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Tūtohu Archives: Junior whitu
Undefeated prospect Antonio Tarver, JR. establishing his own identity in ring
 Tampa (Kia 10, 2016) – Fighting for his young family, as well as to expand the legacy associated with his last name, the son of 5-time world champion and 1996 U.S. Häkinakina Anthony “Magic te tangata” Tarver – unbeaten junior middleweight prospect Antonio Tarver, JR. – this past weekend continued establishing his own identity in the ring.After a 9-month absence, the 28-year-old Tarver (4-0, 3 Koó) returned to the ring in Lakeland, Florida, ka tu Jose Cortez i roto i te rua o a tawhio noa. Tarver displayed his improving skills, especially a punishing body attack, during a thoroughly dominating performance. He broke-down Cortez and closed the show in style.
“It took me one round to get rid of ring rust,” he explained. “We had a game-plan to go to the body, then the head, body and head, but it took me a round to do it. God’s really blessed me and I owe all thanks to Him. My father and coach, Jimmy Williams, have always told me not to look for a knockout but that it’ll come. I’m not a one-punch knockout fighter. It’s all about setting up shots and putting them together. I may not connect with every single body shot I throw, but if I get in three of four each round, it’ll eventually cause damage. I’m focusing on my opponent’s liver and ribs, trying to be a body-snatcher.”
Tarver was an athlete, playing basketball and football, who didn’t start boxing until he was 19. He had a very brief amateur career and fully realizes that he’s consistently going to be fighting more experienced boxers.
“I roto i te whakakai,” Na ka mea a Tarver, “I’m still a baby. My opponents may be much more experienced than me, but I do have a lot of experience around me: my father, coach Williams and Darrell Foreman. My father wouldn’t support me as a fighter until I proved to him that I was worthy (sacrificing and training). I’m worthy now and believe I’m coming into my own as I continue to learn.”
“Ka rite ki te papa,” Tarver Sr., tuhia, “I wanted him to know what he was getting into and have the tools to succeed. He’s as tough as nails. When he realizes how strong he really is…..look out. There’s a difference between hitting an opponent with a punch and punching through him like he’s doing now. I just wish he’d get started quicker. He doesn’t get going until he gets hit and then he turns into a beast. A ferociousness comes out from inside that I never had. He’s improving all of the time. He’s putting punches together better and sitting down on his punches.
“Antonio is going to be a fan-friendly fighter. I know I put him under a lot of pressure, but he’s fighting much more experienced guys. I’ve never been worried about him fighting a tough guy. It’s the guys who think in the ring and have amateur pedigree that can be problems for him.”
Understanding that his opponents get pumped to fight him because of his last name, Antonio Jr. rationalizes that, taking advantage of the situation he is in. “It’s very important for my opponents to beat me and the name,” uru ia. “My father set this stage for me and my name is, Antonio Tarver, Jr., so they’re trying to give us both a loss. I’m fighting for my family and to protect the legacy of my last name. I try and take advantage of being my father’s son and accept everything that goes with that. I don’t try to put pressure on myself but, o te akoranga, I want to be the best Antonio Tarver Jr. I can be.
“People are always going to compare me with my father but we fight in different weight classes. Light heavyweights, other than Roy Jones Jr., are slower than junior middleweights, who are much quicker like Floyd Mayweather, JR. I’m always going to be fighting opponents taller than me, or sometimes the same height, but I’m 5′ 9″ and a lot of my opponents are going to be 6′ 2″ or so.
The father has another important lesson he’s teaching his son. “Antonio became a father for the first time last September and he was slow getting back in the gym,” Antonio Sr. tāpiri. “He has to learn how to balance fatherhood with his pro boxing career, making sacrifices to become a champion!”
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Straight Rights and Straight A’s: The Joey Veazey Story
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Baltimore, MD (Kia 3, 2016) – In the movie Coach Carter, Samuel L. Jackson famously quipped to his team of academically struggling players “you are student athletes, student comes first.”
Kia aroha mai, some standout athletes believe their talents supersede performing in the classroom. This has led to high schools and colleges warning or suspending players if their grades didn’t improve.
On the contrary, there are those who take great pride in starring as an athlete and student; such as 17-year-old Joey Veazey.
Known by his moniker of “Bazooka Joe” Veazey is multi-time amateur champion and was ranked internationally. I Rāpareahiahi, Veazey fights Chris Perkins for the East Coast junior middleweight championship at Michael’s Eighth Ave in Glen Burnie, MD as a featured fighter on a card promoted by Baltimore Boxing.
The card serves as a tribute to Murray “Bushwacker” Smith Sr., father of Baltimore Boxing’s Jake Smith. Tickets purchased in advance start at $25, nohoanga rangatira e $35, reserved tables for ten are $350, $50 VIP seats and $500 VIP tables of 10 can be purchased by calling 410-375-9175. Doors tuwhera i 6:30 pm and the fights begin at 8.
Slated to compete in his 100th match, Veazy is a big ticket seller in the Baltimore area and regularly draws large crowds when he enters the squared circle. To Veazey however, he is most proud of his accomplishments outside of the ring, where he’s an honor student finishing up his senior year at Northeast High School.
I roto i te August, Veazey will enroll in college locally and major in either mechanical engineering or computer science. I te wa ano, he’ll prepare for his professional debut while still working as a trainer at the Baltimore Boxing Club. Most see being a fighter or student as a full time responsibility, but Veazey believes his work ethic and focus will help him continue to excel in and out of the ring.
"You have to be disciplined in the ring and classroom,” said Veazey. “I know there’s a lot on my plate but I thrive on excelling as a boxer, student and a trainer at the Baltimore Boxing Club. Focusing and paying attention to the task at hand helps keep me dialed in with whatever it is I’m doing at that time. I te pae hopea, my goal is to continue excelling with my academics and win a world title. I believe both are reachable and can become a reality with continued hard work.”
Smith, who has literally watched Veazey grow as a person and fighter during the last decade, has trained hundreds of fighters and considers Bazooka Joe one of his most special.
"Joey could’ve told himself boxing will be his everything because of how successful he’s been but he’s extremely humble and intelligent far beyond his years,"Ka mea a Smith. “He literally goes from one task to another and excels at each of them. Whether he’s a world champion boxer, engineer, computer scientist or all of the above, Joey Veazey epitomizes what it means to be a well-rounded person and I’m very proud of him.”
I roto i te tahi-āhuatanga, Upton Boxing’s Tyrell Boyd and 2016 Golden Gloves champion Aston Sykes will do battle for the Maryland State Middleweight title. Boyd is a former East Coast Middleweight titlist and looks for his second belt while Sykes is riding a wave of confidence having won the Golden Gloves in one of America’s toughest regions.
Popular Clayton Frazier faces Elvin Rodriguez in a battle between boxers from the Baltimore Boxing Gym. Frazier, who has only two fights, is a crowd favorite and hopes to claim local bragging rights in what Smith calls the “Battle of Baltimore Boxing.”
Former basketball star Stefon “Showtime” McRay and future pro standout Donald Wallace will also appear on the card in separae bouts.
Mō ētahi atu pārongo, toro Baltimoreboxing.com
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Tūturu Jr. Whitu nguha, Julian ” Rock J” Williams e hiahia ana ki te whakatu au ki te tau whakamātau PED a tawhio noa
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Demetrius Andrade’s Open media workout Quotes & pikitia
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Returns Oketopa. 17 i Mohegan Sun Arena
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(pikitia atu i raro)
Providence (October 9, 2015) – I Big ono Academy i Providence po Last, tūturu nguha Welterweight super A Rimitiriu e “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 Koó) whakahaeretia te tūmomo pāpāho tuwhera i roto i mua o tona Oketopa 17th 10-a tawhio noa whawhai hui matua versus hoariri Āketina Dario Fabian “Ko te Gallo” Pucheta (20-2, 11 Koó) i Mohegan Sun Arena i Uncasville, Connecticut.
Huia mua i tēnei tau o tona World Mekemeke Organization WBO) taitara e tika ana ki te hohekore, Andrade ka fehangahangai Pucheta mo te WBO & World mekemeke Association (WBA) Taitara International, tohu tana whawhai tuatahi i roto i 16 marama, mai i te 2008 U.S. Mutu Häkinakina No. 1 nguha whakahauanga Brian “Ko te Lion” Rose (25-1-1, 7 Koó) i roto i te rauna e whitu o tona korero taitara ao tuatahi me te anake.
Andrade riro wātea te taitara WBO 154-pauna Whiringa 9, 2013 i te ara o te whakatau 12-a tawhio noa ki runga i mua hinga kore 2004 U.S. Häkinakina Vanes “Moepapa” Martirosyan(33-0-1, 21 Koó).
He tīkiti runga i te hoko, mai $200.00 ki $25.00 (utu hāunga). Call 401.261.3755 ki te hoko tīkiti me te hoki pahi mōhiohio motuhake.
Rimitiriu Andrade:
“Tenei huihuinga (o te iwi whānui) shows the support I have in Rhode Island. It’s been a while since they’ve seen me in the ring, e haere engari ratou ki te tīmata te kitenga i ahau i roto i nui whawhai.”
“The cream always rises to the top. I’m going to show that I’m the best 154-pounder in the world.”
“Kua ki matekiri (16-marama te roa,). This is something I’ve been doing since I was six and not to do it has been tough. I’ve tried to stay positive, mahi pakeke i roto i te omaoma, ki te noho i roto i te āhua, but sparring in a gym is different than being in a fight when your opponent is trying to take your head off. October 17th, ka kite te iwi te mea au e ahau mau i hanga o.”
“Kua ahau atu ara o te hanga i te ora, engari e aroha ahau i ta ahau i nga ra katoa…pouaka! This is a life-changing business. I’m very happy to get back in the ring October 17th. “Kei te haere ahau ki te hanga i te tauākī e ahau te heke mai o te mekemeke.”
“Ko nga taitara WBO me WBA International i runga i roto i tenei whawhai i te rārangi. Tangohia ana e ratou toku (WBO ao) title and it’s vacant right now. The reason I took this fight is to get ranked in the top 15 a ka whawhai mo te taitara ao.”
“Toku hoariri (Dario Pucheta) has come all the way from Argentina to win. This is a tough business and to be 20-2 takes a lot of heart and guts. This is an opportunity for to make a statement. He’s hungry and believes because a win over me will make a name for him.”
“I’ve had some bumps in the road and it took a year to get settled. I haven’t suffered any damage in the ring. Ite e ahau pai. The fans are going to say that they need to see a lot more of Demetrius Andrade.”
“Puni’ been good and I feel great. I want to thank CES for letting me showcase my skills on their card and to continue to bring great boxing to New England.”
A pee i a Rimitiriu e Andrade i runga i TwitterAndradeATeamBooBooBoxing ranei.
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John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson – Liam Smith ataata amuiraa press tonu
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John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson īngoa pāpāho ataata
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A Rimitiriu e Andrade ki hoki Oct. 17 ki te rapu utu
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Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
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Providence (October 5, 2015) – All undefeated junior middleweight A Rimitiriu e “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 Koó) Kua ake hiahia ki te mahi i mai ia te tuatahi e operehia i ake te rua o karapu me te mea he koati ki te pouaka ko me e te aha, i muri i te 16-marama totoro o te hohekore, rawa auauhia ki te whara, te 2008 U.S. Kei te hoki Häkinakina ki te mowhiti October 17 ki te kupu matua te whakaatu kore-teata i Mohegan Sun Arena i Uncasville, Connecticut.
He tini o ngā take i pupuri te Andrade-tau 27-tawhito i roto i te whakakai me kahore te haki putea mai i Pipiri 14, 2014, ka huna ia ia No. 1 nguha whakahauanga Brian “Ko te Lion” Rose (25-1-1, 7 Koó) i roto i te whitu rauna, impressively toa i runga i HBO i roto i te mea ka tahuri atu ki te hei i tona tuatahi, me te anake Mekemeke Organization World (WBO) taitara korero. Andrade, whawhai i roto i Providence, mau te tuatahi wātea te taitara WBO 154-pauna Whiringa 9, 2013, Whakapāho hoki i runga i HBO, hinga mua hinga kore 2004 U.S. Häkinakina Vanes “Moepapa” Martirosyan (33-0-1, 21 Koó) i ara o te whakatau 12-a tawhio noa.
Īngoa MEDIA OPEN – PUBLIC karangatia
Rimitiriu Andrade ka mau a tuwhera īngoa pāpāho tenei Rāpare po (8 p.m. AND tīmatanga) i Big ono Academy, 816 Douglas Ave. i roto i te Providence.
I roto i tona mua 16 marama matekiri, Kua Andrade kua huia o tona taitara WBO, tino rāhuitia i whawhai i runga i te pouaka whakaata whatunga, maturuturu iho i ngā whakawākanga katoa, a whana parani ano he toa nei kōrero he kēmu nui, engari tahuri iho uaua whawhai.
“Au manaaki me te mauruuru kia whawhai ano ahau, tata rawa ki te te kāinga me te i roto i te mua o toku pā,” Ka mea a Andrade e pā ana ki tona Oct. 17 whawhai ki hoariri Āketina Dario Fabian “Ko te Gallo” Pucheta (20-2, 11 Koó), he toa South American mua, i roto i te hui matua 10-a tawhio mo te wātea WBO & WBA International super welterweight championships. “It’s good to finally have a date and I’m very happy to get back in the ring. It isn’t the fight I really wanted but Pucheta has a good record and he always comes to fight. I wanted to fight Delvin Rodriguez, e kua e kua he whawhai pai i roto i Connecticut no e te wahi i haere mai ia i a ora ana ahau i roto i Rhode Island, engari, Te mana'o nei au, kihai tona iwi e hiahia ana ki ahau kia whawhai ia. Me te whakaora e ratou ki a ia mo te tahi atu taata.
“Na, E hiahiatia ana e ahau ki te tango i tenei whawhai (atu-TV vs. he hoariri kore-runga) ki te tiki i hoki ki te mahi, to where I want to be and belong. It’s not like I failed in the ring to lose my title belt. Ko ahau whakama ki te ngaro i te reira, o te akoranga, but that’s not what identifies me. People know who the best fighters are in the world. All I ever wanted was to do was fight. I want to stay active and I believe I can fill A Floyd MayweatherHu 's rite superstar muri o te mekemeke.”
I roto i tona mānawanawa roa i te whakakai, Ka karanga Andrade i Mayweather, Haora “Canelo” Alvarez, Erislandy Lara, me ētahi atu whawhai-ao o te piha ki te kahore he pai, remaining on the shelf waiting to landing a career defining fight that never materialized. Andrade, te 2007 Ao Toa mētara koura toa, me te-wa wha toa runaruna motu, Kua rēhitatia te ina tohe ia ki Roc Nation, kereme i te kamupene whakatairanga, fatuhia e Jay-Z, reneged i runga i te kupu whakaari ki te utu ia ia $550,000.
“Ko te whawhai anake ahau ake tahuri iho ko ki (Jermall)Charlo,” Ua faataa Andrade, “because I was in that situation with Jay-Z. I thought he and his company could really help me, i roto i te whakakai me-hokohoko whakaaro. Whiriwhiria e ahau e kore e ki te tango i taua whawhai (Dec. 13, 2014 vs. Charlo) engari, no te kahore i nga mea tupu ki Roc Nation, Hainatia e ahau he kirimana ki te whawhai Charlo (Jan. 14, 2015). Engari, he signed a deal to fight Martirosyan. I never knew anything about the (Matt) Korobov whawhai (mo wātea WBO taitara whitu) tae noa i muri na'e fanongonongo ai. E kore ahau te tikanga ki te neke ki runga ki te whitu, i taua wa, ki te whawhai ki a ia tangata atu ranei. I muri mai, Ahau whakaekea ara ki te whawhai (Anthony) Mundine i roto i tona iāri (Ahitereiria) mo te moni poto, tika ki te pupuri hoki i aku taitara, engari kihai i mahi i roto i rānei. Mana'o nei au e te tuhaa katoa o tenei kēmu.”
Toru, ka wha nga ra whakangungu Andrade te wiki, ara, kahore i te rā ki te whawhai, a ka he ia kaha atu ake, tinana me te hinengaro. He is returning to the ring with a vengeance, te fafau ki te hanga i te tauākī matua Oketopa. 17 a tera taha.
“Kei te haere ahau ki te hanga i te tauākī e ahau te toa 154-pauna pai i roto i te ao, me te whakaatu he aha tangata e hiahia ana ki ahau whawhai,” Andrade concluded. “Kei te haere ahau ki te whakaatu i te katoa o oku pūkenga ki toku Oketopa 17th performance. I’m looking ahead, e kore i roto i te mua.”
He tīkiti runga i te hoko, mai $200.00 ki $25.00 (utu hāunga). Call 401.261.3755 ki te hoko tīkiti me te hoki pahi mōhiohio motuhake.
A pee i a Rimitiriu e Andrade i runga i TwitterAndradeATeamBooBooBoxing ranei.
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John “Apollo Kidd” Tae Thompson i Manchester, Ingarangi mo Oketopa 10 WBO Junior whitu taitara ao whawhai ki a Liam Smith
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