Taumahamaha World Championship Rāhoroi, Pipiri 13,
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WÄTEA KATOA: Deontay Wilder Premières Pipiri 3 I SHOWTIME

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NEW YORK (Pipiri 1, 2015) – Hinga Heavyweight World Champion Deontay “Te Parahi rererangi” Wilder, māia nguha taumahamaha Eric “Kai patupahū Boy” Molina a hinga kore teina ono tekau Jose “Ko te kaipupuhi” Pedraza whai wāhi i roto i Media Day Workouts Rāpare whakamutunga mo ratou whawhai Rāhoroi, Pipiri 13, i runga i SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING^® ora i runga i SHOWTIME^® (9 p.m. AND/6 p.m. PT) i Bartow Arena i roto i te Birmingham, Ala.

Ko te mana-pahaki, oire rongonui tino Wilder (33-0, 32 Koó), o Tuscaloosa, Ala., ka meinga e te korero tuatahi o tona taitara, ina tutaki ki Molina (23-2, 17 Koó), o Raymondville, Texas, i roto i te hui matua i runga i Pipiri 13. Pedraza (19-0, 12 Koó), o Caguas, Puerto Rico, ka tutaki Andrey Klimov (19-1, 9 Koó), o Klimovski, Russia, i roto i te 12-rounder mo te wātea IBF Junior Kōmāmā World Championship i roto i te tahi-āhuatanga.

Raro nei te mea Wilder, Ka mea a Molina ko Pedraza roto i to ratou ra motuhake Media i Northport, Ala., Weslaco, Texas ko Cidra, Puerto Rico, aua:

DEONTAY Wilder, Taumahamaha o te Ao Champion

“Ko te tino ha tāpuaki ki te e taea ki te whawhai i roto i toku āhua. A, no te whakaturia e matou i te opuaraa ia riro toa taumahamaha o te ao i ko tetahi o nga whāinga whakaturia tatou, ki te kawe i te reira ki Alabama. Just ki te huri i te reira ki runga, ka hoatu Alabama etahi kakara haunga whutupaoro, a ki te mutunga tiki i te whai wāhi ki te whai i te whawhai nui i roto i te āhua o Alabama. Ko te kupu tenei i titiro tatou no te, no tatou mahi ki te kawe mai i te kōmihana konei, a matou angitu a Ua mahi i te reira. Ko te kupu tenei i titiro tatou no te.

“E hiahia ana ahau Alabama ki te hei rohe toku fare. Te reira aha konei ahau noho. Tamata te tahi mau taata tonu ki maka ahau i roto i engari ko konei toku ngakau, me te kua hokona e ahau nui me te pai mahere. He tika te timatanga tenei.

“Toku kapa kakau nga faanevanevaraa katoa (i whawhai i te kāinga). Kua hokona e ahau he rōpū faahiahia. Ahau rite noa ki te haere. Ahau rite ki te tiki tīmata tenei rōpū, me te pōwhiri Molina ki Alabama.

“Ko pai toku ringa. Whakamatauria e matou i te reira inanahi mō karapu 10-tapapa no te mea e te taimaha whakataetae. Hoatu matou i te reira ki runga ki a ite au i nui. Hoatu te reira ahau atu ara māia. Ahau rite ki te tiki i roto i te whakakai me mahi i te mea e ahau ki te mahi i a te mahi mo taku iwi.”

(i runga i te toa ao)

“I mohio matou e kia tatou te mahi i te rota o te tere i muri i whiwhi i te whitiki, engari e kore matou i mohio ki te āheinga o te nui. Kua ki i te haere hoki ahau.

“Whakaaro ahau kawea mai e ahau he hā rerekē ki te hākinakina o te mekemeke, a ka hiahia ahau ki te kawe mai atu a tae noa ki te ao.”

(i runga i Molina)

“Kihai ahau i rongo i Molina engari e te pai, e te tikanga ngā arotahi ia. E hiahia ana ahau ki a ia te haere arotahi. E mohio ana ahau kei te haere ia ki te kia io, me te mataku, mea ko ratou ki te hoki koe he koni i roto i te kokonga, whawhai ratou hoki.

“Au tino mōrearea ahau, ina au e ahau i te kāinga. Eita vau e haere ki te tuku iho toku mano te kāinga, me te kia te tangata te tango i mea kua mahi ahau kia pakeke hoki. E kore e haere te ia ki te haere mai i muri raina o te hoariri, me te tiki i tetahi mea i ahau.

“E hiahia ana ahau he mahi nui i ia. E hiahia ana ahau he mahi nui mo te mano me te iwi ki te mea, 'Hey, E hiahia ana ahau ki te haere mai hoki mo te kotahi i muri!’ a ki te e hiakai ki te te kotahi i muri mai. Ua te rota o te whawhai tatou hinaaro tatou i te rave i roto i Alabama, a he tika te tīmatanga tenei. E hiahia ana ahau ki te neke i runga i i Bartow ki te Complex Birmingham Jefferson Convention (BJCC), i te mea nui atu i te MGM Grand.

“Taitara katoa korero kei te ata mohiotia te tahi mea. Ahau o tino hiahia te ao, e te hinaaro nei te reira katoa. Kua hokona e ahau te karauna WBC. Ko te te tino pai-mōhiotia, whitiki rongonui i roto i te mekemeke. Te hinaaro tangata katoa ratou ingoa ki runga ki tenei whitiki, a ka whai i ahau i te reira. Nga whawhai ko te whawhai mōrearea ina whakatakotoria e ahau te whitiki i runga i te raina, a ka whakangungu ahau me te mea katoa ko te toa ao.”

(i runga i te aha te parururaa i ia ki a Molina)

“To tatou i te rota o te tahi atu hoariri, engari ko Molina te tetahi ki matau i te rave'a e takoto i te ringa. Ka taea e ētahi iwi mo- ratou i roto i, me etahi kapa hanga reira na uaua e kore e tupu i te whawhai. Ka taea e ratou tino aukati ratou i roto i te whiwhi i te whawhai. Ka taea e koe te moni te mea angitu rānei. Molina mārama he aha te āhuatanga ko te, a ka marere ia ki runga ki te rihi, me te mārama te rave'a i ringa ki e te Heavyweight Champion Ao.

“Toku whawhai whakamutunga ahau whakamatauria ki te katoa te mea i nehenehe o ahau. Ka taea e ahau te haere 12 rauna, ka tango i te tokua. Taea e ahau rite tonu hou i roto i te taka noa 12 rite te 1.

“Te te rangi te rohe i roto i te mea ta tatou e tamata i te rave i. Tohu ahau i te āhua. Ahakoa ahau i Tuscaloosa, e kore te mea noa i reira ko toku omaoma i Northport Coffeeville rānei. Tohu ahau i te āhua o Alabama. Me ahau he rohe kāinga, me te kāwanatanga te kāinga e kore anake te wahi e taea te kawe mai ia tatou i roto i te iwi rohe, kawea i roto i te iwi, engari kawe ano hoki i roto i te ao katoa.”

ERIC Molina, Taumahamaha o nguha

“Ko te whawhai i moemoea tatou e pā ana ki no tatou tuatahi miro i runga i te karapu tenei a ko ahau tino oaoa e pā ana te whai wāhi ki te whawhai mo te utu nui i roto i te hākinakina, WBC te taitara taumahamaha. Kua kua ahau te whakarite, me te whakangungu tino pakeke, a Au tata ahau i te wāhi i reira kei rite ki te haere tatou.

“Ua tuatapapa maua i te rota o Wilder, a ka mahara i te whawhai rawa tinana. Whakaaro ahau e underestimating te rota o te iwi toku kaha me te mana. E mohio ana ratou e taea e Wilder Kilisimasi engari e underestimating ratou te mana e riro ahau.

“E matau ana matou te haere i te reira hei taiao kaikiri, whawhai i roto i waiwai i tona iāri, engari te inaianei ia te toa me ki e riro ia ha faingamālie i roto i tona korero taitara kōwhiringa (ki te whawhai e hiahia ana ia, te wahi e hiahia ana ia). Whiwhi ia ki te oaoa i te hunga whai wāhitanga, engari e te haere mai e ahau i roto i te wahi.

“O te akoranga, Au māia taea e ahau te riro i te taitara ahau. Whakaaro ahau titiro te iwi i toku record me whakaaro tenei ranei e, but I don’t feel they understand my entire career, the things I have gone through and overcome, the different angles of boxing that more than meets the eye.

“Nothing against Deontay, who has worked hard to get to where he is, but he doesn’t represent the kind of fighter, i roto i te whānui, that I am. I’ve always had to fight and struggle from fight to fight. I never had a true training camp situation. I’m not saying he had things easy, but I had to work and juggle things to keep going. Only the fighters in my situation can understand it.

“I’ve been boxing for nine years. I have a BS and Master’s Degree and I’m in my fourth year teaching kids with disabilities. Along with boxing, this is what I do. This is who I am, and I am not ashamed of who I am either. I’m proud. If they want to consider me an underdog, pai. But I’m also the guy who got knocked out in his first pro fight and battled back to where I am now and I’m fighting for the championship.

“What people don’t know about me is that my career has been all about determination, strength and struggles. Other boxers, including Bernard Hopkins, lost their first fights and went on to win a world title. I’ve learned a lot from my two losses and now I have the confidence to accomplish anything.

“Bottom line is I am not trying to convince anybody who I am, I just want people to see who the real Eric Molina is — that I am more than what my record on paper indicates. I was NABF champion for a while but could never get a fight so I was dropped from the rankings. It was like I had to start over again. But I stuck to it, and with everything else I had going on outside the ring, things I had to put aside for this fight, still managed to get into the position I’m in now.

“I don’t think there’s ever been a heavyweight contender like me. Where I train, there are no other real heavyweights except for one or two. I have to fly guys in to help me work with the guys already here. I’ve been in camps with Bermane Stiverne; I often had to go to where the sparring was just to get the work.

“I’ve never been in a spot where things have been easy for me in boxing. I never had the odds on my side, the tools, the resources. But I still made it this far and want to go farther.

“I think the first round is very important. I expect that from the get-go that he will feel like he could hurt me, but I also feel very strongly that I could hurt him. So it is very important to be ready for that first bell.

“Tenei te haere ki te waiho i te whawhai nui, much, much better than many may be expecting, and I am ready.”

Jose Pedraza, Unbeaten Junior Lightweight Contender

“As a Puerto Rican, every time I fight, I fight for the honor of my people. Na, i runga i Pipiri 13, I won’t only be fighting to win a world title, I’ll be fighting for Cidra, Puerto Rico and for all the Puerto Ricans out there watching me. Puerto Rico needs another champion and I’m here to deliver and make my people proud. I cannot afford to let them down. I won’t let Puerto Rico down. I’ll come back a champion.

“This is a great opportunity fighting on a big show on SHOWTIME. It has taken hard work, dedication and long gym work to obtain this big exposure on SHOWTIME.

“My last fight against Michael Farenas was very important to me because that fight was a title eliminator and, by winning, it opened the door to this fight and finally my dream of becoming world champion is close to arriving.

“It has been a long and hard training camp — intensive. We opened camp in Las Vegas in December. This camp has been special because it is for the world championship.

“Andrey Klimov is a strong boxer, always going forward, the jab and straight right are his best shots. The only thing I see is he is strong and has good fitness. From his last fight against Terrence Crawford I could see that he has problems when he fights a left-handed boxer with good movement. I will be working in side steps and with speed.

“I hope that he comes well prepared for me. We must do our best to give the fans a good show. IPipiri 13, I will be a new champ and after that I want to make two defenses and move to 135.”

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WÄTEA KATOA: Deontay Wilder, which chronicle’s the champion’s January fight against Bermane Stiverne and sets the stage as he prepares for his upcoming title defense, tuatahi i runga i Wednesday, Pipiri 3 i 10 p.m. AND/PT.
“Wilder vs. Molina,” he whawhai 12-Rauna hoki a Wilder WBC Heavyweight Championship, e wahiRāhoroi, Pipiri 13, i te Bartow Arena i Birmingham, Ala. Kua piri DiBella Entertainment me Bruno Team Event ope ki te kawe i tenei kaupapa ki Alabama. I roto i te tahi-matua romoted tahi-kaupapa e DiBella i roto i te tahi Universal Whakatairanga, Jose Pedraza e fehangahangai Andrey Klimov i roto i te a'ee 12-te rauna mo te IBF Jr. Kōmāmā World Taitara. Ka rangi te reira i ora i runga i SHOWTIME^® (9 p.m. AND/ 6 p.m. PT). Ka hoki te telecast wātea i roto i te reo Pāniora mā hōtaka ororongo Tuarua (SAP). Ka teata pāngia e afaro ora i runga i SHOWTIME EXTREME (7 p.m. AND/PT, roa i runga i te Tai Te Hau-ā-uru).

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MEI BARTOW ARENA i Birmingham, Ala.

He I te Sale tīkiti Na!

WÄTEA KATOA: Deontay Wilder Premieres Pipiri 3 I SHOWTIME

I roto i te tahi-āhuatanga, tūturu Jose “Ko te kaipupuhi” Pedraza (19-0, 12 Koó), o Caguas, Puerto Rico, Ka ātete e Andrey Klimov (19-1, 9 Koó), o Klimovski, Russia, i roto i te 12-rounder mo te wātea IBF Junior Kōmāmā World Championship.

The 6-foot-7 Wilder captured the heavyweight world championship with an impressive 12-round unanimous decision over defending titleholder Gold Cup i runga i Jan. 17 i runga i SHOWTIME. It was the first time the hard-hitting Wilder, 29, had fought more than four full rounds and the only time in his seven-year career that one of his fights went to the judges. By winning, he became the first undefeated American to win a heavyweight title since Michael Moorer i roto i te 1994.

Molina, a 6-foot-5 southpaw, possesses punching power that commands respect and makes him a dangerous proposition for any opponent. He has won five in a row, three straight by knockout, including an eighth-round TKO over Raphael Zumbano Love on the Wilder-Stiverne undercard. Ki te ikuna, the aggressive-minded 32-year-old would become the first Mexican-American heavyweight world champion.

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“It’s a wonderful feeling to be able to defend my heavyweight championship in my home state,” Wilder said. “I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time.

“It was one of my dreams to win a world title. This was my other dream to be able to defend it before all my fans in Alabama. I can’t wait until fight night to step into the ring and see the whole state coming out to support me.”

“I remember just a few months ago watching Deontay get ready for the biggest fight of his life,” Molina said. “I thought to myself, ‘someday, that’ll be me.’ I stared with envy not knowing that a few months later I’d get my turn.

“Winning the heavyweight world championship is my dream. Just as it was Deontay’s dream, it’s mine now. He had his turn, though it will be short-lived. I will become the first Mexican-American heavyweight champion. Guaranteed. Na, Sharing, come prepared for war. I’m coming to kick some ass.”

“Deontay Wilder is the first American to hold a heavyweight championship in years and one of the most exciting fighters in the division. His homecoming in Birmingham will be electric,” promoter Lou DiBella said. “The opening bout will be Jose Pedraza’s opportunity to establish himself as Puerto Rico’s next champion and a rising star. It will be a great night of boxing on SHOWTIME.”

“We are excited to work with DiBella Entertainment to bring the first ever heavyweight boxing championship to the State of Alabama,” Said Gene Hallman, peresideni a te tumu o Bruno Team Takahanga, a nationwide leader in sports event management. “Alabama’s Deontay Wilder always puts on a show, so we expect the arena to sell out for this world heavyweight championship.”

“Deontay made an emphatic statement with his performance in January that he is one of the current and future stars of this sport, and we’re thrilled to welcome him back to SHOWTIME for his first title defense, ” Na ka mea a Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice te peresideni & Kaiwhakahaere General SHOWTIME Sports. “But we all know that one punch can change everything in the heavyweight division and Eric Molina will be coming to Alabama to prove just that.”

WÄTEA KATOA: Deontay Wilder, which chronicles the champion’s Jan. 24 homecoming parade in Tuscaloosa and his preparation for the upcoming title defense, tuatahi i runga i Wednesday, Pipiri 3 i 10 p.m. AND/PT.

Wilder, the first United States-born heavyweight champion since Shannon Briggs won the WBO belt in November 2006, was born and raised in Tuscaloosa. He’s fought in Alabama five times, although the bout on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) will mark the first occasion he’s fought outside of Tuscaloosa (four times) or Mobile (once). This will be the first fight in his home state since August 2012.

Wilder started boxing at the age of 21 after his daughter Naieya (pronounced nie-EE-ya) was born with spina bifida. Despite his late start in boxing, Wilder would go on to represent the United States in the 2008 Olympic Games, i reira riro ia he mētara parahi. Ko ia te kaimekemeke whakamutunga Amerika tane ki te mētara i roto i nga Olympics.

Until going the distance against Stiverne, Wilder hadn’t come close to putting in a full night’s work since turning pro in November 2008. The then-virtually untested slugger had fought a total of 58 rauna, an average of 1.8 rounds per outing. He’s registered 18 knockouts in the first round, eight in the second.

Molina, who resides in Weslaco, Texas, is a big slugger, rugged and strong. He has good skills and movement and, like Wilder, got a belated start in boxing but has had only two defeats as a professional.

“The Drummer Boy” is on a roll, coming off five consecutive victories. Molina’s matchup with Wilder will be his first shot at a world title.

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“WILDER VS. Molina, he whawhai 12-a tawhio noa mo te Wilder WBC Heavyweight Championship, e wahiRāhoroi, Pipiri 13, i te Bartow Arena i Birmingham, Ala. Kua piri DiBella Entertainment me Bruno Team Event ope ki te kawe i tenei kaupapa ki Alabama. Ka rangi te reira i ora i runga i SHOWTIME^® (9 p.m. AND/ 6 p.m. PT). Ka hoki te telecast wātea i roto i te reo Pāniora mā hōtaka ororongo Tuarua (SAP). Ka teata pāngia e afaro ora i runga i SHOWTIME EXTREME (7 p.m. AND/PT, roa i runga i te Tai Te Hau-ā-uru).

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