ERICKSON LUBIN VS. JEISON ROSARIO AND JULIAN WILLIAMS VS. BRIAN MENDOZA VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

ERICKSON LUBIN VS. JEISON ROSARIO AND JULIAN WILLIAMS VS. BRIAN MENDOZA VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

Fighters Preview Upcoming Showdowns on Gervonta Davis vs. Mario Barrios SHOWTIME PPV® Undercard Saturday, June 26 from State Farm Area in Atlanta

ATLANTA (June 17, 2021) – High contender Erickson “Hammer” Lubin and former unified champion Jeison Rosario, plus former unified champion Julian “J-Rock” Williams and Brian Mendoza previewed their respective showdowns throughout a digital press convention Thursday earlier than they enter the ring on the Gervonta Davis vs. Mario Barrios SHOWTIME PPV undercard Saturday, June 26 from the award-winning State Farm Area in Atlanta in an occasion introduced by Premier Boxing Champions.

Lubin and Rosario will meet in a WBC Tremendous Welterweight Title Eliminator within the co-main occasion, whereas Williams and Mendoza sq. off for a 10-round tremendous welterweight showdown on the pay-per-view telecast. The telecast additionally options hard-hitting Olympian Batyr Akhmedov stepping in in opposition to former world champion Argenis Mendez within the opening bout at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.

Tickets for the reside occasion at State Farm Area, which is promoted by Mayweather Promotions, GTD Promotions and TGB Promotions, are on sale now and might be bought at ticketmaster.com.

Here’s what the press convention members needed to say Thursday:

ERICKSON LUBIN

“This has been the most effective camp of my life. I do know it sounds cliché, nevertheless it actually has been. I’ve been within the fitness center since my final battle. I made just a few errors in that battle, however Kevin Cunningham and I’ve been at it since final yr and we’re coming to make a press release.

“This can be a stacked card and we’re excited to be part of it. I’m prepared to indicate everybody that I’m the most effective fighter on this division.

“That is going to be a fan-friendly battle. I can combine it up, field or bang. Rosario at all times comes ahead. The followers are going to find it irresistible. I’m not the fighter who tries to search out a straightforward manner out. I’m trying to make a press release.

“I believe that I’m a completely completely different fighter than once I skilled together with his coach, Herman Caicedo. Me and Kevin have labored on plenty of issues that common southpaws don’t have. I’m coming in with a recreation plan that’s like a jigsaw puzzle. I believe that is the improper battle for Rosario to take coming off a knockout loss.

“This battle comes right down to who needs it extra and who ready higher. I’ve energy too. He’s received to have the abilities and have his thoughts there. I do know I’m prepared mentally. I can’t wait to battle.

“I gained plenty of expertise preventing Nathaniel Gallimore and Terrell Gausha. These are high contenders. I don’t need any tune-up fights, that’s why I took this battle in opposition to Rosario. I gained plenty of confidence and all the pieces is clicking for me proper now.

“After I change into world champion, I would like to have the ability to say that I’ve beat all the highest guys within the division. That’s simply how I’m. I’m a competitor. Be sure you tune-in on June 26.

“It doesn’t matter if I knock Rosario out or if I don’t. My job is to look good and are available out victorious. I’m going to go in there and present the world that I could make anybody on this division look unhealthy.”

JEISON ROSARIO

“I really feel very wholesome and really sturdy. It’s been an amazing camp thus far and possibly top-of-the-line camps I’ve had in my profession. I’m already on the weight and I’m able to go. The Jermell Charlo battle is the previous. That’s over with. This can be a new camp and I really feel very sturdy. We’re transferring ahead.

“I modified trainers simply because I used to be searching for a change. Not essentially as a result of I misplaced, however as a result of it was simply the correct timing. Sadly, it got here with a loss, however that was not the rationale for the change. We’ve recognized one another for a while. I do know Herman Caicedo’s fashion. It’s no nonsense. No excuses. It’s all or nothing and that’s what I needed transferring ahead.

“Firstly, I’ve the ability to knockout Lubin and anyone within the 154-pound division. The camp that I’ve had, and the little tidbits of southpaw information that I’ve picked up on, make me assured that I can knock Lubin out.

“What occurred within the Charlo battle was the fluke. Me profitable the titles was not the fluke. I’m going to indicate everyone that I’ll bounce again from that loss and win my subsequent battle. I’ve no drawback taking this battle. It’s not a mistake in any respect. That is what we do. We battle. I’m very excited for June 26 and I count on Lubin to deliver his greatest.

“I truly watched the Charlo battle for the primary time final evening. Clearly, I realized from my mistake and labored to right it on this camp. I’m trying ahead to exhibiting what I’ve realized from that defeat on June 26.

“At 154 kilos, I can knock anyone out. I’ve seen a few of Lubin’s fights simply as a fan and he is a superb fighter. It’s not straightforward to land pictures on him or land a house run shot. In order that’s not the sport plan. Clearly, there’s a recreation plan and if I do land on him, I really feel that I can knock him out. However I gained’t simply go in there attempting to land a shot on the chin.

“I’m the sort to make the most of a possibility when it presents itself. That is one other alternative to get proper again within the image and battle for a title, so it’s important to take this. Not everyone would. Erickson did and I’m lower from the identical fabric. It’s the chance and the pleasure of preventing the most effective.”

JULIAN WILLIAMS

“Camp goes very well. I’ve been out in Las Vegas with SugarHill Steward grinding and placing within the work. The followers can count on an explosive efficiency and a victory for myself on June 26.

“I simply need to be myself on June 26. I believe I’m extra expert than anybody else within the division and I plan on proving that once more in opposition to Brian Mendoza.

“I’ve recognized who Brian Mendoza is. I count on him to get beat. He’s an honest fighter, however victory is the one factor on my thoughts.

“I don’t need to discuss what occurred earlier than the Rosario battle as a result of it’s up to now. I don’t need to make any excuses. It wasn’t that I didn’t focus or practice arduous. Proper now, I’ve had an amazing camp and I’m ready to win.

“With me, you’re at all times going to see a hungry and centered fighter within the ring. I don’t know if I’ll look a lot completely different. I believe with a brand new coach it takes a while for the modifications to start out setting in.

“I went by a four-week coaching camp earlier than my battle in December was cancelled as a result of I received COVID-19. It was virtually a full camp and it positively saved me motivated going into this subsequent coaching camp for this battle.

“I’m the most effective fighter within the division. I simply misplaced, that’s all. LeBron James and Michael Jordan had unhealthy nights, I can have a foul evening too. I’m nonetheless the most effective within the division and I’m anxious to get again within the ring.”

BRIAN MENDOZA

“Coaching camp has been going nice. I’m out right here in Las Vegas, too. I’ve simply been grinding. This can be a very huge alternative for me and I plan to take full benefit of it. Everyone can count on 100% and all the pieces I’ve in me.

“It’s not about trying again on the one blemish on my document and crying about what occurred up to now. There’s at all times 1,000,000 excuses behind the scenes, however it’s what it’s. I realized from that loss and also you guys have seen the change in my performances since that battle and the way I used to be extra snug at 154 kilos in my subsequent battle. I really feel like this subsequent battle will pull out much more from me. You guys will see one other huge soar in my talent degree on June 26.

“I do really feel that I’ve all the pieces to realize on this battle and nothing to lose. I hold telling individuals on battle evening that you simply’re not going to see someone that’s simply blissful to be right here and blissful to get up to now. I’ve huge objectives and that is the proper battle. So that you’re going to see me coming with all the pieces I’ve and coming for the victory. I’ve all the pieces to realize.

“I really feel like I’m catching Julian Williams on the proper time due to the place I’m in my profession. It’s about me. That is the correct time. I’m 27-years-old and I’ve been a professional for a few years now. I simply really feel just like the education that I’ve had is absolutely beginning to come out and I’m hitting that subsequent degree. I’m not nervous about what’s occurring with Williams. I do know he’s nonetheless coming with all the pieces he has to show that he nonetheless has it and that he’s nonetheless within the combine.

“Lots of people get up to now and so they get an enormous battle like this and so they assume they’ve made it. They get blissful simply to be right here, however you gained’t see that in any respect with me. I’ve at all times visualized being on the high of this sport and climbing to the very high. I’m taking full benefit of this chance and also you’re going to see someone very hungry on June 26.”

LEONARD ELLERBE, CEO of Mayweather Promotions

“This can be a actually terrific card from high to backside. Julian Williams is one in all my favourite fighters. He’s a former unified champion who’s going to tackle the powerful Brian Mendoza. Williams is trying to make an enormous assertion that he’s nonetheless a pressure and that he’s able to get again within the combine with the opposite high 154-pounders.

“The co-main occasion could possibly be a major occasion by itself. With Lubin and Rosario, we’re actually excited to see who will emerge from that battle able to problem for a world title as soon as once more. We are able to’t watch for June 26.”

COMMENTS

COMMENTS