MIAMI (Out 19, 2015) – Perennial middleweight/super middleweight gatekeeper Marcus Upshaw finalman louvri pòtay lavil la nan chapit ki vin apre nan karyè li samdi dènye, frape pi rèd toujou soti deja undefeated Prospect Turkish Bugra Oener nan Wynwood estad nan Konte Miami, pran vid Boksè mondyal la Konsèy la (WBC) pwovizwa Mediterane Tit super middleweight.

Upshaw nan 35-zan (18-4-4, 9 Ko) goumen nan eta lakay li pou premye fwa nan 2 ½ ane. He was on a seek-and-destroy mission against reigning WBC Youth super middleweight champion Oener (9-1, 3 Ko).

Upshaw admèt konsidere pou pran retrèt apre batay anvan l ', nan ki li tonbe Las Vegas vil pi renmen Lanell Bellows (12-1-1) twa fwa ankò pèdi yon desizyon uit-wonn.

“Mwen te Moun k'ap veye la pou lontan, men mwen finalman louvri pòtay lavil la,” Upshaw di. “Sa a batay te santi awizom, sitou apre lontan mwen, 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, men mwen te konvenki bay li yon sèl piki plis. Mwen te pare yo mete lavi m 'sou liy lan, ale pou li epi li pa mangonmen sou ap resevwa frape oswa blese.

“I knew that I had to finish this time. My opponent was related to one of the promoters and, ansanm ak istwa mwen, 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.”

Li pouvwa sanble etranj ki yon Florid lavi-long tankou Upshaw se pwovizwa WBC Mediterane super chanpyon an middleweight, men li ak fyète montre dezyèm senti tit li (wè akonpaye foto ak Upshaw ak manadjè Si Stern), yo ale ansanm ak middleweight braslè a Eta Florid li te genyen an 2009, lè li te frape soti yon lòt Prospect envenku nan moman an, Ahsandi Gibbs (10-0). Egal-ego etranj te cheers yo li te tande nan mitan foul moun la ki serenaded l 'ak chante nan “USA, USA” kòm li te antre nan bag la ak pwomotè Florid Dave Johnson leve yon drapo Ameriken kòm li mennen mache nan ekip nan kwen Upshaw a.

“Pou yon chanjman mwen te goumen nan lakou m 'ak fanatik tande rele, 'USA, USA’ motive m 'yon anpil,” Upshaw note. “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 te toujou yo te li te ye pou l 'severite, ale distans la, kwake nan pèt, ak chanpyon, konkiran yo ak kandida tankou Mario Antonio Rubio,David Lemieux, Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez, Edwin Rodriguez, Patrick Majewski ak Tarvis Simms.

“Mwen trè kontan pou Marcus apre tout li te te nan,” Depi lontan manadjè Upshaw aSi Star (Jesyon SHS boksè) te ajoute. “Marcus te yon avyon de gè diferan nan bag la tan sa a….tankou li te yon nèg konplètman diferan,” “Marcus te maltrete pa moun nan pati a byen bonè nan karyè li ki moun ki jete l 'nan kont mesye peze jiska 175 liv, batay yo sou avi byen ta nan jarden yo, ak yon anpil nan pèt li yo te chanpyon nan lemonn.

“Marcus te toujou te gen pouvwa a li te montre kont Oner, Men, li pa te anseye ki jan yo byen sèvi ak pouvwa l 'jouk li te kòmanse travay ak (tèt antrenè) Orlando(Cuellar). Marcus is very, trè fò ak li pa janm te gen nan yon move batay. Li te pèdi kèk batay li ta dwe gen te genyen, but that’s all behind him now. Coming off this fight, Mwen kwè nou ka jwenn l 'pou goumen pou yon tit rejyonal, ak Lè sa a, nou pral ale nan la”

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