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Miami (Lub rau hli ntuj 17, 2015) – Niaj hnub nimno-hnub txoj kev warrior Marcus “Arilli” Upshaw (17-13-4, 8 Kos) yog tseem caum nws boxing npau suav. Cov tom ntej no phuv ntawm nws txawv txawv zaj dab neeg yog hnub Sunday no tiv thaiv hometown nyiam Lanell “KO” Bellows (17-1-1, 7 Kos) ntawm MGM Grand nyob rau hauv Las Vegas.
“Kuv chasing hauv tus npau suav tab sis, nyob rau tib lub sij hawm, hauv tus npau suav yog chasing kuv,” Upshaw hais tias. “Kuv lub siab yog thaum kawg txoj cai thiab tam sim no kuv muaj ib tug yawm tus kws qhia (Orlando Cuellar) uas muaj kuv rov qab. Nws cia li yog tsis yog kuv lub sij hawm ua ntej tab sis qhov no yog nws. Kuv twb tiv thaiv tag nrho cov tshaj tab sis qhov no yog kuv thawj lub sij hawm sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv Las Vegas. Nws yog hais txog lub sij hawm! Kuv twb yeej ib txwm xav tua nyob rau hauv Vegas. Kuv yuav mus yuav sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm Floyd Mayweather Jr. thiab los mus nrog ib tug yeej.”
Ib tug neeg ib txwm Floridian uas tau yug los nyob rau hauv Jacksonville thiab u nyob rau hauv Miami, lub 34-xyoo-laus Upshaw yog 2-1-2 nyob rau hauv nws cov nag tsib bouts. Nyob rau hauv nws cov nag 11 fights, Upshaw tau tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv ob zaug Mexico, Lub tuam thawj zos hauv teb chaws Mes Kas, Minnesota thiab cov koom pheej Dominican, raws li tau zoo raws li ib zaug nyob rau hauv Texas, Canada, thiab Connecticut. Nyob rau hauv yuav luag txhua txhua cov ntaub ntawv nws tiv thaiv yog ib tug hometown fighter thiab / los yog ib tug boxer daws los ntawm tus yeeb yam tus neeg pab txhawb.
Thaum lub sij hawm hauv chav kawm ntawm nws cuaj-xyoo kev ua hauj lwm, nws kuj tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv Mississippi, Illinois, California, Rhode Island, New York, Maryland, South Carolina thiab North Carolina. Tsuas yog 11 ntawm nws 34 fights tau nyob rau hauv Florida, feem ntau ntawm cov neeg thaum lub sij hawm thaum ntxov yog ib feem ntawm nws cov hauj lwm. Yog hais tias thim thiab split thiab / los yog ze kev txiav txim siab nyob rau hauv losses tw’ backyards yog feem ntau yog “yeej” nyob rau hauv boxing, Upshaw cov ntaub ntawv yuav zoo heev yog ib tug ntau sib txawv 25-5.
Nws yog li ntawd nws thawj zaug nyob rau Las Vegas yuav hnub Sunday no, tawm tsam ib tug nrog sib ntaus uas yog txhawb los ntawm Mayweather Promotions, uas yog pa roj carbon monoxide-txhawb lub Premier Boxing Champions nyob rau hauv CBS card nrog TBG Promotions, thiab qhia los haib Al HAYMONuas nws lub tuam txhab, HAYMON Boxing, pib lub PBC series.
Nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd mus rau lub aforementioned stacked lawj tawm tsam nws, Upshaw yog ib tug natural middleweight uas, ib zaug dua, yuav tsum sib ntaus sib tua ib tug super middleweight. “Kuv tsis tu txog tias cov khoom raws li ntev raws li kev sib ntaus ua rau kev txiav txim zoo,” Upshaw piav. “Txwv tsis pub, Kuv yuav tsis muaj npaum li cas nws. Kuv yog ib tug middleweight uas tau tiv thaiv ib tug ob peb lub sij hawm ntawm 168 phaus thiab ua zoo tiv thaiv Aaron Pryor Jr. (muaj teeb meem 8-round kos), Tsoom fwv Biosse (WTKO8) thiab Durrell Richardson (WDEC6). Kuv yuav ua tau lub toughest tus nrog sib ntaus bellows tau puas tau ntsib. Nws poob mus rau ib qho 8-9-2 txiv leej tub thiab muaj ib tug kos nrog ib tug nrog sib ntaus uas muaj ib tug 5-6-1 cov ntaub ntawv. Nws yeej tsis tiv thaiv leej twg nyob ze rau qhov caliber ntawm fighters kuv twb tau nyob rau hauv nrog. Kuv yog ib tug middleweight thiab txawm yog nws fights nyob rau hauv ib tug ntau dua ceeb thawj hoob kawm, Kuv yuav ua tus muaj zog, zoo fighter. Siab, siab, siab yog qhov kev ua si npaj rau no sib ntaus. Kuv yuav tsis mus qhia rau lub tsev hais plaub nyiag kuv dua. Qhov no yog ib qho txaus lub sij hawm rau kuv, ntau, Kuv sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv Las Vegas rau thawj lub sij hawm!”
Upshaw kos npe yeej, deb deb li no, yog nyob rau hauv 2010 thaum nws mus rau Quebec City thiab chim siab 21-1-1 lub zos hero Renan St. Txoj cai los ntawm txoj kev ntawm ib tug 10-round kev txiav txim siab, elevating Marcus nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no middleweight rankings rau IBF #6, WBO #9 thiab Qhov #11.
Upshaw tau tso tawm kom pom nws tej, txuj ci thiab siab tawv los mus rau hauv lub tiav deb nyob rau hauv ib ncig, albeit nyob rau hauv losses, nrog nyiam ntawm Mario Antonio Rubio, David Lemieux,Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez, Edwin Rodriguez, Patrick Majewski thiab Tarvis Simms.
“Marcus muaj ib tug heev deceiving cov ntaub ntawv,” sau Cuellar uas yuav nyob rau hauv Upshaw lub ces kaum rau xwb lub thib ob sib ntaus. “Nws cov ntaub ntawv yog zoo dua nws zoo rau ntawm daim ntawv. Mus saib ib co ntawm cov hais mav nws tau qhov kev ncua deb los yog tiv thaiv thim nrog. Nws tus nrog sib ntaus yog pab tab sis hais tias tsis tau txhais hais tias nws yuav tsis tuaj los ntawm. Tej zaum neeg tua hluav taws muaj kev tiv thaiv los ntawm lawv cov handlers tab sis kauj ruam nyob rau hauv sib ntaus tiv thaiv zoo dua kev sib tw. Neeg tua hluav taws yog tej zaum zoo li ib lub thawv ntawm chocolates, koj tsis paub dab tsi koj yuav mus tau kom txog rau thaum koj qhib nws thiab coj ib tug tom.
“Marcus yog zoo li ib tug miv li tiv thaiv phab ntsa. Nws tus nrog sib ntaus tsis paub dab tsi nws yog tiag tiag muaj peev xwm ua nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib. Marcus yog npaj txhij rau tig lub tsab, tig lub rooj nyob rau hauv no hometown txiv leej tub. Kuv hais rau nws hais tias qhov no txiv leej tub yog nyob rau hauv nws txoj kev ua zoo nyiaj, yog li ntawd nws lub sij hawm rau nws los coj tswj thiab ua tus thawj coj. Marcos yuav tsum yeej no sib ntaus hauv lub ropes tab sis, vim hais tias nws yog sib ntaus sib tua lub hometown nyiam rau nws pab txhawb lub qhia tau tias, Marcus yuav tsum tawm lub tsev hais plaub nrog ib tug knockout, los yog heev pov ua yeeb yam kom lawv muaj peev xwm tsis yuav ib tug yeej deb ntawm nws.”
Upshaw tau yeej ib txwm muaj, sawv 6′ 4″, a size advantage to go with his rich athletic bloodlines; nws tus txiv ntxawm, lub lig Noob Upshaw, yog ib tug NFL Hall ntawm koob meej offensive khwb rau lub Oakland Raiders. Tam sim no, nws yog lub sij hawm rau nws mus rau tag nrho nyob rau hauv thiab nyiaj tawm loj-lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv nws thawj thawj Las Vegas sib ntaus, registering a career-defining triumph to set him up for a major showdown in the not too distant future.
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