Westbury, N.Y.. (March 9, 2015) – Middleweight Ezingakanqotshwa
Antoine Douglas(16-0-1, 10 Kos) ungomunye-esheshayo nokunyuka amathemba boxing sika. Just 23 ubudala, the Washington nolaka futhi okuthakazelisayo, D.C., native uyokwenza yakhe 2015 DEBUT lokhu
Friday, March 13 ngokumelene nabo unbeaten
Thomas LaManna (16-0, 7 Kos) kwenzeka main of
ShoBox: The New Generation, hlala e
ISIKHATHI SOMBUKISO (
10 p.m. KANYE/PT, kwabambezeleka the West Coast).
Douglas, ngubani 1-0-1 in Ukubonakala ezimbili ShoBox, ufuna ukufakazela ukuthi yena wathola moniker “Action” lapho ibhekene Umphikisi ngubani – like ngokwakhe – akukaze elahlekile noma yathinta ngendwangu. Okubaluleke, uye kuhloswe ukuba siqhubeke ukusula noma ikuphi ukungabaza ngekusasa lakhe njengoba Olwa at 160 amakhilogremu. Douglas unqobile ezimbili zilandelana kusukela wesibhakela a kanzima 10-round iningi draw nezwe wangaphambili isihloko inseleleMichel Soro (23-1-1 uya e) last July 25 on ShoBox.
Nakhu Douglas ayezokusho njengoba ilungiselela a Breakout 2015:
Ucabanga ukuthi career yakho ngokuya?
“Career yami ihamba kahle kakhulu kude kangaka. Nganelisiwe kakhulu ijubane emsebenzini wami. Ngikhathazekile ilungelo thina lapho sifuna ukuba and in isikhundla unyaka big.”
Akekho kini liye angqongqoze phansi njengoba professional. Ingabe ulindele ukuthi ukushintsha March 13?
“Angazi ngempela lindela anything uya empini. Ngifuna ukuba agqoke show omkhulu futhi agqoke empini enkulu. Nikeza konke yami.”
Usufike bemphikisa ilukhuni njengoba pro. Wenzenjani ugxile futhi angabheki esedlule Umphikisi?
“Lona sport of isibhakela eyodwa Punch ungashintsha yimuphi fight. Noma yimuphi fighter inamandla ukuyiphatha kabi ngami kanjalo I ungasikhohlwa muntu. LaManna kuba Ezingakanqotshwa. Uthi never elahlekile, ngakho angikwazi bheka esedlule kuye. Noma yini kwenzeke khona.”
Yini oyaziyo LaManna futhi hlobo luni lwempi ingabe ulindele?
“Ngiyazi ukuthi yena yinde futhi has a zingeke zikwazi ukufinyelela eside. Angazi ngempela ukuthi kuzokwenzekani. Ngiyazi ukuthi uvele ukumbopha ukuze bazame ukuhlala isikhundla ukuzivikela. Ngidinga ukusizakala ukuthi ngokuya kwi offensive.”
Ngemva uke unqobe ngisemusha, ingabe uzibheka owasinda? Ingabe boxing Ukonga wena?
“Bengingeke ucabangele ngokwami nje osindile. I Bebeyocabanga ngokwami a fighter. Ngangimhlonipha kakhulu ukulwela ebusheni bami. Boxing wangisiza omagazini zami. It anginika imfundo nesiyalo. Emhlabeni engu- 14 I ngempela wathatha ukulawula ukuphila kwami futhi waba umuntu. Ngazizwa like engangikudinga ukuze aphathe ngokwami esinjengesomuntu.
“Lapho ngineminyaka ekhaya ekungeyona at 14, ababheki zami ezimbili behlukana futhi ngineminyaka sesimweni lapho kudingeka ngenze isinqumo ukukhetha indlela ukuya phansi. Bengingeke ngibe kulesi sikhundla I am in namuhla uma angizange ngenze isinqumo ngenza. Kwakukhona hhayi abantu abaseduze kwami ukuba ukhombe nami efanele, Ngangineminyaka ngedwa. Uma kwakukhona abantu ukuthi ayesekela of me, Ngase lungekho khona. Ngangineminyaka in the isikhundla I enza isinqumo kuphela mina.”
Ukuthola sína lapha – unyoko futhi ekuphileni kwakho ekhula. Yini egcina uqotho kangaka kuye emva konke uke waba ngokusebenzisa?
“I ukuqonda iqiniso lokuthi wonke umuntu oqhubeka izinto ekuphileni kwabo. Kulula ukubatshela ukuthi kufanele benzeni. Kuthatha a lot ukubeka eceleni ukuziqhenya kwakho ukuba umcabangele lokho abantu ababhekana. Too abantu abaningi bazibeka kuqala kunabanye. I tshiki futhi waqaphela ukuthi yonke into yenzeka ngenxa yesizathu futhi bheka kanjani I kwenzakala namuhla. Mina nomama banobuhlobo enkulu manje ngoba ngineminyaka ukuqonda isimo sakhe futhi akazange athathe lutho yena wenza ngamabomu noma bacabanga ukuthi kwase iqondiswe ekufezeni kimi.”
Yini owayifunda ShoBox wakho wokugcina ukulwa Ukuqhathanisa Soro)?. Ingabe ubheka njengencwadi emihle noma emibi?
“I ukubuka fight with Soro njengoba omuhle. In ukuthi impi ngifika phansi isisindo, kulencane Bengilokhu in a ngenkathi. Ngangineminyaka at 155 esikhundleni isisindo sami evamile 160. Ekuchitheni the amakhilogremu kwadingeka ngempela nethonya elikhulu ekulweni futhi ngabona I am a middleweight futhi zizizwe zikhululekile at 160.”
Ukuthi ukulwa Soro wayebizwa ngokuthi draw iningi — kwaba ukuthi ukudumala ngawe? Kanjani owayifunda ukuthi?
“It yadumala enkulu kimi ukuba uthole draw, kodwa siyazi manje ngeke ukuya yimuphi ezincane kuno 160. Lokho into eyinhloko sifundile ukuthi fight. Kukhona into efana kokuba too izigwegwe. Abantu waqaphela indlela Skinny Ngangiqala ngokuthi fight, kepha ukuba fighter liqondiswe ngazimisela ukwenza isisindo. A lot of ababephikisana wayengeke kuthathwe ngokuthi impi kodwa kwaba ithuba ukuthi ngifuna ukusizakala. Ngangicabanga isinqumo esihle ngesikhathi, kodwa ngafunda isifundo esibalulekile.”
You wangqongqoza izinyo guy a liphuma in ShoBox yakho fight lokuqala (UJan. 17, 2014, Ukuqhathanisa Marquis Davis) futhi umama wakho weba show in ukubukeka kwakho last. Yini onayo esitolo izibukeli on March 13?
“Ngisho, Ngithathe uhlela nje empini enkulu. Yilokho I sokuthi. Angisona eyodwa for ezeni [Friday The 13th]. Angikwazi nje ekuqinisekisa kuyoba khona impi enkulu.”
Kuyini amandla akho enkulu? Ingabe ngifuna Knockout noma uyakholwa ungaya 10 emahlandla futhi uthole ukunqoba indlela?
“Ngikholwa ngikwazi bang for 10 emahlandla, kodwa ukuthi bonke kuncike abaphikisi. Ezinye guys uqine ngokwanele abangakwazi ukuya the full 10 emahlandla. I uhambe bese uzama ibangela lemali iningi umonakalo insimbi okuvula.
“Amandla ami enkulu intando yami nokuzimisela. Kukhona never isikhashana lapho ngifuna ukuyeka. Ngisho noma I silimala in the ring, I ngeke ukunqotshwa fighter. Labo imicabango hamba nge ikhanda lami.”
Jerry Odom ubuye kuleli khadi nobabili zivela endaweni DC. Nishilo ukuthi amabili anjengezixhumu ongahlala. Kusho ukuthini ukuba naye ekhadini nawe?
“It kusho lukhulu kimi. Sivela nesiqalo ezifanayo othobekile futhi ukuba sibe ekhadini Kunjalo mlando kithi. Sobabili baphathe umgomo ofanayo ezivamile futhi sinawo okuningi silwa for. Ukukwazi ukwenza lokhu sigaba enkulu on Showtime futhi afakazele zonke naysayers okungalungile kusho yomhlaba. Kwenza ukuthi kunomvuzo okuningi efeza for us, ikakhulukazi uma sobabili uthole ukunqoba.”
Isibikezelo Your?
“I ukubikezela ukunqoba. I baye baqeqesha futhi wasebenza kanzima kakhulu lokhu futhi ngilungele abukisa.”
In the co-feature, southpaw unbeaten
Ismael Barroso (16-0-2, 15 Kos), El Tigre, Venezuela, uyocibishela for 13 ukunqoba kwakhe ilandelana lapho ibhekene
Issouf “Volcano” Kinda (17-2, 7 Kos), of Bronx, N.Y., in a 10-round scrap for the Nabo Esilula Title. In an nesishiyagalombili round iziqubu iyavela, once-washaywa
Jerry “Son The King sika” Odom (12-1, 1 NC, 11 Kos), of Washington D.C., izozama uphindisele ukulahlekelwa kwakhe oyedwa ngesikhathi ethatha Ezingakanqotshwa
Andrew “Hurricane” Hernandez (8-0-1, 1 ND, 1 KO) of Phoenix, Ariz., in a super middleweight rematch. In the iziqubu wokuvula,
Adam Lopez (9-0, 4 Kos), of San Antonio, futhi Houston sika
Pablo Cruz (11-0, 3 Kos) clash in an nesishiyagalombili round empini of Lone Star State super bantamweights.
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