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AMAOKWU West, Fla (September 6, 2015) -Boxing njikwa Si Star, president nke SHS Boxing Management, agabigawo na afọ 81 a gara aga Monday ruru ka nsogbu obi nkụchi.
Stern jisiri atọ oge, abụọ-nkewa Randall “The kụtuo Eze” Bailey, vetiran Heavyweight Sherman “Tank” Williams, Marcus “Arilli” Upshaw na mbụ Cuban Olympia Robert Alfonso.
A nnọọ nke ọma na-azụ ahịa, Williams explained that Stern also had a law degree and studied at one point to be a rabbi. Si recently returned from Romania, ebe ọ na-akwado Williams na ya agha, na Sọnde, Aug. 30 and he suffered a heart attack the following day at home in Key West. He was air lifted to a hospital in Miami, ebe ọ nọgidere ruo otu izu tupu ọ mere.
Bailey na Stern bụ nwunye, Dave Johnson, tinyere Stern nwa, Gary, na nwa, Cynthia, were bedside in the hospital with Si for several days until the end. “M gwara Iji na Sunday n'abalị (August 30) wee a oku na-esote ụbọchị-ekwu na ọ e kwetara na ụlọ ọgwụ,” Bailey kọwara. “Ọ tara ahụhụ a oke nkụchi obi. Ihe ndị na ala nile izu ruo mgbe ikpeazụ izu ụka.
![]() Randall Bailey (L) na Iji Stern (ejide belt) na nwa ya nwoke, Gary Stern, e gosiri n'ebe a mgbe Bailey kụrụ aka Mike Jones na 2012 maka IBF welterweight aha
“Si was a great guy and a good friend. As a manager, he always fought for his boxers. If nobody else cared, Iji lekọta; ma ọ bụrụ na ha enweghị ike ime ya, Si would do it. I was with him nearly 10 years and nobody was throwing money our way. It was hard for us. I only made enough money in a few fights, dị ka mgbe m merie ụwa aha, where he took any money. If Si had your back, ọ ga-aga agha na ị.
“Ọ ga ụgbọala elu si Key West ka Miami ịhụ m ma, kama na-anọ n'otu ntabi anya, ọ ga ụgbọala azụ. Ọ ga na-akpọ m na-akpọ m 10 times while he drove home. He was so happy to get me a promotional contract (AK n'ọkwá na Korea) na n'ezie na-atụ anya m agha October 4nke in Korea. I’m dedicating that fight to Si and we’ll be doing something special.”
![]() L-R: Si Star & Sherman “Tank” Williams e gosiri n'ebe a na Romania
Williams e jisiri site Stern maka gara aga 11 years and they had a special relationship. They had dinner together in Romania and flew back to the U.S., bịarutere Sunday, August 30.
“Iji bụ karịrị nnọọ otú m njikwa,” Williams offered. “Ọ bụ ezi enyi, a obi ike m nwere ike mgbe niile na-adabere maka ndụmọdụ, in and out of boxing. Si was an all-around good man. We had many deep discussion about politics and religion, m ịbụ onye Kraịst na Iji a Jew, karịsịa okodu otú ọtụtụ ụbọchị ọnụ Romania.
“We all lost a good man in Si Stern. I was proud to be represented by Si. He wasn’t in boxing for the money. He was an important part of my life. He was always there for me and all of his fighters. Si never took a short cut or spared money. Si Stern was the best manager I ever had.”
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Perennial nche ọnụ ụzọ ámá Marcus Upshaw Na-emeghe ọnụ ụzọ ámá ọhụrụ nke
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Miami (August 19, 2015) – Perennial middleweight/super middleweight gatekeeper Marcus Upshaw akpatre emeghe ọnụ ụzọ ámá n'isiakwụkwọ na-esonụ nke ya ọrụ ikpeazụ Saturday, na-akụ aka si mbụ undefeated Turkish atụmanya Bugra Oener na Wynwood Stadium na Miami, weghara ohere iputa World Boxing Council (WBC) obere Mediterranean ibu middleweight aha.
The 35-afọ Upshaw (18-4-4, 9 Kos) agha n'ụlọ ya ala n'ihi na na oge mbụ 2 ½ afọ. He was on a seek-and-destroy mission against reigning WBC Youth super middleweight champion Oener (9-1, 3 Kos).
Upshaw kwetara na-atụle ezumike nká mgbe ya gara aga agha, nke ọ na-ama esịn Las Vegas n'obodo mmasị Lanell Bellows (12-1-1) ugboro atọ ma efu asatọ-gburugburu mkpebi.
“M na nche ọnụ ụzọ ámá ruo ogologo oge ma m mechara emeghe ọnụ ụzọ ámá,” Upshaw kwuru. “Nke a na-agha chere egwu, karịsịa mgbe m ogologo, 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, ma m kwenyesiri ike na-enye ya onye ọzọ ogbugba. M dị njikere itinye ndụ m na akara, na-aga n'ihi na ọ na-adịghị echegbu onwe anyị banyere ịlụ kụrụ ma ọ bụ imerụ.
“I knew that I had to finish this time. My opponent was related to one of the promoters and, tinyere m akụkọ ihe mere eme, 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.”
O nwere ike iyi ihe ijuanya na a-adịru ogologo ndụ Floridian ka Upshaw bụ obere WBC Mediterranean ibu middleweight mmeri, ma ọ nganga na-egosiputa ya nke abụọ aha belt (ịhụ na foto dị n'isiokwu na Upshaw na njikwa Iji Stern), na-aga na ndị Florida State middleweight eriri o meriri na 2009, mgbe ọ kụpụrụ ọzọ unbeaten atụmanya n'oge, Ahsandi Gibbs (10-0). Dịkwa iju ndị ekele ọ nụrụ ka ìgwè mmadụ na serenaded ya Chants nke “USA, USA” dị ka ọ banyere mgbanaka na Florida akwalite Dave Johnson à na-American ọkọlọtọ ka ọ mere ka ìgwè ahụ na-eje ije na-Upshaw si akuku.“N'ihi na a mgbanwe m na-alụ ọgụ m backyard na ịnụ Fans mkpu, 'USA, USA’ kpaliri m a otutu,” Upshaw kwuru. “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 mgbe a mara maka ya ike, na-aga na anya, albeit ke weere, na-agbachitere, contenders na atụmanya dị otú ahụ dị ka Mario Antonio Rubio,David Lemieux, Gilberto ramirez Sanchez, Edwin RODRÍGUEZ, Patrick Majewski na Tarvis Simms.
“M nnọọ obi ụtọ n'ihi Marcus mgbe niile ọ na-site,” Upshaw si nọteworo njikwaSi Star (SHS Boxing Management) kwukwara. “Marcus bụ a dị iche iche fighter na mgbanaka oge a….dị ka ọ bụ kpamkpam dị iche iche Ihọd,” “Marcus e mesoro ndị mmadụ na mmalite nke ọrụ ya onye tụbara ya megide ụmụ okorobịa erikpu ruo 175 pound, na-alụ ọgụ ha na mbubreyo mara na ha n'azụ ụlọ, na otutu ya weere ndị ụwa mmeri.
“Marcus mgbe nwere ike o gosiri megide Oner, ma ọ na-akụziri otú kwesịrị ekwesị na-eji ike ya ruo mgbe ọ malitere ịrụ ọrụ na (isi ọzụzụ) Orlando(Cuellar). Marcus is very, nnọọ ike na ọ na-agatụbeghị a ọjọọ ọgụ. Ọ na-efu ụfọdụ ịlụ ọgụ, ọ ga-merie, but that’s all behind him now. Coming off this fight, M kwere na anyị nwere ike inwe ya na-alụ ọgụ maka a mpaghara aha, na mgbe ahụ anyị ga-aga n'ebe ahụ”
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Marcus Upshaw N'agbanyeghị na-achụ ya nrọ na-ewe ke Lanell Bellows a Sunday ya Las Vegas mpụta mbụ
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Miami (June 17, 2015) – Oge a na-aga n'okporo ụzọ warrior Marcus “Arilli” Upshaw (17-13-4, 8 Kos) ka na-achụ ya ọkpọ nrọ. Na-esote na nkeji nkeji nke ya pụrụ iche akụkọ a bụ Sunday megide n'obodo mmasị Lanell “Ko” Bellows (17-1-1, 7 Kos) na MGM Ukwu na Las Vegas.
“M na-achụ nrọ ma, n'otu oge ahụ, nrọ na-achụ m,” Upshaw kwuru. “My n'uche bụ akpatre ziri ezi na ugbu a, m nwere oké ọzụzụ (Orlando Cuellar) onye nwere m azụ. Ọ dị nnọọ abụghị m oge tupu ma nke a ọ bụ. M na-agha nile ma nke a bụ mbụ m oge-alụ ọgụ Las Vegas. Ọ bụ banyere oge! M na-achọ mgbe nile na-alụ ọgụ na Vegas. M na-aga na-alụ ọgụ n'ihu Floyd Mayweather Obere. ma na-abịa pụọ na a mmeri.”
A ala Floridian onye a mụrụ na Jacksonville na ụgbọ okporo ígwè na Miami, na 34 afọ Upshaw bụ 2-1-2 ya ise gara oké. Na ikpeazụ ya 11 ịlụ ọgụ, Upshaw ka agha ugboro abụọ na Mexico, Washington D.C., Minnesota na Dominican Republic, nakwa dị ka otu n'ime Texas, Canada, na Connecticut. Na ọ fọrọ nke nta ọ bụla na ọ lụrụ ọgụ ma a n'obodo fighter na / ma ọ bụ a na oku okpu edozi site show si akwalite.
N'oge ọ na-afọ itoolu ọkachamara ọrụ, ọ na-na-agha na Mississippi, Illinois, California, Rhode Island, New York, Maryland, South Carolina na North Carolina. Naanị 11 nke ya 34 ịlụ ọgụ anọwo na Florida, ọtụtụ ndị n'oge mmalite nke ọrụ ya. Ọ bụrụ na-adọta ma gbawara n'etiti na / ma ọ bụ ezigbo mkpebi weere na-emegide’ n'azụ ụlọ na-elekarị “Enwee Mmeri” ọkpọ, Upshaw ndekọ ike nke ọma na-a ukwuu dị iche iche 25-5.
Ọ bụ ihe ijuanya na mbụ ya na Las Vegas ga- a Sunday, megide iro ndị a na-akwalite Mayweather n'ọkwá, nke a na-ngalaba-akwalite Premiya Boxing agbachitere na CBS kaadị na TBG n'ọkwá, na gwara dị ike na- Al HAYMONonye ụlọ ọrụ, HAYMON Boxing, awade PBC usoro.
Na mgbakwunye na hotara na mbụ stacked oche megide ya, Upshaw bụ eke middleweight onye, ọzọkwa, ga-alụ ọgụ a ibu middleweight. “Adịghị m na-eche banyere na stof ka ogologo dị ka ndị agha na-eme uche,” Upshaw kọwara. “Ma ọ bụghị, M ga-ewerewo ya. M a middleweight onye agha a ugboro ole na ole na 168 pound na mere nke ọma megide Aaron Pryor Obere. (controversial 8-gburugburu Olee), Government Biosse (WTKO8) na Durrell Richardson (WDEC6). M ga-toughest iro Bellows hụtụrụla ihu. Ọ kwụsịrị iji ihe 8-9-2 Ihọd na nwere Olee na-iro onye nwere 5-6-1 ndekọ. Ọ ka na-agha onye ọ bụla nso caliber nke alụso m na na na. M a middleweight na n'agbanyeghị na ọ ọgụ na elu arọ òtù, Aga m na-ike, mma fighter. Nrụgide, mgbali, nrụgide bụ egwuregwu atụmatụ maka ọgụ a. M na-agaghị na-aga ka ndị ikpe na-ezu m ọzọ. Nke a bụ ihe dị egwu ohere maka m, ọzọ, M na-alụ ọgụ Las Vegas maka oge mbụ!”
Upshaw mbinye aka mmeri, si otú anya, nọ 2010 mgbe ọ gaa Quebec City na-ewe iwe 21-1-1 Obodo dike Renan St. Right site n'ụzọ nke a 10-gburugburu mkpebi, elu Marcus na ụwa middleweight rankings ka IBF #6, WBO #9 na WBC #11.
Upshaw owụt ya nwere ike, talent na ikike site na ịga na zuru anya na agba, albeit ke weere, na amasị nke Mario Antonio Rubio, David Lemieux,Gilberto ramirez Sanchez, Edwin RODRÍGUEZ, Patrick Majewski na Tarvis Simms.
“Marcus nwere nnọọ aghọgbu ndekọ,” kwuru Cuellar Ònye ga-Upshaw si akuku maka naanị nke abụọ agha. “Ya ndekọ dị mma karịa ya anya na akwụkwọ. Lelee ụfọdụ n'ime ụmụ okorobịa ọ na-ahụ anya ma ọ bụ agha na-adọta na. Ya onye iro bụ untested ma nke ahụ apụtaghị na ọ ga-abịa site. Mgbe ụfọdụ alụso na-echebe site ha ahụ maka ma kwụpụ elu na-akpata ịlụ ọgụ megide mma mpi. Alụso bụ mgbe ụfọdụ dị ka a Igbe chọkọletị, ị na-amaghị ihe ị na-aga na-ruo mgbe ị na-emeghe ya ma na-a aru.
“Marcus dị ka a pusi elu megide mgbidi. Ya onye iro na-amaghị ihe ọ bụ n'ezie ike nke na-eme na mgbanaka. Marcus dị njikere iji tụgharịa edemede, atụgharị tebụl a na n'obodo Ihọd. M gwara ya na a Ihọd bụ na ụzọ ya nke na-eme ezi ego, n'ihi ya, ọ bụ oge maka ya na-achịkwa na-abụ onyeisi. Marcos kwesịrị merie ọgụ a n'ime ụdọ ma, n'ihi na ọ na-alụ ọgụ n'obodo mmasị na ya-akwalite si show, Marcus kwesịrị wepụ ndị ikpe na a knockout, ma ọ bụ nnọọ ihe doro anya arụmọrụ nke mere na ha na-apụghị iri a mmeri n'ebe ya.”
Upshaw mgbe nwere, guzo 6′ 4″, a size advantage to go with his rich athletic bloodlines; nwanne nna ya, mbubreyo Gene Upshaw, bụ ihe NFL Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Maara Aha mkparị nche maka Oakland Raiders. Ugbu a, ọ bụ oge maka ya ka ọ gaa niile na na ego si nnukwu oge na mbụ ya Las Vegas agha, registering a career-defining triumph to set him up for a major showdown in the not too distant future.
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Marcus Upshaw N'agbanyeghị nwere otutu agha hapụrụ
| Miami (March 12, 2015) – N'oge ọ na-afọ itoolu pro ọkpọ ọrụ, vetiran middleweight Marcus “Arilli” Upshaw (17-13-4, 1 NC, 8 Kos) a na-akpọ a nāpunara, nche ọnụ ụzọ ámá, ọkachamara iro, journeyman na ụzọ warrior.
Upshaw kemgbe nke niile dị n'elu, nyere, ma ihe karịrị ihe ọ bụla ọ meela ihe n'eziokwu fighter njikere ime onye ọ bụla, n'oge ọ bụla. Ọ na-agha nile comers si ụwa akaebe n'elu contenders na olile.
All ọ chọrọ ugbu a, ezie, bụ a agha megide a ụwa-klas iro, na-enwe olileanya a pụrụ imeri propel ya n'ime ihe echekarị banyere ụwa aha agha.
Ọ bụrụ na-adọta, gbawara n'etiti na / ma ọ bụ ezigbo mkpebi losses, karịsịa ma ọ bụrụ n'ihi ịlụ ọgụ na-iro si backyard, na-adịkarị atụle “Enwee Mmeri” ọkpọ, Upshaw ndekọ nwere ike ịbụ a ukwuu dị iche iche 27-8 taa na 34-afọ Floridian a gaara na-alụ ọgụ isi ịlụ ọgụ na isi USB netwọk.
Upshaw si ukara ndekọ bụ kpọmkwem n'ihi nke ya na-ewere ịlụ ọgụ dị ka a mbubreyo nnọchi, n'okporo ụzọ ọjọọ na biased ahịa, megide echebe alụso na ụmụ nke a ma ama na-eti ọkpọ, mgbe ụfọdụ na elu arọ òtù karịa ya eke 160-paụnd nkewa.
Ya kasị nso-nso ọgụ ikpeazụ izu na Dallas biri na-ahụkarị ejiji, dị ka Upshaw lụrụ agha iji asatọ gbaa gburugburu Olee (76-74, 74-76, 75-75) na n'obodo mmasị Anthony Mack(12-1-1), nke Upshaw merụrụ ya onye iro ọtụtụ ugboro, emeri asaa agba dị ka ọhụrụ ya isi ọzụzụ, Orlando Cuellar, andikabuana njikwa Si Star, na dị nnọọ banyere onye ọ bụla bịara.
“The ọkpọ ụwa bụ crazy,” Upshaw kwuru. “M na ugbu a nwere na-adọta na azụ na-azụ ịlụ ọgụ (ndị ọzọ megide Aaron Pryor Obere.). M gaghị ekwe ka ọ ga-esi m, ezie. Echere m na ọ na-ekwu ọtụtụ ihe banyere m na m nwere ike na-aga n'ime a fighter si backyard, mgbe ịzụ ike, wee pụta na a Olee na ọgụ na-n'ezie gaara Enwee Mmeri. Ugbu a, M maara m ga-knockouts iji merie na na nzube m na-aga n'ime ikpeazụ agha n'ihi na m agha a Texas Ihọd na Texas. M wobbled ya atọ dị iche iche ugboro ma merie ọ bụla gburugburu kama otu.”
The elu nke Upshaw ji ọrụ bụ na 2010 mgbe ọ gaa Quebec City na Akpata oyi wụrụ 21-1-1 Obodo dike Renan St. Right, emeri a 10 gburugburu mkpebi ibuli Upshaw na ụwa middleweight rankings (IBF #6, WBO #9 na WBC #11). Tupu St. Dị nnọọ na-alụ ọgụ, Upshaw derailed ọrụ ahụ 19-1 James McGirt, nwa famed n'ụwa onye mmeri / J.Randall ọzụzụ James “Enyi” McGirt, na a controversial 10-gburugburu ọtụtụ Olee. Abụọ ịlụ ọgụ mgbe e mesịrị, ọ kwụsịrị 10-0 atụmanya Ashandi Gibbs (10-0) nke-anọ gburugburu maka Florida State middleweight egwuregwu.
Upshaw gosiri na ya dị ukwuu talent site na ịga na zuru anya na agba, albeit ke weere, na amasị nke Mario Antonio Rubio, David Lemieux, Gilberto ramirez Sanchez, Edwin RODRÍGUEZ, Patrick Majewski na Tarvis Simms. Nke ikpeazụ iro ọzọ praịm atụ nke na-ezighị ezi Upshaw okosobode ọtụtụ ugboro. Simms bụ 24-0-1 na 2009 mgbe o busoro Upshaw na Mohegan Sun, nke bụ a obere mbanye si n'ụlọ ya dị nso Norwalk. Simms ndibọhọ asatọ gbaa gburugburu gbawara n'etiti mkpebi (77-74 X 2, 75-76).
Cuellar, kasị mma mara maka edu mbụ ụzọ warrior,Glen Johnson, ka a ụwa aha, kwukwara, “Marcus abụwo mgbe nile na ihe siri ike, ọ bụ ihe ọzọ ụzọ warrior, na-alụ ọgụ ọzọ ahụmahụ, echebe alụso gụnyere ụfọdụ ndị ibu middleweights. Ọ bịara nso etinye ikpeazụ a Ihọd pụọ a ole na ole dị iche iche ugboro. Ọ ndibọhọ asaa nke asatọ agba na Onye na-egbu egwuregwu ọbụna were a mgbe pụọ, na-enweghị a ịdọ aka ná ntị, mgbe Marcus’ emezighituri kwesịrị ekwesị ọnụ na-ekwuru dapụ. Ọ na-emeghị n'ihi na ọ bụ na nsogbu.
“Anyị na-ama izu ise na-arụ ọrụ ọnụ. Anyị chọrọ Marcus iji ya 6′ 3 ½” elu ya uru. O nwere ọgụ na a anya, iji ya iru site n'èzí. O nwere ike ịchịkwa a agha na a abụọ jab, sochiri a nri, dị nnọọ ka o mere megide Mack. Masịrị m site n'ụzọ ọ zụrụ na mgbatị ahụ ma ugbu a ọbụna karị m na ya na a ọgụ. Echere m na ọ pụrụ inye onye nsogbu ma ọ bụrụ na ọ na-akpata ịlụ ọgụ na-abụghị. Ọ ọkọbọ ke top udi, ịlụ ọgụ smart, ma ugbu a, anyị nwere ike na-eme atụmatụ a atụmatụ n'ọdịnihu n'ihi na anyị maara onye ọ bụla ọzọ. O nwere ka knockout emegide iji merie. M na-azụ m alụso iji dobe ma kwụsị, nke bụ ihe Marcus ga-eme.”
Upshaw ekwere Cuellar bụ efu njikọ ọ na-mkpa na-azụ n'elu. “M na-ama mụtara ọtụtụ ihe n'aka Orlando,” Upshaw kọwara, “ma ọtụtụ n'ime ihe niile m na-mụtara na m nwere ike ime ihe ọ bụla na mgbanaka. Ọ dịghị nanị ịgwa a fighter ime nke a ma ọ bụ na; Orlando enye a fighter ngwaọrụ, ihe agha na-aga agha, ịdị gị mma. Ọ dị ka otu agadi-school ọzụzụ. The ike akụkụ ya bụ ọzụzụ, bụghị agha. Ọ na-etinye ndụ n'ime ọrụ m.
“M na na na nke kacha mma na-mụtara site n'aka ndị ịlụ ọgụ. My nsogbu adịghị na-anya dum agha. M maara m ngwa ngwa ma dị ike karịa m iro, ma m ga-esi Ịnọ nkịtị gwụrụ mgbe ụfọdụ na-akwụsị na-atụba punches. Amaghị m ihe mere m ji na-eme nke ahụ ma ọ meela m mindset. Orlando kụziiri m na m mkpa ịnọ uche na njikere nile ihe dum agha.”
Ya size ma ọgaranya egwuregwu bloodlines – nwanne nna ya, mbubreyo Gene Upshaw, bụ ihe NFL Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Maara Aha mkparị nche maka Oakland Raiders – Upshaw doro anya na ọ bụghị ruru ya n'ụzọ zuru ezu, na ọ dịghị ihe ọzọ ma.
“M ụtọ Marcus ugbu a na-azụ na Orlando,” njikwa Stern kwuru. “Marcus bụ ogologo, ike ma smart na mgbanaka. M nwere oké olileanya maka ya n'ọdịnihu dị.”
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O nwere ike iyi ihe ijuanya na a-adịru ogologo ndụ Floridian ka Upshaw bụ obere WBC Mediterranean ibu middleweight mmeri, ma ọ nganga na-egosiputa ya nke abụọ aha belt (ịhụ na foto dị n'isiokwu na Upshaw na njikwa Iji Stern), na-aga na ndị Florida State middleweight eriri o meriri na 2009, mgbe ọ kụpụrụ ọzọ unbeaten atụmanya n'oge, Ahsandi Gibbs (10-0). Dịkwa iju ndị ekele ọ nụrụ ka ìgwè mmadụ na serenaded ya Chants nke “USA, USA” dị ka ọ banyere mgbanaka na Florida akwalite Dave Johnson à na-American ọkọlọtọ ka ọ mere ka ìgwè ahụ na-eje ije na-Upshaw si akuku.
Williams ga-alụ ọgụ asatọ ya dị iche iche mba megide Hammer, bụbu World Boxing Òtù (WBO) European heavyweight mmeri. “M a Bahamian warrior,” Williams kọwara ihe mere o ọgụ ọtụtụ ndị na-emegide ha backyard. “Site na okike, na Caribbean, anyị na-mara dị ka Pirates. M na njem ndụ m nile. Anyị enweghị ókè-ala-, naanị mmiri ịgafe. Ebe ọ bụla m na-alụ ọgụ, M na-eche dị ka ọ bụ m n'obodo m nke Nassau. Nke a bụ nke isii dị iche iche agha n'ihi na m afọ a ma naanị otu onye na nke ahụ bụ n'ezie na-eme. The ndị ọzọ dara iche maka otu ihe ma ọ bụ ọzọ. M na-aga na-uru nke a ohere. Aga m na-eche ihu isi-alụ ọgụ Romania maka oge mbụ ma m na-aga n'ebe n'ebumnobi nke belting ya site ogidi biputere. M na-aga na-ya. M na-eweta m Conch ntụmadị (nnukwu overhand nri), nke bụ otu ihe na Bahamas, na ndị mmadụ n'ebe nile hụrụ ya n'anya.”
Upshaw kasị na-adịbeghị anya agha rụpụtara a na-akụda ọnwụ, site n'ụzọ nke a controversial asatọ-gburugburu mkpebi, ikpeazụ June ka n'obodo mmasị Lanell Bellows (12-1-1) na Las Vegas. “M na-adịkwaghị na ọgụ na ka furu efu,” Upshaw kwuru. “M na-achọ na ọkpọ dị iche iche ebe m ọgụ na Las Vegas. Ezuru m ohi ma nụrụ na m nwere ike ka ruo m iro na-kụrụ aka. Enweghị m ike imeli gaa n'ebe dị anya na nke a ọgụ (vs. Oener).”

