| Kelly Swanson
Grazzi, operatur. Grazzi, kulħadd, for calling in. We have a great call this morning and this afternoon actually here on the East Coast to talk about the Marzu 28 SHOWTIME juru, CHAMPIONSHIP boxing Show, ikkaratterizzata 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. Iżda, qabel ma nikbru għall-ġellieda, I tixtieq tintroduċi Chris DeBlasio, Vice President of Communications for SHOWTIME Sports to fill you in a little bit about the fight. Chris?
Chris DeBlasio
Grazzi tant, Kelly. I just want to take a quick moment to thank the fighters for being on this call, nirringrazzja l-istampa talli hawn, u biss jgħidu f'isem Stephen Espinoza, l EVP u General Manager għall Showtime Sports, u lkoll fil SHOWTIME, aħna qed verament eċċitati biex tikseb lura fis dan ma 'avveniment live sympathique SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP boxing din is-Sibt. As you may have seen in the boxing press, din kienet madwar ġimgħatejn ilu li aħna ħabbret ż-żieda ta 'pjattaforma ġdida msejħa SHOWTIME Boxing Internazzjonali. L-ewwel ġlieda se tkun din is-Sibt, Marzu 28; it’s an international fight on the SHOWTIME network live to our subscribers. Allura, l-ewwel istanza huwa mod sabiħ li kick off tagħna IS-SIBT Marzu 28 kopertura boxing, u li gonna jkun il Brook Kell versus ġlieda Jo Jo Dan IBF welterweight World Championship thats qed iseħħ fil Sheffield, England. SHOWTIME is going to carry that fight live at 6:15 Lvant, 3:15Paċifiku. U mbagħad, aħna se nieħdu pawża waqt il-ħinijiet wara nofsinhar u mbagħad mur live fuq 10 p.m ET./7 p.m. Avveniment PT SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP boxing ma Jermell Charlo, Vanes Martirosyan, Jhonny Gonzalez and Gary Russell. Allura, huwa tip ta 'tnejn- pjattaforma part nhar is-Sibt bi tliet tissielet ħajjin ġejjin lilek, which we’re really excited about. And we appreciate the opportunity to be in business with the guys on the phone here today. Allura, mingħajr xejn aktar, let’s get it started. We welcome you guys.
Kelly Swanson
Okay. And one quick note — jew pjuttost, midja, nota wieħed quick — għandna biss mibgħuta barra l-Ġlieda Ġimgħa Media Skeda, għalhekk jekk jogħġbok tfittex li fl inboxes tiegħek, and it will give you the details of what is going on this week for the fight. Grazzi. Okay, let’s go ahead and open it up. Attwalment, let me go ahead and introduce the two guys that are on the call right now. They want to say a couple words. Ewwel, we have Vanes Martirosyan. He’s a world-ranked 154 pound contender. Vanes, inti trid tgħid kliem koppja, jgħidulna kif it-taħriġ huwa għaddej u kif int jkollna lest għall-ġlieda?
Vanes Martirosyan
Taħriġ li qed jiġri kbir, everything is going good. We can’t wait to fight. You know, Jien ċert li kulħadd jgħid li qabel ma ġlieda, but we really are ready to go. We just can’t wait to go.
Kelly Swanson
Okay, kbira. Grazzi tant. And where are you training?
Il. Martirosyan
I’m training here in California at Main Event Sports Club. There’s been a couple of locations we’ve been training, iżda l-maġġuri kienet Main Event Sports Club, li l-midja se jkunu fil illum.
K. Swanson
Issa, 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, kull darba I mħejija għal ġlieda, 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. Allura, training camp has been good. Trainer Ronnie Shields, Danny Arnold. I fetaħ ġinnasju tiegħi stess, so I get a little late night extra hours in when I want to. U, I want to fight with my twin brother. We’re pushing to fight. I can’t wait to fight. Just like Vanes, hu bil-ġuħ, hu lest. I’m I’m ready.
Q
Minħabba li t-tnejn pożizzjonijiet tiegħek, kif kkunsidrati bħala top 10 kontendenti fil- 154 klassi ta 'piż lira, fil moħħok, do inti tqis dan ġlieda eliminazzjoni? Vanes, liema huma ħsibijiet tiegħek dwar dan?
Il. 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 — Naħseb li huwa — an eliminator fight. I’m looking at this as a championship fight. Jermell is tougher than any of the champions, hekk lili, din hija ġlieda kampjonat, and that’s what we got ready for. And it should be an eliminator fight. I don’t know if it is or not, imma li kif aħna qed tieħdu bħala, u aħna qed tieħu dan bħala ġlieda titolu dinja.
Q
Jermell, ħsibijiet tiegħek dwar dan – huwa l-eliminatur uffiċjali jew waħda 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 — kiber miegħu. I know what I bring to the table. And this fight is a fight for manhood, huwa ġlieda biex juru li l-Tycoon reali ta 'l-isport huwa fil- 154 pound weight division. There’s a lot at stake, dan huwa aktar minn ġlieda titolu lili.
Q
Jermell, did you say li inti kiber miegħu ftit?
J. Charlo
Yeah, I kiber miegħu, mill-inqas żewġ jew tliet snin ma 'paletti, inti taf, u l-familja tiegħu, poplu tiegħu, inti taf? Allura, Naf — nafu lil xulxin sew.
Q
Have you guys qatt sparred ma 'xulxin?
J. Charlo
Yeah, konna sparred ma 'xulxin diversi drabi.
Q
Kemm-il darba, would you say? 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, xorta ftit boy jikbru ġo raġel. Allura, dritt issa, Jien ma anki jaħsbu dwar kif kien, dwar xiex kien, jew kif it-taħriġ kien meta konna taħriġ flimkien. Was lanqas 19 — I kien 17, 16, 17, 18, I tfisser, those ages. Here, aħna jiffaċċjaw lil xulxin għaliex aħna qed kemm fil-quċċata, 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, inti jħossu l-istess mod dwar il-ħinijiet tiegħek fil-ċirku miegħu?
Il. Martirosyan
Yeah, I remember when we used to train. It was good training. We were always in competition — me, 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, missieru, u trainer tiegħu, Ronnie Shields. They’ve been good people to me. Iżda IS-SIBT lejl, huwa għaddej biex tkun ghadu tiegħi fil-ċirku. Għal issa, barra l-ring, I-rigward kulħadd. Once we step in the ring, hija storja totalment differenti.
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?
Il. Martirosyan
Do Mhux, għaliex f'dak il-ġlieda, kellna biex tinsieh ħafna affarijiet. Dan passed away. We were all sad, and we didn’t know what to do. And we actually thought — "Għandna ġlieda’ jew I do not know jekk Joe (Tal-Goossen) 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. Meta I mitlufa lill Andrade, I ma pass lejn il-ring 100 mija, u meta I daħal dar — meta inti come home jitlef, huwa tħossok ħażin. I ma tista 'tħares lejn marti, my kids. I feel like I let them down. Allura, dritt issa, Jien biss f'dak modalità fejn I d pjuttost die milli tara li għal darb'oħra.
Q
Jekk ġejt biex tirbaħ din il-ġlieda, ovvjament, youd tkun fil-pożizzjoni għal ġlieda maġġuri titolu dinja. Inti komdu ma 'stennija għal wieħed minn dawk, jidhru dawk ġellieda ġlieda biss forsi darbtejn fis-sena, jew li kieku inti tixtieq li jibqgħu attivi u jieħdu aktar tissielet bejniethom?
J. Charlo
You know, rebbieħa din il-ġlieda lili — 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. Jiġġieldu għall-materji titolu dinja u dan kollu Jittieħed żejda, imma jekk jien hawn bini isem tiegħi u l-bini tad-ditta tiegħi, li jinsab biss bħala importanti. Being isem tad-dar matul il-Kunsill Boxing Dinja, kollox. Li kwistjonijiet lili.
Il. Martirosyan
Il-ġlieda, din il-ġlieda — Id jgħidu simili ħafna ta 'l-ċampjins li huma ċampjins dritt issa fil-klassi ta' piż tagħna, ħafna minnhom biss run ħalq tagħhom, starting with Andrade. A fight like this for me and Jermell, huwa tali ġlieda big għalija, inti taf, but it’s not only for us. I tfisser, it’s for the fans. The fans are in, and it’s great. I tfisser, you rarely get to see contenders like me and Jermell wanting to step up and fight each other. You know, normalment, nies se tikseb sa l-klassifiki bħal aħna, they just want to just talk a lot of bad stuff about the champions to get the world title fight. Iżda, inti taf, inti rari jiksbu biex tara kontendenti bħal dik, inti taf, Do Mhux. 1 u Nru. 2 fighting each other when, you know they really want to fight each other and they both said yes to the fight. Allura, it'sa ġlieda big, imma inħoss bħal, inti taf, aħna qed kollha gonna jkun — aħna qed gonna nagħmlu l-almu tagħna, u inħoss bħal l-fannijiet huma gonna jkun ir-rebbieħa għall din il-ġlieda.
K Swanson
Okay, kbira. You guys, Naħseb li kien l-aħħar mistoqsija tiegħek, 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. U, Jermell, aħna se tara inti fil Las Vegas aktar tard din il-ġimgħa.
J. Charlo
No problem. See you, guys.
Il. Martirosyan – Grazzi. Take care.
Kelly Swanson
Aħna ser jaqilbu l-sejħa trasferiti għas Gary Russell, Jr.
K. Swanson
Gary Russell, Jr. se jkunu qed jiffaċċjaw Jhonny Gonzalez għall tal Gonzalez 126 titolu lira, the WBC Featherweight World Championship. Gary, jekk inti tixtieq li tgħidilna ftit dwar kif it-taħriġ huwa għaddej, antiċipazzjoni tiegħek li tkun jiġġieldu Jhonny Gonzalez għal dan it-titolu dinja u X'taħseb dwar il-ġlieda kollu b'mod ġenerali?
Gary Russell Jr.
Kellna kamp ta 'taħriġ kbir. Kollox kien perfett, ebda skużi, 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
Inti tagħmel xi ħaġa fil-kamp bi tħejjija għal dan, li l differenti minn tissielet oħra tiegħek?
G. Russell Jr.
Do Mhux, we’re not doing anything that’s different in preparation for any of the fights. I think the only difference is, jiddependi fuq il-ġlieda, you want to prepare depending on the opponent that you’re competing against. Allura, Naħseb li l-unika differenza hija d-differenza fil sparring. Inti tixtieq li tressaq fl guys li jkollhom stil simili għal min huwa int gonna tkun jikkompetu kontra eċċ. That’s the only change that we’ve made so far. Minbarra li — elementi fundamentali bażiċi, ring generalship, veloċità idejn, qawwa ippanċjar, saħħa u l-kondizzjonament, kollha ta 'li Jittieħed huwa l-istess.
Q
Gu, inti kienu sorpriż li tikseb ieħor maqtul fil-titolu?
G. Russell, Jr.
Do Mhux, Jien mhux sorpriż. I ltqajna l-istess Promozzjonijiet Al Haymon, biss Al Haymon b'mod ġenerali meta niġu għal dak. Hu manager tiegħi, u aħna nafu li huwa ma kollox fil-poter tiegħu biex jipprova li tagħmel affarijiet jiġri għalina, and give us another shot at a world title. I’m extremely grateful and thankful for this opportunity.
Q
Meta inti ġġieldu-ġlieda kontra Lomachenko għal wieħed mit-titoli, taħseb li tieħu xejn barra ta 'dak defeat? Jekk huwa l-esperjenza, jew qegħdin fuq dak il-livell ta 'l-istadju li inti tressaq lejn din l-opportunità kampjonat li jmiss?
G. Russell Jr.
Of course. One of the main things that we took out of it is, jekk mhuwiex kissru, 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. Imxejna dehru l-eżitu ta 'dan u l-effetti sekondarji ta' dan. Aħna ma tieħu telf faċli, bil-bosta. 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. Kellna l-istess mod tim lura fil-mozzjoni. Aħna lesti, aħna qed iffukat, aħna qed determinati, aħna qed misjuqa u aħna qed biss tfittex li tagħti juru tajjeb.
Q
Inti tara Gonzalez bħala ġellied ħafna aħjar minn Lomachenko, jew forsi daqsxejn ta 'ġlied aktar vulnerabbli minn Lomachenko jew simili? Kif inti munzell up-żewġ titulari?
G. Russell Jr.
Huma qed żewġ ġellieda differenti ħafna. 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. Għandek tieħu l-ebda waħda għall mogħtija. We definitely qal, oh, din hija ġlieda perikoluża tieħu bil Jhonny Gonzalez, imma aħna jħossuhom daqslikieku dak li aħna tressaq it-tabella se jkun superjuri fl-aħħar.
Q
What speċifikament ma inti tagħmel differenti biex jippreparaw għall Lomachenko li tixtieq kellek mhux?
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, konna fil-sawna għall-aħħar żewġ, maybe three days leading all the way up into the fight. That’s what my strength and conditioning coach wanted me to do.
Kull persuna thats jara li ġlieda, jekk kienx Lomachenko jew xi ħadd ieħor, dawn stajt tidher d-differenza fil-ħila ippanċjar tiegħi, reżistenza tiegħi, veloċità tiegħi, biss lili bħala persuna. Nies kienu jafu li dan ma kienx il-Russell Gary, Jr. li theyd raw l-preċedenti 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, inti taf?
Q
Dwar Jhonny Gonzalez — huwa ovvjament huwa Guy li huwa zgħir il-volum, huwa ma jibżgħux biex toqgħod fi u l-kummerċ. Kif taħdem din ġlieda għall-vantaġġ tiegħek jekk hu ma ġlieda ġlieda Gonzalez tipiku fil-moħħ tiegħek?
G. Russell, Jr.
Ma naħsibx li hu għaddej biex tkun tista 'tittratta ma', għal darb'oħra, veloċità tiegħi. 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 — l-quickness sieq. U ħafna ta 'shots tiegħu huma ftit barra. Allura, I ser tkun waslet biex outpunch lilu u jkun kapaċi li punch lilu bejn shots tiegħu.
Q
What did you think tad-deċiżjoni fil-ġlieda 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, u I sort tal raw ir-raġuni għaliex I mitlufa — kien minħabba I ma kienx kapaċi li jagħmel dak li kien li I normalment do.
Q
Allura, inti tħoss li inti tilfu l-ġlieda mbagħad?
G. Russell Jr.
Certainly. I’d definitely say that I lost the fight.
Q
Inti ttrattaw Al Haymon qabel. Tista 'tispjega x'impatt tiegħu huwa fil-karriera tiegħek? And we’ve all seen the moves that he’s been making. How is that gonna help you moving forward?
G. Russell, Jr.
I jħossuhom daqslikieku n-nar ikun taħt dawn l-amministraturi u l-promoturi. Hemm sforz ta 'tim. Int ser tkun tista 'tgħid maniġer tiegħek jew promotur tiegħek, "Hey, dan huwa pjan ta 'logħba tiegħi, 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, forsi sitt tissielet din is-sena, eċċ. Maniġer tiegħek u promotur, fejn dawn jaqgħu f'mill, they should be able to meet you halfway with their game plan. If you want to have six fights within a year, eċċ, 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. Huwa dwar min int taf, I raden.
Q
Intestatura fis din il-ġlieda, tħoss bħal inti għandek tagħti ċerta kwalità tal-ġlieda li verament jagħmlu fannijiet jirrelataw lilek u tagħmel inti isem tad-dar? Now that there’s so many platforms for boxing, tħoss simili hemm pressjoni biex jitpoġġew fuq ġlieda eċċitanti miżjud, jew tħoss bħal inti xorta tista biss, metodiku kaxxa u jiksbu fannijiet minn dak?
G. Russell Jr.
I onestament ma jħossuhom daqslikieku dik għandna nagħmlu xejn barra min-normal. Inti qed tmur biex tara d-Gary Russell tipiku, Jr. li inti stajt tidher l-preċedenti 24 tissielet — veloċità idejn, kapaċità ippanċjar, ring generalship u eċċ. ,A lott ta 'ġellieda jsibux maqbuda fil-hype, u huma jħossu bħala għalkemm huma għandhom jagħmlu l-affarijiet ftit aktar biex tirbaħ l-fannijiet fuq, eċċ. 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, nirringrazzjak tant sabiex wieħed ikun disponibbli biex iwieġeb dawn id-domandi, u napprezzaw li inti tieħu l-ħin tal-ġurnata busy tiegħek, u aħna ħerqana li tara inti ġlieda din is-Sibt, Marzu 28, fil-Pearl fil-Casino Resort pali fil Las Vegas u jgħixu fuq Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP boxing. Grazzi, Gary.
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