Ib tug myriad ntawm yog vim li cas cia lub 27-xyoo-laus Andrade tawm ntawm lub nplhaib thiab tsis muaj ib tug lub hnab tawv pojniam daim tshev txij li thaum lub rau hli ntuj 14, 2014, thaum nws puas lawm Tsis. 1 yuav tsum tau contender Brian “Tus tsov ntxhuav” Rose (25-1-1, 7 Kos) nyob rau hauv xya rounds, impressively winning rau HBO nyob rau hauv dab tsi muab tau nws tus thawj zaug thiab tsuas ntiaj teb Boxing Organization (WBO) title tiv thaiv. Andrade, sib ntaus sib tua tawm ntawm Providence, Ameslikas yuav cov tsis muaj WBO 154-phaus title Kaum ib hlis 9, 2013, kuj aired rau HBO, defeating yav tas los unbeaten 2004 U.S. Olympian Vanes “Npau suav phem” Martirosyan (33-0-1, 21 Kos) los ntawm txoj kev ntawm ib tug 12-round kev txiav txim siab.

Thaum lub sij hawm nws yav tas los 16 frustrating lub hlis, Andrade tau stripped ntawm nws WBO title, yeej tseem zoo txwv los ntawm sib ntaus sib tua nyob network TV, poob los ntawm tag nrho cov kev, thiab ua tsis ncaj rau cov khoom muaj npe raws li ib tug fighter uas hais ib tug loj kev ua si tab sis puv down tawv fights.

“Kuv relieved thiab thov ua tsaug rau yuav sib ntaus sib tua dua, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob ze tsev thiab nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm kuv tus kivcua ntsawj,” Andrade hais txog nws Oct. 17 sib ntaus sib tua tiv thaiv Argentinian tus nrog sib ntaus Dario Fabian “Lub Gallo” Pucheta (20-2, 11 Kos), ib tug qub South American zus, nyob rau hauv lub 10-round ntsiab kev tshwm sim rau lub tsis muaj WBO & WBA International super welterweight championships. “It’s good to finally have a date and I’m very happy to get back in the ring. It isn’t the fight I really wanted but Pucheta has a good record and he always comes to fight. I wanted to fight Delvin Rodriguez, uas yuav muaj tau ib tug zoo sib ntaus nyob rau hauv Connecticut vim tias yog nws tuaj qhov twg los ntawm kuv thiab kuv nyob hauv Rhode Island, tab sis, Kuv twv, nws cov neeg tsis xav kom nws mus tua kuv. Lawv yuav tsum tau txuag nws rau lwm tus neeg.

“Yog li ntawd, Kuv yuav tsum tau mus noj no sib ntaus (off-TV vs. ib tug uas tsis yog-ranked tus nrog sib ntaus) yuav tau rov qab mus rau hauv kev txiav txim ntawm, to where I want to be and belong. It’s not like I failed in the ring to lose my title belt. Kuv yog chim rau poob nws, ntawm chav kawm, but that’s not what identifies me. People know who the best fighters are in the world. All I ever wanted was to do was fight. I want to stay active and I believe I can fill Floyd Mayweather tus'S khau li boxing tus tom ntej superstar.”

Thaum lub sij hawm nws ntev hiatus los ntawm lub nplhaib, Andrade hu ua tawm Mayweather, Xa-u “Canelo” Alvarez, Erislandy Lara, thiab lwm lub ntiaj teb-class neeg tua hluav taws los tsis muaj avail, remaining on the shelf waiting to landing a career defining fight that never materialized. Andrade, ib tug 2007 Ntiaj teb Championships kub puav pheej khiav thiab plaub-lub sij hawm lub teb chaws pib xyaum ua tau zus ib, tau teev tsab ntawv tsis foob tiv thaiv Roc teb chaws, thov lub promotional lub tuam txhab, muaj los ntawm Jay-Z, reneged rau ib tug cog lus rau them nws $550,000.

“Cov tsuas sib ntaus kuv puas kam yog tawm tsam (Jermall)Charlo,” Andrade piav, “because I was in that situation with Jay-Z. I thought he and his company could really help me, nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib thiab marketing-wise. Kuv xaiv tsis tau noj ntawd sib ntaus (Dec. 13, 2014 vs. Charlo) tab sis, thaum muaj tej yam tsis tshwm sim nrog Roc teb chaws, Kuv kos npe rau ib daim ntawv cog lus mus tua Charlo (Jan. 14, 2015). Es tsis txhob, he signed a deal to fight Martirosyan. I never knew anything about the (Matt) Korobov sib ntaus (rau tsis muaj WBO middleweight title) kom txog rau thaum tom qab uas nws tau tshaj tawm. Kuv yeej tsis npaj yuav tsiv mus nyob txog rau middleweight, nyob rau ntawm lub sij hawm, mus tua nws los yog leej twg lwm. Tom qab ntawd, Kuv txawm muaj rau sib ntaus sib tua (Anthony) Mundine nyob rau hauv nws tiaj nraum qaum tsev (Australia) kom luv luv nyiaj, cia li ua raws li kuv lub npe, tab sis hais tias tsis ua hauj lwm tawm yog. Kuv twv hais tias yog tag nrho cov feem ntawm qhov kev ua si.”

Andrade kawm peb los yog plaub hnub hauv ib lub lim tiam, txawm tsis muaj ib hnub mus tua, thiab nws yog tus muaj zog dua puas tau, lub cev thiab lub hlwb. He is returning to the ring with a vengeance, pheej mus ua ib tug loj daim ntawv Oct. 17 thiab tshaj.

“Kuv yuav ua ib tsab ntawv uas kuv qhov zoo tshaj plaws 154-phaus fighter nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no thiab qhia yog vim li cas tsis muaj leej twg xav mus tua kuv,” Andrade concluded. “Kuv yuav mus showcase tag nrho kuv kev txawj ntse nrog kuv Lub kaum hli ntuj 17^th performance. I’m looking ahead, tsis nyob rau hauv lub dhau los lawm.”

Daim pib no yog rau cov muag khoom, xws li los ntawm $200.00 rau $25.00 (tsis suav cov nqi). Hu rau 401.261.3755 mus yuav daim pib raws li zoo raws li rau lub tsheb npav tshwj xeeb ntaub ntawv.

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