Amir Khan & Danny Garcia Arrival

Former Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Amir Khan and WBC Super Lightweight World Champion Danny Garcia were greeted by fans on July 10, 2012 upon there arrival at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada for there July 14, 2012 world title fight which will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing® in the United States and live on Sky Sports 1 HD in the United Kingdom.

AMIR KHAN AND DANNY GARCIA MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT

Danny Garcia

You know, first thing I want to say, I’m having a great training camp. I feel good. I feel strong and I’m just ready July 14 to give the fans a great fight.

Oscar de la Hoya

I would also like to introduce to you needing no introduction with such a young career already has an incredible record who is the former Unified Super Lightweight World Champion at just 25 years young we all know he won the Silver Medal in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens at just 17 years old and he has already defeated future Hall of Famers like Marco Antonio Barrera. He’s been against Andreas Kotelnik, beaten Dmitriy Salita, and defeated former WBA Welterweight World Champion, Paul Malignaggi.

He’s one of these fighters that is a fan-friendly fighter. That’s what fans always want to watch because he brings everything inside the ring and leaves everything inside the ring. I want to introduce to you out of Bolton, England with a record of 26-2 and 18 knockouts, Amir Khan. We are very happy to be putting this fight together. Danny Garcia and Amir Khan are two tremendous, tremendous fighters. First off, I would like to get on the call with you a fighter who holds a perfect record at just 24 years old. He is the WBC Super Lightweight World Champion and he is considered one of boxing’s brightest young stars. He owns wins against Nate Campbell and Kendall Holt in 2011, and he made his HBO boxing debut against a future Hall of Famer in Erik Morales in March when he defeated the Mexican warrior and tremendous puncher, exciting fighter, and here is another guy who prefers the judges stay at home.

So, without any further ado, looking to solidify and once again stay undefeated and become one of the best at 140 pounds, he’s got a record of 23-0 and 14 knockouts, hails out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and that is Danny “Swift” Garcia.

Danny Garcia

You know, first thing I want to say, I’m having a great training camp. I feel good. I feel strong and I’m just ready July 14 to give the fans a great fight.

Oscar de la Hoya

I would also like to introduce to you needing no introduction with such a young career already has an incredible record who is the former Unified Super Lightweight World Champion at just 25 years young we all know he won the Silver Medal in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens at just 17 years old and he has already defeated future Hall of Famers like Marco Antonio Barrera. He’s been against Andreas Kotelnik, beaten Dmitriy Salita, and defeated former WBA Welterweight World Champion, Paul Malignaggi. He’s one of these fighters that is a fan-friendly fighter. That’s what fans always want to watch because he brings everything inside the ring and leaves everything inside the ring. I want to introduce to you out of Bolton, England with a record of 26-2 and 18 knockouts, Amir Khan.

Amir Khan

Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining this conference call. Training camp has gone really well. It’s been a very long camp for me because of the first fight that got called off against Lamont Peterson, so I’ve still kept training and we’ve just been very professional and focused on what we need to do. The game plan not really changes much because it’s quite similar fighters. We’re going to be more than ready. We’re going to bring the ‘A’ game to the table and come July 14 we’re going to put on a great fight for the fans and for all the fans watching at home. I’m looking forward to it and hopefully the game plan that we have for the fight will be perfect and we’ll win the fight.

Question:

Danny, you had that excellent win that you got in March against Erik Morales, got one of the world titles. I know it meant a lot to you, was a good performance. I don’t think everybody expected that this type of fight would be what was in store for your first defense. When you heard about this fight and it was presented to you I think you were happy about it, but did you think when you got a chance to maybe think about it a little bit maybe come a little bit quicker than you had expected to happen, not the fight that maybe was on the tip of everybody’s mind when you won your title? They thought there might be some other fights and that this might be a much bigger fight a couple of fights down the road.

Danny Garcia

I knew my division was a tough division with a lot of talent so I never put it past me, but the opportunity came across and I was excited. You’ve got to fight the best to be the best. I’m the champion so the champion’s got to fight the best. I’ve been presented an opportunity and I’m ready to perform.