“Kahore ahau i matau ki nga taumahatanga i 7-1 ki ahau, ranei e ahau bet ki runga ki ahau!” kata Kānata Kōmāmā Tony “Uira” Luis (19-2, 7 Koó).
I roto i te pouri mekemeke tuatahi o te Tau Hou, Luis tangohia ake te WBC Continental Amerika Kōmāmā Championship, a ngaro ana te lekooti tūturu o IBF #15 Whakatauria Karl “DYNAMITE” Dargan (17-1, 9 Koó), whakamutunga pō o te Rāmere i te Foxwoods Resort Casino i Mashantucket, Connecticut, i te ara o te whakatau loto 10-a tawhio. Mārama te nuinga Luis Dargan, a maturuturu iho ia i roto i te rauna e toru (te kaitautoko hape kingi he pepa) a 10 ki te Pū atu he mahi tino mīharo.
Ko te wikitoria mahi-te huri i te hou i roto i te kakī wera mo te Luis-tau 27-tau, i Cornwall, Ontario. Dargan o ko te tuarua “0” i roto i te rarangi i tangohia e kua Luis, rite hoatu e ia a New Jersey o Wanzell Ellison tona mate tuatahi Hōngongoi muri rite te pai. E riro te reira i tona tuatoru karapīpiti ki te kore hoki etahi piro pāhekeheke ki a Ukraine Ivan Redkach January whakamutunga. Ko nga lekooti ngā o e toru hoariri whakamutunga o Luis i 43-0-1, 27 Koó.
“E kore e taea e ara i nga kupu whakaahua i te mea e ahau ou ongo tika teie nei,” Luis tonu. “Kua kore e ara totohu te reira i roto i ano. E au ra e rite riro ana ia ia kia roa ki te tiki i reira, ki nga piki katoa me ngā heke o te puni whakangungu, engari inaianei e te reira ki runga i, mana'o te reira rite te reira hohoro rawa tupu.”
Luis ta e ia kia kua puta te reira ki te waiho hei wikitōria faingofua mo ia (kaute i 97-92, 99-90, a 97-92), Kei te te haavare titiro. “Kihai i whakaaro ahau i haere i te reira ki te titiro rite ngāwari rite i te reira. Kihai i te mea ohie i roto i tetahi ara, I ki pakeke te mahi i roto i reira ki te tiki i te wikitoria ahau, engari e matakitaki ana i te reira, titiro reira rite i ahau he wa ngāwari. Ua mauruuru vau i noa ki toku kaiwhakatairanga, Greg Cohen, mo te whai wāhi, me te mo te whakawa ataahua, me te faatere riro matou tenei wa.”
2015 Kei te tīmata i roto i smashingly hoki Luis. E ia inaianei rangi tākirirangi i roto i te tūranga ao, ano he nguha streaking kore anake (Ko tēnei wā ia #13 i roto i te WBA), ia me te taumau Manon Latulippe e tatari ratou tamariki tuatahi i tetahi ra i teie nei.
“Kei te tīmata te tau atu ki te bang. Kihai i taea e ahau e fiefia. Kei te haere ahau ki te oaoa i toku pēpi, me te ka, no te ngā whanau ia, Ka waiho e ahau tika hoki i roto i te omaoma.”
Kaiwhakatairanga Greg Cohen ta te ia oaoa e pā ana ki te heke mai mo tona slugger Canadian.
“Mahi Tony rawa pakeke i roto i te omaoma, me te ngakau katoa i taea e ui ki a koutou no te me whakaatu te reira i roto i ona whawhai. Maioro, e ia ona hoariri, ka waipuke ratou ki tona fakaaoao relentlessness. Ko te tuarua tona win karapīpiti i runga i te pai-i titiro tenei, toa tūturu, a kia mau kia tona tuatoru. Ahau whakakake ki te mahi ahau ki te taua toa tino, me tona kapa. Tony is ready to fight for the world title and we are going to do everything we can to deliver him a title fight or title eliminator.”
He taonga tauturu tūkino hoki te kāinga, Luis e ai ta i te fariiraa i roto i te Cornwall kua rahi. “Katoa. Toku utuafare, i oku hoa katoa, me pera maha pā i te hoki ki te kāinga e miharo. Ahau ia taupokina iho e ahau i te tautoko tiki ahau. Ko te he honore.”
