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Alexandria, VA (October 14) – Toa o mua te ao Lamont Peterson (33-3-1, 17 Koó) a Olympic Gold fetia Pirika Diaz Jr.(17-0, 8 Koó), ko wai e matua a tenei Rāhoroi Te Pirimia mekemeke Champions (PBC) i runga i te NBC takahanga whakakitea ora i te EagleBank Arena i George Mason University i Fairfax, VA, whakahaerehia te īngoa pāpāho i tenei ra i te Alexandria Mekemeke Club. I honoa ratou i te teina o Lamont, Anthony Peterson (35-1, 23 Koó), te tino rohe Jimmy Lange (38-6-2, 25 Koó) me amanaki tūturu Alantez Fox (16-0-1, 6 Koó), ko wai e hoki whawhai October 17 i roto i te pāngia motuhake.
Ko te whawhai mahi atu hoki pāpāho, ka tutaki ki te pinepine o ngā tamariki i te Charles Houston Recreation Center me nga Boys tata & Girls Club ki te haina tëneti me tango whakaahua.
Te Pirimia mekemeke Champions (PBC) i runga i te NBC kapinga teata timata i 4 p.m. AND/1 p.m. PT.
Lamont Peterson
“Kua kite ahau i Diaz me whakaaro ahau e taea e whawhai ia. Mea mahino taea whawhai ia. Te tūturu ia, engari whakaaro tino ahau, ia tatou i te tiki i roto i te matotoru o tenei, wheako kei te haere ki te tango i runga i a e kore e whakaaro ahau kei te haere ia ki te whai nui ki te whakaoti.
“Ko te wa rite tenei ina kei a koe ki te tamariki e kite tino koutou te faufaa te reira ki te tū hei tauira a tawhio noa pai. Kia pehea te taea e koe te taa e tika te reira. He mea nui tonu te reira ki ahau mo hoatu hoki a whawhai i roto i toku oire taea te mahi ki ahau e.
“A, no te ahau i runga i te ara, ki te neke a tawhio noa te rota, me te īngoa i roto i te omaoma hotera i koe, engari te painga o te i te fare ko e whiwhi ahau ki te moe i roto i toku moenga ake, mahi i roto i i toku omaoma ake me ona 100 wa pai hoki ki ahau. I te mutunga o te ra, Ahau aroha ki te whawhai i roto i te mua o toku pā oire.”
Pirika Diaz JR.
“Just rite katoa i roto i te oraraa, to tatou ki te piki. Te patu e te pa Lamont wahi tiketike hou i roto i toku mahi me toku ora.
“I muri i te Olympics ka mau ahau he tau atu ki te whakaaro e pā ana toku heke mai. Na kia wawahia e ahau arahina konei.
“E mohio ana ahau ki ta te ao katoa e mohio e pā ana ki Lamont Peterson. Te ia he toa rahi…engari e kore e mea faufaa. Kei te haere tonu ahau ki te whiua ia.
“Ko i roto i toku heke mai te pere taitara ao, me te whakaaro e ahau i tenei whawhai ko te aha kei te haere ki te whakatuwhera i te tatau ki ahau.”
Anthony Peterson
“Whiwhi tatou i to tatou mahi i roto i te rā. Ko te momo utuafare katoa o te kōhauhau tenei.
“Kua kite ahau i rïpene i runga i toku hoa tauwhainga. Te ia te southpaw uaua. Te rapu atu ahau ki te whawhai ki a ia i runga i Rāhoroipo.
“Aroha tautoko ahau toku teina. Ko ia toku hoa pai a ahau na fiefia he matou i runga i te kāri kotahi, me te māngai DC me Headbangers i mua o te mano whenua.
“Tino hiahia ana ahau hohoro koperea te taitara ao, me te noho ahau i 135. Ko te wahi e au whakamarie, me te wahi ka haere tonu ahau ki te hoko pai me te pai.”
Jimmy Lange
“Oti ahau mo tenei whawhai i te ara ano taka e ahau ma nga whawhai. He te kahore kiriata i runga i toku hoa tauwhainga [Mike Sawyer], na rite ahau mo Kingi Kong, a ka i roto i te āhua pai rawa.
“Ko te he honore [ki te whawhai i runga i te kāri headlined e Lamont Peterson] kua kawea mai no te mea e ia mekemeke hoki ki DC me te wāhi tāone DC.
“Ko ahau lāngilangi'ia tino ki te hei i runga i tenei kāri, no te mea ko Lamont he toa mau i roto i a roto o te whakakai. E kore koe e whakarongo ki tetahi mea kino e pā ana ki a ia, no te mea e kore tetahi mea kino ki te mea kei reira.”
ALANTEZ FOX
“Haere puni Whakangungu tino pai. Ite e ahau tino kaha. Kua hokona e ahau atu i te tahi pauna ki te tapahi me e te reira.
“E matau ana ahau ki toku hoa tauwhainga [Eric Mitchell] he uaua. Uaua whawhai tikanga Philly e tonu.
“Te haere ki te kia ngāwari i tawhio tetahi ki te mutunga. E kore e haere e koe ki te hiahia ki te tahuri atu no te, ki te meatia e koutou, taea e koe te mahue te tahi mea pai.
“Taime atoa e whawhai ahau, E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakangahau i te pā, rite ahau ki te hui matua, ara, ki te kahore ahau i te hui matua.”
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