Bernie Bahrmasel: Hola Buenas, y bienvenidos a la Conferencia de Medios llamada internacional para el campeonato de peso medio del mundo como superestrella del boxeo Gennady “GGG” Golovkin defenderá su AMB, IBO y el título interino del CMB contra el número dos retador clasificado Willie “La Mangosta” Monroe Jr., fijado para el próximo sábado por la noche, 16 de mayo en La “Fabuloso” Foro en Los Ángeles, y transmisión en vivo en los Estados Unidos en el Campeonato Mundial de Boxeo en HBO 10 p.m. Oriental.
Estamos viendo una abrumadora cantidad de interés en este evento, que también cuenta con el debut en HBO de fast-estrella en ascenso romana “Chocolatito” González defiende su título de peso mosca del CMB Junior contra el número dos del ranking retador, Edgar Sosa.
Esta semana, estaremos distribuyendo una pelea extensa semana horario de medios de eventos de la zona de Los Ángeles. Para los medios, si aún no lo ha hecho, por favor, solicitar credenciales al MagnaMedia.com.
Unirse a nosotros en esta primera llamada de su campo de entrenamiento en Big Bear Lake, California será Gennady, su entrenador de renombre mundial, Abel Sánchez, y el director gerente de K2 Promotions, Tom Loeffler. Más tarde, en la llamada, estaremos unidos por Willie Monroe Jr., de su campo de entrenamiento en Winter Haven, Florida, y su promotor, el jefe de Banner Promotions, Artie Pelullo junto con su entrenador, Tony Morgan.
Ahora es un placer para activar la llamada a Tom Loeffler de K2 Promotions, que introducirá Gennady Golovkin y Abel Sánchez por sus comentarios de apertura. Adelante, Tom.
Tom Loeffler: Gracias, Bernie. Estamos emocionados al traer Gennady nuevo a la zona de Los Ángeles. Hemos recibido una gran respuesta de los fans con la venta de entradas. Gennady tiene un nocaut racha de 19 peleas que va ahora, y proporciona un montón de emoción en el ring y ha habido un montón de llamadas para él volver a meterse en el ring. Vimos la pelea el sábado por la noche y la gente parece que el anhelo de algo de emoción, y eso es lo Gennady garantiza en el ring, y tenemos una gran pelea co-estelar con “Chocolatito” Gonzales contra Edgar Sosa. Chocolatito de hacer su debut en HBO, también, y sé un montón de fans en el L.A. zona también están contentos de ver Chocolatito en el ring.
Y Willie Monroe es el contendiente número dos-clasificado y plantea un estilo muy poco convencional con su postura de zurdo y su movimiento en el ring, así que creo que esto va a ser un gran contraste con estilos.
Con eso, Quiero introducir Abel Sánchez desde su campo de entrenamiento Cumbre en Big Bear Lake.
Abel Sánchez: Hay. Buenos días, chicos. Estamos deseando que llegue, ¿qué es dentro de diez días once días a partir de ahora, poner en otro espectáculo fantástico. Tenemos la suerte de tener a un hombre joven en Willie Monroe que sé que va a venir a luchar y dar nosotros con tan emocionante pelea que no hemos tenido. Bien, de hecho la semana pasada no fue tan emocionante como éste va a ser, así que espero de Willie en gran forma. Sé que Tony preparándolo, así que estamos deseando que llegue esta noche de sábado.
Tom Loeffler: Y entonces yo también quiero presentar la AMB, el campeón interino del CMB, Campeón de peso medio del IBO, 32-0 con 29 nocauts, Gennady “GGG” Golovkin.
Gennady Golovkin: Buenos días. Un par de semanas antes de la pelea y estoy listo, Me siento bien. Esperemos, Willie estará listo para luchar, porque vamos a tener una fuerte pelea y una buena actuación para los aficionados. Te prometo un gran espectáculo de drama. Espero que esté listo también. ¡Gracias a mi equipo, los aficionados y los medios de comunicación por todo su apoyo y a HBO.
Q. Hay, chicos. Gracias por tomarse el tiempo para hacer la llamada. Mi pregunta es para Gennady. Su 16 de mayo pelea llega en un momento interesante, a la derecha en los talones de Mayweather / Pacquiao, una lucha en la que un montón de gente-me atrevo a decir la mayoría de la gente dijo que no cuentan con suficiente acción para su gusto. ¿Viste la pelea? Y, ¿qué piensas de Mayweather / Pacquiao?
Gennady Golovkin: Sí. Todo el mundo quería la lucha por los últimos cinco años. Creo que demasiado inteligente de Floyd. Este es el estilo de Floyd; él no toma demasiados tiros. Floyd demasiado inteligente, él es un gran boxeador, él es el número uno en el mundo.
Q. Y ¿qué pasa con Pacquiao? ¿Qué piensas de su actuación?
Gennady Golovkin: Pacquiao, Creo que se pierde el control de la lucha. Él no podía hacer nada contra Floyd. Pacquiao es muy bueno, pero fue una pelea muy inteligente para Floyd.
Q. Escuchar, No estoy mirando más allá de Willie Monroe, que no sería sabio. Espero que usted es demasiado talentoso para él, aunque. Así, ¿qué hay de la próxima pelea, usted contra Floyd Mayweather en 154 libra? Te creo, puede ser, son el próximo rival lógica para probar Floyd Mayweather.
Gennady Golovkin: Por supuesto, es mi pelea de ensueño. Obviamente, Floyd, él es un gran campeón, y un estilo diferente poco. Floyd, él es un tipo inteligente. Él hace un montón de movimiento. Para mi estilo, un poco diferente, Me gusta el drama espectáculo, Me gusta pelea real, como pelea cerrada. Quiero mostrar, gran espectáculo; gran espectáculo de drama!
Q. Y te había de traer ese gran espectáculo de teatro si usted fuera a conseguir una pelea con Floyd Mayweather?
Gennady Golovkin: Absolutamente.
Q. Excelente. Gran respuesta. Lo aprecio. Buena suerte.
Q. La pregunta es por Abel. Abel, ¿cómo lidiar con todas estas preguntas acerca de quién está al lado? Acabamos de tener una sola, que está al lado de Gennady cuando es luchar en mayo 16, el tipo que es, probablemente, uno de los chicos más rápido alguna vez has luchado. ¿Cómo lidiar con esta? Y, ¿cómo se mantiene GGG concentrado en la tarea a la mano? Por no hablar de Canelo, y no hablar de Floyd y todo lo demás, 16 de mayo es primero.
Abel Sánchez: Bien, por suerte tenemos un verdadero profesional en Gennady Golovkin en el gimnasio, por lo que las preguntas acerca de cualquier otra persona son sólo en este tipo de llamadas. En el gimnasio, él está enfocada exclusivamente en Willie Monroe. Willie Monroe va a ser un duro desafío, y nosotros no le estamos vistas por cualquier medio, porque si tomamos un tropiezo aquí, todos los demás nombres son mudos.
Así, Golovkin se está concentrando en Willie Monroe, a menos que por supuesto hacen preguntas como esta en una llamada de los medios de comunicación, pero no hay duda en mi mente de que estaremos listos para, mental y físicamente, de 16 de mayo.
Q. Una pregunta más, si me lo permite. Los registros combinados de los últimos cinco oponentes para Gennady es 165 victorias, solamente 15 pérdidas. ¿Dónde poner Willie Monroe en-entre esos luchadores? ¿Cómo lo calificaría entre los últimos cinco Gennady peleado?
Abel Sánchez: Creo que la medida de lo habilidades y tan lejos como la capacidad en el anillo, él tiene que estar entre los tres primeros, y tal vez los dos primeros. Experiencia, tal vez no tan experimentados como los otros chicos, pero Willie ha demostrado en las peleas más grandes, el Torneo Boxcino por ejemplo, que él puede manejar a sí mismo en el ring, así que está allí arriba, como dije, uno, dos, o tres. Una muy, muy, muy buen boxeador.
Q: Buenos días, caballeros. Sólo tengo dos preguntas rápidas. Gennady, sabemos que su reputación y su hoja de vida y su deseo de luchar, pero continúa recibiendo críticas por no tomar las peleas adecuadas sin que la gente realmente poner la culpa a las personas que tienen que estar de acuerdo para luchar contra usted. ¿Cómo te hace sentir cuando la gente dice eso de ti?
Gennady Golovkin: Me siento muy bien. Me siento bien ahora. Esta pelea es muy importante para mi carrera, y para todo el mundo, para mi pueblo, para mi equipo. Muchas gracias por mi pueblo. Es muy importante para mí, esta lucha con Willie, ahora mi atención se centra en Willie Monroe porque es un gran campeón, él es un gran retador para mí y que puede ser el próximo campeón. Cada pelea es importante para mí.
Q. Con la lucha contra Willie Monroe, él es un zurdo, y hemos visto un montón dijo que quería hacer frente a ese tipo de oponente, que es un zurdo. ¿Qué espera que esta actuación será mostrar a la gente que le mira sobre su estilo, y la forma de combatir?
Gennady Golovkin: Quiero pelear con un zurdo, porque quiero mostrar a todos que puedo vencer a cualquier estilo, no importa. Nadie, tipo fuerte, tipo alto, tipo bajito, apenas cualquiera. Estoy muy ansioso. Esta es una gran prueba para mí. Me acuerdo de una gran cantidad de combatientes, like Canelo, Cocido, y un montón de grandes campeones han tener problemas con los zurdos. ¿Por qué no probar a mí mismo.
Q. Abel, Gennady tipo de responde a la pregunta que estaba a punto de preguntar, pero lo que supongo que desde el punto de vista de un entrenador, ¿qué ves Willie Monroe trayendo a la mesa que Gennady aún no ha visto en su camino hacia arriba?
Abel Sánchez: Una gran cantidad de movimiento y la astucia y si Gennady lucha contra un zurdo en el futuro estaban mejor preparados para el estilo.
Willie es un peleador probado y bueno en, como he dicho en el Torneo Boxcino, por lo que no es como que estamos luchando contra un tipo que está en que nunca ha estado en una situación como esta. La diferencia es que va a ir en contra de Golovkin y Golovkin parece traer estos chicos hasta el nivel que no son mucho para él, pero si Willie trae su juego A, Creo que estamos viendo cinco o seis rondas difíciles, y luego el tramo será quién tiene más en el tanque.
Q. Gennady, Sé que no se puede obligar a los otros medianos a entrar en el ring con usted; lo único que puedes hacer es entretener. ¿Se siente tipo de obligado aunque para llevar a la división de peso medio en este momento? Como, tú eres el chico que todo el mundo va a ver como el peso medio que luchar todos.
Gennady Golovkin: Sí. Quiero luchar para unificar los títulos. Para mí, que es muy importante que es el número uno; quién es el mejor en el mundo en la división de peso medio.
Q. Sí. Esta es una pregunta para Tom. Usted dijo en su introducción que usted pensó estadio era anhelo de algo de emoción después de lo que había pasado Sábado. Como promotor, 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. en el evento principal. 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. Quiero decir, 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 Sánchez: 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. Esperemos, 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, quizás, to go for the super middleweight title?
Gennady Golovkin: Sí. Ahora mismo, my focus is on 160. My goal is to hold all the belts. Absolutamente, 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, por supuesto, my dream fight is against Floyd.
Q. Good morning on the West Coast, todo el mundo. 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, quizás, 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? Y, 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. Pero, Yo creo que, de nuevo, 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: Bien, 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 contra 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. Bueno. Quick question for you, Abel, primero. 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 Sánchez: Bien, 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.
Así, 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.
Afortunadamente, 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 Sánchez: Ay, absolutamente. 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. Bueno. 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.
Gennady Golovkin: I kind of just see my situation now as just I’m ready. You know you’re right, absolutamente, 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, de cinco, de seis, I remember, like Chavez Sr., a lot of great champions, every second month he had a big fight. Para mí, right now I’m ready for big fight, Estoy listo. I know I have just maybe couple years, maybe three years, maybe four years, I’m ready for six fights per year. Estoy listo para cualquiera.
Q. Is Chavez your favorite Mexican fighter?
Gennady Golovkin: Sí. Chávez, Sr. es. 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, de seis, seven times per year. Same for me, Estoy listo.
Q. Así, is that why you try to fight as often as you do?
Gennady Golovkin: Absolutamente, sí.
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: Absolutamente. Again we’re all excited about Gennady coming back to Southern California May 16th against Willie Monroe Jr. It’ll be at The “Fabuloso” Foro. 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. zona, 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 Sánchez: Absolutamente. 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. Gennady, any more comments before you go back to training today?
Gennady Golovkin: Muchas gracias, todo el mundo. 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. Gracias.
Bernie Bahrmasel: Thanks very much, Gennady. 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. Adelante, Artie.
Artie Pelullo: Hay, chicos. Hola Buenas. 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. Como todos sabemos, 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.
Así, 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. Supongo, where’s this-is Willie on the line?
Willie Monroe Jr..: Sí, Estoy aquí.
Artie Pellulo: Adelante, 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. Así, thanks to Banner Promotions, and ESPN Boxcino and HBO. Gracias.
Artie Pellulo: Tony, le gustaría decir unas pocas palabras?
Tony Morgan: Sí. 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. Gracias.
Q. Hay, 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.: Quiero decir, 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. Así, 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. Derecho. Bueno. Do you believe there’s any fight that you’ve had, leading into this, that can prepare you? Quiero decir, obviamente, 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 peleas como amateur, 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. Hay, chicos. Gracias por tomarse el tiempo para hacer la llamada. 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? Y, 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.: Hay, 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, obviamente, y la velocidad, 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. Quiero decir, 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 a 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..: Quiero decir, 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.
Así, 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, para ser el mejor, 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. Así, 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..: Es una bendición. 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, Creo que el momento es perfecto. Quiero decir, it’s a blessing for me. Estoy bendecido, and I’m elated to have this opportunity and this is just the beginning.
Al final de la día, it’s all about what I do. Quiero decir, 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. Así, 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.
Así, 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.
Héctor “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. Muchas gracias, and hi, todo el mundo. 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. Todo es bueno. 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. Quiero decir, 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. Quiero decir, he’s the best. Así, you either go hard or go home.
Así, Quiero decir, everything’s good. Camp is great. I’m having fun. Quiero decir, 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. Bueno, 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. Quiero decir, 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? Y, Quiero decir, I’m the one that can do it.
Pero, Quiero decir, 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. Lo tienes. Final question. Were you disappointed in the big fight the other night, Mayweather y 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. Muchas gracias. 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? Así, 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, realmente.
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: Seguro. Escuchar, una vez más, 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.
Así, 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.
Así, una vez más, gracias, todo el mundo, and I’ll turn it over to Willie and then Tony. Adelante, 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, yo mismo, 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: Adelante, 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, caballeros. De nuevo, esto va a ser una tremenda pelea. 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, todo el mundo.
Golovkin VS. MONROE LUCHA 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. La pelea se llevará a cabo el sábado, Mayo 16 en el Forum de Inglewood, TAL COMO. Las puertas abren a 4:30 p.m. PT and the first bout starts at 4:45 p.m. PT., la transmisión de HBO World Championship Boxing comienza en 10:00 p.m. ET / PT.
Golovkin, 32-0 (29Nocáuts) será la defensa de su Asociación Mundial de Boxeo, Organización Internacional de Boxeo y “Interino” Títulos Mundiales de peso medio del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo contra #2 retador clasificado Monroe,
19-1-0 (6Nocáuts).
Co-featured on the telecast is 12-round junior flyweight matchup between World Boxing Council Champion ROMAN “Chocolatito” GONZALEZ, 42-0 (36Nocáuts) y #2 retador clasificado y el ex campeón del mundo EDGAR SOSA, 51-8-0 (30Nocáuts).
Advance tickets, precio de $300, $200, $100, $60 y $30, ya están a la venta a través de Ticketmaster (Ticketmaster.com, 1-800-745-3000) y la Oficina Foro Box.
Golovkin vs. MONROE es presentado por K2 Promotions y Promociones GGG en asociación con Banner Promotions y el Foro.
Co-estelar en la transmisión es un excelente duelo entre el campeón de peso mosca junior del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo ROMANO “Chocolatito” GONZALEZ y #2 retador clasificado y el ex campeón del mundo EDGAR SOSA.
GONZALEZ vs. SOSA es presentado por K2 Promotions y Promociones Teiken en asociación con Promociones Zanfer.
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