Providence (October 22, 2015) – Ezingakanqotshwa super welterweight UDemetriyu “Boo Boo” Andrade (22-0, 15 Kos) wabuyela ring last ngoMgqibelo ebusuku okokuqala ngo 16 izinyanga, ephumula zangaphambili South American iqhawe Dario Fabian “The Gallo” Pucheta (20-3, 11 Kos) emzuliswaneni wesibili for the singenamuntu World Boxing Organization (WBO) International super welterweight ubuqhawe.
The Andrade oneminyaka engu-27 ubudala, owayebizwa ingenawo WBO yakhe isihloko emhlabeni for ukungawuvivinyi, wayengaqambi alwa kusukela lwesikhombisa-round wakhe Knockout June 14, 2014 ke No. 1 Olwa amandla Brian “The Lion” Rose (25-1-1, 7 Kos) e yakhe yokuqala kuphela WBO isihloko ukuzivikela.
“It wazizwa enkulu,” Andrade wakhuluma ngokuba emuva isinyathelo. “Manje ngase ngikulungele, uzimisele futhi uyakwazi ukwenza lokho engikudingayo futhi ngizilungiselele kwanoma iziphi izimo. Ngangineminyaka e lingacocekile futhi phezu game yami like ngangingeke ngikwenze kwesokunxele.”
“Sike saba unyaka onzima kodwa Ngafunda okwengeziwe uDemetriyu’ uhlamvu esikhathini esidlule 14 izinyanga kuka ngangazi lokuqala 14 izinyanga,” Imenenja Andrade sika Futhi Farris kuqashelwe. “Nguye uhlobo fighter ngubani kufika zonke 10 Eminyakeni, kodwa yena-ke uhlobo lomuntu kufika once in a lifetime.”
Andrade, ukulwa out of Providence, babenezikhundla inzuzo ukulwa at Mohegan Sun Arena, wokugubha lokuqala New England impi yakhe eminyakeni engaphezu kuka emithathu. The southpaw onamakhono baphonse Pucheta, eyayingakwazi sinqamukile njengoba professional, kabili sesivula imbobo eyindilinga wavala show nge iqonde-kwesobunxele enamandla ebeka phezu abafanelana Colombian emhlane wakhe ngesikhathi 50-wesibili uphawu emzuliswaneni wesibili.
“Ngakusebenzisa ngokunenzuzo isikhathi sami off futhi esetshenziswa ngokuhlakanipha ukuze uthole kunamandla,” Andrade wachaza, “I ngempela ngasebenza kanzima umqeqeshi wami amandla futhi conditioning, ababeka ndawonye elihle. I mhlawumbe wachitha isikhathi esiningi (amandla & conditioning) kuka Boxing ngesikhathi sami off. Ngithathe eyaziwa ngokuthi boxer bahlakaniphe kodwa ngangifuna ukuthola eqinile ukuze Anginayo ukuya 12 emahlandla ngaphandle Ngidinga. Ngazizwa amandla ngaphezulu ekamu, sparring futhi ukushaya isikhwama, futhi wabonisa Saturday ebusuku.”
Naphezu hiatus yakhe kuqhathaniswa eside kusukela ring, Andrade uhlala fighter-class emhlabeni, futhi ekugcineni wathola ithuba ukukhumbuza abalandeli ukuthi lokhu esidlule Saturday. “Ngangifuna ukubonisa everybody kungani Ngithathe kugwenywe kangaka,” the 2008 U.S. Olympian amazwana, “futhi ukwenza isitatimende ukuthi Ngingumfana the best in the division 154-ganda. Ngilapha ukuhlala! Ngangifuna everybody ukubona lokho iqhawe elikhulu imayelana, ukusebenza ohlakaniphe, iza emuva kusuka isimo engangikuso sasifana. Ngifuna ukuhlala ematasa futhi silwe best. Sihlale wokuqonda lokho kuzoba olandelayo.”
“Ngokushesha,” Farris waphetha, “lonke jikelele isibhakela niyokwazi ukuthi uDemetriyu Andrade iyona engcono super welterweight emhlabeni. Ekugcineni, yena kuyoba middleweight umhlabeleli kanye. Ngikholwe, UDemetriyu uya ukulwa zihluke kanye GGG (Gennady Golovkin) bese sizobona ngubani ngempela the best kuyinto.”