{"id":104104,"date":"2021-05-28T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T19:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104104"},"modified":"2021-05-29T10:41:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T15:41:50","slug":"nordine-oubaali-nonito-donaire-press-conference-quotes-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104104","title":{"rendered":"Nordine Oubaali &#8211; Nonito Donaire Press Conference Quotes &#8211; Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104104\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104104\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-104105 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image003-1-300x75.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image003-1-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image003-1-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image003-1.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>WBC Bantamweight World Champion Nordine Oubaali and future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before their world title showdown taking place this Saturday, May 29 live on SHOWTIME from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif., headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event.<\/p>\n<p>The press conference also featured hard-hitting contender Subriel Matias and unbeaten Batyr Jukembayev, who meet in the co-main event for a 12-round IBF Junior Welterweight Title Eliminator, and unbeaten 2016 U.S. Olympian Gary Antuanne Russell and Jovanie Santiago, who square off in a 10-round super lightweight clash that opens the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast at 10 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. PT.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The event is promoted by TGB Promotions. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at AXS.com. Dignity Health Sports Park will be open to fans in a limited capacity, with all guests remaining socially distanced and subject to local and state health guidelines throughout the event.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what the fighters had to say Thursday:<\/p>\n<p>NORDINE OUBAALI<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, we\u2019ve sparred but training is training. When you go into a fight, it\u2019s not the same. Every fight is different and I know on Saturday I will put on a great show with Nonito Donaire because I know he\u2019s a good boxer but I know I\u2019m the best. I trained so hard for this and now I\u2019m ready to fight. I want to show everybody that the best two bantamweights in boxing today are fighting on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, he\u2019s had an outstanding career and he has power but I believe I have more power than him. I know I have the power. He\u2019s a good boxer but I\u2019m the world champion and on Saturday I\u2019m going to show the world who is the best. I know I am the best. I respect Nonito. He\u2019s had a good career but I\u2019m the best in the division.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe difference in the fight is going to be I want to win more. I want to continue to make history and stay as the world champion in this division. I know that it\u2019s my time. I want this more than he does.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m victorious, why not have my next fight be for the unification? I want to make history every time and this is my motivation. I\u2019m here because I love boxing and I want to face the best boxers every time. I\u2019m facing Nonito Donaire and that\u2019s great for my career. I just like to fight and this is my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NONITO DONAIRE<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be great to win the title at 38 years old and become the oldest champion at 118 pounds, but let\u2019s keep it going. Let\u2019s make it 40. Let\u2019s make it 42. There ain\u2019t no stopping me. Mentally, I\u2019m very grateful but at the same time I\u2019m just very ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m always healthy and the reason why I can compete with anybody is because I keep myself healthy and I work hard. There\u2019s nothing less than 100 percent every time I\u2019m in that gym.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very hard-headed so I don\u2019t always do what people tell me to do. People can say that it\u2019s their time. But I also have my time and I\u2019m always going to be the one who concedes their time or makes that decision. It\u2019s still my time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a great fight. Oubaali is the champion for a reason. He\u2019s been through it in terms of the amateurs and making it here. So we\u2019re not underestimating any of that. But I\u2019ve fought in this venue many times and I always make magical fights in the first place. It\u2019s always going to be magical with me. I\u2019m a unicorn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe difference in this fight is going to be my hunger. He\u2019s younger than me but I have the hunger. We both have an objective and that\u2019s what\u2019s going to make this a great fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to fight the best out there. I want the rematch with Naoya Inoue and I want to get all the belts. The only thing I haven\u2019t accomplished in boxing is becoming undisputed champion. I\u2019ve done everything else. Fighter of the Year. Knockout of the Year. Multiple championships. Four-division champion. You name it. That\u2019s my main goal. Get the belt and put them all together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBantamweight is my real weight. I\u2019ve always fought in the heavier division because of the excitement, the challenge and the lucrative offer or the names at that time. Now, I\u2019m here where I belong and this is where I\u2019m really strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe layoff will not be a factor at all. The time off helped me out. Just being out of the ring helped my body recover. And the eagerness and the hunger is there more than ever. It was a blessing for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SUBRIEL MATIAS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be his toughest test without question and come Saturday night, everybody will find out why I\u2019m saying that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe him when he says that he has the tools to get a stoppage on Saturday. But it\u2019s not just a matter of saying, on Saturday night he has to prove it. If it\u2019s going to come out of your mouth, then you have to prove it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re both knockout artists and with what we\u2019re looking at, this fight should not finish by a decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have much to say about that fight against Petros Ananyan. Those that saw me lose, I lost. There\u2019s nothing I can say about it. But those that know boxing know that I\u2019ve been progressing and improving and you all will see that on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BATYR JUKEMBAYEV<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a great training camp. I am ready for Saturday night. I know that he\u2019s a good fighter but I promise that I will be ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will see Saturday night whether it\u2019s going to end in a knockout. I\u2019ll show you what I\u2019m made of and you will all see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GARY ANTUANNE RUSSELL<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m in the hurt business. He\u2019s a slugger. If he wants to come in there and slug with me, he will feel my power. He will see how intelligent I am. Not just mentally, but physically with my hands. Like I said, I\u2019m in the hurt business. I come to hurt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPardon my lack of Spanish, but what you are going to see is, \u2018la violencia.\u2019 He\u2019s going to bring his pressure. He\u2019s going to bring punches in bunches and I believe that\u2019s all he can bring. If he\u2019s been training and trying to perfect himself for my style of fighting, that\u2019s fine. You\u2019re not supposed to come in here one-dimensional. A diamond shines from all sides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing I can say is this venue is going to promote blood, sweat and tears and the desire of people to be great. I\u2019m definitely one of them. I\u2019ve been in the gym giving my blood, my sweat and my tears and I\u2019m bringing all of that to this venue come Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI definitely want to stay more active. That\u2019s always been my plan. The pandemic slowed things down. Fans always tell me they want to see me get back in there\u2026I just tell them, me too. The fighters aren\u2019t the ones pulling all of the strings. Should I be more active? Of course. I want to be more active.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to show that I\u2019m the cream of the crop. I\u2019m a superstar. The light hasn\u2019t been shining on me because there\u2019s a lot of other things going on. Until then, you\u2019re going to have to wait and see. Come Saturday, it will be a great show. There will be some sparks and fireworks. I have an opponent that\u2019s not willing to lay down. If he\u2019s not willing to, I must make him lay down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>JOVANIE SANTIAGO<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that he\u2019s a good fighter. An Olympian. He\u2019s young and he\u2019s going to come fight. I\u2019m going to come to fight too, so if the fight finishes early, then it finishes early.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just have to work round-by-round, throw punches and win one round at a time. After I beat Russell, everybody is going to be on my side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my weight. This is where I\u2019m most comfortable. I\u2019ve always been a 140-pounder and Saturday that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to demonstrate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis time, I\u2019m fighting at my actual weight. I feel strong. I\u2019m coming to work round-by-round and on Saturday everybody will see what I\u2019m all about.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WBC Bantamweight World Champion Nordine Oubaali and future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before their world title showdown taking place this Saturday, May 29 live on SHOWTIME from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif., headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event. 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