Danny Garcia Vs. Robert Guerrero Media Conference Call Transcript
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DANNY GARCIA VS. ROBERT GUERRERO MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT Ray Flores First of all, I want to send a Happy New Year to all the media and everyone that is joining us on the conference call. I'm really excited about Fight Week on FOX in Los Angeles. I could not think of a better way to kick off 2016 than the fight that we have on January 23 at STAPLES Center promoted by TGB Promotions. It is Premier Boxing Champions Live on FOX and FOX Deportes on January 23 from STAPLES Center in downtown Los Angeles. It is Fight Week and you get two fights that week - TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FOX Sports 1 and BOXEO DE CAMPONES is on FOX Deportes. It is on Tuesday, January 18 at the Club Nokia at LA Live. Looking at what we have on January 23, it is just going to be a tremendous matchup between two amazing welterweights and two of boxing's biggest stars as you have Danny "Swift" Garcia and Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero, along with their fathers who are training them -- Angel Garcia and Ruben Guerrero. They're going to be joining us on the call in only moments. I want to let you know tickets are still available. Get them now because we have been doing very well in regards to tickets. When you're talking about the Garcia-Guerrero matchup, make sure to use the hashtag PBC on FOX. Also on the card, we have another sensational welterweight matchup between the Iraq War Veteran Sammy "The Sergeant" Vasquez Jr. against Los Angeles fan-favorite -- a man that endeared himself last year, Aron Martinez. Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes -- also features an outstanding heavyweight bout between 2012 United States Olympian Dominic "Trouble" Breazeale and Amir "Hardcore" Mansour. Fight Week kicks off on Tuesday, January 18, Club Nokia in LA Live. The main event is 2008 United States Olympian and Southern California favorite Javier Molina -- squaring off with undefeated prospect Jamal James. Right now, we are going to welcome in one of our main event fighters. This hasn't been easy for the fighters that have been training around the holidays, but they made the sacrifice anyway and have put themselves in tip-top condition. First of all, we want to bring in, with the record of 31-0 with 18 wins coming by way of knockout, the former kingpin at 140 pounds campaigning and fighting at welterweight for the second time in his career. Looking at his resume, he has victories over Amir Khan, Lucas Matthysse, Zab Judah, Lamont Peterson and Erik Morales. He's a star, he's a rising super star, and he's looking to have a big 2016, which is why he is kicking it off with this. But before we get into this man, I want to bring in one of the promoters for what we're going to be having on January 23 who is going to be promoting the event, from TGB Promotions, let's bring in Brittany Goossen Brown. Brittany Goossen Brown Hello. I'm speaking on behalf of my father, Tom Brown, who's actually in a meeting at the moment. But on behalf of all of TGB Promotions, we are really excited to be returning to STAPLES Center and partnering with FOX for another great event. On this call today, we have two of boxing biggest stars, Danny "Swift" Garcia and Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero. They'll be answering your questions in a minute. Along with them, on this card we have a welterweight showdown between undefeated Sammy Vasquez and LA's Aron Martinez. Tickets do start at $25. They're available at AXS.com. And the first televised bout will be at 4:00 pm on FOX. This Fight Week on Fox in LA kicks off with TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS, which will be at Club Nokia at LA Live on the 19th. Those tickets also start at $25 and are also available at AXS.com. Doors open for that at 5:00 pm, the first televised bout at 7:00 pm. It's really going to be an action-packed week of boxing and we are very proud to be a part of it. R. Flores Premier Boxing Champions couldn't visualize a better partner than what we have with those at FOX. They have been tremendous and the shows on Fox Sports 1 have been terrific. FOX is known for having big events; the NFL, Super Bowls and big NASCAR events. Now we have Premier Boxing Champions on January 23. It gives me great honor and pleasure to introduce John Stouffer of FOX. John Stouffer On behalf of everyone at FOX, FOX Sports and FOX Deportes, we're excited for the return of boxing to the FOX Broadcast Network after almost 20 years. We're thrilled to be working with the PBC to bring the highest level of boxing back to the masses on Saturday, January 23, free on FOX and in Spanish on FOX Deportes. This will be a tremendous conclusion to a thrilling week of boxing here in LA, kicking off with the great action on FS1 and Fox Deportes. We wish all the boxers the best of luck and can't wait for Fight Week. R. Flores I completely agree with the sentiments of John. We mentioned as well, Premier Boxing Champions is about putting boxing back on free TV. And these fights that we have on January 23 and January 19 are sure to capture the imagination of the public. All right, let's get back to business in regards to one of our main event fighters. As I mentioned, wins over Amir Khan, Lucas Matthysse, Zab Judah, Lamont Peterson and Erik Morales. Fighting out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with an exciting style, and man-oh-man, he has vowed to put on a terrific 2016. Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome the former world champion. He is joined alongside by his father, Angel Garcia. Here is Danny "Swift" Garcia. Danny Garcia Thank you guys for having me on, I appreciate it. I want to say good afternoon everybody and thank you for having me on this conference call. I'm very excited to be showcasing my skills January 23 at STAPLES Center live on FOX. I think it's a great opportunity for the fighters to showcase their skills in a new audience. I want to thank FOX and I want to thank all my fans all around the world for making this happen. Team Danny Garcia is training hard and we're focused, we're mentally prepared and we're ready for January 23 and we can't wait. Q Danny can you talk about training camp and balancing that with the holiday season? D. Garcia I've done this before. I've trained on the holidays before throughout my career. It's nothing new. Once I got the fight date in my head, it's kind of like there are no holidays for me. So it wasn't hard for me to stay focused. I trained just like any training camp. And me and my dad, we train hard every day. "The holiday is no holiday" is kind of a saying to us. Q What are the goals for you this year? And what do you think this fight can do for your future at 147? D. Garcia I think it's a great fight, I think it's a great fight for the fans. Two fighters who like to fight. So I think this is going to be an interesting fight and a great matchup. This is just another fight to prepare myself for a fight for a world title. So I'm ready right now. Every fight in my career that's going on now is going to be a big fight for me. Q 12 months from now, where do you see yourself? D. Garcia I want to remain undefeated and hopefully be a champion if the opportunity comes up. We're just taking it one fight at a time for right now and that's how I did my whole career and that's how I'm going to keep doing it Q When you're in a fight, does that ever come across your mind when taking a risk or being a little more aggressive? Does that like weigh on you like don't be too aggressive to risk something like that? D. Garcia No, not at all. I'm a fighter who takes risks all the time. I want to entertain the crowd. I have the ability to play it safe if I want too, but it depends on how I feel that day. But everybody knows that Danny Garcia likes to take risks. When I'm in a fight, I'm just playing round by round; I'm not really worrying about a record or things like that. Q How does your body feel with moving up in the weight? You saw the power in your last fight. Do you feel like there's anything different going from 140 to 147? D. Garcia To be honest with you, I feel a lot better. I'm happier now. When I fought at 140, I was always mean while trying to cut weight. I was never in a good mood. I think that's why a lot of times I would go in there and just fight. But now I'm able to think more; I'm able to be a lot smarter.