മാർക്ക് ഓര്വീലിയന്
ശരി. Welcome to the Daniel Jacobs/Sergio Mora conference call. The rematch will take place വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച രാത്രി, September 9th, at the Santander Arena in Reading, പെൻസിൽവാനിയ, and live on Spike TV. It’s a championship double header, a great show that will also feature the IBF lightweight championship of the world between undefeated Robert Easter and undefeated Richard Commey of Accra, ഘാന. The show is promoted by Kings Boxing. And to make some opening statements, the President of Kings Boxing Mr. മാർഷൽ Kauffman. Marshall?
മാർഷൽ Kauffman
ഹലോ, എല്ലാവരും. It’s a pleasure to be able to host such an exciting fight comeSeptember 9th. I’m looking forward to fireworks between both these–with both of these bouts. You have–with Richard Commey and Robert Easter, ജൂനിയർ, and of course, Daniel Jacobs and Sergio Mora, it’s going to be an exciting night. ഞാൻ ശരിക്കും അത് ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു. And the [അവസ്ഥയിലേക്കാണ്] town of Reading as well is really excited about such a big event coming to our town.
Abrams
കിണറ്, we’ll start with Robert Easter–would like to make an opening comment.
റോബർട്ട് ഈസ്റ്റർ
ഹേയ്, I’ll all very excited to come to Reading, പി.എ., and fight for the IBF world title. പതീക്ഷയോടെ, Richard Commey will bring his A game to the table because I’m definitely bringing my A-plus game to the table.
Abrams
പിന്നെ, റിച്ചാർഡ്, would you like to make an opening statement?
Richard Commey
ഓ, ഹേയ്, I’m very excited to have this opportunity to fight for the IBF lightweight world title. I’ve worked so hard to get this opportunity. And I know Robert Easter, ജൂനിയർ, has also. അതുപോലെ, അത് ഒരു വലിയ പോരാട്ടം പോകുന്ന.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
റോബർട്ട്, അടിസ്ഥാനപരമായി, he hasn’t faced anyone with your height, എത്തിച്ചേരുക, ശക്തി, and speed. Is that accurate? Can you give an assessment of your thoughts on that?
ഈസ്റ്റർ
അതെ, ചെയ്യരുത്, he hasn’t faced anyone like me and my agility, my power, my length, my reach. He hasn’t faced a guy like me. അതുപോലെ, that’s where I come in and take over this fight.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
മറുവശത്ത്, who would you say that you have faced that is either comparable or better than him in ways that you think he need–he would need to be able to compete against you?
ഈസ്റ്റർ
ഇത് ഇങ്ങനെയായിരുന്നു–Mendez, he was a speedy, speedy guy, ഉപവാസം, and could move a lot. പക്ഷേ, what I’m hearing, Commey brings pressure I guess. That’s probably the only thing Mendez didn’t have. He came–he definitely came to fight, ആയാലും, but he was a speedy guy, a slick guy, to move his hands.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
I guess the last question, is there anything that is different or unique about Richard that you haven’t seen in an actual fight? I know you’ve been in sparring with guys like [ബൗണ്ടറി പീറ്റേഴ്സൺ] ഒപ്പം ആന്റണി പീറ്റേഴ്സണ്, അഡ്രിയാൻ ബ്രോണർ, guys like that. പക്ഷേ, in an actual fight, is there anything about him that you respect to the level that you’re really going to have to be on your P’s and Q’s about?
ഈസ്റ്റർ
Every opponent you step in the ring with you have to respect. പക്ഷേ, it’s nothing unique I see coming from him. It’s nothing I haven’t seen or faced. അതുപോലെ, like I said, this should be a walk in the park for me, and I say that with confidence.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
ശരി. റിച്ചാർഡ്, I wonder what tradition you know when you talk about Azumah Nelson Have you talked to any of those guys or heard from any of those guys ?
Commey
അതെ. And I’m going to use the advice Azumah gave me over the last few weeks here in Ghana.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
റിച്ചാർഡ്, how does Robert stack up to left hander went the distance with both those guys. Have you seen anything like what you’re going to see out of Robert in terms of reach and–?
Commey
I’ve inspired a lot of people with a lot of heart. I need this opportunity. His height really won’t matter. I’m coming there to win and that’s what I’m coming to do.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
The last question, what do you think you’ve–that he hasn’t fought anyone like? What do you think is unique about you that he hasn’t seen before?
Commey
കിണറ്, I’m a tall guy. And no matter what he does, I can win. എനിക്ക് ശക്തമായ സുഖമാണ്. And I can take punches and I can punch as well. I can do all that. If he can’t–he will lose. I respect the height and his reach and his skills as a boxer.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
I’ll start with you, ഈസ്റ്റർ. Welcome to the fight, and good luck to you. You mentioned that you’re ready, and Commey has not fought anybody of your caliber. പക്ഷേ, if you look at both records, you guys are both undefeated with a nice double figure of knockouts. And he’s already a champion is his country and all that. ഇപ്പോള്, and you are an ex-Olympian. Are you telling me, or as I understand, that you’re minimizing what he has, taking in consideration that he is undefeated, just like you, and somebody’s always got to go? അതുപോലെ, what do you–how do you assess that?
ഈസ്റ്റർ
Seeing the few rounds I did watch is the skills, and I wouldn’t say they were that good, but he–like I said, he’s just very strong. അവൻ ബലമേറിയതാണ് പറയുന്നു. പക്ഷേ, you’re only strong to somebody you can hit.
When you got to–boxing out there, like me, I’m using my rank, my length, and what I’m throwing [can be] hard as well, how you going to be able to get past that? അതുപോലെ, like I said, the skills are not much there. പക്ഷേ, I don’t like to get hit that much. I won’t get hit that much. അതുപോലെ, I’m going to take all that away, and then whatever he’s bringing and adjust to have him adjust to me. Once I get him in my game plan, the fight is going to go my way the whole few rounds it’s going to last.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
Do you feel that your Olympic experience is an advantage over him because, എല്ലാത്തിനുമുപരി, when you get to the high heights of Olympic experience and international amateur fighting, you’re almost like a pro? It’s almost like stepping into the living room when you turn pro. അതുപോലെ, that has–you have an edge on that?
ഈസ്റ്റർ
I wouldn’t pretty much focus on the amateur side because the transition from the amateur to pro is way different. You know patience.So, I’ll transition pretty quickly like Lamont Peterson, അന്തോണി പീറ്റേഴ്സൺ, Adrien Broner, guys like that..
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
Are you hoping to–just to name two guys to follow the tradition of African champions, like Ike Quartey and the great Azumah Nelson, to bring another title back to Africa? Is this what–not only to win, തീർച്ചയായും, but is–this is your direction, your crusade, when you were saying that, “അവസാനമായി, I got a chance at a world title,” and your heart of hearts, this is what you want to do, to bring another title to Africa?
Commey
അതെ, that’s exactly what I want to do. നിങ്ങൾ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ, the likes of Ike Quartey, Azumah Nelson, to bring a championship back to my country.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
Knowing that this is for the vacant IBF world title, തീർച്ചയായും, what have you–without giving out trade secrets, what have you done in camp to–different or with a high acceleration to make sure that your hand is raised in victory over Easter?
Commey
കിണറ്, തീർച്ചയായും, I spar a lot of big guys like Joshua Clottey, and I have the kind of power to excel in the gym and on fight night. I want to follow the tradition of Ghanaian boxing. അതുപോലെ, I’m coming there to make sure, once I get my game plan underway, then I’ll victorious.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
Do you run at all the risk of being a little overconfident against another opponent who is also undefeated and has traveled all over, fought a lot of different type of fighters in all different countries and certainly has no fear of coming here? Are you a little overconfident in those remarks?
ഈസ്റ്റർ
ചെയ്യരുത്, not at all. ഒരിക്കലുമില്ല. I believe in my skill. And I know what I’ll come and do, just like my last fight and fight before that and a few fights before that. Once I got my game plan, when I come in the ring, I know how to make the fighter try to adjust to me. Once I get a fighter try and adjust to me, then the fight is already won.
The skills, you can see the skills, mine and his. He’s a straight coming-forth fighter, try to hard punch and all that. പക്ഷേ, when got boxing and you can punch as well and you can move, don’t matter. It speaks for itself.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
അതുപോലെ, how surprised were you that Barthelemy did give up the title and that you ended up getting this title shot? Seems to me probably about maybe around a year or so or at least in the IBF 9 അഥവാ 10 months sooner than maybe you had expected.
ഈസ്റ്റർ
I knew after the Mendez fight I was going to have a big fight coming up. അതുപോലെ, either way, I was going to train like it was a championship fight, like I do always. അതുപോലെ, it is surprising that it came up this soon.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
Do you think, when you face him, you’re going to have to use your height and length and box him because you mentioned how aggressive he is, or is this going to be similar to Argenis Mendez, where you can drop that big shot at any moment and knock the guy out?
ഈസ്റ്റർ
ഹേയ്, I’m going to and I will have to box. That’s the plan for every opponent I fight. I box and use my length. അതുപോലെ, as long as I do that and see a weakness–wherever I see a weakness, that’s when I go for it.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
I count six different countries that you’ve fought in between your home country, യുണൈറ്റഡ് സ്റ്റേറ്റ്സ്, throughout Europe. Can you talk about what that experience has done in terms of giving you confidence to come again to the United States and take on an American fighter in a pretty significant fight for a world title?
Commey
നിങ്ങൾ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ, I’ve been fighting all over the world. I’m very comfortable fighting in the U.S. I don’t really think about where I’m going to fight, just do my best, and whatever happens, I take it because, ഒരു ബോക്സർ ആയി, I need to prepare. I need to be ready to go wherever to fight. I’m ready to go anywhere to fight to so wherever I go as a boxer. അതുപോലെ, I’m all good
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
റിച്ചാർഡ്, can you just give me your opinion about the kind of fighter and what you think about the style of Robert Easter, if you’ve seen him fight?
Commey
What I’ve seen of him, I know he’s a great boxer, a skilled boxer, and he tries to move a lot. പക്ഷേ, likewise, ഞാൻ ബോക്സ് കഴിയും. I can come forward. അതുപോലെ, on the night of the fight, തീർച്ചയായും, I know what I’m going to do.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
Did you have a preference of fighting Barthelemy, who was the reigning champion, or taking on another undefeated fighter for the vacant title, or did it not make a difference to you?
Commey
കിണറ്, at the end of the day, that’s you want. Once you got a chance to fight for it, whatever comes, it doesn’t really matter who you’re supposed to fight. It’s the title I want. അതുപോലെ, for me, I don’t really feel much disappointed. I’m there to fight for the title. That’s what I want. അതുപോലെ, I’m not disappointed. It’s all good as I’m really looking forward for the title. And once I’m fighting for the title, I don’t mind.
Abrams
ശരി. We’re going to wrap up this part of the call. I know we’ve got–Sergio is on the line. And I think Daniel will be on the line in a second. Just a quick final comment from both, we’ll start with Robert.
ഈസ്റ്റർ
Just be ready September 9th. I’ll come bring a lot of fireworks and a lot of action and another short bout, September 9th, and will be the IBF champion.
Commey
Come on the 9സെപ്റ്റംബർ ആം. I’m coming to put my life on the line. And I’m going to be the world champion, IBF lightweight world champion.
Abrams
നന്ദി, സഞ്ചി. We’ll see you in Reading September 9th. പിന്നെ, Danielle, I think we’re ready now with the–I believe Sergio is on the line. I know Daniel going to be in, in a second. ഞാൻ ഊഹിക്കുന്നു, while we wait for Daniel, Marshall, I don’t know if you want to introduce Sergio?
കോഫ്മാൻ
സെർജിയോ മാര, a very exciting fighter. His last fight was fireworks. And I’m looking forward to fireworks once again. Danny Jacobs dropped him first, and Sergio came back and took advantage of Danny’s mistakes. And then the third knockdown was something that’s still a question mark, whether it was from a knockdown or a twisted ankle. അതുപോലെ, there are question marks–there are questions that are left to be spoken for. And I believe Sergio is in shape. And we’ll see, അതുപോലെ September 9th. How about it, സെർജിയോ?
സെർജിയോ മാര
It was no knockdown. I always–I’m the one getting punched, വഴി. അതുപോലെ, I didn’t feel the punch, and it was definitely just me twisting my ankle. It was Jacobs pushing me down as well. ഹേയ്, the referee kept warning Jacobs also that he was pushing me down with his elbow. I normally go down low like that. അതുപോലെ, it’s not the first time it happened. അതുപോലെ, it’s a mix of a lot of things. പക്ഷേ, it wasn’t a punch to knock me down. It was all my ankle. And if was a punch, then why didn’t I stay down? I was up at the count of two or three on one foot. അതുപോലെ, it definitely wasn’t a punch.
Abrams
And I believe the WBA middleweight champion Daniel Jacob on the line. ദാനീയേൽ, you want opening statements and maybe a response to that?
ഡാനിയൽ ജേക്കബ്
കിണറ്, I came in briefly. And from what I hear, he’s saying that that last shot wasn’t a punch that put him down. I don’t know what my eyes were seeing, or I don’t know what my fists felt, but in my opinion, and I think, if you clearly go to the video, the replay, it was a punch that put him down. It was the uppercut that started–which had him back–withdraw and back up. And then it was the overhand right that put him down. അതുപോലെ–.
മാര
The overhand right grazed the back of my head. ഹേയ്, the overhand right grazed the back of my head, but my ankle was already twisted. It was a tricky shot.
ജേക്കബ്
It could be a graze. It could be whatever you want to say it could be, but it put you down. Listen, let me give my opening statement, please. I just got on the line.
മാര
പക്ഷേ, it didn’t keep me down. If I was hurt, –I wouldn’t have gotten up.
ജേക്കബ്
ശരി. Allow me to have my opening statement, സെർജിയോ, please. I just got on the line, brother. Show some respect. I just got on the line. അതുപോലെ, my opening statement, മഹതികളെ മാന്യന്മാരെ, it is the honor to be back into the ring. I’ve been out for quite some time. The reason we’ve actually been out for so long was because we were trying to get a better opportunity at fighting B.J. ഇറക്കി. സ്പഷ്ടമായി, that fight took a little longer than anticipated. And this is the reason why this fight is happening. It isn’t because I’ve been avoiding Sergio Mora. I just understand that this fight for my career at this particular point isn’t really going to do anything for me. It’s more going to do anything–more for Sergio than it would do for me. പക്ഷേ, me and him have the same management in Al Haymon. അതുപോലെ, I can understand why this fight is being made.
പക്ഷേ, the reasons why he’s saying this fight is being made as far as me ducking him and not wanting to fight him, ഞാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നത്, that’s absurd. That’s absurd. പക്ഷേ, I’m just excited nevertheless to be back into the ring. It’s a good time for me to be able to get back in there and have some fun again. I look forward to a very good matchup again I hope. പക്ഷേ, one question that I do have for Sergio is, in previous interviews, he said that he was going to have a more exciting style and he was tired of being the born fighter he used to be that wasn’t appealing to fans, and he wasn’t going to do much running, this other stuff, stuff that he’s been getting criticized before, he wasn’t going to do that. And now that he says he’s felt the power of myself, he says he’s going to completely switch the game plan. അതുപോലെ, my question is, what–why the sudden change? ഞാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നത്, what’s the difference now? Why are you not going to be more exciting and more appealing now, like you said before?
മാര
I said I was going to be exciting and more aggressive. I didn’t say I was going to be stupid.
ജേക്കബ്
ഓ, ഹേയ്, that is stupid to come and–that will be stupid to come and actually go toe to toe and bang with me. You’re absolutely right. So it’ll be interesting to see the game plan that you have for this coming fight because I just hope it’s not a stinker, ഒന്ന്. You’re getting a second opportunity at a world–at my world title shot. Please let’s not make it a snoozer. It’s bad enough we’re both receiving a lot of criticism for this fight, but dude, please let’s just make it exciting.
മാര
ഹേയ്, കേൾക്കുക, I’m the king of criticism. If you can’t take criticism, you don’t belong to be a champion. You don’t belong in the top like that. That’s part of being a world champion is taking all the bullshit from critics and media and everyone else. And if you’re thin-skinned, then you’re not going to hang very much as the world champion.
ജേക്കബ്
ശരി. അതെ, ശീമാന്. Ready for some questions.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
സെർജിയോ, after that first fight, you said that you felt that, because it was so early in the fight, it was going to be called-be a no contest. Turns out it ultimately ended up being a loss on your record. Do you feel like the fact that it’s been so–that the fight ended in that way, do you feel like an extra layer of motivation to try to win this second fight?
മാര
ചെയ്യരുത്, that blemish on my career is–it’s already there. I tried to contest it with the New York Commission. പക്ഷേ, it got me nowhere. The New York Commission is a mess as we’re all finding out when it comes to the fights and boxing and MMA and everything else. അതുപോലെ, I went that route. It didn’t go anywhere. അതുപോലെ, I’m going to have that TKO on my record for the rest of my career and the rest of my life. And it’s sad because I don’t want it to be on a technicality. അതുപോലെ, does it irk me? പഴയത്. പക്ഷേ, am I past it? അതെ. I just want an opportunity to clear whatever happened. Jacobs said that he dropped me twice. I only fell once. I dropped him once. Round of the year, സ്പോർട്സ് ഇല്ലസ്ട്രേറ്റഡ്. Second round, I feel I was in control and winning. കൂടെ 5 അഥവാ 10 seconds left, the injury happens, and I bust my ankle. അതുപോലെ, there’s a lot of unanswered questions. And for whatever reason this fight is happening again, I’m going to–I’m fully prepared for whatever comes. And I just want to–I just want my opportunity. And I’m thankful that I got it.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
ദാനീയേൽ, in that–ആദ്യ റൗണ്ടിൽ, Sergio did knock you down. You said after the fight ended that you were a little bit careless in that first round. Are you taking a more conservative approach, or are you being a little more careful knowing that Sergio has the capabilities of knocking you down?
ജേക്കബ്
Listen, there’s always opportunities to learn and grow in the sport of boxing. Even with a light-punching guy like Sergio Mora, I learned a valuable lesson that, after I knocked him down and I was going in for the kill, that you still have to be defensive minded, even when you have a guy hurt because I was on the verge of stopping this man. There’s no way around that. I was definitely on the verge of stopping him. പക്ഷേ, എന്റെ മനസ്സിൽ, I got a little careless. And the way I had my feet spread, ഞാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നത്, I just got caught with a real clean shot. It’s nothing I can take away from him. He definitely earned that. പക്ഷേ, it was a valuable lesson to me and a lesson that I’m sure I won’t make again.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
സെർജിയോ, how was the rehab in trying to get back and healthy? Was there anything that, during that time, you looked at yourself as a fighter and wanted to improve upon for this rematch?
മാര
ചെയ്യരുത്, not as a fighter. The only thing I had in mind was to heal up 100 ശതമാനം. I did everything in my power, in my capability to heal up properly. I did all the–I got the best treatment. I tried to go with the best physical therapist and with ice and do all the remedies, all the Mexican remedies that my mom would tell me to do. And I tried to do everything possible to do it. അതുപോലെ, finally, ഞാന്–ശേഷം 6 ലേക്ക് 7 മാസം, I started–little by little started putting pressure on it. And I started feeling good and taking it–taking Aleve. And sometimes, I have to take cortisone shots in order for me to go harder and faster. അതുപോലെ, I just did everything in my ability, plus prayer. And thank God I’m back.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
I don’t know who’s best fit to answer this question, but is there a rubber match clause in the event that Sergio pulls the upset?
മാര
I’m the king of rematches. അതുപോലെ, I’ll answer that. I’ve had four rematches. This is going to be my fifth. And I’ve never had a rubber match. I probably deserved a rubber match with Brian Vera. പക്ഷേ, Texas is just too big and strong for me to beat. അതുപോലെ, rubber matches, എനിക്കറിയില്ല. ഞങ്ങൾ കാണും. I got to get the win first.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
Are you confident, സെർജിയോ, in your ability to plant on your ankle?
മാര
പഴയത്. ഇപ്പോള്, ഞാൻ. There were times within the year that I’ve been off that I questioned it. And I’m 35 years old now. അതുപോലെ, everything heals up slower. I can’t fool myself. അതുപോലെ, ചിലപ്പോൾ, I question it. പക്ഷേ, ഇപ്പോള്, I’m not anymore. I did everything. I put all the pressure, sprinting uphill, sprinting downhill, stopping on a dime, pivoting, twisting. And I feel an ache here and there. പക്ഷേ, as far as me doing, I’ve done it. അതുപോലെ, മാനസിക, ഞാൻ അവിടെ സുഖമാണ്. ഞാൻ തയാറാണ്.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
ദാനീയേൽ, do you feel this fight is a backwards step?
ജേക്കബ്
I absolutely do. ഞാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നത്, I think it’s just–എനിക്ക്, this is kind of like a just-stay-busy fight because we weren’t able to get the fight that we actually wanted, for whatever reason. പക്ഷേ, എനിക്ക്, I don’t think this does anything for my career. Like I said before, we’ve always wanted to move up to bigger and better opposition each time out. This is kind of a step back. And I understand that it left a bitter taste in certain people’s mouths because of the way Sergio Mora lost. പക്ഷേ, എന്റെ അഭിപ്രായത്തിൽ, he was on the verge anyway. അതുപോലെ, that’s how I look at it. പക്ഷേ, this is for me an opportunity to kind of quiet the critics and just make the final statement once and for all that I am the better fighter, better boxer.
Hell, I’m better in general inside that square ring. Sergio Mora has nothing in there to stop me, especially come September 9th. I’m in the best shape that I’ve ever been in my life. And he said before that I don’t like to go 12 റൗണ്ടുകൾ. ഞാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നത്, I’ve never said that. ഞാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നത്, just because I’ve knocked guys out doesn’t mean I don’t like to go 12 റൗണ്ടുകൾ. With the Caleb Truax fight, I wanted to go 12 റൗണ്ടുകൾ, and I did, and then I stopped him in the 12th round. അതുപോലെ, it’s not like I’d just like to go out there and have this false identity like I’m this super big knockout artist. I’m a superb boxer. I learned the fundamentals from the amateur USA boxing. I’ve gone internationally and performed on an international level. I know how to box. Sergio Mora is extremely awkward. That’s what allowed him to get where he is now. Take nothing away from him being a world champion. ഹേയ്, I have to give him credit for that. പക്ഷേ, as a–.
മാര
About time you give me some credit. And guess what? ഞാന്–and hey, കേൾക്കുക, ഒന്ന്. Sorry to interrupt you, but that’s the first time you’ve ever given me credit.
ജേക്കബ്
ഓ, എന്നോട് ക്ഷമിക്കൂ. I thought I was answering the question. ശരി. I’m going to let you go ahead.
മാര
That’s the first time you’ve ever given me credit, ഒന്ന്. വളരെ നന്ദി. നന്ദി, ഡാനി. നന്ദി.
ജേക്കബ്
ഓ, okay. You’re very welcome. പക്ഷേ, as I was saying, അതെ, this is definitely a setback.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
It didn’t take long for you to get acquainted the first time around. What are your mindsets? Are you looking to pick up where you left off, or you taking a completely different approach this time around?
മാര
I’m still in shock that he gave me credit. നോക്കുക, the first time around, he downplayed and downgraded me as a former world champion. And he said that he wanted to move onto bigger and better things. I just want to touch on something. I’m the best name on Daniel Jacobs–ചെയ്യരുത്, let me take that back. I’m the most accomplished name on Daniel Jacobs’s record.
അതുപോലെ, how is he down–how is he going backwards? How is he regressing by fighting me? I’m the best–I’m the most accomplished on his resume. He’s not even top three on mine. I’ve got hall of famers on my resume. I had to beat a world champion, a five-time world champion to become champion. He had to beat a guy Jarrod Fletcher Jacob–I don’t even know what the hell his name is, Fletcher Jones or whatever it is. അതുപോലെ, the bottom line is you’ve got to give me my credit, ഒന്ന്. അതുപോലെ, thank you for giving me that credit. ഇപ്പോള്, what was your question, വീണ്ടും? എന്നോട് ക്ഷമിക്കൂ.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
Are you looking to pick up where you left off, or are you coming in with a totally different mindset?
മാര
കിണറ്, look, I know that I got dropped. I’ve been dropped before. I can get up, and I’m pretty resilient that way. Jacobs took a little longer to get the cobwebs off. അതുപോലെ, അവന്–ഇപ്പോള്, he knows that I can punch. I don’t think he’s going to come in as aggressive as he was the first time. If he does, maybe we’ll leave off. That’s going to be up to the champ. The champ wants to start if off, എനിക്ക് സുഖമാണ്. ഇല്ലെങ്കിൽ, if I see him–fighting behind a jab, then I’m going to have to go and put the pressure on a little bit.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
പിന്നെ, ദാനീയേൽ?
ജേക്കബ്
അതുപോലെ, I just–I totally feel like he’s just full of it right now. I don’t think he’s going to come forward. He’s even said it in the interview. ഇപ്പോള്, he understands and he knows how much power I possess. He’s going to change the game plan. And he’s going to try to take me into what he quotes are deep waters. അതുപോലെ, he’s going to try to take me in later rounds, which in my opinion, he has to box, and he has to be on the back foot to do so.
അതുപോലെ, എന്റെ അഭിപ്രായത്തിൽ, I think he’s going to try to make it a snoozer. He’s not going to try to make it exciting and come forward. And it’s just my–it’s just up to me to make it an exciting. And I’m going to do what I’ve always done. I’m going to come forward, and I’m going to adjust if I need to make adjustments. And that’s simple. I want to hurt this man. There’s no way around it. I want him to feel and eat his words, clearly. അതുപോലെ, I’m going to come in there, and I’m going to try and punch you in your face. It’s plain and simple, സെർജിയോ. That’s my game approach. പക്ഷേ, if you want to box–.
മാര
That’s all good. You try to reach my–.
ജേക്കബ്
If you want to go on the back foot–.
മാര
I’m going to be touching that body.
ജേക്കബ്
Hold on, ശീമാന്. Hold on, ശിശു. Hold on, ശിശു. I’ll let you answer your question. Hold on now. Be respectful. If you wanted to be on the back foot, that’s the game that I can play, കൂടി. I have an extreme amateur and professional boxing resume, brother. Like, we can do this. പക്ഷേ, the game plan for me, to answer your question, is to go in there and hurt this man, കാലഘട്ടം.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
സെർജിയോ, given the fact that Danny has said that this is a backwards step for him, he looks at it as a tune-up fight, didn’t really want to have the rematch, why–what do you think it was that actually got you this rematch and I know you wanted very badly?
മാര
അൽ HAYMON, പ്ലെയിൻ ലളിതമായ, അൽ HAYMON. I think no one was campaigning for this rematch, പിന്നെ. And I think a lot of people were surprised that it happened. I certainly was surprised that I got the phone call because, even though I was promised by Al a big fight my first fight back, I didn’t expect it to be for world title versus Daniel Jacobs in a rematch. അതുപോലെ, ഞാൻ വളരെ സുഖമാണ്, very thankful to Al Haymon. And honestly, just to–ഞാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നത്, not to be funny or anything, but if I really have to thank another person, another thing, it’s Twitter because it gives me a voice when I was injured. And I never had that before. I just wish I would’ve started it earlier and had more of a following. അതുപോലെ, ഹേയ്, I’ve got to thank Twitter, കൂടി.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
Do you think–ഞാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നത്, you’ve had your ups and downs. You fought a lot of good names. പക്ഷേ, you mentioned a little earlier 35 വയസ്സായിരുന്നു. Do you think this maybe this could be your last chance at a world title?
മാര
ഹേയ്, probably. ഞാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നത്, I can’t be foolish and say that I can move–I can beat Bernard Hopkins. I can’t. I’m not Bernard Hopkins. There’s only special people that could fight in their mid-30s and so on and still be fighting the best. അതുപോലെ, even though, if my body hasn’t taken a beating, I’ve been in the game a long time. And the wear and tear from sparring and from running and from the dieting and from all the other stuff, all that takes effect.
പക്ഷേ, even though I am well preserved, I’m still the age that I am. And the hunger’s still there. അതുപോലെ, നമ്പർ, if the hunger’s still there, everything else falls into place. അതുപോലെ, we’re going to find out in two weeks exactly if the hunger and my body is at the same level.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
Were you anxious to just go right back in with Danny in a second fight if you could get the fight, or did you consider a tune-up?
മാര
ചെയ്യരുത്, ചെയ്യരുത്. Great question, പിന്നെ. Me and my team did have that discussion. And we did think about fighting someone else. And I think Alfredo Angulo was a name they offered and were considering. പക്ഷേ, we know Angulo very well. And we just didn’t feel right taking that fight, especially watching the fight–his last fight. പക്ഷേ, the ankle feels good. And we decided to go straight into this title fight because we weren’t sure we were going to get it again. I think the stars lined up perfectly for it to happen. And Jacobs admits that, കൂടി, that he didn’t want to fight me for whatever reasons, and I got this fight thanks to Al Haymon. And that’s it.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
What was it that made you decide that, ultimately, you would in fact give him the rematch, even though it’s clear that it’s not a fight that you want?
ജേക്കബ്
It’s just I understand how it left a bad taste in people’s mouths. അതുപോലെ, with the options that we were given, with talking to Al and talking with my team, I guess it just kind of made–not sense, but it just was the right thing to do at the very–at that moment. And I won’t say we looked at it as, പോലെ, ഏയ്, this is an easy win or this is an opportunity to make easy money.
Like, we don’t look at it like that. പക്ഷേ, we kind of just–and we definitely wasn’t forced into the fight. അതുപോലെ, that’s another thing that I want to make clear. Al Haymon didn’t say, “ഹേയ്, this is going to be what you’re going to do.” അതുപോലെ, me and my team came together. And for whatever reasons, we allowed this fight to happen, but we definitely wasn’t forced into it.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
അതുപോലെ, you mentioned you had some other options that were brought to your attention. What were those other options?
ജേക്കബ്
They just wasn’t–പോലെ, it wasn’t guys in my opinion at that level that were bigger and better. Like I said before, we looked at the whole scene of the middleweight division, and Andy Lee and a couple other guys that names were thrown out there. We were trying to make that fight happen with Lee. I think that fight kind of fell through maybe once or twice. അതുപോലെ, we were just like, “ഹേയ്, let’s just go with Sergio Mora.” The way we–the way it looked and the way we won kind of left a little bit bad taste in people’s mouths. അതുപോലെ, it just makes sense to do it.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
What is the big fight out there? You are–as the WBA’s regular champion, you are the mandatory for Gennady Golovkin. I want to know if that’s a fight that you’ll consider after this?
ജേക്കബ്
പഴയത്. That’s the fight that I want. I want the best out there. We tried to make the fight with B.J. ഇറക്കി. We tried to make the fight with a couple other guys. പക്ഷേ, it just didn’t work. Chris Eubank, ജൂനിയർ, was another opportunity for us to fight. പക്ഷേ, he didn’t want no part. അതുപോലെ, even after winning the–forgot what title he won because I know I was his mandatory at some point, and he declined. And so, we want to fight the best, point blank, കാലഘട്ടം. Triple G is the best, and that’s the guy that we want.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
What kind of particular stylistic problems you think you’d give Golovkin that he hasn’t seen yet?
ജേക്കബ്
I definitely believe I would be the toughest test because I believe I would be the victor in that fight. I definitely believe in my skills and my ability. At one point in my career, the only reason why I said I wanted to wait was so I could get 12 rounds so we can go the full distance and know how we can actually feel in a tough fight for 12 റൗണ്ടുകൾ. I’ve accomplished that. And then the only thing that was kind of keeping me from making this fight happen earlier was the finance. അതുപോലെ, people saying I was ducking or I was doing a whole bunch of this and a whole bunch of that, that’s far from the truth. I just wanted to be compensated accordingly. And that was it. If we can make these fights happen sooner than later, I’m all for it. പക്ഷേ, in the same token, I still would like to be compensated accordingly.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
Are you confident that you could get a deal done that would be good for the finances?
ജേക്കബ്
I don’t really know too much about that. ഞാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നത്, I have a great team. And I leave all those things up to my team. My thing is to stay ready, to be ready, and to perform at my best when I’m inside the ring. അതുപോലെ, whatever the logistics is outside the ring, all I have to do is say, “അതെ, I’m comfortable with that. And let’s make the fight.”
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
ഇപ്പോള്, I know you’re a pretty even-keeled guy, but has Sergio got under your skin with all the trash talk?
ജേക്കബ്
ഓ, hell yeah. ഞാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നത്, not under my skin to where it would affect my game plan or it’ll affect me inside the ring. ചെയ്യരുത്, it’s just some of the things that he’s said or from the pictures that he’s posted, and that’s what he’s supposed to do. And he’s landed an opportunity at fighting me again. പക്ഷേ, this is an opportunity that I’m looking forward to. And this is probably for me the first personal fight that I’m entering in with mean intention.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ –
And a question for Sergio. You’ve been around for a long time. You’ve fought a lot of top guys, like Sugar Shane and so forth. Where–how would you compare Danny to those guys? And how do you think you’ll–a guy like you who has such a high boxing IQ, how do you think a rematch would help you?
മാര
Sugar Shane and so forth, and Vernon Forrest, two great fighters. നോക്കുക, Danny has his amateur pedigree. And he can fight behind the jab, like he says. And he could be–and he can fight on his back foot, as he claims. He says he’s gone 12 നല്ലതല്ലാത്ത റൗണ്ടുകൾ. I only seen him go 12 one-sided rounds against a guy named Caleb Truax. Those weren’t tough. He doesn’t know what tough is yet. And he isn’t really–he hasn’t experienced what it is to be in there with an all-around championship caliber fighter for 12 റൗണ്ടുകൾ. നിലവിൽ ഉള്ളത്. That’s the difference. That’s the difference.
And I feel that, until he experiences that, he still doesn’t know what it is to be an all-around champion, a champion that’s had to deal with getting knocked down, getting up, bad cuts, being down behind them cards, losing on cards going through the final championship round. These are the experiences you can only dream of and hope of. അതുപോലെ, until you experience that, you can’t really say he’s done that. ഇപ്പോൾ തന്നെ, he still needs to learn.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
സെർജിയോ, do you relish having the kind of opportunity to, as you said, teach somebody to be a fighter?
മാര
പഴയത്. I relish the opportunity to do great things, ഒന്ന്. And I think that, if you look back at my career, every time I get a big opportunity, I conquer it, or something like the Shane Mosley thing happens where, യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ, ഞാൻ വിജയിച്ചു, and it was a draw. പക്ഷേ, the big opportunities, I shine, ഒന്ന്. And this is just something that always needs to happen, always have to take the hard route. That’s been my career, ഒന്ന്. I’ve never been the A side. I’ve always been the B side that could compete with the A side.
And this is just another example of that. ഡാനി, the young champion looking down on me, subordinating me, making me feel like I’m lucky to get this opportunity, I’ve dealt with that my entire career, ഒന്ന്. It’s nothing new. I know I’m here over and over, time after time for a reason because I’m that fucking good. And so, people recognize and realize that. I’ll never get the credit for it. And that’s fine, as long as I keep getting the opportunities and as long as I become a three-time two-division champ.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
Tell us about that, how you approach the fight, what you expect to take place, especially in light of the last two fights ending quickly.
ജേക്കബ്
കിണറ്, I don’t really anticipate or expect anything. Boxing is one of those things where anything can happen at any given moment. My thing is I just want to be ready. And when I prepare inside the gym and I’m in tip-top shape, I’m prepared and ready for anything that will come my way inside that ring, whether it’s the first round or whether it’s the last round. It just so happens that these last couple of fights I’ve had been very exciting first rounders. അതുപോലെ, my thing is, as long as I’m able to adjust, I can come and be prepared for anything that comes my way.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
What was key in those two fights–to both of those fights starting off with so much activity and so much action?
ജേക്കബ്
I think just getting warmed up properly and the backstage, making sure that the flow was going and that you don’t have to kind of warm up in those first couple rounds. Me and my team do a great job–and shout out to my team, വഴി, who do such a great job with making sure that we’re prepared and ready for each round from the very first to the very end.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
And is that going to affect at all your game plan because people have seen those two previous fights, and they’re talking about it. They say, “Maybe this is a guy who is just going to destroy people in the beginning.” Is that weighing on your approach at all for this rematch?
ജേക്കബ്
Absolutely not. My MO as a fighter is to be a fluent boxer first. It just so happened that the speed and the power that I possess as well kind of hurt guys, and I’m a really great finisher, where actually, my mentality is to go in there and show my skills. That’s what I love about the [സ്വീറ്റ് ശാസ്ത്രത്തിൽ]. I actually love to get behind my jab and put my combinations together and start to get good movements and good angles. Like, I love that stuff.
പക്ഷേ, it just so happens that, when I’m in there with guys and I’m starting to land good shots, and they get hurt, we just have rounds of the year and first round stoppages and early stoppages, so on and so forth. അതുപോലെ, I’m just happy I’m able to get the victory and finish strong.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
പിന്നെ, സെർജിയോ, what do you expect? Do you expect this rematch to have this same type of electric start, or how do you prepare for this?
മാര
കിണറ്, we’re going to go back to Danny’s power. He does have power. And you’re born with power. You can’t teach power. You can’t go in the gym and work on power, or else I would’ve done that 20 വർഷം. അതുപോലെ, he’s blessed with an ability to punch hard with both hands. And he’s always going to make for exciting fights. ഇപ്പോള്, he’s also vulnerable because he’s been dropped before. And that’s also on the exciting side. അതുപോലെ, whenever it comes to a guy like Danny Jacobs, you never know what you’re going to get. It’s kind of like fighting a guy like Victor Ortiz, even though I think he’s better all around than Victor. Victor’s exciting. He’s a former champion. He’s a power puncher. പക്ഷേ, you never know what Victor you’re going to get.
അതുപോലെ, I think that’s the same thing with Danny, only Victor’s fought better opposition than Danny. അതുപോലെ, that’s the difference. ഞാൻ കരുതുന്നു, for this fight, എനിക്കറിയില്ല, ഒന്ന്. I really don’t know what I’m going to expect. I didn’t expect to go down in the first round. I was surprised by the punch. It was an awkward punch in from a southpaw angle. I believe his right foot was in front. I took a picture a little too long and held the position, expecting a left hook to come, and instead a right uppercut came, which is awkward. And he calls me awkward. That was an awkward punch. അതുപോലെ, ഹേയ്, എന്താണെന്ന് നിങ്ങൾക്കറിയാം? He stunned me. I got up. I shook it off. And he came for the kill, like I knew he would. And I was able to catch him. I think we both learned that we can hurt each other, and we both learned that we both can be sneaky from certain sneaky positions. അതുപോലെ, I don’t think it’s going to start off with fireworks, like it did the first time. പക്ഷേ, I think it’s going to end up fireworks. I don’t know if it’s the second, third, or further down the fight. പക്ഷേ, that’s what I’m expecting.
ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ
And would anybody like to make a prediction for this fight, ഡാനി?
ജേക്കബ്
ഞാൻ പ്രവചനങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ടാക്കാതിരിക്കുക. I don’t like to go in there and have any type of thing going in my head where I have to live up to it. I just like to win. And however I win, however it comes, I’m grateful for it.
മാര
If I’m ready, I go in there to win. And I’m ready for this fight. I’m confident. I expect a great performance from both of us. And I expect to become a world champion, a two-time world division champion by the end of this fight. അതുപോലെ, I’m expecting to win. എനിക്കറിയില്ല. പക്ഷേ, ഞാൻ ജയിക്കാൻ പോകുന്നു.
മാർക്ക് ഓര്വീലിയന് – ശരി. കിണറ്, that’s going to wrap it up. I just want to get every–Daniel and Sergio, just a quick final comment. പിന്നെ അതിനു ശേഷം, we’ll see you on fight week. ദാനീയേൽ?
ജേക്കബ്
I just have a lot of people to thank that I would take this time to thank. ആദ്യം ഓഫ്, I would like to thank my team and everyone involved for allowing me to have such a great camp. They’ve put in the necessary work, എല്ലാവർക്കും, team Jacobs, the necessary work that we need to be 100 percent prepared for this fight comeSeptember 9th. I will be proudly representing my Brooklyn Boxing apparel as I’m sporting my trunks and finessing my moves inside the ring.
I want to give a big shout out to Brooklyn Boxing, have been supportive of my whole career. And me being an ambassador, I definitely have to big them up. And Al Haymon, പ്രധാനമായും, Al has been taking care of me. I’ve been the first guy that Al has had directly out of the amateurs to a world championship. അതുപോലെ, I have to give my hat–take my hat off to Al and everyone in our team Haymon. And that’s pretty much it, all the promotors and managers involved with this as well, everyone who has made this possible, and thanks for all the fans for all the continued support. വളരെ നന്ദി.
Abrams
പിന്നെ, സെർജിയോ?
മാര
I got to start with Al Haymon because he’s given me not only a second opportunity, third, I’ve already had four opportunities to come back and reinvent myself. And Al Haymon gave me that opportunity. അതുപോലെ, I thank Al Haymon. I’ve got to thank my loyal team, my trainer Dean Campos, who’s been with me since the amateurs, [John Montillado], the rest of my team, my cut man Carlos, ഒപ്പം [Panda Martinez]. And I want to thank my sponsors, [Snac]. Victor Conte’s onboard for this fight. And I’ve never been a fighter that takes supplement. I’m a guy that just tries to eat right and hydrate. And I notice a difference with supplements. And I do it the scientific way. അതുപോലെ, I want to thank the Snac System and Victor Conte. And I want to thank my sponsor Spy Optics. And that’s about it. I want to thank the fans as well for–my day-one fans and even my critics, they keep me alive, so thank them, കൂടി.
ജേക്കബ്
ഹേയ്, you forgot one more person, brother. You forgot one more person, സെർജിയോ.
മാര
I want thank, what, ഡാനി ജേക്കബ്സ്?
ജേക്കബ്
അത്രയേയുള്ളൂ. That’s my man. That’s my man.
മാര
Go fuck yourself. I see you in two weeks, old boy.
ജേക്കബ്
കിണറ്, let’s do it on September 9th. You already know, സെർജിയോ, I’m coming for you, brother. I’m coming for you.
