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Press Release: By DAZN – LOS ANGELES
(Sept. 12, 2019): Jaime
Munguia (33-0, 26 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico and African
warrior Patrick
Allotey (40-3, 30 KOs) hosted their final press conference
today at Dignity
Health Sports Park ahead of their 12-round fight for the
WBO Junior Middleweight World Title. The event will take place on Saturday,
Sept. 14 at the aforementioned Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. and
will be streamed live on DAZN.
Undercard fighters such as Ryan "Kingry" Garcia (18-0,
15 KOs), Avery
"A-Plus" Sparrow (10-1, 3 KOs), and Franchon "The
Heavy-Hitting Diva" Crews-Dezurn (5-1, 2 KOs) also
participated in the event.
Below is what some of today's participants had to say at
the presser.
JAIME MUNGUIA, WBO Junior Middleweight Champion:
"I feel very honored and happy to be representing my
country on this important date. I feel ready and I'm prepared to deliver
everyone a great show that is worthy of the date of Sept. 14. I had a great
preparation, perhaps one of my best training camps, and I want to thank Erik
Morales for everything he's been showing me along with Fernando as well. I hope
that this Saturday you see a Jaime Munguia that's totally different. I'm ready,
I'm going to give it my everything."
PATRICK ALLOTEY, Junior Middleweight Contender:
"I feel good. I feel good for this Saturday because I
prepared for this fight. When I heard the rumors about this fight, I thought
wow, this fight needs to happen, I need to be a world champion too. Like Oscar
said, in Ghana we have great fighters, and I'm very happy to become one of
them. I know Munguia is a very good fighter and he has power like I do, and I
know come Saturday, Munguia is coming to throw his big shots and he thinks he
can knock Patrick Allotey out. But no, because I'm also a great fighter and
also have power like he does. I'm coming to fight and win. So I think on
Saturday it will be a very good fight. I think the best man will
win."
RYAN GARCIA. Lightweight Contender:
"This Saturday, I just plan to show all my improvements in
the ring. [Avery] claims that he has a lot of experience. He has 11 fights - I
don't know how much experience you can have with that. I was in amateurs maybe
even longer than him. I have just as much experience, and I've been working in
the gym to get better and better every single day. I know there's a lot of
pressure on me, a lot of hype, and I know the things people say about me. The
only thing I look to do is to become the best fighter I can be. This Saturday,
stay tuned, it's going to be a good one, I'm looking to prove myself and earn
that respect in the ring."
"A lot of people like to focus on my Instagram, you don't
hear me talk about it, everybody else just talks about it. It just connects me
to my fans, and why wouldn't I want to connect to the people who support
me?"
AVERY SPARROW, Super Featherweight Contender:
"I naturally weigh 126 pounds, I can get here easy.
Unfortunately, we can't get no fights there, we can't get no fights at 130. My
last fight was at 135 pounds, I dropped him two times, I controlled the whole
fight. I felt good, I felt strong, and that was coming off a year layoff. This
time, I had a great camp, I'm feeling solid, I got a lot of people backing me,
supporting me. This opportunity I'm going to take full advantage of."
"Ryan Garcia is a great fighter but he's yet to be proven.
When I fought in 2017, which is some years ago, I defeated Jose Lopez, who was
Ryan's last opponent. He's getting guys that I already beat. He hasn't really
been put in tough. To me, I really don't see this as a tough fight. He comes
in, he only has one plan, to knock everybody out. When he goes the distance, he
has a tough time, he has no inside game. It's a lot of things that Ryan has to
prove. There's not a lot of things that I have to prove. The first 15, 16
fights when you've signed with an elite promotional company are favored for you
to win. So this opportunity is for Ryan Garcia to show he is who he really says
he is. If he beats me, then you can be sure Ryan Garcia is on to do big things.
But after I beat him, he still has time to grow, he still has time to be a
world champion, but I think he bit off more than he can chew. Come this
weekend, the world will see that Ryan Garcia is over with. Ryan Garcia has a lot
to prove, and he's going to have to prove it because I'm coming to fight. You
better tune in because it's going to be an exciting fight and Ryan Garcia is
done."
FRANCHON CREWS-DEZURN, WBC Super Middleweight World Champion:
"I'm just so excited right now, I feel like a kid in a
candy store. Sept. 14 is long etched in boxing history for the last decade.
That's when some of the best fights take place. To have the opportunity through
Golden Boy to defend the title and to get to present myself to the world as I
see it - as a champion not only in boxing, but in life - is a highlight of my
life. Everyone is talking about how strong and big my opponent is, but my heart
and my intellect is going to be stronger. I fought an undisputed unified
champion and was blessed to hold my own, and with a good training camp and
people in my corner, having then in my behind me, you guys are going to see the
best version of me. I'm not coming to play, I'm coming to slay, I'm coming to
entertain. I make my own outfits, I make my own boxing attire. Get ready for a
show."
ERIK MORALES, Trainer to Jaime Munguia:
"It's an honor to be training the new face of Mexican
boxing. And overall, very satisfying to be training a younger boxer who has a
lot of desire, a lot of motivation, and has the goal set on being one of the
faces of boxing. What we've done is to make sure we utilize what he has and
exploit those abilities in the ring, and this Saturday, you will see
that."
FERNANDO BELTRAN, CEO of Zanfer Promotions:
"I think it's going to be a sensational fight. Sept. 16 is
sensational and I think it's a great, great fight. I think Oscar putting
fighters with other promoters is what boxing is all about. I congratulate Oscar
and I'm very happy to be in this strategic partnership. And, I think Munguia is
the next face of boxing - without a doubt."
OSCAR DE LA HOYA, Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy:
"Sept. 16 has held the biggest boxing events in the history
of the sport. You have to go back to Julio Cesar Chavez, some of my fights,
Canelo, and now, Jaime Munguia and Ryan Garcia and all these fights here. It's
about staging the best event at the best stadium, but there's something about
Saturday night that's going to be fireworks."
"We decided to headline Jaime Munguia, who is a world
champion in his own right, he's a WBO world champion, but we had to put him
with a real tough fighter. A real fighter who's going to come and derail those
plans. That's what boxing's all about - a coin flip. And when we were looking
at his opponent, or the contender, when I talked to Roberto Diaz and Eric
Gomez, they mentioned to me a fighter from Ghana. It instantly reminded me of
Azumah Nelson, Ike Quartey, it reminded me of tough, tough fighters. We
instantly said yes, [Allotey] is the guy because fighters from Ghana - they
come to fight, they have passion."
"We signed [Ryan] in 2016, and he's been developing as a
solid contender, as a fighter we feel can reach the stars. He's trained by a
great trainer in Eddy Reynoso, who is bringing out the best in him. So we feel
very excited to see exactly what is yet to come. He's defeated fighters such as
Carlos Morales, Jayson Velez, Jose Lopez, Braulio Rodriguez, and like I said,
being trained by Eddy Reynoso is going to take him to that next level that
everybody aspires to be at."
"Women's boxing is not on the rise. It's already here. We
at Golden Boy Promotions feel proud that we can showcase these talents and
continue to open the doors for much bigger and better things for women's
boxing."
BERNARD HOPKINS, Golden Boy Partner and Future Hall of Famer:
"I believe the women's match is probably going to really
try to take over this entire card. I'm excited to see that. Everybody here has
the opportunity to show their talents on a high scale. Enjoy the fight. Look at
the talent that's here, there's champions and some wannabe champions.
Understand that this is what boxing is all about - to bring the best, whether
they're starting at a level before they get to the top level or they're already
there."
Munguia vs. Allotey is
a 12-round fight for the WBO Junior Middleweight Championship presented by
Golden Boy in association with Zanfer Promotions. The event is sponsored by
Tecate, "THE
OFFICIAL BEER OF BOXING," Hennessy "Never Stop. Never
Settle," and Orange Crush. The event will take place
Saturday, Sept. 14 at Dignity Health Sports Park and will be streamed live
on DAZN.
Tickets for Munguia vs. Allotey are on sale
and are priced at $200, $100, $50 and $25, plus applicable taxes, fees and
services charges. Tickets can be purchased at goldenboytickets.com, https://www.axs.com/, by
phone at 888-9-AXS-TIX (888-929-7849), and at Dignity Health Sports Park Box
Office (Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. PT to 6 p.m. PT). VIP Suites are
available by calling 877-604-8777. For more information on group discounts or
VIP packages, call 877-234-8425.
For more information, visit www.goldenboypromotions.com
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Promotions Used with permission.
Munguia vs. Allotey takes
place on Saturday, September 14th at Dignity Health Sports Park in
Carson, CA. The card can be seen in the United States and several international
countries on digital sports streaming network DAZN beginning at 7PM ET/4PM PT.
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