Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te kaikawe o mua o Crystal Palace me Norwich a Leon McKenzie i korero motuhake ki a Sportsmail i mua i tana tukinga super-middleweight me te Croatian Ivan Stupalo mo te taitara o te International Masters. Kei te whakangungu a McKenzie i te whare hākinakina o East Dulwich nā tōna pāpā - te toa o mua o Ingarangi me Ūropi i te taumaha māmā o Clinton - mō te whawhai nui rawa atu o tōna oranga, ā, e hiahia ana te 36-tau-tau ki te wikitoria i te 14 o Maehe mō tōna pāpā. Ko te tangata i tapaina ko Big McK e korero ana mo te mahi mahi hei kaiwhiwhi, te tiaki i nga tamariki e rima me te whakangungu i nga ra katoa i te mea ko te kaitakaro o mua o Barclays Premier League e whakataurite ana ki a Rocky Balboa. Ko te kaitakaro whutupaoro o mua, ko Leon McKenzie, e whakangungu ana i te whare hākinakina o East Dulwich, nā tōna pāpā a Clinton. Kua kōrero motuhake a McKenzie ki Sportsmail i mua i te whawhai nui rawa o tōna oranga i te 14 o Maehe. Ko te kaitākaro o mua o Crystal Palace a McKenzie e aro atu ana ki a Ivan Stupalo mō te taitara o te International Masters o te taumaha tino-waenga. E rima aku tamariki ataahua hei whakamatau, hei tautoko i te pai e taea ana e au. Ko te mahi me te whawhai kaore au i te pai ake i tetahi atu tangata e mahi ana i te mea ano ki ahau, 'e kii ana a McKenzie ki a Sportsmail. 'Na te mea kua takaro ahau i te whutupaoro Pirimia Pirimia ehara i te mea he pai rawa ahau ki te mahi. 'E mahi ana ahau mō te DPD. Kei te kawea e au he kohinga. He wero tēnei. Kei te kawe au i te 60 neke atu, i te 70 paatete ia rā. E hiki ana koe i ngā pouaka, e eke ana, e heke ana i te waka. Ko tērā pea he whakangungu iti iho. 'I ētahi wā ka oma ahau i waenganui i te mea kei runga i te wā. He rite tonu ki te mea Rocky kei te haere.' Ko te wa pai o te mahi whutupaoro a McKenzie i tae mai i te Paenga-whāwhā 2005, i te wikitoria 2-0 ki te kapa Manchester United e whakamanamana ana ki a Cristiano Ronaldo me Wayne Rooney. Tata ki te 10 tau i muri mai kei te rapu ia i tetahi whakatutukitanga hou, me te patu i a Stupalo i roto i te whawhai 10-a tawhio noa ka waiho ia hei whakahau mo te taitara o te Rohe ki te Tonga. Kei te whakarite a McKenzie mo tana whakataetae taitara me te hiahia o te 36-tau-tau ki te wikitoria i te Maehe 14 mo tona papa. E kōrero ana a McKenzie mō te mahi hei kaiwhiwhi, e tiaki ana i te rima...
Ko Leon McKenzie e aro atu ana ki a Ivan Stupalo i te 14 o Maehe i York Hall i Rānana. Kua rite te 36-tau-tau mo te whawhai nui rawa atu o tona ao tae noa ki tenei wa. Kua whakangungu a McKenzie i te whare hākinakina o East Dulwich nā tōna pāpā. Kei te akiaki a Clinton McKenzie i tana tama ki te'max'i roto i te whakangungu. Kua kōrero motuhake te kaitākaro o mua o te Pirimia ki Sportsmail.