Sergey Kovalev ya IBF ukanda. Aliweza wamekaa nyuma na kusubiri kwa jina mapambano yake, lakini badala yake aliona vita hii dhidi ya Andre Ward kama fursa ya kweli kufikia kwa ajili ya ukuu na akafanya. Kama mjuavyo, Matukio Kuu na Roc Nation Sports kuwa na mipango kubwa kwa Andre Ward na Sergey Kovalev baadaye mwaka huu na Sullivan Barrera Unaweza kweli upset kwamba apple gari.

"Watu wote hawa, Sullivan na Andre, kuwa kila kitu amepanda matokeo ya Jumamosi kupambana. Katika hali ya hewa kwamba sisi katika ndondi sasa hivi, ni refreshing kuona wapiganaji halisi ambao hawana hofu ya kuchukua tahadhari. Wote wawili wanastahili heshima yetu na Pongezi kwa kuwa. Hii ni nini mchezo wetu lazima kuhusu.

"Sullivan Barrera ni undefeated na rekodi ya 17-0 na 12 mafanikio kuja kwa njia ya mtoano. Yeye tu akageuka 34, mwezi mmoja uliopita, ambayo unaweza kufikiri ni umri mdogo kwa hatua hii katika kazi yake. Nini unaweza kujua ni kwamba yeye alikuwa na mafanikio amateur kazi katika Cuba na kisha kupoteza miaka kadhaa ya mkuu wake wakati alipokuwa defecting na Umoja wa Mataifa. Yeye kuja njia kweli kwa muda mrefu kwa kuwa hapa leo kwa wakati huu na fursa hii. Yeye ni njaa, yeye ana imani na yeye yuko tayari. "

VIRGIL HUNTER, mkufunzi Andre Kata ya:

"Hii ni kadi ya ajabu na wanariadha ajabu ambao ni kujaribu kufanya njia yao katika dunia ya ndondi. Kama vita hii ilikuwa unafanyika katika mji nyingine yoyote, itakuwa ni tukio kubwa. Nini tunataka kufanya ni kuhakikisha kwamba Oakland anaelewa, na kwamba jirani Bay Area anaelewa, ukubwa wa tukio hili ili tuweze kuendelea kuleta darasa dunia ndondi kwa Oakland. Oakland ni chini ya kuzaliana kwa wapiganaji juu na sisi tayari kuwa nao. zaidi kwamba kutusaidia, zaidi kwamba mapambano haya itakuwa inayoonekana na utaona wakati kubwa la utafutaji juu.

"Wanasema mitandao mingine kufanya wapiganaji, lakini HBO hufanya stars, hivyo sisi ni njema kwa kuwa sehemu ya huu. Tunakuomba kuja nje na kuunga mkono vita hii. Njoo huku nje Jumamosi usiku na mjifurahishe usiku mzuri wa ndondi juu. "

BEN lire, Sullivan Barrera ya mkufunzi:

"Nataka kuwashukuru watu wote ambao kuweka pamoja tukio hili super Jumamosi. Sisi hapa kuweka kwenye show kubwa na Sullivan amefanya kila kitu kujiandaa mwenyewe kwa tukio hili. Yeye anajua changamoto mbele yake, lakini yeye anaamini katika nafsi yake na anaamini kuwa hii ni mara yake ya kuonyesha umma na watazamaji kuangalia kwamba hii ni ambapo yeye ni. Yeye ni pale kufanya kauli.

"Zaidi ya yote, tunaheshimu Mr. Ward kwa mafanikio yake, uaminifu wake na yeye ni super guy katika michezo. Ni kubwa ya kuwa sehemu ya huu. Sisi kujiandaa vizuri na tumefanya kila kitu kwamba tuna kufanya kuja Jumamosi kutoa viewing watazamaji show super kubwa kwa sababu hii ni nini ndondi ni kuhusu. Ni kuhusu utendaji na wapiganaji wote kupata kufanya katika ngazi hii katika tukio hilo kubwa. Sisi ni fahari kwa kuwa sehemu ya tukio hili. Tumefanya kila kitu kinawezekana ili kuhakikisha kwamba sisi kuja nje na kuweka kwenye show fabulous. "

JAMES PRINCE, meneja Andre Kata ya:

"Huu ni wakati wa kihistoria kwa ajili yetu. Tunaingia 175 pound mgawanyiko mwanga Heavyweight. Huu ni wakati kwamba mji hataki miss. Huu ni wakati mwanzoni mwa harakati. Barrera hutokea tu kuwa mwathirika wa kwanza na tunakwenda kukabiliana na yeye ipasavyo. Tumekuwa kusikia mengi ya majadiliano na mazungumzo yanayofanyika huko aliko wasiwasi, na tunajua kwamba yeye anaamini kila kitu anachokisema. Kwa mara nyingine tena, sisi ni msisimko juu ya fursa hii na huna unataka miss wakati huu wa kihistoria Jumamosi usiku. "

JOSEPH DIAZ JR., NABF Featherweight Champion:

"Haya Machi 26, Mimi najua kuwa mapambano kweli ngumu mbele yangu. Najua Jayson Velez ni mkongwe mwenye uzoefu katika pete. Yeye ni shujaa. Ana sita-inch kufikia faida zaidi ya mimi hivyo ni kwenda kuwa mapambano kubwa kweli kweli. Najua yeye kuja mbali ya hasara, hivyo najua yeye kweli anataka Bounce nyuma na kuonyesha kila mtu kwamba yeye bado ni cheo dunia mgombea.

"Mimi nilikuwa kambi ya mafunzo kubwa kweli kweli. Nimekuwa mafunzo kwa muda wa wiki nane. Hii ni mara yangu ya kwanza mapigano kwenye HBO, hivyo mimi kwa kweli wanataka kuonyesha ambaye mimi kweli am. Mimi nina 110% tayari. Mimi niko tayari kutoa kupambana mashabiki vita kama Jayson Velez anataka kuwa na vita. Mimi niko tayari kuonyesha kwa kila mtu uwezo wote nina ndani ya pete. Mimi nina msisimko sana kuwa mapigano kwenye kadi Andre Ward na Sullivan Barrera. Wao ni wanariadha wawili wasomi na mimi nina fahari sana kuwa ushirikiano kuu tukio kwa ajili ya vita hii. Kama vile Machi 26, Mimi ahadi mimi nina kwenda kukupa show kubwa. "

JAYSON VELEZ, Juu-rated featherweight mgombea:

"Nataka kumshukuru Mungu kwanza, ni wazi yeye hufanya kila linalowezekana. Nataka kuwashukuru mapromota yangu, Miguel Cotto Promotions na Golden Boy Promotions na timu yangu nzima. Sina sana kusema licha ya kwamba hii ni vita kubwa. Joseph suala la kupambana na. Mimi kuja kupigana. Sisi wote wanataka kushinda. Sisi wote kuchukua changamoto. Watu kuendelea kuuliza kwa nini mimi alichukua vita hii hatari na jibu ni rahisi ... kama nataka kuwa bora, Mimi na kupambana bora. Joseph ni mojawapo ya bora.

"Nilipoteza mapambano yangu ya mwisho, hivyo mimi haja ya kushinda. Nataka kushinda. Siwezi kukuambia ambaye ni kwenda kushinda vita hii kwa sababu sisi wote ni wapiganaji kubwa na wapiganaji. Yeye ni Mexican, Mimi nina Puerto Rican, na wakati una Puerto Rican na Mexico katika pete huo, utaona vita. Utaona kasi, nguvu, kila kitu katika vita hii. Yeye ni mpiganaji mkubwa na Mimi hivyo msisimko. Asante kwa kila mtu na kukaa tuned Jumamosi hii na kuwashukuru kwa HBO bila shaka. "

ROBERT DIAZ, Mkuu Mshenga - Golden Boy Promotions:

"Ni wazi kwamba tukio kuu anaongea kwa yenyewe. Nimepata Andre Ward dhidi vijana undefeated guy kama Sullivan Barrera, lakini tukio ushirikiano kuu ni kwenda shimo vijana wawili, Wapiganaji njaa dhidi ya mtu mwingine katika Jayson Velez na Joseph Diaz. Wao uko wote vijana. Wao ni wote tayari kuchukua juu ya mapambano bora, mapambano toughest na ushahidi wa kuwa ni jinsi rahisi ilikuwa kufanya vita hii.

"Mimi nina msisimko sana kuhusu vita hii. Hutaki miss 10 raundi kwa jina NABF.

"Jayson Velez ni vijana, njaa simba ambaye anataka kupata nyuma juu ya hatua na anajua jinsi muhimu ushindi juu Joseph Diaz ni. Alielewa nafasi ya kupambana juu ya HBO na kwenye kadi hii kubwa. Nataka kuwakumbusha tabia ya Jayson Velez. Katika siku na umri ambapo mpiganaji kwamba hupoteza anataka kuchukua labda comeback au tune up, au mbili au tatu, kabla ya kuchukua kupambana hatarishi na Jayson Velez ni haki ya kufanya hivyo baada ya. Hiyo inaonyesha yeye anataka kupata nyuma juu na yeye anajua yeye ana kufanya ili kupata huko ... ina kuwa na kuacha ngazi za juu mpiganaji kama Joseph Diaz. "

RALPH Heredia, meneja Joseph Diaz ya:

"Ni heshima kuwa hapa, nafasi kubwa na fursa ya kupewa nafasi hii ya kuonyesha vipaji, 2012 Olympian. Yusufu, hii ni nini kuongelea, kuwashukuru kwa kuwa na subira, wewe ni tayari kwa ajili ya nafasi. Sisi kujua nini maalum kijana na mtu wenye vipaji wewe ni, lakini sasa dunia nzima kupata kuona juu ya hatua kubwa nini vipaji, nini muungwana kweli na nini mpiganaji lazima ... kama Joseph Diaz.

"Naweza kusema kuhusu Jayson Velez? Yeye ni muungwana ambaye anajua nini hatarini na ana uzoefu. Niamini, wewe hawataki miss hii. Jumamosi, lazima tune katika. Ni kwenda kuwa hatua-packed kupambana. "

JOSE "KWAMBA KWAMBA" SANCHEZ, mkufunzi Jayson Velez ya:

"Mimi naona Diaz kama mpiganaji kubwa, lakini nina Jayson katika hali nzuri sana na yeye ni tayari kwa mapambano. Najua ni kwenda kuwa vita vizuri kwa sababu wao ni tayari, na kitu kimoja ni kweli kwa mpiganaji wangu Jayson Velez. Yeye kazi ngumu sana kwa vita hii na najua yeye ni tayari kwa mapambano. "

TONY WALKER, Mkurugenzi, HBO Sports:

"Kwa niaba ya yetu Makamu wa Rais Mtendaji Peter Nelson, sisi ni furaha sana kuwa hapa katika Bay Area, na umati mkubwa na ndondi mashabiki kubwa, tunapotazama kuleta doubleheader hii Jumamosi usiku.

"Siyo rahisi kuunganisha pamoja big mechi ya ndondi na timu hizi vunjwa pamoja kadi kubwa kutoka juu hadi chini, hivyo hata kama mapambano yote haitakuwa juu ya HBO, kama unataka kuangalia baadhi ya ndondi kubwa, kwenda Oracle Arena na kama una kuwa nyumbani, kuangalia ni nje ya HBO.

"Katika wetu 43 Miaka ya programu juu ya HBO, ndondi daima imekuwa sehemu muhimu ya nini cha kufanya. Tumekuwa daima prided wenyewe juu ya kuwa na wapiganaji bora na mechi bora, na sisi kujisikia vizuri sana kwamba mila hii itafanya tena kama Andre Ward hufanya yake 2016 kwanza katika pete. Katika pete ya ndondi, ni kamwe ilipendekeza kwamba waache njaa, mpiganaji undefeated kama tuna katika Sullivan Barrera, hivyo mimi napenda kuwakaribisha Sullivan na mtandao na kumshukuru kwa kuchukua changamoto hii.

"Ufunguzi TV matangazo itakuwa Joseph Diaz dhidi Jayson Velez, mbili up-na-kuja vijana wadogo, mbili bunduki vijana, ambao wanadhani wao uko tayari kwa ajili ya hatua kubwa. Yote katika yote, ni kwenda kuwa matangazo kubwa, 9:45 ET sisi ahadi yenu taarifa na burudani usiku na matangazo timu yetu. "

Ward vs. Barrera, 12 mzima IBF namba moja nafasi na lazima nafasi eliminator ambayo ni yaliyowasilishwa na Roc Nation Sports kwa kushirikiana na Matukio Kuu, unafanyika Jumamosi, Machi 26, 2016 katika Oracle uwanja katika Oakland, California. The event is sponsored by Corona Extra, Ticketmaster, Corporate Travel Management Solutions (CTMS), glad, kuondoa, Zappos, BodyArmor, SAN Lishe, Kiatu Palace, Waterfront Hotel na Ziara Oakland. tukio itakuwa televisheni kuishi juu ya HBO michuano ya Dunia Boxing mwanzo katika 9:45 p.m. NA/PT. Ufunguzi HBO matangazo itakuwa Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. Jayson Velez katika raundi 10 kupambana kwa ajili ya cheo NABF Featherweight yaliyowasilishwa na Golden Boy Promotions kwa kushirikiana na Miguel Cotto Promotions.

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NABF featherweight CHAMPION JOSEPH DIAZ JR. VS. JAYSON VELEZ

MEDIA Workout DONDOO NA PHOTOS

Showdowns SET YA Jumamosi, MARCH 26

AT ORACLE ARENA KATIKA OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

Televisheni kuishi juu HBO®

Bonyeza HERE Picha kwa

Picha ya Mikopo: Roc Nation Sports / Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos

OAKLAND, Kama vile (Machi 23, 2015) - Jumanne, Machi 22, Barua ya Muda World Champion na juu-rated pound-kwa-pound mpiganaji Andre Ward (28-0, 15 Kos) na namba moja lilipimwa IBF mwanga mgombea Heavyweight Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 Kos) walishiriki katika vyombo vya habari Workout katika Gym Mfalme katika Oakland, California mapema kabla ya wao Machi 26 kupambana katika Oracle Arena katika Oakland. Ward na Barrera watakutana katika 12 mzima IBF idadi nafasi moja na lazima nafasi eliminator bout televisheni kuishi juu ya HBO michuano ya Dunia Boxing® kuanzia saa 9:45 p.m. NA/PT. NABF Featherweight Champion Joseph "Jojo" Diaz Jr. (19-0, 11 Kos) na juu-rated featherweight mgombea Jayson "Star" Velez (23-1-1, 16 Kos) pia walihudhuria wakati Workout mbele ya raundi 10 yao NABF Featherweight cheo kupambana ambayo kufungua HBO matangazo.

Baada Shadowboxing katika pete na raundi chache juu ya mifuko ya kuchomwa, wapiganaji wote wanne walishiriki katika mahojiano na wanachama wa vyombo vya habari katika mahudhurio. Super Bowl Champion na Oakland asili Marshawn Lynch, makini Andre Ward msaidizi, alifanya muonekano maalum wakati Workout katika msaada wa Ward.

Chini ni nini wapiganaji alikuwa na kusema wakati wa media Workout mwisho:

ANDRE WARD, Barua ya Muda World Champion na juu-rated pound-kwa-pound mpiganaji:

"Najisikia vizuri na mimi niko tayari kwenda. Mimi nina kuchukua nafasi katika wakati sahihi. Mimi tu msisimko kupata ni Jumamosiusiku.

"Nilikuwa kuendesha gari kwa Oracle Arena juu ya 880 kama mtoto juu ya njia yangu kwa Gym Mfalme na ajabu kama mimi naweza kufanya hivyo kuna siku moja na [mkufunzi] Virgil [Wawindaji] alizoea kusema kwa kujiamini, 'Wewe ni kwenda kichwa cha habari hapo.' Kama mimi got wakubwa, Nilikuwa kwenda kwa baadhi ya kadi kuvaa katika medani. Mimi bado alikuwa amateur na napenda tu ndoto. Jambo la pili unajua, katika 2009, Mimi nilikuwa katika kuzama au kuogelea mapambano dhidi ya Edison Miranda. Kama mimi ni mshindi, kulikuwa na pengine nafasi nzuri ya kuwa napenda kupata cheo risasi na wengine ni historia. Hapa sisi ni tena, ni wangu 7^th wakati katika Oracle na bado ni baraka.

"Ilikuwa ni wakati muafaka kwa hoja ya mwanga Heavyweight. Ilikuwa ni mchanganyiko wa kutokuwa na guys haki ya kupambana au guys kwamba hakutaka kupambana na mimi. Nataka kuwa kubwa. Hizi ni aina ya hatua una kufanya. Mimi ni mwanafunzi wa michezo na wakati mimi kujifunza michezo, hii ni nini greats daima kufanyika. Wao hoja juu. wakuu kutafuta njia ya kupata kufanyika na mimi nataka kuwa katika mazungumzo kwamba.

"Barrera ni mwili kubwa. Yeye ni ujasiri. Inaonekana kuwa puncher nzuri. Hatukuwa kumchukua kwa sababu yeye ni kugusa laini. Sisi ilichukua yake kwa sababu yeye alikuwa anaenda kupata me tayari na kuonyesha mimi nini hii darasani uzito ni wote kuhusu. Kama ukiangalia kazi yangu, kuna mahali kwa tune-ups ambayo mimi si alikuwa na mengi ya. Unataka kupigana bora na kama si mapigano bora, unataka kupigana namba moja mgombea. Hiyo ni nini tuko kufanya.

"Nadhani mimi kutoa katika mpiganaji ufanisi. Mimi nina kusonga wakati mimi wanahama. Nadhani hiyo ni uzuri wa mwanamichezo yeyote ambaye hana vibaya mwili wake na kwa kweli inachukua hila zake kwa umakini. Nimeona baadhi ya makala wakidai mimi amekosa mkuu wangu. Ni mambo kwangu. Mimi kuhisi kwamba mimi niko mazuri kama mimi amewahi kuwa. Nimekuwa katika mazoezi ya ndondi bila mengi ya mapumziko kwa kipindi cha 20 miaka. ubongo wangu alimshukuru yangu kwa miaka miwili iliyopita. mwili wangu alimshukuru yangu. Ni inaweza nipe miaka miwili katika kazi yangu.

"Mimi kuwa mimi tu. Mimi ni nani ni wa kutosha. Sina kuonyesha up kwa Kovalev katika umati wa watu Jumamosiusiku. Sisi tu na kutekeleza mpango wa mchezo. Nadhani hiyo ni kwenda kutuma ujumbe ni walidhani kutuma na kama hana, kisha yeye itabidi [Kovalev] kupata ujumbe wakati sisi kupambana.

"Kama mimi si kushinda vita hii, kuna kitu chini ya barabara. Kama mimi si kushinda vita hii, Mimi si stahili kupambana kwa ajili ya cheo. Hiyo ni ukweli wa hali yangu.

"Barrera hajawahi kupigana guy kama mimi kabla, ili waweze kuzungumza mchezo mzuri. Wanaweza kutawala vichwa vya habari kuongoza hadi vita. Wanaweza kusema mambo yote mjanja wanachotaka kusema. Sisi tu wanataka kutawala vichwa vya habari Jumapili asubuhi baada ya vita ni juu. Hiyo ni nini mimi nina ililenga. "

SULLIVAN BARRERA, Namba moja lilipimwa IBF mwanga Heavyweight mgombea:

"Nina nguvu zaidi kuliko Ward. Nina background Cuba na mimi kujifunza mengi ya ujuzi huko. Zaidi kuliko kitu chochote, dhamira ya kuondokana na kitu chochote mbele yangu atanisaidia kushindwa Ward juu ya Machi 26.

"Mara baada ya mimi katika pete, ni nyumba yangu.

"Chochote Ward ina, Nami kuzoea yake na kushinda hiyo.

"Mimi kuwa na mikono miwili. Ana mikono miwili. Nina kazi ya kufanya juu ya Machi 26.

"Najua Ward na Kovalev ni yenye sana kuheshimiwa na wao kujenga fedha nyingi na mengi ya riba, lakini wao hawajui nini Sullivan Barrera ni uwezo wa kufanya. Nami kuthibitisha kwamba Jumamosi.

"Najisikia si guy kwamba ina kuangalia kwa mtoano. ndondi ujuzi wangu kuzungumza wenyewe. Mimi mapigano Andre Ward na mapigano hapa katika Oakland, hivyo sidhani uamuzi itakuwa inavyosema katika upendeleo wangu.

"Kwa mashabiki wote, hasa mashabiki wa Cuba kwamba wana mkono mimi tafadhali kujua kwamba kuja Jumamosi, Mimi naenda kufanya kila kitu mimi kufanya kuja nje ya ushindi. "

JOSEPH DIAZ JR., NABF Featherweight Champion:

"Siwezi wanatarajia nini Jayson alivyofanya kwa Ronny Rios wakati wa vita hii. Mimi nimepata kwenda huko, mtihani naye nje na kurekebisha wakati mimi niko katika pete.

"Kama nafasi inatoa yenyewe ambapo yeye kuumiza na mimi kuona kwamba kukwepa makonde yangu ni balaa yake, basi bila shaka mimi nina kwenda kupata huko, kuwa na fujo na kuhakikisha mimi kuchukua yake nje mapema iwezekanavyo.

"Mimi najua kupata juu ya ndani, kukata pete na kuchukua kwa mwili haki mbali itakuwa mapumziko yake chini. Hiyo inaenda kufanya naye si hoja sana na baadaye katika raundi siwezi nchi makofi matata kwa kichwa. Mimi nina kwenda kuchukua kwa mwili haki mbali.

"Kiakili mimi 100% tayari. Hii ni hatua kubwa katika kazi yangu, hivyo mimi nina kiakili umakini. Mimi nina vizuri tayari. Najisikia kama hii ni sasa mimi wamekuwa wakisubiri kwa maisha yangu yote nzima. Najisikia kama mimi niko tayari kwa ajili hii na siwezi kusubiri kwa Machi 26. Mimi mafunzo ngumu sana kwa vita hii na mimi nina vizuri tayari kwa ajili yake.

"Mimi kwa kweli wanataka kufanya kauli vita hii. Nataka kuonyesha dunia kwamba Joseph Diaz inaweza kuwa jambo kubwa ijayo katika ndondi, hivyo mimi mafunzo kwa bidii sana kuweka juu ya mashindano makubwa kwa ajili ya kupambana mashabiki, kuwa fujo sana na kufanya hivyo vita katika huko. Natumaini kwamba Jayson Velez ni 110% tayari kwa sababu nataka kuwa yeye ni saa bora yake.

"Kama mimi kushinda vita hii na kutoa tamko, Nadhani unaweza hoja kwa hali ya mgombea na hopefully kupata ubingwa wa dunia risasi ifikapo mwishoni mwa mwaka huu. Nataka kupambana na wapinzani mgumu mwaka huu kwa sababu nataka kuonyesha dunia mimi ni nani.

"Najisikia kama mnyama wakati mimi hatua ndani ya pete na Mimi naona ni katika sparring. Wakati mimi nina kutua makofi ufanisi, Naweza kukuambia kwamba mimi kuumiza mpinzani wangu. "

JAYSON VELEZ, Juu-rated featherweight mgombea:

"Katika ngazi yangu, kila guy ni mgombea juu. Nina kutoa mafunzo kwa bidii na kuboresha utetezi wangu. Nimekuwa kazi juu ya kwamba.

"Ukiona mwisho wangu watatu au wanne mapambano, utaona kwamba nimekuwa kuhodhi katika michache ya kwanza ya raundi na kisha mimi kukimbia nje ya gesi, Nimekuwa kufanya kazi ya stamina yangu ili kwamba halitafanyika juu ya Machi 26.

"Nimeona mapambano Diaz ya. Tumekuwa sparred michache mara. Amepata kasi. Amepata njaa. Ni HBO mechi yake ya kwanza, hivyo yeye dhahiri motisha, lakini hivyo mimi. Ni kwenda kuwa mapambano kubwa.

"Nataka kuwa bingwa wa neno. Najua yeye anataka pia. Siku ya Jumamosi, tutajua ambaye anataka hivyo zaidi. Sisi wote wanataka kushinda na sisi ni wawili mafunzo kwa ajili ya kushinda. mapambano kati ya nguvu na kasi ni kubwa mechi-up. Bila kutaja yeye ni Mexican na mimi nina Puerto Rican. Unaweza kutarajia mashindano makubwa na siyo moja unataka miss. "

Ward vs. Barrera, 12 mzima IBF namba moja nafasi na lazima nafasi eliminator ambayo ni yaliyowasilishwa na Roc Nation Sports kwa kushirikiana na Matukio Kuu, unafanyika Jumamosi, Machi 26, 2016 katika Oracle uwanja katika Oakland, California. The event is sponsored by Corona Extra, Ticketmaster, Corporate Travel Management Solutions (CTMS), glad, kuondoa, Zappos, BodyArmor, SAN Lishe, Kiatu Palace, Waterfront Hotel na Ziara Oakland. tukio itakuwa televisheni kuishi juu ya HBO michuano ya Dunia Boxing mwanzo katika 9:45 p.m. NA/PT. Ufunguzi HBO matangazo itakuwa Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. Jayson Velez katika raundi 10 kupambana kwa ajili ya cheo NABF Featherweight yaliyowasilishwa na Golden Boy Promotions kwa kushirikiana na Miguel Cotto Promotions.

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ROC NATION SPORTS ANNOUNCES NON-TELEVISED UNDERCARD FIGHTS

FOR ANDRE WARD VS. SULLIVAN BARRERA

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT SHOWDOWN ON Jumamosi, MARCH 26

AT ORACLE ARENA KATIKA OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

WARD VS. BARRERA AND JOSEPH DIAZ JR. VS. JAYSON VELEZ TELEVISED

LIVE ON HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING^® BEGINNING AT 9:45 p.m. NA/PT

SWAY CALLOWAY & DJ FRANZEN TO PROVIDE

IN-ARENA ENTERTAINMENT BETWEEN BOUTS

NEW YORK, NY (Machi 14, 2016) – A slate of six non-televised undercard bouts will serve as support when Two-Time World Champion and top-rated pound-for-pound fighter Andre Ward (28-0, 15 Kos) faces undefeated and number one rated IBF light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 Kos) in a 12-round IBF number one position and mandatory position eliminator at Oracle Arena in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, California on March 26. Opening the HBO^® telecast will be Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. Jayson Velez in a 10-round fight NABF Featherweight title fight.

In addition to the exciting televised lineup, some of boxing’s hottest rising stars will be featured on the non-televised undercard including Roc Nation Sports standouts Maurice Hooker, Daniel Franco, Rudy Puga Jr. na Junior Younan pamoja na 2008 Olympic Super Heavyweight Silver Medalist Zhang Zhilei and local favorite Aaron Coley who will all see action on March 26.

Roc Nation Sports will bring names from the entertainment world to the event as well, including notable event emcee, SiriusXM/Shade 45 morning show host of Sway in the Morning, Executive Producer and talent for VH1 & MTV and Oakland-native Sway Calloway, ambao utatumika kama jeshi tukio la, na kugonga bwana DJ Franzen, mkazi DJ katika Las Vegas 'Moto 97.5 and Drais Nightclub. Sway and Franzen will entertain together throughout the night to keep fans entertained between bouts at Oracle Arena.

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On Machi 26, NABO Junior Welterweight Champion Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (19-0-2, 14 Kos) risks his unbeaten record against Wilfrido “La Roca” Buelvas (17-5, 11 Kos) of Barranquilla, Colombia in a ten-round junior welterweight bout. Hooker, rated number seven by the WBO, is coming off of a career-best win on October 17, 2015 against his toughest opponent to date in Ghislain Maduma (17-2, 11 Kos) katika Madison Square Garden. Hooker successfully defended his NABO title with the 10-round decision win over Maduma on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux in a fight that was featured on the event’s “freeview” in the United States and streamed online around the world. Buelvas, a former WBA Fedebol champion, has won two of his last three bouts by knockout and fought Humberto Soto for the WBC Silver International Super Lightweight title in 2014, going the 12-round distance before losing a decision to the former World Champion.

Born and raised in Oak Cliff, Texas, a rough suburb of Dallas, Hooker found a boxing home at Maple Avenue Boxing Gym by way of an outreach program for at-risk youths. His natural talent was soon noticed resulting in him competing as an amateur, during which time he participated in over 100 mapambano, compiling a record of 97 mafanikio na tu 7 hasara, na 67 victories coming by way of knockout. Hooker turned professional on April 29, 2011, taking on the vastly more experienced Tyrone Chatman (7-1, 5 KO ya) at the Orpheum Theater in St. Louis. After four rounds, the judges saw the fight 40-36, 37-39 na 38-38, making the fight a split draw. Undeterred, in his next fight on June 24, 2014, Hooker scored his first professional win, knocking out Wilbert Mitchell in the first round at the Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco, Texas. Eleven wins (eight by knockout) later, he took on undefeated Abel Ramos (8-0, 4 KO ya) mnamo Januari 17, 2014 in a bout that was featured on ShoBox from the Cook Convention Center in Memphis. After eight close, hard-fought rounds, the judges saw the fight a draw. Hooker followed the draw with a six-round unanimous decision win over Adrian Rodriguez Garza (8-2, 6 KO ya) juu ya Aprili 26 at Fitzgerald’s Casino and Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi. Four consecutive knockout victories would follow before he took on fellow undefeated prospect Eduardo Galindo (10-0-1, 7 KO ya) Juni 26, 2015 at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas for the vacant NABO Junior Welterweight Championship. “Mighty Mo” did not disappoint his legion of hometown fans who saw him capture the title with a sixth round technical knockout victory.

Hailing from Rancho Cucamonga, California na mapigano kati ya ndondi hotbed ya Oxnard, undefeated Daniel "papatika" Franco (12-0-3, 7 KO ya) meets Mexican veteran German “Panteonero” Meraz(52-37-1, 30 Kos) in an eight-round featherweight bout on Machi 26. Featured for the second time on a Ward undercard, the sharp-boxing Franco will look to improve on his undefeated record against an opponent with literally six times his pro boxing experience. Meraz is only 29 years old but has already logged an amazing 90 professional bouts and has won four of his last six fights by knockout. He has fought current World Champion Juan Carlos Payano, Three-Time U.S. Olympian Rau’shee Warren and highly-touted prospect Gervonta Davis, going the distance with all three.

Franco began boxing at the age of eight, amassing rekodi Amateur ya 67-15, kushinda Oxnard PAL michuano ya 2006 na kinga michuano California State Silver katika 2007 njiani. Wakati Franco mtaalamu kwanza Desemba 18, 2010, yeye kushindwa Emanuel Machorro katika Club 401 katika Ontario, California kupitia raundi ya tatu kiufundi mtoano. Licha ya kuwa waliojiunga kama ya muda mwanafunzi katika Chuo CHAFFEY katika RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Franco hisia mapema katika kazi yake, kuandaa rekodi undefeated na mbili huchota katika kumbi katika California mwishoni mwa 2013. Mmoja wa wale huchota wakaja juu Alejandro Ochoa katika Utulivu kanuni kwa Montebello, California Septemba 20, 2013, but in a rematch three months later, Franco outmatched Ochoa bao sita mzima ushindi uamuzi usiojulikana katika Westin Bonaventure Hoteli katika Los Angeles. Juni 20, 2015, during Ward’s return to the ring at Oracle Arena, Franco saw action in an eight-round junior lightweight bout against Jonathan Alcantara and won by unanimous decision. A hand injury suffered in that bout kept Franco out of action until Desemba 21when he scored a decision victory over Hector Garcia in Tijuana, Mexico.

A promising unbeaten prospect from Salinas, California, Rudy “The Revelation” Puja. Jr. (7-0, 6 Kos)looks to extend his undefeated streak against Carlos “Kalimba” Lozano (7-5, 4 Kos) of Ensenada, Mexico in a six-round middleweight bout. Puga turned in a career-best performance in his last match-up on February 12 in knocking out Alejandro Osuna (4-2, 2 KO ya) in two rounds at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, California. Sasa, just a little over a month later, “The Revelation” will step into the ring against a tough opponent in Lozanao, a southpaw who has never been stopped and already has a ten-round decision victory under his belt.

Having compiled an exceptional amateur record of 99-8, Puga made his professional debut on September 2, 2011, scoring a fourth round technical knockout victory over Raul Talamontes at the Sports Complex in his hometown. Back in the ring less than two months later, Puga Jr. raised his record to 2-0 with a first round technical knockout of Jose Jesus Hurtado at the Sherwood Inn in Salinas. Mwezi Juni 2012, he sent Thomas Turner to the mat four times in scoring a second round technical knockout win at the Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. After a little more than a year away from the ring, he rededicated himself to the “sweet science” with a vengeance and on February 17, 2014, Puga Jr. made his comeback stopping Charon Spain in the third round with an overpowering body shot at the Salinas Storm House in his native Salinas. Promotional issues kept Puga Jr. out of the ring for the next year and injuries led to a slow 2015, but Puga Jr. scored a a fourth round technical knockout win over of Katrell Straus on Aprili 24 and a six-round unanimous decision over Juan Carlos Rojas on Novemba 21, both fights taking place at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, California.

Brooklyn’s 20-year-old, undefeated Junior “The Young God” Younan (7-0, 6 KO ya) anarudi pete Machi 26 after a nine-month layoff to take on Cristian Solorzano (4-7, 3 Kos) ya Sonora, Mexico in a four-round super middleweight fight. Younan has battled multiple nagging injuries since scoring a second round technical knockout victory over Mike Sawyer on the Miguel Cotto vs. Daniel Geale undercard on June 6, 2015 katika Kituo cha Barclays katika Brooklyn, New York. Sasa 100 percent healthy, Younan looks to make Solozano his third straight knockout victim. Solorzano, a naturally bigger fighter, has campaigned in the light heavyweight division and is coming off of a knockout win.

Younan, trained by his father Sherif, a former professional boxer himself, began fighting competitively at age eight and only two years later was called a “boxing prodigy” by the New York Times. He compiled an amateur record of 90-5, racking up an impressive series of titles along the way including nine Junior Olympic championships, nine Junior Metro championships, eight New York State Silver Gloves championships and five Regional Silver Gloves championships. Katika 2011, he was crowned National Junior Golden Gloves champion and was U.S.A. Boxing’s number one rated junior boxer in his weight class. Less than a month after his 18^th kuzaliwa, Younan made his professional debut on November 9, 2013, at the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, New York, stopping Kenneth Schmitz in the first round. Younan would go on to knockout his next three opponents before going the distance for the first time against Azamat Umarzoda on July 2, 2014 katika Foxwoods Resort Casino katika Mashantucket, Connecticut. He followed that fight with a first round knockout of Marlon Farr on Agosti 13 the BB King Blues Club and Grill in New York on Agosti 13.

Chinese heavyweight Zhang “Big Bang” Zhilei (7-0, 4 Kos) joins the undercard on Machi 26 in a four-round bout against an opponent yet to be determined. The Silver Medalist from the 2008 Beijing Olympics continues to infuse excitement into the heavyweight division and is coming off of a first round technicalknockout win over David Koswara on February 20 at the Lanzhou Sports Arena in Lanzhou, China.

Born on May 2, 1983 in Henan, Zhang began his amateur career in 2003, participating in the World Championships. A breakthrough came in 2007 at the World Championships where Zhang defeated the trio of Nurpais Torobekov, Rustam Rygebayev and Daniel Beahan en route to the semifinals where he lost to Ukrainian Vyacheslav Glazkov. By capturing a bronze medal and finishing the competition in third place, he qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The Chinese powerhouse nearly reached the zenith of amateur success in the summer of 2008, entering the super heavyweight finals at the Summer Olympics in Beijing against Italy’s Roberto Cammarelle. It was not to be as Zhang suffered his first defeat of that Olympiad, losing to Cammarelle, but proudly adding to the host country’s medal total with a Silver. Katika 2009, Zhang captured a gold medal at the China National Games, an event of equal prestige to the Olympics in China. 2013 saw yet another gold medal winning performance in the China National Games, setting the stage for “Big Bang” to embark on a professional career while basing himself in the United States. Agosti 8, 2014, Zhang made his professional debut by scoring a first-round knockout win over Curtis Lee Tate in Fallon, Nevada in a fight that was televised live on ESPN2. On Machi 14, 2015, Zhang beat Eric George via a four-round unanimous decision at the Armory in Jersey City, New Jersey. He followed that with another four-round unanimous decision win, this time over Glenn Thomas on the highly anticipated Cotto-Geale undercard at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Juni 6. Next came a sixth round technical knockout win over Dennis Benson at The Playground in Atlantic City on Agosti 15. To end the year, Zhang was featured on the undercard of the Novemba 21 Cotto vs. Canelo mega-fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, where scored a four-round unanimous decision victory over Juan Goode.

Mitaa Hayward, California favorite Aaron Coley (12-1-1, 6 KO ya) faces a very stern test in a six-round junior middleweight bout against Ikifuatiwa Ryskeldiev (11-3-2, 7 Kos) of West Hollywood, California, a Kyrgyzstan native who is undefeated in his last seven fights.

On Machi 26, Coley will look follow his most recent victory, a unanimous decision over Jeremy Ramos onJanuari 23 at the Marriott on Broadway in Oakland, with another win in front of his hometown fans. Prior to his January win he scored two unanimous decision triumphs, including his June 20, 2015 performance against Yusmani Abreu (who Ryskeldiev defeated by technical knockout in September) on the undercard of Ward’s last fight. Considered a promising prospect in boxing circles, Coley’s lone loss came via decision to one of boxing’s hottest prospects in Ievgen Khytrov in a bout that was televised live on Showtime’s ShoBox on April 10, 2015 from The Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York.

Ward vs. Barrera, a 12-round fight which is presented by Roc Nation Sports in association with Main Events, unafanyika Jumamosi, Machi 26, 2016 katika Oracle uwanja katika Oakland, California and is sponsored byCorona Extra, Ticketmaster, Corporate Travel Management Solutions (CTMS), glad, kuondoa, Zappos, BodyArmor, SAN Lishe, Shoe Palace and The Waterfront Hotel. tukio itakuwa televisheni kuishi juu ya HBO michuano ya Dunia Boxing mwanzo katika 9:45 p.m. NA/PT. Ufunguzi HBO matangazo itakuwa Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. Jayson Velez katika raundi 10 kupambana kwa ajili ya cheo NABF Featherweight yaliyowasilishwa na Golden Boy Promotions kwa kushirikiana na Miguel Cotto Promotions.

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