Miami (August 9, 2015) – A ụzọ na-akwanyere ùgwù nche ọnụ ụzọ ámá na kwuru ụzọ dike, heavyweight Sherman “Tank” Williams na ibu middleweight Marcus “Arilli” Upshaw, ga-ma na-crossroads ọgụ a ọnwa, dị ka ha njikwa, Si Star, nke SHS Boxing Management.

Williams (37-14-2, 20 Kos), na-alụ ọgụ nke Nassau, Bahamas, aga Romania na-na Christian Hammer (17-4, 10 Kos), August 28, na 10-gburugburu isi ihe omume na Galati si n'obodo nke Galati.

Upshaw(17-4-4, 8 Kos), 35, ga-alụ ọgụ n'ụlọ ya ala n'ihi na na oge mbụ 2 ½ afọ na August 15, mgbe ọ na-eche ihu undefeated Turkish atụmanya Bugra Oener (9-0-0, 3 Kos) na Wynwood Stadium na Miami, na a 10-gburugburu na agha nke ohere iputa World Boxing Council (WBC) Interim Mediterranean ibu middleweight aha.

Williams ga-alụ ọgụ asatọ ya dị iche iche mba megide Hammer, bụbu World Boxing Òtù (WBO) European heavyweight mmeri. “M a Bahamian warrior,” Williams kọwara ihe mere o ọgụ ọtụtụ ndị na-emegide ha backyard. “Site na okike, na Caribbean, anyị na-mara dị ka Pirates. M na njem ndụ m nile. Anyị enweghị ókè-ala-, naanị mmiri ịgafe. Ebe ọ bụla m na-alụ ọgụ, M na-eche dị ka ọ bụ m n'obodo m nke Nassau. Nke a bụ nke isii dị iche iche agha n'ihi na m afọ a ma naanị otu onye na nke ahụ bụ n'ezie na-eme. The ndị ọzọ dara iche maka otu ihe ma ọ bụ ọzọ. M na-aga na-uru nke a ohere. Aga m na-eche ihu isi-alụ ọgụ Romania maka oge mbụ ma m na-aga n'ebe n'ebumnobi nke belting ya site ogidi biputere. M na-aga na-ya. M na-eweta m Conch ntụmadị (nnukwu overhand nri), nke bụ otu ihe na Bahamas, na ndị mmadụ n'ebe nile hụrụ ya n'anya.”

Hammer, onye meriri maara aha dị ka Kevin Johnson na Danny Williams, na-abịa anya a ọnwụ a gara aga February ka unbeaten Tyson ikwo ekworo, na nke Hammer lara ezumike nká mgbe asatọ gburugburu ha WBO International aha agha.

“Hammer siri ike,” Williams kwuru. “M nwere uru na m ahụmahụ, onye m na-agha ihe karịrị afọ. M na-aga na-ọzọ na-agbawa agbawa karịa na n'oge gara aga. M na-aga n'ime, na-na-alụ ọgụ ya n'ebe, na-ewere ya. Ụmụ okorobịa dị ka m na Fres Oquendo, onye m na-azụ na na Florida, bụ nke ikpeazụ nke Mohicans anyị na ọgbọ nke alụso. M ike na ahụ ike n'ihi na nke a ọgụ. M na-aga-a Ihọd n'ime mmiri miri emi na mgbe mmiri iri ya.”

Upshaw kasị na-adịbeghị anya agha rụpụtara a na-akụda ọnwụ, site n'ụzọ nke a controversial asatọ-gburugburu mkpebi, ikpeazụ June ka n'obodo mmasị Lanell Bellows (12-1-1) na Las Vegas. “M na-adịkwaghị na ọgụ na ka furu efu,” Upshaw kwuru. “M na-achọ na ọkpọ dị iche iche ebe m ọgụ na Las Vegas. Ezuru m ohi ma nụrụ na m nwere ike ka ruo m iro na-kụrụ aka. Enweghị m ike imeli gaa n'ebe dị anya na nke a ọgụ (vs. Oener).”

Upshaw mbinye aka mmeri wee na 2010 mgbe ọ gaa Quebec City na-ewe iwe 21-1-1 Obodo dike Renan St. Right site n'ụzọ nke a 10-gburugburu mkpebi, elu Marcus na ụwa middleweight rankings ka IBF #6, WBO #9 na WBC #11. Upshaw has gone the distance, albeit ke weere, na amasị nke Mario Antonio Rubio, David Lemieux, Gilberto ramirez Sanchez, Edwin RODRÍGUEZ, Patrick Majewski na Tarvis Simms.

Against Oener, Upshaw bụ na a na-achọ na-ebibi ozi, aiming to take the final outcome out of the judges’ aka, despite him fighting at home. “Oener bụ mma ngwa ngwa ma ọ dịghị ike na ya punches,” Upshaw kwuru. “Ọ nwere otutu ọsọ, otú ahụ ka m ga-aga ozu ya ná mmalite na-ya ụkwụ pụọ, na mgbe ahụ kwụsị ya. Ọ na-adịghị na-adịgide adịgide 10 agba na m. M na-na belt na ọ ga na-etinye m na map.”

Upshaw bụ nwa nwanne nke oge, oké Gene Upshaw, bụ onye NFL Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Maara Aha iwe nche maka Oakland ndi nāpunara madu.

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