Toronto (August 5, 2015) — Groupe Yvon Michel (Mgbatị), na-akpakọrịta na Global Hapụrụ Boxing (Okpu) na Maple Leaf Egwuregwu Entertainment (MLSE), bụ mpako na eze ịkpọsa ọzọ ụwa aha agbachitere na-atụ egwu puncher, Adonis “Superman” Stevenson, September 11, na Ricoh Egwuregwu nke dị n'Ogige Toronto. Ihe omume bụ akụkụ nke prestigious Premier Boxing agbachitere usoro, airing live on Ọgọ TV na United States, na indigo na Bell TV na Canada.
Stevenson (26-1-0, 21 Kos),ofMontreal, otu n'ime ndị kasị dị ike paụnd-n'ihi na- paụnd punchers n'ụwa, ga-echebekwa ya World Boxing Council (WBC), Mgbanaka magazine na lineal ìhè heavyweight (175 pound) ụwa egwuregwu eriri maka isii oge, megide WBC #9 contender Tommy “Kryptonite” Karpency (25-4-1, 14 Kos), nkà American southpaw na-alụ ọgụ si Eda, Pennsylvania. Ọ bụ Stevenson si chọrọ iji chebe ya utu aha na Toronto:
“M obi ụtọ gwa m na-esote agha na September 11 na Toronto megide Tommy Karpency. M njikere etinye ewute on. M na-arụ ọrụ siri ike ma nọgidesie lekwasịrị anya”, kwuru na onye mmeri.
The 29-afọ Karpency wetara anya a isi iwe October 4, 2014 na Foxwoods Resort nke Mashantucket, Connecticut, ndikan mbụ ìhè heavyweight lineal mmeri Chad Dawson site n'ụzọ nke a gbawara n'etiti mkpebi. Karpency, onye meriri ikpeazụ ya anọ ịlụ ọgụ, bụkwa ugbu a Pennsylvania na NABA-USA ìhè heavyweight mmeri. Ọ bụ karịsịa obi ụtọ na-ụwa a egwuregwu ohere.
“M iti otu Ihọd Stevenson iti ghọọ n'ụwa onye mmeri. M na-eti ya [Dawson] nanị ihe karịrị otu afọ mgbe Stevenson na-eti ya. Mgbe ahụ mmeri, M kwuru na mbara igwe bụ ịgba na na m chọrọ ihe kasị mma n'ụwa. The mmeri [n'elu Dawson] gosiri na m bụ nke n'etiti ndị nọ n'ọkwá dị elu na ìhè heavyweight. Ugbu a, ọ bụ ọrụ m na-emeri nke a ọgụ“, kọwara Karpency.
“Mgbatị na-trilled ka ụwa a egwuregwu ọgụ na 'Premier Boxing agbachitere’ nsonso ka Toronto maka oge mbụ,” Mgbatị president Yvon Michel kwuru. “Anyị anọwo na-eche echiche a ngo ruo ogologo oge. Nke a kwere omume n'ihi na anyị hụrụ oké mmekọ na Les n'ọhịa na Lennox Lewis, si okpu, na Wayne Zronick, si MLSE. Anyị nwere na nkwenye ka a isi ọkpọ omume na nke a buru egwuregwu obodo kwesịrị. Ọbụna ihe ọzọ, anyị na-kwere na anyị ahụwo chọrọ mmekọ na-ekwe nkwa na ịga nke ọma nke oru ngo, na ime ya ọzọ na a mgbe bases.”
“Ọ bụ nnukwu ihe ùgwù na-arụ ọrụ n'akụkụ MLSE na mgbatị,” GLB president Les n'ọhịa kwukwara. “Global Hapụrụ si iwu nke ị maliteghachi ụwa-klas ọkachamara ọkpọ na ebube obodo Toronto aghọwo a eziokwu. “Ịnọgide na-nketa nna nna m kere na reignite a ahuhu maka 'na-atọ ụtọ sayensị’ gafee obodo bụ ọhụụ na-arụzu m olileanya ga-anọgide na-ahapụ a na-adịgide adịgide akara now nakwa dị ka ihe niile ga-eme n'ọdịnihuọgbọ nke ọkpọ Fans.”
Ọzọkwa akụkụ nke nkwalite bụ mbụ undisputed heavyweight mmeri nke ụwa, Lennox Lewis. Mgbe ọ bụghị na-alụ ọgụ ọzọ, ọ naal dị ka ahuhu maka ya egwuregwu. Lewis meriri Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Vitali Klitschko n'etiti ndị ọzọ ama n'oge ya illustrious ọkpọ ọrụ.
“Ọ bụ ihe magburu onwe ya ịbụ akụkụ nke GLB, na-arụ ọrụ na njikọ na mgbatị na MLSE, ịtụte ọkpọ na Toronto na gafee Canada ndị kasị elu larịị,” Lewis kwuru. “Dị ka ndị nke mbụ na undisputed heavyweight mmeri nke ụwa, M mpako na-ewu a mba n'elu ikpo okwu ebe na-eti ọkpọ, dị otú ahụ dị ka ndị ụwa ìhè heavyweight mmeri Adonis Stevenson, nwere ike ngosi ha talent n'ụlọ na-enweta nkwado kwesịrị ha.”
Na ngalaba-mma, ugbu a Canada heavyweight mmeri Dillon “Big Country” Carman (8-2, 7 Kos), nke Mississauga, Ontario, ga na-enwe mbụ Lewis na Tyson iro, Jamaican-mụrụ Donovan “Aguba” Ruddock (40-5-1, 30 Kos). A ngụkọta nke asatọ oké ga-ndokwa n'oge ihe omume, showcasing na-eto eto talent si Ontario na Quebec.
Boxing na Toronto na Ontario
Toronto bụ a ọkpọ na-ekpo ọkụ ntụpọ dị ka n'oge dị 1880.
Jake Kilrain, George Dixon, Joe Gans, Eyen McCoy, Harry menjuobi, Sam Langford,Benny Leonard, Mickey Walker, Eyen Chocolate, Max Baer, Primo Carnera,Life Giambra, Archie Moore, Floyd Patterson, Bob Ezi, Muhammad Ali, na Larry Holmes niile busoro The Epic agha na Toronto n'oge ha ọkpọ ọrụ.
Ọzọ standouts ndị na-agha na Toronto na-agụnye Jimmy Wilde, Jimmy Welsh,Na-eto eto Stribling, Rocky Kansas, “Panama” Al Brown, Sandy Saddler, Alụ Levinsky, Sammy Angott, Tommy Loughran, Maxie Rosenbloom, Jose Napoles, Ernie Terrell, Jimmy Ellis, Niño Benvenuti, na Aaron Pryor.
Canada akụkọ George Chuvalo agha maka heavyweight ụwa aha March 29, 1966 na Maple Leaf Gardens megide ịgbachitere mmeri na ọkpọ iconMuhammad Ali, na eleghị anya ndị kasị ama bayere mgbe ẹkenịmde ke obodo. The mgbe siri ike Chuvalo were 15 agba na nwoke maara dị ka “Kasị Ukwuu nke”.
Toronto ala Nick Furlano na-boxed na were 15 agba megide-adọgbu adọgbu World Boxing Association (WBA) ụwa ibu fechaa mmeri na International Boxing Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Maara Aha so, Aaron “The egbe” Pryor, June 22, 1984, na Varsity Stadium nke University of Toronto.
Kemgbe ahụ, Sarnia nwa Steve Molitor bụ International Boxing Federation ụwa ibu bantamweight (122 pound) onye mmeri, site 2006 ka 2011. Ọ lụrụ agha na asaa ụwa aha ịlụ ọgụ na Ontario, niile na Rama Casino.
More na nso nso, November 15, 2014 na Hershey Center na Mississauga, Brampton onwe Denton Daley aka WBA obere ụwa cruiserweight mmeri Youri Kalenga, a nativeof na Democratic Republic of the Congo, adịkwa na 12nke na nke ikpeazụ gburugburu.
Tiketi na-aga na-ere amalite Friday, August 7 na 10:00 a.m., na www.ticketmaster.ca, na mgbatị (514) 383-0666, Okpu (416) 678-6957 ma ọ bụ Ricoh Egwuregwu nke dị n'Ogige (416) 263-3900. Tiketi ahịa na-amalite mgbe 40 $. Tebụl ndị dịnụ site n'ịkpọtụrụ GLB.
