Whetu amateur mua, 'Kauwhata’ Rashidi Ellis ( 13-0, 10 KO o ) i Lynn, Ka hoki mai Massachusetts ki te mowhiti tenei Rāhoroi, March 14 i te Roger L. Mendoza Coliseum i Caguas, Puerto Rico. Ka KOROMO tona hoariri, Victor Gonzalez ( 12-9, 11 KO o ) i roto i te a'ee 8-a tawhio, hōtaka mo te vacants WBA FedeCaribe, a WBC taitara Welterweight Latin.
“Ahau rite ki te tango i aua taitara ki Puerto Rico a Massachusetts. Au rawa mauruuru ki taku iwi ka rangona, a ka taea e te pā e titau i te whawhai ki te toa KOROMO pakeke patu. Ko te whakangungu ki toku kaiako Alex Rivera kua nui, a ko matou tino māia”, Rashidi kōrero Ellis, ko wai Rātū muri Ka hono puni whakangungu Manny Pacquiao o i te Wild Card Faleva'inga rite ki tetahi o ana hoa mākutu.
Whakatairangatia ana te hui e Miguel Cotto Whakatairanga me Roc iwi Sports.
I roto i tona a'ee whakamutunga i runga i Whiringa 14, Outboxed Ellis, a patua mā knockout a tawhio rima, hōia tought, Joseph De los Santos ( 18-14-9 KO o ) i Dominican Republic i roto i te 6 a'ee a tawhio i te wehenga whitu teina tū i roto i te San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Ellis, nei i tetahi wāhi o tona mahi amateur mekemeke i runga tau kotahi i te wehenga Welterweight (152 pauna) i roto i te United States, mutu ki te lekooti o ake 60-11, i ngā:
-2012 PAL National (Pirihimana Athletic League) Toa-toru wā New Ingarangi karapu Golden Champion
-Rocky Marciano Amateur Boxing Tournament Champion
-Medal Silver i te Kapu Independent i roto i te he Lepupelika
Mai Ellis i te hapu o kaimekemeke. Tona tuakana, Ronald “Akeem” Ko te tūturu amanaki whitu super. Tona tuahine, Rashida, Ko te he 2012 Toa PAL, me te mētara win tino mo te U.S. Team Women`s mekemeke i roto i te 2016 Summer Olympics.