EZIMBILI-TIME World Champion u-Andre WARD VS. Ezingakanqotshwa SULLIVAN Barrera

NABF featherweight iqhawe UJOSEFA Diaz JR. VS. NguJayson Velez

FINAL TINKHULUMO press conference kanye IZITHOMBE

SHOWDOWNS asibekela MHLAKA, MARCH 26

AT yelizwi ARENA IN Oakland, CALIFORNIA

Isiqephu LIVE ON HBO®

Chofoza LAPHA ngoba Ama ifotho

Photo Credit: Roc Nation Ezemidlalo / Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos

Oakland, NJENGE (March 23, 2015) - Ngolwesithathu, March 23, Roc Nation Sports wasingatha lokugcina press conference for Two-Time World Champion kanye top-ukalwe ganda-for-ganda fighter Andre Ward(28-0, 15 Kos) futhi nenombolo eyodwa rated IBF ukukhanya Olwa sosondonzima Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 Kos) at Lake Merritt Amphitheater e Oakland, California kusengaphambili of zabo March 26 ukulwa Oracle Arena, Oakland. Ward Barrera uzohlangana 12-round inombolo IBF eyodwa isikhundla naletibekiwe nesikhundla Eliminator iziqubu isiqephu bukhoma ku-HBO World Championship Boxing® isiqala at 9:45 p.m. KANYE/PT. NABF featherweight Champion Joseph "Jojo" Diaz Jr. (19-0, 11 Kos) kanye top-ukalwe Olwa featherweight NguJayson "La Maravilla" Velez (23-1-1, 16 Kos) ayewusizo futhi nalapho ababekhona on ipulpiti press conference esibheke Lake Merritt kuqala kunokunethezeka 10-round NABF featherweight isihloko mpi okuzobe ukuvula HBO telecast.

 

Ward vs. Barrera is ekwakheni eba impi baphikisana kakhulu phakathi fighters ezimbili bobabili baye esephendukela owakhe nomdlalo-yamelana Unified Light wesibhakela World Champion Sergey Kovalev.

 

Ngezansi lokho fighters, abagqugquzeli, Abaqeqeshi, abaphathi kanye nezinye ipulpiti izimenywa ayezokusho at sabezindaba:

 

 

U-André WARD, Two-Time World Champion kanye top-ukalwe ganda-for-ganda fighter:

"Ngifuna ukubonga wonke umuntu ephuma njengenjwayelo. I Bay Area uyindawo enhle. Asazi ngokuvamile imali eyanele ukuze ithalente ephuma lapha, kodwa ngoba base fan, kungcono okusika. Ngingumfana nje ngokuthi ngokuba kusukela endaweni enjengale futhi ngiyambonga nothando nokusekelwa zonke umcimbi ukuthi siletha lapha. Ngiyabonga ukuthi mina kanye guys like Marshawn Lynch, Damian Lillard kanye Warriors wafaka le ndawo ebalazweni futhi kukhanga abantu abengeziwe ukuqaphela esiteji kazwelonke. Lokho kubaluleke ngempela kimi.

 

"Ngokwazi mpi ngokwayo, Kulula kakhulu kimi ... ubani owazi mina, bayazi ukuthi ngisebenza futhi bayazi ukuthi I uphawu. Angazi ingagxili okulandelayo. Angazi ingagxili ukuthi abantu bathini. Yimina engaziyo okushiwoyo. Ngiyazi ukuthi yini esitheni sami abekusho mina ngithathe kuye ngezwi lakhe. Ngiye kwenziwa konke Ngithathe okufanele bakwenze, like mina ngihlala ngisenza lezizinto futhi like engikwenzele owokugcina 10 zeminyaka career yami. Ngiye kuthathwe on the best ... uma akusiwona elinye iqhawe ke olwa phezulu ... futhi lokhu alihlukile. You guys nje nazi ukuthi Ngikhathazekile ngco nekuphindze ubasite ekuhlanganiseni bazivalele like I am njalo. Ngingumfana ukulungele futhi sengikulungele impi ukuza March 26."

SULLIVAN Barrera, Inombolo eyodwa rated IBF ukukhanya Olwa sosondonzima:

"Ngangifuna ukuba abonge ngokuza lapha. Ngifuna ukubonga HBO, ngiyabonga wonke umuntu. Ngiyabonga Andre Amakomidi ngokwamukela impi yami. Ngithembisa yilowo nalowo ongena enkundleni ukuthi ngiye ngaba nokulungiselela enkulu futhi lena iphupho enkulu. Ngalobo busuku, Ngiyaye umbukiso omkhulu kuwo wonke umuntu. "

DAVID ITSKOWITCH, COO Boxing - Roc Nation Ezemidlalo:

"Ababili phezulu heavyweights ukukhanya osemhlabeni zishayisane ku March 26. Sinenkosi irekhodi angumfelandawonye 45-0 kanye 27 Kos futhi akubuzwa, kutjho bona enambitha ukunqotshwa njengoba uchwepheshe. Nakuba umuntu ngamunye has Umphikisi esesabekayo phambi kwakhe, bobabili babe amehlo abo Sergey Kovalev futhi abathathu nezwe lakhe isihloko emixhakeni, kodwa okokuqala ngolunye udaba ukuze ngomgqibelo ebusuku.

 

"Noma nini lapho sengiphuma Oakland umcimbi mina nginengu-Andre emcimbini lapho yena nokukhuluma nabezindaba, ushaya mina ukuthi kusobala, he is a talent ekhethekile athletically, kodwa futhi okhethekile futhi ngiyethemba wonke umuntu lapha e Oakland uyaqonda futhi uyakwazisa lokho. Muhle umkhaya umuntu olunezimiso owayehlale uzama ukwenza into efanele nokuthi kuyinto ezingavamile ekuphileni kulezi zinsuku, kodwa akuvamile ikakhulukazi kwezemidlalo. Ngithemba nina bafana umazise. Boxing careers phakade. Uthi ngeke ekulweni phakade, ngakho wonke umuntu kufanele ukwazise lokho onakho lapha e Andre Ward.

 

"Andre ethumba indondo yegolide kuma-Olympics e-Athene futhi U.S lokugcina. boxer zabaleka. uhlu Yakhe yezitha ezinqotshiwe ifundeka kanje njengale a ubani ngubani we super middleweight division. Wabuye ayebuswa futhi akhishwe zangaphambili ukukhanya sosondonzima iqhawe kwezwe, Chad Dawson in yabo 2012 Yimpi. In fight yakhe yokugcina, yena wabusa omunye ezimbili-time isihloko emhlabeni inselele Paul Smith June 20 at Oracle Arena. Yena uqala on esahlukweni esilandelayo kwenkonzo yakhe phezu March 26, kubuyela Oracle Arena waphinda, njengoba wenza isinyathelo kuze kube ukukhanya division sosondonzima sokulungela ukwenza noma yini akwenza division super middleweight ... ukuhlanza bese ubusa wonke umuntu oma endleleni yakhe. "

UNICOLE Dove, Vice President of Marketing and Umeluleki Jikelele - Events Main:

"Ngingathanda ngempela uthanda ukubonga Andre Ward. Akazange abe ngalo fighter Ezingakanqotshwa empini yakhe yokuqala at sosondonzima ukukhanya, kodwa wakwenza futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kuyatuseka.

 

"Ngo impi yakhe yokugcina, Sullivan waba Olwa kuphoqelekile Sergey Kovalev sika-IBF Bopha ibhande. Wayengase bahlala emuva futhi walindela isicoco sakhe mpi, kodwa kunalokho wabona impi yokulwa Andre Ward njengethuba lokuzibonela ngempela ukufinyelela ngokuba ubukhulu wenza. Njengoba wena wonke wazi, Izenzakalo Ezisemqoka kanye Roc Nation Sports Uhlele enkulu Andre Lesigceme Sergey Kovalev kamuva kulo nyaka futhi Sullivan Barrera can ucasuke ngempela ukuthi apple Kufakiwe.

 

"Womabili la madoda, Sullivan no-Andre, baye konke ugibele ngomphumela NgoMgqibelo fight. In the sezulu esinaso boxing manje, kungcono ukuthi kuqabula kanjani ukubona warriors abaphila ngempela ababezalwa asesabi ukuthatha izingozi. Bobabili siwahloniphe nenhlonipho ukuthi. Yilokhu sport wethu kufanele kube mayelana.

 

"Sullivan Barrera kuyinto Ezingakanqotshwa nge ogciniwe 17-0 kanye 12 iwina iza ngendlela Knockout. Wavele waphenduka 34, inyanga edlule, okuyinto ungase ucabange kancane elidala leli phuzu emsebenzini wakhe. Yini ongase abangayazi ukuthi wayenobuhlobo umse-benzi wokuziphilisa amateur Cuba bese walahlekelwa iminyaka eminingana esemusha ngenkathi defecting United States. He eze elide ngempela ukuba lapha namhlanje okwamanje futhi leli thuba. Elambile, unethemba futhi ukulungele. "

Virgil Hunter, Umqeqeshi Andre Ward sika:

"Lena ikhadi kumnandi ne abadlali fantastic abazama ukwenza indlela yabo emhlabeni isibhakela. Uma le mpi okwakwenzeka imuphi omunye umuzi, kwakuzoba umcimbi omkhulu. Yini esifuna ukuyenza kuyinto uqiniseke ukuthi Oakland uyasiqonda, nokuthi ezungezile Bay Area uyasiqonda, ubukhulu kwalo mcimbi ukuze sikwazi ukuqhubeka ukuletha okusezingeni eliphezulu boxing ku Oakland. Oakland yindawo yokuzalela fighters phezulu futhi thina kakade unayo them. The more ukuthi asisekele, the more ukuthi lezi kulwelwa kuzobonakala uzobona isikhathi big phezulu.

 

"Bathi amanye amanethiwekhi Ukushaya fighters, kodwa HBO kwenza izinkanyezi, ngakho siyajabula ukuba babe yingxenye yalesi. Sikucela ukuba aphume futhi basekele le mpi. Phuma Saturday ebusuku futhi ujabulele kwenu kahle ebusuku isibhakela top. "

BEN lire, Sullivan Barrera sika Trainer:

"Ngifuna ukubonga bonke abantu ababeka ndawonye kulesi senzakalo super ngomgqibelo. Silapha ukuze abukisa omkhulu futhi Sullivan uye wenza konke angakwenza ukuze alungiselele yena kulesi sehlakalo. He uyazazi izinselele phambi kwakhe, kodwa uyakholelwa ngokwakhe futhi ukholelwa ukuthi le isikhathi sakhe ukukhombisa umphakathi kanye nezethameli yokubuka ukuthi lena lapho ekhona. He is khona ukwenza isitatimende.

 

"Ngaphezu kwakho konke, siyakuhlonipha Mr. Amakomidi wempumelelo yakhe, ukuthembeka kwakhe futhi iyindoda super guy in the kwezemidlalo. Kuhle ukuba yingxenye yalolu. Thina walungisa kahle futhi sesenze konke kumele uze Saturday ukunikeza izilaleli wokubuka a show super omkhulu ngoba yilokhu boxing imayelana. Kumayelana ukusebenza futhi bobabili fighters uthole ukwenza kulelizinga emcimbini omkhulu. Thina badunyiswa ukuba babe yingxenye yalesi sehlakalo. Sesikwenze konke esingase sikwazi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi siphume futhi abukisa fabulous. "

UJAMES INKOSANA, Imenenja Andre Ward sika:

"Lena isikhashana zomlando kithi. Thina kokungena 175 ganda ukukhanya sosondonzima division. Lena nakancane ukuthi edolobheni akafuni miss. Lona mzuzu ekuqaleni inhlangano. Barrera kwenzeka nje ukuba isisulu sokuqala futhi sesikude ukubhekana naye ngokufanele. Sake kokuzwa eziningi inkulumo kanye nengxoxo ezenzeka lapho ukhathazeke, futhi siyazi ukuthi uyakholelwa konke akushoyo. Kwaphinda lokho, sijabulile leli thuba futhi ungafuni ukuba miss le-mlando ngomgqibelo ebusuku. "

UJOSEFA Díaz JR., NABF featherweight Champion:

"Woza March 26, Ngiyazi ukuthi kudingeka balwe ngempela ezinzima ngaphambi kwami. Ngiyazi nguJayson Velez kuyinto veteran nakho ring. Muhle neqhawe. Anakho-eziyisithupha ye-intshi abanakusithola inzuzo phezu kwami ​​+ ngakho-ke kuzoba empini enkulu ngempela. Ngiyazi ukuthi izothini off kucima, ngakho Ngiyazi ukuthi ufisa ngempela bounce back futhi ubonise wonke umuntu ukuthi yena namanje olwa isihloko emhlabeni.

 

"Mina kwadingeka ekamu elikhulu ngempela ukuqeqeshwa. Bengilokhu ukuqeqesha for esingamasonto ayisishiyagalombili. Lesi yisikhathi sami sokuqala ukulwa HBO, ngakho Ngifuna ukukushintsha nge- mpela sikhangise ukuthi ngingubani ngempela. Ngingumfana 110% ngomumo. Sengilungele ukunikeza lokulwa abalandeli a impi uma nguJayson Velez ufuna ukuba impi. Sengilungele sikhangise bonke wonke amakhono enginakho ngaphakathi esiyingini. Ngijabulile kakhulu elwa ekhadini Andre Lesigceme Sullivan Barrera. Ubathola abasubathi ababili elite and Ngingumfana ngihloniphekile kakhulu ukuba umcimbi co-main for kule mpi. Njenge March 26, Ngithembisa Ngizofika ukukunika show enkulu. "

NguJayson Velez, Top angcolile Olwa featherweight:

"Ngifuna ukubonga uNkulunkulu kuqala, kusobala wenza konke okusemandleni. Ngifuna ukubonga abagqugquzeli yami, Miguel Cotto Promotions futhi Golden Boy Promotions kanye nethimba lami lonke. Anginayo kakhulu kunzima ukusho futhi ukuthi lena empini enkulu. UJosefa iyeza ukulwa. I azolwa. Sobabili ufuna ukunqoba. Sobabili ukuthatha izinselele. Abantu ziyaqhubeka zicela kimi ukuthi kungani ngayilandela le mpi esiyingozi futhi impendulo kulula ... uma ngifuna ukuba kube best, Kumele ulwe best. Joseph kungenye yezindlela ezingcono kakhulu.

 

Ithi: "Ngalahlekelwa impi yami lokugcina, ngakho Ngidinga ukunqoba. Ngifuna ukuwina. Ngeke ngikutshele ukuthi ngubani elizonqoba kule mpi ngoba sobabili kukhona fighters ezinkulu namaqhawe. Muhle Mexican, Ngikhathazekile Puerto Rican, futhi uma une Puerto Rican kanye Mexican esiyingini efanayo, uzobona impi. Uzobona isivinini, amandla, konke kule mpi. Muhle a fighter omkhulu futhi Ngijabulile kangaka. Siyabonga ukuba wonke futhi hlala ubukele lokhu ngoMgqibelo futhi ngiyabonga HBO Yebo. "

 

ROBERT Díaz, Head Matchmaker - Golden Boy Promotions:

"Ngokusobala umcimbi main liyazikhulumela. Ufanele u-Andre Ward Ukuqhathanisa intokazi umfana Ezingakanqotshwa like Sullivan Barrera, kodwa umcimbi co-main uya uqhatha amabili amajuba, fighters ulambile ngomunye nomunye nguJayson Velez noJosefa Diaz. Ubathola kokubili abasha. Ubathola uzimisele ukuwuthatha ngosuku lwempi best, ngosuku lwempi eziqine ubufakazi kwalokho indlela okulula ngayo kwakuwukuba ngihlanganise le mpi.

 

"Ngijabulile kakhulu ngalokhu mpi. Awufuni ukuba miss 10 emahlandla isihloko NABF.

"NguJayson Velez is a young, lion elambile ubani ofuna ukuba basukume esiteji futhi uyazi ukuthi okuphawulekayo ukunqoba phezu Joseph Diaz kuyinto. Wayeyiqonda ithuba ukulwa HBO and ikhadi okusika. Ngifuna kukukhumbuza uhlamvu nguJayson Velez. In a imini yobudala lapho othanda ukulwa nolahlekelwa ufuna ukuthatha mhlawumbe asebuya ngezinkani noma imizwilili up, noma emibili noma emithathu, ngaphambi kokuba uthathe ukulwa eyingozi futhi nguJayson Velez bayayenza ngakwesokudla ngemva. Lokho kukhombisa ukuthi ufuna ukuba uthole emuva phezulu futhi uyazi ukuthi kufanele akwenze ukuze athole lapho ... it has ukuba kube ngovimba ukulwa top-level afana noJosefa Diaz. "

URALPH Heredia, Imenenja Joseph Diaz sika:

 

"Akuve kuyilungelo ukuba silapha, a ithuba elikhulu ukuba anikwe leli thuba ukuze sikhangise onekhono, 2012 Olympian. Ukuze Joseph, yilokhu sakhuluma, ngiyabonga ngokuba isiguli, usukulungele ithuba. Siyazi ukuthi umuntu okhethekile osemusha futhi umuntu abanamakhono wena, kodwa manje wonke umhlaba uyobe uthole ukubona esiteji elikhulu yeka talent, yeka umnumzana real futhi yeka fighter kumele kube ... afana noJosefa Diaz.

 

"Yini engingayisho noma engingayenza mayelana nguJayson Velez? Muhle umnumzana ngubani okwaziyo at esigxotsheni futhi owake wabhekana. Ngikholwe, ungafuni ukuba miss le. Saturday, kumele balalele. Kuzoba yinto ukulwa ezimatasa. "

 

 

JOSE "UKUTHI LEYO" Sánchez, Umqeqeshi nguJayson Velez sika:

"Ngibona Diaz empini enkulu, kodwa mina abe nguJayson zisesimweni esihle kakhulu futhi ukulungele ngoba impi. Ngiyazi ukuthi kuzoba ukulwa okuhle ngoba abakulungele, futhi into okufanayo fighter yami nguJayson Velez. Wayesebenza kanzima kakhulu kule mpi futhi ngiyazi ukulungele ngoba impi. "

 

 

UBONGANI WALKER, Director, HBO Sports:

"Ngasohlangothini lwethu Executive Vice President Peter Nelson, siyajabula kakhulu ukuba lapha e-Bay Area, sixuku esikhulu futhi esikhulu wesibhakela abalandeli, njengoba sibheke ukuletha wena lokhu doubleheader ngomgqibelo ebusuku.

 

"Akulula edonsa ndawonye a big isibhakela nomdlalo futhi lezi amaqembu babambisana ikhadi omkhulu kusukela phezulu kuya phansi, ngakho nakuba bonke kuvelaphi ukulwa ngeke sibe phezu HBO, uma ufuna ukubukela ezinye boxing enkulu, iya ku Oracle Arena futhi uma une ekhaya, hlola it out on HBO.

 

"Kuwo yethu 43 iminyaka lwezinhlelo on HBO, boxing bekulokhu kuyingxenye ebalulekile kulokho esikwenzayo. Sike njalo babeqhosha ngokwethu ngokuthi fighters umhlabeleli kanye midlalo best, futhi sizizwa okuhle kakhulu ukuthi leli siko izobamba godu njengoba Andre Ward kwenza kwakhe 2016 okokuqala ring. In the ring isibhakela, ukuthi akakaze Kunconywa ukuthi wena bashalazela elambile, fighter Ezingakanqotshwa like esinazo Sullivan Barrera, ngakho Ngingathanda ukwamukela Sullivan inethiwekhi futhi simbonge ngokuthatha le nselele.

 

"Ivula i-telecast TV kuyoba uJosefa Diaz ngokumelene nguJayson Velez, guys ezimbili up-and-ozayo young, guns amabili amajuba, abacabanga usukulungele esiteji enkulu. Sekukonke, ukuthi kuzoba telecast omkhulu, 9:45 PM ET sathembisa wena ubusuku ezifundisayo futhi bezijabulisa nokusakaza ithimba lethu. "

Ward vs. Barrera, 12-round IBF inombolo eyodwa isikhundla naletibekiwe isikhundla Eliminator okuyinto eyethulwe Roc Nation Sports sikanye Events Main, ithatha indawo Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Oracle Arena e Oakland, California. The event is sponsored by Corona Extra, Ticketmaster, Izikhangibavakashi Corporate Management Solutions (CTMS), Jabulile, ifayela ye-log, Zappos, BodyArmor, SAN Nutrition, Shoe Palace, I Waterfront Ihhotela futhi Vakashela Oakland. Lo mcimbi uzobe isiqephu bukhoma ku-HBO World Championship Boxing ekuqaleni 9:45 p.m. KANYE/PT. Ukuvula HBO telecast kuyoba Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. NguJayson Velez in a 10-round mpi isihloko NABF featherweight eyethulwe Golden Boy Promotions sikanye Miguel Cotto Promotions.

 

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