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Lou DiBella

Tack så mycket för att förena oss för denna uppmaning till PBC på ESPN show augusti 1 från Barclays Center i Brooklyn. Showen kommer att vara live på primetime på ESPN på lördag, 1 augusti, med täckning börjar vid 9:00 pm ET / 6:00 PM PT.

Den viktigaste händelsen i kväll är Danny “Swift” Garcia mot Paulie Malignaggi. Öppningen kamp är en mellanvikt titelmatch mellan Danny Jacobs och Sergio Mora.

Augusti 1 är den andra PBC kortet på ESPN och den första kommer att vara Keith Thurman mot Brooklyn Luis Collazo. Det kommer att vara den 11 juli i Tampa, Florida.

Biljetter till augusti 1 är prissatta på $250, $150, $75 och $45 och finns det erbjudanden nu. De är tillgängliga påwww.barclayscenter.com, www.ticketmaster.com, på American Express Box Office på Barclays Center. För att ladda via telefon, kan du ringa Ticketmaster på 1-800-745-3000 eller för att få gruppbiljetter från Barclays Center, 800-GROUPBK.

Öppningen skjutningen är en fantastisk kamp. Danny Jacobs är en inspirerande kämpe utan också en super begåvad mellanvikt som har stigit till mästerskapet resning och håller bandet. Han kommer att slåss vid Barclays Center för fjärde gången.

Danny stiga från cancer till vie över mästare har väl dokumenterade. Men ärligt talat, vid denna punkt, han slagen att sjukdom och han vill fokusera vara på sin boxning karriär och att vara det bästa han kan vara och han tar på sig en enorm utmaning augusti 1 i Sergio Mora, legitimt en av de bästa mellanvikt utmanare ute och mycket väl känd som vinnare av NBC: s “Utmanaren” Serie ett antal år sedan. Sergio är en före detta världsmästare i super weltervikt, funderar på att lägga en mellanvikt krona till hans meritförteckning.

Han äger segrar över Ishe Smith, Peter Manfredo Jr. och Vernon Forrest och träder denna kamp på en fem-kamp vinna strimma. Och han senast besegrade Abraham Han i februari i år på ESPN.

Så först, Jag ska låta Sergio Mora säga några ord innan vi går till mästare.

Sergio Mora

Hej, killar. Bra, Jag är glad över att vara med och slåss på mitt första PBC kort. Det har varit en lång tid kommer. Sista gången jag kämpat för en VM-titel var sju år sedan och jag kunde besegra Vernon Forrest som en 4-1 underdog.

Jag tror att jag kommer att vara en underdog för denna kamp igen, bekämpa den yngre, starkare mästare i sin hemstad. Så besegra honom kommer att bli tufft med alla kort staplade mot mig och det är något som jag vant sig och vana vid att.

Det finns inget dåligt jag kan säga om Daniel Jacobs, absolut ingenting. Jag leta efter något negativt att säga och jag kan inte. Killen har det övergripande talang. Han är mycket yngre, snabbare, starkare och slår hårdare än mig och han har mer fart kommer hans väg. Han är på en nio-kamp vinna strimma och han slår mig att liksom. Jag har fem-kamp går för mig.

But the thing that I can say is that he hasn’t faced opposition that I faced. I think he’s an emotional, athletic fighter. I’m a cerebral, intelligent, strategic fighter.

This is going to be a really exciting card because he’s in his hometown and defending the world title. I’m hungry for that world title and I know that I’m going to have to be extra sharp and do a lot more than just have a close victory in his hometown. So I’m going to have to press action and go out of my comfort zone and I think he’s going to have to go out of his comfort zone, which is going to make an interesting fight for everybody.

I’m very confident coming into this fight. I’m very happy on the team that I’m with now and this opportunity. I’ve always wanted to fight in Brooklyn. I always wanted to fight in a mega arena like Barclays Center. I’m blessed to have this opportunity and part of this PBC movement. Tack.

L. DiBella

Tack, Sergio.

And now to the champion, Brooklyn egen, Danny Jacobs.

Daniel Jacobs

Bra, after Sergio’s intro, what more can I say? That’s pretty cool.

I’m excited to have an opportunity to be back at Barclays Center a second time around as a champion. So this will be my second title defense. It’ll be against the most experienced guy I’ve faced thus far. I’m looking forward to testing my challenge against this slick, crafty veteran in Sergio Mora.

I’ve always said that I’m just trying to get that experience most importantly. It’s important to me as a young champion, I’m not where I want to be as a fighter thus far. You’re still growing, you’re still learning. I’m looking at this as just a really starting test. I’m trying to really gain as much experience as I can in fighting such a crafty, slick veteran.

He’s been in this position before. Så, he’s already accustomed to being in this position and being an underdog but I can’t take him lightly even though he will be an underdog and even though people will pick me as a favor to win. I’m looking at him as the most devastating opponent that I’ve had thus far coming up to middleweight.

So there’s not a lot of fear as far as power is concerned but where he lacks that he makes up in his craftiness and his slickness and awkwardness and sometimes he does engage in the action as well. So I’m looking forward to it. It’s really a starting test but something that I’ve been preparing for a while of any camp even though I’ve been working and doing my broadcasting which I’m very happy to announce. I’ve been keeping in the gym. I’ve been keeping fit and I’m really looking forward to this test and have it at Barclays I think there’s not a better place in the world I have. So I’m looking forward to testing my skills against a crafty veteran.

I’d like both of you to address when you receive this negative attention on Twitter and such, how do you deal with it and what’s your response to it.

S. Mora

Bra, listen, I’ve been dealing with this negative criticism for my entire career. It’s something that followed me. I don’t know if it’s because I’m a reality show winner or because people hate the way that I go in to fight and I can’t knock people out. I’m sorry I wasn’t born with power. You need to be born with power. If I have a way where I can ingest power and knock out and what people want to see into my arsenal, then I’ll do it, but I can’t. I was born the way I’m born. I got to do what I can with my abilities.

I think I’ve come a long way with all the other athletes that lack power and I think that makes me an even better fighter. It made me evolve into a different type of boxer. So these are the things that boxing needs to understand and the fight fans need to understand that, “Okej, bra, listen, he’s fighting a guy with a lot of power but how come the guy with no power is actually doing better than the guy with power? Because this is the sweet science and that’s how I become a champion.

So it doesn’t bother me. I just continue educating people about the sweet science and letting them know that power is not the number one aspect you need to be successful it’s your agility, techniques, your defense, body shots, the strategy, it’s following that strategy it’s hard.

So I’m happy to answer those questions for people that don’t know. But people that do know, get over it.

Danny, what about you responding to people who want you to fight Golovkin? That say he isn’t tough enough, how do you deal with that stuff?

D. Jacobs

I’ve learned since my return back. I’ve got a lot of criticism on my position – why I’ve been facing people who wanted me to step up, people who wanted me to get in position to fight who they want me to fight. I’m passed that point. Now what I care about – bra, not to the extent where I don’t care about what the fans think but, if you support me, I look at it as, you understand the process, you understand that it’s not going to come when you wanted to come and if you’re a fan of the sport and if you’re a fan of myself, then you just go along with the journey.

I want to step up. I want to be able to get in there with the best of the best. Men självklart, with everything going on in the sport of boxing right now, I’m not really in control of certain things, du vet. I may control who I step in there with but to a certain degree. So I really don’t tend to get into things like that. I do what I do. I stay ready. As a champion, I conduct myself inside and out of the ring. Whoever I’m in there with I give my best. If you are a fan of the sport, then you’re going to like the fights regardless. It’s all about putting on a show. That’s what I’ve been doing – I felt like I’ve been put in good fights.

Is it a challenge for you that you want to take on to be the first person to stop Sergio Mora or is it pretty important for you to finally go the distance to go 12 rundor?

D. Jacobs

I’d essentially wanted to go 12-rounds with Truax. I intentionally wanted to go 12-rounds with Truax. Because I felt like I could stop him a little bit earlier, maybe like in the 6th round but it was something that I wanted to prove to myself and knowing that I can go a full strong 12 rounds is something that I’m very confident with now and I feel like I’m answering my question. Så, the test with Sergio Mora is – whether that he can be stopped or whether or not I can go the distance with him, he’s never been stopped before, so it will be icing on the cake to be able to not only to defeat him but to stop him in the match.

Men, he’s a crafty veteran and if I can take a win over a guy like that, a win is a win to me. But at the end of the day, what the fans want to see is knockouts. What the fans want is spectacular fights. So my thing is if we could just produce a fantastic fight and a competitive fight, I’m content with that. A knockout is just icing on the cake. But it’s something that I’m looking for but if it happens, I’m pretty sure I know how to get the job done.

What do you think about his boxing skills? How do they match up with yours especially over the course of a 12-round fight?

S. Mora

That was a great question you asked Danny, förresten. I think he answered perfectly. I would want to knock someone out like me, du vet, because it puts something on your resume that Vernon Forrest and Sugar Shane Mosley, two Hall of Fame greats haven’t been able to do. So that was a great question.

Som jag sa, I think he possess everything that I don’t. But I have the experience. I think I take a better shot from experience with Danny and I think I follow my game plan more than Danny. A lot of boxers especially a lot of young athletic fighters they go out of their game plan and once they see that it’s not working. As a veteran, I know that it’s not working initially.

There’s a beginning, a midgame and an end game, kind of like in chess. But you just got to stick to what you practiced and don’t go out of your element and normally things go well for me. That’s how I’m going to continue doing.

Naturligtvis, I’ve changed some things in my strategy. I’ve changed some things in my arsenal and the way I see opponents and I go about it. But ultimately, it’s still Sergio Mora – still the guy that has that ability to upset a champion and that’s who’s going to be fighting August 1st.

Can you talk about your perspective on having it been a long time since you were at this level in terms of a belt being available to you?

S. Mora

Bra, anyone who’s been around the game for more than ten years or not even then. Anyone who’s been around the game will know that this is a political game. And if you’re not with the right side, you’re on the wrong side. And then even if you are on the right side, there’s another side I think that are right and they’re going to be butting heads.

Very political business and I think I turned a lot of people off when I fought Shane Mosley and an uneventful fight but I took all the blame for that and then after that, I was forced to go to Texas to fight a Texan. And I came up short against Brian Vera and then that just really hurt my career.

I was getting all the bad media, I wasn’t getting the right offers and that’s a good reason why fighters retire because they don’t have the offers coming in and it can be really depleting and depressing. I decided to go back to the drawing board and start off with a new team, have a new focus and I realized the change in the boxing as well, the same people that were in charge of courts in 2010, 2012, they’re not in charge anymore. There are new players in the game, there are new dates in the game and there’s new opportunity.

So because of all this new stuff that’s been added to the world of boxing, a person like myself has been able to make the comeback and I’m in a really good place and I am appreciative.

Sergio, do you feel that you get a bit of a bad wrap?

S. Mora

In my head, in my stubborn, ignorant head, I’m undefeated. I thought I beat Brian Vera both of those times and I beat Vernon Forrest the first time. He beat me the second time. That’s an even draw, du vet. So in a way, no one has really dominated, no one has really beat me convincingly. So in my head, I’m undefeated. There’s no rubber match to see who really has more wins over the other guy. But in reality, Vernon beat me the second time, I beat him the first time.

It’s a crazy business. People are waiting for you to just come down.

So when you take a look at Danny’s record, what is your take on what he’s accomplished or what you think of his ability?

S. Mora

Bra, exactly what you guys thought. I think with special talent and he got a piece of a world championship and he’s recognized as a champion. Så, everything that people thought of him came true. Now that he’s on top, he needs to fight top fighters. I don’t think he’s faced the opposition that I faced and other champions have faced. I think that’s the only thing that he’s limited in.

So I’m going to be the best name on his resume and we’re going to see how he’s going to be able to handle a guy as crafty like me and a former champion like myself. So it’s a bit of success for him and it’s the best for me fighting a young, hungry champ.

When you look over your resume of opponents you faced in your career so far, does he poses perhaps the most formidable test of your career given his experience and his crafty nature?

D. Jacobs

Bra, absolutely, coming into this thing I even said that I mentioned that he’s the most experienced fighter that I will be stepping in the ring with. The former world champion, beating the likes of Vernon Forrest, Shane Mosley, a couple other guys. He has that experience. He knows what it is to go the distance. He knows what it is to be in a dogfight. I’m a young champion and I haven’t seen those things thus far, höger, du vet.

Jag är nöjd – bra, inte innehåll men, Jag är okej med det faktum att jag har kämpat dessa killar, de topnotch men det är vad jag ser fram emot är en stege. Du kan inte hoppa över stegen. Du kan inte hoppa över några steg, eller du kommer att falla.

Så tar vi i ett steg med tiden och vi intensifiera och varje gång du kommer att se bra motstånd. Jag bara ser fram emot den här. Jag tar inte honom lätt som helst. Jag markerar tydligt honom som en av de tuffaste, craftiest most experienced guy that I have faced.

Daniel, what is going to be the thing that gets you over the top and helps you win this fight?

D. Jacobs

I don’t know what will be the main thing. But I feel like I have a lot more advantages than he does in the fight. But whatever my advantages are and whatever gets me going, will be the deciding factor for me I would stick to. So if it’s my speed, then I’ll stick to using my speed. If it’s my power, backing him down, showing him what a real middleweight feels like, then that’s what I would do.

But it’s all about adjusting and getting in there because, du vet, not a lot of things may work according to the game plan. So you got to go to Plan B, Plan C and so on and so forth. So I’m just looking forward to seeing what works for me, figuring it out because it is a puzzle, it is a chess game when you fight a guy like Sergio and just making it work. I think that’s what a true champion does is just adjust and get the job done.

What are you doing in training camp to get away from that label of spoiler and be directly concentrated on winning that title from Danny Jacobs?

S. Mora

Ja. I’ve been labeled the spoiler. I’ve been labeled a lot of names that I actually consider as a good thing, du vet. You could see it as positive or negative. You come in the positive things that I’m going to go in there, I’m going to spoil Danny Jacobs’ plans and spoil his promotion plan and spoiler for the fans is the negative that I’m going to come in and win. I decided to go in there – when the fight with Mosley and Vera, I decided to change my style a bit and I actually engaged a little bit more and be a little bit more offensive and take more chances to go for the knockout. But I think I’ve done that. Du vet, in my last five fights, I knocked down three of my opponents. So I’ve kept my word and I got this opportunity to fight for a world title again.

With Danny, I’m going to do the same. I’m going to try to go out there and do the same thing that got me into this position. I’m showing them that I can be and I can be crafty. I mostly want to let them know that, “Hej, listen, I got this other side to my game too that I added to that slickness and that craftiness.” Danny also mentioned, if that’s not working, then I got to go to Plan B and C. I’m going to give him different looks just like he’s going to give me. But I’m an excited former champion and waiting to be a new champion August 1st.

Talk about the kinds of sparring partners you have into camp.

S. Mora

Ja, I like to have heavier sparring partners, harder punching sparring partners. But it’s not about the power because me and my sparring partners aren’t going to go in there and hit me with that power. So I like hitting guys with slickness, with speed, just in case Danny comes in there and he shows me a different style, I got to be ready for that. So I got younger guys, stronger guys, powerful guys, big guys, elusive guys and I like to mix it up.

You’re a tremendous fighter, and the same time, you are great announcer, can you talk about seeing that light at the end of the tunnel and a career after boxing?

D. Jacobs

Bra, thank you sir I really, really appreciate that. To answer your question, ja, det är spelplan. To be able to talk and give my side on a national level. So one opportunity I don’t take for granted that I’m enjoying doing is giving me a different perspective on a sport that I love. And it’s something that it can set me up for the rest of my life as something to do post-boxing. Men, obviously not straying away from the main task at hand, boxing obviously is what I love to do and just the forefront. So I’m 110% focused on what we’re doing actually inside the ring.

But on my spare time in between fights, it’s something that I also like to do and stay busy. But the most part is just building the brand. Det är vad vi gör. We’re building the Danny Jacobs brand and I’m having fun doing it but I’m taking it seriously because, du vet, boxing is a very short road and I’m going to fall back on this as well.

So just trying to take everything serious and trying to give the best that I have and seeing that it’s been working thus far. So God has definitely blessed me and I’m just looking forward to everything in the near future. This opportunity to fight Sergio is a heck of an opportunity for me in my mind. I think it’s one heck of a step-up as well.

So I’m just looking forward to what life has in store for me and my career in the future.

L. DiBella

We’re going to move on to the main event of the evening right now. But once again, this is Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN from Barclays Center on August 1. It’s primetime in ESPN, coverage beginning at 9:00 pm ET / 6:00 PM PT. Tickets are from $250 down to $45 available at BarclaysCenter.com, Ticketmaster.com, the Box Office at Barclays or by calling Ticketmaster or calling Barclays Center.

The main event is a classic Philadelphia versus Brooklyn matchup, featuring two of boxing’s biggest stars. And it’s a must-win situation for both fighters when Danny “Swift” Garcia takes on Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi. Det är 12 rounds at welterweight at 147 pounds.

Intressant, both of these fighters participated at Barclays Center inaugural boxing card in 2012.

Danny Garcia, the former Unified Welterweight Champion, made five defenses Junior Welterweight Champion, made five defenses of his belt. It’ll mark Danny’s official move up to welterweight and his fifth appearance at Barclays Center. On his last fight, he had a really tough win and a really hard-fought fight with Lamont Peterson.

På Augusti 1, he has his hands full with Paulie Malignaggi, former Welterweight and Junior Welterweight World Champion, har ett register över 33-6. It’s Paulie’s fourth fight at Barclays Center. He defeated Pablo Cesar Cano and Zab Judah there and he lost close split decision to Adrien Broner.

Paulie, do you want to start by saying a few words?

Paulie Malignaggi

Tack, Lou. Ja, I’m just really feeling blessed to have the opportunity. It was an opportunity that I didn’t see coming my way after pulling out of the O’Connor fight earlier in the summer and then now trying to back up into the fall. I’m just really trying to sit back and enjoy the summer more so than training and whatnot.

This kind of opportunity just fell into my lap. It was unexpected. But I’m all about competing against the best. As surprised that I was, it was also an opportunity I couldn’t say no to. It’s a chance to, be back in the main spotlight with that kind of a fight, be at the forefront which are the kind of fights that I crave, ändå, and the kind of fights that really get my adrenaline flowing and get me motivated.

I’m fighting one of the best fighters in the world today at any weight. Like Danny Garcia, it’s a motivation to test myself against the best. I always want to test myself against the best, and so here I am.

L. DiBella

Tack, Paulie. Danny “Swift” Garcia, still undefeated, 30-0 med 17 Kos. Danny?

Danny Garcia

How are you guys doing? Först, I want to say good afternoon to everybody. I hope everybody is having a good day. Thanks for having me on this conference call.

Augusti 1^st this is going to be another great night at Barclays Center. It’s my fifth fight there and my first fight at 147. So I feel like this is a great matchup, stilist, to the fans all around the world.

Come August 1st, I’m going to be ready. I’m working hard. Jag tränar hårt. I can’t wait to get in there, showcase my skills and in the weight class.

How do you feel, Danny, now moving up to welter?

D. Garcia

Det känns bra. For the first time in a long time, I could worry about training to get better and not training to lose weight. I’ve been fighting at 140 my whole career.

I just feel felt like losing the weight was affecting my performances, mostly in the later rounds of big fights because I will use a lot of my energy losing weight. I think I’m just going to – I’ve been feeling a lot stronger and a lot better at 147. I think I should have been moved up maybe after the Mattysse fight.

But I’m here now and I feel good. Jag känner mig stark. Jag tränar hårt. And we’re working on new things just to get faster and stronger at 147.

Did the weight loss hurt you against Lamont Peterson you think?

D. Garcia

I’m not making any excuses. He had a good game plan. I just didn’t feel strong at that weight class anymore.

Före, when I hit guys, I could feel the power going through my arms. And when I land a shot, I knew I would hurt them. I just didn’t feel strong at the weight class no more. I just felt like I was hurt myself. I just didn’t feel as strong at 140 anymore.

Paulie, just talk about getting back in the ring after the Porter fight and this opportunity for you.

P. Malignaggi

I feel blessed just to get the opportunity and to get a chance to continue to test myself against one of the best fighters in the world.

You get to the point when you’re not in the ring for a while. It’s going through my mind that maybe I don’t want to fight. But as time went by and I started working out again, I started realizing that it was something I missed. It was something I was still craving. I wanted to be back in there.

Det här året, särskilt, has been different than a lot of years. I’ve always had my fight and then I’ve gone right back into just hanging out. I’ve spent almost the entire year in the gym. And I’ve been able to balance it out with all my travel with my commentating. I was in Sadam Ali’s camp for his fight.. I went right into my own training camp for Danny O’Connor and I got cut just two weeks before that scheduled fight. Then I got a call for this fight not long after that.

I’ve spent a large chunk of the year in the gym, which is something that hasn’t happened in a long time. And I feel sharp before that. If we’re going to talk about the layoff, people are going to talk about the fact that, I haven’t fought for a long time. But in reality, I actually haven’t trained this consistently in a decade, I mean literally a decade. Since I fought Miguel Cotto, I started making pretty good money after that and I haven’t stayed all year in the gym. Innan det, I was in the gym all year, du vet.

I didn’t even mean to do it by design. It’s not like I said, “Oh, i år, I’m going to spend the whole year in the gym.” I didn’t – it’s not something I planned. It’s just something that ended up happening going from one camp into another camp, into another camp. And I guess it’s just an accident.

But I do feel the sharpness in a gym. I do feel the timing is really good. Obviously my weight has come down. Så, that’s a good feeling knowing that I have to drop a lot of weight during the training camp just working on the sharpness and keep getting better.

Was there ever any serious consideration about retiring after the Porter fight or was that just suddenly flowing around out there?

P. Malignaggi

It wasn’t even something I considered. It was just something that I felt like I was going to do, du vet. I just felt like, I don’t really want to do this, in the time, the way I felt, where my mind was at. And it was just something I didn’t want to do anymore.

So I think that’s probably the best thing that happened to me in terms of thinking it like that. Not talking about the loss, but in terms of my mindset in that moment was probably the best thing because if you start to tell yourself you’re going to have a layoff and you’re going to come back, in the back of your mind, you’re never going to take that time off the right way. You’re going to be thinking about you should be back in a gym or when is the right time to get back in the gym.

But because I wasn’t thinking that, I was just thinking, “Du vet vad, Jag är färdig,” I gave myself plenty of time to kind of rejuvenate a little bit before I got back in the gym. And then I just decided, “Hej, you know what, I miss this. I want to get back in the gym.”

So I think the change of my mind was probably a good thing as opposed to just telling myself, “Du vet vad, I’m going to take some time off and then come back.” I really didn’t think I was going to come back. So when I took the time off, it was really like a time that I was legitimately, i mina tankar, feeling rested and got myself rejuvenated without even realizing it. And then by the time I got back in the gym, it was like to try rebuilding a new me, så att säga.

Did you think that this might be too much of a stepup after you’re going to be fighting Danny O’Connor after the long layoff?

P. Malignaggi

I was actually surprised. Först, I didn’t realize Danny was actually going to move to welter right away. I figured like he was having trouble making the junior welterweight limit. But I had heard rumblings that he still wanted to stay a junior welter for a little longer.

I was surprised just in general that he’s moving to welterweight. And then I was surprised, coming off the layoff, I thought maybe that we’ll get somebody else, instead of me to fight Danny.

When I got the call, Jag blev förvånad. But it was almost like pleasantly surprised. Och inte för att jag inte respekterar Danny eftersom jag gör, Jag fick en hel del respekt för Danny och familj och hans far och allt, men jag är en konkurrent. Jag har inte haft en stor kamp i över ett år. Så det är precis som, man, detta är en möjlighet för mig att typ av sätta mig tillbaka i mixen med en riktigt bra prestation i stället för långsamt komma tillbaka i mixen under loppet av tre, fyra matcher.

Jag är 34 år gammal. Jag är inte 24. Så jag har egentligen inte den typen av tålamod längre. Samtidigt, när jag fick samtalet, Jag insåg också hur bra jag hade känt i gymmet sparring och hur bra jag har känt mig i gymmet bara få formad eller whatnot. Så jag kände att jag kunde bara flöda rakt in en annan träningsläger, eftersom jag inte hade tagit så lång tid av efter jag hade skurits för O'Connor lägret. Jag fortfarande faktiskt hålls utbildning.

Så min vikt var fortfarande bra. Det gjorde slags känsla på många fronter. Jag berättade inte mig, “Oh, Det är ett stort steg upp efter en uppsägningar.” I didn’t look at it like that. I looked at it from more of a positive perspective.

Are there any health concerns for you or just heading into this fight?

P. Malignaggi

I don’t ever think about this stuff, man. You have to have a short memory in boxing. And that applies to both when you look good and when you look bad. So whatever has happened to you in the past, it doesn’t matter whether it was good or bad. You can’t take that in the ring with you in your next performance. You’re starting a new chapter every time you step in the ring for round one in your next fight.

So I know as far as round one, it’s a new chapter for me. And so I don’t consider, I don’t think about what’s happened to me in the past, whether it was good or bad. But it’s something that I haven’t thought about in a long time and it doesn’t go through my mind.

Danny is this an effort for you to feel what a 147-fight feels like?

D. Garcia

This is a fight my manager wanted. He gave me the call. He made this fight. And like any other fight, he did ask me, “Hej, do you want to fight this guy?” And then we say, “Ja, we want to fight this guy.”

So I didn’t go say, “Gee, I want to fight Paulie because he’s not a big puncher,” du vet, eftersom, power is just one of the many skills you need in boxing. I don’t choose the opponent. I don’t hand choose the opponent. Men jag tror att den totala, this is going to be a great fight.

And what are you looking for this fight to do in terms of advancing your career should you win the fight? What would be next for you? What are you aiming to do in this division?

D. Garcia

Jag vet inte vad som kommer härnäst. Uppenbarligen, en kamp i taget. I got a task in front of me. I got to go in there 110% mentally and physically prepared and just get the job done. Then after that, we can see what’s next for us.

Paulie, how do you view a fighter like Danny, a former champion, coming up from 140 till 147?

P. Malignaggi

Oh, I think he’s a phenomenal fighter. I even told Danny myself, early on, I wasn’t high on him. Men, I know when he was in the prospect stages, he was beating some really good names and he was hitting a harder road up and a lot of prospects to do, in terms of a guy he has to fight. And he grew on me. I started realizing I’m not looking at this kid the right way. This kid is actually good on a lot of fronts, both from a physical perspective and from a mental perspective, really strong.

I’ve always had a lot of respect for him. But in terms of 140, 147, he’s no different than me. I was a junior welterweight champion; I moved into welterweight. So from that front, I don’t even look at myself as a bigger guy or anything. As a matter of fact, he moved up to welterweight at a younger age than when I moved up to welterweight, du vet. So his body grew into the division a little sooner than my body grew into the division.

So I think from that point of view, we both have that in common that we’re both ex-junior welterweight. So from a physical standpoint, I’m not looking at it as having any advantages. It’s just a matter of matching of my skills to his skills.

Moving up to 147, do you really feel like you’re going to be able to put a staple on a lot of people’s mouths to shut them up about all the criticism that comes with Danny Garcia?

D. Garcia

That’s just boxing. Because I’ve been the underdog before, I’ve been the underdog before and I won. And there was like, “Oh, he got lucky.” So it’s either I’m the favorite or the underdog. I can’t listen to none of that stuff after just going through each fight like I was, mentally prepared, physically prepared going in and get the job done.

If it’s good enough for the media and it’s good enough for the fans, Jag är glad. I’m still happy because, it takes a real man to go in there and put gloves on and fight another man for 12 rundor. It takes a lot of discipline. It’s usually hard work for ten weeks straight waking up every day, doing the same thing, svettas, blod, tears, all that stuff.

So I would love for the fans and the media to love me. Men, it is what it is, they’re tough on me and that’s what keeps the chip on my shoulder and that’s going to make me train hard every day.

Do you see your craftiness advantages that you may have over him that Danny may have a little bit of difficulty with skilled boxers?

P. Malignaggi

I think styles make fight. From a style point of view there are things that I feel like I’ll be able to do against Danny. But I also expect Danny had made some adjustments since those fights.

When it comes to the Lamont Peterson fight, as I was watching that fight and Lamont started turning things around, I started thinking, maybe Danny, he got in his mind after the first three, four, five rounds that this was the kind of fight this is going to be all night.

And when you kind of get into that role in your mind where, hey, man, this is going to be at a slow pace fight and you’re going to go through the motions in the fourth round. And then suddenly the script gets switched on you; you weren’t ready.

I felt like Lamont almost caught Danny in a sleep. And so from there, I don’t know that Danny would make a mistake again. The pace was so slow early on. I felt like I put myself in Danny’s shoes and I said, “Du vet vad, if I was Danny, I would probably be thinking two, tre, four rounds. Det är allt. This is the kind of fight we’re going to fight for 12 rundor. So I wouldn’t be ready when suddenly he got turned off. Because if in your mind you put in – if you put in your mindset that’s how the fight is going to be and then things switched, then you kind of get caught sleeping.

So I felt like maybe it was a learning experience for Danny. But as far as from the stylistic point of view, yes I like the way my boxing skills match up to his. I’m sure there’s things he feels he can do to me as well. And that’s kind of why we get in the ring, we compete with each other and you match up skills. But I’m sure both of us have certain advantages over the other that we’re both going to try to apply once the bell rings on August 1st.

Do you see that as a must-win situation for you especially coming off the loss with Shawn Porter?

P. Malignaggi

I think it’s more must-win for me as far as my own boxing career is concerned. I think there’s no question that from my professional boxing career, not my commentating career; take everything else aside. For the life of my professional boxing career to continue, I feel like this is a must win for sure. I don’t think that there’s much of a must-win for Danny as it is for me.

At this level, they’re all – you always feel like it’s must win because you’re always in the mix for a bigger fight if you can win. So it’s always must win. But in reality, I feel like the burden falls on me more than Danny for it to be that kind of must-win.

But it’s also nothing new to me. I’ve been written off before. My career was supposed to end in 2009 when I went to Houston, Texas. I just came off the Ricky Hatton loss and I went to Houston to fight Juan Diaz. And no matter what I said in the press conferences, no matter what I’ve said in interviews, I remember just within one year they just kind of felt like this was going to be the end of my career. And so I had to go in there and prove it myself that it wasn’t yet, du vet.

So I had everybody – if I allowed myself to listen to what everybody says, I would have long gone a long time ago because you figure, you teach everybody their lessons and then it happened again in 2012. I got sent to Ukraine. I hadn’t really had a big fight in a couple of years and people just thought I was again sent to Ukraine as a fight just to make a little bit of money and be done. I was surprised that everybody was thinking about me like that again. I was like, “Wow. These people really don’t learn their lesson, you know.”

And so I went to Ukraine and I’d come back with the WBA Welterweight title at that time. And I was able to turn things around again from – in my career. And those are really two key situations because losses in those two fights would really have erased me from the sport.

So I found myself again in this kind of situation. I’m not travelling to anybody’s hometown this time. I’m fighting in my own hometown. But it’s the same situation. It’s kind of the same thing. No matter what I say going into this fight, people are still going to look at it the same way that I’m the opponent and I’m the guy that Danny beats and this is my last fight and I’m just taking this for a payday and all this stuff.

So if I hadn’t already been through this, maybe I would worry about it. I remember in 2009, going to Houston, being kind of worried about it, complaining about all kinds of stuff and just not really knowing what I was walking into. I was walking into a dark room. But I’m not walking into a dark room on August 1st. I know exactly what’s going on. I know exactly what the rumblings are in the boxing world. And I know exactly what everybody is saying about the fight.

Regardless, det spelar ingen roll. None of it matters. I go in the gym; I do my work every day. I know my mindset. It’s focused. It’s ready. And I know I’m going there to do work on August 1st. And nobody’s opinion is going to matter when the bell rings. But you can’t take people’s opinions in the ring with you, igen, whether they’d be good or whether they’d be bad. Nobody’s opinion comes in the ring with you. It has absolutely no bearing on who wins each and every single round.

Danny, what things have you been able to do this time around doing training that you could not do in the past because you had to make 140?

D. Garcia

We added things to our workout now. We added a lot of explosive workouts, a lot of agility, a lot of footwork, a lot of things to making you more explosive, things I couldn’t do at 140 because I didn’t have the energy for it. But now the extra weight is really helping me. I’m eating – I’m adding more meals to my base to make me stronger, like before I had to skip meals. I was always weak.

When we’re thinking about this, your training in the gym, do you 100% know how good you’re going to be as far as the sharpness and what you have left at 34? Or does it remain to be seen, you’ll only know on fight night?

P. Malignaggi

Fight night you can feel any which way. You can have a good camp but sometimes have a bad night. You can have a bad camp and have a good night. You don’t know how you’re going to be on fight night until you wake up the morning of the fight.

But I will say this, I’m having a good camp. And it mainly has to do with the fact that I’ve flown from one camp to another to another and I’ve been able to keep working on my skills and keep working on my sharpness. My weight has stayed low because of the fact that I have consistent training, consistent sparring.

I really like the way I’m feeling right now. I like the rhythm that I’m in when I’m in the gym. I like the flow. We’re just going to try to bring this sharp camp into the fight.

Do you believe that you got the fight because they believed that you were a faded fighter?

P. Malignaggi

I didn’t go that deep into thinking. When I got the call, I was just surprised. Rhen I got the thinking, som, man, that’s a big fight. Any competitor wants big fights and wants to be in the limelight and wants to be on the big stage. I was wondering if I would ever get a chance to fight on this stage again.

I was more just surprised than anything else. I didn’t really go into thinking as to why I got the fight or why I got offered the fight or whatnot. I think that’s more your guys’ jobb. And I’m sure they let me know about it on Twitter and in the media why I’ve got this fight. Even if I didn’t think about it, just seeing what everybody says about it, I kind of get the gist of it.

If that’s the reason I got offered the fight, it’s the same reason I got offered the Juan Diaz fight in Houston in ’09. It’s the same reason I got the Vyacheslav Senchenko fight in Ukraine in 2012. And my confidence comes from me knowing I have the mental capacity to not let that kind of pressure bother me and have the mental capacity to just go into my zone and eliminate all the negativity from my mind.

Danny said earlier he would love the media and the fans to love him. I couldn’t care less whether anybody loves me or hates me. And I think the body of my work throughout my career or the things that I said, the things that I do, shows that I could care less whether anybody loves me or hates. I go out there to do a job. I’m a competitor. I love competing. I love the adrenaline rush of combat at the highest level and testing myself against the best fighters in the world.

That’s why I do this. Jag älskar att slåss – I love to see where I’m at. And on August 1st, I’ll show myself.

Danny, where is dad, Angel Garcia?

D. Garcia

My dad is doing well. Just nu, he’s at a shop. He owns and runs a business. Angel is just being Angel right now. I won’t see him until 5 Klockan. Only the Lord knows what he’s doing right now.

I would say some of the best work that you have done in the ring is by out-foxing heavy-handed opponents. How much of the old fox are we going to see? How is he again against Danny Garcia?

P. Malignaggi

I think for the most part, people know Danny’s style, people know my style. We’re going to make some adjustments to each other, both as part of the game plan and once we see each other in the ring.

I can’t really tell you exactly how I’m going to play it out until I’m in the ring myself. I plan on being the best me possible. I plan on being the sharpest me possible. And right now, i utbildning, Jag känner mig riktigt bra. The plan is to flow this training camp into a sharp night on August 1st.

How long have you been thinking about the move up to welter?

D. Garcia

I believe right after the Matthysse fight I wanted to move up. I felt like that was a perfect time for me to move up because I beat the best 140-pounder at that time. I had beat Khan and then I came back and beat Morales and Matthysse.

I beat two of the best 140-pounders, so I feel like it’s time for me to go up to 147. But they had different plans for me. Me and my team, we decided to stay at 140 for a little longer to see how it played out. I just wasn’t fully strong at the weight class anymore. I just wasn’t fully strong anymore. So I felt like it’s time for me to go up to 147.

How confident do you feel that you can become world champion again against the likes of Thurman, Kell Brook, perhaps a rematch against Amir Khan?

D. Garcia

Jag är mycket säker. I faced a lot of good fighters. I faced a lot of great fighters in my career. I have a lot of experience. I was a big 140-pound fighter. I’ve never faced a 140-pound fighter who was taller than me or who looked better than me.

I was just squeezing my body down to 140. And I feel like I’m going to be a way better fighter at 147 and be able to use my legs more. Vid 140, I felt like I wasn’t strong no more, so I just had to walk forward all night and knock my opponents out.

But I feel like at 147, you’re going to see a more athletic Danny Garcia and be able to use my legs more, using my jab more and see punches clearer. When you drain yourself as hard to see punches, then you get hit with a lot of dumb punches because your vision is not clear.

I feel like my vision is going to be a lot clearer and be able to move my head, see the punches better, use my feet. And I think I’m going to be a champion at 147, alltför. I know so.

L. DiBella

Med det, tack, alla, for joining us for this PBC on ESPN call.

Igen, it’ll be Danny “Swift” Garcia against Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi, and Danny Jacobs against Sergio Mora in the opening bout at Barclays Center, Augusti 1, primetime on ESPN, coverage beginning at 9:00 pm ET / 6:00 PM PT.

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Förutom kvällens main event och co-main event, Välj undercard skjutningarna kommer att genomföras direkt på ESPN3. ESPN Deportes kommer också televize kampen leva som en del av sin Night Fights serien och ESPN International kommer att presentera direktsändning över sina nätverk i Latinamerika, Brasilien, Västindien och Stillahavsområdet. Live täckning kommer också att finnas tillgänglig via WatchESPN på datorer, smartphones, tabletter, Amazon Fire TV och Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, År, Xbox 360 och Xbox One via en ansluten videoleverantör.

För mer information besök www.premierboxingchampions.com, www.barclayscenter.com ochwww.dbe1.com. Följ på TwitterPremierBoxing, DannySwift, PaulMalignaggi, LouDiBella, ESPNBoxing, BarclaysCenter OchSwanson_Comm och bli ett fan på Facebook påwww.Facebook.com/PremierBoxingChampions, www.facebook.com/fanpagedannyswiftgarcia,www.facebook.com/PaulMalignaggi, www.facebook.com/barclayscenterochwww.facebook.com/ESPN. Följ konversationen med #PBConESPN och #BrooklynBoxing.

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MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION DANIEL JACOBS TO FACE FORMER WORLD CHAMPION SERGIO MORA ON TELEVISED OPENER OF PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS ON ESPN IN PRIMETIME ON SATURDAY, AUGUSTI 1 FRÅN BARCLAYS CENTER

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Täckning börjar ESPN på 9 p.m. OCH/6 p.m. PT

Biljetter finns till försäljning nu!

BROOKLYN (Juni 17, 2015) – Mellanvikt världsmästare Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs (29-1, 26 Kos) återvänder till ringen i sin hemstad Brooklyn att ta på förre världsmästaren Sergio “Den latinska Snake” Mora (28-3-2, 9 Kos) som TV öppnare av Premier Boxning Champions på ESPN primetime Lördag, Augusti. 1 vid Barclays Center med TV täckning börjar på 9 p.m. OCH/6 p.m. PT.

Denna kamp kommer att föregå uppgörelse mellan obesegrade superstar Danny “Swift” Garcia (30-0, 17 Kos) och Brooklyn egen Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi (33-6, 7 Kos).

“Jag är bara glad över att vara på denna stora kort och för att kunna prestera på Barclays Center är en ära,” Said Jacobs. “Jag ser fram emot att göra det bästa av denna möjlighet och viktigast jag vill ge Brooklyn fansen en bra show. Jag får gå till jobbet i min egen bakgård.”

“Jag gick tillbaka till "ritbordet,’ arbetat hårt och nu är jag välsignad att vara en del av denna stora händelse,” Said Mora, “I don’t plan to let this opportunity get by me. På Augusti 1, Jag kommer till Brooklyn för att vinna.”

Biljetter för live-event, som främjas av DiBella Entertainment i association med Swift kampanjer, är prissatta på $250, $150, $75 och $45, tillämpliga serviceavgifter och skatter exklusive, finns det erbjudanden nu. Biljetter finns på www.barclayscenter.com, www.ticketmaster.comoch på American Express Box Office på Barclays Center början Torsdag, Juni 18 vid middagstid. För att ladda via telefon, call Ticket vid (800) 745-3000. För gruppbiljetter, ring 800-GROUP-BK.

Den inspirerande siffra som kommer att kämpa vid Barclays Center för fjärde gången, Brooklyns Jacobs avslutade sin väg från cancer överlevande att kämpa i augusti förra året när han besegrade Jarrod Fletcher för mellanvikt titel. I 2011, samtidigt eftersträva ett mästerskap i ringen, cancer hotade hans liv och höll honom på åskådarplats för 19 månader. När han återvände, han plockade upp där han slutade och har inte förlorat sedan. Den 28-årige ser ut att hålla sin tempot uppe när han möter Mora påAugusti. 1.

Vinnaren av NBC: s “Utmanaren” serie, 34-årige Mora är en före detta världsmästare i super weltervikt och funderar på att lägga en mellanvikt krona till sitt namn. Los Angeles infödda äger segrar över Ishe Smith, Peter Manfredo Jr. och Vernon Forrest och träder denna kamp på en fem-kamp vinna strimma. Han besegrade senast Abraham Han i februari i år och kommer att göra sin första pro start i Brooklyn på Augusti. 1.

För mer information besök www.premierboxingchampions.com, www.barclayscenter.com ochwww.dbe1.com. Följ på TwitterPremierBoxing, DannySwift, PaulMalignaggi, LouDiBella, ESPNBoxing, BarclaysCenter OchSwanson_Comm och bli ett fan på Facebook på www.Facebook.com/PremierBoxingChampions, www.facebook.com/fanpagedannyswiftgarcia, www.facebook.com/PaulMalignaggi, www.facebook.com/barclayscenteroch www.facebook.com/ESPN. Följ konversationen med #PBConESPN och #BrooklynBoxing.

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OFÖRLÖST SUPERSTAR DANNY GARCIA FÖR ANSIKT BROOKLYNS EGNA PAULIE MALIGNAGGI SOM PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS GÅR PRIMETIME PÅ ESPN I BARCLAYS CENTRUM LÖRDAG, AUGUSTI 1

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Biljetter till försäljning Onsdag, Juni 17 vid 10 a.m.

BROOKLYN (Juni 15, 2015) – Undefeated superstar Danny “Swift” Garcia (30-0, 17 Kos) tar på Brooklyn egen Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi (33-6, 7 Kos) vid Barclays Center Premier Boxning Champions kommer att leva i primetime på ESPN på Lördag, Augusti 1 med täckning börjar vid 9 p.m. OCH/6 p.m. PT.

“Det kommer att bli en stor kamp mot Paulie augusti 1^st,” Said Garcia. “Jag ser fram emot att få i ringen igen, i min femte framträdande på Barclays Center, och sätta på en stor show för East Coast fans i uppslutning och fans att titta över hela världen. I slutet av kvällen, Jag kommer fortfarande att vara obesegrad Danny "Swift’ Garcia. Till alla fans som älskar mig, Jag älskar dig också. Det här är till dig.”

“Även om jag har massor av respekt för Danny och hans far Angel, både för vad de har åstadkommit i ringen samt obligationen de delar som far / son, Jag, gillar dem, är en konkurrent rakt igenom och i den här sporten handlar det om att testa sig mot eliten. Så jag ser fram emot att försvara min hemmastad i Brooklyn och matcha mina färdigheter mot Danny's på Barclays Center den Augusti 1.”

“Augusti 1 kommer att markera Danny Garcia första slagsmål som en sann weltervikt,” sade Lou DiBella, VD för DiBella Entertainment. “Det kommer att ske vid Barclays Center, på bakgården av Brooklyns Paulie Malignaggi. Denna högkvalitativa PBC matchup på ESPN är en måste-win-situation för båda fighters.”

“Vi är glada att vara värd för en tredje utestående Premier Boxing Champions händelse och vårt första ESPN slagsmål i Brooklyn,” sade Barclays Center VD Brett Yormark. “Danny Garcia sätter alltid på en stor show och det finns ingen större fan favorit i Brooklyn än Paulie Malignaggi. Med denna kamp, Vi fortsätter att etablera Barclays Center som den främsta boxning plats i landet.”

“Denna klassiska Philly kontra New York match-up med två av boxning största stjärnor är exakt varför ESPN är televising Premier Boxing Champions,” säger Brian Kweder, senior chef för programmering och förvärv på ESPN. “Danny Garcia har ödelagt till junior weltervikt division och i stället för att underlätta sin väg in i weltervikt divisionen, han kämpar en före detta mästare i Paulie Malignaggi världen.”

Biljetter för live-event, vilket främjas av DiBella Entertainment, är prissatta på $250, $150, $75 och $45, tillämpliga serviceavgifter och skatter exklusive, och finns det erbjudanden Onsdag, Juni 17 vid 10 a.m. Biljetter finns på www.barclayscenter.com, www.ticketmaster.com och på American Express Box Office på Barclays Center början Torsdag, Juni 18 vid middagstid. För att ladda via telefon, call Ticket vid (800) 745-3000. För gruppbiljetter, ring 800-GROUP-BK.

Förutom kvällens main event och co-main event, som kommer att tillkännages inom kort, Välj undercard skjutningarna kommer att genomföras direkt på ESPN3. ESPN Deportes kommer också televize kampen leva som en del av sin Night Fights serien och ESPN International kommer att presentera direktsändning över sina nätverk i Latinamerika, Brasilien, Västindien och Stillahavsområdet. Live täckning kommer också att finnas tillgänglig via WatchESPN på datorer, smartphones, tabletter, Amazon Fire TV och Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, År, Xbox 360 och Xbox One via en ansluten videoleverantör.

Nu i sin fjärde året som en världsmästare, Philadelphias Garcia kommer att återvända till rubriken på Barclays Center för en rekord femte gången. Garcia senast kämpade i Brooklyn på April 11 besegra Lamont Peterson i en medryckande 12 runda majoritetsbeslut. Den 27-årige har tagit ner några av de största namnen i boxning på väg till en obesegrad rekord, inklusive Amir Khan, Erik Morales, Lucas Matthysse och Zab Judah.

En tidigare världsmästare på 140 och 147-pounds, 34-årige Malignaggi kommer att återvända till ringen för att slåss på Barclays Center för fjärde gången som en professionell. Han har haft en massa stora namn under hela sin karriär och har tagit hem segrar över artister som Zab Judah, Vjatjeslav Senchenko och Pablo Cesar Cano. Född och uppvuxen i Bensonhurst närheten av Brooklyn, “The Magic Man” kommer att kliva in i ringen för första gången sedan april 2014.

Den första live Premier Boxning Champions på Primetime ESPN (PBC på ESPN) telecast, från USF Sun Dome i Tampa, Fla., kommer att innehålla en stjärnspäckade 12-runda weltervikt matchup mellan obesegrad Keith “One Time” Thurman (25-0, 21 Kos) och Luis Collazo (36-6, 19 Kos) När serien debuterar på ESPN på Lördag, Juli 11, vid 9 p.m. Öppningen kampen kommer att visa upp en 10-runda junior mellanvikt matchup mellan obesegrad Tony Harrison (21-0, 18 Kos) och Willie Nelson (23-2-1, 13 Kos). Läs mer.

För mer information besök www.premierboxingchampions.com, www.barclayscenter.com ochwww.dbe1.com. Följ på TwitterPremierBoxing, DannySwift, PaulMalignaggi, LouDiBella, ESPNBoxing, BarclaysCenter OchSwanson_Comm och bli ett fan på Facebook på www.Facebook.com/PremierBoxingChampions, www.facebook.com/fanpagedannyswiftgarcia, www.facebook.com/PaulMalignaggi, www.facebook.com/barclayscenteroch www.facebook.com/ESPN. Följ konversationen med #PBConESPN och #BrooklynBoxing.

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EXCLUSIVE, CANDID INTERVIEW WITH FLOYD MAYWEATHER TO PREMIERE SATURDAY ON SHOWTIME®

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Mayweather Goes In-Depth on Pacquiao Injury, the Possibility of a Rematch and Fighting Beyond Next September

SHOWTIME Premiere of World Championship Bout—Mayweather vs. Pacquiao—at 9 p.m. OCH/PT Followed by Exclusive Interview and the Premiere of “INSIDE MAYWEATHER vs. PACQUIAO Epilogue”

NEW YORK (Maj 7, 2015)—Sports Emmy^® Award winning reporter Jim Gray of SHOWTIME Sports^® sat down with pound-for-pound champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather for an exclusive and candid interview late Tisdag natt, just days after Mayweather dominated Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao en route to a 12-round unanimous decision victory last Saturday night in Las Vegas. The interview will premiere this Lördag, Maj 9, på Showtime immediately following the network’s premiere of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao (9 p.m. OCH/PT).

I intervjun, Mayweather addresses the claim made by Pacquiao’s camp that the Philippine fighter sustained an injury to his right shoulder that hampered his ability during the bout. Mayweather also discusses the possibility of a rematch with Pacquiao and fighting beyond his next scheduled event in September.

“Absolutely not,” Mayweather told Gray when asked if he could detect a problem with Pacquiao’s shoulder during the bout. “He was fast. His left hand was fast. His right hand was fast and he was throwing them both fast and strong.

“Excuses, excuses, excuses,” continued Mayweather, who remains undefeated in his professional career with 48 vinner, no losses and no draws.

“I’m not going to buy into the bull—… and I don’t want the public to buy into the bull—-. He lost. Han vet att han förlorade. I lost a lot of respect for him after all of this.”

Mayweather goes on to address the possibility of a rematch.

“Did I text Stephen A. Smith and say I will fight him again? Ja, but I change my mind,” said Mayweather. “At this particular time, inte, because he’s a sore loser and he’s a coward… If you lost, accept the loss and say, ‘Mayweather, you were the better fighter.’”

The compelling interview will air immediately following the SHOWTIME premiere of the welterweight world championship unification bout at 9 p.m. OCH/PT. The interview will be immediately followed by the premiere of INSIDE Mayweather vs. PACQUIAO Epilogue, the acclaimed original documentary series from SHOWTIME Sports.

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Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), ett helägt dotterbolag till CBS Corporation, äger och driver premium-tv-nätverket SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ och FLIX®, as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME 2™, SHOWTIME® SHOWCASE, SHOWTIME EXTREME®, SHOWTIME BEYOND®, SHOWTIME NEXT®, SHOWTIME WOMEN®, SHOWTIME FAMILY ZONE® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD™, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ HD, SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, FLIX ON DEMAND® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ ON DEMAND, och nätverkets autentiseringstjänst SHOWTIME ANYTIME®. SNI förvaltar också Smithsonian Networks ™, ett joint venture mellan SNI och Smithsonian Institution, som erbjuder Smithsonian Channel ™. Alla SNI-flöden ger förbättrat ljud med Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI marknadsför och distribuerar sport- och underhållningsevenemang för utställning till prenumeranter på pay-per-view-basis genom SHOWTIME PPV®.

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MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV Continues Friday, Maj 8, vid 10 p.m. OCH

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Maj 5, 2015

Den MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout på truTV series will feature its second consecutive week of live boxing coverage Fredag, Maj 8, vid 10 p.m. OCH from Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The card will feature two title fights, headlined by Top-10 contenders Glen “Jersey Boy” Tapia (23-1, 15 Kos) from Passaic, N.J., och “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (23-0, 15 Kos). Tapia will defend his NABO junior middleweight title against Michel Soro (25-1-1, 15 Kos) from France, with Monaghan defending his WBC Continental Americas light heavyweight title against Cleiton Conceicao (20-6-2, 16 Kos) from Brazil.

Kommentatorer för evenemanget kommer att omfatta Kevin Kulor ger play-by-play med analytiker Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini och reporter Crystina Poncher. Kugler is a veteran announcer who has called college basketball and NFL coverage for Westwood One and college football for the Big Ten Network. Mancini is a 2015 International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee and former NABF and WBA lightweight champion. Poncher is a commentator and reporter for Top Rank, samt en värd, reporter och korrespondent för NFL Network och NFL.com. Dessutom, closed captioning in Spanish will be available.

Nätverkets presentation kommer att innehålla den fortsatta användningen av “Spidercam”teknik, den första i sitt slag för en levande inhemsk boxning telecast, providing dynamic coverage during the series. “Spidercam” operates on a four-point system of cables from designated points beyond the corners of the boxing ring. Den suspenderade kameran har förmågan att ge övertygande 360-graders vinkel för åtgärden inklusive möjligheten att röra sig i tre dimensioner - vänster / höger, framåt / bakåt och upp / ner.

As part of its entitlement sponsorship of the boxing series on truTV,MetroPCS will receive camera-visible center ring and corner pad brand placement for each fight, as well as inclusion in all promotional messaging across truTV and other Turner Broadcasting networks.

Visit the Turner Sports online pressroom for additional press materials; follow Turner Sports on Twitter at TurnerSportsPR.

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MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV to Debut Friday, Maj 1, vid 10 p.m. OCH

April 24, 2015 FNU47 Lämna en kommentar

New Primetime Series to Include First-Ever Use of “Spidercam” for Live Boxing Telecast

Kevin Kugler to Provide Play-by-Play with World Class Welterweight Timothy Bradley & Reporter Crystina Poncher

truTV and Top Rank will partner to exclusively present the MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV, a live primetime boxing series set to debut Friday, Maj 1, vid 10 p.m. OCH. The new boxing series, in association with Turner Sports and HBO Sports, will launch on the eve of the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao pay-per-view fight with a card featuring two title bouts inside The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

The network’s presentation will feature the first-ever domestic use of “Spidercam” technology for a live boxing telecast, providing dynamic coverage of this new series. “Spidercam” operates on a four-point system of cables from designated points beyond the corners of the boxing ring. Den suspenderade kameran har förmågan att ge övertygande 360-graders vinkel för åtgärden inklusive möjligheten att röra sig i tre dimensioner - vänster / höger, framåt / bakåt och upp / ner.

“Spidercam” will provide the definitive views of the action throughout the series, including a main event on Friday, Maj 1, showcasing Takahiro Ao (27-3-1, 16 Kos) from Chiba, Japan, vs. Ray Beltran (29-7-1, 17 Kos) from Los Mochis, Mexiko, in a 12-round bout for the vacant WBO Lightweight World Championship. The undercard will include two undefeated fighters in action – Mikael Zewski (26-0, 23 Kos) from Quebec, Kanada, vs. Konstantin Ponomarev (27-0, 13 Kos) from Miass, Russia – in a 10-round bout for the NABF Welterweight Championship.

Commentators for the event will include Kevin Kugler providing play-by-play with analyst Timothy Bradley and reporter Crystina Poncher. Kugler is a veteran announcer who has called college basketball and NFL coverage for Westwood One and college football for the Big Ten Network. Bradley is a former WBO welterweight champion and former WBO and two-time WBC junior welterweight champion, including a win over Pacquiao during his career. Poncher is a commentator and reporter for Top Rank, samt en värd, reporter och korrespondent för NFL Network och NFL.com. Dessutom, closed captioning in Spanish will be available.

The second week of the MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV series – live from Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., på fredag, Maj 8, vid 10 p.m. – will be headlined by Top-10 contenders Glen “Jersey Boy” Tapia (23-1, 15 Kos) from Passaic, N.J., and “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (23-0, 15 Kos) i aktion. Tapia will defend his NABO junior middleweight title against Michael Soro (25-1-1, 15 Kos) from France, with Monaghan (defending his WBC Continental Americas light heavyweight title) facing Cleiton Conceicao (20-6-2, 16 Kos) from Brazil.

As part of its entitlement sponsorship of the boxing series on truTV, MetroPCS will receive camera-visible center ring and corner pad brand placement for each fight, as well as inclusion in all promotional messaging across truTV and other Turner Broadcasting networks. Sony PlayStation also joins as an associate sponsor of the series, with in-ring signage and inclusion in promotional spots.

Visit the Turner Sports online pressroom for additional press materials; follow Turner Sports on Twitter at TurnerSportsPR.

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Floyd Mayweather presskonferens appell

April 24, 2015 FNU47 Lämna en kommentar

Kelly Swanson

Tack, alla, for joining us today. Today on the call we have none other than ‘TBE’ the greatest fighter on the earth, Floyd Mayweather, 11-time World Champion. We also have Leonard Ellerbe, VD, Mayweather kampanjer. Leonard, please start with the introductions. Tack.

Leonard Ellerbe

Tack, alla, for joining us on the call. We’ll jump right into this without further ado. None other than Floyd Mayweather himself.

Floyd Mayweather

Hej, how is everyone doing? I want to thank Leonard. I want to thank Kelly. I want to thank my team. I want to thank all the media from around the world that have been covering this fight. I want to thank everyone, I just want to say that you guys are doing a great job and I appreciate you.

That thing on SportsCenter the other night, when you were talking about your place in boxing history and you said you thought you were greater than Muhammad Ali. Can you expand on your reasons why you feel that way?

F. Mayweather

I just feel like, like I said before, I take my hat off and then acknowledge all of the past champions. Är, I think he was a legend. I respect Ali like I respect any other champion. I just feel like I’ve done everything I can do in this sport over my whole life, for 30-something years. I feel like I’ve done just as much in this sport as Ali did.

There’s no disrespect to him. I just feel like, when you look at it, Ali was great in one weight class, which is heavyweight. But he stood up for a good cause; he stood up for a hell of a cause in his era.

I think that it’s hard for a guy to beat me. I’m still sharp, still very, very sharp at the age of 38. Still going strong at the age of 38. There’s no disrespect to Ali, as I said before. I just feel like I’m the best, no different from how he called himself ‘The Greatest,’ I call myself ‘TBE.’

I’m pretty sure that I will get criticized for what I said, but I can care less. I couldn’t care less about the backlash. I believe what I believe like he probably got criticized at one particular time when he said that he was the greatest. He felt like he was better than Sugar Ray Robinson. The list goes on and on. I’m pretty sure there’s going to be another fighter that’s going to come along and say he’s better than Floyd Mayweather and he’s going to get criticized.

Do you think that Manny Pacquiao believes anything that Freddie Roach is saying when it comes to the bad guy and all this other stuff? Or do you think he’s just blowing smoke?

F. Mayweather

I’m not going to speak negative about Freddie Roach. I don’t have to at all. If I say something about the guy, they’re going to think Floyd is picking on a guy, who is not 100 percent healthy.

Sedan, if I comment on some of the stuff he says, he’s making this basically a God and devil type thing. The best way to handle a situation like that, is not to say anything at all, if you don’t have anything positive to say. He don’t have to get in there and fight, so when it comes down to it, it’s up to the two fighters.

He’s entitled to say what he wants to say, but the fighter is not speaking like that. I couldn’t care less because it comes down to the two fighters. I wish Freddie Roach nothing but the best; I don’t have anything negative to say about him. I’m truly blessed to be where I’m at and I’m thankful to be where I’m at.

The magnitude of this fight, I know you treat it like just another fight, but what about your team? How has your team dealt with the press?

F. Mayweather

Jag är väldigt glad, like I said before. A little bit of everything got me to this point. Everybody played a major key. I try to keep my team grounded. People talk about the money. That plays a major key. My place in history plays a major key. Performing well plays a major key. Everything plays a major, major key.

I just try to keep my team grounded and try to keep them focused and just try to teach them every day how to go out there and fish for themselves. That’s the only thing I try to teach my team. I tell them to stay positive, and what I’ve heard was keep a positive environment around myself, which keeps me comfortable and happy.

Are you excited at any point of this fight? I know you say you treat this like a job, but are you excited to finally get in the ring and have this fight happen?

F. Mayweather

It’s just like I said before. I’m not really going crazy. It’s just a fight to me. I know it’s the biggest fight in boxing history, but I can’t approach it like that because I’m not going to put any unnecessary pressure on myself.

He’s a fighter that’s extremely talented, he’s a very good fighter also, and my thing is just to be Floyd Mayweather. People actually don’t know, how is this fight going to be fought? I can’t say. Som jag sa tidigare, I’m not a psychic. I cannot predict the future. But I will be at my best May 2^nd.

Listen, if you believe Bob Arum, this fight might not happen. That there’s issues with tickets, there’s the contract has not been signed, whatever. Do you know anything about that?

F. Mayweather

When it comes to the business side, that’s for Leonard Ellerbe. I don’t try to worry about tickets; I try to worry about the guy that’s in front of in me, which is going to be Manny Pacquiao. That’s my whole focus. Tickets are something I don’t really deal with.

Have you trained harder for any previous fight than you have for this one, and would that be down to your respect for Manny or the fact that you need to work a bit harder the older you get?

F. Mayweather

When you’re trying to perform, when you’re at this level, you always want to perform extremely well. You don’t want to overtrain. You want to train to where you know you’re completely ready. Go out there and be at just 100 procent. As far as this training camp, I’ve trained extremely hard. I believe that we’ll just see how everything plays out.

I’m hearing reports, Floyd, that you’re looking stronger and fitter than ever.

F. Mayweather

Bra, some people say that, you might not believe that depending on who is telling you. Förhoppningsvis. Hopefully I am. We’ll just have to see. That’s why I’m at this level, at the pinnacle of my career, because I’ve been pushing myself for so long and working so hard.

Can I just ask you about Amir Khan? Is he still in your plans?

F. Mayweather

My focus right now is the guy that’s in front of me. My last fight is in September. I never want to overlook anyone. I believe you take it one fighter at a time. As of right now, Manny Pacquaio is the guy that’s in front of me, and that’s my focus.

My question is regarding, Manny Pacquiao has said he thinks it’s Floyd’s time to lose. He’s almost implying that it’s maybe, God is on his side. I was wondering how you think, if God actually does care who wins prizefights?

F. Mayweather

I actually believe God loves us all. The people that are on this call, every writer, every fighter, every athlete that goes out there and competes. God loves us all. Än en gång, Jag är en kämpe. What I do, I’m a professional prizefighter. I believe in God and I love God. I don’t think God takes sides.

Lot of stuff gets reported in the fourth or the sixth weeks leading up to this. We don’t always get a chance to ask you yourself, so I want to give you the opportunity. Is there anything that was reported that you want to clear up that you want to actually say no, that isn’t true, you guys got it wrong?

F. Mayweather

LÅT BLI, nothing at all. Because once my career is over, that’s when I’m going to read everything, ändå, all the articles that people have written. When I come home, I leave boxing at the boxing gym. When I go to the gym or when I go to train, I work. I dedicate myself to my craft.

When I come home and I’m not on the computer, I’m not looking at myself. I’m not buying magazine covers with me on the cover. I’m not on the computer looking up articles. I could care less about all that. My job is to go out there and perform and be at my best, and be the best that I can be in the sport of boxing.

My question for you is, in your opinion, what would a victory against Pacquiao do for your legacy? And then how much would it enhance your legacy.

F. Mayweather

It’s just another fight. I just look at the situation. He’s another guy that I faced. You’re just going to say in history, that these two faced each other at one particular time. It was hard to make the fight happen, eventually they made the fight happen, and we faced each other.

Do you believe, fast, that a victory would in some way enhance your legacy?

F. Mayweather

I’m not sure, because I’m not the one that’s putting myself in the history books.

Do you think it’s true that the winner of the fight will be declared, in essence, by the public, as the king of this era?

F. Mayweather

I can’t really say. I don’t really know. Just look at Ali’s career. When he fought, he looked like the best when he fought. I think he lost seven fights. When I got older I noticed that he lost seven fights and lost some other fight that he lost. He still was known as the greatest. Because that’s what he put out there. Så, that’s what it is.

The wonderment on a lot of people’s minds is when the career is over, will you have enough money for the rest of your life? Do you ever worry about losing at all?

F. Mayweather

Jag är välsignad. I made some good investments to where if I wanted to retire today, I could.

That means there’s no fear of bankruptcy whatsoever in terms of the gambling and the other involvements that you’ve spent?

F. Mayweather

I made some good investments, and if I wanted to retire today, I could.

My question is, you said at the press conference that you though that Pacquiao was surprised at how much bigger you were than him. Can you talk a little bit about that, and then also some of the strategic aspects of being the bigger fighter in the ring on Maj 2?

F. Mayweather

Normally when I face an opponent, they normally outweighed me by 17 till 20 pounds on fight nights. This has been going on for a good while now. You can read a guy’s body language. When Pacquiao first saw me in Miami, he didn’t expect to see me over there at the basketball game. He looked shocked, som, ‘Damn, he is taller than me. He’s bigger than what I thought he was.’ Just being in the sport for so long, you’re able to read body language; you’re able to read a fighter’s eyes.

Do you feel that some of the trash talking is Freddie Roach being nervous about the fight and trying to get a psychological edge on you?

F. Mayweather

I’m not fighting Freddie Roach, so I’m not worried about that at all. Freddie Roach, he’s Pacquiao’s trainer and he’s going to do what he has to do for his fighter to win. If that’s trying to get an edge, then that’s what he should do.

All of your other fights, you’ve always been a very vocal, always been a vocal fighter. Why the silence this time?

F. Mayweather

This is exactly what I’ve said. Even in my interviews, I’ve said we had to bring a game plan. Even from day one when I was with Bob Arum, I said I wanted to work extremely hard to get to a certain point in my career, which is to get to a point to be the first fighter to ever make nine figures in one night.

It took a game plan to me going out there on my own. It’s just me speaking out with a very, very loud voice. Having a lot of personality. But as you get older, you mature. After trash talking for 17, 18 år, and constantly saying, look what I’ve done. Titta på mig. Titta på mig. You know what I’m saying? I’m the best. Titta på mig. And everybody they’ve put in front of me I’ve beaten.

I’m at a point where you just say, you know what? Det är vad det är. I know what I can do. Jag vet vad jag ta med till bordet. God has truly blessed me to be in this situation. I have a good team. My children are healthy, so I don’t have to do all that.

It’s more like I did all that loud talking and everything to get to a certain point. I’ve still got a lot of personality, I did what I had to do to get to a certain point in my career, och det är vad jag gjorde. It was a brilliant game plan.

From your personal point of view, how has this fight and this promotion been different from the many other big events that you’ve been a part of?

F. Mayweather

It’s actually been kind of the same. It’s just a little bit over the top, but I just try to stay relaxed. That’s my main thing. It’s a very, very huge event. I can remember every day.

Sometimes I think about when Mike Tyson got out of prison and he was boxing, and when he was fighting at the MGM Grand. I would go to the MGM Grand, because I wasn’t a professional at that particular time. Just starting. I would go to the MGM Grand and some people would know me so I would take pictures and just sign a few autographs. I was like, man, MGM Grand would never be this packed again. That’s what I thought. Jag var bara 19 years old at that particular time. That was in ’96. I kept believing though. I always believed that I could do record-breaking numbers. I just needed the right team with me and it took a little bit of everything. The right fights, the right team, and we made it happen.

Beyond all the trash talk and salesmanship, you’ve always been a guy that, när det kommer till kritan, is very respectful of his opponents. I think it’s part of your secret. Is there anything that you admire about Manny Pacquiao, either the fighter or the person?

F. Mayweather

Bra, he’s got to this point by doing something right. It’s obvious he’s done something right to get to this point. I have to respect that.

The Filipino fans are expecting or hoping for a very aggressive Manny in the ring. Is this something that you’re training for, or are you just going in the ring to fight your fight, make the adjustments along the way as you have so successfully throughout your career?

F. Mayweather

If you’re basically asking what’s my game plan, my game plan is to win. That’s actually what my game plan has always been is to win.

A lot of the animosity from the Filipino fans towards you is not directed to you as a great boxer, but more as someone who can put an end towards a Filipino hero’s career. Do you honestly believe that you would put an end to a Filipino hero’s career?

F. Mayweather

Bra, my thing is this. I’ve heard that we’re all God’s children, whether you’re American, Filipino, African, Dominican, Asian, we’re all God’s children. People are going to root for who they want to root for and simple and plain I’m pretty sure I’ve got Filipino fans that like me, and I’m pretty sure that you’ve got some black American fans that like Pacquiao.

I never try to focus on anything like that. My focus is to give the people what they really want to see. Just facing the facts. That’s what I’ve done throughout my career. He’s one of the last guys, he’s one of the last good fighters of this era. It’s a fight that has to happen, and I’m glad that the fight is happening.

How much strength and effort and support from family does it take to get you where you are right now?

F. Mayweather

Bra, the support came a lot. I had a hell of a supporting cast to get to this point, before I became a professional. There’s this guy that I never talk about to anyone. I never say anything about him to anyone. And he’s doing extremely badly right now, not financially but health-wise. I believe he’s lost his memory, which hurts extremely bad. A guy by the name of Frank Brown, I’ve known him since I was the age of three.

He has supported me more than anyone. He has always said that, “Floyd, one day you will be the best fighter in the world.” He’s always taking me to church, taking me through different activities. He was like a grandfather to me. Frank Brown. When I used to fight, he would drive anywhere. It could be in Little Rock, Arkansas. He would drive from Grand Rapids, Michigan to come support me. He would sit in the room with me and say prayers with me.

He’s a guy that I would never forget, because he was there from the age of three until after I fought De La Hoya, because he’s up there in age now. He eventually lost his memory, so he’s at a home. He’s at an old folks’ hem. It really hurts, but I love that guy so much. I think about him all the time.

K. Swanson

Okej, that’s our last question. Tack, alla, för att sammanfoga oss. Floyd, any final comments?

F. Mayweather

I just want to tell everybody, thank you for all the stories, and all the articles you guys wrote. Tack så mycket. My team appreciates you all, as well as myself. Tack.

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Mayweather vs. Pacquiao is a 12-round welterweight world championship unification bout promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Top Rank Inc., and is sponsored by Tecate con caracter, Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions -Terminator Genisys, in theaters July 1^st, Paramount Pictures & Skydance Productions present MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION, in theaters & IMAX July 31^st, The Weinstein Company and the new movie Southpaw, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, in theaters everywhere Juli 24 och Mexiko, Live det att tro det. The pay-per-view telecast will be co-produced and co-distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View^® och SHOWTIME PPV^® börjar vid 9:00 p.m. OCH/6:00 p.m. PT.

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Jermell Charlo outpoints Lameller Martirosyan PÅ EN Showtime MÄSTERSKAP BOXING® doubleheader

Mars 30, 2015 FNU47 Lämna en kommentar

Weltervikt mästaren Brook JO JO DAN utplånar

ATT BEHÅLLA AVDELNING PÅ SHOWTIME BOXNING INTERNATIONAL^®

Titta Den repris av SHOWTIME Championship Boxing doubleheader

I morgon/Söndag vid 9 a.m. OCH/PT på SHOWTIME,

Tisdag, Mars 31, vid 10 p.m. OCH/PT On SHO EXTREME

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LAS VEGAS (Mars 28, 2015) - Efter att ha kommit nära VM ära i 2014,

Gary Russell Jr. (26-1, 15 Kos), en före detta USA amatör enastående, levereras på sitt löfte på ett imponerande sätt Lördag natt, slå ut försvarande mästare Jhonny Gonzalez (57-9, 48 Kos), av Mexico City, i den fjärde rundan i den viktigaste händelsen i en Showtime MÄSTERSKAP BOXNING doubleheaderen främjas genom DiBella Entertainment vid Pearl Theater på Palms Casino Resort.

I co-funktionen på Showtime^®, obesegrad Jermell "Iron Man" Charlo (26-0, 11 Kos) av Houston, vann en nära, enhälliga 10-round beslut över Lameller Martirosyan(35-2-1, 21 Kos), av Glendale, Calif., i en sammandrabbning av topp-fem rangsuperwelterweights. Det fanns inga knockdowns i en match som görs 97-93 och 96-94 två gånger.

Den begåvade och snabb hårt styrt southpaw Russell, som stod och utbytas med Gonzalez, utnyttjade sin totala hastigheten att dominera. Han tappade veteran tre gånger, en gång i den tredje och två gånger i det fjärde innan domaren Tony Veckor vinkade av kampen 37 sekunder in i rundan (att titta på knockout klick HÄR).

"Detta är den typ av prestanda jag förväntar alltid men inte alltid får,'' Sa Russell, som förlorade en nära beslut 12-runda till Vasyl Lomatjenko i hans första försök på 126-pound krona förra Juni 21 på Showtime. "Om folk bara visste hur hårt vi arbetat för detta, den tid vi lägger på gymmet, de mentala och fysiska saker vi jobbar på och sätta oss igenom varje dag.

"Det finns alltid hinder att övervinna, men för denna kamp var jag 100 procent. Denna vinst är för alla människor som har varit med mig från början. ''

Russells strategi var att eliminera Gonzalez 'omtalade vänsterkrok, och han avrättades planen till nära perfektion.

"Vi var aldrig i detta för att göra det till en track meet,'' Russell sa. "Vi skulle stå rätt i fickan. Vi vet vad Gonzalez gillar att göra, och det är att kasta den breda vänsterkrok. Jag försökte bete honom in att kasta den och han gjorde.

"Ärligt talat, Jag tror inte att han återhämtat sig från den första knockdown. ''

Gonzalez, en mästare två-tiden WBC fjäder världen - och en veteran av 16 världsmästerskap slagsmål - vann titeln för första gången i april 2011 och gjorde fyra framgångsrika titelförsvar innan han förlorade den i september 2012. Han återfick titeln på en chockerande första omgången knockout över Abner Mares i augusti 2013 på Showtime, och hade gjort två mer lyckade titelförsvar innan den faller till Russell.

Gonzalez erbjöd inga ursäkter innan snabbt lämnar ringen.

"Jag är OK,'' Sade han. "Jag förväntade mig inte denna typ av kamp alls. Vi förväntade oss att han skulle springa runt ringen med mig jagar. Men det gjorde han inte. ''

I co-funktionen, Charlo tystade kritiker av hans CV genom att besegra sin tuffaste motståndare hittills.

Han blev förvånad över hur hans match med Martirosyan spelat ut. "Jag definitivt väntat en mycket råare kamp,'' Sade han. "Det här var lätt jämfört med vad jag trodde vi var i för.

"Jag kämpade smart och när jag fick höra att plocka upp den, Jag visste vilken tid det var så jag gjorde. Jag är absolut redo för ett skott på en VM-titel. ''

Martirosyan, som skars över vänster öga från en oavsiktlig skallning i den åttonde omgången, var synbart besviken med resultatet.

"Jag känner mig positivt 100 procent att jag vann denna kamp,'' Sade han. "Jag var angriparen och tvingade åtgärden. Allt han gjorde kördes. Jag landade de renare slag. Jag kände definitivt jag vann den sista omgången.

"Jag blev chockad av skallning [som resulterade i matchen som stoppas medan han och ringside läkaren diskuterade snittet]. Visst mitt vänstra öga brytt mig efter det och det var suddiga. Men det är ingen ursäkt.

"Jag kände att jag hade ont honom. Han skadar aldrig mig en gång. Jag förstår verkligen inte detta beslut. ''

Tidigare Lördag, på Showtime BOXNING INTERNATIONAL, obesegrade IBF weltervikt mästare Kell Brook (34-0, 23 Kos) överväldigad obligatoriska utmanare Jo Jo Dan (34-3, 18 Kos), släppa de rumänska baserade kanadensiska fyra gånger innan den ensidiga Beatdown var klokt stoppas efter den fjärde rundan på Motorpoint Arena i Sheffield, England.

Brook, av Sheffield, gjorde den första försvar av weltervikt titel han tog från tidigare obesegrade Shawn Porter förra augusti på SHOWTIME och kämpar för första gången sedan drabbas av en allvarlig skada när han knivhöggs i låret under en semester på ön Teneriffa i september förra året.

Den spännande weltervikt visade inga skadliga effekter från permitteringen i en känslomässig avkastning till ringen, registrera två knockdowns i den andra omgången, och ytterligare två i fjärde, med slutknockdown kommer vid stängning klockan. Dan drabbades den första knockout nederlag hans karriär (att titta på knockout klick HÄR).

"Jag är tillbaka, bebis!"Sade Brook, vars förödande resultat mot den oftast tåliga Dan elektrifierade hemstad fansen samtidigt bana väg för en stor kraftmätning i framtiden.

"Det var verkligen fantastiskt att gå ut framför alla mina fans. Jag trodde inte att jag någonsin skulle gå igen, mycket mindre låda igen. Här är jag fyller arenor. Jag kan inte sätta ord på hur mycket det betyder att vara tillbaka och försvara en VM-titel. Det betyder allt för mig.

"Det var svårt det håller ihop. Men det är här jag hör hemma. Benet känns fint. Benet känns lika bra som det andra benet. Det finns inga problem med benet.

"Om du tittar Amir Khan, sedan få in här med mig. Jag vet att du är känslig runt whiskers. Jag tar dig ut. ''

Den SHOWTIME Championship Boxing doubleheader kommer åter luft denna vecka enligt följande:

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I morgon, Söndag, Mars 29, 9 a.m. ET / PT SHOWTIME

Måndag, Mars 30, 10 p.m. OCH/PT SHOWTIME EXTREM

Lördagens två-strids telecast kommer att finnas tillgängligt vid SHOWTIME ON DEMAND-början i morgon, Söndag, Mars 29.

Brian Custer var värd för SHOWTIME-utsändningen, med Mauro Ranallo kallar åtgärden, Hall of Fame-analytiker Al Bernstein och tidigare tvåfaldig världsmästare Paulie Malignaggi kommentera och Jim Gray rapportering. I den spanska samsändning, Alejandro Luna kallade slag-för-slag och tidigare världsmästare Raul Marquez fungerade som färgkommentator. Den verkställande producenten av SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING var David Dinkins Jr. med Bob Dunphy riktande.

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"Gonzalez vs. Russell Jr ", var en 12-runda VM bout för Gonzalez WBC Fjäder World Titel och främjades av DiBella Entertainment. I co-funktionen, Jermell Charlo tog på Vanes Martirosyan i super weltervikt åtgärder. Händelsen ägde rum på The Pearl Theater på Palms Casino Resort i Las Vegas. Evenemanget sändes på SHOWTIME.

För mer information, besök www.sports.sho.com, Följ på Twitter påSHOSports, jhonnygbox, mrgaryrusselljr, TwinCharlo, LouDiBella OchPearlAtPalms, Följ konversationen med hjälp #GonzalezRussell, bli ett fan på Facebook på www.facebook.com/SHOBoxing eller besök SHOWTIME Boxing blogg på http://theboxingblog.sho.com.

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Gary Russell Jr. diskuterar familjens boxning bakgrund, faderns roll i sitt hörn, och hans motivation efter sin första professionella nederlag till Vasyl Lomatjenko. Russell steg i ringen för WBC Featherweight World titel mot titelförsvararen Jhonny Gonzalez i morgon,Lördag, Mars 28 vid 10 p.m. OCH/7 p.m. PT på SHOWTIME ^®.

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"Gonzalez vs. Russell Jr ", en 12-runda VM bout för Gonzalez WBC Fjäder World Titel, främjas av DiBella Entertainment. I co-funktionen, Jermell Charlo tar på Vanes Martirosyan i super weltervikt åtgärder. Evenemanget kommer att äga rum på Pearl på Palms Casino Resort i Las Vegas och kommer luft på SHOWTIME (10 p.m. OCH/7 p.m. PT). Den telecast kommer också att finnas på spanska via sekundärt ljud programmering (SAP).

Biljetter för live-event är prissatta på $200, $100, $75, $50, och $25, plus tillämpliga avgifter finns det erbjudanden. Biljetter kan köpas genom att ringa Ticket på (800) 745-3000 eller genom att klicka HÄR. Biljetter finns också tillgängligt på www.ticketmaster.com.

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Jhonny Gonzalez VS. GARY RUSSELL JR. MARS 28 Card FUNKTIONER TOP utmanare OCH FRAMTIDA STJÄRNOR

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LAS VEGAS (Mars 26, 2015) – Den utmärkta natten av slagsmål med WBC Fjäder världsmästare Jhonny Gonzalez (57-8, 48 Kos)försvara sin titel mot högt ansedda utmanare Gary Russell Jr. (25-1, 14 Kos) och topp 154-pound utmanare Jermell Charlo (25-0, 11 Kos) och Lameller Martirosyan (35-1-1, 21 Kos) kvadrering offwill kompletteras med en full natts card slagsmål med förstklassiga fighters i tuffa matchups.

Dit tidigt och inte missa en minut av åtgärden som dörrarna på The Pearl på Pearl på Palms Casino Resort öppna på 2 p.m. PT med den första kampen börjar bara några minuter senare.

Biljetter för live-event är prissatta på $200, $100, $75, $50, och $25, längre är tillämplig

avgifter är till försäljning nu. Biljetter kan köpas genom att ringa Ticket på (800) 745-3000eller genom att klicka HÄR. Biljetter finns också tillgängligt på www.ticketmaster.com.

Gonzalez vs. Russell och Charlo vs. Martirosyan sänds live på Showtime^®vid 10 p.m. OCH/7 p.m. PT.

Den spännande card har Jermell bror, Jermall Charlo (20-0, 16 Kos),funderar på att hålla sin obesegrad rekord intakt mot de mäktiga Michael Finney (12-2-1, 10 Kos) i en 10-runda super weltervikt bout.

Även i handling är J'Leon Kärlek (18-1, 10 Kos), som återvänder till ringen efter att ha lidit sitt första förlust och kommer att se till att komma tillbaka i vinst kolumnen mot spännande veteran Scott Sigmon (24-6-1, 13 Kos) i 10 rundor av super mellanvikt åtgärder.

En annan spännande obesegrad fighter, Ronald Gavril (11-0, 9 Kos), kommer att tävla i en 8-runda super mellanvikt bout.

Tidigare världs titel utmanare Cesar (26-2, 17 Kos)gör sin 2015 debut när han rutor av mot de unga och robust Cesar Juarez (15-3, 13 Kos) i en bantamvikt bout planerad till 8 rundor.

I mera card handling, obesegrad utsikter Thomas Hill (2-0) kommer att se ut för att hålla sin perfekta professionell rekord mot Jer Sida (2-1, 2 Kos) i en 4-runda super weltervikt bout.

Avrundning ut natten är en kamp om erfarna super lättviktare mellan Levan Ghvamichava (13-1-1, 10 Kos) och Derrick Findley (21-14-1, 13 Kos) konkurrerar på en 6-round skjutningen.

Mycket uppskattad och obesegrad,24-årige Jermall Charlo primas för en värld titel tillfälle tillsammans med sin bror. Han förblev obesegrad i 2014 med dominerande segrar över Hector Munoz, Norberto Gonzalez och Lenny Bottai. Den Houston-personen kommer att ta på 23-åringen Finney ur Opelka, Alabama, ser att imponera på nytt.

En utmanare som var på randen till en VM-titel kamp innan lidande hans första nederlag, den 27-åriga Kärlek är ivrig att komma tillbaka i ringen och tillbaka i vinst kolumnen Mars 28. Innan hans nederlag, Kärlek sätta på en imponerande boxning display på väg till ett enhälligt beslut över Marco Antonio Periban maj 2014. Han tar på en 28-årig krigsvana fightingspel i Bedford, Virginias Sigmon som varit in med främsta kämparna inklusive Kelly Pavlik hela sin karriär.

En annan kämpe född utanför US. men nu kämpar ut ur Las Vegas, RumänskföddaGavril är en knockout konstnär med en obesegrad rekord för att matcha. Den 28-årige kommer att försöka för hans femte raka knockout i rad.

En longtime utmanare slåss av Puerto Rico, Detta är äntligen fick sin första VM-titel skott i Dec. 2013 men förlorade ett enhälligt beslut om att Leo Santa Cruz. Han studsade tillbaka med en seger över Alex Rangel i 2014 och nu 29-årige tar på en ung fightingspel i 23-åriga Juarez av Mexico City.

En obesegrad utsikter som gjorde sin pro debut i augusti. 2014, den 20-åriga Hill kommer att se ut för att fortsätta att köra igenom motståndarna på Mars 28. Den Milwaukee-infödda vetter mot 21-åringen Sida ur Wichita, Kansas.

Den första kampen i natten är säker att komma fyrverkerier som två erfarna fighters slåss i super lätta divisionen. Ursprungligen från Poti, Georgien men nu kämpar ur Hayward, Calif., Ghvamichava är ute efter att få sin tredje seger i rad. Den 29-årige kommer att ha en krigsvana fighter står i hans väg under 30-åriga Findley ur Chicago.

Gonzalez vs. Russell sker på Pearl på Palms Casino Resort i Las Vegas och kommer luft på SHOWTIME (10 p.m. OCH/7 p.m. PT). I co-main event, Jermell Charlo tar på Vanes Martirosyan i super weltervikt åtgärder. Den SHOWTIME Championship Boxing telecast kommer även att finnas tillgängliga på spanska via sekundärt ljud programmering (SAP).

För mer information, besök www.sports.sho.com, Följ på Twitter påSHOSports, jhonnygbox, mrgaryrusselljr, TwinCharlo, LouDiBella OchPearlAtPalms, Följ konversationen med hjälp #GonzalezRussell, bli ett fan på Facebook påwww.facebook.com/SHOBoxing eller besök SHOWTIME Boxing blogg påhttp://theboxingblog.sho.com.

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