Philadelphia, PA (August 24, 2015) – Boxcino 2015 toa John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson Kua hainatia ki te kanohi tūturu Liam Smith mo te wātea WBO ao Jr. Taitara whitu tekau i runga i October 10 i roto i te Manchester, Ingarangi.

Thompson hono Willie Monroe Jr. rite ki te toa Boxcino 2 whawhai mo te taitara ao i roto i te rima marama whanganga.

Thompson (17-1, 6 KO o) o Newark, Ka whai wāhi New Jersey i tona a'ee taitara ao tuatahi.

Thompson te ruruku whakatairangatia-e GH3 Whakatairanga Vito Mielnicki o a Kara Whakatairanga Arthur Pelullo o.

Te whai wāhi Thompson riro i runga i te kaha o te toa i te Boxcino 2015 JR. Whitu whakataetae ki te whakauru ia mo Ricardo Pinell (10-1-1), Stanyslav Skorkhod (9-0) me te mutu a tawhio 2 mo Brandon Adams (17-1).

“Ko oaoa ahau. These doors keep opening, a tika te haere ahau i roto i a ratou, ka kati ia ratou. I have to do my job. I am going into this fight making sure that I am in tip-top shape. Hoki ahau, te whakataetae Boxcino ko te whai wāhitanga nui ki whakapumautia. It is a strong platform to show my talents. I fought very tough competition, a mohio ahau i te timatanga e te pehea koe te tiki rite mo enei momo o whawhai,” Said Thompson.

“Ko ahau rawa whakakake o Hoani. He was a last minute replacement in Boxcino. He went on to win to the tournament in style by scoring a spectacular knockout over the heavily favored Brandon Adams. When the opportunity came about to fight Liam Smith for the title, Peke a Hoani katoa i runga i taua mea, ka mea kia tupu te reira. John is a real fighter and understands when these types of opportunities come up, He tawhiti i waenganui i he torutoru ratou, a ka peke ia i te whai wāhi ki te whawhai mo te WBO Jr. Whitu taitara ao,” ka mea a Arthur Pelullo o Kara Whakatairanga

Said Vito Mielnicki, Peresideni o GH3 Whakatairanga, “Ko Hoani te toa tuatahi i haina ahau i GH3 Whakatairanga. He always has taken the tough fights as you look at his history. I feel he is by far the more dominant fighter in this fight, a ka whakaaturia e ia ki tona taranata i runga i Oketopa 10. It won’t matter that he his going into Smith’s Backyard, Ka hoatu a Hoani i runga i te mahi nui.”

Whakatairangatia ana te a'ee e Whakatairanga Queensberry Frank Warren o, i roto i te feohi ki Kara Whakatairanga Arthur Pelullo o a GH3 Whakatairanga Vito Mielnicki o.

Ko te Smith – Ka uru atu Thompson a'ee te WBO Whitu taitara whawhai i waenganui i Andy Lee me Billy Joe Saunders, me te Terry Flanagan te parururaa i tona WBO taitara Kōmāmā ki Diego Magdaleno, e hapu, hanga ake te taitara takitoru-pane i runga i Oketopa 10 i Manchester, Ingarangi.