Miami (August 19, 2015) – Perennial middleweight/super middleweight gatekeeper Makosi Upshaw nipari la ẹnu-bode si tókàn orí rẹ ọmọ kẹhin Saturday, knocking jade tẹlẹ undefeated tooki afojusọna Bugra Oener ni Wynwood Stadium in Miami, lati Yaworan awọn ṣ'ofo World Council Boxing (WBC) adele Mẹditarenia Super middleweight akọle.

Awọn 35-odun-atijọ Upshaw (18-4-4, 9 KOs) jà ni ile re ipinle fun igba akọkọ ninu 2 ½ years. He was on a seek-and-destroy mission against reigning WBC Youth super middleweight champion Oener (9-1, 3 KOs).

Upshaw gba eleyi ba feyinti lẹhin rẹ ti tẹlẹ ija, ninu eyi ti o ti lọ silẹ Las fegasi ilu ayanfẹ Lanell Bellows (12-1-1) ni igba mẹta yet nu ẹya mẹjọ-yika ipinnu.

“Mo ti sọ ti ni gatekeeper fun ki gun sugbon mo nipari la ẹnu-bode,” Upshaw wi. “Yi ija ro oniyi, paapa lẹhin mi gun, 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, sugbon mo ti a ìdánilójú lati fun o ọkan diẹ shot. Mo ti wà setan lati fi ẹmi mi lori ila, lọ fun o ati ki o ko idaamu nipa nini lu tabi farapa.

“I knew that I had to finish this time. My opponent was related to one of the promoters and, pẹlú pẹlu mi itan, 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 le dabi ajeji pe a aye-gun Floridian bi Upshaw ni adele WBC Mẹditarenia Super middleweight asiwaju, ṣugbọn o inu didun hàn rẹ keji akọle igbanu (wo aworan ti yoo tẹle pẹlu Upshaw ati faili Si Stern), lati lọ si pẹlú pẹlu awọn Florida State middleweight okun ti o gba ni 2009, nigbati o ti lu jade mìíràn unbeaten afojusọna ni akoko, Ahsandi Gibbs (10-0). Se ajeji si li awọn ti o gbọ lati mú inú awọn enia ti o serenaded i pẹlu awọn chants ti “USA, USA” bi o ti wọ iwọn pẹlu Florida olugbeleke Dave Johnson Map ohun Amerika Flag bi o ti mu awọn egbe rin si Upshaw ká igun.

“Fun kan ayipada ti mo ti a ti ija ninu mi ehinkunle ati ni gbigbọ egeb hó, 'USA, USA’ qkan mi kan Pupo,” Upshaw woye. “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 ti nigbagbogbo a ti mọ fun awọn re toughness, ti lọ ni ijinna, botilẹjẹ pe ni adanu, pẹlu awọn aṣaju-, contenders ati awọn asesewa gẹgẹbi Mario Antonio Rubio,David Lemieux, Gilberto Ramírez Sanchez, Edwin Rodriguez, Patrick Majewski ati Tarvis Simms.

“Mo wa gan dun fun Makosi lẹhin ti gbogbo awọn ti o ti nipasẹ,” Upshaw ká longtime failiSi Star ( SHS Boxing Management ) fi kun. “Makosi je kan ti o yatọ Onija ni iwọn akoko yi….bi o si wà kan patapata ti o yatọ eniyan,” “Makosi ti a ti ibi nipa awon eniyan ni kutukutu apa rẹ ọmọ ti o tì i ni lodi si awon enia buruku iwọn soke si 175 poun, ija wọn lori pẹ akiyesi ni wọn backyards, ati ki o kan pupo ti rẹ adanu wà si aye aṣaju-.

“Makosi ti nigbagbogbo ní agbara ti o lodi si hàn Oner, ṣugbọn o ti ko kọ bi o si daradara lo agbára rẹ titi ti o ti bere ṣiṣẹ pẹlu (ori olukọni) Orlando(Cuellar). Marcus is very, gan lagbara ati awọn ti o n kò ti ni a buburu ija. O si n sọnu diẹ ninu awọn njà ti o yẹ ki o ti gba, but that’s all behind him now. Coming off this fight, Mo gbagbo a le gba lati ja fun u a Ekun akọle, ati ki o si a yoo lọ lati wa nibẹ”

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