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Badou Jack & Lucian Bute Media Workout Quotes & Photos Ahead Of World Title Showdown On Saturday, April 30 Live on SHOWTIME® From the DC Armory in Washington, Enosmerno.
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Badou Jack vs. Lucian Bute Press Conference Quotes & Photos
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JAMES DEGALE LONDON MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES & PHOTOS AHEAD OF IBF SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT SHOWDOWN WITH ROGELIO MEDINA ON SATURDAY, April 30, LIVE ON SHOWTIME®
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DOUBLEHEADER OF SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE FIGHTS SET FOR SATURDAY, April 30 LIVE ON SHOWTIME® FROM THE DC ARMORY IN WASHINGTON, Enosmerno.
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AMAZING SHOWTIME SPORTS® SPRING, 2016 BOXING LINEUP
Caption: L-R (back row): Bute; Martin, Jack, DeGale, Russell Jr., Matere, Selby, Provodnikov, Quellar, Pedraza.
L-R (front row): Joshua, Thurman, Wilder, Nosite, Povetkin.
NEW YORK (Marec 11, 2016)-SHOWTIME Šport v petek announced seven live boxing telecasts over a 12-week span, a stacked lineup featuring nine world championship fights and 14 overall matches in boxing’s deepest and most exciting divisions.
The full slate of programming is free to SHOWTIME subscribers, and the presentation on CBS is the first Prime Time boxing event on CBS television network in decades.
Stephen Espinoza, Izvršni podpredsednik & General Manager of SHOWTIME Sports, also announced a summer blockbuster in the making.
“This is an incredibly exciting time in boxing, a time for emerging stars to make their mark, and for established champions to break through to the next level,” Espinoza said.
“This schedule features high level matchups with champions taking on the highest-rated contenders available, and top-ranked challengers facing one another. We are thrilled and grateful to the promoters and the fighters themselves who have worked with us these last few weeks to put together such an impressive lineup for SHOWTIME Boxing. It has to be one of the best we’ve ever assembled.
“We have seven live telecasts over a 12-week span that runs the gamut of our SHOWTIME boxing series. It includes nine world title fights, and that doesn’t count a great fight that’s just coming together today, as both Leo Santa Cruz and Carl Frampton have now agreed to a championship matchup to be scheduled for late summer.
“All of these events are free to SHOWTIME subscribers, in Junij 25 event is the first Prime Time boxing presentation on CBS television network in decades.
“Again, thanks to the fighters and promoters for not only making these great matches a reality, but for their cooperation in today’s major announcement.”
See below for details on the events that Espinoza, and the principals involved, are in the process of finalizing. Additional details on each individual event will be announced in the coming days.
Sobota, April 9 – SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL
Main Event: Charles Martin (23-0-1, 21 Kos) vs. Anthony Joshua (15-0, 15 Kos) – IBF Heavyweight World Title Championship
Co-feature: Lee Selby (22-1, 8 Kos) vs. Eric Hunter (21-3, 11 Kos) – IBF Featherweight Championship
Start Time: TBD
Kraj: The O2 – London
Promotor: Warriors Boxing & Matchroom Sport
Petek, April 15 - ShoBox: New Generation
Main Event: Nikolay Potapov (14-0, 6 Kos) vs. Stephon Young (14-0-2, 6 Kos) – 10-Rd Bantamweight Bout
Start Time: 10 p.m. IN/PT
Kraj: Turning Stone Casino – Verona, NY
Promotor: Salita Promocije
- Four-fight telecast featuring at least six undefeated fighters.
Sobota, April 16 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Gary Russell Jr. (26-1, 15 Kos) vs. Patrick Hyland (31-1, 15 Kos) – WBC Featherweight World Championship
Co-Feature: Jose Pedraza (21-0, 12 Kos) vs. Stephen Smith (23-1, 13 Kos) – IBF Super Featherweight World Championship
Start Time: 11 p.m. IN/8 p.m. PT
Kraj: Fox Theatre at Foxwoods Resort Casino
Promotor: DiBella Entertainment
- Featherweight world title fights in consecutive weeks.
- Gary Russell Jr. returns to make his first title defense
- Crucial Super Featherweight bout between defending champ Jose Pedraza and No. 1 challenger Stephen Smith.
Sobota, April 30 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Badou Jack (20-1-1, 12 Kos) vs. Lucian Bute (32-3, 25 Kos) – WBC Super Middleweight Championship
Co-Feature: James DeGale (22-1, 14 Kos) vs. Rogelio Medina (35-6, 29 Kos) – IBF Super Middleweight World Championship
Start Time: 10 p.m. IN/7 p.m. PT
Kraj: TBD
Promotor: Mayweather Promotions
- Former champ Bute, fresh off a great fight against DeGale, steps in to replace the injured Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
- Medina is the IBF’s mandated challenger for DeGale.
- The winners will meet in an immediate unification.
Targeting May 2016 – SHOWTIME PRVENSTVO BOKS – PENDING CONFIRMATION
Main Event: Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 Kos) vs. Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 Kos) – WBC Heavyweight World Championship
Start Time: TBD
Kraj: TBD
Sobota, Junij 11 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 Kos) vs. John Molina Jr. (28-6, 23 Kos) – 12-Rd Super Lightweight Bout
Start Time: 9 p.m. IN/6 p.m. PT
Kraj: Turning Stone Casino – Verona, NY
Promotor: Banner Promotions
- Induction Weekend for International Boxing Hall of Fame.
- Main event features two fighters involved in Fights of Year
Sobota, Junij 25 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS Presented by PBC
Main Event: Keith Thurman (26-0, 1 ND, 22 Kos) vs. Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 Kos) – WBA Welterweight World Championship
Co-Feature: Jezus Cuellar (28-1, 21 Kos) vs. Abner Mares (29-2-1, 15 Kos) – WBA (reg.) Featherweight World Championship
Start Time: TBD
Kraj: TBD
Promotor: DiBella Entertainment
- Thurman cleared to resume training after minor injury
- Three-division world champ Mares to now face Jesus Cuellar for featherweight title
Late-Summer 2016 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 Kos) vs. Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 Kos) – WBA (super) Featherweight World Championship
- Frampton the unified 122-pound titlist, will move up to face Santa Cruz for the WBA (super) Featherweight World Championship
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JAMES DEGALE brani SUPER srednji Naslov v Quebec Triler OVER Hometown FAVORITE LUCIAN Bute soboto SHOWTIME®
Eleider Alvarez zasluži Pravica soočiti WBC luč prvak
Adonis Stevenson, Kdo kliče Sergey Kovalev Za junija poenotenju
Adrian Granados Šok Undefeated Amir Imam Na SHO EXTREME
Catch The Replay Ta ponedeljek Na 10 p.m. IN/PT Na Showtime EXTREME
Kliknite TUKAJ Za prenos fotografij iz Amanda Westcott / Showtime
Quebec, Canada (Nov. 29, 2015) - James DeGale branil svojo IBF Super srednji Svetovno prvenstvo v trilerju nad hometown favorita in nekdanji prvak Lucian Bute v soboto v glavnem primeru Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP boks.
To je bil prvi naslov obramba za DeGale, the 2008 Olimpijske zlate medalje iz Velike Britanije, ki so odšli na poti do Bostona, da letos osvojiti naslov in se odločil za obrambo v sovražnem ozemlju.
Bute, ki je bil poskus za zmago nazaj IBF pas je branil devetkrat med 2007 in 2012, put on an inspired and gutsy performance in an electric atmosphere to open the new Videotron Centre in Quebec City. But the unbelievable pace, kakor tudi arzenal Zgornji pravic, body shots in combos iz mlajše DeGale (22-1, 14 Kos) izkazalo, da je razlika, kot so prevladovale DeGale 116-112, 117-111 (dvakrat).
"Jaz sem mlad in sem svež. Jaz sem dosegel najvišjo zdaj,” DeGale said. “I’m ready for the best in the world. Kredit Bute – on je velik šampion in verjemite mi, on bo nazaj. "
"Kot sem dejal v preteklosti, je svetovnega razreda borec. Še vedno imam stvari delati v naslednjih treh ali štirih letih, in bom, da bo po svojih najboljših močeh. "
Bute (32-3, 25 Kos) didn’t look anything like the fighter that lost to Carl Froch in 2012. But while the 35-year-old stalked the switch-hitting DeGale with a relentless attack, ni mogel narediti dovolj Premagati nadvse dejavno Brit, ki se je vrgel 524 moč udarcev v primerjavi s 278 za Bute.
“I think it was a great fight. I did my best tonight,” Bute said. “I think it was a close fight. He’s an Olympic champion, he’s a world champion. If the judges give him the decision I respect that. I’ll be back in the gym to work hard and continue to fight. I think it was a very close fight. I’m happy with my performance and I’ll be back in the gym to get back in the ring one more time.
“The last three years were difficult for me. After I lost to Carl Froch that was a very difficult period for me. I took a break, and now I’m back. Počutim se odlično, Počutim se zdravo in zdaj imam še eno priložnost, da se nazaj na vrh.
“Maybe a few rounds I waited too much and didn’t put the punches together and I let James fight me. When I pushed pressure and pushed back I won the round.”
V uvodnem dvoboju na Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP boks, Eleider Alvarez pridobil pravico, da se soočijo WBC Svetloba Težji svetovnega prvaka Adonis Stevensona s tesno večino odloči nad Isaac Chilemba, Med strelce 114-114, 118-110, 115-113.
Alvarez, uvrstila Ne. 2 ki ga WBC pri 175 funtov, začela hitro in žep krogov proti št. 1 ranked contender Chilemba. But Chilemba weathered the storm and fought his way back in the fight as Alvarez couldn’t keep up the pace he established in the earlier rounds.
Oba borci prišel ven z občutkom nujnosti v 12th in odločanje kitico in če bi Chilemba zmagal zadnji krog boja bi bili odločilo žrebanje.
"Vedel sem, da sem moral končati kasnejših krogih močne, vendar menim, da sem naredil dovolj za zmago v boju,” Alvarez said. “I’m ready to accept the challenge and face Stevenson. Da bo svetovni prvak, moraš premagati prvaka. Torej, to je tisto, kar sem namen narediti. "
Mark je trdil, da ALVAREZ, ki se bori iz bližnjega Montreal, je upravičenec do "odločitve hometown,"Čeprav Žreb je bil sodnik, ki je vladal boj lokalna in druga dva sta iz nevtralnih ozemljih.
"Mislil sem, da sem naredil dovolj, da je zmagal,” Chilemba said. “But it is what it is. Mislim, da ga lahko pokličete odločitev hometown. "
Po boju, Showtime Sports gostitelj Brian Custer sedel z Stevensona, da bi dobili svoje misli o Alvarez-Chilemba in njegovo prihodnost.
"To je bil tesen fizični boj,” Stevenson said. "On (Alvarez) zmagal ta boj, vendar je bilo zelo blizu. "
"Govorimo o Kovalev, ker WBC mu še vedno uvršča no. 1 bojevnik. Hočem ta boj, da se zgodi. The fans want it to happen. I said June is perfect for me. He said ‘OK, Junij,"Kathy Duva rekel" Ni problem, June.’ Then she said on HBO. Rekel sem, "Pozabite na televizorjih, let them talk.’ We want the fight to happen. Let the TVs work together and make it happen.
“I want to fight Kovalev. That’s the best opportunity for me because I want his titles. For sure, this fight will happen in June. I don’t have a problem; my team doesn’t have a problem. I want this fight in June.
Kovalev is scared. I talked to him, saw it in his eyes that he’s scared of me. It will happen, but I know Kovalev is scared. I want Kovalev. I’m very hungry to get his titles.”
Adrian Granados preživel prvi krog rasklapanje udarcem nepremagan super lahek možnih kupcih Amir imam v uvodnem izbruhu SHOWTIME BOKS NA Str EXTREME z osmem krogu TKO (2:34).
To je bil poraz za Imam, , ki je vstopila v boj kot št. 1 obvezno challenger na WBC Super lahki svetovni prvak Viktor Postol.
Imam looked like he was going to finish the fight early after a nice left-right combo floored the Chicago native. But after escaping the first, Granados narekovala tempo v boju, worked the inside and prevented Imam – considered one of boxing’s most talented young contenders – from establishing his jab. With Imam unable to keep the fight at a distance, Granados picked apart the Don King-promoted fighter. After seven rounds of punishment and Iman gasping for air against the ropes Granados finished his opponent with a series of devastating combo shots.
Vzneseno Granados (15-3-2, 10 Kos), ki ima izgube borci s kombiniranim zapis 49-0, sklicevala na svojo zadevo postala obvezna challenger.
"Mislim, da bi morala biti obvezna challenger,” Granados said. “He was in line and I stopped him. Kaj to pomeni? Come on. I was the underdog, vendar pa sem prišel, da ga vzamete. Prišel sem, da ga vzamete.
"To počuti odlično. Ko sem ga wobbled sem bil kot, "Imaš, da ga dobil zdaj. This time you’re not taking it from me.’ It was a flash knockdown. Zalotil z desno roko, vendar sem bil v redu. Pravkar sem izstrelil desno gor in vedel sem, da je bil tekoč poskusiti in konča me. Dobili smo iz njega in odšel nazaj na delo. "
Kljub Demoralizatorski izgubo, Imam (18-1, 15 Kos) ne žal vzeli boj, ki ga bo verjetno knock iz naslovne trditvi.
"Vem, da ljudje morda rekel, da ne bi smela sprejeti ta boj, vendar sem potreboval ta boj v med, kot na tune-up za moj naslednji boj, ker nisem hotel čakati na šest do osem mesecev za naslov svetovnega prvaka strel.
"Ključ za boj je bil moj jab, Pravkar sem ga ni uporabil dovolj,” Imam said. “But that’s the way it goes and I’m going to definitely come back stronger. I wasn’t thinking anything after that first-round knockdown. I’ve done that many times and didn’t think the fight was over. I wasn’t surprised at all by the way he came out. Vem, kako se bori. On je dober borec in da je vse, kar je z njo. "
V uvodnem izbruhu Showtime boks ON sho EXTREME, neporažen težka pričakovanje Oscar Rivas (18-0, 13 Kos) nokautiral veteran Joey Abell (31-9, 29 Kos) pri :46 drugega kroga.
Sobota SHOWTIME PRVENSTVO BOKS televizijska oddaja bo ponovno zraka naPonedeljek, Nov. 30 pri 10 p.m. IN/PT na Showtime EXTREME pa bo SHOWTIME BOKS NA SHO EXTREME ponovno zrak v sredo, Nov. 2 pri 10 p.m. ET / PT. Both telecasts will be available On Demand beginning to nedeljo.
Mauro Ranallo called the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING action with Hall of Fame analyst Al Bernstein and former world champion Paulie Malignaggi commentating and Jim Gray reporting. V španščini, Alejandro Luna called the blow-by-blow with former world champion Raul Marquez serving as color commentator. Barry Tompkins imenovano tožbo SHOWTIME EXTREME od ringu z boks zgodovinar Steve Farhood služi kot strokovni analitik.
The executive producer of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING is David Dinkins Jr. with Bob Dunphy directing.
AMIR Imam VS. ADRIAN GRANADOS, OSCAR RIVAS SHOWTIME BOKS NA SHO EXTREME novinarski konferenci quotes & FOTOGRAFIJE
SHOWTIME BOKS NA SHO EXTREME Live at 9 p.m. IN/PT
Od Vidjeotron center v Quebec, Canada
Kliknite TUKAJ Za fotografije iz Amanda Westcott / Showtime
Quebec, Canada (Nov. 26, 2015) - Undefeated WBC Ne. 1 uvrstila super lahek Amir Imam (18-0, 15 Kos) Adrian Granados (16-4-2, 11 Kos) soočajo off četrtek pred svojo 10-krogu dvoboj v soboto, Nov. 28, na Showtime boks na sho EXTREME.
SHOWTIME boks na SHO EXTREME televizijska oddaja se začne v živo na 9 p.m. IN/PT from the Vidéotron Centre in Quebec City prior to that evening’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast. V SHO EXTREME odpirač, nepremagan težka in nekdanji mednarodni amaterski zvezda Oscar Rivas (17-0, 12 Kos) se bo soočila Joey Abell (31-8, 29 Kos) v 10 krogu dvoboja z.
IBF Super Srednja kategorija svetovni prvak James DeGale (21-1, 14 Kos) bo branil njegov pas proti nekdanji 168-funt šampion Lucian Bute (32-2, 25 Kos) v glavnem primeru Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP boks v živo na Showtime®(11 p.m. IN/PT). V sodelovanju funkcijo, WBC je Ne. 1-ranked 175-pound fighterIsaac Chilemba (24-2-2, 10 Kos) bo kvadratni off s št. 2-ranked Eleider Alvarez (18-0, 10 Kos) v svetlo težka svetovni naslov eliminatorja za pravico do soočili WBC prvaka Adonis Stevensona.
Tukaj je, kaj se udeleženci SHO EXTREME imel za povedati četrtek:
AMIR IMAM
"Vem, da sem tvegati ob ta boj, vendar grem, da izkoristijo to. Res ne potrebujem počitek, saj sem v telovadnici nekako. Torej, kaj je pravkar dobil ta boj s poti in bom samo počakati na naslov svetovnega boja.
"Ne čutim pritiska. Vem, kaj sem skočil v, ko sem prišel v to profesionalno boks igre, in imam dobro ekipo okrog mene. Smo tesen krog in zelo močna, in ko pridejo možnosti, Bom pripravljen, da izkoristijo to.
"Ljudje govorijo o meni želijo boriti Errol Spence in dobili maščevanje (na zadnjem U.S. Olimpijski izguba boks poskusi). Nimam maščevanje v mojih mislih. Mislim, bi jo lahko vsekakor treba storiti, ko sem premakniti navzgor razred teže, ampak zdaj sem osredotočen na 140 funtov title shot. Rad bi, da je naslovno strel v zgodnji 2016 proti (Sedanji WBC svetovni prvak) Viktor Postol.
»(Postol) je dober borec in je dobil naziv z razlogom, vendar pa ne more skriti in traja predolgo in moj čas prihaja naslednje leto. Dobiš eno obrambo, nato pa se je vse me. To je vse, kar mladi mojster. "
ADRIAN GRANADOS
"Jaz bi rekel, da je to največji boj moje kariere. To se dogaja, da je velik boj in sem veseli, da veliko noč.
»(Imam je) dobil veliko orodij in on je zelo nadarjen. Bomo ga vzemite krog, ki ga krog in prilagoditve, kot je boj gre.
"Sem dobro poskočila. Nisem zadovoljen z načinom, kako moja kariera je šla in je imela veliko slabih odločitev in težav pri upravljanju. Nisem bil prinesel, kot je bil moj nasprotnik. Ampak mi je pomagal raste nekaj debelo kožo in atribute, zakaj sem danes tukaj.
"Sem se soočajo s težkimi borci prej in to ni prvič, da sem bil underdog. Bom pull off te motnje.
"Iščem šokirati svet boks v soboto noč. "
OSCAR RIVAS
"Moja moč je moja hitrost in način, kako sem se izvaja pritisk na mojega nasprotnika. Torej grem po (Abell) in bo dal veliko pritiska na njega, dokler ne pade.
"Tako sem navdušena in vzneseno spet boriti na velikem odru. Boril sem se na ShoBox V mojem zadnjem boju in bilo je neverjetno. To je tako pomembno, da sem se videl, da bom lahko izpolnila svoje sanje in se v vrhu 10 v mojem delitvi.
"To je največji boj v moji karieri in največja priložnost, ki sem jih kdaj imela. Hočem, da poskrbite, da sem ga zgrabi in videti spektakularno. "
Stacy McKinley, Vodja in trener imam za
"Ne morem najti ničesar, moramo delati na. Amir je močan in tehnično učinkovitega in on postaja je bolj izkušeni vsakič, ko se bori proti. On je uničujoč luknjačem. On je celotni paket, in da je zelo težko najti. Ne pridejo okoli prepogosto.
"Jaz ga želite boriti Adrien Broner prihodnje leto. Želel bi boj proti vsem fantje in poenotiti vse naslove v naslednjem letu. Boks se dogaja, da potrebujemo nov zvezdnik zdaj, ko je Floyd Mayweather šla, in ne bomo počakati 15 let, da bi še enega. Mislim, Amir združuje vse naslove na 140 in 147, potem bi imeli naši novi zvezdnik v 36 mesecev.
"On je uporabil svojo udarec za zmago v soboto. Ima čudovit udarec, Najbolj JAB v boksu. In vse, kar je prišel tik za njo. "
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JAMES DeGALE VS. LUCIAN BUTE, Eleider Alvarez vs.. ISAAC CHILEMBA Osrednji dogodek Tiskovna konferenca quotes & FOTOGRAFIJE
"Mislijo, da se dogaja, da je boks tekmo, vendar bo to uničenje.
It will be explosive. Three rounds – place your bets. Trust me.”
- James DeGale
"Imam moč, da ga knock out in spretnosti, da bi ga BOX.
Jaz sem samo pripravljeni, da ponovno postane svetovni prvak. "
- Lucian Bute
Kliknite TUKAJ Za fotografije iz Amanda Westcott / Showtime
SHOWTIME PRVENSTVO BOKS® To Sobota, Nov. 28,
Živo Na Showtime® pri 11 p.m. IN/PT
Od Vidjeotron center v Quebec, Canada
SHOWTIME BOKS NA SHO EXTREME Live at 9 p.m. IN/PT
Quebec, Canada (Nov. 25, 2015) - Pogumno napovedujejo vsaj šesto-round konča proti hometown najljubši Lucian Bute, samozavestni James DeGale držal IBF Super Srednja kategorija Svetovno prvenstvo pas visoko nad glavo, v glavnem novinarski dogodek konference vnaprej sobotnega SHOWTIME PRVENSTVO boks dogodek.
"Gonna šest krogov, vendar je lahko tri,” DeGale repeated over and over as the fighters concluded their final shots for a packed room of media members on Wednesday at the Le Bonne Entente Hotel. DeGale (21-1, 14 Kos), iz Londona, Anglija, brani proti priljubljeni bivši 168-funt svetovni prvak Bute (32-2, 25 Kos), Montreal, to soboto od centra Videotron v Quebec, živijo na Showtime na 11 p.m. ET / PT.
Also participating in the press conference were the two top ranked light heavyweights facing off in the co-feature. WBC’s No. 1-uvrstila 175-kilogramskega borecIsaac Mark (24-2-2, 10 Kos), Montreal, izpolnjuje neporažen, Ne. 2-rankedEleider Alvarez (18-0, 10 Kos), od Johannesburga, Južna Afrika, v svetlo težji naslov svetovnega eliminatorja. Zmagovalec zasluži pravico, da postanejo obvezne izzivalec za WBC Svetloba Težji svetovni prvak Adonis Stevenson, ki se pričakuje, da bo udeležba v soboto zvečer.
OPOMBA: Nov nasprotnik je bil objavljen v sredo, za težjega Oscar Rivas (17-0, 12 Kos), Montreal. Joey Abell (31-8, 29 Kos), od Champlin, Od., will square off with the undefeated heavyweight in the 10-round opening bout of SHOWTIME BOXING on SHO EXTREME.
Tukaj je tisto, kar so udeleženci SHOWTIME PRVENSTVO BOXING imel za povedati v sredo:
JAMES DeGALE
“It’s on – fight time is finally here. I feel like a beast.
"Mislijo, da se dogaja, da je boks tekmo, vendar bo to uničenje. It will be explosive. Three rounds – place your bets. Verjemi mi.
"Borili sem najboljšo super srednji Ljevak tam v Andre Dirrell in poglej, kaj sem naredil z njim. Once he feels my power that will be it. I’m going to start fast and throw loads of punches.
"Sem ga gledal proti Carl Froch, ga gledal proti (Znebiti) Andrade. He’s great in the center of the ring, but I’m not going to stand there. It won’t be a chess match. I’ll start fast and we’ll see how he takes it.
"Carl mu izpostavljeni, in ga bom končal. But I don’t care about Carl Froch – he’s old. I’m the new champion. If he wants this belt, bo moral priti priti.
“I’m an old school fighter – I don’t mind travelling to fight in my opponents’ hometown.
"Bil je velik šampion, ki se je boril nekaj odličnih borcev, da bi moral dobiti sloves, ko sem ga premagal."
LUCIAN BUTE
“It’s a great opportunity to fight for my old belt in front of my hometown fans. I think they’ll push me toward the victory. I’m looking forward to becoming world champion again.
"Mislim, da je najbolje super srednji na svetu zdaj, vendar sem zelo prepričan v sebi.
“I had a great camp. I’m just ready to become world champion again.
"Jaz sem zdrav, I feel great physically. I have the power to knock him out and the skills to box him.
"Zdaj imam priložnost, da ponovno prevzame svoj pas proti drugemu angleški borec."
JIM McDonnell, DeGale je Trainer
"Poskušal sem, da pridejo nazaj, in to, kar je Lucian storiti in to ni enostavno. Tune v soboto zvečer, ker tisto, kar imam, je posebna, in boste uživali kar vidite.
“It’s tough to win your world title back. I respect Lucian for trying, ampak James je svetovno borec. On je pripravljen na vse. "
HOWARD GRANT, Bute je Trainer
“We did everything we had to do. Lucian is 100 percent prepared to surprise everyone on Saturday. Lucian knows what wearing that belt is all about – he wore it for about five years and he’s coming on Saturday to take it back to where it belongs.”
ELEIDER ALVAREZ
"To je moja priložnost zdaj. Jaz sem lačen in sem naredil vse, kar sem moral storiti, da bi imeli čim tabor za ta boj. Jaz sem se sooča z zelo inteligentno boksar, ki je tehnično odlično. Ampak sem vedno dejal, da če mi ne soočajo najboljši, potem bom ostal navaden boksarja. Torej se moram soočiti najboljše, da je najboljši.
"Ko sem se zbudil v nedeljo zjutraj, Grem, da je obvezna izzivalec za naslov. "
Mark ISAAC
"Imel sem veliko taborišče v Burbank, Kaliforniji., tam usposabljanje za šest ali sedem tednov. Mislim, da bi morali imeti strel na Stevenson, in, če je to tisto, kar je potrebno, da tja bom naredil vse, kar je mogoče, da se je zgodilo. Jaz sem se za izziv.
"Borim dober borec in on je neporažen z razlogom. Ampak jaz sem tukaj, da dokažem, da sem najboljša svetloba težki kategoriji na svetu. Bom dal na dober šov v soboto zvečer in vsi bodo videli.
"Imam veliko poskusov v mojem življenju, ampak mislim, da je tisto, kar me naredi močnejše in mi je dala, kar sem danes. Ne gledam nazaj, o tem, kaj se je zgodilo in cenim to, kar je življenje mi dal.
“He is a great fighter and I know it won’t be an easy fight. But I’ve put in the work and I’m ready.”
MARC RAMSAY, Alvarez je Trainer
"To je glavni lig zdaj. Ta dva sta najboljši luči heavyweights na svetu. Sem imel priložnost delati z Izakom, ker je sparred v Montrealu Artur Beterbiev za dva tedna. Zato sem ga dobro poznam. On je zelo popolna in kompleksen boxer. Ampak sem polno zaupam moj borec za zmago ta boj. To je njegova priložnost. "
BUDDY McGIRT, Mark'S Trainer
"Hočem reči, da je super, da se del tega dogodka. G. DeGale je prvak in bo prišel k g. Bute je država, boj proti njim. To je tisto, kar potrebuje boks. Potrebuje več borb, kot je ta, da ostane v porastu.
"Kolikor naš boj gre z gospodom. Alvarez, Verjamem, da je poleg (Sergey) Kovalev, ta dva sta najboljši luči heavyweights na svetu. In mislim, da bi moral biti boj za naslov in ni Eliminator, da vidite, ki se bori za prvaka. "
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