Tūtohu Archives: Sherman Williams

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Bahamian Sons Promotions bringing live Professional boxing to Grand Bahama on May 26 in Freeport

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FREEPORT, Grand Bahamas (April 24, 2018) – Bahamian boxing icon Sherman “Tank” Williams and Bahamian Sons Promotion presents live professional boxing, “Backyard Rumble”, i te 26 at A Social Affair and Convention Center in Freeport, Grand Bahamas.

 

 

“Bahamian Sons Promotions seeks to create an exciting venue in Freeport and across the Bahamas for live and televised professional boxing,” mea Kimberly Williams, Sherman’s wife and president of Bahamian Sons Promotion. “Easy access to the beautiful islands of the Bahamas are the perfect place to train and get away.”

 

 

Fighting at home in the 10-round event, Williams (39-15-2, 1 NC, 21 Koó) takes on former world light heavyweight title challenger Epifanio “Diamante” Mendoza (43-26-1, 37 Koó), the Colombian knockout artist.

 

 

Williams has been stopped only once in 57 pro whawhai, extending former world champion Joseph Parker a Ruslan Chagaev, as well as top contenders Hammer Karaitiana,Robert Helenius a Manuel Charr, the full distance in their fights. “Tank” defeated former world cruiserweight champion al “Ice” Cole, fought world title challenger Jameel McClineto a draw, and was leading Hall of Famer Evander Holyfield until their 2011 fight was stopped due to questionable referee decision and declared a “no contest.”

 

 

During his 20 ½-years pro career, Williams has used his vaunted “conch (overhand right) meke” to knockout 21 hoariri. His many heavyweight titles have included World Boxing Organization (WBO) China National, Oriental and Asia Pacific, PABA, Kaunihera mekemeke World (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation, World mekemeke Association (WBA) Fedecaribe and World Boxing Foundation Intercontinental championships.

 

 

Mendoza lost his world light heavyweight title fight in 2007 ki Chad Dawson. The still dangerous Colombian defeated previously undefeated Rubin Williams (19-1). He has fought world champions Jeff Lacy, Shumenov Beibu, yunier Dorticos, as well as world title challengers Sullivan Barrera, Luis Ortiz a BJ Flores.

 

 

Popular Florida heavyweight Chris Vendola (8-6, 8 Koó) faces former Mid-American cruiserweight champion Terry Porter (15-26-3, 9 Koó) i roto i te a'ee ono-a tawhio. Mau, a veteran boxer from Arkansas, has been in the ring with world champions James Toney, Samuel Peter a William Guthrie, in addition to infamous Ike Ibeabuchi.

 

 

Texas heavyweight Eugene “Mean Gene” Hill (34-1, 22 Koó), a former World Boxing Association International champion, meets an opponent to be determined. Hill is unbeaten in his last 19 whawhai (18-0-1).

 

 

Also fighting on the “Backyard Rumble” undercard is Houston (TX) Welterweight super Star Johnson (6-28-1), Vero Beach, Florida welterweight Johnathan Pierre (2-0), and New Providence, Bahamas heavyweight Amron “Sandman” Sands (3-0, 3-0).

 

 

All fights and fighters subject to change.

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Mau pohe pere Final mō te kaiwhakahaere Boxing rongonui Si Stern

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Tuhinga MATUA, Fla (Mahuru 6, 2015) -Mekemeke kaiwhakahaere Si Star, peresideni o SHS Mekemeke Whakahaere, haere atu i te matahiti o 81 tenei mua Rāhina e tika ana ki pōauautanga i te whakaeke ngakau.
E toru-te wā Stern whakahaere, Randall e rua-wehenga “Ko te patukia Out Kingi” Bailey, hōia taumahamaha Sherman “Tank” Williams, Marcus “Arilli” Upshaw me mua Cuban Häkinakina Robert Alfonso.
He kaipakihi tino angitu, Williams explained that Stern also had a law degree and studied at one point to be a rabbi. Si recently returned from Romania, te wahi tautoko ia Wiremu i tona whawhai, i runga i te Sabati, 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, te wahi i noho ai ia mo te wiki i mua i to'na fatiraa.
Bailey me Stern o hoa, Dave Johnson, me te tama a Stern, Gary, me te tamahine, Cynthia, were bedside in the hospital with Si for several days until the end. “Korero ahau ki a Si i runga i te po, Rātapu (August 30) a ka he karanga te aonga ake ka mea i ia kua uru ki te hōhipera,” Ua haamaramarama Bailey. “I tukua e ia he whakaeke nui ngakau. I runga a ki raro wiki katoa tae noa ki wiki whakamutunga mea.
Randall Bailey (L) ki Si Stern (pupuri whitiki) me tana tama, Gary Stern, whakaaturia i konei i muri i te patototanga Bailey i Mike Jones i roto i 2012 mo te taitara Welterweight IBF
“Si was a great guy and a good friend. As a manager, he always fought for his boxers. If nobody else cared, Si tiakina; ki te kahore e taea e ratou te reira, 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, rite ka riro ahau i te taitara ao, where he took any money. If Si had your back, hinaaro haere ia ki te whawhai ki a koe.
“Hiahia peia ia ki runga i Key Te Hau-ā-uru ki Miami kia kite i ahau, engari, hei utu mo o noho pō, pei hiahia ia hoki. Hiahia karanga ahau e ia karanga ahau 10 times while he drove home. He was so happy to get me a promotional contract (Whakatairanga AK i Korea) a ka tino titiro whakamua ki toku whawhai Oketopa 4th in Korea. I’m dedicating that fight to Si and we’ll be doing something special.”
L-R: Si Star & Sherman “Tank” Williams whakaaturia i konei i roto i Romania
I whakahaere Williams e Stern mo te mua 11 years and they had a special relationship. They had dinner together in Romania and flew back to the U.S., tae Rātapu, August 30.
“He nui noa atu toku kaiwhakahaere si ko,” Williams offered. “Ko ia he hoa pai, he māia tonu i taea e whakawhirinaki ahau ki runga ki mo te tohutohu, in and out of boxing. Si was an all-around good man. We had many deep discussion about politics and religion, te ahau he Karaitiana, a Si he Hurai, tautautefito ki haamau'araa na maha nga ra tahi i roto i 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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Sherman Williams & Marcus Upshaw Hoki i te mahi i tēnei marama

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Miami (August 9, 2015) – He rua o nga kaitiaki whai, me toa huarahi tuhia, taumahamaha Sherman “Tank” Williams a super whitu tekau Marcus “Arilli” Upshaw, ka rua kia i roto i te maaraa whawhai tenei marama, rite tonu ki to ratou kaiwhakahaere, Si Star, o te Whakahaere SHS Boxing.
Williams (37-14-2, 20 Koó), whawhai i roto i Nassau, Pāhama, haere ki Romania ki te tango i runga i Hammer Karaitiana (17-4, 10 Koó), August 28, i roto i te hui matua 10-a tawhio noa i roto i te whenua o Galati o Galati.
Upshaw(17-4-4, 8 Koó), 35, ka whawhai i roto i te kāwanatanga tana whare mo te wā tuatahi i roto i 2 ½ tau i runga i August 15, ina anga ia tūturu amanaki Turkish Bugra Oener (9-0-0, 3 Koó) i Wynwood Stadium i Miami, i roto i te whawhai 10-a tawhio noa mo te wātea Kaunihera Boxing World (WBC) Interim Mediterranean taitara whitu tekau super.
“He tino nui mō te whawhai e rua e rua enei whawhai,” Parau Stern. “He faingamālie nui ki te kia hoki ki runga i runga i roto i te wehenga taumahamaha Sherman e. Ko ia te tino atamai, me te tino ite. Ka taea e Marcus tiki hoki i runga i te ara toa te wahi kia ia.”
Ka whawhai Williams i tona whenua rerekē waru ki Hammer, te mua mekemeke Organization World (WBO) Toa taumahamaha o te Pākehā. “Ahau i te toa Bahamian,” Faataa Williams aha whawhai ia na e rave rahi hoariri i roto i to ratou iāri. “Na roto i te āhua, i roto i te Karipiana, E matau ana tatou rite kaitiora. Kua haere ahau i toku ora katoa. Kahore rohe tatou, anake wai ki te whiti. Nga wahi katoa whawhai ahau, Ite e ahau kia rite ki te mea i toku oire o Nassau. Ko te whawhai ono rerekē hoki ahau i tenei tau, ko te kotahi anake e te tino tupu tenei. Nga etahi i ngahoro motu mo te tetahi take ranei tetahi. Kei te haere ahau ki te tango i te rawa o tenei faingamālie. Ka fehangahangai ahau te ati whawhai i Romania mo te wa tuatahi, engari haere ahau i reira ki te whakaaro o te belting ia ia i te pou ki te tuku. Kei te haere ahau ki te tango ia ia i roto i. Nana, ka kawea mai e ahau toku tokua tātara (tika nui overhand), e he longo ki te Bahamas, me te iwi nga wahi katoa e aroha te reira.”
Hammer, nana nei i patua ingoa maheni pērā i Kevin Johnson a Danny Williams, kei te haere mai atu i te mate i tenei Hui-tanguru mua ki hinga Tyson riri, i roto i te i haere Hammer i muri i te waru o tawhio i roto i to ratou WBO International taitara whawhai.
“He uaua Hammer,” Na ka mea a Williams. “I ahau i te painga i roto i toku wheako, nana nei ahau kua whawhai i runga i te tau. Kei te haere ahau ki te kia nui atu taikaha atu i roto i te mua. Haere ahau i roto i, kia mau whawhai ki a ia i reira, a ka tango ia ia i roto i. Ko eé rite ahau, e Fres Oquendo, te hunga whakangungu ahau ki roto i Florida, Ko te whakamutunga o nga Mohicans i to tatou whakatupuranga o whawhai. Ahau kaha, me te hauora mo tenei whawhai ahau. Kei te haere ahau ki te tango i tenei taata i roto i nga wai hohonu, me te ka ngaro ia ia.”
Whawhai tino o Upshaw tata hua i roto i te hinganga matekiri, i te ara o te whakatau waru-a tawhio noa i tautohetia, whakamutunga Pipiri ki te tino kainga Lanell Bellows (12-1-1) i roto i te Las Vegas. “Te wā e ahau i taua whawhai, e ngaro tonu,” Upshaw kōrero. “E rapu ana ahau i te mekemeke rerekē mai toku whawhai i roto i te Las Vegas. I pahuatia e ahau, engari ua haapii e kore ahau e ahei te tuku ake te patototanga ra ano toku hoa tauwhainga i roto i. E kore ahau e taea e tona ringa ki te haere i te tawhiti i roto i tenei whawhai (vs. Oener).”
Haere mai waitohu win a Upshaw i 2010 ka ka haere ia ki a Quebec City, me te pouri 21-1-1 hero rohe Renan St. Matau i te ara o te whakatau 10-a tawhio noa, faateitei Marcus i roto i te tūranga whitu tekau ao ki IBF #6, WBO #9 a WBC #11. Upshaw has gone the distance, ahakoa i roto i te parekura, ki nga momo o Mario Antonio Rubio, Rawiri Lemieux, Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez, Edwin Rodriguez, Patrick Majewski a Tarvis Simms.
Ki Oener, Ko Upshaw i runga i te misioni e rapu-a-whakangaromia, aiming to take the final outcome out of the judges’ ringa, despite him fighting at home. “Ko te tino nohopuku Oener otiia e kore mana ki runga ki ona nifó,” Upshaw tuhia. “Kei a ia he rota o te tere, na ka haere ahau ki tona tinana wawe ki te tangohia atu e ona waewae, a ka mutu ia ia. E kore ngā tonu ia 10 rauna ki ahau. Au whiwhi ahau i taua whitiki, a ka hoatu ki ahau i runga i te mahere.”
Upshaw Ko te irāmutu o te mutunga o, nui Gene Upshaw, ko wai te NFL Hall of Fame ino kaitiaki mo nga Raiders Oakland.
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