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Las Vegas (Isikhombisa. 13, 2015) – Floyd “Imali” Mayweather yenza omunye wobuciko last ngomgqibelo hlala e SHOWTIME PPV® kulokho ephoqelela kwaba ukulwa yokugcina engu-19 ovelele career yakhe.
Ngaphambi 13,395 abalandeli at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Mayweather ngcono 49-0 (26 Kos), afana irekhodi ngasekupheleni iqhawe sosondonzima Rocky Marciano isinqumo 12-round phezu zangaphambili-time ezimbili welterweight emhlabeni iqhawe Andre Berto (30-4, 23 Kos). In control inani kusukela ekuqaleni, Mayweather wanqoba by izikolo 120-108, 118-110 futhi 117-111.
Ngemva insimbi final, Mayweather lehla emadolweni kaJesu reflection of isenzo sakhe sokugcina.
“Kufanele bazi lapho sekuyisikhathi sokuba hang it up,” etshela SHOWTIME sika Jim Gray esiyingini kamuva. “Ngithathe engqongqoza emnyango; Ngingumfana eduze 40 ubudala.
“Ngiye ngaba kule sport 19 Eminyakeni, kwaba iqhawe emhlabeni 18 Eminyakeni, waphula wonke amarekhodi. Akukho lutho olunye ukuba afakazele in the sport isibhakela.
“My 49-0 irekhodi ingxenye boxing. Amarekhodi zenziwa ukuba basuswe. Sethemba ngelinye ilanga singathola olandelayo Floyd Mayweather.
“Manje sekuyisikhathi ukuchitha isikhathi nomkhaya wami nezingane, qiniseka bona uthole imfundo efanele. Ngifisa ukusiza fighters ngaphansi Mayweather Promotions banner.
“Ngiyahamba mdlalo wonke amandla ami; Ngingumfana namanje ebukhali futhi smart. Ngiye kufezeke konke kulo mdlalo, akukho okunye ukuze afeze.
“Imali akwenzi mina. I ukwenza imali.
“Angifuni ukuba zibalwa ngedwa, kodwa mina ngingcono at isibhakela.
“Ngifuna ukubonga bonke abalandeli abaphuma ukusekela lo mcimbi. For 19 Eminyakeni bengingeke bakwazi ukukwenza ngaphandle la abalandeli.
“Andre Berto has inhliziyo, a isilevu okusika. Wayengeke walala, kwaba ukulwa okuhle. Wayengumuntu nesincintisana onzima, kodwa isipiliyoni wadlala indima enkulu tonight. Yini ngithi? I was the better man tonight. Akunandaba uma ngimphatha kabi isandla sami sobunxele noma ilungelo lami, career yami uphezu. Kuba ezisemthethweni.”
Berto kwaba aneliseke ukusebenza kwakhe, kodwa bavuma yena wayengekho ezingeni Mayweather sika.
“Experience wadlala indima enkulu kule mpi,” uthe. “Ngifuna ukubonga lonke ithimba lami, umndeni wami kanye konke Haiti Obheka.
“Ngangineminyaka in shape for kule mpi; yena waba nzima nje ukubambelela. Muhle ezishelelayo. I esetshenziswa eziningi speed kodwa yena zobuqili Okuyınqo. Umsolwa usebenzisa izinto kancane ukuze uthole kimi off isigqi yami.
“A guy like me has a lot of ukuziqhenya. I told him that every time I caught him with a good shot that I was here to stay. I put on a great performance, kwaphoqa kuye umkhawulo. Kodwa, Sathandana iDemo.”
In the wesibili isihloko zezwe ezimbili lwempi the undercard pay-per-view, Roman “Rocky” Martinez (29-2-3, 17 Kos) wasigcina yakhe isihloko WBO Junior uHlelo nge amadlingozi 12-round iningi draw in a rematch ngokumelene ezine-time emhlabeni iqhawe Orlando “Siri” Bamuka(42-13-3, 29 Kos).
Ngiphakamisa lapho beyeka lapho alwa in a Fight of the Year candidate Ephreli odlule, won by Martinez, kokubili fighters benana punches for 36 imizuzu isinyathelo nanti. Ngamunye wehlela e-round wesithathu. Ekupheleni a slugfest, lapho ezingaphezu kuka 1,700 punches baphonswa, umahluleli oyedwa amaphuzu it for Martinez (115-113), KWAKUDINGEKA one Salido (115-113) phambi kanye nezinye ngokuthi ngisho (114-114).
Bobabili Martinez futhi Salido bacabanga kwakufanele got isinqumo futhi esivuna a fight wesithathu.
“I nakanjani won ukulwa,” Said Martinez, owayebizwa okwenza ukuzivikela lokuqala e ukuhlala kwakhe wesithathu WBO Junior Esilula World Champion. “Babala a knockdown ukuthi kwakungewona ngempela knockdown.
“Wayiphosa eziningi punches kodwa iningi labo lalingazi ukuxhuma, Base wafika izingalo zami. Okhunye ufuna ukuthi mpi wesithathu phakathi kwethu, Ngiyakuyithatha.”
Said Salido, a-time ezimbili featherweight emhlabeni iqhawe owayeneminyaka wodweshu lonke futhi wakhulula ngaphezu 1,000 punches, “Ngenza konke umsebenzi futhi ngangicabanga won ukulwa. Ngacabanga umbhangqwana wokuqala emahlandla babe ngisho kodwa ke ngathatha ukulawula mpi kamuva.
“Ngase nakanjani ngifuna ubuqhawe. Njengoba nonke ngabona waphonsa more of the punches and ngangicabanga won ukulwa.
“Nganikezela kakhulu kule mpi, ngoba ukuba bawususe kimi akuyona ukujabulisa. Lutho, Sengilungele for a fight wesithathu.”
Kwesinye emhlabeni isihloko impi, Badou Jack “The Ripper” (20-1-1, 12 Kos) bavikela ngempumelelo isicoco sakhe WBC Super middleweight World nge kanzima, isixuku ojabulisa 12-round iningi isinqumo phezu inselele amandla “Saint” George Groves (21-3, 16 Kos). Jack, abashiya sekwephuzile Groves in the emzuliswaneni wokuqala, uphakeme by the izikolo 116-111, 115-112 futhi 113-114. The kanzima-inhlanhla Ashera, ngubani isigubhukane babaleka ring disbelief emva isimemezelo, wawela 0-3 ezweni isihloko ukulwa.
Jack Lalilihle kulokho kungenzeka waba mpi yakhe ezinzima kuze kube manje.
“Groves has a lot of inhliziyo,” wathi Jack, owayebizwa okwenza ukuvikela kokuqala ibhande WBC wathatha kusukela Anthony Dirrell ngo-Ephreli.
“Umsebenzi Body buya isignesha yami. Bengingekho ngempumelelo ngokwanele ngoba angikwazanga out knock kuye. Ngazizwa like emva emzuliswaneni wokuqala ebengingakwenza kodwa ngangingakwenza nje. Ngangingafuni ukuya umzimba ngokwanele.
“Angizange wacabanga ngalokhu impi yami olandelayo kodwa, kodwa kukhona okuningi ukulwa big for me. Ngezwa Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. ufuna ukulwa nami. Ngifuna ukujabulela leli win kodwa mina ngeke ukulwa ubani.”
The kunqoba Jack lesine zilandelana kusukela nokuhlupheka ukulahlekelwa oyedwa umsebenzi wakhe on a ezishaqisayo lokuqala nxazonke Knockout ukulahlekelwa Derek Edwards in February 2014.
Groves, ogama kuphela nezinye ukulahlekelwa ababesezweni emuva-to-back ukulwa emelene ke-jikelele iqhaweCarl Froch, akazange aphikisane naleso knockdown kodwa kwadingeka inkinga ngesinqumo.
“Ngangicabanga won ukulwa singanqikazi,” uthe. “Ngangicabanga elawulwa kanye jab yami ukulwa nokuthi ngineminyaka in control kulo, noma, it appeared closer to the judges.
“Kwaba a knockdown Legit in the emzuliswaneni wokuqala. Wafikela esandleni sokunene phezu phezulu, kodwa mina abe imfanelo enhle futhi ngangicabanga ngifika e ukulawula ukuthi round. Kodwa konke credit kuye nakuba beshaya knockdown in the emzuliswaneni wokuqala.
“Siyakuhalalisela ukuba Badou. Ngithemba ukuthi unesikhathi wokubusa yimpumelelo njengoba iqhawe. Ngithanda ukuthatha ukulwa naye aphinde futhi ngethemba ngizokwenza kangcono ngokuzayo. Ngizomenzela ukuthatha isikhathi esithile ukuze zifezeke yini olandelayo. Ukulahlekelwa mpi isihloko izwe umuzwa kakhulu emhlabeni.”
Puerto Rico Jonathan “Dust” Oquendo (26-4, 16 Kos) wakunqoba lokuqala nxazonke knockdown, amaphuzu a knockdown balabo ezimbili-division emhlabeni iqhawe lami futhi ecasukileJhonny Gonzalez (58-10, 49 Kos). Oquendo won a 10-round majority decision in a good action fight that opened the pay-per-view telecast. Oquendo wawina iziqubu enkulu career yakhe by izikolo 95-93, i out-of-line 98-90 futhi 94-94.
For Oquendo, ukunqoba ukubukeka kwakhe yesithupha at MGM Grand Garden Arena kwaba 12th e wakhe wokugcina 14 ukulwa.
“Ngijabula kakhulu,” Said Oquendo, ngubani uyekiswe a hook washiya kanye ngomunye ngomzuzu kwesokunxele in the kuqala. “Jhonny Gonzalez is a iqhawe elikhulu. I knew I had to throw a lot of punches and work to get inside to get the victory. I was able to implement that game plan tonight.”
Gonzalez, a-time ezimbili featherweight WBC zangaphambili futhi WBO Bantamweight World Champion, kwaba kubi emehlweni nge amagoli kanye bonke headbutts engahlosile. Watholwa baphonse ngesandla iqonde sokunene at mayelana 2:00 uphawu lwesibili.
“Abahluleli babe sebebona kukuhle kuye ngokweqile,” Gonzalez wathi. “Wayelokhu ikhanda butting kimi. It nje azihambanga kahle. Ngokushesha nje wangqongqoza nami phansi, kwenzeka lutho. Ngisanda emuva ngqo phezulu.”
In a fight Saturday ukuthi senza ngesikhathi “Countdown LIVE” phezu SHOWTIME ngaphambi telecast pay-per-view, osemnkantsh 'ubomvu junior middleweight Olwa Vanes Martirosyan (36-2-1, 21 Kos), of Glendale, Calif., igoli knockdowns amabili eya ngokuwina iningi isinqumo 10-round phezu zangaphambili IBF 154-iphawundi iqhawe Ishe Smith (27-8, 12 Kos) of Las Vegas, by the izikolo 97-91 kabili futhi 95-95.
“I feel awesome. I worked hard and it paid off. I hadn’t seen my family in 10 weeks. I was in training in the Bay Area,” Martirosyan wathi. “Ingabe babedla 100 limgwaza a round. I knew he was a Mayweather fighter and I was going into the fight already down five rounds.
“Ngangazi ukuthi ukunqoba. Ekhoneni wangitshela ukuba uhambe futhi nijabula, kodwa ngangifuna ukuba out knock kuye.
“Ngangazi ngokushesha njengoba Ngaboshwa the knockdown yokuqala ukuthi kwadingeka ngiyibambile. Ngangingazi ukuthi wayezoba up kusukela knockdown yesibili. Wayengakaze abebekwe ngaphambili. Uye walwa eziningi fighters enkulu futhi Ngayeka kuye kabili.”
Smith, bomdabu lokuqala Las Vega wasithatha isihloko emhlabeni, wazizwa impi kwaba baqaphe kakhulu.
“The knockdown lokuqala kwakungewona sína. Wavele bangibamba ngemuva ekhanda. Elesibili kwaba Legit, kodwa Ngavuka ukulungele ngibuye ngesikhathi kuye,” Smith uthe.
“Amaphuzu Six kuyinto engenangqondo. Ngangicabanga ukuthi kuseduze 95-95 noma 95-94. Ngacabanga nje kwaba eduze okuningi kunalezo amajaji amabili, futhi ekhoneni yami zazilokhu zithi kwakuthandeka Okuyınqo. Kodwa sasilindele a mpi onzima out of (Martirosyan). Muhle eside, rangy kanye puncher omuhle, kodwa lokho kungani ngangifuna ukuthola ngaphakathi futhi silwe naye khona.
“I nje balwa esihogweni impi ngokumelene No. 3-fighter zibalwa eqeleni yethu. Mina a lot kwesokunxele. Ngithathe ukusunduza la guys umkhawulo. Ngithatha lutho kude kuye. Muhle omunye the best in the world futhi Ngingumfana zangaphambili emhlabeni iqhawe. We wanika abalandeli a fight tonight omkhulu futhi Ngizobuya ngokushesha.”
Futhi on “Countdown LIVE,” ethembisa unbeaten engasindi Gervonta Davis of Baltimore ngcono 12-0 kanye 11 knockouts ngokubhalisela 1:34, zokuqala-round TKO phezuRecky Dulay (8-2, 5 Kos), of Manila, Philippines.
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“High Stakes: Mayweather vs. Berto,” 12-round emhlabeni welterweight ubuqhawe iziqubu for WBC futhi WBA 147 esingamakhilogremu angu-ziqu Mayweather sika, was promoted by Mayweather Promotions LLC. The event took place Saturday, September 12 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas and was televised by SHOWTIME PPV. The undercard featured a WBO Junior Lightweight World Championship fight, lapho kwaba rematch phakathi kwamaRoma Martinez ne-Orlando Salido. Also featured on the PPV telecast was a WBC Super Middleweight title bout between Badou Jack and George Groves, lapho wakhushulelwa sikanye Team Sauerland. The iziqubu Ukuvulwa PPV kuzo ngempela eyenza zangaphambili emhlabeni iqhawe Jhonny Gonzalez ngokumelene Puerto Rico uJonathani Oquendo in a 10-round super featherweight iziqubu. ISIKHATHI SOMBUKISO “Countdown Live” wawuhlanganisa a 10-round super welterweight Yimpi ephakathi Ishe Smith and Vanes Martirosyan.
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