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| NEW YORK CITY (June 11, 2025) - Ngokushesha ngemuva kokumiswa komzuliswano wesine wangoLwesihlanu olwedlule u-Ed "Tex" Fountain, U-Pryce Taylor ongahluliwe waseBrooklyn (8-0, 5 Kos) wabizwa ngethemba elingcono kakhulu le-American heavyweight ngumgqugquzeli wakhe, UDmitry Salita (Salita Promotions). UTaylor oneminyaka engu-28 ubudala kanye nemenenja yakhe, Ummeli ozinze eNew York City uKeith Sullivan, avume uSalita. “Bakhona (U Salita kanye no Sullivan) kokubili kwesokudla,” kusho uTaylor, “ngoba bangibonile ngilwa. Ukulwa kukhipha inja kimi. Yena (Fountain) kwakuyisivivinyo, ukuqina kwangempela, kodwa njengesikhwama sokubhoboza esilungele ukuwa eketangeni. Kwadingeka ngiqhubeke nokumshaya futhi ayikho indlela ayecabanga ngayo ukuyidlala iphephile. Unompempe usindise impilo yakhe; wayecabanga ukuthi angawi." UTaylor onamandla ungene eringini ehlonipha ongasekho, uGeorge Foreman omkhulu ngokugqoka isikibha esithi “Big George”. Ngaphambi kokulwa, UTaylor uphawule ukuthi ube nempumelelo enkulu ezinhlwini zabaculi abalwa nesouthpaws njengoFountain. UTaylor waklebhula izimbangi zakhe ikhanda nomzimba wakhe ngezibhakela ezilimazayo, i-Fountain elimazayo emzuliswaneni wesithathu ngenhlanganisela yehuku eqondile kwesokunxele, kulandele inqwaba yezinhlamvu kuFountain oqinile okwazile ukusinda kulo mzuliswano. |
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| (L-R: Umqeqeshi oyinhloko uBenny Roman, UPryce Taylor egqoke isikibha sakhe sikaGeorge Foreman, kanye nomphathi uKeith Sullivan) Fountain (14-9, 7 Kos), obengumlweli ongcono kakhulu ku-6' 4", 280-pound Taylor wayelwe ezinhlwini zochwepheshe, yanyakaziswa kusukela kolunye uchungechunge lwezinhlanganisela ezinodlame, lapho unompempe uCharlie Fitch esebone okwanele wabe eseyisusa empini imizuzwana engu-36 waze wayongena ohlakeni lwesine. Le mpi ibihlelelwe u-6-rounder “e-International Boxing Hall of Fame Night.,” eyethulwa uphromotha kaTaylor iSalita Promotions, at Turning Stone Resort Casino e Verona, I-New York. “Kungijabulisile ukulwa ohlelweni olufana nalolu,” Kwengeza uTaylor. “Wangishaya kuqala ngomzuliswano wokuqala, into engihlale ngivumela izimbangi zami ukuba ziyenze ukuhlola amandla abo, amaphethini wegeji, futhi umqonde. Kufana ne-baseball lapho oshayayo ededela iphimbo ngaphandle kokushwiba ukuze abone ukuthi unani endundumeni. Ngoba uyi southpaw, ilungelo lakhe yijabhi lakhe, futhi wayefuna ngempela ukusebenzisa ihuku lakhe langakwesokunxele. Wayenobuso obuhle be-poker, kodwa akakwazanga ukukufihla lapho ngimzwisa ubuhlungu. Wazama ukungabonisi ukuthi uthukile, ezigcina eqotho, kodwa wezwa amandla ami. Ngithanda ukunemba, ikakhulukazi ukuphonsa izibhakela zamandla. Ngamjezisa ekugcineni, ephonsa isibhamu somzimba, i-uppercut, bese kuba namahhuku amabili angakwesokudla.” “Bengicabanga ukuthi uGeorge Foreman ubezoziqhenya ngami mhlawumbe ubecabanga ukuthi uzibona elwa ngesikhathi engibona ngishaya isibhakela. Ngifake umbukiso. Ngiyinhlanganisela ye-Foreman kanye no-Muhammad Ali; eshaya ngamandla kuhle kwenduna, anginalutho njengo-Ali ononyawo oluhle nokukhanya ezinzwaneni zami. “Anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi lena bekuyimpi engcono kakhulu empilweni yami, kodwa ubeyimbangi yami enkulu futhi eyinsizwa eqinile engake ngalwa nayo. Ungene eringini esesesimweni esihle wazama ukulwa. Ukuwa kwakhe kwaba UPryce Uqinisile aphinde. Ngiyakuthanda ukujikijela kwesokudla sami futhi lokho kugcina kuvula ihuku lami elingakwesobunxele emzimbeni. " UTaylor wayene- 60-11 irekhodi amateur, kufaka phakathi izihloko ze-New York Golden Gloves, futhi ubengumgijimi we-heavyweight ophume kane emiqhudelwaneni ehlonishwayo yase-USA Boxing National Championship. “Ukunqoba kukaPryce kweTKO bekuyilokho kanye ebengikulindele - bekuhamba phambili, kubaliwe, neziqhumane,” kuphawula uSullivan. “Akayena nje elinye ithemba; ngomsebenzi oqhubekayo, angaba ngumdlali we-American heavyweight olandelayo. Ngayo yonke impi, ufakazela ukuthi unazo amathuluzi, isiyalo, kanye nomqondo wokuba amandla ngaphakathi kwalesi sigaba. Sakha okuthile okukhethekile, futhi umhlaba usuzokubona.” |
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| Iqembu Taylor (L-R): Umphathi uKeith Sullivan, uPryce Taylor ongahluliwe eBrooklyn heavyweight, uphromotha uDmitriy Salita, kanye nomqeqeshi oyinhloko uBenny Roman Salita. UTaylor uzolwa ngokulandelayo empini yakhe yokuqala ehlelelwe imizuliswano engu-8 ngoJulayi 26 eDetroit ekhadini le-Salita Promotions elinesihloko esithi Champion World Heavyweight ongaphethwe muntu uClaressa Shields (16-0, 3 Kos) ngokumelene noLani Daniels (11-2-2, 1 KO) e-Little Caesars Arena. Sullivan, owayeyiPhini likaKhomishana we-NYS Athletic Commission, futhi iphatha izikhathi ezi-3, 2-umpetha womhlaba uMiyo Yoshida (18-5) kanye nesikhulu se-Bronx NYPD uNisa Rodriguez (3-1, 1 KO), kanye nokuphatha ngokubambisana okukalwe emhlabeni (IBF #3 & WBA #10) uPaddy “The Real Deal” Donovan (14-1, 11 Kos), kusuka eLimerick, Ireland. U-Sullivan uphatha ngokubambisana u-Donovan no-Andy Lee owayengumpetha womhlaba esisindweni esimaphakathi, ophinde abe ngumqeqeshi omkhulu kaDonovan. |