Johnathon Banks
"I want to thank K2 Promotions, Showtime, Golden Boy Promotions and, once again, the respect, honor and the hard work of Team Mitchell. I definitely respect him as a fighter and his whole team.
"Saturday night is going to be a good night. It's going to be a night of fireworks from the main event and I think the whole card. With all the talking that's been done at the press conference, the telephone calls, the media workouts and all that stuff, I look forward to Saturday.
"This is what I do. This is my life. This is what I always have done and this is what I'm going to be doing.
"I want to thank my team, my coach, my cut man. I want to thank everybody for helping me prepare for the fight. We've had a good camp and we're just looking forward to Saturday night."
Seth Mitchell
"First and foremost, as always, I'd like to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for giving me strength to endure some trying times in my life. I want to thank SHOWTIME for giving me this opportunity. I'm very fortunate and very blessed considering what happened in the last fight to have this opportunity to redeem myself on this level.
"This sport is very unforgiving and I understand that. I want to thank my team, Andre Hunter, my trainer, Al Haymon, who's my advisor and I want to thank Golden Boy Promotions for sticking behind me and giving me this opportunity.
"The first fight was a tough loss for me and it took me a little while to get over it, but I truly believe everything happens for a reason. We went back to the drawing board, we did a couple of things and I'm very excited about this rematch.
"I'm thankful that Johnathon Banks gave me this rematch. He's a class act, but this Saturday we're not going to be nice to each other in the ring. He's well-prepared. I'm prepared. I'm just excited. I want to thank all my fans for continuing to stick behind me. Just know that I have truly learned from this loss. I don't talk about it much because no matter what I say I have to go out and show it on Saturday."
Sakio Bika
"Thank you to everyone at Barclays Center. I want to say thank you to God and thank you to my trainer, Kevin Cunningham, for putting me in this position. I'm very happy to be here.
"It's going to be a very good fight on Saturday. If you don't have your tickets, you need to go get some tickets. This fight with Marco is going to be very entertaining. I know he's coming to fight and I'm coming to fight too. I'm very confident that I can win this belt.
"I want to thank you to my family back in Australia and my new baby girl. She's going to be very happy to see me come home with the belt. I'm really sure I'm going to be a world champion on Saturday."
Marco Antonio Periban
"It's a pleasure to be here. I want to thank all the people from Brooklyn for giving me the opportunity to come over here and fight. I'm here to put on a great fight, enjoy myself and win the world title.
"I want to dedicate this fight to a trainer of mine who passed away recently, Rudy Perez. Most of you in the boxing business know him as the great trainer of Marco Antonio Barrera.
"I look forward to seeing you all at this great event. It's going to be a hell of a fight."
Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions
"Weekend after weekend, fight after fight, Showtime has really stepped up to the plate and has brought the best boxing has to offer to fight fans here in the United States. The man responsible for that is Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President & General Manager of Showtime Sports and it is a pleasure to introduce him.
"There are different ways to get to the top. Some go straight and some take a detour. Actually, most take a detour and I think that's what Team Mitchell experienced when they fought their last fight against Johnathon Banks.
"Seth Mitchell wanted the rematch right away. He didn't want to take another detour. He wanted to go for the rematch straight away and so did his team and us as his promoter.
"Of course, Johnathon Banks was happy to get into the ring with Mitchell again and show what he is all about. He is going to try to repeat and Seth Mitchell is looking to correct and learn from the mistakes he made in the first fight.
"The captain of the ship, Seth 'Mayhem' Mitchell, with a record of 25-1-1, is really one of my favorite people outside of the ring as well. He is polite, he's kind, he's well spoken and a great representative and ambassador of the sport of boxing. He has been a successful athlete before as a former Michigan State linebacker who found his true calling in the ring and has torn through his opposition leading up to the Johnathon Banks fight. Many felt he was the next great hope for the American heavyweight title. We still believe he is, and I'm excited to see Seth Mitchell on Saturday night."
Tom Loeffler, Managing Director of K2 Promotions
"There's not much to be said about the main event, they speak for themselves. It's a terrific main event, but as Richard said, the first heavyweight title fight here at Barclays Center is really something special.
"The first fight only went two rounds, but it was an electric two rounds. Seth Mitchell was targeted as the number one ranked heavyweight at that time, so with Johnathon beating him, we believe that he is the best heavyweight right now here in the United States.
"With the fight coming up on Saturday, both fighters are very respectful and very well-spoken, but you will see in the ring there will be fireworks.
"One additional note with Johnathon, he is the only fighter that I know of in history to be a trainer of heavyweight champions and also compete at the championship level at heavyweight.
"Wladimir Klitschko, the boxer that he trains, is coming to support him Saturday night."
Brett Yomark, CEO of Barclays CenterBrett Yormark, CEO of Barclays Center
"We are thrilled to hosting our fourth night of world championship boxing here at Barclays Center.
"We are thrilled to be hosting our first ever heavyweight title bout at Barclays Center with Johnathon Banks versus Seth Mitchell. We're happy to have three title fights here Saturday night, but we also look forward to continuing to launch the careers of other Brooklyn fighters such as Juan Dominguez and Frank Galarza."
Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President & General Manager of Showtime Sports
"With all the attention that the main event has gotten, deservedly so, it's easy to forget that this is a tripleheader. It's not just any tripleheader, it's a tripleheader of evenly matched, competitive fights, and that's what we at SHOWTIME want to become known for and, quite honestly, have become known for this year...evenly matched, competitive fights.
"All three fights on this card are 50-50 toss-up fights. They're the type of fights we've been showcasing all year. Our card on June 8 from The Home Depot Center was probably the most exciting card of the year...again, evenly matched, competitive fights.
"Periban-Bika is a fight that quite honestly for which you could flip a coin. It's a very tough one. Banks-Mitchell, one of the most exciting fights of year in the heavyweight division, is a fight not to be missed as well. Of course, you can't say enough about Paulie and Adrien and the battle that they've been waging outside the ring and finally will be waging inside the ring.
"I also want to acknowledge Brett Yormark and Barclays Center staff. One of the things that we've been trying to do is continually innovate. One of the newest innovations that Brett has been pushing is BarclaysCenter.com and the featuring content there. This press conference is being streamed on SHO.com as well as BarclaysCenter.com. The same is being done for tomorrow's weigh-in. If you can't make it out to Borough Hall, you can watch it on SHO.com or BarclaysCenter.com. We look forward to working with the Barclays Center and developing more content going forward.
"Finally, we are very pleased to be welcoming Bernard Hopkins in as our color commentator. The future Hall of Famer will be a temporary replacement when our normal color commentator is otherwise occupied on Saturday night."
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