Westbury, N.Y.. (March 9, 2015) – Undefeated middleweight
Antoine Douglas(16-0-1, 10 Ko) ndi mmodzi wa nkhonya a yachangu likutuluka chiyembekezo. Monga 23 zaka, anthu ankhanza ndi zosangalatsa Washington, D.C., mbadwa ake 2015 kuwonekera koyamba kugulu izi
Friday, March 13 motsutsa anzake unbeaten
Thomas LaManna (16-0, 7 Ko) mu waukulu mwambo
ShoBox: The New Generation, padziko
NTHAWI YACHIWONETSERO (
10 p.m. AND/PT, anachedwa pa West Coast).
Douglas, amene 1-0-1 awiri ShoBox maonekedwe, akuyang'ana kutsimikizira kuti iye amazipeza pa moniker “Action” akakumana mdani amene – ngati mwini – sanayambe anamwalira kapena anakhudza lona. Chofunika koposa, iye aiming kupitiriza kufufuta kukayika kulikonse za tsogolo lake monga contender pa 160 mapaundi. Douglas wakhala mphoto ziwiri mu mzere popeza nkhonya zolimba-nkhondo 10 chonse ambiri Aphunzitseni ndi kale lonse udindo ChallengerMichel Soro (23-1-1 wopita) otsiriza July 25 pa ShoBox.
Izi ndi zimene Douglas anali kunena kuti iye amakonzekera ndi breakout 2015:
Kodi munganene anu ntchito akupita?
“Yanga ati lalikulu kwambiri. Ine ndiri nazo mayendedwe a ntchito yanga. Ine ndiri komwe tikufuna kukhala ndi udindo waukulu chaka.”
Palibe mmodzi wa inu wakhala anagwetsa monga katswiri. Kodi mungayembekezere kuti kusintha pa March 13?
“Ine kwenikweni sayembekezera chirichonse kupita ndewu. Ine ndikungofuna kuvala lalikulu bwanji ndi kuvala nkhondo yayikuru. Perekani izo anga onse.”
Inu anakumana wowawa chitsutso ovomereza. Kodi inu tiyang'anebe ndi kuyang'ana kale mdani?
“Ichi ndi masewera a nkhonya ndipo mmodzi nkhonya angasinthe iliyonse nkhondo. Aliyense womenya ali imapanga ukundipweteka ine kotero ine musaiwale aliyense. LaManna ndi undefeated. Iye sanasiye, kotero ine sangakondwere m'mbuyomu iye. Chirichonse zingachitike pamenepo.”
Kodi mukudziwa za LaManna ndi wotani nkhondo mukuganiza?
“Ine ndikudziwa kuti iye ali wamtali ndi kale angafikeko. Ine sindiri kudziwa kwenikweni chimene kuyembekezera. Ndikudziwa kuti amayamba logwirana kwa kuyesa kukhala ndi chitetezo. Ndikufuna mwayi kuti pakupita pa zonyansa.”
Pambuyo inu kugonjetsa monga mwana, Kodi inu mumaona kuti ndinu wopulumuka? Kodi nkhonya koma inu?
“Ine sindikanati tikambirane ndekha basi wopulumuka. Ine akanaona ndekha womenya. Ndinkakhulupirira kuti nkhondo mu unyamata wanga. Nkhonya anandithandiza kutsiriza wanga nkhani. Iwo ndinapezako malangizo ndi chilango. Padziko zaka 14 Ine kwenikweni anatenga ulamuliro wa moyo wanga ndipo anakhala munthu. Ndimamva ngati anafunika kuchitira ndekha monga munthu.
“Pamene ine ndinali mu oterewa kunyumba 14, wanga awiri akuwalera anasiyana ndi ine ndinali mu malo ndinafunika kusankha kusankha njira kupita kumusi. Sindikadakhala mu udindo Ine ndine lero ngati sindilalikira wosankha ndinapanga. Panalibe anthu ena kuti kuloza ine mu njira yolondola, Ndinali ndekha. Ngati panali anthu amene anali akundichirikiza, Sindinali kuyembekezera izo. Ine ndinali mu udindo kuti ndinali kusankha basi ndekha.”
Kupeza lalikulu kuno – mayi ako anali ndi kutuluka moyo wanu akukula. Kodi amasunga inu okhulupirika kwa iye pambuyo chirichonse chimene inu mwakhala kudzera?
“Ine ndamva kuti aliyense amadutsa mu zinthu pa moyo. Ndi zophweka kuwauza zimene angachite. Pamafunika kwambiri kuti muike kunyada pambali kuganizira zimene anthu akukumana nazo. Anthu ambiri amadziona kuti choyamba ena. Ndinatenga sitepe mmbuyo ndi anazindikira kuti zonse zimachitika chifukwa ndi kuyang'ana momwe ine ndinachewuka lero. Ine ndi mayi anga yaikulu ubwenzi tsopano chifukwa ndinali kumvetsa vuto lake ndipo sanadye kanthu iye anachita dala kapena kuganiza kuti anauzidwa kwa ine.”
Kodi mwaphunzirapo chiyani pa wanu wotsiriza ShoBox nkhondo molimbana Soro)?. Kodi mumaona kuti ndi abwino kapena oipa?
“Ndimaona nkhondo ndi Soro ngati zabwino. Pa nkhondo Ine ndiri pansi pa kulemera, zing'onozing'ono ndakhala ku kanthawi. Ine ndinali 155 m'malo anga masiku onse cholemera 160. Kukhetsa ndi mapaundi kwenikweni anali ndi phwando lalikulu yaikulu nkhondo ndipo ndinazindikira ndine middleweight ndi womasuka pa 160.”
Kuti Soro nkhondo anatchedwa ambiri Aphunzitseni — anali wokhumudwitsa inu? Kodi mwaphunzirapo chiyani kuti?
“Unali mwala ine kupeza Aphunzitseni, koma ife tikudziwa tsopano kuti asapite aliyense kakang'ono kuposa 160. Ndicho chinthu tinaphunzirira kuti nkhondo. Pali chinthu choterocho monga kwambiri analanga. Anthu anaona othina ine ndinali nayo nkhondoyo, koma pokhala kulangidwa womenya ndinatsimikiza mtima kuti kulemera. A zambiri adani sibwenzi anatengedwa kuti nkhondo koma anali mwayi kuti ndikufuna amapondereza. Ine ndinaganiza izo zinali bwino pa nthawi, koma ndinaphunzira mfundo yofunika kwambiri.”
Inu anagogoda mnyamata wa dzino mu wanu woyamba ShoBox nkhondo (Jan. 17, 2014, Kusiyana Marquis Davis) ndipo mayi anu anaba bwanji lanu lotsiriza maonekedwe. Kodi adzamuchita amaonetsa anthu padziko March 13?
“Ndikutanthauza, Ine ndikungopita kusanthula nkhondo yayikuru. Ndizo zonse zomwe ine ndingakhoze zimatsimikizira. Ine sindiri wina zamatsenga [Friday 13]. Ine ndikhoza basi zimatsimikizira kudzakhala nkhondo yayikuru.”
Kodi inuyo lalikulu mphamvu? Mukuyang'ana pa knockout kapena kodi inu mukukhulupirira inu mukhoza kupita 10 zipolopolo ndi kupeza chigonjetso njira?
“Ine ndikukhulupirira ine kugunditsa kwa 10 zipolopolo, koma kuti zidalira pa mdani. Ena anyamata kwambiri moti yemwe angakhoze kupita utumiki 10 zipolopolo. Ine ndikupita ndi kuyesa amachititsa kwambiri kuchuluka kwa kuwonongeka kwa oyambirira belu.
“Ndimasowa mphamvu ndi chifuniro changa ndi mtima. Sipanayambe kamphindi pamene ine ndikufuna kusiya. Ngakhale ine kupweteka mu mphete, Ine sangachitenso kwa womenya. Iwo ndi maganizo amene akudutsa mutu wanga.”
Jerry Odom ndi pa khadi ndipo inu nonse ndinu ochokera DC m'dera. Mwanena kuti inu awiri ali ngati anyamata. Kodi kukhala naye pa khadi nanu?
“Zikutanthauza kwambiri kwa ine. Ife mofanana odzichepetsa chiyambi ndi kuti tikhale pa khadi ndi mbiri ife. Tonse achite chimodzimodzi akwanilitse zolinga ndi tili kwambiri kuti tikulimbana chifukwa. Popeza kuchita zimenezi pa lalikulu gawo pa Showtime ndi kutsimikizira onse naysayers cholakwika zikutanthauza dziko ife. Izo zimapangitsa izo mochuluka kwambiri zedi ndi kukwaniritsa kwa ife, makamaka ngati tonse kupeza chigonjetso.”
Anu kulosera?
“Ine kulosera kupambana. Ine ophunzitsidwa ndi ntchito mwakhama zimenezi ndipo ndine wokonzeka kuvala chiwonetsero.”
Mu Co-Mbali, unbeaten southpaw
Ismael Barroso (16-0-2, 15 Ko), a El Tigre, Venezuela, adzakwera ake 13 zotsatizana chigonjetso pamene ayang'anizana
Issouf “Phirilo” Ngati (17-2, 7 Ko), la Bronx, N.Y., mu 10 chonse zidutswa za NABO opepuka Title. Mu asanu ndi atatu kuzungulira nkhani bout, kamodzi-anamenyedwa
Jerry “Mwana wa mfumu” Odom (12-1, 1 NC, 11 Ko), ya Washington D.C., adzayesa ndi kubwezera wake yekhayo imfa pamene inagwira pa undefeated
Andrew “Mphepo Yamkuntho” Hernandez (8-0-1, 1 ND, 1 KO) wa Phoenix, Ariz., mu wapamwamba middleweight rematch. Mu kutsegula bout,
Adam Lopez (9-0, 4 Ko), wa San Antonio, ndipo Houston a
Pablo Cruz (11-0, 3 Ko) zipolowe mu asanu ndi atatu kuzungulira nkhondo ya Lone Star State wapamwamba bantamweights.
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