PAULIE MALIGNAGGI VS. ZAB JUDAH FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

Zab Judah, Former Five-Time and Two-Division World Champion

"I'm the real Brooklyn, New York.

"This is my office. They built this arena for me and on Saturday night I'm going to show the world why.

"We're in a gladiator sport. We have to fight to the best of our abilities. People want to see tough fighters with skills. Even though my last fight was a setback, it still got me back here today.

"Paulie wasn't born here, he migrated from somewhere else. To me if we were comparing sneakers I'd be Jordans at Foot Locker and he'd be Canal Street, he's not authentic.

"I'm authentic, I'm from here. I'm born and raised here."

"I feel great because I know we're going to have a Brooklyn champion in myself.

"I'm going to make sure Paulie's job [as SHOWTIME announcer] is locked in stone. After this he's going to be a full-time commentator.

"I came up doing this, I probably have more street fights than I have gym sparring sessions. You can ask anyone in my neighborhood, I was fighting anybody. I'm 36-years-old. I've never done anything but box.

"This isn't a game for me. People keep saying this fight is friendly but at the end of the day these are the old Roman days. Only thing different is I can't behead him, so I'm going to knock him out.

"I do the impossible. I'm the only one to put more hands on Floyd Mayweather than anyone ever has.

"I don't like to talk too much, but I'm ready.

"I love this, I'm good at this, we're the headliners.

"I know that this is a special opportunity for me, it's the opportunity to crown yourself the King of your city."

"This is the old Roman days, there can only be one king and I'm taking it back to that. Saturday night, I'm back."

Paulie Malignaggi, Former Two-Time, Two-Division World Champion

"Team Malignaggi worked really hard this camp and we're ready.

"I was blown away to be in the main event of such an incredible card. When I saw the co-features I said 'Wow.'

"Seeing everyone come up here [to the podium] one-by-one really lets me know how amazing this card is.

"It humbles me and blows me away that I'm still fighting with these top-level athletes.

"Me and Zab have had a lot of longevity across these years. The fact that we're still at this level speaks volumes about our skills, determination and ring savvy.

"Camp has been hard. I was very motivated, even without a world championship on the line. Zab is right, there can only be one king.

"Beating a Zab Judah leads to a world title fight. I have no doubt about it."

"The rewards of winning a fight like this are motivating in and of itself."

"This is like working in those gladiator days. You didn't get to pick who you fought. It could've been your friend, but it's either him or you.

"Somebody has to win and somebody has to lose on Saturday night. I've prepared very well.

"One thing we say in Brooklyn, is 'Brooklyn, stand up!' and Saturday I know Brooklyn will stand up."

Devon Alexander, IBF Welterweight World Champion

"[To Shawn Porter] I already beat you. So it isn't going be any different Saturday night.

"I'm ready. I'm 120 percent ready. I'm focused. Shawn is a solid fighter. He stepped to the plate like some people didn't. You guys know I was supposed to fight somebody else but Shawn Porter stepped up to the plate and now I've got to take care of him.

"I'm going to continue to win, continue to prove to people that I'm an elite fighter, that I deserve to be at the top, and that's what I'm going to do.

"Come Saturday night my winning ways are going to continue."

Shawn Porter, Undefeated Welterweight Contender

"I'm here, Showtime Shawn Porter is in the building.

"We had camp in Las Vegas. It was beautiful. It's been beautiful being here in Brooklyn and I'm ready to do it.

"This was my hardest camp training for my hardest fight.

"Not to take anything from Alexander, except his belt, but I know what he's got to bring and I'm ready to handle it."

Erislandy Lara, WBA Super Welterweight Interim World Champion

"I just want to thank my whole team for all the hard work we've put in this camp"

"On Saturday night, I'm going to be ready for Trout and we'll see who's got the balls to win this fight"

Austin Trout, Former Light Middleweight World Champion

"I'm happy to be here, I'm happy to bring it back to Brooklyn. New York runs in my blood. A lot of people don't know my mother, my grandmother, were both born and raised here. New York is in my blood.

"Over a year ago I came back to New York and I retained my title going against Cotto and I'm looking to have a repeat to regain my title back because I feel like that's my belt.

"Earlier this year I may have lost it, but I learned a lot from it and it's made me the better, stronger fighter, a stronger man.

"You all are going to see the reinvention of Austin Trout Saturday night."

Sakio Bika, WBC Super Middleweight World Champion

"I feel so very blessed and so very happy. On Saturday, Anthony Dirrell says he is going to take the belt off of me. I am not so sure it will happen. I don't know if he can do it. I don't know if he has the balls to do it.

"On Saturday it will just be Anthony Dirrell in the ring. On Saturday Anthony will step in the ring and feel the power."

Anthony Dirrell, Super Middleweight Contender

"Come Saturday, it's destiny. I've been through a lot - cancer in 2006. I overcame that. Motorcycle accident that broke my legs and hands. I overcame that. So Sakio Bika can't hold me back. This is meant to be and come December 7 it's over. It's going to be trouble for him.

"He looks for the knockout, but doesn't get it every time. I'm going to be looking for the knockout so that's what's going to happen.

"So everyone come out and support December 7. It's a hell of a card."

Sadam Ali, Undefeated Welterweight and 2008 U.S. Olympian

"I'm very excited for this fight. Second time fighting at the Barclays Center, my home, in front of my hometown of course. And look at the card we have going on, it's going to be so exciting top to bottom and I'm just ready to go out there and show what I can do."

Marcus Browne, Rising Light Heavyweight Star and 2012 U.S. Olympian

"I'm grateful to be on this card. You've got guys like Paulie that watched me coming up in the amateurs.

You've got guys like Zab that I watched coming up as a kid. So this is a beautiful thing with all of these other guys on this card. I mean it's a great card."

"I'm a fan first, but at the end of the day I've got to take care of business.

"I'm ready to go on Saturday night and I know these guys are. So God bless you guys and enjoy the show."

Bernard Hopkins, IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion and Golden Boy Promotions Partner

"First, there's a lot of history here in Brooklyn. It's becoming a major hotbed for boxing. At the Barclays Center, we're making history and I'm happy to be part of that and also part of the promotion.

"The four televised fights could be a main event on any day on any card. So to me, it's an early Christmas present to those who tune in and also come to the fight.

"To see four championship fights in December, closing out the year with a bang, are something special. But to see Paulie Malignaggi and Zab Judah, two Brooklyn legends that have basically the same fans, collide will be an extra treat for fight fans.

"This year has been a great, record-breaking year for ratings and of course the highest grossing pay-per-view of all time.

"The main event is going to be one of those fights where don't know who is going to win. It is going to be a barnburner. Its impossible to say that one guy has a landslide chance of winning. It is just that close."

Brett Yormark, CEO of Barclays Center

"Welcome back to the Barclays Center. We appreciate everyone being here today. We are thrilled to host another outstanding night of boxing at Barclays Center this Saturday night. The 'Battle of Brooklyn' between Paulie Malignaggi and Zab Judah has great significance because the two represent the strength and the resilience of this great borough. As Paulie has said 'It's exciting to win a world title but it doesn't compare to winning the world championship of Brooklyn.'

"This is the culmination of our first year of boxing in Brooklyn, so it's fitting to have two of the greatest fighters from here taking the ring in this building on Saturday night. More than just a feature bout, Golden Boy Promotions has delivered an exciting fight card from top to bottom and we look forward to giving boxing fans another great at Barclays Center.

"Thanks to fighters like Paulie and Zab, Bernard Hopkins, Peter Quillin, Danny Jacobs, Danny Garcia, Louis Collazo, Eddie Gomez and up-and-comers like Marcus Browne, Sadam Ali and many others, Barclays Center has become the heart of boxing on the East Coast. It has also become a place for local boxers to become inspired to become future champs."

Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports

"This is a special card. There's really no other way to describe it. When we, Golden Boy, Barclays Center and SHOWTIME first began putting this card together, we wanted it to be something special, something memorable to cap off the year.

"We quickly decided that we wanted not just one or two good fights, or even, three good fights, but four high-quality, competitive, evenly matched fights. Three world title fights capped off by the 'Battle of Brooklyn' between Paulie and Zab, the two most well-known and accomplished fighters from Brooklyn in the sport today.

"As Bernard pointed out, it's no exaggeration to say that these are four main-event quality fights. Sakio Bika and Anthony Dirrell have been main event fighters. Erislandy Lara and Austin Trout have both been main event fighters. Devon has been in numerous main event fights and of course, we all are familiar with Paulie and Zab's great history.

"This is the type of card that SHOWTIME has become known for. High quality and competitive fights top to bottom. No mismatches, no one or two fight cards.

"Most of all I'd like to thank the fighters, acknowledge that it takes the commitment of the fighters to fight tough fights. It's something that often goes unrecognized, but every fighter on this card has agreed to, has made the commitment, to fight in a tough fight. And that's what makes this card so special."

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Judah vs. Malignaggi is a 12-round fight for the NABF and NABO Welterweight titles taking place on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Super Judah Promotions and sponsored by Corona, AT&T, Grudge Match and Casamigos Tequila. In the co-featured bout, Devon Alexander puts his IBF welterweight title on the line in a 12-round bout against Shawn Porter,  Erislandy Lara defends his interim WBA Super Welterweight title in a 12-round fight against Austin Trout and Sakio Bika defends his WBC Super Middleweight title against Anthony Dirrell in a 12-round bout.  The SHOWTIME telecast begins at 8:00 p.m. ET/ 5:00 p.m. PT immediately following ALL ACCESS: Broner vs. Maidana which begins at 7:30 p.m. ET/ 4:30 p.m. PT. The telecast will be available in Spanish via secondary audio programming (SAP).http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Today--Zab-Judah---Paulie-Malignaggi-Participate-In-Brooklyn-Food-Drive-at-6-00-p-m--ET-.html?soid=1102226479292&aid=vhjEU3Oe2kk

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ZAB JUDAH AND PAULIE MALIGNAGGI MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT‏

Marylyn Aceves    

Thanks everyone for joining us today. We have Zab Judah and Paulie Maliganggi available to talk to you and answer your questions about the fight

Richard Schaefer    

Thank you, Marylyn. I'm really excited, I've been talking with Paulie and Zab Judah, I know its freezing cold in New York but those guys are going to heat up the Barclays Center. It's been a terrific year for SHOWTIME. It has been the best year in boxing history for SHOWTIME and SHOWTIME is not ending the year with one bang but two bangs. The first one will be Dec. 7 here with Judah and Malignaggi. It's a battle of Brooklyn; it's for the pride of Brooklyn.

We also have some of the best talent in those respective weight classes that are going to be showcasing what they are all about in meaningful fights. Truly a big thank you to SHOWTIME for stepping up and delivering this fight card to fans in the U.S. and around the world.

It's been the biggest year in their short boxing history for Barclays Center. It was no other than Paulie Malignaggi who opened up the building last October and every one of those events since we've seen more and more people embracing the sport and showing up at Barclays Center. Every show we're going from one record crowd to the next and that's exactly what I expect for this big night on Dec. 7 - a new record crowd for Barclays Center.

Pricing tickets that everyone can afford has become a hallmark for Golden Boy Promotions. Tickets are an unbelievable deal. We want a record crowd event at Barclays Center. It's really an unbelievable deal to see this great card.

I want to thank our sponsors as well - Corona, AT&T, Casamigos Tequila and the Grudge Match, a movie which will be coming out in December.

I now want to introduce to you Zab Judah. He's one of the best known names in the sport of boxing. He's always exciting and that's exactly what this sport wants and needs. He knows what's at stake here. It's not just the pride of Brooklyn, but the 147-pound weight class is the deepest weight class, the biggest names are fighting there and that's exactly what Zab Judah wants. He knows he needs to beat Paulie Malignaggi to move on to those big world title fights in the division.

Zab Judah

Thank you, Richard, I appreciate it. Training camp has been fun. We had a great training camp here in Las Vegas and a lot of good public relations and I'm just excited to come back home and be crowned the king of BK.

Richard Schaefer

Paulie is one of the most skilled fighters, always comes to win. He has a tremendous personality outside the ring. I think whatever he does he always strives to be on top and I think there's no question Paulie is the best color commentator in the sport. But it doesn't stop there - Paulie still has unfinished business in the ring and he realizes what a win against Zab is going to do to him in that stacked weight class. So he's going to come to win.

Paulie Malignaggi

It's a pleasure being on with everyone once again. I really look forward to mixing it up with Zab and hopefully we get a record crowd for Brooklyn at Barclays Center. I know he's got a lot of support in Brooklyn and I know I have a lot of support in Brooklyn. We have a great supporting cast on the undercard and I think this card has the potential to be the best card that Barclays Center has put on yet, and we've had some great cards there. Hopefully, like Richard said, we get a good crowd. I would like it to be a sell-out card. I think it is going to be the most spectacular card that has been at Barclays yet. I look forward to mixing it with him and seeing who really is the king of Brooklyn for this generation and I've prepared very well for that.

Q: Dan Rafael ESPN- Hello guys- good to talk to you today. I'd like you both to answer. You guys are both from Brooklyn in the same weight class. When did you start to think this fight would happen?

Zab Judah

For me this fight came about after the Garcia fight. In my preparation for moving forward to do what I do they said Paulie and I said "Paulie, nah, Paulie is my homeboy." But I was like, 'Hey, you know this is an opportunity that you've got to take for boxing.' So I guess we're here now. Like I said, this is a fight where there's no animosity or anything like that. It's just us going in there and representing for our city.

Paulie Malignaggi

I'd like to echo the same sentiments as Zab. For a lot of years I came up behind Zab and he kind of laid the building blocks for my generation. He was kind of the guy to look up to and to try to match his accomplishments. It really didn't come to mind, we were in different weight classes and at different places in our career, but people started mentioning it and talking around Brooklyn the past year or two. But I still didn't think the fight had any chance of happening because we were still in different weight classes and kind of had different goals for our careers. We each took a competitive loss in our last fight and it's kind of a situation where you have to take a step back in way from world title fights. But this isn't such a step back because we're still world-class even with no world title on the line.

It made a lot of sense from that perspective and also for us both being from Brooklyn. Until the fight was made I didn't think it would be more than Brooklyn talk and that's all. I think in the last couple of years people started getting in my ear that people in Brooklyn wanted to see what would happen if me and Zab Judah got in the ring together.

Q -Dan Rafael - I kind of thought this fight would get made a while ago. With the combination of Golden Boy working with the Barclays Center and Zab signing with Golden Boy it seemed like this fight was going to happen.

Paulie Malignaggi

Zab just got signed after the Garcia fight and this was all a recent thing. Once Zab got signed that's when the fight got brought up. Up until recently I didn't think it would happen, but then when he got signed it started to come to fruition.

Q- Dan Rafael - You both seem to have a chip on your shoulder in past fights. Is it a little bit more difficult to get motivated for this fight because you guys have a lot of respect and a good relationship outside of the ring?

Zab Judah

My motivation comes from the opportunity. The opportunity of still being here 18 years strong, to be competitive against young fighters like Paulie Malignaggi and Danny Garcia, and to still be competing at a high level of boxing. I mean, to be crowned the kings of BK, that's a very big accomplishment coming from Brooklyn. There's one thing a lot of people will tell you - there's a pride about being from Brooklyn. Now we've got the opportunity in a sport that I've been in for the last 18 years of my life to be called the king of it. I'm excited for this one and that's where the motivation comes from on my part.

Paulie Malignaggi

The competition drives us all. That's the reason we do this and get up in the morning and train hard for each fight. You need different things to drive you. The competition always is the driving force. The competitor in me is driven by winning. Winning means everything to me. Yeah, Zab is someone I respect and looked up to coming up, but winning means everything to me. I'm a competitor in anything I do, especially boxing. It's not hard to get up for a fight like this. You can still respect your opponent and still get up for a fight. Come on man, we're both wearing eight ounce gloves so I'm sure once someone gets hit we'll both be throwing arms at each other.

Q- I know you both want to win really bad. How hard would it be to lose this fight in your hometown?

Paulie Malignaggi

I think it's more for the fans. It's hard to go back to your fans and say, 'Oh man you're not the best fighter in your borough.' I think the motivation is from there. You fight guys from other cities and you rep your neighborhood, you rep your city real well. I get announced as from Brooklyn, N.Y., regardless of where I've lived in my career because it's a sense of pride.   Here, the other guy is announced from Brooklyn, N.Y., and it's a sense of inner-pride within the city. You have to run into the other guy's fans. I don't run into Adrien Broner fans in New York or other people's fans in New York. But I can run into Zab's fans and that is a mini-motivator itself.

Zab Judah

Like Paulie said, the job is the motivation for what we're doing right now. I'm motivated by the opportunity. I'm motivated by the situation. Paulie is somebody that I've known for a long time. I've watched him, I've watched him grow and there have even been a lot of fights where I've supported him. So now, it's kind of crazy to be going up against each other but it's the sport that we chose and, like he said, once the bell rings and the leather starts flying I think that anybody would come to their senses.

Paulie Malignaggi

It's a really emotional fight. You want to be king of Brooklyn. It's the kind of fight you get up for because there are a lot big fights in your career but there is a lot of extra emotion being able to represent your borough and being able to be the king of Brooklyn. I know I have what it takes to be a world class fighter; I know what it takes to get back to the top. Winning a fight like this and getting myself a chance to get another world championship in my career is something I don't doubt

Q- Lem Satterfield- Zab- Paulie told me about a time when you coached him as an amateur. He said he lost the fight but he's always looked up to you. Do you remember that and do you remember what you thought of him as a fighter back then?

Zab Judah

I thought he won that fight, from my recollection. Even back then as an amateur he had a heart, he was gutsy. He came out, he was very scrappy. I recall that, yeah, we kind of pulled out a lot of champions that year. So yeah, I think that Paulie did win the fight that year.

Paulie Malignaggi

I didn't win that fight but I lost to a big rival of mine. But we won the team trophy. Zab was the team coach and we won the team trophy at the Empire State Games.

Q- Lem- Obviously you guys fought at the highest level both at 140 pounds and 147 pounds. At what point do you think you were at the absolute best in your career?

Zab Judah

I would probably say my Mickey Ward fight. I was 15-0 and I was highly motivated. That was one training camp I remember Ronnie Shields and my dad - we had a tough training camp. I was only 15-0, I remember taking on Mickey Ward and he had like 34 or something fights. He was known as a killer at that time, he was stopping guys with body shots. Everyone was like, 'Zab that's not a fight you should take, it's going to mess your career up.' And we went in there and we trained very hard, we had a dog camp and went in there and won the fight.

The first half of the Mayweather fight I was super sharp. It's different times. Even in my last Danny Garcia fight I came on very strong at the end. I don't look at one particular fight and say this was the best fight because every night is special to me. Every time you step in the ring you've got different things that happen, you've got to weather through them.

Paulie Malignaggi

I'd say there have been a couple different times in my career when I was at an elite level or getting there. There was a moment in 2003 and 2004 where I thought I was really coming into my own, starting to win fights and starting to look impressive. I was getting to fight high level contenders and then I had a real bad hand injury. My hand was shattered and it set me back a lot and hindered a lot of my progress. I always wonder how I would have kept progressing if I didn't have those injuries. You have a lot of youthful enthusiasm at that point in your career. I can pick nights where I've been sharper than others but I can't pick one night where I've been my best.

Q- How do you capture that moment or those moments in this particular fight? Do you feel that you're motivated given that you're fighting in your home town?

Zab Judah

I'm highly motivated and I'm ready to come in there and do what I do. Like Paulie said, I'm a very competitive person. As everybody can see throughout my career, I hate losing. Some of my early losses I kind of went crazy. I've learned to control myself over the years but losing is something that's not in my arsenal right now and it's something that we're not looking forward to doing and we looking at progress and moving forward. This is why we teamed up with Golden Boy and Super Judah Promotions with Golden Boy. We're ready to take on the world. I think Golden Boy and SHOWTIME are the two biggest- you've got the biggest promoter and you've got the biggest network out there and this is a place where Zab Judah needs to be. Zab Judah is pound-for-pound the best fighter in the world, hands down, and I am going to show the world that I am the best. Give me the opportunity and I'll show you.

Paulie Malignaggi

I think the motivation has to always be there. I think if you try too hard to summon it you fight yourself out. I look at the hard work and dedication I've put into my career and I try to put my best game face on fight night. If you think about trying to match your best performances you probably won't because you'll be thinking about the wrong things. The focus has to be to concentrate and focus on the person in front of you. You have to focus one round at a time, one minute at a time. And from there you put on some good performances without evening knowing it. I don't think the goal is to put on a good performance, I think the goal is to execute a game plan when you go in there. Sometimes it comes out beautifully, sometimes it doesn't. But you can't go in there trying to put on a good show, you go in there trying to execute. That's what I go in there trying to do.

Richard

First of all I want to say that both of those guys are rejuvenated because of all of the opportunities at 147 pounds. For both of them, one of their best fights is actually their last fight. When Paulie fought Broner he fought a great, great fight and I think he surprised a lot of people. Most people had it as an easy fight for Broner and look what he did. And that's not because of what Broner didn't do; it's because of what Paulie did. I think he's right there at the top and he knows what this win can lead to and how important this fight is. The same goes for Zab fighting Danny Garcia- most people thought it would be a one-sided affair. And look what Zab did, he turned back the clock. That's as good of a Zab as I've seen. When Zab wants something he goes for it and I know he wants this. Their biggest fights, their best fights were actually their last fights and that's why this is such a meaningful showdown.

Q- Mike Woods- This question is for Paulie- You've made no secret that in the last couple years you've thought about if you want to do this anymore. What are your thoughts now?

Paulie Malignaggi

You don't give yourself a definitive answer when it comes to something so serious. If I accept the fight then I accept the fight and go in and train 100 percent. Sometimes between fights I'll be thinking, 'I don't know if I'm up to train for a fight again.' But once mentally and physically I decide to fight I kind of erase the negativity. Its full speed ahead, you step on the gas and you go. Don't get me wrong, in the beginning of camp when you're trying to get back into shape you're like, 'Man, why did I do this?' But once that competitive juice comes back and you start getting in shape, you start feeling sharp, you start feeling good and you realize why you do this. You realize the things that spur you on, that motivate you, that drive you to do this. The adrenaline rush, the excitement as a fight approaches and all of a sudden you're not thinking about those negative things anymore and you're thinking about all the positive things and all the fun this brings. Don't get me wrong, it's hard fight fighting at this level. But, at the same time, it's a situation where I'd rather be here than anywhere else.

Q - Does it make it more difficult because you've become such a highly regarded commentator? Because you always have something to fall back on?

Paulie Malignaggi

No, not the training, the training I work hard. Anything I do, I do it wholeheartedly. But sometimes before camp starts you wonder, 'Do I really feel like getting up and starting another training camp?' But once I'm in training camp, I do the miles and I put the hours in the gym wholeheartedly. There's never a time where I say I don't want to train today because I could fall back on something. I'm not the kind of person that does something half-assed. If I know I won't do it wholeheartedly I won't do it. When I accepted this fight I knew what that came with.

Q- Zab - do you ever stay awake at night and say, 'Man I'm 36 old this really could be my last fight?'

Zab

No, as far as the age, my age is great. I'm highly motivated. You've got one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, Floyd Mayweather, he's older than me. You've got Juan Manuel Marquez, he just knocked out Manny Pacquiao with one punch, he's older than me. You've got Bernard Hopkins, one of the baddest fighters of today's era, he's my grandfather. So when you say old, what do you mean by old? Old by what, longevity?   I've been in the game since I was 18 years old and I've been world champion multiple times in different weight classes. Is that what you mean by old? I mean as far as age goes, I'm far from old. I mean, some of the best of the best of the world today are way older than me and I'm just highly motivated the opportunity. I want to thank Richard Schaefer and the whole Golden Boy staff and team for just even allowing themselves to do business with my camp and myself and I think we're going to have a phenomenal time. I think that when people say your last time or your last fight is your best fight, this is nowhere near my last fight. This is the beginning of a turn of a new leaf. I am going to go in there and come out of this fight successfully.

Yeah Paulie and I have a great respect for each other, but at the end of the day there can only be one winner and I am going to take that route. I'm going to take that medal of achievement and I'm going to step up and do what I've got to do. Is there any beef or anything?   No, there's no beef. But we're both two competitive athletes and Paulie's supposed to say his skills are better than mine and I'm supposed to say that my skills are better than Paulie's. That's what's going to make Dec. 7^th a fantastic night of boxing. That's why all of Brooklyn and New York City and the tri-state area and New Jersey and Connecticut need to come out and watch a great night of boxing. You are going to watch two of the best guys to come out of the tri-state area put on for you guys. So be there.

Q- What do you admire most about each other?

Zab Judah

Number one, I admire Paulie because he's from Brooklyn. He stands up with that Brooklyn pride. He represent Brooklyn wherever he goes, he talks about it and keeps it fresh in people's ears and eyes. Number two, he's a fighter. I respect that every fighter has the heart and audacity to climb into the ring and take on competitive fights, so you've got to respect him as a human being. Yes, I do.  

Paulie Malignaggi

The admiration I have for Zab came from trying to follow in his footsteps coming up. I saw him accomplish things that I had the goal to accomplish. I watched Zab accomplish each and every one of them before me. It was an admiration and a motivator to see someone my city, from my borough accomplish these things and get some credibility and notoriety doing the same thing that I do. When somebody does it so close to home they automatically get that admiration when they're older than you and you see them accomplishing those things and you kind of want to follow in their footsteps. That admiration comes from being that younger fighter looking up to someone like that.

Q - Gina Caruso - What's your comfort level now coming back into the ring with someone you know and respect so much.

Zab Judah

I don't know, it's the situation. It's nothing personal against Paulie. It's something that we've got to go in here and do. This is how we feed our family. This is the game that we chose. My greatest motivation in this situation is I just fought a 25-year-old undefeated young fighter, one of the best young 140-pound fighters today and I hung in there. Everybody said if there were 30 more seconds the fight would be different. So that's where my inspiration and motivation comes from. Just being able to still go toe-to-toe with the young boys like this and just show that when I do step up and when I do focus my mind and focus on getting these guys I just go in there and get them. With that kind of motivation I am the best pound for pound fighter in the world.

Paulie Malignaggi

I think with me, the approach I always take is in boxing you have to have a short memory. No matter how much you've accomplished or how low you can go as far as downfalls, you have to forget about them and you have to move on no matter what. I put whatever happened behind me, the Broner fight is done. The opponent now is Zab Judah. As Zab said, there's nothing personal as far as a competitive aspect is concerned, but that's the guy in front of me and that's the guy I intend to be successful against in two weeks. The game plan is focused on that and nothing else. In reality you can only look forward. The past can't be changed, only the future can be changed.

ABOUT "JUDAH VS. MALIGNAGGI":

Judah vs. Malignaggi is a 12-round fight for the NABF and NABO Welterweight titles taking place on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Super Judah Promotions and sponsored by Corona, AT&T, Grudge Match and Casamigos Tequila. In the co-featured bout, Devon Alexander puts his IBF welterweight title on the line in a 12-round bout against Shawn Porter,  Erislandy Lara defends his interim WBA Super Welterweight title in a 12-round fight against Austin Trout and Sakio Bika defends his WBC Super Middleweight title against Anthony Dirrell in a 12-round bout.  The SHOWTIME telecast begins at 8:00 p.m. ET/ 5:00 p.m. PT immediately following ALL ACCESS: Broner vs. Maidana which begins at 7:30 p.m. ET/ 4:30 p.m. PT. The telecast will be available in Spanish via secondary audio programming (SAP).

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Judah vs. Malignaggi: Battle in Brooklyn

On Monday Dec. 2nd come out to 494 Dean Street to meet Brooklyn's own Paul Malignaggi and Zab Judah. Show your support for #teamjudah or #teammalignaggi by bringing a non perishable food item and receive an autograph photo. Who will win this battle at the donation scales?"

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Zab Judah and Paulie Malignaggi battle for Brooklyn bragging rights Saturday, December 7 at 8PM ET/PT, Live on Showtime.

Judah vs. Malignaggi: Battle in Brooklyn

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GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS AND SUPER JUDAH PROMOTIONS TEAM UP TO CO-PROMOTE ZAB "SUPER" JUDAH TWO-DIVISION WORLD CHAMP HUNGRY TO GET ANOTHER TITLE

One of the premier boxers of this era, Zab "Super" Judah has won five world titles in two weight divisions, but he still has plenty of goals left, including winning another championship and continuing to give fans more exciting fights. So it is with great pleasure that Golden Boy Promotions is announcing a joint venture with Super Judah Promotions to co-promote Judah and make sure the world continues to see this boxing superstar on the sport's biggest stages.

"Super Judah Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions working together is phenomenal," said Judah. "I have been doing business with Golden Boy Promotions for a number of years, working both with them and against them and I know what it's like to be on both sides. Through those times, I see that we are a perfect fit. This joint venture will give me the experience I need as a promoter and get me the big fights I want at this point of my career."

"I am very happy to welcome Zab to the Golden Boy team," said Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. "He is without question not only one of the most exciting fighters in boxing, but he also has tremendous name recognition with reaches into the general market. In his thrilling fight against Danny Garcia, Zab showed that he belongs in the absolute top level of the sport. I am looking forward to be working with Zab and his team and have him participate in the biggest fights in the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions."

Offered Bill Halkias, Vice President of Super Judah Promotions, "Zab Judah and Super Judah Promotions are looking forward to working with boxing's premier promoter in Golden Boy Promotions. We understand the importance of partnering with the best promoter in the business. It's the difference between having Zab in good fights and having Zab in great fights. Zab only wants to fight the best and Golden Boy Promotions stable of fighters is the best in boxing. "

A New York boxing icon who was a five-time world champion with titles in the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions, Brooklyn's Zab "Super" Judah (42-8, 29 KO's)showed in his recent challenge for Danny Garcia's 140-pound titles that he's still a major player at both 140 and 147 pounds. A veteran of nearly 17 years in the pro game, Judah owns wins over Micky Ward, Junior Witter, DeMarcus Corley, Cory Spinks, and Lucas Matthysse, while also battling the likes of Floyd Mayweather, Amir Khan, Kostya Tszyu, and Miguel Cotto. Winner of six of his last eight bouts, the dazzling boxer-puncher continues to provide thrills for fight fans around the world, and if his recent form is any indication, the best may be yet to come.

Zab Judah's next bout will be announced shortly.

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GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS AND SUPER JUDAH PROMOTIONS TEAM UP TO CO-PROMOTE ZAB "SUPER" JUDAH TWO-DIVISION WORLD CHAMP HUNGRY TO GET ANOTHER TITLE

One of the premier boxers of this era, Zab "Super" Judah has won five world titles in two weight divisions, but he still has plenty of goals left, including winning another championship and continuing to give fans more exciting fights. So it is with great pleasure that Golden Boy Promotions is announcing a joint venture with Super Judah Promotions to co-promote Judah and make sure the world continues to see this boxing superstar on the sport's biggest stages.

"Super Judah Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions working together is phenomenal," said Judah. "I have been doing business with Golden Boy Promotions for a number of years, working both with them and against them and I know what it's like to be on both sides. Through those times, I see that we are a perfect fit. This joint venture will give me the experience I need as a promoter and get me the big fights I want at this point of my career."

"I am very happy to welcome Zab to the Golden Boy team," said Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. "He is without question not only one of the most exciting fighters in boxing, but he also has tremendous name recognition with reaches into the general market. In his thrilling fight against Danny Garcia, Zab showed that he belongs in the absolute top level of the sport. I am looking forward to be working with Zab and his team and have him participate in the biggest fights in the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions."

Offered Bill Halkias, Vice President of Super Judah Promotions, "Zab Judah and Super Judah Promotions are looking forward to working with boxing's premier promoter in Golden Boy Promotions. We understand the importance of partnering with the best promoter in the business. It's the difference between having Zab in good fights and having Zab in great fights. Zab only wants to fight the best and Golden Boy Promotions stable of fighters is the best in boxing. "

A New York boxing icon who was a five-time world champion with titles in the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions, Brooklyn's Zab "Super" Judah (42-8, 29 KO's)showed in his recent challenge for Danny Garcia's 140-pound titles that he's still a major player at both 140 and 147 pounds. A veteran of nearly 17 years in the pro game, Judah owns wins over Micky Ward, Junior Witter, DeMarcus Corley, Cory Spinks, and Lucas Matthysse, while also battling the likes of Floyd Mayweather, Amir Khan, Kostya Tszyu, and Miguel Cotto. Winner of six of his last eight bouts, the dazzling boxer-puncher continues to provide thrills for fight fans around the world, and if his recent form is any indication, the best may be yet to come. 

Zab Judah's next bout will be announced shortly.

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HEATED RIVALS DANNY GARCIA & ZAB JUDAH ARE KEPT APART, BUT BOTH MAKE THE WEIGHT; TENSIONS RISE AT DANNY GARCIA VS. ZAB JUDAH & UNDERCARD FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE AT BARCLAYS CENTER IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

Both Garcia (25-0, 16 KO's), the defending WBA Super, WBC and Ring Magazine Super Lightweight World Champion from Philadelphia, and the local favorite, Judah (42-7, 29 KO's), of Brooklyn, participated in the jam-packed media event.  They spoke, answered questions and posed for photos, but not at the same time.

The well-documented friction between the boxers and their camps made for a boxing rarity - a press conference during which the main event fighters and their teams did not sit on the dais simultaneously and were kept completely separated throughout the press conference, not even catching a glimpse of one another.

To watch Garcia, executives and the other fighters, clickhttp://www.ustream.tv/recorded/31946461; for   Judah's turn at the podium, clickhttp://www.ustream.tv/recorded/31949835.

In Saturday's co-feature on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, undefeated WBO Middleweight World Champion Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin (28-0, 20 KO's), of Manhattan, will make the first defense of his 160-pound crown against world-rated, hard-hitting Fernando Guerrero (25-1, 19 KO's), of Salisbury, Md.,

DANNY "SWIFT" GARCIA, Unified Super Lightweight World Champion

"I had a tremendous eight-week camp.  I calculated the miles I ran, and you could say I ran to Barclays Center [from Philadelphia] and back.

"I feel tremendous, I'm injury free, I'm solid, I'm confident and I'm really motivated for this fight.  I think I'm the most motivated I've ever been for a fight.  I grew to be a heck of a dangerous fighter, more dangerous than I was before.  I'm just smarter now.  Saturday night, I'm going to be smart.  I'm going to just destroy.

"I don't have to talk, because I know I can fight.  When the people come to watch me, they know they're going to see either one of the best 12 round fights or the best knockout of the year

"You can say what you want to say, but it doesn't matter when you're getting hit.  All that matters is whether you can you take a hit from me or not, or if you can out-think me.  They're playing checkers and I'm playing chess

ZAB JUDAH, Former Two-Time World Champion

"We just left the gym together.  Did I say anything to Danny?  Did Danny and I have any words?  Not one.  Angel was the one that started this.  He's the one that called me all the names and was talking loud and starting trouble like he always does.

"If you go to a Bernard Hopkins fight in Philadelphia, the whole city comes out.  If you go to a fight in Los Angeles for Oscar [De La Hoya], the whole city comes out.

 "He's [Danny Garcia] going to sleep. This isn't a game.  Welcome to Brooklyn.  This is my home.  

"I'm a person.  I'm a human being.  I have class about myself.  I've changed my life in a drastic, major way.

 "Saturday night they're going to feel it.  They can do all they want to do; they're going to feel it.  I'm ready.  It's about Zab Judah and Danny Garcia.

"Angel Garcia made himself a factor.  Danny is so quiet, such a church mouse, that they don't know who he is.

"Saturday night, you're going to see the best Zab Judah.  The guy you all fell in love with and the reason why you all know me is back.  The hand speed, the power, the defense...it's all here and ready to go.

"I don't have any problem with my hands. I bring skills to the table.  Like I tell everybody, it's never been a question 'can he fight?'  The only question everybody has is 'is he in shape?'  When I'm in shape, you've seen the best.  My defense is impeccable.  My hands are super fast.  My power is devastating.  I have one-punch knockout power in either hand.  I have more knockouts than the boy has fights.

"It's a lot to be proud of - 17 years and still strong.  I'm still campaigning at this height and level of boxing.  Watch Saturday night and you're going to see the best.  You're going to think I'm 25 again.  Then what are you going to say?

"Angel Garcia can't get under my skin. I don't worry about him.

ANGEL GARCIA, Danny Garcia's Father/Trainer

"Danny had a great camp.  February 9^th, he got a caught with a little injury, but that's in the past.  That's not the future.  The future is that he's ready.  He's ready to go 100 percent, mentally and physically. 

"It's not about Brooklyn or Philly, it's about who is the 'King of the East Coast,' and that is going to be Danny.

"He's [Zab Judah] underestimating Danny like everyone else has done.  The truth is that Danny's going to be a champion for a long time.

PETER "KID CHOCOLATE" QUILLIN, WBO Middleweight World Champion

"I'm dedicating this fight to Boston...Boston Strong.

"We have two trained athletes.  We signed up to participate in this, the people that went to run that marathon, didn't want to participate in what happened.  I just want to give them strength through this.

 "I want to thank Fernando Guerrero and his team.  I'm happy to see Barry Hunter in his corner so he will be getting the best advice he can.  It's going to be a tremendous fight.

"This fight has many good qualities, Dominican vs. Cuban, but we do it for the whole Latin community coming together.  We both are inspired by two baseball players - Sammy Sosa and Jackie Robinson.  Long hair vs. short hair.  One guy who hungers for a world title and a guy that is hungry to keep his world title.

"This might have been the best camp I have ever had.

"Guerrero is coming with his confidence.  My confidence is there and we're going to make this a tremendous fight."

FERNANDO GUERRERO, Top Middleweight Contender

"I've been waiting for this moment my whole life. I want to thank my opponent, Kid Chocolate.  I think this is the way to promote a real good fight, if you can fight, just fight.  He has character like me.  We don't need to trash talk, we don't need to do anything, it's just a sport that we do.  I want to congratulate him on his title and I want to thank him for being a gentleman.

"A lot of times, people don't understand that we're not animals, we're fighters.  We fight like animals, but we're not.

"On this card, there's a lot of different races.  Everybody's saying I'm going for this race or that race, but there's only one thing that matters, the only race that matters is the human race.  It doesn't matter if you're black, white, Puerto Rican, red or blue.

"I represent whoever wants me, whoever has struggles, whoever wants to be a positive role model

DANNY JACOBS, Top Middleweight Contender

"Not a lot of people stand up for something in boxing anymore.  I want to stand for something.  I want to be the face of boxing, but I want to do it in a positive light.  Not a lot of people do that

"I want to be able to say to (my son) 'You can accomplish anything, but you don't have to go the wrong route.  You can be a positive light, you can be who you are and you can still shine and be the greatest.'  Our kids are the future." 

LUIS COLLAZO, Former World Champion

"Finally, I'm back.  I'm excited to be back here in Brooklyn in my hometown.  Come Saturday night, I'm going to do it for me, I'm going to do it for my fans, I'm going to do it for everyone that's been with me since day one.

EDDIE GOMEZ, Top Junior Middleweight Prospect

"We've got a lot of good fighters on the card Saturday night.  Everybody's looking to put on a show.  I'm looking to put on a great show.  I'm ready for this fight.  I'm back at it again."

MARCUS BROWNE, 2012 U.S. Olympian

"Like my last fight on the [Bernard Hopkins vs. Tavoris Cloud] card, I'm ready.  From Staten Island to Brooklyn, I'm ready to put on a show.  I trained hard for this fight.  I'm ready.  I'm going to let my hands do the talking.

ZACHARY OCHOA, Top Junior Welterweight Prospect

"Not a lot of people can say, 'I fought on a SHOWTIME card at Barclays Center.'  That really means a lot to me.

"I've been working hard.  I'm hungry that's why I call myself 'Zungry, 'because I'm hungry to make it to the top.'

OSCAR DE LA HOYA, President of Golden Boy Promotions

"All is great, all is wonderful.  We have a tremendous lineup for Saturday night here at Barclays Center

"Tickets are going really fast.  We're really happy that the response from fans has been tremendous.

On Danny Garcia "Nobody has ever proven him wrong.  People can say this and that, but, until you prove somebody wrong, then there's nothing to say.  That's what he's been doing every single fight.  He's proving everybody wrong.  Because of his work ethic, because he trains hard, he does everything right.  He loves boxing and he's in the gym constantly.  His dedication to boxing is why he's on top."

BERNARD HOPKINS, IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion & President of Golden Boy East

"This is a great facility [Barclays Center] as the writers and everybody who's been here knows. 

"I'll tell the young guys 'all of these guys are good fighters, but you have to stand out in today's world to be the best out of the pack.

"I'm looking for a great show.  I thank Stephen Espinoza again for putting on a great event that's going to happen this Saturday.  Everyone in Philly is talking about this fight."

STEPHEN ESPINOZA, Executive Vice President & General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports

"At Showtime, we're now in the midst of a really exciting run of quality fights, perhaps the most exciting, highest quality run of fights maybe in the history of the network.  Last week, we had over 38,000 people in the Alamodome and did the second highest rating for an individual bout in the history of the network according to Nielsen.  This week, we've got another packed card with two 50/50 matchups on the televised portion.

"As a television executive, you're not supposed to have favorite fights, they're sort of like your children, you like them all.  Every fight I schedule, I schedule with the full confidence that it's something that I would want to watch as a fan, I would want to watch as a subscriber and it's something that I'm proud of.  To be honest, there are some fights, some events that have that little extra something, a little extra excitement, the little extra sizzle, and April 27^th is one of those."

BARRY BAUM, Senior Vice President & Chief Communications Officer, Barclays Center

"We're really excited for our third night of championship boxing at Barclays Center.  I want to thank everyone at Golden Boy for delivering another great card to Brooklyn.

"It's very exciting to have two major fights here as well as a terrific undercard of a lot of Brooklyn fighters.  I also want to let Golden Boy Promotions know how much we appreciate their commitment to bringing boxing to Brooklyn in such a big way. It's a really a great relationship that we have.  I also want to thank Steven Espinoza and SHOWTIME for all of your support for boxing in Brooklyn and for broadcasting the event on Saturday."

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