Once on the Izintambo, Boxing Kuyachuma e New York Ngenxa Fighters Local
The igazi isibhakela yesehlakalo leli dolobha oluqinile gyms futhi izindawo ezincane kulo lonke idolobha, ngisho noma ungeke cosha it Madison Square Garden
By
Alex Raskin
Ingabe Rosinsky kuyinto Queens native engu-30 ubudala osebenza njengoba firefighter in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. A amaziyo asebenesikhathi eside yakhe, Joe Smith Jr., kuyinto ukwakhiwa isisebenzi oneminyaka engu-26 ubudala kusuka Long Island and ilungu Local 66 Izisebenzi Union.
Ngomgqibelo ebusuku, ababili bazoya Barclays Center eBrooklyn ebusuku isibhakela likamentshisi isihloko esikhulu by a iziqubu middleweight ubuqhawe. Kodwa ngeke ehlezi zezitsha. Rosinsky futhi Smith kuyoba khona ukulwa nomunye i undercard umdlalo isihloko phakathi Brooklynites Peter Quillin (32-0-1) futhi WBA middleweight iqhawe Daniel Jacobs (30-1).
“Siyazi nomunye,” Rosinsky (19-2) wathi Smith, owayeyisikhulu sparring umlingani. “Akukho lutho ezahlukene ukuthi gonna ukwenza ukuthi angizange ngimbone naye wenze kakade.”
Yena, Smith (19-1) ngisho wathatha isikhathi esithile seholidi kusukela wakhe wansuku zonke emini ukuze alungiselele NgoMgqibelo iziqubu ukukhanya-sosondonzima. “Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi abantu abaningi abakwazi ukwenza lokho,” uthe, “kodwa ngiyaqiniseka lucky futhi ngakwazi ukuba akhumule futhi namanje ukhokhe izikweletu zami ngesikhathi.”
Mixed karate kungenzeka kuyanda, kodwa yesehlakalo isibhakela e New York City akakaze kunamandla-njengoba kuboniswa ebusuku kwakamuva maphakathi no-level ukulwa in Marine Park, Brooklyn.
Ungakhohliswa by yabo “Okuyınqo” imisebenzi, hle njengoba kungenzeka. Rosinsky and Smith, kokubili Golden Gloves champions, base Boxing eside ngaphambi kokuba bangenile emisebentini bendabuko. Bayingxenye okhulayo pugilistic abasesigabeni esiphakathi New York, ehamba Amatshwayo Renaissance mdlalo edolobheni.
Kwakukhona isikhathi lapho New York ngenkani kwezinto kwakufana boxing. Madison Square Garden okulinganiselwa 28 ukulwa amakhadi ngonyaka phakathi 1940 futhi 1950, lapho enkundleni yayisethafeni Yesishiyagalombili Avenue phakathi 49th nasemigwaqweni 50th. The Garden lamanje sabamba amakhadi amabili kuphela e 2015, kuhlanganise wathengisa-out isihloko wezokuVikela Gennady Golovkin sika kuDavide Lemieux on Oct. 17. Kwakubonakala ukuthi isibhakela kwase anyamalale yezemidlalo yesehlakalo leli dolobha.
“We akazange abe lonke okuningi kwenzekani engxenyeni yokuqala yekhulu entsha,” wachaza Bruce Silverglade, umnikazi odumile Gym eBrooklyn Gleason sika.
“The ukulwa washiya New York,” uthe. “Izintela ayingxenye enkulu ukuthi, kodwa nje tindleko tekwenta a show… New York, idolobha eqolo. Kufanele esasizoba fighters. Kufanele uzinike a diem ngamunye. Uma uthatha le mpi efanayo big futhi wakufaka in Las Vegas, noma indawo lapho kukhona casino esekela boxing, bazokunika imali indawo ngokuza.”
'Ngokwazi ukuthandwa isibhakela emzini New York, kwakungase kungabi ngcono, as far as I’m concerned.’ -Bruce Silverglade, umnikazi Gym Gleason sika
Izintela nezindleko ahlale, kodwa sibonga izindawo newer, zemali midlevel, futhi localized fight amakhadi, abawona njengoba ezimba. Manje okwakwenza abashayi-sibhakela wendawo abe inzuzo langakubo in a umuzi, kwaphinda lokho, ukunothisa sport kuwo wonke amazinga.
Njengoba Silverglade wakubeka, “[boxing kuyinto] Sebeyeza emuva.”
Ikhadi Barclays Center ngomgqibelo ifundeka like a amakhasi wendawo white. Heather Hardy, osebenza njengoba nomqeqeshi ngesikhathi Gleason kanye inama 14-0 irekhodi professional, wenza ukubukeka kwakhe yesihlanu enkundleni. “I ukuthengisa amathikithi amaklayenti ami, co-abasebenzi, amaklayenti abo. Nginjengohlamvu wonke umuntu kid sister,” uthe umama oneminyaka engu-33 ubudala futhi eBrooklyn bomdabu.
Futhi kokuvela enyuka Olwa ukukhanya-wesibhakela futhi eStaten Island bomdabu Marcus Browne (16-0) futhi Huntington, N.Y., bomdabu Chris Algieri (20-2), a welterweight. Njengoba for the umcimbi main, Jacobs iwumphumela East New York Starrett City Boxing Club, futhi Quillin futhi uhlala idolobha.
Kuyoba impi ikhadi 28 futhi yokugcina unyaka New York, emadana inani ngonyaka odlule, ngokusho New York State Commission Athletic. Muva nje 2009, kuphela 14 boxing amakhadi bathunywa ngaphakathi kwemingcele umuzi.
Manje izenzakalo kutjengisa umuzi ngokwawo.
“Into enkulu mayelana New York ukuthi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi emhlabeni wena isichotho esivela, uyohlale uthole 'ekhaya isixuku’ e New York ngenxa ukwehluka akhona nomphela,” wachaza Tom Hoover, USihlalo we-New York State Commission Athletic.
Kunjalo for ekuphumeni amathemba futhi abokufika yamuva Bakhtiyar Eyubov (9-0) futhi abathathu-time Georgian iqhawe lesizwe Giorgi Gelashvili (3-0), bobabili lowo won ukulwa at the Oct. 29 “Brooklyn sekusuke isidumo” sikhangise at the Aviator Sports and Events Center e Marine Park.
Ngenxa ingxenye enkulu Ukraine owazalelwa, Boxer Brooklyn-wazibuza yona futhi umgqugquzeli Dmitriy Salita, ababili usuthole gym ekhaya, EBrooklyn Fight Factory, futhi ithuba ebhokisini phambi isibalo sabo elandayo abalandeli, abaningi babo futhi isichotho esivela Republics elaliyiSoviet.
Enye umkhiqizo Starrett City, IZwi (35-2-1) wakhwela ezinhlwini njengoba welterweight ngaphambi kokulahlekelwa ukuba Amir Khan in 2013. Waqhubeka boxing, kodwa ngemva kokufunda incwadi mayelana umnotho-Israyeli ngokuthi “Qala-Up Nation,” Salita wanquma ukuzama isandla sakhe ukugqugquzela.
“I wabheka emhlabeni isibhakela e New York City,” igama, umJuda wobu-Orthodox nge Orthodox ukulwa Ukuma. “Ngenza umbhangqwana zezingcingo. It konke kwakutholakala msinyana. Six, Ngemva kwamasonto mhlawumbe ayisikhombisa, Kwadingeka show yami yokuqala on Sept. 1, 2010. Fighters okuhle eziningana alwa.”
Star Salita kukaDavide Promotions ekugcineni waqala ukukhipha izihloko eziwuchungechunge Brooklyn sekusuke isidumo, lapho izigaba ukulwa at midsize izindawo like Coney Island MCU Park, the Liza Theatre, kanye Aviator Center.
Kusukela ukulwa ngokuvamile eboniswe MSG Network noma online at ESPN3, Fighters Salita BakaJehova ukuzuza exposure ezidingekayo. Omunye fighters yakhe, umngane wokuphila konke futhi Olwa sosondonzima Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller, wakhulula ukusebenza umxhwele on Showtime in October, bephonsa Akhror Muralimov emahlandla lamatsatfu ukuthuthukisa ukuba 16-0-1.
“Ngicabanga kukhona abasesigabeni esiphakathi ezinkulu boxing kuka kwakukhona phambi,” igama.
“Kukhona abantu abaningi manje ukuthi ukwakheka $50,000 to $100,000 ngonyaka.”
Lokho abasesigabeni esiphakathi, kungase kungamsizi nhlobo zikhona ukube bekungengenxa ukuze lungeneke lo mdlalo sika. Namuhla, wonke umuntu sandise singene ring.
“Namuhla I am emhlabeni 80% ibhizinisi abantu-amadoda, abesifazane, Izingane,” Said Silverglade, ogama amakhasimende isukela eminyakeni ema 6 to 87. Waphawula ukuthi lapho Gleason sika elise Manhattan, “bekuyi 100% okwakwenza abashayi-sibhakela-nayizimfundamakhwela and elithola. We owawunakho osomabhizinisi ababili. Akukho izingane, abesifazane.”
Manje, njengoba in gyms eziningi kule ndawo, abesifazane nezingane bakha ingxenye enkulu yebhizinisi Silverglade sika. “Ngokwazi ukuthandwa isibhakela emzini New York, kwakungase kungabi ngcono, kuze kufike Ngikhathazekile,” uthe. “Angikwazanga amabhizinisi namuhla, Angikwazanga ukukhokhela umshuwalense noma yerenti ngenye.”
