HBO Boxing After Dark - Report, News, Notes, Quotes & more...
By SecondsOut, special to Doghouse Boxing (Aug 23, 2012) Doghouse Boxing
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By SecondsOut.com on Doghouse Boxing. By Marc Livitz.
In ten days’ time, the Turning Stone Casino Resort
in upstate New York will host an HBO “Boxing After Dark” card which has
action and rough play written all over it. The city of Verona, N.Y. sits
in the heart of the Oneida Nation and all is now set for a surefire
night of excitement when undefeated middleweight Gennady Golovkin
(23(20)-0) of Kazakhstan meets Grzegorg Proksa (28(21)-1) of Poland in
the evening’s main event. The top ten rated Golovkin will make his debut
on American soil. Equally entertaining should be the co-main event,
which will showcase the talents of young Puerto Rican Jonathan Gonzalez
and Serhiy Dzinziruk of the Ukraine in a light middleweight contest
which is scheduled for ten rounds. Earlier this afternoon, the fighters
and their respective trainers as well as the promoters involved (Arthur
Pellulo of Banner Promotions, Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions, Leon
Margules of Warriors Boxing and Javier Bustillo of Universal Promotions)
took part in a brief international conference call to discuss the
upcoming bouts which are to take place on the first of September.
Mr. Pellulo was the initial speaker of the afternoon. He took a
moment to stress his overall satisfaction with the events to come as
well as the ability for various promotional companies to effectively see
eye to eye.
“First off, I’d like to say thank you to Warriors Boxing and K2. This
shows that promoters can cooperate with each other. We have a great
opening bout , which is of course Gonzalez vs. Dzinziruk. I’m not sure
that the fight will go for the full twelve rounds, but it should be
great. I also know that American audiences have been waiting to see
Gennady Golovkin. This will be a great evening for boxing and HBO.”
Shortly thereafter, Mr. Loeffler added his thoughts to the
conversation. “We know that both fighters are big punchers and this will
be a great middleweight fight. September will surely be a great month
for boxing”, said the Managing Director of K2 Promotions.
The undefeated light middleweight prospect from the island nation of
Puerto Rico, Jonathan Gonzalez informed all listening parties that he is
fit and ready to go for September 1st. With the assistance of an
interpreter, Gonzalez said, “I’m very thankful to the promoters and to
HBO for their trust in me and for getting this very important fight in
my career. I only have one plan and that’s to go and take the pain to my
opponent. I’ll fight my same style regardless of what he (Dzinziruk)
brings to the ring”.
His opponent, Serhiy Dzinziruk has been inactive since March 2011. In
his last bout he suffered an eighth round knockout loss to Sergio
Martinez at the Foxwoods Resort in Connecticutm.
The two competitors from the main event then took to the phone.
Although their grasp of English was somewhat limited, they each were
able to get their messages across to those on the line.
Gennady Golovkin was a fighter of few words when he was asked how he
felt about the chance to finally fight in the United States and reach a
nationwide audience on HBO.
“This is my first fight in America and I’ll be on HBO. I’m happy now.”
Golovkin is trained by Abel Sanchez in Big Bear Lake, California. Mr.
Sanchez holds an impressive resume of preparing fighters in the past,
such as Terry Norris, Carlos Baldomir, Samuel Peter and Yori Boy Campas.
Even after so many great fighters had graced his gym, Abel knew that
Gennady was a special talent.
“I’ve had the pleasure of working with a lot of great fighters, but
this one is by far the best. I think the 300 plus amateur fights to his
credit have helped make him such a serene fighter. He possesses power
in each hand. He needed to understand what his plusses were. He used to
sit back and wait to counterpunch. He understands that he needs to be
the aggressor. He needs to make the fight in order make the public want
to see him again.”
Grzegorz Proksa spoke of the respect he hold for his Kazakhstani
opponent. Said Proksa, “It will be a tough fight. I respect my opponent,
but I will be ready. He’s one of the toughest I have faced.”
This article provided by SecondsOut.com to Doghouse Boxing.
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