Duab los ntawm Joe Tarlecky
Nyeem ntawv, PA (Cuaj hlis 14, 2015)– Nyob rau hnub Friday yav hmo ntuj, Cuaj hlis 18, boxing rov qab mus rau lub Claridge Hotel nyob rau hauv Atlantic City li kav cov vaj ntxwv Promotions rov rau ib tug loj hmo ntuj ntawm cov kev txiav txim.
Nyob rau hauv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim, Travis Kauffman yuav noj nyob rau hauv yav tas los lub ntiaj teb no title challenger Epifanio Mendoza.
Kauffman ntawm Reading, PA muaj ib cov ntaub ntawv ntawm 29-1 nrog 21 knockouts thiab yog caij ib tug 11-sib ntaus yeej streak uas tau tsim 5 thiab ib tug ib nrab xyoo.
Kauffman tau yeej cov yam koj nyiam uas Malachy Farrell (16-1), William Shahan (7-1), Chris Koval (24-6), Vincent Thompson (13-1) thiab nyob rau hauv nws cov nag bout nws coj tawm Richard Carmack nyob rau hauv ib tug-round rau Lub yim hli ntuj 14 nyob rau hauv Newark, New Jersey.
Kauffman tau txais txoj cai rov qab mus rau hauv lub gym nram qab no lub Carmack bout thiab tseem mus nyob ib puag ncig mus rau hauv lub cev tom qab ib tug 19-lub hlis hauj lwm.
“Lub fact tias kuv khaws cia nyob rau hauv lub gym yog pab kuv loj lub sij hawm. Kuv xav tias kuv yuav ua tau ib tug ob peb phaus tsawg tshaj li tus Carmack sib ntaus thaum kuv tiv kev txom nyem 239 phaus. Kuv tau khiav ntau thiab ntau nram qab no uas qhov phais thiab Nws tau pab kuv nrog kuv txias,”hais tias Kauffman.
Nyob rau hauv Mendoza, nws yog txojkev ib tug txiv leej tub uas muaj ib cov ntaub ntawv ntawm 41-21-1 nrog 35 loj knockouts thiab muaj yeej tshaj undefeated fighters Tokunbo Olijade, Rubin Williams, Carlos Negron & Ray Recio ntxiv khoom yeej tshaj Rito Ruvalcalba, Alejandro Luis Garcia, thiab tau tiv thaiv rau lub teeb Heavyweight championship.
“Nws tau nyob ib ncig ntawm ib tug ntev lub sij hawm. Nws muaj tej feem txiv leej tub rau kuv daim resume. Nws yog ib tug loj Puncher thiab tau muaj peev xwm kom tsis txhob zoo fighters, li ntawd kuv thiaj tau coj nws tiag.”
Kauffman yog sim muab qhov uas nws tshuav nrog lub Carmack sib ntaus, thaum nws poob 300-plus pounder ob zaug rau lub cev txhaj tshuaj.
“Qhov no yog cia li puag ncig ob rau kuv. Tab sis lub sij hawm no, Kuv yuav tsis chim tias kuv tau txais ib co rounds nyob rau hauv mus ua hauj lwm tawm lub nplhaib xeb.”
Kauffman, uas kos npe rau Al Haymon, tau pom ib co neeg tua hluav taws nyob rau hauv lub Heavyweight faib tau ib co txuj rau lub Premier Boxing Champions series thiab lub 30-xyoo yog npaj txhij rau kev sib ntaus tus uas yuav muab tso rau nws nyob rau hauv sib cav sib ceg rau ntiaj teb no title txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv.
“Kuv tabtom hoping nyob rau hauv Kaum ib hlis hais tias cov loj sib ntaus yuav tsum muaj. Tom qab no sib ntaus, Kuv yuav 30-1 thiab kuv tab tom nrhiav rau cov neeg zoo ntawm kev sib ntaus. Kuv xav tias kuv yuav tsum npaj kom txhij.”
“Kuv zoo siab yuav tsum tau nyob tibneeg hu tauj coob. Cov kev raug mob muaj qab kuv thiab tam sim no kuv yog ib tug paub tab 30 xyoo-laus fighter. Kuv paub tias kuv tabtom tsis tau yau, tab sis nws yog lub zoo meej muaj hnub nyoog rau ib tug Heavyweight. Kuv tabtom pib tau pom dua zoo li nws yog nyob rau hauv 2009 tab sis tam sim no kuv muaj ntau npaum li cas kev ob leeg nyob rau hauv thiab tawm ntawm lub nplhaib ces kuv paub qhov zoo tshaj plaws yog tseem nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm kuv. Kuv yog ib tug ntau rau siab ua thiab tom qab no sib ntaus, Kuv yuav rov qab los rau Texas ua hauj lwm rau kuv txias thiab npaj rau lub kaum ib hlis.”
“Kuv xav ua tsaug rau kuv pab neeg uas nrog kuv ua txiv Marshall Kauffman, Naazim Richardson thiab Jeff Negrelli. Tsis tas li ntawd Al Haymon kev ntseeg nyob rau hauv kuv. ”
Cov co-feature yuav ua tau ib tug 8-round Heavyweight bout uas yuav feature American rov qab los ntawm yav tas los lub ntiaj teb no title challenger “Fast” Eddie Chambers (41-4, 22 KO lub) kev noj nyob Galen Brown (41-31-1, 25 KO lub) ntawm St. Yauxej, Missouri.
Tsis tas li ntawd tshwm nyob rau hauv ib tug 8-round bout yuav Cruiserweight Keith Tapia (15-0, 10 KO lub) ntawm Santurce, Puerto Rico noj rau Anthony Caputo Smith (15-5, 10 KO lub) ntawm Kennett Square, PA
Ivan Golub (8-0, 6 KO lub) ntawm Brooklyn, NY yuav sib ntaus sib tua Pavel Miranda (19-10-1, 9 KO lub) ntawm Tijuana, Mexico nyob rau hauv ib tug Super Welterweight bout.
Nyob rau hauv 6-round bouts:
Convict Yuleussinov (3-0, 2 KO lub) ntawm Brooklyn, NY sib ntaus sib tua Justin Williams (4-10-2, 2 KO lub) ntawm Beaumont, Texas nyob rau hauv ib tug Super Middleweight sib ntaus.
Danny Kelly (8-1-1, 7 KO lub) ntawm Washington, DC yuav sib ntaus sib tua Jimmy Suarez (3-6, 3 KO lub) ntawm Aguada, PR nyob rau hauv ib tug Heavyweight bout.
Nyob rau hauv 4-round bouts:
Alex Barbosa (4-2-1, 1 KO) ntawm Philadelphia, PA yuav sib ntaus sib tua Jose Garcia (0-4) ntawm San Juan, Puerto Rico nyob rau hauv ib tug Featherweight contest
Pavlo Ishchenko ntawm Brooklyn, NY yuav ua kom nws debut pro tiv thaiv Nicholas Rodriguez (0-2-1) ntawm Somerset, KY nyob rau hauv ib tug Featherweight contest.
Daim pib yuav raug muas $100, $75 thiab $50 los ntawm txhaj www.claridgeboxing.eventbrite.com los yog los ntawm hu hu 610 587 5950 los yog 609 868 4243