Kelly Swanson: Swanson Communications. Thank you so much you guys. Thank you everybody for being patient. It’s quite a feat to have three of the greatest fighters in boxing on the line at the same time. We are fortunate enough today to have both Felix Tito Trinidad and Jermain Taylor on the phone to discuss this Saturday’s big contest between Bernard Hopkins and Winky Wright for the light heavyweight title. I do also have Oscar De La Hoya on the phone with us. He is going to make an introductory comment and then unfortunately he has to get off the phone. His time is limited, but he did want to make an introductory comment. So I'll turn it over to Oscar De La Hoya at this time. Oscar? Oscar De La Hoya: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. Members of the media, we appreciate you being on. We truly respect the fact that you can make it on at this time. We have two of the (greatest) fighters that boxing has seen in our era today -- Felix Trinidad, who has fought both of them, knows their - both styles and knows that these two fighters, Bernard Hopkins, and Winky Wright, are coming to fight at the headline says for this event. Trinidad is, as we know, a great and respected fighter, a great (human being) and an icon in Puerto Rico. And we respect the fact that he’s here to talk about his encounters with both fighters. And what can I say about Jermain Taylor, who has accomplished so much at such an early stage of his career. He still has a lot to go. He’s still learning. He’s one of our great champions of this era. He has faced both fighters and has beaten both fighters. And it is a privilege to introduce to you Jermain Taylor. Kelly Swanson Okay. Thank you so much, Oscar. Operator, we will now open it up to questions. Media, there’s a lot of people on the phone, so we’re going to limit it to one question the first go around and then we’ll see how long that takes us and then you can rejoin the cue to ask another question. . If I could get one comment from both Jermain Taylor and from Tito about this Saturday night’s fight and what they expect and what think is going to happen during the fight, we would appreciate it. I’d like to start with Jermain Taylor. Jermain? Jermain Taylor: I think it will be a great fight. I can’t wait to see it. I'm looking forward to it. I've been looking forward to it for a long time. I feel like Winky is going to bring his (A) game and Hopkins going to bring his A game. It’s going to be a great fight. And I don't know who going to win, so I'm telling you right now it’s a toss up fight. But I'm looking forward to it. Kelly Swanson: Okay great. And Tito if you could please give us an opening comment? Felix Tito Trinidad: Well first of all thanks. Hello to everybody in the press and my comment that it is the right thing to think Winky will beat Bernard Hopkins next Saturday. http://fightbeat.com/news_details.php?NW=2075 - FULL TRANSCRIPT
