Magazi okhetsedwa kuchokera Omar Figueroa mphuno nthawi yotsiriza anali pa AT&T Center, manja ake anavulala kuchokera kuponya chikwi nkhonya. Figueroa watopa, ndipo izo zonse zinali zedi pamene Championship lamba anaikidwa pa phewa.

Izo zinali pa July 27, 2013. Figueroa anamenyana Nihito Arakawa ndipo ankati ndi WBC opepuka Title mu podwala kuti aposa ambiri Nkhondo ya Zaka mndandanda.

Patatha zaka ziwiri, Omar “Panterita” Figueroa akubwereranso ku AT&T Center. Figueroa (25-0-1, 18 Ko) ndi headlining ndi Premier nkhonya odziwa khadi pa Dec. 12, kumene iye nkhondo Antonio DeMarco (31-5-1, 23 Ko).

Matikiti poyambira $31 zilipo pa www.attcenter.com pakuti ndewu, amene mulinso Domi- “Mavuto” Breazeale motsutsana “Prince” Charles Martin mu katswiri woposa onse podwala ndi kubwerera kwa apeza kale welterweight ngwazi Victor Ortiz.

Pakuti Figueroa, Atabwerera ku AT&T Center mphete zikutanthauza kubwerera ku kulowa kwa mmodzi wa aakulu usiku moyo wake, pamene anagonjetsa Arakawa mu zochita.

“Kupita chala ndi chala, 12 zipolopolo, zinali ngati chinachake mu miyala mafilimu,” Figueroa anati. “Ndi za kukhala olimba mtima ndi mtima kukhala mmenemo ndi kuchita mwanjira. Ndipite mkati umo, magazi osweka manja, izo zinali zodabwitsa. Ndinali wosangalala kuchita izo pano pa AT&T Center.”

Figueroa, 25, ndi kunyada wa Rio Grande Valley. Iye ndi mbadwa ya Weslaco, za 250 mailosi kum'mwera kwa AT&T Center. Iye imaphunzitsa apo ndi bambo ake, Omar Sr., amene kaye Magolovesi mwana wake pamene JR. anali 6.

Dzina “Panterita,” Figueroa anayamba wake wapamwamba ku mphete kudzera pafupifupi 200 ankachita masewera ndewu ku Mexico ndi mzake 50 mu United States monga Junior.

Iye timangokhalira puncher. Iye sasamala pochita zinthu zingapo kumenya ngati izo zikutanthauza kudziŵa ochepa akatemera mwa Iye yekha. Kukangana Figueroa kukhala zochepa za “lokoma sayansi” ndi zambiri za chosowa odziletsa. Kuti kalembedwe anatsogolera kwambiri nkhondo ya AT&T Center amene anaonapo.

Figueroa ndi Arakawa malonda nkhonya iliyonse wachiwiri wawo 12 chonse nkhondo, ndi AT&T Center khamu mobwerezabwereza “Omar! Omar!” m'madera. Ngakhale Figueroa, chipembedzo cha womenya, anavulala manja ake atangomva Arakawa nkhope ndi thupi, Arakawa sindikanapita kumusi. Onse olimbana anapirira chifukwa 36 Mphindi, kupereka mzake nods ulemu kumapeto kwa aliyense kuzungulira.

Pamene nkhondo inatha ndipo Figueroa anavekedwa yoyamba ya padziko ngwazi ku Rio Grande Valley, kulimba mtima mwa nkhondo zinatsala iye woposa lamba masewerawa mabwalo. Malinga Compubox, amene tallies nkhonya otayika ndipo anafika, Figueroa chikugwirizana pa 450 mphamvu nkhonya ku nkhondo, yachinayi kwambiri nthawi zonse iliyonse kulemera odzozedwa a CompuBox 30 zaka kujambula ndewu.

“Pa masewera amene zinthu zambiri zosaiwalika chaputala,” Wotsogolera mwambo Mauro Ranallo anati nthawi ya nkhondo, “pano mu San Antonio inu mukhoza kuwonjezera m'mutu wina kuti nkhonya zokongola ndi nkhanza pano.”

Popeza anasamukira ku 140 yolemera kulemera kalasi, Figueroa ananena izi ndi nthawi yoyamba iye ankaona bwinobwino wathanzi kuyambira Arakawa nkhondo. Monga Figueroa a nyenyezi akupitiriza adzauka, DeMarco, yemwe kale WBC opepuka ngwazi yekha kwa Sinaloa, Mexico, waima m'njira yake.

“Ichi chidzakhala kwambiri amphamvu nkhondo ndi Mosakayikira kukhala nkhondo chifukwa cha nkhondo masitaelo,” DeMarco anati.

The Dec. 12 khadi ladzala ndi lalikulu matchups, wina waukulu chochitika podwala mbali sDominic “Mavuto” BREAZEALE (16-0, 14 Ko) motsutsa “Prince” Charles Martin (22-0-1, 20 Ko) ndipo Chris “The zinasintha” Arreola (36-4-1, 31 Ko) motsutsana Travis “My Time” Kauffman (30-1, 22 Ko).

BREAZEALE, yemwe kale wosewera kumbuyo pa University ya kumpoto Colorado, anayamba nkhonya pambuyo pa koleji ntchito inatha ndipo anakhala 2012 Olympian. Iye analemba knockout onse awiri akatswiri ndewu, koma loyang'anizana ake zovuta mayeso motsutsana Martin, amene wapita zoposa zinayi zipolopolo kamodzi kokha womaliza eyiti ndewu.

Victor Ortiz zimapangitsa Atabwerera ku mphete mu AT&T Center komanso, kukhala ntchito yake watenga chidwi njira kuyambira kumenyana Floyd Mayweather JR. mu 2011. Ortiz pamiyala “Kuvina ndi Nyenyezi” mu 2013, ndipo ali akuchita udindo “Owonongeka 3” ndipo “Southpaw.” San Antonio ake nkhondo adzakhala oyamba 364 masiku, ndipo Ortiz adzakhala zimakupiza ankakonda.

Leija / Battah Zokwezedwa powatulutsa nkhondo khadi San Antonio, monga kwawo mwana Jesse James Leija anati iye ikufuna kubweretsa zazikulu ndewu kwa AT&T Center.

“San Antonio mwina yabwino mzinda nkhonya ku United States,” Mphamba anati. “Tikufuna kuwapatsa mafani ndalama za mtengo ndi zina zabwino omenyana ku Texas ndi kwina.”

The ndewu pa AT&T Center nawonso mwayi kwa ena m'deralo omenyana kulowa mu mphete kuulutsidwa kuti adzakhala televised pa NBC ndi NBCSN kuyambira 5 p.m. CST.

Mario Barrios, 20 wazaka amene anapezeka kum'mwera High School ku San Antonio, anamenya kale nkhondo kasanu ndi kamodzi 2015 ndipo anapambana onse asanu ndewu. Pakuti Barrios (13-0, 7 Ko), kuyenda mu AT&T Center chinachake anati lake lonse ntchito wakhala akumanga kwa.

“Ine anamenyana zambiri malo womudziwa, ine,” Barrios anati. “Kulimbana kunyumba, kutsogolo kwa banja, zingakhale pang'ono zedi. Izo chisoni ine monga mfundo zanu ntchito kuti Mukugwira chinachake.”