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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

BRONER vs. MAIDANA MAIN EVENT DRAWS 1.3 MILLION VIEWERS, THE THIRD-LARGEST AUDIENCE FOR LIVE BOXING ON SHOWTIME® Average Audience Across the Four-Fight Telecast Ranks as the Fourth-Largest in a Decade “DANGER ZONE” REPLAYS TONIGHT AT 10p ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME®


BRONER vs. MAIDANA MAIN EVENT DRAWS 1.3 MILLION VIEWERS, THE THIRD-LARGEST AUDIENCE FOR LIVE BOXING ON SHOWTIME® 
Average Audience Across the Four-Fight Telecast Ranks as the Fourth-Largest in a Decade
“DANGER ZONE” REPLAYS TONIGHT AT 10p ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME®



SHOWTIME Sports® continued with significant gains in viewership on its flagship series SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® on Saturday, Dec. 14, drawing 1.3 million viewers to an action-packed main event featuring the welterweight world championship, Adrien Broner vs. Marcos Maidana. The dramatic bout, the final match on the 2013 boxing calendar, is a late contender for boxing’s coveted Fight of the Year honor. 

The audience performance during the main event ranks as the third-highest audience on record for live boxing on SHOWTIME since the network began tracking individual bouts in 2009.

The average viewership across the entire event, a four-fight, four-hour telecast, brings the series’ 2013 average up 24 percent and a remarkable 64 percent over 2011.

Further, the average audience for the entire telecast ranks as the fourth-largest live boxing telecast on SHOWTIME since 2004 (when the Nielsen began separately measuring premium television multiplex channels) with all four coming within the last 12 months ranking behind the events headlined by Miguel Cotto vs. Austin Trout (Dec. 1, 2012); Paul Malignaggi vs. Adrien Broner (June 22, 2013); and Bernard Hopkins vs. Karo Murat (Oct. 26, 2013). 

#SHOWTIME Sports has achieved incredible growth in viewership of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP #BOXING in 2013, and we’ll take this momentum into 2014,” said Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President & General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports. “With marquee events featuring boxing’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter and global star #FloydMayweather, the return of Canelo Alvarez, and a myriad of incredible matchups on the horizon in the welterweight, junior welterweight and super welterweight divisions—the very deepest, most talent-rich divisions in boxing--our subscribers can continue to expect SHOWTIME Sports to deliver the biggest and most significant bouts in boxing.”

Replays of the full four-fight telecast air tonight, Dec. 17 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME® and again on Tuesday, Dec. 24 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME®. The telecast is available at SHOWTIME ON DEMAND® and via mobile devices on SHOWTIME ANYTIME®.

The event was promoted by #GoldenBoyPromotions in association with Leija*Battah Promotions and emanated from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

A rousing quadrupleheader from start to finish was capped by Maidana’s scintillating performance. The fearless Argentine scored two knockdowns en route to a unanimous decision over the heavily favored, previously unbeaten Broner. The startling result becomes an instant candidate for not only Fight of the Year, but Upset of the Year as well.

In the co-feature, undefeated #KeithThurman retained his #WBA Interim Welterweight title with a sensational ninth-round stoppage over tough-as-nails Jesus Soto Karass in a Knockout of the Year candidate. The always-exciting Leo Santa Cruz kept his WBC Super Bantamweight belt with a unanimous decision over determined Cesar Seda in a 12-round slugfest. And WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov made an emphatic statement with an impressive third-round TKO over Slovakia’s Tomas Kovacs.


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IBF JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION LAMONT "HAVOC" PETERSON DEFENDS HIS TITLE AGAINST MANDATORY CHALLENGER DIERRY JEAN ON SATURDAY, JAN. 25, 2014, LIVE ON SHOWTIME® FROM THE DC ARMORY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. CO-MAIN EVENT TO FEATURE MIDDLEWEIGHT SHOWDOWN BETWEEN JERMELL "IRON MAN" CHARLO AND GABRIEL "KING" ROSADO


World-class championship boxing returns to the nation's capital on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, when hometown hero IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Lamont "Havoc" Peterson defends his 140-pound crown against Montreal's unbeaten Dierry Jean as part of a live SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast)- event at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C. In the co-main event, Middleweight Jermell "Iron Man" Charlo risks his undefeated record against Two-Time World Title Challenger Gabriel "King" Rosado.


"This is the perfect way for me to kick off 2014, with a great fight against a tough opponent in my hometown," said Peterson. "Fights like these bring out the best in me and I'm going to give my fans a performance to remember on Jan. 25."

"Peterson has been in the ring with many good fighters, but he hasn't been in the ring with me," said Jean. "I've worked hard for this for a long time. I have already started training camp and I'm in great shape. I just want to bring that belt home to Quebec, where it belongs."

"I've waited for a big fight like this against a top-level opponent and now I've got it," said Charlo. "Rosado is a rugged, tough fighter and with a win over him, I'll be making a statement to the boxing world that I'm ready for even bigger and better things."

"I wanted another world title shot after my fight with Peter Quillin, but with that rematch not happening right now, I want to stay busy and keep sharp until my time comes," said Rosado. "Charlo's got talent, but he's not ready to face someone with as much experience as I have. I am ready to go after my recent fight with Quillin."

"2013 was a great year for boxing on SHOWTIME, and this doubleheader shows that we're ready to deliver even more exciting fights in 2014," said Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. "Lamont Peterson is a fan favorite in Washington, D.C., and I give him credit for risking his belt against a tough, unbeaten fighter in Dierry Jean. As for the co-main event, Gabriel Rosado always comes to fight and he's going to put Jermell Charlo to the test on Jan. 25."

"Coming off a record-breaking 2013, we are taking significant momentum into the new year," said Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports. "Boxing's passionate fan base has called for the world's top fighters to take on the biggest challenges. Lamont Peterson returns to the ring and immediately takes a difficult main event match up against a hungry power puncher in Dierry Jean.  And Jermell Charlo is a rising star taking a sizable step up against the battle-tested Gabriel Rosado.  January 25 will be a night you don't want to miss."

IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Lamont "Havoc" Peterson (31-2-1, 16 KO's) will begin 2014 determined to defeat Dierry Jean and then continue on to battle his peers at the top of the 140-pound weight class. With his two most recent victories coming over Amir Khan and Kendall Holt, the 29-year-old has proven that he is one of the elite in the sport today, and in his first fight since a May 2013 loss to Lucas Matthysse, Peterson is hungry for a return to the win column and respectability.

A native of Haiti who moved with his family to Montreal, Quebec, Canada as a child, Dierry Jean (25-0, 17 KO's) has proudly represented his adopted home country, winning a national amateur championship before turning pro in 2006. Since then, his professional record has been perfect, and after winning the NABF title in 2012 with a win over Lanardo Tyner in May 2013, Jean defeated Cleotis Pendarvis in the IBF title eliminator to become Peterson's mandatory challenger.

At just 23-years old, former amateur star Jermell "Iron Man" Charlo (22-0, 11 KO's) has made plenty of waves in the junior middleweight division over the last few years, dazzling with his mix of speed and power as he mowed down opponent after opponent. In 2013, he triumphed three times, defeating Harry Joe Yorgey (KO 8), Demetrius Hopkins (W 12), and Jose Angel Rodriguez (TKO 10).

A Philadelphia fighter in the truest sense, "King" Gabriel Rosado (21-7, 13 KO's) is always willing to dig deep and battle it out in the trenches in search of victory. A veteran of nearly eight years in the pro game, the 27-year-old Rosado impressed with his gutsy efforts in recent middleweight title fights against Gennady Golovkin and Peter Quillin. On Jan. 25, he returns to 154 pounds, eager to prove that he's worthy of another world title opportunity.

Peterson vs. Jean, a 12-round fight for Peterson's IBF Junior Welterweight World Championship, will take place Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C. The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and supported by Golden Boy Promotions' sponsors Corona and AT&T. The live SHOWTIME telecast begins at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) and will be available in Spanish via secondary audio programming (SAP). In the co-featured bout, Jermell Charlo defends his USBA Junior Middleweight Championship in a 12-round fight against Gabriel Rosado. Preliminary bouts will air on SHOWTIME EXTREME® at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).


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TODAY! EXCLUSIVE ADRIEN BRONER POST-FIGHT INTERVIEW INCLUDED IN REPLAY TELECAST OF SATURDAY'S SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING QUADRUPLEHEADER ON SHOWTIME EXTREME® - 10 P.M. ET/PT‏

SHOWTIME Sports® will replay last Saturday's remarkable year-end action-packed SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® telecast twice-Tuesday, Dec. 17 (10 p.m. ET/PT, SHOWTIME EXTREME®); and again on Tuesday, Dec. 24 (10 p.m. ET/PT, SHOWTIME EXTREME®).  The telecast also is available at SHOWTIME ON DEMAND® and will be available via mobile devices on SHOWTIME ANYTIME®.



The event was promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Leija*Battah Promotions and took place at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Perhaps the only thing missing during Saturday's stirring four-fight telecast was a post-fight reaction from the usually loquacious Broner. SHOWTIME cameras caught up with Broner after the telecast ended, and the interview will be included on the SHOWTIME EXTREME replays. 
A rousing quadrupleheader from start to finish was capped by newly crowned WBA Welterweight Champion Marcos Maidana's scintillating performance.  The fearless Argentine scored two knockdowns and held Broner along the ropes throughout, en route to a unanimous decision over the heavily favored, previously unbeaten Adrien Broner.  The startling result becomes an instant candidate for not only Upset of the Year but Fight of the Year as well.
In the co-feature, undefeated Keith Thurman retained his WBA Interim Welterweight title with a sensational ninth-round stoppage over tough-as-nails Jesus Soto Karass in a Knockout of the Year candidate.  The always-exciting Leo Santa Cruz kept his WBC Super Bantamweight belt with a unanimous decision over determined Cesar Seda in a 12-round slugfest.  And WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenovmade an emphatic statement with an impressive third-round TKO over Slovakia's Tomas Kovacs.
"DANGER ZONE: Broner vs. Maidana,for Broner's WBA Welterweight World Championship took place on Saturday, Dec. 14 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, was promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Leija*Battah Promotions and sponsored by Corona, AT&T, Grudge Match and Casamigos Tequila. In the 12-round co-featured attraction, Keith Thurman put his interim WBA Welterweight World Championship on the line against Jesus Soto Karass. Leo Santa Cruz put his WBC Super Bantamweight World title on the line against Cesar Seda and Beibut Shumenov faced Tamas Kovacs in a 12-round clash for Shumenov's WBA Super & IBA Light Heavyweight World titles. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® telecast aired live at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and was available in Spanish using secondary audio programming (SAP). Preliminary bouts aired live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® at 6:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

BEIBUT SHUMENOV SET TO MAKE GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS DEBUT


BEIBUT SHUMENOV SET TO MAKE GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS DEBUT

Beibut Shumenov is a former amateur standout in Europe and represented Kazakhstan in the 2004 Olympic Games. The WBA Super Light Heavyweight World Champion, he became the fighter with the fewest professional fights to win a 175-pound world title when he captured the crown in his tenth start.   

On Saturday, Dec. 14, Shumenov (13-1, 8 KO's) will make his Golden Boy Promotionsdebut and his fifth title defense when he faces unbeaten Tamas Kovacs (23-0, 14 KO's) of Slovakia, in the opening bout of a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING quadrupleheader live on SHOWTIME® (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) from the Alamodome in San AntonioTexas. It is the second of back-to-back four-fight telecasts on SHOWTIME. ThisSaturday, Dec. 7, friends-turned-foes and former World Champions Zab Judah and Paulie Malignaggi fight for Brooklyn bragging rights when they meet in the featured match at Barclays Center in BrooklynN.Y.
In the eagerly awaited main event on Dec. 14, popular, colorful, undefeated rising superstar Adrien "The Problem" Broner faces the toughest test of his career when he risks his WBA Welterweight World Championship against hard-hitting Marcos "El Chino" Maidana. In addition to Shumenov-Kovacs, there are two more 12-rounders on the stacked card: Undefeated WBA Interim Welterweight World Champion Keith "One Time" Thurman defends against dangerous Jesus "El Renuente" Soto Karass and undefeated WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Leo "Terremoto" Santa Cruz defends against Cesar Seda.
Shumenov,a personable, humble 6-foot-2, 30-year-old who has lived in Las Vegas since 2007, grew up with his father, an accountant, mother, a school teacher, and younger brother in a one-unit home when Kazakhstan was a part of Russia. His parents were business-minded and hard-working, frequently putting in 10-to-12-hour days, and were often on the road.
Shumenov nearly died when he was less than a-year-old. While under the care of his aunts, he was fed spoiled milk. Two weeks later, when his father returned Beibut was blue-faced and had to be rushed to the hospital. They could not locate a vein and had to give him IV through the head. His parents were told he would die.
He survived, but was a sickly child for years. He was unable to play sports until he was nearly six when he started taking Taekwando, karate, wrestling, Muay Thai and kickboxing. He mostly kept involved in the family's businesses. He and younger brother, Chingis, were to become attorneys. Beibut once worked as a clerk for a judge in Kazakhstan and Chingis once worked as a prosecutor and is the current Deputy Mayor of Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
After watching a Mike Tyson fight on television, Shumenov turned to boxing at the age of 13 and quickly established himself as a fighter with ability. In the amateurs, he went 180-20 pounds. There were enormous expectations for him to bring home the gold in the Olympics. He won his first fight, but broke his hand in the process and then lost his second bout.
"I broke my right hand in the fight that I won,'' Shumenov said, "But I wasn't able to punch with it and lost my second fight against the guy from Turkey. Before the Olympics, I fought the guy and won.''
The defeat demoralized Shumenov. "I quit boxing after the Olympics,'' he said. "I couldn't handle the loss. Everyone was so confident I'd win the gold medal. There was so much pressure. So after returning home in 2004 I quit to concentrate on the family businesses. Even though I suffered a broken hand, I felt I'd let so many people down, including my father, mother and country. But I always maintained my condition.''
In 2006, Shumenov returned to the ring with an eye on the 2008 Olympics, but after dominating his opposition he was urged by a former coach to turn pro, which he did at age 24 on Nov. 17, 2007.
Shumenov won his initial eight starts, suffered his lone defeat on a 12-round majority decision to defending WBA light heavyweight champion Gabriel Campillo, then reversed the result in a rematch on a controversial 12-round split decision in his tenth outing on Jan. 29, 2010.
Here's more of what the physically strong, aggressive-minded Shumenov had to say about his life, career, Golden Boy and upcoming bout against Kovacs:
On signing with Golden Boy Promotions after basically promoting all his fights with the exception of his pro debut...
"I'm very excited and really appreciate what Golden Boy is doing for me. I finally get to show the world my boxing skills and that I am the best light heavyweight in the world. Really, to get this opportunity on a big card like this, on SHOWTIME, has brought a whole new level to my training.
"I'm so thankful for Golden Boy and SHOWTIME. Since signing with Golden Boy in late September, I've felt like a weight has been lifted. I always wanted to be on a major network when I was promoting myself (he and his brother formed KZ Event Productions), but everything was coming out of my pocket. It got frustrating and very stressful for me to try and do everything and the business outside the ring. It was taking away from what I needed to do inside the ring.
"Before, I was my own manager, trainer, fighter and promoter. I'm still my own trainer but I feel very confident. I don't have to think about promoting, only the preparation for the fight. It is a great relief.''
On his goals...
"My main goal is to unify all the titles. I've always wanted to fight for world titles against other great champions. Sure, I'd fight Bernard Hopkins. I'd feel very honored."
On what this fight means to him...
"This is by far my greatest opportunity. I'm going to try to win impressively. That's how you get popular. That's what the exposure of fighting on SHOWTIME can do. This is like starting over as far as opportunity goes on this kind of platform. I want to utilize my skills. I'm comfortable. I've trained hard and enjoyed my preparation. I feel everything's going well. There's no pressure. I'm very focused.''
On this being his fifth title defense yet first fight in 18 months and only fourth since July 2010..."The reason I've fought so little was because I only wanted big fights, and I was trying to do it on my own with no promoter. We tried a long time to make a unification with (Chad) Dawson and (Nathan) Cleverly when they were champions. I tried to reach out to their promoters. I thought I was close against Cleverly, but he disappeared on me. Dawson disappeared, too. I thought I had a unification with Juergen Braehmer when he was WBO champ but he also just disappeared.''
On what he knows about Kovacs...
"To be honest, I haven't seen many of his highlights on tape but I know he's an aggressive, come forward fighter that throws a lot of punches. I'm sure he'll try and make it exciting. But I have the style and the knowledge to fight against anyone. I'm a power puncher-boxer. I have a lot of power but l like to show my skills. I feel confident against any style. I'm excited to get back in the ring and I'm really looking forward to this fight."
On leaving the family business to return to boxing...
"Our family is very close. I'm sure I get my drive from my parents. Every business decision we make is a family decision. If my parents had their way, I wouldn't fight. They would prefer I run our family business. They're very proud of me, but I'm sure they'd rather me be involved in more business-related ventures than to be in this kind of sport. I only plan to fight a couple more years.''
"For me to get this far is an accomplishment. Kazakhstan was not an easy place to grow up. I broke my hand in the Olympics and a few other things on the streets.''
On coming to America...
"I chose to move to Las Vegas to live and train because it is the boxing capital of the world. When I first said I was coming by myself to the United States, my dad laughed. He thought I'd be here about a week and was just coming to party.
"The first English I learned came from watching movies. I watched all kinds of movies for about six months and then hired a tutor, who worked with me for two months. My favorite movie is 'The Godfather.' ''

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Sunday, October 20, 2013

THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN IN ON! Former World Champions Zab Judah & Paulie Malignaggi Set To Fight on Dec. 7 At Barclays Center Live on SHOWTIME


THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN IN ON! Former World Champions Zab Judah & Paulie Malignaggi Set To Fight on Dec. 7 At Barclays Center Live on SHOWTIME




THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN IS ON! 
FORMER FIVE-TIME, TWO-DIVISION WORLD CHAMPION ZAB "SUPER" JUDAH TO FIGHT FOR BROOKLYN BRAGGING RIGHTS AGAINST FORMER TWO-TIME, TWO-DIVISION WORLD CHAMPION PAULIE "THE MAGIC MAN" MALIGNAGGI ON DEC. 7 AT BARCLAYS CENTER LIVE ON SHOWTIME® 
PLUS, WBA SUPER WELTERWEIGHT INTERIM CHAMPION
ERISLANDY LARA TO MAKE HIS FIRST TITLE DEFENSE AGAINST FORMER WBA SUPER WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION AUSTIN "NO DOUBT" TROUT AND 2012 U.S. OLYMPIAN MARCUS BROWNE SCHEDULED TO FIGHT
 Barclays Center will host two of the borough's favorite sons, former Five-Time, Two-Division World Champion Zab "Super" Judah and former Two-Time, Two-Division World Champion Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi, on Saturday, Dec. 7 todecide who is the true King of Brooklyn. The 12-round welterweight bout will be televised live on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT).
"I am happy to be back fighting in front of my hometown crowd," said Judah, who is from Brownsville. "Paulie and I have known each other for a long time and we have a mutual respect for each other, but with this fight on Dec. 7 it is going to be like the ancient Roman days. There has to be a leader and that position belongs to me."
"I have always admired Zab's skills and his resume speaks for itself," said Malignaggi, a native of Bensonhurst. "But this is the 'Battle of Brooklyn' and winning this fight is worth more than any world title." 
"In a year of great fights, I have to say that this one is high on my list of the most anticipated," said CEO of Golden Boy Promotions Richard Schaefer. "Paulie and Zab are two of the slickest, fastest and most charismatic boxers in the world today and when you add in the fact that they're fighting for Brooklyn bragging rights, it's going to be an early holiday gift for boxing fans."
 "Judah vs. Malignaggi promises to be a high intensity chess match between two master boxers," said Vice President of Super Judah Promotions Bill Halkias. "This fight is not only special to Brooklyn boxing fans, but also a highly anticipated fight for boxing fans in general. Who wouldn't want to see two highly skilled and experienced world champion boxers go at it for the right to be crowned 'The King of Brooklyn'? I believe Dec. 7 will be a night to remember."
"We've hosted some great fights at Barclays Center in our first year, but this one is different - this fight is about two Brooklyn-born-and-raised fighters proudly representing their respective neighborhoods," said Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark. "Paulie and Zab are pros at captivating audiences with their big personalities and boxing skills. We are delighted that they will once again step into Brooklyn's most celebrated ring for what is sure to be another memorable night of boxing at Barclays Center."
"Highly competitive, hard-fought, exciting fights have been the hallmark of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING all year long, and the December 7 card is no different," said Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports. "If you want tune-ups, appearance fights or mismatches, then look elsewhere.  But if you're looking for evenly matched, meaningful fights featuring four of the most skilled boxers in any division, then the December 7 edition of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING is a can't-miss."
In the 12-round co-main event, the WBA Super Welterweight Championship is on the line as interim titleholder Erislandy Lara battles former champion Austin "No Doubt" Trout. The Cuban star, Lara, is coming off a 'Fight of the Year' candidate in his 10th -round title-winning stoppage of Alfredo Angulo in June, but the gifted Trout is hungrier than ever to regain his world title. Additionally, 2012 U.S. Olympian Marcus Browne, who will be featured at Barclays Center for the fifth time in his professional career, will face an opponent to be determined.
"This is a great matchup with Austin Trout and I respect his skills in the ring," said Lara. "He knows the art of boxing like I do, and the fans will see the sport at its highest level when we fight."
"It's only been a few months, but I already miss being called 'champ,'" said Trout. "So I'd like to thank Lara, Golden Boy, and the WBA for this opportunity to get my belt back and I will get it back this December."
"Barclays Center has truly become my second home," said Browne. "Having the opportunity to fight there more times than any one else is an honor. I look forward to making another appearance there on Dec. 7."
Judah vs. Malignaggi is a 12-round welterweight fight taking place on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and supported by Golden Boy Promotions' sponsors Corona and AT&T. The SHOWTIME telecast begins at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) and will be available in Spanish via secondary audio programming (SAP). In the co-featured bout, Erislandy Lara defends his interim WBA Super Welterweight Championship in a 12-round fight against Austin "No Doubt" Trout. Preliminary fights will air on SHOWTIME EXTREME at 7 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
Blessed with the speed, power and ring savvy that long ago earned him the nickname "Super,"Zab Judah (42-8, 29 KO's) has been dazzling fight fans in New York and beyond since 1996, winning world titles at 140 and 147 pounds along the way. Owner of wins against Micky Ward, Junior Witter, Cory Spinks and Lucas Matthysse, the 35-year-old southpaw has also squared off with the best of this era, including Floyd Mayweather, Kostya Tszyu, Miguel Cotto, Amir Khan and Danny Garcia, who he recently extended the 12-round distance in a memorable championship bout in April. But to get back into a title fight, Judah must first successfully defeat Malignaggi.
A former junior welterweight and welterweight world champion known as "The Magic Man,"Paulie Malignaggi (32-5, 7 KO's) built an early reputation for talking a good game, but when the bell rang, his skills backed up his boasts. Despite his flashy style in and out of the ring, the 32-year-old has proven himself to be a true warrior, as evidenced by his victories over Juan Diaz, Lovemore Ndou, Vyacheslav Senchenko and Pablo Cesar Cano, and his battles with Miguel Cotto, Ricky Hatton and Amir Khan. Coming off of a razor-thin split decision loss to Adrien Broner in June, Malignaggi's return to the ring has him more amped up than ever.
After graduating from the legendary Cuban amateur boxing program, Guantanamo's Erislandy Lara (18-1-2, 12 KO's) began his quest for professional glory in 2008, eventually settling in Miami. By 2011, he was one of the sport's unsung heroes, with the only blemishes on his record being a controversial draw with Carlos Molina and a majority decision loss to Paul Williams that most consider to be one of the worst decisions in recent history. Since then, Lara has done his best to take matters out of the judges' hands, going 3-0-1 with technical knockouts of Ronald Hearns and Alfredo Angulo. Lara's win over Angulo in June of this year earned the 30-year-old southpaw the interim WBA Championship, and he will look to defend his interim title on Dec. 7.
Slick southpaw Austin "No Doubt" Trout (26-1, 14 KO's) operated under the mainstream radar for many years, but the Las Cruces, New Mexico native never lost sight of his goals, knowing that he would capitalize on his first big opportunity. That opportunity came in February of 2011, when he traveled to Guadalajara, Mexico to take on Rigoberto Alvarez. In that bout, Trout won a 12-round unanimous decision and the vacant WBA Super Welterweight title, a crown he successfully defended four times with victories over David Lopez, Frank LoPorto, Delvin Rodriguez, and Miguel Cotto. In April, Trout lost his title in a hard-fought match with WBC champion Canelo Alvarez, but this December, the 28-year-old gets his chance to take the belt back.
After blasting through his first six opponents as a professional, Staten Island's "Sir" Marcus Browne (7-0, 6 KO's) proved that he could go the distance as well in his most recent bout, as he pounded out an eight-round unanimous decision victory over Lamont Williams at Barclays Center. On Dec. 7, the 22-year-old former Olympian seeks his eighth consecutive win.
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Friday, October 11, 2013

Hopkins vs. Murat is a 12-round bout for Hopkins' IBF Light Heavyweight + PETER "KID CHOCOLATE" QUILLIN MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES & PHOTOS


World Championship, presented by Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Caesars Atlantic City, Corona and AT&T. In the co-main event WBO Middleweight Champion Peter Quillin puts his title on the line against Gabriel Rosado in a 12-round bout. Plus, opening the tripleheader, WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder will face Nicolai Firtha in a 10-round showdown. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins live at 9 p.m. ET/PT and is available in Spanish on secondary audio programming (SAP).
 
WBO Middleweight World Champion Prepares for Title Defense Against "King" Gabriel Rosado on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®
WBO Middleweight World Champion Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillinput on a clinic today for media members at his gym in Santa Monica, Calif. as he prepares for his title bout against top contender "King" Gabriel Rosado taking place Saturday, Oct. 26 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. Quillin vs. Rosado will precede the title fight between future IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Bernard Hopkins and top-rated contender Karo Murat.
 The undefeated rising star worked out for well over an hour on the speed bag and heavy bag as well as several 12-minute rounds hitting the mitts with trainer Eric Brown.
Peter Quillin, WBO Middleweight World Champion
"[Gabriel] Rosado presents his own challenges. He's coming to win my world title. I have something that he wants, so I have to respect him for that. We have to put our friendship aside.
"Going into the fight, I have to take myself to a whole another level as far as my work ethic.   I'm doing a lot more than I ever have. I've had tremendous training [camp]. Now I have to prove what my hard work does, like I always have, by just going in there and trying my best.
"I don't feel that I'm underrated. I know I have my share of supporters. But I also know that I'm still looking for that clear, career-defining performance against the kinds of guys I can get the credit for fighting.
"So, until then, until I'm in with those kinds of guys, I can't really say I've accomplished anything that would make me feel like I'm the guy that gets all the credit.
"Yeah, I beat Winky Wright, and, yeah, I beat some guys with good records, but beating another world champion is something I really want to do. I feel that once that superstar fight comes along and is on the line, then that's when the credit will come my way.
"I would love to fight any of the top guys.
"I didn't come in here picking and choosing who I want to fight.   I have a good team behind me. They make sure when it comes to me proving myself with, that I do my part and they do their part by making the best fights out there for me.
"When there is something unexplainable, like what I am doing, people are going to talk about it.
"I have had 11 knockdowns in my last three fights. I only had 15 amateur fights. People see or hear about those knockdowns and they have a lot to say about it.   'If you hit so hard and have so much power, why don't they just stay down?'   But that is not up to them to tell us why they got back up from a punch and fought on. It is up to the guy that I am fighting. The more times you get up, the more times I am going to try to knock you down.
"This will be my fourth fight on SHOWTIME. I really appreciate having them behind me. Exposure-wise, it has obviously been a big boost for me. When I walk the streets in New York City I get recognized.
"SHOWTIME is the network where all of the great fights are being made. The biggest fighter in the world, Floyd Mayweather fights on SHOWTIME. To be connected to someone that is from my hometown of Grand Rapids just like me, is fantastic.
"The most important thing for me is to go out there and inspire people to do things that they never imagined. Whether it is a boxer, a writer or an architect. I didn't have a lot of role models growing up, but it's what's in yourself that counts. And that is what I am trying to get across.''
Eric Brown, Quillin's Trainer
"Peter has really grown up a lot since winning the title, having the title and defending it successfully. It has really boosted his confidence. He's a much more composed fighter. He's true to himself.
 "Since becoming champion he's really begun to believe in himself more than ever.
He's always had the confidence that he could win, but winning the title has confirmed it. It has made the job harder for him but it has also made him work harder.
"He's matured into a real professional. I have had him for about three years and he has always been a great young man to work with. He pretty much does everything I ask. The more I ask the more he gives. There is no limit to how far he can go. It's all on him. I would love to see him get the opportunity to unify the division and then up to 168 pounds and unify the division there too.''
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION BERNARD HOPKINS TO FACE MANDATORY CHALLENGER KARO MURAT IN A BOUT RESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 26 AT BOARDWALK HALL IN ATLANTIC CITY, NJ LIVE ON SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®

IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION BERNARD HOPKINS TO FACE MANDATORY CHALLENGER KARO MURAT IN A BOUT RESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 26 AT BOARDWALK HALL IN ATLANTIC CITY, NJ LIVE ON SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®


PETER QUILLIN TO FACE GABRIEL ROSADO IN CO-MAIN EVENT OF HOPKINS VS. MURAT TRIPLEHEADER ON OCT. 26 AT

IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins will become the oldest fighter in history to make his initial title defense when he faces highest rated light heavyweight challenger Karo Murat in a rescheduled championship event taking place Saturday, October 26 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.   The 12-round title fight, which was postponed from July 13 due to visa issues experienced by Murat, will air live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT).  With those issues cleared up, Murat has his sights set on ending the reign of the 48-year-old future Hall of Famer.
Hopkins vs. Murat, a 12-round bout for Hopkins' IBF Light Heavyweight World Championship, is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Caesars Atlantic City and supported by Golden Boy Promotions sponsors Corona and AT&T.  The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins live at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).  SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING is available in Spanish on secondary audio programming (SAP).
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION BERNARD HOPKINS TO FACE MANDATORY CHALLENGER KARO MURAT IN A BOUT RESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 26 AT BOARDWALK HALL IN ATLANTIC CITY, NJ LIVE ON SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®

On October 26, the Hopkins vs. Murat fight will have a highly anticipated co-feature: PETER QUILLIN vs. GABRIEL ROSADO!

IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins will become the oldest fighter in history to make his initial title defense when he faces highest rated light heavyweight challenger Karo Murat in a rescheduled championship event taking place Saturday, October 26 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.   The 12-round title fight, which was postponed from July 13 due to visa issues experienced by Murat, will air live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT).  With those issues cleared up, Murat has his sights set on ending the reign of the 48-year-old future Hall of Famer.
Hopkins vs. Murat, a 12-round bout for Hopkins' IBF Light Heavyweight World Championship, is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Caesars Atlantic City and supported by Golden Boy Promotions sponsors Corona and AT&T.  The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins live at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).  SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING is available in Spanish on secondary audio programming (SAP).
"I'm happy this fight is back on," said Hopkins.  "Karo Murat is my mandatory and he is coming here to take down this 48-year-old champion, except he's coming three months late.  He gave me extra time to spend time with my family, stay in the gym longer to get ready for this fight. I'm going to be so physically and mentally prepared come October 26, Murat will know he is facing a great champion regardless of my age. I feel like a fighter in my 20s not my 40s."
"This fight has been a long time coming," said Murat.  "I had some issues with my visa but those are finally solved.  I felt ready in July and in October, I will feel even more ready.  I've been awaiting the chance to fight for the IBF title since late 2011 so three months extra is nothing tome.  Bernard Hopkins is 48 years of age - I guess he has enjoyed the summer. Will he be ready for me? I do not know. What I can say is that I will be at my best on October 26. When I am messing up his old bones it will make me a star in an instant."
"One of the most charismatic and accomplished fighters in recent generations, Bernard Hopkins continues to defy the odds with each record-setting performance," said Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports. "Not only does he keep winning, but he is doing so in impressive, often dazzling fashion.  But make no mistake, this is no showcase fight.  Karo Murat is a dangerous opponent. His only loss is to a current world champion in Nathan Cleverly and he holds a win over former World Champion Gabriel Campillo.   You can't underestimate an experienced and hungry fighter like Murat." 
"Like any Bernard Hopkins bout, this October 26 Boardwalk Hall match has drawn considerable buzz throughout the entire region," said Kevin Ortzman, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Caesars, Bally's, and Showboat Atlantic City. "The public and the boxing community have waited in anticipation and now they will finally get their wish as the stage is set for Hopkins vs. Murat. 

Nothing can be said about the life and career of Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins (53-6-2, 32 KO's) that hasn't already been written or aired on television, radio, or the internet, but suffice to say that the 48-year-old from Philadelphia has earned the title "legend" for his storied nearly 15-year stay in the fight game. The longest reigning middleweight champion in boxing history, Hopkins went on to reinvent himself as a light heavyweight after turning 40, winning the world title twice. Each time, he set a new record as the oldest fighter to win a major world championship, but as his dominant 12 round win over previously unbeaten Tavoris Cloud in March showed, he's far from finished, a fact he plans on letting Murat know on October 26.
 The number one contender for the IBF light heavyweight title, 29-year-old Karo Murat (25-1-1, 15 KO's) is on the verge of making history should he defeat Hopkins for his title. A pro since 2006 who has come up the hard way in the fight game, the resident of Kitzingen, Bavaria, Germany has won several regional titles en route to his place among the top 175-pounders in the world. Unbeaten for nearly three years since the lone loss of his career to WBO champion Nathan Cleverly in 2010, Murat's last two wins have been knockouts of Otis Griffin and Sandro Siproshvili, putting him at the front of the line for his dream fight against a future Hall of Famer.

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Monday, July 29, 2013

FOR SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING AT STUB HUB CENTER IN CARSON, CALIF. ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 24‏



On the verge of becoming boxing's next superstar, Three-Time, Three-Division World Champion and current WBC Featherweight World Champion Abner Mares, of Hawaiian Gardens, Calif. by way of Guadalajara, Mexico, has remarkably won three divisional world titles in less than two years. On Saturday, August 24, he will return home to Southern California to defend his title against a man hungry to take that belt back, Mexico City's former Two-Division World Champion Jhonny Gonzalez, at StubHub Center (formerly The Home Depot Center) in Carson in a fight which will be televised live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®

In the co-featured bout, another of the sport's most exciting competitors, Los Angeles' former IBF Bantamweight World Champion Leo "Terremoto" Santa Cruz, will look to win his second world championship when he challenges WBC Super Bantamweight World Champion Victor "Vikingo" Terrazas of Guadalajara.


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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

PAULIE MALIGNAGGI & ADRIEN BRONER MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT

The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and R&R Promotions who is our co-promoter with Adrien Broner and Banks versus Mitchell is presented in association with K2 Promotions.  The event is sponsored by Corona and AT&T and will be live on Showtime Championship Boxing beginning at 9:00 Eastern and 6:00 Pacific so it will be live coast-to-coast.  There will be preliminary fights airing on Showtime Extreme beginning at 7:00 pm ET/PT.  The event can be heard in Spanish using second audio programming, and we have tickets still available.  We urge everybody to get out there, get your tickets now.  They're going very quickly starting at just $25 going all the way to $250 for a ringside seat but that's actually a very reasonable price for a ringside seat considering the show that you're going to get.

Part of that show is a young man who is the current WBC Lightweight and a two division world champion.  He is unbeaten, charismatic and incredibly talented at just 22 years old.  He's getting better and better with each fight.  He won his first world championship at 130 pounds knocking out Vicente Martin Rodriguez in three rounds in November of 2011 to win the WBO title.  He defended that title with a fourth round knockout victory over an undefeated Eloy Perez.  Then faced Vicente Escobedo in July of 2012, and then he closed out 2012 by capturing the WBC Lightweight World title with an extremely impressive and thoroughly dominant performance in knocking out Antonio DeMarco who we then regarded as the top lightweight in the world.

Most recently he knocked out Gavin Reece in five rounds to defend his title for a second time back in February, and on June 22nd he's going to make the jump from 135 to 140 pounds to challenge Malignaggi in his Showtime debut in an effort to become a three-time world champion in three weight classes.  And if he gets it done he will join Roberto Duran, Roy Jones, Jr. and Robert Guerrero as the only fighters to win a world championship in their first fight after jumping over a weight class so pretty impressive company if he's able to get it done.

He has a record of 25-0 with 22 KOs from Cincinnati, Ohio, Adrien 'The Problem' Broner.  Adrien?

Adrien Broner
I would like to say that it's going to be a hell of a show.  Basically, I'm just going to go in the ring and do what I do best, and that's get the victory in each-anything I've got to do to get the victory.  I'm really not worrying about jumping weight classes.  You know I know that I'm going to do a lot of great things in a sport and I'm going to do them differently.  So with that being said, you will see something explosive.  You'll probably see another knockout; nine times out of ten check on my record.  He's bringing pillows to a fight that I'm throwing bricks so you should see a lot of blood, a lot of bruising before the referee stops the fight.    

Q        
I know you said, Adrien, in your opening remarks you weren't worried about the jump in weight, and I believe that you're not worried about it.  But I'd like you to describe sort of what you might have had to do different or how you feel at it or what you think might be different about the way you box at a new weight, two weight divisions?  As Dave mentioned in the opening remarks, it is a little unusual for a fighter to go up two weight classes these days and right in to a world title fight.  Could you talk about that a little bit?

Adrien
For me the weight is not a problem.  I'm originally a welterweight anyway.  I just had to lose weight so I really didn't have to do anything different.

Q        
So just the only thing different I guess is you'll weigh ten pounds more roughly?

Adrien
Negative that's my regular weight.

Q        
No I mean but it's hasn't been your fighting weight for most of your career.

Adrien
Oh I mean I don't walk around at 130 pounds.  I don't walk around at 135 pounds.  I walk around at 147, 150 pounds so I'm at my regular weight.

Q        
Okay.  So then at 130 and at 135 obviously you have shown very good knockout power.  Most of your opponents have been stopped.  Paulie for one in his career has shown very good durability whether it was at 140 against a prime Cotto taking those heavy shots he took or as a welterweight he-Paulie, to his credit, has got a good chin I think.  Do you think that you're going to take that 30/35 power that you've shown all of us and it's going to be with you when you get in the ring against Malignaggi?

Adrien
What a lot of people don't understand is you can't really do nothing for power; you're either born with it or you aren't.  It's like Pacquiáo when he was in smaller weights he was knocking guys out.  When he went up in to the bigger weights he was still knocking guys out.  It's just something that God blessed me with.  I've got power so it really don't matter what weight class I'm in; I'm still going to have the same power as I had at any weight class I'm in.

Q        
Okay.  I want to ask you one other thing about it.  Much is being made about this jump up two weight classes.  There are not a lot of guys for you to fight at 135 that were willing or that had good names.  You know 140 was pretty loaded but a lot of those top fighters were busy fighting the other guys.  I know you've been asked about this but I don't remember what you were saying about it.  Do you think that whatever happens in the fight with Paulie that you would maybe move down to 140 at some point and try to mix it up with those guys or just wait for them to come to you in your new weight class because many of those guys probably will move up eventually anyway?  How do you sort of look at that landscape?

Adrien
I'll fight anybody who's willing to fight Adrien Broner.

Q        
Okay.  I mean are you familiar-I know you're familiar with the top guys at 140.  I mean most of them are promoted by Golden Boy.

Adrien
I'm not worrying about any names.  I'm not worrying about who did what in whose fight.  I'm not worrying about hard someone expected to hit.  I will fight anybody who is willing to fight Adrien Broner.

Q        
What do you think of Paulie Malignaggi, honestly, as a fighter because you've given him plenty of stick in the buildup and at the press conference in Las Vegas?  What do you think his strengths are in the ring?

Adrien
He's a very good talker. I mean he's got some great talent.  I mean he's a hell of a commentator.  Other than that I really, I don't know.  He's the world champion.

Q        
Yeah.  You know he can't be a bad fighter to have got as far as he's done and had the wins that he's had so it is ....

Adrien
I mean you know if I was to look at the career and his-I would say he was born to be a commentator.  He looks good.  He's got the looks.  He can talk.  I mean in boxing if it isn't Adrien Broner or Floyd Mayweather then I don't really see anybody.  He wouldn't be a world champion if he wasn't somebody, but at the end of the day he's fighting Adrien Broner and I will be the ruler of boxing in about a year or two.

Q
You say you're going to become the ruler of boxing in a year or two; how will you have to beat to become the ruler?

Adrien
It's not about who do I have to beat it's how I do my job.  It don't matter who I beat as long as I keep winning in the fashion that I do it, as long as I keep putting on shows, as long as my ratings keep going up I will be the ruler of boxing.

Q        
Adrien, Malignaggi is a crafty veteran; is there any particular area of his game that you have studied in preparation for this fight?

Adrien
I really don't study tapes.  I let my coach do that.  I know that as long as I'm in shape there is nothing I wouldn't be able to adjust to so I'm always ready.  Whatever he brings to the table I'll be ready, make my adjustments and I'll do what I've got to do to get the victory.  I wouldn't call him a veteran but I know he's a slipper fighter and if you're really not on you're a game with Paulie Malignaggi there's a better chance that he can slip away and get a victory.  So I'm going to be on my A game.  I'm going to bring everything I have, and you'll see what I do on June 22nd.

Q
Okay.  And there have been talks circulating about a potential fight with Marcos Maidana should you get past Malignaggi.  After seeing Maidana's performance last week against Lopez does he deserve a shot at the 'Can Man'?

Adrien
I didn't see it, but I heard he did get a victory.  I didn't see it but Maidana is Maidana.  Everybody knows Maidana bring to the table, but we're worrying about Paulie Malignaggi right now.  If the best fight for Adrien Broner after this fight is Maidana then Maidana will get it.

Q        
But I wanted to kind of focus a bit on the trash talking, which has kind of gone off the scale in the kind of build up to this fight.  Will the fight live up to the hype or is there a chance it could be remembered for the kind of back and forth that you've had with Malignaggi?

Adrien
Of course, I'm Adrien Broner.  I always say something and do more than what I said.
Q
Who is in whose head?  Who is getting to who most?  Is anything he's saying affecting you?

Adrien
No.  No.  No way.  Nothing is personal.  Nothing is personal.  At the end of the day we still got to fight June 22nd.  He could bring his siblings in the ring with him it's not going to help him. What I have to say is you know he needs to like stop all the cussing and all the other stuff he's doing because at the end of the day he really has a nine to five, and I really want him to keep his job on Showtime because after June 22nd like boxing is really not going to be his biggest job he has.  Like the commentary job is going to be the biggest job for him after June 22nd so he's a role model.  Really he's a good commentator and people like seeing him on Showtime talking so getting on the phone with me and talking crazy like that if Showtime heard that that do him no good.

Kelly  
Okay.  So now I want you to do a closing comment about the fight itself and how training camps are going, and then we're going to turn it over to Paulie, and you can go back to the gym.

Adrien
Okay.  Basically, I'm going to do me regardless.  I'm going to come in dancing.  I'm going to leave out dancing, and I'm going to be victorious.  I will be 23-year-old three time champion in three weight classes.  I will make history on June 22nd.  I heard there's only two guys that have already done it and I will be the third.  It's going to be a hell of a fight however long it lasts.  And I'm going to get this money and my checks are bigger than his, and at the end of the day he better keep practicing his lines.  And hopefully the referee don't stop the fight before it get too bad and he miss out on some jobs because after the fight if the ref let it go on too long he probably will miss out on a fight, and then he will have to be at work with glasses on and I don't know how good that be to his career.

Kelly  
Okay.  Bye.  See you soon.  Okay.  Now, we're going to turn this call over to Paulie.

David 
He's the current WBA Welterweight and two division world champion.  He has the never say, "Die" attitude and style that epitomizes the fighting spirit of all fighters from Brooklyn and all Brooklynites.  He first made his mark in the 140 pound weight class when he defeated Lovemore N'dou for the IBF crown.  Early last year he won a 9th round technical knockout victory over Vyacheslav Senchenko that earned him the WBA Welterweight World Title in Senchenko's native Ukrain; has defended the belt once thus far winning a decision over Pablo César Cano at Barclays Center last October at the arena's inaugural boxing event.

He's also well-known and well-praised for his work as a color commentator on Showtime Championship Boxing, and on June 22nd the 32-year-old will look to stop the rise of Adrien Broner just a few miles from his home in Brooklyn.  He has a record of 32-4 with 7 KOs from Brooklyn, New York Paulie 'Magic Man' Malignaggi. 

Q        
Hey, you know when Adrien was doing his call and before you-when you jumped on to the call the say that Adrien seems to come across anyway is that he doesn't really seem to take you too seriously.  I kind of take it like when he's doing his ... sort of like with a little bit of a wink of the eye.  You seem to take it a lot more serious, a lot more personal.  Has he gotten under your skin a little bit?  It seems like it.

Paulie 
It doesn't really matter if he got under my skin.  I mean I've been fighting for 12 years.  We can get under each other's skin or not it doesn't matter.  When the bell rings I'm focused and I'm ready and I've already been there already.  So if I was the guy who just started this shit then okay you could say, "Hey, he's getting under his skin. It doesn't really matter.  It's a irrelevant question.  Yeah at times I'm pissed.  At times it's tongue and cheek.  I guess it depends on the moment, but it doesn't really matter.  We've got a job to do on Saturday night and that's what counts.

Q
Okay.  So all those antics even if you do get annoyed and irritated by it you're saying that when the bell rings it's not going to take you out of your game.

Paulie 
No.  No talking has ever gotten me out of my game.  The things that have gotten me out of my game in the past has definitely not been talking.

Q        
Okay.  And so when he says those things how much does it upset you or are you also giving a little schtick too?

Paulie 
Some of it is schtick and some of it is yeah I'm irritated.  I'm irritated for a couple of things.  I'll get in to it long after the fight, but some things are stick obviously.  Some things are banter and going back and forth and some things are not so we'll see how it goes.

Q        
Okay.  Now, listen you started your career when you won your first world title.  I think you started at 135 but you really made your name at 140.  Now you've been a welterweight now for a couple years and obviously have done very well.  You have made the jump in weight that he's about to make.  Can you talk a little bit about what that was like for you and how you think as an observer that he will handle that change?

Paulie 
It's not really comparable comparison.  I made that transition over the course of my entire career so I kind of go out of the weight class and I didn't just jump weight classes.  I had no choice but to move up in weight classes when I moved up.  He made a choice to move up so it's a question that you can't really compare the two weight jumps.

Q        
Then how do you think though that we can go in-like you said, you went up the two weight classes over a long period of time.  He's taken a jump up two weight classes in the span of just from one fight at 135 to the next fight at-or from 135 to 147 in his next fight.  Can you give me your opinion about what you think that will be like for him?  I know you've watched him fight before.

Paulie 
Yeah.  He's a little guy.  He's a little guy and he's going to see how overrated his power was.  I think they were better off letting him fight a live guy, a lightweight or someone below that before him fighting live guy welterweight.  He's fighting this this bigger guy all in one jump so I don't think that was the most intelligent move on his team part. It doesn't really matter to me.

Q        
So do you think that even though people don't associate Paulie Malignaggi with big punching power- but you've stopped a couple guys at welterweight-do you think that because maybe like you say the smaller guy that you'll maybe be able to surprise a lot of people not necessarily by winning but by stopping him in a victory?

Paulie 
If you look at my opponents they all get their ass beat don't they?  I mean do they all not wind up looking like their face went through a window at the end of the fight, especially recently?  I don't see why Adrien Broner's face is going to look different at the end of the fight.  He will wind up looking like they put his face in a blender when I'm done with him. Whatever it is.  It depends on him.  It depends how bad he wants to win.  I'm not going to tell you that I'm going to sit here and knock him out in one punch, but he's going to feel a lot of punishment on next Saturday night.  We'll see how bad he really wants it.  He talks like he wants it so bad.  We'll you're going to go through a lot of pain in a situation where he's not even going to win so in the end he may just tell himself it's not worth it and he'll just quit.

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You've had a handful of Showtime broadcasting assignments over the past several weeks, and when you go from site to site whether you're training and then you go and do your broadcast.  Has juggling both things the last few weeks done anything as a determent to your training regimen or have you been able to deal with both and stay on key for both jobs?

Paulie 
No.  Every show we went to Adrien was at the same show with the exception of the Maidana-Lopez show, but the  show wasn't really a hassle because it was minutes from my training anyway so it wasn't really an issue.

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Hey, Paulie.  First question is do you think that your legs are going to win this fight for you?  I mean your movement is that one of the biggest assets that you'll use to win?

Paulie 
You've got to watch the fight and find out bro.  There's a lot of things you can't really pinpoint one single way to beat him because it's really up in the air.  He's fought such bums who ... boxing ring let alone boxing for world titles that you can't even really make a comparison to what is going to beat him or not because it really could be anything.  There's not really one thing that you can say will or won't work.  The guys he's been fighting have nothing at all so just the fact that you bring something, anything to the table already gives you more of a chance than anybody else he's fought.

Q
I hear you champ.  I hear you.  Now have you been training away from New York or have you been in New York?

Paulie 
Yeah.  Yeah I just got back to New York this past weekend.  I was on the West Coast.

Q        
And is this better focus?

Paulie 
Yeah better focus, better sparing.  It's just where I was training.  I actually had a place in L.A. for a couple of years.  I just got rid of it but it's where I prefer to have training camps.

Q        
Okay.  And lasts question, do you feel any at all any added pressure fighting in Brooklyn?

Paulie 
No.  No.  It's all good.  It's all good, man.  It really doesn't matter.  The ring is square no matter where we fight so it's all good for me.

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When you win this fight then will it give you more satisfaction than any other victory?

Paulie 
Every fight has its own satisfaction.  The fight at the moment is the one that's always most satisfying until you get to the next one so yeah because this is the next one.  And in the long line of fights that I've had in my career yeah obviously this is a very satisfying victory but I'll tell you winning another one after this will become more satisfying.  You always focus on the task at hand and knowing that's the biggest satisfaction is to win the fight in front of you.

Steve  
And do you think-you know a lot's been said between you both in the buildup.  Do you think you could get on with him sensibly after the fight?

Paulie 
It doesn't really matter.  I don't really care.  I don't box to make friends.  I box to make money.

Q        
And also you're making a great career with Showtime.  Does that have any influence now on when you might walk away from boxing and go with broadcasting full time?

Paulie 
Soon.  I don't expect to fight much longer, but as long as the fights like this get my adrenaline flowing and get my juices going and get me excited to fight then I'm going to say I'm going to keep fighting.  They're the kind of fight that makes me appreciate being a fighter and being a boxer.  As long as these fights are around then obviously I'm not going to walk away from it, but once it start becoming harder, you've got these kind of fights being harder, these kind of fights my body tells me something different then I'll walk away.  But I don't expect to stay around much longer.

Q
Do you think 2013 could be your final year in boxing then?

Paulie 
Maybe, maybe not.  I take every year one year at a time.  I don't like to look too far ahead.

Q        
Hi, before I ask Paulie a question I just want to make a comment about Dave Itskowitch who is leaving Golden Boy.  Dave, you were the consummate professional the whole time and I hope you stay in boxing.  It's been a real pleasure dealing with you over the years.

David 
Thank you.  Thank you very much.

Q        
Paulie, what do you expect the crowd reaction to be?  You are the local fighter.  Do you expect the crowd to be heavily behind you, split, or against you?  What are you anticipating?

Paulie 
I don't know.  I expect I'm going to see some support for me.  I also know how there are a lot tickets scalper and they take all the floor seats so I have my share of floor seats, but I don't know.  I don't know how those tickets go to and I don't know who they're being sold to. I mean it doesn't matter, bro.  We can fight in my living room or we can fight in his living room but it doesn't matter.  The ring is square and we've got to deal with it in there so that's what I'm focused on.

Q        
Do you think it's a sign of disrespect that Broner is moving up two weight divisions to box you instead of stopping off at 140 to look at one of the champions there?

Paulie 
No.  It's an ambitious move.  I don't look at it as disrespectful in that way.  I think he's just a fighter looking to make an ambitious move and trying to build a legacy so to speak so that part is not really what ticked me off.

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I'm curious, this is an interesting fight just in terms of you're with Golden Boy, you're also a Showtime commentator, kind of the future, and you're a champion that's still viable in my opinion.  I was just curious did you have a choice in taking this fight just because there seems to be too many kind of conflicts of interest, moving parts?

Paulie 
No.  I mean it was a fight that was offered to me.  I actually liked it when it was offered to me.  I thought it was actually too good to be true, and so there were other fights I was given as options but I felt like this was the one that paid the most first of all, which obviously is always the main key. 

Q        
At this stage too a lot of fighters start to say that they need motivation.  They look for little things to light a fire; he certainly lite a fire for you.  How important has that been in your preparation?  Having that kind of passion to feed off of is it a good or a bad thing?

Paulie 
I think you always want to have big fights, the big moment in your career.  It's always something that you strive to achieve.  You always strive to get to fights like this.  That's what we live for you know as fighters.  When you're a kid and you're in the gym and you're working so hard you dream of moments like this, the big crowd, the main event in the big arena, the big fight night.  You dream of that moment so it's a motivating factor to be a part of something like this, and that is really what drives me to train hard and still do this.

Q        
Can you explain the testing situation?  You said as of May 13th you have not been tested though you both had agreed to it.  Has that changed?

Paulie
Yeah.  Yeah.  I've been tested a few times myself.  I don't keep track of Broner, but I've been quite a few times yeah since then.

Q
Also just last thing how important do you think is pace in this fight?  He fights at a leisurely pace.  I tend to think a mid-tempo, kind of mid-to-long range boxing match favors you if you can keep it that way.  What do you think about pace in this fight?  Do you have to tire him out?  What is the thing that you have to do to him to beat him?

Paulie 
I don't know.  We're just training to get sharp.  We're not really training for him because the things that have worked against the ones he fought it's hard to really say they'll work against me or the things that he's done against the ones that he fought.  It's hard to say he'll try those same things because really when you fight a bum really anything will work.  When you're fighting a world class fighter you're going to have to actually come with a game plan.  It's hard to say.  That's why we didn't really prepare for him.  We just prepared and prepared with some good sparring partners and just be the best we can be because the game plan he may have for me may be altogether different than what he's been fighting, the one he's been using and whatnot. 

Like I said, when you fight the corner store dairy clerk every time you're out there fighting if you don't have a new game plan you're not going to do it.  So now he's fighting somebody real so it wouldn't surprise me if he comes with a new bag of tricks, I guess some new looks so that's why I didn't really train for anything I saw on video or anything like that.  I stopped watching video regularly in camp for that reason.

Q        
And that's since you'll be providing him the first professional resistance he's ever faced?

Paulie 
Yeah. 

Q
There you go.  Thank you very much, man.  Good luck to you in the fight.

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You kind of talk a lot about how this fight kind of got the competitive juices going and really interested you.  What specifically about this fight made this one stand out for you?

Paulie 
It's the main event.  I'm the world champion in the city where my family moved to.  I came here and my family came here.  When I got in the country I didn't speak English so it's the city where my life changed kind of.  Right now I get to be on the big stage in the same city as world champion in the main event in a big arena.  It's the kind of things that you say people dream about but really I could have never dreamt it before so these kind of fights are what stand out, not necessarily opponent.  It could have been any opponent.  I just wanted a big opponent and a name opponent that makes the fight this much bigger.

Q        
Just when you're fighting kind of a younger fighter, kind of proving yourself against someone who is supposedly younger and some people think are better, just how you're just kind of proving yourself that you're still this top-notch fighter.

Paulie 
Yeah.  There's satisfaction in every big fight.  The young versus the old match-ups they're a part of boxing in general so it's not the first time and it's not going to be the last time this kind of fight happens.  So you know that kind of thing is not really the big motivating factor, just one of many things that are involved in a fight that make it exciting.
I don't have any final comment.  All my comments have been said already.  I'll see you guys next week.  Thank you.
 Malignaggi vs. Broner, a 12-round fight for Malignaggi's WBA Welterweight World Championship, will take place Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and R & R Promotions, supported by Golden Boy Promotions' sponsors Corona and AT&T and will be televised live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.  In the co-featured bouts, Johnathon Banks will look to repeat his 2012 upset win over Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell as he defends his NABO and WBC International Heavyweight titles in a 12-round fight presented in association with K2 Promotions and number one rated WBC super middleweight contender Sakio Bika faces number four rated WBC super middleweight contender Marco Antonio Periban in a 12-round fight for the vacant WBC Super Middle weight World Championship.  SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® is available in Spanish on secondary audio programming (SAP).  Preliminary fights will air on SHOWTIME EXTREME at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

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