| Kelly Swanson
Matur nuwun, operator. Thanks, 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 BANDILA show, Juara boxing Show, nampilaken 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. Nanging, sadurunge kita njaluk menyang kapal muluk, Aku 'd kaya kanggo introduce Chris DeBlasio, Vice President of Communications for SHOWTIME Sports to fill you in a little bit about the fight. Chris?
Chris DeBlasio
Thanks dadi akeh, Kelly. I just want to take a quick moment to thank the fighters for being on this call, thank penet kanggo kang kene, lan mung ngomong atas jenenge Stephen Espinoza, ing EVP lan General Manager kanggo BANDILA Sports, lan kabeh kita ing BANDILA, kita lagi bungah tenan kanggo njaluk bali menyang iku karo urip acara BANDILA juara boxing becik Setu iki. As you may have seen in the boxing press, iku watara rong minggu kepungkur sing kita announced Kajaba saka platform anyar disebut BANDILA Boxing International. Ing perang pisanan bakal ana iki, Maret 28; it’s an international fight on the SHOWTIME network live to our subscribers. Dadi, Kayata kawitan iku cara becik kanggo kick mati kita Saturday 28 jangkoan boxing, lan sing badhe dados Kell Brook mungsuh perang Jo Jo Dan IBF Welterweight World Championship sing njupuk Panggonan ing Sheffield, Inggris. SHOWTIME is going to carry that fight live at 6:15 Eastern, 3:15Pacific. Banjur, kita bakal njupuk break sak jam afternoon lan banjur pindhah live at 10 P.M ET./7 P.M. Acara PT BANDILA juara boxing karo Jermell Charlo, Vanes Martirosyan, Jhonny Gonzalez and Gary Russell. Dadi, iku Urut saka loro- part platform on Saturday karo telung gelut urip teka kanggo sampeyan, which we’re really excited about. And we appreciate the opportunity to be in business with the guys on the phone here today. Dadi, tanpa apa-apa luwih, let’s get it started. We welcome you guys.
Kelly Swanson
Oke. And one quick note — utawa rodo, media, siji cathetan cepet — kita wis mung dikirim metu perang Minggu Media Jadwal, supaya please katon kanggo sing ing kothak mlebu Panjenengan, and it will give you the details of what is going on this week for the fight. Matur nuwun. Oke, let’s go ahead and open it up. Bener, let me go ahead and introduce the two guys that are on the call right now. They want to say a couple words. First, we have Vanes Martirosyan. He’s a world-ranked 154 pound contender. Vanes, sing arep ngomong saperangan tembung, marang kita carane percobaan arep lan carane sampeyan lagi nyedhak siap kanggo perang?
Vanes Martirosyan
Latihan arep gedhe, everything is going good. We can’t wait to fight. Sampeyan ngerti, Aku manawa everybody says sing sadurunge padha perang, but we really are ready to go. We just can’t wait to go.
Kelly Swanson
Oke, gedhe. Thanks dadi akeh. And where are you training?
Ing. Martirosyan
I’m training here in California at Main Event Sports Club. There’s been a couple of locations we’ve been training, nanging utama wis Main Event Sports Club, kang media bakal ing dina iki.
K. Swanson
Saiki, 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, saben wektu aku njaluk siap kanggo 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. Dadi, training camp has been good. Trainer Ronnie Shields, Danny Arnold. Aku kabuka gym dhewe, so I get a little late night extra hours in when I want to. Lan, I want to fight with my twin brother. We’re pushing to fight. I can’t wait to fight. Just like Vanes, kang luwe, kang siap. I’m I’m ready.
Q
Given loro posisi Panjenengan, minangka dianggep minangka ndhuwur 10 contenders ing 154 pound bobot kelas, ing atine, kowe nimbang iki sing perang eliminasi? Vanes, apa sing Panjenengan pikirane bab sing?
Ing. 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 — Aku iku — an eliminator fight. I’m looking at this as a championship fight. Jermell is tougher than any of the champions, supaya kula, iki perang juara, and that’s what we got ready for. And it should be an eliminator fight. I don’t know if it is or not, nanging sing carane kita lagi njupuk minangka, lan kita lagi njupuk iki minangka perang judhul donya.
Q
Jermell, pikirane sing – iku sawijining bayou resmi utawa siji 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 — tansaya munggah karo wong. I know what I bring to the table. And this fight is a fight for manhood, iku perang kanggo nuduhake kang tycoon nyata olahraga punika ing 154 pound weight division. There’s a lot at stake, supaya iku luwih saka perang judhul kanggo kula.
Q
Jermell, sira ngomong sing tansaya munggah karo wong sing dicokot sethitik?
J. Charlo
Ya, Aku tansaya munggah karo wong, ing paling loro utawa telung taun karo vanes, ngerti, lan kulawarga, wong, ngerti? Dadi, Aku ngerti — kita ngerti saben liyane uga.
Q
Duwe kowé tau sparred karo saben liyane?
J. Charlo
Ya, kita wis sparred karo saben kaping pirang-pirang liyane.
Q
Sepira kerepe, badhe ngomong? 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, isih sethitik cah lanang akeh munggah menyang wong. Dadi, sapunika, Aku malah ora mikir bab carane iku, apa ana bab, utawa carane latihan nalika kita padha latihan bebarengan. Ora malah 19 — Aku 17, 16, 17, 18, Maksudku, those ages. kene, kita ngadhepi saben liyane amarga kita lagi loro ing ndhuwur, 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, sing aran cara sing padha bab kaping ing ring karo wong?
Ing. Martirosyan
Ya, I remember when we used to train. It was good training. We were always in competition — kula, 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, rama, lan trainer kang, Ronnie Shields. They’ve been good people to me. Nanging Setu wengi, wong iku arep dadi mungsuh ing dering. Kanggo saiki, njaba dering, Aku ngormati everybody. Once we step in the ring, iku crita sakabehe 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?
Ing. Martirosyan
Aja, amarga ing perang sing, kita padha lali bab akèh iku. Dan passed away. We were all sad, and we didn’t know what to do. And we actually thought — 'Ngirim kita perang’ utawa aku ora ngerti yen Joe (Goossen kang) 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. Nalika aku ilang kanggo Andrade, Aku ora langkah menyang dering 100 persen, lan nalika aku teka ngarep — nalika sampeyan teka ngarep bodho sing, iku koyo ala. Aku ora bisa katon ing bojoku, my kids. I feel like I let them down. Dadi, sapunika, Aku mung ing mode sing ngendi aku ngene rodok mati saka weruh maneh.
Q
Yen sampeyan padha menang perang iki, temenan, ngene dadi ing posisi kanggo perang judhul utama donya. Apa sampeyan nyaman karo nunggu salah siji saka wong-wong, penggambaran sing kong mung perang Mungkin kaping pindho taun, utawa bakal pengin tetep aktif lan njupuk luwih gelut antarane wong-wong mau?
J. Charlo
Sampeyan ngerti, menang perang iki kanggo kula — 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. Onomatopia kanggo prakara judhul donya lan kabeh kuwi ekstra iki, nanging yen aku kene bangunan jeneng lan bangunan sandi account, sing kaya penting. Kang jeneng kluwarga ing saindhenging Boxing Council World, kabeh. Sing penting kanggo kula.
Ing. Martirosyan
Ing perang, perang iki — Mangke ngomong kaya akèh saka juara sing juara sapunika ing kelas bobot kita, paling mau mung mbukak cangkeme, starting with Andrade. A fight like this for me and Jermell, iku kaya perang amba kanggo kula, ngerti, but it’s not only for us. Maksudku, it’s for the fans. The fans are in, and it’s great. Maksudku, you rarely get to see contenders like me and Jermell wanting to step up and fight each other. Sampeyan ngerti, biasane, wong bakal njaluk nganti rangkeng kaya kita, they just want to just talk a lot of bad stuff about the champions to get the world title fight. Nanging, ngerti, sampeyan arang-arang njaluk bantuan kanggo ndeleng contenders kaya, ngerti, Aja. 1 lan Ora Ana. 2 fighting each other when, you know they really want to fight each other and they both said yes to the fight. Dadi, iku perang gedhe, nanging aku aran kaya, ngerti, kita lagi kabeh badhe — kita lagi badhe apa kita paling apik, lan aku rumangsa kaya pembuangan sing badhe dados pemenang kanggo perang iki.
K Swanson
Oke, gedhe. You guys, Aku sing ana pitakonan pungkasan, 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. Lan, Jermell, kita bakal ndeleng sampeyan ing Las Vegas mengko iki minggu.
J. Charlo
No problem. See you, wong lanang.
Ing. Martirosyan – Matur nuwun. Take care.
Kelly Swanson
We lagi arep ngalih telpon liwat Gary Russell, Jr.
K. Swanson
Gary Russell, Jr. bakal madhep Jhonny Gonzalez kanggo Gonzalez kang 126 title pound, the WBC Featherweight World Championship. Gary, yen sampeyan arep kanggo pitutur marang kita sing dicokot sithik bab carane percobaan arep, nunggu dadi onomatopia Jhonny Gonzalez judhul donya iki lan apa sampeyan mikir bab kabèh perang ing umum?
Gary Russell Jr.
Kita wis latihan camp gedhe. Kabèh wis sampurna, ora alesan, 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
Apa sing mengkono apa-apa ing camp ing preparation kanggo iki sing beda saka gelut liyane?
G. Russell Jr.
Aja, we’re not doing anything that’s different in preparation for any of the fights. I think the only difference is, gumantung perang, you want to prepare depending on the opponent that you’re competing against. Dadi, Aku mung prabédan punika prabédan ing sparring. Sampeyan pengin nggawa ing wong lanang sing duwe gaya padha kanggo sing iku sampeyan lagi badhe bisa saingan marang etc. That’s the only change that we’ve made so far. Kejabi sing — fundamentals dhasar, ring generalship, kacepetan tangan, daya punching, kekuatan lan kahanan, kabeh kuwi sing padha.
Q
Glan, padha kaget kanggo njaluk sing dijupuk liyane ing judhul?
G. Russell, Jr.
Aja, Aku ora kaget. Aku tak padha Promosi Al Haymon, mung Al Haymon ing umum nalika nerangake bab sing. Dheweke iku manager sandi, lan kita ngerti sing iya kabeh ing daya kanggo nyoba kanggo nggawe iku kelakon kanggo kita, and give us another shot at a world title. I’m extremely grateful and thankful for this opportunity.
Q
Nalika sampeyan perang ing perang nglawan Lomachenko siji saka judhul, kowe njupuk tindakan saking asor sing? Apa iku pengalaman, utawa kang sing tingkat tataran sing nggawa menyang kesempatan juara iki sabanjuré?
G. Russell Jr.
Temtu. One of the main things that we took out of it is, yen iku ora nyuwil, 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. Kita wis ndeleng kasil sing lan efek sisih mau. Aku ora njupuk losses gampang, dening adoh. 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. Kita wis cara tim padha bali ing gerakan. We lagi siap, kita lagi fokus, kita lagi ditemtokake, kita lagi mimpin lan kita lagi mung looking kanggo menehi gambar apik.
Q
Aja sampeyan ndeleng Gonzalez minangka pejuang luwih akeh tinimbang Lomachenko, utawa mbok menawa sing dicokot saka fighter liyane ngrugekke saka Lomachenko utawa padha? Carane kowe tumpukan munggah sing duwe rong judhul?
G. Russell Jr.
Padha lagi loro pejuang beda banget. 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. Sampeyan njupuk ora ana siji kanggo diwenehake. Temtunipun kita ngandika, oh, iki perang mbebayani njupuk karo Jhonny Gonzalez, nanging kita aran minangka sanadyan apa nggawa kita menyang meja bakal unggul ing mburi.
Q
Apa khusus iya apa beda kanggo nyiapake kanggo Lomachenko sing pengin sampeyan wis ora?
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, kita padha ing sauna kanggo loro kepungkur, maybe three days leading all the way up into the fight. That’s what my strength and conditioning coach wanted me to do.
Sapa sing katon perang sing, apa iku Lomachenko utawa wong liya, padha wis katon ing prabédan ing kemampuan punching sandi, toleransi sandi, kacepetan sandi, mung kula minangka wong. Wong sumurup sing iki ora Gary Russell, Jr. sing padha 'd katon sadurunge 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, ngerti?
Q
About Jhonny Gonzalez — kang temenan iku wong kang puncher volume, kang ora wedi kanggo ngadeg lan perdagangan. Carane ora perang iki bisa kanggo kauntungan yen Panjenengan perang Gonzalez perang khas ing atine?
G. Russell, Jr.
Aku ora mikir sing wong iku arep bisa kanggo menehi hasil karo, sepisan maneh, kacepetan sandi. 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 — ing quickness mlaku. Lan kathah kang nembak kang sing sethitik sudhut. Dadi, Aku bakal babagan outpunch wong lan bisa kanggo doyo marang antarane nembak kang.
Q
Apa sampeyan mikir saka kaputusan ing perang 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, lan aku Urut saka weruh alesan ngapa aku ilang — iku amarga aku ora bisa apa apa ana sing aku biasane nggawe.
Q
Dadi, sing aran sing ilang perang banjur?
G. Russell Jr.
Certainly. I’d definitely say that I lost the fight.
Q
Sampeyan kena ing Al Haymon sadurungé. Sampeyan bisa nerangake apa impact iku ing Karir? And we’ve all seen the moves that he’s been making. How is that gonna help you moving forward?
G. Russell, Jr.
Aku aran minangka sanadyan geni iku ing Managers lan promotor. Ana sing gaweyan tim. Sampeyan bakal bisa ngomong manager utawa promosi Panjenengan, 'Eh, iki game rencana sandi, 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, Mungkin enem gelut taun, etc. Manager lan promosi, ngendi padha teka ing, they should be able to meet you halfway with their game plan. If you want to have six fights within a year, lan sapiturute, 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. Iku bab sing ngerti, Aku guess.
Q
Judhul menyang perang iki, kowe aran kaya sampeyan kudu menehi kualitas tartamtu saka perang tenan nggawe suporter hubungané lan nggawe sing jeneng kluwarga? Now that there’s so many platforms for boxing, kowe aran kaya ana ditambahaké meksa kanggo nyelehake ing perang macem, utawa kowe aran kaya sampeyan isih bisa mung, methodically box lan gain pembuangan saka sing?
G. Russell Jr.
Aku sajujure ora aran minangka sanadyan sing kita kudu nindakake apa-apa kang metu saka ing biasa. Sampeyan lagi arep kanggo ndeleng khas Gary Russell, Jr. sing wis katon sadurunge 24 gelut — kacepetan tangan, kemampuan punching, generalship dering lan etc. ,A akèh kong njaluk kejiret munggah ing hype ing, lan padha aran minangka sanadyan padha kanggo nindakake samubarang sing sethitik liyane kanggo menang pembuangan liwat, etc. 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
Oke, Gary, matur nuwun ingkang sanget kanggo kang kasedhiya kanggo njawab sing pitakonan, lan kita appreciate sampeyan njupuk wektu metu saka dina sibuk Panjenengan, lan kita katon kanggo nerusake ningali perang ana iki, Maret 28, ing Pearl ing Palms Casino Resort ing Las Vegas lan manggon ing BANDILA juara boxing. Thanks, Gary.
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