| Kelly Swanson
Hatur nuhun, petugas. Hatur nuhun, everyone, for calling in. We have a great call this morning and this afternoon actually here on the East Coast to talk about the Maret 28 SHOWTIME pintonan, Championship tinju témbongkeun, 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. Tapi, samemeh urang meunangkeun ka pejuang, Kuring remen pikeun ngawanohkeun Chris DeBlasio, Vice President of Communications for SHOWTIME Sports to fill you in a little bit about the fight. Chris?
Chris DeBlasio
Hatur nuhun pisan, Kelly. I just want to take a quick moment to thank the fighters for being on this call, hatur pencét for nu keur dieu, jeung ngan nyebutkeun atas nama Stephen Espinoza, nu EVP jeung Pangatur Umum pikeun SHOWTIME Olahraga, jeung sakabéh urang di SHOWTIME, urang keur bener bungah pikeun meunangkeun balik deui ka eta jeung tempat cicing kajadian SHOWTIME Championship tinju nice Saptu ieu. As you may have seen in the boxing press, ieu ngeunaan dua minggu ka tukang nu urang ngumumkeun nambahkeun hiji platform anyar disebut SHOWTIME tinju International. Gelut mimiti bakal Saptu ieu, Maret 28; it’s an international fight on the SHOWTIME network live to our subscribers. Janten, nu conto kahiji cara hade ka kick off urang Saptu Maret 28 sinyalna tinju, jeung nu bakal gonna jadi Kell Brook versus fight Jo Jo Dan IBF Welterweight Championship Dunya nu bakal nyokot tempat di Sheffield, Inggris. SHOWTIME is going to carry that fight live at 6:15 Sabeulah wetan, 3:15Pasifik. Teras salajengna, bakal nyokot putus salila jam soré terus balik cicing di 10 p.m et./7 p.m. Kajadian PT SHOWTIME Championship tinju jeung Jermell Charlo, Vanes Martirosyan, Jhonny Gonzalez and Gary Russell. Janten, éta nurun tina dua- bagian platform dina dinten saptu jeung tilu gelut hirup datang ka anjeun, which we’re really excited about. And we appreciate the opportunity to be in business with the guys on the phone here today. Janten, tanpa nanaon salajengna, let’s get it started. We welcome you guys.
Kelly Swanson
Oké. And one quick note — atawa rada, media, hiji catetan gancang — urang kakarék dikirim kaluar ngalawan Minggu Media Jadwal, jadi mangga néangan nu di koropak-koropak nu Anjeun, and it will give you the details of what is going on this week for the fight. Hatur nuhun. Oké, let’s go ahead and open it up. Saleresna, let me go ahead and introduce the two guys that are on the call right now. They want to say a couple words. Kahiji, we have Vanes Martirosyan. He’s a world-ranked 154 pound contender. Vanes, Anjeun rek ngomong pasangan hiji kecap, ngabejaan ka urang kumaha latihan anu bade jeung kumaha Anjeun keur teu meunang siap tarung?
Vanes Martirosyan
Latihan anu bade gede, everything is going good. We can’t wait to fight. Anjeun terang, Kuring yakin everybody nyebutkeun yen saméméh maranéhanana ngalawan, but we really are ready to go. We just can’t wait to go.
Kelly Swanson
Oké, gede. Hatur nuhun pisan. And where are you training?
Nu. Martirosyan
I’m training here in California at Main Event Sports Club. There’s been a couple of locations we’ve been training, tapi utama nu geus utama Pajajaran, Olahraga Club, nu media bakal di ayeuna.
K. Swanson
Ayeuna, 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, unggal waktu kuring meunang siap perang, 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. Janten, training camp has been good. Trainer Ronnie Shields, Danny Arnold. I BUBUKA gym sorangan, so I get a little late night extra hours in when I want to. Jeung, I want to fight with my twin brother. We’re pushing to fight. I can’t wait to fight. Just like Vanes, manéhna lapar, manéhna siap. I’m I’m ready.
Q
Dibikeun boh posisi Anjeun, salaku dianggap salaku luhur 10 contenders dina 154 pound kelas beurat, dina pikiran anjeun, ulah mertimbangkeun ieu hiji fight éliminasi? Vanes, naon pikiran anjeun ngeunaan nu?
Nu. 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 — Jigana geus — an eliminator fight. I’m looking at this as a championship fight. Jermell is tougher than any of the champions, jadi ka kuring, ieu téh gelut kajawaraan, and that’s what we got ready for. And it should be an eliminator fight. I don’t know if it is or not, tapi éta kumaha carana urang geus nyokot jadi, sarta urang geus nyokot ieu salaku gelut judul dunya.
Q
Jermell, pikiran anjeun dina nu – nya eta hiji eliminator resmi atawa hiji 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 — tumuwuh nepi ka manéhna. I know what I bring to the table. And this fight is a fight for manhood, éta gelut pikeun mintonkeun saha tycoon nyata ti olahraga ieu nyaéta dina 154 pound weight division. There’s a lot at stake, jadi eta leuwih ti gelut judul ka kuring.
Q
Jermell, teu nyebut nu tumuwuh nepi ka manéhna saeutik saeutik?
J. Charlo
Hehehehe, Kuring tumuwuh nepi ka manéhna, sahenteuna dua atawa tilu taun jeung Vanes, anjeun terang, jeung kulawargana, urang nya, anjeun terang? Janten, Abdi terang — urang nyaho silih oge.
Q
Dupi anjeun guys kungsi sparred saling?
J. Charlo
Hehehehe, urang geus sparred jeung unggal sababaraha kali séjén.
Q
Sakumaha sering, anu anjeun nyebutkeun? 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, masih saeutik budak ngembang nepi kana hiji manusa. Janten, ayeuna, Kuring malah teu nyangka ngeunaan kumaha ieu, naon deui ieu ngeunaan, atawa kumaha latihan ieu lamun kami latihan babarengan. Ieu mah malah 19 — Mah ieu 17, 16, 17, 18, Maksad abdi, those ages. Ieuh, urang nyanghareupan silih lantaran urang geus boh di luhur, 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.
Q
Vanes, Anjeun ngarasa cara nu sarua ngeunaan kali Anjeun dina cingcin jeung anakna?
Nu. Martirosyan
Hehehehe, I remember when we used to train. It was good training. We were always in competition — abdi, 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, ramana, jeung palatih-Na, Ronnie Shields. They’ve been good people to me. Tapi Saptu wengi, manéhna nu keur jalan jadi musuh mah di ring. Kanggo ayeuna, luar cingcin, Kuring hormat ka everybody. Once we step in the ring, téh mangrupa hiji carita sagemblengna beda.
Q
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?
Nu. Martirosyan
Entong, sabab di fight nu, urang tadi ka poho ngeunaan loba hal. Dan passed away. We were all sad, and we didn’t know what to do. And we actually thought — 'Kudu we ngalawan’ atawa Kuring henteu weruh lamun Joe (Goossen sacara) 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. Lamun mah leungit ka Andrade, Mah teu lengkah kana cingcin nu 100 persen, jeung basa kuring datang ka imah — lamun datang imah pecundang hiji, téh mangrupa rarasaan bad. Kuring teu bisa nempo pamajikan mah, my kids. I feel like I let them down. Janten, ayeuna, Aku saukur dina modeu nu mana Abdi rada tilem ti nempo yén deui.
Q
Lamun anjeun meunang ieu tarung, kalawan nyata, Anjeun Kukituna aya dina posisi keur gelut judul dunya utama. Dupi anjeun teu nyaman jeung nungguan hiji jalma, figuring maranéhanana pejuang ngan ngalawan meureun dua kali sataun, atawa bakal Anjeun hoyong tetep aktip jeung nyokot leuwih gelut antara eta?
J. Charlo
Anjeun terang, unggul ieu tarung ka kuring — 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. Pajoang pikeun urusan judul dunya jeung sakabeh barang tambahan ieu, tapi lamun Kaula dieu ngawangun ngaran jeung ngawangun brand mah, éta sagampil penting. Keur hiji ngaran rumah tangga teh sapanjang tinju Déwan Dunya, sakabehna. Nu perkara ka kuring.
Nu. Martirosyan
Tarung, ieu tarung — Abdi nyebutkeun kawas gelar loba tepi ka juara anu juara ayeuna di kelas beurat urang, kalobaannana saukur ngajalankeun sungut maranéhanana, starting with Andrade. A fight like this for me and Jermell, éta saperti gelut gedé keur kuring, anjeun terang, but it’s not only for us. Maksad abdi, it’s for the fans. The fans are in, and it’s great. Maksad abdi, you rarely get to see contenders like me and Jermell wanting to step up and fight each other. Anjeun terang, biasana, urang bakal meunang nepi ka rankings kawas urang, they just want to just talk a lot of bad stuff about the champions to get the world title fight. Tapi, anjeun terang, Anjeun jarang meunang nempo contenders kawas éta, anjeun terang, Entong. 1 jeung aya. 2 fighting each other when, you know they really want to fight each other and they both said yes to the fight. Janten, éta gelut gedé, tapi kuring ngarasa kawas, anjeun terang, urang keur sagala gonna jadi — urang geus gonna teu pangalusna urang, sarta kuring ngarasa kawas fans nu gonna jadi winners for gelut ieu.
K Swanson
Oké, gede. You guys, Aya rasa nu ieu pertanyaan terakhir, 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. Jeung, Jermell, urang bakal ningali anjeun Las Vegas saterusna saminggu.
J. Charlo
No problem. See you, guys.
Nu. Martirosyan – Hatur nuhun. Take care.
Kelly Swanson
Arurang bade pindah nelepon leuwih ka Gary Russell, JR.
K. Swanson
Gary Russell, JR. bakal malik ka Jhonny Gonzalez pikeun Gonzalez sacara 126 judul pound, the WBC Featherweight World Championship. Gary, upami Anjeun hoyong ngabejaan urang saeutik saeutik ngeunaan kumaha latihan anu bade, antisipasi Anjeun jadi pajoang Jhonny Gonzalez judul dunya ieu jeung naon wae mikir ngeunaan sakabeh fight sacara umum?
Gary Russell JR.
Urang kungsi camp latihan gede. Sagala geus sampurna, no excuses, 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
Anu anjeun lakukeun nanaon di camp di préparasi for ieu nu bedana ti gelut Anjeun séjén?
G. Russell JR.
Entong, we’re not doing anything that’s different in preparation for any of the fights. I think the only difference is, gumantung tarung, you want to prepare depending on the opponent that you’re competing against. Janten, Jigana ngan béda nyaéta béda dina sparring. Anjeun hoyong mawa di guys nu boga gaya jiga nu geus Anjeun keur gonna jadi competing ngalawan jsb. That’s the only change that we’ve made so far. Salian ti eta — Chairil Anwar dasar, cingcin generalship, laju leungeun, daya punching, putus jeung udar, sakabéh barang nu sarua.
Q
Gjeung, anu Anjeun kaget pikeun meunangkeun shot sejen di judulna?
G. Russell, JR.
Entong, Kaula teu reuwas. Kuring meunang sarua promosi Al Haymon, ngan Al Haymon sacara umum lamun datang ka nu. Anjeunna manager mah, simkuring terang, yen manéhna sakabeh kontak di daya pikeun nyoba nyieun hal lumangsung pikeun urang, and give us another shot at a world title. I’m extremely grateful and thankful for this opportunity.
Q
Lamun anjeun perang gelut ngalawan Lomachenko pikeun salah sahiji judulna, teu Anjeun nyandak nanaon kaluar ti eleh nu? Naha éta pangalaman, atawa keur dina nu tingkat panggung nu mawa ka arah kasempetan kajawaraan ieu saterusna?
G. Russell JR.
Tangtosna. One of the main things that we took out of it is, lamun urang teu peupeus, 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. Kuring geus katempo nu hasilna éta jeung efek samping eta. Urang teu mawa karugian gampang, ku jauh. 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. Urang geus cara tim sarua deui ojah. Urang geus siap, urang geus fokus, urang geus ditangtukeun, urang geus disetir urang jeung keur saukur néangan méré pintonan alus.
Q
Ulah anjeun ningali Gonzalez salaku nu bajoang leuwih hadé ti Lomachenko, atawa sugan saeutik tina bajoang leuwih rentan ti Lomachenko atawa sabangsana? Kumaha anjeun tumpukan nepi ka Panyekel dua judul?
G. Russell JR.
Maranéhanana geus dua pejuang pohara béda. 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. Anjeun nyokot no hiji for teu dibales. Urang pasti ceuk, oh, ieu téh gelut bahaya nyokot jeung Jhonny Gonzalez, tapi urang ngarasa jadi sanajan kumaha urang mawa béja bakal unggul dina ahir.
Q
Naon husus naha anjeun teu beda pikeun nyiapkeun Lomachenko nu nu hayang Anjeun geus teu?
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, kami di sauna pikeun dua katukang, maybe three days leading all the way up into the fight. That’s what my strength and conditioning coach wanted me to do.
Saha nu bakal katempo fight nu, naha ieu Lomachenko atawa saha wae, maranéhanana geus katempo beda kamampuhna punching mah, ketahanan mah, laju mah, ngan kuring salaku hiji jalma. Jalma terang yén anu ieu teu Gary Russell, JR. nu maranéhanana kukituna ditempo sateuacanna 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, anjeun terang?
Q
Ngeunaan Jhonny Gonzalez — manéhna kalawan nyata nyaeta guy anu mangrupa puncher volume, ceuk urang mah sieun ngadeg di jeung dagang. Kumaha carana sangkan ieu tarung karya ka mangpaatkeun Anjeun upami anjeunna henteu ngalawan hiji Gonzalez fight has di pikiran anjeun?
G. Russell, JR.
Ku teu sangka nu manéhna nu keur jalan pikeun bisa nungkulan, sakali deui, laju mah. 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 — nu quickness suku. Jeung loba anu nembak-Na nu saeutik-rupa. Janten, Kuring gé jadi ngeunaan ka outpunch manéhna jeung bisa punch manéhna antara anu nembak-Na.
Q
Naon anjeun tèh tina kaputusan di gelut 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, jeung kuring nurun tina nempo alesan pangna mah leungit — ieu alatan kuring teu bisa ngalakukeun naon ieu mah normal teu.
Q
Janten, Anjeun ngarasa yén anjeun leungit tarung mangka?
G. Russell JR.
Certainly. I’d definitely say that I lost the fight.
Q
Anjeun dijamah dina Al Haymon saméméhna. Dupi anjeun tiasa ngajelaskeun naon dampak nya éta dina karir Anjeun? And we’ve all seen the moves that he’s been making. How is that gonna help you moving forward?
G. Russell, JR.
Kuring ngarasa jadi sanajan seuneu sahandapeun manajer tur promoters. Aya hiji usaha team. Anjeun bakal bisa ngabejaan ka manager Anjeun atawa promoter Anjeun, 'Héy, ieu téh rencana mah game, 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, meureun genep gelut taun ieu, jsb. Pangatur anjeun jeung promoter, nu saterusna datang di di, they should be able to meet you halfway with their game plan. If you want to have six fights within a year, jsb, 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. Ieu ngeunaan nu nyaho, Sangkaan abdi.
Q
Judul kana ieu tarung, ulah ngarasa kawas anjeun kudu méré kualitas nu tangtu fight ka bener nyieun fans nyaritakeun anjeun jeung make ngaran urusan rumah tangga? Now that there’s so many platforms for boxing, ulah ngarasa siga aya nu ditambahkeun tekenan pikeun nunda dina hiji fight seru, atawa Anjeun ngarasa kawas anjeun masih bisa saukur, methodically kotak jeung meunangkeun fans ti nu?
G. Russell JR.
Mah jujur teu ngarasa jadi sanajan nu boga urang ngalakukeun nanaon kaluar ti biasa. Anjeun geus bade ningali has Gary Russell, JR. nu tos Anjeun ditempo sateuacanna 24 gelut — laju leungeun, kabisa punching, generalship ngirining jeung sajabana. ,A loba pejuang perlu bray nepi di hype nu, jeung maranehna ngarasa jadi sanajan geus maranéhanana pikeun ngalakukeun hal saeutik leuwih meunang fans leuwih, jsb. 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
Oké, Gary, hatur pisan ka anjeun for nu keur sadia pikeun ngangkat eta patarosan, sarta urang ngahargaan Anjeun nyokot waktu kaluar ti poé riweuh Anjeun, sarta urang kasampak maju ka manéh Anjeun ngalawan Saptu ieu, Maret 28, di Pearl di Palem Kasino Resort di Las Vegas sarta hirup dina SHOWTIME Championship tinju. Hatur nuhun, Gary.
* * *
Tiket eta kanggo kajadian nu hirup nu dibanderol di $200, $100, $75, $50, jeung $25, deui lumaku
waragad anu diobral ayeuna. Tiket bisa dibeuli ku nelepon Ticketmaster di (800) 745-3000 atawa ku ngaklik IEUH. Tiket ogé bisa ditempo online di www.ticketmaster.com.
Gonzalez vs. Russell lumangsung di The Mutiara di Palem Kasino Resort di Las Vegas sarta bakal hawa dina SHOWTIME (10 p.m. AND/7 p.m. PT). Dina acara ko-utama, Jermell Charlo dicokot Vanes Martirosyan dina aksi welterweight super. Nu SHOWTIME Championship tinju telecast oge bakal sadia di Spanyol via programming audio sekundér (SAP).
Inpo nu leuwih lengkep, nganjang www.sports.sho.com, turutan dina Twitter diSHOSports, jhonnygbox, mrgaryrusselljr, TwinCharlo, LouDiBella JeungPearlAtPalms, turutan paguneman ngagunakeun #GonzalezRussell, jadi kipas dina Facebook di www.facebook.com/SHOBoxing atawa nganjang ka Blog SHOWTIME tinju di http://theboxingblog.sho.com. |
