~ CutMeMick Attends the JMM-Casamayor Press Conf. ~ (Pics. & Vids)

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I had an oppourtunity to attend the L.A. Press Conference for this Sat. fight between JMM & Joel Casamayor.

I missed the info. on fightnews but Diane sent me a PM and brought to my attention. It was pretty damn! hot out there and Casamayor made sure it got hotter read on and you'll find out how.


Golden Boy Proms. had 2 Aztec Dancers performing on the side and keeping the people entertained. The turn out was pretty good and overall the event was as usual well put.

Here's some pictures from the event. The videos will have to wait cause YouTube is doing some maintanence
(Edit: 9/9/08 Videos added they are on page 4)

Anyway.
Hope you enjoy the pictures.

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Here's a shot as the event organizers were still setting up.
The big tall guy you see with the camera is "Big" Joe Miranda photographer for fightnews.

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Oscar De La Hoya arrives to the event. It's crazy cause you should have seen the amount of women there who wanted a pic or autograph of De La Hoya.
The women started chanting his name and screaming hottie! hottie! hottie!!

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Gary Shaws speaks and jokingly tells Oscar De La Hoya that not only is he younger and better looking then him but he's also taking fighters from him one by one. He said it's always great promoting alongside GBP and he'll gladly do it again.

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Vernon Forrest said come Sat. night his stats will say 5 time world champ and he's coming home as a champ. He said he's ready and this time he won't let off. He's going for the win.

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Vernon points to the people and says I will become the champ once again come Sat. night.

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Sergio Mora thanks all the Latino community for coming out and showing support he says he's prepared himself well. He said he's ready to fight and leave it all in the ring. He said he always dreamed about fighting at the MGM grand and now he's doing it. He also said he doesn't want to be the next De La Hoya he want's to be the 1st Sergio Mora.

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Casamayor said he's good and ready and he can't wait for Sat. night he said he's happy to see all the Latino community supporting.
As a closing comment he said to the people. I encourage you all to tell JMM to stand there and trade with me toe to toe.
To which the people responded with chants such as "Culero! Culero!" which translates to "Asshole! Asshole!"
Casa def. played the villan role here.

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JMM calm and collected. He said he can't wait to fight moving up in weight and fighting the best which is what a great champ does. Not picking out an opponent you know you can beat. He said he's ready to do his work he's been training in Mexico and everything went well.

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The Cuban & Mexican flag flying nicely as the press. conf. was getting underway.

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Another similar shot.

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JMM and Casamayor face off for the cameras.
Joe quickly started talking shit and pointing his finger at JMM.

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Another shot with the traditional Mexican "sombrero" on.

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JMM responds back to Joel after Joel tells him he's gonna stomp.
JMM said we'll see. I wont say much I'll let you do the talking.

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At this point Joel raised his finger and pushed JMM on his forehead and JMM pushed him back. I thought I was filming this with my camera but apparantely I forgot to press Record
A quick scuffle broke out and at one point JMM threw a punch at Joel.