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Garcia vs. Tagoe Media Workout Quotes
Fighters featured on the DAZN broadcast on April 9th,
treated San Antonio boxing fans to a show as they each
showed off their boxing skills during their media workout
today. The event was streamed live on YouTube, hosted by
Golden Boy Fight Night's Beto Duran. Fighters featured at
today's event included the main event, Ryan Garcia (21-0,
18KOs) of Victorville, CA, who makes his grand return to the
ring in a 12-round lightweight battle against the top-rated
Emmanuel “The Gameboy” Tagoe (32-1, 15KOs) of Accra, Ghana.
Also in attendance, the co-main event of the night, “King”
Gabriel Rosado (26-14-1, 15 KOs) of Philadelphia, PA, and
Shane Mosley Jr. (17-4, 10 KOs) of Pomona, CA, will face
each other in a 10-round fight for the WBA Continental
Americas Super Middleweight title. Houston’s Marlen Esparza
(11-1, 1 KOs) and Tokyo’s Naoko Fujioka (19-2-1, 17 KOs)
were on site to promote their 10-round fight for three world
titles, the inaugural Ring Magazine Flyweight World
Championship, the first-ever in the women’s flyweight
division, and the WBC and WBA Flyweight World Championships.
Also, Azat Hovhannisyan (20-3, 16 KOs) of Los Angeles, CA,
was also onsite to talk about his upcoming fight against
Dagoberto Aguero (15-1, 10 KOs) of San Cristobal, Dominican
Republic, in a 10-round featherweight battle as the opening
DAZN fight of the night, live from San Antonio's Alamodome
on April 9th. The DAZN live stream will begin at 6:00 p.m.
PT / 8:00 p.m. CT / 9:00 p.m. ET.
RYAN GARCIA, UNDEFEATED LIGHTWEIGHT CONTENDER:
“Boxing is part of me. I have been doing this since I was
seven years old and I am good at it. I know that I still
have a lot left to give to the sport. I feel pretty safe in
the ring. I am not taking a beating. Even in sparring I
don’t feel like I am getting hit with a lot of shots. And
fortunately, I am healthy enough to continue to fight at a
high level and give fans some amazing fights. I feel great
and I am going to make every day count.
“I miss everything about boxing: the competition, the
contact, destroying someone. Seeing the shot; knowing where
it is going to land; knowing that the timing is just
perfect. I just love to fight and just be better than the
person in front of me.
“Tagoe is a veteran, he is going to try his best to keep me
off of him, to survive. His goal, I think, is to not get
knocked out. I know he has been saying that facing me will
be easy. But I can say one thing, my job is to not make his
life easy in that ring. Fans should be ready to see me give
this fight everything I got. If he can take a shot, it will
be a good fight. If he can’t, he will be out of there very
quick.
“This is going to be an exciting fight from me. You can
expect timing and explosion. I don’t look to toss someone
around for a couple of rounds. If I land a good one, you can
expect that I am going to be looking to take someone out.”
EMMANUEL “THE GAMEBOY” TAGOE, LIGHTWEIGHT CONTENDER:
“I think I have the tools to knockout Ryan on Saturday. This
fight is an opportunity for me to showcase myself.
“I came here to knock out Ryan Garcia. I think he’s good but
he’s not my size. I can’t wait for Saturday. I’m going to
show everyone.
“Training camp was good and I’m happy with this fight.
Everyone is going to like this fight. I come to win with a
knockout or no knockout. I waited for this opportunity. To
all of Garcia’s fans watch out for Saturday.”
“KING” GABRIEL ROSADO, WBA CONTINENTAL AMERICAS SUPER
MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION:
“I’m excited to get back in the ring and do my thing. Yeah I
got to be part of his father’s training camp when he went
against margarito. But at the end of the day it's business,
we’re in the hurt business. This is what we do. We’re going
to do our thing and I’m going for the knockout. It’s just
perseverance. Not listening to what people have to say.”
SHANE MOSLEY JR, SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTENDER:
“It’s great to have all these eyes on me. I’m happy to be on
this card. Being the co-main event is great. Me and Ryan
used to see each other in the amateurs. I can’t wait to get
in the ring with Gave Rosado. I’m definitely going to show
everyone what I’m made of. I'm really focused.”
MARLEN ESPARZA, WBC FLYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION:
“It’s amazing. Being like 3 hours from my home. I prepared
like I usually do. I was already excited to get the ring
with another champion. When it was brought to my attention
that it was possible with the ring belt it really solidified
what I’ve always wanted to do. I’m going to put on a show,
it’s going to be a good night.”
NAOKO FUJIOKA, WBA FLYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION:
“I’m so excited for this fight. It doesn’t matter to me that
I’m in her hometown. I wanted to get a bigger name. I am
here to represent Japan.”
AZAT HOVHANNISYAN, FEATHERWEIGHT CONTENDER:
“Yes I was with Robert Garcia before. I learned a lot of
good things from him. I feel good, I’m calm. I want to fight
anyone at 122. I’m ready for any fighter.”
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