| Kelly Swanson
Dankie, operateur. Dankie, almal, for calling in. We have a great call this morning and this afternoon actually here on the East Coast to talk about the Maart 28 Showtime show, KAMPIOENSKAP boks Wys, met 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. Maar, voordat ons by die vegters, Ek wil graag Chris DeBlasio te stel, Vice President of Communications for SHOWTIME Sports to fill you in a little bit about the fight. Chris?
Chris DeBlasio
Baie dankie, Kelly. I just want to take a quick moment to thank the fighters for being on this call, dank die pers vir die feit dat hier, en net sê namens Stephen Espinoza, die EVP en Algemene Bestuurder vir Showtime Sport, en almal van ons by Showtime, ons is baie opgewonde om terug in dit kom met 'n lekker live Showtime KAMPIOENSKAP boks gebeurtenis Saterdag. As you may have seen in the boxing press, dit was sowat twee weke gelede dat ons aangekondig die toevoeging van 'n nuwe platform genoem Showtime Boxing International. Die eerste geveg sal hierdie Saterdag, Maart 28; it’s an international fight on the SHOWTIME network live to our subscribers. So, die eerste instansie is 'n mooi manier om te skop ons Saterdag Maart 28 boks dekking, en dit is nou eers die Kell Brook versus Jo Jo Dan IBF Welterweight World Championship stryd dit is wat plaasvind in Sheffield, Engeland. SHOWTIME is going to carry that fight live at 6:15 Oos, 3:15Pacific. En toe, ons sal 'n breek te neem gedurende die middag ure en dan gaan woon by 10 namiddag ET./7 namiddag. PT Showtime KAMPIOENSKAP boks gebeurtenis met Jermell Charlo, Wieke Groep Kliniese Farmacologie, Jhonny Gonzalez and Gary Russell. So, dit is soort van 'n twee- deel platform Saterdag met drie live gevegte kom na jou, which we’re really excited about. And we appreciate the opportunity to be in business with the guys on the phone here today. So, sonder om iets verder, let’s get it started. We welcome you guys.
Kelly Swanson
Goed. And one quick note — of eerder, media, een vinnige nota — ons het nou net gestuur om die stryd Week Media Bylae, so asseblief kyk vir wat in jou posbus, and it will give you the details of what is going on this week for the fight. Dankie. Goed, let’s go ahead and open it up. Eintlik, let me go ahead and introduce the two guys that are on the call right now. They want to say a couple words. Eerste, we have Vanes Martirosyan. He’s a world-ranked 154 pond aanspraakmaker. Wieke, jy wil 'n paar woorde te sê, vertel ons hoe opleiding gaan en hoe jy gereed vir die stryd?
Wieke Groep Kliniese Farmacologie
Opleiding gaan groot, everything is going good. We can’t wait to fight. Jy weet, Ek is seker almal sê dat, voordat hulle veg, but we really are ready to go. We just can’t wait to go.
Kelly Swanson
Goed, groot. Baie dankie. And where are you training?
Die. Groep Kliniese Farmacologie
I’m training here in California at Main Event Sports Club. There’s been a couple of locations we’ve been training, maar die groot was Main Event Sportklub, wat die media sal wees teen vandag.
K. Swanson
Nou, 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, elke keer as ek kry gereed vir 'n geveg, 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. So, training camp has been good. Trainer Ronnie Shields, Danny Arnold. Ek het my eie gimnasium geopen, so I get a little late night extra hours in when I want to. En, I want to fight with my twin brother. We’re pushing to fight. I can’t wait to fight. Just like Vanes, hy is honger, hy is gereed. I’m I’m ready.
Q
Gegewe beide van jou poste, as beskou as top 10 aanspraakmakers in die 154 pond gewig klas, in jou gedagtes, dink jy is dit 'n uitskakeling stryd? Wieke, wat is jou gedagtes oor wat?
Die. Groep Kliniese Farmacologie
I think every fight right now at this point in my career and Jermell’s career should be considered a title fight. It is — Ek dink dit is — an eliminator fight. I’m looking at this as a championship fight. Jermell is tougher than any of the champions, so vir my, dit is 'n kampioenskap stryd, and that’s what we got ready for. And it should be an eliminator fight. I don’t know if it is or not, maar dit is hoe ons neem dit as, en ons neem dit as 'n wêreld-titel stryd.
Q
Jermell, jou gedagtes op daardie – is dit 'n amptelike eliminator of 'n 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 — saam met hom grootgeword. I know what I bring to the table. And this fight is a fight for manhood, dit is 'n stryd om te wys wie die ware magnaat van die sport is in die 154 pound weight division. There’s a lot at stake, so dit is meer as 'n titel stryd vir my.
Q
Jermell, het jy gesê dat jy het grootgeword met hom 'n bietjie?
J. Charlo
Ja, Ek het grootgeword met hom, ten minste twee of drie jaar met Vanes, jy weet, en sy gesin, sy mense, jy weet? So, Ek weet — ons ken mekaar goed.
Q
Het julle ouens ooit sparred met mekaar?
J. Charlo
Ja, ons sparred het met mekaar 'n paar keer.
Q
Hoe dikwels, sou jy sê? 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, nog 'n klein seuntjie grootword in 'n man. So, nou, Ek het nie eens te dink oor hoe dit was, wat dit was omtrent, of hoe opleiding was toe ons saam die opleiding. Was nie eens 19 — Ek was 17, 16, 17, 18, Ek bedoel, those ages. hier, ons in die gesig staar mekaar, want ons is albei op die top, 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
Wieke, jy voel dieselfde oor jou keer in die ring met hom?
Die. Groep Kliniese Farmacologie
Ja, I remember when we used to train. It was good training. We were always in competition — my, 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, sy vader, en sy afrigter, Ronnie Shields. They’ve been good people to me. Maar Saterdag nag, hy gaan my vyand te wees in die ring. Vir nou, buite die ring, Ek respekteer almal. Once we step in the ring, dit is 'n heel ander storie.
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?
Die. Groep Kliniese Farmacologie
Moenie, want op daardie stryd, ons het om te vergeet van 'n baie van die dinge. Dan passed away. We were all sad, and we didn’t know what to do. And we actually thought — "Moet ons veg’ of ek weet nie of 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. Toe ek verloor Andrade, Ek het nie die stap in die ring 100 persent, en toe ek by die huis kom — wanneer jy by die huis kom 'n verloorder, dit is 'n slegte gevoel. Ek kan nie kyk na my vrou, my kids. I feel like I let them down. So, nou, Ek is net in daardie af waar ek wil eerder sterf as om te sien dat die weer.
Q
As jy hierdie stryd te wen, natuurlik, jy wil wees in posisie vir 'n groot wêreld titel stryd. Is jy gemaklik met die wag vir een van dié, besyfering dié vegters net miskien veg twee keer 'n jaar, of sou jy wil om aktief te bly en neem meer gevegte tussen hulle?
J. Charlo
Jy weet, hierdie stryd te wen my — 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. Veg vir die wêreld titel sake en al die ekstra dinge, maar as ek hier my naam bou en die bou van my merk, dit is net so belangrik. Om 'n huishoudelike naam in die hele World Boxing Council, alles. Wat sake vir my.
Die. Groep Kliniese Farmacologie
Die stryd, hierdie stryd — Ek wil sê soos 'n baie van die kampioene wat kampioene nou in ons gewig klas, die meeste van hulle hardloop net hulle mond, starting with Andrade. A fight like this for me and Jermell, dit is so 'n groot stryd vir my, jy weet, but it’s not only for us. Ek bedoel, it’s for the fans. The fans are in, and it’s great. Ek bedoel, you rarely get to see contenders like me and Jermell wanting to step up and fight each other. Jy weet, gewoonlik, mense sal kry tot die ranglys soos ons is, they just want to just talk a lot of bad stuff about the champions to get the world title fight. Maar, jy weet, jy selde aanspraakmakers soos wat om te sien, jy weet, Moenie. 1 en Geen. 2 fighting each other when, you know they really want to fight each other and they both said yes to the fight. So, dit is 'n groot stryd, maar ek voel soos, jy weet, ons is almal gaan wees — ons gaan ons bes doen, en ek voel soos die ondersteuners gaan die wenners vir hierdie stryd.
K Swanson
Goed, groot. You guys, Ek dink dit was jou laaste vraag, 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. En, Jermell, ons sal jy sien in Las Vegas later hierdie week.
J. Charlo
No problem. See you, ouens.
Die. Groep Kliniese Farmacologie – Dankie. Sorg.
Kelly Swanson
Ons gaan die oproep om oor te skakel Gary Russell, Jr.
K. Swanson
Gary Russell, Jr. sal die gesig staar Jhonny Gonzalez vir Gonzalez se 126 pond titel, the WBC Featherweight World Championship. Gary, As jy wil om ons te vertel 'n bietjie oor hoe die opleiding gaan, jou afwagting te wees veg Jhonny Gonzalez vir hierdie wêreld titel en wat jy dink oor die hele stryd in die algemeen?
Gary Russell Jr.
Ons het 'n groot oefenkamp. Alles was perfek, geen verskonings, 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
Is jy enigiets in die kamp in voorbereiding vir dit wat anders is te doen van jou ander gevegte?
G. Russell Jr.
Moenie, we’re not doing anything that’s different in preparation for any of the fights. I think the only difference is, afhangende van die stryd, you want to prepare depending on the opponent that you’re competing against. So, Ek dink die enigste verskil is die verskil in sparring. Jy wil om te bring in ouens wat 'n soortgelyke styl wat dit is wat jy gaan meeding teen ens. That’s the only change that we’ve made so far. Behalwe dat — basiese beginsels, ring generaalskap, handspoed, pons krag, krag en kondisionering, al daardie dinge is dieselfde.
Q
Gen, is jy verbaas nog 'n skoot te kry by die titel?
G. Russell, Jr.
Moenie, Ek is nie verbaas. Ek het dieselfde Al HAYMON Promotions, net Al HAYMON in die algemeen wanneer dit kom by wat. Hy is my bestuurder, en ons weet dat hy alles in sy vermoë om te probeer om dinge te laat gebeur vir ons, and give us another shot at a world title. I’m extremely grateful and thankful for this opportunity.
Q
Wanneer jy die stryd teen Lomachenko geveg vir een van die titels, enigiets neem jy uit daardie nederlaag? Of dit nou die ervaring, of om op daardie vlak van die stadium dat jy bring na hierdie volgende kampioenskap geleentheid?
G. Russell Jr.
Natuurlik. One of the main things that we took out of it is, as dit nie gebreek, 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. Ons het gesien hoe die uitslag van daardie en die newe-effekte van dit. Ons verliese maklik neem nie, verreweg. 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. Ons het dieselfde span pad terug in beweging. Ons is gereed, ons gefokus, Ons is vasbeslote, ons gedryf en ons is net op soek na 'n goeie show te gee.
Q
Sien jy Gonzalez as 'n baie beter vegter as Lomachenko, of dalk 'n bietjie van 'n meer kwesbaar vegter as Lomachenko of soortgelyke? Hoe stapel jy die twee titel goewerneur?
G. Russell Jr.
Hulle is twee baie verskillende vegters. 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. Jy neem niemand vanselfsprekend. Ons het beslis gesê, oh, dit is 'n gevaarlike stryd om met Jhonny Gonzalez, maar ons voel asof dit wat ons na die tafel bring beter in die einde sal wees.
Q
Wat spesifiek het jy anders doen om voor te berei vir Lomachenko dat jy wens jy het nie?
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, ons was in 'n sauna vir die afgelope twee, maybe three days leading all the way up into the fight. That’s what my strength and conditioning coach wanted me to do.
Enigiemand wat gesien het wat oorlog, of dit was Lomachenko of enigiemand anders, hulle het gesien dat die verskil in my pons vermoë, my uithouvermoë, my spoed, net vir my as 'n persoon. Mense het geweet dat dit was nie die Gary Russell, Jr. dat hulle die vorige gesien het 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, jy weet?
Q
Oor Jhonny Gonzalez — Hy is natuurlik 'n man wat 'n volume ponser, hy is nie bang om in en handel te staan. Hoe werk hierdie stryd werk tot jou voordeel as hy veg 'n tipiese Gonzalez stryd in jou gedagtes?
G. Russell, Jr.
Ek dink nie dat hy gaan in staat wees om te gaan met, weer, my spoed. 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 — die voet spoed. En baie van sy skote is 'n bietjie wyd. So, Ek sal oor hom te outpunch en in staat wees om hom te pons tussen sy skote.
Q
Wat dink jy van die besluit in die Lomachenko stryd?
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, en ek soort van sien die rede waarom ek verloor — dit was, want ek was nie in staat om te doen wat dit was wat ek gewoonlik doen.
Q
So, jy voel dat jy die stryd verloor dan?
G. Russell Jr.
Sekerlik. I’d definitely say that I lost the fight.
Q
Jy aangeraak Al HAYMON vroeër. Kan jy verduidelik wat sy impak is in jou loopbaan? And we’ve all seen the moves that he’s been making. How is that gonna help you moving forward?
G. Russell, Jr.
Ek voel asof die vuur is onder hierdie bestuurders en promotors. Daar is 'n spanpoging. Jy sal in staat wees om jou bestuurder of u promotor te vertel, "Haai, dit is my game plan, 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, Miskien ses gevegte hierdie jaar, ens. Jou bestuurder en promotor, waar hulle vandaan kom in by, they should be able to meet you halfway with their game plan. If you want to have six fights within a year, ens, 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. Dit gaan oor wie jy ken, Ek dink.
Q
Op pad na die stryd, voel jy asof jy het 'n sekere kwaliteit van stryd om werklik ondersteuners maak om te gee in verband met jou en maak dat jy 'n huishoudelike naam? Now that there’s so many platforms for boxing, voel jy asof daar meer druk op 'n opwindende stryd te sit, of voel jy soos wat jy kan nog steeds net, metodies boks en kry aanhangers van daardie?
G. Russell Jr.
Ek het eerlik voel nie asof ons iets uit die gewone te doen. Jy gaan die tipiese Gary Russell te sien, Jr. dat jy die vorige gesien 24 gevegte — handspoed, pons vermoë, ring generaalskap en ens. ,Daar is baie van vegters kry wat vasgevang is in die hype, en hulle voel asof hulle dinge 'n bietjie meer te doen om die ondersteuners te wen, ens. 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
Goed, Gary, baie dankie vir die feit dat beskikbare daardie vrae te beantwoord, en ons waardeer dit dat jy die tyd geneem het uit jou besige dag, en ons sien uit daarna om te sien hoe jy veg Saterdag, Maart 28, by die Pearl by die Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas en woon op Showtime KAMPIOENSKAP boks. Dankie, Gary.
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Gonzalez vs. Russell vind plaas by die Pearl by Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas en sal lug op Showtime (10 namiddag. EN/7 namiddag. PT). In die mede-hoofren, Jermell Charlo neem op Vanes Groep Kliniese Farmacologie in super weltergewig aksie. Die Showtime KAMPIOENSKAP boks uitsending sal ook in Spaans beskikbaar wees via sekondêre klank programmering (SAP).
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