Miami (August 4, 2015) – Five-time emhlabeni iqhawe Anthony “Magic Man” Tarver(31-6, 22 Kos) ebukele ngokusebenzisa – hhayi esedlule – owabe-time ezimbili IBF iqhaweSteve “USS” Cunningham (28-7, 13 Kos) ngolwesihlanu ebusuku, Aug. 14, 12-round Yimpi zabo wesibhakela at Prudential Center e Newark, E-New Jersey.

 

WBA #9 Tarver vs. IBF # 6 / WBC #14 Cunningham isenzakalo main on a Premier Boxing Champions Uchungechunge show angabiki baphile on Spike TV, kunethiwekhi efanayo Tarver ukhonza njengomPristi umbala boxing yayo umhlaziyi.

 

Tarver ivuliwe elizimisele babe iqhawe endala wesibhakela zomhlaba wesibhakela emlandweni. The southpaw oneminyaka engu-46 ubudala uyabona anayo ukuze uthole esidlule Cunningham ukuze uthole shot isihloko emhlabeni ngokumelene Wladimir Klitschko noma Deontay Wilder.

 

“I ukuhlonipha Steve Cunningham,” Tarver wachaza. “Angikho ngifuna esedlule kuye, Ngibheke ngaye. Uma kumele zidlule Wilder ukuze uthole Klitschko, makube njalo. Sengiba ukuthi isihloko wesibhakela nezwe futhi lapho mina anqobe Klitschko kuyoba indaba semithombo emidlalweni. Kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi mina ngeke uthole igama lami shot ngaphandle ngithola by Cunningham.

 

“The 'Magic Man’ kuba ngokuletha 1000 tricks esikhwameni sakhe kodwa kuphela nizomthatha elilodwa ukuba aphume bambambe. I’ve been working hard in training camp and he hasn’t been focused.USteve Umphikisi esiqinile okuhlala oye ezivezile in the division sosondonzima, iza off a eliminator close ukuthi abaningi babecabanga wawina. Enginakho test lokulwa umfana ngubani awukwazi ukwenza bayeke, ngakho kufanele uphume knock kuye ngoba neshaya inhliziyo yakhe futhi GUTS. Steve wabuye eyashukumisela ngoba uyazi ukuthi ukungishaya angayenzela umsebenzi wakhe.”

At 46 futhi umkhulu-to-babe ngenyanga ezayo, Tarver uyaqaphela ukuthi angase angabi yilokho fighter efanayo ngesikhathi elula nine-impi phakathi 2002-2006, lapho wayengomunye iphawundi-for-iphawundi fighters kwezwe phezulu, eshaqisayo Roy Jones, Jr.(bheka isithombe ilungelo) zokuxabana emibili ezintathu, zihlukanise a pair nge Glen Johnson, ngowakhoMontell Griffin, Eric Harding futhi Reggie Johnson, futhi ukulahlekelwa ukuze Bernard Hopkins. Tarver, Nokho, unomuzwa wokuthi okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe esesikhulume ngazo nokunqoba nokushikashikeka okuningi kangaka kuyoba okwanele ukuba amyise emuva esiqongweni sentaba wesibhakela.

 

“I learned the fundamentals of boxing and that’s why I’m still here at 46,” Tarver yaphawula. “Wonke umdlalo My lusekelwe enkohlisweni ngoba, by ubuhle kuso, Akungimangazi ukuba njengoba fast, njengoba esheshayo eqinile, njengoba ezinzima, noma hit nzima njengoba engiyenzayo. Ngakho, ukuthi kwenza kube nzima ukuba azilungiselele fighter abanjengami. I am sure Cunningham may have prepared for a physical war but has he prepare for the mental part of our fight? Yena uzoba ukulwa a ring egcwele emasimini imayini, omunye isinyathelo okungalungile futhi, Kaboom!”

Tarver futhi ikhanda lakhe nomqeqeshi, Orlando Cuellar, sebethandane umnyaka ngalokho kufana ukuqeqeshwa kuwo amathathu ngokubona impi Tarver sika ekuqaleni okuhlelelwe ngokumelene Jonathan Banks lihlehliselwe izinyanga eziningana ngenxa esandleni Tarver sika ephukile, kulandele yakhe umxhwele lwesikhombisa-round umisiwe of Banks ngoDisemba odlule empini yakhe yokugcina.

 

“Siyazi nomunye kakhulu kangcono manje mayelana kangakanani ukusunduza kuye ekamu nangalokho ongakulindela nomunye,” Cuellar amazwana. “Angase abe 46 kodwa akakaze bashaya. Ring yakhe savvy icishiwe amashadi kanye yena onolwazi. Antonio a puncher ebukhali futhi esincintisana ngonya. Akahluleli Ngilokho ukubuza ngaye ejimini. Ngiye ngaqaphela ukuthi akadingi 160-200 angaba ngu-sparring for a impi. Uyakhumbula konke kusukela nokulwisana yakhe ngokumelene fighters eziningi kangaka enkulu, ukugcina ulwazi engqondweni yakhe ukusebenzisa empini yakhe. Yena outthinks imbangi yakhe. Ngambuka balibhekisa izinto futhi wakufaka konke ndawonye. Antonio kuyinto fighter ekhethekile, super ezihlakaniphile, nowesivunguvungu ukusebenza nge futhi onekhono kakhulu esiyingini. Ngikhathazekile ngibusisekile ukuba ukusebenza naye.

 

“Cunningham uyofika ku and isicelo ingcindezi, kodwa akukaze alwa ubani njengoba utalagu futhi ohlakaniphile Antonio, abangakwazi ukubamba noma lushelele, block noma counter. He unamaqhinga amaningi kangaka up sleeve yakhe. Antonio uya ukulwa ukuze ijubane lakhe. Lapho nje Cunningham ecabanga Antonio lapho emfuna, ukuthi kuzoba sekwephuze futhi Antonio uya Knockout Cunningham. Tarver kuyinto puncher libukhali kakhulu kunalokho abantu abakucabangayo. Like Antonio uthi, siyakucela akafuni esedlule Cunningham, sibhekile ngaye.”

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