MIAMI (Awissu 19, 2015) – Perennial middleweight/super middleweight gatekeeper Marcus Upshaw finalment fetħet il-bieb għall-kapitolu li jmiss tal-karriera tiegħu nhar is-Sibt, iħabbtu out prospett Torka qabel undefeated Bugra Oener fi Wynwood Stadium fil Miami, li jaqbdu l-vakanti Kunsill Boxing Dinja (WBC) titolu middleweight super Mediterran interim.

Il Upshaw 35-il sena (18-4-4, 9 Kos) ġġieldu fl-istat dar tiegħu għall-ewwel darba fil- 2 ½ snin. He was on a seek-and-destroy mission against reigning WBC Youth super middleweight champion Oener (9-1, 3 Kos).

Upshaw ammessi jikkunsidraw l-irtirar wara ġlieda preċedenti tiegħu, li fih niżlet Las Vegas favoriti Hometown Minfaħ Lanell (12-1-1) tliet darbiet għadhom mitlufa deċiżjoni ta 'tmien round.

“Stajt kien il-atturi jkunu żvantaġġati, għal sakemm iżda I finalment fetħet il-bieb,” Upshaw qal. “Din il-ġlieda ħass biża, speċjalment wara tiegħi twil, 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, imma I kien konvint li jagħtuh wieħed shot aktar. I kien lest li jqiegħdu l-ħajja tiegħi fuq il-linja, tmur għal dan u mhux inkwetanti dwar jkollna milquta jew iweġġgħu.

“I knew that I had to finish this time. My opponent was related to one of the promoters and, flimkien ma 'l-istorja tiegħi, 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.”

Dan jista 'jidher stramba li Floridian tul il-ħajja bħall Upshaw huwa l-WBC Mediterran champion interim middleweight super, imma hu kburi displays tieni ċinturin titolu tiegħu (tara li jakkumpanja istampa bil Upshaw u l-maniġer Si Stern), li jmorru flimkien maċ-ċinga middleweight Istat Florida rebaħ fil 2009, meta hu knocked out prospett unbeaten ieħor fiż-żmien, Ahsandi Gibbs (10-0). Bl-istess mod stramba kienu l-Cheers huwa jinstema mill-folla li serenaded lilu ma chants ta “USA, USA” kif daħal fl-ċirku ma promotur Florida Dave Johnson waving bandiera Amerikana kif hu wassal il-mixja tim biex kantuniera Upshaw tal.

“Għal bidla I kien ġlied fil arrière tiegħi u fannijiet smigħ jgħajtu, "USA, USA’ motivati ​​me ħafna,” Upshaw innota. “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 dejjem kien magħruf għall toughness tiegħu, jmorru l-distanza, għalkemm it-telf, ma ċampjins, kontendenti u l-prospetti bħal Mario Antonio Rubio,David Lemieux, Gilberto Ramírez Sanchez, Edwin Rodriguez, Patrick Majewski u Tarvis Simms.

“Ninsab kuntenta ħafna għal Marcus wara kollox hu kien permezz,” Maniġer żmien twil Upshaw talSi Star (Ġestjoni SHS Boxing) miżjud. “Marcus kien ġellied differenti fiċ-ċirku f'dan il-ħin….simili hu kien Guy kompletament differenti,” “Marcus kien ġie maltrattati minn nies fil-parti bikrija tal-karriera tiegħu li threw lilu fil kontra guys li jiżnu sa 175 liri, jiġġilidhom fuq avviż tard fil-btieħi tagħhom, u ħafna ta 'telf tiegħu kienu li ċampjins tad-dinja.

“Marcus dejjem kellu l-poter huwa wera kontra Oner, imma hu ma kienx mgħallma kif tuża sew poter tiegħu sakemm hu beda jaħdem ma ' (trainer ras) Orlando(Cuellar). Marcus is very, qawwija ħafna u hu qatt ma kien fil-ġlieda bad. Hu tilef xi ġlied huwa għandu rebħu, but that’s all behind him now. Coming off this fight, Nemmen li nistgħu nikseb lilu għall-ġlieda għal titlu reġjonali, u mbagħad aħna ser imorru minn hemm”

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