{"id":92627,"date":"2020-09-02T02:14:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T07:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=92627"},"modified":"2020-09-02T02:16:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T07:16:08","slug":"jermell-charlo-jeison-rosario-press-conference-comments-shake-up-the-boxing-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=92627","title":{"rendered":"Jermell Charlo &#038; Jeison Rosario Press Conference Comments Shake Up the Boxing World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[AdSense-A]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=92627\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=92627\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-92628 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image003-300x75.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image003-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image003-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image003.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>WBC Super Welterweight World Champion Jermell Charlo and WBA and IBF 154-pound world champion Jeison Rosario previewed their blockbuster unification showdown during a virtual kick-off press conference Tuesday as they near their main event battle on part two of the first-ever SHOWTIME PPV doubleheader on Saturday, September 26 in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.<\/p>\n<p>Five of the six fighters who will be competing in part two of the unprecedented event participated in today\u2019s media call. Unbeaten former champion Luis Nery will battle undefeated Aaron Alameda for the vacant WBC Super Bantamweight World Championship in the co-feature, while former unified champion Daniel Roman faces off against former champion Juan Carlos Payano in a WBC Super Bantamweight title eliminator bout to open the second installment of the pay-per-view. Nery was unable to participate in the call due to technical issues.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mUv4y8sFe14\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>Here is what the virtual press conference participants had to say Tuesday:<\/p>\n<p>JERMELL CHARLO:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m stronger and faster than I\u2019ve ever been. Camp has been amazing. I can\u2019t believe I got in shape so fast, but I really never got out of shape. I make investments in myself and I do my homework.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to Rosario for getting the chance to move up to this level. But I know what I possess in the ring when I choose to let it out of me. I\u2019m more ready for this fight than any fight I\u2019ve ever had.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy legacy is on the line. I feed my family this way. It\u2019s not about what we\u2019re going to say. It\u2019s no secret about how I fight. I\u2019m dangerous and I feel even more dangerous now. I\u2019m excited to go 12 rounds. My capacity and skills are exceeding all of these guys in the division. I\u2019m way hungrier now. The fire has been lit in me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people were surprised Jeison won against Julian Williams, but I actually wasn\u2019t. Williams was dealing with a lot. But I\u2019m a different kind of fighter. My dedication is different than everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe and my brother have always been doubted. As I mature, I don\u2019t care about what anyone on the outside says. I don\u2019t care who makes the rankings. My job is to box. That was once my hobby. I\u2019ve been doing this forever and I\u2019ve grown into this. I\u2019m a different animal. Just like Rosario had to come up the levels, I did that as well. I\u2019m maintaining where I\u2019m at because of my hard work and the way I fight. All you have to do is put me out there and I\u2019m going to go get it for you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe my last two fights and the different styles that Tony Harrison had have helped me. Tony is a great fighter. You look at his record and you know he can punch, but I\u2019m just different. That\u2019s what made me come out on top and made the first fight close. The experience I had in those fights will give me even more of an edge coming into this fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s so many things I do that make me believe I\u2019m the best in the division. I can go on and on, but I\u2019m a lion in the cage, let me out and see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m strong from the first round to the end. If it goes to 12, then it goes that far. I\u2019m smart and know how to set up traps. I\u2019m not going to divulge the game plan, but I\u2019m not playing around in the ring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>JEISON ROSARIO:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is going to be a great war. I\u2019m dedicated and motivated for this fight and I know what it means to face a fighter of Jermell\u2019s quality, so the training has been going great. I\u2019m so ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am even hungrier now than I was before I won the titles. I\u2019m more motivated. The desire inside of me and the fire inside of me is burning to win this fight against a great fighter in Jermell Charlo. Like the Dominican people say, \u2018we have to keep moving forward\u2019 and that\u2019s what I plan to do in this fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJermell Charlo and Julian Williams are definitely two different types of fighters. I think Williams has a little more quickness but Jermell is definitely stronger and has more power. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve had to prepare a little differently for this fight. In regards to who I feel is the better fighter \u2013 I don\u2019t want to take anything away from either guy. Williams was a great fighter and he was considered No. 1 when I fought him, which is now the same position that Jermell Charlo is in. They both have their merits but I wouldn\u2019t say which one is the better fighter. Jermell is considered the best fighter at 154 right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing that has changed since my loss to Nathaniel Gallimore in 2017 is my maturity. As the fights get bigger and more important, I definitely stepped up to the occasion and to the challenge. I\u2019m training harder and there is more focus on this fight coming up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis fight means a lot to me. It\u2019s definitely the most important fight of my career and I\u2019m very thankful. I\u2019m thankful to my trainer and for this opportunity that\u2019s been given to me to fight the best fighter in the division. This is a great moment and some people think I won\u2019t win. I know it\u2019s going to be electric.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI consider this to be my time. Empires fall. Presidents fall. Kingdoms fall. It\u2019s all very interesting because under Charlo\u2019s brand, you have the lion and you have the hunter and all that. But during the fight, you\u2019re going to find out who really is the hunter. I\u2019m a warrior and we\u2019re going to see that night who really is the hunter and who is the one that\u2019s going to be hunted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AARON ALAMEDA:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been training very hard and we know we have a tough opponent in Luis Nery, but we\u2019re ready for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn all honesty, maybe the names that you see on paper that I\u2019ve faced are not in Nery\u2019s class, but when you see me on September 26, you\u2019re going to know what I\u2019m made of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s true that Nery has had trouble making weight before but that\u2019s his problem. If he makes weight or if he doesn\u2019t, I\u2019m not bothered by that. I\u2019m focused on what I need to do on September 26, so I haven\u2019t really focused on whether he is going to make weight. I am the one who is going to be ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is definitely a step-up for me, we aren\u2019t denying that. But strategically, we have worked on certain things that we know are going to help come fight night. We\u2019ve seen a lot of video on Luis Nery and learned how we need to approach this fight. We\u2019ve seen a couple things that we can do and that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do on September 26.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were a few opponents that I fought that were difficult but one in particular was [Enrique] Bernache in Guadalajara. He was fighting in his hometown and he had his people behind him but we still won that fight. The person that has hit me the hardest? His name was [Juan] Jimenez, and we still overcame the power he showed that night to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have fought a couple southpaws in my career and I actually feel better against southpaws than I do against orthodox fighters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that Nery is a powerful puncher but we have to see how he\u2019s going to come out \u2013 if he\u2019s coming out boxing or if he\u2019s going to look for the knockout immediately. We have a strategy for whichever way he comes out. We\u2019ll be ready for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DANIEL ROMAN:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything is going great in training. We\u2019ve made some adjustments due to the pandemic, but I\u2019ll be at my best on September 26. We\u2019re two former champions, so this is going to be a quality fight. We\u2019re going to try to make it our night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal is to get back to the world title, but I\u2019m not overlooking Payano. He\u2019s a quality fighter. We have to get past him and then hopefully we can get the rematch with Murodjon Akhmadaliev.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPayano lost to big names and quality fighters. Anything can happen in a fight, so I\u2019m getting ready for anything. I\u2019m prepared to fight the best Payano possible. I\u2019m not taking him lightly. This is like if I was defending the belt against another world champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m more focused than ever now. I didn\u2019t think I lost my last fight, I thought I took it. Now my mind is set on Payano, so we\u2019re just continuing to work as hard as when I was champion. It\u2019s one step at a time. First it\u2019s Payano, then we\u2019ll see after that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLosing my titles has motivated me even more. I know what my next goal is. I\u2019m not overlooking Payano, but I\u2019m looking to get that rematch next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>JUAN CARLOS PAYANO:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe definitely respect Danny Roman. He\u2019s a great fighter, but this is the opportunity of a lifetime. We\u2019ve trained hard and you\u2019re going to see the best of Payano for this fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe committed errors in those two fights we lost to Inoue and Nery where they took me down but we\u2019ve come in prepared knowing that we are fighting another good fighter in Danny Roman and we have really prepared well so that it doesn\u2019t happen again. You do learn from your errors in these fights so that\u2019s why when I come out, you\u2019ll see a different Juan Carlos Payano on September 26.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always fought hard in all my fights, but especially this one because we are looking at the end of my career. I know I need a great showing for the fans, so there is definitely an extra urgency to show the best of me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA boxer never reveals what he is going to bring into the ring but I\u2019m definitely going to be more precise. That\u2019s something I didn\u2019t have in my two losses. I can\u2019t be too desperate. I found that I was desperate in those two fights when I could have been more precise and do a better job in those aspects of the fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been boxing since I was six years old and I\u2019ve given my life to boxing. It\u2019s been a great run. I respect Danny Roman enormously and the people can expect two warriors to get in the ring on September 26 and give their all. The fans know that this is what I always give them and that night will be no different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DERRICK JAMES, Charlo\u2019s Trainer:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraining camp has been good. Jermell\u2019s been getting better and better. I\u2019ve been pleased with what I\u2019m seeing and it\u2019s still early in training camp. We\u2019re going to continue to build leading up to the fight. We know we have a very tough guy we\u2019re facing, but I believe everyone we\u2019ve faced is tough. We\u2019re going in there to be at our best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that the victory would be beautiful, but I\u2019m not thinking about what it would do for me. The best things is what it would mean for Jermell to have three belts. This is about legacy. It\u2019s about a legacy fight for Jermell and myself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRosario is a good fighter. He\u2019s had a gradual progression from when I watched him fight Justin DeLoach and then moving on to fight Williams. He\u2019s getting better. We know what we\u2019re looking at. We know as the champ, he might come in as a different fighter. So we have to be better also. It\u2019s a great challenge but we\u2019re looking forward to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw Rosario\u2019s fights before Williams, so I knew he would be tough. I was surprised how it went down because Williams is a strong fighter. But Rosario really showed out and he had the right shots to get him out of there. We expect a great fighter on September 26.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LUIS \u201cCHIRO\u201d PEREZ, Rosario\u2019s Trainer:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraining camp has been great. Everything went exactly the way we wanted it to and then some. Even through these times, we were able to do our full training camp the way we wanted it. There have been no obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJeison is stronger and smarter than ever. We\u2019re looking forward to showing that we belong with this competition. We know it\u2019s a tall order against the best 154-pound fighter in the world, but we want his position. He\u2019s the man at this weight class and we want to prove to the world that we belong on that level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJeison had never done a real training camp in his life until recently. He trained any way he could figure out and he would take a lot of last minute fights. That changed for the Williams fight and that\u2019s changed for this fight. Everything he\u2019s overcome, he\u2019s done with desire. He\u2019s doing the proper training camp now and eating the proper way. I think you have to knock Rosario out to beat him. September 26, we\u2019re going to see if I\u2019m right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STEPHEN ESPINOZA, President, Sports and Event Programming, Showtime Networks Inc.:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTop to bottom, this is the highest quality card I\u2019ve ever been associated with. Over the last few years, there have been a lot of new companies and a lot of activity in boxing and even with all the money, the deals, the companies, and everything they\u2019re supposedly bringing to the table, no one has been doing this kind of event. No one else is doing cards at this level &#8212; this big and with this much quality. This is an event for the true fight fan. World champion after world champion, a collection of some of the best fighters in the world all on one card. Six fights, five of them world title fights, all on one pay-per-view.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a card full of bangers. The one fight that\u2019s not a world title fight, the one between Danny Roman and Juan Carlos Payano, is a matchup between a former unified champion and a former world champion &#8211; so there\u2019s no shortage of accomplishments there. You have unbeaten former champion Luis Nery, who is coming off a streak of 11 consecutive knockouts, moving up into a new weight class to take on undefeated Aaron Alameda. Our second main event of the evening, Jermell Charlo and Jeison Rosario, like the first one, is a matchup between the top two boxers currently fighting in the division. We don\u2019t need exaggeration or hyperbole. Simply put, this is the best fight that can be made in the super welterweight division.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AdSense-A] WBC Super Welterweight World Champion Jermell Charlo and WBA and IBF 154-pound world champion Jeison Rosario previewed their blockbuster unification showdown during a virtual kick-off press conference Tuesday as they near their main event battle on part two of the first-ever SHOWTIME PPV doubleheader on Saturday, September 26 in an event presented by Premier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[23272],"class_list":["post-92627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-jermell-charlo-jeison-rosario-press-conference-comments-shake-up-the-boxing-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92627"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}