| Kelly Swanson
Misaotra anao, mpandraharaha. Misaotra, rehetra, for calling in. We have a great call this morning and this afternoon actually here on the East Coast to talk about the Martsa 28 SHOWTIME seho, Tompon-daka ady totohondry Show, mampiseho 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. Fa, alohan'ny mahazo ny mpiady, Te-hampiditra Chris DeBlasio, Vice President of Communications for SHOWTIME Sports to fill you in a little bit about the fight. Chris?
Chris DeBlasio
Misaotra indrindra, Kelly. I just want to take a quick moment to thank the fighters for being on this call, misaotra ny mpanao gazety noho ny eto, ary milaza fotsiny ho an'ny Stephen Espinoza, ny EVP sy General Manager ho SHOWTIME Sports, ary isika rehetra amin'ny SHOWTIME, Tena faly izahay mba hiverina any izany amin'ny tompon-daka SHOWTIME velona tsara ady totohondry hetsika Sabotsy ity. As you may have seen in the boxing press, rehefa tokony ho tamin'ny roa herinandro lasa izay fa nanambara ny koa ny sehatra vaovao antsoina hoe SHOWTIME Boxing International. Ady voalohany ho Sabotsy ity, Martsa 28; it’s an international fight on the SHOWTIME network live to our subscribers. Izany, ny voalohany ohatra dia fomba tsara fanombohana ny Asabotsy Martsa 28 ady totohondry fandrakofana, ary iany ho ny Kell Brook oharina Jo Jo Dan IBF Welterweight World Championship ady izay nitranga ny tany Sheffield, Angletera. SHOWTIME is going to carry that fight live at 6:15 Atsinanana, 3:15Pacific. Ary avy eo, dia haka ny fiatoana mandritra ny ora tolakandro, ary avy eo dia mandeha mivantana ao amin'ny 10 p.m ET./7 p.m. PT SHOWTIME tompon-daka tamin'ny ady totohondry hetsika Jermell Charlo, Vanes Martirosyan, Jhonny Gonzalez and Gary Russell. Izany, izany karazana roa- Fizarana sehatra amin'ny sabotsy amin'ny telo ady velona ho any aminao, which we’re really excited about. And we appreciate the opportunity to be in business with the guys on the phone here today. Izany, tsy misy na inona na inona koa, let’s get it started. We welcome you guys.
Kelly Swanson
Okay. And one quick note — na ny marimarina kokoa, haino aman-jery, haingana iray naoty — isika vao nandefa ny ady Media Week Fandaharana, koa miangavy ny manantena izany ao amin'ny inboxes, and it will give you the details of what is going on this week for the fight. Misaotra anao. Okay, let’s go ahead and open it up. Raha ny marina, let me go ahead and introduce the two guys that are on the call right now. They want to say a couple words. Voalohany, we have Vanes Martirosyan. He’s a world-ranked 154 pound contender. Vanes, te-milaza ny mpivady teny, milaza amintsika ny fomba mandeha fiofanana sy ny fomba efa vonona ianao ny ady?
Vanes Martirosyan
Training no mitranga lehibe, everything is going good. We can’t wait to fight. Fantatrao, Azoko antoka rehetra fa mbola hiady, but we really are ready to go. We just can’t wait to go.
Kelly Swanson
Okay, lehibe. Misaotra indrindra. 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, fa ny tena no Main Event Sports Club, izay ny haino aman-jery dia ho any amin'izao fotoana izao.
K. Swanson
Ankehitriny, 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, isaky ny hiomana ho amin'ny ady, 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. Izany, training camp has been good. Trainer Ronnie Shields, Danny Arnold. Nosokafako ny ny fanaovana fanatanjahan-tena, so I get a little late night extra hours in when I want to. Ary, I want to fight with my twin brother. We’re pushing to fight. I can’t wait to fight. Just like Vanes, dia ny noana, izy no vonona. I’m I’m ready.
Q
Noho ny toerana roa, araka ny heverina ho toy ny ambony 10 contenders ao amin'ny 154 livatra kilasy, ao an-tsainao, no mihevitra izany ho famongorana ady? Vanes, inona no ny hevitrao momba izany?
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 — Heveriko fa — an eliminator fight. I’m looking at this as a championship fight. Jermell is tougher than any of the champions, ka ny ahy, izany dia tompon-daka ady, and that’s what we got ready for. And it should be an eliminator fight. I don’t know if it is or not, fa izany no isika dia mandray izany ho toy ny, ary isika dia mandray izany ho toy ny anaram-boninahitra izao tontolo izao ady.
Q
Jermell, ny hevitrao momba izany – no eliminator ofisialy na ny mihazona ny iray?
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 — Niara-lehibe tamin'i azy. I know what I bring to the table. And this fight is a fight for manhood, fa ny ady mba hampisehoana hoe iza no tena tycoon ny fanatanjahan-tena eo amin'ny 154 pound weight division. There’s a lot at stake, ka izany mihoatra noho ny anaram-boninahitra ady ho ahy.
Q
Jermell, no milaza fa Niara-lehibe tamin'i azy kely?
J. Charlo
Eny, Lehibe taminy, farafahakeliny roa na telo taona amin'ny Vanes, fantatrao, sy ny fianakaviany, ny vahoakany, fantatrao? Izany, Fantatro — fantatsika tsara ny hafa.
Q
Moa ve ianareo ry zalahy sparred amin'ny tsirairay?
J. Charlo
Eny, dia efa sparred amin'ny tsirairay im-betsaka.
Q
Impiry, , hoy ianao,? 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, Mbola kely ankizilahy nipetraka an-olona. Izany, izao dia izao, Tsy dia mieritreritra ny fomba dia, inona no resahin'izy io, na ny fiofanana dia rehefa miara-fampiofanana izahay. Dia tsy 19 — Aho 17, 16, 17, 18, Ny tiako hambara, those ages. Here, miatrika ny hafa izahay, satria na tany an-tampon'ny, 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, tsapanao toy izany koa ny momba ny fotoana ao amin'ny peratra aminy?
The. Martirosyan
Eny, I remember when we used to train. It was good training. We were always in competition — ahy, 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, ny rainy, ary ny mpanazatra, Ronnie Shields. They’ve been good people to me. Fa Asabotsy alina, dia ny handeha ho any amin'ny peratra fahavalo. Amin'izao fotoana izao, ivelan'ny peratra, Manaja ny rehetra. Once we step in the ring, izany tantara iray hafa tanteraka.
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?
The. Martirosyan
Aza, satria tamin'izany ady, tsy maintsy manadino ny zavatra be dia be. Dan passed away. We were all sad, and we didn’t know what to do. And we actually thought — 'No tokony hiady’ na tsy fantatro raha Joe (Goossen ny) 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. Rehefa very ny Andrade, Tsy hirotsahantsika ao anatin 'ny peratra 100 isan-jato, ary rehefa tonga tao an-trano aho — an-trano rehefa tonga ny resy, izany fihetseham-po ratsy. Tsy afaka mijery ny vadiko, my kids. I feel like I let them down. Izany, izao dia izao, Aho fa marina tamin'izay fomba izay aleoko maty toy izay hahita ny indray.
Q
Raha toa ka ny mandresy izany ady, mazava ho azy fa, ianao Te ho amin'ny toerana ho an'ny tontolo lehibe lohateny ady. Ve ianao miandry aina amin'ny iray amin'ireo, nahafantatra ireo mpiady miady ihany angamba indroa isan-taona, na raha te-hijanona ho mazoto sy haka bebe kokoa ireo ady eo?
J. Charlo
Fantatrao, nahazo izany ady ho ahy — 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. Ady ho an'izao tontolo izao lohateny zavatra ary izany rehetra izany zavatra fanampiny, fa raha eto aho fanorenana ny anarako sy ny fananganana ny marika, izany zava-dehibe toy ny. Ny hoe tokantrano anarana manerana ny World Boxing Filan-kevitra, ny zava-drehetra. Izay manan-danja ho ahy.
The. Martirosyan
Ny ady, izany ady — Aho toy ny hoe be dia be ny tompon-daka izay tompon-daka amin'izao fotoana izao ao amin'ny kilasy lanja, ny ankamaroan'izy ireo mihazakazaka ny vavany fotsiny, starting with Andrade. A fight like this for me and Jermell, izany ady be toy izany ho ahy, fantatrao, but it’s not only for us. Ny tiako hambara, it’s for the fans. The fans are in, and it’s great. Ny tiako hambara, you rarely get to see contenders like me and Jermell wanting to step up and fight each other. Fantatrao, matetika, dia mifoha ny olona any amin'ny filaharana toy isika, they just want to just talk a lot of bad stuff about the champions to get the world title fight. Fa, fantatrao, anao zara raha mahazo ny mahita contenders toy izany, fantatrao, Aza. 1 ary No. 2 fighting each other when, you know they really want to fight each other and they both said yes to the fight. Izany, izany ady lehibe, fa tsapako toy ny, fantatrao, izahay iany rehetra ho — isika dia manao ny tsara indrindra iany, dia tsapako toy ny mpankafy ireo iany ho mpandresy ho an'ny ady ity.
K Swanson
Okay, lehibe. You guys, Mino aho fa ny farany no fanontaniana, 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. Ary, Jermell, Ho hitantsika ao amin'ny Las Vegas anao tatỳ aoriana herinandro ity.
J. Charlo
No problem. See you, ry zalahy.
The. Martirosyan – Misaotra anao. Take care.
Kelly Swanson
Isika dia handeha ho mifamadika ny antso ho an'i Gary Russell, Jr.
K. Swanson
Gary Russell, Jr. Jhonny dia hiatrika ny Gonzalez Gonzalez ny 126 Pound lohateny, the WBC Featherweight World Championship. Gary, raha te-hilaza aminay kely ny fomba fanofanana mandeha, ny fanantenana ny ho niady Jhonny Gonzalez noho izany izao tontolo izao, ary inona no lohatenin'ny ny hevitrao momba ny ady rehetra amin'ny ankapobeny?
Gary Russell Jr.
Nanana toby fampiofanana lehibe. Ny zavatra rehetra efa lavorary, tsy misy fialan-tsiny, 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
Ataonao na inona na inona amin'ny toby mba hiomanana ho amin'izany izany ny hafa tsy mitovy amin'ny ady?
G. Russell Jr.
Aza, we’re not doing anything that’s different in preparation for any of the fights. I think the only difference is, arakaraky ny ady, you want to prepare depending on the opponent that you’re competing against. Izany, Amiko, ny fahasamihafana ihany no maha samy hafa ao Samy te. Te-hampiditra ry zalahy izay manana fomba toy izany koa ho iza dia ianao iany ho mifaninana amin'ny sns. That’s the only change that we’ve made so far. Afa-tsy — fototra fototra, peratra generalship, tanana haingana, punching fahefana, hery sy pana, zavatra rehetra izany dia tsy miova.
Q
Gary, Gaga ireo ianao mba hahazo iray hafa nitifitra ny anaram-boninahitra?
G. Russell, Jr.
Aza, Tsy gaga aho. Nahazo ihany aho Al Haymon Promotions, fotsiny Al Haymon amin'ny ankapobeny rehefa izany. Izy ny mpitantana, ary fantatsika fa nanao izay rehetra tratry ny heriny mba hiezaka ny hampifanaraka ny zavatra hitranga ho antsika, and give us another shot at a world title. I’m extremely grateful and thankful for this opportunity.
Q
Rehefa niady ny ady amin'ny Lomachenko ho an'ny iray amin'ireo anaram-boninahitra, no haka zavatra ao an izany faharesena? Na izany ny zava-nitranga, na satria tamin'io haavon'ny ny sehatra izay mitondra manatrika ity tompon-daka manaraka fahafahana?
G. Russell Jr.
Mazava ho azy. One of the main things that we took out of it is, raha izany tsy tapaka, 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. Hitantsika ny vokatry ny izany sy ny voka-dratsin'ny izany. Tsy mora ny maka famoizana olon-tiana, avy lavitra. 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. Toy izany koa izahay ekipa hiverina Mihetsika. Vonona izahay, isika dia mifantoka, isika dia tapa-kevitra, isika dia nandroaka ary isika dia mijery fotsiny ny hanome seho tsara.
Q
Hitanao Gonzalez toy ny mpiady Tsara lavitra noho ny Lomachenko, na angamba kely mpiady marefo kokoa noho Lomachenko na mitovy? Ahoana no niisa ny roa lohateny mpihazona?
G. Russell Jr.
Izy roa samy hafa ianao mpiady. 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. Mba alaina tsy misy ho toy ny fanomezana. Dia tena hoe:, ô, izany dia mampidi-doza amin'ny Jhonny ady fandraisana Gonzalez, fa toy ny hoe mahatsapa izay mitondra ho amin'ny latabatra ho amin'ny farany ambony.
Q
Inona no ataonao manokana amin'ny fomba hafa mba hiomanana ho Lomachenko tianao tsy nisy?
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, izahay tao amin'ny sauna nandritra ny roa, maybe three days leading all the way up into the fight. That’s what my strength and conditioning coach wanted me to do.
Na iza na iza izany nahita izany ady, na dia Lomachenko na olon-kafa, dia efa nahita ny fiovana teo amin'ny fahaiza-punching, ny fiaretako, ny hafainganam-pandeha, fotsiny aho ho toy ny olona. Ny olona izay nahalala fa tsy ny Gary Russell, Jr. fa nahita ny teo aloha Te 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, fantatrao?
Q
About Jhonny Gonzalez — mazava ho azy fa izy dia lehilahy izay boky puncher, dia tsy matahotra ny hitsangana eo amin'ny sy ny varotra. Ahoana no asa ady izany ny tombony raha no hiady ady Gonzalez miavaka ao an-tsainao?
G. Russell, Jr.
Tsy mino aho fa ny handeha ho afaka hiatrika, fanindroany, ny hafainganam-pandeha. 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 — ny tongotra quickness. Ary be dia be ny tifitra dia kely malalaka. Izany, Ho tonga toa momba ny outpunch azy, ary ho afaka ny totohondry azy teo anelanelan'ny tifitra.
Q
Inona no hevitrao momba ny fanapahan-kevitra tao amin'ny Lomachenko ady?
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, ary karazana nahita ny antony very — izany dia satria tsy afaka ny hanao inona ilay izy fa ara-dalàna hanao.
Q
Izany, tsapanao fa very ny ady avy eo?
G. Russell Jr.
Certainly. I’d definitely say that I lost the fight.
Q
Ianao nanohina amin'ny Al Haymon aloha. Afaka manazava izay ny fiantraikany eo amin'ny asa? And we’ve all seen the moves that he’s been making. How is that gonna help you moving forward?
G. Russell, Jr.
Tsapako toy ny afo eo ambanin'ny ireo mpitantana sy ny mpanohana. Misy miara-miasa. Ianao afaka milaza ny mpitantana na ny mampiroborobo, 'Hey, izany no drafitry ny lalao, 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, angamba ady enina taona ity, sns. Ny mpitantana sy ny mampiroborobo, izay dia tonga tany amin'ny, they should be able to meet you halfway with their game plan. If you want to have six fights within a year, etc., 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. Fa momba ny hoe iza fantatrao, Angamba.
Q
LOHATENY ho amin'izany ady, Mieritreritra ve ianao hoe tsy maintsy manome iray toetra ny ady mba ho tena ho mpankafy mahakasika ny anao sy hanao anao ho tokantrano anarana? Now that there’s so many platforms for boxing, Mieritreritra ve ianao hoe misy koa ny fanerena mba nitafy ady mampientam-po, na no tsapanao toa ianao mbola afaka ihany, nampiasa fomba tsara totohondry sy hahazo mpankafy avy izany?
G. Russell Jr.
Amim-pahatsorana aho no tsy mahatsapa toy ny hoe izany no tsy maintsy manao na inona na inona avy amin'ny olon-tsotra. Dia handeha ho any ianao mahita ny mahazatra Gary Russell, Jr. fa efa nahita ny teo aloha 24 ady — tanana haingana, punching fahaizany, generalship peratra sy ny sns. ,Be dia be ny mpiady no voafandriky ao anatin'izao saritaka, ary mahatsapa ho toy ny tsy maintsy manao zavatra bebe kokoa mba hahazo ny mpankafy ny, sns. 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
Okay, Gary, misaotra betsaka anao noho ny maha azo mba hamaliana ireo fanontaniana ireo, ary mankasitraka anareo izahay maka fotoana be atao avy amin'ny andro, ary manantena ny hahita anao hiady izany ny Sabotsy, Martsa 28, amin'ny Pearl tao amin'ny nitana sampan-drofia Casino tao Las Vegas Resort sy hiaina ao amin'ny tompon-daka SHOWTIME ady totohondry. Misaotra, Gary.
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