ANTONIO TARVER AND CHAD DAWSON FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

The Palms, Las Vegas; Tarver and Dawson held their final press conference before the 175-pound kingpins battle for light heavyweight supremacy on Saturday, Oct. 11, live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (9 p.m. ET delayed on the West Coast).
Boxing world is on notice. Tarver defends his IBF/IBO 175-pound belts against the unbeaten Dawson Saturday on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET delayed on West Coast).


In the weeks leading to the fight there has been a war of words between Tarver and Dawson. Wednesday’s press conference was the final verbal battle before the two warriors clash in the ring Saturday night at The Pearl Theatre at Palms Casino.

Immediately prior to the light heavyweight world championship, on a night that has electrified the boxing world, SHOWTIME will present the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight showdown between Samuel Peter and Vitali Klitschko on a tape-delayed basis from Berlin, Germany.

Tarver-Dawson will be promoted by AT Entertainment and Gary Shaw Productions in association with Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas from The Pearl Theatre at Palms Casino.
If looks could kill: Tarver and Dawson stare each other down during Wednesday’s press conference.


Here is what Tarver and Dawson had to say.

ANTONIO TARVER

“I’ve been a fixture in this sport for eleven years. I’ve been here before. Dawson hasn’t done anything. He’ll have a game plan but all that crap is going to be thrown out the window once he gets hit in the mouth.

“I’m an intelligent fighter. I make the right moves at the right time. All Chad has to do is slip up once and he’s going to pay for it. He makes one mistake and the fight will be over.

“Everyone knows Dawson doesn’t have much of a chin. He’s going to regret agreeing to this fight once he gets hit in the face a few times. He won’t know about the power until he feels it. You can watch all the film in the world, but until you meet me in the ring, you have no idea what you’re getting yourself into.”

Mike Criscio (Dawson Manager) holds $100,000 in cash at the final press conference on Wednesday. Criscio bet the Tarver camp $100K that his man would beat Tarver on Saturday night.

CHAD DAWSON

Dawson believes he is the number one boxer in the light heavyweight division. He can claim the top spot by beating Tarver on Saturday night on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.

“It’s time to put up or shut up. Your mouth (pointing at Tarver) can’t fight for you once you get in that ring. On Saturday night, you’re going to get it.

“This fight has gotten personal. I don’t like that dude. I won’t like him after the fight and I won’t like him two years from now. He irritates everyone. All people keep telling me is to shut his mouth up. That’s what I intend to do.

“Who told him to take his shirt off for the face off? Look at my body and look at his. He’s not cut like me. All I saw was old man flab.

Tarver and Dawson couldn’t stop talking trash to each other during an intense face off at Wednesday’s presser.
PHOTO CREDIT: TOM CASINO/SHOWTIME

“I can box. I can bang. I can stand in the middle and brawl. I can use the finesse game. Tarver is old news. What happens to old news? People forget about it. Tarver will be old news on Saturday night.

“Tarver said he hasn’t been ducking me. That’s flat out ‘BS’. He’s afraid of the beating I’m going to give him. He’s been afraid all along. I’m going to shut his big mouth up.

“Everyone knows I’m a better all around fighter. On Saturday night I’m going to prove I’m the best light heavyweight in the world. I’m going out to win every round. I’m all in.”

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WORLD PREMERE OF “RENZO GRACIE:LEGACY” TO BE SATURDAY OCTOBER 25 AT U.S. SPORTS FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY COMCAST SPORTSNET IN PHILDELPHIA PHILADELPH

Organizers of the inaugural U.S. Sports Film Festival today announced the complete schedule of events that will comprise the four-day event taking place in Philadelphia from October 23-26. “The complete schedule for the first-ever U.S. Sports Film Festival presented by Comcast SportsNet is set and we are looking forward to Oct. 23-26,” said festival president and founder Stephen Hartman.

Renzo Gracie


“With films ranging from mixed martial arts and “Renzo Gracie: Legacy;” to tennis and the ‘Signature Series: Pete Sampras’, as well as basketball, football, baseball, and others, the lineup has something for every sports fan to enjoy.” The film on the life of the MMA legend will be seen for the first time on Saturday, October 25 from 6:30-9 at the Prince Theater in Philadelphia. Following the film there will be a panel that will include Renzo Gracie, producer Gethin Aldous and others. The screening will give fans time to see the movie and still watch the UFC Pay-per-view from Chicago that night. In all, the USSFF will have more than 40 screenings. Recently added films include: Bud Greenspan’s “16 Days to Glory;” “First Basket,” about follows the little-known history of Jews and basketball at the beginning of the 20th century; “Harvard Beats Yale 29-29,” the story of the famed 1968 Ivy League football game between two of the most renowned academic institutions in the world; “Peglegs of St. Stuyvesant High,” is the documentary produced by five-time Emmy winner Paulette Douglas, following Manhattan’s Stuyvesant High School football team and the lives of Max Niddam, Romeo Alexander and Aaron Landman; “Pittsburgh Passion,” this documentary brings you football with a spin, following the lives of the Pittsburgh Passion of the International Women’s Football League (IWFL); “Running the Sahara,” on February 20, Charlie, Ray and Kevin touched the Red Sea, just a few hours before sunset en route through six countries and the Sahara; “Streetballers,” is an Irish-Urban drama exploring the lives of two junior-college basketball players and their struggles within adivided city, broken homes, and the demands of collegiate level athletics; “Sugar,” a fictional true-to-life drama around the character of Miguel "Sugar" Santos, a hot Dominican pitching prospect for the fictional Kansas City Knights who has a dream to make it in the big leagues; “The Hammer,” tells the story about a guy edging into middle age trying to become a success fighting guys half his age; and “We Are Young,” the Major League Baseball Productions production which spans seven years chronicling the highs and lows of brothers Delmon and Dmitri Young’s journey to make and succeed in the Major League These films join an All-Star lineup that includes the Mixed Martial Arts documentary; the debut of “Basketball in the Barrio,” the story of two former University of Texas El Paso basketball players who started a program teaching basketball to the impoverished immigrant children of South El Paso, and the stories of those who used basketball as a tool for fulfillment, as well as “Kicking It,” the Ted Leonsis-produced film about a team of homeless soccer players and their life stories and successes on the pitch; “Run For Your Life,” the true-life story of the man who created the New York City Marathon, Fred Lebow; “Kassim The Dream,” the story of Ugandan-born (and Philadelphia resident) boxing world champion Kassim Ouma, a kidnapped child soldier and his struggles to break free and regain his life as a professional athlete; “The Zen of Bobby V,” the baseball film which follows former MLB manager Bobby Valentine through Japanese baseball; “Truth in 24,” which follows all the drama ofthe 24 hours of LeMans, and “Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot,” former Beastie Boy Adam Yauch’s chronicle of eight of the country’s top high school hoopsters, including NBA rookies Michael Beasley and Kevin Love, as they negotiate the courts of legendary Rucker Park in New York . Also on tap for the festival will be a series of classic films by producer Mark Ciardi, including “Invincible” and “The Rookie.” The baseball film “The Natural,” starring Robert Redford rounds out the classic films series of the festival. To obtain tickets to the U.S. Sports Film Festival go to www.ussportsfilmfestival.com or call (800) 298-4200. For Sponsorship information please call (212) 752-2500.

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