Miami (August 19, 2015) – Perennial middleweight/super middleweight gatekeeper Marcus Upshaw pae hopea e tuwhera ana te kuwaha ki te pene ka aru mai o tona mahi Rāhoroi whakamutunga, patoto i roto i mua tūturu tiaturiraa Turkish Bugra Oener i Wynwood Stadium i Miami, ki te hopu i te wātea Kaunihera Boxing World (WBC) wā Mediterranean taitara whitu tekau super.

-Tau 35-tawhito te Upshaw (18-4-4, 9 Koó) whawhai i roto i te kāwanatanga tana whare mo te wā tuatahi i roto i 2 ½ tau. He was on a seek-and-destroy mission against reigning WBC Youth super middleweight champion Oener (9-1, 3 Koó).

Uru whakaaro Upshaw whakatā i muri i tona whawhai o mua, i roto i te i maturuturu iho e ia Las Vegas oire tino Lanell Bellows (12-1-1) e toru nga wa ano ngaro te whakatau waru-a tawhio noa.

“Kua ahau i te kaitiaki mo te pera roa, engari te mutunga whakatuwheratia ano e ahau i te kuwaha,” Na ka mea a Upshaw. “Ua ite whakamataku tēnei whawhai, rawa i muri i toku roa, 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, engari i whakaae ahau kia hoatu a reira tetahi atu pere. Ko ahau rite ki te hoatu i toku ora i runga i te raina, haere hoki taua mea, a kihai i manukanuka pae patua whara ranei.

“I knew that I had to finish this time. My opponent was related to one of the promoters and, me toku hītori, 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.”

Kia mea te reira ke e te Floridian ora-roa rite Upshaw ko te WBC Mediterranean toa whitu tekau super wā, ko ia whakaatu whakapehapeha rua tona whitiki taitara (kite tahi pikitia ki Upshaw me te kaiwhakahaere Hei Stern), ki te haere me te whitu tekau here Florida State riro ia i roto i 2009, no te patototanga a i tetahi atu 'amanaki hinga i te wa, Ahsandi Gibbs (10-0). I rite ke nga whakahari rongo ia i te mano e serenaded ia ki karakia o “USA, USA” rite tomo ia ki te whakakai ki a Florida kaiwhakatairanga Dave Johnson poipoia te kara American rite arahina e ia i te haere kapa ki te kokonga o Upshaw.

“Hoki te huringa i whawhai ahau i roto i toku iāri, me te pā e rongo hamama, 'USA, USA’ ue'i ahau he rota,” Upshaw tuhia. “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.”

Kua Upshaw kua mohiotia hoki tona taikaha tonu, haere i te tawhiti, ahakoa i roto i te parekura, ki te toa, contenders me amanaki pērā i Mario Antonio Rubio,Rawiri Lemieux, Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez, Edwin Rodriguez, Patrick Majewski a Tarvis Simms.

“Au rawa hari mo Marcus i muri i te katoa i ngā ia i roto i,” Kaiwhakahaere maoro o UpshawSi Star (Whakahaere SHS mekemeke) tāpiri. “Marcus ko te toa rerekē i roto i te whakakai tenei wa….rite ko ia he taata tino rerekē,” “Marcus i tukinotia e te tangata i roto i te wahi wawe o tona mahi nei i maka e ia i roto i te whawhai ki takatu te taimaha ki runga ki te 175 pauna, whawhai ratou i runga i te pānui i roto i te mutunga o to ratou backyards, a ko te rota o ona parekura ki toa ao.

“Kua tonu i Marcus te kaha whakakitea e ia ki a Oner, otiia kihai i whakaako ia ki te whakamahi i tana kaha tika tae noa ki tīmata ia te mahi ki te (upoko kaiwhakangungu) Orlando(Cuellar). Marcus is very, tino kaha a ngā kahore ia i roto i te whawhai kino. E ngaro ia te tahi mau whawhai kia riro ia ia, but that’s all behind him now. Coming off this fight, Whakapono ana ahau e taea e tatou ki te whawhai ki a ia mo te taitara rohe, a ka ka haere atu tatou i reira”

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