Joe Deguardia Quotes


You won't hear any excuses from Antonio about having to lose the weight like Roy did. Antonio is a professional and he knows what he has to do. He will be on the mark. He's going to have to work to get down but it is not anything that he is unaccustomed to. When we were talking about making this fight I said to him, 'Are you sure you want to work this hard and come down to 175?' and he said he wants the biggest out there and that Hopkins was the biggest one out there. - Joe DeGuardia


Unlike most promotions, what makes this fight so compelling is these two guys hate each other. That's what makes it so difficult to get them in the same city, let alone the same building on the same day. Unfortunately, their hatred is so deep, we can't get them in the same arena. - Joe DeGuardia


There will be a lot on the line for these guys. - Joe DeGuardia


Their desire to fight each other outweighed the dollar percentages. That's really what's enabled this fight to take place. They want each other. - Joe DeGuardia


Tampa is not a hillbilly city. They know who Roy Jones and Antonio Tarver are. They know the deep lines of hatred these guys have for each other. That is what sells this fight. Sure, I'd love to have them in the same room because you can feel the tension. You can feel it. I'd love for the fans to see it, but if Roy doesn't show up until the week of the fight, or the night of the fight, what everybody will see is their hatred when they are in the ring. - Joe DeGuardia


I feel comfortable saying that the fight is on the horizon. I feel comfortable saying the fight is a 'go.' We've agreed to everything. - Joe DeGuardia


Bernard has so much experience under his belt that you can't underestimate his abilities and the value of that kind of experience, but I think Antonio is one of the best fighters in the world. That said, Antonio will have to be ready for the fight because Bernard will take a certain amount of emotion into the fight given that it is his last fight. And when you look at the last two fights and Bernard's feeling that he was treated unfairly by the judges against Taylor, I think it will further motivate him. - Joe DeGuardia


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