{"id":111355,"date":"2022-04-14T11:43:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T17:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111355"},"modified":"2022-04-14T11:43:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T17:43:31","slug":"errol-spence-jr-yordenis-ugas-press-conference-stuns-viewers-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111355","title":{"rendered":"Errol Spence, JR &#8211; Yordenis  Ugas Press Conference Stuns Viewers! &#8211; Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111355\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111355\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-111356 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/errol-spence-yordenis-ugas-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/errol-spence-yordenis-ugas-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/errol-spence-yordenis-ugas.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Errol \u201cThe Truth\u201d Spence Jr. said he was focused on scoring a knockout against Yordenis Ugas during a public media workout on Wednesday as Spence vs. Ugas fight week events officially kicked off with an outdoor session for fighters competing this Saturday, April 16 live on SHOWTIME PPV from AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The event is headlined by WBC and IBF World Champion Spence Jr. taking on WBA World Champion Ugas squaring off in a welterweight title unification clash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBesides the Kell Brook fight, this is definitely the meanest I\u2019ve been going into a fight,\u201d Spence said on Wednesday. \u201cI\u2019m just ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ugas, who worked out before Spence, said that his reach, height and his \u201cwill and my heart\u201d are going to be the keys to pulling off an upset.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Also entering the ring for the media workout were fighters competing on the SHOWTIME PPV undercard featuring exciting lightweight contender Isaac Cruz battling former champion Yuriorkis Gamboa in the co-main event, rising unbeaten Jos\u00e9 Valenzuela taking on former champion Francisco Vargas in a lightweight bout and all-action welterweights Cody Crowley and Josesito L\u00f3pez dueling in the telecast opener at 9 p.m. ET\/6 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n<p>Fighters entering the ring for SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING\u00ae action prior to the pay-per-view also previewed their respective showdowns during an undercard press conference on Wednesday. Fights live on SHOWTIME and streaming on the SHOWTIME SPORTS\u00ae YouTube Channel begin at 7 p.m. ET\/4 p.m. PT and feature WBA Welterweight Champion Radzhab Butaev facing unbeaten top contender Eimantas Stanionis in the main event, and unbeaten rising star Brandun Lee taking on Zachary Ochoa in a super lightweight bout.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the live event, which is promoted by TGB Promotions and Man Down Promotions, are on sale now and can be purchased at SeatGeek.com, the Official Ticketing Provider of AT&amp;T Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what the fighters had to say Wednesday from Texas Live! in Arlington:<\/p>\n<p>ERROL SPENCE JR.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means everything to get a response like this in Dallas. It\u2019s getting me pumped up. I\u2019m ready to go. I\u2019m ready to fight. I\u2019m ready to put on a great performance in front of my hometown crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s eat or get ate. That\u2019s all it is on Saturday night. Eat or get ate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course I\u2019m going to win. But I\u2019m going for the knockout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing to elaborate on when I said I\u2019m going for the knockout. It\u2019s what I said. So if I get it, I get it. If I don\u2019t, I don\u2019t. I know one hundred percent I\u2019m getting the victory, but I definitely want to knock him out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a blessing and a dream come true to get the support of your hometown. People are coming out here to support me with their hard-earned money during a difficult time. It\u2019s a school night and people came out to support me and I really appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m one hundred percent ready. I\u2019ve been training hard. I know the task at hand. Training camp has been going great. I know what I\u2019m capable of. You can expect and you\u2019re going to see fireworks. It\u2019s going to be a great show and a great performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is going to be a great event. I\u2019m excited to be fighting at home in front of family and longtime friends. I think people are going to come out and support and it\u2019s going to be a great night of boxing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to fight Ugas like I\u2019ve been fighting everybody else. He\u2019s a very good fighter. He trains hard. He comes from a Cuban background and he\u2019s very dedicated. But I feel like I\u2019m one hundred percent dedicated and in prior fights, I haven\u2019t been as focused as I am right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>YORDENIS UGAS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited and ready to fight in front of a great fan base on Saturday night here in Dallas. Spence is a respectful fighter and we have nothing against each other outside of the ring, I\u2019m just ready for action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a competitor, I\u2019m a warrior and I came to fight 12 rounds strong. That\u2019s the most important thing of all. That alone should make Spence uneasy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know I\u2019m the underdog. I came here to win. I will fight whenever, wherever, in anybody\u2019s backyard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpence can say whatever he wants. I\u2019ll fight the way I always do, exchanging blows and coming forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always been an underdog &#8211; six years ago and now, I\u2019m used to it. Spence is the rightful favorite as a unified champion in his home city, but I came here to pull off the upset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want all of Cuba to know that I fight for them with all my heart and soul, and I will do just that on Saturday night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ISAAC CRUZ<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m super excited for this fight and I\u2019m very thankful for all the support I\u2019ve received here in Texas. I can\u2019t wait to put on a show for everyone Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest lesson I learned from the Gervonta Davis fight is that I need to prepare physically and mentally to not give one inch to any opponent ever again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI come to give everyone a good, clean fight. Whether this victory comes by knockout or by decision, it\u2019s going to be fine by me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel right at home in front of these fans. That\u2019s why I\u2019m even more motivated to give everyone a great show. You\u2019re not going to want to miss it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>YURIORKIS GAMBOA<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really thankful to be in this position, especially in front of these people here today. I\u2019m very excited to give everyone a great fight. I can\u2019t wait to show the world what I\u2019m capable of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter what has happened in the past, you have to have courage and the conviction that you can win. That\u2019s what I\u2019m going to have on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery fight is different. The key thing is that we\u2019re getting ready to prove to everyone that I can come out on top Saturday night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>JOSE VALENZUELA<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m extremely excited for this fight. This is a dream come true and I\u2019m thankful every day for this opportunity to compete on this card.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVargas is a great fighter with a lot of really good experience. We just saw him give Isaac Cruz a hard fight last time out. So I\u2019m training for him like he\u2019s in his prime and I\u2019m ready for whatever he brings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a win in this fight will put me on the radar and put me in line to face the top guys in the lightweight division. I\u2019m going to put on a performance that puts everyone on notice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FRANCISCO VARGAS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great opportunity for me and it\u2019s going to be great action with me and Valenzuela. I\u2019m really looking forward to this fight on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery fight provides valuable lessons. My last fight versus Isaac Cruz was against a young scrappy fighter with some tricks up his sleeve. I\u2019ve learned from it and you will see that in this fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a good fighter who\u2019s dedicated to the sport. But I believe that I have more skills and much more experience than Valenzuela.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CODY CROWLEY<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJosesito has been in there with a lot of amazing fighters. He\u2019s an amazing fighter himself. But when Cody Crowley comes to fight, that\u2019s a dog in the ring. Saturday night you can expect us to go at each other from the first bell to the last bell. That\u2019s what I bring every time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a pay-per-view star in the making and everyone is going to find out what I\u2019m about Saturday night. If you haven\u2019t heard of Cody Crowley yet, make sure you tune in Saturday night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>JOSESITO LOPEZ<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just prepared and can\u2019t wait until Saturday night. My hunger to win is strong. I want to keep competing against the best fighters in the world and fight for world titles. I\u2019ll be ready to face anybody they put in front of me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny time you see one of my fights, especially when it\u2019s here in Texas, they know that I come to fight. It\u2019s going to be one of the best fights of the night for sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a deep love for Texas and I can\u2019t wait to show off in the ring on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>RADZHAB BUTAEV<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy win against Jamal James was a good win and it\u2019s given me more confidence moving forward. I\u2019m just as hungry as Stanionis is and I know what to expect from him. I\u2019m completely ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the kind of fight I like to be in. I like to make it tough in there and bang with my opponent on the inside. I\u2019m looking forward to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a big honor to be on this card. It\u2019s easily one of the best cards of the year and it\u2019s a great opportunity to show off my skills and my boxing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce I stepped into the gym with my trainer Joel Diaz, he told me that I\u2019m the best welterweight out there and that I\u2019m going to become champion. Now we have the belt and I\u2019m growing and getting better with every fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main event is a great fight. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing who wins so that I can face them next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t make predictions for my fights. I have a goal and that\u2019s to stop my opponent. That\u2019s what I\u2019m working to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EIMANTAS STANIONIS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve dreamt all my life of this moment Saturday night. I was extremely happy when this fight officially came together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be amazing to be the first world champion from Lithuania. Everyone is expecting me to win and rooting for me to get it done. I want to make the dream a reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor sure the fans are going to be in for an entertaining fight. This is going to be two trucks meeting in the middle of the ring and making a big explosion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe both have a dream to win the belt. We\u2019re both training hard to reach our goal. This is going to be a banger. That\u2019s what our styles always create.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpence has a lot to prove, he was out for a long time. He\u2019s going to have to look good and it\u2019s going to be a good fight against Ugas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to hear the words \u2018and the new\u2019 on Saturday night, that\u2019s it, it\u2019s simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BRANDUN LEE<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means the world to me to be on a huge card like this. I\u2019m going to show the world who I am on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking at this as another opportunity to showcase my skills. I\u2019m just moving one step closer to the goal of a world title with a win on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t let my knockout streak get to me. The main goal is to win. If the knockout comes, I\u2019m ready. That\u2019s the plan Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just stay focused and stay in the gym. Fighters get a little bit of fame and forget how hard they had to work to get there. I\u2019m not going to be slacking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am just blessed with power. A lot of people think you can create speed, but you can\u2019t. You\u2019re either born with it or you\u2019re not. That\u2019s the key to my power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI turn 23-years-old next week and I believe it\u2019s time for me to start fighting the top-10 guys. Some guys may see more risk than reward fighting me, but eventually, they\u2019ll have no choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t make predictions but I\u2019m going to have my hand-raised on April 16.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ZACHARY OCHOA<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said yes to this fight immediately. These are the types of fights that I want. SHOWTIME always has big fights and I want to be a part of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the type of fighter I am. I\u2019ve matured over the years, I\u2019ve had a great training camp and I can\u2019t wait to fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLee is a good fighter, but my experience in the ring is going to be the difference. I\u2019ve fought in every kind of venue you can imagine. This is my second time fighting at AT&amp;T Stadium. Experience goes a long way, but at the end of the day, it matters what you do under those bright lights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy trainer Stephen Edwards, he\u2019s really brought me to school. He\u2019s one of the best trainers in the world. I\u2019ve learned more with him than I did my whole career. I\u2019m very confident heading into Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is going to be a great fight and I\u2019m winning at the end of the day. There\u2019s a lot on the line and I\u2019m going to be the winner Saturday. Winning this fight would change everything for me. I really can\u2019t wait to get into the ring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Errol \u201cThe Truth\u201d Spence Jr. said he was focused on scoring a knockout against Yordenis Ugas during a public media workout on Wednesday as Spence vs. Ugas fight week events officially kicked off with an outdoor session for fighters competing this Saturday, April 16 live on SHOWTIME PPV from AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. 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