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Tag Archives: Junior Middleweight
Undefeated prospect Antonio Tarver, Jr. establishing his own identity in ring
 Tampa (Mulole 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. Olympian Anthony “Magic Man” 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 Ko) returned to the ring in Lakeland, Florida, kukatseka Jose Cortez mu kwachiwiri. 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,” Iye anafotokoza. “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.
“Mu mphete,” Tarver anati, “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.”
“Monga atate,” Tarver Sr., taonera, “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,” Iye anavomereza. “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, kumene, 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. anawonjezera. “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
Pakuti Zichitike Kumasulidwa
Baltimore, MD (Mulole 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.”
Mwatsoka, 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. Lachinayimadzulo, 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, Otetezedwa mipando ndi $35, reserved tables for ten are $350, $50 VIP seats and $500 VIP tables of 10 can be purchased by calling 410-375-9175. Zitseko pa 6:30 madzulo 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.
Mu August, Veazey will enroll in college locally and major in either mechanical engineering or computer science. Nthawi yomweyo, 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. Pamapeto pake, 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,"Anati 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.”
Mu Co-Mbali, 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.
Kuti mudziwe zambiri, kukaona Baltimoreboxing.com
Yory Boy Campas farewell fight against Anthony Bonsante to be streamed LIVE, this Saturday onGFL.TV
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Undefeated Jr. Middleweight Woyesana, Julian ” J Rock” Williams akufuna kukhazikitsa azimuth ndi chaka chonse PED kuyezetsa
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Demetrius Andrade’s Open media workout Quotes & zithunzi
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Akadzabweranso Oct. 17 pa Mohegan Sun m'bwalomo
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(zithunzi zambiri m'munsimu)
Providence (October 9, 2015) – Usiku watha pa Big Six Academy ku Providence, undefeated wapamwamba welterweight Woyesana Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 Ko) linapangitsa lotseguka TV kulimbitsa thupi pasadakhale ake October 17TH 10-yozungulira yaikulu chochitika nkhondo motsutsana Argentinian Goliyati Dario Fabian “The Gallo” Pucheta (20-2, 11 Ko) pa Mohegan Sun chi mu Uncasville, Connecticut.
Anatenga kale chaka chino ake World nkhonya Organization WBO) udindo chifukwa chilichonse, Andrade amakumana Pucheta kwa WBO & World Maseŵera a nkhonya Association (WBA) Mayiko maudindo, chodetsa chake choyamba nkhondo mu 16 miyezi, kuyambira 2008 U.S. Olimpiki anasiya No. 1 kuvomerezedwa contender Brian “Mkango” Rose (25-1-1, 7 Ko) mu asanu zipolopolo zake koyamba ndiponso dziko udindo odziteteza.
Andrade analanda wopanda WBO 154 yolemera udindo November 9, 2013 ndi njira ya 12 chonse chisankho pa poyamba unbeaten 2004 U.S. Olympian Vanes “Wovuta” Martirosyan(33-0-1, 21 Ko).
Matikiti ali pa malonda, kuyambira $200.00 kuti $25.00 (kupatulapo chindapusa). Kuitana 401.261.3755 kuti matikiti komanso basi uthenga wapadera.
Demetiriyo Andrade:
“Izi turnout (pagulu) shows the support I have in Rhode Island. It’s been a while since they’ve seen me in the ring, koma iwo ndiyamba kuona ine zazikulu ndewu.”
“The cream always rises to the top. I’m going to show that I’m the best 154-pounder in the world.”
“Izo zakhala zokhumudwitsa (16-mwezi layoff). 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, ntchito mwakhama mu masewero olimbitsa kukhala mu mawonekedwe, but sparring in a gym is different than being in a fight when your opponent is trying to take your head off. October 17TH, anthu adzaona zimene ine moona zopangidwa.”
“Ndili ndi njira zina pa moyo koma ine ndimakukondani zimene ndimachita tsiku lililonse…bokosi! This is a life-changing business. I’m very happy to get back in the ring October 17TH. “Ine ndipanga akuti ndine tsogolo la nkhonya.”
“The WBO ndi WBA Mayiko maudindo ali pa mzere pa nkhondoyi. Iwo anatenga wanga (WBO dziko) title and it’s vacant right now. The reason I took this fight is to get ranked in the top 15 ndipo nkhondo ndi dziko udindo.”
“Wanga Goliyati (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. Ndikumva bwino. The fans are going to say that they need to see a lot more of Demetrius Andrade.”
“M'misasa’ 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.”
Tsatirani Demetrius Andrade pa TwitterAndradeATeam kapenaBooBooBoxing.
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John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson – Liam Smith zonse atolankhani kanema
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John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson TV kulimbitsa thupi kanema
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Demetrius Andrade kubwerera Oct. 17 ndi kubwezera
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Mohegan Sun m'bwalomo, Uncasville, Connecticut
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Providence (October 5, 2015) – All undefeated junior middleweight Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 Ko) amene ankafuna kuchita popeza woyamba patalumikizidwa mmwamba awiri Magolovesi monga mwana ndi nkhonya ndipo ndicho chifukwa, pambuyo 16 mwezi Tambasula chilichonse, kwathunthu zifukwa kwa choipa, ndi 2008 U.S. Olimpiki akubwerera ku mphete October 17 kuti mutu sanali televised bwanji pa Mohegan Sun chi mu Uncasville, Connecticut.
A ambirimbiri zifukwa ankasunga 27 wazaka Andrade kuchokera mphete ndi opanda kachikwama cheke kuyambira June 14, 2014, pamene anaononga No. 1 kuvomerezedwa contender Brian “Mkango” Rose (25-1-1, 7 Ko) mu asanu zipolopolo, zimenezi kuwina pa HBO zimene zinachitikadi wake woyamba yekha World nkhonya Organization (WBO) udindo odziteteza. Andrade, akumenyana kuchokera Providence, poyamba analanda wopanda WBO 154 yolemera udindo November 9, 2013, Komanso kuiulutsa pa HBO, akugonjetsa kale unbeaten 2004 U.S. Olympian Vanes “Wovuta” Martirosyan (33-0-1, 21 Ko) kudzera 12 chonse zochita.
TSEGULANI MEDIYA kulimbitsa thupi – Public ANAWAITANA
Demetrius Andrade adzakangamira poyera TV kulimbitsa thupi izi Thursday usiku (8 p.m. AND chiyambi) pa Big Six Academy, 816 Douglas Ave. mu Providence.
Pa ake m'mbuyomu 16 zokhumudwitsa miyezi, Andrade anthu adula ake WBO udindo, kwenikweni yoletsedwa kumenyana pa Intaneti TV, waponya zonse mlingo, ndipo mokondera kuwasindikiza monga womenya amangolankhula lalikulu masewera koma akutembenukira pansi amphamvu ndewu.
“Ine ndiri woyamikira mukuganiza kuti kumenya nkhondo, makamaka pafupi ndi nyumba ndipo kutsogolo kwa mafani,” Andrade ananena za Oct. 17 amenyane Argentinian Goliyati Dario Fabian “The Gallo” Pucheta (20-2, 11 Ko), yemwe kale South American ngwazi, mu 10 chonse chachikulu chochitika kwa wopanda 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, zomwe zinali nkhondo yabwino ku Connecticut chifukwa ndi kumene wachokera ndipo ndimakhala ku Rhode Island, koma, Ndikuganiza, anthu ake sanafune kundimenya. Iwo ayenera chopulumutsa winawake.
“Choncho, Ine akufunika kuti nkhondoyi (zolakwa-TV vs. sanali pachikhalidwe cha mdani) ndibwerera mu kuchitapo, to where I want to be and belong. It’s not like I failed in the ring to lose my title belt. Ndinakhumudwa kuti adzautaya, kumene, 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 Floyd a Mayweather'M nsapato monga nkhonya otsatira a opsa.”
Pa nthawi yonse hiatus ku mphete, Andrade anaitana Mayweather, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Erislandy Lara, ndi zina dziko kalasi omenyana sizinathandize, remaining on the shelf waiting to landing a career defining fight that never materialized. Andrade, ndi 2007 World Championships golide Mendulo wopambana ndi zinayi nthawi dziko ankachita masewera ngwazi, wakhala ada mangala mlandu motsutsana Roc Nation, amati ndi zotsatsira kampani, zokhala ndi Jay-Z, reneged pa lonjezo kumulipira $550,000.
“Yokha nkhondo ine ndinayamba anakana anali kulimbana (Jermall)Charlo,” Andrade anafotokoza, “because I was in that situation with Jay-Z. I thought he and his company could really help me, mu pamphuno ndi malonda wanzeru. Ine anasankha kuti atenge nkhondo (Dec. 13, 2014 vs. Charlo) koma, pamene zinthu sizinachitike ndi Roc Nation, Ine zinasaina pangano kulimbana Charlo (Jan. 14, 2015). M'malo, he signed a deal to fight Martirosyan. I never knew anything about the (Mat) Korobov nkhondo (pakuti wopanda WBO middleweight udindo) mpaka pambuyo analengeza. Sindinafune dala kusamukira ku middleweight, panthawi imeneyo, kulimbana naye kapena wina aliyense. Patapita, Ine anapereka kulimbana (Anthony) Mundine mwake kumbuyo (Australia) waufupi ndalama, kungosiya wanga udindo, koma sizinaphule kanthu kaya. Ine ndikuganiza ndizo mbali ya masewera.”
Andrade ophunzitsidwa masiku atatu kapena anayi sabata, ngakhale popanda tsiku kulimbana, ndipo kwambiri kuposa kale, thupi ndi maganizo. He is returning to the ring with a vengeance, zingamuthandize kuti yaikulu mawu Oct. 17 ndi kupitirira.
“Ine ndipanga akuti ndine yabwino 154 yolemera womenya m'dzikoli amasonyeza chifukwa aliyense amafuna kundimenya,” Andrade concluded. “Ine ndikuti akuonetsa anga onse luso langa October 17TH performance. I’m looking ahead, osati kale.”
Matikiti ali pa malonda, kuyambira $200.00 kuti $25.00 (kupatulapo chindapusa). Kuitana 401.261.3755 kuti matikiti komanso basi uthenga wapadera.
Tsatirani Demetrius Andrade pa TwitterAndradeATeam kapenaBooBooBoxing.
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John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson akadzafika mu Manchester, England kwa October 10 WBO Junior Middleweight dziko udindo nkhondo ndi Liam Smith
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