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Hard Hitting Promotions goes 5-for-5 this past Friday night in Philadelphia

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Samuel Teah gets big win on ShoBox: The New Generation

Pizarro, Rosa, Tapia and Sinakin all gain wins on the undercard

PHILADELPHIA — November 19, 2018 — This past Friday night, five members of the Hard Hitting Promotions stable scored big victories in front of a sold-out crowd at The 2300 Arena.

 

Samuel ezilungisiwe scored a eight-round unanimous decision over Kenneth Sims Jr. in the co-feature bout of a ShoBox: Ikhadi New Generation.

 

 

 

The win was the biggest win of Teah’s career, ngubani ngcono 15-2-1. Teah put on a great performance in the fight, which saw many toe-to-toe exchanges. Teah landed more, and the harder punches, which thrilled the hometown crowd the was rooting Teah on.

 

 

 

Teah won by scores of 79-73 futhi 77-75 kabili.

 

 

 

In fights that were seen live on Facebook Fightnight Live:

 

Branden Pizarro won the NBA Intercontinental Junior Welterweight title with a six-round unanimous decision over Jerome Rodriguez.

 

 

 

Pizarro of Philadelphia won by scores of 60-54 futhi 59-55 twice to raise his mark to 13-1.

 

Gadwin Rosa was systematic in winning a six-round unanimous decision over 114-fight veteran German Meraz to capture the NBA Intercontinental super featherweight title.

 

 

 

Rosa won by scores of 60-54 futhi 59-55 twice over the durable Meraz, and the Ocala, Florida native stays perfect at 9-0.

 

Christian Tapia stopped Darnell Pettis at the end of round three of their scheduled four-round lightweight bout.

 

 

 

Tapia was dominant until the corner of Pettis had seen enough. Tapia of Coamo, Puerto Rico is 7-0 with six knockouts.

 

 

 

Light Heavyweight Benny Sinakin okudingekayo nje 2:23 of the 1st round stop Darren Gibbs.

 

 

 

Sinakin scored one knockdown before the bout was halted due to a barrage of punches on the ropes.

 

 

 

Sinakin of Philadelphia is now 2-0 omunye Knockout.

 

 

 

“This was a huge night for Hard Hitting Promotions. We were able to showcase some of our younger talent with Branden and Gadwin winning their 1st of what we think will be many titles. Samuel Teah gave an incredible performance, and he beat a good fighter in Kenneth Sims Jr. Samuel will be in big fights, and he proved he can compete at the highest levels. We had an incredible turnout for this show and, we look forward to announcing our 1st card for 2019 real soon,” said Manny Rivera and Will Ruiz of Hard Hitting Promotions

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Branden Pizarro And Gadwin Rosa To Compete For NBA Title Belts As Part Of Non-Televised Undercard Of ShoBox The New Generation Friday, November 16 At The 2300 Arena In Philadelphia

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Pizarro Battles Jerome Rodriguez; Rosa Takes On Veteran German Meraz

PHILADELPHIA — November 7, 2018 — Two members of the Hard Hitting Promotions stable will fight for NBA title belts on the non-televised undercard of a ShoBox: The New Generation event on Friday, November 16 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.

 

 

 

Junior welterweight Branden Pizarro will take on Jerome Rodriguez in an eight-round bout for the NBA Intercontinental title, while undefeated super featherweight Gadwin Rosa faces German Meraz in a six-round bout for the NBA Intercontinental title.

 

 

 

Those bouts will precede a ShoBox: The New Generation tripleheader live on SHOWTIME® (9:35 p.m. ET / PT) that will feature an all-Philly showdown between undefeated Jaron Ennis and veteran Raymond Serrano. In the isiqephu co-feature, Hard Hitting Promotions’ Samuel Teah will face Kenneth Sims Jr. in a junior welterweight bout. Opening the telecast will be a super bantamweight matchup between Arnold Khegai and Jorge Diaz.

 

 

 

“The NBA belt is a great springboard title, and to have two of our young prospects fight for titles on this great card is terrific for them,” said Manny Rivera of Hard Hitting Promotions. “The NBA has a long history of champions which include Roy Jones and Hector Camacho, so we definitely think that this will be the first of many titles for Branden and Gadwin.”

 

 

 

Pizarro, of Philadelphia, has a irekhodi 12-1 with six knockouts, and the 19-year-old keeps improving with each fight. Rodriguez (7-10-3, 2 Kos), of Allentown, Penn., is battle tested and has wins over two undefeated fighters, including world-ranked Avery Sparrow.

 

 

 

Rosa ,of Ocala, Fla., kuba 8-0 with seven knockouts. The unbeaten super featherweight will look to continue his knockout prowess as he fights the 113-fight veteran German Meraz, who has faced numerous top prospects and contenders. For Rosa, this fight will be a solid indicator of where the talented youngster stands as he climbs the 130-pound ladder.

 

 

 

In more non-televised action:

 

 

 

Kieran Hooks (3-1-1, 1 KO), of Philadelphia, will fight Gledwin Ortiz (5-2, 4 Kos), of Bronx, N.Y., in a iziqubu welterweight.

 

 

 

Christian Tapia (6-0, 5 Kos). of Coamo, E-Puerto Rico, fights Darnell Pettis (3-12), of Cleveland, in a super featherweight contest.

 

 

 

Light heavyweight Benny Sinakin (1-0), of Philadelphia, will face Darren Gibbs (1-5, 1 KO), of Ferndale, me.

 

 

 

Also seeing action against opponents to be named will be super bantamweight Angel Pizarro, of Philadelphia, and light heavyweight David Stevens, of Reading, Penn., who will make his professional debut in a cruiserweight fight.

 

 

 

Tickets for the show, which is promoted by Victory Promotions in association with Hard Hitting Promotions, are priced $50, $75 futhi $125 and can be purchased at 2300arena.com futhi hardhittingpromotions.com.

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Weights from Wilmington, Delaware for Jones vs Gunn

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“Skill vs. Ingabe”

LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW–FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17TH
Wilmington, DE (February 16, 2017)–Weights from Thursday’s weigh in for the “Skill vs. Ingabe” Pay Per View card featuring future Hall of Famer Roy Jones, Jr. taking on Bare Knuckle Legend Bobby Gunn. The show will be televised LIVE ON PAY-PER beginning at 9 PM ET/ 6 PM PT
Bobby Gunn 197.4 – Roy Jones, Jr. 199
(WBF Cruiserweight title)
Kanat Islam 154.2 – Robson Assis 154.6
Frank De Alba 130.2 – German Meraz 129
Joey Tiberi, Jr. 136 – Bryan Timmons 138.2
Dan Biddle 214 – Lamont Singletary 204.8
Olimjon Nazarov 119.4 – Dagoberto Aguero 118.6
Henry Stewart 176.6 – Martez Williamson 190.6
Eddie Ortiz 162.2 – Jeff Chiffens 157.4
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ULWESIHLANU, FEBRUARY 17TH–IMPI NIGHT–THE CHASE CENTER

6:00 PM–Doors Open
7:00 PM–1st bout
9:00 PM–Pay Per View Broadcast begins

The Chase Center
815 Justison Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801

Scheduled to be in attendance are former Heavyweight champions Larry Holmes, Tim Witherspoon, Michael Spinks and Tyson Fury
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Roy Jones – Bobby Gunn Press Conference quotes

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“Skill vs. Ingabe”

LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW–FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17TH
Wilmington, DE (February 16, 2017)–Below are quotes from Wednesday’s press conference in advance of Friday night’s “Skill vs. Ingabe” Pay-Per-View showdown between Roy, Jones, Jr. and Bobby Gunn.
Roy Jones Jr.
On Bobby Gunn as an opponent:
“The thing I stand for and respect and represent – I love a person who won’t quit, futhi [Bobby Gunn] won’t quit for nothing. Uyala 72 iwina with 72 knockouts – bare-knuckle – you’re really a professional bully! You just beat people up for the hell of it… It’s what I love. People ask why I’m so motivated to fight Bobby Gunn – it’s because what I stand for in boxing, he is in bare-knuckle. I respect that.”
On the opportunity to be in the ring on Friday:
“We are getting an opportunity to share the ring, and entertain the people while we share the ring, and I am at-heart an entertainer. And this man is a killer. I’m not saying that this man is not a killer, it’s just that I trust in my abilities to go out and do things differently because that’s who I am.”
On his conditioning:
“I am in very good shape for the first time in four or five years. I feel better than I have felt in a long time. I know I have my hands full, and I know my hands are ready for battle. I know this man is coming to bring it. But that’s what we live for; that’s what we love. Come Friday night be ready for a very entertaining fight.”
Bobby Gunn


On Roy Jones Jr. as an opponent:
I’m born and bred a fighting man, since birth. I’m fighting one of the greatest fighters who ever lived. I’ve seen a lot of horsesh!t on the Internet, people running him down. Saying he’s too old, this or that. Why don’t you guys get in the ring and fight him, ke? Let me tell you something right now – I respect him more today than [the fighter he was] 20 iminyaka edlule. Because he’s more dangerous, he’s cagey, he’s a veteran. There’s nothing you can do to him he hasn’t seen.”
On his mental and physical condition coming into the fight:
“I’m coming here to fight my guts out. I’m in good shape. I’ve been training hard for this one for a long time – this man’s been in my head a long time. I go to sleep with Roy, and I wake up with Roy. He’s part of my family, we’re sick of talking about Roy. I can’t wait to see him Friday night and get it over with! I’m coming here to fight.”
On critics of the matchup:
“In a few days here, me and Roy are going to battle. We’re doing to prove a lot of critics wrong, a lot of doubters. When that bell rings, it’s only me and him in there. Ukuze sibe qotho nawe, critics mean zero. Their opinions mean nothing… [Roy Jones Jr.] said he’d come and fight me, and he’s here. He has the heart of the lion. But we’re going to get it down. I’ll shake your hand today, but I’ll tell you [to Jones Jr.] we’re in for a good fight, both of us. Roy Jones won’t forget my name for the rest of his life.”

In the main event the legendary Roy Jones, Jr. takes on Bare Knuckle legend Bobby Gunn for the WBF Cruiserweight title LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware.
Media Week Schedule
NGOLWESINE, FEBRUARY 16TH–OFFICIAL WEIGH IN–DELAWARE PARK CASINO–6PM

5:00 PM–Media Check in
6:00 PM–Fighters on the scales

Delaware Park Casino
777 Delaware Park Blvd.
Wilmington, Delaware 19720

ULWESIHLANU, FEBRUARY 17TH–IMPI NIGHT–THE CHASE CENTER

6:00 PM–Doors Open
7:00 PM–1st bout
9:00 PM–Pay Per View Broadcast begins

The Chase Center
815 Justison Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801

Scheduled to be in attendance are former Heavyweight champions Larry Holmes, Tim Witherspoon, Michael Spinks and Tyson Fury
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King’s Promotions fighters Aguero and De Alba to appear on Jones – Gunn undercard

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“Skill vs. Ingabe”

LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW–FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17TH

Dagoberto Aguero battles Olimjohn Nazarov
Frank De Alba takes on German Meraz
Wilmington, DE (February 14, 2017)-Lokhu Friday ebusuku, two members who fight under the King’s Promotions banner will be in action as Dagoberto Aguero liba Olimjohn Nazarov in a super bantamweight bout scheduled for eight-rounds, while junior lightweight Frank De Alba liba German Meraz in a bout scheduled for eight-rounds.
In the main event the legendary Roy Jones, Jr. takes on Bare Knuckle legend Bobby Gunn for the WBF Cruiserweight title LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware.
Aguero, 23 years-old of San Cristobal, Domincan Republic will be looking to make a big impression in his United States debut when he takes on the battle tested Nazarov.
“I want to thank David Feldman Promotions, Promotions King. Nelsons Promotions, and Raynelo Management are giving me an opportunity of a lifetime to show my skills in the ring,” said Aguero. “I come from nothing in the Dominican Republic, and I managed to get out alive and now I have to take advantage of opportunities like this. I’m on the card with Ring Legend Roy Jones Jr. in my first debut in the US, this is a dream come true. “
Aguero is coming off a 1st round stoppage over Juan Miguel Garcia on June 24th.
Nazarov of Tashkent, Uzbekastan has a record of 14-4 kanye 8 knockouts, will already be making his 2nd start of 2017. On January 20, he was in a tough battle with world ranked bantamweight Stephon Young before dropping an 8-round unanimous decision in Atlantic City

De Alba of Reading, PA has a record 20-2-2 kanye 9 knockouts has won 3 in a row since dropping a hotly contested majority decision to then-undefeated Omar Douglas on December 29, 2015 e Bethlehem, PA.
Frank De Alba
He has rebounded nicely with wins over Daniel Perales, Jonathan Perez, and an explosive 2nd round stoppage over Kiun Evans on September 9, 2016 in Reading, PA.
“My training has been good. I have been waiting to get back in there after 5 izinyanga,”kusho uDe Alba.
“I know Meraz is a Mexican, and I expect him to come forward, and it will be a great war.”
De Alba is very excited about the opportunity to fight on a high profile card that will be headlined by Roy Jones, Jr.
“I am very much looking forward to fight on this card that will be headlined by Roy Jones, Jr. He is a legend, and to share the same ring as him is a great honor.”
The Douglas fight was a good experience for De Alba, and his performance in his subsequent bouts has shown that he has learned and raised his game from that contest.
“After the Douglas loss, that fight made me aware of my talent. I could have won that fight. I learned that I have the talent and now the experience that will pave the way in my career. But first things first. I am just ready to get back in the ring ngolwesihlanu and perform in Wilmington, and hopefully make some new fans for Team De Alba.”
Meraz of Agua Prieta, Mexico has fought a staggering 97 izikhathi in 12 Eminyakeni. At nje 30 years-old Meraz has posted a record of 55-41-1 kanye 32 knockouts.

Meraz has fought 5 ompetha bomhlaba.

In iziqubu yakhe yokugcina, Meraz lost a 6-round unanimous decision to Hairon Socarras on February 3rd in Philadelphia.
Ngo 6-round iziqubu:
Samuel ezilungisiwe (9-1-1, 3 KO sika) liba Daniel Parales (10-7-1, 5 KO sika) of Monterrey, Mexico in a super lightweight bout.
Ngo-4-round iziqubu:
Joey Tiberi, Jr. (13-2, 6 KO sika) of Newark, Delaware will fight Bryan Timmons (5-8, 5 KO sika) of St. Joseph, Missouri in lightweight bout.

Henry Stewart (2-0, 2 KO sika) of Toronto, Canada squares off Robert Mendoza (1-8, 1 KO) of Frankfurt, Indiana.

Dan Biddle (9-5, 5 KO sika) of Wilmington, Delaware will fight Lamont Singletary (7-1, 4 KO sika) of Dover, Delaware in a cruiserweight battle.
Eddie Ortiz (2-0-1, 2 KO sika) of San Antonio, Texas takes on pro debuting Jeff Chiffens of Wilmington, Delaware in a middleweight bout.
Media Week Schedule
ULWESITHATHU, FEBRUARY 15TH FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE CHASE CENTER–12 PM NOON
11:30 AM–Media Check in

The Chase Center

815 Justison Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801

ULWESITHATHU, FEBRUARY 15TH OPEN WORKOUT–CROSSFIT RIVERFRONT AT 2 PM
1:00 Media only check-in

2:00 Open Workouts–Public let in

Crossfit Riverfront
512 Jutison Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801

NGOLWESINE, FEBRUARY 16TH–OFFICIAL WEIGH IN–DELAWARE PARK CASINO–6PM

5:00 PM–Media Check in
6:00 PM–Fighters on the scales

Delaware Park Casino
777 Delaware Park Blvd.
Wilmington, Delaware 19720

ULWESIHLANU, FEBRUARY 17TH–IMPI NIGHT–THE CHASE CENTER

6:00 PM–Doors Open
7:00 PM–1st bout
9:00 PM–Pay Per View Broadcast begins

The Chase Center
815 Justison Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801

Scheduled to be in attendance are former Heavyweight champions Larry Holmes, Tim Witherspoon, Michael Spinks and Tyson Fury
SKILL VS WILL will be distributed live throughout North America via cable and satellite in High Definition by New York-based MultiVision Media, Inc. The broadcast will premiere on Friday, February 17th at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT and will be carried throughout the month on video-on-demand. Please consult your local guide for channels and encores in your area. The suggested retail price is $24.99. The event will also be available worldwide on home computers, laptops, Smart TVs, iPhones, iPads, AppleTV, and Android devices on FITE-TV, Flipps, and other OTT (over-the-top) streaming services.
Tickets are on sale now ranging from $55 – $300 futhi angathengwa ngokubiza (484) 935-3378 & www.firststatefights.com

Roy Jones, Jr. vs Bobby Gunn, promoted by David Feldman Promotions and the Casino at Delaware Park.
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Ward vs. Barrera + Diaz Jr. vs. Velez Final Cindezela Quotes Conference and Izithombe

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EZIMBILI-TIME World Champion u-Andre WARD VS. Ezingakanqotshwa SULLIVAN Barrera

NABF featherweight iqhawe UJOSEFA Diaz JR. VS. NguJayson Velez

FINAL TINKHULUMO press conference kanye IZITHOMBE

SHOWDOWNS asibekela MHLAKA, MARCH 26

AT yelizwi ARENA IN Oakland, CALIFORNIA

Isiqephu LIVE ON HBO®

Chofoza LAPHA ngoba Ama ifotho

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Oakland, NJENGE (March 23, 2015) - Ngolwesithathu, March 23, Roc Nation Sports wasingatha lokugcina press conference for Two-Time World Champion kanye top-ukalwe ganda-for-ganda fighter Andre Ward(28-0, 15 Kos) futhi nenombolo eyodwa rated IBF ukukhanya Olwa sosondonzima Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 Kos) at Lake Merritt Amphitheater e Oakland, California kusengaphambili of zabo March 26 ukulwa Oracle Arena, Oakland. Ward Barrera uzohlangana 12-round inombolo IBF eyodwa isikhundla naletibekiwe nesikhundla Eliminator iziqubu isiqephu bukhoma ku-HBO World Championship Boxing® isiqala at 9:45 p.m. KANYE/PT. NABF featherweight Champion Joseph "Jojo" Diaz Jr. (19-0, 11 Kos) kanye top-ukalwe Olwa featherweight NguJayson "La Maravilla" Velez (23-1-1, 16 Kos) ayewusizo futhi nalapho ababekhona on ipulpiti press conference esibheke Lake Merritt kuqala kunokunethezeka 10-round NABF featherweight isihloko mpi okuzobe ukuvula HBO telecast.

 

Ward vs. Barrera is ekwakheni eba impi baphikisana kakhulu phakathi fighters ezimbili bobabili baye esephendukela owakhe nomdlalo-yamelana Unified Light wesibhakela World Champion Sergey Kovalev.

 

Ngezansi lokho fighters, abagqugquzeli, Abaqeqeshi, abaphathi kanye nezinye ipulpiti izimenywa ayezokusho at sabezindaba:

 

 

U-André WARD, Two-Time World Champion kanye top-ukalwe ganda-for-ganda fighter:

"Ngifuna ukubonga wonke umuntu ephuma njengenjwayelo. I Bay Area uyindawo enhle. Asazi ngokuvamile imali eyanele ukuze ithalente ephuma lapha, kodwa ngoba base fan, kungcono okusika. Ngingumfana nje ngokuthi ngokuba kusukela endaweni enjengale futhi ngiyambonga nothando nokusekelwa zonke umcimbi ukuthi siletha lapha. Ngiyabonga ukuthi mina kanye guys like Marshawn Lynch, Damian Lillard kanye Warriors wafaka le ndawo ebalazweni futhi kukhanga abantu abengeziwe ukuqaphela esiteji kazwelonke. Lokho kubaluleke ngempela kimi.

 

"Ngokwazi mpi ngokwayo, Kulula kakhulu kimi ... ubani owazi mina, bayazi ukuthi ngisebenza futhi bayazi ukuthi I uphawu. Angazi ingagxili okulandelayo. Angazi ingagxili ukuthi abantu bathini. Yimina engaziyo okushiwoyo. Ngiyazi ukuthi yini esitheni sami abekusho mina ngithathe kuye ngezwi lakhe. Ngiye kwenziwa konke Ngithathe okufanele bakwenze, like mina ngihlala ngisenza lezizinto futhi like engikwenzele owokugcina 10 zeminyaka career yami. Ngiye kuthathwe on the best ... uma akusiwona elinye iqhawe ke olwa phezulu ... futhi lokhu alihlukile. You guys nje nazi ukuthi Ngikhathazekile ngco nekuphindze ubasite ekuhlanganiseni bazivalele like I am njalo. Ngingumfana ukulungele futhi sengikulungele impi ukuza March 26."

SULLIVAN Barrera, Inombolo eyodwa rated IBF ukukhanya Olwa sosondonzima:

"Ngangifuna ukuba abonge ngokuza lapha. Ngifuna ukubonga HBO, ngiyabonga wonke umuntu. Ngiyabonga Andre Amakomidi ngokwamukela impi yami. Ngithembisa yilowo nalowo ongena enkundleni ukuthi ngiye ngaba nokulungiselela enkulu futhi lena iphupho enkulu. Ngalobo busuku, Ngiyaye umbukiso omkhulu kuwo wonke umuntu. "

DAVID ITSKOWITCH, COO Boxing - Roc Nation Ezemidlalo:

"Ababili phezulu heavyweights ukukhanya osemhlabeni zishayisane ku March 26. Sinenkosi irekhodi angumfelandawonye 45-0 kanye 27 Kos futhi akubuzwa, kutjho bona enambitha ukunqotshwa njengoba uchwepheshe. Nakuba umuntu ngamunye has Umphikisi esesabekayo phambi kwakhe, bobabili babe amehlo abo Sergey Kovalev futhi abathathu nezwe lakhe isihloko emixhakeni, kodwa okokuqala ngolunye udaba ukuze ngomgqibelo ebusuku.

 

"Noma nini lapho sengiphuma Oakland umcimbi mina nginengu-Andre emcimbini lapho yena nokukhuluma nabezindaba, ushaya mina ukuthi kusobala, he is a talent ekhethekile athletically, kodwa futhi okhethekile futhi ngiyethemba wonke umuntu lapha e Oakland uyaqonda futhi uyakwazisa lokho. Muhle umkhaya umuntu olunezimiso owayehlale uzama ukwenza into efanele nokuthi kuyinto ezingavamile ekuphileni kulezi zinsuku, kodwa akuvamile ikakhulukazi kwezemidlalo. Ngithemba nina bafana umazise. Boxing careers phakade. Uthi ngeke ekulweni phakade, ngakho wonke umuntu kufanele ukwazise lokho onakho lapha e Andre Ward.

 

"Andre ethumba indondo yegolide kuma-Olympics e-Athene futhi U.S lokugcina. boxer zabaleka. uhlu Yakhe yezitha ezinqotshiwe ifundeka kanje njengale a ubani ngubani we super middleweight division. Wabuye ayebuswa futhi akhishwe zangaphambili ukukhanya sosondonzima iqhawe kwezwe, Chad Dawson in yabo 2012 Yimpi. In fight yakhe yokugcina, yena wabusa omunye ezimbili-time isihloko emhlabeni inselele Paul Smith June 20 at Oracle Arena. Yena uqala on esahlukweni esilandelayo kwenkonzo yakhe phezu March 26, kubuyela Oracle Arena waphinda, njengoba wenza isinyathelo kuze kube ukukhanya division sosondonzima sokulungela ukwenza noma yini akwenza division super middleweight ... ukuhlanza bese ubusa wonke umuntu oma endleleni yakhe. "

UNICOLE Dove, Vice President of Marketing and Umeluleki Jikelele - Events Main:

"Ngingathanda ngempela uthanda ukubonga Andre Ward. Akazange abe ngalo fighter Ezingakanqotshwa empini yakhe yokuqala at sosondonzima ukukhanya, kodwa wakwenza futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kuyatuseka.

 

"Ngo impi yakhe yokugcina, Sullivan waba Olwa kuphoqelekile Sergey Kovalev sika-IBF Bopha ibhande. Wayengase bahlala emuva futhi walindela isicoco sakhe mpi, kodwa kunalokho wabona impi yokulwa Andre Ward njengethuba lokuzibonela ngempela ukufinyelela ngokuba ubukhulu wenza. Njengoba wena wonke wazi, Izenzakalo Ezisemqoka kanye Roc Nation Sports Uhlele enkulu Andre Lesigceme Sergey Kovalev kamuva kulo nyaka futhi Sullivan Barrera can ucasuke ngempela ukuthi apple Kufakiwe.

 

"Womabili la madoda, Sullivan no-Andre, baye konke ugibele ngomphumela NgoMgqibelo fight. In the sezulu esinaso boxing manje, kungcono ukuthi kuqabula kanjani ukubona warriors abaphila ngempela ababezalwa asesabi ukuthatha izingozi. Bobabili siwahloniphe nenhlonipho ukuthi. Yilokhu sport wethu kufanele kube mayelana.

 

"Sullivan Barrera kuyinto Ezingakanqotshwa nge ogciniwe 17-0 kanye 12 iwina iza ngendlela Knockout. Wavele waphenduka 34, inyanga edlule, okuyinto ungase ucabange kancane elidala leli phuzu emsebenzini wakhe. Yini ongase abangayazi ukuthi wayenobuhlobo umse-benzi wokuziphilisa amateur Cuba bese walahlekelwa iminyaka eminingana esemusha ngenkathi defecting United States. He eze elide ngempela ukuba lapha namhlanje okwamanje futhi leli thuba. Elambile, unethemba futhi ukulungele. "

Virgil Hunter, Umqeqeshi Andre Ward sika:

"Lena ikhadi kumnandi ne abadlali fantastic abazama ukwenza indlela yabo emhlabeni isibhakela. Uma le mpi okwakwenzeka imuphi omunye umuzi, kwakuzoba umcimbi omkhulu. Yini esifuna ukuyenza kuyinto uqiniseke ukuthi Oakland uyasiqonda, nokuthi ezungezile Bay Area uyasiqonda, ubukhulu kwalo mcimbi ukuze sikwazi ukuqhubeka ukuletha okusezingeni eliphezulu boxing ku Oakland. Oakland yindawo yokuzalela fighters phezulu futhi thina kakade unayo them. The more ukuthi asisekele, the more ukuthi lezi kulwelwa kuzobonakala uzobona isikhathi big phezulu.

 

"Bathi amanye amanethiwekhi Ukushaya fighters, kodwa HBO kwenza izinkanyezi, ngakho siyajabula ukuba babe yingxenye yalesi. Sikucela ukuba aphume futhi basekele le mpi. Phuma Saturday ebusuku futhi ujabulele kwenu kahle ebusuku isibhakela top. "

BEN lire, Sullivan Barrera sika Trainer:

"Ngifuna ukubonga bonke abantu ababeka ndawonye kulesi senzakalo super ngomgqibelo. Silapha ukuze abukisa omkhulu futhi Sullivan uye wenza konke angakwenza ukuze alungiselele yena kulesi sehlakalo. He uyazazi izinselele phambi kwakhe, kodwa uyakholelwa ngokwakhe futhi ukholelwa ukuthi le isikhathi sakhe ukukhombisa umphakathi kanye nezethameli yokubuka ukuthi lena lapho ekhona. He is khona ukwenza isitatimende.

 

"Ngaphezu kwakho konke, siyakuhlonipha Mr. Amakomidi wempumelelo yakhe, ukuthembeka kwakhe futhi iyindoda super guy in the kwezemidlalo. Kuhle ukuba yingxenye yalolu. Thina walungisa kahle futhi sesenze konke kumele uze Saturday ukunikeza izilaleli wokubuka a show super omkhulu ngoba yilokhu boxing imayelana. Kumayelana ukusebenza futhi bobabili fighters uthole ukwenza kulelizinga emcimbini omkhulu. Thina badunyiswa ukuba babe yingxenye yalesi sehlakalo. Sesikwenze konke esingase sikwazi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi siphume futhi abukisa fabulous. "

UJAMES INKOSANA, Imenenja Andre Ward sika:

"Lena isikhashana zomlando kithi. Thina kokungena 175 ganda ukukhanya sosondonzima division. Lena nakancane ukuthi edolobheni akafuni miss. Lona mzuzu ekuqaleni inhlangano. Barrera kwenzeka nje ukuba isisulu sokuqala futhi sesikude ukubhekana naye ngokufanele. Sake kokuzwa eziningi inkulumo kanye nengxoxo ezenzeka lapho ukhathazeke, futhi siyazi ukuthi uyakholelwa konke akushoyo. Kwaphinda lokho, sijabulile leli thuba futhi ungafuni ukuba miss le-mlando ngomgqibelo ebusuku. "

UJOSEFA Díaz JR., NABF featherweight Champion:

"Woza March 26, Ngiyazi ukuthi kudingeka balwe ngempela ezinzima ngaphambi kwami. Ngiyazi nguJayson Velez kuyinto veteran nakho ring. Muhle neqhawe. Anakho-eziyisithupha ye-intshi abanakusithola inzuzo phezu kwami ​​+ ngakho-ke kuzoba empini enkulu ngempela. Ngiyazi ukuthi izothini off kucima, ngakho Ngiyazi ukuthi ufisa ngempela bounce back futhi ubonise wonke umuntu ukuthi yena namanje olwa isihloko emhlabeni.

 

"Mina kwadingeka ekamu elikhulu ngempela ukuqeqeshwa. Bengilokhu ukuqeqesha for esingamasonto ayisishiyagalombili. Lesi yisikhathi sami sokuqala ukulwa HBO, ngakho Ngifuna ukukushintsha nge- mpela sikhangise ukuthi ngingubani ngempela. Ngingumfana 110% ngomumo. Sengilungele ukunikeza lokulwa abalandeli a impi uma nguJayson Velez ufuna ukuba impi. Sengilungele sikhangise bonke wonke amakhono enginakho ngaphakathi esiyingini. Ngijabulile kakhulu elwa ekhadini Andre Lesigceme Sullivan Barrera. Ubathola abasubathi ababili elite and Ngingumfana ngihloniphekile kakhulu ukuba umcimbi co-main for kule mpi. Njenge March 26, Ngithembisa Ngizofika ukukunika show enkulu. "

NguJayson Velez, Top angcolile Olwa featherweight:

"Ngifuna ukubonga uNkulunkulu kuqala, kusobala wenza konke okusemandleni. Ngifuna ukubonga abagqugquzeli yami, Miguel Cotto Promotions futhi Golden Boy Promotions kanye nethimba lami lonke. Anginayo kakhulu kunzima ukusho futhi ukuthi lena empini enkulu. UJosefa iyeza ukulwa. I azolwa. Sobabili ufuna ukunqoba. Sobabili ukuthatha izinselele. Abantu ziyaqhubeka zicela kimi ukuthi kungani ngayilandela le mpi esiyingozi futhi impendulo kulula ... uma ngifuna ukuba kube best, Kumele ulwe best. Joseph kungenye yezindlela ezingcono kakhulu.

 

Ithi: "Ngalahlekelwa impi yami lokugcina, ngakho Ngidinga ukunqoba. Ngifuna ukuwina. Ngeke ngikutshele ukuthi ngubani elizonqoba kule mpi ngoba sobabili kukhona fighters ezinkulu namaqhawe. Muhle Mexican, Ngikhathazekile Puerto Rican, futhi uma une Puerto Rican kanye Mexican esiyingini efanayo, uzobona impi. Uzobona isivinini, amandla, konke kule mpi. Muhle a fighter omkhulu futhi Ngijabulile kangaka. Siyabonga ukuba wonke futhi hlala ubukele lokhu ngoMgqibelo futhi ngiyabonga HBO Yebo. "

 

ROBERT Díaz, Head Matchmaker - Golden Boy Promotions:

"Ngokusobala umcimbi main liyazikhulumela. Ufanele u-Andre Ward Ukuqhathanisa intokazi umfana Ezingakanqotshwa like Sullivan Barrera, kodwa umcimbi co-main uya uqhatha amabili amajuba, fighters ulambile ngomunye nomunye nguJayson Velez noJosefa Diaz. Ubathola kokubili abasha. Ubathola uzimisele ukuwuthatha ngosuku lwempi best, ngosuku lwempi eziqine ubufakazi kwalokho indlela okulula ngayo kwakuwukuba ngihlanganise le mpi.

 

"Ngijabulile kakhulu ngalokhu mpi. Awufuni ukuba miss 10 emahlandla isihloko NABF.

"NguJayson Velez is a young, lion elambile ubani ofuna ukuba basukume esiteji futhi uyazi ukuthi okuphawulekayo ukunqoba phezu Joseph Diaz kuyinto. Wayeyiqonda ithuba ukulwa HBO and ikhadi okusika. Ngifuna kukukhumbuza uhlamvu nguJayson Velez. In a imini yobudala lapho othanda ukulwa nolahlekelwa ufuna ukuthatha mhlawumbe asebuya ngezinkani noma imizwilili up, noma emibili noma emithathu, ngaphambi kokuba uthathe ukulwa eyingozi futhi nguJayson Velez bayayenza ngakwesokudla ngemva. Lokho kukhombisa ukuthi ufuna ukuba uthole emuva phezulu futhi uyazi ukuthi kufanele akwenze ukuze athole lapho ... it has ukuba kube ngovimba ukulwa top-level afana noJosefa Diaz. "

URALPH Heredia, Imenenja Joseph Diaz sika:

 

"Akuve kuyilungelo ukuba silapha, a ithuba elikhulu ukuba anikwe leli thuba ukuze sikhangise onekhono, 2012 Olympian. Ukuze Joseph, yilokhu sakhuluma, ngiyabonga ngokuba isiguli, usukulungele ithuba. Siyazi ukuthi umuntu okhethekile osemusha futhi umuntu abanamakhono wena, kodwa manje wonke umhlaba uyobe uthole ukubona esiteji elikhulu yeka talent, yeka umnumzana real futhi yeka fighter kumele kube ... afana noJosefa Diaz.

 

"Yini engingayisho noma engingayenza mayelana nguJayson Velez? Muhle umnumzana ngubani okwaziyo at esigxotsheni futhi owake wabhekana. Ngikholwe, ungafuni ukuba miss le. Saturday, kumele balalele. Kuzoba yinto ukulwa ezimatasa. "

 

 

JOSE "UKUTHI LEYO" Sánchez, Umqeqeshi nguJayson Velez sika:

"Ngibona Diaz empini enkulu, kodwa mina abe nguJayson zisesimweni esihle kakhulu futhi ukulungele ngoba impi. Ngiyazi ukuthi kuzoba ukulwa okuhle ngoba abakulungele, futhi into okufanayo fighter yami nguJayson Velez. Wayesebenza kanzima kakhulu kule mpi futhi ngiyazi ukulungele ngoba impi. "

 

 

UBONGANI WALKER, Director, HBO Sports:

"Ngasohlangothini lwethu Executive Vice President Peter Nelson, siyajabula kakhulu ukuba lapha e-Bay Area, sixuku esikhulu futhi esikhulu wesibhakela abalandeli, njengoba sibheke ukuletha wena lokhu doubleheader ngomgqibelo ebusuku.

 

"Akulula edonsa ndawonye a big isibhakela nomdlalo futhi lezi amaqembu babambisana ikhadi omkhulu kusukela phezulu kuya phansi, ngakho nakuba bonke kuvelaphi ukulwa ngeke sibe phezu HBO, uma ufuna ukubukela ezinye boxing enkulu, iya ku Oracle Arena futhi uma une ekhaya, hlola it out on HBO.

 

"Kuwo yethu 43 iminyaka lwezinhlelo on HBO, boxing bekulokhu kuyingxenye ebalulekile kulokho esikwenzayo. Sike njalo babeqhosha ngokwethu ngokuthi fighters umhlabeleli kanye midlalo best, futhi sizizwa okuhle kakhulu ukuthi leli siko izobamba godu njengoba Andre Ward kwenza kwakhe 2016 okokuqala ring. In the ring isibhakela, ukuthi akakaze Kunconywa ukuthi wena bashalazela elambile, fighter Ezingakanqotshwa like esinazo Sullivan Barrera, ngakho Ngingathanda ukwamukela Sullivan inethiwekhi futhi simbonge ngokuthatha le nselele.

 

"Ivula i-telecast TV kuyoba uJosefa Diaz ngokumelene nguJayson Velez, guys ezimbili up-and-ozayo young, guns amabili amajuba, abacabanga usukulungele esiteji enkulu. Sekukonke, ukuthi kuzoba telecast omkhulu, 9:45 PM ET sathembisa wena ubusuku ezifundisayo futhi bezijabulisa nokusakaza ithimba lethu. "

Ward vs. Barrera, 12-round IBF inombolo eyodwa isikhundla naletibekiwe isikhundla Eliminator okuyinto eyethulwe Roc Nation Sports sikanye Events Main, ithatha indawo Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Oracle Arena e Oakland, California. The event is sponsored by Corona Extra, Ticketmaster, Izikhangibavakashi Corporate Management Solutions (CTMS), Jabulile, ifayela ye-log, Zappos, BodyArmor, SAN Nutrition, Shoe Palace, I Waterfront Ihhotela futhi Vakashela Oakland. Lo mcimbi uzobe isiqephu bukhoma ku-HBO World Championship Boxing ekuqaleni 9:45 p.m. KANYE/PT. Ukuvula HBO telecast kuyoba Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. NguJayson Velez in a 10-round mpi isihloko NABF featherweight eyethulwe Golden Boy Promotions sikanye Miguel Cotto Promotions.

 

Amathikithi ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe at $300, $150, $100, $50 futhi $25, angafaki esebenzayo ukushajwa ngamasevisi okungenzeka kanye nezintela ayatholakala kuzo zonke izindawo Ticketmaster, online at Ticketmaster.com (bit.ly/WardBarreraTix) futhi babize ngocingo at (800) 745-3000.

 

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EZIMBILI-TIME World Champion u-Andre WARD VS. Ezingakanqotshwa SULLIVAN Barrera

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NABF featherweight iqhawe UJOSEFA Diaz JR. VS. NguJayson Velez

MEDIA TINKHULUMO Amazing IZITHOMBE

SHOWDOWNS asibekela MHLAKA, MARCH 26

AT yelizwi ARENA IN Oakland, CALIFORNIA

Isiqephu LIVE ON HBO®

Chofoza LAPHA ngoba Ama ifotho

Photo Credit: Roc Nation Ezemidlalo / Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos

Oakland, NJENGE (March 23, 2015) - Ngolwesibili, March 22, Two-Time World Champion kanye top-ukalwe ganda-for-ganda fighter Andre Ward (28-0, 15 Kos) futhi nenombolo eyodwa rated IBF ukukhanya Olwa sosondonzima Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 Kos) yenhlolokhono Amazing nabezindaba Gym King ngo-Oakland, California kusengaphambili of zabo March 26 ukulwa Oracle Arena, Oakland. Ward Barrera uzohlangana 12-round inombolo IBF eyodwa isikhundla naletibekiwe nesikhundla Eliminator iziqubu isiqephu bukhoma ku-HBO World Championship Boxing® isiqala at 9:45 p.m. KANYE/PT. NABF featherweight Champion Joseph "Jojo" Diaz Jr. (19-0, 11 Kos) kanye top-ukalwe Olwa featherweight Jayson "Inkanyezi" Velez (23-1-1, 16 Kos) ayewusizo futhi nalapho ababekhona ngesikhathi Amazing kuqala kunokunethezeka 10-round NABF featherweight isihloko mpi okuzobe ukuvula HBO telecast.

 

Ngemva shadowboxing esiyingini a kwamarounds ezimbalwa izikhwama isibhakela, bonke fighters ezine nengxenye emikhankasweni waxoxa namalungu nabezindaba ababekhona. Super Bowl Champion futhi Oakland bomdabu Marshawn Lynch, i ukufunda Andre Ward umsekeli, wenza ukubukeka esikhethekile phakathi Amazing ekusekeleni Ward.

 

Ngezansi lokho fighters ayekusho zokugcina nabezindaba Amazing:

 

U-André WARD, Two-Time World Champion kanye top-ukalwe ganda-for-ganda fighter:

"Ngizizwa okuhle futhi ngikulungele ukuya. Ngithathe NEKUKHULUMA ngesikhathi esifanele. Ngingumfana nje ejabulile bayithole ngomgqibeloebusuku.

 

"Ngangivame ukushayela by Oracle Arena on 880 njengoba izinyane ngiya Gym iNkosi futhi bayazibuza ukuthi ngiyoke ngikwazi ukwenza kube khona ngelinye ilanga futhi [trainer] Virgil [Hunter] esetshenziswa ukusho la mazwi ngokuqiniseka, 'Uya kwesihloko lapho.' Njengoba ngikhula, Ngangivame ukuya ezinye amakhadi wagqoka enkundleni. Ngangineminyaka namanje i amateur futhi ngingathanda nje baphupha. Into Next niyazi, in 2009, Ngangingakwazi nosinki noma ukubhukuda ekulweni Edison Miranda. Uma Nganqoba, kwakukhona cishe ithuba elihle ukuthi ngingathanda uthole shot isihloko bese siyazi ukuthi kwenzekani emva. Yithi laba aphinde, kungcono yami 7th isikhathi at Oracle futhi kusenzima isibusiso.

 

"Kwakuyisikhathi esifanele ukuze bathuthele esigabeni sosondonzima ukukhanya. Kwakuyisikhathi inhlanganisela ngingabazi guys ilungelo ukulwa noma guys ukuthi wayengafuni ukuba alwe nami. Ngifuna ukuba mkhulu. Lezi izinhlobo uhamba kufanele wenze. Ngingumfana umfundi lo mdlalo futhi lapho ngifunda lo mdlalo, yilokhu greats oyenzile njalo. Awamukele. Yabakhulu ukuthola indlela ukukwenza futhi ngifuna kube njalo ngalolo ingxoxo.

 

"Barrera umzimba omkhulu. Muhle eqiniseka. Kubonakala sengathi puncher omuhle. Sasingalindeli usiyise kulowo ngoba yena a touch elithambile. We yamthola ngoba wayehamba uthole kimi ngomumo angibonise lokho kuleli kilasi isisindo imayelana. Uma ubuka career yami, kukhona indawo for kutsha-ups okuyinto Angizange eziningi. Ufuna ukuba alwe best futhi uma kungukuthi silwa best, ufuna ukuba balwe Olwa inombolo eyodwa. Yilokho esikwenzayo.

 

"Ngicabanga ukuthi ngokwemvelo nginesibindi ivela i fighter ephumelelayo. Ngiyahamba ekhaya lapho kumele ukuhambisa. Ngicabanga ukuthi ubuhle yimuphi athlete ongazali uhlukumeza umzimba wakhe futhi kuthatha ngempela izikebhe yakhe sina. Sengike ngakubona ezinye izihloko bezisholo Ngayikhumbula zokuvuthwa kwami. Akuve crazy kimi. Nginomuzwa wokuthi ngingumuntu kwafana engake. I uke waba gym wesibhakela ngaphandle esiningi nekhefu esidlule 20 Eminyakeni. Ubuchopho ami ayengibonga minyaka emibili edlule. umzimba wami wangibonga. It anginikele eminye iminyaka emibili emsebenzini wami.

 

"Kudingeka ngizikhandle ukuze nje ube nami. Who I am kwanele. Anginayo ukukhombisa up for Kovalev esixukwini ngomgqibeloebusuku. Thina nje lelisu umdlalo. Ngicabanga ukuthi kwenzekani ukuthumela umyalezo ukuthi engabe ukuthumela futhi uma asipheli, ngemva kwalokho [Kovalev] uthole umyalezo lapho silwa.

 

"Uma Angazi ukunqoba le mpi, akukho lutho phansi komgwaqo. Uma Angazi ukunqoba le mpi, I awufanelwe ukulwela isicoco. Yileso ngokoqobo isimo sami.

 

"Barrera ayikaze alwa umfana onjengami phambi, ukuze bakwazi ukukhuluma umdlalo omuhle. Bangakwazi linqobe sematheni eziholela ukulwa. Bangasho zonke izinto bahlakaniphe bafuna ukukusho. Thina nje ufuna linqobe sematheni Sunday ekuseni ngemuva kokuthi kuqubuke impi uphezu. Yilokho Ngingumfana ligxilile. "

 

SULLIVAN Barrera, Inombolo eyodwa rated IBF ukukhanya Olwa sosondonzima:

"Ngikhathazekile elinamandla kumuntu kunokubukela i Ward. I sibe nolwazi oluyisisekelo Cuban futhi ngafunda okuningi amakhono khona. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, Ukuzimisela ukunqoba lutho phambi kwami, iyongisiza anqobe Ward on March 26.

 

"Ngesinye isikhathi mina ngikuBaba ring, kungcono indlu yami.

 

"Kungakhathaliseki Ward has, Ngizokwenza ulungise kuso futhi ukuyinqoba.

 

"Enginakho, ngezandla zombili. Anakho izandla ezimbili. Nginesifo umsebenzi ukuze senze March 26.

 

"Ngiyazi Lesigceme Kovalev ehlonishwa kakhulu futhi enza imali eningi futhi abaningi abanesithakazelo, kodwa abazi ukuthi yini Sullivan Barrera okwazi ukwenza. Ngizoba ukuthi ngomgqibelo.

 

"Angiyena ngempela umfana ukuthi unakho ukuba ufune Knockout. amakhono My boxing azikhulumele. I am ekulweni Andre Ward nokulwa lapha e Oakland, ngakho angicabangi isinqumo izobe esivuna yami.

 

"Ukuze wonke abalandeli, ikakhulukazi abalandeli Cuban eziye okwangisekela sicela wazi ukuthi eze Saturday, Ngizomenzela ukwenza konke okufanele ngiyenze ukuze baphume enqobile. "

UJOSEFA Díaz JR., NABF featherweight Champion:

"Angikwazi alindele lokho nguJayson akwenza ukuze Ronny Rios phakathi kule mpi. Ngifanele khona, ayivivinye futhi ulungise uma I am in the ring.

 

"Uma ithuba livela lapho yena ubuhlungu futhi ngibona ukuthi punches ami esibekele kuye, ke Yebo Ngizofika uthole lapho, anonya futhi uqiniseke Ngithatha bayikhiphele kusenesikhathi.

 

"Ngiyazi zingangeni ngaphakathi, ukusika esiyingini okufaka emzimbeni ngaso leso sikhathi ngeke kumdikibalise phansi. Lokho uya amenze akusenzi esiningi kamuva emahlandla Angikwazi umhlaba amagalelo ngonya ikhanda. Ngizofika niwayise umzimba kwesokudla away.

 

"Engqondweni I am 100% ngomumo. Lena sigaba enkulu emsebenzini wami, ngakho Ngithathe egxile ngengqondo. Ngikhathazekile walungisa kahle. Ngizizwa like leli mzuzu sengilinde wonke kukho konke ukuphila kwami. Ngizizwa sengathi ngisemgodini selikulungele lokhu futhi angikwazi ukulinda ngoba March 26. Ngaqeqeshwa kanzima kakhulu kule mpi, futhi nginesiqiniseko ukulungele kahle ngoba.

 

"Ngangimhlonipha ngempela ufuna ukwenza isitatimende kule mpi. Ngifuna ukukhombisa izwe ukuthi uJosefa Diaz kungaba into enkulu ezayo ekushayeni isibhakela, ngakho ngaqeqeshwa kanzima kakhulu ukuze agqoke empini enkulu for the abalandeli ukulwa, anonya kakhulu futhi enze kube khona impi lapho. Ngithemba ukuthi nguJayson Velez kuyinto 110% ukulungele ngaye ngoba ngifuna ukuba zihlalisane best yakhe.

 

"Uma ngimehlula kule mpi nokuthi wenze isitatimende, Ngicabanga bathuthele isimo Olwa futhi ngethemba ukuthola isihloko izwe amdubula ekupheleni kwalo nyaka. Ngifuna ukulwa izimbangi ezinzima kulo nyaka ngoba ngifuna ukukhombisa izwe ukuthi ngingubani.

 

"Ngizizwa ngiyisithunywa isilo lapho mina angene ring futhi angikwazi ukukubona sparring. Noma nini Ngithathe kokufika amagalelo ngempumelelo, Ngingakutshela ukuthi engikuyala awokulimaza esitheni sami. "

NguJayson Velez, Top angcolile Olwa featherweight:

"Ezingeni yami, zonke guy is a Olwa top. I lokuqeqesha nzima futhi sithuthukise ngiziphendulele. Bengilokhu ngisebenza ngalolo.

 

"Uma ubona yami kule minyaka emithathu noma emine kulwelwa, uzobona ukuthi bengilokhu ubusa in umbhangqwana wokuqala ka emahlandla bese mina run out of gas, Bengisebenza on amandla ami ukuze ngeke kwenzeke March 26.

 

"Ngalokho ngikubonile lokho kulwelwa Diaz sika. Sike sparred izikhathi ezimbalwa. Ufanele isivinini. Ufanele indlala. Kuba HBO okokuqala yakhe, ngakho nakanjani okushukunyiswa, kodwa kanjalo am I. It kuzoba empini enkulu.

 

"Ngifuna ukuba iqhawe izwi. Ngiyazi ukuthi kakhulu afuna. Ngomgqibelo, siyobe sazi ukuthi ubani ofuna it more. Thina bobabili bafuna ukuwina sobabili ukuqeqeshelwa win. A mpi phakathi kwamandla kanye nesivinini omkhulu match-up. Ingasaphathwa yena Mexican mina nginengu Puerto Rican. Ungalindela empini enkulu futhi akunjalo ofuna miss. "

 

 

Ward vs. Barrera, 12-round IBF inombolo eyodwa isikhundla naletibekiwe isikhundla Eliminator okuyinto eyethulwe Roc Nation Sports sikanye Events Main, ithatha indawo Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Oracle Arena e Oakland, California. The event is sponsored by Corona Extra, Ticketmaster, Izikhangibavakashi Corporate Management Solutions (CTMS), Jabulile, ifayela ye-log, Zappos, BodyArmor, SAN Nutrition, Shoe Palace, I Waterfront Ihhotela futhi Vakashela Oakland. Lo mcimbi uzobe isiqephu bukhoma ku-HBO World Championship Boxing ekuqaleni 9:45 p.m. KANYE/PT. Ukuvula HBO telecast kuyoba Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. NguJayson Velez in a 10-round mpi isihloko NABF featherweight eyethulwe Golden Boy Promotions sikanye Miguel Cotto Promotions.

 

Amathikithi ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe at $300, $150, $100, $50 futhi $25, angafaki esebenzayo ukushajwa ngamasevisi okungenzeka kanye nezintela ayatholakala kuzo zonke izindawo Ticketmaster, online at Ticketmaster.com (bit.ly/WardBarreraTix) futhi babize ngocingo at (800) 745-3000.

 

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Non-Televised Undercard Fights For Andre Ward vs. Sullivan Barrera March 26 + In-Arena Entertainment

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ROC NATION SPORTS ANNOUNCES NON-TELEVISED UNDERCARD FIGHTS

FOR ANDRE WARD VS. SULLIVAN Barrera

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT SHOWDOWN ON MHLAKA, MARCH 26

AT yelizwi ARENA IN 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. KANYE/PT

SWAY CALLOWAY & DJ FRANZEN TO PROVIDE

IN-ARENA ENTERTAINMENT BETWEEN BOUTS

I-NEW YORK, NY (March 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. futhi Junior Younan kanye 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, ozoba isingathe umcimbi sika, futhi hit master DJ Franzen, DJ ohlala at Zezıhlabane Las Vegas ' 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 March 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) at 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 ukulwa, compiling a record of 97 onqobayo futhi kuphela 7 ukulahleka, kanye 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 sika) at the Orpheum Theater in St. Louis. After four rounds, the judges saw the fight 40-36, 37-39 futhi 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 sika) ngoJanuwari 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 sika) on April 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 sika) on June 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 nokulwa aphume hotbed wesibhakela of Oxnard, Ezingakanqotshwa Daniel "Twitch" Franco (12-0-3, 7 KO sika) meets Mexican veteran German “Panteonero” Meraz(52-37-1, 30 Kos) in an eight-round featherweight bout on March 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, ngokuqongelela i irekhodi amateur of 67-15, kokuwina Oxnard PAL Championship e 2006 kanye California State Silver Gloves Championship e 2007 endleleni. Ngesikhathi aseqala Franco professional ngoDisemba 18, 2010, wanqoba Emanuel Machorro at Club 401 e Ontario, California nge yesithathu nxazonke Knockout technical. Naphezu kokuba wabhalisa njengomfundi umfundi full-time at Chaffey College e Rancho Cucamonga, Franco umxhwele lapho ngisaqala emsebenzini wakhe, wokubhala i irekhodi Ezingakanqotshwa kanye ezimbili udonsa ezindaweni kulo California by ekupheleni 2013. Omunye walabo udonsa ephuma ukulwa Alejandro Ochoa ngesikhathi Cannon Quiet in Montebello, California on September 20, 2013, but in a rematch three months later, Franco outmatched Ochoa beshaya at Westin SaseBonaventure Hotel a eziyisithupha-round isinqumo ngazwilinye ukunqoba Los Angeles. Ngo-June 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 December 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 sika) in two rounds at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, California. Manje, 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. In June 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 April 24 and a six-round unanimous decision over Juan Carlos Rojas on November 21, both fights taking place at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, California.

 

Brooklyn’s 20-year-old, Ezingakanqotshwa Junior “The Young God” Younan (7-0, 6 KO sika) esebuyele ring on March 26 after a nine-month layoff to take on Cristian Solorzano (4-7, 3 Kos) of 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 at Barclays Center e Brooklyn, I-New York. Manje 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. In 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 18th birthday, Younan made his professional debut on November 9, 2013, at the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, I-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 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. He followed that fight with a first round knockout of Marlon Farr on August 13 the BB King Blues Club and Grill in New York on August 13.

Chinese heavyweight Zhang “Big Bang” Zhilei (7-0, 4 Kos) joins the undercard on March 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. In 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. On August 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 March 14, 2015, Zhang beat Eric George via a four-round unanimous decision at the Armory in Jersey City, E-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 June 6. Next came a sixth round technical knockout win over Dennis Benson at The Playground in Atlantic City on August 15. To end the year, Zhang was featured on the undercard of the November 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.

 

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

 

On March 26, Coley will look follow his most recent victory, a unanimous decision over Jeremy Ramos onJanuary 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, I-New York.

Ward vs. Barrera, a 12-round fight which is presented by Roc Nation Sports in association with Main Events, senzeka ngoMgqibelo, March 26, 2016 at Oracle Arena e Oakland, California and is sponsored byCorona Extra, Ticketmaster, Izikhangibavakashi Corporate Management Solutions (CTMS), Jabulile, ifayela ye-log, Zappos, BodyArmor, SAN Nutrition, Shoe Palace and The Waterfront Hotel. Lo mcimbi uzobe isiqephu bukhoma ku-HBO World Championship Boxing ekuqaleni 9:45 p.m. KANYE/PT. Ukuvula HBO telecast kuyoba Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. NguJayson Velez in a 10-round mpi isihloko NABF featherweight eyethulwe Golden Boy Promotions sikanye Miguel Cotto Promotions.

 

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OMAR FIGUEROA DEFEATS RICKY BURNS AT STATE FARM ARENA IN HIDALGO, TEXAS ON PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS ON CBS

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Jamie McDonnell Earns Close Decision Over

Tomoki Kameda

Chofoza LAPHA For Photos From Esther Lin/PBC on CBS

Hidalgo, TEXAS (May 9, 2015) – Omar “Panterita” Figueroa (25-0-1, 18 Kos) remained undefeated as he put on an exciting show in front of a raucous hometown crowd and earned a unanimous decision over Ricky Burns (37-5-1, 11 Kos) on Premier Boxing Champions on CBS live from State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, Texas.

 

Figueroa was the sharper fighter who landed harder punches and was able to dictate the pace of the fight. Burns was deducted a point in both the eighth and 11th rounds by the referee for excessive holding. “Panterita” won by inqwaba 116-110 kabili futhi 117-109.

 

In the first televised fight of the afternoon, British star Jamie McDonnell (25-2-1, 12 Kos) earned a narrow but unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Tomoki “The Mexicanito” Kameda (31-1, 19 Kos). McDonnell was knocked down for the first time in his career by a sharp right hand from Kameda in round three but quickly recovered to win by a score of 114-113 kuzo zonke amajaji amathathu’ cards.

 

Here are what the fighters had to say after their bouts:

 

Omar Figueroa

 

“Fighting a fight like that, it takes a lot to go even four rounds, much less 12. With a fighter like that, leaning on you and using his weight on you it’s tough. I’m just glad I was in shape and didn’t let my fans down.

 

“I’m a very offensive fighter, so the holding kind of slowed me down. I tried to do what I could and, thankfully, the judges saw that.

 

“My hands are a little sore, but I really did hold back on my punches, especially because he has one of those European guards where he holds his hands up high and his elbows are exposed. I had to be careful going to the body because that’s how I hurt my hands most times, from hitting the elbows. I felt ridiculously strong at the new weight, but I didn’t think my hands would hold up, so I was holding back and trying to win the fight on points and if I could hurt him I would try to stop him.

 

“He was punching me behind the head, so I felt like I had to do the same. If you want to play like that, I can play that game.

 

“At the end of the fight, he came with a good body shot that hurt me a bit. That’s why I slowed down at the end. I have to give it to Ricky. He’s a tough fighter.

 

“It’s time to rest up. I’ve been training since the beginning of the year and I deserve a little rest.”

 

RICKY BURNS

 

“We knew it was going to be a tough fight, but I didn’t agree with the deductions for holding. I thought he was holding as much as me and that’s why I had to tie him up.

 

“We moved up in weight for this one but still had some trouble making weight, but I didn’t want to jeopardize my chance to fight in America.

 

“I think it was his size that gave me problems more than anything. I don’t know what weight he was in that ring, but it was a lot bigger than me.

 

“The plan was to try to stick to boxing for the first half of the fight, but once the size really took over I had to stand and exchange more than I would have liked. I couldn’t get him off of me. I’ve got no excuses, as I said the best man will win.

 

“I always leave everything in the ring and that’s all I can do. I hope everyone who watched enjoyed the fight.

 

“We’ve enjoyed the experience of being in the U.S., obviously the decision didn’t go our way which puts a damper on it, but overall everyone here in Texas has been great. I want to say a big thank you to everybody. I hope to back again.”

 

Jamie Mcdonnell

 

“I felt in control all the way through. It was a great performance. I know I should have just boxed but I wanted to fight.

 

“I didn’t think I was going to get the decision being abroad, but it’s more than spectacular to come out of here victorious. He’s a great, iqhawe Ezingakanqotshwa.

 

“His speed surprised me on the knockdown. I knew he was going to be fast, but I didn’t expect it like that. I didn’t see the shot and next thing I knew I was on the floor.

 

“Hit and move, hit and move, that was the strategy. I remember being in there and thinking, ‘Man, this isn’t easy.’ I knew the crowd was going to go his way but it was a great experience.

 

“It’s been a fantastic time being here in America. I’d like to see some familiar faces but it’s a new experience. I was up against it but I knew I could pull it off. I knew deep inside that I could do it.

 

“I think I’m going to move up in weight. I want to catch the big fights before they’re gone.”

 

TOMOKI KAMEDA

 

“I think I won the fight. I did enough to win. He did a lot to win the last rounds, but I did more over the fight. I don’t agree with the judges decision, but I respect it.

 

“I knew he would get up after the knockdown because he’s a world champion. He’s a great fighter and I take my hat off to him, but I won the fight.

 

“Ngifuna rematch.”

 

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PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS ON CBS FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES & IZITHOMBE

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Live On CBS Sports Starting at 4 P.M. KANYE/1 P.M. PT

Hidalgo, TEXAS (May 7, 2015) – Fight week for Premier Boxing Champions on CBS continued Thursday as televised fighters Omar “Panterita” Figueroa, Ricky Burns, Tomoki “The Mexicanito” Kameda, Jamie McDonnellfuthi Austin “Akungatshazwa” Ithrawuthi spoke to the media at the final press conference before their respective bouts taking placeSaturday, May 9 at State Farm Arena.

 

Here are what the participants had to say Thursday:

 

Omar Figueroa

 

“This is the biggest fight of my career thus far. I have my brother on the undercard and it’s here at home. Nazo ke. I think it’s great for people from the Valley to get a huge card like this here. They haven’t seen this since Vasquez vs. Marquez, so I hope to bring that level of boxing back to the Valley.

 

“I definitely feel more pressure but the good kind of pressure. I’ve thrived on pressure my whole life. I was a pitcher for a long time. I was a closer. So I’ve been in situations where it’s bases loaded and we’re down so many runs and I’ve got to keep the game close. This is what I live for.

 

“I haven’t seen any film of Ricky Burns. Haven’t watched him at all. But from what I’ve heard he’s a tough fighter in great shape, so if we go 12 rounds it’ll be a good 12 emahlandla. I’m going to go out there and give it my all and win in the most impressive way possible.

 

“It wasn’t difficult to give up my title. I don’t fight for titles. I don’t care for titles. I think they’re just aesthetic things. I’d rather please the fans with a good fight. I don’t care if I win a title at the end of the day, but if the fans are happy, I am happy.

 

“I’m going to be a lot stronger at this new weight. I don’t know what to expect. I’m excited to get in the ring and find out.”

 

RICKY BURNS

 

“When you’re in hard fights, that’s what brings out the best of you. I’m looking forward to getting in the ring and putting on a good performance and win some fans over here.

 

“It’s a very tough fight and we knew that before we took it. Figueroa likes to come forward and be aggressive, but that can be his downside because he takes a lot of shots. We’re prepared for whatever happens on fight night and the best man will win.

 

“Some people think I’ve come over here just to be an opponent but that’s not the case. I had a bad year but it’s all behind me. I’m going to get back to my winning ways.

 

“This is everything I’ve ever wanted to accomplish in boxing. It’s going to be a hard fight but by the time the fight comes it will be just about four weeks that I’ve been in Texas.

 

“I treat boxing as my job, when it comes to training and fighting I always give it 100 percent and leave it all in the ring and hopefully the fans will see that. Omar is never in a dull fight and I’m not one to back out.

 

“We’ve treated this fight exactly the same as any other. Even though we’re in his hometown, as soon as that first bell goes that’s when it’s going to count. It’s just me and him in that ring.”

 

TOMOKI KAMEDA

 

“It is a dream come true to fight on a network like CBS. Millions are now going to get to know me, get to know my style. Boxing is changing and to be part of that is a great honor to me.

“It was not easy to relinquish my world title — I was the first Japanese to hold that title. It’s never easy to give up something that you’ve worked so hard for. But I respect the sanctioning body’s decision, they said I had to relinquish it and so I did. Manje, I’m going for another title, and after that maybe unification.

“McDonnell is a good boxer. He knows how to box and knows his way inside the ring. Most British fighters do that, move around a lot. Its not an easy style to face, but my team and I have a great strategy and we are going to win, we are going to win by knockout.

“I love Mexico. I moved there when I was 15 with my family. I did all of my amateur and all my professional career there. I’m grateful to Mexico and all Mexicans for giving me so much.

“My team and the guys at the gym started calling me ‘El Mexicanito’ because I embrace Mexican culture as my own. I love the food, the people and of course the Spanish language. I struggle with it at first, but now I think I got it mastered.”

 

Jamie Mcdonnell

 

“I think Kameda is a bit scared and a bit intimidated by my size. I genuinely believe I am going to knock him out. I’m too big and too strong.

 

“I’ve been a world champion for a couple of years now. I’m ultra-confident for this fight. It’s the best I’ve ever felt. Ngibheke phambili ngempela kukho.

 

“Kameda is a good fighter and I expect the very best from him. He better expect the very best from me. This is life changing, whoever wins this fight gets propelled up a few levels.

 

“I want the best life possible for my wife and baby daughter. To do that I have to beat him.

 

“My losses were six years ago and I didn’t even really believe in myself at that time. I’ve gone through every experience that you can in that time and I bring everything to the table.

 

“Fans can expect to see a lot of heart. I can take a punch, I can give a punch. It’s an interesting fight and it’s a chance for me to showcase what I’m all about on this great stage here in America.”

 

AUSTIN TROUT

 

“As far as my opponent dropping out at the last minute, disappointment is kind of an understatement. But I’m trying to keep it classy, so I’ll stick with disappointed. I’m not surprised though.

 

“The day I heard that he pulled out it definitely changed my mindset, but I had to find that focus and realize that we still have work to do.

 

“It’s an honor to be part of this whole PBC on CBS card. I feel like this is the resurgence of boxing – brining it back to the golden days. For me to be a part of that was one of my goals when I turned pro. I wanted to be a part of the comeback of boxing.

 

“I’m trying to get a belt. I want my world title back. After I get a world title I’m going to try and avenge those losses. After I avenge those losses I want another title so I can become an undisputed champion. Once that’s done we can consider moving up to another weight class maybe.”

 

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