Ib zaug rau cov Ropes, Boxing heev nyob rau hauv New York Tsaug rau Local Fighters
Tiamsis ntawm lub nroog lub boxing scene yog muaj zog nyob rau hauv gyms thiab me me venues thoob plaws hauv lub nroog, txawm hais tias koj yuav tsis nrhiav tau nws nyob rau Madison Square Garden
Los ntawm
Alex Raskin
Yuav Rosinsky yog ib tug 30-xyoo-laus poj vaj haiv neeg uas ua hauj lwm raws li ib tug firefighter nyob rau hauv yas Heights, Brooklyn. Ib tug neeg uas coj tus paub zoo ntawm nws, Joe Smith Jr., yog ib tug 26-xyoo-laus siv neeg ua hauj lwm los ntev Island thiab ib tug tswv cuab ntawm lub zos 66 Tub Zog Union.
Nyob rau hnub Saturday hmo ntuj, lub ob yog mus Barclays Center nyob rau hauv Brooklyn rau ib hmo ntawm boxing ntais headlined los ntawm ib tug middleweight championship bout. Tab sis lawv yuav tsis tau zaum nyob rau hauv sawv. Rosinsky thiab Smith yuav tsum muaj mus tua txhua lwm yam nyob ib undercard mus rau lub title match ntawm Brooklynites Peter Quillin (32-0-1) thiab WBA middleweight zus Daniel Jacobs (30-1).
“Peb paub txhua lwm yam,” Rosinsky (19-2) hais tias ntawm Smith, nws tus qub sparring khub. “Muaj tsis muaj dab tsi sib txawv hais tias nws yog mus ua li ntawd kuv tsis tau pom nws ua twb.”
Rau nws ib feem, Smith (19-1) txawm coj ib co so lub sij hawm los ntawm nws lub hnub txoj hauj lwm nyob rau hauv thiaj li yuav tau npaj rau Saturday lub lub teeb-heavyweight bout. “Kuv paub hais tias ib tug ntau ntawm cov neeg tsis tau ua uas,” nws hais tias, “tab sis kuv muaj hmoo thiab kuv twb tau mus noj tawm thiab tseem them nqi kho mob rau kuv lub sij hawm.”
Tov martial arts tej zaum yuav nyob rau hauv sawv, tab sis lub boxing scene nyob rau hauv New York City yeej tsis tau muaj zog-raws li qhia los ntawm ib tug tsis ntev los no hmo ntuj ntawm nruab nrab-theem fights nyob rau hauv Marine Park, Brooklyn.
Tsis txhob yuav fooled los ntawm lawv cov “tiag tiag” cov hauj lwm, respectable raws li lawv tej zaum yuav. Rosinsky thiab Smith, ob Golden Cov hnab looj tes champions, tau boxing ntev ua ntej lawv nkag mus hauv cov tsoos ua hauj lwm. Lawv yog ib feem ntawm New York lub loj hlob pugilistic nruab nrab hauv chav kawm ntawv, taug kev cim ntawm lub ua si nawv tus Renaissance nyob rau hauv lub nroog.
Muaj ib lub sij hawm thaum New York yog synonymous nrog boxing. Madison Square Garden sim 28 sib ntaus sib tua phaib ib xyoos ntawm 1940 thiab 1950, thaum lub arena twb nyob rau Yim Avenue ntawm 49th thiab 50th txoj kev. Tus tam sim no vaj tuav tsuas yog ob tug phaib nyob rau hauv 2015, xws li Gennady Golovkin tus muag-tawm title tiv thaiv tawm tsam David Lemieux rau Oct. 17. Nws nyob ntawd boxing tau disappearing los ntawm lub nroog lub kev ua si scene.
“Peb tsis tau muaj ib tug tag nrho ntau yuav nyob rau hauv thawj ib feem ntawm tus tshiab xyoo pua,” piav Bruce Silverglade, tswv ntawm Brooklyn lub npe nrov Gleason lub Gym.
“Lub sib ntaus tshuav New York,” nws hais tias. “Nqi Se yog ib tug loj ib feem ntawm hais tias kev, tab sis cia li tus nqi ntawm ua ib tug qhia tau tias… New York yog ib qho kim lub zos. Koj muaj house lub tua hluav taws. Koj yuav tsum muab lawv ib tug rau ib diem. Yog hais tias koj noj tib yam loj sib ntaus thiab muab tso rau nws nyob rau hauv Las Vegas, los yog ib qho chaw nyob qhov twg yog ib tug twv txiaj yuam pov uas txhawb nqa boxing, lawv yuav muab koj ib qhov chaw them nqi rau los.”
'Raws li deb raws li cov muaj koob meej ntawm boxing nyob rau hauv lub nroog ntawm New York, nws yuav tsis tau zoo, as far as I’m concerned.’ -Bruce Silverglade, tswv ntawm Gleason lub Gym
Cov se thiab cov nqi nyob twj ywm, tab sis ua tsaug rau newer venues, midlevel ib ce, thiab laus sib ntaus phaib, lawv yog cov tsis raws prohibitive. Tam sim no hauv zos boxers muaj ib tug hometown kom zoo dua nyob rau hauv ib lub nroog uas yog, ib zaug dua, nurturing cov kev ua si nawv txhua qib.
Raws li Silverglade muab nws, “[boxing yog] pib rov qab los.”
Lub Barclays Center card nyob rau hnub Saturday nyeem zoo li ib lub zos dawb nplooj ntawv. Heather Hardy, neeg ua hauj lwm raws li ib tug kws qhia ntawm Gleason thiab boasts ib tug 14-0 kev cov ntaub ntawv, yog ua rau nws thib tsib tsos ntawm lub arena. “Kuv muag daim pib mus rau kuv cov neeg, co-neeg ua hauj lwm, lawv cov neeg. Kuv zoo ib yam li txhua leej txhua tus me nyuam tus muam,” hais tias lub 33-xyoo-laus niam thiab Brooklyn haiv neeg.
Tsis tas li ntawd tshwm yog nce lub teeb-heavyweight contender thiab Staten Island haiv neeg Marcus Browne (16-0) thiab Huntington, N.Y., haiv neeg Chris Algieri (20-2), ib tug welterweight. Raws li rau lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim, Jacobs yog ib yam khoom ntawm East New York lub Starrett City Boxing Club, thiab Quillin kuj nyob rau hauv lub Borough.
Nws yuav ua tau lub 28th thiab zaum kawg sib ntaus card ntawm lub xyoo nyob rau hauv New York, uas ntais ntawv xyoo tas los tus tag nrho cov, raws li lub New York State Athletic Commission. Raws li tsis ntev li 2009, tsuas 14 boxing phaib tau commissioned nyob rau hauv lub nroog txwv.
Tam sim no cov txheej xwm yog paab ntawm lub nroog nws tus kheej.
“Qhov zoo tshaj plaws txog New York yog hais tias tsis muaj teeb meem qhov twg nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no koj lawg los ntawm, koj yuav yeej ib txwm nrhiav ib tug 'tsev neeg coob coob’ nyob rau hauv New York vim nws xam qhovkev muaj ntau haiv neeg,” piav Tom Hoover, tus tswj ntawm lub New York State Athletic Commission.
Xws li yog cov ntaub ntawv rau nce zeem muag thiab tsis ntev los no neeg txawv teb chaws Bakhtiyar Eyubov (9-0) thiab peb-lub sij hawm Georgian lub teb chaws tau zus ib Giorgi Gelashvili (3-0), ob uas yeej sib ntaus nyob rau Oct. 29 “Brooklyn Brawl” showcase nyob rau Aviator kev ua si thiab tej yam Center nyob rau hauv Marine Park.
Tsaug nyob rau hauv loj ib feem mus rau lub Ukrainian-yug, Brooklyn-tsa boxer thiab pab txhawb Dmitriy Salita, ob tug tau pom ib lub tsev gym, Brooklyn lub sib ntaus Hoobkas, thiab ib lub sij hawm rau lub thawv nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lawv loj hlob tus naj npawb ntawm cov kiv cua, coob leej ntawm cov kuj lawg los ntawm yav tas los Soviet republics.
Lwm Starrett City khoom, Lo lus (35-2-1) wb nce lub toj lub ibyam li ib tug welterweight ua ntej poob rau Amir Khan nyob rau hauv 2013. Nws hais ntxiv hais boxing, tab sis tom qab nyeem ib phau ntawv txog cov neeg Ixayees txoj kev khwv nyiaj txiag hu ua “Pib-Up teb chaws,” Salita txiav txim siab los sim nws txhais tes rau kev qhia kev.
“Kuv ntsia ib ncig ntawm lub ntiaj teb no nyob rau hauv boxing New York City,” Hais lus, ib tug Orthodox neeg Yudais uas muaj ib qho orthodox sib ntaus sib tua stance. “Kuv ua ib tug ob peb ntawm tus xov tooj hu. Nws tag nrho cov tuaj ua ke es sai sai. Rau, tej zaum xya lub lim piam tom qab ntawd, Kuv muaj kuv thawj qhia tau tias nyob rau ntawm Cuaj Hli Ntuj Tim. 1, 2010. Ob peb zoo fighters tiv thaiv.”
Salita lub hnub qub ntawm David Promotions nws thiaj li launched rau Brooklyn Brawl series, uas theem fights ntawm midsize venues xws li Coney Island lub MCU Park, lub Paramount Theatre, thiab lub Aviator Center.
Txij thaum lub sib ntaus yog feem ntau muaj nyob rau ntawm lub MSG Network lossis hauv online ntawm ESPN3, Salita tus neeg tua hluav taws yog muaj yuav tsum tau raug tus kab mob. Lwm ntawm nws tua hluav taws, ib sim neej cov phooj ywg thiab heavyweight contender Jarrell “Loj Tus me nyuam” Miller, tauj ib qho impressive kev kawm nyob rau Showtime nyob rau hauv Lub kaum hli ntuj, xa me nyuam rov Akhror Muralimov nyob rau hauv peb rounds los txhim kho kom 16-0-1.
“Kuv xav hais tias muaj yog ib tug loj hauv nruab nrab hauv chav kawm ntawv nyob rau hauv boxing tshaj yog ua ntej muaj,” Hais lus.
“Muaj ntau cov neeg tam sim no uas ua $50,000 rau $100,000 ib lub xyoo.”
Uas nruab nrab hauv chav kawm ntawv tej zaum yuav tsis muaj nyob yog tsis ua si nawv tus VR. Niaj hnub no, txhua leej txhua tus yog stepping rau hauv lub nplhaib.
“Hnub no kuv yog ib ncig ntawm 80% ua lag ua luam neeg-txiv neej, cov poj niam, cov me nyuam,” hais tias Silverglade, uas nws cov neeg muas zaub ntau yam nyob rau hauv lub hnub nyoog ntawm 6 rau 87. Nws sau hais tias thaum Gleason tus twb nyob rau hauv Manhattan, “nws yog 100% boxers-amateurs thiab pros. Peb yeej muaj ob businessmen. Tsis me nyuam, tsis muaj poj niam.”
Tam sim no, raws li nyob rau hauv ntau gyms nyob rau hauv lub cheeb tsam, cov poj niam thiab cov me nyuam ua tau li ib tug loj ib feem ntawm cov Silverglade ua lag ua luam. “Raws li deb raws li cov muaj koob meej ntawm boxing nyob rau hauv lub nroog ntawm New York, nws yuav tsis tau zoo, kom deb li deb raws li kuv txhawj xeeb,” nws hais tias. “Kuv yuav tsis yuav nyob rau hauv kev ua lag luam niaj hnub no, Kuv yuav them tsis taus cov kev tuav pov hwm los yog cov nqi xauj tsev yog lwm yam.”
