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Harrison e whawhai Willie Nelson I Pirimia Boxing Champions I ESPN
Rāhoroi, Hōngongoi 11 Mai i te USF Sun Dome I Tampa
Headlined Na tūturu Star Keith Thurman Fehangahangai Luis Collazo
Jonathan (Pipiri 30, 2015) – Whetu maranga tūturu Tony Harrison (21-0, 18 Koó) Kei te whakatakotoria hoki tana Te Pirimia mekemeke Champions i runga i ESPN pupūtanga ki Willie Nelson (23-2-1, 13 Koó) tango te wahi Rāhoroi, Hōngongoi 11 i te USF Sun Dome i Tampa, a ka titiro ki te hanga i te mana'o i roto i tona tīmata PBC tuatahi.
Whawhai a Harrison ka tohu i te PBC rawa tuatahi i runga i ESPN a'ee, a ka pahika hui matua o te ahiahi ngā toa tūturu Welterweight te ao Keith “Kotahi te Time” Thurman (25-0, 21 Koó) pakanga toa mua te ao Luis Collazo (36-6, 19 Koó) i runga i ESPN, ki te kapinga teata timata i 9 p.m. AND/6 p.m. PT.
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I mua i tomo Harrison te whakakai, ako atu e pā ana ki te whetu Māori me te heke mai Detroit, me te mea kua whiwhi ia ki tenei wāhi i roto i ana kupu ake.
Kua Harrison mekemeke i roto i tona hapu…
E kore noa ko tona papa Ali Salaam te Welterweight ngaio mua, ko tona papa ruau ko te nguha taumahamaha o mua Henry Hank. Whakangungua Harrison e tona papa, a ko i te omaoma ki a ia rā.
“Te reira i te hononga-tama, te papa. I to tatou mau piki, me o matou heke matou, engari te tangata e toku pai he i roto i neke atu i toku papa hinengaro.”
Heoi, ko reira te whaea o Harrison nana nei whakatenatena ia ia kia tīmata mekemeke….
Harrison i pinepine iri i te kura mō te whawhai, me ia ākina ana ngā mātua ki a ia ki te tu ake mo ia, ka kite i tona whaea, he ara pea mōrearea hanga. Ko ia e taea ki tona papa, fakatuipau'i ia ki te tango i Harrison ki te omaoma.
“Kihai toku papa i pai ki te pouaka ahau, engari ka ngenge o te kitenga kia whakatārewatia ahau toku mama. Ka korerotia e ia toku papa ki te hoatu i ahau i roto i te whare hākinakina. Toku mama i mohio e pā ana ki te mekemeke i a ia, ka mea ki te tango ahau ki te omaoma, me te hoki tatou e kore titiro.”
Harrison ko e tupu i te tuarua whakaotinga o te waru kuao ake…
Ko ia te tuarua whakaotinga o ona tuakana e toru, e wha tuahine. Ko ia tata ki tona tuakana Lloyd, 26, te tangata e takaia tonu ona ringa.
“Ko ahau te makanga whakamātautau mo te mea katoa i mahara ki te kia whakamatauria i roto i. Ka e ahau nga kakahu ringa tuarua. Ko ahau te kuao na ko ahau te makanga. A, no te haere mai i runga i mamau, toku tuakana e mahi i te 'Raro Rock’ ki runga ki ahau, a tika kia whiwhi ahau ki runga, me te marama. Ahau uaua hanga tenei mea katoa.”
Tona whanaunga he heke mai NFL Hall o Famer Antonio Gates, ia te tangata e ngā kapa ake ki mo tona weriweri rahi waho mekemeke…
A Harrison koa nui waho o te whakakai haere mai i te kapa o te taitamarikitanga kaitākaro whutupaoro ia kaiako mo te kapa tautoko e Antonio Gates. I nga ra katoa i muri i te whakangungu Harrison kaiako te Michigan Bulldogs o te Arā Youth Football League. Kihai i ngaro ratou i te kēmu i roto i te toru tau.
“No toku ngakau ki nga kuao. I nga ra katoa e haere ahau ki waho, ka mahi ki te hunga kuao. Next tau, ka neke ake ratou ki te rōpū pakeke me te haere ahau ki te mahue ia ratou, ano he haurangi. Ki te kore ahau i mekemeke, E kore e meatia e ahau tetahi mea, engari kia ki te hunga kuao i nga ra katoa.”
Fanauhia i roto i te Detroit, tumanako ia ki te whakaara i te ti'araa o Detroit mekemeke motu…
Kua e te Detroit-Māori whitu nga wa i roto i tona pa home whawhai ano he pro, tino tata i roto i te Mei 2014.
“Ite e ahau kia rite ki te mea Detroit he hotbed mō te mekemeke tonu. E kore i te publicity kua tika i reira. E kore e te tangata e haere mai ki a Detroit rite ratou whakamahia ki a kahore ratou e whiwhi i te taua whai wāhitanga. Kahore he tangata, ko te i roto i konei i runga i te aronga. He te taua taranata, me te ërä o whawhai, te reira e noa taata ki te whakatuwhera ake i te tatau kia hoki ki te pa te ingoa nui, me kamupene nui mai.”
I whakahaere ia e te rongonui Emanuel Steward, a kua whakaakona i te rongonui Kronk Gym…
I whakahaere Harrison e Steward ko ia atu o te kaiako me te hoa whakaaro. I i Kronk sparred ia ki te whawhai runga pērā i Koroniria Bundrage, Andy Lee, Dominique Dolton, Chad Dawson me Luis Collazo.
“Emanuel i nui atu i taku kaiwhakahaere, ko ia toku hoa. I ia he iti moka o te mea katoa. Ka mau ia ki te tiaki o te ahau. E haere ahau i runga i hīkoi ki a ia, i whakapono ahau i roto ia ia. Kei a ia he wahi motuhake i roto i toku ngakau.”
Kei te rite ia mo te taahiraa ake i roto i te whakataetae ki Willie Nelson…
E kore feaa e te ritenga atu Harrison te hoariri uaua o tona mahi pera i tawhiti i runga i Hōngongoi 11 ina whawhai ia te mātanga me te kino Nelson.
“E mohio ana ahau ki a Willie Nelson ko te taata uaua. Hopoi ia te taua hau manawa ahau i tenei wahi, me e haere mai ki te rota o te ngakau. Ohio kua tonu etahi o nga amateurs runga i roto i te whenua, me te haere mai ia i taua wāhi. Ka haere mai ana parekura ki runga whakataetae. Ko ia te toa kino tūturu ki te whawhai.”
A'ei whawhai ia i roto i te PBC tuatahi i runga i ESPN a'ee…
Ko te tino mōhio e Harrison Hōngongoi 11 Ko te whai wāhitanga nui hoki ia. Ko tētahi e ka atu i ana whāinga o toe tūturu me iku hoko i te toa ao.
“Ahau i te ahua o te taata hei te toa tuatahi ki te mahi i te tahi mea [i roto i te PBC tuatahi i runga i ESPN a'ee]. Ki te hiahia koe ki te ngana te tahi mea i roto i mo te wa tuatahi, Ahau e taata. I te reira i toku ora katoa toku teina. Ki te hiahia koe ki te hanga i hītori, karanga koe ki ahau. Ko te huru o te tangata ahau ahau. Ite e ahau kia rite ki au Mr ahau. ESPN. Ahau i te ahua o te taata nei i hanga hītori. Kei te haere ahau ki te mahi i te reira i roto i te ahua faahiahia. Whakaaro ahau e haere ki a koe ki te kite i te pai Tony Harrison kua kite ake koe. Ahau haere mai ahau ki te hoatu i runga i te whakaatu. Te haere ki te hei whakaari.”
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