“Anigu ma aan aqoonin qalmay ahaayeen 7-1 iga gees ah, ama Waxaan jeclaan lahaa bet nafsadeyda!” qoslay Canadian khafiifa Tony “Danabka” Luis (19-2, 7 KOs).
In xanaaqsan ee feerka hore ee sanadka cusub, Luis soo gaaray cadaa WBC Continental Ameerika Championship iyo Halaagsamay rikoorka badinin of IBF #15 qiimeeyo Karl “Miinada” Dargan (17-1, 9 KOs), Habeenimadii Jimcaha ee Casino Foxwoods Resort ee Mashantucket, Connecticut, by habka of go'aan loo dhan yahay 10-wareega ah. Luis si cad u heysatay Dargan oo isaga hoos u wareeg saddex (garsooraha qalad ah waxaa meesha ka warqada ah) iyo 10 buukimao qaab ciyaareed aad u cajiib ah.
Guul mustaqbalkiisa-beddelo waa ugu danbeeyay ee isku xigta kulul ee 27-sano jirka ah Luis, ka Cornwall, Ontario. Dargan ahaa labaad “0” oo isku xiga in Luis uu qaaday, sida uu ku wareejiyay New Jersey ee Wanzell Ellison uu guuldaradoodii ugu horeysay ee la soo dhaafay July sidoo. Waxa ay noqon doontaa markii seddexaad oo isku xigta hadii aan qaar ka mid ah goolasha ayaa su'aal ka dhanka Ukraine ee Ivan Redkach soo dhaafay January. The diiwaanka marka la isku daro ee Luis ayaa saddex horjeeda ee la soo dhaafay ahaayeen 43-0-1, 27 KOs.
“Words xitaa ma sharxi karaan, waxa aan hadda dareemayaan,” sii waday Luis. “Waxaa xitaa aan fahmay in weli. Waxa ay u muuqatay sida uu sidaa u dheer in ay jiraan heli qaaday, oo dhan marna aad u hooseyso xerada tababarka, laakiin hadda in ay ka badan, waxaad dareemeysaa si deg deg ah ku dhacay.”
Luis ayaa sheegay in halka u muuqday ayaa laga yaabaa in ay guul sahlan isaga (scores ahaayeen 97-92, 99-90, iyo 97-92), looks yihiin wax khiyaaneeya. “Uma aan malaynayn waxaa la socda in la eego sida ugu fudud ee ay u sameeyeen. Ma ahayn wax fudud in sinaba, Si adag ayaan u shaqeeyaan waxaa si aad u hesho kaga badiyeen, laakiin waxaa daawashada, waxay u muuqataa in aan waqti fudud. Mahadisaan kaliya in aan horumariyaha aan ahay, Greg Cohen, fursadda ah oo u xukumaya cadaalad iyo Garsoore waxaan ka helnay waqtigan.”
2015 waxaa laga bilaabo baxay smashingly ee Luis. Ayuu hadda gantaal samada marayo qiimeynta adduunka sida tartamaa streaking Ma aha oo kaliya (uu hadda yahay #13 in WBA ah), isaga iyo Nahla Manon Latulippe waxaa la rajeynayaan cunugoodii ugu horeeyay maalin kasta oo hadda.
“Sannadka waxaa loo bilaabo off la bang ah. Anigu ma noqon kartaa farxad. Waxaan doonayaa inaan ku raaxeysto ilmahayga ka dibna, ugu dhakhsaha badan uu ku dhashay, Waxaan noqon doonaa daafaca midig ee jimicsiga.”
Qabanqaabiye Greg Cohen ayaa sheegay in uu ku faraxsan yahay ku saabsan mustaqbalka uu slugger Canadian.
“Tony u shaqeeyaa si adag in jimicsiga iyo qalbi dhan waxaad codsan kartaa wuxuuna muujinayaa in dagaallan uu. Waxa uu outworks soo horjeeda iyo iyaga oo qarqinayo uu gardarada relentlessness. Tani waa uu isku xigta badisay labaad ka badan si fiican loo arkaa, dagaalka badinin, iyo waa in uu dhab ahaantii uu saddexaad. Waxaan ku hanweynahay in la leh sida dagaalka u fiican iyo kooxdiisa shaqeeya. 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.”
Taliye A balwadda dib guriga, Luis ayaa sheegay in soo dhaweynta ee Cornwall ayaa wayn. “Qof walba. Qoyskeyga, dhamaan asxaabta iyo taageerayaasha badan oo ka soo laabtay guriga waa cadahay. Waxaan Maanshaynay by taageerada aan ka helo. Waxaa sharaf noo ah.”