“Sindinadziwe zovuta anali 7-1 motsutsana nane, kapena ine ndi uliwonse pa ndekha!” anaseka Canada opepuka Tony “Mphezi” Luis (19-2, 7 Ko).
M'nthawi ya nkhonya kukhumudwa cha chaka chatsopano, Luis anatenga WBC Continental America opepuka Championship ndi kuwononga undefeated mbiri IBF #15 chovoteledwa Karl “Dynamite” Dargan (17-1, 9 Ko), Lachisanu latha usiku pa Foxwoods Amachita Casino mu Mashantucket, Connecticut, ndi njira ya 10 chonse akamakambirana. Luis bwino lolamuliridwa Dargan ndipo anaponyamo iye zipolopolo zitatu (ndi referee molakwika analamulira ndi Pepala) ndipo 10 kuti kapu kuchokera kwambiri chidwi ntchito.
The ntchito kusintha adzapambana atsopano mu otentha msempha kwa 27 wazaka Luis, ku Cornwall, Ontario. Dargan anali yachiwiri “0” mu mzere kuti Luis watenga, monga anapatsa New Jersey a Wanzell Ellison yoyamba imfa otsiriza July komanso. Kungakhale wake wachitatu zotsatizana ngati osati ena zokayikitsa kugoletsa motsutsana Ukraine a Ivan Redkach otsiriza January. Ophatikizana mbiri Luis wa zaka zitatu adani anali 43-0-1, 27 Ko.
“Mawu ngakhale kufotokoza chimene ine ndikumverera pakali pano,” anapitiriza Luis. “Iwo alibe ngakhale italowa mkati komabe. Zinangokhala ngati zinamutengera nthawi yaitali kuti adzafike, ndi onse lidzakhala ndi mavuto komanso mtendere wa maphunziro msasa, koma tsopano kuti zatha, ndikusangalala ngati izo zinachitika mofulumira kwambiri.”
Luis limanena kuti pamene zinaoneka kukhala zovuta Nkhata iye (ambiri anali 97-92, 99-90, ndipo 97-92), maonekedwe akukunyengerani. “Sindinkaganiza izo kuyang'ana kosavuta monga anachitira. Zinali zovuta m'njira iliyonse, Ndinali kuyesetsa mmenemo kutenga Nkhata, koma kuonera izo, izo zikuwoneka ngati ine ndinali wovuta nthawi. Ine ndangokhala kwambiri anga kulimbikitsa, Greg Cohen, chifukwa cha mwayi ndi chilungamo kuweruza ndi ankatsogolera tinalandira ino.”
2015 ndi akamayamba smashingly kwa Luis. Osati kokha iye tsopano kumwamba chombo mwa dziko masanjidwe monga ikutsika contender (iye panopa #13 mu WBA), iye ndi bwenzi Manon Latulippe ali kuyembekezera mwana wawo woyamba tsiku lirilonse tsopano.
“Chaka kuyambira kumbali ndi phwaa. Ine sindikanakhoza kukhala osangalala. Ine ndikuti kusangalala mwana wanga ndiyeno, mwamsanga pamene iye wabadwa, Ine ndikubwera mu masewero olimbitsa thupi.”
Kulimbikitsa Greg Cohen akuti ali ndi chidwi za tsogolo lake Canada slugger.
“Tony ntchito mwakhama mu masewero olimbitsa thupi ali ndi mtima mungafunse ndi kumasonyeza ake ndewu. Iye outworks ake otsutsa ndi overwhelms iwo ndi wokakamira mokwiya. Izi wake wachiwiri zotsatizana Nkhata pa bwino ankaona, undefeated womenya, ndipo ayenera kukhala wake wachitatu. Ine timanyadira ntchito ndi katswiri womenya ndi gulu. 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.”
A kwambiri mankhwala ozunguza bongo mlangizi kunyumba, Luis anati phwando ku Cornwall wakhala kwambiri. “Aliyense. Banja langa, anzanga onse ndipo ambiri mafani kuchokera kunyumba ndi kogwidwa. Ine mantha ndi thandizo ine nditi. Ndi ulemu.”