Photo ndi Joe Tarlecky
Kuwerenga, PA (September 14, 2015)– Lachisanu usiku, September 18, nkhonya kubwerera Claridge Hotel ku Atlantic City monga Mafumu Zokwezedwa akubwerera kwa lalikulu usiku wachangu.
Kwenikweni chochitika, Travis Kauffman chidzathandiza kale dziko udindo akunyoza Epifanio Mendoza.
Kauffman wa Kuwerenga, PA ali ndi mbiri 29-1 ndi 21 knockouts ndipo wakwera 11 nkhondo Nkhata dzenje amene wachita 5 ndi hafu.
Kauffman wakhala anagonjetsa amakonda wa Malachy Farrell analemba (16-1), William Shahan (7-1), Chris Koval (24-6), Vincent Thompson (13-1) ndi womaliza podwala anatulutsa Richard Carmack limodzi chonse pa August 14 mu Newark, New Jersey.
Kauffman nawo mmbuyo mu masewero olimbitsa kutsatira Carmack podwala ndipo akupitabe kuwatchinjiriza ku mawonekedwe pambuyo 19 mwezi layoff.
“Chakuti Ndinakumbukira za masewero olimbitsa ikuthandiza ine nthawi yayikulu. Ine ndikuganiza ine ndidzakhala angapo mapaundi zosakwana Carmack nkhondo pamene ndinawayezera 239 mapaundi. Ndimatha kuthamanga kwambiri kutsatira opaleshoni Yandithandiza wanga wokonzekeretsa,”anati Kauffman.
Mu Mendoza, iye chinayang'ana munthu amene ali ndi mbiri 41-21-1 ndi 35 yaikulu knockouts ndipo ali yapambana pa undefeated omenyana Tokunbo Olijade, Rubin Williams, Carlos Negron & Ray Recio kuphatikiza olimba yapambana pa Rito Ruvalcalba, Alejandro Luis García, ndipo anamenyera Kuwala katswiri woposa onse Championship.
“Iye akhala nthawi yaitali. Ali kwambiri odziwa mnyamata wanga pitilizani. Iye ndi wamkulu puncher ndipo atha kusiya uthenga omenyana, kotero ine nditenge iye kwambiri.”
Kauffman akuyesera kukatenga kumene iye anasiya ndi Carmack nkhondo, pamene iye anagwetsa 300 kuphatikiza pounder kawiri ndi thupi akatemera.
“Izi zili choncho makamaka kuzungulira awiri kwa ine. Koma nthawi iyi, Sindikadakhala kukhumudwa ngati ine ndiri nawo zipolopolo mu ntchito kuchokera mphete dzimbiri.”
Kauffman, amene alembedwa Al Haymon, waona ena omenyana mu katswiri woposa onse Chigawo kupeza mwai pa Premier nkhonya odziwa zino ndi zaka 30 ali okonzekera nkhondo a zimene kumuika mikangano kwa dziko udindo kuwombera.
“Ndikuyembekezera mu November kuti lalikulu ndewu adzakhala mmenemo. Pambuyo nkhondoyi, Ndidzakhala 30-1 ndipo Ndikufunafuna za mtundu umenewo ndewu. Ndikuona anadzakhala akusasanyika.”
“Ndikusangalala kuti kutanganidwa. The kuvulala kumbuyo kwanga ndipo tsopano ndine okhwima 30 zaka womenya. Ine ndikudziwa sakumvetsa wamng'ono, koma ndi wangwiro m'badwo kwa katswiri woposa onse. Ndayamba kuti anaona kachiwiri monga izo zinali mu 2009 koma pano ndiri ndi zambiri pamoyo onse ndi kuchoka mu bwalo kotero ine ndikudziwa yabwino akadali pamaso panga. Ine ndine zambiri wodzipereka ndipo pambuyo nkhondoyi, Ine ndikupita kumbuyo uko ku Texas ntchito yanga yabwino kukonzekera November.”
“Ine ndikufuna kuthokoza wanga gulu limene lili bambo anga Marshall Kauffman, Naazim Richardson ndi Jeff Negrelli. Komanso Al Haymon kukhulupirira mwa ine. ”
The co-Mbali adzakhala 8 chonse katswiri woposa onse podwala kuti izikhala ya American adzabwerenso padziko lonse wakale udindo akunyoza “Mofulumira” Eddie Chambers (41-4, 22 KO a) kutenga Galen Brown (41-31-1, 25 KO a) wa St. Joseph, Missouri.
Komanso mu 8 chonse podwala adzakhala Cruiserweight Keith Tapia (15-0, 10 KO a) wa Santurce, Puerto Rico kutenga Anthony Caputo Smith (15-5, 10 KO a) wa Kennett Square, PA
Ivan Golub (8-0, 6 KO a) wa Brooklyn, NY asamenyana Pavel Miranda (19-10-1, 9 KO a) wa Tijuana, Mexico mu Super Welterweight podwala.
Mu 6 chonse ayi:
Yanditsutsa Yuleussinov (3-0, 2 KO a) wa Brooklyn, NY kumenyana Justin Williams (4-10-2, 2 KO a) wa Beaumont, Texas mu Super Middleweight nkhondo.
Danny Kelly (8-1-1, 7 KO a) ya Washington, DC adzachita nkhondo Jimmy Suarez (3-6, 3 KO a) wa Aguada, Miyambo mu katswiri woposa onse podwala.
Mu 4 chonse ayi:
Alex Barbosa (4-2-1, 1 KO) la Philadelphia, PA asamenyana Jose García (0-4) wa San Juan, Puerto Rico mu mpikisano Featherweight
Pavlo Ishchenko wa Brooklyn, NY ake adzakhala ovomereza kuwonekera koyamba kugulu motsutsana Nicholas Rodriguez (0-2-1) cha Somerset, KY mu mpikisano Featherweight.
Matikiti zikhoza kugulidwa kwa $100, $75 ndipo $50 mwa kuwonekera www.claridgeboxing.eventbrite.com kapena powatchula kuitana 610 587 5950 kapena 609 868 4243