MIAMI (Lúnasa 19, 2015) – Perennial middleweight/super middleweight gatekeeper Marcus Upshaw ar deireadh d'oscail an geata chuig an chéad chaibidil eile de a ghairm bheatha Dé Sathairn seo caite, leagan amach ionchas Tuircis undefeated roimhe Bugra Oener ag Wynwood Staidiam i Miami, a ghabháil leis an folamh Chomhairle Dornálaíochta an Domhain (WBC) Teideal middleweight Super Meánmhara eatramhacha.
An Upshaw 35-bliain d'aois (18-4-4, 9 Kos) throid ina stát baile don chéad uair i 2 ½ bliana. He was on a seek-and-destroy mission against reigning WBC Youth super middleweight champion Oener (9-1, 3 Kos).
Upshaw admhaigh ag smaoineamh ar scor tar éis a troid roimhe, inar thit sé Las Vegas is fearr leat bhaile dúchais Bellows Lanell (12-1-1) trí huaire caillte fós cinneadh ocht-bhabhta.
“Bainim an gatekeeper fad ach d'oscail mé deireadh an geata,” Dúirt Upshaw. “Bhraith troid uamhnach, go háirithe tar éis mo fada, long journey. I was stressed out after my last fight. I beat myself up and felt there was no reason for me to continue my boxing career. I felt used and was ready to quit, ach bhí mé cinnte a thabhairt sé ar cheann lámhaigh níos mó. Bhí mé réidh a chur ar mo shaol ar an líne, dul chun é agus ní buartha faoi ag fáil buailte nó ghortú.
“I knew that I had to finish this time. My opponent was related to one of the promoters and, chomh maith le mo stair, I knew that I had to keep going to finish the job. I knew I had to knock him out and I trained hard to do just that. I’ve put the past behind me. The problem was always me. This fight was fun. I stepped into the devil’s playground and that brought out the ugly in me to get the job done.”
![]() “Le haghaidh athrú a bhí mé ag troid i mo backyard agus lucht leanúna éisteachta shout, 'Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá’ spreagtha dom a lán,” Upshaw faoi deara. “They had my back. I was honored and it got me extra psyched for the fight. I knew had to prove myself. I’m really a middleweight but I took this fight at super middleweight because it was a good opportunity for me.”
Upshaw curtha ar eolas i gcónaí as a chuid toughness, ag dul an t-achar, cé gur i caillteanais, le Seaimpíní, iomaitheoir agus ionchais ar nós Mario Antonio Rubio,David Lemieux, Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez, Edwin Rodriguez, Patrick Majewski agus Tarvis Simms.
“Tá mé an-sásta le haghaidh Marcus tar éis gach sé curtha trí,” Bainisteoir longtime Upshaw arSi Star (Bainistíocht SHS Dornálaíochta) chur leis. “Bhí Marcus Trodaire éagsúla san fáinne an am seo….mar a bhí sé ina Guy go hiomlán difriúil,” “Bhí Marcus curtha drochíde ag daoine sa chéad chuid de a ghairm bheatha a chaith sé i gcoinne guys meá suas go dtí 175 punt, troid dóibh ar fhógra déanach i n-backyards, agus a lán de chuid caillteanais a bhí ar Seaimpíní domhan.
“Marcus bhí an chumhacht a léirigh sé i gcoinne Oner i gcónaí, ach ní raibh sé ag múineadh conas é a úsáid i gceart faoina chumhacht go dtí go thosaigh sé ag obair le (ceann oiliúnóir) Orlando(Cuellar). Marcus is very, an-láidir agus ní tá sé i dtroid droch. Sé caillte roinnt troideanna ba chóir dó a fuair, but that’s all behind him now. Coming off this fight, Creidim gur féidir linn a fháil dó chun troid ar son teideal réigiúnach, agus ansin beidh muid ag dul ó ann”
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