| Kelly Swanson
Go raibh maith agat, oibreoir. Go raibh maith agat, gach duine, for calling in. We have a great call this morning and this afternoon actually here on the East Coast to talk about the Márta 28 Showtime seó, CHAMPIONSHIP Dornálaíocht Taispeáin, featuring Jhonny Gonzalez, Gary Russell, Jr. and Jermell Charlo against Vanes Martirosyan. We have all the fighters joining us today on the call. We will start with Jermell and Vanes. Ach, sula a fháil againn chun na trodaithe, Ba mhaith liom a thabhairt isteach Chris DeBlasio, Vice President of Communications for SHOWTIME Sports to fill you in a little bit about the fight. Chris?
Chris DeBlasio
Go raibh maith agat an méid sin, Kelly. I just want to take a quick moment to thank the fighters for being on this call, buíochas a ghabháil leis as a bheith anseo preas, agus díreach a rá ar son Stephen Espinoza, an EVP agus Bainisteoir Ginearálta don Showtime Spóirt, agus gach duine againn ag Showtime, tá muid i ndáiríre excited a fháil ar ais isteach é le imeacht Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP Dornálaíocht deas beo Dé Sathairn. As you may have seen in the boxing press, go raibh sé thart ar dhá sheachtain ó shin go d'fhógair muid an Chomh maith le ardán nua ar a dtugtar Showtime Dornálaíocht Idirnáisiúnta. Beidh an chéad troid i bheith Dé Sathairn, Márta 28; it’s an international fight on the SHOWTIME network live to our subscribers. Mar sin,, Is é an gcéad dul síos ar bhealach deas chun tús ár Dé Sathairn Márta 28 clúdach dornálaíochta, agus tá sin ag dul a bheith ar an Brook Kell versus Jo Jo Dan IBF Welterweight Craobh an Domhain gcomhrac go bhfuil ar siúl i Sheffield, Sasana. SHOWTIME is going to carry that fight live at 6:15 Oirthir, 3:15Pacific. Agus ansin, Beidh orainn a chur le sos i rith na n-uaireanta tráthnóna agus ansin dul beo ag 10 p.m ET./7 p.m. Imeacht PT Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP Dornálaíocht le Jermell CHARLO, Eití Martirosyan, Jhonny Gonzalez and Gary Russell. Mar sin,, tá sé saghas dhá- chuid ardán ar an Satharn le trí troideanna beo ag teacht chun tú, which we’re really excited about. And we appreciate the opportunity to be in business with the guys on the phone here today. Mar sin,, gan rud ar bith a thuilleadh, let’s get it started. We welcome you guys.
Kelly Swanson
Maith go leor. And one quick note — nó in áit, meáin, nóta mear amháin — ní mór dúinn a sheoladh díreach amach an comhrac Seachtain Meáin Sceideal, le do thoil mar sin a lorg i do inboxes, and it will give you the details of what is going on this week for the fight. Go raibh maith agat. Maith go leor, let’s go ahead and open it up. I ndáiríre, let me go ahead and introduce the two guys that are on the call right now. They want to say a couple words. An Chéad, we have Vanes Martirosyan. He’s a world-ranked 154 pound contender. Eití, ba mhaith leat a rá focail cúpla, insint dúinn conas a oiliúint ag dul agus conas a bhfuil tú ag fáil réidh le haghaidh an troid i?
Eití Martirosyan
Tá oiliúint leanúnach iontach, everything is going good. We can’t wait to fight. Tá a fhios agat, Tá mé cinnte go gach duine a deir go sula siad troid, but we really are ready to go. We just can’t wait to go.
Kelly Swanson
Maith go leor, mór. Go raibh maith agat an méid sin. And where are you training?
An. Martirosyan
I’m training here in California at Main Event Sports Club. There’s been a couple of locations we’ve been training, ach tá an mór-a bhí Príomh-Club Spóirt Imeacht, a mbeidh na meáin a bheith ag lá atá inniu ann.
K. Swanson
Anois, 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, gach uair a rachaidh mé réidh le haghaidh troid, 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. Mar sin,, training camp has been good. Trainer Ronnie Shields, Danny Arnold. D'oscail mé mo giomnáisiam féin, so I get a little late night extra hours in when I want to. Agus, I want to fight with my twin brother. We’re pushing to fight. I can’t wait to fight. Just like Vanes, tá sé ocras, Tá sé réidh. I’m I’m ready.
Q
Mar gheall ar an dá de do phoist, mar a mheas mar barr 10 iomaitheoir sa 154 meáchan rang punt, i d'intinn, dar leat seo gcomhrac deireadh a chur? Eití, cad iad do chuid smaointe faoi sin?
An. 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 — Sílim go bhfuil sé — an eliminator fight. I’m looking at this as a championship fight. Jermell is tougher than any of the champions, mar sin dom, tá sé seo le troid i craobhchomórtais, and that’s what we got ready for. And it should be an eliminator fight. I don’t know if it is or not, ach is é sin conas tá muid ag cur mar, agus táimid ag cur seo mar troid teideal domhan.
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Jermell, do chuid smaointe ar an – tá sé Eliminator oifigiúil nó ceann de facto?
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 — fhás suas leis. I know what I bring to the table. And this fight is a fight for manhood, tá sé ina troid a thaispeáint a bhfuil an tycoon fíor an spóirt sa 154 pound weight division. There’s a lot at stake, mar sin tá sé níos mó ná troid teideal dom.
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Jermell, dúirt tú gur fhás tú suas leis beagán?
J. CHARLO
Yeah, D'fhás mé suas leis, ar a laghad dhá nó trí bliana a bhfuil eití, Tá a fhios agat, agus a chlann, a mhuintir, Tá a fhios agat? Mar sin,, Tá a fhios agam — tá a fhios againn ar a chéile go maith.
Q
An bhfuil tú guys sparred riamh lena chéile?
J. CHARLO
Yeah, tá muid sparred le chéile arís agus arís eile eile.
Q
Cé chomh minic, ba mhaith leat a rá? 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, fós buachaill beag ag fás suas i fear. Mar sin,, ceart anois, Ní dóigh liom go fiú faoi conas a bhí sé, cad a bhí sé ar tí, nó conas a bhí oiliúint nuair a bhí muid ag oiliúint le chéile. Ní raibh fiú 19 — Bhí mé 17, 16, 17, 18, Ciallaíonn mé, those ages. anseo, os ár gcomhair a chéile toisc go bhfuil muid araon ag an mbarr, 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.
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Eití, bhraitheann tú ar an mbealach céanna faoi do uair i an fáinne leis?
An. Martirosyan
Yeah, I remember when we used to train. It was good training. We were always in competition — dom, 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, a athair, agus a oiliúnóir, Ronnie Shields. They’ve been good people to me. Ach Dé Sathairn oíche, sé ag dul a bheith ar mo namhaid an fáinne. Chun anois, lasmuigh den fáinne, Meas agam gach duine. Once we step in the ring, tá sé ina scéal go hiomlán difriúil.
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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?
An. Martirosyan
Ná Gan, mar ag an gcomhrac, bhí againn chun dearmad a lán rudaí. Dan passed away. We were all sad, and we didn’t know what to do. And we actually thought — 'Ba chóir dúinn a troid’ nó níl a fhios agam má Joe (Goossen s) 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. Nuair a chaill mé go Andrade, Ní raibh mé dlús a chur isteach an fáinne 100 faoin gcéad, agus nuair a tháinig mé abhaile — nuair a thagann tú abhaile fear caillte na himeartha, tá sé ina mothú dona. Ní féidir liom breathnú ar mo bhean chéile, my kids. I feel like I let them down. Mar sin,, ceart anois, Tá mé díreach sa mód nuair ba mhaith liom bás in áit a fheiceáil go arís.
Q
Má bhí tú a bhuachan troid, ar ndóigh, mhaith leat a bheith in ann do mhór troid i teideal domhan. An bhfuil tú compordach leis ag fanacht ar cheann de na, figuring sin trodaithe troid ach b'fhéidir dhá uair sa bhliain, nó a bheadh tú ag iarraidh chun fanacht gníomhach agus a chur troideanna níos mó idir iad?
J. CHARLO
Tá a fhios agat, bhuaigh an troid dom — 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. Troid do na nithe teideal domhan agus go léir stuif seo breise, ach má tá mé ag tógáil anseo mo ainm agus tógáil mo branda, go díreach chomh tábhachtach. A bheith ina ainm tí ar fud na Comhairle Dornálaíochta an Domhain, gach rud. Go bhfuil cúrsaí dom.
An. Martirosyan
An comhrac in, troid — Ba mhaith liom a rá ar nós a lán de na Seaimpíní atá Seaimpíní ceart anois inár rang meáchan, chuid is mó acu ach reáchtáil a béal, starting with Andrade. A fight like this for me and Jermell, tá sé den sórt sin a troid mór dom, Tá a fhios agat, but it’s not only for us. Ciallaíonn mé, it’s for the fans. The fans are in, and it’s great. Ciallaíonn mé, you rarely get to see contenders like me and Jermell wanting to step up and fight each other. Tá a fhios agat, de ghnáth, Beidh daoine a fháil suas go dtí an rangú mar go bhfuil muid, they just want to just talk a lot of bad stuff about the champions to get the world title fight. Ach, Tá a fhios agat, tú annamh a fheiceáil iomaitheoir mar sin, Tá a fhios agat, Ná Gan. 1 agus Uimh. 2 fighting each other when, you know they really want to fight each other and they both said yes to the fight. Mar sin,, tá sé ina troid mór, ach is dóigh liom mhaith, Tá a fhios agat, tá muid go léir ag dul a bheith — táimid ag dul a dhéanamh ar ár is fearr, agus is dóigh liom an lucht leanúna go bhfuil ag dul a bheith ar an buaiteoirí ar an troid i.
K Swanson
Maith go leor, mór. You guys, I mo thuairimse, go raibh do cheist seo caite, 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. Agus, Jermell, beidh muid a fheiceann tú i Las Vegas níos déanaí an tseachtain seo.
J. CHARLO
No problem. See you, guys.
An. Martirosyan – Go raibh maith agat. Take care.
Kelly Swanson
Táimid ag dul a athrú ar an glaoch ar aghaidh go dtí Gary Russell, Jr.
K. Swanson
Gary Russell, Jr. Beidh a bheith os comhair Jhonny Gonzalez do Gonzalez ar 126 Teideal punt, the WBC Featherweight World Championship. Gary, más mian leat a insint dúinn le beagán faoi conas a oiliúint ag dul, do oirchill a bheith ag troid Jhonny Gonzalez don teideal domhan agus cad a cheapann tú faoi an troid i fad i gcoitinne?
Gary Russell Jr.
Bhí orainn campa traenála iontach. Tá gach rud a bhí iontach, Níl aon leithscéal, 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
An bhfuil tú ag déanamh aon rud i gcampa mar ullmhúchán don go difriúil ó do troideanna eile?
G. Russell Jr.
Ná Gan, we’re not doing anything that’s different in preparation for any of the fights. I think the only difference is, ag brath ar an gcomhrac, you want to prepare depending on the opponent that you’re competing against. Mar sin,, Sílim go bhfuil an difríocht amháin an difríocht i sparring. Ba mhaith leat a thabhairt i guys a bhfuil stíl cosúil leis a bhfuil sé go bhfuil tú ag dul a bheith san iomaíocht i gcoinne srl. That’s the only change that we’ve made so far. Chomh maith le sin — bunúsacha bunúsach, generalship fáinne, luas láimhe, cumhacht punching, neart agus riochtú, Is léir go stuif mar an gcéanna.
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Gagus, Cuireadh iontas ort a fháil ar lámhaigh eile ag an teideal?
G. Russell, Jr.
Ná Gan, Níl mé ionadh. Fuair mé an gcéanna Arduithe Céime Al HAYMON, ach Al HAYMON go ginearálta nuair a thagann sé sin. Tá sé mo bhainisteoir, agus tá a fhios againn go ndearna sé gach rud ar a chumas chun iarracht a dhéanamh rudaí a tharlóidh dúinn, and give us another shot at a world title. I’m extremely grateful and thankful for this opportunity.
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Nuair a throid tú an troid i gcoinne Lomachenko do cheann de na teidil, a ghlacadh tú rud ar bith as an defeat? Cibé an bhfuil sé an taithí, nó a bheith ar an leibhéal sin ar an stáitse a thabhairt tú i dtreo an deis seo craobhchomórtais chugainn?
G. Russell Jr.
Ar ndóigh. One of the main things that we took out of it is, más rud é nach bhfuil sé bhris, 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. Againn atá le feiceáil ar thoradh sin agus na fo-iarsmaí de. Ní chuirimid caillteanais éasca a ghlacadh, le fada. 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. Bhí orainn an mbealach fhoireann chéanna ar ais ag gluaiseacht. Tá muid réidh, táimid dírithe, táimid a chinneadh, táimid tiomáinte iad agus táimid ag lorg ach a thabhairt ar an seó maith.
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An bhfeiceann tú Gonzalez mar Trodaire i bhfad níos fearr ná mar a Lomachenko, nó b'fhéidir beagán de Trodaire níos leochailí ná Lomachenko nó a leithéid? Conas a dhéanann tú Stack suas an dá sealbhóirí teideal?
G. Russell Jr.
Tá siad dhá trodaithe an-difriúil. 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. Ghlacann tú le duine ar bith do dheonú. Dúirt muid cinnte, OH, tá sé seo le troid i contúirteach cur le Jhonny Gonzalez, ach is dóigh againn mar cé méid a thabhairt dúinn leis an tábla a bheith níos fearr sa deireadh.
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Cad a rinne sonrach a dhéanann tú ar bhealach éagsúil chun ullmhú le haghaidh Lomachenko gur mian leat nach raibh tú?
G. Russell, Jr.
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, bhí muid i sabhna le dhá am atá thart, maybe three days leading all the way up into the fight. That’s what my strength and conditioning coach wanted me to do.
Duine ar bith go bhfuil le feiceáil go gcomhrac, cibé an raibh sé Lomachenko nó aon duine eile, tá siad le feiceáil ar an difríocht i mo chumas punching, mo endurance, mo luas, mise mar dhuine. Daoine a fhios nach raibh an Gary Russell, Jr. gur mhaith leo le feiceáil ar an roimhe sin 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, Tá a fhios agat?
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Maidir Jhonny Gonzalez — tá sé ar ndóigh Guy is pollaire toirt, nach bhfuil sé eagla a seasamh i agus trádáil. Conas a dhéanann an obair seo troid in chun tairbhe do má dhéanann sé i ngleic le Gonzalez gcomhrac tipiciúil i d'intinn?
G. Russell, Jr.
Ní dóigh liom go bhfuil sé ag dul a bheith in ann déileáil leis, arís, mo luas. 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 — an quickness chos. Agus tá a lán de chuid shots beag ar fud an. Mar sin,, Beidh mé ar tí é a outpunch dó agus a bheith in ann a punch dó idir a shots.
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Cad a cheapann tú ar an gcinneadh sa chomhrac Lomachenko?
G. Russell Jr.
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, agus saghas a chonaic mé an fáth a chaill mé — bhí sé mar nach raibh mé in ann a dhéanamh cad a bhí sé a dhéanamh liom de ghnáth.
Q
Mar sin,, bhraitheann tú gur chaill tú an gcomhrac sin?
G. Russell Jr.
Certainly. I’d definitely say that I lost the fight.
Q
I dteagmháil léi tú ar Al HAYMON níos luaithe. An féidir leat a mhíniú cad é a tionchar ar do ghairm bheatha? And we’ve all seen the moves that he’s been making. How is that gonna help you moving forward?
G. Russell, Jr.
Is dóigh liom mar cé go bhfuil an tine faoi na bainisteoirí agus tionscnóirí. Níl iarracht foirne. Beidh tú in ann a insint do bhainisteoir nó do tionscnóir, 'Hey, is é seo mo phlean cluiche, 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, b'fhéidir sé troideanna i mbliana, srl. Do bhainisteoir agus tionscnóir, nuair a thagann siad i ag, they should be able to meet you halfway with their game plan. If you want to have six fights within a year, srl, 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. Tá sé faoi a bhfuil a fhios agat, Buille faoi thuairim mé.
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Ceannteideal sa troid, a dhéanann mbraitheann tú mar go bhfuil tú a thabhairt ar chaighdeán áirithe de troid i ndáiríre lucht leanúna a dhéanamh a bhaineann le tú, agus a dhéanann tú an t-ainm tí? Now that there’s so many platforms for boxing, a dhéanann mbraitheann tú mar níl brú a chur ar an gcomhrac spreagúil a leanas, nó a bhraitheann tú mar is féidir leat fós ach, methodically bhosca agus lucht leanúna ón fháil?
G. Russell Jr.
Agam nach hionraic bhraitheann mar cé go go bhfuil aon ní a dhéanamh as an gnáth. Tá tú ag dul a fheiceáil ar an tipiciúil Gary Russell, Jr. go atá tú ag feiceáil an roimhe 24 troideanna — luas láimhe, cumas punching, generalship fáinne agus araile. ,A lán de na trodaithe a bheith gafa suas sa hype, agus mothaíonn siad mar cé go bhfuil siad chun rudaí a dhéanamh beagán níos mó a bhuaigh an lucht leanúna níos mó, srl. 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
Maith go leor, Gary, buíochas a ghabháil leat an oiread sin as a bheith ar fáil chun na ceisteanna a fhreagairt, agus táimid buíoch as cur an t-am amach do lá gnóthach, agus táimid ag tnúth le tú a fheiceáil ag troid Dé Sathairn, Márta 28, ag an Pearl ar an Casino Palms Saoire i Las Vegas agus ag maireachtáil ar Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP Dornálaíocht. Go raibh maith agat, Gary.
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