Miami (August 19, 2015) – Perennial middleweight/super middleweight gatekeeper Marcus Upshaw akpatre emeghe ọnụ ụzọ ámá n'isiakwụkwọ na-esonụ nke ya ọrụ ikpeazụ Saturday, na-akụ aka si mbụ undefeated Turkish atụmanya Bugra Oener na Wynwood Stadium na Miami, weghara ohere iputa World Boxing Council (WBC) obere Mediterranean ibu middleweight aha.

The 35-afọ Upshaw (18-4-4, 9 Kos) agha n'ụlọ ya ala n'ihi na na oge mbụ 2 ½ afọ. He was on a seek-and-destroy mission against reigning WBC Youth super middleweight champion Oener (9-1, 3 Kos).

Upshaw kwetara na-atụle ezumike nká mgbe ya gara aga agha, nke ọ na-ama esịn Las Vegas n'obodo mmasị Lanell Bellows (12-1-1) ugboro atọ ma efu asatọ-gburugburu mkpebi.

“M na nche ọnụ ụzọ ámá ruo ogologo oge ma m mechara emeghe ọnụ ụzọ ámá,” Upshaw kwuru. “Nke a na-agha chere egwu, karịsịa mgbe m ogologo, long journey. I was stressed out after my last fight. I beat myself up and felt there was no reason for me to continue my boxing career. I felt used and was ready to quit, ma m kwenyesiri ike na-enye ya onye ọzọ ogbugba. M dị njikere itinye ndụ m na akara, na-aga n'ihi na ọ na-adịghị echegbu onwe anyị banyere ịlụ kụrụ ma ọ bụ imerụ.

“I knew that I had to finish this time. My opponent was related to one of the promoters and, tinyere m akụkọ ihe mere eme, I knew that I had to keep going to finish the job. I knew I had to knock him out and I trained hard to do just that. I’ve put the past behind me. The problem was always me. This fight was fun. I stepped into the devil’s playground and that brought out the ugly in me to get the job done.”

O nwere ike iyi ihe ijuanya na a-adịru ogologo ndụ Floridian ka Upshaw bụ obere WBC Mediterranean ibu middleweight mmeri, ma ọ nganga na-egosiputa ya nke abụọ aha belt (ịhụ na foto dị n'isiokwu na Upshaw na njikwa Iji Stern), na-aga na ndị Florida State middleweight eriri o meriri na 2009, mgbe ọ kụpụrụ ọzọ unbeaten atụmanya n'oge, Ahsandi Gibbs (10-0). Dịkwa iju ndị ekele ọ nụrụ ka ìgwè mmadụ na serenaded ya Chants nke “USA, USA” dị ka ọ banyere mgbanaka na Florida akwalite Dave Johnson à na-American ọkọlọtọ ka ọ mere ka ìgwè ahụ na-eje ije na-Upshaw si akuku.

“N'ihi na a mgbanwe m na-alụ ọgụ m backyard na ịnụ Fans mkpu, 'USA, USA’ kpaliri m a otutu,” Upshaw kwuru. “They had my back. I was honored and it got me extra psyched for the fight. I knew had to prove myself. I’m really a middleweight but I took this fight at super middleweight because it was a good opportunity for me.”

Upshaw mgbe a mara maka ya ike, na-aga na anya, albeit ke weere, na-agbachitere, contenders na atụmanya dị otú ahụ dị ka Mario Antonio Rubio,David Lemieux, Gilberto ramirez Sanchez, Edwin RODRÍGUEZ, Patrick Majewski na Tarvis Simms.

“M nnọọ obi ụtọ n'ihi Marcus mgbe niile ọ na-site,” Upshaw si nọteworo njikwaSi Star (SHS Boxing Management) kwukwara. “Marcus bụ a dị iche iche fighter na mgbanaka oge a….dị ka ọ bụ kpamkpam dị iche iche Ihọd,” “Marcus e mesoro ndị mmadụ na mmalite nke ọrụ ya onye tụbara ya megide ụmụ okorobịa erikpu ruo 175 pound, na-alụ ọgụ ha na mbubreyo mara na ha n'azụ ụlọ, na otutu ya weere ndị ụwa mmeri.

“Marcus mgbe nwere ike o gosiri megide Oner, ma ọ na-akụziri otú kwesịrị ekwesị na-eji ike ya ruo mgbe ọ malitere ịrụ ọrụ na (isi ọzụzụ) Orlando(Cuellar). Marcus is very, nnọọ ike na ọ na-agatụbeghị a ọjọọ ọgụ. Ọ na-efu ụfọdụ ịlụ ọgụ, ọ ga-merie, but that’s all behind him now. Coming off this fight, M kwere na anyị nwere ike inwe ya na-alụ ọgụ maka a mpaghara aha, na mgbe ahụ anyị ga-aga n'ebe ahụ”

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