Joyce Thiab Stiverne Erupt Over 2017 Sparring Session Thaum kawg Xov Xwm Sib Tham Hauv London Rau Hnub Saturday Co-Feature Rau James DeGale vs. Chris Eubank Jr.
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LONDON - Lub Ob Hlis 20, 2019 - Undefeated heavyweight Joe Joyce thiab yav dhau los heavyweight ntiaj teb champion Bermane Stiverne suab tawm ntawm lub rooj sib tham zaum kawg rau hnub Wednesday rau lawv 12-round showdown uas qhib SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader hnub Saturday nyob rau SHOWTIME (3:45 p.m. ET/12:45 p.m. PT) los ntawm O2 hauv London.
Zoo siab (7-0, 7 Kos), Stiverne (25-3-1, 21 Kos) thiab lawv cov chaw pw hav zoov yuav tsum tau sib cais thaum lawv sib cav qhov tseeb nyob ib puag ncig ib 2017 sparring session hauv Las Vegas. Stiverne tab tom npaj rau nws lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2017 rematch nrog WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder thaum Joyce tab tom npaj rau nws qhov kev tshaj tawm tom qab kev ua haujlwm zoo nkauj zoo nkauj. Joyce thiab Stiverne tau cog lus tias yuav tshem tawm qhov tsis ntseeg nyob ib puag ncig ntawm kev sib tham sib tham hnub Saturday no.
A 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist, Joyce tsom mus txuas ntxiv nws qhov kev sib tw ncaws pob zoo tshaj plaws raws li tus kws tshaj lij thiab ntiv tes ze rau lub ntiaj teb lub npe txhaj tshuaj. Ib tug qub WBC Heavyweight World Champion, Stiverne vam tias yuav ua pov thawj tias nws tseem yog lub zog hauv pawg hnyav hnyav tom qab kev poob siab 2017 poob rau Wilder.
Hauv qhov kev tshwm sim tseem ceeb ntawm SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, yav dhau los ob lub sij hawm super Middleweight ntiaj teb tau zus ib James DeGale yuav ntsib-tawm nrog lub ntiaj teb no title challenger thiab British rival Chris Eubank Jr.. nyob rau hauv 12-round grudge match. Tus qub tub rog tshaj tawm xov xwm Brian Custer yuav tuav ob lub taub hau los ntawm London nrog ntau yam kev ntaus kis las kis las Mauro Ranallo hu xov tooj rau kev ua yeeb yam nrog rau Hall of Fame tus kws tshuaj ntsuam Al Bernstein. Peb Hall of Famers yuav nthuav tawm pab pawg tshaj tawm xov xwm - Emmy® puav pheej tus neeg sau xov xwm Jim Grey, boxing historian Steve Farhood ua unofficial ringside scorer, thiab lub ntiaj teb nto moo nplhaib tshaj tawm Jimmy Lennon Jr.
Nov yog yam uas cov neeg tua rog thiab lawv cov chaw pw hav zoov tau hais thaum hnub Wednesday lub rooj sib tham xov xwm ntawm Intercontinental ntawm O2.
Joe Joyfore:
"Kuv muaj ib lub yeej zoo heev nyob rau hauv Big Bear thiab kuv tau npaj mus thiab muab cov hniav rau Stiverne rau hmo Saturday..
"Berman Stiverne, sawv daws hwm nws, nws yog tus qub WBC tus yeej. Kuv muaj kev hwm rau nws rau kev sib ntaus sib tua no. Nws yog qhov kev sib ntaus zoo tshaj plaws tam sim no rau kuv qhov xwm txheej. Nws yog lub pob zeb zoo tshaj plaws rau kuv txoj haujlwm.
“Kuv yog tus thib tsib hauv WBA tam sim no, Kuv tsiv nrawm. Txhua qhov kev sib ntaus tau ua rau kuv los ze zog mus rau peb lub npe saum toj kawg nkaus hauv kev sib faib hnyav. Kuv tsuas yog yuav mus ua haujlwm hnyav hauv lub gym thiab yog tias txhua yam mus zoo kuv yuav rov qab mus kawm tom ntej sai sai. Xyoo no kuv yuav ua kev loj hlob.
“Nws yog plaub rounds [ntawm sparring] tab sis kuv xav tias qhov ntawd yog txhua yam nws tuaj yeem ua nyob rau theem ntawd. Nws hais tias nws coj kuv mus kawm ntawv tab sis kuv mus kawm ntawv qib siab, yog koj paub kuv txhais li cas. Thaum peb sparred nyob rau hauv nws lub camp nyob rau hauv Las Vegas nws yog me ntsis lethargic. Kuv tsis mob siab tiag tiag, txawm li cas los xij - lawv tuaj yeem tham txawm lawv xav tau tab sis peb yuav pom dab tsi tshwm sim rau hmo Saturday.
“Kuv paub tias kuv zoo npaum li cas thiab kuv tsuas yog xav qhia rau nej txhua tus xwb. Kuv zoo siab nrog Richard [Schaefer] muaj kev ntseeg rau kuv. Kuv tsuas yog yuav ua kuv txoj haujlwm thiab qhia tias kuv zoo npaum li cas.
“Nws mus txog qhov kawg ntawm nws txoj haujlwm. Nws xav kom kuv rov qab mus rau qhov sib tov, tab sis hmoov zoo rau nws. Kuv yuav zoo siab yog tias kuv ntaus nws ua ntej xya lossis yim puag ncig. Kuv yuav tsis yog Wilder. Kuv yuav tsis ntaus nws hauv qab ib puag ncig. Kuv tseem tsis tau muaj, tab sis kuv yuav thaum kawg.
“Qhov no yog ib kauj ruam rau kuv heev. Kuv muaj kuv ob lub qhov muag teem rau kev sib ntaus loj thiab nws yog cov kauj ruam yog rau kuv. Yuav kom ncaj ncees, Kuv xav tsis thoob tias nws lees txais qhov kev sib tw. Kuv xav tias nws ntseeg tias kev yeej ntawm kuv yuav pab nws rov qab tau nws txoj hauv kev ua tus hnyav hnyav. Nws yuav tsis ntaus kuv.
“Nws yuav sim tuaj rau hauv thiab sim coj kuv tawm thaum ntxov, tab sis nws yuav tsis muaj peev xwm. Kuv npaj txhij rau nws. Kuv ntseeg hais tias thaum kawg ntawm lub xyoo kuv lub npe yuav nyob rau hauv lub saum toj tsib heavyweights nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no.
“Lub Wilder sib ntaus, uas yog kev sib ntaus los ua rau yav tom ntej. Qhov ntawd yog kev sib ntaus zoo, Kuv nyiam WBC txoj siv sia. "
Kub Khob:
“Nws yog qhov zoo kom rov qab los. Kuv xav tias zoo. Kuv los npaj. Peb tuaj yeem tham txhua yam peb xav tau tam sim no tab sis qhov tseem ceeb yog dab tsi tshwm sim rau hmo Saturday. Kuv npaj. Kuv pab neeg tau paub tseeb txog qhov ntawd.
“Kuv tsis saib yav dhau los Joyce. Nov yog qhov kuv yuav tsum tau saib xyuas rau hnub Saturday. Kuv zoo npaj. Peb tuaj yeem tham txog yav tom ntej thaum lub lag luam raug saib xyuas.
“Muaj ntau zaj dab neeg txog peb cov sparring, tab sis nws tsis yog dab tsi nthuav heev. Nws yog ob peb tug, tej zaum plaub puag ncig. Tsis muaj dab tsi tham txog. Kuv tsis mus rau hauv qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua raws li kev sib ntaus sib tua uas peb muaj. Kuv yeej tsis tau saib tsis taus tus txiv neej no. Kuv tso ib daim duab thiab ua tsaug rau nws cov sparring.
"Zoo meej lawv tab tom noj qhov kev sib ntaus no raws li qhov tshwm sim hauv kev sib ntaus kawg nrog Wilder thiab kuv zoo siab. Lawv underestimating kuv. Peb tuaj yeem rov qab mus rau txhua hnub tab sis qhov ntawd tsis yog qhov tseem ceeb. Qhov tseem ceeb yog dab tsi tshwm sim rau hnub Saturday ntawm O2.
“Kuv yog ib tug stumbling block, tsis yog lub pob zeb stepping.
“Kuv zoo siab tias nws xav tias kuv nyob ntawm no ua tus saib xyuas lossis pob zeb. Kuv yeej tsis txhawj txog qhov ntawd. Lawv tsis tau hu kuv kawg - Kuv twb nyob hauv lub gym lawm. Txawm li cas los lawv saib kuv, Kuv npaj txhij. Kuv yuav qhia koj ib yam, lawv tsis ntes kuv nrog kuv lub ris. Kuv npaj txhij.
"Kuv yuav tau ntim nws los yog dai nws yog tias kuv tsis tau npaj. Kuv tuaj mus tua.
"Wilder ntaus kuv nrog sab tes xis hauv qhov kev sib tw thiab qhov ntawd yog nws. Koj yuav tsis pom qhov qub rau hnub Saturday. Qhov no yog kev sib ntaus zoo kawg nkaus rau kuv. Lawv coj kuv me ntsis thiab nws yog qhov yuam kev. "
ABEL SANCHEZ, Joyce tus kws qhia:
"Peb tau npaj rau Bermane uas tawm tsam Chris Arreola.
"Cov no yog hom kev sib ntaus uas yuav npaj peb rau cov neeg tseem ceeb tom qab xyoo no.
"Kuv tsis nrog Joe thaum nws sparring nrog Stiverne tshwm sim, tab sis yog tias nws tau txais ib tug txiv neej zoo li Stiverne cua sov, nws yuav tsum tau ib yam dab tsi.
“Peb xav tias nws tau npaj txhij rau kauj ruam tom ntej. Stiverne yog hom kev xeem uas peb yuav tsum tau mus dhau mus rau pem hauv ntej nrog nws txoj haujlwm.
"Joyce yog tej zaum yog tus neeg tua rog zoo nkauj tshaj plaws hauv UK. Nws ntse, ncaws pob heev thiab nws yuav yog ib tug quab yuam kom suav nrog ib yam li George Foreman yog.
"Nyob rau hauv lub heavyweight division ib tug punch tuaj yeem txhais cov txiaj ntsig ntawm kev sib ntaus yog li peb tab tom npaj rau tus txiv leej tub uas tawm tsam Deontay Wilder rau. 12 rounds, tus txiv neej uas kov yeej Arreola. "
CHARLES MOONEY, Stiverne lub tus kws qhia:
“Kuv coj Tony Thompson los tawm tsam David Nqe, uas lawv xav tias nws yog kev huam yuaj thiab peb tau khob nws tawm hauv qhov thib ob. Lawv xav tias nws yog fluke thiab lawv coj peb rov qab thiab peb nres nws dua. Kuv tsis yog tus tua neeg loj heev, tab sis kuv 2-0. Kuv tau tso tseg ib tus neeg ncaws pob Olympic bronze thiab tam sim no kuv yuav tsum tso tseg ib tus neeg ua yeeb yam nyiaj. Peb tab tom ua haujlwm peb txoj kev mus rau kub.
“Joe yuav tsum loj hlob me ntsis. Nws tsis npaj rau qhov no. Peb yuav ncaws lub nroog ntawd. Kuv xav, Kuv xav tias nws yuav tsum tau tos me ntsis. Nws yuav tsum tau taug txoj kev es tsis txhob sim dhia hla lub laj kab. Thaum lub tswb nrov peb yuav paub. "
Cai Richard Schaefer, Joyce's Promoter:
"Daim npav no yog keeb kwm thiab ib qho ntawm ntau daim npav ITV uas Al Haymon thiab PBC yuav coj mus rau UK. kiv cua.
"DeGale thiab Eubank yog ib tug 50/50 sib ntaus, tab sis qhov kev sib ntaus no yog mus nyiag hmo ntuj. Thaum kuv pom Stiverne taug kev mus rau hauv chav kuv paub tias nws txhais tau tias ua lag luam. Thaum Stiverne nyob rau hauv cov duab zoo kawg li nws yog ib tug txiv neej nyuaj heev los yeej.
"Kuv yuav ua ib daim ntawv ua siab tawv - Joe Joyce hnub no yog qhov hnyav tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb. Thaum kawg ntawm lub xyoo, nws yuav yog tus yeej hnyav hnyav ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Los ntawm xyoo tom ntej nws yuav npaj txhij mus rau Wilder, [Anthony] Yausua thiab [Tyson] Fury.
“Joyce yog ib tug neeg txawj ntse. Qhov no yuav yog qhov kev sim nyuaj heev. Peb xav pom qhov zoo tshaj plaws Stiverne vim Joe Joyce yuav hais lus. "
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