PROVIDENCE (July 21, 2015) – Agha nke okwu na-n'etiti ndị nnọchiteanya nke undefeated World Boxing Òtù (WBO) keobere middleweight onye mmeriDemetrius “Now now” Andrade (21-0, 14 Kos) na mbụ abụọ oge ibu middleweight titlist Anthony “Nwoke Ahụ” Mundine (47-7, 27 Kos).
Team Andrade nyere a pịa ntọhapụ ikpeazụ Saturday n'abalị banyere nkwekọrịta ọ ọkọdọhọ Team Mundine ama reneged n'ihi na a agha n'etiti abụọ hotara na mbụ alụso ọnwa na-abịa na Australia. Team Mundine agbala na nkwupụta ụnyaahụ, nke ọ na-ekwu ọ na-ama mgbe kwetara a ndibiat, n'ụzọ dị ukwuu n'ihi na ọ gụnyere ihe atọ na-agha nhọrọ na Mundine.
Taa, Team Andrade gbaghara na a na nkwupụta nke ya dokwuo anya na a dubious ọnọdụ. “Ka a n'ụzọ zuru okè doro anya,” Andrade si njikwa Ma Farris kwuru. “Mundine n'akụkụ na-ekwe eziokwu na-ezo eziokwu na-achọ ka ndabere nke agha. Their recent press release about our side asking for three options on Anthony Mundine isn’t true. I just discussed this with Demetrius’ promoters (Joe DeGuardia, Star Boxing & Artie Pelullo, Pụrụ Iche n'ọkwá) and there was never a three-fight option on Mundine in the proposed contract. There was simply a rematch option clause, nke m nghọta, na-ekwe nkwa Anthony Mundine a ọkpụrụkpụ ego na ịrịba minimums. Niile nke chọrọ nkwekọrịta nyere Mundine ndị 100-percent nke Australian telivishọn ahịa, nke bụ nnukwu ohere maka ndị ọzọ ego karịrị ya obere akpa. Na obi ụtọ bụ na ha ikpe na ọ dịla ruo otu izu ugbu a. Ha zipụrụ anyị ka anyị a counter-enye na na, dị mwute ikwu na, agwa m na ya mara ụlọikwuu nanị achọghị ka ndị agha na-eme.”
Farris n'ihu kwukwara, “Dị ka e kwuru site Mundine si njikwa (Ben Thompson) na Anthony e nyere 'ala dollar’ na-alụ ọgụ Demetrius, Anthony Mundine si akpa na-akwụ ụgwọ ya-akwalite, BỤGHỊ anyị promoters. We have absolutely nothing to do with that. I can tell you this, ezie, Anthony Mundine e nyere ego karịa Demetrius Andrade n'ihi na nke a ọgụ. Mundine ga-enwe ohere na-alụ ọgụ maka ụwa aha-ya backyard maka n'ụzọ ego karịa ụwa mmeri nọ na-enweta. Olee otú ihe ndị ọzọ ka ọ na-atụ anya ka anyị na-enye?”
Andrade-anọgide na-atụkwa anya Mundine ga-anabata ihe ịma aka na banye a nkwekọrịta ọgụ ya ozugbo o kwere omume. “M na-eche Australian Fans ga-n'anya ịhụ ha abụọ na-World mmeri na-alụ ọgụ na nke ugbu a World mmeri n'ụlọ ya mba,” Andrade kwuru. “M chọrọ ọgụ a na-eme. I don’t care about a rematch clause. Nke bụ eziokwu bụ, ma ọ bụrụ na Mundine gbagwojuru m, o kwesịrị na-aga na-alụ ọgụ onye ọ bụla ọ chọrọ. M na gwara m promoters ka tufuo nke rematch nhọrọ na-eme ka a ọgụ eme.
“M mere ụfọdụ emehie na n'oge gara aga – Chineke maara na onye ọ bụla na-eme – but I’m doing everything I can to get back in the ring and give fans what they want. They’ve been great to me and they deserve to see fights they really want. Olileanya, na ha ga-adịghị anya ga-esi na-enwe na-ekiri oké agha n'etiti mụ na Mundine.”
