{"id":68691,"date":"2017-09-07T22:36:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T03:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=68691"},"modified":"2017-09-07T22:36:41","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T03:36:41","slug":"david-benavidez-ronald-garvil-press-conference-gets-heated-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=68691","title":{"rendered":"David Benavidez – Ronald Garvil Press Conference Gets Heated! – Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>L to R: Caleb Plant, J\u2019Leon Love, David Benavidez, Leonard Ellerbe, Ronald Gavril, Abraham Han, Andrew Hernandez<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photo Credit\u00a0Rosie Cohe\/SHOWTIME<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 All six super middleweight boxers made weight on Thursday, one day before a stacked tripleheader tomorrow\/Friday, Sept. 8 on SHOWTIME BOXING: Special Edition live on SHOWTIME\u00ae (10:05 p.m. ET\/PT) from the Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.<\/p>\n

OFFICIAL WEIGHTS:
\nDavid Benavidez: 167 \u00bd Pounds
\nRonald Gavril: 166 \u00be Pounds<\/p>\n

J\u2019Leon Love: 168 \u00bc Pounds
\nAbraham Han: 167 \u00bd Pounds<\/p>\n

Caleb Plant: 167 \u00bc Pounds
\nAndrew Hernandez: 166 \u00bc Pounds<\/p>\n

FINAL QUOTES:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

DAVID BENAVIDEZ:<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cI\u2019m a little surprised the title shot came this early. My dad told me to be ready and if the opportunity came, I need be ready to show up.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Gavril] thinks I\u2019m a kid, I know it. I\u2019m 20 years old, but I\u2019m going to let him make the mistakes and let him come forward, then I\u2019m going to take over.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s never faced someone like me. I\u2019ll let him think what he wants to think. I know what I can do. This is the biggest fight of my life and I have to take advantage.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeaving Phoenix was probably one of the best things I\u2019ve ever done, especially for my boxing career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t keep my mind away from boxing and I have to stay sharp because the fights are getting harder and harder.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last few fights have been tough and I can\u2019t go in there just thinking about the knockout. I have to take them apart piece by piece. My approach has changed. I\u2019m not going in there just wailing away like Mike Tyson. I\u2019m going to dissect them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see that he\u2019s a pressure fighter and has good body work. He only has one speed and doesn\u2019t have any other gears. I\u2019ve watched a lot of film on him and feel like he has some weaknesses that I can expose. I\u2019m going to end this in a knockout! I\u2019m ready to go 12 rounds, but I\u2019m going to knock him out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve dedicated myself the most I ever have for any fight this time. I had sparring partners exactly like Gavril.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel comfortable at this weight, but I can see myself going up to 175 at some point, maybe three or four years from now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know if I win I\u2019m going to be the youngest super middleweight world champion ever. That\u2019s just frosting on the cake.\u201d<\/p>\n

RONALD GAVRIL:<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cOur camp was extended by two weeks because we were supposed to fight on Aug. 26. But the world title fight came up so we had to go for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to make him fight. I\u2019m a more experienced fighter and have a higher boxing IQ than my opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not overlooking Benavidez. He\u2019s a tough fighter and we know it. My trainer [Eddie Mustafa Muhammad] has been working with me on a game plan. I\u2019m going to be ready for whatever he has to bring.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a great camp and we had the best sparring partners, including Badou [Jack] and Jose Uzcategui.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve watched video of Benavidez. He throws lots of combinations and quick hands. They say he\u2019s a highlight reel, but he will be exposed on Friday night.\u201d<\/p>\n

J\u2019LEON LOVE:<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cI know I\u2019ve had a year-long layoff, but I\u2019ve always been in the gym just working on my mistakes and polishing my game. I\u2019m past the prospect stage and now I\u2019m a contender.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not as smart as me. I\u2019m coming to make a statement. He\u2019s going to try and bring the fight to me, but it doesn\u2019t matter. I\u2019ve had some bigger guys in sparring, light heavyweights.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s easy to be comfortable, but I\u2019ve learned from my mistakes. I\u2019m blessed to have Floyd [Mayweather] in my life, but he won\u2019t always be there. I have to be able to do some things for myself. Everyone knows Floyd has it all, but he still busts his ass and works hard.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheo Chambers is back training me now and I had to go back to Kronk Gin Detroit to let the dog come out. I started with him when I was 14 years old.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want guys like James DeGale, and the winner of Benavidez and Gavril. Why not? I\u2019m hungry for whatever. I\u2019ll do whatever I have to do be world champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you need some time off and a layoff is good. I healed my mind and my body. We\u2019ve worked on some things and now we are ready to put it on display. I\u2019ve learned from my mistakes.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoxing just comes natural to me and I\u2019m feeling really good about my chances Friday night.\u201d<\/p>\n

ABRAHAM HAN:<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cI wasn\u2019t always focused on my career, but I\u2019ve gotten it back and my sister [current IBF women\u2019s Featherweight World Champion] Jennifer is a big reason for that. I had to figure some things out. She beat my butt all the way through high school. Guys would see me with black eyes and know that she would beat the crap out of me. It was kind of embarrassing when you get beat up by your sister.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a big opportunity for me. I lost two split decisions [to Sergio Mora and Fernando Guerrero] and both could have gone either way. I had the only knockdowns in both fights, but I was on the \u2018B\u2019 side so you know how it\u2019s going to go.<\/p>\n

\u201cEl Paso is trying to become a fight town and we have a lot of good trainers, but we still have a ways to go.<\/p>\n

\u201cI injured my shoulder a few years ago and couldn\u2019t use my right shoulder so I started fighting more southpaw. I\u2019ve done a lot of mixed martial arts growing up, and it hasn\u2019t been hard switching from that to boxing.<\/p>\n

\u201cJ\u2019Leon Love has one of the best teams in boxing in Mayweather Promotions. I have to throw punches in bunches.\u201d<\/p>\n

CALEB PLANT<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cI\u2019m just going to go in there calm and relaxed as I always do and make adjustments as I need to. I could tell you everything I plan to do, or what could happen, but this this is boxing and everyone knows how it works. It depends on what\u2019s going on inside the ring, and I will make adjustments.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy opponent does different things and is very durable and comes to fight. We know he moves well and can do different things and be the aggressor. He has different dimensions. We\u2019re not overlooking him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t the first time it\u2019s happened, and it won\u2019t be the last, having to face a different opponent than we trained for. At the end of the day it\u2019s all about being able to make adjustments, in the ring and in life. I don\u2019t expect anything less than an A-plus performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not taking this fight lightly. This is no joke. Boxing is life and death to me. It\u2019s all I have and it\u2019s been my whole entire life since I was nine years old. I don\u2019t have anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

ANDREW HERNANDEZ<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cI\u2019ve had about a week notice for this fight. Of course I\u2019m going to say yes. I\u2019m not going to run from any fighter or opportunity. Caleb is a tremendous prospect and they are talking about him fighting for a world title soon. So much opportunity can come from this.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Caleb] doesn\u2019t have many weaknesses. He has good hand speed and pretty good power and very good defense. He\u2019s the total package and I have my work cut out for me. But I\u2019m very confident in myself and I hope I can take him into deep waters.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully I will fight the best fight I can and pull off the upset.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had some upsets during my career. I\u2019ve been doing this long enough and hopefully someday maybe I\u2019ll fight for a world title and get a nice payday before it\u2019s all said and done. I\u2019m very hungry.\u201d<\/p>\n