Barry Richardson, Trainer of Antonio T-Rex Davis:"I thank you for the opportunity; Joan is a good man and a good champion. Being a good man is an important thing. It’s even more important than being a good champion. Because after Monday night he won’t be a world champion,"
“There was a boy who is looking for a bird to capture and was too busy looking for the bird that he was eaten by a tiger”
World Title Challenger, Antonio T-Rex Davis:
"I thank Mr. Guzman for the opportunity. Estoy Listo! (I'm ready to go),
WBO Super Featherweight Champion Joan Guzman:
“I’m not looking at Pacquiao or Barrera I am looking at you! Pacquiao later! (English directed to Barry Richardson)
"I always dreamed of putting on this type of show in the Dominican Republic. I always dreamed and wished and now it’s a reality”
"Seeing all this press for a Dominican boxing show was un-heard of before. I thank you all for being here" Joan Guzman
“My belt is not going anywhere I am doing great. I feel great. Look at me; I’m at my fight weight and the fights on Monday. I’m calm, I’m relaxed and I am just waiting for Monday”
“I spent a month in a half in training camp out in Las Vegas; I’m not taking him lightly. I have trained for Davis like I would for Pacquiao or anyone else”
“To my Dominicans and all my fans out there you know I come to win and I always have. On Monday Christmas will come early for us. On this day we will celebrate”
Notes:
A deal was made by Jay Boxing Promotions late Friday night by Jose Nunes and Lic. Marcos A Jorge Executive Vice president of the popular Spanish language cable network, Supercanal Caribe, to televise the main event portion of the fight card. Supercanal will begin broadcasting at 10:00pm eastern time. Supercanal is available to Cablevision subscribers who own the I-O digital plan.
Weigh In for Monday December 18th world championship fight card will be at 1:00pm, Caribbean Time (1 hour ahead of Eastern Time)
Bout Sheet:
Joan Guzman 23-0 vs. Antonio Davis 22-2 WBO World Title Bout
Hector Julio Avila Santo Domingo, DR 38-2 vs Santos Martinez, Nicaragua 12-4-3 Euri Gonzalez, Santo Domingo DR vs Jaime Barboza, Costa Rica 9-1 Giovanni Lorenzo, Santo Domingo 21-0 vs Jordan Sanchez, Costa Rica 13-6 Algenis Mendez (pro debut) vs. Jose Fonseca, Nicaragua 1-1-1 Ramon Duran, Constanza, Dominican Republic vs. Orlando Escobar, México 8-1 Jose Amaro Guzman (pro debut) vs Elvin Perez, Nicaragua 1-0 Juan Jose Cabrera, Dominican Republic 7-0 vs. Julio González Luz, México 7-3 Victor Manuel Cayo, Dominican Republic 5-0 vs. Francisco Rios, México 7-4
Joe Cortez will be referee for main event
The always classy Jimmy Lennon Jr. will be the ring announcer
Location of the bout will be the Juan Pablo Duarte Centro Olimpico
Joan Guzman’s younger brother is Jose Amaro Guzman
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