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QUOTES FROM FINAL WILLIAMS VS. VOLNY PRESS CONFERENCE IN ORLANDO

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EDDIE HEARN

“Saturday will be a great night of boxing. It’s a really great card stacked with talent. The Caribe Royale is one of the premier venues for boxing. It’s a wonderful arena, and we have a great setup with the hotel. They’re doing a fantastic job with the sport.”

AUSTIN WILLIAMS

“I’ve seen my highest of highs and lowest of lows and I’m inspired by the people on this card. To have Omari next to me, an Olympian, shows that this is where I’m supposed to be. The caliber of what I’m going to bring is greatness and not just for myself, but the people helping me along. Eddie came along and saw that I was more fit for the professional ranks and my journey has not been textbook. We have been figuring this out all along.

“You’ll see what a true professional champion really is by the way he speaks, the way he walks and the way he can connect with people. There is no disconnection between a world champion and the people. I could walk amongst people just like anyone else and I’m not better than anyone up here. I have taken sacrifices and I have the platform to help the world.

“I love that my career is a slow burn and we aren’t starting out on the biggest stage. The Ammo show is not one in done, and this is something that is growing to grow myself, DAZN, Matchroom boxing and show that human beings coming together can change the world.”

PATRICE VOLNY

“It’s going to be a great fight, a big fight. Ammo is a top fighter, a good fighter. But I’ve been in the game a long time, and I’ve been on the road for a long time. I’m here to fight; that’s what I love and I know for sure that we’re going to have a super fight Saturday.

“My team called to say, ‘Do you want to fight Ammo?’ I said yes right away. I know he would never say no. That’s what we do. I’m not here to just fight a regular fight. At one point, I want to build into the top. If I make it, I make it. If I don’t, but now we’re here, and we know the game. But I was 100% in, and I think it’s going to be an amazing fight.”

OMARI JONES

“I’ve been ready, it’s been seven months since the Olympic games so I’ve been ready for this moment. It’s a difference between the amateur and professional ranks, but I’ve been fighting top guys for the past 3-4 years so this isn’t anything that I haven’t seen before. I’m going to use all my speed, my skills, and my talent to put on a good performance for all the people in my city, Orlando, Florida.

“When me and Eddie talked in Philadelphia, fighting in Orlando was part of the plan. I know I was supposed to make my splash in January or February, but this is well worth the wait. Coming to my city and performing for the kids in the crowd watching. I’m here to continue inspiring the youth because if they see that I can do it then I believe it inspires them to chase their own dreams as well.”

ALESSIO MASTRONUNZIO

“For this match I am ready because I think professional boxing and amateur boxing is a different sport and I’m ready for this. Yes, I know. I’m ready. I think I look my weight, and I’m ready for Saturday.”

EDGAR BERLANGA

“I’m back after a big mega-fight with Canelo. We’re looking to go out there and shine like a star this Saturday and go out there and perform, look good. I’m fighting against another Puerto Rican, so I know he’s coming with his best. I know he’s going to give it his all.

“I'm locked in right now. This is a small show for me. I just have to go out there and shine like a star, go out there and handle business. Perform like a superstar and get those big fights. I’m not overlooking this man; he's coming to win. He’s Puerto Rican, and he has that Puerto Rican blood in him. So, I know he’s coming to fight. I know he’s not going to run around the ring trying to survive. He’s gonna go out there and try to prove a point. So, I just wanted everybody to know that it’s going to be a bloodbath.

“Obviously, I went 12 rounds, toe-to-toe with Canelo. No running, no grabbing, no holding, no nothing. I stood right in his face and we went at it for 12 rounds. So I’m looking for the same outcome or something different on Saturday because we’re winning, and we’re living good.”

JONATHAN GONZALEZ-ORTIZ

“This is a great opportunity for my career. It’s been six or seven weeks of sacrifice and if people believed it’s just a stepping stone, that’s boxing, and that’s the way it is. But it’s about showing what we can do on this Saturday.

“I’m about to make up for some lost time in boxing. I still feel good and my team believes in me as well. This is a good fight for Puerto Rico. Two good-looking warriors that we are going to see get into the ring on Saturday.”

JAMAINE ORTIZ

“For Saturday night, I'm honored to be here on this platform and doing what I love, doing what I do best, and I'm just looking to dominate every time I get into that ring. It's a moment of survival for me and I'm looking to show exactly who I am and be back on that path for a World title.

“This is an entertainment industry. But nonetheless, I will not stray away from my experience in boxing. At the end of the day, I’m coming out with the victory, and I'll do that by any means necessary, by dominating and entertaining, which is something that I think would draw more attention and get the bigger fights as well.”

YOMAR ALAMO

“I think Jamaine knows the fighter he’s going to be facing Saturday night. We’ve made adjustments for this fight, but we’re really completely sure in our preparation and the way we've worked hard towards this fight that this title will be going back to Puerto Rico on Saturday night.“

JOSE ROMAN

“Yes, first I want to say we’re really well prepared [and] we’re really on weight. We got a taste of the fire last time, so we know what's coming. We’ve worked really hard and we’re confident in our work and we believe history will be repeated on Saturday, and I will get the win.”

JALIL HACKETT

“Hell yeah. I lost a dog fight. If you watch the fight, it could have gone either way. After sitting back and watching the fight, it’s a lot of things I could have taken advantage of and I didn’t. So this go-round, we will take advantage of those things I didn’t take advantage of and will make it a much more dominant performance. Come Saturday, they’ll be saying, ‘Ella Nueve’.

“I have a good team, but I’ve been the aggressive one. I didn’t come in here to sugarcoat. If you could fight, we’re going to find out sooner than later. We’re not going to put you in there with 20 bum fighters, and they stick you in there with a real fighter when you get messed up. Then you’re trying to figure out why you got messed up - it’s because you never fought nobody.

”This is win or go home. We win here, it’s back to the drawing board, and we’re looking at what’s next. It’s really like you put yourself in a bad spot to a worse spot. Winning is the number one priority. We’re not looking past him. We’re not worried about who he’s fighting after him. We’re worried about Saturday. Saturday is the most important fight of my life ever. That’s the main focus right now.”

PABLO VAZQUEZ

“Yes, I want to fight again in Matchroom, hopefully at [Madison Square] Garden hopefully I sell out. That’s what I’m looking forward to. I got Richardson that came out. I appreciate that. That’s my guy. He’s been with me for seven years. We started training when I came home; he gave me a lot of sparks. Every day, he used to give me work, and I’m proud of him.”




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