Philadelphia, PA (Mahuru 3, 2015) – Boxcino 2014 toa Pita “ZAR” Petrov (36-4-2, 17 KO o) Ka tūturu whawhai Liam Walsh (19-0, 13 KO o) i roto i te WBO a'ee whakakorenga Kōmāmā i runga i October 10

Ko te toa o te whawhai ka waiho te kaiwero whakahauanga mō te toa o te WBO a'ee taitara Kōmāmā i waenganui i Terry Flanagan me Diego Magdaleno, e tango te wahi i runga i te taua kāri i runga i Oketopa 10.

Petrov roaa te rave'a i runga i te kaha o te toa i te 2014 Boxcino taitara Kōmāmā ka patua e ia Fedor Papazov (14-0), Chris Rudd (13-1), ko Fernando Carcamo (17-5).

“Ko te whai wāhitanga nui ki te whawhai i roto i te eliminator whakamutunga WBO tenei, tenei hopoi mai i ahau ofi ange ki he taitara ao kua nei kua he moemoea mo'uí o toku. Kua ki i te huarahi roa hoki ki ahau tiki ki tenei tūranga, a ahau e hiahia ana ki te hanga i toku utuafare e mau hoa whakakake. E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai Artie Pelullo mō te whakapono i roto i ahau, me te mo te whiwhi ahau i te tupono noa, E kore e haukotia ahau,”Said Petrov.

“Fighting Liam Walsh i runga i tona pūreirei te kāinga e uaua, engari i tēnei wā i roto i toku mahi kahore he koki whakairo. Ko Walsh i toku ara, a me whiua e ahau a ia ki te whakatutuki i toku whāinga. He is a young-strong fighter, engari kua kore i kite ia tangata rite ahau i roto i te whakakai.”

Mea Kara Whakatairanga Palesiteni, Arthur Pelullo, “Ko tetahi atu take o Boxcino teneite i te ake ki te he nui te whai wāhitanga. Petr has earned this opportunity, a whakapono ana tatou e riro ia tenei whawhai, ka whawhai te toa o te hui matua i waenganui i Flanagan me Magdaleno.”

I te April 3, Riro Petrov te whakatau loto 10-a tawhio noa i runga i te toa mua ao Kamariere Diaz i kurahauao, California.

Ka uru atu Petrov Kara Whakatairanga stablemate John Thompson nei e wero mo te WBO Jr. Taitara whitu ki Liam Smith i runga i te kāri kotahi.