Fairfax, VA (October 17) -I roto i te mau 12-a tawhio whakangahau, tino whenua Lamont Peterson (i teie nei 34-3-1, 17 Koó) matarua i te whakatau ki runga tūturu mua mētara koura Olympic Pirika Diaz nuinga (i teie nei 17-1, 8 Koó) i EagleBank Arena i George Mason University. Peterson ko Diaz tu a whakawhiti matā koromatua-ki-koromatua mō te wā roa, bringing the crowd into a frenzy time-after-time. Peterson pressed the action for the majority of the fight, kiko i te Diaz iti ki nga taura. Ko te nuku o te rua Diaz, rongoā me te flurrying tōtika. To'na iteraa e hiahiatia ana e ia he knockout ki te riro, Ka puta mai Diaz i roto i te 12^th me te a tawhio noa whakamutunga ki te tikanga o te ru, tango i te tika whawhai ki Peterson. I roto i te mutunga ahakoa ko reira iti rawa te mutunga rawa, rite Peterson i whakawhiwhia te nuinga whakatau i ngā kaute o 114-114, 117-111, 116-112.

Peterson mea o te whawhai, “Taime atoa e faaroo koe kaute tata, whiwhi koutou io. Whakaaro ahau te mana ahau te whawhai, a ko mua i runga i ngā. He taua nuinga whakatau ahua o ohorere ahau he iti moka.

“Kihai i Diaz te ohorere ahau i mohio hoki ahau e ia fifi. Ka mea ahau i roto i te mau pureraa toa, Hiahia kaua whawhai ahau whawhai roroa. Te ia he southpaw me ia etahi wheako nui. I mohio ahau e ia uaua no te mea ko te reira i tona faingamālie nui, ka hiahia ia ki te riro.

“Ko te he pai uaua 12 whawhai a tawhio. Tīmata ahau i roto i kaha ka memenge ano i roto i te rauna waenganui no te tīmata ahau ki te uhu, a roa te reira no te te toenga o te whawhai, engari i mohio ahau i mea ai ahau nui ki te riro i te whawhai. No atu te tākaro a tawhio noa, tona wa ki te neke ake i roto i te taimaha.

“I mohio ahau Diaz ko te toa nui. Kua mekemeke ia 20 rite noa ahau tau. I te mutunga o te ra, te wikitoria ko te wikitoria.

“Ka mau ia matā pai. Kihai i taea e ki te tiki i toku matā atu ahau, ano he hiahia ahau ki te. Ko taea ki te aukati ana matā ahau, a kore ia tukino i ahau.”

“Whakaaro ahau ko te reira i te whawhai rawa uaua. Whakaaro ahau i pai ia, o te akoranga kua taea e ia i mea ai pai,” Said Barry Hunter, A Peterson Trainer. “Whakaaro ahau i haere matou ki te tiki ia ia i roto i o reira i roto i te rima o tawhio, engari tīmata Lamont ki uhu ka roa te cramps puta noa i te whawhai. Ko te mekemeke. Just rite te ora, hanga koe te whakarerekē me te meatia e tatou e. Whakaaro ahau whawhai nui Diaz.”

“Whawhaitia e ahau te whawhai nui. Ko te whakatau kihai i haere i roto i toku manakohia, engari i ahau nga mea katoa e taea e ahau. Kihai i te kaiwhakawa e kite i te reira i te ara atu i te katoa,” Said Diaz. “E haere ana ahau ki te tango i te tau faafaaearaa iti i roto i te āhua, me te haere hoki ki te Dominican Republic, ka okioki, ka tatau i roto i toku hoa tauwhainga muri. Ahau noa e mohio i ahau nga mea katoa e taea e ahau.”

Kite te tahi-āhuatanga teata he mutunga rerekē ki te a'ee pakeke-patu i timata ki te mahi nohopuku-vitiviti e whakahaeretia ana e Colon Prichard(i teie nei 16-1, 13 Koó) ki hoa toa tūturu Terrel Williams (i teie nei 16-0, 12 Koó).Ka mau Thebout tona tahuri tuatahi rerekē ka te kaitautoko i Colon deductedtwo ngā mo te pupuhi iti āta i roto i te rima o tawhio. I muri i te ruritanga pūwāhi, Ka Williams te kaipahua,, i Colon titiro ki te pouaka me te counter i te waho. Whakaaro Williams ki te ngawari o te rua rite te whawhai tonu, engari ki te whawhai i roto i te clinch i roto i te 7^th tawhio, U Williams he pakeke ringa matau ki te hoki o te matenga o te Colon e tonoa ia ia ki te koaka hua i roto i te whakataunga kotahi-ira. A, no te tīmata anō te mahi, haere nga whawhai koromatua-ki-koromatua mo te toenga o te a tawhio noa.

He ko te whakama i te mutunga o te 9^th anga tonu a tawhio rite kokonga o te Colon tango karapu o ratou toa, as they believed the fight had ended. When the referee informed the corner that there was still one round left they frantically began to re-tape Colon’s gloves. Ko te a tawhio noa timata pere 10 whakatangi muri tata, ki te Colon mangere ki te haere tonu. Ka rite ki i taea ki te whakahoki i te pere i te tīmatanga o te Colon 10^th me te a tawhio noa whakamutunga, whakawhiwhia te kaitautoko Williams he wikitoria whakakāhore.

“Kua whawhai ahau mo nga tau i runga i ngā kāri iti hanga i toku anō,” Said Williams. “E matau ana ahau pehea ki te noho tito.

“E ia [Kopirua] ko noa toa tetahi. People i rongoatia ki mea ko ia kia pai nui, engari ko ia 16-0 a ko ahau 14-0, ki ahau, e te he 50-50 ōrite ake.”

“Whakaaro ahau ko stupendous mahi a Terrel,” Said Williams’ kaiwhakangungu Joe Goossen. “Colon ko te riri nui, he toa nui i 16-0 tūturu. I mohio matou i tatou i to tatou ringa ki tonu i. Tenei he aha tatou i rite na pakeke. Terrel te he koati pūmanawa me te mahi ia pakeke.”

I mua ki te tīmatanga o te hui matua, Kokiritanga Colon i ki Inova Fairfax Hospital tika ki ruaki, ngenge me karakia āmai i roto i tona whare moenga. Kahore he ētahi atu mōhiohio i runga i tona huru i tenei wa.

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