Miami (August 9, 2015) – A pair of nabalindisango ababehlonishwa futhi baphawula amaqhawe road, wesibhakela Sherman “Tank” Williams futhi super middleweight Marcus “Arilli” Upshaw, ngeke kokubili babe mgwaqo elwisana kule nyanga, ngokusho umphathi wabo, Si Star, of SHS Boxing Management.

Williams (37-14-2, 20 Kos), ukulwa out of Nassau, Bahamas, uhambela Romania ukuwuthatha Hammer Christian (17-4, 10 Kos), August 28, 10-round umcimbi main edolobheni Galati sika Galati.

Upshaw(17-4-4, 8 Kos), 35, lwa isimo sakhe ekhaya okokuqala ngo 2 Iminyaka ½ on August 15, lapho ubhekene Ezingakanqotshwa ithemba Turkish Bugra Oener (9-0-0, 3 Kos) at Wynwood Stadium ngo Miami, in a 10-round umzabalazo wokulwela singenamuntu World Boxing Council (WBC) Interim Mediterranean super middleweight isihloko.

Williams uzobe ukulwa kwakhe ezweni ezahlukene lwesishiyagalombili ngokumelene Hammer, yangaphambili World Boxing Organization (WBO) European iqhawe wesibhakela. “Ngingumfana warrior Bahamian,” Williams wachaza ukuthi kungani ulwa nabaphikisi abaningi kangaka emagcekeni abo. “By nature, in the Caribbean, saziwa ngokuthi pirates. Ngiye bahamba ukuphila kwami ​​konke. Asinayo emikhawulweni, Amanzi kuphela ukuwela. Nomaphi I ukulwa, Sengicabanga kungcono lakithi Nassau. Lona impi yesithupha okuhlukile kulo nyaka kodwa munye kuphela lokho okwenzeka ngempela. Abanye waphela ngenxa yezizathu ezithile. Ngiya ukuthatha leli thuba. I oyobhekana adversity ukulwa Romania okokuqala kodwa Ngiya khona ngenhloso Belting kuye emuva naphambili. Ngiya ukuphuma bambambe. Ngithathe ngokuletha Conch yami Punch (big overhand kwesokudla), okuyinto baphikisana nalesi Bahamas, futhi abantu yonke indawo ngiyayithanda.”

Hammer, oye wanqoba amagama ajwayelekile ezifana Kevin Johnson futhi Danny Williams, siyeza off ukulahlekelwa lokhu February kuya unbeaten esidlule Tyson Fury, lapho Hammer umhlalaphansi emva nxazonke yesishiyagalombili WBO International yabo isihloko impi.

“Hammer kunzima,” Williams uthe. “I esingcono in isipiliyoni yami, ngubani Ngiye balwa eminyakeni edlule. Ngiya ukuba alufakwa kunangesikhathi esidlule. Ngiya ngaphakathi, gcina ukulwa naye khona, bese out bambambe. Guys onjengami futhi Fres Oquendo, ngingubani ukuqeqeshwa in Florida, kukhona abokugcina Mohicans kusuka esizukulwaneni kwethu fighters. Ngikhathazekile eqinile nenempilo kule mpi. Ngiya ukuthatha lokhu umfana emanzini atshonayo bese sifele khona kuye.”

Iningi impi Upshaw yakamuva kwaholela ekulahlekelweni esidumazayo, ngendlela impikiswano nesishiyagalombili round isinqumo, June last intandokazi edorobheni lekhabo Lanell Bellows (12-1-1) in Las Vegas. “I wabusa ukuthi impi futhi namanje elahlekile,” Upshaw amazwana. “Ngibheke at boxing ehlukile kusukela impi yami Las Vegas. I inkunzi kwaba kodwa ngafunda ukuthi angikwazi kwadamba kuze kube yilapho ophikisana lami akhishwe. Angikwazi ukukhokhela ukuya ibanga kule mpi (vs. Oener).”

Upshaw sika isignesha win wangena 2010 lapho baya Quebec City and ecasukile 21-1-1 hero wendawo URenan St. Right ngendlela isinqumo 10-round, uphakamisa Marcus umhlaba middleweight rankings ku IBF #6, WBO #9 futhi WBC #11. Upshaw has gone the distance, siqala ukulahlekelwa, kanye ukuthandwa of Mario Antonio Rubio, David Lemieux, Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez, Edwin Rodriguez, Patrick Majewski futhi Tarvis Simms.

Against Oener, Upshaw is on a mission afune-and-ababhubhise, aiming to take the final outcome out of the judges’ izandla, despite him fighting at home. “Oener pretty fast kodwa akunamandla phezu punches akhe,” Upshaw yaphawula. “He has a lot of speed, kanjalo Ngizohamba emzimbeni wakhe ekuseni ukuthatha imilenze yakhe away, bese uyathula kuye. Uthi iyadlula 10 emahlandla nami. Sengiba ukuthi ibhande futhi ngizobuye kimi ebalazweni.”

Upshaw iyona umshana ngasekupheleni, omkhulu Gene Upshaw, owayengumholi NFL Hall of Fame yabalindi offensive for the Oakland Raiders.

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