BT:  We're here with the head man of Warriors boxing, Mr. Leon Margules.  Leon, congratulations on Sultan's performance.  Can you give me your feelings and your assessment on his performance? "Javier came at him and Sultan had no choice, but to stop him.  Sultan to me is the best puncher, or boxer in the division.  Any heavyweight brave enough to come at him, that's what's going to happen."

BT:  Pretty strong words.  Tonight was supposed to have been a championship fight, unfortunately Mr. Briggs became ill.  Do you think what Sultan did tonight to Mora was a possible preview of what he'll do to Shannon, when they get in he ring together?

LM:  I honestly believe he'll knock out Shannon Briggs, yes.  But Shannon has to be cleared medically first. The WBO gave him 45 days, so he has until April 1st to be ready to go.  At that point we'll have to see, when he's cleared medically, when we can reschedule the fight. 

BT:  You had a good showing at the Garden, Sultan's fought in New York before. Would that fight with Shannon happen here in New York?

LM:   It's up to a lot of things.  It's up to HBO.  It's up to New York.  It's up to Showtime if they're interested, it's the overall deal.  I'd like to keep the fight in the United States, if I have to take it overseas I will.

BT:  Do you think Sultan's performance warranted HBO paying attention?

LM:  I think Sultan's performance warranted any of the networks to pay attention.  If you're watching the heavyweight division, you just don't see another heavyweight putting his punches together like that.

BT:  Sultan, he's not one of the bigger heavyweight out there.

LM:  He's one of the bigger punchers.

BT:  Do people actually underestimate his power because of his size?

LM:  I don't know if they underestimate his power, they just think they're bigger than him, so they're not intimidated by him, but he can punch.

BT:  That was the first time Mora's been stopped, I understand.

LM:  The first time, I think, he's been down or stopped.

BT:  Were you surprised by how easily Sultan took him out?

LM:  I was, but I knew something like that might happen if he came at him like that.

BT:  You also have a big fight coming up in Florida.  Can you tell us about that?

LM: Yeah,Caballero's fighting at the Hard Rock on Saturday night. The famous WBA super bantamweight title against Ricardo Castillo.

BT:  Edison Miranda, give us your thoughts on him.

LM:  We're getting close to making the Kelley Pavlik fight, but the fight he really wants is Jermaine Taylor.  We'll see what happens.

BT:  In your thoughts, why has that fight been elusive?

LM:  I don't know if Jermaine Taylor wants to fight Edison.  That's what I think, but we'll find out.

BT:  Is there anything else you'd like to let us know about Boris' upcoming boxing?

LM:  Boris is having a good year, a good start.  We have good relationships, our relationship with Golden Boy.  Sampson Lewkowicz has been a tremendous help.  Everybody around us has been helping us out.  We're on a roll right now and hopefully we'll keep it up.

BT:  Thank you for your time.

M

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