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Los Angeles – (March 13, 2015) – Tika i te āhua inä o tenei-whawhai mega, he a'ee tūmanakohia e ki te koloa'ia i roto i te aamu mekemeke, Floyd Mayweather a Manny Pacquiao i hoatu te maimoatanga kingi Wednesday i te amuiraa taurima press i Nokia Theatre i LA Live.
A glitzy, Hollywood–kāhua whāriki-rite whero ki taua o te tohu nui o Hollywood whakaatu-i hurihia i roto i ki te pōwhiri i te whawhai, me te utu whai wāhi ki te hau atu i te 700 credentialed media members from around the world. Among the formidable press core were dozens of television and radio crews and literally hundreds of newspaper columnists, kaituhi mekemeke, me te rongo, entertainment and sports reporters. Even the Goodyear Blimp flew above to mark the occasion as the top-two fighters of this generation, Mayweather a Pacquiao, haere mata-ki-kanohi mo te wa tuatahi i mua ki o ratou Welterweight hautoa taitara ao whakakotahitanga a'ee Rāhoroi, Kia 2, i te MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas.
Whakatairangatia ana e Mayweather Whakatairanga me Top Kapa Inc., the pay-per-view telecast will be co-produced and co-distributed by SHOWTIME PPV® a HBO Totongi-Per-Tiro® timata i 9:00 p.m. AND/ 6:00 p.m. PT.
Tenei e te aha kaiuru i Wednesday o press te amuiraa i ki te mea:
Floyd Mayweather
“Taea e tenei whawhai kua tupu te wa roa i mua, engari te reira i te wa e tika i teie nei. Ko te he matchup maere, e mohio ana ahau e kore e taea e te pā tatari mo tenei. Ko tika te wā, me te wā ko te inaianei.
“Te mutunga tatou i hanga tupu te reira. Nga mea katoa ko te pā ana ki te wā.
“Kahore he inoino ki (kaiwhakatairanga o mua) Bob Harumu, Ko ahau fiefia noa ki te hei toku rangatira ake i muri i nga tau o te mahi pakeke a fakatapui ahau ki te mekemeke me te ako hoki i te taha pakihi o te reira. Ki te wā, Ahau faifai i ki hei toku rangatira ake. Kāore he mau mana'o pakeke ki Bob Harumu i te katoa.
“Ko te tonu pai ki te kite i te whawhai pai te pai, e te aha te na tūmomo e pā ana ki tenei matchup.
“Whakaaro ahau e te whakaminenga tatou i muri i te poitūkohu game Miami Heat, te whakaminenga tetahi-i runga i-tetahi, Ite au e, e ko te take he aha tenei whawhai.
“Te reira i tino haere mai ki raro ki toku rōpū, me tona rōpū e noho ana ki raro, me te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero, fele whiwhi i runga i te whārangi kotahi.
“Kahore he tikanga o te awhina i hanga e te i te whawhai. Taku arotahi ko ora toku ora o ia rā, me te arotahi ki runga ki te mea i ahau ki te mahi i tika i runga i. E kore ahau e taea e ora toku ora mo te tetahi atu.
“Kua fehangahangai matou nga takatu runga katoa i roto i tenei hākinakina me kua mea patu nga takatu runga katoa. I muri i tenei whawhai, e whakapono ana ahau, ka riro ahau te wikitoria, reira ka neke matou ki runga ki ki tetahi atu taata.
“Kia 2 to tatou i te mahi uaua i mua i ahau. Manny Pacquaio Ko te toa pai, engari te wā whakamutunga i takina e ahau fehangahangai ahau waru southpaws, ka riro e waru nga wa, na e kore e ahau pe'ape'a.
“Koe pai whakapono e ka e ahau i roto i te runga hanga, me te kia i te pai Floyd Mayweather pea e taea e ahau.
“Ko te tonu nui ki te tiki hoki ki te pa nui o Las Vegas. Maama, kāmera, mahi. Ko te MGM Grand ko te hotera pai i runga i te whenua. Ko reira tonu toku whāinga ki te whawhai i reira. Ko te wā tuatahi i haere ahau ki reira mo te whawhai i i ahau 17, I kite ahau i James Toney me Roy Jones.
“Kua i ahau he mahi maere. Tīmata te reira katoa ki toku papa. Ki te kahore i reira hoki ia ia e kore e waiho e ahau te wahi e ahau i tenei ra. A, no te hoatu e koe nga mongamonga katoa ki te panga tahi, Ite noa ahau kia rite ki au e ahau i te wahi pokapū. I nga ra katoa i te whakaaro ahau e pā ana ki toku mahi e kore ahau e tatarahapa i tetahi mea. Ka haere matou ki raro i roto i te aamu rite etahi ki nga whawhai pai o, nga Mayweathers whawhai.
“Te ti'aturi nei au tutuki te whawhai te hype. Katoa e nehenehe ta tatou e rave rite whawhai, ko haere atu ki reira, ka te mahi, ka mahi i pai ta tatou e rave.
“E kahore ki te whakamatau ki runga ki ahau Kia 2. E mohio ana ahau e pā ana ki toku pūkenga, E mohio ana ahau ki te aha ahau e nehenehe e rave e matau ana ahau ki te mea kawe mai e ahau ki te takaro o te mekemeke. Kua manaakitia pono ahau ki te mea kua pakaru i nga lekooti katoa i roto i te mekemeke. Matau inaianei e kore e ahau e kite i tetahi toa ngā whawhati tetahi o taku pūkete.
“Whakaaro ahau e kāhua hanga whawhai, a ka whakaaro ahau e to tatou momo e rua rerekē hanga mo te whawhai whakaongaonga.
“He mōrearea Tetahi toa. A, no te fehangahangai ahau hoariri rerekē, Ka taea e feruri e ahau i te taata i roto i tonu. E mohio ana ahau ki te mea ia he pai te mahi a te mea e kore ia e mahi pai. Taku mahi, ko te ki te kitea i roto i te mea ia e mahi pai.
“Ki te ngaro te toa i mua i, Ko ngaro i roto i te hoki o tona ngakau. Hoki ahau, katoa kua mahia e ahau i roto i toku mahi ko te win, na toa he tonu i roto i toku ngakau.
“Kia pehea te nui te moni ahau hanga e ahau tino e kore ko toku arotahi. E kore e ahau au e ahau te wahi i tenei ra, ki te kahore i reira mo nga kaituhi katoa me putanga pāpāho. Te mauruuru nei au no te taata tata'itahi, ahakoa ko te reira i te aamu pai ranei, kōrero kino. Hoki 19 tau, i pupuri kimoutolu ahau e hāngai ana. Pera i te matara o te persona moni, Kua heria tino te reira iho. Ko ahau 'ātaahua Boy Floyd’ a ka haere mai ahau hoki rite Money Floyd '’ Mayweather. E mea katoa e pā ana ki reinventing koe. E hiahia ana ahau ki te hanga haumi atamai kia he OK toku mootua tonu.
” Tonu i ahau te rongoa ki te mahi i te mea i ahau ki te mahi i ki te haere mai i roto i runga i te runga.
“Au tino mohio toku papa he mahere kēmu nui i roto i reira kia haere tatou, ka rave i pai ta tatou e rave. Ko tatou mahere kēmu ki te kia atamai, kia mua, tango i to tatou wa, me te kia mahi i te mahi.
“Whakaaro ahau e Manny Pacquaio ko te toa rawa ngā. Ki te hoki a ia tiki ki te wahi, ko ia inaianei, te mahino i kua e ia ki te mahi i te tahi mea matau.
“Kia Kahore he tangata e tatari kua tae noa riro ahau 47-0 ki te bet ki runga ki ahau, kia Ua ratou i petipeti ki runga ki ahau i te timatanga.”
Manny Pacquiao:
“Ko ahau oaoa na i tenei whawhai kua hanga, a ka mohio ahau ki e pā mekemeke ite i te ara ano.
“I roto i te Miami korero matou e pā ana ki te whawhai, a ka mohio ahau e ko ahau te taha B, a ko ia te te taha.
“Whakapono ahau kua e tenei whawhai pai utu i te whanga. E mōhio ana ki a ia tatou rite whawhai atu te iwi, ara te iwi kahore e nei pā o te mekemeke e mohio e pā ana ki tenei whawhai.
“Te iwi Philipino katoa e haere ana ki te whanga ki tenei whawhai.
“Puni Training te pai haere. He tatou tino hari. Ahau e whakahōu ahau toku whakangungu ia ra i runga i toku Instagram.
“He pai ahau he i te underdog haere ki te whawhai. Ua riro te reira i te ia mai kua kua e ahau tetahi. Tenei wa a tawhio noa homai ki ahau, nui atu hihiri me ahau kia whakamatau e taea e ahau te riro.
“Ko te tino nui ki ahau, me te i roto i te hītori mekemeke tenei whawhai. E kore matou e hiahia ana ki te waiho i te tohu pātai i roto i te ngakau o te pā mekemeke. Vēkeveke kua pā Mekemeke kua ki te kite i tenei whawhai mo te rima tau. Kua tono ratou i te uiraa i taua, me te ki ahau, i te mutunga i tupu i te reira.
“E whawhai ahau no te mea mekemeke ko toku weriweri, Aroha ana ahau ki mekemeke. Kua taea e no te tauturu i to'u utuafare na roto i te mekemeke ahau.
“He tino oaoa mō tenei whawhai te iwi Philipino, e kore e taea e ahau tatari ki te kawe mai i te wikitoria ki te whenua.
“E kore ahau e hiahia ki te whakawa, engari ko ahau rawa māia e pā ana ki tenei whawhai. Ko ahau atu hohaa e pā ana ki toku whawhai ki [Oscar] De La Hoya, [Anthony] Margarito me [Miguel] Maoa, i te ahau ki te whawhai Floyd Mayweather.
“E manakohia ana i te pā, ko te mea tino nui ki ahau; E hiahia ana ahau ki te kia te oaoa ratou. Whiwhi ahau i te tahi taime i roto i te aronganui whakakai no te mea e hiahia ana noa ahau ki te kia te oaoa ratou.
“E kore ahau kia pehia ana e muri ki te mate i roto i te mekemeke. Ko te wāhanga o te kēmu, a kua tangohia e ahau i te parekura, a kua hanga e ahau he toa pai. Ko e pā ana te hanga koe ki runga, me te tahuri koe ki te toa pai.
“Ka riro ahau Kia 2.”
Leonard Ellerbe, CEO o Mayweather Whakatairanga:
“E ua oaoa roa matou ki te hītori i tenei ra i mana kauwhau i te whawhai nui i roto i te hītori o te mekemeke me tetahi o nga mau ohipa nui i roto i te hītori o hākinakina.
“E hiahia ana ahau ki te mohio ki te tūranga i Floyd, a Manny i roto i te hanga i tēnei whawhai. Ko te hui i ia ratou i roto i te Miami he taumata nui, me te pai fakafo'ituitui rite ahau ki te whakawhetai Floyd mō te hanga tupu te reira.
“Hanga Neke atu i te nga tau Floyd kua te MGM Grand tona fare, a kua haere ratou i runga, i tua atu ki te whakarite i te kounga o te rawa mo nga takahanga Floyd. Tenei ka Floyd o 11th whawhai karapīpiti i te MGM Grand me te 14th te wa e kua e ia whawhai ki reira i roto i tona mahi.
“Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Ko te whawhai nui i waenganui i te rua toa nui, e rua nga tangata nui. Kia 2 ka hei matakitakinga pērā tetahi mea e Las Vegas kua kite i te aroaro o.”
Bob Harumu, Kaiwhakatū me te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o te Kapa Top:
“Tīmata te reira i te Les Moonves [heamana o CBS] ka tae ki toku whare. Tirotirohia iho ahau e ia i runga i o taime ki te korero ki ahau, i te tokorua i hinaaro ia ki te hanga i tēnei whawhai tupu. Ua hinaaro ia ki te haere ki Manny ahau [Pacquiao] a aparau i ki a ia i te putea e pai kia manakohia.
“I matou kōrero auau. Ua ite au māia i haere i te reira ki te pa, no te Moonves e meatia nga mea katoa e taea e ia ki te kia tupu tenei.
“Ehara i te mea tae noa ki te kēmu poitūkohu i Miami te wahi i whakaaro e hiahia Floyd te whawhai Manny.
“Ko reira pea te whawhai uaua rawa ki te hanga e ua ahau i te wahi o te. Ka mau te reira e rima nga tau ki te hanga.
“Kotahi te mea he mārama; te reira i te whawhai nui o tenei rau tau.
“Kahore ahau e inoino ki Floyd Mayweather. Kua noho tonu Floyd he hoa pai; E kahore ki te mea e pā ana ki Floyd rite te tangata katoa e kino ahau.
“Aroha ana ahau ki Manny Pacquiao me Freddie Roach. A, no te Manny toa i runga i Kia 2, e au mohio e ia, Ka whai i ahau he nui o te utu mo te rua o ratou. Kua mahi e ratou i te mahi ki te hanga i tupu i te reira.
“Ko te tino pai te āhua o Floyd ki te whawhai i te toa ringa-matau. Ko te southpaws e kua whawhai ia i hoatu e ia ngā raruraru, me kua ara i runga ia, otiia e kore e nga southpaws whawhai ia i roto i te mua Manny Pacquiao.
“Tenei whawhai kei te haere ki te kawe hua rahi ki te katoa o Las Vegas. E Ua ahau kua hoatu i roto i te tūranga e wehingia ki te kua ahau e tamata ki te nuku i tēnei whawhai i roto i Las Vegas, rite ahau he noho. He pono, no te whawhai i roto i te Las Vegas. Mano me nga mano o ka ringihia ki Las Vegas iwi tika ki te waiho i te wahi o te scene. Tenei ka te hui nui i roto i te aamu o Las Vegas.”
Freddie Roach, A Pacquiao Trainer:
“Whakaaro ahau e Floyd he faingamālie pai o te patu Manny Pacquiao rima tau ki muri i te mahi ia i teie nei. Waewae o Floyd e inaianei atu pere me kua pakanga iho e ia i te moka rawa. Whakaaro ahau tatou e nehenehe te tango painga o taua.
“Floyd ta e te hinaaro nei ia ki te whakawhiti ki te whawhai ki te hanga i te reira i te whawhai whakaongaonga ake ake inaianei, otiia whakaaro ahau e kore e he pono e. E kore ia e tiaki e pā ana ki te pā i te katoa, me te anake te take ia ki te taui ko te ake no te mea e kore e tangohia e ia e ona waewae i roto i te whawhai.
“Ki te Floyd ki te whakawhiti ki a Manny Pacquiao whakaaro ahau e te pai mo tatou, me e te ahau whakaaro he aha e haere tatou ki te riro i tēnei whawhai.
“Whakaaro ahau e huri i tenei whawhai i te kēmu o te mekemeke.
“Ka karanga Manny ahau ake, ka korero ki ahau, e kore ia e taea e te whakangungu i roto i te Philippines no te mea te reira haurangi rawa ki nga pā katoa i reira, e kore e taea e ia te arotahi.
“I ahau i te tikanga i roto i te puni whakangungu i tenei wa, ki te kahore koutou e te hua i roto i te omaoma mo te whakangungu, ka kore e taea e koutou a tawhio noa. Ko te tino nui, me te rerekē i whawhai mua te rautaki o tenei whawhai. E kore e taea e tetahi tutei i roto i te omaoma tatou; Kei te mahi tika tatou i runga i te mahere kēmu, me te arotahi ki runga ki te mea kei te mahi i Floyd. E matau ana ahau ki te pehea Floyd whakatakoto ake iwi, me te hanga haere ratou ki matā.
“Ko te tino hihiri hoki tenei whawhai Manny. E koe ki te tango i Floyd i roto i o tona rohe te ti'aturiraa. E matau ana Manny nahea ia whiua ia. Ka hanga e matou te tere e tika ana i mua i tatou te patu ia.
“Hinaaro e ahau ki te whai i etahi kuao, whawhai ka ū mai hei hoa mākutu hoki Manny. He whawhai taitamariki i Chicago, Massachusetts a Finland e haere mai i roto i ki te tira ki a Manny. He mö tino mō te Manny ratou kāhua. Kia kia te patototanga ratou i roto i, ka tonoa e te kāinga, engari ka kite tatou i. Kua oti ake e ahau nga hoa katoa mākutu.
“Tatou mahere kēmu ko te ki te riro nga tawhio. Ki te whiwhi tatou i te knockout, ka e te he bonus tika. Ka tou ai Floyd ki te mana o Manny. Ko te te hape e ka meinga te tangata ki te southpaw. I ki te riro i te rauna tuatahi, me te tango Floyd i roto o tona rohe whakamarie matou.”
Richard Sturm, Te peresideni Entertainment & Sports MGM Resorts International:
“E oaoa roa matou mai e kua tenei whawhai ki te whaihua, me te e ka pupuri i te reira i MGM Grand. The resort is home to the biggest names in sports and entertainment and on Kia 2 we will host one of the greatest fights the sport will have ever seen.
“Neke atu i te nga tau, Kua tukinotia e rua Floyd, a Manny pā i roto i te MGM Grand Garden Arena me te hunga e whanga i runga i PPV ki te wheako whawhai oaoa. Ahakoa kua ratou whawhai o mua, kua tino whakaongaonga, we believe there is nothing that can compare to the spectacle these two champions will deliver on Kia 2.”
Ken Hershman, Te peresideni HBO Sports:
“Neke atu i te nga marama i muri mai, nga pā, Ka wahia iho āhuatanga katoa o tenei whawhai pundits me kaituhi.
“E hiahia ana ahau ki te titiro hoki a mauruuru e founga tatou ka i konei. Ko te 2001 ka hanga he kuao koati i roto i te Philippines ingoa Manny Pacquaio tona tuatahi HBO. Opuahia, te headliner o te whawhai, ko Floyd Mayweather. Hanga Floyd tona tuatahi HBO i roto i 1997 a mai i reira, kua whawhai ia ki runga ki HBO HBO PPV ranei 26 wa.
“Ahakoa kore i enei e rua faaite i te kāri ano i te aroaro o Kia 2, ratou kua ia haere i runga i ki te whai Hall o mahi Rongonui me kua riro nga whawhai nui e rua o ratou whakatupuranga. Kua headlined Floyd e iwa ngā hui PPV HBO me Manny 17 Ngā kaupapa HBO PPV. Te hunga 26 Kua whakaemi i runga i ngā kaupapa 21 miriona PPV hokona, me te piriona i runga i te tāra i roto i te moni.
“I Kia 2, Ka whai wāhi enei superstars e rua i roto i te mea e matau ana tatou katoa e te hui kotahi nui mekemeke o te wā katoa.
“Kei te hanga ano tatou i whakakake ki tetahi kia hītori ki runga ki Kia 2 ki Mayweather me Pacquiao.”
Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice te peresideni & Kaiwhakahaere General, SHOWTIME Sports:
“A, no te hainatia Floyd Mayweather tona mahi hītori ki SHOWTIME rua tau ki muri, i korero e rua nga mea e ia tatou: kotahi, e te whawhai ia atu pinepine me; e rua, ia o nga whawhai e ono i raro i tona mahi e riro i te nui taea mau ohipa ki te pai taea hoariri. Whakamua tere rua tau, Kua puritia a Floyd nga kupu o tana mau fafauraa.
“Na, mo te wa tuarua i roto i te rima tika whawhai ki a SHOWTIME, Kei te whawhai Floyd he hoariri e whakaaro he maha nga iwi e kore hiahia whawhai ia. Whakaturia SHOWTIME PPV me Floyd he record PPV ki te hui tuatahi i roto i te Mahuru 2013 a ka titiro tatou i mua ki tetahi atu mahi record-whawhati i runga i Kia 2.
“Kua whai wāhi SHOWTIME kua i roto i te tahi mau o nga mau ohipa PPV nui i roto i te hītori, tae atu Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson i roto i 2002 a Mayweather vs. Canelo [Alvarez] i roto i te 2013. Ko e kore o aua ngā kaupapa kua hangaia te momo o te whakaongaonga me te anaanatae i roto i te aro pāpāho e ōrite ana te tangi, kua e kua waihangatia tenei whawhai.
“Ko tenei te take i o tatou katoa i SHOWTIME me CBS kia whakakake e ki te kia mau mai i tahi tenei whawhai. Fiefia, whakakake, oaoa, te hunga Ko etahi o nga kupu pūtake rave rahi ki te whakaahua i to tatou mau mana'o no ni'ai tenei kaupapa, engari maereKo te kore e tetahi o ratou. Ka rite katia tatou i to tatou mahi ki a Floyd i roto i 2013, te whawhai Pacquiao ko te matua runga mo raua Floyd, a mo tatou.
“Mau taime atoa i te reira i te taime no te aparau i te hoariri Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao i nga wa katoa i runga i te rārangi nui o Floyd.
“Ka rite ki te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o CBS me te tahi maoro mekemeke, Leslie Moonves ko te kaikōkiri i tenei mahi, me te take tuatahi he aha i hanga tenei whawhai i.
“Ua ite tatou e Floyd ko te whakaaro tau kotahi toa i roto i te hākinakina, tatou ka matau ai Floyd ko te tino korero e pā ana ki kaipara i roto i te katoa o hākinakina, me te tahi ki Floyd Mayweather, Riro SHOWTIME kua te distributer PPV tau kotahi i roto i te pouaka whakaata. Titiro whakamua matou ki te whawhati atu lekooti, me te hanga atu hītori runga Kia 2.”
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