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Tūtohu Archives: Lanell Bellows
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT LANELL BELLOWS TALKS TRAINING CAMP, Floyd Mayweather & MORE BEFORE FIRST TELEVISED FIGHT
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Whakatūwhera ai kaitiaki te koiora Marcus Upshaw kuwaha ki te pene hou
Miami (August 19, 2015) – Perennial middleweight/super middleweight gatekeeper Marcus Upshaw pae hopea e tuwhera ana te kuwaha ki te pene ka aru mai o tona mahi Rāhoroi whakamutunga, patoto i roto i mua tūturu tiaturiraa Turkish Bugra Oener i Wynwood Stadium i Miami, ki te hopu i te wātea Kaunihera Boxing World (WBC) wā Mediterranean taitara whitu tekau super.
-Tau 35-tawhito te Upshaw (18-4-4, 9 Koó) whawhai i roto i te kāwanatanga tana whare mo te wā tuatahi i roto i 2 ½ tau. He was on a seek-and-destroy mission against reigning WBC Youth super middleweight champion Oener (9-1, 3 Koó).
Uru whakaaro Upshaw whakatā i muri i tona whawhai o mua, i roto i te i maturuturu iho e ia Las Vegas oire tino Lanell Bellows (12-1-1) e toru nga wa ano ngaro te whakatau waru-a tawhio noa.
“Kua ahau i te kaitiaki mo te pera roa, engari te mutunga whakatuwheratia ano e ahau i te kuwaha,” Na ka mea a Upshaw. “Ua ite whakamataku tēnei whawhai, rawa i muri i toku roa, long journey. I was stressed out after my last fight. I beat myself up and felt there was no reason for me to continue my boxing career. I felt used and was ready to quit, engari i whakaae ahau kia hoatu a reira tetahi atu pere. Ko ahau rite ki te hoatu i toku ora i runga i te raina, haere hoki taua mea, a kihai i manukanuka pae patua whara ranei.
“I knew that I had to finish this time. My opponent was related to one of the promoters and, me toku hītori, I knew that I had to keep going to finish the job. I knew I had to knock him out and I trained hard to do just that. I’ve put the past behind me. The problem was always me. This fight was fun. I stepped into the devil’s playground and that brought out the ugly in me to get the job done.”
Kia mea te reira ke e te Floridian ora-roa rite Upshaw ko te WBC Mediterranean toa whitu tekau super wā, ko ia whakaatu whakapehapeha rua tona whitiki taitara (kite tahi pikitia ki Upshaw me te kaiwhakahaere Hei Stern), ki te haere me te whitu tekau here Florida State riro ia i roto i 2009, no te patototanga a i tetahi atu 'amanaki hinga i te wa, Ahsandi Gibbs (10-0). I rite ke nga whakahari rongo ia i te mano e serenaded ia ki karakia o “USA, USA” rite tomo ia ki te whakakai ki a Florida kaiwhakatairanga Dave Johnson poipoia te kara American rite arahina e ia i te haere kapa ki te kokonga o Upshaw.
“Hoki te huringa i whawhai ahau i roto i toku iāri, me te pā e rongo hamama, 'USA, USA’ ue'i ahau he rota,” Upshaw tuhia. “They had my back. I was honored and it got me extra psyched for the fight. I knew had to prove myself. I’m really a middleweight but I took this fight at super middleweight because it was a good opportunity for me.”
Kua Upshaw kua mohiotia hoki tona taikaha tonu, haere i te tawhiti, ahakoa i roto i te parekura, ki te toa, contenders me amanaki pērā i Mario Antonio Rubio,Rawiri Lemieux, Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez, Edwin Rodriguez, Patrick Majewski a Tarvis Simms.
“Au rawa hari mo Marcus i muri i te katoa i ngā ia i roto i,” Kaiwhakahaere maoro o UpshawSi Star (Whakahaere SHS mekemeke) tāpiri. “Marcus ko te toa rerekē i roto i te whakakai tenei wa….rite ko ia he taata tino rerekē,” “Marcus i tukinotia e te tangata i roto i te wahi wawe o tona mahi nei i maka e ia i roto i te whawhai ki takatu te taimaha ki runga ki te 175 pauna, whawhai ratou i runga i te pānui i roto i te mutunga o to ratou backyards, a ko te rota o ona parekura ki toa ao.
“Kua tonu i Marcus te kaha whakakitea e ia ki a Oner, otiia kihai i whakaako ia ki te whakamahi i tana kaha tika tae noa ki tīmata ia te mahi ki te (upoko kaiwhakangungu) Orlando(Cuellar). Marcus is very, tino kaha a ngā kahore ia i roto i te whawhai kino. E ngaro ia te tahi mau whawhai kia riro ia ia, but that’s all behind him now. Coming off this fight, Whakapono ana ahau e taea e tatou ki te whawhai ki a ia mo te taitara rohe, a ka ka haere atu tatou i reira”
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Marcus Upshaw tonu whai tona moe kawea i runga i Lanell Bellows tenei Rātapu i roto i tona waiata Las Vegas
Miami (Pipiri 17, 2015) – Toa ara Modern-ra Marcus “Arilli” Upshaw (17-13-4, 8 Koó) Kei te tonu whai tona moe mekemeke. Ko te utunga i muri o tona kōrero rerekē ko tenei Rātapu ki te whenua tino Lanell “KO” Pupuhi (17-1-1, 7 Koó) i MGM Grand i Las Vegas.
“Ahau whai ahau i te moe, engari, i te wa ano, Kei te whai i ahau i te moe,” Na ka mea a Upshaw. “Ko te mutunga tika taku ngakau, me te inaianei i ahau he kaiwhakangungu nui (Orlando Cuellar) te tangata e toku hoki. E kore i te taku wa i mua i tika, engari ko te reira i tenei. Kua ahau whawhai katoa i runga i ko ko toku wa tuatahi whawhai i roto i te Las Vegas tenei. Ko e pā ana te wā! Kua hiahia tonu ahau ki te whawhai i roto i te Vegas. Kei te haere ahau ki te kia whawhai i roto i te mua o te Floyd Mayweather Jr. a haere mai ana ki te wikitoria.”
He Floridian taketake i whanau i roto i te Jacksonville, a whakaako i roto i Miami, te Upshaw-tau 34-tawhito, ko te 2-1-2 i roto i tona rima pāngia whakamutunga. I roto i tona whakamutunga 11 whawhai, Kua rua whawhai Upshaw i Mexico, Washington D.C., Minnesota me te Dominican Republic, me te kotahi i roto i Texas, Canada, a Connecticut. I roto i te tata take katoa whawhai ia ranei te toa whenua he kaimekemeke whawha e kaiwhakatairanga o te whakaaturanga, me / ranei.
I roto i te akoranga o tona mahi ngaio-tau iwa, te whawhai ano ia i roto i Mississippi, Illinois, California, Rhode Island, New York, Maryland, South Carolina a Te Tai Tokerau Carolina. Anake 11 o tona 34 kua whawhai i roto i te Florida, te nuinga o te hunga i roto i te wahi wawe o tona mahi. Ki te kumea mai a wahia tata ngā whakatau, me te / ranei i roto i te hoariri’ E te tikanga backyards whakaaro “toa” i roto i te mekemeke, Tino pai i taea e record o Upshaw hei rerekē nui 25-5.
Te reira maere e tona matamua i roto i te Las Vegas e tenei Rātapu, ki te hoariri nei i whakatairangatia ana e Mayweather Whakatairanga, nei-te whakatairanga ruruku i te Pirimia Mekemeke Champions i runga i te kāri CBS ki TBG Whakatairanga, a tohutohu e kaha Al HAYMONtona kamupene, HAYMON mekemeke, E whakaatu ana i te raupapa PBC.
I tua atu ki te rahoraho tāpae i faahitihia ki a ia, Upshaw Ko te whitu tekau tūturu nei i, kotahi ano, ka whawhai i te whitu tekau super. “E kore ahau e whakaaro ki taua mea rite te roa rite ki te whawhai hanga tikanga,” Ua haamaramarama Upshaw. “Te kore, E kore e tangohia e ahau i te reira. Ahau i te whitu tekau nei i te wa torutoru whawhai i 168 pauna, me te pai i ki Arona Pryor Jr. (tautohetia Unuunu 8-a tawhio noa), Kāwanatanga Biosse (WTKO8) a Durrell Richardson (WDEC6). Ka waiho ahau hei te hoariri uaua Bellows kua ake fehangahangai. Ngaro ia ki te 8-9-2 taata, a i te Unuunu ki te hoa tauwhainga nei i te i 5-6-1 record. Ngā kore whawhai ia tangata tata ki te ërä o whawhai kua i ahau i roto i ki te. Ahau he whitu tekau, me te noa ahakoa whawhai ia i roto i te piha haapiiraa taimaha teitei, Ka waiho e ahau te kaha, pai toa. Pressure, pēhanga, pēhanga Ko te mahere kēmu mo tenei whawhai. Haere kore ahau au ki te tuku i te kaiwhakawa te tahae i taku ano. Ko ha faingamālie whakamataku hoki mo ahau tenei, atu, Nana, whawhai ahau i roto i Las Vegas mo te wā tuatahi!”
Waitohu win o Upshaw, ko te kupu tenei i tawhiti, i roto i 2010 ka ka haere ia ki a Quebec City, me te pouri 21-1-1 hero rohe Renan St. Matau i te ara o te whakatau 10-a tawhio noa, faateitei Marcus i roto i te tūranga whitu tekau ao ki IBF #6, WBO #9 a WBC #11.
Whakaaturia Upshaw Kua tona pūmanawa, mau taleni, me whekau i te haere i te tawhiti oti i roto i te rauna, ahakoa i roto i te parekura, ki nga momo o Mario Antonio Rubio, Rawiri Lemieux,Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez, Edwin Rodriguez, Patrick Majewski a Tarvis Simms.
“Marcus he lekooti rawa te haavare,” tuhia Cuellar ko wai e i roto i te kokonga o Upshaw mo te whawhai tuarua anake. “Ko te pai atu i titiro ki runga ki te pepa ki tona record. Tirohia te tahi o nga takatu i ngā ia i te tawhiti ranei whawhai kumea ki. He ngawari tona hoariri, engari e kore e tikanga kore ia e haere mai i roto i. I te tahi taime e tiakina whawhai e ratou kawenga engari taahi ake i roto i te whawhai ki te pai whakataetae. Ko ētahi wā whawhai ano he pouaka o tiakareti, kahore e mohio ki a koutou te mea e haere koe ki te tiki tae noa ki te whakatuwhera koe i te reira, ka tango i te ngau.
“Marcus He rite te ngeru ake ki te taiepa. E kore tona hoariri e mohio ki ta te ia tino e taea te mahi i roto i te whakakai. Ko te rite ki te pore i te hōtuhi Marcus, tahuri te tepu i runga i tenei taata whenua. Ka korerotia e ahau ki a ia i tenei taata i roto i tona ara o te moni pai, na te reira taime no te ki a ia te tango i te mana whakahaere, me te kia i te rangatira. Kia riro Marcos tenei whawhai i roto i te taura, engari, no te mea te whawhai ia i te tino oire i runga i te whakaatu o tona kaiwhakatairanga, Me Marcus ki te tango i roto i nga kaiwhakawa ki te knockout, ranei te mahi rawa fakalotoa e kore e taea te tango i ratou i te wikitōria atu i a ia.”
Kua i nga wa katoa Upshaw, e tu ana 6′ 4″, a size advantage to go with his rich athletic bloodlines; tona matua keke, te mutunga o Gene Upshaw, Ko te NFL Hall o Rongonui ino kaitiaki mo nga Raiders Oakland. Na, te reira te wā ki te haere ki a ia nga mea katoa i roto i, me te moni i roto i-wā nui i roto i tona whawhai tuatahi Las Vegas, registering a career-defining triumph to set him up for a major showdown in the not too distant future.
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ISHE SMITH TO HEADLINE “SIN CITY SHOWDOWN” WHEN HE BATTLES CECIL MCCALLA AT THE PEARL AT PALMS CASINO RESORT ON APRIL 30 LIVE ON A SPECIAL THURSDAY NIGHT EDITION OF ESPN FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS
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Las Vegas (April 17, 2015) – Just two days before the historic showdown between Floyd Mayweather a Manny Pacquiao, Whakatairanga Mayweather will give boxing fans a special treat on Cinco De Mayo weekend when they present the “Sin City Showdown” i runga i Rāpare, April 30 headlined by former world champion Ishe “Sugar Shay” Smith (26-7, 12 Koó) taking on the hard-fighting Cecil McCalla (20-1, 7 Koó) live on a special Rāpare putanga o ESPN Rāmere Whawhai Night from the Pearl at Palms Casino Resort.
In the evening’s co-main event welterweight contender Ashley “te Treasure” Theophane (37-6-1, 11 Koó) ka whawhai Mahonri Montes (29-4-1, 20 Koó). Also featured in televised action is exciting knockout artist Ronald “Te oaoa” Gavril (11-1, 9 Koó) duking it out with Eddie Hunter (10-12-2, 3 Koó).
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Further undercard action features a slew of Mayweather Promotions rising stars including Lanell “KO” Pupuhi (11-1-1 7 Koó) tango i runga i Tyrell Hendrix (11-6-2, 4 Koó), atu Juan Heraldez (6-0, 5 Koó), Ladarius “Nopo” Miller (6-0, 1 KO) a Kevin “Te Piti-raa mai” Newman (1-0-1) competing in separate bouts against opponents to be determined.
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“Headlining in my hometown of Las Vegas is always a great thrill and I will not disappoint all the people who come out to watch me fight,” Said Smith. “I have aspirations of getting another world title belt and this fight is my first step towards getting another opportunity.”
“I’m thrilled to get back in the ring and show the world what ‘The Treasure’ Ko te katoa e pā ana ki,” said Theophane. “This is a tremendous opportunity for me and I am going to make the most of it.”
“While the fight the whole world is waiting for takes place Rāhoroi, Mayweather Promotions is extremely pleased to put on a great night of fights at Palms Casino Resort just days before,” Said Leonard Ellerbe, CEO o Mayweather Whakatairanga. “Ishe Smith is an accomplished former world champion and Ashley Theophane is an exciting welterweight who always comes to fight.”
“We’re thrilled to host another great match with Mayweather Promotions,” Na ka mea a Billy Conn, Vice peresideni o whakangahau me Events motuhake mō te Poe i nikau Casino Resort. “There’s a lot of excitement in the air for boxing fans and this is a great opportunity to see some amazing fighters leading up to the big fight.”
After a long career that saw him go from the world of reality television as a star on “Ko te nguha” to competing at the top level at 154 a 160 pauna, Smith, 36, finally put it all together in 2010, beginning a four-fight winning streak that culminated in a decision win over Cornelius Bundrage for the IBF super welterweight world title in Feb. 2013, becoming the first native Las Vegan to ever win a world title. He subsequently lost his title on September 14, 2013 by a close split decision to the always-tough Carlos Molina. A knockout victory Ryan Davis gave Smith another title shot as he challenged Erislandy Lara in Dec. 2014. Smith fought well but was beaten by Lara via unanimous decision.
I muri i te mahi runaruna roa i roto i i whakataetae ia i roto i tata 100 whawhai, McCalla is looking to bounce back from his first career defeat when he battles Smith. He dropped a narrow split-decision in Jan. 2015 to Chris van Heerden but had won his previous 20 bouts to start his pro career. The 30-year-old fights out of Baltimore and will make his Las Vegas boxing debut on April 30.
He nguha mātanga i Rānana engari i roto i te whawhai o Las Vegas, Theophane is looking to build on his current four fight win streak when he enters the ring on April 30. The 34-year-old has been in the ring with many 140 me contenders 147-pauna tae atu Danny Garcia a Pablo Hiha Cano, ngaro i te kuiti wahia-whakatau ki e rua. Most recently he dominated Miguel Zuniga on his way to a unanimous decision in Dec. 2014.
Sporting a 55-5 record hei runaruna, the heavy-fisted Montes looks to make it back-to-back wins when he takes on Theophane. The 25-year-old is experienced beyond his years as he has fought frequently since turning pro in 2006. He earned a shot at former world champion Humberto Soto in 2013 but dropped the bout by unanimous decision. Most recently the fighter out of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico defeated previously undefeated Diego Cruz in Oct. 2014.
A threat to deliver a big knockout every time he enters the ring, Gavril hopes to bounce back from his first professional loss when he battles Hunter. The 28-year-old dropped a close decision to longtime contender Elvin Ayala on March 28 but had previously won nine of his first 11 pro fights by knockout. Born in Romania, engari e whawhai ana i Las Vegas, Gavril looks to get back on the right track on April 30.
The 28-year-old Hunter has lost his last three fights but has certainly faced tough competition having battled undefeated fighters in 13 of his pro fights. Fighting out of Seattle, Hunter will look to pull off an upset on April 30 i roto i te Las Vegas.
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