Lụọ Report: Gianluca (River) Di Caro

Photos: Paul Green

 

 

Ikpeazụ ná ngwụcha izu m chọpụtara na m na-efe efe gafee Irish Oké Osimiri Belfast nke mbụ Malta Boxing Commission (MBC) ruru pro omume dị n'ógbè, Chuck Tolan si Fianna n'ọkwá 'Ruaille Buaille' omume na nwa na-enweghị oh okoro na ọ bụ ọnụ ahịa ya.

 

Ma tupu na-na na ọkpọ, M nwere ikwu ihe a obodo ukwu na oké ndị, E mere m incredibly welcome na Fans n'abalị, na ịrịba Devenish Mgbagwoju, e dị nnọọ larịị dị egwu na n'ezie mere ya pụrụ iche, M n'aka na ịtụnanya ikuku na ume ha site ga n'ezie weliri n'ụlọ alụso.

 

Headlining ihe omume ahụ Belfast dị nnọọ onwe Tommy 'The Agu' Tolan ịma aka ibe Belfast okoro Phil Townley maka inaugural Irish International Middleweight aha.

 

Tommy ji ọrụ ka eme a bit nke a mbịaghachi gara aga ọnwa iri na abụọ ma ọ bụ otú, mgbe a na-agba ọsọ nke losses aga azụ 2011 Irish bruiser e etinye ụfọdụ oké arụmọrụ.

 

M chere na ọ bụ keihuojoo bụghị iji nweta dịkarịa ala a Olee megide George Hillyard azụ na August afọ ikpeazụ, ma ikekwe na gbara ya mgbe ọ bịara imegide Matt Scriven nanị ọnwa atọ mgbe e mesịrị na ọzọ megide Rastislav Frano na February.

 

Ndị Enwee Mmeri megide Scriven na Frano ka Tommy na N'ezie ya mbụ isiokwu agha, nakwa dị ka aha ogbugba, na Tommy e ahapụ ihe ọ bụla na ohere.

 

Right si apụ ma protagonists setịpụrụ banyere ha ahịa a elu ijeụkwụ, Townley ịbụ karịsịa keike abịa n'ihu, nke mbụ na-etinye Tolan na azụ ụkwụ.

 

Banyere midway site na gburugburu Townley kụziri Tolan n'elu ụdọ malitere na-arụ ọrụ ahụ nke ya onye iro, Otú ọ dị n'oge karịsịa frenetic mgbanwe e nwere n'oké thud dị ka isi ha clashed.

 

Townley wee si njọ, na a mkpari ịkpụ n'elu ọkpọiso, nke oozed ọbara ma anya. Refirii Lee Murtagh kwụsịrị obodo wee ringside dọkịta na-elele ịkpụ ozugbo.

 

Mgbe nhicha ọbara si ihu ya o doro anya ịkpụ abụghị nnọọ dị ka ihe ọjọọ dị ka o yiri na agha na-.

 

Townley akachaghị na Malitegharịa ekwentị, nke meghere ụzọ maka Tolan ẹnyene ìgwè mmadụ ahụ na ụfọdụ ikenyeneke mbiet n'ịgwa n'azụ a kpọrọ keike jab.

 

Gburugburu abụọ ọtụtụ ihe ndị ọzọ nke otu, na Tolan ewere akara nke obodo na ịke.

 

On banyere nkeji akara a mkpari gash wupu na-emeghe na Townley si ntì, nwere ikwu m n'aka ma ọ bụrụ na ọ bụ a ntụmadị ma ọ bụ na mberede isi-nsogbu ọzọ, dị ka nke a mere n'oge ọzọ ezigbo ebe slugfest.

 

Nke ọ bụla, Townley bụ kpamkpam bloodied na-amalite anya dị nnọọ ntakịrị agha na-eyi.

 

Ná ngwụsị nke gburugburu ringside dọkịta, Dr Robert McConnell na Chief Nsogbu medic Chris Robinson nyochara Townley si ọnyá ndị miri emi ma gwazie na refirii.

 

Na ihe ọmụma na ọ bụrụ na he imeghe ọzọ agha ga-akwụsị Townley pụta na a ọzọ iji chebe onwe mode, Otú ọ dị nke a ụmụaka a fighter na mgbe banyere iri Sekọnd ma ọ bụ otú tụbara ịkpachara anya ka ifufe wee na agha nnukwu oge na-, ihe soro ọzọ bụ ihe niile edinam ụkwụ na-ụkwụ agha.

 

Na banyere iri atọ sekọnd nke gburugburu fọdụrụ-apụghị izere ezere mere, bụghị naanị na ndị na-gash na Townley si ntì meghere ọzọ, ma ọzọ ịkpụ meghere ya anya aka nri.

 

Townley kpochapụrụ ọbara n'ebe anya ya na ya uwe wee ogologo na agha ọzọ, ma Tolan na-enwe onye ọ bụla nke ya na ka rip na a nnukwu nri soro na a abụọ aka flurry nke gbaa, na-eme otú ahụ kụziri na now ekpuchi elu Townley n'elu ụdọ wee na maka egbu ọzọ na-ekwu ọtụtụ gbaa.

 

Na dị nnọọ ise sekọnd nke gburugburu na-aga refirii Lee Murtagh ịga ịzọpụta nsogbu na bloodied Townley si apụghị izere ezere knockout.

 

Nwere ikwu agha nwere ike nanị kere atọ agba, ma e nwere ike ịbụ ihe edinam ke na itoolu nkeji karịa ị na-ejikarị na-ahụ na a iri rounder gara anya.

 

Ịgbaso N'ihi ịbụ mara ọkwa kpara Irish MC Harry McGayock MBC si Jennifer Burton na Irish International Asọmpi Onye Mmeri nlekọta David Walshe ọkọnọ Tolan na Asọmpi Onye Mmeri belt, ukwuu ka ọṅụ nke ukwuu olu obodo ìgwè mmadụ.

 

Tupu ndị magburu onwe Tolan-Townley aha agha, Belfast si na-akpali akpali Eamonn Magee Jnr bụ na ihe megide Latvian Dinars Skripkins.

 

Gịnị a ọgụ, abụọ kpọrọ classy na nkà na-eto eto alụso na ihe megide onye ọ bụla ọzọ, a nwere makings nke ịbụ a ezi kpochapụwo.

 

Ná mmalite ọ bụ a ukwuu oru ọkpọ ngosi, ihe dị ka a pugilistic cheesi egwuregwu, ma na-egwuri si na a frenetic ijeụkwụ, ma Skripkins na Magee na-etinye na a kediegwu ngosipụta nke ọkpọ maka juru n'ọnụ ụlọ, Otú ọ dị ya gosiri na-abụ obere ndụ omume.

 

On banyere otu nkeji akara, Magee slowed ya ọgụ ma malite buru apụ Skripkins na pin mgbe ezi gbaa isi na ahu, nke n'aka nke mere ka Lithuanian ịgbanwe ya si eme ná mgbalị iji nwetaghachi larịị nke akara.

 

Mgbe ihe iri atọ sekọnd ma ọ bụ otú nke magburu ọkpọ si ma ndị ikom ma, Magee steepụ na a nnukwu ikike ahu nke Skripkins, nke zitere Latvian ala ka kwaaji.

 

Skripkins gbalịrị ike ime ka ọ na azụ ụkwụ ya dị ka onye na-egbu egwuregwu Lee Murtagh mere ọnụ, Otú ọ dị ya na mgbalị ndị n'efu, kama na-eto eto Latvian ihu a TKO meriri na otu nkeji na iri ise na atọ nke abụọ akara nke mbụ gburugburu.

 

Magee Jnr bụ n'ụzọ doro anya na ezigbo ndibiat, a eyen nwere ya niile na ihe bụ ihe ọzọ na ọ bụ megide a kpọrọ ezi iro na Skripkins, wee site na-efe efe na agba, oké mmeri na nke ahụ bụ n'ihi na n'aka.

 

My Okwu ikpeazụ na a agha, O nwere ike were ogologo, ma ọ bụrụ na abụọ ndị a mgbe nwere a rematch na m chọrọ ịbụ na e nwere, ọ bụ na ihe ọma.

 

Ime ya pro mpụta mbụ e mbụ na-amu amu kpakpando Matthew Fitzsimmons, megide ibe debutant Latvia si Aleksndrs Birkenbergs.

 

Dị nnọọ ka na Magee Jnr-Skripkins nke a bụ ọzọ ekwekọghị n'obi.

 

Site mmeghe mgbịrịgba Birkenbergs positioned onwe ya center mgbanaka na-ele anya ịchịkwa obodo, Otú ọ dị Fitzsimmons na-enwe onye ọ bụla nke na, karịsịa dị ka ha na-alụ ọgụ n'ihu n'ụlọ ya ìgwè mmadụ.

 

Idebe ya mma na-eto eto Fitzsimmons bụ ọdịnaya ghota apụ ya iro na ezubere iche gbaa isi na ahu oge ọ bụla Birkenbergs ga kwụpụ na onye agha.

 

Ihe a atọ n'ụzọ site na mbụ gburugburu Fitzsimmons steepụ ijeụkwụ, ma ka nọgidere na-ezi, ahapụ Birkenbergs ihe nhọrọ ọ bụla ma na-ekpuchi elu maka oge ruo mgbe otu oghere maka a counter agha ediberede.

 

Fitzsimmons gbanwere eme ubé nke abụọ, na-aga n'elu n'ihu ụkwụ na-ewere na ọgụ Birkenbergs site na anya.

 

Birkenbergs bụ dị ka dimkpa ka ha na-, ọ nọgidere nnọọ na-abịa n'ihu na ohere ọ bụla, mwute ikwu maka na-eto eto nke a na-egwuri nri n'ime Fitzsimmons nnọọ ike aka, na Irishman egwú na-ekwe ka rip na ma a pin mgbe ezi ogbugba iji ibuot ma ọ bụ ozu ma ọ bụ a abụọ aka flurry tupu rụwa tupu Birkenbergs nwere ike inwe ezigbo counter na.

 

Gburugburu abụọ nkeji akara, Fitzsimmons rutere otu ọgịrịga cracking ahu ogbugba, n'ụzọ nkịtị, ma obi ike Latvian na-eto eto dị nnọọ kwara ya anya na-agbalị na-azụ ya ọkpọ.

 

N'oge ezumike ma ndị dọkịta na refirii Lee Murtagh gara-elele na Birkenbergs, bụ onye na-doro anya na a ọtụtụ ihe mgbu. Mgbe a ngwa ngwa nkwurịta okwu na ya n'akụkụ ya, e kpebiri na ọ ga-foolhardy maka Birkenbergs ịnọgide.

 

Nwere ikwu Fitzsimmons bụ ihe ọzọ na-eto eto classy na nwa na-enweghị oh nwata ke enye ngosi nkà ya na satọde n'abalị, maa onye na-ekiri maka ọdịnihu.

 

Tupu atọ pro oké e nwere ndị ise Ngosi oké, haziri site IBA, ka ngosi nnọọ ihe Fans pụrụ ịtụ anya mgbe MBC ewebata 'novice' Pro format mechara nke afọ a.

 

The 'novice' Pro echiche e mere ka mmalite na pro n'ohu maka nkà na-enwechaghị ahụmahụ ọzọ ruru eru ka Uru ịke maara ihe ma na-eji nanị nanị na-amu amu ahụmahụ, ma ọ bụ na aka nke ọzọ nwere alụso si unlicensed idaha-achọ ime ka a tentetivu nkwaghari ndị ọkachamara n'ohu.

 

Ebe obu na ikikere na ọgwụ na ụkpụrụ fọrọ nke nta ahụ dị ka na mgbe Uru, novice Uru oké ga-abụ nke abụọ nkeji oge na ike na-adịkwa na ndị ọzọ ikikere dị ka 'novice' Uru.

 

Mbụ nke ndị a oké ahụ Barry McCafferty iti Ben Robinson site a 40-36 ihe mkpebi.

 

Ihe ọzọ elu ahụ Mark McMahon iti Steve Keown maka IBA Gaelic Middleweight aha site a 40-35 ihe oke.

 

Nke atọ n'obi ahụ Michael Collins iti Stevie Martin na a anọ gburugburu Cruiserweight zoo site a 40-37 ihe oke.

 

Johnny Lawson kwụsịrị Darren Butler na a cracking bodyshot na otu nkeji na iri ise na isii abụọ akara nke mbụ gburugburu.

 

Na isiokwu ngosi n'obi, Marty Kayes nwetara na IBA Irish Mbụ na a 60-54 na-arụtụ mmeri Karl obi tara mmiri.

 

Dị ka m kwuru ná mmalite nke akụkọ a bụ mbụ m oge na Belfast na m ụtọ na m ọ bụla otu abụọ nke ya, oké City, oké ndị mmadụ na dị ka show ọma ihe m nwere ike ikwu, ọ bụ mbụ na klas, na a oké mgbakọ na e juru na kasị ekele na enyi na enyi Fans m mgbe nwere obi ụtọ izute.