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| Credit: Amanda Westcott/DAZN |
Press Release: By DAZN NEW YORK, June
7, 2019 – A day ahead of the
highly-anticipated return of pound-for-pound Kazakh superstar Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) and his dangerous
showdown against undefeated Top-10 contender and Toronto native Steve Rolls (19-0, 10 KOs),
the fighters tipped the scales on Friday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. The fight will be contested at a maximum weight of 164
lbs. and streamed live on DAZN beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT. GGG vs. Rolls kicks
off the exclusive six-fight, three-year global partnership between GGG
Promotions and DAZN, the world's fastest-growing sports streaming platform.
Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin
“I
feel great. Thank you guys. Good to see everybody. Tomorrow – I’m bringing big
drama show.”
How’s he feeling at the contracted weight of 164 lbs.? “I feel nothing
different, just only a few pounds. It’s nothing. Maybe just one time drinking
coffee.”
On his opponent:
“He looks good. He looks strong. I thank my opponent. This is serious
business.”
Steve Rolls
“It
feels great to be here. This is what I worked so hard for and I’m finally here
and I’m looking forward to taking full advantage of it. I’m bringing a fight.
I’m bringing that drama show – I’m going to be a part of the big drama show
tomorrow night.”
On if the contracted weight of 164 lbs. makes a difference
for him? “No,
it doesn’t. I’m very comfortable at this weight. I’m used to fighting at 160
but I’ve fought over 160 many times so there’s no issue with the weight.”
On Ruiz’s upset:
“I’ve always been very motivated even before last weekend happened but it was
great to see that and it makes fan that much more intrigued about what’s going
to happen with this fight.”
Undefeated
super middleweight contenders Ali Akhmedov (14-0, 10 KOs) of Almaty, Kazakhstan
and Marcus McDaniel (15-0, 2 KOs) of New Orleans also faced off ahead of their
clash for the vacant WBC International Super Middleweight title in the co-main
event. Also part of the main card, in a battle of undefeated Brooklyn brawlers,
rising star Brian Ceballo (8-0, 4 KOs) and Bakhtiyar Eyubov (14-0-1, 12 KOs)
will be slugging it out in an eight-round welterweight battle for borough
supremacy.
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12-Round Middleweight Bout @ 164 lbs.
Gennadiy
“GGG” Golovkin – 163 lbs.
Steve
Rolls - 163.8 lbs.
10-Round WBC International Super
Middleweight Title Bout @ 168 lbs.
Ali
Akhmedov – 167.4 lbs.
Marcus
McDaniel – 168 lbs.
8-Round Welterweight Bout @ 148 lbs.
Brian
Ceballo – 147.6 lbs
Bahktiyar
Eyubov – 148 lbs.
10-Round Super Welterweight Bout @
154 lbs.
Israil
Madrimov – 153.2 lbs.
Norberto
Gonzalez – 152.8 lbs.
10-Round USBA Jr. Middleweight Bout @
154 lbs.
Charles
Conwell – 153.4 lbs.
Courtney
Pennington – 152 lbs.
4-Round Middleweight Bout @ 163 lbs.
Nikita
Ababiy – 162.6 lbs.
Juan
Francisco Barajas – 157.2 lbs.
4-Round Welterweight Bout @ 147 lbs.
Johnathan
Arroyo – 146.2 lbs.
Jordan
Morales – 146 lbs.
Promoted
by GGG Promotions, in association with DiBella Entertainment, remaining tickets
to the latest action-packed episode of the Big Drama Show -- the battle between
Golovkin and Rolls -- may be purchased at the Madison Square Garden Box
Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster charge by phone (866-858-0008),
and online at www.ticketmaster.com and www.msg.com.
About DAZN:
DAZN is the largest global sports streaming platform in the world. Since launching in 2016, DAZN had expanded across four continents with the service available in the United States, Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Japan and Brazil. DAZN guarantees no long-term contract, no bundles, just affordable access to all the service's sports on connected devices including smart TVs, smartphones, tablets, games consoles and PCs. In the U.S., DAZN has made its mark as an attractive alternative to pay-per-view within the combat sports industry. The platform features more than 100 fight nights per year from Matchroom Boxing, Golden Boy Promotions, GGG Promotions, Bellator MMA, the World Boxing Super Series and Combate Americas. DAZN also features live MLB action each day of the season with its new daily show, ChangeUp.
DAZN is the largest global sports streaming platform in the world. Since launching in 2016, DAZN had expanded across four continents with the service available in the United States, Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Japan and Brazil. DAZN guarantees no long-term contract, no bundles, just affordable access to all the service's sports on connected devices including smart TVs, smartphones, tablets, games consoles and PCs. In the U.S., DAZN has made its mark as an attractive alternative to pay-per-view within the combat sports industry. The platform features more than 100 fight nights per year from Matchroom Boxing, Golden Boy Promotions, GGG Promotions, Bellator MMA, the World Boxing Super Series and Combate Americas. DAZN also features live MLB action each day of the season with its new daily show, ChangeUp.
Material
Courtesy of: DAZN/ Photo Courtesy of: Amanda Westcott/DAZN Used with permission.
Golovkin vs. Rolls
takes place Saturday, June 8th at Madison Square Garden in New
York City, NY. The fight as well as it’s full undercard can be seen in the
United States and several international countries on digital sports streaming
network DAZN beginning at 7PM ET/4PM PT (U.S. Time) For more information about DAZN, schedules, list of
available streaming devices, availability around the world, and to subscribe,
please visit: www.DAZN.com.
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