(L) – Pryce Taylor bụ atụmanya dị arọ na-abịa ma na-abịa(Foto sitere n'aka Sullivan Management)
New York City (March 19, 2024) – Brooklyn arọ nke Pryce Taylor (3-0, 2 Kos) esila na basketball gbanwee nke ọma n'ịgba ịkụ ọkpọ na taa atụmanya dị afọ 27 na-abawanye dị ka onye mmeri na-enweghị mmeri..
Taylor kwuru na ya butere ụkwụ ya n'ụlọikpe n'ime mgbanaka ahụ. Ọ gbara bọọlụ na mbụ mgbe ọ nọ na klas nke asatọ, sentimita anọ dị mkpụmkpụ karịa 6' 4" Taylor dị taa. Pryce kwetara na ọ na-efunahụ basketball mana ngwa ngwa mara na ya ka nwere ike igwu egwu, ọ bụchaghị na otu, n'ihi na ọ nọkwaghị n'ụdị basketball. "Anọ m n'ụdị ịkụ ọkpọ,” o ji nganga kwuo.
U.S. na-amu amu oku okpu, mere ka ọ pụta ìhè site na utu aha ya na New York Golden Gloves Championship, Taylor bụkwa onye gbara ọsọ oge anọ na asọmpi mba USA, gụnyere otu nye Joshua Edwards, onye tozuru oke ịnọchite anya dị ka nnukwu arọ maka Team USA na 2024 Egwuregwu Olympic na Paris.
Afọ gara aga, Taylor nwere mmeri asaa na-alụ ọgụ maka New York na Team Combat League (TCL), nke bụ otu okirikiri, asọmpi usoro otu. Na-asụ teknụzụ, mmeri abụghị akụkụ nke ndekọ ọkpọ ọkpọ ọkachamara ya. Taylor eritela uru na ahụmịhe ahụ, ọ ga-asọkwa mpi n'oge a.
Taylor gbara bọọlụ basketball otu oge na Corning Community College dị na mgbago New York. “Akwụsịrị m ịkụ basketball afọ isii gara aga,"Taylor kwuru. "Enwere m 60 ịlụ ọgụ (ndị na-amu amu, uru na TCL) ma kwenye na ndị ọkpọ ọkpọ kacha mma na-enweta ahụmịhe na-enweghị atụ. Ya mere, Enweela m ahụmịhe dị ukwuu. Enwere m ezigbo nka ma mara ihe m kwesịrị ime na mgbanaka ahụ.
“Echiche m bụ ime ihe ndị ọkpọ ọkpọ ndị ọzọ na-adịghị eme. Ndị ọkpọ ọkpọ niile na-amụta ihe ndị bụ isi, mana ihe niile ha chọrọ ịtụba, Atufuru m onwe m, na amakwaara m ka m ga-esi kwụsị ebe ahụ. Ihe ọ bụla ha tụpụrụ m nwere ike ịgbachitere. "
Onye njikwa ya etinyela Taylor n'ọsọ ọsọ, Onye ọka iwu nọ na New York City Keith Sullivan, onye chọpụtara na ọ dịghị mfe ịchọta ndị mmegide kwesịrị ekwesị maka Taylor, onye n'ihi nha ya, onye na-amu amu pedigree na isonye na TCL, dị nnọọ elu karịa ya atọ pro ọgụ nwere ike igosi.
Akụkụ ọzọ bara uru nke mmepe Taylor na-eme ka ndị dị arọ guzosie ike dị ka Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller., Otto Wallin, Vladyslav Sirenko, na Brandon Glanton ịkpọ aha ole na ole n'ime ndị ama ama.
Taylor mere mpụta mbụ ya na Disemba gara aga, na-akwụsị Mike Diorio na oghere mmeghe, sochiri Jenụwarị 27 ya na otu nsonaazụ ya na Gabriel Aguilar Costa. N'ihe omume ya kacha ọhụrụ na March, Taylor gara ebe dị anya na nke mbụ dị ka pro, na-etinye nkwụsị gburugburu anọ maka mkpebi ọnụ megide Antonio Torres (4-1), 40-36 ugboro atọ.
(L-R) – Onye isi nkuzi Benny Roman, Pryce Taylor & Onye njikwa Keith Sullivan (Foto sitere n'aka Sullivan Management)
Na ikpeazụ ya ọgụ, emere na Sony Hall, Taylor pụtara na mgbanaka ahụ wee tụgharịa gburugburu mgbanaka ahụ ma emesịa jiri ọkọlọtọ Irish gbachie n'ubu ya buru ibu. (lee foto dị n'elu).
"Keith (Sullivan) maara na a ga-enwe ọtụtụ ndị Irish Fans ebe ahụ na-ekiri onye Irish fighter (Emet Brennan) na-alụso m ọgụ,” Taylor kọwara. "O chere na ọ bụ ụzọ dị mma isi mee ka ọnụ ọgụgụ buru ibu ndị Irish na-akpakọrịta, ya mere ọ dụnyere m n'ọkọlọtọ agba atọ nke Irish. O kwuru eziokwu, ndị Irish bịaranụ hụrụ ya n'anya nke ukwuu, emekwara m ụfọdụ ndị fan.”
Ọnwụ bọọlụ bụ uru ịkụ ọkpọ; Pryce Taylor bụ atụmanya ziri ezi nwere nnukwu ihu.
Na mgbakwunye na ijikwa Pryce Taylor, Keith Sullivan, onye bụbu osote onye kọmishọna na New York State Athletic Commission, na onye ọka iwu ịgba ọkpọ ogologo oge, na-ejikwa IBF Bantamweight World Champion Miyo Yoshida (17-4, 0 Kos) na Bronx middleweight atụmanya Nisa Rodriguez (1-0), na mgbakwunye na ngalaba-ijikwa World Boxing Association (WBA) Emela. 12-gosiri onye na-asọ mpi welterweight Paddy “Ezigbo Deal” Donovan (13-0, 10 Kos), WBA Continental Champion na-achị si Limerick, Ireland. Sullivan na-elekọta Donovan ya na onye bụbu onye mmeri etiti ụwa n'etiti Andy Lee.
