Yav tas los pib xyaum ua lub hnub qub, 'Hais’ Rashidi Ellis ( 13-0, 10 KO lub ) los ntawm Lynn, Massachusetts yuav rov qab mus rau lub nplhaib no hnub vas xaum, Lub peb hlis ntuj 14th nyob rau ntawm lub Roger L. Mendoza Coliseum nyob rau hauv Caguas, Puerto Rico. Nws tus nrog sib ntaus yuav Colombian, Victor Gonzalez ( 12-9, 11 KO lub ) nyob rau hauv ib tug 8-round sib ntau sib tw, lub sij hawm rau cov vacants WBA FedeCaribe, thiab Qhov Latino Welterweight npe.
“Kuv npaj txhij coj cov uas lub npe rau Puerto Rico thiab Massachusetts. Kuv xav thov ua tsaug heev rau kuv Puerto Rican neeg, thiab tus kiv cua yeej yuav tau txais ib tug tsov rog tawm tsam ib tug nyuaj ntaus Colombian fighter. Kev cob qhia rau kuv tus kws qhia Alex Rivera tau zoo, thiab peb yog heev ntseeg”, Rashidi commented Ellis, uas tom ntej no Tuesday yuav tsum koom Manny Pacquiao lub kev kawm camp nyob rau ntawm lub Tsiaj qus Card Gym raws li ib tug ntawm nws sparring cov neeg koom tes.
Qhov kev tshwm sim yog nce los ntawm Miguel Cotto Promotions thiab Roc teb chaws kev ua si.
Nyob rau hauv nws cov nag sib ntau sib tw rau Kaum Ib Hlis Ntuj 14, Ellis outboxed, thiab yeej ntawm tsib puag ncig knockout, tought qub tub rog, Yauxej De los Santos ( 18-14-9 KO lub ) los ntawm cov koom pheej Dominican nyob rau hauv ib tug 6 round sib ntau sib tw nyob rau ntawm lub junior Middleweight faib nyob rau hauv San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Ellis, uas nyob rau ib tug taw tes ntawm nws boxing pib xyaum ua hauj lwm twb ranked naj npawb ib nyob rau ntawm lub Welterweight faib (152 phaus) nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States, thiaj yuav ploj mus nrog ib cov ntaub ntawv ntawm 60-11, uas muaj:
-2012 Teb chaws NPAWG (Tub ceev xwm Athletic League) Yeej-Peb lub sij hawm Tshiab England Golden hnab looj tes zus
-Rocky Marciano Amateur Boxing kev sib tw tau zus ib
-Nyiaj puav pheej nyob rau ntawm lub Independent khob nyob rau hauv cov koom pheej Dominican
Ellis los ntawm ib tsev neeg ntawm boxers. Nws tus tij laug, Ronald “Akeem” yog ib qho undefeated super Middleweight prospect. Nws tus muam, Rashida, yog ib tug 2012 NPAWG champion, thiab ib tug nyiam yeej puav pheej rau lub U.S. Women`s Boxing Team nyob rau hauv lub 2016 Lub caij ntuj sov Olympics.