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MAURICE HOOKER & CLARESSA SHEILDS MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES PhilBoxing.com Wed, 16 Nov 2016  KOVALEV-WARD "POUND FOR POUND" SET FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 AT T-MOBILE ARENA IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Las Vegas, NV (November 15, 2016) ? NABO Junior Welterweight Champion Maurice ?Mighty Mo? Hooker (21-0-2, 16 KOs) and Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa ?T-Rex? Shields participated in a media workout in Las Vegas, NV on Monday, Nov. 14, ahead of their undercard appearances on Kovalev-Ward ?Pound For Pound? taking place Saturday, Nov. 19 at T-Mobile Arena. Shields, who will be making her professional debut against American rival Franchon Crews, will be featured on the freeview telecast beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. PT on the Pay-Per-View events channel prior to the official telecast, and through livestreaming on HBO Boxing?s YouTube channel. Hooker, who will be defending his NABO title against veteran Darleys Perez (33-2-1, 21 KOs), will be featured during the televised undercard leading up to the main event on HBO Pay-Per-View? beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. Both fighters put on a display of mitt work, heavy bag, speed bag and shadow boxing for the media in attendance. Below is what the rising stars had to say during the media workout: Maurice Hooker, NABO Junior Welterweight Champion: ?Kovalev-Ward is a special event. I?m going to do what I do best and hopefully, steal the crowd. The crowd is going to love me?they love knockouts, and that is what I am ready to give them. ?Aaron Pryor is one of the best. He brought a lot of knockouts. He was a great fighter whom a lot of people dodged. Like him, I?m coming into this fight with people dodging me. They are afraid because they don?t know what I can do. This fight means a lot?an opportunity to show them who I am. I am going to bring the knockout just like ?The Hawk? would.? ?I want to stay busy. I want to fight Ricky Burns and Eduard Troyanovsky and win ?em belts. Shout out to my big bro Terrance Crawford. He?s doing his thing. Hopefully, he gets a fight with Pacquiao, move up and let me take over. ?My prediction for Saturday is a knockout. I love knockouts. I am always going for the knockout. With every punch that I throw, even the jab, I am going to try to take Darleys Perez?s head off.? Claressa Shields, Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist: ?I?ll have been in camp for seven weeks. I?m excited. I?m ready to take on this new task of being a professional fighter and ultimately, winning a belt. ?When deciding to go pro, I thought about my legacy?I didn?t want to disappear for four years, and win another gold medal but have people not know my name or what I look like or how I box. ?Expect to see a really good fight, a very skilled fight from me, this Saturday. The world is going to see a level of boxing that no woman boxer has ever showed before. I?m a smart fighter. I?m an entertaining fighter. I throw everything well and have great combinations. ?Franchon Crews and I have sparred and boxed before in huge tournaments. She?s coming into this fight fully prepared and I?ve been training for a KO. In the amateurs, my overall record was 77-1 but I?ve never KO?d anyone. Now, we have smaller gloves, no headgear and I?m way stronger than I?ve ever been. This is a different kind of pro debut. This should actually be a World Championship fight between me and Franchon Crews but somehow, she took it for a pro debut. ?I love boxing. That?s why I commit my time and body. I look forward to fighting in front of all the fight fans. I have friends, family, fans from all over flying into Vegas just to see me fight, so hopefully I can pack the house before the main event.? Follow Maurice ?Mighty Mo? Hooker on Twitter @mightymohooker, Instagram @mauricemightymohooker and Facebook: www.facebook.com/mauricemightymohooker/. Follow Claressa Shields on Twitter @ClaressaShields, Instagram @ClaressaShields, and Facebook: www.facebook.com/claressa.shields.7. Kovalev vs. Ward ?Pound For Pound?, a 12-round mega-fight for the WBO/IBF/WBA light heavyweight title at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, is presented by Main Events, Roc Nation Sports, Krusher Promotions and Andre Ward Promotions and is sponsored by the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Corona Extra, Zappos and JetLux. The championship event will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View? beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. Tickets are available on axs.com and the T-Mobile Arena box office.  |
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