Photo by Joe Tarlecky
Ho bala, PA (September 14, 2015)– Ka Labohlano bosiu, September 18, papali ea litebele khutlele ho Claridge Hotel a Atlantic City e le Marena ho phahamiswa o khutlela bakeng sa e khōlō bosiu ea nkang khato.
E kholo ea ho ketsahalo, Travis Kauffman tla nka ka pele e neng e lefatše tlotla challenger Epifanio Mendoza.
Kauffman ea Reading, PA o na le ya rekoto ya 29-1 le 21 knockouts 'me o a palame tse 11 ntoa win streak ea spanned 5 le halofo lilemo tse.
Kauffman o a hlōla like ea Malachy Farrell (16-1), William Shahan (7-1), Chris Koval (24-6), Vincent Thompson (13-1) le a hae ea ho qetela bout a ntša Richard Carmack ho e 'ngoe ho pota ka August 14 a Newark, New Jersey.
Kauffman a tokelo ya khutlela ka tlelaseng ea boikoetliso, ho latela Carmack bout 'me o tsoela pele ho potolohileng ka sebopeho ka mor'a hore a 19 likhoeli layoff.
“E le hantle hore ka 'na ka tlelaseng ea boikoetliso, ho thusa batho ba' na khōlō nako. Ke nahana hore ke e tla ba banyalani ba bang ba boima ba lik'hilograma tse ka tlaase ho e Carmack ntoa ha ke boima ba 239 lik'hilograma tse. Ke khona ho matha le ho feta latelang ho buuoa 'me le se nthusitse hore ke le conditioning,”a re Kauffman.
A Mendoza, o tobane le moshemane ea neng a o na le ya rekoto ya 41-21-1 le 35 khōlō knockouts 'me o na hlolang ka Krrish bahlabani Tokunbo Olijade, Rubin Williams, Carlos Negron & Ray Recio mmoho le tiileng hlolang ka Rito Ruvalcalba, Alejandro Luis Garcia, 'me o a loanela Leseli Heavyweight mampoli.
“O 'nile a ho pota nako e telele. O na le ka ho fetisisa ba nang le phihlelo Guy ka tswela. O ile a ke e kholo puncher le o 'nile hore ba khaotse ho molemo bahlabani, kahoo ke lokela ho nka mo ka ho teba.”
Kauffman o leka ho nka moo a ileng a tlohela ho le Carmack ntoa, ha a ne a lahlela ba 300-mmoho le pounder ka makhetlo a mabeli le 'mele Shots.
“Sena ke ha e le hantle ho pota-pota tse peli le 'na. Empa lekhetlong lena, Ke ne e ke ke utloile bohloko haeba ke ile ka ba bang ba garela a ho sebetsa tima bophahamo ba ratoa ke mafome.”
Kauffman, ba saennweng ho Al Haymon, o bone ba bang ba bahlabani ka Heavyweight arola fumana menyetla ea ka Tonakgolo Boxing Champions letoto la lihlooho tse le e 30 selemo ke loketse ho ntoa e ea e tla a mo a ho hloka kutloano ho bakeng sa lefatše tlotla thunngoa.
“Ke ka tšepo ea a November hore lintho tsena khōlō ho tlisa lintoa tla ba teng. Ka mor'a hore ntoeng ena, Ke tla ba 30-1 le Ke batla ba mofuta ofe ho tlisa lintoa. Ke ikutloa ke tla be re loketse.”
“Ke thabela ho ho lula re phathahane. The likotsi ba ka mor'a ka 'me hona joale ke' na ea hōlileng tsebong 30 ea lilemo li oke. Kea tseba hore ke ke ka ho ka tlaase ka dilemo, empa e ke ea phethahetseng le lilemo li bakeng sa Heavyweight. Ke ho qala ho o ile a hlokomela hape joaloka e ne e le 2009 empa hona joale ke ba na le le phihlelo e ngata ka bobeli le ho tsoa ka tsa bophahamo ba e le ke se ke tseba molemo ka ho fetisisa e ntse e ka pel'a ka. Ke 'na e ngata ho feta ba inehetseng' me ka mor'a ntoeng ena, Ke tla khutlela ho fihlela Texas ho ntlafatsa ho ka conditioning le lokisetsa November.”
“Ke batla ho leboha sehlopha sa e akarelletsang Ntate Marshall Kauffman, Naazim Richardson le Jeff Negrelli. Hape Al Haymon ho lumela ho 'na. ”
Ho sebdisana ha tšobotsi tla ba le 8 ho pota Heavyweight bout e tla Feature ea Amerika khutlela pele e neng e lefatše tlotla challenger “Fast” Eddie Chambers (41-4, 22 KO oa) ho nka Galen Brown (41-31-1, 25 KO oa) ea St. Josefa, Missouri.
Hape hlaha ka le 8 ho pota bout e tla ba Cruiserweight Keith Tapia (15-0, 10 KO oa) ea Santurce, Puerto Rico ho nka Anthony Caputo Smith (15-5, 10 KO oa) ea Kennett Square, PA
Ivan Golub (8-0, 6 KO oa) ho Brooklyn, NY tla le loanela Pavel Miranda (19-10-1, 9 KO oa) ea Tijuana, Mexico ka Super Welterweight bout.
A le 6 ho pota bouts:
Senokoane sena Yuleussinov (3-0, 2 KO oa) ho Brooklyn, NY ho loantša Justin Williams (4-10-2, 2 KO oa) ea Beaumont, Texas ka Super Middleweight ntoa.
Danny Kelly (8-1-1, 7 KO oa) ea Washington, DC tla loana Jimmy Suarez (3-6, 3 KO oa) ea Aguada, PR ka Heavyweight bout.
A 4-ho pota-pota linako:
Alex Barbosa (4-2-1, 1 KO) tsa Philadelphia, PA tla le loanela Jose Garcia (0-4) ea San Juan, Puerto Rico ka Featherweight Tlholisanong
Pavlo Ishchenko ea Brooklyn, NY tla etsa hore hae lan qalo khahlanong le Nicholas Rodriguez (0-2-1) ea Somerset, KY ka Featherweight Tlholisanong.
Tickets ka rekoa bakeng sa $100, $75 le $50 ka ho tobetsa www.claridgeboxing.eventbrite.com kapa ka ho bitsa-call 610 587 5950 kapa 609 868 4243