“Fighting i roto i te mua o te mano whenua he whakaongaonga tika rite te mea i roto i tetahi atu hākinakina. E koe i te painga āpure te kāinga, he painga kōti kāinga me te i roto i te mekemeke, you have home ring advantage.” – Lamont Peterson
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Washington, DC (October 15) – E rua nga ra i te aroaro o te toa mua ao Lamont Peterson (33-3-1, 17 Koó) a Olympic Gold fetia Pirika Diaz Jr.(17-0, 8 Koó) E whakatakotoria ki te tomo i te mowhiti i EagleBank Arena i George Mason University i Fairfax, VA, whakahaerehia te whawhai i te amuiraa press i te Kirikiriroa Live i roto i te taone Washington, DC. Te Rāhoroi avatea Pirimia mekemeke Champions (PBC) i runga i te NBC ka AIR hui ora ki te kapinga teata timata i 4 p.m. AND/1 p.m. PT.
Ko te hui whawhai tahi-matua e rua, maranga whetu Colon Prichard(16-0, 13 Koó) me te tūturu Terrel Williams(14-0, 12 Koó)i hoki i roto i te haereraa i haere ki te whawhai undercard nguha super Kōmāmā Anthony Peterson (35-1, 23 Koó) me amanaki tūturu Alantez Fox (16-0-1, 6 Koó).
Tenei te mea i te whawhai i ki te mea ra tika i te aroaro o ratou October 17 showdowns:
Lamont Peterson
“I ahau i te puni whakangungu rawa hauora, me te hua. Te rapu atu ahau ki tenei whawhai. Titiro tonu ahau i mua ki te whawhai. E hiahia ana ahau i taea e whawhai ahau nga marama, Oati ahau te mahi ahau. Ko matau ahau te mea he mahi.
“Engari e whai ana ahau mo te whawhai uaua. E mohio ana ahau ki whakaritea ngā ia. I ahau toku kāinga ki runga ki a ia, ahakoa. I wish we could fight tonight…engari mana'o nei au e taea e ahau te tatari.
“Ko te te pai ki te whawhai i roto i te mua o te mano whenua. Ko te te pai hoki ahau, a te reira i te pai mo toku pā. Ko te nui tonu ki te haere ki te whakakai, ka whai aua mata maheni i roto i te mano.
“Fighting i roto i te mua o te mano whenua he whakaongaonga tika rite te mea i roto i tetahi atu hākinakina. E koe painga āpure te kāinga, painga kōti kāinga me te i roto i te mekemeke, you have home ring advantage. I’m blessed to be fighting at home, a Au haamaitaihia ki te whawhai ano ahau.
“Te haere ki te kia tino whakaongaonga ki te whai i taku tamahine i toku whawhai mo te wa tuatahi. Ka waiho ia i te rawa paunatia-i roto i, na Au ahau oaoa e taea e ahau ki konei ki a ahau.
Pirika Diaz JR.
“Ahau i rite ki te faingamālie ko ko te pēhanga i runga i Lamont whawhai i roto i tona whenua. E kore ahau e ite i tetahi pēhanga e haere mai ana ki tona ake whenua.
“E kore ahau e ite tetahi pēhanga ki te pupuri hoki i aku record tūturu no te whakaakona ahau ki te riro. Ko te Olympics i te pēhanga tino ake kua ahau ite a ko reira toku kuhuna ano he toa, me te rite te tangata. Ko te kotahi o nui toku whakatutukitanga.
“I muri i tenei whawhai, E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakapau wā ki toku utuafare e kite Halloween mo te wa tuatahi i roto i te United States. E hihiri ki te taka ake toku tamariki me te oaoa vau ki te kai i te monamona e ahau.”
Prichard kopirua
“I ahau i te puni whakangungu nui i roto i Puerto Rico hoki e pā ana ki e wha ki te rima wiki. Ahau tata noa whawhai i roto i te Mahuru, ka ko ahau i roto i te huru nui. Tenei whawhai ko te whai wāhitanga nui hoki kia kite i ahau i runga i te pouaka whakaata motu.
“Ahau tonu te titiro mo te win. Titiro hoki taua 'W,’ e te pehea tatou mahi. Ki te ataahua i te knockout mai, Au e haere mai ahau i runga i te toru knockouts i roto i te rarangi. E rapu ana ahau ki te tāpiri i tetahi atu tetahi ki toku record.
“Te ia he hoariri nui. Te tūturu ia. E mohio ana ahau ki te ia hiakai. Kua fehangahangai ahau whawhai nui i roto i toku mahi i roto i te amateurs. No manukanuka te ia tika toa tetahi, me te mohio ahau haere ahau ki te hei i te tetahi ki toku ringa i ara i runga i Rāhoroi.
“E hiahia ana ahau ki te hanga i toku ake kāhua whawhai. Hiahia noa ahau ki te waiho ahau. A, no te ahau kamata toku mahi hiahia ahau ki te kia rite Tito Trinidad ko Hector Camacho Kaumātua. Te hunga i toku whawhai tino tipu ake, tena ko tenei e hiahia ana ahau ki te hanga i toku ake waitohu, me e te aha e haere ahau ki te mahi i i runga i Rāhoroi.
“Katoa i roto i te rohe mai ki EagleBank Arena Rāhoroi. Doors tuwhera i 1 p.m. a, ki te potaea ana te koe e hanga ai, rangi i roto i runga i NBC i 4 p.m.“
TERREL WILLIAMS
“Ahau rite ki te haere. This is a huge opportunity for me. I know I have a lot of support with my family, hoa me te pā i muri i ahau.
“I ahau i te mahi uaua i roto i mua o ahau. Prichard Ko te toa nui ake, me te haere mai tūturu, engari au e ahau rite.
“Ko te wero e kua moe tonu ahau tenei. I’m ready to rock and roll i runga i Rāhoroi.
Anthony Peterson
“Ko tōna wā whawhai. Āta koutou rangi i roto i. Te haere ki te waiho i te whakaatu nui.
“Mekemeke i DC tino ka mau te tahuri nui i roto i 2011 ka whana Lamont i roto i te uputa i mua, a whiua Amir Khan. Ko te he wikitoria nui mo te Headbangers me te wikitoria nui mo te pa. Boxing is definitely big in DC again with local fights in small venues and fights like we have Rāhoroi night at EagleBank Arena.
“Ite ahau rawa koi. Ahau rite ki te haere. I haven’t been this focused in a long time.
“Lamont he nui atu i te hoa pai. E kore e taea e ahau te whakamārama whakaahua reira ranei. Ahau na fiefia toku irāmutu kei te haere ki te haere mai mataara whawhai ia tatou mo te wa tuatahi. Te ia toku ngakau.”
ALANTEZ FOX
“Ko te he honore, me te haamaitairaa ki te hei i runga i te kāri rite Lamont me Anthony Peterson. Ko ratou mau aito oire e rua e matou i titiro atu katoa ki runga, ki roto i te tahi puka ranei tetahi.
“Ko ahau tonu konei ki te hoatu i runga i te whakaatu, engari ko te reira tonu te honore, me te haamaitairaa ia riro i runga i tenei kāri.”
Barry HUNTER, A Peterson Trainer
“Ko tenei ta tatou e rave. Kua whawhai kua he wahi o to tatou oraraa e kore hoki ahau e mohio ki tau e te tini o. E rite ahau ki te whakawhetai Pirika me tona kaiwhakangungu. Pirika Ko te tangata taitama pai. Haere mai ia ki te tuatapaparaa tupuna tino pai. I ahau i te whai wāhi ki te whakairi i roto i a ratou i roto i Florida e pā ana ki te tau e rua ranei i mua, ka tukinotia e ratou a matou ki te whakaute, me te aroha.
“Ehara te whawhai i te mea e rave tatou i whakatara tata rā ra katoa. Te reira i roto i te toto. Pērā i Rāhoroi, titiro whakamua matou ki te whawhai pai. E kore ahau e meinga e matapae, engari tona haere ki te waiho i te po nui mo DC, me he po nui mo te DMV.”
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