| Kelly Swanson
Daalụ, ọrụ. N'ihi, onye ọ bụla, for calling in. We have a great call this morning and this afternoon actually here on the East Coast to talk about the March 28 Showtime show, Egwuregwu ọkpọ Gosi, featuring Jhonny Gonzalez, Gary Russell, Obere. and Jermell Charlo against Vanes Martirosyan. We have all the fighters joining us today on the call. We will start with Jermell and Vanes. Ma, tupu anyị ga-esi alụso, Ga-amasị m ịme Chris DeBlasio, Vice President of Communications for SHOWTIME Sports to fill you in a little bit about the fight. Chris?
Chris DeBlasio
Daalụ nke ukwuu, Kelly. I just want to take a quick moment to thank the fighters for being on this call, na-ekele ndị pịa n'ihi ịbụ ebe a, na dị nnọọ ikwu na nnọchite nke Stephen Espinoza, na EVP na General Manager maka showtime Egwuregwu, na anyị niile na showtime, anyị na-nnọọ obi ụtọ na-azụ n'ime ya na a mara mma na-ebi ndụ showtime egwuregwu ọkpọ omume a Saturday. As you may have seen in the boxing press, ọ bụ ihe dị ka izu abụọ gara aga ka anyị mara ọkwa na mgbakwunye na nke a ọhụrụ n'elu ikpo okwu na-akpọ showtime Boxing International. Mbụ agha ga-a Saturday, March 28; it’s an international fight on the SHOWTIME network live to our subscribers. Ya mere, mbụ atụ bụ ọmarịcha ụzọ mgbachapụ anyị Saturday March 28 ọkpọ mkpuchi, na na na-na-etinyecha ịbụ Kell miri-iyi vesos Josiah Josiah Dan IBF Welterweight World Asọmpi Onye Mmeri agha na nke ahụ na-ewere ọnọdụ Sheffield, England. SHOWTIME is going to carry that fight live at 6:15 Eastern, 3:15Pacific. Ọzọkwa, anyị ga-a ezumike n'oge ehihie awa na ahụ na-aga na-ebi ndụ na 10 p.m ET./7 p.m. Pt showtime egwuregwu ọkpọ omume na Jermell Charlo, Vanes Martirosyan, Jhonny Gonzalez and Gary Russell. Ya mere, ọ bụ ụdị a abụọ- akụkụ n'elu ikpo okwu na satọde na atọ ndụ ọgụ na-abịakwute gị, which we’re really excited about. And we appreciate the opportunity to be in business with the guys on the phone here today. Ya mere, na-enweghị ihe ọzọ, let’s get it started. We welcome you guys.
Kelly Swanson
Na na na. And one quick note — ma ọ bụ kama, media, otu ngwa ngwa dee — anyị dị zipụrụ n'Ọgụ Week Media ntọ oge, ya mere, biko lee anya maka na gị inboxes, and it will give you the details of what is going on this week for the fight. Daalụ. Na na na, let’s go ahead and open it up. N'ezie, let me go ahead and introduce the two guys that are on the call right now. They want to say a couple words. Mbụ, we have Vanes Martirosyan. He’s a world-ranked 154 pound contender. Vanes, na ị chọrọ ikwu a di na nwunye okwu, na-agwa anyị otú anyị ọzụzụ na-aga na otú ị na-na-njikere maka agha?
Vanes Martirosyan
Ọzụzụ a na-aga oké, everything is going good. We can’t wait to fight. Ị mara, M n'aka onye ọ bụla na-ekwu na tupu ha na-alụ ọgụ, but we really are ready to go. We just can’t wait to go.
Kelly Swanson
Na na na, oké. Daalụ nke ukwuu. And where are you training?
The. Martirosyan
I’m training here in California at Main Event Sports Club. There’s been a couple of locations we’ve been training, ma isi kemgbe Main Omume Egwuregwu Club, nke usoro mgbasa ozi ga-abụ na taa.
K. Swanson
Ugbu a, I’m going to move to Jermell Charlo. He’s an undefeated super welterweight contender. Jermell why don’t you tell us a little bit about what’s happening in your training camp and how you’re feeling heading into the fight.
Jermell Charlo
Training’s been great. Every time I step in the ring, oge ọ bụla m ga-esi njikere maka a ọgụ, I feel like just there’s never been a time where I repeat myself or do something the same. I’ve been learning from all my past mistakes. Every win I’m still learning from. Ya mere, training camp has been good. Trainer Ronnie Shields, Danny Arnold. M meghere m mgbatị, so I get a little late night extra hours in when I want to. Na, I want to fight with my twin brother. We’re pushing to fight. I can’t wait to fight. Just like Vanes, ọ bụ agụụ na-agụ, ọ bụ njikere. I’m I’m ready.
Ẹdọhọ
Nyere ma gị n'ọnọdụ, dị ka na-ewere dị n'elu 10 contenders na 154 paụnd arọ klas, n'uche gị, ka ị na-atụle nke a na-mkpochapu agha? Vanes, ihe bụ echiche gị banyere na?
The. Martirosyan
I think every fight right now at this point in my career and Jermell’s career should be considered a title fight. It is — M na-eche na ọ bụ — an eliminator fight. I’m looking at this as a championship fight. Jermell is tougher than any of the champions, m otú, nke a bụ a egwuregwu ọgụ, and that’s what we got ready for. And it should be an eliminator fight. I don’t know if it is or not, ma nke ahụ bụ otú anyị na-ewere ya dị ka, na anyị na-ewere nke a dị ka a ụwa aha agha.
Ẹdọhọ
Jermell, echiche gị na na – ọ bụ otu ukara eliminator ma ọ bụ a de facto otu?
J. Charlo
Same thing with me. I feel that this is a tough fight. Every fight is a fight for my life. And I step in the ring and make sure that I fight with that on the back of my mind. Vanes is a great fighter — toro na ya. I know what I bring to the table. And this fight is a fight for manhood, ọ bụ a agha iji gosi na-ata tycoon nke egwuregwu bụ na 154 pound weight division. There’s a lot at stake, n'ihi ya, ọ bụ ihe karịrị otu aha agha m.
Ẹdọhọ
Jermell, ka i na-ekwu na i tolitere na ya obere bit?
J. Charlo
Yeah, M na-etolite na ya, dịkarịa ala abụọ ma ọ bụ afọ atọ na Vanes, ị mara, na ezinụlọ ya, ndị ya, ị mara? Ya mere, Ama m — anyị maara onye ọ bụla ọzọ nke ọma.
Ẹdọhọ
Nwere unu mgbe sparred na onye ọ bụla ọzọ?
J. Charlo
Yeah, anyị na-na sparred na onye ọ bụla ọzọ ọtụtụ ugboro.
Ẹdọhọ
Kedu ugboro ole, ị ga-asị? And how long ago?
J. Charlo
I can’t really say how often. I know it was back when we were a little bit younger. I was younger, ka a na obere nwa na-eto eto n'ime a nwoke. Ya mere, ugbu a, Adịghị m ọbụna na-eche banyere otú ọ bụ, ihe ọ bụ banyere, ma ọ bụ otú ọzụzụ bụ mgbe anyị na-azụ ọnụ. Ndi ọbụna 19 — M bụ 17, 16, 17, 18, Echere m, those ages. Ebe a, anyị na-enwe onye ọ bụla ọzọ n'ihi na anyị na-na na ma na n'elu, and that’s what happens when you’re in the same division. Never had anything personal or different to say about him. It’s just work.
Ẹdọhọ
Vanes, ị na-eche otú ahụ banyere gị ugboro mgbanaka ya?
The. Martirosyan
Yeah, I remember when we used to train. It was good training. We were always in competition — m, him and his brother. We used to go running at Memorial Park every day, and we’d try to see who’d finish the lap first. It was always competition between us — running and training or what-not. But it was nothing but love and I respect him, nna ya, na-enye ọzụzụ, Ronnie ọta. They’ve been good people to me. Ma Saturday n'abalị, ọ na-aga na-iro m na mgbanaka. Maka ugbu a, n'èzí mgbanaka, M na-akwanyere onye ọ bụla na. Once we step in the ring, ọ bụ a kpamkpam dị iche iche akụkọ.
Ẹdọhọ
Your fight that took place in October was a big win for you against Willie Nelson. You harnessed a lot of the emotion going into that fight because it had taken place just after your promoter Dan Goossen had passed away and you had his brother Joe in your corner. It was a lot of heavy emotion that night, and you really came through in a big way that night. Is it gonna be difficult in any way to sort of get that same emotion behind you?
The. Martirosyan
Emela, n'ihi na agha, anyị na-ama na-echefu ihe a ọtụtụ ihe. Dan passed away. We were all sad, and we didn’t know what to do. And we actually thought — 'Anyị kwesịrị ịlụ ọgụ’ ma ọ bụ m na-amaghị ma ọ bụrụ na Joe (Goossen si) going to be there. I didn’t know what was going on. There was too much emotion going into that fight. We kind of got away from the fight a little bit. But we used it as motivation for our fight. This fight to me is big. Mgbe m furu efu na Andrade, M na-emeghị ịbanye n'ime mgbanaka 100 percent, na mgbe m bịara n'ụlọ — mgbe ị na-abịa n'ụlọ a emeriri, ọ bụ ihe ọjọọ na mmetụta. Apụghị m anya na nwunye m, my kids. I feel like I let them down. Ya mere, ugbu a, M nnọọ na mode ebe m ga kama ịnwụ anwụ karịa na-ahụ na ọzọ.
Ẹdọhọ
Ọ bụrụ na ị bụ iji merie a agha, O doro anya na, ị ga na-ọkwá a isi n'ụwa aha agha. Ị na-ala na-eche ka otu n'ime ndị na-, figuring ndị alụso nanị na-alụ ọgụ ma eleghị anya ugboro abụọ n'afọ, ma ọ bụ ị ga-achọ ịnọ n'ọrụ na-ewe ihe ọgụ n'etiti ha?
J. Charlo
Ị mara, na-emeri nke a agha m — a world title would be ideal. A world title is important. I want to fight for a world title. I want the world title. That’s every boxer’s dream and envision whenever they’re young. Alụ ọgụ maka ụwa aha ihe na ihe niile a mmezi stof, ma ọ bụrụ na m na-ebe a na-ewu aha m na iwu m ika, nke ahụ bụ nnọọ dị ka mkpa. Ịbụ onye ezinụlọ aha ofụri World Boxing Council, ihe niile. Nke ahụ dị mkpa ka m.
The. Martirosyan
The agha, a agha — M ga-ekwu dị ka a otutu nke akaebe na-agbachitere ugbu a anyị na-arọ òtù, ọtụtụ n'ime ha na-agba naanị ọnụ ha, starting with Andrade. A fight like this for me and Jermell, ọ bụ otú ahụ a nnukwu agha n'ihi na m, ị mara, but it’s not only for us. Echere m, it’s for the fans. The fans are in, and it’s great. Echere m, you rarely get to see contenders like me and Jermell wanting to step up and fight each other. Ị mara, na-emekarị, ndị mmadụ ga-esi ruo na rankings dị ka anyị na-, they just want to just talk a lot of bad stuff about the champions to get the world title fight. Ma, ị mara, ị adịkarịghị ga-esi hụ contenders ka, ị mara, Emela. 1 na Ọ dịghị. 2 fighting each other when, you know they really want to fight each other and they both said yes to the fight. Ya mere, ọ bụ nnukwu agha, ma m na-eche dị ka, ị mara, anyị na-niile agbarapụ — anyị na-na-etinyecha eme ihe kasị mma anyị, m na-eche dị ka Fans na-agbarapụ ndị mmeri n'ihi na nke a ọgụ.
K Swanson
Na na na, oké. You guys, Echere m na gị ajụjụ ikpeazụ, and so we appreciate you taking the time out of your training. And Vanes, we look forward to seeing you later for your open workout. Na, Jermell, anyị ga-ahụ na ị na Las Vegas mechara nke a izu.
J. Charlo
No problem. See you, ụmụ okorobịa.
The. Martirosyan – Daalụ. Take care.
Kelly Swanson
Anyị na-aga na ka ịgbanwee oku na-aga ruo Gary Russell, Obere.
K. Swanson
Gary Russell, Obere. ga-eche ihu Jhonny Gonzalez maka Gonzalez si 126 paụnd aha, the WBC Featherweight World Championship. Gary, ma ọ bụrụ na ị chọrọ ịgwa anyị a ntakịrị banyere otú ọzụzụ na-aga, gị atụmanya na-alụ ọgụ Jhonny Gonzalez maka ụwa a na aha ma ihe ị na-eche banyere dum agha n'ozuzu?
Gary Russell Obere.
Anyị nwere oké ọzụzụ mara ụlọikwuu. Ihe niile kemgbe zuru okè, mba ngọpụ, no cutting corners. We’re 120 percent ready for this fight. We can’t wait be able to call ourself the new WBC World Champion.
K. Swanson
Ị na-eme ihe ọ bụla na ha mara ụlọikwuu ná nkwadebe maka na nke a na ihe dị iche iche si gị ndị ọzọ ọgụ?
G. Russell Obere.
Emela, we’re not doing anything that’s different in preparation for any of the fights. I think the only difference is, dabere na agha, you want to prepare depending on the opponent that you’re competing against. Ya mere, M na-eche nanị dị iche bụ ihe dị iche sparring. Ị chọrọ-eweta ụmụ okorobịa na-enwe a yiri ịke ka onye ọ bụ na ị na-agbarapụ a na-asọ mpi megide wdg. That’s the only change that we’ve made so far. E wezụga nke ahụ — isi fundamentals, mgbanaka generalship, aka ọsọ, punching ike, ike na oyi, niile na stof bụ otu ihe ahụ.
Ẹdọhọ
Gna, unu nọ na-idem iji nweta ọzọ ogbugba na aha?
G. Russell, Obere.
Emela, M anya. M nwetara otu Al Haymon n'ọkwá, dị nnọọ Al Haymon n'ozuzu mgbe ọ na-abịa na. Ọ bụ m njikwa, na anyị maara na o mere na ihe niile dị ike ya na-agbalị ime ihe-eme ka anyị, and give us another shot at a world title. I’m extremely grateful and thankful for this opportunity.
Ẹdọhọ
Mgbe ị na-agha agha megide Lomachenko n'ihi na otu onye nke utu aha, ị na-ewepụta ihe ọ bụla nke na-emeri? Ma ọ bụ ahụmahụ, ma ọ bụ ịbụ na na larịị nke ogbo na unu na-eweta n'ebe a na-esote egwuregwu ohere?
G. Russell Obere.
N'ezie. One of the main things that we took out of it is, ọ bụrụ na ọ bụghị mebiri, don’t fix it. In that particular fight with Lomachenko, we did a lot of things completely different in that fight that we normally wouldn’t do. We brought other people in. We let other people take the reigns and be in control of our conditioning. Anyị na hụrụ ihe ga-esi na na n'akụkụ mmetụta nke ya. Anyị na-adịghị na-losses mfe, site n'ebe dị anya. So we’re back on pace. We have the same team around us that have been here from the beginning of my career all the way up until now. Anyị nwere otu ìgwè ụzọ azụ na-efegharị. Anyị na-njikere, anyị na-anya, anyị na-ekpebisi ike, anyị na-na chụpụrụ na anyị na-dị nnọọ na-achọ-enye ezigbo show.
Ẹdọhọ
Ị na-ahụ Gonzalez dị ka a ka nnọọ mma fighter karịa Lomachenko, ma ọ bụ ikekwe a bit nke a ọzọ ngwangwa fighter karịa Lomachenko ma ọ bụ yiri? Olee otú ị tojupụtara elu abụọ aha ejiri?
G. Russell Obere.
Ha na-na abụọ dị nnọọ iche alụso. Lomachenko has a little bit more hand speed than Jhonny Gonzalez. Gonzalez is more of a puncher. Jhonny Gonzalez is more of a dangerous fighter than Lomachenko just because of his punching ability and just him being a seasoned professional, being able to get all these rounds in as a professional. Lomachenko definitely is a good fighter. We take every fight serious. Ị na-ewe onye ọ bụla nke akwadoro. Anyị maa kwuru, oh, nke a bụ a dị ize ndụ ọgụ na-ewere na Jhonny Gonzalez, ma anyị na-eche dị ka na ihe anyị na-eme ka table ga-elu na ọgwụgwụ.
Ẹdọhọ
Olee kpọmkwem ihe mere ị na-eme dị iche iche iji kwadebe maka Lomachenko na ị chọrọ ị nwere abụghị?
G. Russell, Obere.
We brought someone in for our strength and conditioning. We’ve known our strength and conditioning was completely different. Even when it came to the way that we cut weight, it was different. Leading up to the fight, anyị nọ na a sawụna maka abụọ gara aga, maybe three days leading all the way up into the fight. That’s what my strength and conditioning coach wanted me to do.
Onye ọ bụla na nke ahụ hụrụ na agha, ma ọ bụ Lomachenko ma ọ bụ onye ọ bụla ọzọ, ha na hụrụ ihe dị iche m punching ikike, ntachi obi m, m ọsọ, dị nnọọ ka m dị ka onye. Ndị mmadụ na-maara na nke na-abụghị Gary Russell, Obere. na ha ga-hụrụ ndị gara aga 24 fights.And that was some of the things that came up in the Lomachenko fight. I was completely tired and fatigued in the first round, ị mara?
Ẹdọhọ
Banyere Jhonny Gonzalez — o doro anya na bụ a Ihọd onye bụ a olu puncher, ọ na-atụ ụjọ na-eguzo na na ahia. Olee otú nke a agha ọrụ gị uru ma ọ bụrụ na ọ na-alụ ọgụ a ahụkarị Gonzalez agha n'uche gị?
G. Russell, Obere.
Adịghị m na-eche na ọ na-aga na-enwe ike obibi, ọzọkwa, m ọsọ. I think we’ll be able to do it with my speed. He’s always been slow in the speed. Even though he’s been a puncher, a lot of punchers have to really sit to actually apply these punches efficiently. I think he lacks the ring generalship as far as the footwork goes that he would need — ụkwụ quickness. Na otutu ya gbaa bụ ntakịrị obosara. Ya mere, Aga m na-banyere outpunch ya na-enwe ike Punch ya n'etiti ya gbaa.
Ẹdọhọ
Gịnị ka ị na-eche nke mkpebi ke Lomachenko agha?
G. Russell Obere.
I didn’t think anything of it. The only thing that registered in my mind was the fact that I didn’t have the ability to perform the way that I normally would have. I never really looked at a decision. I never looked at how the referee was going about the fight or any of these things. The only thing that came to my mind was the fact that I just lost my first professional fight, m na ụdị hụrụ ihe mere m ji furu efu — ọ bụ n'ihi na enweghị m ike ime ihe ọ bụ na m na-ejikarị eme.
Ẹdọhọ
Ya mere, ị na-eche na ị efu ndị agha mgbe ahụ?
G. Russell Obere.
N'ezie. I’d definitely say that I lost the fight.
Ẹdọhọ
Ị otụk na Al Haymon mbụ. Ị pụrụ ịkọwa ihe ya mmetụta dị gị ọrụ? And we’ve all seen the moves that he’s been making. How is that gonna help you moving forward?
G. Russell, Obere.
M na-eche dị ka ọkụ bụ n'okpuru ndị a oru na-akwalite. E nwere ihe a otu mgbalị. Ị ga-enwe ike ịgwa gị faili ma ọ bụ gị ume, 'Hey, nke a bụ egwuregwu m atụmatụ, this is what it is that I want to accomplish this year.’ I wanted to at least be able to contend for a world title. I want to have maybe four fights this year, ma eleghị anya isii ịlụ ọgụ afọ a, wdg. Gị njikwa na ume, ebe ha na-na, they should be able to meet you halfway with their game plan. If you want to have six fights within a year, wdg, your manager and promoter should be able to get it done for you. We feel as though that Al Haymon is very efficient in doing exactly what it is that we want from him. Ọ bụ ihe onye ị mara, Echere m.
Ẹdọhọ
N'isi n'ime nke a agha, ị na-eche dị ka gị ga-enye a ụfọdụ àgwà nke na ọgụ n'ezie ka Fans ikwu gị na-eme ka ị a ezinụlọ aha? Now that there’s so many platforms for boxing, ị na-eche dị ka e kwukwara na nrụgide na-etinye na-akpali akpali ọgụ, ma ọ bụ ka ị na-eche dị ka i nwere ike ka na-dị nnọọ, methodically igbe na-enweta Fans na?
G. Russell Obere.
M obi m na-adịghị dị ka na anyị nwere na-eme ihe ọ bụla nke si nkịtị. Ị na-aga ịhụ ahụkarị Gary Russell, Obere. na ị hụrụ ndị gara aga 24 ịlụ ọgụ — aka ọsọ, punching ikike, mgbanaka generalship na wdg. ,A otutu alụso nwudo ke mama, na ha na-eche dị ka ha nwere na-eme ihe a obere ihe iji merie Fans n'elu, wdg. That’s never one of my things. I’m always to be exciting without being reckless. And I’m going to do what it is that I’m comfortable doing.
K. Swanson
Na na na, Gary, ekele gị nke ukwuu maka ịbụ iji zaa ajụjụ ndị, na anyị na-aghọta na ị na-ewere oge nke gị-arụsi ọrụ ụbọchị, na anyị na-atụ anya ịhụ na ị na-alụ ọgụ a Saturday, March 28, na Pearl na n'ọbụ aka cha cha amalite na Las Vegas na-adị ndụ showtime egwuregwu ọkpọ. N'ihi, Gary.
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