Providence (Lub kaum hli ntuj 22, 2015) – Undefeated super welterweight Demetrius “Boo boo” Andrade (22-0, 15 Kos) rov qab mus rau lub nplhaib kawg rau hnub Saturday hmo ntuj rau cov thawj lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv 16 lub hlis, siv ceev xwmphem qub South American zus Dario Fabian “Lub Gallo” Pucheta (20-3, 11 Kos) nyob rau hauv lub thib ob puag ncig rau tus tsis muaj lub ntiaj teb no Boxing Organization (WBO) Thoob ntiaj teb super welterweight championship.
Lub 27-xyoo-laus Andrade, uas twb stripped ntawm nws WBO ntiaj teb no npe rau lawm xwb, tsis tau tiv thaiv txij li thaum nws xya-round knockout Lub rau hli ntuj 14, 2014 ntawm ces tsis. 1 yuav tsum tau contender Brian “Tus tsov ntxhuav” Rose (25-1-1, 7 Kos) nyob rau hauv nws thawj zaug thiab tsuas WBO title tiv thaiv.
“Nws muaj zoo,” Andrade hais txog kev los ua rov qab nyob rau hauv cov kev txiav txim. “Kuv twb npaj txhij, txaus siab thiab kam ua dab tsi kuv yuav tsum tau thiab yuav npaj kuv tus kheej rau txhua yam. Kuv yog nyob rau hauv ntsis-sab saum toj zoo thiab nyob rau kuv kev ua si zoo li kuv yeej tsis sab laug.”
“Peb twb muaj ib tug nyuaj xyoo tab sis kuv kawm ntau ntxiv txog Demethi-aus’ cim nyob rau hauv lub dhau los lawm 14 lub hlis ntau tshaj qhov kuv paub nyob rau hauv thawj 14 lub hlis,” Andrade lub saib xyuas Thiab Farris sau. “Nws yog tus zoo ntawm fighter uas los nrog txhua 10 xyoo, tab sis nws yog ib qhov zoo ntawm tus neeg uas los nrog ib zaug nyob rau hauv ib tug lub neej.”
Andrade, sib ntaus sib tua tawm ntawm Providence, enjoyed ib tug kom zoo dua sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Mohegan Tshav Arena, npav nws thawj Tshiab hais kev sib ntaus nyob rau hauv ntau tshaj li peb lub xyoo. Cov tub ntxhais ntse southpaw poob Pucheta, uas twb tsis tau tso tseg raws li ib tug kws, ob zaug nyob rau hauv lub qhib puag ncig thiab kaw rau lawv muaj ib tug haib ncaj-sab laug uas muab tso rau hauv lub dhau-matched Colombian rau nws rov qab rau lub 50-ob cim ntawm lub thib ob puag ncig.
“Kuv coj kom zoo dua ntawm kuv lub sij hawm tawm thiab siv nws ntse ntsuav tau muaj zog,” Andrade piav, “Kuv yeej ua hauj lwm nyuaj nrog kuv lub zog thiab txias qhia, uas muab tso ua ke ib tug zoo txoj kev npaj. Kuv tej zaum siv ntau lub sij hawm rau (lub dag lub zog & txias) tshaj boxing thaum lub sij hawm kuv lub sij hawm tawm. Kuv tabtom paub raws li ib tug slick boxer tab sis kuv xav tau muaj zog ces kuv tsis tau mus 12 rounds tshwj tsis yog tias kuv yuav tsum tau mus. Kuv muaj ntau lub hwj chim nyob rau hauv camp, sparring thiab tsoo lub hnab, thiab nws tsom Saturday hmo ntuj.”
Txawm tias nws kuj ntev hiatus los ntawm lub nplhaib, Andrade tseem yog ib tug ntiaj teb no-chav kawm fighter, thiab nws thaum kawg tau txais ib lub caij nyoog qhia rau cov kiv cua ntawm hais tias qhov no yav dhau los Saturday. “Kuv xav kom koj qhia txhua leej txhua vim li cas kuv tabtom thiaj zam,” lub 2008 U.S. Olympian commented, “thiab yuav ua rau ib daim ntawv qhia hais tias kuv yog tus zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv lub 154-phaus faib. Kuv nyob ntawm no mus nyob! Kuv xav sawv daws saib li cas ib tug zoo zus yog tag nrho hais txog, kev ua tau zoo-paub qab hau, rov qab los ntawm qhov teeb meem no kuv yog nyob rau hauv. Kuv cia li xav mus nyob tibneeg hu tauj coob thiab sib ntaus sib tua qhov zoo tshaj plaws. Peb nyob nraum khom lub tsheb tawm dab tsi yog yuav mus tom ntej no.”
“Tsis ntev,” Farris xaus lus, “tus so ntawm lub boxing ntiaj teb no yuav paub tias Demethi-aus Andrade yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws super welterweight nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no. Nws thiaj li, nws yuav tsum yog tus zoo tshaj plaws middleweight li zoo. Ntseeg kuv, Demethi-aus yog yuav muaj ib tug defining sib ntaus nrog GGG (Gennady Golovkin) thiab ces peb yuav saib leej twg qhov zoo tshaj plaws tiag tiag.”