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Umpetha oshaya isibhakela wakuleli uThabiso Mchunu owaziwa ngelikaThe Rock usekela u-Oleksandr Usyk ekutheni aphoxe aphinde ahlule u-Anthony Joshua uma bobabili sebebhekene enkundleni yase-Tottenham Hotspur.
Ukulwa kwabo bobabili sekuhlehliselwe umhla zingama-25 kuMandulo.
UJoshua oneminyaka engama-31 uzobe elwela isicoco se-WBA Super, i-WBO, i-IBF kanye nese-IBO uzobe elwa nalo aqhathwe naye obizwa ngoThe unbeaten Ukrainian. Lo mpetha wase-British wagcina ukuvikela isicoco sakhe ngesikhathi ehlula uKubrat Piley oqhamuka e-Bulgaria ngoZibandlela.
Ngemuva kokulwa kanye nokuhlulwa u-Usyk ngesikathi ekhankasa esigabeni se-Cruiserweight, uMchunu uthe owake walwa naye angasimangaza isizwe.
“Ngiyakujabulela ukubuka umuntu oshaya isibhakela njengeqhawe. Angisho ukuthi u-Anthony akasishayi isibhakela, kodwa u-Usyk usishaya kangcono. Noma ngabe lo mpetha uyisidlakela kangakanani noma unamandla uma kuziwa ngasekushayeni, kodwa udinga ingqondo nobuhlakani ukuze ukwazi ukuhlula olwa naye”.
U-Usyk unekhono elikhulu, uyashesha, uyakwazi ukunyakaza eringini akami ndawonye, futhi uyakwazi ukuvika” kusho iNingizimu Afrika.
UMchunu uqhubeke wathi “njengoba engumpetha kwi-heavyweight uyindoda uma kuza ngokushaya isibhakela, kodwa ushoda ngolaka njengoba lokho kungamenza ahlulwe ngoba azobe elwa naye uyashesha kakhulu”.
Ngesikhathi uMchunu ehlangana no-Usky eMelika ngonyaka wezi-2016, iNingizimu-Africa yayikhishiwe kwihlandla lesithathu lomjikelezo ngesikhathi ilwela ibhande le-WBO.
Lo kuzobe kungumdlalo wesibili womdlali wesibhakela oneminyaka engama-33, uzobe edlala u-91kg division ebuswa owe-cruiserweight division onesandla sensimbi. Waba umshayi wesibhakela wokuqala owathola ibhande le-WBA Super, nele-WBC, nele-WBO kanye nele-IBF. Ume kumamitha ayi-1.91 nokuqhuba i-13KO lerikhodi yempi eyi-18.
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