Dylan Bettencourt
Nakuba kusayinyanga yesihlanu kuphela onyakeni, impi eyingqophamlando phakathi kukaKatie Taylor no-Amanda Serrano ithathwe njengempi enkulu kwikhalenda lesibhakela.
Akukaze kwenzeke ngaphambilini ukuthi abesifazane ababili balwe enkundleni enomlando i-Madison Square Garden, angiyiphathi eyokuhamba phambili kwalempi.
Kodwa impi phakathi kwabashayisibhakela ababili besifazane abahamba phambili ayizange iphoxe njengoba abalandeli bethi impi yonyaka.
UTaylor wase-Ireland ugcine ibhande lakhe le-lightweight ngokuwina kwisinqumo sokuhlukanisa ebhekene noSerrano ngoMgqibelo ebusuku.
Isinqumo sokuhlukanisa sigqamisa ukuthi impi ibinganqotshwa noma ngubani njengoba impi ibingahamba nganoma iyiphi indlela ngaphandle kokungaboni ngaso linye.
Bobabili la bashayisibhakela besifazane banamathela ezinhlelweni zabo zempi, uTaylor nguyena owakhiwe kakhulu kulaba ababili. USerrano wehlise umpetha kuyo yonke impi futhi wakhipha ama-straight ambalwa kwesokunxele ukusuka endaweni ye-southpaw.
Kodwa-ke, ngasekupheleni komzuliswano wesine, lezo zinhlelo zempi ziphume ngefasitela ngesikhathi bobabili abashayisibhakela beqala ukukhipha izibhakela ekhoneni leringi.
Ngesikhathi impi ifinyelela eqophelweni eliphezulu, uSerrano ubebukeka ezoqeda le mpi ngoba izibhakela zakhe bezibukeka zingcono kakhulu.
Kodwa-ke, amandla owase-Puerto Rico aqale ukuphela, futhi uTaylor wasebenzisa lelo thuba ngokugcwele, wathola umoya wakhe wesibili emzuliswaneni wesishiyagalombili ngaphambi kokubusa umzuliswano owandulela owamanqamu.
Njengoba impi ifike emzuliswaneni weshumi nowokugcina, abashayisibhakela ababili, isixuku kanye nawo wonke umuntu obebuka emhlabeni bavele bazi ukuthi lokhu kuzophetha njengokwakudala.
Amajaji amabili athole amaphuzu avuna uTaylor, ogcine irekhodi lakhe lokungashaywa kanye nawo wonke amabhande esigabeni se-lightweight.
“Kube yimpi yemizuliswano eyishumi. Ngiyabonga ngokuba kulesi sikhundla futhikanti ngiphakamise i-Madison Square Garden ngoba kuyindawo okuqophwa kuyo umlando. Buka nje esisanda kukwenza.
“Ngake ngasho ngaphambilini ukuthi uma ucabanga nge-Madison Square Garden, ucabanga ngempi eyayiphakathi kukaMuhammad Ali noJoe Frazier, kodwa manje wonke umuntu uzobe ecabanga ngempi kaKatie Taylor no-Amanda Serrano,” kusho uTaylor etshela i-BBC.
Bobabili la bashayisibhakela bamemezele inhloso yabo yokuhlanganisa impinda maduze nje, kanti uphromotha u-Eddie Hearn uphakamise ukuthi bayiphinde ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka.
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