Miami (August 19, 2015) – Perennial middleweight/super middleweight gatekeeper Marcus Upshaw qetellong o ile a bula heke ho khaolong e latelang ea mosebetsi oa hae oa ho qetela Saturday, a kokota ho tsoa pele e neng e Krrish Turkish tebello Bugra Oener kwa Wynwood Stadium a Miami, ho hapa lolea World Boxing Lekgotla la (WBC) nakwana Mediterranean bartolomeo middleweight sehlooho.

A le 35 ea lilemo li Upshaw (18-4-4, 9 Kos) loana a ea lapeng la hae mmuso ka lekhetlo la pele a 2 ½ o lilemo tse. He was on a seek-and-destroy mission against reigning WBC Youth super middleweight champion Oener (9-1, 3 Kos).

Upshaw o ile a lumela ho nahana ka tlohela mosebetsi ka mor'a hore a fetileng loana, eo a neng a lahlela Las Vegas motseng oa habo ratang ka ho fetisisa Lanell Bellows (12-1-1) ka makhetlo a mararo leha ho le joalo lahleheloa ke tse robeli ho pota-pota qeto.

“Ke 'nile molebeli oa heke ka nako e telele empa Qetellong ke ile ka o ile a bula heke,” Upshaw a re. “Ntoeng ena o ile a ikutloa hlollang, haholo-holo ka mor'a hore ke nako e telele, 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, empa ke o ne a kholisehile ho e fa e 'ngoe hape thunngoa. Ke se ke loketse ea ho beha bophelo le mola, tla bakeng sa e le sa tšoenyehe ka kena otla kapa utloisa bohloko.

“I knew that I had to finish this time. My opponent was related to one of the promoters and, hammoho le ea ka ea histori, 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.”

Ho ka 'na bonahala eka makatsa hore ebe oa bophelo nako e telele Floridian joaloka Upshaw ke nakwana WBC Mediterranean bartolomeo middleweight' mampoli, empa o ile a motlotlo o bontša la hae la bobeli sehlooho lebanta la (bona tsamaea le setshwantsho ka Upshaw le mookameli Si Stern), ho ea hammoho le Florida State middleweight strap: a hlōla a 2009, ha a o ile a kokota tsoa e 'ngoe unbeaten tebello ka nako eo, Ahsandi Gibbs (10-0). Ka tsela e tšoanang makatsang e ne e le In o ile a utloa le bongata hore serenaded mo le lithoko ea “USA, USA” ha a kena reng e nang le Florida a ntsetsa pele Dave Johnson tsoka sa American folakha e le o ile a etella le sehlopha tsamaea ho Upshaw ea sekhutlo.

“Bakeng sa fetola ke ile ka loana a ke mor'a ntlo le ho utloa Fans hoeletsa, 'USA, USA’ ntšusumelletsa hore ke e ngata,” Upshaw o ile a re. “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 o 'nile a a tsebahala ka hore toughness, tla e leng sebaka, hoja a tahlehelo, le mampoli, hlolisanang le tebello tse kang Mario Antonio Rubio,Davida Lemieux, Gilberto Ramírez Sanchez, Edwin Rodriguez, Patrick Majewski le Tarvis Simms.

“Ke thabile haholo bakeng sa Marcus ka mor'a hore bohle a 'nile ka,” Upshaw ea khale mookameliSi Star (SHS Boxing Management) a phaella ka. “Marcus e ne e le fapaneng oke ka lesakaneng la litebele nako ena….joaloka e ne e le fapane ka ho feletseng boy,” “Marcus ne a ntse a tšoaroa hampe ka batho ba karolo ea pele ea mosebetsi oa hae oa ba o ile a lahlela mo a khahlanong le guys logo bekha ho fihlela ho 175 lik'hilograma tse, loana ba ka morao tsebiso a bona mor'a ntlo, le e ngata hae tahlehelo ne ba lokela ho lefatše mampoli.

“Marcus e 'nile ea na le matla o ile a bontša khahlanong le Oner, empa o ne a sa o ile a ruta joang ho hantle sebelisa matla a hae ho fihlela o ile a qala ho sebetsa le (hlooho mokoetlisi) Orlando(Cuellar). Marcus is very, matla haholo 'me o oa-s'o ka a e mpe loana. O lahleheloa ke ba bang ba lintoa a lokela ho ba hlōla, but that’s all behind him now. Coming off this fight, Ke lumela re ka mo ho loana bakeng sa lebatowa sehlooho, le ka nako eo re tla ea ho tloha moo”

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