{"id":31116,"date":"2013-08-21T18:43:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T23:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=31116"},"modified":"2013-08-21T18:43:52","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T23:13:52","slug":"floyd-mayweather-jr-canelo-alvarez-boxing-war-news-danny-garcia-lucas-matthysse-oscar-de-la-hoya-speak-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=31116","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather JR – Canelo Alvarez BOXING WAR NEWS: Danny Garcia, Lucas Matthysse & Oscar De La Hoya Speak – Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DANNY GARCIA, LUCAS MATTHYSSE, ISHE SMITH, CARLOS MOLINA, PABLO CESAR CANO AND ASHLEY THEOPHANE DISCUSS THEIR UPCOMING<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS ON SEPT. 14 AT MGM<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS, NEV<\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Click HERE<\/a> to download an MP3 of this call<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kelly Swanson<\/p>\n

Thanks everybody for joining us today for \u201cTHE ONE\u201d media conference call with the pay-per-view undercard fighters. At this point, I\u2019m going to turn it right over to our hosts of the call; that\u2019s both Oscar De La Hoya and Leonard Ellerbe; Oscar is President of Golden Boy Promotions and Leonard Ellerbe is CEO of Mayweather Promotions.\u00a0 So I\u2019m going to turn it over to Oscar, and then he will introduce Leonard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oscar De La Hoya\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yes. We are one month away from the mega event, \u201cThe One: Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez,\u201d which will be a 12-round fight for Canelo\u2019s WBC and WBA and Ring Magazine Super Welterweight World title and Mayweather\u2019s WBA Super Welterweight Super World Championship.\u00a0 We also have a tremendous co-main event, Danny Garcia vs. Lucas Matthysse, which obviously you all know that fight could have been a pay-per-view itself, but for the fans Mayweather decided along with Ellerbe and Golden Boy Promotions that this fight belongs on the big stage along with Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez.\u00a0 That will be a unification fight for the lightweight world title.\u00a0 Also, Mayweather promotions put on a tremendous undercard, co-main event with Ishe Smith vs. Carlos Molina.\u00a0 Ishe Smith is promoted by Mayweather Promotions.\u00a0 Also another spectacular fight with Pablo Cesar Cano, who had a tremendous fight against Sugar Shane Mosley in Cancun, Mexico a few weeks ago, is fighting against Ashley Theophane, which will be a ten-rounder in the welterweight showdown.<\/p>\n

This event is being brought to you live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions along with Canelo Promotions.\u00a0 We are excited and thrilled to once again by hosting the live events throughout the MGM properties, which will host the closed circuits at ARIA, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Monte Carlo and New York-New York. Also, to make sure that fans get a unique experience nationwide, for all the fans who cannot make it to Las Vegas or watch it at home on pay-per-view, NCM Fathom will be showing Mayweather-Canelo on over 400 movie theatres to get that experience with other fans.\u00a0 Get your popcorn, your drinks, and experience this once in a lifetime opportunity to watch a Mayweather vs. Canelo and the entire card in movie theaters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a wonderful wonder experience.\u00a0 I really recommend this experience to anyone who hasn\u2019t seen a fight.\u00a0 We\u2019re expecting this even to shatter all records.\u00a0 We have broken one record already, which is the live gates and those are obviously indications that this event will break the pay-per-view record of 2.5 million homes so it\u2019s very exciting for boxing.\u00a0 It\u2019s very exciting for all the fighters, everybody participating so let\u2019s show the world that this is \u201cTHE ONE.\u201d\u00a0 This is the one that is going to put boxing on that worldwide stage and show everyone that boxing is the best sport in the world.<\/p>\n

\u00a0So without any further ado, I would like to introduce to you the CEO of Mayweather Promotions and that is Leonard Ellerbe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Leonard Ellerbe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to welcome everyone to the call today.\u00a0 Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to join us.\u00a0 We have a tremendous event, obviously, on September 14th<\/sup> and it all starts, with the Mayweather vs. Canelo.\u00a0 We have three other undercard bouts\u2014two of those which are world championship fights, so we\u2019ve got a total of three world championship fights on the card.\u00a0 This is the biggest pay-per-view card definitely that I can recall in recent history from top to bottom.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0And to start off in the first fight on the show a gentleman, he\u2019s originally from London, England.\u00a0 He\u2019s now living in Las Vegas fighting out of the Mayweather Boxing Club, a gentleman that I just recently signed last week, a guy who I would say is the definition of what a blue-collar worker is all about, a guy who didn\u2019t have it easy.\u00a0 He worked his way through fighting some very, very tough fights.\u00a0 He owns victories over Delvin Rodriguez who is getting ready to fight Miguel Cotto.\u00a0 He\u2019s beaten a number of different top guys along with DeMarcus Corley who took forward 12-rounds.\u00a0 He\u2019s just a very, very tough fighter.\u00a0 A guy who we\u2019re very proud to have on our stable, so without further ado, I\u2019d like to introduce Ashley Theophane.\u00a0 He\u2019s 33-5 with one draw with 10 KO\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Ashley Theophane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a pleasure to be on \u201cTHE ONE\u201d card.\u00a0 It\u2019s the biggest boxing event in the world.\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be one of the biggest ever and it\u2019s a big achievement on that.\u00a0 Leonard and Floyd have put me on the card and I\u2019m looking forward to it.\u00a0 And for me, obviously, I\u2019ve got Pablo Cano.\u00a0 He\u2019s fought Erik Morales.\u00a0 He\u2019s fought Paulie Malignaggi.\u00a0 He\u2019s fought Johan Perez, Shane Mosley.\u00a0 He is a very tough operator, and I\u2019m going to be in great shape, but to me every time he steps up is when he\u2019s lost, and to me this is another step up, and he\u2019s going to lose again, but I respect him.\u00a0 And I\u2019m saying I\u2019m going to be 110 percent ready, and I didn\u2019t fly over here from London, England to take a loss, that\u2019s not even on my mind.\u00a0 I\u2019m training with the best in the world.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got a great training team, and we\u2019re going to be ready for \u201cThe One\u201d and it\u2019s an honor to be on the show with\u2014you\u2019ve got Ishe Smith who is world champ.\u00a0 You\u2019ve got Danny Garcia who is world champ.\u00a0 You\u2019ve got Lucas Matthysse, and then you\u2019ve got the pound-for-pound king who is Floyd Mayweather himself so it\u2019s a great card.\u00a0 It\u2019s one of the best I\u2019ve ever seen, and it\u2019s going to break records.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0For me coming from London, England it\u2019s a very big deal.\u00a0 It\u2019s all over the news in England that I\u2019m part of Mayweather Promotions, and I\u2019m representing the UK and at the same time I\u2019m representing like Mayweather Promotions, which is the face of boxing.\u00a0 Mayweather Promotions is taking over boxing.\u00a0 They\u2019ve just had their first world champion, Ishe Smith who is the first Las Vegas born world champ.\u00a0 So it\u2019s great to be part of such a great team, and I have to thank Floyd and Leonard again for this great opportunity that they believe in me and I believe in me.\u00a0 So it\u2019s just all about taking it to the next level and Pablo is the\u2014he\u2019s the great step in the right direction so I want to thank everyone.<\/p>\n

Q\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ashley, can you just give us some perspective on what you already did, on you know how big it is to sign with Mayweather Promotions at this point in your career, and also, how important it is at your age to reignite your career against someone like Pablo?<\/p>\n

Theophane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, it\u2019s great to be with Mayweather Promotions at any point in your career if you\u2019re just starting out, if you\u2019re in the middle of it, or if you\u2019re at the end of it.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been a professional for ten years now, and to me it feels like the right time.\u00a0 Floyd has been a professional for years, for nearly 18 years.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been a professional for ten.\u00a0 You\u2019ve got to have been around for a long time.\u00a0 I still feel that I\u2019ve got a lot left in me, another five or six years so.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not worried about the age.\u00a0 I\u2019m 32-years-old.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to be 33 but if you look at the guys who Pablo lost to he lost to guys who were in their 30s so experience is a very\u2014youth is good but experience at the same time is\u2014you can\u2019t buy experience and that\u2019s what I\u2019ve got.\u00a0 I\u2019m a smart fighter.\u00a0 I\u2019m a strong fighter.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been in with like some good like boxers.\u00a0 There\u2019s Delvin Rodrigues.\u00a0 He\u2019s going to fight Miguel Cotto next.\u00a0 You\u2019ve got Garcia –\u00a0 he\u2019s going to fight Lucas Matthysse.\u00a0 I\u2019ve beaten DeMarcus Corley.\u00a0 He\u2019s fought everyone in boxing.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been British champ so I\u2019ve been around the block.\u00a0 I\u2019ve sparred with the very best in boxing so to me I\u2019m at a good point in my career, and I don\u2019t want no easy fight.\u00a0 This is going to be my \u2026 fight.\u00a0 I\u2019m training up with Mayweather Promotions.\u00a0 With them behind my back the world is my oyster and Leonard and Floyd both believe in me and it\u2019s just up to me to do it in the ring and that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do.<\/p>\n

Q\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Do you still believe that you could still win a world title maybe even despite your age?<\/p>\n

Theophane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yes, 100 percent.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to be a world champion in your 20s.\u00a0 Like there\u2019s no age where if you\u2019re 32-years-old you can\u2019t win a world title. Ishe Smith has shown\u2014he won his first world title\u2014oh, I think he was 34-years-old or 33-years-old so it doesn\u2019t matter because everyone they get their\u2014because they get their opportunities at different times in their careers so the age is not an issue.\u00a0 I still feel good.\u00a0 I\u2019m 32-years-old.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t been in like many hard fights because I\u2019m a smart boxer and I have a good defense.\u00a0 The age it doesn\u2019t play a role.\u00a0 I eat well.\u00a0 I don\u2019t smoke.\u00a0 I don\u2019t drink.\u00a0 You don\u2019t see me out in the clubs so the age is not an issue.<\/p>\n

Q\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

And have you set a time limit on when you can\u2014how long you want to wait to do it?<\/p>\n

Theophane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, I\u2019ve been a pro for ten years.\u00a0 I would be\u2014I\u2019m happy to be a professional for another five years so I\u2019m cool.\u00a0 Floyd is 36-years-old now and he\u2019s still in great shape.\u00a0 If he wanted to continue to go on like Oscar did with SHOWTIME he could.\u00a0 If you live the life you can\u2019t put an age restriction.\u00a0 You\u2019ve got Bernard Hopkins, he\u2019s well in to his 40s and it\u2019s not an issue.\u00a0 I don\u2019t want to be boxing when I\u2019m 40-years-old but I\u2019ve set a goal.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had 39 fights so I\u2019m just focused on this fight and to get a win; that\u2019s it.\u00a0 That is the most important thing.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Q\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Ashley, when you look at your opponent he\u2019s had some notable fights.\u00a0 Do you take that into consideration knowing that you want to make it big in the states and want to win, of course, a world title and not\u2014as you just finished saying, you may\u2014whether you said it or not you may be patterning your career under Mayweather and you want to have a world title before it\u2019s all over.\u00a0 So what are you doing in consideration to prepare for Cano?<\/p>\n

Theophane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, if nothing really changes I\u2019m always in shape so it\u2019s just continuing to put forth the hard work in the gym to do my runs, my swimming and stuff, and it\u2019s all about just being focused and being smart.\u00a0 I\u2019m not going to really change anything up.\u00a0 I\u2019ve watched him fight in the past and to me every time he stepped up he lost.\u00a0 He may have 20 KO\u2019s but you have to look who is he knocking out?\u00a0 He\u2019s knocking nobody out.\u00a0 You\u2019ve got Erik Morales.\u00a0 You\u2019ve got Paulie Malignaggi, and you\u2019ve got Shane Mosley so every time he stepped up he lost.\u00a0 If you look at the guys who I beat and you look at the guys who he beat there\u2019s no comparison, so that is what you have to go by.\u00a0 But with every fight you have to respect your opponent, and I respect him because all of those fights that he stepped up he gave them a very hard fight so I expect a hard fight, but I expect to win as well.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

Boxing takes all of your life.\u00a0 Mayweather said\u2014and I\u2019m quoting Floyd Mayweather and I think he\u2019s absolutely right because 44 tried and 44 failed.\u00a0 He said that, \u201cBoxing is a 24\/7 business not a 9 to 5er.\u201d\u00a0 Do you believe in that concept?<\/p>\n

Theophane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

One hundred percent and you have to see that.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been a professional for ten years.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never had it easy so I had to go on the road.\u00a0 I\u2019ve boxed in five countries.\u00a0 I\u2019ve won in five countries, but I\u2019ve never had it easy.\u00a0 For me I\u2019m used to being in the backyard and having to fight the promoters\u2019 guy and I\u2019m supposed to lose and I win.\u00a0 So for me I\u2019m used to doing it the hard way so to finally have a team to back me and believe in me that\u2019s only going to make me a better fighter because I know that they have my back.\u00a0 So for me I\u2019m just continuing to work hard and to even work even harder.\u00a0 So we have a young lion who may\u2014he may watch me and think that I\u2019m old now and it\u2019s his time, but he fought that against the other three guys he stepped up to and he always was a bit short.\u00a0 He\u2019s going to be a bit short again because I\u2019m in that class where he stepped up.\u00a0 He is going to lose.\u00a0 It\u2019s just how but I\u2019m focused and I live the life.\u00a0 I don\u2019t party.\u00a0 I don\u2019t drink.\u00a0 I don\u2019t smoke so I don\u2019t put no limit on what I can achieve.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

Ashley, Do you have a weight at which you feel most comfortable and when you\u2019re ready to fight for a title it\u2019s just going to matter on the best opportunity or do you have a particular weight class in mind?<\/p>\n

Theophane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, all through my career I\u2019ve boxed being the junior welterweight and welterweight division so I don\u2019t really like to restrict myself.\u00a0 It\u2019s just on the opportunity, the opponent.\u00a0 I want to fight the best in the world in both divisions so I make weight like good so I\u2019m okay.\u00a0 The weight issue is not a problem for me.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

Leonard, I just wanted to ask what caught your eye about Ashley that led Mayweather Promotions to want to sign him and put him on this show?<\/p>\n

\u00a0Ellerbe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Well, Ashley\u2019s a gentleman that I\u2019m very familiar with.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been watching him work for the last couple months.\u00a0 He\u2019s a guy that once I did my research on him\u2014obviously, I had watched him in the Danny Garcia fight a couple years ago and it was a fight that I personally thought that he got the bad end of the stick.\u00a0 And he\u2019s a gentleman that like I say he has tremendous character.\u00a0 I think that he\u2019s had a tough road, as he just mentioned, with going in other fighters\u2019 backyards and getting it done the hard way.\u00a0 So now with us\u2014with him being part of Mayweather Promotions I think that we\u2019re going to go out and create these opportunities, and he just has to go out and win.\u00a0 And I think that he will be a guy that the world will get a chance to see him on September 14th<\/sup>.\u00a0 He\u2019ll put on a tremendous fight, and he\u2019s going to make a lot of noise, and he\u2019s going to be right there in the thick of things with the Danny Garcias and Lucas Matthysses right off the bat.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Q<\/p>\n

My question for Ashley was I just was curious how he came to wind up in Vegas training at Mayweather\u2019s gym and how he had kind of met them and wound up with them.\u00a0 I heard what Leonard had said a little earlier about seeing him and doing his research, but I\u2019m curious how and when that Ashley ended up in Las Vegas working with Floyd and the gym.<\/p>\n

Theophane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, it goes back to Cotto camp when I came over to Vegas because I was in New York.\u00a0 That\u2019s where I normally train and I was there for like eight weeks, and I knew that Floyd was going to fight.\u00a0 I just thought that I would just come over as part of my camp and just do two weeks at the Mayweather Boxing Club.\u00a0 I came over for two weeks.\u00a0 Leonard and Floyd were very nice to me.\u00a0 The sparring there it was great. When I left back I wished Floyd well in his fight with Miguel Cotto, and then the next time came for the Robert Guerrero fight and I had other fight which was going to come up so I said I\u2019ll go out to Vegas again, went out to Vegas for four weeks for this time. I was sparring with great guys, and I just liked the vibe at the gym.\u00a0 The Mayweather Promotions team was all like just friendly with me and I just stayed there for like the whole camp, and it just went on like this from there.\u00a0 So I think Leonard and Floyd just heard about the work that I was putting in the gym, and then I got to spar with Floyd and it was just step-by-step, bit-by-bit just keep working, the way I\u2019ve done my whole career just putting in the work.\u00a0 Floyd and Leonard listened to what others were\u2014like said that I was a good boxer and they got my record, and then the rest is history.\u00a0 I signed up with Mayweather Promotions to take it to the next level now.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Q<\/p>\n

I have one other question for you, Ashley, and Leonard made reference to it in his comments about thinking that maybe you came out on the wrong end of the stick in the very close good fight you had with Garcia a couple years ago, which is really the first time he had ever faced what people would consider yourself one of the top guys in the weight class.\u00a0 I\u2019m curious to see him in this undercard fighting in the co-feature and a pretty big fight.\u00a0 Do you feel like with a good performance on a card in which he is also features that you could perhaps if he does okay in his fight get a rematch with him like for the title?<\/p>\n

Theophane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

You know I don\u2019t focus on one opponent because there\u2019s many great boxers in the welterweight and the junior welterweight division, but if a rematch happens it happens.\u00a0 A lot of people thought that I beat him the first time around.\u00a0 To me it was a close fight and they gave it to him.\u00a0 It happens in boxing, but the fight could happen down the line.\u00a0 I thought I won the first time.\u00a0 I\u2019ve watched him fight and he\u2019s big so I\u2019m very happy that he\u2019s gone on to be a world champ, but I don\u2019t think that he has improved much since I watched him fight.\u00a0 He beat Amir Khan.\u00a0 He beat Erik Morales, but other than that I haven\u2019t really seen much improvement, but you never know.\u00a0 It could happen in the future.\u00a0 I just want to fight in the division, and I\u2019m not just going to focus on one man.\u00a0 It\u2019s whoever.<\/p>\n

Oscar De La Hoya\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now I would like to introduce to you the other participant, which will be fighting Theophane.\u00a0 He has a record of 26-3-1, 20 KO\u2019s.\u00a0 He hales out of Mexico, Tlalnepantla, Mexico.\u00a0 He\u2019s one of the top hopefuls from Mexico.\u00a0 We would consider him a future world champion who is fighting the best and this is no exception.\u00a0 Theophane is a fighter who is going to bring his a-game and Cano understands that.\u00a0 He\u2019s coming off two close decision losses against Paulie Malignaggi and Shane Mosley.\u00a0 Obviously, we know him making his breakthrough battle against legendary Eric Morales, and so he\u2019s always here to put on a show.\u00a0 He\u2019s in tremendous shape now.\u00a0 He\u2019s ready to take the world by storm September 14th<\/sup> so let me introduce to you Pablo Cesar Cano.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

Pablo, what has your preparation been for this fight with Ashley?Pablo Cesar Cano<\/p>\n

I understand I came off two controversial fights, but I am preparing very hard.\u00a0 I am 100% ready and I am not looking for a knockout.\u00a0 I am just looking to make a great fight, and just give the fans what they want.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

You are very young.\u00a0 Do you feel that\u2019s an advantage?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Cano<\/p>\n

I believe it is an advantage however there are older boxers just like Bernard Hopkins that even though he\u2019s at an older age he\u2019s still very strong, very fast, and I believe age is nothing but a number, and I\u2019m going to just give 100 percent and fight a great fight.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Q<\/p>\n

Pablo, you\u2019ve been in with three former champions and lost close decisions.\u00a0 Is there any concern that after this fight you could, at an early age, slip in to opponent status or more or less sparring partner mentality?<\/p>\n

\u00a0Cano<\/p>\n

I <\/em>understand I have been in three close fights with three great champions with great names and that I have gained a lot of experience, and with that experience I\u2019m taking that in to account with my new plans.\u00a0 I\u2019m just going to fight, and gain more experience there.\u00a0 I just believe that I am going to give a great fight.<\/p>\n

Swanson<\/p>\n

We will now make the transition to our next set of fighters and will turn it over to Leonard to make the introductions. Leonard.<\/p>\n

Ellerbe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Mayweather Promotions\u2019 first world champion, what can I say?\u00a0 A gentleman that has been the epitome of what hard work and dedication is all about.\u00a0 He\u2019s a guy that\u2019s been around the sport for quite some time.\u00a0 He\u2019s had his ups and downs but he\u2019s persevered.\u00a0 He\u2019s a guy that\u2019s obviously just not even a year ago was initially\u2014you know got the opportunity to come in, worked with Floyd to help him prepare to get ready for Cotto, and he made the most of the opportunity because he\u2019s a guy that we\u2019ve been familiar with for quite some time.\u00a0 He\u2019s been knowing the whole Mayweather family for a number of years.\u00a0 A guy that we know firsthand the kind of setbacks that happened in the sport and a lot of times it\u2019s really about the right situation that you\u2019re in to protect your best interest and he was a guy that we took under our wing.\u00a0 We got him an opportunity with \u201cK-9\u201d Bundrage for the world title, and he definitely made the most of that opportunity and the sky is the limit.\u00a0 He\u2019s a guy, like I said, who represents not only Las Vegas with being the first born Las Vegas world champion, which is a tremendous feat within itself, but he\u2019s a very, very proud champion.\u00a0 He understands what being world champion is about.\u00a0 He has a responsibility to that, and he wants to be the best that he can be.\u00a0 He\u2019s a guy, like I said, I personally admire quite a bit. Without further ado, I\u2019d like to introduce the IBF Junior Middleweight Champion, none other than Ishe Smith.<\/p>\n

Ishe Smith\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Training is going great.\u00a0 I had put in eight weeks before I suffered the cut to fight July 19th<\/sup> and we took a couple weeks off and got right back in the gym so training has been great.\u00a0 It\u2019s just a fabulous, wonderful opportunity to be fighting on this card; the biggest card of my career.\u00a0 You know I\u2019m not the main event.\u00a0 It\u2019s just an honor.\u00a0 It\u2019s just sometimes I just can\u2019t believe it.\u00a0 It\u2019s taken me 13 years to be on a big card, but I\u2019m truly honored.\u00a0 I\u2019m truly blessed, and I wouldn\u2019t be here without God and just without him placing the right people in my life, like Mayweather Promotions people. It\u2019s been a great ride.\u00a0 It\u2019s been a real good ride.<\/p>\n

Ellerbe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

This next gentleman has been around for quite some time himself.\u00a0 He\u2019s a guy that\u2019s finally getting his shot after quite some time.\u00a0 He began making a lot of noise with his definitely heavily disputed draw against Lara in 2011.\u00a0 He\u2019s won four of his last five fights.\u00a0 He has beat former world champions like Kermit Cintron and Cory Spinks with his only loss coming with a controversial DQ against James Kirkland in March of 2012.\u00a0 He\u2019s a very, very tough competitor.\u00a0 It took quite some time for me to make this fight happen, and we were more than happy to put this fight as a world championship fight on the biggest card ever, and we know that Carols Molina\u2014he\u2019s a very, very tough fighter, and he\u2019s coming to win, and his promotional company, Warriors Boxing, they\u2019ve been behind supporting him, and, like I say, he\u2019s coming to lay it on the line come September 14th<\/sup>. So, without further ado, I\u2019d like to introduce Carlos Molina.<\/p>\n

Carlos Molina\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019m ready.\u00a0 I had a good training.\u00a0 I was ready July 19th<\/sup>.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been training all summer long and the best shape of my life.\u00a0 I\u2019m just entering my time in my career.\u00a0 I just turned 30-years-old.\u00a0 I\u2019m feeling great.\u00a0 I\u2019m feeling my best and I am ready for September 14th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

I have a question and maybe Ishe and Carlos you can both answer this.\u00a0 I\u2019ll start off with Ishe.\u00a0 I know you probably would have liked to have the fight when it was originally planned on July 19th<\/sup> after participating in your training camp and doing all the things you do to get ready for the fight, but now looking back is it almost better for you do you think that this fight was postponed and now you get to be on a much, much bigger stage than you would have otherwise been on previously?<\/p>\n

Smith\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

I think so.\u00a0 It\u2019s a privilege to, like I said, to be on the biggest card of my career, bigger than any contender card I ever fought on, bigger than any show boxing main event, bigger than any co-features that I\u2019ve been on.\u00a0 It\u2019s a blessing.\u00a0 July 19th<\/sup> was because I work a lot with the youth out here in Vegas.\u00a0 I coach various sports, and I had a lot of people coming in town and these tickets are already sold out so it\u2019s disheartening.\u00a0 Now I\u2019m not able to have the people that can\u2019t get tickets or can\u2019t afford these kind of priced tickets to come see me fight but they\u2019ll be tuned in on TV watching on pay-per-view.\u00a0 And like I said, it\u2019s just an honor.\u00a0 Mayweather Promotions made sure that I get another date at home after this so it definitely is an honor.\u00a0 I don\u2019t take it for granted at all.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

And Carlos, how about yourself?\u00a0 Like you just said you were going to fight the 19th<\/sup> on TV but not on a big mega card like this.\u00a0 Do you think from the way you look at it it\u2019s almost better to be on this level of a show than had you been on that other card on the 19th<\/sup>?<\/p>\n

Molina\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Yeah well I mean like to me really it doesn\u2019t matter where it is.\u00a0 I just want to fight.\u00a0 I want to fight for the IBF belt and wherever it happens to be\u2014this happens to be an even greater opportunity I feel, but like I said it doesn\u2019t really matter as long as I get the title shot and get that belt.\u00a0 But yeah to be on a big card like this and get all that exposure that\u2019s definitely better.<\/p>\n

Q\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Well, especially because the main event happens to be taking place in the same weight class where you guys both fight, and certainly people will look at that main event, look at the winner of the fight between you two, and it\u2019s certainly not out of the question if the winner wants to further unify the title they would have to see you.\u00a0 Do you think about at as a prospect of\u2014it may be a long shot but\u2014landing a shot with the winner against Alvarez or Floyd?<\/p>\n

Molina\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Yes, definitely.\u00a0 I mean right now, first things first is, Ishe.\u00a0 I\u2019m ready for that fight.\u00a0 The belt, without that it\u2019s nothing else but getting that and making a statement in this fight, and then being considered to be\u2014being on the radar for these guys.\u00a0 If they don\u2019t want to give me the fight right away I\u2019ll be really\u2014I\u2019ll be willing to fight anyone.\u00a0 Just keep winning and sooner or later you might get that.<\/p>\n

Q\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

All right.\u00a0 I have just one other question for you, Ishe.\u00a0 With regard to the cut that you suffered, how bad was it and how is it now?<\/p>\n

Smith\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

It was pretty bad at the time, but we have great doctors.\u00a0 I was able to see a doctore here in town, and we did the right things we needed to do, and it\u2019s healed up really well.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been sparring for some weeks now and everything is going perfect, everything is great.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

Ishe Smith, I have been following you for years before the contender series but you remind me of a very young Sugar Ray Robison and that is the truth.\u00a0 I\u2019m wondering how come after the contender you seem to fall off the radar screen and I didn\u2019t see you for years and years until now finally Golden Boy\u2014not Golden Boy but Mayweather Promotions finally put you where you belonged a long time ago.\u00a0 I see the emotion broke out of you when you won the title.\u00a0 Has it been frustrating all these years to finally come up in to a title owner and under the biggest fight of the year card?<\/p>\n

Smith\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Well, you know I think as a man I needed to go through those things.\u00a0 Those things you can\u2019t predict life.\u00a0 Obviously, it\u2019s not the way I scripted it starting off and then going to the contender, but things happen and I couldn\u2019t be happier with my life where it is right now.\u00a0 I have some very important people that have helped me get to where I am today, and without them I wouldn\u2019t be where I am, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m always grateful to Mayweather Promotions and everything that they\u2019ve done for me.\u00a0 But you know this is the biggest card.\u00a0 It don\u2019t matter what happened in the past.\u00a0 This is probably arguably the biggest card in the last ten to fifteen years just because of the main event and the co-feature so it\u2019s a privilege and an honor to be on this card, and, like I said, as a man I think I needed to go through those trials and tribulations to be where I am today and I\u2019m truly blessed.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

Yeah this question both of you can answer.\u00a0 Given your past and you both had tough luck stories\u2014and Ishe, I thought you beat Fernando Guerrero by the way\u2014knowing what you\u2019ve been through, each of you, and knowing who you\u2019re fighting has been through similar situations could this, for both of you, and each of you answer, be the most difficult fight and at the same time probably bring out the best in each of you?\u00a0 Can each of you answer that question?<\/p>\n

Molina<\/p>\n

Ishe is a pretty well-rounded fighter.\u00a0 I feel like the harder I train\u2014it depends on how hard I train to make the fight easier for me, so I\u2019m not sure.\u00a0 I can\u2019t say something like that until I actually get in there and go through it and do it, but I feel like it is going to bring out the best in me because there\u2019s a championship fight that I would have.\u00a0 Even though I train for every fight and I can pine for the championship fight this is it right here.\u00a0 This is what I visualized since I started boxing and it\u2019s right in front of me, and I\u2019m so focused.\u00a0 I\u2019m so ready.\u00a0 I\u2019m ready to go.\u00a0 I wish the fight was closer.<\/p>\n

Smith\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Whenever you\u2019re world champion you know you\u2019ve got a lot of people gunning for you and coming to take what you\u2019ve earned and what you fought hard to accomplish.\u00a0 And I was able to do that in Detroit, and I don\u2019t want to fall victim to looking past Carlos.\u00a0 He\u2019s a tough competitor, and I\u2019ve trained really hard so I won\u2019t have any hiccups and I don\u2019t have any trip ups.\u00a0 This fight we\u2019re in tremendous shape and I\u2019m ready to go, but I think it\u2019s going to be a good night of boxing.\u00a0 Everyone on the card is going to be great from top to bottom, and I\u2019m looking forward to putting on a tremendous fight for all the Las Vegas fans and all the fans across the world who will be tuned in on pay-per-view.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

One more question for Ishe.\u00a0 Can you address Carlos\u2019 style?\u00a0 Have you faced anybody with guess awkward would be the best word?<\/p>\n

Smith\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve faced all kinds of styles.\u00a0 They said K-9 was going to be too big and strong for me and he was awkward.\u00a0 You don\u2019t worry about styles; skills pay the bills, and come September 14th<\/sup> I\u2019ll be ready to go and I\u2019ll be keeping my title here at home.\u00a0 I don\u2019t worry about he going to fight.\u00a0 I just have to listen to my coach and go out there and execute the game plan, and I feel like the one fight I didn\u2019t do that\u2014where I didn\u2019t listen to him was the only fight I lost and that was Danny Jacobs.\u00a0 But, as you said, I thought I beat Guerrero and since I\u2019ve been with Eddie we haven\u2019t lost a fight at 154 pounds so I\u2019m extremely excited to be defending my title at home.\u00a0 To accomplish so much in my career in such a short period of time being with Mayweather Promotions and having this wonderful opportunity to fight on the biggest state in boxing is just amazing.<\/p>\n

Q\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Ishe, first of all you\u2019ve ended up with an opponent who is, in my mind, going to be much trickier than K-9 Bundrage.\u00a0 Why did you select him as an opponent?\u00a0 How did that come to be?\u00a0 This is a fight nobody saw coming, and do you see any parallels between youself and Molina?\u00a0 You have had similar circumstances coming up.<\/p>\n

Smith\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

He\u2019s a hard worker.\u00a0 You can\u2019t really say that he\u2019s tougher or trickier than K-9 because K-9 was a world champion.\u00a0 Like I said, I don\u2019t worry about styles.\u00a0 I just go in there and fight my fight.\u00a0 I told Leonard to make this fight.\u00a0 I fold Leonard when I won the title that he was going to be the first guy I fought.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t have to make this mandatory until November but I respect his story.\u00a0 I respect where he come from, and I want to give the fans what they want, and I want to fight the best.\u00a0 That\u2019s just the bottom line.\u00a0 I want to fight the best in my division and go out on top.\u00a0 When I retire I want to be talked about and I want to be remembered, and I think that\u2019s what everybody wants in this game, and I think I\u2019ve already left a legacy by being the first Las Vegas born world champion but it\u2019s not complete.\u00a0 We still writing the script and, like I said, I\u2019m excited to be fighting on the biggest card in boxing and I can\u2019t wait to go.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

You\u2019re a titleholder now.\u00a0 Have you changed any in your day-to-day approach to life or has anything changed in your mind or what you do or how you approach things in general?<\/p>\n

Smith\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

You know you\u2019ve become champion it just takes your training to another level because you realize you got guys coming for you.\u00a0 There\u2019s not a week that I can\u2019t go by without somebody mentioning my name so that all comes with the territory.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t changed anything.\u00a0 I still work very hard.\u00a0 I still train hard, and I\u2019m ready to defend my title and keep my title.<\/p>\n

Swanson<\/p>\n

Thank you very much gentlemen. We will now move on to our co-featured fight of the evening and I would like to reintroduce Oscar De La Hoya to make the introductions.<\/p>\n

De La Hoya\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is very exciting to be introducing what we expect is an explosion come September 14th<\/sup> with two great fighters, and I am saying great because you have on one hand Lucas Matthysse who has a tremendous, tremendous record, an outstanding knockout ratio, 94% of his wins come by knockout; and on the other hand you have the champion Danny Garcia who is undefeated, 26-0, 16 KO\u2019s who keeps on proving to every single person day in and day out that he is going to be great.\u00a0 He is going to be taking all comers.\u00a0 This is a fight that, like I said before, belongs on its own pay-per-view on any given day.\u00a0 This is a fight that the people have been waiting for.\u00a0 This is a fight that when you finish watching if you do not love boxing already you will fall in love with the sport because this is what it\u2019s all about.\u00a0 Putting Lucas Matthysse against Danny Garcia in that same squared ring will be a tremendous, night for every boxing fan across the globe.<\/p>\n

Let me introduce to you first\u2014he is rated number one at 140 pounds by the Ring Magazine<\/em>, has scored a staggering 94% of his wins by knockout.\u00a0 He does possess the highest KO percentage of any world champion in history, and has won six fights in a row by KO including his third round KO of Lamont Peterson on May 18th<\/sup>.\u00a0 He has a record of 34-2, 32 KO\u2019s, Trelew, Chubut, Argentina, Lucas \u201cThe Machine\u201d Matthysse.<\/p>\n

Lucas Matthysse<\/p>\n

Hi.\u00a0 Good afternoon.\u00a0 I\u2019m here at the gym trying to train.\u00a0 We\u2019re sparring and I\u2019m very happy and pleased to be on this call.<\/p>\n

De La Hoya\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m going to introduce to you a young man who needs no introduction.\u00a0 He is the unified super lightweight world champion.\u00a0 He first won his world title in 2012 by dropping then … legendary Erik Morales for the WBC 140 pound title, and, like I said before, he keeps proving everyone who has doubt in him\u2014he keeps proving them wrong in every fight that he\u2019s in.\u00a0 He has great knockout power but at the same time he does possess the talent of a boxer\/puncher.\u00a0 He hales out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.\u00a0 He is the unified super lightweight world champion with a record of 26-0, 16KO\u2019s, Danny \u201cSwift\u201d Garcia.<\/p>\n

Danny Garcia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hey.\u00a0 What\u2019s up, everybody?\u00a0 I want to say good afternoon to everybody.\u00a0 I hope you\u2019re having a blessed day, and I\u2019m very motivated for this fight.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been working hard in the gym, and I\u2019m very excited for September 14th<\/sup> and it\u2019s going to be another epic showcase by me that night.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

Lucas, what is your plan for this fight?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Matthysse<\/p>\n

I am training very hard.\u00a0 It\u2019s a hard fight but I\u2019m going to give the fans what they want, and I\u2019m going to bring the win to Argentina.<\/p>\n

Q\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Lucas, Danny Garcia as an athlete and as a fighter or are you going to go in to the ring and just give it your all?\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthysse<\/p>\n

I respect Danny as a fighter.\u00a0 He\u2019s a great champion, but I am going to give the fight 100%.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

Lucas, can you talk about what it has been like for you since you\u2019ve signed with Al Haymon?\u00a0 Do you have this new sense that you\u2019re going to be able to be in big fights such as this in your future?<\/p>\n

Matthysse<\/p>\n

Yes the plans are to have bigger and greater fights and to continue fighting.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

Danny, just from some of the stuff that I\u2019ve read and some of the way your father has reacted I get the sense that he feels you\u2019re not being as respected as a champion as you feel you should be and he feels you should be, and, in fact, that maybe you\u2019re not being treated as or perceived as the a-side.\u00a0 Most notably, he talked about Lucas\u2019 presence on the cover of Ring Magazine<\/em>.\u00a0 What are your thoughts?\u00a0 What do you have to say about that and is that true?<\/p>\n

Garcia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

You know I really don\u2019t care what the media thinks or who they think is the best because in my heart I know I\u2019m the best, and I hold the titles, and September 14th<\/sup> is going to be another day at work for me, and I\u2019m just going to defend my title.\u00a0 I\u2019m still champion and the people who don\u2019t believe hey that\u2019s their problem.\u00a0 I know in my heart I\u2019m the best 140 pound fighter in the world, and I\u2019m going to show it on September 14th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Q\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Last question for you, that left hook sequence\u2014where Lucas dropped Lamont Peterson with his left hook, and obviously Peterson landed his but it didn\u2019t have as much of an effect.\u00a0 You are known as the left hooker.\u00a0 If that sequence happens in your fight can you kind of address what might happen?\u00a0 Do you think he\u2019s seen a left hook like yours?<\/p>\n

Garcia<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll have to see.\u00a0 I\u2019ve fought big punchers.\u00a0 I took big shots before, but Peterson when he threw that left hook he was more in a position that\u2019s why he got the end of it.\u00a0 But I\u2019m just going to be smart.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to do what I do best, make adjustments in the fight and get the victory.<\/p>\n

Q\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Okay.\u00a0 My question is for Danny Garcia; Danny, do you think that for this match the winner deserves the fight with Mayweather and Canelo\u2019s winner?\u00a0 Do you think you are ready for the fight with Mayweather?<\/p>\n

Garcia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a big fight but I\u2019ve got to worry about my fight.\u00a0 I\u2019m not really worried about the future right now.\u00a0 My future is Lucas Matthysse and I\u2019m not looking past him, but that\u2019s up to Golden Boy and Al Haymon and whatever they want to do.\u00a0 I\u2019m just a fighter and that\u2019s what I do is fight, so whoever they put me against that\u2019s what I do.<\/p>\n

Q\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Why do you think that the people doesn\u2019t believe you after the many fights, many knockouts in favor of you?<\/p>\n

Garcia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

I really don\u2019t know because I feel like I\u2019m before my time a lot of people still don\u2019t understand it because I\u2019m not supposed to be here right now.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t supposed to be my time right now.\u00a0 I made it my time.\u00a0 I took it and the people still don\u2019t understand it but I\u2019m just going to keep building my legacy and proving myself.<\/p>\n

Q\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

My question for Lucas is he had such an easy time knocking out Lamont Peterson, I wondered did he anticipate that victory was going to be as easy as it, at least, looked on the outside of the ring, and does he think that he can do something similar and make that kind of statement against Garcia?<\/p>\n

Matthysse<\/p>\n

Going in to the Lamont Peterson fight was difficult at the beginning but then it became easy for me and that\u2019s why I knocked him out.\u00a0 With Danny Garcia, I have prepare myself but I believe that I\u2019m going to do my best and just give a great fight.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

Do you think though that the end result could be the same, an early knockout because your power at least it looks so good in his recent fights?<\/p>\n

Matthysse<\/p>\n

I respect Danny Garcia as a champion.\u00a0 I am going to give a lot of resistance, but I feel that I am confident enough to give a great fight.\u00a0 It is going to be a difficult fight but I\u2019m not looking for a knockout. I am looking to have a great victory and give a great fight.Q<\/p>\n

I have just one other question for Lucas.\u00a0 Some of the comments Danny has made\u2014although he is showing respect for Lucas it doesn\u2019t sound like he really thinks a whole lot of his punching power.\u00a0 He has said that he has a built up record in Argentina where he really didn\u2019t fight a lot of top opponents, and then when he came to the United States and fought people like Zab Judah, like Devin Alexander that\u2014the way Danny described it was as soon as somebody hit him back he lost, and that the record and the knockout power is maybe a little overrated.\u00a0 How does Lucas respond to that?<\/p>\n

\u00a0Matthysse<\/p>\n

On September 14th<\/sup> I\u2019m going to prove to Danny\u2014That\u2019s going to be the proof that when he feels my punches if they\u2019re strong enough or not, and that will either give him the benefit of the doubt if he is strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

How do you think the ambiance is going to be around Las Vegas?\u00a0 There\u2019s going to be a lot more Mexicans than there is Argentinians.\u00a0 Do you believe the Mexicans are going to be behind your back?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Matthysse<\/p>\n

Yes.\u00a0 I believe the Mexicans will be behind me; although, there will be a few Argentinians there to support me and to see a great fight.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

If there is a victory against Danny Garcia what element will it give you with the Argentinian public?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Matthysse<\/p>\n

I would be on top of the world.\u00a0 The Argentinians will\u2014it would be the best fight of my life.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

Hey, Danny.\u00a0 I know that you said that your job is just\u2014on your team is just as a fighter but the reality was this fight was on the table for a while.\u00a0 How soon after your win over Zab Judah did you realize that you would probably be fighting Lucas Matthysse?<\/p>\n

Garcia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

I accepted the fight when he came to me.\u00a0 I think it was about five, six weeks ago, five weeks, six weeks ago.\u00a0 As soon as the fight was gave to me I accepted it but it took them time because the negotiations; you know it\u2019s a big fight.\u00a0 It\u2019s not an easy fight to make, and as my fighter I accepted the fighter.\u00a0 Me and my dad we accepted the fight and the negotiations\u2014where the fight was going to take place, the money so it was a lot of things but the fight got done.\u00a0 I\u2019m happy and then I\u2019m happy to give the fans again what they want.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

I guess what I was trying to get at like when you\u2014before you even accept a card do you have like an idea of who you want to fight next?\u00a0 I know you\u2019re the type, you know I fight whoever they put in front of me, but obviously I know you always want to fight the best.\u00a0 Did you recognize Matthysse as the best of the lot and that you would have to fight him?\u00a0 Not that you would have to fight him but fight him to prove that you are the best.<\/p>\n

Garcia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Yeah no doubt it was a fight that the fans wanted and the boxing world.\u00a0 He\u2019s buzzing off his last two victories; his last two knockout wins so the fight was built up.\u00a0 Showtime made it big.\u00a0 The media made it big so it was only worth it to fight with me.<\/p>\n

Ellerbe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

I want to touch on to what Danny just added on.\u00a0 I just think this is kind of important.\u00a0 A lot of times when you have big events like this and obviously this is a main event on its own, but there was a lot of criticism coming Danny\u2019s way, unjustifiable, by members of the media and the fans because obviously those out there who thought that Danny was unafraid to take the fight.\u00a0 But let me go on the record with this; I know firsthand.\u00a0 Obviously, I have a very close working relationship with my business partner and everyone knows who that is and we at least talk ten times a day.\u00a0 Danny and his dad, I know firsthand, have been very, very adamant that they wanted that fight to the point where they were bugging Haymon about making the fight.\u00a0 What\u2019s taking so long?\u00a0<\/p>\n

I just want to be clear that this is a fight that Danny and his dad wanted from the very beginning.\u00a0 It\u2019s just a matter of the things that take time for fights to come together, and it\u2019s just not simple little things.\u00a0 Obviously, when you\u2019re talking about large amounts of revenue and other particulars that come in to play because that\u2019s great but you know fighters at this level there\u2019s no such thing about being scared of one another.\u00a0 When it comes down to it nobody is scared to make money.\u00a0 Danny didn\u2019t get to this level\u2014his father is a tremendous trainer.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t get to where they\u2019re out\u2014Lucas didn\u2019t get to where they\u2019re at\u2014two fighters being scared of one another.\u00a0 This is a tremendous fight and this is the fight that the fans have demanded and both guys want to fight and it\u2019s going to be a great fight come September 14th<\/sup>.\u00a0 I just wanted to add on the fact that I know firsthand that Danny and his dad had demanded this fight to the point where they were bugging Mr. Haymon about what was taking so long in getting this fight made.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

Danny, I know that you were ringside for Lucas\u2019 KO Peterson and you\u2019re a champion.\u00a0 I mean we all know that you have the ability and the goods to make this happen and pull off a victory, but I\u2019m just wondering what you\u2019re doing psychologically to prepare yourself because he\u2019s a scary dude.<\/p>\n

Garcia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

I\u2019m doing the same thing I always do, just training hard, and yeah he has power but I have power too so if he\u2019s not careful he\u2019s going to get hurt.\u00a0 But I\u2019m not going in there worrying about another man.\u00a0 I\u2019m doing what I do best and just training hard, staying focused, and adapting; adapting to the fight.\u00a0 I\u2019m not going in there worrying about another man\u2019s power.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got power myself so I\u2019m just going to go in there, make adjustments and get the job done.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

Hey, Danny.\u00a0 Was the random blood testing as a result of what happened with Eric Morales or is it something that\u2019s related to suspicions that have crept up concerning Lucas\u2019 camp or his results in fights?<\/p>\n

Garcia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

No.\u00a0 That has nothing to do with Lucas Matthysse.\u00a0 Ever since I won the world title, ever since I bet Erik Morales the first time, Amir Khan took the test, Morales took it again, Zab Judah took the fight and now this fight.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter who I fight for what it\u2019s just something I feel needs to be done if you want to be the champion.\u00a0 And it\u2019s my fourth defense and it\u2019s the fourth fighter who has took the test; it\u2019s just something that comes with do you have to beat the champion and that\u2019s something I ask for.\u00a0 I just want a clean fight and that\u2019s it.\u00a0 It has nothing to do with Lucas Matthysse.\u00a0 It\u2019s just what I do.<\/p>\n

Q<\/p>\n

Hey, Danny, this question is for you.\u00a0 You\u2019ve been in lots of fights.\u00a0 We all know this is not going to be an easy fight.\u00a0 Would you say this is your hardest fight up to date?<\/p>\n

Garcia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

I could probably answer that question after the fight because the fights not here yet.\u00a0 I really don\u2019t know because sometimes the hardest fights\u2014sometimes you think the hardest fights will be the easiest fights, sometimes you think the easiest fights will be the hardest fight.\u00a0 You really don\u2019t know until the fight happens, but you know at this level you know you\u2019re going to get hit.\u00a0 It\u2019s all about preparing for the fight and making adjustments, and that\u2019s what I feel I bring to the table.<\/p>\n

Garcia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

Okay.\u00a0 You know I\u2019ll thank the media for taking the time out to ask these questions, and I\u2019m very excited about\u00a0 being a part of this and I\u2019m training hard. I\u2019m very motivated, and I can\u2019t wait to show my fans and all the new fans that are going to be watching me September 14th<\/sup> what I\u2019m about and I\u2019m going to keep the title in Philadelphia.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to do this for all my Latinos around the world.\u00a0 The end.<\/p>\n

Matthysse<\/p>\n

I just want to thank everyone for their time today.\u00a0 I am training really hard in Argentina and will be ready for September 14.<\/p>\n

Ellerbe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/wbr><\/p>\n

You heard today from all six guys who are fighting on the card, and we have, like I said, a top fight card, best that I\u2019ve seen in recent history.\u00a0 We\u2019re expecting great things.\u00a0 We know we have great fights, and the Matthysse v. Danny Garcia, like I said, that fight is fireworks all over.\u00a0 You have Matthysse who is known as\u2014he has the most feared man out there in boxing today and we know that Danny\u2019s a great champion and that fight\u2019s going to come down to one guy trying to impose his will and the other guy doing what he does.\u00a0 I think you\u2019re going to see a tremendous, tremendous fight in that fight.\u00a0 I think you\u2019ll be able to see Garcia be able to do things that many people hadn\u2019t seen him do before, and I think that you\u2019ll be able to see what happens when Danny backs Matthysse up.\u00a0 All those things will be answered in that fight and come September 14th<\/sup> those questions will be answered on that night.\u00a0 And the fight before that we have Ishe and Molina; that\u2019s going to be another barn burner, another world championship fight.\u00a0 Ishe is coming to win.\u00a0 Carlos is coming to win.\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be a great fight, and to open up the card Ashley and Cano, both guys have never ever been in a not exciting fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From top to bottom we have a tremendous card, and we\u2019re just really, really truly excited.\u00a0 Mayweather Promotions working with Golden Boy Promotions, Richard, Oscar and their great staff and obviously my staff and Kelly\u2019s staff we\u2019ve all been working together to make this a great night of boxing, and we look forward to all you guys continuing to support this event, and come September 14th<\/sup> expect a great night.<\/p>\n

De La Hoya\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thank you very much.\u00a0 Guys, we have we have exciting news coming up in the weeks leading up to the event so we will talk soon, and we will see you soon.\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n

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