“I’m
going to dominate him, punish him and make him quit on his
stool”
– Paulie Malignaggi
“June
22, he’s going to wish there’s another corner he can run to”
–
Adrien Broner
PAULIE
MALIGNAGGI & ADRIEN BRONER,JOHNATHON
BANKS & SETH MITCHELL,SAKIO BIKA
& MARCO ANTONIO PERIBAN,JULIAN
WILLIAMS, MARCUS BROWNE & MORE:QUOTES FROM
TUESDAY’S MEDIA WORKOUTAT FAMED
GLEASON’S GYM IN BROOKLYN, N.Y.
SHOWTIME
CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING TripleheaderThis
Saturday, June 22, Live on SHOWTIME®
(9:00
p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT)From
Barclays Center in Brooklyn
Preliminary Fights On SHOWTIME Extreme (7:00 p.m. ET/PT);Tickets Still Available
Preliminary Fights On SHOWTIME Extreme (7:00 p.m. ET/PT);Tickets Still Available
BROOKLYN, N.Y.
(June 19,
2013) – Ten of the boxers who will fight on the eagerly awaited Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi vs. Adrien “The
Problem” Broner fight card this Saturday, June 22, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., worked out for the media Tuesday at
a jam-packed Gleason’s Gym in
Brooklyn.
No less than eight of the fighters
who worked out will fight on either SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING live on
SHOWTIME® (9:00 p.m.
ET/6:00 p.m. PT) or on SHOWTIME
EXTREME (7:00 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West
Coast).
Hometown favorite Malignaggi
(32-4, 7 KO’s), of Brooklyn, will defend his WBA World Welterweight
Championship against undefeated
current WBC Lightweight and Two-Division World Champion Broner
(26-0, 22 KO’s), of Cincinnati, Ohio, in what should be a hotly contested main
event of a tripleheader on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP
BOXING.
In other important 12-round bouts
to be featured on the telecast, Johnathon
“Mr.” Banks (29-1-1, 19 KO’s) will try and make it two in a row
over Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell
(25-1-1, 19 KO’s), of Brandywine, Md., in a heavyweight scrap for Banks’ NABO
and WBC International titles and Sakio “The
Scorpion” Bika (31-5-2, 21 KO’s), of Sydney, Australia, and Mexico
City’s undefeated Marco Antonio
Periban (20-0, 13 KO’s) will clash for the vacant WBC Super
Middleweight Championship.
Scheduled matchups on SHOWTIME
EXTREME include Julian Williams
(12-0-1, 7 KO’s), of Philadelphia, Pa., taking on Joachim Alcine (33-4-1, 19 KO’s), of
Gonaive, Haiti in an eight-round junior middleweight fight, Marcus Browne (4-0, 4 KO’s), of Staten
Island, N.Y., facing Ricardo
Campillo (7-6-1, 5 KO’s), of Obregon, Mexico, in a six-round light
heavyweight bout and, time permitting, Rau’Shee Warren (12-0, 2 KO’s), of
Cincinnati, Ohio, squaring off against Jovany Fuentes (5-1, 4 KO’s), of Bayamon,
P.R., in four/six-round bantamweight affair.
Saturday’s non-televised fights
include Juan Dominguez (14-0, 10
KO’s), Brooklyn, N.Y., vs. Bradley
Patraw (9-5, 5 KO’s), St. Paul, Minn.; eight rounds, junior
featherweights; Frank Galarza
(9-0-2, 5 KO’s), Brooklyn, N.Y., vs. Roman
Barber (4-4, 3 KO’s), Wichita, Kan., six rounds; junior
middleweights; Robert Easter
(4-0, 4 KO’s), Toledo, Ohio, vs. Antoine
Knight (2-3, 1 KO), Merrillville, Tenn., six rounds, lightweights;
and Jamel Herring, Coram, N.Y.,
vs. Calvin Smith (2-3, 0 KO’s),
Prichard, Ala., four rounds, lightweights.
Tickets, priced at $250, $125,
$75, $50 and $25, plus applicable taxes and service charges are available at
www.barclayscenter.com, www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations, by
calling 800-745-3000 and at the American Express Box Office. For group
tickets, please call 800-GROUP-BK.
Here’s what the fighters said
Tuesday:
Paulie
Malignaggi
“We’re ready. Come get it.
There’s not much more you can say to that. The harder he tries,
the more ass whoopin’ he’s going to get. I want him to bring it. I
want him to think nothing’s going to happen. He’s never been through
what the deal is…deep water. He’s never been 12 rounds. He’s been
10 rounds once, and he struggled. He better try real hard to get me out
of there early and he better succeed, because he’s going to end up in deep
water. I’m ready for that kind of fight.
“I had a good camp. My legs
feel good. You’ll see. It’s part of the plan. It’s one of
the main things we’re doing. We’ll show him just how we live and show
him just how weak he is. His power is overrated. I could have
knocked out 20 garbage men or laundromat workers too, but I chose to fight
real opponents in my career.
“I could care less about the odds.
I could care less about anything. They’re going to ring a bell on
Saturday night and it’s going to be me and Adrien Broner. He’s saying
he’s coming to kick my ass. I’m coming to kick his ass. I think
he’s looking at it too much like one-way traffic. We’re coming to beat
each other’s ass. It’s not just him coming to beat my ass. He’s
forgetting one thing: I’m coming to beat his ass and, that’s the plan on
Saturday night.
“A few years ago I might have been
saying, ‘man, why does everybody think I’m going to lose this fight? You
know, I don’t understand it. I thought I was a good fighter. I
feel like I’m a good fighter.’ Literally now, I could care less. I
fight for myself and that’s the one thing I told myself I would do after the
Amir Khan loss because nobody was going to think positively about me after
that loss, and you know what? I’m going to stop trying to make everyone
happy and just fight for myself. I have yet to lose a fight since and
there’s reason for that.”
Adrien Broner
“Paulie is Paulie. You know,
I’m gonna be honest with you, if you’re not on you’re A-game against Paulie,
he can slip away from you. He’s a guy with some tricks up his sleeve,
but we’re not here for a circus day. We’re here to
fight.
“At the end of the day, Paulie’s
going to fight the same. I don’t study tape. I don’t care what he
brings, but whatever he comes to do Saturday night, we will be equipped and
ready.
“There are some great fights out
there, but we’re going to take it one at a time. The most important
fight for Adrien Broner today is Paulie Malignaggi -- Paulette. Paulie’s
first on Saturday, then after that I really want to let the fans pick who I
should fight next.”
Johnathon
Banks
“I don’t consider the last fight
with Mitchell an upset. For me to say it was an upset would be a
discredit to myself. I don’t like upsets in my life. If I didn’t
think 100 percent that I was going to win, I wouldn’t have taken the
fight.
“I went after him (trying to get
the fight). He didn’t come after me. I think his whole bandwagon,
all his people that follow him, his fans, are mad. They thought it was
an upset. Me, personally? I didn’t think it was an
upset.
“I’ve always been a believer of
‘if something’s not broke why try to fix it.’ I think what I did last
time worked perfectly and I plan to do the same thing this
time.
“(Attitude-wise, whether he’s
fighting or training) Nothing really changes. I take it all in there
with me. You can’t do it all in one night, but you can do a lot of good
things at one time. I’ve learned a lot. I’ve been very fortunate
to grow up around the highest level of boxers. When these days come, when I’m
in against guys with big records and knockout ratios, it doesn’t affect me at
all because I’m used to being around them, so it plays no part with
me.
“Our last fight was on the big
stage, the biggest stage for me (to that point). I feel the same
pressure-wise (this time). There is no pressure. I was the
underdog the first fight. I’m the underdog the second fight, but I don’t
mind. I embrace it. A lot of people still think this guy could
come back because they listen to what he’s saying. He’s talking more
than I am. He’s saying he’s coming back bigger, better, stronger, but I
believe you’re going to see the same thing as the last
time.”
Seth
Mitchell
“It’s been a
long time coming. I’m excited about the fight. It’s been
postponed, cancelled, but now the day is finally here, so I’m just excited
about getting in the ring.
“You can’t stay
at 100 percent when you have this many delays, but me and my trainer have done
a great job of staying in the gym but not over-training. I haven’t been
out of the gym for more than three weeks in over six and a half years.
I’m just a gym rat.
“Banks
capitalized on some of my mistakes and got the victory. I just had to go
back to the drawing board and take it as a learning experience to try to get
better. I truly believe that I’ve gotten better, but I’m not one to talk
a lot because everyone says that they’ve gotten better. I just have to
go out there Saturday and show it.
“I believe in
myself more than anyone else. That’s my nature and character. I’ve
said it numerous times that if Banks had outclassed me and out-boxed me for five
or six rounds then we wouldn’t have this immediate rematch. I feel like
I am a better fighter than Johnathon Banks. I feel that
November 17 was not the best Seth Mitchell to show up and on the
22nd, I’ll show that I am a much better
fighter.
“I’ll show that you can lose and
bounce back.”
Sakio
Bika
“We’re working
to get better every single day. We’re just improving. We’re
training and working on my footwork.
“When I heard
(about this fight), I had to see this Mexican fighter that weighed 168 pounds.
He’s big with a good record, so I had to check him
out.
“For me, I’ll
fight anybody. I always like to fight a new opponent. If they want
me to fight at light heavyweight, I will take it on and show the world I’m the
best.”
Marco
Antonio Periban
“I’ve been
training for two and a half months and it was my hardest training camp ever,
so I’m definitely ready.
“This is
obviously an important fight. Movement is the main key for me along with
my jab and fighting at a distance. I feel I’m faster than he
is.
“I’m really
looking forward to fighting in the United States again and fighting on
Saturday.”
Julian Williams
“It feels good to be fighting in
the main fight on SHOWTIME EXTREME. It shows that I’m moving up and that
I’m not in the same place I was last year. I’m an exciting fighter.
Most of the time I’ve been on SHOWTIME, I’ve gotten knockouts. I
come to bring it. I’m from Philadelphia, so I’m not afraid to get my
face messed up to get what I want. I’ll have Philly fans at the fights
for sure on Saturday.
“The magnitude of this card is
huge. I bring great boxing and excitement to the mix. I have other
tools in the closet that still haven’t come out, but I feel I’ll be headlining
one of this huge cards in due time.
“My opponent is a former world
champion and I’ve seen a couple of his fights. He’s a good
fighter. He has a lot of experience. I think he is going to be a
little cocky when he sees that he has more knockouts than I have fights, but
that’s why I’m so prepared.
“I’m expecting a big fight.
I’m looking to make a statement. I’m confident and just looking for an
excellent fight and performance.”
Marcus
Browne
“Consistency is everything for my
career. I’m staying busy and consistent because at the end of the day,
you have to stay active to understand and grow as a
fighter.
“It’s a
blessing to stay here, build a fan base and be able to put butts in the seats
at Barclays Center.
“At the
end of the day, I have to thank God for keeping me healthy. That’s just
what we train to do. I grind hard and put my all into
boxing.
“I’m going
to give people a great, humble performance.”
Rau’Shee Warren
“This will
be an exciting night. I’m in the swing bout on SHOWTIME EXTREME, but
I’ve got people back home that want to see me fight so we’ve got to make sure
and give them all a heads-up as to what will happen. That’s really what
we’ve been thinking a lot lately, making sure they know if I’ll be fighting on
TV.
“Saturday’s a big night, but
there’s no pressure. I’ve been training with my bro, Adrien
(Broner). That’s what we’ve always been doing since we were young.
We always bring a lot of people out to the fights and now the world can
see us. He’s going to demolish this Paulie
guy.
“I hope my fans keep rooting for
me. I’ll keep showing up for them. I try to do something different
every fight. I’m going to change my hair color again. You’ve got
to show them something different. They’ve seen a lot of speed. I’m
going to bring a lot of power now.
“I’m going to take my time and keep doing what I’ve
been doing in the gym with my coach and my staff and see if I can come home
with a win.”
Frank Galarza
"It feels great to have people
believing in me and supporting me. We can only go up. We’re here
to grow and keep fighting.
“I’m here to put on a show.
I always put on a show every time I fight. We’re going in there to
do whatever we have to do. That’s what we’re here to
do…win.
“You’re going to see a much
different fighter. I’m much more accurate, much more aggressive, but
smarter.
“I’m here to show Golden Boy and
everyone else that I have a fan base and a great following. I sell
tickets and that’s the main goal. It’s good to see Golden Boy being
active in Barclays Center and I’m looking forward to future
events.”
Jamel
Herring
“I feel really great.
Training camp has been great in Colorado Springs. I want to thank
everybody in Colorado Springs for their help and support. I’m just ready
to get in there and represent where I’m from.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve
fought in New York. I grew up on Long Island, but I haven’t fought here
since I fought Daniel Jacobs in the amateurs before I joined the Marine Corps
in 2003. I still have family on Long Island, so I will have be a big
following for me on Saturday.
“I just want to put on a great
show. It’s an honor to still have a great fan base on Long Island and
I’m just ready to show that Long Island has great fighters as
well.”
ABOUT
“MALIGNAGGI VS BRONER”:Malignaggi vs.
Broner, a
12-round fight for Malignaggi’s WBA Welterweight World Championship, will take
place Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New
York. The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and R & R
Promotions, supported by Golden Boy Promotions’ sponsors Corona and AT&T
and will be televised live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®
beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. In the co-featured
bouts, Johnathon Banks will look to repeat his 2012 upset win over Seth
“Mayhem” Mitchell as he defends his NABO and WBC International
Heavyweight titles in a 12-round fight presented in association with K2
Promotions and number one rated WBC super middleweight contender Sakio Bika
faces number four rated WBC super middleweight contender Marco Antonio Periban
in a 12-round fight for the vacant WBC Super Middle weight World
Championship. SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® is
available in Spanish on secondary audio programming
(SAP). Preliminary fights will air on SHOWTIME EXTREME at 7:00
p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
For more
information, visit www.goldenboypromotions.com or
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