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FORMER CHAMPION SERGEY LIPINETS STOPS TWO-TIME CHAMPION LAMONT PETERSON IN THRILLING MAIN EVENT OF PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS ON FS1 SUNDAY NIGHT FROM MGM NATIONAL HARBOR IN MARYLAND

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Once-Beaten Contender Anthony Peterson & Former Champion Argenis Mendez Fight to Split Draw in Super Lightweight Showdown

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Super Welterweight Contender Jamontay Clark Recovers from Knockdown To Earn Unanimous Decision Over Previously Unbeaten Vernon Brown

Arona Coley, Lorenzo Simpson and Cobia Breedy Take Home Wins
In PBC Prelims on FS1

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NATIONAL HARBOR (March 25, 2019) – Toa o mua te ao Sergey Lipinets (15-1, 11 Koó) stopped former two-division champion Lamont Peterson(35-5-1, 17 Koó)i roto i te taka noa 10 Sunday night in an action-packed welterweight showdown that headlined Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes from MGM National Harbor in Maryland.

“I feel great about the statement I made to the welterweight division,” said Lipinets. “I just fought an excellent fighter. This let me know where I’m at in the 147-pound weight class. I went into deep waters and showed that I belong.”

The fight featured near non-stop action and a thrilling finish, already earning Fight of the Year buzz after its’ conclusion. Peterson only occasionally retreated in defense for a moment or two while Lipinets was determined to close off the distance, making sure he didn’t let Peterson use his reach advantage, while using his own varied attack on the inside to occasional success.

“You can see that I have no problem with the size,” said Lipinets. “Peterson is an excellent fighter with unbelievable skills and he’s showed me what I can really do.”

Peterson was dedicated to attacking the body, punctuating numerous combinations with vicious left hooks to the midsection. He was the busier fighter but was still taking shots from Lipinets’ combination of hooks, uppercuts and body shots. Eventually one of those shots appeared to change the tide of the fight, when a straight right from Lipinets connected and clearly hurt Peterson.

The counter put Peterson on his back foot and in survival mode for the final minute of the eighth round until hearing the bell. With the momentum sharply turning toward Lipinets through round nine and midway through round 10, Lipinets finally landed a sweeping left hook during an exchange that hurt Peterson and signaled that the end was near.

“It was back and forth and we were hitting each other with some good shots,” Said Peterson. “It kind of just came out of nowhere at the end.”

Lipinets followed up and put Peterson on the canvas as the towel came in from Peterson’s corner, stopping the fight at 2:59 o a tawhio 10.

The exciting action fight featured both fighters throwing a career high number of punches, according to CompuBox. Both fighters landed a nearly identical number of power punches (189-188 for Peterson), with Lipinets landing 23 in each of the final two rounds.

“You’ve seen what I did at 140-pounds and now what I can do here,” said Lipinets. “I made a big jump in competition from my last fight to this one. My new trainer Joe Goossen gets all the credit. We’ve had an excellent camp with perfect sparring that taught me a lot and got me ready for tonight.”

“There were no easy days in our gym for training camp,” said Goossen. “I feel like we clicked together and he got the best out of me because he was so agreeable to my methods and the way I pushed him.

“I thought Sergey’s defense was very good tonight. His jab worked good and he put real pressure on. The left uppercut was a good shot for him and he used a variety of punches in this fight to get it done.”

I muri i te whawhai. Peterson, along with lifelong trainer and fellow Washington, D.C.-native Barry Hunter, announced his retirement from boxing in front of his hometown fans after a career that saw him win titles at 140 a 147-pauna.

“It’s been a long career but today is the day,” Said Peterson. “I’m thankful for the support. I love everyone here and I’m always going to support this area, but I’m sure it’s time for me to hang it up. I couldn’t go out in a better way here at home. This will be the last time you see me in the ring.”

The night also featured Anthony Peterson (37-1-1, 24 Koó), Lamont’s brother, as he fought to a split-draw against former champion Argenis Mendez (25-5-2, 12 Koó) in a back-and-forth super lightweight showdown.

Peterson established his movement early on as he looked to pick his spots to attack Mendez with combinations to the head and body. Peterson flashed good speed and was the busier fighter especially early, often putting Mendez on the defensive during flurries in the first half of the fight.

“I could have thrown more punches in the first half of the fight,” said Mendez. “I think that was the difference, but I don’t think you can win the fight on the run.I knew that I was on his home turf and it was in my mind to do a little bit extra. Peterson is a great fighter and he’s good for the sport so I knew that I had to push the fight.”

Mendez began the fight looking to counter, but picked up his offense working off of a jab that swelled up Peterson’s left eye in the late rounds of the fight. Mendez was able to land with left hooks and uppercuts to open up his offense as the fight went on.

“Last night was actually the first night I really studied Mendez’s fights and I knew he was good and slick,” Said Peterson. “There were times I didn’t engage cause of his countering. I took my time and used my jab and moved.”

While Peterson held a robust 137 ki 83 advantage in punches landed, it was only a six punch difference in power punches landed. I muri i 10 rounds all three judges saw the fight differently, with one score of 96-94 for each fighter and the third judge scoring it 95-95 resulting in the split draw.

“I didn’t think it was a draw,” said Mendez. “I know every round was close, but I think I won the fight. I don’t want to say it was easy but I think I won comfortably. He was running the whole fight and I was trying to throw counterpunches and catch him.”

“I can’t be that disappointed because I didn’t lose, but I was just happy to fight in front of my fans,” Said Peterson. “I’ve been out of the ring for a long time and I think did okay, but if the judges saw a draw they saw a draw. I’m not mad about it.”

Additional action featured super welterweight contender Jamontay Clark (14-1, 7 Koó) surviving an early knockdown to earn a narrow unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Vernon Brown (10-1-1, 7 Koó) i muri i 10 rauna mahi.

Brown scored the first big blow of the bout, landing a perfect counter right hook on the inside that sent Clark crashing into the ropes. Referee Kenny Chevalier ruled it a knockdown, determining that Clark had used the ropes to avoid hitting the canvas.

“He had the reach and I was trying to catch him. I was throwing my hook but I was a little off. I still think I won the fight. I caught him with the better shots. He was just slapping me with the hook and trying to catch up that way.

Clark was able to survive the onslaught and finish the round and appeared to recover until behing hurt again late in round four. Mai i reira, Clark began to increase his punch output, out working Brown on his way to a 162 ki 97 advantage in total punches landed.

“I boxed a little bit better the last few rounds and used my height,” Said Clark. “I made him miss and made him over reach. That was the game plan.”

Brown tried to do more work on the inside with big power punches that would hurt Clark and potentially end the fight. E ai ki Compubox, anake 49 seconds on average per round were fought on the inside, allowing Clark to gain an advantage in the second half of the fight.

I muri i 10 rounds the judges saw the fight close, but all three ruled in favor of Clark with totals of 96-93 rua me te 95-94.

“I’ve been down before and I’ve seen the worst of the worst,” Said Clark. “This was nothing. I just kept grinding. I got the win and now I’m going to sit down and see what’s next for me.”

“If they want to do it again, let’s do it again,” Said Brown. “Let’s make it a 12 rounder. I don’t think he can survive 12 rauna ki ahau. My coach knew that I needed the knockout but it’s still on to the next. I’m just going to go into the gym and work even harder.”

Prior to the main telecast, PBC Prelims on FS1 saw Arona Coley (16-2-1, 7 Koó) win a split-decision over Brandon Quarles (21-5-1, 10 Koó) e tatau o 77-75 for Quarles and 79-73 a 78-74 for Coley after eight-rounds of super welterweight action. Ētahi atu, amanaki tūturu Lorenzo Simpson (3-0, 2 Koó)scored a unanimous decision by scores of 40-36 a 40-35 twice in his middleweight bout against Jaime Meza (0-1) me te mā whitu Cobia Breedy (13-0, 4 Koó) remained unbeaten with a technical decision over Fernando Fuentes (14-8-1, 4 Koó) e tatau o 59-55 a 58-56 twice after the fight was stopped in round six because of a cut suffered by Flores from an accidental head butt.

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Fans can live stream the fights on the FOX Sports app, available in English or Spanish through the FOX, FS1 or FOX Deportes feeds. The fights are available on desktop at FOXSports.com and through the app store, or connected devices including Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV, Xbox One and Roku.

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Former Champion Sakio Bika meets Lionell Thompson in Super Middleweight Showdown on PBC Prelims on FS1 Sunday, March 24 from MGM National Harbor in Maryland – 6 p.m. AND / 3 p.m. PT

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Bika vs. Thompson Replaces Previously Announced Jose Miguel Borrego vs. Jerry Thomas Fight After Thomas Withdraws

NATIONAL HARBOR (March 20, 2019) – Toa o mua te ao Saki Taurus Ka fehangahangai Lionell Thompson in an eight or 10 round super middleweight showdown that will be featured in PBC Prelims on FS1 action this Sunday, March 24 from MGM National Harbor in Maryland.

Bika vs. Thompson replaces the previously announced Jose Miguel Borrego vs. Jerry Brown fight, after Brown withdrew from the fight.

The FS1 prelims broadcast will begin at 6 p.m. AND / 3 p.m. PT and also feature Brandon Quarles (21-4-1, 10 Koó) battling Kansas-native Arona Coley (15-2-1, 7 Koó) i roto i te waru-a tawhio noa Welterweight super a'ee, plus Baltimore’s Lorenzo Simpson(2-0, 2 Koó) tango i runga i Earl Henry (0-1-1) in a four-round super welterweight attraction.

The event is headlined by two-division world champion Lamont Peterson taking on former junior welterweight world champion Sergey Lipinets in a 12-round welterweight match that headlines PBC on FS1 and FOX Deportes beginning at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.

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Additional action will see unbeaten Cobia Breedy (12-0, 4 Koó) in an eight-round super featherweight fight against California’s Fernando Fuentes (14-7-1, 4 Koó), San Antonio o Ramon Cárdenas (16-1, 9 Koó) facing Michigan’s Ryan Lee Allen(8-2-1, 4 Koó) for eight-rounds of featherweight action and unbeaten Maryland-nativeMark Duncan (3-0, 3 Koó) pakanga Arturo Izquierdo (5-2, 2 Koó) in a six-round middleweight attraction.

Rounding out the non-televised undercard action will feature a trio of Washington, D.C.-natives as unbeaten Keeshawn Williams kanohi Evincil Dixon i roto i te whawhai Welterweight ono-a tawhio noa, tūturu Patrick Harris steps in for an eight-round super lightweight fight against Costa Rica’s Bergman Aguilar andwelterweight Kareem Martin tapawhā atu ki Joaquin Chavez for six-rounds of action. The night will also see Cincinnati’s Adrian Jerome Benton making his pro debut in a four-round super lightweight duel against Archie Weah.

The 39-year-old Bika (34-7-3, 22 Koó) is a former WBC super-middleweight champion from Sydney, Australia by way of Cameroon, Africa. He won the title with a majority decision over Marco Antonio Periban in 2013 before losing the belt to Anthony Dirrell by unanimous decision in 2014. He moved up to light heavyweight to challenge Adonis Stevens for his and lost a unanimous decision. Since then Bika has won twice, most recently defeating Geard Ajetovic by unanimous decision in October.

Thompson (20-5, 11 Koó) has been campaigning at light heavyweight and is moving down in weight to take on Bika at super middleweight. The 33-year-old, who is from Buffalo, N.Y.. and now lives in Las Vegas, defeated Derrick Findley by unanimous decision in his last fight in September. Thompson won his first 11 fights after turning pro in 2009.

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ABOUT PETERSON VS. LIPINETS
Peterson vs. Lipinets is a Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes event that is headlined by former two-division world champion Lamont Peterson taking on former 140-pound champion Sergey Lipinets in the main event.

In the co-main event Anthony Peterson, Lamont’s brother, will face former champion Argenis Mendez, plus super welterweight contender Jamontay Clark takes on unbeaten Vernon Brown as part of the telecast beginning at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.

Fans can live stream the fights on the FOX Sports app, available in English or Spanish through the FOX, FS1 or FOX Deportes feeds. The fights are available on desktop at FOXSports.com and through the app store, or connected devices including Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV, Xbox One and Roku.

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A Tamutu STEVENSON WINS BATTLE fakafiefia OVER SAKIO BIKA IN tuatahi o PREMIER BOXING Champions ON CBS I mua o te mano RAUCOUS KI TE Pepsi COLISEUM IN QUBEC CITY

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(Whakaahua BY: Amanda Kwok / PBC i te CBS)

Artur BETERBIEV tëtahi knockout OVER Gabriel CAMPILLO

Julian Williams WINS ki te uaua Joey Hernandez

Te Kuititanga (April 4, 2015) – Ko te tuatahi Te Pirimia mekemeke Champions (PBC) i runga iCBS kāri kawea mai whawhai pā he avatea rawa whakaongaonga o matchups mekemeke i Quebec City a Pepsi Coliseum. Ko te hui matua ngā A Tamutu “Superman” Stevenson (26-1, 21 Koó) i roto i te 12-a tawhio noa whakatau loto fakafiefia (115-111, 116-110 a 115-110) riro i runga i Sakio “Ko te Scorpion” Taurus (32-7-3, 21 Koó).

 

Ko te kite a'ee whakatuwheratanga teata Artur Beterbiev (8-0, 8 Koó) i roto i te knockout a tawhio wha whakamīharo riro i runga i Gabriel “Ko te tangata Handsome” Campillo (25-7-1, 11 Koó).

 

Ngā ano te telecast ngā i Julian “Rock J” Williams (19-0-1, 11 Koó) riro i runga i Joey “Matimati Twinkle” Hernandez (24-3-1, 14 Koó).

 

Kei raro nei ētahi kōrero nui i te whawhai teata e pā ana ki to ratou mahite po nei:

 

A Tamutu STEVENSON

 

“Ahau mahi uaua ki te e taea ki te haere hoki 12 rauna. Maturuturu iho ahau ki a ia rua. Ngā kore i te patototanga ia i roto i a i mohio ahau i haere mai hiahia ia ineine ki te whawhai.

 

“Na ka mea ahau e waiho e ahau hari ki te knockout e haere i te tawhiti, ki te tiki i te wikitoria ranei. Na au tino hari ki te pehea e ahau whawhai tenei ra, me te ki te hua.

 

“Whakamahia Bika tona matenga, he moka, a tamata ki te whawhai, otiia i ahau taea ki te whakahaere i te whawhai. I mohio ahau kihai i ia tika i haere mai ki a Canada mo te fun, engari ki te riro.

 

“He whai wāhi ki te Pirimia Mekemeke Champions a kua whawhai i runga i CBS he wheako nui. He fantastic mō te mekemeke tenei a e tumanako tatou ake a ka tīmata atu tamariki hoko whai wāhi i roto i te hākinakina.

 

“Pera i te matara te mea te muri, Ka tatari ahau, ka kite i te aha Al (HAYMON) He hoki ki ahau. Ka waiho e ahau rite ki te haere ano e Pipiri Hōngongoi ranei.”

 

Saki puru

 

“Tika a Tamutu ki te riro i tēnei whawhai. E kore e taea te tango i ahau i tetahi mea atu i ia. Whawhai ia tino pai.

 

“Ua mau ahau ki te matau, ka paheke te wa tuatahi i haere ki raro, i ahau. A, no ka mau ahau e ia ki te maui, a haere ana ahau ki raro, i muri i runga i kihai i tino pā te reira ahau e nui mau. Ko ia te Sharing ahakoa ka whawhai ia he whawhai nui i teie mahana.

 

“Kua whawhai i runga i CBS i te ngā fakaofo mo toku mahi. Kihai ahau i te tiki i te win, engari hoatu e ahau ki runga ki te whawhai nui kia te iwi whānui kite.

 

“Hoki inaianei, Ka upoko ahau hoki te fare, e ia oaoa i to'u utuafare. Na ka kite ahau e pā ana ki tetahi atu whawhai.”

 

Artur BETERBIEV

 

“I roto i tenei whawhai i ahau taea ki te whakaatu tino ahau ahei o te mea, ka utua atu toku wheako.

 

“A, no te ahau titiro ki rīpene o Campillo ite ahau i mea ai ia ki te rota o te rere. E kore ahau i ngana ana ki te hei i te kino i. Ahau titi noa ki toku mahere kēmu.

 

“Au fiefia rawa ki te hei i runga i te atamira nui i runga i CBS i te taua wāhi wawe i roto i toku mahi ngaio. Tenei katoa ka huihui rawa hohoro, ka tumanako ahau ki kia hoki hohoro.

 

“E whakamahere tatou ki te whawhai ano i roto i te Mei, a ka waiho e ahau tetahi e toku hoariri i roto i te ringa o te Atua.”

 

Gabriel Campillo

 

“Ahau hiahia tino ki te pana Beterbiev ki te rauna te mutunga o tenei whawhai kia kite me pehea te hapai i hiahia ia e, otiia kihai i taea e ahau ki te kia mahi i te reira.

 

“Ko te tokua tino nui ko te wā tuatahi i mau ia ki ahau i roto i te kotahi a tawhio. I muri i taua pere kihai i kaha ki te toe ahau ahau.

 

“I fiefia ahau ki te tiki i tēnei whai wāhitanga ki te whawhai i runga i CBS. Tenei production PBC nui rawa te pai ki te waiho i te wahi o te, a whakaaro ahau e mahi i te raupapa he rota ki te tauturu i tupu i te hākinakina.

 

“Taku mahere hoki inaianei ko te ki te okioki. Na ka anō tatou i te āhuatanga, me te kite e pā ana ki te whawhai ano.”

 

Julian Williams

 

“Kahore he underestimating Hernandez mo tenei whawhai. Ako matou i te rota o te kiriata ki runga ki a ia, a he whakaaro tino pai o te mea e kawe ia ki te mowhiti i teie mahana.

 

“Whakaaro ahau i toku werohanga, me toku kaupapa i aku kaha nui e rua i roto i tenei whawhai. Tapahia ana te mowhiti i matua.

 

“Tēnei raupapa PBC me nga whawhai i runga i te whatunga nui rite CBS he nui hoki te hākinakina o te mekemeke. E mea nui ki te tiki ki te tini atu mau utuafare, a ka tumanako ahau e tauturu te reira kia nui atu rongonui te hākinakina. Te tūmanako tae tenei hunga tamariki e kore nei e taea e tona ringa cable moni, me te tauturu faaitoito i kuao atu taitamariki ki te tiki ki te hākinakina.

 

“E kore au e mōhio he aha te muri. Ka tatari ahau mo Al (HAYMON) ki te tuku i mohio ki ahau, engari au tino tumanako ahau mo te pere i te runga 10 toa i mua i runga i te tau o.”

 

Joey Hernandez

 

“Ko pea Williams te toa pai kua fehangahangai ahau kia tawhiti. Ia e kore te te hai faingataa, engari i whawhai ia he whawhai rawa atamai. Whakamahia e ia tona tiketike, ka tae ki te pupuri i ahau atu toku werohanga, me te noho i roto i te awhe toku.

 

“Râ i ahau ki te tango i nifó ki te hoatu nifó i roto i tenei whawhai. A, no te ahau ka roto i ahau taea ki te tiki i aku nifó atu, otiia kihai i taea e ahau te mea i nui ki te tiki i te win.

 

“Ko te whawhai nui mo nga pā tenei me te whawhai i runga i CBS hoatu e ahau he whai wāhitanga nui hoki ki te tini atu te iwi kite i enei whawhai.

 

“Au tonu taitamariki i te 30-tau-tau. E mohio ana ahau ki ka e ahau hoki i roto i te whakakai. Mahi ahau i tenei, no te ahau e hiahia ana ki te, a aroha ahau ki a te reira, no te mea kahore ahau me ki.”

 

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A Tamutu STEVENSON vs. SAKIO BIKA ARTUR BETERBIEV vs. GABRIEL CAMPILLO OFFICIAL WEIGHTS & Whakaahua

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Te Pirimia mekemeke Champions (PBC) I te CBS Rāhoroi, April 4, I 3 p.m. AND/Poutumarotanga PT Mai i Pepsi Coliseum I Quebec City, Canada

Whakaahua paunatia-I: (Credit Photo: Amanda Kwok / PBC i te CBS)

BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTOS: (Credit Photo: Amanda Kwok / PBC i te CBS)

 

Pauna Official:

A Tamutu STEVENSON: 174 ½ Pounds

Saki puru: 174 ½ Pounds

 

Artur BETERBIEV: 175 Pauna

Gabriel Campillo: 174 ½ Pounds

 

(TV Swing Bout)

Julian Williams: 154 ½ Pounds

Joey Hernandez: 155 pauna

 

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PBC i te CBS, headlined e te marama taumahamaha whawhai aito te ao i waenganui i Stevenson me Bika, E hāpaitia ana e te Groupe Yvon Michel (Te omaoma) a ka homai e e Videotron me i roto i te whai wāhi ki Mise-O-JEU. E i teie nei Tickets runga i te hoko i te pouaka tari Pepsi Coliseum i Quebec, na roto i te te karanga (418) 691-7211 ranei (800) 900-7469, online i www.billetech.com, i te omaoma (514) 383-0666 a Champion mekemeke Club (514) 376-0980. Utu tīkiti ngā i $25 ki $250 i runga i te papa.

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A Tamutu STEVENSON vs. SAKIO BIKAUNDERCARD PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES & Whakaahua

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Rāhoroi, April 4, I 3 p.m. AND/Poutumarotanga PT Mai i Pepsi Coliseum I Quebec City, Canada
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Credit: Amanda Kwok / PBC i te CBS

Te Kuititanga (April 2, 2015) – I mua i te tuatahi Te Pirimia mekemeke Champions i runga i CBS haamata telecast (3 p.m. AND/12 p.m. PT), Ka titiro te tuahine o Tamakaea i nga whetu taitamariki ki te whakakā i te Pepsi Coliseum mano i roto i te raupapa o pāngia undercard timata i 1 p.m. AND.

 

He tikiti mo te kaupapa ora i runga i te hoko, a ka taea te hokona i te pouaka tari Pepsi Coliseum i Quebec, na roto i te te karanga (418) 691-7211 ranei (800) 900-7469, online i www.billetech.com, i te omaoma (514) 383-0666 a Champion mekemeke Club (514) 376-0980. Utu tīkiti ngā i $25 ki $250 i runga i te papa.

 

PBC i te CBS, headlined e te marama taumahamaha whawhai aito te ao i waenganui i A Tamutu “Superman” Stevenson a Sakio “Ko te Scorpion” Taurus me te ngā Artur Beterbievrite anga ia Gabriel “Ko te tangata Handsome” Campillo, E hāpaitia ana e te Groupe Yvon Michel (Te omaoma) a ka homai e e Videotron me i roto i te whai wāhi ki Mise-O-JEU.

 

Headlining i te mahi undercard he maranga tūturu nguha super Welterweight Julian “Rock J” Williams (18-0-1, 11 Koó), ko wai ka te titiro ki te tonu tona ara ki te stardom ka anga ia whakaongaonga Joey “Matimati Twinkle” Hernandez (24-2-1, 14 Koó)i roto i te Welterweight a'ee 10-a tawhio.

 

I roto i te tahi atu runga kēmu-teata kore, Kevin Bizier (23-2, 16 Koó)hoki ki te mowhiti i roto i tona pa ki te mata Fouad El Massoudi (12-4, 1 KO)i roto i te waru-a tawhio Welterweight super pupūtanga. I roto i te te mau taumahamaha waru-a tawhio, tūturu Oscar “Kaboom” Rivas (15-0, 10 Koó) Ka fehangahangai Oezcan Cetinkaya (19-9-2, 13 Koó).

 

I roto i te te rua o pāngia Welterweight super, Sébastien Bouchard (9-1, 3 Koó) Ka tango i te Denis Farias (19-6-2, 1 KO) i roto i te tukinga waru-tawhio noa, me Custio Clayton (2-0, 1 KO) Ka fehangahangaiRonald Berti (4-3-1, 1 KO)i roto i te pupūtanga e ono-a tawhio.

 

Häunga te toenga o te kāri i roto i te taha i te tokotoru o te opuaraa Canadian titiro ki te hanga o ratou faahou te pro. Jan Michael Poulin (1-0-1) e i runga i Michel Tsalla (1-9-2) i roto i te a'ee taumahawaenga a tawhio e wha, Vislan Dalkhaev (1-0) whawhai Adel Hadjouis (7-3) i roto i te whā a'ee wha-tawhio noa, me Shakeel Pene (1-0, 1 KO) kanohi Rene roody (0-2-1)i roto i te wha-a tawhio noa whitu super a'ee.

 

He 'amanaki tūturu Nō i f whawhai te pa nui o Philadelphia, Williams Kei te titiro ki te pupuri i ana record tūturu tonu, me te haaputapû i runga i te atamira nui. Anga te-tau 24-tau te whakamātautau kaki i roto i Miami-Māori Hernandez. Kua pakanga-tau 30-tau te Hernandez etahi o te pai i roto i te mekemeke me te hiahia ana ia ki te ringa Williams tona mate ngaio tuatahi, no te te rua tapawha atu.

I muri iho ana i te taitara-eliminator i te whakatau wahia e i roto i tona a'ee whakamutunga, Bizier, 30, hoki ki tona kainga tupu o Quebec titiro ki te tiki i hoki i roto i te tīwae win ki totohe taitara. Te ti'aturi nei e ia ki te hanga i tona take ki te wikitoria i runga i te-tau 27-tau El Massoudi, te tangata e hanga ana tuatahi Te Tai Tokerau American. Ko te toa i roto i o Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dome, France te tūmanako ki te hanga i te pānga tonu i roto i tona whawhai ki Bizier.

 

He taumahamaha tūturu nei kanohi Columbia i te 2008 Olympics, Whawhai Rivashas anake i roto i tona pa whāngai o Montreal mai tahuri pro i roto i 2009. Hanga e ia kia tona timatanga tuatahi i Pepsi Coliseum ka anga ia Cetinkaya, o Kassel, Heesi, Germany.

 

Whawhai mo te toru o te taime, ano he ngaio i Pepsi Coliseum, Kei te te rapu a Quebec Bouchard tana tuarua piritahi te wikitoria mai i te mauiui tona mate ana'e. Anga te-tau 27-tau te whakamātautau uaua i roto i te mātanga Farias, o Aulnay-sous-bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. Ko te Farias-tau 27-tau tenei’ whawhai tuatahi i waho o France.

 

A 2012 Canadian Häkinakina, Titiro Clayton ki te hanga i tona anō ngaio, me te whakaatu he aha i whakaaro ia tetahi o te pai kaimekemeke runaruna ki te haere mai i roto i o Canada. Ko te-tau 27-tawhito i Montreal pakanga te Berti-tau 27-tawhito i Bracquegnies, Belgium.

 

He latecomer ki te rarangi ngaio, Kei te titiro Poulin ki te hanga atu o tona wikitoria mahi tuatahi i roto i te Hakihea 2014. Ko te 32-tau-tawhito i Quebec anga te Tsalla-tau 31-tau, nei Mātaatua hoki i Quebec.

 

Russian-whanau, engari whawhai i roto i o Quebec, Dalkhaev te hanga tuarua tona timatanga pro i muri kowhetetia tona wikitoria pro matamua i roto i te Hakihea 2014. Ka te-tau 26-tau kia whakamatautauria e te Hadjouis-tau 28-tau, o Rueil-Malmaison, Haut-de-Seine, France.

 

Te whakaawhiwhi i te undercard-teata kore, Pene, 24, Ka titiro hoki tana tuarua pro te wikitoria i muri i kato ake te win TKO mo Eddie Gates i Hānuere o tenei tau. Ko te Quebec-Maori pakanga te Rene-tau 36-tau i roto i o Ontario.

 

Kei raro nei ngā kōrero i te amuiraa press o Rāpare:

 

YVON Michel, Peresideni o te omaoma

“I roto i toku whakaaro, the biggest fight in the history of Pepsi Coliseum was Pascal-Hopkins 1, but the scale of this event presented on a general network like CBS exceeds all that was done previously. “We are privileged to have the PBC series for this historic first. All of this is possible thanks to Adonis Stevenson. The undercard is also stacked.

“PBC on CBS will also ensure that the people there love the experience. There will be screens everywhere and spectacular entrances. It will be a unique experience!” added the promoter.”

Bernard BAR, Executive Vice President of GYM

“He ka 10 whawhai Rāhoroi, including nine non-televised bouts that only people who bouthg tickets to be at the Coliseum will see. It’s a Marathon!”

 

Julian Williams

“Au noa titiro ahau ki te mahi pai, ka whiwhi i te win i runga i Rāhoroi. Kua kua ahau te whakarite, me te whakangungu tino pakeke hoki tenei whawhai. Ahau tango ahau i te reira tetahi whawhai i te wa, a tino ahau e kore ahau e titiro mua i te toa rite Hernandez.”

Joey Hernandez

“He te kahore ngatahi tenei wa a tawhio noa. Kua ahau i etahi raruraru hihiri ahau mo whakangungu i roto i te mua, otiia e kore e tenei te wa. Faatura i ahau toku hoariri, me te kua mahi tino uaua ki te faaineine no te tenei whawhai. Tenei ka te whawhai o toku ora, me te E rapu ana ahau ki te hoatu ki runga ki te whakaatu nui i runga i Rāhoroi.”

 

KEVIN BIZIER“Au fiefia ki te kati i te Coliseum. Ko toku fare konei. Na e matau ana koutou mahi tonu ahau i te pai whawhai! Ka haere mai toku hoariri ki te whawhai me te here e haere ia ki roto ki te hunga e whawhai. Ka waiho te reira i te pakanga pai i ahau, me te ki a ia. Kia te tangata pai riro Rāhoroi.”

Fouad THE MASSPOUDI

“Ko te he wā tuatahi hoki ahau i roto i Canada. Ko ahau rite mo tenei whawhai, me to tatou nga patu katoa ki te angitu”

OEZCAN Cetinkaya

“Au hari ahau ki te whai i te whai wāhi ki te pouaka i te Quebec Coliseum. Ko te he Tau Hou me te titiro ahau i mua ki te hanga i te tauākī i tēnei tau

Sébastien Bouchard

“Tatou i mahi pakeke i roto i te omaoma, ka utua e mahi atu i te mutu e ahau Cedric Spera. Tonu matou i roto i te rua kotahi mo tenei whawhai.”

DENIS Farias

“Heoi kua ki i runga i te marama i kua rua ahau te whakangungu i te ra mo tenei whawhai. Ahau i haere mai ki konei ki te riro.”

Jan-MICHAEL POULIN

“Titiro atu ahau ki te whakatau i te tahi mea Rāhoroi. Ko te kahore whaiaro ki Michel Tsalla, engari i ahau i te Unuunu ki te ūkui ki a ia.”

MARC Ramsay (kaiwhakangungu o Vislan Dalkhaev)

“I ahau i te hītori motuhake ki Vislan Dalkhaev. I te tīmatanga, haere mai e ia i konei i runga i te kupu tohutohu o Artur Beterbiev. Ko te whāinga tuatahi ko te ki te āwhina i Artur ki te acclimate ki Montreal, ka i mohio ahau e ia i te hoa i konei e te tauturu. I te omaoma, Heoi, Kitea e ahau e, e kore noa ratou hoa o te tahi e te tahi, engari ko Vislan he kaimekemeke taumata-teitei.” 

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Tuhinga STAR Julian Williams whawhai Joey Hernández PLUS, He ope o Tuhinga CANADIAN & Contenders KIA ngā ON a Tamutu STEVENSON VU. SAKIO BIKA UNDERCARD

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Ka tīmata Whawhai Tuatahi I 1 p.m. i Pepsi Coliseum

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Te Kuititanga (April 2, 2015) – I mua i te tuatahi Te Pirimia mekemeke Champions i runga i CBS haamata telecast (3 p.m. AND/12 p.m. PT), Ka titiro te tuahine o Tamakaea i nga whetu taitamariki ki te whakakā i te Pepsi Coliseum mano i roto i te raupapa o pāngia undercard timata i 1 p.m. AND.

 

He tikiti mo te kaupapa ora i runga i te hoko, a ka taea te hokona i te pouaka tari Pepsi Coliseum i Quebec, na roto i te te karanga (418) 691-7211 ranei (800) 900-7469, online i www.billetech.com, i te omaoma (514) 383-0666 a Champion mekemeke Club (514) 376-0980. Utu tīkiti ngā i $25 ki $250 i runga i te papa.

 

PBC i te CBS, headlined e te marama taumahamaha whawhai aito te ao i waenganui i A Tamutu “Superman” Stevenson a Sakio “Ko te Scorpion” Taurus me te ngā Artur Beterbiev rite anga ia Gabriel “Ko te tangata Handsome” Campillo, E hāpaitia ana e te Groupe Yvon Michel (Te omaoma) a ka homai e e Videotron me i roto i te whai wāhi ki Mise-O-JEU.

 

Headlining i te mahi undercard he maranga tūturu nguha super Welterweight Julian “Rock J” Williams (18-0-1, 11 Koó), ko wai ka belooking ki te tonu tona ara ki te stardom ka anga ia whakaongaonga Joey “Matimati Twinkle” Hernandez (24-2-1, 14 Koó)i roto i te Welterweight a'ee 10-a tawhio.

 

I roto i te tahi atu runga kēmu-teata kore, Kevin Bizier (23-2, 16 Koó)hoki ki te mowhiti i roto i tona pa ki te mata Fouad El Massoudi (12-4, 1 KO)i roto i te waru-a tawhio Welterweight super pupūtanga. I roto i te te mau taumahamaha waru-a tawhio, tūturu Oscar “Kaboom” Rivas (15-0, 10 Koó) Ka fehangahangai Oezcan Cetinkaya (19-9-2, 13 Koó).

 

I roto i te te rua o pāngia Welterweight super, Sébastien Bouchard (9-1, 3 Koó) Ka tango i te Denis Farias (19-6-2, 1 KO) i roto i te tukinga waru-tawhio noa, me Custio Clayton (2-0, 1 KO) Ka fehangahangai Ronald Berti (4-3-1, 1 KO)i roto i te pupūtanga e ono-a tawhio.

 

Häunga te toenga o te kāri i roto i te taha i te tokotoru o te opuaraa Canadian titiro ki te hanga o ratou faahou te pro. Jan Michael Poulin (1-0-1) e i runga i Michel Tsalla (1-9-2) i roto i te a'ee taumahawaenga a tawhio e wha, Vislan Dalkhaev (1-0) whawhai Adel Hadjouis (7-3) i roto i te whā a'ee wha-tawhio noa, me Shakeel Pene (1-0, 1 KO) kanohi Rene roody (0-2-1)i roto i te wha-a tawhio noa whitu super a'ee.

 

“I roto i toku whakaaro, the biggest fight in the history of Pepsi Coliseum was Pascal-Hopkins 1, but the scale of this event presented on a general network like CBS exceeds all that was done previously,” peresideni te omaoma mea Yvon Michel. “We are privileged to have the PBC series for this historic first. All of this is possible thanks to Adonis Stevenson. The undercard is also stacked.

 

“PBC on CBS will also ensure that the people there love the experience. There will be screens everywhere and spectacular entrances. It will be a unique experience!”

 

He 'amanaki tūturu Nō i f whawhai te pa nui o Philadelphia, Williams Kei te titiro ki te pupuri i ana record tūturu tonu, me te haaputapû i runga i te atamira nui. The 24-year-old faces a stiff test in Miami-native Hernandez. Kua pakanga-tau 30-tau te Hernandez etahi o te pai i roto i te mekemeke me te hiahia ana ia ki te ringa Williams tona mate ngaio tuatahi, no te te rua tapawha atu.

 

“Au noa titiro ahau ki te mahi pai, ka whiwhi i te win i runga i Rāhoroi,” Said Williams. “Kua kua ahau te whakarite, me te whakangungu tino pakeke hoki tenei whawhai. Ahau tango ahau i te reira tetahi whawhai i te wa, a tino ahau e kore ahau e titiro mua i te toa rite Hernandez.”

 

“He te kahore ngatahi tenei wa a tawhio noa,” Said Hernandez. “Kua ahau i etahi raruraru hihiri ahau mo whakangungu i roto i te mua, otiia e kore e tenei te wa. Faatura i ahau toku hoariri, me te kua mahi tino uaua ki te faaineine no te tenei whawhai. Tenei ka te whawhai o toku ora, me te E rapu ana ahau ki te hoatu ki runga ki te whakaatu nui i runga i Rāhoroi.”

 

I muri iho ana i te taitara-eliminator i te whakatau wahia e i roto i tona a'ee whakamutunga, Bizier, 30, hoki ki tona kainga tupu o Quebec titiro ki te tiki i hoki i roto i te tīwae win ki totohe taitara. Te ti'aturi nei e ia ki te hanga i tona take ki te wikitoria i runga i te-tau 27-tau El Massoudi, te tangata e hanga ana tuatahi Te Tai Tokerau American. Ko te toa i roto i o Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dome, France te tūmanako ki te hanga i te pānga tonu i roto i tona whawhai ki Bizier.

 

He taumahamaha tūturu nei kanohi Columbia i te 2008 Olympics, Rivas Kua anake whawhai i roto i tona pa whāngai o Montreal mai tahuri pro i roto i 2009. Hanga e ia kia tona timatanga tuatahi i Pepsi Coliseum ka anga ia Cetinkaya, o Kassel, Heesi, Germany.

 

Whawhai mo te toru o te taime, ano he ngaio i Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec o Bouchard e rapu ana tona tuarua piritahi te wikitoria mai i te mauiui tona mate ana'e. Anga te-tau 27-tau te whakamātautau uaua i roto i te mātanga Farias, o Aulnay-sous-bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. Ko te Farias-tau 27-tau tenei’ whawhai tuatahi i waho o France.

 

A 2012 Canadian Häkinakina, Clayton titiro ki te hanga i tona anō ngaio, me te whakaatu he aha i whakaaro ia tetahi o te pai kaimekemeke runaruna ki te haere mai i roto i o Canada. Ko te-tau 27-tawhito i Montreal pakanga te-tau 27-tau Berti i Bracquegnies, Belgium.

 

He latecomer ki te rarangi ngaio, Poulin Kei te titiro ki te hanga atu o tona wikitoria mahi tuatahi i roto i te Hakihea 2014. Ko te 32-tau-tawhito i Quebec anga te-tau 31-tau Tsalla, nei Mātaatua hoki i Quebec.

 

Russian-whanau, engari whawhai i roto i o Quebec, Dalkhaev Kei te hanga tuarua tona timatanga pro i muri kowhetetia tona wikitoria pro matamua i roto i te Hakihea 2014. Ka te-tau 26-tau kia whakamatautauria e te-tau 28-tau Hadjouis, o Rueil-Malmaison, Haut-de-Seine, France.

 

Te whakaawhiwhi i te undercard-teata kore, Pene, 24, Ka titiro hoki tana tuarua pro te wikitoria i muri i kato ake te win TKO mo Eddie Gates i Hānuere o tenei tau. Te pakanga a te Quebec-Māori te-tau 36-tau Rene i roto i o Ontario.

 

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A Tamutu STEVENSON vs. Saki puru, ARTUR BETERBIEV vs. GABRIEL CAMPILLO FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES & Whakaahua

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“I’ll definitely be going for the knockout tenei Rāhoroi i runga i CBS” – A Tamutu Stevenson

“I didn’t come here to Canada just to walk and look around. I came here to take this belt back home” – Saki Taurus

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Rāhoroi, April 4, I 3 p.m. AND/Poutumarotanga PT Mai i Pepsi Coliseum I Quebec City, Canada

 

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Credit: Amanda Kwok / PBC i te CBS

Te Kuititanga, Quebec (April 1, 2015) – During Wednesday o final press conference at Le Bonne Entente in Quebec City, both A Tamutu “Superman” Stevenson a Sakio “Ko te Scorpion” Taurus promised a knockout when they meet in the main event of the debut presentation of Te Pirimia mekemeke Champions (PBC) i runga i CBSTelevision Network this Saturday, April 4, i 3 p.m. AND/Poutumarotanga PT.

 

The hard-hitting Stevenson (25-1, 21 Koó) will defend his light heavyweight world championship against former super middleweight world champion Bika (32-6-3, 21 Koó) in the main event from the Pepsi Coliseum i roto i te Quebec City.

 

The case was the same with the co-main event fighters as both undefeated light heavyweight and two-time Russian Olympian Artur Beterbiev (7-0, 7 Koó) and former light heavyweight world champion Gabriel Campillo (25-6-1, 12 Koó) expected to win via KO tenei Rāhoroi ahiahi. Campillo, sporting a Tom Brady jersey, even promised he would win in dramatic fashion like this year’s Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots.

 

Below are quotes from the fighters and trainers from Wednesday o press amuiraa:

 

A Tamutu STEVENSON:

“I know Sakio is going to try to take my title, but I’m prepared for that.

 

“I know he was a champion. I made the move from 168 ki 175 pounds and it worked well for me. I expect him to bring his best at 175 pauna. He’s a former champ so I’m preparing to face a champion.

 

“I’m looking for the KO because I’m from the Kronk Gym. Knockouts sell. But I can go 12 rauna, that’s not a problem. I train for 12 rauna.

 

“My trainer has given me a great plan. He knows Sakio Bika very well and we’ll see what happens in the ring.

 

“Bika is still going to have the same power moving up in weight. He should actually be stronger.

 

“I’m very focused because I know Bika is very dangerous. I know he’s going to come into the ring and try to give me trouble.

 

“I’m a knockout artist. I can do a lot in the ring, but first and foremost I’m a knockout artist.

 

“I’d love to unify the belts eventually, but I’ll let my manager Al Haymon take care of that.

 

“My mentor Emanuel Steward always told me that as soon as I enter the ring the knockout is what sells. I’ll definitely be going for the knockout tenei Rāhoroi on CBS.”

 

“I’m ready to go toe-to-toe. Adonis Stevenson vs. Sakio Bika on CBS, baby.”

 

 

Saki puru:

“To beat a great fighter you have to be your best. I’m looking to take the WBC title back home.

 

“I’ve fought everyone – I’ve never ducked an opponent – and I don’t know if he can handle the pressure.

 

“I feel more comfortable at 175 pauna. I want to test the big boy [Stevenson] and I feel like I can do that. I te Rāhoroi we’ll see.

 

“He’s knocked people out, engari kua kore e ahau i te patototanga i. I te Rāhoroi I’ll be the one to knock him out.

 

“I’m very hungry to get a world title back. I trained very hard at light heavyweight to get a title back.

 

“I didn’t come here to Canada just to walk and look around. I came here to take this belt back home and I’m very confident I’m going to do that.

 

“Training camp went very well, we put in good work and now we’re here in Canada ready to shock the world.”

 

 

JAVAN “SUGAR” HILL:

“Training camp was very good as always. Nothing different, just hard work perfecting his boxing and the basic fundamentals. We’re looking for him to make a mistake and catch him.

 

“The way you prepare for an unorthodox fighter like Bika is to make sure your basics are sound. You have to have a good jab, you have to have good movement and you have to have ‘super power’ And I have “Superman.

 

“Emanuel also told me the knockout sells. It’s something that we both know and it’s something that is imbedded in us. We’re looking for the knockout on April 4. Sometimes I see things that Adonis is looking to do before he does it. So I’ll just be sitting there waiting for Adonis to catch Sakio Bika making a mistake and getting a knockout.

 

“I’m super proud to represent Kronk Gym. That’s why I wear my hat here. Kronk to me is like my family name and that’s what I live by. I was born into Kronk when I was a little kid going to a tournament with my uncle Emanuel and all I remember is the Kronk fighters winning. And that’s what I do now: toa.

 

“Adonis is an artist, he’s a KO artist. Toku matapae mō Rāhoroi is a knockout on CBS.

 

“There’s been a lot of talk and now it’s time for action. Toe-to-toe on April 4. Kaua e ngaro i te reira.”

 

 

KEVIN CUNNINGHAM:

“I matou i te puni whakangungu nui. Everyone was relaxed. We had great sparring.

 

“He was making 168 pretty easy, but stepping up he’s able to eat whatever he wants. The weight is good. We think he’s going to be good and strong at 175. It’s a good move for him.

 

“He’s never had any problems with power, so I think the extra weight and energy should be good for him at light heavyweight.

 

“All this talk about Stevenson fighting (Sergey) Kovalev has motivated him pretty good. I think it gave him a pretty good picture of how the business of boxing works. He realizes that when the bell rings he needs to do something about it and he’s motivated by that.

 

“I can’t say if Stevenson is overlooking him because I’m not around him enough. But I know the fans and media want to make the Kovalev fight. It was good for Bika to hear that because it motivated him. He knows he has an opportunity to do something about it. I te Rāhoroi afternoon he can change all that.

 

“If Stevenson does what he says he’s going to do – meet him in the center of the ring and go toe-to-toe – this is going to be a tremendous fight.

 

“If he comes to the center of the ring and fights and goes toe-to-toe then this fight won’t go the distance. If Stevenson comes to trade I think he gets knocked out. If he runs around the ring and boxes then it could be a different outcome.”

 

 

Artur BETERBIEV:

“I don’t think this is a big challenge for me. I’m ready to face the world champions and raise the bar higher. This is just another opponent for me.

 

“This is another step that will move me closer to facing the champions at 175 pauna. I want to put on a solid fight and show that I’m one of the best fighters in this division.

 

“A knockout is never a goal for me. I’m trying to show my work and my dedication in the ring, but usually that’s what happens. Usually I finish with a knockout but that is not my main goal. My main goal is to box and show my skills.

 

“My motivation is to face the champions. That’s why I work so hard every day in the gym. I will get there soon.

 

“Why not face Kovalev? Ahau rite. When I turned professional my goal was to meet the champions. He’s a champion now and I’d like to face the champions.”

 

 

Gabriel Campillo:

“We started training Jan. 1 and camp has been very good. We’ve been working very hard and I think I’m in great condition for this fight.

 

“Beterbiev may not have a lot of professional experience, but he’s had a very long amateur career. So we know that he’s ready and is a good opponent for us. We’ll see how he handles things once we get past the 5th, 6th a 7th rauna.

 

“To get ready for a hard-hitter like Beterbiev required lots of conditioning training. We worked the neck and the chin a lot. We think we’ve got a great chance in the second half of this fight though considering Beterbiev hasn’t really been tested like that.

 

“As for a prediction, I’m going to knock Beterbiev out in the seventh round.”
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A Tamutu STEVENSON te kaimahi KAI AT te hupa KITCHEN IN Kuititanga

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Tohe Light Heavyweight Champ ki Sakio Bika

I roto i te Tuatahi Pirimia Boxing Champions (PBC) Takahanga I CBS

Tenei Rāhoroi, April 4, i 3 p.m. AND/Poutumarotanga PT

(Whakaahua BY: Amanda Kwok / PBC i te CBS)

Te Kuititanga, Quebec (March 31, 2015) – Tenei Rāhoroi ahiahi, April 4, pakeke-patu toa taumahamaha o te marama te ao A Tamutu “Superman” Stevenson (25-1, 21 Koó) mahere ki te rihi i roto i te nui o te whiu, ina tohe ia ki te toa mua whitu super ao Sakio “Ko te Scorpion” Taurus (32-6-3, 21 Koó) i roto i te hui matua o te whakaaturanga tuatahi o te Te Pirimia mekemeke Champions (PBC) i runga i CBS Whatunga Television (3 p.m. AND/Poutumarotanga PT) i te Pepsi Coliseum i roto i te Quebec City.

 

I teie mahana,, Heoi, i roto i te mea kua riro he tikanga tuku iho i mua i ki Pepsi Coliseum ana whawhai, Stevenson i mahi kai i Ko te Whare Lauberivière, he whakaruru, me te hupa kīhini rohe mō ngā tangata me nga wahine kāinga. Haunga te taviniraa kai, I hoatu atu tīkiti Stevenson me tona kapa hoki, autographed pānui me fai mō whakaahua ki te tangata i roto i te piringa me etahi o ona pā rohe.

 

I roto i te Rāhoroi o matua tuarua i runga i CBS, te fafau taumahamaha te marama tūturu Artur Beterbiev (7-0, 7 Koó) tangata whakamatauria, ka anga ia toa ao taumahamaha o mua marama Gabriel Campillo (25-6-1, 12 Koó) i roto i te a'ee 10-a tawhio.

 

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PBC i te CBS, headlined e te marama taumahamaha whawhai aito te ao i waenganui i Stevenson me Bika, E hāpaitia ana e te Groupe Yvon Michel (Te omaoma) a ka homai e e Videotron me i roto i te whai wāhi ki Mise-O-JEU. E i teie nei Tickets runga i te hoko i te pouaka tari Pepsi Coliseum i Quebec, na roto i te te karanga (418) 691-7211 ranei (800) 900-7469, online i www.billetech.com, i te omaoma (514) 383-0666 a Champion mekemeke Club (514) 376-0980. Utu tīkiti ngā i $25 ki $250 i runga i te papa.
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CBS SPORTSCASTERS KEVIN Harlan ME BRENT Stover WITH kaitätari PAUL MALIGNAGGI ME VIRGIL HUNTER ki te karanga PREMIER BOXING Champions ON CBS

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Sengaahi tuatahi Tenei Rāhoroi, April 4, i runga i CBS i 3 p.m. AND/Poutumarotanga PT
NEW YORK (March 31, 2015) - Ko te rōpū haapurororaa mo te April 4 tuatahi o te Pirimia Boxing Champions (PBC) on CBS features a blend of highly respected sportscasters and shrewd boxing minds. Hosted by CBS Sports Network’s Brent Stover, Ka nga whawhai i pūkenga, me te whakaaro tākaro-i-tākaro hōia e karangatia e Kevin Harlan ki te kaitätari ringside Paora Malignaggi me te roanga haapurororaa Virgil Hunter.

 

Ko te PBC i te CBS kauwhau kapa ka hopoi mai i roto i te tuatahi o runga ki te waru ngā kaupapa ora i tenei tau timata tenei Rāhoroi, April 4, i 3 p.m. AND/Poutumarotanga PT. Light toa taumahamaha o te ao A Tamutu Stevenson (25-1, 21 Koó), o Montreal, will defend his title against former super middleweight world champion Saki Taurus (32-6-3, 21 Koó), o Sydney, Ahitereiria. Opening the two-fight afternoon broadcast will be undefeated Russian-born Canadian light heavyweight Artur Beterbiev (7-0, 7 Koó), o Montreal, e anga toa mua te ao Gabriel Campillo (25-6-1, 12 Koó), o Madrid, Spain, i Pepsi Coliseum i Quebec City.

 

A kaipāho tautōhito, Ka karanga Harlan kua NFL kēmu hoki 30 consecutive years. He joined CBS Sports’ NFL broadcast team as a play-by-play announcer in 1998. Harlan called CBS Sports’ HDTV coverage of the 2001 AFC Championship and Super Bowl XXXV. He has called CBS Sports’ kapinga o te NCAA Division ahau nga tangata o Basketball Championship mai 1999, including this year’s CBS/Turner coverage of the West Regional from Los Angeles. A well-versed radio broadcaster, this past season Harlan once again called play-by-play for NFL games with Boomer Esiason on Westwood One Radio Sports. Harlan and Esiason were the lead announce team on Westwood One for “Rāhina Night Football,"Te whiringa, a Conference Championship game and the Super Bowl. This season marked Harlan’s fifth consecutive Super Bowl. Harlan called the NCAA Final Four and Championship games for CBS Radio Network and Westwood One for five consecutive years (2003-07), me te pai kia rite ki te rohe (2009, 2010, 2011). Harlan’s boxing experience includes the 1995 Mike Tyson vs. Buster Mathis Jr. a'ee i runga i FOX me ngā ngā kaupapa taitara mekemeke kua karangatia e ia mo te reo irirangi. Ko Harlan i tona 28th te wa e päpäho i te NBA, a kua karangatia e tākaro-i-tākaro mahi mo Turner Sports’ kapinga o nga whiringa whaiti NBA mai 1996 me ngā kēmu auau-wa mo TNT me TBS mai 1997.

 

-Tau 34-tawhito te Malignaggi ko te-wā e rua, toa e rua-wehenga te ao. He is known for his passionate and honest assessment of live fights and fighters as an analyst for SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. An invaluable asset at ringside, Tano Malignaggi te oraraa o te tohungatanga mekemeke whaiaro ki hihiri, ever-changing situations in the ring and articulates with aplomb. He’s been a regular ringside analyst since 2012.

 

The knowledgeable and sage Hunter is one of the most prominent and respected trainers in boxing. He has coached unbeaten super middleweight kingpin Andre Ward, Superstar Ingarangi me te mua 140-pauna toa motuhake ao Amir Khan me te toa o mua ao te Welterweight Andre Berto, a ka huaina te 2011 Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Hunter is making his first foray into announcing on April 4 a ka tuku i te tirohanga ki te PBC i te CBS hou, me te ahurei.

 

Stover has served as studio host for CBS Sports Network since 2011. He joined the network in 2010 puritia a kua he maha o ngā tūranga, tae atu rite pāho tākaro-na roto i te tākaro-no te whutupaoro, basketball and for Olympic sports. Prior to joining CBS Sports Network, I mahi Stover rite te ope, punga, kaipūrongo, me te tākaro-i-tākaro reo mo te Big tekau Whatunga me Fox Sports Net Midwest / Southwest.

 

Ko te utunga tuarua o PBC i te CBS he Rāhoroi, Kia 9, a ka te◊ote◊o, tūturu Omar Figueroa, nei i whakawātea ana Kōmāmā World Championship ki te neke ki runga i te taimaha ki te 140 pauna, ki te toa o mua Ricky Burns.

 

Rā te tahi atu mau hoki Pirimia Mekemeke Champions i runga i CBS e kia kauwhautia ngā haapurororaa ora i roto i te Pipiri, Hōngongoi me Mahuru, ki runga ki te toru ngā huihuinga e toe i runga i te 2015 maramataka. Ko te haapurororaa mekemeke ora i runga i CBS, i tua atu i te tuatahitia ai i faahitihia, Ka päpäho ora i 4 p.m. AND/1 p.m. PT.

 

The Premier Boxing Champions series was created for television by Haymon Boxing. Ko te whakaaturanga tuatahi raupapa ōrite o te mekemeke ora i runga i CBS i roto i 15 tau. The network aired a one-off live event featuring current WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Leo Santa Cruz in 2012. I mua ki te e, te mekemeke ora whakamutunga i runga i te whatunga i roto i 1997 , no te patototanga toa ka-whitu Bernard Hopkins i Glen Johnson.

 

Mekemeke Live he tino kai i runga i te whatunga i roto i te 1980, ngā wā katoa, ngā heke mai Hall o Famers Thomas "te Hitman" Hearns, Roberto Durán, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini and others. Hītori o mekemeke i te CBS rā hoki ki te 1948 ka premiered te Pabst Blue Ripene pāngia ngā kōrero patu-i-patu autaua Russ Hodges.

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A Tamutu STEVENSON, Saki puru & Artur BETERBIEV MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL

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Lisa Milner

Mauruuru koe, operator. Thanks everyone for calling in. We have a great call today to talk about the debut of PBC on CBS taking place next Rāhoroi, April 4, i te Pepsi Coliseum i Quebec City, Canada. We are going to start with the main event guys it’s Adonis Stevenson, toa taumahamaha o te marama te ao; tona kaiwhakangungu, “Sugar” Hill; Saki Taurus, toa o mua whitu super ao; me tona kaiwhakangungu, Kevin Cunningham. We will also have Artur Beterbiev later. His opponent is training in Spain. Na, he will not be joining us. Ko, first let’s get some opening comments from the fighters and their trainers. A Tamutu, e homai e koe ki a matou he iti moka o te mōhiohio i runga i pēhea te whakangungu a haere ārahi ki te wiki whawhai o muri wiki?

 

A Tamutu Stevenson

Ngā mihi ki nga pāpāho katoa. E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai Al Haymon, toku kaiwhakahaere, great job. This is a good person for me and fight on CBS since like ’80 like Sugar Ray Leonard, Muhammad Ali. E mohio ana koe, this is amazing. And the first championship they want to start in Canada, Quebec City. This is amazing. And I’m very glad to be part of that.

 

L. Milner

Great. “Sugar” Hill, i taea te tāpiri koe tetahi ki taua pā ana ki te whakangungu kōrero e pā ana ki te pehea te mahi i a Tamutu i te puni ranei?

“Sugar” Hill

The training camp is going fantastic. We are here in his hometown of Montreal training at his gym. His gym is just opening. Na, this would be the first training camp held at this gym and for such a fight of this magnitude where Adonis is defending his world championship for the fifth time. I’ve only been here for one week any other time, but Montreal is a great place and a great place for training as well. The city has been so good and warm welcoming me here, a ka kite ahau he aha a Tamutu te here nei Montreal, a ka kite ahau he aha Montreal te here nei a Tamutu rite te pai.

L. Milner

Great. Mauruuru koe. Sakio, taea e homai e koe ki a matou he kōrero whakatuwhera tere e pā ana ki te puni whakangungu?

Saki Taurus

Tika katoa, te tuatahi o nga mea katoa, I want to thank everybody for giving me this big opportunity at the world title. . My training camp is going really well. E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai ki te Atua, e mohio ana koe, to give me this opportunity. Ano, we have a good training camp here. Everyone is happy. Au fiefia, and my coach is happy. All my kingdom is happy. I’m just looking for on April te 4, ki te riro te toa wā e toru ao.

L. Milner

Awesome. Mauruuru koe. Mr. Cunningham, Ko koe i reira? Could you add anything to that?

Kevin Cunningham

Ae. To piggyback on what Sakio has just said, kua i tatou i te puni whakangungu nui, great sparing. Nga mea katoa te pai te haere. Sakio understands the opportunity that’s before him, and we look to come to Canada and Montreal. And we’re going to into Adonis’ hometown. Na, Ahau kua reira, mahi e. You got to go into the lion’s den and take the title. So that’s what we’re working on doing and that’s what we plan on doing.

 

L. Milner

Great. Mauruuru koe. Te pai, we’re going to go ahead and open it up for questions from the media. Operator, Ka taea e koe tēnā mahi e?

 

Q

A Tamutu, so much talk about you fighting the other light heavyweight champions and who the real light heavyweight champion of the world is. What are your thoughts about these other guys and it is interfering with your concentration for your fight with Sakio on April 4 i runga i CBS?

 

A. Stevenson

Yeah, E matau ana ahau i te nui o ratou korero e pā ana ki taua, engari au rawa ahau e arotahi ana ki Bika inaianei, because Bika is in my face now. I don’t see anybody. I don’t see anybody in my face now. It’s Bika. And I don’t underestimate him, a au rawa rite hoki ia ia. Ka waiho e ahau rite hoki ia ia April 4. Na, toku arotahi ko i runga i Bika. E mohio ana ahau ki i e ratou pera i nga iwi maha e korero ki ahau, e pā ana ki te pehea, ki te whawhai i tēnei, engari au e ahau rawa arotahi ki runga ki tenei taata.

Q

He aha te mea te tukanga mō te raau whakamātau ki te aroaro o te April 4?

A. Stevenson

E toru taime i roto i te whakangungu me te kotahi wā ko te e ono nga haora in the morning. Na, they come into the condo and to do a drug test and two times in the training after sparing. I think it’s good for the boxers, to protect them. I’m very glad about that. And when I got to fight, Te mahi tonu ahau i te whakamātautau, e mohio ana koe? Na, ehara i te mea i te wa tuatahi te mahi ahau i te whakamātautau, but I always to do it. This is fantastic, Aroha ahau e.

Q

Whakaaro e koe, ko reira e tika ana mō kia mekemeke i taua huru o te whakamātautau?

A. Stevenson

O te akoranga ko te mea e tika ana no te mea, Ko āwhina koe. Na, he mea tino nui ki te tino mea katoa te tino pai te haere. Na e te wahi o te mekemeke me e te te kunenga mai. Au nui atu te koa, me te hari me te tautoko e.

Q

Sakio, he aha ta koutou e whakaaro e pā ana ki taua?

S. Taurus

Whakaaro ahau he mea tino, tino pai no te mea i ahau [tapepe] since I’ve been here. I think it’s good for the new generation. It goes for this sport. Hoki ahau, Whakaaro ahau he mea tino. He mea tino no te mea, na taata e rave rahi [tapepe] hoki atu [tapepe] drug and they never get tested. And now with new generation, Whakaaro ahau te mea tino pai, e mohio ana koe, for younger kids to try to see if they want to win. Once you come in this sport you have to have been clean. Ko te he tino whakahaere ki te tiki iwi whai wāhi i roto i, me te whakamatautau ia ratou. Ko te te mea tino ki te mahi.

Q

Na ka tamatahia e rua o koutou e toru nga wa, e rua nga wa i roto i te puni whakangungu, kotahi te wā i mua i te whawhai? Is that correct, eé?

A. Stevenson

E kore ahau e mohio ki a ia, but for me it’s three time. And we do a piss test, a ka mahi matou i te whakamātautau toto, rawa.

S. Taurus

Yeah, for me it was three time. Then two blood test–like blood test and piss test. This is the third time them testing me since I was here.

Q

Ko te pātai tuatahi i ui ki a Tamutu e pā ana ki tona faaineineraa no te whawhai ka ū mai a hoki te rorona a tawhio noa hoariri pümanawä nohopuku kei mua katoa, E hiahia ana ahau ki te tiki ki te tāpiri ano te pātai taua ki a Tamutu.

 

A. Stevenson

E mohio ana koe, te huru o te mea rite Bika he mohoao, e kua whakaaturia mai e ia–e mohio ana koe, he just keep coming. The kind of stuff like that, I love this kind of stuff because he’s large and keep pressuring. And so, whakaatu i te reira, ki te hanga e koe i te hape, ano e reira ka waiho he knockout rawa hohoro i roto i te whawhai.

Q

Taku pātai ko te hoki “Sugar” Hill. “Sugar”, Hiahia noa ahau ki te mohio, ki te i pai koe ki te kāhua i whiriwhiria mo tenei whawhai ka ū mai, ki te mea ko te momo o te whakamātautau tenei i titiro koe no te rite te kaiwhakangungu.

S. Hill

Pera i te matara titiro mo te kāhua mo a Tamutu ki te whawhai–and actually it doesn’t really matter to me. I’m happy with the selection of Sakio Bika. I have no problem with his style. I actually like the style because he’s coming forward. He wants to fight, and Adonis loves to fight. Adonis likes to go to toe-to-toe, and he likes to box. This is important for the maturity and, no te mea ataahua ako atu e pā ana ki mekemeke ki te e taea ki te hei i roto i te reira ki te toa rite Sakio Bika, nei te he kaha, hōia pūkeke, me te uaua ko wai e ahei te tu atu ki. He can take a punch. He’s never been knocked out or anything like that. Na, Ko ha faingamālie mo a Tamutu kia pea haere tenei 12 rauna ranei ki te rauna muri, e taea e hanga, me te tāpiri ki tona mahi rite whawhai i roto i te rauna muri, kua e ia taea ki te mahi i. Tenei whawhai i konei ki a Bika ko te whakamātautau, a ka aroha ana a Tamutu kia whakamatautauria. I love for him to be tested as well. This is the only thing that’s going to make him grow and become more of a talented fighter and become a bigger superstar.

Q

A Tamutu, e rapu ana koutou i te uaua 12 whawhai a tawhio noa ranei e kite koe i te reira rite hihiri kia rite ki te i te tuatahi ki te patoto i tēnei taata i roto i te mea he hakari i taua faingamālie ano?

A. Stevenson

It is motivation for me. That’s why I train very hard. I know he’s large as well in his punch. And he wants to keep me pressured. I love this kind of style. And if he goes for 12 rauna ahau rite hoki 12 rauna. I fight and spar. My fight is, tohu me te whakangungu mo 12 rounds.When ahau whiwhi i roto i te whakakai, E rapu ana ahau mo te knockout. I don’t look for the 12 tawhio. If he goes the distance or 12 rauna, this is not a problem. Ka taea e kuru ana ahau. I’m beautiful. I got a good skill. I’m a Superman. Na, it’s not a problem for me. Ko, first I’m looking for a knockout. And I think any boxer going in the ring to fight always looks for a knockout. Te tahi mau taime, it’s not like that. Ko, ahau, E rapu ana ahau mo te knockout. And Emanuel said knockouts sell.

Q

You said that you weren’t impressed with Kovalev’s performance over Jean Pascal. Do you want to put on a better performance? Do you feel pressure to put on a better performance since you said that? What do you think about that?

A. Stevenson

I’m not going to put pressure on myself. “Superman” e kore e ite te pēhanga. Kei te haere ahau ki te whakamahi i taku pūkenga mekemeke, a ka haere ahau ki te whakamahi i toku upoko i roto i te whakakai. I don’t have to put pressure on something like that. I don’t feel like that. I’m the man. I’m the guy to get beat.

Q

Ko Sakio Bika te hoariri tuatahi tapaea ana e ratou ki a koutou?

A. Stevenson

Yeah, it was the first. He was the first to open. We’re happy, and we don’t have a problem. And I know Sakio he was light–mahi e kore e, super middleweight champion. It’s very good, no te mea te ia he kaimekemeke pai. He was champion last two fights. That’s a good opportunity for him, rawa, ki te haere i te marama, he taumahamaha ki ahau whawhai. And it’s a good opportunity for me, rawa.

Q

E hiahia ana ahau ki te ui ki a koutou i te mea wāhi i koe mea ki a koe, “E ahau ki te whawhai,” ranei “E hiahia ana ahau ki te whawhai Sergey Kovalev ki te whakakotahi i nga tatua katoa i roto i te wehenga.” At what point did you say that in your career?

A. Stevenson

I don’t think about Kovalev now. I think about Bika. It doesn’t matter what I said now because I have a fight coming up with Bika. Ko, tino hiahia ahau ki te whawhai mo te taitara, tena ko tenei–hoki inaianei kua hokona e ahau Bika i roto i toku mata.

Q

Kihai i faahiahia e koe ki te ara e titiro Kovalev i te whawhai i te tahi atu wiki ki a Pascal. Aha?

A. Stevenson

I’m not impressed by it because this is the first big fight Pascal had since Bernard and he fights one time a year before Bernard Hopkins. Na, in four years he fights one time. Na, e te au e ahau he aha e kore e maere e pā ana ki taua, no te mea kahore he Pascal te kaimekemeke kaha rite whakamahia ia ki te kia hoki i roto i te ra.

 

Q

E mohio ana koe ki e Kovalev, because of the WBC is going to be mandatory. I want to know how hard will you press for that mandatory if you’re successful again.

A. Stevenson

O te akoranga, E mohio ana ahau ki. I’m ready to fight a title. Ko, Tukua ahau toku kapa, Al HAYMON, tiaki e pā ana ki taua. Then after that Kovalev we can unify the title. It’s not a problem for me because the two titles he gets now he gets Bernard Hopkins’ taitara, a kia whawhai ahau Bernard Hopkins.

Q

Ko te whawhai e ngā haere ki te runga i te pouaka motu i roto i te United States tenei, free TV. Have you given any thought about the fact that you’ll be performing in front of an audience probably bigger than has ever seen you fight ever?

A. Stevenson

O te akoranga. This is a good opportunity for that. And first of all, E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai Al Haymon mo e, rawa, no te mea, that’s him putting on the show. And since Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, back in the day it was free. Na, we offer the public the fight for free and that’s a great opportunity for me. Na, I have a good performance for Sakio Bika. Ko, I know Sakio Bika is a tough opponent and he’s very awkward and tough. We’ll prepare for that, a koe rite tatou. Ko te hoki rawa pai mō te kuao tamariki, matakitaki ai i te whawhai. Ko te he faingamālie pai mō te katoa.

Q

Ki te kore e e nui whakarongo te mātakitaki pea e hoatu e koe ki roto ki te tūnga i reira e rapu ana koutou mo te knockout?

A. Stevenson

O te akoranga. That gives me a lot of motivation. That’s why I train really hard for this fight and watch–na mataara ahau te iwi. Since Muhammad Ali, I’m the first to be poor and the projects. Na, Ahau rawa, tino hari, and I’m going to put a good performance. Like Emanuel said, hoko knockouts.

Q

A Tamutu, te wahi e whakangungu koutou i tenei wiki? Na ka, Kei te haere koe mau, no te ki Quebec City?

A. Stevenson

You know I opened a new gym in Quebec City. This is a good opportunity for me to train in my hometown. This is the first time since 2011. Ka taea e kite ahau i toku koati, rawa. Na, Aroha ahau e. And we train very hard, ahau me toku kaiwhakangungu. We put the hard work pay off. This is different. This is a good opportunity for me, a ka aroha ahau e.

Q

Na, inaianei ka koe i roto i Quebec City koe?

A. Stevenson

I’m in Montreal now. Quebec City, Kei te haere ahau i tenei wiki.

Q

Na, ka e koe mau haere ki Quebec City?

A. Stevenson

Rātapu.

Q

Ano, my question goes to Adonis. I just want to know if a knockout is the result that you absolutely need or would you be disappointed if you didn’t win by a knockout against Bika?

A. Stevenson

I know Bika is a tough opponent. Na, Ahau rite hoki 12 rauna. Ki te mea ko reira te knockout, it’s there. If it’s not, it’s not. Ko, i roto i te whakakai, E rapu ana ahau mo te knockout. Na, e kore e mea faufaa te reira no te ahau, but I’m always looking for the knockout. That’s a Kronk. The Kronk Gym and my team we’re looking for that. Since the Kronk it’s been a while. They’re always looking for the knockout. If you’re training in the Kronk Gym and any fighter is looking for the knockout.

Q

Ko, Ka taea e te mea kino ki tonu te titiro mo te knockout no te mea ka ki te kahore e whiwhi koe i te reira rite hohoro rite ki te hiahia koe ka taea te tiki atu i te kāhua o te mekemeke koutou ia koutou. Is that something that worries you?

A. Stevenson

E nehenehe tatou e haere 12 tawhio. It’s not a problem for me. We train for that. We train for that. Ka taea e ahau te haere 12 tawhio. And I’m from Kronk Gym, Detroit. And this place, to tatou i te pai, kaiwhakangungu pai rite Emanuel “Sugar” Hill. They know boxing. They teach me very well my skill and everything and my balance. They know boxing. And so, e mohio ana ratou ki te kore e reira te knockout, engari e haere tatou ki te mahi. We’re going to use the good ability to go for 12 rauna. It’s not a problem.

Q

Sakio, Hiahia noa ahau ki te mohio, me pehea e ite i te reira hoki koutou i roto i tenei puni whakangungu ki te whakangungu mo te whawhai taumahamaha o te marama i muri i, ka pau tino nui to koutou mahi katoa i te taumahawaenga super?

S. Taurus

Ahau ite i te reira i te titauraa hou ki te haere ki runga, ka ngana ki te whawhai i te puru nui. A, no te kite koe i toku talena, ake hiahia ana tangata ki a ahau whawhai. Ko tonu te reira fifi, he iti bit no te mea e kore te tangata e hiahia ana ki ahau whawhai. Hoki ahau te mea he wero nui no te Stevenson, A Tamutu Ko te toa nui, me te hiahia ahau ki te riro i te toa ao i roto i te ora. Au rawa mohio taea hapai i ahau ki a ia. Na haere mai April 4, no te mea e ahau i te faaineineraa pai, , he hoa e tohu i nui, Ahau titiro noa hoki koutou ki te kite i pēhea te taea e ahau te hapai i te puru nui. A Tamutu Ko te tuatahi hoki ahau i tenei taimaha, but I just feel confident, Ite e ahau pai. Ahau rite, e mohio ana koe, ki te haere ki reira, ka whakaatu i te iwi i roto i te ao nei e taea e ahau whiua a Tamutu Stevenson i runga i April 4. I want to tell the big bull. I want to move up in light heavyweight division, aApril 4 E haere te iwi ki te kite i te reira.

Q

E te taimaha ite pai mo koutou? Do you see yourself staying at light heavyweight?

S. Taurus

Kite ahau i ahau ano he taumahamaha te marama. Kite ahau i ahau i te taumahamaha marama no te kite koe na e rave rahi toa ao. For me just it’s just a challenge. I want to challenge myself. Ka taea e ahau te mea i te marama taimaha ngāwari. It would be a struggle to do super middleweight. E mohio ana koe, Taea e ahau te marama taumahamaha tino ngāwari. Ka taea e ahau te hapai i te puru nui, no te mea rahurahu ki ahau katoa. This is a big opportunity for me to try to see if can I handle the big bull. I can handle Adonis. pērā i April 4, I will try to test myself. You all ready? Ahau rite. I ahau i te faaineineraa pai,. Ako'i tatou rawa pakeke hoki tenei whawhai. Au noa titiro ahau ki te haere mai ki a Quebec, ka tango i te tiaki o te pakihi.

Q

I te wa ano i a koe i te whawhai Sergey Kovalev / Jean Pascal, a haere ana ia koutou ki HBO autaua mo i te wā, Bernard Hopkins, and you told him that you guarantee that you will fight Sergey Kovalev. I wanted to see what your answer was to what you think of Sergey Kovalev and his performance i runga i Rāhoroipo o te wiki i te tokorua i mua.

A. Stevenson

E kore e Pascal mea faufaa i teie nei no te mea e korero tatou e pā ana ki Bika. Haere ahau ki te whawhai April 4 ki Bika. Ko te he mea tino uaua e pā ana ki Bika, a kahore he inaianei Kovalev he tangata, ina whakaaro ahau e pā ana ki te whawhai ki a Kovalev me Pascal, me ka i muri ka mea ahau, “Well, yeah, Kei te haere ahau ki te whawhai.” He’s not a person for me now. The person now is Bika.

Q

Fakapapau'i koe e pai kia koutou whawhai muri ki Kovalev hoki i roto i te Mei o whakamutunga tau i muri i 12 rounds against Fonfara. You beat Fonfara.

A. Stevenson

You can’t guarantee. It’s not working like that. It’s not football. It’s not hockey. And one punch can change anything. So now I got Bika in my face, a au rawa arotahi ahau ki a Bika, because I know this guy gives problems to all the champions. He was champion. And I know this fighter is tough.

L. Milner

Te pai. Gentlemen, thank you so much for your time. I think this call really set in motion a great week and a half heading into the fight. Na, thank you so much. We’re going to switch over to Mr. Beterbiev.

Artur Beterbiev

Ahau i rite ki toku whakangungu, and I am training hard. And it was all planned. Na, te reira mea katoa i haere kia rite ki te mahere. Ko te he hoariri tino. E kore e taea e ahau tatari ki te whai i taua whawhai.

Q

Artur, you defeated Sergey Kovalev in the amateurs. What do you think of him as far as a professional opponent right now?

A. Beterbiev

Na ka mau ia ki te whakaaro ana tauākī katoa e tata hua ia, E rite ahau ki te whakatau ki a ia, ka maka ia ia i roto i tona wahi i roto i te ngaio.

Q

He aha e mahara koe e pā ana ki a ia ano he taata ngā whawhai nei koutou? What do you remember?

A. Beterbiev

I ahau i te mahara rawa te pai. Na, I tukia e ahau ki a ia e rua i roto i nga rarangi runaruna, engari au e ahau atu arotahi ki runga i te heke mai matau i teie nei. E hiahia ana ahau ki te whiua ia ano.

Q

Artur, taea e koe whakaahua e founga koe ite to koutou umanga kei te haere ake i tenei wāhi?

A. Beterbiev

Ahau i rite ki te ara i kua e ahau arahina i roto i toku mahi ngaio. Ahau ia rā whakangungu ahau, e mahi ia rā, me te whakaaro e pā ana ki taua nga wa katoa. Tamata tonu ahau ki te whakapai ake me te whakapai ake i toku wahi e kore e kaha, as part of my preparation.I’m not a future teller. Na, I’m ready to meet all the solid opponents. And I’m ready for the championship of the world, a ahau rite mo tetahi tauira e take.

Q

He reira tetahi huamoni i roto ia koutou whawhai i te toa o Stevenson / Bika?

A. Beterbiev

Taea e whawhai ahau taata.

Q

He aha koe e whakaaro o Campillo me te aha te huru o te mau tamataraa e he hakari Campillo ki a koutou no te mea kua ia kia nui atu ngaio wheako atu ia?

A. Beterbiev

Ae, I have a lot of respect for Campillo because he’s very experienced. For sure he has more experience than I do. He has experience winning and losing, a ka te ia he hoariri totoka, te haere engari te whawhai ki te whakaatu ki te taea e tona reo ngaio te tauturu ia i roto i tenei whawhai.

Q

He aha ta koutou e ako i te knockdown?

A Beterbiev

I don’t think that was a knockdown. I just lost my balance for an instant. I recovered right away instantly. But I still think that this is a good lesson for me for this not to happen in the future. And I’m going to try to avoid any dangerous situations in my future.

Q

Me pēhea te kite koe Campillo, he aha te ahua o te toa ko ia, a ka he i reira tetahi wahi o tona kāhua–tetahi huānga o tona kāhua e taea e pe'ape'a?

A. Beterbiev

Tenei ko te opponent.He o totoka mahi tino pai, very experienced at attack. He’s very experienced at defense. Kei te haere te whawhai ki te whakaatu he aha te haere ki te tupu.

L. Milner

Te pai, nui. Mauruuru koe. Mauruuru koe, Artur. Thanks everybody for being on. A special thanks to the media. This is a great show April 4 i runga i te wā, CBS, PBC on CBS right from Quebec City. Na, whakawhetai ki a koutou na nui, me te whai i te ra nui.

 

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