Former world champions Peter Quillin and Luis Collazo were joined by WBA Women's Super Middleweight Champion Alicia Napoleon at a media luncheon in Manhattan Thursday to discuss their respective showdowns taking place Saturday, August 4 from NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Here is what the fighters had to say Thursday from The Palm West Side in Manhattan:
LUIS COLLAZO
"Finally, it's been so long. I'm grateful for this opportunity. I know that I need to make the most of each opportunity I get at this point, and I feel like I've definitely done that in all my recent fights. August 4 will be another night for me to show how much I still have left.
"It's amazing to be able to perform at this venue with me being from New York. The people, the atmosphere, the fans and how they react to the fights, it's phenomenal. Now it's my turn to give it back to my boxing fans and entertain them.
"I feel 100 percent physically and am geared to be that way on fight night. I know that I have a tough, young opponent who needs this win as badly as I do. I'm going to show him what this sport is all about.
"I just want that win, if the knockout comes we'll take it. But the main thing is going out there get the win and looking good while I'm doing it."
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Quillin will take on J'Leon Love in a super middleweight attraction in primetime as part of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes action beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT. The primetime action is headlined by a showdown between former welterweight world champions Andre Berto and Devon Alexander.
Collazo collides with Bryant Perrella in a welterweight attraction on FS2 and FOX Deportes beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT on a telecast that also features unbeaten light heavyweight Marcus Browne facing Lenin Castillo.
The undercard will be highlighted by Long Island-native and WBA Super Middleweight World Champion Napoleon making the first defense of her title against Scotland's WBC Silver Champion Hannah Rankin. The contest will make history as the first ever women's boxing match for the venue.
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