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Miami (August 19, 2015) – Perennial middleweight/super middleweight gatekeeper Marcus Upshaw Ekugcineni isango esahlukweni esilandelayo kwenkonzo yakhe ngoMgqibelo, kokungqongqoza out ngaphambilini Ezingakanqotshwa ithemba Turkish Bugra Oener at Wynwood Stadium ngo Miami, wasithatha singenamuntu World Boxing Council (WBC) wesikhashana Mediterranean super middleweight isihloko.
The Upshaw oneminyaka engu-35 ubudala (18-4-4, 9 Kos) walwa ekusimo sakhe ekhaya okokuqala ngo 2 ½ iminyaka. He was on a seek-and-destroy mission against reigning WBC Youth super middleweight champion Oener (9-1, 3 Kos).
Upshaw savuma ucabangela umhlalaphansi emva impi yakhe yangaphambilini, lapho yena kwehla Las Vegas langakubo intandokazi Lanell Bellows (12-1-1) kathathu kodwa walahlekelwa isinqumo nesishiyagalombili round.
“Ingihlabe umlindisango for eside kangaka, kodwa mina ekugcineni isango,” Upshaw wathi. “Le mpi wazizwa ezesabekayo, ikakhulukazi emva eside yami, long journey. I was stressed out after my last fight. I beat myself up and felt there was no reason for me to continue my boxing career. I felt used and was ready to quit, kodwa Ngangiqiniseka sokuwunikeza eyodwa shot more. Manje ngase ngikulungele ukubeka ukuphila kwami phezu line, uya ngoba hhayi ukukhathazeka mayelana ukubanjwa hit noma ubuhlungu.
“I knew that I had to finish this time. My opponent was related to one of the promoters and, kanye nomlando wami, I knew that I had to keep going to finish the job. I knew I had to knock him out and I trained hard to do just that. I’ve put the past behind me. The problem was always me. This fight was fun. I stepped into the devil’s playground and that brought out the ugly in me to get the job done.”
 Kungase kubonakale kungavamile ukuthi Floridi impilo like Upshaw iyona wesikhashana WBC eMedithera super middleweight iqhawe, kodwa ngokuziqhenya ubonisa igama lakhe lesibili ibhande (bheka esihambisana naleli bhokisi picture nge Upshaw kanye nomphathi Si Stern), ukuya kanye Florida State middleweight wayibhinca wathola e 2009, lapho akhishwe komunye ithemba unbeaten ngesikhathi, Ahsandi Gibbs (10-0). Ngokulinganayo ongaziwa babengamadodana cheers ezwa kusukela isixuku serenaded kuye nge chants of “USA, USA” njengoba yena wangena indandatho Florida umgqugquzeli Dave Johnson ehalalisela i American uhlabe wahola uhambo iqembu ekhoneni Upshaw sika.“Ukuze ushintsho ngase ngilwa ebaleni yami futhi nabalandeli nokuzwa shout, 'USA, USA’ eyangibangela a lot,” Upshaw yaphawula. “They had my back. I was honored and it got me extra psyched for the fight. I knew had to prove myself. I’m really a middleweight but I took this fight at super middleweight because it was a good opportunity for me.”
Upshaw bezilokhu eyaziwa ngokuba ubunzima bakhe, uya ibanga, siqala ukulahlekelwa, nge Champions, kwabazabalazayo namathemba ezifana Mario Antonio Rubio,David Lemieux, Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez, Edwin Rodriguez, Patrick Majewski futhi Tarvis Simms.
“Ngijabule kakhulu ngokuba Marcus phela Sekuyiminyaka ngokusebenzisa,” Imenenja Upshaw sika osenesikhathi eside eyisithunywaSi Star (SHS Boxing Management) wanezela. “Marcus walilwela ezahlukene esiyingini kulesi sikhathi….njengaye umfana ehluke ngokuphelele,” “Marcus budlale abantu encenyeni umsebenzi wakhe okwathi ngemva bayiphonsa ngokumelene guys nesisindo 175 amakhilogremu, ukulwa nabo isaziso ngasekupheleni emakhaya abo, futhi eziningi ukulahlekelwa kwakhe kwakumelwe Champions emhlabeni.
“Marcus ubelokhu waba namandla wabonisa ngokumelene ku-, kodwa ayizange wafundisa kanjani ukusebenzisa kahle amandla akhe aze ngaqala ukusebenza (ikhanda trainer) Orlando(Cuellar). Marcus is very, esiqine kakhulu futhi yena akakaze ayolwa embi. Uthi isinciphile nokulwisana kufanele baye bayinqoba, but that’s all behind him now. Coming off this fight, Ngikholwa ukuthi ungathola naye ukulwela isihloko yesifunda, bese sizohamba ukusuka lapho”
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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.”
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).”