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Hassan N'Dam beloof wêreldklas prestasie Vanaand in Montreal vs. David Lemieux

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MONTREAL (Junie 19, 2015) – Voormalige World Boxing Organization (WBO) 160-pond afdeling kampioen Hassan N'Dam (31-1, 18 Uitklophoue) het 'n wêreld-klas prestasie in môreaand se beloofde (Saterdag, Junie 20) konfrontasie met David Lemieux (33-2, 31 Uitklophoue) vir die vakante Internasionale Boksfederasie (IBF) middelgewigtitel by die befaamde Bell Centre in Montreal, Kanada.

 

A 2004 Olimpiese wat sy moedertaal Kameroen verteenwoordig, N'Dam is die IBF Geen. 1-ingedeel, verpligte aanspraakmaker, wat nou veg uit Frankryk. Lemieux is ingedeel No. 4 in die wêreld deur die IBF.

 

“Ek belowe 'n wêreld-klas prestasie môreaand in Montreal teen tuisdorp gunsteling David Lemieux vir die IBF middelgewig wêreldkampioenskap,” N'Dam het vroeër vandag in Montreal. “Ek sal pas by watter styl Lemieux bring. Ek kan KO hom in die eerste ronde, of op enige ander ronde. Hy het nog nooit geveg enigiemand met my vaardigheid stel. Lemieux kom in die diep kant en ek sal bewys dat hy hoort nie hier nie. Ek sal sy hanteerders dat hy nie hoort by die boonste vlak van die wêreld-klas boks wys.”

 

N'Dam se slagoffers, onder die meer nood, sluit Max Bursk, Curtis Stevens,Fulgencio Zuniga, Giovanni Lorenzo, Omar Weiss en Autandil Khurtsidze.

 

“Hassan het die beste oefenkamp van sy loopbaan het en hy gaan op die prestasie van sy lewe môreaand om te sit,” Bestuurder N'Dam se Gary Hyde bygevoeg. “Wanneer hy gekroon IBF wêreld middelgewigkampioen, Hassan sal reg in die mengsel van die mees opwindende gewig afdeling in die boks wees. Ons is nie gelukkig met die aanstelling van 'n Kanadese regter Kanadese skeidsregter, maar ek is verseker deur Quebec Kommissaris Michel Hamelin dat hulle 'n goeie sal doen, eerlike werk. Ek aanvaar dat dit die geval sal wees. Ons het 'n wêreld titel te wen en dit is wat ons gaan doen. Hassan sal wêreldkampioen gekroon vir die tweede keer, teen alle verwagtinge, want hy is net te goed.”

Volg op Twitter by @HassanNdam en NoWhere2Hyde.

Team N’Dam objects to officials named for IBF middleweight world title fight in Montreal: N'Dam vs. Lemieux, Junie 20 in Montreal

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L-R) – Hassan N'Dam & Gary Hyde

 

CORK, Ierland (Junie 10, 2015) – Gary Hyde, bestuurder van die Internasionale Boksfederasie (IBF) Moenie. 1-ingedeel, verpligte middelgewigtitel aanspraakmaker Hassan N'Dam (31-1, 18 Uitklophoue), het beswaar gemaak teen twee vernoem na die Junie werk amptenare 20ste IBF wêreld middelgewigtitel stryd tussen N'Dam en David Lemieux (33-2, 31 Uitklophoue) by die befaamde Bell Centre in Montreal, Kanada.

 

Kameroen-moedertaal N'Dam, bevorder deur King Sport, is a former World Boxing Organization (WBO) 160-pound division world champion. The IBF No. 4-ingedeel Lemieux is gebore en woon in Montreal, Quebec.

 

“Op Junie 2nd,” Hyde verduidelik, “Ek het geleer wat die amptenare was vir dieJunie 20ste veg by die Bell Centre. Ek gekontak die IBF en beswaar gemaak teen twee beamptes wat van Montreal, Quebec, dieselfde stad Lemieux is uit. Skeidsregter Marlon Wright het geblaas vyf van Lemieux’ gevegte en die regter in die vraag, Benoit Roussel, het nie minder nie as gewerk 12 van Lemieux’ gevegte.

 

“Ek het ook beswaar gemaak teen die Kommissie Quebec oor die aanstelling van die twee Kanadese amptenare. Die keuse van twee amptenare van die stad as een van die vegters in 'n internasionale wêreldkampioenskap bout dui op 'n gebrekkige en onregverdige proses en ondermyn die voorkoms van regverdigheid en onpartydigheid. In my ervaring in die wêreld kampioenskap Bouts die amptenare moet altyd neutraal wees.

 

We are hopeful that the Quebec Boxing Commission will replace both Canadian officials with a pair of neutral officials, sodat ons net kan konsentreer op die taak op hande, om Lemieux klop.

Weights from Inglewood, Kalifornië: Golovkin vs. Monroe Jr.

Inglewood, SOOS (Mei 15, 2015)-

Gennadi Golovkin 159 – Willie Monroe Jr. 160

Photos by Emily Harney / Banner Promotions

Saterdag, Mei 16
4:30 namiddag. FORUM DOORS OPEN

4:45 namiddag. FIRST FIGHT BEGINS

7:00 namiddag. HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® TELECAST BEGINS

*Events/Schedule Subject to Change*

GOLOVKIN VS. MONROE FIGHT INFO:
Gennady Golovkin vs. Willie Monroe is a 12-round middleweight world championship bout presented by K2 Promotions and GGG Promotions in association with Banner Promotions and the Forum. The fight will take place Saturday, Mei 16 by die Forum in Inglewood, SOOS. Deure open om 4:30 namiddag. PT and the first bout starts at4:45 namiddag. PT., the HBO World Championship Boxing telecast begins at 10:00 namiddag. EN/PT.

Golovkin, 32-0 (29KO se) will be defending his World Boxing Association, International Boxing Organization andInterimWorld Boxing Council Middleweight World Titles against #2 ranked challenger Monroe,
19-1-0 (6KO se).

Co-featured on the telecast is 12-round junior flyweight matchup between World Boxing Council Champion ROMAN “Chocolatito” GONZALEZ, 42-0 (36KO se) en #2 ranked challenger and former world champion EDGAR SOSA, 51-8-0 (30KO se).

Tickets for May 16-Golovkin vs Monroe are, geprys teen $300, $200, $100, $60 en $30, are now on-sale through Ticketmaster (Ticketmaster.com, 1-800-745-3000) and the Forum Box Office (MaandagVrydag by 9 voormiddag. – 5 namiddag.)

GOLOVKIN vs. MONROE is presented by K2 Promotions and GGG Promotions in association with Banner Promotions and the Forum.

Co-featured on the telecast is an outstanding Junior Flyweight matchup between World Boxing Council Champion ROMAN “Chocolatito” GONZALEZ and #2 ranked challenger and former world champion EDGAR SOSA.

GONZALEZ vs. SOSA is presented by K2 Promotions and Teiken Promotions in association with Zanfer Promotions.

Sosiale media: Vir meer inligting, besoek www.K2Promos.com,www.GGGBoxing.com, www.Banner-Promotions.com, www.FabulousForum.com enwww.HBO.com/boxing.

Follow on Twitter at Gennady Golovkin GGGBoxing, Willie Monroe Jr.WillieMonroeJr, Roman Gonzalez @ChocolatitoBox, Edgar Sosa@EdgarSosaChamp, Tom Loeffler / K2 Promosies @ TomLoeffler1, Banner Promotions BannerBoxing, die Forum theForum en HBO Boxing HBOBoxingand become a fan on Facebook www.facebook.com/GGGBoxing,www.facebook.com/WilieMonroeJrFanPage,
www.facebook / BannerPromotions, www.facebook.com/TheForum enwww.facebook.com/HBOBoxing.

Use the hashtags #GolovkinMonroe and #GonzalezSosa to join the conversation on Twitter.

Willie Monroe Jr. fight week videos for Saturday’s Middleweight title bout to be televised on HBO World Championship Boxing® at 10 PM ET/PT

Los Angeles (Mei 13, 2015)--Below are videos from this week’s media events that WBA number-two ranked middleweight contender Willie Monroe Jr. participated in before his showdown with middleweight champion Gennadi Golovkin. Die stryd sal plaasvind Saterdag night at the Forum in Inglewood, California and be televised on HBO World Championship Boxing® at 10 PM ET/PT.
Below are videos of the media roundtable, Final Press Conference, Media Workout and Media workout interview.
Media outlets may use any of the content by copy/pasting the embedded code to their websites.
Willie Monroe media roundtable interview
Willie Monroe Jr. media roundtable interview
Golovkin - Monroe Final Press Conference
Golovkin – Monroe Jr. Final Press Conference
Willie Monroe Jr. Media workout
Willie Monroe Jr. Media workout
Willie Monroe Jr. media workout interview
Willie Monroe Jr. media workout interview
Gennadi “GGG” GOLOVKIN VS. WILLIE MONROE
Fight Week Media Schedule
*All Times Are Pacific Daylight Time*

Vrydag, Mei 15

12:00 Namiddag. OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN
VRY & Oop vir die publiek!

Plek:
The Forum/Northwest Outdoor Staging Area
3900 Die. Manchester Blvd.
Inglewood, SOOS 90305
12:00 Namiddag.–Deure open
12:30 namiddag.Official Weigh-in
Free Parking Available Through
S. Prairie Ave Entrance

Saterdag, Mei 16

4:30 namiddag. FORUM DOORS OPEN

4:45 namiddag. FIRST FIGHT BEGINS

7:00 namiddag. HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® TELECAST BEGINS

*Events/Schedule Subject to Change*

The Mongoose Has Landed

Willie Monroe Jr. in Los Angeles for Saterdag se Middleweight title bout to be televised on HBO World Championship Boxing® at 10 PM ET/PT

WBA number-two ranked contender WillieEl Mongoose” Monroe Jr. arrives at LAX with his team for Saterdag se Middleweight title fight against Gennady Golovkin that will take place at the Forum in Inglewood, California and will be televised on HBO World Championship Boxing® beginning at 10 PM ET/PT
Foto Credit: Banner/Promotions

Gennadi “GGG” Golovkin – WILLIE MONROE JR. International Media Conference Call Transcript

Dinsdag, Mei 5, 2015
Bernie Bahrmasel: Hallo, and welcome to the International Media Conference Call for the Middleweight Championship of the World as boxing superstar Gennady “GGG” Golovkin defends his WBA, IBO and Interim WBC Title against number two ranked challenger WillieThe MongooseMonroe Jr., set for next Saturday night, May 16th at TheFabulousForum in Los Angeles, and telecast live in the United States on HBO World Championship Boxing at 10 namiddag. Oos.

We are seeing an overwhelming amount of interest in this event, which also features the HBO debut of fast-rising star Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez defending his WBC junior flyweight title against number two ranked challenger, Edgar Sosa.

Hierdie week, we will be distributing an extensive fight week media schedule of Los Angeles area events. For the media, if you have not yet done so, please apply for credentials at MagnaMedia.com.

Joining us first on this call from his training camp in Big Bear Lake, California will be Gennady, his world-renowned trainer, Abel Sanchez, and the managing director of K2 Promotions, Tom Loeffler. Later in the call, we will be joined by Willie Monroe Jr., from his training camp in Winter Haven, Florida, and his promoter, the head of Banner Promotions, Artie Pelullo along with his trainer Tony Morgan.

It’s now my pleasure to turn the call over to Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions, who will introduce Gennady Golovkin and Abel Sanchez for their opening comments. Gaan voort, Tom.

Tom Loeffler: Dankie, Bernie. We’re excited at bringing Gennady back to the Los Angeles area. We’ve gotten a great response from the fans with the ticket sales. Gennady has a 19-fight knockout streak going right now, and provides a lot of excitement in the ring and there have been a lot of calls for him getting back into the ring. We saw the fight on Saturday night and people seem to be yearning for some excitement, and that’s what Gennady guarantees in the ring, and we have a great co-feature with “Chocolatito” Gonzales against Edgar Sosa. Chocolatito’s making his HBO debut, sowel, and I know a lot of fans in the L.A. area are also excited to see Chocolatito in the ring.

And Willie Monroe is the number two-rated contender and poses a very unconventional style with his southpaw stance and his movement in the ring, so I think this’ll be a great contrast to styles.

Met dit, I want to introduce Abel Sanchez from his Summit Training Camp in Big Bear Lake.

Abel Sanchez: Daar. Good morning, ouens. We’re looking forward to-what is it ten days from now eleven days from now, putting on another fantastic show. We’re fortunate to have a young man in Willie Monroe who I know is going to come to fight and provide us with that exciting fight that we haven’t had. Wel, actually last week was not as exciting as this one’s going to be, so hopefully Willie’s in great shape. I know that Tony’s getting him ready, so we’re looking forward to this Saturday night.

Tom Loeffler: And then I also want to introduce the WBA, the WBC Interim Champion, IBO Middleweight Champion, 32-0 met 29 uitklophoue, Gennadi “GGG” Golovkin.

Gennadi Golovkin: Good morning. A couple of weeks before the fight and I’m ready, Ek voel goed. Hopelik, Willie will be ready to fight because we’ll have a strong fight and a good performance for the fans. I promise a big drama show. I hope he is ready also. Thank you to my team, the fans and media for all their support and to HBO.

Q. Daar, ouens. Thanks for taking the time to do the call. My question is for Gennady. Your May 16th fight comes at an interesting time, right on the heels of Mayweather/Pacquiao, a fight in which a lot of people-I dare say most people said it didn’t feature enough action for their liking. Did you watch the fight? En, what did you think of Mayweather/Pacquiao?

Gennadi Golovkin: Ja. Everybody wanted the fight for the last five years. I think Floyd’s too smart. This is Floyd’s style; he doesn’t take too many shots. Floyd’s too smart, he’s a great boxer, he’s number one in the world.

Q. And what about Pacquiao? What did you think of his performance?

Gennadi Golovkin: Pacquiao, I think he loses control of the fight. He could not do anything against Floyd. Pacquiao is very good, but it was a very smart fight for Floyd.

Q. Listen, I’m not looking past Willie Monroe, that wouldn’t be wise. I expect you’re too talented for him, al. So, what about next fight, you against Floyd Mayweather at 154 pond? I believe you, Miskien, are the next logical opponent to test Floyd Mayweather.

Gennadi Golovkin: Natuurlik, it is my dream fight. Natuurlik, Floyd, he is a great champion, and a little bit different style. Floyd, he’s a smart guy. He does a lot of moving. For my style, a little bit different, I like drama show, I like real fight, like close fight. I want show, big show; big drama show!

Q. And you would bring that big drama show if you were to get a fight with Floyd Mayweather?

Gennadi Golovkin: Absoluut.

Q. Excellent. Great answer. Ek waardeer dit. Good luck.

Q. Question is for Abel. Abel, how do you deal with all these questions about who is next? We just had one-who is next for Gennady when he is to fight on May 16, the guy who is probably one of the fastest guys you have ever fought. How do you deal with this? En, how do you keep GGG concentrated on the task on hand? Not to talk about Canelo, and not to talk about Floyd and everything else, May 16th is first.

Abel Sanchez: Wel, fortunately we have a real professional in Gennady Golovkin in the gym, so the questions about anybody else are only on these types of calls. In die gimnasium, he’s solely focused on Willie Monroe. Willie Monroe’s going to be a tough challenge, and we’re not overlooking him by any means because if we take a stumble here, all those other names are mute.

So, Golovkin is concentrating on Willie Monroe, unless of course they ask questions like this in a media call, but there’s no doubt in my mind that we’ll be ready for, geestelik en fisies, for May 16th.

Q. One more question, if I may. The combined records of the last five opponents for Gennady is 165 oorwinnings, net 15 verliese. Where would you put Willie Monroe in-between those fighters? How would you rate him among the last five Gennady fought?

Abel Sanchez: I think as far as skills and as far as ability in the ring, he’s got to be in the top three, and maybe the top two. Ervaring, maybe not quite as experienced as the other guys, but Willie has proven in bigger fights, the Boxcino Tournament for instance, that he can handle himself in the ring, so he’s up there, soos ek gesê het, een, twee, or three. A very, baie, very good fighter.

Q: Good morning, gentlemen. I just have two quick questions. Gennadi, we know your reputation and your resume and your desire to fight, but you continue to get criticism for not taking proper fights without people really putting the blame on people who have to agree to fight you. How does that make you feel when people say that about you?

Gennadi Golovkin: Ek voel 'n groot. Ek voel goed nou. This fight is really important for my career, and for everybody, for my people, for my team. Thank you very much for my people. It’s very important for me, this fight with Willie, right now my focus is on Willie Monroe because he’s a great champion, he’s a great challenger for me and he may be next champion. Every fight is important for me.

Q. With fighting against Willie Monroe, he’s a southpaw, and we’ve seen a lot said that you wanted to face that type of opponent, wat 'n hotklou. What do you hope that this performance will show to people watching you about your style, and the way you fight?

Gennadi Golovkin: I want to fight a southpaw because I want to show everybody that I can beat any style, dit maak nie saak nie. Anybody, strong guy, tall guy, short guy, just anybody. I’m very anxious. This is a big test for me. I remember a lot of fighters, like Canelo, Gaar, and a lot of great champions have have problems with southpaws. So why not test myself.

Q. Abel, Gennady kind of answered the question I was about to ask, but what I guess from a trainer’s standpoint, what do you see Willie Monroe bringing to the table that Gennady hasn’t yet seen on his way up?

Abel Sanchez: A lot of movement and slickness and if Gennady fights a southpaw in the future were better prepared for the style.

Willie is a proven and good fighter in, like I said in the Boxcino Tournament, so it’s not like we’re fighting a guy that’s on-that has never been in a situation like this. The difference is he’s going to go in against Golovkin and Golovkin seems to bring these guys down to the level that they’re not much for him, but if Willie brings his A game, I think we’re looking at five or six tough rounds, and then the stretch will be who’s got more in the tank.

Q. Gennadi, I know you can’t force the other middleweights to get in the ring with you; all you can do is just entertain. Do you feel kind of obligated though to carry the middleweight division right now? Like, you’re the guy that everyone’s going to look to as the one middleweight that will fight everyone.

Gennadi Golovkin: Ja. I want to fight to unify the titles. Vir my, it’s very important who’s number one; who’s best in the world in the middleweight division.

Q. Ja. This is a question for Tom. You said in your intro that you thought fans were yearning for some excitement after what had happened Saturday. As a promoter, is there any fear of a backlash in the business? And what I guess would serve as a follow-up as Gennady is poised to be maybe the next face of boxing, maybe he can capture some of the crossover fans. Will that be harder to do now?

Tom Loeffler: I don’t think there’ll be a backlash. I think it’ll make fans appreciate Gennady’s style more when they see what he actually brings into the ring with him. He always tries to-Abel trains him in a style to provide excitement, to provide value for the fans, and I think the fans will appreciate instead of having to buy this fight on pay-per-view, they’ll get to see it on HBO, and they’ll see an entertaining show with Chocolatito as the co-feature, with Gennady, and Willie Monroe Jr. in die belangrikste gebeurtenis. I think it’s a great matchup of styles, and I think it’ll be a challenge to see if Gennady keeps his knockout streak alive and that’s what fans have really come to appreciate.

They know every time they come to see Gennady fight live, every time he’s fought, whether it’s Danny Geale, or whether it’s Marco Antonio Rubio at the StubHub Center last year. Ek bedoel, they’ve seen an exciting fight, and I think you’ll see the same type of fight, and interesting matchup coming this Saturday on May 16th at The Forum.

Q. Alright. Abel, same question?

Abel Sanchez: I think that we owe it to the fans to provide entertainment. I’ve said from the beginning that I wanted Gennady to be the kind of guy that you look forward to leaving home/work early on Saturday night to be able to watch all the pre-stuff in the fight to see more about Gennady. I wanted him to be that kind of individual inside the ring, not so much outside the ring, but I think that we’re getting to that point now.

Willie presents the next test. Hopelik, after Willie, if everything goes well on the 16th, and Willie cooperates, we can have a bigger name, but right now it’s Willie in front of us, and we’re going to put on that show, or Gennady’s going to put on that show to make sure that the fans go away with a smile on their face and hoping to find out when he fights again.

Q. Andy Lee against Kid Chocolate turned into a draw. You’ve got Miguel Cotto, who’s just kind of out there looking for that big fight. Do you want to stay at middleweight because you’ve said that you would drop down, and obviously the big fight that I think if we could all snap our fingers and make it happen is you and Mayweather? Would you move down a little bit at a catch weight or will we see you moving up, miskien, to go for the super middleweight title?

Gennadi Golovkin: Ja. Nou, my focus is on 160. My goal is to hold all the belts. Absoluut, I hope for a big fight with Miguel because he has the WBC title, I have the WBC interim belt, and of course I want a unification fight with Andy Lee. I think he’s ready and, natuurlik, my dream fight is against Floyd.

Q. Good morning on the West Coast, almal. Tom, this question is for you, and it’s a bit of a follow-up about the promoter’s job in the wake of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao. With casual fans, miskien, grumbling about the lack of action, do you think that was a net-win or a net-plus overall for the sport of boxing with the enormous attention on that fight? En, does that change your approach two weeks in the wake of this enormous media onslaught and attention to boxing?

Tom Loeffler: I think the exposure to boxing was a net-win for it. I think fans might have been disappointed that paid a lot of money to actually see it live, or maybe on the pay-per-view; that’s where you really saw the disappointment of the fans. Maar, Ek dink, weer, when you see somebody that’s exposed to the sport of boxing and then they follow-up two weeks later or even one week later. You’ve got Canelo coming up this weekend, also on HBO, and then two weeks later you have Gennady coming back to the ring, it just creates more of an appreciation for those fans that are exposed to the sport for having an exciting fight in the ring.

Q. And on the follow-up, how do you exploit, for lack of a better word, that attention and make sure they’re still around two weeks later to see what we on the call all know would be a very different and highly entertaining contest?

Tom Loeffler: Wel, we just try to put on the best shows. When Gennady fought last year at the StubHub, we had Nonito Donaire, and Nicholas Walters as the co-feature, and with this fight we have “Chocolatito” Gonzales against Edgar Sosa, also as a co-feature, so we just try to provide value for the fans. They’ve responded by buying tickets and Gennady had the biggest selling fight ever at the StubHub Center, and there have been many champions who have fought there before, and his ratings continue to reflect that.

So it’s just packaging value for the fans, and it’s just the more people that appreciate the sport of boxing that are exposed to it and then they all have a better sense of when you have an exciting fighter that gets into the ring, and at some point they’ll choose whether they buy a ticket or tune in to different styles.

And I think Gennady’s proven that he provides excitement and every time somebody tunes in or buys a ticket to his fight, they always come away with a sense of excitement, and he brings a lot of fans to the sport, new fans that have never actually been to a boxing match before that came to StubHub, or when he fought in New York in Madison Square Garden. They came specifically to see Gennady and that’s a breath of fresh air for the boxing fans.

Q. Goed. Quick question for you, Abel, eerste. Gennady has one of the best knockout percentage ratios in the boxing game right now. My question for you is sometimes he doesn’t get credit for his excellent footwork. Is there anything else, specifically, that you’ve found, or that you’ve kind of sharpened in fight camp with him these last few weeks prior to the fight with Willie Monroe?

Abel Sanchez: Wel, every training camp that we go into we set aside a couple things that we’re going to concentrate on for the particular fight we have coming up. For Willie, we have a couple things that we’re working on to combat some of his, not only movement, but also the way he tries to be slick.

So, hopefully the reason for that is hopefully in ten, twelve fights, we covered a lot of the areas that need to be covered to improve his game. Gennady’s a student of the game. Gennady loves learning new things, Gennady’s always paying attention, so it’s easy to show him something and to ask for him to do something and he repeats it. Max and I, his brother Max and I will talk about what it is that we want him to do and then Gennady executes it the way we want it.

Gelukkig, for this camp we had two very good sparring partners in Julius Jackson and Raymond Gatica that provided us that canvas for Gennady to practice some of the things that we’re trying to improve on for this fight.

Q. Was anything different now fighting a southpaw that you felt like you had to kind of enhance or work on a little more?

Abel Sanchez: O, absoluut. Willie Monroe’s not a standard southpaw. He’s very slick. He has very good wheels, so it’s going to be a process of trying to cut him off and practicing that in the gym to be able to cut him off and react to the situations, so he’s done it very well. He’s adapted very well to what we wanted for this particular fight, in addition to the things that we were doing in the past. So we’re looking forward to a great night.

Q. Goed. My question to you is, is it a little frustrating for you sometimes, I know you fight four times a year, more or less, give or take, you try to stay active. Is it frustrating for you sometimes when you start to see some of these guys like Miguel Cotto, he’s able-and you want to try to get to fight some of these really good guys, and sometimes it’s difficult for you? How do you stay focused knowing that you want to fight some of these really great champions, and it’s a little difficult for you?

I know that you say sometimes you’re into the Mexican fighters, and so I’m assuming that you want to emulate their greatness.

Gennadi Golovkin: I kind of just see my situation now as just I’m ready. You know you’re right, absoluut, that’s not my focus. My focus is on who is number one in the middleweight division. It doesn’t matter how many fights per year, vyf, six, I remember, like Chavez Sr., a lot of great champions, every second month he had a big fight. Vir my, right now I’m ready for big fight, Ek is gereed. I know I have just maybe couple years, maybe three years, maybe four years, I’m ready for six fights per year. I’m ready for anybody.

Q. Is Chavez your favorite Mexican fighter?

Gennadi Golovkin: Ja. Chavez, Sr. is. I love great champions from Mexico. I like Chavez Sr.’s style, like moving, and the strategy, I like this. I like the style because he will fight anybody and anytime. It may only be five, six, seven times per year. Same for me, Ek is gereed.

Q. So, is that why you try to fight as often as you do?

Gennadi Golovkin: Absoluut, Ja.

Bernie Bahrmasel: We’re going to wrap up Gennady Golovkin’s side. Tom, if you want to make some closing comments, and tell the media where their readers can get tickets?

Tom Loeffler: Absoluut. Again we’re all excited about Gennady coming back to Southern California May 16th against Willie Monroe Jr. It’ll be at TheFabulous” Forum. It’s a great building that’s event better since it was renovated. It has such a great history of legendary fights being held there and now with this fight card coming to the L.A. gebied, I think we’ll see a great turnout. We priced the tickets for the fans starting at the $30 and they are available at TheForum.com, and also at TicketMaster.com. Gennady’s last fight in LA sold out, so we advise the fans to buy their tickets early so they don’t run into the same problem last time when there was no tickets available.

Bernie Bahrmasel: Abel, do you want to give the media some closing comments before we get back to training?

Abel Sanchez: Absoluut. I’d like to thank them for their support and their calls and their questions. Make sure that you tune in and see another great fight from Gennady on his way to superstardom.

Bernie Bahrmasel: Thanks very much, Abel. Gennadi, any more comments before you go back to training today?

Gennadi Golovkin: Baie dankie, almal. Thank you very much for support. Thank you very much for attention. It is really important for my team, for my career, and I promise great show, great events, just welcome to my Big Drama Show. Dankie.

Bernie Bahrmasel: Thanks very much, Gennadi. Thanks very much, Abel. At this time for the media, it is my pleasure to introduce Artie Pelullo from Banner Promotions, who will introduce Team Monroe. Gaan voort, Artie.

Artie Pelullo: Daar, ouens. Hallo. Good morning to everybody. I guess the opening statement that I would like to make is I would like to thank Gennady Golovkin and Tom Loeffler for giving Willie Monroe this opportunity. Soos ons almal weet, Willie is number two in the world, and the reason why we’re here is because of how well he did in 2014 by winning four fights in a row, including the tournament that ESPN had the ability and the foresight to put on called Boxcino. And then Willie came back and then won a unanimous decision after winning the tournament against Bryan Vera, which now has put him in the status to challenge the best middleweight in the world, and it’s going to be a very interesting fight.

It’s a fight that we believe we can win. Most people don’t think Willie can win the fight, but we do; that’s why we took it. And it’s going to be a terrific fight, and I think Gennady is going to be in for a very difficult fight with a very good fighter who can do things that nobody who’s fought Gennady has done before.

So, I just want to say thank you to Gennady because it’s a voluntary fight, and he said he wanted to fight a tough guy who is a southpaw and this is the best southpaw out there. And Tom Loeffler’s a very good guy, a friend of ours and mine, not ours, mine, and has been able to make this deal rather quickly.

I want to thank HBO for also for putting the fight on because Peter Nelson who buys the fight for HBO realized that this is going to be a very compelling match, and back then to my opening statement. I want to thank everybody. Bernie, you’re doing a good job, and then now what Bernie. Ek dink, where’s this-is Willie on the line?

Willie Monroe Jr.: Ja, Ek is hier.

Artie Pellulo: Gaan voort, Willie.

Willie Monroe Jr.: I’m just grateful. I’m grateful for the opportunity. Thanks to Banner Promotions for putting me in the position to fight for the middleweight world championship against the greatest middleweight in the world at this time, and I’m blessed. So, thanks to Banner Promotions, and ESPN Boxcino and HBO. Dankie.

Artie Pellulo: Tony, sou jy graag 'n paar woorde te sê?

Tony Morgan: Ja. How you all doing? I just want to say we’re glad to have the opportunity. Thanks to Tom Loeffler, Banner Promotions, HBO for giving us this opportunity to do what we do. Dankie.

Q. Daar, Willie. In your opening remarks, you referred to Gennady Golovkin, saying you’d be grateful to fight for the middleweight championship against the fighter known as the greatest middleweight of his time. I just want to know if you believe that Gennady is the best middleweight out there today.

Willie Monroe Jr.: Ek bedoel, what he’s done is he’s proven himself. And he’s widely known as the best middleweight out there, so you can’t argue with it, and obviously, I’m up there around two or number three, so that’s why I’m thankful for this fight. So, I can’t chop the man down. I won’t sit up here and chop him down because once I win, then I’ll be chopping myself.

Q. Reg. Goed. Do you believe there’s any fight that you’ve had, leading into this, that can prepare you? Ek bedoel, natuurlik, Gennady’s better than everyone you’ve fought, but is there any particular style that you’ve faced that prepares you for what to expect next Saturday?

Willie Monroe Jr.: I think my whole career from the amateurs all the way up to now has prepared me for this opportunity. I mean I had 142 amateur gevegte, I’m a three time national champion.

I fought in Boxcino-I mean, Gennady is a little bit of a mixture of everyone I fought in Boxcino all the way up to Bryan Vera. So I think this is the pinnacle, and it’s my job to go in and do what I do best.

Q. Daar, ouens. Thanks for taking the time to do the call. Appreciate it. The question is for trainer Tony Morgan. Tony, you were in the news recently, a slight misstep it looks like. I’m not sure the situation and specifics, but I’m wondering has there been any interruption in training, and has that affected things at all, and how’s the relationship with you guys? En, how’s training going?

Tony Morgan: Flawless. We don’t have any issues. Everything is in the hands of my attorneys with my situation. The situation here is just training camp and that’s-we’re going to go through and do what we do, and put the pieces of the puzzle together, and solve the puzzle that nobody seems to be able to do.

Q.: Daar, Tony. It’s also the question for the trainer. We all think that this fight will be about speed versus power, and power on the side of Gennady, natuurlik, and the speed, which is supposed to prevent him to knockout his punches will supposed to be the number one most important thing for your fighter, for Willie. How do you see the fight? Are we wrong? Are we right? Give us a little bit, a glimpse of what we can expect from Willie in this fight.

Tony Morgan: I think the fight will truly be won by ring intelligence. I think what we bring to the table is something Gennady’s never seen and realistically can’t prepare for. Ek bedoel, there’s really only one Willie Monroe. There’s two guys, maybe three that mimic his style that is very fast, very elusive.

Willie had a lot of knockouts in the amateurs, not saying Willie always goes in there to be a big puncher, but I think people are going to be surprised as they were with Bryan Vera. I think it’s going to be a big surprise for a lot of people, not for us, but for everybody else.

Q.: And one more question, this time for Willie. All those talks, all those bets around Las Vegas and all over the world from 60:1 te 80:1 for Golovkin is just bulletin board material for you? Do you need extra motivation? Do you use this as extra motivation or are you just pushing this all information about you being basically-you basically lost already before you went into the ring? You just don’t pay attention to it?

Willie Monroe Jr.: Ek bedoel, after this fight is over, and I’m the new WBA champion, I will tell you guys a little story, and give you guys a little insight on my personal life, but I say that to say this. I’ve been the underdog since I was conceived in my mother’s womb, and I mean that literally; that’s not a figure of speech. I mean that literally.

So, being an underdog is what I relish because those are the moments where I rise to the occasion and do-sometimes I surprise myself with how good I do, so I’m in my element. If I was the favorite, then I’d be a little worried, but being the underdog is what I actually relish because it motivates me to do what I need to do.

Everybody’s different. Some people need to be encouraged and told that they’re the best, om die beste te wees, and some people need to be told that you can’t do it, so they can go out there and prove that they can. And I’m one of those people that’s always looking to prove people wrong.

Q. Alright. So, of course this is the biggest fight of your career and being the fact that boxing has probably been in the best shape that it’s been in quite a while, how do you feel about being part of boxing’s future, going forward?

Willie Monroe Jr.: It’s a blessing. This is something that we’ve said since I turned pro. My trainer’s always said I will resurrect boxing; I will bring back the true essence of boxing and being articulate, inside as well as outside of the ring.

Well now, I think the timing is perfect. Ek bedoel, it’s a blessing for me. Ek is geseënd, and I’m elated to have this opportunity and this is just the beginning.

Aan die einde van die dag, it’s all about what I do. Ek bedoel, it doesn’t matter the pedigree or where you come from or what the name is, it’s all about how you apply yourself and what you do in the ring and what you do in training camp leading up to the fight. So, I really try not to live off what my dad and my uncle did. I’m creating my own legacy, and my own right, and as of right now, I’ve made it further than both of them already.

So, it’s really nothing for me to do me and be me.

Q. Alright. Thanks for taking my call. This question is for Willie. From looking at you, you are a boxer, a very slick guy, and a lot of technical skill. Who did you look up to? Who do you pattern your style after, in terms of as a fighter?

Willie Monroe Jr.: My two favorite fighters, premier fighters are the champions, Roy Jones, Jr., and Sugar Ray Leonard. Anybody who was fast and very elusive and could do things physically that other fighters just can’t pull off, and do it in such a pretty fashion. Those are the guys that I look up to.

Hector “macho” Camacho Sr., Pernell Whitaker, all of those guys that were special, physically and mentally special. So those are the guys that I like to watch all the time and emulate.

Q. Baie dankie, and hi, almal. Willie, it was right before you were going into training camp, you were on with myself and Gerry Cooney. You said you were very confident about this fight. How did training camp go and how do you feel?

Willie Monroe Jr: Training camp’s good. Training camp’s great. I’m more confident now that we’re in tiptop shape, but I mean everything is good. Alles is goed. This is the fight I’ve wanted. This is the fight I said I wanted right after Boxcino.

A lot of people are insinuating that oh, you must be getting paid a lot of money. Ek bedoel, this is the fight I asked for. When all the blogs and different interviews, they asked me what middleweight would you like to fight? I said Gennady Golovkin. Ek bedoel, he’s the best. So, you either go hard or go home.

So, Ek bedoel, everything’s good. Camp is great. I’m having fun. Ek bedoel, just ask yourself who is my trainer, then you know how good training camp is going. I got the best trainer in the world.

Q. Goed, and let’s see, let’s go back to upsets, Leon Spinks over Muhammad Ali, Buster Douglas over Mike Tyson. This is really going to be looked at because GGG is certainly in the top two or three pound for pound in the world. If you win this fight, it’s going to be one of the biggest upsets over the last 30 years or so. How do you look at it?

Willie Monroe Jr.: I look at it the same way, and you have to. Ek bedoel, look what he’s accomplished as a fighter; 19 straight knockouts. He made his American debut in 2012, and he’s knocked out everybody thus far. And I mean like why wouldn’t you want to take that cloak of invincibility from somebody? En, Ek bedoel, I’m the one that can do it.

Maar, Ek bedoel, once the bell rings, and on May 16th nobody can get in there and fight for him, nobody can get in there and fight for me, it’s all about what we apply and what we adjust to that night and may the best man win.

Q. Jy het dit. Final question. Were you disappointed in the big fight the other night, Mayweather en Pacquiao?

Willie Monroe Jr.: Not really because I knew it was going to be like that. It’s one of those stylistically matchups where you just kind of know what’s going to happen, and I’m glad it’s done and over with, so people can stop talking.

Q. Baie dankie. This is a question for Tony. Tony, I’m not going to ask you to give away any of your training secrets before the fight, but you did mention-there was a mention in the lead up that you’re going to be bringing something different to the fight. Let me put it in these terms. In watching Golovkin’s previous opponents, did you identify any mistakes that you think Willie can correct in this fight?

Tony Morgan: I think that Golovkin makes a lot of mistakes. I think he’s beatable. I think any guy’s beatable if you bring the right plan to the table, but yeah, we’re going to capitalize on his mistakes and I don’t want to say we’re going to expose him because he is a great fighter, but we’re going to expose Willie. We’re going to expose what Willie really is, and what he’s really capable of doing.

Q. And Tony, on your follow-up to the question, and that’s a great answer. The question was actually aimed at Golovkin’s opponents and their mistakes that you might be able now to avoid? So, have you looked and seen that the Geale’s and the Murray’s and the Macklin’s of the world, did they do anything that you think you and Willie can avoid?

Tony Morgan: One hundred percent, all of them are pretty much all flat-footed and all of them stand in front of Golovkin. Sooner or later, he gets people to stand in front of him. I don’t think he’s going to be able to capitalize on anything that he’s used to doing because he’s never fought anybody the caliber of Willie Monroe.

I’m not saying that we beat everybody who is out there. We don’t have a name like he does, but the style that Willie presents is a style that’s imitated by no one, regtig.

Bernie Bahrmasel: Artie, we’re going to go ahead and wrap up the call if you want to make your closing comments and have Tony and Willie join you, that would be fantastic.

Artie Pelullo: Seker. Listen, weer, I want to thank everybody for giving Willie the opportunity. I think Tony and Willie said it right, and we all know that it’s going to be a great fight. We’re going to win the fight, and that’s how much confidence we have in Willie’s ability. But if it wasn’t for Tom Loeffler and Gennady Golovkin and HBO giving Willie this opportunity, we wouldn’t be here.

So, I want to say thank you to everybody. We’re going to be out there off all week, so there’s a lot going on. Willie will be available to do interviews one on one, there’ll be an open workout, and just want to thank everybody for having us and it’s going to be a great show. It’s going to be a very good fight. It’s going to be much more than people realize what Willie can do, and it’s going to be a great show, and I think that Gennady Golovkin knows that, and I think he’s taking it very seriously.

So, weer, dankie, almal, and I’ll turn it over to Willie and then Tony. Gaan voort, Willie.

Willie Monroe Jr.: I’m just thankful for this opportunity and like Artie eluded to, you have to thank GGG and his camp for taking this fight and for giving Willie an opportunity, myself, Willie Monroe, an opportunity to tango with the best, and I’m happy, so thanks Tom Loeffler, thanks team GGG. And an even bigger thanks to my team for believing in me and putting in the work the last seven weeks. May 16th is show time.

Bernie Bahrmasel: Gaan voort, Tony.

Tony Morgan: I just want to say thanks for all the support, thanks for GGG’s team for allowing us to get this opportunity, thanks for Artie, and Banner Promotions, and we’re going to go out and do what we do. We win, that’s what we do, so I just want to say thanks and thanks for the interview and appreciate the publicity.

Bernie Bahrmasel: Thanks very much, gentlemen. Weer, this is going to be a tremendous fight. This is the best middleweight in the world against a fighter who’s truly earned this opportunity to fight him. And we look forward to seeing all the media in Los Angeles next week, and we look forward to everybody watching the fight on May 16th on HBO. Thanks very much, almal.

GOLOVKIN VS. MONROE FIGHT INFO:
Gennady Golovkin vs. Willie Monroe is a 12-round middleweight world championship bout presented by K2 Promotions and GGG Promotions in association with Banner Promotions and the Forum. The fight will take place Saturday, Mei 16 by die Forum in Inglewood, SOOS. Deure open om 4:30 namiddag. PT and the first bout starts at 4:45 namiddag. PT., the HBO World Championship Boxing telecast begins at 10:00 namiddag. ET / PT.

Golovkin, 32-0 (29KO se) will be defending his World Boxing Association, International Boxing Organization andInterimWorld Boxing Council Middleweight World Titles against #2 ranked challenger Monroe,
19-1-0 (6KO se).

Co-featured on the telecast is 12-round junior flyweight matchup between World Boxing Council Champion ROMAN “Chocolatito” GONZALEZ, 42-0 (36KO se) en #2 ranked challenger and former world champion EDGAR SOSA, 51-8-0 (30KO se).

Advance tickets, geprys teen $300, $200, $100, $60 en $30, are now on-sale through Ticketmaster (Ticketmaster.com, 1-800-745-3000) and the Forum Box Office.

GOLOVKIN vs. MONROE is presented by K2 Promotions and GGG Promotions in association with Banner Promotions and the Forum.

Co-featured on the telecast is an outstanding Junior Flyweight matchup between World Boxing Council Champion ROMAN “Chocolatito” GONZALEZ and #2 ranked challenger and former world champion EDGAR SOSA.

GONZALEZ vs. SOSA is presented by K2 Promotions and Teiken Promotions in association with Zanfer Promotions.

Sosiale media: Vir meer inligting, besoek www.K2Promos.com,www.GGGBoxing.com, www.Banner-Promotions.com, www.FabulousForum.com enwww.HBO.com/boxing.

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ROC NATION SPORTS + MIGUEL COTTO PROMOTIONS PRESENT WBC MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION MIGUEL COTTO VS. DANIEL GEALE

OP Junie 6, 2015 By Barclays-sentrum in BROOKLYN LIVE gebeeldsend HBO®

-Kaartjies On Sale Woensdag, April 22 by 10:00 AM ET

 

NEW YORK (April 16, 2015)Roc Nation Sports and Miguel Cotto Promotions are pleased to announce the next highly anticipated battle for Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KO se), the reigning WBC Middleweight and Ring Magazine World Champion and the first native of Puerto Rico to become world champion in four different weight classes. Op Junie 6, 2015, Cotto will defend his titles against former Two-Time World Champion Daniel Geale (31-3, 16 KO se) of Australia in a fight that will be televised live on HBO from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

 

Kaartjies kos $500, $350, $250, $200, $150, $100, $50 en $25, nie, insluitend toepassing diensgelde en belasting, en gaan koop Woensdag, April 22 by 10:00 AM ET. Kaartjies sal beskikbaar wees by www.barclayscenter.com,www.ticketmaster.com en by die American Express Box Office by Barclays Center begin Donderdag, April 23 by 12:00 PM ET. Te hef per telefoon, noem Ticket by (800) 745-3000.

 

I am happy and excited to be back in New York and fighting at Barclays Center,” said Cotto. “This is another chapter in my career and I’m committed to train as hard as always and bring a big victory. I’m looking forward to seeing all the Puerto Rican fans on June 6 and to being part of another exciting boxing night in Brooklyn.

 

I would like to thank HBO for their continued support, Gary Shaw of GSP, Bill Treacy of Grange Old School Boxing and Dino Duva at Roc Nation Sports for their collective professionalism in making this fight happen,” said Geale. “Last but not least, thanks to Miguel Cotto for the opportunity to become a world champion once again. I have total respect for Miguel and his achievements, but I can win this fight and that is exactly what I intend to do come June 6 in Brooklyn at Barclays Center.

 

We’re excited and proud to bring Miguel Cotto back to New York along with Miguel Cotto Promotions, now as a part of the Roc Nation Sports family,” said David Itskowitch, COO Boxing van Roc Nasie Sport. “Brooklyn and boxing have a long history, and Puerto Rican heritage is closely integrated with both. What a way for New York to kick off the week of the Puerto Rican Day Parade festivitieswith Miguel Cotto’s long-awaited return to the ring. The night of Junie 6 will be one to remember for fans in attendance at Barclays Center and those watching at home on HBO.

 

We are excited to have Miguel Cotto back in New York and at Barclays Center for the first time,” said Hector Soto, Miguel Cotto Promotions. “This is a Puerto Rican traditionMiguel Cotto is New York and New York is boxing. We can’t wait until the night of Junie 6 to present a great and entertaining boxing show together with our partners at Roc Nation Sports.

 

Daniel Geale is a true warrior and will leave everything in the ring against Miguel Cotto like he always does,” sê Gary Shaw, Gary Shaw Productions. “He’s never in a dull fight and the fans will get their money’s worth as both fighters like to let their hands go. I want to thank Grange Old School Boxing for having confidence in me. This will be a tough fight for Geale, however I’m convinced that he will beat Cotto and I’m hopeful that Miguel didn’t make any other plans for September other than a rematch with Daniel.

We are delighted that Miguel Cotto has chosen Barclays Center and Brooklyn to continue his storied career in New York City,” gesê Brett Yormark, Barclays Center CEO. “Cotto’s Puerto Rican heritage combined with Australia’s own Daniel Geale is going to create a tremendous global audience for this Junie 6 stryd. This announcement further cements Barclays Center as the leading boxing venue in this country.

 

Last June, Miguel Cotto became a middleweight champion, joining a select handful of elite fighters to have won major titles in four weight classes or more, and becoming the first Puerto Rican champion to do so ,” Petrus sê Nelson, vice president, programming, HBO Sport. “For Cotto’s first title defense, he faces former two-time world champion Daniel Geale at Barclays Center, the iconic Brooklyn landmark whose mystique elevates every event fortunate enough to call it home. As Cotto continues the next phase of his historic career, we are thrilled to present this middleweight championship fight live on HBO.

 

Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KO se) is the reigning WBC and Ring Magazine middleweight world champion and the first native of Puerto Rico to become world champion in four different weight classes. He is the former WBO junior welterweight world champion, the former WBA welterweight world champion, the former WBO welterweight world champion and the former WBA super welterweight world champion. He also represented Puerto Rico in the 2000 Olimpiese Spele in Sydney, Australië. Cotto has had 22 world championship fights, compiling a record of 18-4 met 15 knockouts in those bouts. In Puerto Rico, he is hailed as a national hero and the successor of Felix Trinidad as the island’s most revered boxer. Cotto is one of the biggest gate attractions in boxing and one of the largest pay-per-view draws among active fighters. Mees onlangs, in Junie 2014, Cotto made history in his first fight as a middleweight by dominating Argentine southpaw and defending WBC and Ring Magazine Middleweight World Champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28 KO se). He is trained by legendary Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach and has fought some of the biggest names in the sport including Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Cotto owns his own boxing promotional company in Puerto Rico, Miguel Cotto Promotions, and presides over his charity La Fundación El Ángel de Miguel Cotto, a non-profit organization dedicated to combatting childhood obesity. In Maart 2015, Cotto and Roc Nation Sports announced that they had entered into a partnership that includes a co-promotional agreement with Miguel Cotto Promotions to promote Cotto’s fights.

 

Daniel Geale (31-3, 16 KO se) is the former IBF and WBA middleweight world champion and the current holder of the PABA and WBO Interim Asia Pacific middleweight titles. A boxing hero in his native Australia and hailed as Tasmania’s 2012 Athlete of the Year, Geale is Ring Magazine’s fourth rated middleweight in the world and the WBC’s number six rated contender. As 'n amateur, he competed for Australia in the 2000 Olympic Games and was a gold medalist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Engeland. Geale made his professional debut in Australia in 2004, eventually compiling twenty-one consecutive victories and winning the IBO middleweight title in 2007 against previously undefeated Daniel Dawson (29-0, 20 KO se). In Mei 2009, Geale suffered his first defeat, losing his title to Anthony Mundine (35-3, 23 KO se) in a hotly-contested battle. The Australian rebounded in May 2011 to win the IBF middleweight title with a split decision victory over Sebastian Sylvester (34-3, 16 KO se) in Duitsland. After two successful title defenses, including a unanimous-decision victory over Ghanaian Osumanu Adama (20-2, 15 KO se), Geale stunned Germany’s Felix Sturm (37-2-2, 16 KO se) to win the WBA middleweight title, unifying the titles in 2012. A year later on August 17, 2013, Geale lost his IBF middleweight title to Darren Barker (25-1, 16 KO se) via a split-decision in Atlantic City. He bounced back six months later with a sixth round technical knockout victory over Garth Wood (12-3-1, 8 KO se). Op Julie 26, 2014, in an event televised by HBO World Championship Boxing, Geale faced off against undefeated WBA Middleweight World Champion Gennady Golovkin (29-0, 26 KO ') in New York City, but came up short in trying to reclaim his former title. In sy mees onlangse stryd, Geale captured the vacant PABA and WBO Interim Asia Pacific middleweight titles, winning a twelve-round unanimous decision victory over fellow Australian Jarrod Fletcher (18-2, 10 KO se).

 

Cotto vs. Geale, 'n 12-ronde stryd vir WBC en Ring Magazine Middelgewig Wêreldkampioenskappe Cotto se, plaasvind Saterdag, Junie 6 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and will be televised live on HBO. The fight is presented by Roc Nation Sports and Miguel Cotto Promotions in association Gary Shaw Productions and is sponsored by Cerveza Tecate.
Vir meer inligting, besoek www.rocnation.com. Volg Roc Nasie op Twitter en Instagramrocnation en op Facebook by www.facebook.com/RocNation.
Vir meer inligting, besoek www.hbo.com/boxing, follow on Twitter and Instagram at @HBOBoxing and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HBOBoxing.

 

Oor Roc Nasie Sport

Roc Nasie Sport, 'n sub-afdeling van Roc Nasie, in die lente van stapel gestuur 2013. Stigter Shawn “JAY Z” Carter se liefde vir sport lei tot die natuurlike vorming van Roc Nasies Sport, help atlete in die dieselfde manier Roc Nasie is help kunstenaars in die musiek industrie vir die jaar. Roc Nasie Sport fokus op verhef atlete’ loopbaan op 'n globale skaal beide op en van die veld af. Roc Nasie Sport conceptualizes en voer bemarking en handel endossement, gemeenskap uitreik, liefdadigheid tie-ins, media verhoudings en merk strategie. Roc Nasie Sport het sy boks afdeling, 'n volledige diens promosie maatskappy wat wêreldkampioene Miguel Cotto en Andre Ward verteenwoordig, in Augustus 2014. Roc Nasie Sport’ rooster sluit première atlete soos Robinson Cano, Skylar Diggins, Kevin Durant, Geno Smith, Victor Cruz, CC Sabathia, James Young, Des Bryant, Ndamukong Suh, Rusney Castillo, Yoenis Cespedes, Jaelen Sterk, Todd Gurley, Wilson Chandler, Erick Aybar and Frances Tiafoe.

 

About Miguel Cotto Promotions

Miguel Cotto Promotions is the leading promotional company in Puerto Rico founded by the five-time and four-division world champion Miguel Cotto and entrepreneur Hector Soto in 2005. Miguel Cotto Promotions has the vision of developing the best talent in Puerto Rico and Latin America, while searching for the best partnerships in the business to present the best quality shows in the industry. In 2015, Miguel Cotto Promotions launched their most recent project namedBoxeo Al Maximoin partnership with Univision Puerto Rico network, capturing great ratings results on the new Saterdag night fightsplatform.

 

About Gary Shaw Productions

Based out of New Jersey, Gary Shaw Productions was founded in 2002 by President and Chief Executive Officer, Gary Shaw, a former NJ regulator. Having promoted boxing shows in China, Australië, Mexico and the U.K., GSP is known as an international enterprise, whose main objective is to bring excitement to boxing with competitive fights. Partaking in some of the biggest events in boxing history, which include Felix Trinidad vs. Fernando Vargas, Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko, Winky Wright vs. Felix Trinidad, Diego Corrales vs. Luis Castillo Jose, Shane Mosley vs. Winky Wright and Marquez vs Vasquez I, II & III, GSP has solidified its self as one of the top promotional companies in the sport.

 

About Barclays Center

Barclays Center opened on September 28, 2012, and is a major sports and entertainment venue in the heart of Brooklyn, New York. One of the most intimate seating configurations ever designed into a modern multi-purpose arena, Barclays Center offers 17,732 seats for basketball, 15,795 for hockey, and up to 19,000 seats for concerts, en het 101 luxury suites, four bars/lounges, four clubs, en 40/40 CLUB & Restaurant by American Express.

 

Barclays Center hosts an extensive variety of events, including premier concerts, major professional boxing cards, top college basketball, family shows, the Brooklyn Nets and soon the New York Islanders.

Barclays Center has redefined the arena customer service and culinary experience. Its more than 2,000 employees are trained by Disney Institute, the business advisory arm of The Walt Disney Company, and its BrooklynTaste™ food program features selections from 55 well-known restaurants and vendors in the borough.

 

Barclays Center engages the customer with state-of-the-art technology to enhance the fan experience. As the first arena in the world to utilize Cisco StadiumVision mobile multicast streaming technology, Barclays Center allows fans to watch live video and instant replays from their mobile phones while connected to the arena’s free Wi-Fi.

Located atop one of the largest transportation hubs in New York City, Barclays Center is accessible by 11 subway lines, the Long Island Rail Road, en 11 bus lines.

For more information on Barclays Center, besoek www.barclayscenter.com

WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN VS. WILLIE MONROE JR. Saterdag, MAG 16, 2015 THE FORUM Live on HBO World Championship Boxing®

 

Los Angeles, SOOS (Maart 17, 2015) Boxing Superstar Gennadi “GGG” Golovkin will defend his WBA/IBO and ‘InterimWBC Middleweight World Titles against Top-Rated Challenger WILLIE MONROE JR. op Sat., Mei 16 emanating from the Forum in Inglewood, SOOS. The championship event will be televised Woon op HBO World Championship Boxing begin by 10:00 namiddag. EN/PT.

 

“Ek is baie opgewonde om weer te veg in Los Angeles, waar ek nou woon” Said Golovkin. “Monroe is 'n geskoolde hotklou en ek sien uit na die toets het hy sal voorsien. Ek belowe my ondersteuners 'n ander 'Big Drama Show'.”

 

Said Monroe, “Sy gaan een van daardie gevegte te wees; spoed vs. krag, handigheid vs. aggressie en die bul vs. die matador. Ek is gereed. I’ve been in training already for three weeks before we even got this fight. We will be more than ready on Mei 16.”

 

“Met die buitengewone sukses en rekord skare van Gennadi se laaste stryd in Suid-Kalifornië by die Saadjie Hub! Center, we’re very excited to bring him back to Los Angeles on 16 Mei at the Forum which has such a long and legendary history of boxing,” sê Tom Löffler van K2 Promosies.

 

“Ons beveel Willie Monroe Jr. vir die aanvaarding van die uitdaging van die stryd teen Gennadi, wat baie ander aanspraakmakers en selfs titel goewerneur is onwillig om selfs te oorweeg.”

 

The old adage is that styles make fights and we believe that Willie has the style that will make this a great fight. Willie showed that by winning the 2014 Boxing Middleweight tournament and his win over Bryan Vera proves that he is one of the best middleweights in the world. Op Mei 16 he will prove that he deserved to fight Gennady Golovkin for the Middleweight championship of the World.” gesê Banner Promotions’ president, ARTIE PELLULO.

 

“Kyk baie vegters, aanhangers kan maar net hoop om vermaak te word, maar met Gennadi Golovkin hulle kan verwag om te wees,” Petrus sê Nelson, Vise-president, Programmering, HBO Sport. “Sedert 'n uitdaging vir sy eerste wêreldtitel, Golovkin het uitgeslaan al 13 teenstanders hy het die gesig gestaar, 'n langer streep en hoër uitklophou persentasie as enige huidige wêreldkampioen. Op Mei 16, hy lyk om te bou op die prestasies teen Willie Monroe Jr., wat homself probeer om aan te sluit in die geledere van die boeiende buiteperde wat verwagtinge by die legendariese plek van die LA Forum omgekeerde.

 

DAE DUFINA, SVP Weskus, Madison Square Garden Co. gesê, “Die "wonderjare’ Forum het 'n ryk boks geskiedenis dateer terug tot 1968. Hierdie gebou het aangebied oor 400 gevegte en verwelkom oor 2 miljoen boks fans deur sy deure. Ons is trots om te voeg by sy geskiedenis met die Wêreldbeker Middelgewig Championship matchup van Gennadi Golovkin vs. Willie Monroe Jr.”

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World Boxing Association ('WBA'), Internasionale Boks Organisasie ("IBO") en World Boxing Council ('WBC') 'Tussentydse’ Middelgewigtitel Wêreld Kampioen Gennadi “GGG” Golovkin, 32-0-0 (29KO se) Los Angeles, Kalifornië via Karaganda, Kazakhstan sal die 14de verdediging van sy titel teen top gegradeerde uitdager WILLIE MONROE JR maak.,

19-1-0 (6KO se), van Ithaca, New York op Saterdag, Mei 16 by Die Forum in Inglewood.

 

Februarie 21 in Monte Carlo, Golovkin gestop Martin Murray vir sy 19de agtereenvolgende oorwinning deur uitklophou, die meeste in die geskiedenis van die middelgewig-afdeling. Dit sal Golovkin se tweede stryd in Los Angeles wees, Nadat ons stilgehou voormalige wêreld titel uitdager Marco Antonio Rubio Oktober 18, 2014 voordat 'n rekord opstel skare van 9,323 by die StubHub! Sentrum in Carson, SOOS.

 

Monroe Jr. het die bekroonde 2014 ESPN Boxcino toernooi verslaan mede aanspraakmakers Donatas Bondorovas, Vitaliy Kopylenko en Brandon Adams na die titel.

 

Mees onlangs Monroe Jr. het 'n 10-ronde eenparige besluit oor voormalige wêreld titel uitdager Bryan Vera op Januarie 16 in 'n bout uitsending op ESPN Vrydag Nag Fights.

 

Monroe is tans ingedeel #2 deur die WBA, #5 deur die WBO en #9 deur die WBC.

 

GOLOVKIN vs. MONROE JR. is presented by K2 Promosies en GGG Promotions in samewerking met Banner Promotions en die Forum.

Gebruik die hashtag #GolovkinMonroe die gesprek op Twitter aan te sluit.

Gennadi “GGG” GOLOVKIN VS. WILLIE MONROE JR. WÊRELD middelgewigtitel KAMPIOENSKAP

Kaartjies op die koop vandag!!! Dinsdag, Maart 17 Op die middag PT!
Photo Op Beskikbaar Eerste 100 Box Office kaartjie koper
Los Angeles, SOOS (Maart 17, 2015) Kaartjies sal gaan koop TOday!!, Maart 17 by 12:00 namiddag. PDT vir die Wêreldbeker Middelgewig Championship konfrontasie tussen Boxing Superstar Gennadi “GGG” Golovkin en #2 Rated Challenger WILLIE MONROE JR. stel vir Saterdag, Mei 16 by die Forum.
Geprys teen $300, $200, $100, $60 en $30, tickets will be available through Ticketmaster (Ticket.met, 1-800-745-3000) en by die Forum Box Office.

 

“Begin by $30, ons die kaartjies het geprys baie redelik te gee soveel stryd fans as moontlik die geleentheid om te sien “Die GGG Big Drama Wys,” sê Tom Loeffler van K2 Promosies. “As sy laaste stryd in Los Angeles is uitverkoop, ons moedig ondersteuners hul kaartjies vroeg koop.”

Die eerste 100 aanhangers aankoop kaartjies by die Forum Box Office hierdie Dinsdag begin by12:00 namiddag. sal 'n geleentheid om 'n foto geneem met te hê “GGG” op die perskonferensie stadium begin by 1:00 namiddag. by die befaamde venue.

Die Forum is geleë op 3900 Die. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood, SOOS 90305. Die Box Officecislocated aan die westekant van die gebou, parkering kan verkry word deur die S. Prairie Ave. ingang.

 

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Aangebied deur K2 Promosies en GGG Promotions in samewerking met Banner Promotions en die Forum, die geleentheid sal Live op televisie HBO World Championship Boxing® begin by 10:00 namiddag. EN/PT.

World Boxing Association ('WBA'), Internasionale Boks Organisasie ("IBO") en World Boxing Council ('WBC') 'Tussentydse’ Middelgewigtitel Wêreld Kampioen Gennadi “GGG” Golovkin, 32-0-0 (29KO se) Los Angeles, Kalifornië via Karaganda, Kazakhstan sal die 14de verdediging van sy titel teen top gegradeerde uitdager WILLIE MONROE JR maak., 19-10 (6KO se), van Ithaca, New York op Saterdag, Mei 16 by Die Forum in Inglewood.

Februarie 21 in Monte Carlo, Golovkin gestop Martin Murray vir sy 19de agtereenvolgende oorwinning deur uitklophou, die meeste in die geskiedenis van die middelgewig-afdeling. Dit sal Golovkin se tweede stryd in Los Angeles wees, Nadat ons stilgehou voormalige wêreld titel uitdager Marco Antonio Rubio Oktober 18, 2014 voordat 'n rekord opstel skare van 9,323 by die StubHub! Sentrum in Carson, SOOS.
Monroe Jr. het die bekroonde 2014 ESPN Boxcino toernooi verslaan mede aanspraakmakers Donatas Bondorovas, Vitaliy Kopylenko en Brandon Adams na die titel.

Mees onlangs Monroe Jr. het 'n 10-ronde eenparige besluit oor voormalige wêreld titel uitdager Bryan Vera op Januarie 16 in 'n bout uitsending op ESPN Vrydag Nag Fights.

Daarbenewens Monroe Jr. kom uit 'n groot boks stamboom, sy oom Willie “Die Worm” Monroe verslaan legendariese middelgewigtitel Marvin Hagler in 1976.

Monroe is tans ingedeel #2 deur die WBA, #5 deur die WBO en #9 deur die WBC.

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Boxcino 2014 Middelgewigkampioen Willie Monroe Jr. kommentaar op die titel geleentheid om teen Gennadi Golovkin

Philadelphia, PA (Maart 16, 2015)–Die afgelope Vrydag is aangekondig dat Boxcino 2014 Middelgewigkampioen Willie Monroe Jr. het die uitdaging aanvaar en sal veg WBA / IBO en WBC Tussentydse middelgewigkampioen Gennadi Golovkin op Mei 16 by die Forum in Inglewood,Kalifornië.
Die geleentheid word regstreeks op HBO World Championship Boxing® begin by10:00 namiddag. EN/PT.
Monroe van Rochester, New York verdien die geleentheid op die krag van sy drie oorwinnings in die 2014 Boxcino Middelgewig toernooi en 'n tien-round eenparig besluit oorwinning oor Bryan Vera op Januarie 16.
“Op Mei 16, Ek sal aan die wêreld skok,” said Monroe.
“Ek dink dit is 'n awesome stryd. Ons het twee kontrasterende style en wat sal maak vir 'n paar spontane ontbranding. Ons sal sien wat styl kom uit op die top op Mei 16.”
“Ek wil Banner Promotions bedank vir by my staan. Ek wil ook GGG bedank vir die stryd aanvaar. Dit is 'n riskante stryd vir hom, want die mense het nie die krediet vir wie ek is, aan my gegee.” voortgesette Monroe. “Ek wil ook dankie Brian Kweder en John Campagna van ESPN vir die platform van die Boxcino toernooi. Ek weet dat dit die drie gevegte wat my regtig spingboarded in hierdie posisie.”
Said Banner Promotions President Artie Pelullo, “Ons is baie bly vir Willie. Hy het baie hard gewerk, en hy het van die geleentheid gebruik om die outydse manier. Hy het dit verdien. Die te wen 2014 Boxcino toernooi toon dat wanneer vegters neem risiko's in hul loopbaan, en hulle is bereid gehalte vegters veg, groot dinge kom van dit. Vir wat ek het om te gee regtig 'n baie krediet te Brian Kweder en John Campagna van ESPN vir hulp fasilitering van hierdie groot run dat Willie is op en wat gelei het tot hierdie geleentheid.”
“Wanneer ESPN aangemeld met Banner Promotions verlede jaar terug te bring die Boxcino Championship, Artie Pelullo belowe dat die toernooi sal 'n wêreldkampioen produseer in die 1990's net soos dit gedoen terug,” gesê Brian Kweder, ESPN senior director of programming and acquisitions. “Ek is bly Willie Monroe te sien, Jr. kry die eerste skoot op die lewering op die belofte. Hierdie stryd op 16 Mei is exactly the reason fight fans should tune in to this year’s crop of talent appearing in the Boxcino semifinals on 10 April Vrydag Nag gevegte.”
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