WESTBURY, N.Y.. (Lub peb hlis ntuj 9, 2015) – Undefeated Middleweight
Antoine Douglas(16-0-1, 10 Kos) yog ib tug ntawm boxing tus ceev tshaj-nce zeem muag. Cia li 23 xyoo, lub txhoj puab heev thiab exciting Washington, D.C., haiv neeg yuav ua kom nws 2015 debut no
Friday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 13 tiv thaiv khub unbeaten
Thomas LaManna (16-0, 7 Kos) nyob rau hauv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm
ShoBox: Tshiab Tiam, nyob rau
SHOWTIME (
10 p.m. THIAB/PT, ncua nyob rau hauv lub sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv).
Douglas, uas yog 1-0-1 nyob rau hauv ob ShoBox tshwm sim, yog tab tom nrhiav ua pov thawj tias nws yog khwv tau lub moniker “Action” thaum nws ntsib ib tug nrog sib ntaus uas – zoo li nws tus kheej – yeej tsis poob los yog kov cov canvas. Tseem ceeb tshaj plaws, nws aiming mus lwv tej kev ua xyem xyav txog nws yav tom ntej raws li ib tug contender ntawm 160 phaus. Douglas tau yeej ob nyob rau hauv ib tug kab txij thaum boxing ib tug nyuaj-tiv thaiv 10-round feem ntau kos nrog qub ntiaj teb no title challengerMichel Soro (23-1-1 mus nyob rau hauv) kawg Lub Xya hli ntuj 25 on ShoBox.
Ntawm no yog dab tsi Douglas tau hais raws li nws npaj rau ib tug breakout 2015:
Yuav ua li cas yuav koj hais tias koj txoj hauj lwm yog mus?
“Kuv ua hauj lwm yog mus zoo kom deb li deb. Kuv txaus siab heev rau lub pace ntawm kuv txoj hauj lwm. Kuv txoj kev uas peb xav kom muaj thiab nyob rau hauv txoj hauj lwm rau ib tug loj lub xyoo.”
Tsis yog ib tug ntawm koj tau khob qhov rooj cia li ib tug kws. Koj puas xav tias hloov rau Lub peb hlis ntuj 13?
“Kuv yeej tsis xav tias yuav muaj dab tsi mus rau hauv ib tug sib ntaus. Kuv cia li xav kom muab tso rau hauv ib tug zoo qhia thiab muab tso rau hauv ib tug zoo sib ntaus. Muab nws kuv tag nrho.”
Koj twb tau raug tougher txheem raws li ib tug pro. Ua li cas koj nyob twj ywm focused thiab tsis zoo yav tag los ib tug nrog sib ntaus?
“Qhov no yog qhov kev ua si nawv ntawm boxing thiab ib tug punch muaj peev xwm hloov tej sib ntaus. Tej fighter muaj lub peev xwm ntawm ua phem rau kuv li ntawd kuv thiaj tsis txhob tso leej twg. LaManna yog undefeated. Nws yeej tsis poob, yog li ntawd kuv yuav tsis saib yav tag los nws. Dab tsi yuav tshwm sim nyob rau hauv muaj.”
Yuav ua li cas koj puas paub txog LaManna thiab zoo li cas ntawm kev sib ntaus ua koj xav tias?
“Kuv paub hais tias nws yog siab thiab muaj ib tug ntev ncav tsis cuag. Kuv yeej tsis paub dab tsi. Kuv paub hais tias nws nyhav xauv li mus sim nyob rau hauv ib txoj hauj lwm defensive. Kuv yuav tsum coj kom zoo dua hais tias yog mus nyob rau hauv ua.”
Tom qab dab tsi koj twb kov yeej raws li ib tug youngster, cas koj xav txog koj tus kheej ib tug survivor? Ua boxing cawm koj?
“Kuv yuav tsis xav txog kuv tus kheej yog ib tug survivor. Kuv yuav xav tias yog kuv tus kheej ib tug dav hlau tua rog. Kuv muaj ib tug ntau sib ntaus rau hauv kuv cov tub ntxhais hluas. Boxing pab kuv tau txais los ntawm kuv tej teeb meem. Nws muab rau kuv nrog rau kev qhia thiab kev qhuab qhia. Ib ncig ntawm lub hnub nyoog ntawm 14 Kuv yeej coj tswj kuv lub neej thiab los ua ib tug txiv neej. Kuv xav li kuv yuav tsum tau mus kho kuv tus kheej raws li ib tug txiv neej.
“Thaum kuv nyob hauv ib tug niam qhuav txiv qhuav lub tsev ntawm 14, kuv ob tug saib xyuas phua li thiab kuv yog nyob rau hauv ib txoj hauj lwm qhov twg kuv yuav tsum tau mus ua ib tug txiav txim siab xaiv uas txoj kev mus rau. Kuv yuav tsis nyob rau hauv txoj hauj lwm kuv nyob rau hauv hnub no yog hais tias kuv tsis tau ua qhov kev txiav txim kuv tau. Muaj tsis neeg nyob ib ncig kuv taw tes rau kuv nyob rau hauv txoj cai coj, Kuv yog rau kuv tus kheej. Yog hais tias muaj cov neeg uas txhawb kuv, Kuv twb tsis yuav nws. Kuv yog nyob rau hauv txoj hauj lwm uas kuv twb ua qhov kev txiav txim tsuas yog rau kuv tus kheej.”
Tau loj no – koj niam yog nyob rau hauv thiab tawm ntawm koj lub neej loj hlob mus txog. Yuav ua li cas yuav ua rau koj thiaj loyal rau nws tom qab txhua yam uas koj twb tau los ntawm?
“Kuv to taub qhov tseeb hais tias txhua leej txhua tus mus txog tej yam uas nyob rau hauv lawv lub neej. Nws yog ib qho yooj yim mus qhia rau lawv li cas lawv yuav tsum ua. Nws yuav siv sij hawm ib tug ntau rau muab tso rau koj kev txaus siab rau ib sab yuav tsum tau xav txog dab tsi cov neeg yuav los ntawm. Ntau tus neeg muab lawv tus kheej ua ntej tshaj lwm tus neeg. Kuv coj ib kauj ruam rov qab thiab pom tau hais tias txhua yam tshwm sim rau ib tug yog vim li cas thiab saib yuav ua li cas kuv muab tawm hnub no. Kuv niam thiab kuv muaj ib tug zoo kev sib raug zoo tam sim no vim hais tias kuv yog to taub txog nws qhov teeb meem thiab tsis coj ib yam dab tsi nws puas tau txhob txwm los yog xav tias nws yog hais rau kuv.”
Yuav ua li cas koj kawm tau los ntawm koj lub xeem ShoBox tua tiv tiag Soro)?. Koj puas saib nws raws li ib tug zoo los yog tsis zoo?
“Kuv saib lub sib ntaus nrog Soro raws li ib tug zoo. Nyob rau hauv uas sib ntaus kuv tau txais cia nyob rau hauv hnyav, lub me tshaj kuv tau nyob rau hauv ib tug thaum lub sij hawm. Kuv yog nyob rau ntawm 155 es tsis txhob ntawm kuv ib txwm luj ntawm 160. Shedding lub phaus tiag tiag muaj ib tug loj feem nyob rau hauv sib ntaus thiab kuv paub kuv yog ib tug Middleweight thiab xav tias zoo heev ntawm 160.”
Hais tias tus Soro sib ntaus raug hu los ua ib feem ntau kos — yog hais tias ib tug chim siab rau koj? Yuav ua li cas koj puas kawm tau ntawm lus?
“Nws yog ib tug zoo siab rau kuv kom tau ib tug kos, tiam sis peb paub tam sim no tsis mus tej me dua 160. Qhov ntawd yog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws peb tau kawm nyob rau hauv uas sib ntaus. Muaj xws li ib tug tshaj plaws raws li tau dhau rau txim. Cov neeg pom yuav ua li cas yuag kuv yog rau cov uas sib ntaus, tab sis ua ib tug disciplined fighter kuv twb txiav txim tau kom hnyav. Ib tug ntau ntawm cov tw yuav tsis muaj npaum li cas uas sib ntaus, tiam sis nws yog ib lub sij hawm uas kuv xav mus coj kom zoo dua. Kuv xav tias nws yog ib tug zoo kev txiav txim siab thaum lub sij hawm, tab sis kuv kawm tau ib tug tseem ceeb zaj lus qhia.”
Koj khob qhov rooj ib tug txiv leej tub tus hniav tawm nyob rau hauv koj thawj ShoBox sib ntaus (Jan. 17, 2014, tiv tiag Marquis Davis) thiab koj niam nyiag tus yeeb yam nyob rau hauv koj lub xeem tsos. Yuav ua li cas koj muaj nyob rau hauv khw rau viewers rau Lub peb hlis ntuj 13?
“Kuv txhais li cas, Kuv cia li npaj rau ib tug zoo sib ntaus. Hais tias tag nrho kuv yuav tau lees tias. Kuv tsis yog ib tug rau superstitions [Friday Lub 13th]. Kuv yuav cia li lav nws yuav yog ib lub zoo sib ntaus.”
Yuav ua li cas yog koj biggest zog? Yog koj tab tom nrhiav rau lub knockout los yog ua koj ntseeg hais tias koj yuav mus 10 rounds thiab tau txais lub yeej hais tias txoj kev?
“Kuv ntseeg tias kuv yuav khob rau 10 rounds, tab sis hais tias tag nrho cov nyob ntawm tus nrog sib ntaus. Ib co hais mav muaj zog txaus uas yuav mus rau tag nrho cov 10 rounds. Kuv mus nyob rau hauv thiab sim rau lub feem ntau nqi ntawm kev puas tsuaj los ntawm cov qhib tswb.
“Kuv biggest zog yog kuv yuav thiab kev txiav txim. Muaj tsis tau ib tug lub sij hawm ntawd qhov twg kuv xav mus muab. Txawm yog hais tias kuv raug mob nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib, Kuv yuav tsis succumb mus rau lub dav hlau tua rog. Cov uas yog cov kev xav uas mus los ntawm kuv lub taub hau.”
Jerry Odom yog tseem nyob rau qhov no card thiab koj ob yog los ntawm lub cheeb tsam DC. Koj tau hais tias koj ob yog zoo li roommates. Txhais li cas lo kom muaj nws nyob rau hauv lub card nrog koj?
“Nws txhais tau hais ntau rau kuv. Peb los ntawm zoo xws li cov siab mos siab muag pib thiab kom peb yuav rau tib daim card no historic rau peb. Peb ob nqa tib lub hom phiaj thiab peb muaj ib tug ntau hais tias peb yog sib ntaus sib tua rau. Ua tau ua li no rau xws li ib tug loj theem rau SHOWTIME thiab ua pov thawj tag nrho cov naysayers tsis ncaj ncees lawm txhais tau tias lub ntiaj teb no rau peb. Nws ua rau nws tias ntau npaum li cas nws muaj nqis thiab pab rau peb, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog yog hais tias peb ob leeg tau lub yeej.”
Koj twv ua ntej?
“Kuv twv seb ib tug yeej. Kuv tau kawm thiab tau ua hauj lwm nyuaj heev rau qhov no thiab kuv npaj txhij mus muab tso rau hauv ib tug qhia tau tias.”
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