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Hello fight fans around the world.
Las Vegas lives for high stakes,

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and this is as big as it gets.

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For the first time ever, a super fight
lands in a stadium in Sin City.

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This is Canelo versus Crawford
live on Netflix.

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Canelo Álvarez and Terence Crawford

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have ended each of the past two days
staring each other down,

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but the next time they meet face-to-face
will be right before the bell rings.

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All that's left to do
is prove who is the best of this era.

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This is Canelo versus Crawford
live on Netflix.

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Canelo Álvarez fans
have made it a habit of visiting Vegas

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on this weekend every year,

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usually to see their beloved
native son dominate in the ring.

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Does Canelo solidify his place
amongst the greatest fighters

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of all time tonight?

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Or will fans from Omaha, Nebraska,

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and all over the United States
be the ones cheering

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one of their own to victory tonight?

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Terence Crawford has never lost before,

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and he doesn't intend to start now.

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The wait is nearly over.

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Two of the pound-for-pound best
of this century are set to square off.

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Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence Crawford
has arrived live on Netflix.

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This fight's also available
in Spanish, Arabic,

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French, and Portuguese,
truly a worldwide viewing event.

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We are just moments away
from kicking things off

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in the ring with a stacked undercard
and hours away from finding out

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if Canelo or "Bud" Crawford
will have their hand raised.

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Welcome to Canelo versus Crawford.

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I'm Mario Lopez, alongside
five-time champion, Antonio Tarver,

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award-winning biographer
and analyst, Mark Kriegel,

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and Ring magazine's
senior insider, Mike Coppinger.

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Antonio, the moment is here.

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What a fight we are
in store for tonight, my man.

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Hey, what better way
to celebrate Mexican Independence Day

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by featuring the fight of the century

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and Mexico's own iconic champion,
Canelo Álvarez.

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But tonight he's facing, I believe,
his toughest challenge,

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a two-fisted monster Terence Crawford,
also undisputed multiple times.

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Listen, boxing history favors
the bigger guy, the younger guy,

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the so-called A-side.

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Terence Crawford, he's none of that,
but he is the reason we are here.

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And tonight,
without any rehydration clauses

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or catchweights or any of that stuff,

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he is the single biggest threat
to the legacy of Canelo Álvarez.

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Yeah, Mark, and look, these are
not just two of the greatest fighters

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in boxing right now.

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It's two of the greatest fighters
of all time, really.

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We're talking about Canelo Álvarez,

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who's fought everybody
from Floyd Mayweather

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to Gennady Golovkin and Terence Crawford,

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who is so great

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that we think he might be able
to beat Canelo at 168

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when it's just his first fight there.

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He hasn't even fought a 160.

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We're going to see who's the best
of his era.

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This fight will say that.

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Let's take a look
at the main card tonight.

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Lightweight start tonight
as Mohammed Alakel

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takes on Travis Crawford.

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WBC Super Middleweight Interim
World Championship's up for grabs

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as Christian Mbilli faces Lester Martínez.

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And in our co-main event,
rising Irish star, Callum Walsh,

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faces a familiar name to all boxing fans
out there, Fernando Vargas Jr.

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And in the main event, the undisputed

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and Ring magazine's
super middleweight championship,

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Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez
versus Terence "Bud" Crawford.

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Antonio, it's always a big night
when Canelo enters the ring.

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It's always a major event, really.

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Most definitely. Again,
I'll tell you, fight of the century,

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between two of the best fighters
of all time.

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But what makes Canelo special?

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I believe it's his IQ in the ring.

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He's been able
to adapt to any and every style.

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And also, it's his granite chin.

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I mean, if you can't hurt the guy,
how can you knock him out?

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And we've never seen him knocked down
or even close to being stopped.

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So that's why
I believe he's a special talent

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and has a great chance

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of solidifying himself
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He was walking into the ring
very, very confident.

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Let's take a look inside the numbers.

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Canelo has 39 knockouts
in 67 career fights

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for a 62% KO rate.

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He's 23-2-1 in world title fights,

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a four-division champ
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for 12 years strong for a reason, Mike.

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Yeah, look, Antonio mentioned it.

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Canelo Álvarez has incredible power.

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He's knocked out James Kirkland
and Amir Khan and Sergey Kovalev,

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a 175, with a single punch,

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and he broke Billy Joe Saunders' face.

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Terence Crawford is there to be hit,
and if he can't take Canelo's best shot,

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it could be a quick night.

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Well, that is a huge factor.

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Although, Mark, never in boxing history
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at 135 and at 168 pounds.

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Roberto Durán was the last to do it
all the way from lightweight to 160,

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but not 168.

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Crawford's last fight
was two weights down.

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He did a quick pit stop at 154.

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How can he be so confident
in moving up for this challenge?

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There's never been
another Terence Crawford.

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He's the greatest switch hitter
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Genius-level boxing IQ.

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As smart as he is, though,
that's how mean he is.

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If he gets you hurt,
he's going to finish you.

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I think that really the strongest asset
that he does have, though,

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is his self-belief.

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We're here because he would not say no.

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He met with Turki Alalshikh
13 months ago, he goes, "I want Canelo."

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He goes, "What about Vergil Ortiz?"

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"What about…
I want Canelo, and only Canelo."

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And that is why we are here,
because he believes he can win.

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True, his IQ is off the charts,
and his confidence level is sky high.

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Crawford has 31 knockouts in 41 fights
for a 76% knockout rate.

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He's an incredible 19-0
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He's also a four-division world champion
from lightweight to super welterweight,

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and has spent ten consecutive years
in the pound-for-pound top ten,

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the longest active streak by any fighter.

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Only Manny Pacquiao
has ever done it longer.

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And Mike, obviously
those are very, very impressive numbers,

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but numbers don't exactly win fights.

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No, they don't, Mario, but look,

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Terence Crawford,
every time he moves up in weight,

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he gets even better.

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He was a very good puncher at 135 and 140,

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but at 147, he knocked everybody out.

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And maybe he's that rare guy who can carry
that power up to 168.

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We saw his body, his physique.
He is ready.

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And I think Crawford's
one of the all-time greats.

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I'm excited for this one, Mario.

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Hey, Crawford,
one of my favorite fighters.

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You know, I'm Bud County all the way.

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And what makes him special,
I believe, is his belief in himself.

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-You know--
-No.

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No, it's his belief in himself.

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And when you say, a lot of people say,
we got a killer, we got a monster.

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No, Crawford is a killer

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when it comes down to stepping
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Yeah, and he's a strong guy, Mark.
That's the thing.

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You're not gonna be able just
to move him around in there.

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He's got a wrestling background.

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He's got that country strength,
if you will.

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He's got wrestling strength,
and he's always had it.

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I'm very curious to see

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if he can manhandle Canelo
on the inside.

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By the way, one of the most
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Canelo's coach, Eddy Reynoso, trainer,
said, "We're going to knock him out."

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-That's a development.
-That's a bold statement right there.

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Let's welcome right now though,
Hall of Fame journalist

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Jim Gray, who is covering Canelo
and his camp all night.

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Jim.

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Hey, Mario, great to be with you.

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I spoke to Canelo Álvarez a bit earlier.

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He said he spent the entire day
just relaxing at the hotel,

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watching television,
watching golf on television.

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Said it was just a normal fight day,
a very, very long day.

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He also spent the day
eating and hydrating.

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He weighed in yesterday at 167.5 pounds.

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I asked him, what are you going to weigh
when you get into the ring tonight?

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He said he's going to gain
about seven to ten pounds,

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expects to come in the ring somewhere
between 175 and 181.

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I asked him if he's nervous.

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He says, "I am not nervous at all.
I'm never nervous."

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This is what I love to do.

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I also asked him
about the risk of this fight.

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He said "Hey, look,
Terence Crawford is 41-0

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but he's never fought me.

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So we'll have to see
if that record still holds."

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Finally we ended our conversation
like we always do.

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I said, "Canelo, are you ready?"

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And he said, "Born ready."

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Mario, back to you.

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Thank you very much, Jim. I believe him.

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We're just moments away from

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our first fight of the evening
and as the sun begins to set here

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in Vegas, the city lights up the desert
for a once-in-a-lifetime event.

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This is Canelo versus Crawford
live on Netflix.

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Dateline Las Vegas,
and perhaps it goes without saying,

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a fight of this magnitude deserves to
play out in this capital city of fighting.

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The stakes could not possibly
be raised any higher tonight.

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Two of boxing's biggest,
baddest, and best stars collide

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with the entire sports world watching.

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What a fight week it has been.

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Here was the scene
at the Grand Arrivals Tuesday.

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Both Canelo Álvarez
and Terence Crawford celebrated

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with all the deserved fanfare
for what they have accomplished,

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and of course, what is still to come.

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Ladies and gentlemen,
this is Canelo versus Crawford,

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live on Netflix.

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Go back across decades,
into the last century.

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Iron Mike Tyson.

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Only 17 men can claim
to have been the best.

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…César Chávez!

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Nobody can stop this guy.

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They don't normally fight each other,

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much less move up a division,
or in this case two, to do it.

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Terence Crawford isn't normal,
and neither is Canelo Álvarez.

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In the long and glorious history
of Mexican fighters,

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Canelo stands alone.

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Canelo's looking to close the show.

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It is over. Canelo gets the knockout win.

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Not merely a four-division champion,

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but the first fighter of any era
to become undisputed at 168 pounds.

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Down goes Plant, and this one is over.

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And for more than a decade now,
boxing's biggest draw.

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Elegance, and devastation.

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The pound-for-pound king with another win.

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A global sports leading man,
even this night,

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a celebration of Mexican independence,
has long belonged to Canelo.

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And that's exactly why
Terence Crawford made him his target.

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Crawford, too, is one of one.

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And like Canelo, consumed with his legacy.

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I'm all about making history.
I'm going to be on Mount Rushmore.

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The first man in the four-belt era
to become undisputed in two divisions.

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"Bud" Crawford is the undefeated,

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undisputed champion of the world!

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First, 140 then welterweight.

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Terence
"Bud" Crawford is undisputed again!

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Forty-one and 0. Never even been down.

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The greatest switch hitter in the history
of boxing, and likely the meanest.

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Oh! Crawford gets him!

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A pure predator,
eager to hunt way above his weight.

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Oh, my!

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Less for money than the glory.

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Not just Canelo's,

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but all that has eluded him
over the years.

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That man is the best in the world.

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If tonight's the harbinger of a new age,

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it's less about making a fight
than making history.

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Still, how they fight will determine
how they're remembered.

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It's gonna be one
of the best fights in the boxing history.

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A once-in-a-lifetime fight has arrived,

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deciding to whom
this young century belongs.

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Live on Netflix, from Allegiant Stadium
in Las Vegas, Nevada,

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this is Canelo versus Crawford,
and it starts right now.

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Las Vegas, Nevada, is the epicenter
of the sports world.

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Tonight, we are inside the home
of the Las Vegas Raiders,

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hosting boxing for the first time
in its history.

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Live from Allegiant Stadium,
here in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA,

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this is Canelo versus Crawford
live on Netflix.

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What a scene inside Allegiant Stadium,
and as you know, the best is yet to come.

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And with that, I'm Jon Anik.

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Thank you so much for being with us
for this special live event on Netflix.

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So, all-time greatness
can be hard to quantify in a sport

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with a history as rich as boxing,
but Canelo Álvarez

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and Terence "Bud" Crawford
certainly qualify.

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So how fortunate, then,

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that these two absolute giants
of the game remain hungry

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with points to prove
in search of further immortality.

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As such, and rather remarkably,

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this super fight has come
and held together,

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and one way or another, by night's end,
boxing history will never be the same.

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An honor to welcome in
my broadcast partners,

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the legend Max Kellerman,

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fellow legend,
the Hall of Famer Andre Ward.

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-Countdown is on, Andre, here we are.
-Here we are.

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I'm excited as I've been,
and I can't remember the last time.

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Maybe Mayweather-Pacquiao
is when I felt this feeling.

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And it's not just
because it's a big event,

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but this is a real super fight
that has not been manufactured,

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and it's because you got two real guys
across the ring from one another.

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They've been stubborn
about their greatness for a long time.

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Neither fighter wants to give
in any category,

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and you just got the feel.

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It's in the air tonight
that we got a great event,

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but more so a great fight on our hands.

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Right, because real super fights
can't be promoted into existence.

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The way they come about
is the dust settles in an era

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and two guys are left standing.

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In one corner,
undefeated Terence "Bud" Crawford

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fighting for upper echelon
boxing immortality.

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In other corner, Canelo Álvarez,
the face of boxing.

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The two left standing in their era,
a real super fight.

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Boxing could not have better ambassadors
than Canelo Álvarez

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and Terence "Bud" Crawford.

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They will share
that ring here in a matter of hours.

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Let us start with the man who will occupy
the red corner, the face of boxing,

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Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez.

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Yeah, and the question early
in Canelo's career is,

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is he the real deal or not?

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Or is he just a guy being hyped up
to exploit the Mexican boxing audience?

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That market? Oh, no, he was the real deal.

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And he really established that
when he went through Triple G,

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the boogeyman of middleweight division,

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where he left no doubt at the end
of their three-fight series.

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He didn't just inherit the mantle
of "the face of boxing"

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from Mayweather, he earned it.

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And the challenger tonight,
moving up to 168, Andre Ward,

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is Terence Crawford.

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Terence Crawford is a guy who
hasn't been given anything in the sport.

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He comes from Omaha, Nebraska.

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Not many fighters that you know of
that come from Omaha, Nebraska.

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He put the state and the city on the map.

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And he's constantly been questioned

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and doubted throughout
the course of his career.

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He asked for this moment.
Turki Alalshikh gave it.

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Canelo Álvarez obliged.

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He has to show
that tonight he can deliver.

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All right, so this undeniably
is a super fight as we look back

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at some other notable ones
in modern history.

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Some of you remember the fight
of the century,

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Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali,
back in March of 1971.

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The "Rumble in the Jungle," George Foreman
and Muhammad Ali, October 30th 1974.

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Hagler and Hearns, the spring of '85.

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Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson
engaging for the first time in 1997.

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Of course, Mayweather-Pacquiao,
ten years ago,

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and now we arrive at the monster
that is Canelo versus Crawford.

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Boxing is the centerpiece
of the sports world tonight.

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We do not take
your viewership for granted.

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Great to have you with us off the top.
Canelo versus Crawford is live on Netflix.

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What an absolute scene
inside Allegiant Stadium

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for Canelo versus Crawford.

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A lot of people believe architecturally

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this building is custom-made for
combat sports as any stadium could be.

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And we are thrilled to have you
spending your Saturday night with us.

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We kick off the main card
in the lightweight division.

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Mighty Mo, Mohammed Alakel,
determined to kick down the door

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and make his name a global one
in the sport of boxing,

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but out of the blue corner
is the battle-tested Travis Crawford,

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disinclined
to be anyone's stepping stone.

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Mighty Mohammed Alakel
is stepping outside his comfort zone

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for the first time, leaving Riyadh

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to fight under
the bright lights of Las Vegas.

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The unbeaten Saudi prospect
has yet to lose a round as a pro,

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and now he's skipping straight
past the eight-round stage

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and diving into
his first scheduled ten-rounder.

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It's a massive leap for a fighter
still learning on the job,

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though now he's guided by Abel Sanchez,

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the same trainer
who once shaped Gennady Golovkin

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into a feared knockout artist.

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This early in my career,

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I'm excited to show all the hard work
I've been putting throughout the years

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since I was a little kid. And, you know,

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people can actually see my talent
and the hard work.

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In his bracket tonight stands
Travis "Kid Corpus" Crawford,

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a tough Texan with nothing to lose,
and everything to prove.

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He's been through streaks
and setbacks alike,

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but for Crawford this is not
just another fight, it is his last.

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Two weeks later, he ships out
for Army basic training,

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so as such this marks his retirement bout
and his final chance

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to walk away from the ring
with hand raised.

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For Alakel, it's about proving he belongs
on this big stage.

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For Crawford, it's about ending a rather
turbulent career on his own terms.

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We're both exciting.

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We're both really technical fighters.
We're both technical boxers.

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But I know what I bring,
and I'm excited for it.

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Every time I fight,
it's always been fireworks.

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Well, with all the pageantry
you would expect

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for a live event of this magnitude,

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we get ready
for our first main card walkout.

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It is Travis "Kid Corpus" Crawford.

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Heidi Androl with us all night.

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Now, Crawford wanted this fight initially.
It did not go his way,

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but when Mohammed Alakel's opponent
was forced to pull out,

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the call came around,

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and now Crawford is trying
to barge through the door

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and spring what would be
a monumental upset.

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What a moment for this guy, Jon.

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Travis Crawford started boxing at ten,
placed third in the Texas Golden Gloves.

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Now, at just 22,

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he's chasing one last win
before a new fight begins.

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He's trained in Texas,

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and his coach calling him
a good kid with a good heart.

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Crawford steps into the ring
with unique stakes.

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On September 30th,
he ships out for Army basic training,

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aiming to become a Ranger.

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He once tried to join the Marines,
but hand tattoos ruled that out.

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No regrets.
He says fighting is in his blood,

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and now he wants
to fight for something greater.

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I spoke to him
at this week's Open Workout,

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and he said boxing is about legacy,
and his will be defined by service,

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sacrifice, and heart,
both in and out of the ring, guys.

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And what this circumstance
makes this fight for Crawford,

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and we're not talking Bud Crawford here.

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-No, we're not.
-This is his title shot.

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There's no title on the line.

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It's not that kind of fight.
He's fighting a novice professional.

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But this is his shot on the big stage.

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He is about to go into U.S. Army
basic training on September 30th.

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You might have heard some of that
in the feature, but…

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We said to him,
"Well, what if you beat Mohammed Alakel,

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who is all the rage
coming in here tonight,

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has tremendous support
from His Excellency in Saudi Arabia?"

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"What if you win?"

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And Travis said, "Well, I'm not going
to close the book on boxing completely,

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but this is a kid
who always aspired to be a Marine."

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He was disqualified from that initiative
because of his hand tattoos,

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so he's going into the infantry.
He wants to become an Army Ranger,

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and we appreciate the heck
out of his service.

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We'll see what he has to offer

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the sweet science here tonight
on the way out.

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Representing Riyadh
in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Here is Mohammed Alakel making the walk
for his sixth professional fight.

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And, Mike Coppinger, I know you have
followed the early portions of his career.

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This kid has a wisdom
and a maturity and a confidence

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that belies his 21 years on the planet.

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Yeah, absolutely, Jon,
and Mighty Mo, you see him there

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with Abel Sanchez
who also trains another Saudi fighter

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who won earlier on the show
in Sultan Al Muhammad.

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His Excellency
Turki Alalshikh has a dream

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and that is to crown the first champion
from Saudi Arabia.

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Mighty Mo well on his way.

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He fought just 28 days ago
so he's staying sharp and active.

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I like Alakel and very, very impressive

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that he left his comfort zone
to go live, not just train,

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-but to go live in Big Bear.
-Right.

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I'm not sure you could pay me
any amount of money

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to go live in Big Bear, California,
but I tip my hat to this young man.

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He's dedicating himself,
he's dedicating his life

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because he wants
to be a champion and a star.

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And, Max, he really talks
like a thinking man's fighter,

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even though his last fight only lasted
two minutes and 26 seconds.

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He was patient. He walked him down.

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It's gonna be very interesting to see
how far Alakel can take this career.

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And what I see,

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when Coppinger mentioned Turki Alalshikh,

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is looking to crown a champion
from Saudi Arabia,

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who are these guys with?

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-They're with Abel Sanchez.
-Right.

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Like Sultan al-Muhammad…

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this kid fights in the Abel Sanchez mold,

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which I would describe
as ruthless boxer-puncher.

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I like that.

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And the great Roberto Durán
also has a presence

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in the life of Mohammed Alakel.

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Biggest moment of his professional life
beckons right now in Las Vegas.

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And to that end,
we get to the tale of the tape

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for our lightweight opener.

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Travis Crawford back in the weight class
in which he belongs.

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Alakel, 21. Crawford, 22.

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Inch and a half the difference in height,

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no issues on the scale for
a couple of professionals here on Friday.

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Three inches in reach

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with the Scotland-based
Saudi Arabian-born Mohammed Alakel.

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All right, now for the introductions.
the venerable Michael Buffer.

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Ladies and gentlemen,

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good evening and welcome
to Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas

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and the Riyadh Season card
featuring the fight of the century.

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Canelo versus Crawford
and it's all live globally on Netflix.

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A spectacular evening
of world class professional boxing

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for your entertainment.

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Special thanks
to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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and the custodian of the two holy mosques,

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King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,

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His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince,
Mohammed bin Salman,

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and Chairman
of the General Entertainment Authority

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and Saudi Boxing Federation,
His Excellency, Turki Alalshikh.

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This contest and all the bouts
tonight presented by Riyadh Season

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with the General Entertainment Authority.

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And it's all live worldwide on Netflix.

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All bouts sanctioned
by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

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Well, ladies and gentlemen,
let's get this party started!

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This is the first bout of the evening.

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The three judges at ringside, Max DeLuca,
David Sutherland, and Don Trella.

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And inside the ring
in charge of the action at the bell,

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your referee, Robert Hoyle.

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And now for the Riyadh Season card,
live on Netflix,

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ten rounds of boxing
in the lightweight division.

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Introducing first, fighting out
of the blue corner,

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wearing white with red, official weight,

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132.5 pounds.

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As a professional, seven victories
to his credit with two knockouts.

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He has four losses.

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From Corpus Christi, Texas,

468
00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:33,575
he is Travis "Kid Corpus" Crawford!

469
00:26:36,344 --> 00:26:39,014
And across the ring,
fighting out of the red corner,

470
00:26:39,047 --> 00:26:44,753
wearing white with green,
officially weighing in at 132 pounds.

471
00:26:44,786 --> 00:26:48,373
His professional record is a perfect one.

472
00:26:48,406 --> 00:26:53,295
Five fights, five victories,
a KO to his credit,

473
00:26:53,328 --> 00:26:56,748
making his debut here in the United States

474
00:26:56,781 --> 00:27:01,019
from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the undefeated

475
00:27:01,052 --> 00:27:07,692
Mighty Muhammad Alakel.

476
00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:14,716
Coach.

477
00:27:14,749 --> 00:27:16,651
Okay, we went over the rules
in the dressing room.

478
00:27:16,685 --> 00:27:19,054
I want you to obey my commands.
Give me a good, clean fight.

479
00:27:19,087 --> 00:27:21,439
All punches that land here
on the waistline are good.

480
00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:24,592
All that land here are good.
Touch them up. Scoot back.

481
00:27:33,868 --> 00:27:38,023
All right, here we go.
Main card opener live on Netflix,

482
00:27:38,056 --> 00:27:39,207
Travis Crawford.

483
00:27:41,626 --> 00:27:43,244
Taking on the highly touted…

484
00:27:43,278 --> 00:27:46,147
…Saudi Arabian prospect, Mohammed Alakel.

485
00:27:46,181 --> 00:27:49,417
Alakel is in green.
Crawford counters in white.

486
00:27:49,451 --> 00:27:51,753
Early right hand
over the top lands for Alakel.

487
00:27:52,804 --> 00:27:55,657
Abel Sanchez, Alakel's trainer…

488
00:27:56,925 --> 00:28:02,514
teaches responsible boxing,
but wants you to apply it aggressively.

489
00:28:10,538 --> 00:28:12,991
The long range jab from Alakel.

490
00:28:16,795 --> 00:28:19,013
Most of the young fighters
that we've seen tonight

491
00:28:19,047 --> 00:28:22,150
that like to be aggressive
and that have a heavy punch about them,

492
00:28:22,183 --> 00:28:23,635
they don't use that punch.

493
00:28:23,668 --> 00:28:27,989
I like Alakel trying to set up
his offense with that left hand.

494
00:28:28,490 --> 00:28:31,226
Very educated lead hand
from Muhammad Alakel.

495
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:36,614
He is long, he is sharp,

496
00:28:36,648 --> 00:28:38,683
he is fast,
and he's off to an outstanding,

497
00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:40,885
rangy start here against Crawford.

498
00:28:40,919 --> 00:28:45,390
See, early Alakel's
using that speed with instincts

499
00:28:45,423 --> 00:28:47,559
to punch back when he's punched at.

500
00:28:50,395 --> 00:28:51,913
To answer right away.

501
00:29:04,592 --> 00:29:08,263
Alakel's father took him
to a gym in Edinburgh, Scotland,

502
00:29:08,296 --> 00:29:09,397
when he was ten years old.

503
00:29:09,431 --> 00:29:12,083
He has now lived there
for an extended period of time.

504
00:29:12,684 --> 00:29:15,837
But he kept saying in our fighter meeting
just to be in control of everything.

505
00:29:15,870 --> 00:29:17,889
He fights in a very controlled manner
as he rips the body

506
00:29:17,922 --> 00:29:20,041
and now combos up top.

507
00:29:20,074 --> 00:29:21,843
And he also has real speed, guys.

508
00:29:21,876 --> 00:29:25,447
What I always look for in prospects
is the fast twitches, right?

509
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,383
Do they have that kind of electric speed?
He does.

510
00:29:39,644 --> 00:29:43,014
Crawford with a high guard.
One minute now to go round one.

511
00:29:43,515 --> 00:29:46,935
Tell Crawford's a bit discouraged
already, even in this first round,

512
00:29:46,968 --> 00:29:51,372
just not being able to reach Alakel
and get inside of those long arms.

513
00:29:53,475 --> 00:29:56,244
Right hand lands over the top for Alakel,

514
00:29:56,277 --> 00:29:58,029
and now he rips the body.

515
00:29:58,062 --> 00:29:59,931
It's no better
outside the house for Crawford,

516
00:29:59,964 --> 00:30:01,065
so it's better for him

517
00:30:01,099 --> 00:30:03,885
to try to get inside the house to see
if he can get something moving there,

518
00:30:03,918 --> 00:30:06,938
because standing outside the house
is a lot dangerous, too.

519
00:30:06,971 --> 00:30:08,690
He's getting hit
with big shots from the outside.

520
00:30:08,723 --> 00:30:12,177
But that's what I mean about speed,
like elite hand speed, Dre.

521
00:30:12,844 --> 00:30:15,647
Alakel is throwing one-twos
and catching them with right hands

522
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:16,931
in the middle of the ring

523
00:30:16,965 --> 00:30:19,000
when Crawford's in responsible
defensive position.

524
00:30:19,033 --> 00:30:20,585
He's got that kind of speed.

525
00:30:23,304 --> 00:30:26,741
First ten-round fight for Mohammad Alakel.

526
00:30:26,774 --> 00:30:28,109
Previous long was six.

527
00:30:28,142 --> 00:30:31,896
This is also his first fight
outside the kingdom of Riyadh.

528
00:30:33,381 --> 00:30:34,599
Ten seconds.

529
00:30:42,323 --> 00:30:43,942
Time!

530
00:30:52,333 --> 00:30:56,154
Are you loosened up? You loose already?

531
00:31:00,241 --> 00:31:04,212
We gotta close that gap, okay?
Right now he's setting his timing.

532
00:31:04,245 --> 00:31:06,264
He's getting comfortable.
We can't do that.

533
00:31:06,297 --> 00:31:07,782
-We gotta work, okay?
-Yes, sir.

534
00:31:07,815 --> 00:31:09,167
Gotta close that distance.

535
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,387
When you're throwing that jab, amigo,
push up on the jab, all right?

536
00:31:12,420 --> 00:31:14,289
Try to throw it a little bit too low.
Push up.

537
00:31:14,322 --> 00:31:17,125
You gotta start doubling up
on the jab so you can close.

538
00:31:17,158 --> 00:31:19,043
I need that right foot
a little bit more out,

539
00:31:19,077 --> 00:31:20,995
so you have a better sense of balance,

540
00:31:21,029 --> 00:31:23,147
and you can distribute that right hand.
That double jab.

541
00:31:23,181 --> 00:31:24,232
-Sí.
-Okay?

542
00:31:24,265 --> 00:31:26,618
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545
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546
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547
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548
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549
00:31:48,139 --> 00:31:50,074
All right, round two of a possible ten.

550
00:31:50,108 --> 00:31:52,844
Mohammed Alakel in green,
Travis Crawford in white.

551
00:31:55,079 --> 00:31:57,865
What I mean for Crawford
being outside of the house,

552
00:31:57,899 --> 00:32:02,020
meaning the inside
of the house is closer range.

553
00:32:02,053 --> 00:32:06,541
He's gotta sell out to get there,
because it's nasty right now outside.

554
00:32:06,574 --> 00:32:07,525
It's raining.

555
00:32:07,558 --> 00:32:08,826
It's just a bad neighborhood, right?

556
00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:10,778
-It's all bad.
-It's a bad neighborhood.

557
00:32:10,812 --> 00:32:13,131
Yeah, he's allergic to bees. It's a nest.

558
00:32:13,164 --> 00:32:14,382
You got to get inside the house,

559
00:32:14,415 --> 00:32:16,684
but he has to
because that's happening now.

560
00:32:16,718 --> 00:32:19,771
These punches are starting to move him.
He's clearly getting hurt by these shots.

561
00:32:19,804 --> 00:32:21,189
He's got to double up a jab.

562
00:32:21,222 --> 00:32:23,825
Throw the jab
two or three times and rush in.

563
00:32:23,858 --> 00:32:27,278
And he may get hit with a shot,
but that's a safer place to be.

564
00:32:27,312 --> 00:32:29,297
He could possibly get some offense going

565
00:32:29,330 --> 00:32:31,733
instead of just being
a catcher right now on the outside.

566
00:32:31,766 --> 00:32:36,638
It's not that Alakel can't throw
crooked shots, bent shots.

567
00:32:36,671 --> 00:32:40,708
But he optimizes his speed
by throwing those straight shots,

568
00:32:40,742 --> 00:32:42,443
those straight one-twos.

569
00:32:42,477 --> 00:32:43,761
Already with the hand speed,

570
00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:46,864
but the shortest distance
between two points is that straight line.

571
00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:49,550
I think Alakel is quicker than he is fast.

572
00:32:49,584 --> 00:32:51,369
The one-two, the quick hook.

573
00:32:51,402 --> 00:32:53,855
-It gets to the point… Just like that.
-Yep.

574
00:32:53,888 --> 00:32:55,657
If he throws five or six combinations,

575
00:32:55,690 --> 00:32:56,908
that may not look fast,

576
00:32:56,941 --> 00:32:59,844
but he gets to point A
and point B very quickly.

577
00:33:00,595 --> 00:33:03,264
It's great technique.
I mean, those jabs straight as an arrow.

578
00:33:03,297 --> 00:33:05,033
I'll tell you what, he got shook up

579
00:33:05,066 --> 00:33:06,734
with the right hand just then, Alakel.

580
00:33:06,768 --> 00:33:08,636
That's because Crawford is pressing more.

581
00:33:08,670 --> 00:33:11,022
He's making Alakel fight on his back foot,

582
00:33:11,055 --> 00:33:13,508
which he did not do the first round
and a half.

583
00:33:13,541 --> 00:33:16,594
And he punched with Alakel.
When a guy is that much faster,

584
00:33:16,627 --> 00:33:19,447
you got to use timing
and try to catch him in an exchange,

585
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,016
which is how Crawford landed
the right hand.

586
00:33:22,050 --> 00:33:24,752
Short uppercut as Crawford
tries to close the distance.

587
00:33:24,786 --> 00:33:26,738
Under 90 seconds to go, round two.

588
00:33:27,905 --> 00:33:32,043
Fight slightly looking a little different
now that Crawford's getting closer.

589
00:33:32,076 --> 00:33:34,612
Yep, it was that good uppercut
from Alakel,

590
00:33:34,645 --> 00:33:35,897
but that right hand from Crawford

591
00:33:35,930 --> 00:33:39,117
definitely changed
the tenor of this round.

592
00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:45,323
Once again,
the jab of Alakel is heard from.

593
00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:58,803
Body shot is there for Alakel,

594
00:33:58,836 --> 00:34:00,938
who was a little bit understated here
during fight week,

595
00:34:00,972 --> 00:34:04,308
but when the lights come on,
ready for prime time.

596
00:34:04,342 --> 00:34:07,528
He struck me as a young man
who's just about business.

597
00:34:07,562 --> 00:34:09,781
-Yes. Right, right.
-You know, he's not messing around.

598
00:34:09,814 --> 00:34:11,783
Well, he said as much.
He said, "I don't really like doing this.

599
00:34:11,816 --> 00:34:13,017
I don't really want to talk to you guys.

600
00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:14,769
I appreciate being here,
but I just want to fight."

601
00:34:14,802 --> 00:34:16,821
Stop, stop. I got you. Thank you.

602
00:34:20,875 --> 00:34:24,846
Some numbers,
unofficial through a round and a bit.

603
00:34:28,332 --> 00:34:30,384
Crawford's doing a better job this round.

604
00:34:36,591 --> 00:34:37,708
Good level change.

605
00:34:37,742 --> 00:34:39,844
Alakel attacking the body late
in round two.

606
00:34:39,877 --> 00:34:42,096
Thought that was the best punch
of the fight for him so far.

607
00:34:42,130 --> 00:34:43,448
Left hook to the body.

608
00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:49,871
All right, two rounds down.

609
00:34:56,494 --> 00:35:00,531
Okay, another very good round.
I just would like to see a nice body shot,

610
00:35:00,565 --> 00:35:02,750
but I want to see a hook
back on top, okay?

611
00:35:02,784 --> 00:35:05,603
So double them up.
Very, very good round. Deep breath.

612
00:35:06,554 --> 00:35:08,322
Deep breath. Okay.

613
00:35:08,823 --> 00:35:10,091
Jab's got to be important.

614
00:35:10,124 --> 00:35:12,460
When you're backing up, I want to see
that jab and I want to see a fade.

615
00:35:12,493 --> 00:35:15,313
Make him stop. Make him stop.
Don't let him come to you. Make him stop.

616
00:35:15,346 --> 00:35:16,364
Okay.

617
00:35:19,350 --> 00:35:22,120
Let him stop.
That jab, that kick, that hook.

618
00:35:24,021 --> 00:35:25,356
As soon as he starts coming forward,

619
00:35:25,389 --> 00:35:27,508
you've got to give him a little fade
to make him stop. Okay.

620
00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:30,011
And that body shot is great, but I've got
to see something on top of it.

621
00:35:30,044 --> 00:35:31,879
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622
00:35:31,913 --> 00:35:33,364
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623
00:35:33,397 --> 00:35:36,067
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624
00:35:36,100 --> 00:35:37,568
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625
00:35:37,602 --> 00:35:41,305
Frankenstein is coming to Netflix
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626
00:35:46,844 --> 00:35:50,498
So, Mohammed Alakel,
at this stage of his career, he is green,

627
00:35:50,531 --> 00:35:52,016
but he has not lost a single round

628
00:35:52,049 --> 00:35:54,252
on a single scorecard.

629
00:35:54,285 --> 00:35:55,770
There we go.

630
00:35:55,803 --> 00:35:58,372
So, let's see the extent
to which Travis Crawford

631
00:35:58,406 --> 00:36:00,708
can challenge him here.
Round three is upon us.

632
00:36:05,496 --> 00:36:08,749
I don't know if Crawford catches him
with a right hand like that, Dre,

633
00:36:08,783 --> 00:36:09,834
just coming in one-two.

634
00:36:09,867 --> 00:36:12,653
I think he may have to try to time him
in an exchange to land that right hand.

635
00:36:12,687 --> 00:36:14,589
-He just did that.
-Yeah.

636
00:36:16,207 --> 00:36:18,376
But clearly when Crawford
is pressing forward

637
00:36:18,409 --> 00:36:23,164
and doesn't throw and then stop
and allow Alakel to land the shots

638
00:36:23,197 --> 00:36:26,284
on the outside like he's been,
he's having a lot more success.

639
00:36:30,805 --> 00:36:34,325
Max, you talk a lot--
Talk a lot about fighters computing things

640
00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:37,011
and how quickly a fighter
can figure something out.

641
00:36:37,044 --> 00:36:39,881
Crawford figured that out pretty quickly.
It took a full round,

642
00:36:39,914 --> 00:36:43,251
but that's what high-level boxing
at every level is about.

643
00:36:43,284 --> 00:36:45,469
Something isn't working,
let me do something different.

644
00:36:45,503 --> 00:36:47,288
Oh, that works,
I'm going to stick with it.

645
00:36:47,321 --> 00:36:49,857
That's why in our main event tonight
in the super fight,

646
00:36:49,891 --> 00:36:54,028
Canelo-Crawford, the reason
they're the two guys left standing

647
00:36:54,061 --> 00:36:56,831
from that era
is they have the deepest bags.

648
00:36:56,864 --> 00:36:59,133
-They make the best adjustments.
-Yeah, right.

649
00:36:59,166 --> 00:37:03,454
Luey Villarreal has done
an outstanding job with Travis Crawford.

650
00:37:03,487 --> 00:37:05,656
Under two minutes here to go in round two.

651
00:37:09,944 --> 00:37:11,712
Crawford had more success

652
00:37:11,746 --> 00:37:14,966
if he took his lead hand, stuck that out,
and then threw some of the shots

653
00:37:14,999 --> 00:37:18,035
like he just tried to throw there.
He's leading with shots and he's landing.

654
00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:21,589
How much more if he didn't,
if he came behind the jab?

655
00:37:21,622 --> 00:37:23,207
It looked to me from here like he landed

656
00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:24,809
a good right uppercut.
But Alakel back

657
00:37:24,842 --> 00:37:27,245
-with a good right hand of his own.
-A good answer.

658
00:37:36,053 --> 00:37:38,706
Body shot is there for Crawford,
not much on it.

659
00:37:39,790 --> 00:37:42,076
Oh, good right uppercut from Alakel.

660
00:37:42,576 --> 00:37:46,080
That might have been the best punch
of the fight for him so far.

661
00:37:46,113 --> 00:37:47,798
His vision's outstanding.

662
00:37:52,887 --> 00:37:55,072
Shot selection pretty good
for Alakel thus far tonight,

663
00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:56,807
under a minute to go, round three.

664
00:38:02,897 --> 00:38:05,616
Alakel's landing some good body shots.

665
00:38:05,650 --> 00:38:07,635
These first two and a half minutes--

666
00:38:07,668 --> 00:38:10,688
Excuse me, two and a half rounds,
and Crawford should do the same.

667
00:38:10,721 --> 00:38:13,858
Alakel's got a long torso.
He's got a lot to hit down there.

668
00:38:19,647 --> 00:38:21,349
See, that body's open right now.
There you go.

669
00:38:21,382 --> 00:38:24,035
We've seen all night on this undercard,

670
00:38:24,068 --> 00:38:27,989
even when the so-called A-side
comes in favored,

671
00:38:28,539 --> 00:38:32,593
they are good competitive fights.
And the B-side has scored

672
00:38:32,626 --> 00:38:34,962
-some upsets already.
-Yep.

673
00:38:34,996 --> 00:38:37,748
You can see
that Crawford did not show up to lose,

674
00:38:37,782 --> 00:38:40,518
and he is reaching Alakel
with some real shots

675
00:38:41,035 --> 00:38:42,069
in these first three rounds.

676
00:38:42,103 --> 00:38:45,556
Nice left hand a moment ago
by Travis Crawford.

677
00:38:48,476 --> 00:38:51,679
Trying to give the unbeaten
Mohammed Alakel a real challenge.

678
00:38:51,712 --> 00:38:53,014
Nine minutes--

679
00:38:53,047 --> 00:38:54,115
Time!

680
00:38:59,036 --> 00:39:00,705
Good round, son. Deep breath.

681
00:39:02,256 --> 00:39:04,392
-Deep breath. Deep breath.
-Good.

682
00:39:04,425 --> 00:39:05,726
-How's your energy level?
-Good.

683
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:08,012
-You're good? Okay.
-Big deep breaths.

684
00:39:08,045 --> 00:39:09,296
Start throwing that jab, man.

685
00:39:09,330 --> 00:39:11,349
When you throw the perfect jab,
it's working, son.

686
00:39:11,382 --> 00:39:14,285
You're backing him up,
but you're just not following through.

687
00:39:14,318 --> 00:39:16,721
You have to come back with that two.

688
00:39:16,754 --> 00:39:20,257
Again, put the right foot up, you know,
throw the two with some power.

689
00:39:20,775 --> 00:39:23,761
Slip his jab and counter that two,
what we worked on, okay?

690
00:39:23,794 --> 00:39:25,946
-Breathe deep.
-It's there, son. It's there.

691
00:39:26,847 --> 00:39:28,716
We're in Las Vegas, Nevada

692
00:39:28,749 --> 00:39:32,770
for Canelo versus Crawford
live on Netflix.

693
00:39:32,803 --> 00:39:35,189
What cannot these drones do?

694
00:39:35,222 --> 00:39:38,542
One of them nearly buzzed Andre Ward
during our rehearsal yesterday.

695
00:39:38,576 --> 00:39:41,695
Allegiant Stadium opening its doors
to boxing for the first time

696
00:39:41,729 --> 00:39:46,967
in this amazing venue's history
here on Mexican Independence Day weekend.

697
00:39:47,551 --> 00:39:49,153
And the stars have aligned

698
00:39:49,186 --> 00:39:50,704
for Canelo and Crawford

699
00:39:50,738 --> 00:39:54,291
now just a couple of hours away
live on Netflix.

700
00:39:58,763 --> 00:40:01,482
These nights in
this amazing venue's history.

701
00:40:01,515 --> 00:40:04,001
But the venue hasn't been
around long enough

702
00:40:04,034 --> 00:40:06,020
to have an amazing history yet.

703
00:40:06,053 --> 00:40:07,905
-No, no! Stop!
-To have an amazing history yet.

704
00:40:07,938 --> 00:40:09,557
-It is an amazing venue.
-Let's go.

705
00:40:09,590 --> 00:40:11,008
But nights like tonight,

706
00:40:11,041 --> 00:40:15,362
Canelo-Crawford,
is how you create an amazing history

707
00:40:15,396 --> 00:40:17,431
-in a venue like this.
-No doubt.

708
00:40:18,616 --> 00:40:22,019
And despite 70,000 seats,
you really feel an intimacy,

709
00:40:22,052 --> 00:40:26,624
which I think plays well for combat.
Round four, Alakel and Crawford.

710
00:40:30,444 --> 00:40:32,196
It feels more like

711
00:40:32,229 --> 00:40:35,282
an arena on steroids
than it does a stadium.

712
00:40:38,152 --> 00:40:42,123
Good lead hook from Alakel,
disciplining Crawford

713
00:40:42,156 --> 00:40:44,408
for getting reckless
and reaching toward him.

714
00:40:44,909 --> 00:40:46,444
Coach Skipper Kelp with us all night.

715
00:40:46,477 --> 00:40:47,912
Skipper, how do you have it through three?

716
00:40:47,945 --> 00:40:49,480
I have a three-nothing for Alakel.

717
00:40:49,513 --> 00:40:51,799
He's controlling the distance
and the fight from the outside,

718
00:40:51,832 --> 00:40:54,201
but Crawford can get in
and get some work in, he just

719
00:40:54,235 --> 00:40:58,088
has to make a better attempt, maybe
off of a bunch of jabs to get close.

720
00:40:58,639 --> 00:41:00,508
All right, thank you, Skip.

721
00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:02,843
Yeah, we'll see
if Crawford can remain committed.

722
00:41:02,877 --> 00:41:04,662
Got his way inside there.

723
00:41:04,695 --> 00:41:06,313
And it was when Alakel was going to punch.

724
00:41:06,347 --> 00:41:09,750
I don't think Crawford has the speed
just to make it happen on his own,

725
00:41:09,783 --> 00:41:13,304
although Skipper makes a good point,
when you work your way in behind the jab.

726
00:41:13,337 --> 00:41:16,857
But if he punches
with Alakel in the exchanges,

727
00:41:16,891 --> 00:41:19,059
to me it seems
is where he's catching him.

728
00:41:26,534 --> 00:41:30,054
Now, it's time for Alakel
to make another adjustment.

729
00:41:33,224 --> 00:41:34,325
Crawford made one.

730
00:41:35,309 --> 00:41:36,777
Now, Alakel has to make one.

731
00:41:37,711 --> 00:41:40,397
It's the thinking that goes into fighting.

732
00:41:40,431 --> 00:41:42,583
What's the adjustment Alakel
has to make, Andre?

733
00:41:42,616 --> 00:41:45,186
He either has to be disciplined
to stay outside

734
00:41:45,219 --> 00:41:47,805
and let that be where
the fight's going to be fought,

735
00:41:47,838 --> 00:41:50,975
or if he's mid-range, like right there,
let those shots go,

736
00:41:51,008 --> 00:41:53,611
but don't give Crawford anything
in return

737
00:41:53,644 --> 00:41:55,946
because when Crawford lands,
he gets confident.

738
00:41:56,947 --> 00:42:00,251
And don't abandon the body work
that he started in the first round.

739
00:42:02,069 --> 00:42:05,072
More linear than lateral movement
out of Alakel here.

740
00:42:05,105 --> 00:42:06,757
Round four goes under a minute.

741
00:42:13,047 --> 00:42:15,249
I like that from Alakel just then, Andre.

742
00:42:15,282 --> 00:42:16,784
He kind of varied the speed

743
00:42:16,817 --> 00:42:19,904
to match his opponent's rhythm
so he didn't waste his offense.

744
00:42:23,824 --> 00:42:26,160
And wound up landing
a little left uppercut on the inside

745
00:42:26,193 --> 00:42:28,095
instead of just missing something big.

746
00:42:34,985 --> 00:42:37,454
Crawford able to partially land
to the body.

747
00:42:38,072 --> 00:42:40,491
A lot of defensive responsibility
out of Alakel

748
00:42:40,524 --> 00:42:42,610
and shows a nice moment offensively there.

749
00:42:42,643 --> 00:42:44,161
Yeah, that was a good body shot
right there.

750
00:42:44,194 --> 00:42:46,447
He got Crawford's attention
and he hasn't thrown a punch since.

751
00:42:48,816 --> 00:42:51,201
That's what he called for
and he ripped it from the right hand.

752
00:42:58,025 --> 00:42:59,360
Time!

753
00:42:59,944 --> 00:43:01,795
All Alakel through four.

754
00:43:09,003 --> 00:43:10,354
Another great round.

755
00:43:10,387 --> 00:43:12,323
Now, you're throwing
a nice little hook on top,

756
00:43:12,356 --> 00:43:13,907
gonna see that right hook
on the top too, okay?

757
00:43:13,941 --> 00:43:15,342
When you get close, okay?

758
00:43:19,463 --> 00:43:20,547
Deep breath.

759
00:43:22,232 --> 00:43:23,934
You're doing great. You're looking good.

760
00:43:23,968 --> 00:43:25,986
Just don't take loans on me, okay?

761
00:43:26,020 --> 00:43:27,705
Be first. Don't take loans on me.

762
00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:30,741
Always finish good.

763
00:43:32,409 --> 00:43:34,612
At 30 seconds, you start to work.

764
00:43:35,412 --> 00:43:37,564
Don't let him take it away from you.

765
00:43:37,598 --> 00:43:39,400
Just finish the round
is what he's trying to tell you.

766
00:43:39,433 --> 00:43:41,885
All right? You understand that, right?
Number one.

767
00:43:43,270 --> 00:43:48,075
Omaha, Nebraska's Terence "Bud" Crawford…

768
00:43:48,108 --> 00:43:49,994
…being shown in-house

769
00:43:50,027 --> 00:43:52,229
for the first time here
at Allegiant Stadium.

770
00:43:52,262 --> 00:43:55,215
Moments ago, he arrived in advance
of the biggest fight

771
00:43:55,249 --> 00:43:59,770
of his professional life,
trying to head back to Cornhusker country

772
00:43:59,803 --> 00:44:03,257
at 42-0, with yet more rarefied air.

773
00:44:03,290 --> 00:44:05,159
And as a professional boxer,

774
00:44:05,192 --> 00:44:07,778
here we go, though,
as the undercard continues now.

775
00:44:07,811 --> 00:44:10,798
Mohammed Alakel and Travis Crawford,
round five.

776
00:44:20,157 --> 00:44:22,860
Alakel right back to work
off of that straight jab.

777
00:44:28,549 --> 00:44:33,103
Coach Abel Sanchez seems to like
everything that Alakel is doing.

778
00:44:33,137 --> 00:44:36,573
Gave him a few instructions, but he said,
that's another good round.

779
00:44:36,607 --> 00:44:37,941
Oh, beautiful.

780
00:44:42,646 --> 00:44:43,931
Not necessarily combinations,

781
00:44:43,964 --> 00:44:46,183
but Alakel makes a lot
of these single shots count,

782
00:44:46,216 --> 00:44:48,118
and Crawford just has been
rendered reactionary,

783
00:44:48,152 --> 00:44:49,586
not a whole lot coming back.

784
00:44:49,620 --> 00:44:51,922
Well, the reason for that is
because you see that punch.

785
00:44:51,955 --> 00:44:54,324
The left hand, the lead hand,

786
00:44:54,358 --> 00:44:56,994
the closest hand to the opponent
is starting to wake back up.

787
00:44:57,027 --> 00:44:59,697
Alakel got away from that in round three
and round four.

788
00:44:59,730 --> 00:45:02,232
I also think what you said earlier
about the body drag,

789
00:45:02,266 --> 00:45:05,953
when Alakel's all upstairs
and Crawford can time it

790
00:45:05,986 --> 00:45:08,922
and get in there and punch with him,
it's one thing.

791
00:45:08,956 --> 00:45:11,141
But when those combinations
come downstairs, too,

792
00:45:11,175 --> 00:45:13,677
it gives him something else
to think about.

793
00:45:13,711 --> 00:45:15,596
It's a bad day for you
when you've got a fighter

794
00:45:15,629 --> 00:45:17,097
that can rip shots to the body

795
00:45:17,131 --> 00:45:19,750
and to the head and then back to the body.
It's a problem.

796
00:45:28,642 --> 00:45:31,662
Oh! Beautiful left hook by Alakel.
Got Crawford's attention.

797
00:45:33,864 --> 00:45:35,949
Well, Crawford thought
the one-two was all there was,

798
00:45:35,983 --> 00:45:38,635
and there was a third punch
behind it that caught him with it.

799
00:45:45,826 --> 00:45:47,544
Crawford starting to bleed a little bit,

800
00:45:47,578 --> 00:45:50,380
perhaps out of the nose or so it appears.

801
00:45:50,414 --> 00:45:54,251
Just over a minute here to go round five.
Short uppercut is there for Alakel.

802
00:45:55,469 --> 00:45:58,472
Nice up jab right there,
meaning it starts on the thigh

803
00:45:58,505 --> 00:45:59,923
and you just shoot it up.

804
00:45:59,957 --> 00:46:02,643
You don't have to bring it back
in its normal, traditional position.

805
00:46:02,676 --> 00:46:04,828
It's a hard shot to defend against.

806
00:46:04,862 --> 00:46:06,079
Hard to see coming.

807
00:46:06,113 --> 00:46:08,215
It's a shot that most coaches don't teach.

808
00:46:11,535 --> 00:46:14,788
Crawford just now able
to draw a smile out of Alakel.

809
00:46:14,822 --> 00:46:16,790
I think that's the first time
I saw Mighty Mo smile

810
00:46:16,824 --> 00:46:18,826
throughout this entire fight week.

811
00:46:18,859 --> 00:46:21,044
I mean, Crawford's doing
little things in there that are good.

812
00:46:21,078 --> 00:46:23,881
He's looking off right hands.
He just did it there.

813
00:46:23,914 --> 00:46:25,816
But he's dealing with a speed deficit.

814
00:46:38,462 --> 00:46:40,881
Crawford's got to make up his mind
that he's going to go.

815
00:46:44,501 --> 00:46:46,837
He has moments, but they're not sustained.

816
00:46:52,176 --> 00:46:55,979
Yeah, I mean, that's another thing
that separates levels, right, Andre?

817
00:46:56,680 --> 00:46:57,798
You're making adjustments,

818
00:46:57,831 --> 00:47:00,284
but how quickly can you make
and implement adjustments?

819
00:47:00,317 --> 00:47:02,202
And then another one, if need be.

820
00:47:04,972 --> 00:47:06,356
Time!

821
00:47:12,412 --> 00:47:14,598
Another wrinkle that Alakel showed.

822
00:47:14,631 --> 00:47:15,866
He tried the overhand right.

823
00:47:15,899 --> 00:47:18,352
When that doesn't work, take a half step
back and shoot it underneath.

824
00:47:18,385 --> 00:47:22,105
That's good stuff right there.
Good combination from Alakel.

825
00:47:22,139 --> 00:47:24,808
Crawford reached,
missed that same uppercut

826
00:47:24,842 --> 00:47:25,993
that he just landed,

827
00:47:26,026 --> 00:47:28,478
but that's okay
because Alakel followed it back up

828
00:47:28,512 --> 00:47:30,781
with the hook
to get himself out of danger.

829
00:47:32,099 --> 00:47:35,219
You understand?
Like, you had him in this corner.

830
00:47:35,252 --> 00:47:38,355
That was your time. Sit down.
You're still standing up.

831
00:47:38,388 --> 00:47:40,524
You need to sit down on those shots.

832
00:47:41,875 --> 00:47:44,378
That left foot,
let's start working that left foot.

833
00:47:46,446 --> 00:47:50,400
How you feeling?
You're winning every round backing him up.

834
00:47:50,434 --> 00:47:53,754
When you back them up,
that's when we're successful, okay?

835
00:47:53,787 --> 00:47:55,656
We're not successful
in the middle of the ring.

836
00:47:55,689 --> 00:47:57,991
We're successful when
you're backing them up.

837
00:47:58,492 --> 00:48:01,495
Let's go.

838
00:48:01,528 --> 00:48:02,679
Let's go!

839
00:48:12,956 --> 00:48:17,444
All right, here we go. Round six.
Mohammed Alakel and Travis Crawford.

840
00:48:17,477 --> 00:48:19,846
It did appear as though
when Crawford had Alakel up

841
00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:23,467
against the ropes in round five,
there was a right hand that just missed.

842
00:48:23,500 --> 00:48:25,002
Could have been consequential.

843
00:48:25,969 --> 00:48:28,722
Alakel has not scored
a lot of knockouts as a pro

844
00:48:28,755 --> 00:48:30,490
in his young career.

845
00:48:31,191 --> 00:48:34,478
Andre, sometimes a prospect
has to get what they used to call

846
00:48:34,511 --> 00:48:36,813
his man bones, right,
before he could really…

847
00:48:37,764 --> 00:48:41,268
start sitting down on those punches.
They have greater effect.

848
00:48:41,301 --> 00:48:44,171
Do you see any of that here,
or is there some other reason

849
00:48:44,204 --> 00:48:47,207
that you see that Alakel
is not getting stoppages

850
00:48:47,240 --> 00:48:48,275
based on this fight.

851
00:48:48,308 --> 00:48:51,244
I think he has the speed
slash quickness that we talked about.

852
00:48:51,278 --> 00:48:54,665
I think he punches hard enough.
I think it's more of a temperament thing.

853
00:48:54,698 --> 00:48:58,602
We've seen young fighters tonight
not have to be told to be aggressive,

854
00:48:58,635 --> 00:49:01,989
not have to be told to follow up
after they land a good combination.

855
00:49:02,022 --> 00:49:04,024
The same way Alakel
was in our fighter meeting,

856
00:49:04,057 --> 00:49:07,277
just even keel,
very matter of fact and calm.

857
00:49:07,311 --> 00:49:11,298
He's the same way as a fighter,
at least at this stage in his career.

858
00:49:11,331 --> 00:49:12,966
All right, two minutes to go, round six.

859
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:14,818
Skipper Kelp, what do you see
through five and a half?

860
00:49:14,851 --> 00:49:16,803
Well, I see Crawford
at least attempting to do

861
00:49:16,837 --> 00:49:19,323
what his trainers told him to,
get inside and work.

862
00:49:19,356 --> 00:49:22,092
You see he's pushing forward
a lot more aggressively now.

863
00:49:24,962 --> 00:49:26,947
That's the zone,
even though Crawford just got hit

864
00:49:26,980 --> 00:49:28,215
with a two piece and another two piece

865
00:49:28,248 --> 00:49:31,585
and another single shot
that he wants to be in.

866
00:49:31,618 --> 00:49:35,122
He wants to be as close
to Alakel as possible,

867
00:49:35,155 --> 00:49:38,008
punch with him,
like Max said earlier, and lead.

868
00:49:38,041 --> 00:49:40,594
He wants to lead and also punch
with the young fighter

869
00:49:40,627 --> 00:49:42,796
in hopes that he can land a big shot.

870
00:49:42,829 --> 00:49:46,416
Right. His best shot
seems to be in an exchange.

871
00:49:47,434 --> 00:49:50,487
His best shot to do something big.
And by the way, in this round,

872
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:52,489
he's hit Alakel cleanly
with some good shots.

873
00:49:52,522 --> 00:49:54,374
Yeah, because he's doing
just what we talked about.

874
00:49:54,408 --> 00:49:57,811
Although Alakel took a little,
it seemed to discourage him a little bit

875
00:49:57,844 --> 00:50:01,565
by firing back and landing
probably the best shots of the round.

876
00:50:01,598 --> 00:50:03,433
Maybe 30 seconds ago.

877
00:50:05,218 --> 00:50:06,737
Crawford on the inside lands to the body,

878
00:50:06,770 --> 00:50:08,822
pays for with the right hand from Alakel.

879
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:23,170
Crawford has a good combination.
Maybe one of those four landed,

880
00:50:23,203 --> 00:50:26,306
but then he stands there and takes
a picture and looks at Alakel,

881
00:50:26,339 --> 00:50:28,241
-and Alakel answers back.
-Right.

882
00:50:29,743 --> 00:50:31,712
He wants to punch and get out of range

883
00:50:31,745 --> 00:50:34,831
where Alakel cannot get a punch in return.

884
00:50:36,733 --> 00:50:39,219
Crawford doing some good work this round.

885
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:41,972
Let him go. Let him go.

886
00:50:42,706 --> 00:50:44,741
Definitely committed to the cause.

887
00:50:44,775 --> 00:50:46,476
Good right hand by Crawford there.

888
00:50:47,611 --> 00:50:51,231
And at this point,
it looks like he's just trying to will it.

889
00:50:51,264 --> 00:50:54,518
Crawford, I'm just going
to come forward and start throwing.

890
00:50:54,551 --> 00:50:57,037
I think that's his only chance to win.

891
00:50:57,070 --> 00:51:00,123
Alakel not really biting
on any of Crawford's feints.

892
00:51:00,157 --> 00:51:03,210
However, few and far between.
Good body shot by Kid Corpus.

893
00:51:05,378 --> 00:51:07,681
Crawford keeps doing a veteran move.

894
00:51:07,714 --> 00:51:09,750
Most rounds,
he'll drift back to his corner

895
00:51:09,783 --> 00:51:11,001
because he wants to be…

896
00:51:11,034 --> 00:51:13,754
…in his corner when the bell rings,
so I don't have to walk.

897
00:51:13,787 --> 00:51:16,006
I want Alakel to take
that long walk back to his corner.

898
00:51:16,039 --> 00:51:17,541
He's done that multiple times.

899
00:51:21,011 --> 00:51:24,097
Okay, good try to close.
I don't want you to get to ropes, okay?

900
00:51:24,131 --> 00:51:26,666
I don't want you to get to ropes.
Hey, look at me.

901
00:51:26,700 --> 00:51:30,337
This is your showcase right here.
Don't let it get to you, all right?

902
00:51:33,123 --> 00:51:36,493
He's exhausted too. He's tired. Okay?

903
00:51:36,526 --> 00:51:40,147
You just gotta make sure that you keep him
at the end of your punches.

904
00:51:40,180 --> 00:51:43,333
All right? Good pace in this fight.
Both of you are doing real well.

905
00:51:43,366 --> 00:51:44,401
You're doing better,

906
00:51:44,434 --> 00:51:47,087
but you gotta keep him
at the end of your punches.

907
00:51:48,071 --> 00:51:50,123
Don't let him get you around here.

908
00:51:52,409 --> 00:51:54,077
You're doing very well.

909
00:51:54,111 --> 00:51:57,364
-Don't get stuck in the ropes.
-Just don't get stuck in the ropes.

910
00:51:58,715 --> 00:51:59,850
All right, here's the tale

911
00:51:59,883 --> 00:52:02,786
of this live event production
here tonight.

912
00:52:02,819 --> 00:52:06,039
North of 600 crew members
working on this event.

913
00:52:06,072 --> 00:52:10,544
New arena weight record from the ceiling
north 400 and 1,000 pounds.

914
00:52:10,577 --> 00:52:13,613
Two hundred and fifty rigging motors.
On and on it goes.

915
00:52:13,647 --> 00:52:15,215
Sixty-five total cameras.

916
00:52:15,248 --> 00:52:16,750
We also are producing…

917
00:52:16,783 --> 00:52:19,219
…the first fully produced
on-site Spanish broadcast

918
00:52:19,252 --> 00:52:20,570
for a live Netflix event.

919
00:52:20,604 --> 00:52:23,540
All hands on deck for the biggest
boxing event of the year.

920
00:52:24,107 --> 00:52:25,775
You know what perked my ears up just now

921
00:52:25,809 --> 00:52:27,961
in the corner, Alakel's corner?

922
00:52:27,994 --> 00:52:33,783
Abel Sanchez used one word.
He said, "he's exhausted too,"

923
00:52:33,817 --> 00:52:38,572
which means Abel's looking at his guy,
Dre, and thinking, he's exhausted.

924
00:52:39,306 --> 00:52:41,208
Well, this is the first seventh round

925
00:52:41,241 --> 00:52:45,178
of Mohammed Alakel's pro career,
for whatever that's worth.

926
00:52:45,212 --> 00:52:49,082
Yeah, he's got three fights
and it's a ten-round fight,

927
00:52:49,115 --> 00:52:52,202
so that's to be expected,
even if you do train

928
00:52:52,235 --> 00:52:54,271
at high altitude in Big Bear, California.

929
00:52:54,771 --> 00:52:57,107
Just learning how to relax
in those moments

930
00:52:57,140 --> 00:52:59,142
-and go those rounds.
-Yes. Yeah.

931
00:53:01,278 --> 00:53:03,997
When to rest
and where to rest in a round.

932
00:53:05,198 --> 00:53:08,335
And this isn't the smallest of stages
to throw a guy like that.

933
00:53:08,368 --> 00:53:10,820
That may have a little something
to do with it.

934
00:53:14,407 --> 00:53:18,962
Now the question is,
can Crawford sense that?

935
00:53:20,363 --> 00:53:22,649
And take him into deep waters now,

936
00:53:22,682 --> 00:53:27,070
the longest Alakel's ever been
in a fight, and exploit it.

937
00:53:28,205 --> 00:53:30,023
That's a nice sequence for Alakel.

938
00:53:30,056 --> 00:53:32,392
Started out with a punctuating left hand.

939
00:53:36,112 --> 00:53:38,832
That's how Crawford's
gonna do it, pressing forward.

940
00:53:38,865 --> 00:53:40,350
He's going to get hit.

941
00:53:40,383 --> 00:53:44,187
Alakel is good enough, he's long enough
to land shots when he throws,

942
00:53:44,221 --> 00:53:47,974
but Crawford has to ignore that
and keep doing that right there.

943
00:53:48,008 --> 00:53:50,727
The last two rounds,
it seems like Crawford has realized,

944
00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:53,330
okay, I'm not gonna
win the fight doing this.

945
00:53:53,363 --> 00:53:56,416
I just have to plow forward
and try to impose my will.

946
00:53:57,734 --> 00:53:59,402
Hard when a guy's throwing back like that.

947
00:53:59,436 --> 00:54:00,921
Yeah, pays for it oftentimes when he does.

948
00:54:00,954 --> 00:54:03,540
Nice right hand.
There's another one from Mohammed Alakel.

949
00:54:03,573 --> 00:54:06,910
Mighty Mo continuing to lead
the dance here round seven.

950
00:54:10,547 --> 00:54:11,715
Oh, nearly.

951
00:54:13,266 --> 00:54:15,385
Floored Crawford there.
He ate the shot pretty well.

952
00:54:19,439 --> 00:54:21,224
I like that from Alakel.

953
00:54:22,175 --> 00:54:24,544
His shots, Crawford just caught
on his gloves.

954
00:54:24,577 --> 00:54:26,696
One, two, and Alakel said, nope.

955
00:54:26,730 --> 00:54:28,965
I got the range,
and the three-four landed.

956
00:54:38,608 --> 00:54:40,377
It's also a good time.

957
00:54:40,410 --> 00:54:42,979
Good right hand from Alakel.
Another good right hand from Alakel.

958
00:54:43,013 --> 00:54:44,297
Another good right hand.

959
00:54:45,849 --> 00:54:46,700
And another.

960
00:54:46,733 --> 00:54:48,268
Yeah, if a guy can't hit the curveball,

961
00:54:48,301 --> 00:54:51,504
you keep throwing the curveball
until he shows you he can hit it.

962
00:54:54,090 --> 00:54:57,510
Crawford seemingly
as compromised as he has been all night.

963
00:54:57,544 --> 00:54:59,095
Twenty seconds to go. Round seven.

964
00:54:59,129 --> 00:55:01,831
Crawford still throwing offense
back Alakel's way.

965
00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:05,352
Alakel's got to stay alert.

966
00:55:06,870 --> 00:55:07,921
Ten seconds.

967
00:55:11,474 --> 00:55:14,828
Crawford's left eye
showing the damage from those right hands.

968
00:55:15,712 --> 00:55:17,063
Time!

969
00:55:31,845 --> 00:55:33,346
Good shot right there from Alakel.

970
00:55:33,380 --> 00:55:36,900
He missed the first two punches,
but he landed the last two punches.

971
00:55:36,933 --> 00:55:38,885
That's why combination punching

972
00:55:38,918 --> 00:55:41,021
and coming behind your punch
is so important.

973
00:55:41,054 --> 00:55:43,456
Miss, miss, land.

974
00:55:46,693 --> 00:55:50,096
Good sequence from Alakel.
He's done that for most of this night.

975
00:55:50,130 --> 00:55:53,950
We might be behind with scorecards,
but we need to start picking it up.

976
00:55:53,983 --> 00:55:55,285
-Are you with me?
-Yeah.

977
00:55:55,318 --> 00:55:56,669
-Are you okay?
-Yeah, I'm good.

978
00:55:56,703 --> 00:55:58,488
Okay, cool.
Are we gonna finish this fight?

979
00:55:58,521 --> 00:56:00,090
-Yeah.
-Okay, baby.

980
00:56:00,123 --> 00:56:01,674
-We gotta start putting pressure.
-Okay.

981
00:56:01,708 --> 00:56:02,559
-You understand?
-Yes, sir.

982
00:56:02,592 --> 00:56:03,860
The pressure's on him.
It's not on you.

983
00:56:03,893 --> 00:56:05,395
-Yes, sir.
-But we need to start--

984
00:56:05,428 --> 00:56:07,864
-We need to get these rounds.
-Yeah, we can go on back.

985
00:56:07,897 --> 00:56:09,883
Let's win in the fight, boys, okay?

986
00:56:10,483 --> 00:56:13,570
Back some motherfucker up
with the jab and follow up.

987
00:56:13,603 --> 00:56:14,888
-Stay down. Stay down.
-Where's his mouthpiece?

988
00:56:14,921 --> 00:56:15,972
You got a mouthpiece?

989
00:56:17,323 --> 00:56:18,324
Round him.

990
00:56:23,997 --> 00:56:26,533
All right, Luey Villarreal trying
to get his pupil going.

991
00:56:26,566 --> 00:56:28,401
We show you Skipper Kelp's
unofficial scorecard,

992
00:56:28,435 --> 00:56:30,553
all Alakel through seven.

993
00:56:41,948 --> 00:56:44,234
Part of what a young fighter

994
00:56:44,267 --> 00:56:46,786
has to learn
when they're going long rounds

995
00:56:46,820 --> 00:56:49,389
early in a career is the focus.

996
00:56:49,422 --> 00:56:53,460
It's hard to focus for eight, ten,
and twelve three-minute rounds.

997
00:56:53,493 --> 00:56:56,880
Your mind starts to wander.
I struggled with that early in my career.

998
00:56:56,913 --> 00:56:59,716
Got caught with a couple
big shots early on

999
00:56:59,749 --> 00:57:01,267
because it was hard to focus.

1000
00:57:01,301 --> 00:57:05,438
I'm used to four rounds,
two-minute rounds, three rounds.

1001
00:57:05,472 --> 00:57:10,193
The long distance is hard, so you can see
the young fighters lose focus

1002
00:57:10,226 --> 00:57:11,261
and then gain focus again.

1003
00:57:11,294 --> 00:57:14,747
And right now,
Alakel looks like he's back on focus.

1004
00:57:14,781 --> 00:57:16,099
Yeah.

1005
00:57:18,868 --> 00:57:20,470
No, that's important background,

1006
00:57:20,503 --> 00:57:24,574
especially given just how young
Mohammed Alakel is.

1007
00:57:25,241 --> 00:57:27,877
Again, these are waters
he hasn't tested before.

1008
00:57:27,911 --> 00:57:30,280
Round eight for the first time as a pro.

1009
00:57:31,831 --> 00:57:32,866
And it may sound strange,

1010
00:57:32,899 --> 00:57:35,969
but what happens is you start
to drift mentally,

1011
00:57:36,002 --> 00:57:38,238
and you start to become
a spectator to your own event.

1012
00:57:38,271 --> 00:57:40,140
Wow. There's a lot of people here.

1013
00:57:40,173 --> 00:57:43,226
And your coach has to recognize that
and say, focus, man.

1014
00:57:43,259 --> 00:57:44,427
Listen to what I'm telling you.

1015
00:57:44,461 --> 00:57:47,397
That's part of going long rounds.
It's not just physical.

1016
00:57:47,430 --> 00:57:48,865
It's also psychological.

1017
00:57:49,849 --> 00:57:53,303
No disrespect to Crawford,
who you can see he can fight.

1018
00:57:53,937 --> 00:57:57,073
But you lost concentration
against Darnell Boone,

1019
00:57:57,106 --> 00:57:59,609
who knocked everybody down.

1020
00:57:59,642 --> 00:58:03,696
The guy, you lost concentration
against a very dangerous fighter.

1021
00:58:03,730 --> 00:58:06,399
Didn't have a great record,
but had some big wins

1022
00:58:06,432 --> 00:58:08,334
and some big knockdowns
in his career.

1023
00:58:13,439 --> 00:58:16,743
And I remember feeling like,
man, it's hard to focus.

1024
00:58:16,776 --> 00:58:18,728
I remember feeling that feel.
It's hard.

1025
00:58:18,761 --> 00:58:21,531
Then all of a sudden you do enough of it,
and it just becomes second nature.

1026
00:58:21,564 --> 00:58:22,999
You're having it your way.

1027
00:58:23,032 --> 00:58:25,301
It happened to Muhammad Ali
when he was still Cassius Clay

1028
00:58:25,335 --> 00:58:26,452
against Henry Cooper.

1029
00:58:27,170 --> 00:58:28,354
You know, you have it your way,

1030
00:58:28,388 --> 00:58:30,957
Sonny Banks, and all of a sudden
you're on the canvas.

1031
00:58:30,990 --> 00:58:33,459
You learn how to do it by doing it.

1032
00:58:33,493 --> 00:58:34,861
Oh.

1033
00:58:34,894 --> 00:58:37,964
Nice combination by Alakel,
who has forced misses on

1034
00:58:37,997 --> 00:58:43,620
80% of Travis Crawford's
offense tonight.

1035
00:58:47,924 --> 00:58:51,494
Crawford, a couple rounds ago,
seemed determined to start trying

1036
00:58:51,528 --> 00:58:55,064
to implement a new strategy
and just press forward.

1037
00:58:55,098 --> 00:58:57,617
And you have
to credit Alakel for stinging him

1038
00:58:57,650 --> 00:59:01,738
and punishing his mistakes enough
that it took some of that out of him.

1039
00:59:07,877 --> 00:59:08,811
Good advance by Alakel,

1040
00:59:08,845 --> 00:59:10,964
and he partially lands
that left hand

1041
00:59:10,997 --> 00:59:13,249
as he comes down the stretch
of round eight.

1042
00:59:18,871 --> 00:59:21,674
Alakel trying to create a late angle here
in round eight.

1043
00:59:32,168 --> 00:59:33,803
Two more. Two more.

1044
00:59:33,836 --> 00:59:36,089
We can do two more like this, right?

1045
00:59:36,122 --> 00:59:37,006
Okay.

1046
00:59:38,074 --> 00:59:39,092
A little busier,

1047
00:59:39,125 --> 00:59:42,128
a little busier, and a little more
pounding down here and then back up.

1048
00:59:42,161 --> 00:59:43,630
You're throwing nice shots up on top,

1049
00:59:43,663 --> 00:59:45,281
but you're not
doing nothing down here.

1050
00:59:45,315 --> 00:59:47,967
I want to see a jab down here in a while.

1051
00:59:49,068 --> 00:59:51,321
Catch levels down here, okay?

1052
00:59:51,354 --> 00:59:52,922
You are, you are.

1053
00:59:52,956 --> 00:59:54,791
But you just cannot allow him
to get started.

1054
00:59:54,824 --> 00:59:55,992
That's the bad thing you do.

1055
00:59:56,025 --> 00:59:58,344
When you're allowing him to get started,
he throws a couple shots,

1056
00:59:58,378 --> 00:59:59,912
and it looks ugly, all right?

1057
00:59:59,946 --> 01:00:01,064
-Yeah.
-Okay.

1058
01:00:01,097 --> 01:00:02,482
Be first. Take shape.

1059
01:00:03,416 --> 01:00:06,135
Moments ago, the man

1060
01:00:06,169 --> 01:00:11,674
around whom this fight card was built
made his way to Allegiant Stadium,

1061
01:00:11,708 --> 01:00:15,061
the undisputed and Ring Magazine
super middleweight champion,

1062
01:00:15,094 --> 01:00:17,430
Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez…

1063
01:00:19,182 --> 01:00:21,417
putting it all on the line tonight

1064
01:00:21,451 --> 01:00:25,722
against another star of this era,
Terence "Bud" Crawford.

1065
01:00:25,755 --> 01:00:27,357
Won't be long now, folks.

1066
01:00:27,390 --> 01:00:29,609
Some business to attend to, though,
before we get to the main event.

1067
01:00:29,642 --> 01:00:33,780
That includes this main card opener,
Mohammed Alakel and Travis Crawford.

1068
01:00:33,813 --> 01:00:35,415
The beauty of hydration.

1069
01:00:35,915 --> 01:00:38,134
Canelo Álvarez looks
a lot different in the face

1070
01:00:38,167 --> 01:00:41,220
-than he did yesterday.
-Yes. Astute assessment, my man.

1071
01:00:47,126 --> 01:00:49,562
Clean sweep
on Skipper Kelp's unofficial scorecard

1072
01:00:49,595 --> 01:00:51,414
for Mohammad Alakel through eight.

1073
01:00:53,483 --> 01:00:55,218
If Alakel can get through this fight,

1074
01:00:55,251 --> 01:00:59,172
which it looks like he might,
it's a good learning experience for him.

1075
01:00:59,205 --> 01:01:02,208
Did a lot of good things.
He made some mistakes.

1076
01:01:02,241 --> 01:01:05,912
Some of his holes that he has
in his arsenal and in his game

1077
01:01:05,945 --> 01:01:09,298
got exposed, but not to a point
where it discourages you.

1078
01:01:09,332 --> 01:01:11,534
It's enough where it takes you
back to Big Bear

1079
01:01:11,567 --> 01:01:13,619
and it makes you go back to work.

1080
01:01:13,653 --> 01:01:17,440
Skipper Kelp, Mohammed Alakel
holding serve as the favorite thus far.

1081
01:01:17,473 --> 01:01:20,693
Alakel's pitching a shutout,
but I'd like to see him turn it up and try

1082
01:01:20,727 --> 01:01:21,911
to close the show here.

1083
01:01:21,944 --> 01:01:23,713
He's a future star.
Let's see what you got.

1084
01:01:24,781 --> 01:01:28,267
Yeah once again I'm with Skipper.
I mean, I do wonder though,

1085
01:01:28,301 --> 01:01:32,021
how much of it-- You know,
people mature physically at different ages

1086
01:01:32,055 --> 01:01:34,574
and he just has the look to me

1087
01:01:34,607 --> 01:01:38,444
of a guy who's not fully grown
into his body yet

1088
01:01:41,230 --> 01:01:42,498
You always wonder the extent

1089
01:01:42,532 --> 01:01:44,901
to which a given athlete or fighter
is prioritizing a finish

1090
01:01:44,934 --> 01:01:48,071
but to Andre's point
a lot of valuable experience

1091
01:01:48,104 --> 01:01:49,972
to be extracted within a long fight.

1092
01:01:51,541 --> 01:01:54,944
Coming up on 90 seconds here to go
in round nine of a possible ten.

1093
01:01:56,579 --> 01:01:59,215
-Oh, good short shot by Alakel.
-I like that.

1094
01:02:00,566 --> 01:02:02,552
I mean, he's wide-eyed
in the best of ways.

1095
01:02:02,585 --> 01:02:05,104
And he did it on the move.
He never stopped moving.

1096
01:02:05,138 --> 01:02:07,073
That was really a beautiful left hand.

1097
01:02:07,106 --> 01:02:09,859
Didn't throw it hard,
but it landed hard enough.

1098
01:02:16,048 --> 01:02:17,683
-Stop, stop!
-And again,

1099
01:02:17,717 --> 01:02:21,220
nice job varying the weaponry there
as he goes to the lead uppercut.

1100
01:02:22,472 --> 01:02:24,907
And you know,
there are compounding advantages sometimes

1101
01:02:24,941 --> 01:02:28,211
for a professional fighter,
and Andre, you mentioned it earlier.

1102
01:02:28,244 --> 01:02:30,730
Going ten rounds this early
in your career,

1103
01:02:30,763 --> 01:02:33,616
if in fact this goes ten,
we're in the ninth,

1104
01:02:33,649 --> 01:02:36,769
in a fight that Alakel's winning handily.

1105
01:02:36,803 --> 01:02:39,672
Going ten rounds,
but on a stage like this…

1106
01:02:41,207 --> 01:02:43,676
is an enormous benefit
for a young fighter…

1107
01:02:44,343 --> 01:02:46,562
Good sequence right there from Crawford.

1108
01:02:46,596 --> 01:02:51,534
…because it's harder to relax.
Hard enough to go ten for the first time.

1109
01:02:51,567 --> 01:02:53,920
-Harder to do it in an environment…
-Right.

1110
01:02:53,953 --> 01:02:56,806
…where it's hard to relax
because it's so intense.

1111
01:02:58,658 --> 01:03:01,210
Crawford having
some moments here, round nine.

1112
01:03:01,928 --> 01:03:03,629
Good answer from Crawford.

1113
01:03:08,651 --> 01:03:11,437
A lot to be admired,
even, potentially, in defeat

1114
01:03:11,471 --> 01:03:12,805
for Travis Crawford.

1115
01:03:13,606 --> 01:03:16,742
-Took the fight on short notice.
-Oh!

1116
01:03:16,776 --> 01:03:19,212
But it's those kind of shots
that stopped him

1117
01:03:19,245 --> 01:03:21,330
from attacking with more reckless abandon

1118
01:03:21,364 --> 01:03:23,916
as he started to
in the fifth and sixth rounds.

1119
01:03:26,269 --> 01:03:29,438
Oh! His best punches of the fight.

1120
01:03:30,740 --> 01:03:35,211
For Travis Crawford,
Alakel says no, but tape don't lie.

1121
01:03:37,713 --> 01:03:40,299
-Why'd you let him have this round?
-I don't know.

1122
01:03:40,333 --> 01:03:43,069
-Come on, this is the last round.
-I'll get it.

1123
01:03:43,102 --> 01:03:45,204
-Hey, hey, come on…
-Take a deep breath.

1124
01:03:45,238 --> 01:03:48,241
…win this last round
and you win the fight. You understand?

1125
01:03:49,091 --> 01:03:50,776
Hold it in your mouth.

1126
01:03:50,810 --> 01:03:52,862
Just like that,
just sit down on your shots.

1127
01:03:52,895 --> 01:03:54,497
Keep putting that pressure forward.

1128
01:03:54,530 --> 01:03:57,433
You hit him with the right earlier,
he didn't like that. Okay?

1129
01:03:57,466 --> 01:04:00,670
That's because you sat down
and you threw it right down the pipe.

1130
01:04:01,237 --> 01:04:03,456
-Hold in your mouth.
-We need this round.

1131
01:04:03,489 --> 01:04:05,608
You understand, Travis?
That we need this round.

1132
01:04:05,641 --> 01:04:07,076
Are you with me?

1133
01:04:07,109 --> 01:04:08,427
-Yeah.
-You with me?

1134
01:04:08,461 --> 01:04:09,929
-Okay, you got it?
-Yeah!

1135
01:04:09,962 --> 01:04:11,581
Come up with that two-three, baby.

1136
01:04:11,614 --> 01:04:13,649
Come up with that two-three.

1137
01:04:15,384 --> 01:04:18,020
When he's walking back
and he moves to his right,

1138
01:04:18,054 --> 01:04:19,605
throw your fucking leg forward.

1139
01:04:20,106 --> 01:04:22,992
Throw it wide. The way we talk about it.

1140
01:04:23,025 --> 01:04:25,711
Leave everything here.
Leave everything here. Let's go.

1141
01:04:25,745 --> 01:04:27,363
Let's go. Everything. Hop in.

1142
01:04:28,564 --> 01:04:32,652
Ladies and gentlemen,
this is the final round!

1143
01:04:32,685 --> 01:04:34,904
Round ten.

1144
01:04:35,488 --> 01:04:38,724
Gotta like the thoughtful question
from Abel Sanchez to Mohammed Alakel.

1145
01:04:38,758 --> 01:04:42,478
"Why'd you let him win that round?"
Alakel gave it to Crawford.

1146
01:04:42,511 --> 01:04:44,163
Alakel answered
like a young fighter would.

1147
01:04:44,196 --> 01:04:45,848
-"I don't know."
-Right, right.

1148
01:04:45,882 --> 01:04:49,852
And then also, did he give it to him
or did Crawford take it from him?

1149
01:04:49,886 --> 01:04:51,888
-There are two guys in there.
-Yep.

1150
01:04:52,488 --> 01:04:53,856
I think the point Sanchez
was trying to make

1151
01:04:53,890 --> 01:04:55,391
is that didn't have to happen.

1152
01:04:55,908 --> 01:04:58,361
Yeah, I mean, right,
except that first time

1153
01:04:58,394 --> 01:05:01,914
in the ninth round, as we mentioned,
on a stage like this,

1154
01:05:03,266 --> 01:05:05,785
Before a coach who has a young fighter

1155
01:05:05,818 --> 01:05:09,622
who's supposed to be blue chip
and he got big plans for him.

1156
01:05:09,655 --> 01:05:11,123
You can't accept that at any level.

1157
01:05:11,157 --> 01:05:13,192
You have to let him know
very early on in his…

1158
01:05:13,225 --> 01:05:14,810
-Stop, stop.
-…his progress,

1159
01:05:14,844 --> 01:05:16,495
as a young fighter
that we don't accept that.

1160
01:05:16,529 --> 01:05:18,030
That's not okay for him.
You gotta be the guy

1161
01:05:18,064 --> 01:05:19,282
-dictating everything.
-These guys accept that.

1162
01:05:19,315 --> 01:05:22,068
-That may be acceptable, but not for us.
-Right.

1163
01:05:24,637 --> 01:05:26,989
I really think Alakel
was shaken up at the end of the night.

1164
01:05:27,023 --> 01:05:28,541
I think he was, too.

1165
01:05:33,179 --> 01:05:36,616
Good right hand by Crawford
amidst a lot of landing by Alakel.

1166
01:05:36,649 --> 01:05:37,984
Under two minutes to decide it.

1167
01:05:38,017 --> 01:05:40,553
With only one knockout
as a professional so far, Dre,

1168
01:05:40,586 --> 01:05:43,739
in five fights, and unable
to floor so far Crawford,

1169
01:05:43,773 --> 01:05:46,225
in spite of landing a lot
of clean shots upstairs.

1170
01:05:47,009 --> 01:05:51,230
Do you see anything
in Alakel's technique that tells you

1171
01:05:51,263 --> 01:05:54,266
that he can make some adjustments
to increase punching power?

1172
01:05:54,300 --> 01:05:56,702
I think Alakel has a lot
of upside in a lot of areas.

1173
01:05:56,736 --> 01:06:01,123
It may be some technique, and we know
that that's what Abel Sanchez teaches.

1174
01:06:01,157 --> 01:06:03,826
Some of it is, like you say, his man bones
and getting his man strength,

1175
01:06:03,859 --> 01:06:05,528
and some of it is a temperament thing.

1176
01:06:05,561 --> 01:06:09,131
I think it's an array of reasons
why he's not getting knockouts now,

1177
01:06:09,165 --> 01:06:10,766
but it's still very, very early.

1178
01:06:11,951 --> 01:06:14,203
Though, he's got timing, he's got speed.

1179
01:06:15,221 --> 01:06:17,623
And the mouse
under his left eye right now.

1180
01:06:19,158 --> 01:06:20,943
Yeah, he's earned that,
and that's good for him.

1181
01:06:20,977 --> 01:06:22,962
He said, "No,
it's not always gonna go your way."

1182
01:06:22,995 --> 01:06:25,247
Tighten up, stay tight, and stay focused.

1183
01:06:25,281 --> 01:06:27,033
Keeping it front. Keeping it front.

1184
01:06:27,066 --> 01:06:29,235
Crawford remaining committed
to the cause here late in the fight,

1185
01:06:29,268 --> 01:06:31,137
just over a minute to go
as he lands a left hand.

1186
01:06:31,170 --> 01:06:32,304
Respect to Crawford, man.

1187
01:06:32,338 --> 01:06:36,258
He has had moments where there were lows
in his offense and in his game plan,

1188
01:06:36,292 --> 01:06:38,794
but he hasn't quit,
he hasn't stopped trying to win,

1189
01:06:38,828 --> 01:06:41,864
and he's even doing so right now
with 50 seconds left in this fight.

1190
01:06:41,897 --> 01:06:44,517
And he's got Alakel checking the clock.

1191
01:06:50,289 --> 01:06:52,425
-Unless this is--
-Halfway, halfway.

1192
01:06:52,458 --> 01:06:54,627
Exceptionally poorly judged fight.

1193
01:06:54,660 --> 01:06:56,979
Alakel has the fight won

1194
01:06:57,013 --> 01:07:01,367
unless something big and dramatic
happens here in the next 30 seconds.

1195
01:07:01,400 --> 01:07:04,020
And it's not like we haven't
seen Crawford reach him.

1196
01:07:16,032 --> 01:07:18,000
Off his head, off his head. Come on.

1197
01:07:18,034 --> 01:07:20,236
Some light body work by Travis Crawford.

1198
01:07:20,269 --> 01:07:21,370
Stop, stop.

1199
01:07:23,639 --> 01:07:25,107
Ten seconds.

1200
01:07:26,692 --> 01:07:29,028
Alakel circling away
from that right-hand power

1201
01:07:29,061 --> 01:07:30,379
of Crawford late in the fight.

1202
01:07:30,413 --> 01:07:32,214
Good experience fight for Alakel.

1203
01:07:32,248 --> 01:07:33,899
No doubt.

1204
01:07:35,451 --> 01:07:38,471
All right, so Mohammed Alakel
and Travis Crawford

1205
01:07:38,504 --> 01:07:41,791
go the distance to kick off
our main card on Netflix.

1206
01:07:41,824 --> 01:07:45,177
Official decision coming up next
as we continue live from Allegiant.

1207
01:07:51,033 --> 01:07:52,118
All right, back live in Vegas,

1208
01:07:52,151 --> 01:07:54,904
Mohammed Alakel and Travis Crawford
go the distance.

1209
01:07:54,937 --> 01:07:57,173
Michael Buffer has the official decision.

1210
01:07:58,908 --> 01:08:03,479
Ladies and gentlemen,
after ten rounds, we go to the scorecards.

1211
01:08:07,216 --> 01:08:12,371
And here they are,
99-91, 99-91, 98-92.

1212
01:08:12,404 --> 01:08:19,361
All to the winner by unanimous decision
and still undefeated

1213
01:08:19,395 --> 01:08:22,231
from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,

1214
01:08:22,264 --> 01:08:27,736
Mighty Mohammed Alakel.

1215
01:08:27,770 --> 01:08:31,223
All right, so Mighty Mo Alakel,
six and 0 as a pro.

1216
01:08:31,257 --> 01:08:33,876
He goes the ten-round distance
for the first time.

1217
01:08:33,909 --> 01:08:37,580
Did lose a round or two
on a couple of those scorecards,

1218
01:08:37,613 --> 01:08:40,716
but Mohammed Alakel,
your winner by unanimous decision,

1219
01:08:40,749 --> 01:08:43,803
worth tracking his progress
moving forward.

1220
01:08:43,836 --> 01:08:46,589
-Mohammed.
-Mohammed.

1221
01:08:47,306 --> 01:08:49,859
Well, all the stars
are going to be out here tonight

1222
01:08:49,892 --> 01:08:52,695
inside Allegiant Stadium
for this massive live event.

1223
01:08:52,728 --> 01:08:55,965
Josh Duhamel is with us,
star of Netflix's Ransom Canyon.

1224
01:09:00,653 --> 01:09:02,838
Also with us tonight, Holly Madison,

1225
01:09:02,872 --> 01:09:05,774
staple at a lot of UFC-line events
with us for boxing here tonight.

1226
01:09:05,808 --> 01:09:09,245
DeMarcus Cousins filling up
the screen as usual,

1227
01:09:09,278 --> 01:09:13,048
the four-time NBA All-Star.
Lonnie Ali, Muhammad Ali's widow,

1228
01:09:13,082 --> 01:09:16,519
is with us here tonight
for Canelo versus Crawford.

1229
01:09:16,552 --> 01:09:20,206
As is Rob Lowe showing off
a pretty good jab here early on.

1230
01:09:22,258 --> 01:09:25,678
Jay Williams, former Duke standout
and national champion

1231
01:09:25,711 --> 01:09:27,880
with us tonight
for the boxing festivities.

1232
01:09:27,913 --> 01:09:29,932
As is the legend Andy Ruiz.

1233
01:09:30,766 --> 01:09:33,269
Of course, the rematch
with Anthony Joshua.

1234
01:09:33,302 --> 01:09:37,339
First big fight that got
the Saudi Arabian contingent into boxing.

1235
01:09:37,373 --> 01:09:40,926
And Tracy Morgan
must not be a Knicks game tonight.

1236
01:09:40,960 --> 01:09:43,662
Good to have him
with us here in the Fight Capital.

1237
01:09:44,613 --> 01:09:47,132
Michael Irvin, number 88 in your program,

1238
01:09:47,166 --> 01:09:50,419
number one in your heart,
with us here tonight.

1239
01:09:50,452 --> 01:09:54,707
He's part of America's Team, The Gambler,
and his Cowboys on Netflix.

1240
01:09:56,008 --> 01:09:57,209
All right, earlier this week,

1241
01:09:57,243 --> 01:09:59,762
Max Kellerman
had a few minutes with the man

1242
01:09:59,795 --> 01:10:03,883
who put this entire night together,
His Excellency, Turki Alalshikh.

1243
01:10:06,218 --> 01:10:08,938
So fight week is rolling right along.

1244
01:10:08,971 --> 01:10:11,907
-What do you expect to see on Saturday?
-Great fight.

1245
01:10:12,575 --> 01:10:17,980
It will be one of the top fight
in the last ten years at least,

1246
01:10:18,013 --> 01:10:19,248
and maybe forever.

1247
01:10:19,281 --> 01:10:23,686
I talk with them in the last two months,
maybe each day, each two day,

1248
01:10:23,719 --> 01:10:25,454
and they are very excited.

1249
01:10:25,487 --> 01:10:29,158
When I'm involved in a fight like this
as a broadcaster, you know, for me,

1250
01:10:29,191 --> 01:10:32,461
it's like, this is the new generation,
Sugar Ray Leonard,

1251
01:10:32,494 --> 01:10:34,763
Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hearns.

1252
01:10:34,797 --> 01:10:39,151
Do you feel the same sort of thing?
Like, you grow up watching the fights,

1253
01:10:39,184 --> 01:10:41,203
and here you are making the next classic.

1254
01:10:41,237 --> 01:10:44,907
Have you seen Vegas
in the last couple days?

1255
01:10:44,940 --> 01:10:47,209
-Right, it's back.
-It's back.

1256
01:10:47,793 --> 01:10:50,212
And all the world, their eyes…

1257
01:10:51,347 --> 01:10:55,584
this fight and the world can see
what Riyadh Season

1258
01:10:55,618 --> 01:11:00,756
and Saudi Arabia doing for boxing.
We put our name in the map of fighting.

1259
01:11:02,207 --> 01:11:04,627
And the fact that Netflix has this

1260
01:11:04,660 --> 01:11:08,681
300-million-subscriber reach
makes it a global fight

1261
01:11:08,714 --> 01:11:11,233
unlike really any other in 50 years.

1262
01:11:11,267 --> 01:11:14,003
Netflix is the biggest platform for that.

1263
01:11:14,753 --> 01:11:18,874
We are very happy to do the job with them.
I want to tell you something.

1264
01:11:18,907 --> 01:11:23,145
When we get in the boxing back,
this revolution start from '23.

1265
01:11:23,178 --> 01:11:26,248
The boxing in America
was the sport number 14.

1266
01:11:26,282 --> 01:11:28,851
Imagine in the '70, '80,

1267
01:11:28,884 --> 01:11:32,288
and the mid of the '90s
was the sport number one.

1268
01:11:32,321 --> 01:11:36,992
What damaged boxing? From the promoters,
from the fighters mentality,

1269
01:11:37,026 --> 01:11:38,761
from the platforms.

1270
01:11:38,794 --> 01:11:41,430
No one take the risk,
no one doing the big fights.

1271
01:11:42,097 --> 01:11:47,052
Now, with what we are doing,
Riyadh Season, and all our partners.

1272
01:11:47,086 --> 01:11:49,505
Last year, it became
the sport number nine,

1273
01:11:49,538 --> 01:11:52,675
and I hope it will be one of the top five.

1274
01:11:52,708 --> 01:11:55,678
-Arrows going in the right direction.
-Yes. Thank God.

1275
01:11:55,711 --> 01:11:59,715
We have the opportunity now
to do something for boxing,

1276
01:11:59,748 --> 01:12:04,286
and we are close to have something big
in the future with Netflix.

1277
01:12:04,320 --> 01:12:06,955
Long relationship, and this is important.

1278
01:12:07,506 --> 01:12:08,957
-Thank you.
-Thank you, Max.

1279
01:12:14,596 --> 01:12:17,166
All right, coming up next,
we have got some championship stakes

1280
01:12:17,199 --> 01:12:18,434
in the super middleweight division.

1281
01:12:18,467 --> 01:12:22,504
WBC interim king Christian Mbilli
is 29 and 0, was handpicked

1282
01:12:22,538 --> 01:12:25,974
by His Excellency to compete
on this main card tonight.

1283
01:12:26,008 --> 01:12:29,611
And now the Cameroon-born,
Canada based marauder will try

1284
01:12:29,645 --> 01:12:32,314
to deliver the goods
against the also undefeated pride

1285
01:12:32,348 --> 01:12:34,583
of Guatemala City, Guatemala,

1286
01:12:34,616 --> 01:12:38,487
Lester Martínez,
he made his pro debut back in 2019

1287
01:12:38,520 --> 01:12:40,856
against old friend Ricardo Mayorga

1288
01:12:40,889 --> 01:12:43,475
and now that he has figured out
some health issues, Martínez back

1289
01:12:43,509 --> 01:12:46,845
on the proven ground and ready
to produce the biggest win

1290
01:12:46,879 --> 01:12:50,382
of his professional life.
WBC interim super middleweight title

1291
01:12:50,416 --> 01:12:51,734
on the line next.

1292
01:13:04,246 --> 01:13:07,199
Welcome back inside the home
of the NFL's Raiders.

1293
01:13:07,232 --> 01:13:08,817
Allegiant Stadium here in Las Vegas

1294
01:13:08,851 --> 01:13:12,771
for Canelo versus Crawford
live on Netflix.

1295
01:13:12,805 --> 01:13:16,041
Raiders open their home slate
in this building on Monday night,

1296
01:13:16,075 --> 01:13:19,344
but it is all about
the sweet science here tonight.

1297
01:13:19,378 --> 01:13:22,331
Don't miss Jude Law and Jason Bateman
in Netflix's new limited series,

1298
01:13:22,364 --> 01:13:24,833
Black Rabbit. The two star
in this dramatic crime thriller

1299
01:13:24,867 --> 01:13:28,187
about two brothers in over their heads
with the New York City mob.

1300
01:13:28,220 --> 01:13:31,507
Black Rabbit hits Netflix this Thursday,
September 18th.

1301
01:13:32,975 --> 01:13:35,761
But now, number one ranked
super middleweight Christian Mbilli

1302
01:13:35,794 --> 01:13:38,447
is locked in on making the type
of resounding statement

1303
01:13:38,480 --> 01:13:41,116
no one in the fight game can ignore,
and he will try to make it

1304
01:13:41,150 --> 01:13:45,904
against fellow unbeaten Lester Martínez,
a Guatemalan knockout puncher intent

1305
01:13:45,938 --> 01:13:49,675
on one day delivering
the first world title to his nation.

1306
01:13:57,065 --> 01:14:00,018
I'm going to win this fight
because I burned for this.

1307
01:14:00,235 --> 01:14:01,904
I worked all my life for this.

1308
01:14:02,337 --> 01:14:04,807
I'm there to win. That's my destiny.

1309
01:14:04,840 --> 01:14:07,042
Oh! The left hook.

1310
01:14:09,611 --> 01:14:11,980
I think and I hope
this fight will steal the show.

1311
01:14:12,047 --> 01:14:15,117
I want the people to know that
I'm the next superstar of the division.

1312
01:14:17,686 --> 01:14:22,858
First time I see Christian was just
before the Olympic game in 2016.

1313
01:14:22,891 --> 01:14:25,994
He impressed me the way
that he was able to win the fight

1314
01:14:26,028 --> 01:14:26,895
at the amateur level.

1315
01:14:27,679 --> 01:14:30,599
When I started boxing,
I was 15 years old.

1316
01:14:30,632 --> 01:14:32,918
I was watching Mike Tyson TV,

1317
01:14:32,951 --> 01:14:36,972
visualizing myself walking
to the ring like a superstar.

1318
01:14:37,906 --> 01:14:40,676
Woah. And he is flat on the canvas!

1319
01:14:40,709 --> 01:14:43,812
The WBC interim

1320
01:14:43,846 --> 01:14:46,248
super middleweight champion of the world!

1321
01:14:48,584 --> 01:14:51,336
In Guatemala,
there hasn't been a world champion,

1322
01:14:51,403 --> 01:14:53,922
and we're going to change
that in the name of Guatemala.

1323
01:14:53,956 --> 01:14:56,425
We're going to change history,
I assure you.

1324
01:14:57,059 --> 01:15:00,395
It is all over! Just like that!

1325
01:15:00,429 --> 01:15:03,499
Carrying
the Guatemalan flag in this next fight

1326
01:15:03,565 --> 01:15:05,017
is going to be a huge deal.

1327
01:15:05,067 --> 01:15:06,752
This is the opportunity
I've been waiting for,

1328
01:15:06,785 --> 01:15:08,003
and I'm going to be a world champion.

1329
01:15:09,221 --> 01:15:12,541
For the last three years, man,
I love working with Lester Martínez.

1330
01:15:12,574 --> 01:15:15,677
He wants to be a champion,
and he will be a champion.

1331
01:15:18,180 --> 01:15:19,865
You see he's very powerfully built.

1332
01:15:19,898 --> 01:15:21,984
He's got heavy hands, sets a pace.

1333
01:15:23,585 --> 01:15:25,020
This fight is over.

1334
01:15:25,053 --> 01:15:28,891
Huge knockout
for the fighter from Guatemala.

1335
01:15:28,924 --> 01:15:32,494
I've been preparing with Terence Crawford,

1336
01:15:33,395 --> 01:15:35,998
and I'm really taking full advantage
of this experience.

1337
01:15:36,098 --> 01:15:38,033
We're in the gym pushing each other,

1338
01:15:38,083 --> 01:15:39,851
you know, making each other better.

1339
01:15:39,885 --> 01:15:42,838
Iron sharpen iron.
It's great working with Lester.

1340
01:15:45,807 --> 01:15:48,977
I know Crawford
and Lester Martínez are working together.

1341
01:15:49,011 --> 01:15:51,446
For me, it doesn't matter.
I know I'm the best.

1342
01:15:51,480 --> 01:15:53,415
Mbilli's one of those guys
who comes to the front door,

1343
01:15:53,448 --> 01:15:55,617
he lets his hands go.
He's such an engine.

1344
01:15:57,185 --> 01:15:59,187
Oh! Wow!

1345
01:15:59,221 --> 01:16:02,641
And Christian Mbilli finishes it.

1346
01:16:03,392 --> 01:16:04,826
I will be there to smash him.

1347
01:16:05,577 --> 01:16:07,529
I'm going to stop Christian Mbilli.

1348
01:16:09,164 --> 01:16:11,216
I don't know in which round
or at what point in the fight,

1349
01:16:11,250 --> 01:16:12,534
but I will do it.

1350
01:16:13,201 --> 01:16:15,304
No one has done it before,
and I want to be the first.

1351
01:16:16,204 --> 01:16:19,024
I'm bad matchup
for Lester because better jab,

1352
01:16:19,057 --> 01:16:23,845
better defense, better conditioning,
and better than him in everything.

1353
01:16:25,581 --> 01:16:28,317
I will be
the first world champion from Guatemala.

1354
01:16:54,660 --> 01:16:58,130
He is ubiquitously regarded
as his nation's best hope

1355
01:16:58,163 --> 01:17:03,085
for boxing gold and glory.
Enter Guatemala's Lester Martínez.

1356
01:17:03,118 --> 01:17:06,655
And Mark Kriegel, I consider you
as in the know in boxing as anyone.

1357
01:17:06,688 --> 01:17:09,541
And those in the know
really like this undefeated kid.

1358
01:17:09,574 --> 01:17:12,544
Nineteen and 0 as he arrives
at the biggest fight of his life.

1359
01:17:12,577 --> 01:17:15,747
Lester Martínez says,
"I like being the underdog,"

1360
01:17:15,781 --> 01:17:18,934
which is pretty good
because he certainly is one tonight

1361
01:17:18,967 --> 01:17:20,819
against the fearsome puncher,

1362
01:17:20,852 --> 01:17:25,524
Christian Mbilli says,
"The key to Mbilli is backing him up."

1363
01:17:25,557 --> 01:17:27,893
But he's also had one
of the most crucial jobs

1364
01:17:27,926 --> 01:17:32,431
in the Crawford camp. He was Bud's
main sparring partner in a stand-in

1365
01:17:32,464 --> 01:17:35,967
for Canelo. The question is,
"On your way to the ring now,

1366
01:17:36,001 --> 01:17:39,771
can you let that
sparring partner mentality go?"

1367
01:17:39,805 --> 01:17:43,925
I like what he said at the end
of our meeting, "Remember my name."

1368
01:17:43,959 --> 01:17:47,079
I'm going to put Guatemala
on the boxing map.

1369
01:17:48,030 --> 01:17:51,583
You know, we've already
had a tremendous fight tonight.

1370
01:17:51,616 --> 01:17:56,355
Brandon Adams upsetting Serhii Bohachuk
for the second time in a brutal fight.

1371
01:17:56,388 --> 01:17:58,940
And those guys threw punches
like they meant it.

1372
01:17:58,974 --> 01:18:02,477
And so do these guys,
not just Mbilli, but Martínez.

1373
01:18:02,978 --> 01:18:07,482
But with these guys, including Martínez,
they land like they mean it, too.

1374
01:18:07,516 --> 01:18:10,936
Sometimes two different guys
can put the same swing on the ball,

1375
01:18:10,969 --> 01:18:14,506
but for whatever reason,
it goes over the fence with one of them.

1376
01:18:14,539 --> 01:18:17,426
Both these guys tonight,
including Lester Martínez,

1377
01:18:17,459 --> 01:18:18,577
are home-run hitters.

1378
01:18:19,277 --> 01:18:22,114
Well, expectations
can be resentments in waiting,

1379
01:18:22,147 --> 01:18:25,767
but a lot of people believe that
this could be a fight of the year type

1380
01:18:25,801 --> 01:18:29,671
offering between Lester Martínez
and Christian Mbilli with respect,

1381
01:18:29,705 --> 01:18:32,491
of course, to the two final fights
of the night.

1382
01:18:32,524 --> 01:18:38,463
All eyes on Lester Martínez
as he tries to upset Christian Mbilli

1383
01:18:38,497 --> 01:18:41,550
here live on Netflix tonight
in the biggest spot of his career.

1384
01:19:02,554 --> 01:19:06,758
Well, Mark Ramsey
has an undeniable eye for finding talent

1385
01:19:06,792 --> 01:19:09,044
in the boxing world,
and he hand-picked Christian Mbilli

1386
01:19:09,077 --> 01:19:10,495
from the amateur ranks.

1387
01:19:11,012 --> 01:19:12,464
And his pupil's gone on to realize

1388
01:19:12,497 --> 01:19:14,966
the WBC Interim
Super Middleweight Championship,

1389
01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:18,103
and he has got
this fan base excited, Heidi.

1390
01:19:18,136 --> 01:19:20,972
You know, and he's exciting.
That's why. You know, he's from Cameroon.

1391
01:19:21,006 --> 01:19:23,925
He went from Cameroon to France
at just seven-years-old.

1392
01:19:23,959 --> 01:19:27,212
And by 15, Christian walked
into a boxing gym

1393
01:19:27,245 --> 01:19:29,664
simply to learn how to protect himself.

1394
01:19:29,698 --> 01:19:32,834
Six months later, guys, he was already
ranked number three in the nation.

1395
01:19:32,868 --> 01:19:35,086
I mean, this kid had talent off the bat.

1396
01:19:35,120 --> 01:19:38,723
Nearly 90 amateur fights followed,
capped by representing France,

1397
01:19:38,757 --> 01:19:41,009
as you mentioned, Jon,
in the 2016 Olympic Games

1398
01:19:41,042 --> 01:19:43,228
in Rio, where he reached the quarterfinal.

1399
01:19:43,261 --> 01:19:46,765
You mentioned his trainer, Mark Ramsey.
He brought him to Montreal, Canada.

1400
01:19:46,798 --> 01:19:50,385
And Christian joked me like,
"It was so cold. It was so brutal."

1401
01:19:50,418 --> 01:19:54,072
Those Long winters indoors were tough,
but that forged his toughness.

1402
01:19:54,105 --> 01:19:58,126
Now he makes his Las Vegas debut.
He's been rocking Raiders socks all week.

1403
01:19:58,160 --> 01:20:03,765
He calls his opponent Lester explosive,
the perfect mix to spark a firefight.

1404
01:20:03,799 --> 01:20:05,617
His coach doesn't want a fight
of the night.

1405
01:20:05,650 --> 01:20:08,136
He wants performance of the night.

1406
01:20:08,170 --> 01:20:10,622
And Christian told me, "Yeah, that's a lot
of pressure, but guess what?

1407
01:20:10,655 --> 01:20:13,458
I'm going to go out there
and knock this kid out."

1408
01:20:13,492 --> 01:20:15,594
We talked to Mbilli
in the fighter meeting,

1409
01:20:15,627 --> 01:20:18,180
and I talked to him about just that.

1410
01:20:18,213 --> 01:20:21,299
I said, I hear Mark saying
that he wants you to box,

1411
01:20:21,333 --> 01:20:23,168
but I see something different
in your eyes,

1412
01:20:23,201 --> 01:20:25,370
and I hear something different
in your voice.

1413
01:20:25,403 --> 01:20:28,039
I want to see
what voice he listens to in this fight.

1414
01:20:28,073 --> 01:20:29,691
Guys, these are super middleweights.

1415
01:20:29,724 --> 01:20:31,593
The main event is super middleweight.

1416
01:20:31,626 --> 01:20:35,347
If one of these two guys,
in this case we're talking Mbilli,

1417
01:20:35,380 --> 01:20:39,267
can make the kind of statement
that they intend to make,

1418
01:20:40,001 --> 01:20:43,388
they throw their hat right in the mix.

1419
01:20:44,155 --> 01:20:45,857
For the winner of Canelo-Crawford.

1420
01:20:46,508 --> 01:20:49,211
Some trying to call
Christian Mbilli a French Mike Tyson.

1421
01:20:49,244 --> 01:20:52,814
He's trying to balance
that fan expectation with strategy.

1422
01:20:52,848 --> 01:20:53,999
We'll see how it plays out tonight.

1423
01:20:54,032 --> 01:20:57,619
Christian Mbilli undefeated
as is Lester Martínez.

1424
01:20:57,652 --> 01:20:59,170
A few inches, the gap in height,

1425
01:20:59,204 --> 01:21:03,992
both men coming in right at a 167 pounds,
half an inch in reach for the incumbent,

1426
01:21:04,025 --> 01:21:06,478
the interim super middleweight champ,
Christian Mbili.

1427
01:21:06,511 --> 01:21:09,848
All right, now for the introductions
back inside to Michael Buffer.

1428
01:21:11,299 --> 01:21:14,135
Ladies and gentlemen,
here at Allegiant Stadium,

1429
01:21:14,169 --> 01:21:19,574
the action continues
with the Riyadh Season card, Las Vegas.

1430
01:21:19,608 --> 01:21:25,113
The three judges assigned at ringside
for this contest, Glenn Feldman,

1431
01:21:25,146 --> 01:21:29,050
Patricia Morse Jarman, and Chris Migliore.

1432
01:21:29,668 --> 01:21:34,072
Referee in charge of the action
at the bell will be Alan Huggins.

1433
01:21:34,105 --> 01:21:38,660
And now, a special contest,
ten rounds of boxing

1434
01:21:38,693 --> 01:21:41,947
for the WBC Interim

1435
01:21:41,980 --> 01:21:46,151
Super Middleweight World Championship.

1436
01:21:47,719 --> 01:21:51,539
It's undefeated versus undefeated.

1437
01:21:51,573 --> 01:21:55,360
Somebody has got to go.

1438
01:21:56,094 --> 01:21:59,915
Introducing first fighting out
of the blue corner wearing gold

1439
01:21:59,948 --> 01:22:04,369
with black official weight 167 pounds.

1440
01:22:04,402 --> 01:22:07,756
His professional record a perfect one.

1441
01:22:07,789 --> 01:22:14,129
Nineteen fights 19 victories
including 16 big wins by knockout.

1442
01:22:14,746 --> 01:22:19,734
De Ciudad de Guatemala,
The undefeated challenger,

1443
01:22:20,085 --> 01:22:25,206
Lester "El de Sangre Maya"

1444
01:22:25,240 --> 01:22:27,509
Martínez.

1445
01:22:30,779 --> 01:22:32,897
And his opponent
across the ring fighting out

1446
01:22:32,931 --> 01:22:36,735
of the red corner wearing
black twin with gold

1447
01:22:36,768 --> 01:22:41,006
weighing in officially at 167 pounds.

1448
01:22:41,039 --> 01:22:47,362
This Olympian now as a professional
has a perfect record of 29 fights.

1449
01:22:48,063 --> 01:22:53,218
Twenty-nine victories,
including 24 big wins by knockout.

1450
01:22:53,752 --> 01:22:56,071
Originally from Cameroon,

1451
01:22:56,104 --> 01:23:02,210
now living, training, fighting
out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1452
01:23:02,243 --> 01:23:05,764
Mesdames et messieurs,
the undefeated,

1453
01:23:05,797 --> 01:23:11,086
WBC Interim Super
Middleweight World Champion,

1454
01:23:11,119 --> 01:23:15,824
Christian Solide

1455
01:23:15,857 --> 01:23:18,910
Mbilli.

1456
01:23:24,032 --> 01:23:25,300
Sir, Christian…

1457
01:23:32,907 --> 01:23:35,477
Okay, gentlemen,
you've both been given your instructions.

1458
01:23:35,510 --> 01:23:37,178
Obey my command at all times.

1459
01:23:37,212 --> 01:23:40,065
Protect yourself at all times
and think from here on up is good.

1460
01:23:40,098 --> 01:23:43,001
Here on up is good. Touch gloves.
Good luck to you both.

1461
01:23:43,902 --> 01:23:47,005
This is one of those fights
where as long as it lasts,

1462
01:23:47,038 --> 01:23:48,073
you can't blink.

1463
01:23:49,507 --> 01:23:54,145
These guys throw punches
with bad intentions.

1464
01:23:54,179 --> 01:23:55,714
Yeah, from a matchmaking standpoint,

1465
01:23:55,747 --> 01:23:58,133
guys, this is what it is all about.

1466
01:23:59,034 --> 01:24:02,620
And both of these gentlemen in Cameroon
and Guatemala, respectively,

1467
01:24:02,654 --> 01:24:04,406
hardened by life experience.

1468
01:24:05,740 --> 01:24:08,660
The Cameroonian, Christian Mbilli
taking the center of the ring.

1469
01:24:08,693 --> 01:24:12,397
He's in black. Lester Martínez
in the big old trunks in yellow.

1470
01:24:12,430 --> 01:24:15,383
Does it look like Mbilli came to box?

1471
01:24:15,417 --> 01:24:21,573
I mean, right out
in round one with intensity

1472
01:24:21,606 --> 01:24:24,025
right in Lester Martínez's chest.

1473
01:24:24,059 --> 01:24:26,127
The eyes never lie, brother.

1474
01:24:26,161 --> 01:24:27,996
He had that look
in his eye in the fighter meeting.

1475
01:24:28,029 --> 01:24:30,398
But Martínez is a dangerous puncher.

1476
01:24:30,432 --> 01:24:32,083
-Right.
-And Mbilli has a tendency

1477
01:24:32,117 --> 01:24:34,169
to bow and arrow
when he throws the left hand,

1478
01:24:34,202 --> 01:24:37,155
Dre, and his right hand comes back
over to the left hook.

1479
01:24:37,188 --> 01:24:39,641
Yeah, it's interesting seeing
Lester Martínez on his back foot.

1480
01:24:39,674 --> 01:24:42,327
I haven't seen him
on his back foot his whole career.

1481
01:24:43,061 --> 01:24:45,713
Nice uppercut by Martínez,
and now a right hand.

1482
01:24:47,782 --> 01:24:49,717
Yeah, this is the kind
of night this is gonna be.

1483
01:24:49,751 --> 01:24:52,687
A little uppercut on the inside by Mbilli.

1484
01:24:52,720 --> 01:24:56,007
Don't push him, don't push him.

1485
01:24:56,040 --> 01:24:57,675
Body shot by Martínez.

1486
01:24:59,811 --> 01:25:01,896
So far, Mbilli's imposing his strength.

1487
01:25:01,930 --> 01:25:03,481
Martínez slipping off the ropes.

1488
01:25:03,515 --> 01:25:06,301
You can see with an intention
to spin Mbilli onto the ropes,

1489
01:25:06,334 --> 01:25:07,836
but Mbilli wasn't there.

1490
01:25:07,869 --> 01:25:11,005
But Mbilli better know
that punches are coming back

1491
01:25:11,039 --> 01:25:13,641
because Martínez is throwing,
and he's throwing hard.

1492
01:25:14,509 --> 01:25:16,427
The main thing I'm watching is,

1493
01:25:16,461 --> 01:25:18,480
when Mbilli throws the left hand
and see what the right hand does.

1494
01:25:18,513 --> 01:25:20,715
It comes back.
Martínez got a good left hook.

1495
01:25:23,184 --> 01:25:26,971
Good head movement by Martínez.
And Mbilli now rips the body.

1496
01:25:27,005 --> 01:25:28,890
Nice combination by Martínez!

1497
01:25:29,908 --> 01:25:32,627
And a left hook from Mbilli,
back and forth we go.

1498
01:25:32,660 --> 01:25:34,779
I mean, Martínez
has been getting some good work

1499
01:25:34,813 --> 01:25:37,665
in the gym, don't you think?
Getting Crawford ready for Canelo.

1500
01:25:37,699 --> 01:25:40,151
And Bud really likes him.
You can just tell.

1501
01:25:40,819 --> 01:25:43,438
Not just as training partner,
but as human being.

1502
01:25:54,482 --> 01:25:55,767
Brutal strength from both fighters.

1503
01:25:55,800 --> 01:25:59,420
I mean,
these shots are concussive, all of them.

1504
01:26:02,190 --> 01:26:06,277
It's just an issue,
it looks like, who lands right first.

1505
01:26:07,128 --> 01:26:10,815
Martínez, the more technical guy,
under a minute to go, round one.

1506
01:26:10,849 --> 01:26:12,066
That's a good call, Jon.

1507
01:26:12,100 --> 01:26:14,252
Even though the fight is fought
like this right now

1508
01:26:14,285 --> 01:26:16,905
in the phone booth,
Martínez is doing subtleties.

1509
01:26:16,938 --> 01:26:19,307
He's doing different things
that Mbilli is not.

1510
01:26:19,340 --> 01:26:21,776
Mbilli is just
literally using his physical strength

1511
01:26:21,809 --> 01:26:24,329
and punching power
to try to kick that front door down.

1512
01:26:24,362 --> 01:26:25,446
Box.

1513
01:26:27,665 --> 01:26:30,351
But thus far,
Martínez has not allowed him to.

1514
01:26:31,002 --> 01:26:33,705
Only takes one
from either one of these guys.

1515
01:26:37,125 --> 01:26:39,911
Which is why when you're throwing 100,
it's crazy.

1516
01:26:42,864 --> 01:26:43,898
Good exchange.

1517
01:26:43,932 --> 01:26:47,485
Man, Martínez answering
everything thrown by Mbilli here early on.

1518
01:26:49,454 --> 01:26:51,289
Oh, beautiful body shot by Lester.

1519
01:27:01,349 --> 01:27:05,620
Yes, please. More of that.
Yes, please. What a first round.

1520
01:27:06,921 --> 01:27:10,408
As advertised, through one.
Right back with round two.

1521
01:27:19,634 --> 01:27:22,403
"Very careful because he gets very close."

1522
01:27:22,437 --> 01:27:24,255
"You need to do combos."

1523
01:27:24,289 --> 01:27:28,276
"I don't want you to push
your… your right back."

1524
01:27:28,309 --> 01:27:31,062
"I want you to stay with him.
Just stay with him."

1525
01:27:31,095 --> 01:27:33,715
"Can you do that? Can you just do that?"

1526
01:27:33,748 --> 01:27:37,118
"Okay, take your time.
Take your time. Don't get excited."

1527
01:27:37,151 --> 01:27:39,904
"You have a tendency to get excited.
Don't get excited."

1528
01:27:40,905 --> 01:27:45,243
"And then-- And then find the right time,
just find the right time

1529
01:27:45,276 --> 01:27:48,162
to hit him and find the right time
to get it done."

1530
01:27:51,232 --> 01:27:52,400
"You're doing just fine."

1531
01:27:52,433 --> 01:27:54,702
We got a man in the crowd tonight
who has lived through

1532
01:27:54,736 --> 01:27:57,105
quite a few highs and lows in his life.

1533
01:27:57,138 --> 01:27:59,357
Charlie Sheen is here.
He's dominated Hollywood headlines

1534
01:27:59,390 --> 01:28:04,562
for decades, and now he's finally sharing
his remarkable story, aka Charlie Sheen,

1535
01:28:04,595 --> 01:28:07,332
now playing only on Netflix

1536
01:28:07,982 --> 01:28:10,885
And there's something in the air
tonight with these first round guys.

1537
01:28:10,918 --> 01:28:13,554
That's the third one tonight
that was electric.

1538
01:28:13,588 --> 01:28:17,442
I have my mind on the main event
as these guys get into round two.

1539
01:28:17,475 --> 01:28:19,227
Brother, I think
it's just something in the air.

1540
01:28:19,260 --> 01:28:20,845
Something in the air tonight.

1541
01:28:20,878 --> 01:28:23,564
It is usually higher the stakes,

1542
01:28:23,598 --> 01:28:27,635
the… the more cautious
fighters are early. Not tonight.

1543
01:28:28,886 --> 01:28:31,189
Well, Mark Ramsey
knows his athlete, Christian Mbilli,

1544
01:28:31,222 --> 01:28:32,440
but not necessarily…

1545
01:28:33,358 --> 01:28:35,193
the approach he was looking for
in round one.

1546
01:28:35,226 --> 01:28:37,428
Just overly aggressive was this guy.

1547
01:28:37,462 --> 01:28:39,664
Coach Mark Ramsey has his hands
cut out, to say the least.

1548
01:28:39,697 --> 01:28:40,865
-Yeah.
-He's speaking--

1549
01:28:40,898 --> 01:28:42,450
I think they're on different wavelengths.

1550
01:28:42,483 --> 01:28:44,919
I think he's on a different channel
than his fighter.

1551
01:28:44,952 --> 01:28:49,057
And they gotta figure that out
because Mbilli's mind is made up.

1552
01:28:49,090 --> 01:28:50,625
This is the fight
he's gonna fight tonight.

1553
01:28:54,529 --> 01:28:57,165
Vicious left hook to the body from Mbilli.

1554
01:28:58,666 --> 01:29:00,985
-Head free.
-And then a right hand.

1555
01:29:01,019 --> 01:29:03,688
One of Mbilli's strengths
is the physical strength.

1556
01:29:03,721 --> 01:29:06,891
He's able to push Lester Martínez back.

1557
01:29:06,924 --> 01:29:09,577
That doesn't seem like anything,
but it just starts to wear you down.

1558
01:29:09,610 --> 01:29:11,179
-It starts to--
-Right from the opening bell.

1559
01:29:11,212 --> 01:29:12,914
And it's also intimidating for a fighter.

1560
01:29:12,947 --> 01:29:14,699
I can exchange with you punch for punch,

1561
01:29:14,732 --> 01:29:17,985
but the physicality,
it's on a whole other level.

1562
01:29:18,019 --> 01:29:21,439
And I think he's a lot stronger
than Lester Martínez tonight.

1563
01:29:21,472 --> 01:29:22,573
Not just because of the muscles,

1564
01:29:22,607 --> 01:29:24,876
but because of how
he's pushing Lester back.

1565
01:29:24,909 --> 01:29:28,463
Martínez doing a lot of good things,
but Mbilli is walking through it

1566
01:29:29,080 --> 01:29:32,800
and turning this into an absolute
phone booth war.

1567
01:29:32,834 --> 01:29:35,787
Right.

1568
01:29:35,820 --> 01:29:38,923
Mbilli rips the body.
90 seconds to go round two.

1569
01:29:38,956 --> 01:29:40,725
Uppercut is there for Martínez.

1570
01:29:42,593 --> 01:29:45,913
The right hand that… that Mbilli just dug

1571
01:29:45,947 --> 01:29:48,983
to the body, and that's not
the first one this round.

1572
01:29:49,016 --> 01:29:52,837
Come on.

1573
01:29:53,571 --> 01:29:56,808
The hook to the body return
for Martínez, I mean.

1574
01:29:56,841 --> 01:30:00,595
Oh. Oh! And Mbilli over the top,
Martínez counters.

1575
01:30:01,379 --> 01:30:05,867
Man.

1576
01:30:05,900 --> 01:30:09,003
Guys, super middleweight is a big division

1577
01:30:09,036 --> 01:30:12,223
for guys to be throwing
this many punches this hard.

1578
01:30:19,781 --> 01:30:23,918
Mbilli working his way,
brutality-wise, inside.

1579
01:30:23,951 --> 01:30:26,704
Some numbers, you see the accuracy
from Mbilli early on.

1580
01:30:29,373 --> 01:30:32,660
As a fighter, you gotta steal
deep breaths in these moments,

1581
01:30:32,693 --> 01:30:34,245
even though there's not
a lot of time to do so.

1582
01:30:34,278 --> 01:30:37,048
You gotta try to get
those deep breaths in,

1583
01:30:37,081 --> 01:30:40,284
in between your opponent's
combinations and the combinations

1584
01:30:40,318 --> 01:30:42,787
that you're throwing,
so you don't fade a lot faster.

1585
01:30:42,820 --> 01:30:45,973
-No time to breathe.
-You gotta-- You have to.

1586
01:30:51,078 --> 01:30:53,464
They're trying to match
each other's combination.

1587
01:30:53,498 --> 01:30:55,099
-You see that right there?
-And Mbilli threw

1588
01:30:55,133 --> 01:30:56,534
the same combination back!

1589
01:30:57,535 --> 01:31:00,455
Mbilli to the body, Martínez upstairs.

1590
01:31:03,157 --> 01:31:04,909
Nice work from both fighters.

1591
01:31:04,942 --> 01:31:06,677
Mbilli got the best of that experience.

1592
01:31:06,711 --> 01:31:09,197
And what's crazy is, at that distance,

1593
01:31:09,230 --> 01:31:10,898
it's kind of safer for both guys,

1594
01:31:10,932 --> 01:31:12,917
'cause they're taking
a little something off the shots.

1595
01:31:12,950 --> 01:31:14,602
They can't get full extension.

1596
01:31:14,635 --> 01:31:17,205
Deep breath.

1597
01:31:19,891 --> 01:31:21,576
-Deep breathe, hold it…
-For your head.

1598
01:31:22,894 --> 01:31:25,313
"I'm not saying we're ahead.
It's very even right now."

1599
01:31:25,346 --> 01:31:28,032
"You're doing a good job.
Listen, listen, and continue--"

1600
01:31:28,065 --> 01:31:31,502
"And continue to use the torque out there
to use the shots to the body."

1601
01:31:31,536 --> 01:31:33,304
"Great work, great work."

1602
01:31:33,337 --> 01:31:36,874
Lester, Lester, you gotta stay
off the ropes, okay?

1603
01:31:36,908 --> 01:31:39,710
When he bag you up, step around him, okay?

1604
01:31:39,744 --> 01:31:43,798
You gotta keep your guards up, up here,
not right here, up here, okay?

1605
01:31:43,831 --> 01:31:45,516
And step around him,
get your feet together,

1606
01:31:45,550 --> 01:31:46,968
get your legs together.

1607
01:31:47,001 --> 01:31:49,954
Get the sound, sit down
on your punches a little more, okay?

1608
01:31:50,721 --> 01:31:52,340
How you feeling?

1609
01:31:52,373 --> 01:31:54,275
-I've been good, Coach.
-Okay, all right. Okay.

1610
01:31:54,308 --> 01:31:55,943
Well, you got to dig for it…

1611
01:31:55,977 --> 01:31:58,262
Well, fellas, not sure
if you have seen what is going on

1612
01:31:58,296 --> 01:32:00,831
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1613
01:32:00,865 --> 01:32:02,800
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1614
01:32:02,833 --> 01:32:05,102
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1615
01:32:05,136 --> 01:32:08,155
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who find 20 million

1616
01:32:08,189 --> 01:32:10,458
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1617
01:32:10,491 --> 01:32:13,461
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1618
01:32:13,494 --> 01:32:17,114
Looks pretty intense. Check it out
only on Netflix, January 16th.

1619
01:32:19,800 --> 01:32:20,985
All right, buckle up.

1620
01:32:21,018 --> 01:32:23,771
Round three,
Christian Mbilli, Lester Martínez

1621
01:32:23,804 --> 01:32:26,390
for the WBC
Interim Super Middleweight title.

1622
01:32:26,424 --> 01:32:29,427
Come on.

1623
01:32:34,532 --> 01:32:35,883
Oh. Oh.

1624
01:32:35,917 --> 01:32:40,071
We already saw Brandon Adams beat
Serhii Bohachuk in this kind of fight,

1625
01:32:40,104 --> 01:32:42,423
and I thought that one was gonna be
tough to beat,

1626
01:32:42,456 --> 01:32:45,409
but these two guys seem
like they're trying.

1627
01:32:45,443 --> 01:32:48,179
-Chasing bonus money early.
-Get off the rope!

1628
01:32:49,497 --> 01:32:52,300
Is that what's happening tonight?
I don't know.

1629
01:32:52,333 --> 01:32:53,868
Is that what we're saying?
Is that why we're getting

1630
01:32:53,901 --> 01:32:55,736
-these kind of fights tonight?
-I-- Of course.

1631
01:32:55,770 --> 01:32:59,106
Listen, you think it hurts
to be incentivized? A 100,000 dollars?

1632
01:33:00,007 --> 01:33:02,343
Especially some of those
prelim fighters, right?

1633
01:33:02,376 --> 01:33:04,979
You wonder what their purse is
relative to that bonus.

1634
01:33:05,012 --> 01:33:08,015
Nice connection by Martínez
over the top of the right hand.

1635
01:33:08,049 --> 01:33:10,468
And Mbilli just continues
to walk through it.

1636
01:33:10,501 --> 01:33:12,903
But I mentioned especially
in the first round, guys,

1637
01:33:12,970 --> 01:33:16,741
because the stakes are high, it is--
There's a feeling out process.

1638
01:33:16,774 --> 01:33:18,909
And if that's in the air
for our main event,

1639
01:33:18,943 --> 01:33:22,913
people still remember Hagler and Hearns
because they threw caution to the wind

1640
01:33:22,947 --> 01:33:24,832
from ding ding round one,

1641
01:33:24,865 --> 01:33:28,336
and I wonder what's gonna happen
a little later tonight.

1642
01:33:34,592 --> 01:33:36,043
Good body shot from Mbilli.

1643
01:33:36,077 --> 01:33:38,512
-I thought it affected Mbilli just there…
-Yes, it did.

1644
01:33:38,546 --> 01:33:41,716
-…right hand to the body.
-Hasn't thrown a punch since.

1645
01:33:41,749 --> 01:33:44,068
He's more concerned with protecting
that side of his body

1646
01:33:44,101 --> 01:33:46,320
-than he is throwing punches.
-And it set up the uppercut

1647
01:33:46,354 --> 01:33:48,105
for Martínez too with the same hand

1648
01:33:51,425 --> 01:33:53,144
And now, the left to the body.

1649
01:33:53,177 --> 01:33:56,897
Whoever can make that adjustment
can create the separation they need.

1650
01:33:56,931 --> 01:34:00,134
-Which adjustment?
-Landing clean shots to the body

1651
01:34:02,003 --> 01:34:05,039
Placed shots, thoughtful shots,
not just flurries.

1652
01:34:06,290 --> 01:34:09,443
Some good defensive responsibility
there by Martínez.

1653
01:34:10,444 --> 01:34:12,346
Ooh, good left hook from Mbilli,

1654
01:34:12,380 --> 01:34:15,433
but in this round
for the first time, it looks to me

1655
01:34:15,466 --> 01:34:18,703
like Martínez's shots upstairs
also are having

1656
01:34:18,736 --> 01:34:20,588
a different kind of effect on Mbilli.

1657
01:34:23,374 --> 01:34:26,477
Good counter by Martínez
after Mbilli appeared to land.

1658
01:34:31,649 --> 01:34:35,403
Oh, short left is there for Mbilli.
And now an uppercut from Martínez.

1659
01:34:36,504 --> 01:34:39,223
Oh, big shot from Mbilli, a right hook.

1660
01:34:41,892 --> 01:34:44,795
Mbilli now trying
to force the issue and follow up.

1661
01:34:44,829 --> 01:34:46,547
Eats an uppercut from Martínez.

1662
01:34:53,804 --> 01:34:57,942
Right hand is there for Mbilli,
and the Martínez uppercut is heard from.

1663
01:34:57,975 --> 01:35:00,411
Martínez wants to put
Mbilli's back on the ropes,

1664
01:35:00,444 --> 01:35:02,663
and Mbilli won't let him.

1665
01:35:08,052 --> 01:35:09,920
Good body work by Mbilli
late in the round.

1666
01:35:09,954 --> 01:35:12,073
Martínez always there to answer.

1667
01:35:12,106 --> 01:35:14,959
What a war!

1668
01:35:23,818 --> 01:35:26,087
"Bring him to you. Bring him to you."

1669
01:35:26,120 --> 01:35:28,489
"He's done."

1670
01:35:30,591 --> 01:35:33,811
"Because… because you are
an offensive player,

1671
01:35:33,844 --> 01:35:36,046
but you have
to be careful with your defense."

1672
01:35:36,580 --> 01:35:39,667
"Go with him. Move with him."

1673
01:35:40,284 --> 01:35:42,770
"He's coming toward you.
Don't let him come toward you."

1674
01:35:42,803 --> 01:35:44,438
"Just come to your second leg."

1675
01:35:45,222 --> 01:35:50,561
"You just-- He… he has a low guard.
So, take advantage of that."

1676
01:35:50,594 --> 01:35:53,781
"Just-- And go to the side.
Just move to the side."

1677
01:35:53,814 --> 01:35:55,633
"And then that way
you'll be able to get him."

1678
01:35:57,802 --> 01:36:00,371
When we say fighting
in a phone booth, this is what we need.

1679
01:36:00,404 --> 01:36:02,506
These fighters are forehead to forehead,

1680
01:36:02,540 --> 01:36:04,542
not just throwing one
or two punches,

1681
01:36:04,575 --> 01:36:07,511
but throwing combinations both
to the head and the body.

1682
01:36:07,545 --> 01:36:10,731
And every time Martínez has a moment
and Mbilli comes back

1683
01:36:10,765 --> 01:36:12,299
and he has another moment,

1684
01:36:12,333 --> 01:36:15,069
I would not want
to be a judge in this fight tonight.

1685
01:36:15,102 --> 01:36:15,953
No, thank you.

1686
01:36:16,454 --> 01:36:18,422
Man, if this goes to the judges.

1687
01:36:18,456 --> 01:36:19,306
No, thank you.

1688
01:36:19,840 --> 01:36:21,892
Well, let us check
in with our official score.

1689
01:36:21,926 --> 01:36:23,010
The coach, Skipper Kelp.

1690
01:36:23,043 --> 01:36:24,979
Skip, what do you have so far?

1691
01:36:25,012 --> 01:36:29,900
I have it two rounds to one
for Mbilli, but the last round I gave

1692
01:36:29,934 --> 01:36:32,336
to Lester because he started
landing clean shots.

1693
01:36:33,087 --> 01:36:34,388
Very close fight.

1694
01:36:34,421 --> 01:36:35,272
No doubt about it.

1695
01:36:35,306 --> 01:36:36,423
Nice left hand by Christian Mbilli.

1696
01:36:36,457 --> 01:36:38,392
Mark Ramsey looking for a little
more defense on this guy.

1697
01:36:38,425 --> 01:36:41,529
I'll take Skipper's word for it
because you get caught up

1698
01:36:41,562 --> 01:36:43,063
in the action in these rounds.

1699
01:36:44,281 --> 01:36:47,568
But Andre, you were wise
to acknowledge the sort of disconnect

1700
01:36:47,601 --> 01:36:50,604
between coach and pupil,
Ramsey and Mbilli.

1701
01:36:50,638 --> 01:36:53,591
We see a
little more defensive responsibility

1702
01:36:53,624 --> 01:36:54,508
here round four.

1703
01:36:54,542 --> 01:37:01,398
And it's tough being a judge in a fight
like this because what do you face?

1704
01:37:02,683 --> 01:37:04,335
Both guys.

1705
01:37:04,368 --> 01:37:06,470
are almost identical in their approach.

1706
01:37:07,188 --> 01:37:09,924
Do you feel like Mbilli
has some effective aggressiveness

1707
01:37:09,957 --> 01:37:11,709
because he's
pushing Lester back?

1708
01:37:11,742 --> 01:37:15,513
Do you like when Lester throws a three-
or four-piece combination?

1709
01:37:16,030 --> 01:37:17,264
What are you looking at?

1710
01:37:17,298 --> 01:37:19,466
How do you separate these two
and have a…

1711
01:37:20,034 --> 01:37:22,419
determining factor to give a guy
a round when they're this close.

1712
01:37:22,453 --> 01:37:24,688
See, to me, here's what
you ask yourself every round.

1713
01:37:24,722 --> 01:37:25,573
Here's how you score a round.

1714
01:37:25,606 --> 01:37:27,508
Who would you rather have been that round?

1715
01:37:27,541 --> 01:37:29,360
I don't know in these rounds.

1716
01:37:29,393 --> 01:37:32,096
Because it's not just
how hard you think they're throwing,

1717
01:37:32,129 --> 01:37:34,398
but how's the other guy
taking the shot?

1718
01:37:34,431 --> 01:37:35,316
It's hard to tell.

1719
01:37:35,349 --> 01:37:36,917
It's right down the middle, brother.

1720
01:37:39,453 --> 01:37:40,938
This shot right there from Mbilli.

1721
01:37:40,971 --> 01:37:41,822
Yeah, it was.

1722
01:37:41,856 --> 01:37:44,141
Lester's back does not need
to be against the ropes,

1723
01:37:44,174 --> 01:37:46,710
but it's hard
for him to get Mbilli off of him.

1724
01:37:46,744 --> 01:37:47,795
I don't see how he keeps it.

1725
01:37:47,828 --> 01:37:49,280
He's doing good work off the ropes.

1726
01:37:49,313 --> 01:37:52,550
He's got to turn him, because Mbilli
is strong in a straight line.

1727
01:37:52,583 --> 01:37:55,553
If you allow him to back you up
in a straight line, but as soon

1728
01:37:55,586 --> 01:37:58,105
as you give him an angle,
he'll fall over his feet.

1729
01:37:58,138 --> 01:37:59,773
But that's not who Lester Martínez is.

1730
01:37:59,807 --> 01:38:02,560
Yeah, Lester Martínez doesn't
have the fleetest of feet.

1731
01:38:03,143 --> 01:38:04,028
It's not even the fleet.

1732
01:38:04,061 --> 01:38:07,431
It's just a willingness to step
to the side and give a slight angle.

1733
01:38:08,682 --> 01:38:11,235
Great short uppercut from Lester Martínez.

1734
01:38:12,303 --> 01:38:15,639
But, again, I don't
think Martínez is interested.

1735
01:38:16,824 --> 01:38:20,911
Unofficially and barely landing
at a third-grader clip,

1736
01:38:20,945 --> 01:38:22,897
sixty-seven percent
to thirty-nine percent

1737
01:38:22,930 --> 01:38:24,114
for Martínez.

1738
01:38:24,148 --> 01:38:27,084
It's also, when you're the hunter
your whole career, and both

1739
01:38:27,117 --> 01:38:30,721
these guys have been the hunter,
that's when you know what,

1740
01:38:30,754 --> 01:38:32,940
you know, you can't accept the fact

1741
01:38:32,973 --> 01:38:34,992
that you're gonna
be the hunted a little bit.

1742
01:38:35,025 --> 01:38:36,143
You have to keep hunting,

1743
01:38:36,176 --> 01:38:38,662
and that's what's happening
with both guys here.

1744
01:38:38,696 --> 01:38:41,498
Looked like Mbilli absorbed
a pretty significant shot there

1745
01:38:41,532 --> 01:38:42,383
on the inside.

1746
01:38:46,437 --> 01:38:48,439
Again, Martínez connects.

1747
01:38:48,472 --> 01:38:50,608
Mbilli is so physically strong.

1748
01:38:52,543 --> 01:38:56,413
And he is just
in perpetual forward motion.

1749
01:38:59,316 --> 01:39:01,285
Big left hand from Mbilli.

1750
01:39:05,089 --> 01:39:07,191
He's got that death touch to be sure.

1751
01:39:07,224 --> 01:39:09,293
He ate a right hand from Martinez there.

1752
01:39:11,629 --> 01:39:14,164
Oh, both fighters' necks on big off rings.

1753
01:39:14,198 --> 01:39:16,433
Big right hand from Mbilli upstairs.

1754
01:39:18,535 --> 01:39:21,538
Four great rounds thus far.
Potentially six to go.

1755
01:39:25,659 --> 01:39:26,677
Hey.

1756
01:39:27,328 --> 01:39:29,246
Make these rounds close, man. Okay.

1757
01:39:29,279 --> 01:39:30,130
Hey, I'm sorry.

1758
01:39:31,231 --> 01:39:33,951
You're making the rounds too close, okay?

1759
01:39:33,984 --> 01:39:37,771
You got to pick it up.
How you feel? You okay?

1760
01:39:37,805 --> 01:39:40,007
It ain't doing nothing to you
because you got your hands down

1761
01:39:40,040 --> 01:39:41,175
and you're moving your head.

1762
01:39:41,208 --> 01:39:43,394
But you got to let your hands
go a little bit more.

1763
01:39:43,427 --> 01:39:45,612
Okay? Two and three.

1764
01:39:47,598 --> 01:39:49,049
Agua, agua, agua.

1765
01:39:49,083 --> 01:39:51,452
Deep breath. Give me a deep breath.

1766
01:39:53,203 --> 01:39:54,388
When a fight is this close,

1767
01:39:54,421 --> 01:39:57,891
these are the moments and these
are the sequences you want to have

1768
01:39:57,925 --> 01:40:01,195
as a round is closing, like you see
Mbilli have right here.

1769
01:40:01,228 --> 01:40:03,931
Clean shots, powerful shots,

1770
01:40:03,964 --> 01:40:07,267
shots that send Lester back
to the corner, trying to recover,

1771
01:40:07,301 --> 01:40:10,237
and it's the last thing
on a judge's mind.

1772
01:40:10,270 --> 01:40:13,941
That's how you close a round in a fight
this close in this nip and tuck.

1773
01:40:14,458 --> 01:40:16,543
And I think,
Dre, you hit the nail on the head.

1774
01:40:16,577 --> 01:40:18,662
In terms
of the effective aggression thing,

1775
01:40:18,696 --> 01:40:21,365
the question in a close round
for a judge might be,

1776
01:40:21,915 --> 01:40:23,967
who did the thing they wanted to do?

1777
01:40:24,001 --> 01:40:26,687
And if Mbilli's intention is
to put Martinez on the ropes

1778
01:40:26,720 --> 01:40:28,605
and Martinez doesn't want to be there,

1779
01:40:28,639 --> 01:40:31,892
he's imposing his will that way,
and that could be the difference.

1780
01:40:34,795 --> 01:40:37,381
And there were some close rounds
earlier tonight between Brandon Adams

1781
01:40:37,414 --> 01:40:41,251
and Serhii Bohachuk, but it was
Adams who constantly put a capstone

1782
01:40:41,285 --> 01:40:44,438
on the rounds by coming on strong
over the final 25, 30 seconds.

1783
01:40:45,606 --> 01:40:46,707
Round five here.

1784
01:40:48,025 --> 01:40:51,845
Martinez's coach, Bomak,
said you gotta do more.

1785
01:40:51,879 --> 01:40:54,798
I'm not sure that that's the right thing
for Martinez to do.

1786
01:40:54,832 --> 01:40:56,300
He said you have to throw more punches.

1787
01:40:56,333 --> 01:41:00,054
I think he has to be a little bit smarter
and not necessarily fight harder.

1788
01:41:01,121 --> 01:41:04,825
That's the differentiator in this fight,
by just giving slight angles.

1789
01:41:04,858 --> 01:41:07,494
You don't have to be Floyd Mayweather
on your feet, but punch

1790
01:41:07,528 --> 01:41:09,997
and just step around
and make the hard charging,

1791
01:41:10,030 --> 01:41:12,282
Mbilli, look for you,
and then punch again.

1792
01:41:13,083 --> 01:41:15,536
Both fighters landing consequential shots
on the inside.

1793
01:41:15,569 --> 01:41:18,272
Seems like Mbilli's defense
has shored up a little bit.

1794
01:41:20,791 --> 01:41:24,695
You know, I hear you, Dre,
but to pull that off effectively…

1795
01:41:25,929 --> 01:41:26,964
When you're not that kind of fighter,

1796
01:41:26,997 --> 01:41:30,818
it's very difficult when
a guy is as hard-charging as Mbilli.

1797
01:41:31,769 --> 01:41:33,337
It's really not.

1798
01:41:33,904 --> 01:41:35,072
Maybe not for you.

1799
01:41:35,105 --> 01:41:37,341
No, no, it's really not.
You don't have to be a kind of fighter.

1800
01:41:37,374 --> 01:41:40,494
It's a simple, just move.
Just get off the line.

1801
01:41:42,262 --> 01:41:44,765
But you got to have a know-how,
and you got to have a willingness.

1802
01:41:44,798 --> 01:41:46,600
Right. It's not in his nature.

1803
01:41:52,773 --> 01:41:54,975
Short sequence from Mbilli but Martinez

1804
01:41:55,008 --> 01:41:57,344
just constantly throwing offense.

1805
01:41:58,662 --> 01:42:00,531
Another uppercut from Lester.

1806
01:42:07,354 --> 01:42:10,824
And this could be wind up
being a conditioning fight these guys.

1807
01:42:10,858 --> 01:42:14,061
You know Martinez is blocking a lot
of these shots on the inside.

1808
01:42:15,295 --> 01:42:16,997
Oh, it's a conditioning fight for sure.

1809
01:42:17,030 --> 01:42:20,484
And he's countering
but Mbilli is just maintaining the pace

1810
01:42:21,735 --> 01:42:24,888
And hard to quantify how
much confidence it gives Martinez

1811
01:42:24,922 --> 01:42:26,723
to be side-by-side with Bud Crawford,

1812
01:42:26,757 --> 01:42:28,475
but fighting like a guy

1813
01:42:28,509 --> 01:42:31,578
who's totally unfazed
by the biggest stage of his career.

1814
01:42:32,279 --> 01:42:34,715
Martinez doesn't have
to sit there on the ropes.

1815
01:42:34,748 --> 01:42:38,202
You can just walk in there. Just walk.
You don't have to be…

1816
01:42:38,235 --> 01:42:40,971
light on your feet just walk
and then when you get in position punch

1817
01:42:41,004 --> 01:42:42,105
and then walk him again.

1818
01:42:42,139 --> 01:42:46,260
He's heavy-legged, he's pressing forward,
he's falling over his feet.

1819
01:42:46,293 --> 01:42:49,947
You got to recognize at least that small
thing and make that small adjustment.

1820
01:42:49,980 --> 01:42:53,000
Right you just saw Lester Martinez
land a very good combination

1821
01:42:53,033 --> 01:42:55,052
and had he stepped off at that point.

1822
01:42:55,085 --> 01:42:56,770
Maybe he could do it again.

1823
01:42:56,803 --> 01:42:58,822
We think you have
to be Floyd Mayweather or fight like this,

1824
01:42:58,856 --> 01:43:00,474
you can be somewhere in-between

1825
01:43:06,897 --> 01:43:08,882
Body work is there for Mbilli.

1826
01:43:11,935 --> 01:43:14,454
Good right hand by the Guatemalan now.

1827
01:43:14,488 --> 01:43:16,940
Martinez did some
very good work this round.

1828
01:43:22,746 --> 01:43:24,648
Mbilli closed the round again.

1829
01:43:31,622 --> 01:43:33,257
"You're doing fine."

1830
01:43:33,290 --> 01:43:36,293
"You're doing just fine.
You can rest a little bit."

1831
01:43:36,326 --> 01:43:40,330
"I know you're an offensive player,
but be careful with your defense."

1832
01:43:41,915 --> 01:43:43,767
"And then you don't have to worry."

1833
01:43:43,800 --> 01:43:46,687
"I mean, I know you took some hard hits
on the body."

1834
01:43:47,337 --> 01:43:49,323
"But you're fine. You're fine."

1835
01:43:49,356 --> 01:43:52,075
"The most important
is to get the job done."

1836
01:43:52,109 --> 01:43:55,312
"Okay? So keep your combos going

1837
01:43:55,345 --> 01:43:58,232
and just be sure
that you work on your defense."

1838
01:44:01,151 --> 01:44:04,187
"And then you keep on doing
the same thing you've been doing."

1839
01:44:11,111 --> 01:44:13,030
"First you pull the angle,
you hit him in the body,

1840
01:44:13,063 --> 01:44:14,998
and then you get
into it with the left hand,

1841
01:44:15,032 --> 01:44:17,267
and then right there, low, okay?"

1842
01:44:17,301 --> 01:44:19,052
"Give me the other one."

1843
01:44:20,103 --> 01:44:22,489
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1844
01:44:22,522 --> 01:44:24,291
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1845
01:44:24,324 --> 01:44:27,728
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1846
01:44:27,761 --> 01:44:28,895
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1847
01:44:29,396 --> 01:44:32,399
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1848
01:44:33,600 --> 01:44:36,103
We resume the action here.

1849
01:44:36,136 --> 01:44:39,740
High octane all of it. Round six,
Christian Biele, Lester Martinez.

1850
01:44:39,773 --> 01:44:41,792
I'm in the corner of Lester Martinez.

1851
01:44:41,825 --> 01:44:44,127
I'm not complicating things.
I'm keeping it simple.

1852
01:44:44,161 --> 01:44:46,813
Sonny, can you throw your jab?

1853
01:44:46,847 --> 01:44:49,783
Throw a combination and put your hands up
and just step around.

1854
01:44:49,816 --> 01:44:52,953
And when he comes
to you and stumbles to you,

1855
01:44:52,986 --> 01:44:55,339
you can either step around again
or you can rinse and repeat.

1856
01:44:55,372 --> 01:44:56,990
Let's just do that the rest of the way.

1857
01:44:57,024 --> 01:44:58,775
We're going to be a lot safer,
give up less points,

1858
01:44:58,809 --> 01:45:02,079
less punishment, and we're going
to pile up points on this guy.

1859
01:45:02,112 --> 01:45:04,848
Looked like there was a step
around a moment ago.

1860
01:45:05,615 --> 01:45:08,018
From Lester Martinez,
lands the right hand there.

1861
01:45:08,051 --> 01:45:10,570
And if I'm in the corner of Mbilli,

1862
01:45:10,604 --> 01:45:11,621
I might tell him the same thing,

1863
01:45:11,655 --> 01:45:13,557
but I just
don't think he's gonna listen.

1864
01:45:15,909 --> 01:45:19,062
His mind is made up.
This is what it's gonna be tonight.

1865
01:45:19,746 --> 01:45:21,148
From the opening bell.

1866
01:45:23,884 --> 01:45:25,719
And in the fighter meeting, he did
talk a lot

1867
01:45:25,752 --> 01:45:28,555
about strategy and finding patterns.

1868
01:45:29,639 --> 01:45:31,858
What's impressive to me about what Mbilli…

1869
01:45:31,892 --> 01:45:32,993
They've both been impressive tonight.

1870
01:45:33,026 --> 01:45:36,029
What's impressive about Mbilli to me
is when you decide

1871
01:45:36,063 --> 01:45:39,399
you're going to keep up that kind
of intense pressure all night,

1872
01:45:39,433 --> 01:45:42,469
and the other guy is well-schooled
enough to punish you for it,

1873
01:45:42,502 --> 01:45:44,354
but nothing ever changes.

1874
01:45:44,388 --> 01:45:46,289
You're never in the least discouraged.

1875
01:45:46,890 --> 01:45:47,908
That's a guy who's…

1876
01:45:48,692 --> 01:45:51,895
as prepared for the moment psychologically
as he can be.

1877
01:45:51,928 --> 01:45:53,947
The three-piece from Mbilli right there.

1878
01:45:53,980 --> 01:45:55,048
Yes, it was.

1879
01:45:57,100 --> 01:45:59,019
Oh, nice uppercut from Martinez,

1880
01:45:59,052 --> 01:46:01,471
and the numbers are just
one angle, but they do suggest

1881
01:46:01,505 --> 01:46:04,558
that Mbilli has landed
at a far greater flip, 59%

1882
01:46:04,591 --> 01:46:06,193
to 36% for Martinez.

1883
01:46:06,827 --> 01:46:10,080
And for what it's worth,
he's throwing the flashier punches,

1884
01:46:10,113 --> 01:46:11,948
and oftentimes
the heavier shots are landing.

1885
01:46:11,982 --> 01:46:16,269
Yep. I think Martinez too
is expecting at some point,

1886
01:46:16,303 --> 01:46:18,822
because he's doing
some good subtle work on the inside,

1887
01:46:18,855 --> 01:46:20,757
picking shots and countering.

1888
01:46:20,791 --> 01:46:22,743
At some point, that's supposed
to add up to something,

1889
01:46:22,776 --> 01:46:24,861
and something's supposed
to change in the other guy.

1890
01:46:24,895 --> 01:46:26,646
Watch your hands, watch your hands.

1891
01:46:27,414 --> 01:46:30,067
This is why you don't cheat in boxing.

1892
01:46:30,100 --> 01:46:32,903
This is why
you don't cut corners in boxing.

1893
01:46:32,936 --> 01:46:35,622
This is why you dedicate yourself
and you fall in love with it

1894
01:46:35,655 --> 01:46:39,042
or you leave it alone because you may
find yourself in a fight like this

1895
01:46:39,076 --> 01:46:40,894
one night and it's going to tell on you.

1896
01:46:40,927 --> 01:46:43,630
What you did well
and what you didn't do well.

1897
01:46:45,982 --> 01:46:48,351
I'll tell you, someone
who's not getting cheated right now

1898
01:46:48,385 --> 01:46:51,171
are the fans.
This has been terrific, bell to bell.

1899
01:46:51,204 --> 01:46:53,540
No knockout, no knockout, no knockout.

1900
01:46:54,391 --> 01:46:57,194
And you can imagine
what the scene must be in Guatemala.

1901
01:46:57,227 --> 01:46:59,679
This is their great hope for boxing glory.

1902
01:46:59,713 --> 01:47:02,616
They've never had an Olympic medalist
nor a world champion.

1903
01:47:03,300 --> 01:47:04,734
Good shot from Mbilli.

1904
01:47:04,768 --> 01:47:07,921
Because when you do prepare the right way,
and it is this kind of night,

1905
01:47:07,954 --> 01:47:10,841
you're confident to bite
on that gum shield and go to work.

1906
01:47:10,874 --> 01:47:13,743
See, at this distance, I think
it's a more dangerous fight.

1907
01:47:13,777 --> 01:47:16,663
When they're in close,
when they're in close,

1908
01:47:16,696 --> 01:47:18,582
there's a little something
taking off their shots.

1909
01:47:18,615 --> 01:47:21,168
At mid-range, these guys
are catching each other

1910
01:47:21,685 --> 01:47:22,752
with more full extensions.

1911
01:47:26,990 --> 01:47:30,377
Short uppercut late for Martinez,
round six is done.

1912
01:47:41,688 --> 01:47:45,242
You got to start bringing them around.
You got to start bringing them around.

1913
01:47:45,275 --> 01:47:49,679
Under, around, around the glove, okay?
Okay?

1914
01:47:49,713 --> 01:47:51,815
Doing a good job staying off the ropes.

1915
01:47:51,848 --> 01:47:55,785
But you got to keep trying to push him
back a little bit more, okay?

1916
01:47:55,819 --> 01:47:58,488
-You see, he's getting tired. He's tired.
-Yeah, I know.

1917
01:47:58,522 --> 01:48:00,824
All right, you're pushing.
How do you feel?

1918
01:48:00,857 --> 01:48:03,510
-I feel good. I feel good.
-Give me a deep breath.

1919
01:48:03,543 --> 01:48:05,128
Yeah.

1920
01:48:06,096 --> 01:48:08,598
This is very even right now.
We're even right now.

1921
01:48:09,916 --> 01:48:11,401
You got three rounds left.

1922
01:48:17,123 --> 01:48:20,210
"This is very even
right now. Very even right now."

1923
01:48:31,371 --> 01:48:34,608
A look inside the locker room

1924
01:48:35,492 --> 01:48:39,062
of the superstar Terence "Bud" Crawford.

1925
01:48:40,130 --> 01:48:41,698
Don't be long now.

1926
01:48:41,731 --> 01:48:44,668
Dre, are there some nights
where you're watching the undercard

1927
01:48:44,701 --> 01:48:47,220
and everything's kind
of rough for everyone?

1928
01:48:47,254 --> 01:48:48,705
And does that affect you ever?

1929
01:48:48,738 --> 01:48:51,558
Like, is Bud watching it thinking,
do you think, at all,

1930
01:48:51,591 --> 01:48:55,045
anywhere, hey, I might be in store
for one of these later on tonight?

1931
01:48:55,078 --> 01:48:57,214
Possibly. You have to concede that.

1932
01:48:58,148 --> 01:49:00,016
Of course, Bud Crawford watching intently

1933
01:49:00,050 --> 01:49:01,551
as his guy Lester Martinez tries

1934
01:49:01,585 --> 01:49:04,671
to extract the belt away
from Christian Mbilli.

1935
01:49:04,704 --> 01:49:06,556
Skipper, Kelp, what do you have for us?

1936
01:49:06,590 --> 01:49:10,143
100% with Andre, if Lester Martínez

1937
01:49:10,176 --> 01:49:11,728
would just step around
and get some angles,

1938
01:49:11,761 --> 01:49:13,563
he would change the perception
of the fight.

1939
01:49:13,597 --> 01:49:16,666
The perception now is
Mbilli pulling him backwards.

1940
01:49:16,700 --> 01:49:19,252
He should get them angles
and change the perception.

1941
01:49:20,720 --> 01:49:25,075
Skipper, I take my hat off to you
because scoring this fight ain't easy.

1942
01:49:25,108 --> 01:49:25,959
Not easy.

1943
01:49:26,826 --> 01:49:30,447
Always thankful in any sport
to be commentator and not judge.

1944
01:49:35,885 --> 01:49:39,522
One small adjustment can change
the course of this fight.

1945
01:49:39,556 --> 01:49:44,411
Right, but Skipper's scorecard,
without paying attention to what rounds--

1946
01:49:44,444 --> 01:49:46,713
only been ten, nine rounds
the way boxing is scored--

1947
01:49:47,364 --> 01:49:49,316
without paying attention, to that 58-56.

1948
01:49:49,349 --> 01:49:51,651
That sounds about right, Mbilli? Right?

1949
01:49:53,970 --> 01:49:57,591
Like, it's an even-ish fight.
If someone has the advantage, it's Mbilli.

1950
01:49:58,408 --> 01:49:59,509
Slightly, yes.

1951
01:50:00,226 --> 01:50:02,112
Martinez starting to tighten up
the numbers a little bit.

1952
01:50:02,145 --> 01:50:04,664
Big connection by Mbilli
with the right hand.

1953
01:50:05,165 --> 01:50:09,486
See, Martinez has action
at the bottom. He drops down oftentimes.

1954
01:50:09,519 --> 01:50:13,657
It's almost like a tendency he has.
He doesn't do much, like right there.

1955
01:50:13,690 --> 01:50:16,209
It's a good opportunity
to rip some body shots,

1956
01:50:16,242 --> 01:50:19,162
but he'll lift back up, and he won't.
He'll only throw to the hand.

1957
01:50:19,195 --> 01:50:22,232
Do you think it's because Mbilli's
throwing those crooked punches

1958
01:50:22,265 --> 01:50:23,283
sometimes as uppercuts?

1959
01:50:23,316 --> 01:50:26,670
It's possibly. I just think
he's not really a good body punch.

1960
01:50:26,703 --> 01:50:29,072
He doesn't really throw sustained attacks
to the body.

1961
01:50:29,105 --> 01:50:31,741
He will throw, but it's not like we saw
in the Brandon Adams fight.

1962
01:50:31,775 --> 01:50:34,978
You could tell Brandon Adams,
he's been taught to do that.

1963
01:50:35,528 --> 01:50:38,615
I don't see that right now with Lester.
I see that more with Mbilli.

1964
01:50:38,648 --> 01:50:41,751
Yeah, and Mbilli
is much more dedicated downstairs.

1965
01:50:41,785 --> 01:50:43,970
It's really a beautiful thing
for all the fighters

1966
01:50:44,004 --> 01:50:47,907
at home ripping shots to the body
and hearing a fighter grunt

1967
01:50:47,941 --> 01:50:50,276
and watching them fade right before you

1968
01:50:50,310 --> 01:50:52,462
it's really a beautiful thing.
I understand the head shots

1969
01:50:52,495 --> 01:50:53,713
and sports center top ten

1970
01:50:53,747 --> 01:50:55,649
but that's really
where you earn your money.

1971
01:50:55,682 --> 01:50:57,917
I think of you against Kovalev
in the rematch you hurt him

1972
01:50:57,951 --> 01:51:00,236
in the body and you stayed right there.

1973
01:51:00,987 --> 01:51:02,972
-Nobody likes it to the body.
-Right.

1974
01:51:03,006 --> 01:51:05,408
But there's a lot of people
that can't take it to the body.

1975
01:51:05,442 --> 01:51:08,178
So why not check his temperature
and see if he can take it?

1976
01:51:08,211 --> 01:51:11,381
Big shots landed.
I'm going to go by Mbilli.

1977
01:51:11,414 --> 01:51:13,366
Martinez is also used
to in his career so far

1978
01:51:13,400 --> 01:51:16,019
when he lands these clean hooks upstairs,
fights over.

1979
01:51:16,052 --> 01:51:17,120
Right.

1980
01:51:17,971 --> 01:51:19,055
Not the case tonight.

1981
01:51:19,089 --> 01:51:23,209
These gentlemen came in a combined
48 and 0 with 40 knockouts.

1982
01:51:24,310 --> 01:51:25,762
-Is that good?
-Pretty good.

1983
01:51:25,795 --> 01:51:29,232
Someone's 0 in 3.
Oh, good shot from Mbilli.

1984
01:51:29,265 --> 01:51:33,069
And Martinez right back
with three big shots of his own.

1985
01:51:34,304 --> 01:51:36,473
Tried to end it with that right hand.

1986
01:51:41,094 --> 01:51:42,145
How you feel?

1987
01:51:42,679 --> 01:51:45,598
You feel good?
He might have got that round.

1988
01:51:45,632 --> 01:51:47,000
He might have gotten it,

1989
01:51:47,033 --> 01:51:49,402
because he stayed in your face
the whole time,

1990
01:51:49,436 --> 01:51:50,336
he didn't push him back, not one time.

1991
01:51:50,370 --> 01:51:52,005
Everybody including,
Lester Martínez is waiting

1992
01:51:52,038 --> 01:51:54,057
for Mbilli to slow down but he's not.

1993
01:51:54,090 --> 01:51:58,511
He keeps throwing short, tough,
hard shots to the head

1994
01:51:58,545 --> 01:52:02,399
and body of Lester Martínez and Martínez
is waiting for him to slow down

1995
01:52:02,432 --> 01:52:03,500
but he's not just waiting.

1996
01:52:03,533 --> 01:52:06,553
He's throwing his own punches,
he's landing his own shots.

1997
01:52:06,586 --> 01:52:09,522
Neither fighter
wants to give in this type of fight,

1998
01:52:09,556 --> 01:52:12,342
but you get the sense
that Christian Mbilli

1999
01:52:12,375 --> 01:52:14,494
to Max's point, has a slight edge.

2000
01:52:16,196 --> 01:52:19,566
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with two marquee games

2001
01:52:19,599 --> 01:52:22,118
that'll showcase NFC
divisional rivals facing off.

2002
01:52:22,152 --> 01:52:25,255
The Dallas Cowboys take on
the Washington Commanders at 1:00 p.m.

2003
01:52:25,288 --> 01:52:28,858
Eastern, and then the Detroit Lions
versus the Minnesota Vikings

2004
01:52:28,892 --> 01:52:30,460
at 4:30 p.m. Eastern,

2005
01:52:30,493 --> 01:52:34,798
all streaming live globally
on Netflix December 25th.

2006
01:52:34,831 --> 01:52:37,016
You don't want
to miss it on Christmas Day.

2007
01:52:40,370 --> 01:52:42,272
All right, here we go, round 8th

2008
01:52:42,305 --> 01:52:45,925
to decide the WBC interim
super middleweight world title.

2009
01:52:54,017 --> 01:52:55,869
A punishing, punishing fight.

2010
01:53:02,659 --> 01:53:06,362
You have to be in great shape
to be able to fight like this

2011
01:53:06,396 --> 01:53:08,615
for the 7th and now 8th round.

2012
01:53:12,068 --> 01:53:14,938
I don't think either fighter
has taken a round off.

2013
01:53:17,090 --> 01:53:19,843
Sneaky shot from Lester Martínez
that got in Mbilli attention.

2014
01:53:19,876 --> 01:53:20,910
Like a temple shot,

2015
01:53:20,944 --> 01:53:23,813
Dre, that's coming over the top
to catch him on the top of his head.

2016
01:53:23,847 --> 01:53:25,281
He didn't see it.

2017
01:53:25,315 --> 01:53:29,352
And went right back to it again.
And he should go back to it again.

2018
01:53:33,540 --> 01:53:35,408
That's, you know, he button is the chin,
of course.

2019
01:53:35,441 --> 01:53:36,943
You hit a guy on the chin, he goes.

2020
01:53:36,976 --> 01:53:40,113
The second spot upstairs
that can end the night is the temple.

2021
01:53:40,146 --> 01:53:41,731
Yeah, there's a lot of ways
to get the job done,

2022
01:53:41,764 --> 01:53:43,283
and you, as the opponent,

2023
01:53:43,316 --> 01:53:45,051
it's your job to figure out what it is.

2024
01:53:45,084 --> 01:53:48,238
If he takes a good shot to the head,
you gotta go downstairs.

2025
01:53:48,271 --> 01:53:51,457
If he takes a good shot downstairs,
you gotta commit to the head.

2026
01:53:51,491 --> 01:53:52,342
You gotta mix it up,

2027
01:53:52,375 --> 01:53:54,961
and sometimes you gotta do both
to get the result that you want.

2028
01:53:54,994 --> 01:53:56,412
It's your job to figure it out.

2029
01:53:56,446 --> 01:53:58,398
And he went back upstairs again
with the right hand.

2030
01:53:58,431 --> 01:54:01,885
Martínez may have found something
with this right hand over the top.

2031
01:54:02,685 --> 01:54:05,338
Went to it again,
ate a left hand from Mbilli.

2032
01:54:09,209 --> 01:54:13,062
Mbilli trying to stop that right hand
by countering it with a left hook.

2033
01:54:13,096 --> 01:54:15,548
So, Martínez tried to throw it
to the heart.

2034
01:54:26,142 --> 01:54:30,480
Again, and Mbilli answered
with his own right hand.

2035
01:54:37,570 --> 01:54:40,023
There is just something
about these Cameroonian fighters

2036
01:54:40,056 --> 01:54:41,291
in combat sports.

2037
01:54:42,058 --> 01:54:44,427
So, many challenges
in their formative years,

2038
01:54:44,460 --> 01:54:46,713
oftentimes going to bed hungry
with Christian Mbilli,

2039
01:54:46,746 --> 01:54:49,532
and that has forced him in boxing,
to say the least.

2040
01:54:49,566 --> 01:54:51,801
Fighting like he's hungry, for sure.

2041
01:54:54,988 --> 01:54:57,390
Good right hand for the Cameroonian.

2042
01:55:00,159 --> 01:55:02,545
That one got Martínez's attention.

2043
01:55:02,579 --> 01:55:05,131
But for all the great work
that Martínez has done,

2044
01:55:05,164 --> 01:55:07,367
he's the one with his back on the ropes.

2045
01:55:07,400 --> 01:55:10,553
And I thought he was just affected
by a right hand by Mbilli.

2046
01:55:14,474 --> 01:55:18,394
Oh, body shot from Mbilli.
Good return connection by Martínez!

2047
01:55:18,428 --> 01:55:20,280
Yeah, well, that time Martínez
used the ropes.

2048
01:55:20,313 --> 01:55:23,850
He sat down and kind of sprang off
the middle rope.

2049
01:55:23,883 --> 01:55:25,685
-How did he land it, though?
-At an angle.

2050
01:55:25,718 --> 01:55:26,719
At an angle.

2051
01:55:29,572 --> 01:55:31,424
At directly in front of Mbilli.

2052
01:55:32,725 --> 01:55:35,461
Oh, right hand over the top.
There it is for Martínez.

2053
01:55:36,713 --> 01:55:39,148
Oh, and Mbilli with a combination right.

2054
01:55:39,182 --> 01:55:42,485
-Eight rounds down.
-Unbelievable action right there.

2055
01:55:50,209 --> 01:55:52,829
Hey, hey, listen. They said we down.

2056
01:55:53,746 --> 01:55:55,148
Another good exchange.

2057
01:55:55,181 --> 01:55:57,433
It's almost like it's Groundhog's Day
with these replays.

2058
01:55:57,467 --> 01:55:58,935
We're seeing the same type of combination,

2059
01:55:58,968 --> 01:56:01,237
but this time,
it's a little bit different for Martínez.

2060
01:56:01,270 --> 01:56:02,905
It was at a longer range,

2061
01:56:02,939 --> 01:56:07,677
and Mbilli was unable to counter Martínez.

2062
01:56:09,362 --> 01:56:12,815
But just as much as Mbilli gets, he gives.

2063
01:56:12,849 --> 01:56:14,834
As soon as Martínez thinks
he's got momentum,

2064
01:56:14,867 --> 01:56:16,219
Mbilli comes right back.

2065
01:56:16,252 --> 01:56:20,006
That's conditioning, that's skill,
but more importantly,

2066
01:56:20,039 --> 01:56:21,691
that's the will of both fighters.

2067
01:56:29,198 --> 01:56:31,017
Eight rounds down, potentially two to go.

2068
01:56:31,050 --> 01:56:35,071
The winner of this fight figures
to put themselves

2069
01:56:35,104 --> 01:56:39,325
in prime position for a mega fight
at some point in 26.

2070
01:56:39,359 --> 01:56:41,611
And Mbilli is the Ring Magazine

2071
01:56:41,644 --> 01:56:42,829
number one super middleweight
in the world.

2072
01:56:44,313 --> 01:56:47,600
I don't use Ring Magazine
because I work for Ring Magazine.

2073
01:56:47,633 --> 01:56:50,286
I've been using it
for 25 years without referring

2074
01:56:50,319 --> 01:56:51,421
to sanctioning bodies.

2075
01:56:51,454 --> 01:56:55,742
Because their policy co-ops
the legitimacy of the sanctioning bodies.

2076
01:56:55,775 --> 01:56:56,859
Right.

2077
01:56:57,860 --> 01:57:00,446
The number one super middleweight
in the world

2078
01:57:00,480 --> 01:57:03,116
is in this type of fight

2079
01:57:03,149 --> 01:57:06,986
with a guy who's unranked
by Ring Magazine.

2080
01:57:07,020 --> 01:57:08,888
-But the division is that deep.
-Yeah.

2081
01:57:14,777 --> 01:57:16,396
Straight right hand for Martínez,

2082
01:57:16,429 --> 01:57:18,831
but back up against the ropes,
not a good look.

2083
01:57:20,750 --> 01:57:23,019
Oh, right hand for him.
Mbilli lands flush there.

2084
01:57:23,052 --> 01:57:25,822
-Little angle right there, Max.
-Yep.

2085
01:57:25,855 --> 01:57:28,291
Martínez went to the left side
of Mbilli body,

2086
01:57:28,324 --> 01:57:31,044
then he went back to the right side
of Mbilli's body,

2087
01:57:31,077 --> 01:57:34,330
and he landed without getting countered.
Good shot right there from Martínez.

2088
01:57:34,363 --> 01:57:38,851
Turns out a two-division
world champion who retired undefeated

2089
01:57:38,885 --> 01:57:40,136
as the best pound-for-pound fighter
in the world

2090
01:57:40,169 --> 01:57:42,038
knows one or two things about boxing.

2091
01:57:42,071 --> 01:57:43,056
It's amazing.

2092
01:57:43,089 --> 01:57:45,575
Every now and again,
I can see something coming.

2093
01:57:46,342 --> 01:57:47,794
Skipper Kelp, talk to us.

2094
01:57:47,827 --> 01:57:49,796
Martínez is actually pretty crafty.

2095
01:57:49,829 --> 01:57:53,199
He just needs to go to it
when he's putting his stiff jab out there,

2096
01:57:53,232 --> 01:57:54,767
getting angles and coming up the middle.

2097
01:57:54,801 --> 01:57:57,220
He has some skills.
He needs to implement them.

2098
01:57:57,253 --> 01:57:58,454
-Oh!
-Oh!

2099
01:58:00,256 --> 01:58:03,960
Mbilli looked wobbled
to me there for the first time.

2100
01:58:09,015 --> 01:58:11,367
Both fighters have taken a lot
of punishment in this fight,

2101
01:58:11,400 --> 01:58:13,886
so now a punch end early on

2102
01:58:13,920 --> 01:58:15,688
that didn't rock you
could rock you right now.

2103
01:58:15,721 --> 01:58:20,409
Guys, Mbilli has the look of a guy

2104
01:58:20,443 --> 01:58:24,413
where two or three
more of those could put him down.

2105
01:58:24,447 --> 01:58:25,798
Big right hand for Mbilli,

2106
01:58:25,832 --> 01:58:28,935
but Martínez has landed a few
consequential shots here round nine.

2107
01:58:28,968 --> 01:58:30,353
Look at Mbilli legs.

2108
01:58:31,537 --> 01:58:35,708
He presses, he needs Martínez to be,
he needs to lean on Martínez.

2109
01:58:35,741 --> 01:58:37,677
He needs Martínez to be there, right?

2110
01:58:37,710 --> 01:58:40,696
You gotta recognize that,
step to the side,

2111
01:58:40,730 --> 01:58:44,484
let him fall forward and take off on him
on either side of his body.

2112
01:58:44,517 --> 01:58:47,120
Or even let him fall into your shot.

2113
01:58:47,153 --> 01:58:49,906
See, when his feet are against the ropes

2114
01:58:49,939 --> 01:58:53,976
and Martínez' back is against the ropes,
he feels most comfortable Mbilli.

2115
01:58:54,010 --> 01:58:57,196
This is the most danger I've seen Mbilli

2116
01:58:57,230 --> 01:58:58,981
or either fighter in in this fight.

2117
01:58:59,999 --> 01:59:02,135
Feels like maybe
Martínez senses it a little bit,

2118
01:59:02,168 --> 01:59:05,521
about 40 seconds to go in the round.
Big uppercut for Mbilli now!

2119
01:59:07,023 --> 01:59:08,991
Martínez has an incredible chin.

2120
01:59:13,946 --> 01:59:16,115
Both fighters are hitting each other
like it's personal,

2121
01:59:16,149 --> 01:59:17,416
and I really don't think it is.

2122
01:59:17,450 --> 01:59:19,919
It's just business,
but this is just who they are.

2123
01:59:19,952 --> 01:59:22,238
It's Rock'em Sock'em Robots right now.

2124
01:59:22,271 --> 01:59:23,739
We're at that point in the fight,

2125
01:59:23,773 --> 01:59:27,393
they're exhausted,
and they're throwing heavy bombs.

2126
01:59:28,177 --> 01:59:29,846
Fight ending type shots.

2127
01:59:33,449 --> 01:59:34,767
On the bell, on the bell.

2128
01:59:34,800 --> 01:59:37,019
Let's see who tries to steal the round.

2129
01:59:37,053 --> 01:59:40,406
Good sequence there for Martínez,
and Mbilli now attacks the body.

2130
01:59:55,821 --> 01:59:58,307
Martínez, I think this is the worst

2131
01:59:58,341 --> 02:00:01,194
either fighter
was hurt in this fight so far.

2132
02:00:01,227 --> 02:00:03,212
At least that's what it looked
like to me live.

2133
02:00:03,246 --> 02:00:07,667
Let's take a look in slow motion.
Sometimes it tells a different story.

2134
02:00:08,618 --> 02:00:12,655
It just seemed to me that he was swaying

2135
02:00:14,974 --> 02:00:17,476
Mbilli was, and unsteady on his feet,

2136
02:00:17,510 --> 02:00:19,629
and his feet were close together
and unbalanced. Dre?

2137
02:00:19,679 --> 02:00:21,814
Dre? And that's that right hand
at the top of the forehead

2138
02:00:21,864 --> 02:00:24,650
that we've been talking about,
and Martínez recognized.

2139
02:00:26,786 --> 02:00:28,988
Mexican Independence Day weekend…

2140
02:00:29,021 --> 02:00:32,458
…and a lot of these fans
have come out to see that man,

2141
02:00:32,491 --> 02:00:36,896
the face of the sport,
Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez.

2142
02:00:37,947 --> 02:00:39,832
No stranger to stadium shows.

2143
02:00:41,968 --> 02:00:45,354
That's your main event coming up
in the not-too-distant future.

2144
02:00:45,388 --> 02:00:48,574
A round of applause for the final round.

2145
02:00:48,608 --> 02:00:50,760
Matt says a round of applause.

2146
02:00:50,793 --> 02:00:52,712
I'm clapping. These guys deserve it.

2147
02:00:53,779 --> 02:00:58,484
Tenth and final round to decide
the super interim middleweight title.

2148
02:00:58,517 --> 02:01:00,970
Christian Mbilli in black
Lester Martínez in gold.

2149
02:01:05,791 --> 02:01:11,864
I said earlier in the night,
Bohachuk and Brandon Adams,

2150
02:01:11,897 --> 02:01:14,600
Dana might want to do
a BMF belt in boxing,

2151
02:01:14,634 --> 02:01:18,704
where these two would be
two guys fighting for it right now.

2152
02:01:21,274 --> 02:01:24,994
Oh, nice uppercut by Martínez.
There's another one for good measure.

2153
02:01:26,495 --> 02:01:28,364
Anytime Martínez gets a little range,

2154
02:01:28,397 --> 02:01:29,815
he has a little bit more success.

2155
02:01:29,849 --> 02:01:32,918
Now, he's in range to be countered,
but for whatever reason,

2156
02:01:32,952 --> 02:01:36,055
he lands cleaner and more efficiently
with a little bit of range.

2157
02:01:36,088 --> 02:01:39,842
Got a little over two minutes
left in this fight.

2158
02:01:40,893 --> 02:01:43,045
Boy, if you would have told me
we'd even be here

2159
02:01:43,079 --> 02:01:45,464
after that first round,
I never would have believed it.

2160
02:01:45,498 --> 02:01:48,017
I almost said in that first round,
there's no way this fight goes

2161
02:01:48,050 --> 02:01:49,168
to distance, but I nailed it.

2162
02:01:49,201 --> 02:01:51,654
We got two minutes left exactly right now.

2163
02:01:54,540 --> 02:01:55,841
-Oh!
-Big uppercut.

2164
02:01:57,760 --> 02:02:00,579
And there's another short shot,
lands effectively for Martínez.

2165
02:02:00,613 --> 02:02:04,450
Now, to the body.
Mbilli is wearing it late in the fight.

2166
02:02:06,335 --> 02:02:08,754
I think Martínez must finally feel like,

2167
02:02:08,788 --> 02:02:11,807
okay, some of those things
I was doing were having an effect.

2168
02:02:11,841 --> 02:02:15,511
It just took a long, long time.
But Mbilli is still throwing these bombs.

2169
02:02:15,544 --> 02:02:16,729
Took about nine and a half rounds.

2170
02:02:16,762 --> 02:02:17,847
Yeah.

2171
02:02:19,348 --> 02:02:22,251
-Final 90 seconds.
-Oh, big shot right there.

2172
02:02:23,235 --> 02:02:25,521
This fight is far from over, guys.

2173
02:02:26,255 --> 02:02:28,908
Man, couple of huge rights from Mbilli.

2174
02:02:30,159 --> 02:02:32,595
Skipper Kelp has them decided by a point.

2175
02:02:32,628 --> 02:02:36,932
This is gonna be a long, 75 seconds.

2176
02:02:39,635 --> 02:02:42,104
So, just for a little context,
we mentioned it earlier,

2177
02:02:42,138 --> 02:02:43,973
this is the guy, Lester Martínez,

2178
02:02:44,006 --> 02:02:46,492
who Terence Crawford
was rumbling with

2179
02:02:46,525 --> 02:02:49,211
for his whole training camp,
getting ready for Canelo,

2180
02:02:49,245 --> 02:02:50,546
for whatever that's worth.

2181
02:02:51,297 --> 02:02:52,898
He doesn't have the same kind of wrinkle

2182
02:02:52,932 --> 02:02:57,653
in his game that Canelo has,
but he's durable, and he's a big puncher,

2183
02:02:57,686 --> 02:03:01,323
and he's got a lot of heart,
and he's got some subtle skills, too.

2184
02:03:03,192 --> 02:03:05,745
And Mbilli able to land
as he presses forward.

2185
02:03:08,731 --> 02:03:10,449
And then a body shot by Mbilli

2186
02:03:10,483 --> 02:03:13,669
Do either one of these guys
still have the snap in their shots

2187
02:03:13,702 --> 02:03:16,572
to put the other one down
late in the fight?

2188
02:03:16,605 --> 02:03:17,873
As you speak.

2189
02:03:17,907 --> 02:03:20,292
Yep, it could determine the fight.

2190
02:03:22,928 --> 02:03:24,830
Martínez eats another left hand.

2191
02:03:27,233 --> 02:03:30,486
I feel like counting down
like it's New Year's right now.

2192
02:03:31,737 --> 02:03:34,690
Big right hand
for Martínez and now an uppercut!

2193
02:03:36,876 --> 02:03:38,527
And Mbilli with an answer.

2194
02:03:41,263 --> 02:03:42,681
Final ten seconds.

2195
02:03:49,989 --> 02:03:53,642
And they both empty
the tank down the stretch.

2196
02:03:53,676 --> 02:03:56,695
BMF. That's what I'm talking about.

2197
02:03:56,729 --> 02:04:00,149
Christian Mbilli
and Lester Martínez go the distance.

2198
02:04:00,182 --> 02:04:05,604
Ten rounds for the WBC Interim
Super Middleweight Championship.

2199
02:04:05,638 --> 02:04:07,740
Scorecards could be all over the place.

2200
02:04:07,773 --> 02:04:11,076
We'll get the decision
to you next as we continue live.

2201
02:04:17,149 --> 02:04:18,851
All right, back live in Vegas.

2202
02:04:18,884 --> 02:04:20,820
The official decision is in.

2203
02:04:20,853 --> 02:04:22,204
Michael Buffer has it.

2204
02:04:24,173 --> 02:04:26,775
Ladies and gentlemen,
before we go to the scorecards,

2205
02:04:27,910 --> 02:04:31,063
a round of applause
for two fighters

2206
02:04:31,096 --> 02:04:36,185
in the ring tonight
for their outstanding action tonight.

2207
02:04:38,237 --> 02:04:40,923
We go to the scorecards.

2208
02:04:41,457 --> 02:04:45,978
Patricia Morse Jarman scores at 97-93.

2209
02:04:46,011 --> 02:04:48,898
She has it for Martinez.

2210
02:04:50,082 --> 02:04:55,821
Chris Flores scores at 96-94 for Mbilli.

2211
02:04:58,023 --> 02:05:00,159
Glenn Feldman scores the contest…

2212
02:05:01,243 --> 02:05:06,298
95-95, a three-way split.

2213
02:05:06,332 --> 02:05:11,103
This bout is a draw,
and Mbilli keeps his title.

2214
02:05:11,136 --> 02:05:15,858
Again, a round of applause
for the two fighters who gave it all

2215
02:05:15,891 --> 02:05:19,428
in the ring here in Las Vegas tonight.

2216
02:05:19,461 --> 02:05:22,915
Watch the crowd reactionary,
Max Kellerman to the split draw,

2217
02:05:22,948 --> 02:05:25,851
but seems like
a pretty appropriate result.

2218
02:05:25,885 --> 02:05:28,854
Let me tell you
how good our guy Skipper Kelp is.

2219
02:05:28,888 --> 02:05:32,975
That fight was so hard to score

2220
02:05:33,008 --> 02:05:35,611
because they were both doing
such good work.

2221
02:05:35,644 --> 02:05:37,897
And you had a three-way split draw,

2222
02:05:37,930 --> 02:05:41,967
meaning one judge, one guy, one judge,
other guy, one guy has it even.

2223
02:05:42,001 --> 02:05:46,355
And Skipper's scorecard reflects exactly
what I just saw.

2224
02:05:46,388 --> 02:05:48,941
I would've hate
to have been a judge tonight.

2225
02:05:48,974 --> 02:05:50,609
Right. Or any night,

2226
02:05:50,643 --> 02:05:55,214
but Christian Mbilli retains
courtesy of the split draw.

2227
02:05:57,099 --> 02:06:01,170
Star power here tonight,
not the least of which is Mike Tyson,

2228
02:06:01,203 --> 02:06:04,273
the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

2229
02:06:05,090 --> 02:06:08,093
Shakur Stevenson is in the building,

2230
02:06:08,127 --> 02:06:10,429
good to have the legend Shakur
with us tonight.

2231
02:06:11,213 --> 02:06:12,698
LeSean McCoy.

2232
02:06:13,766 --> 02:06:16,151
Check him out on inside the ring
next Monday.

2233
02:06:16,719 --> 02:06:20,773
Jaime Munguía, recent opponent
of Canelo Álvarez is with us here tonight.

2234
02:06:21,674 --> 02:06:23,776
Macaulay Culkin is here.

2235
02:06:23,809 --> 02:06:28,647
Oh, turning down his wife, Brenda Song,
perhaps that was for the cameras.

2236
02:06:28,681 --> 02:06:31,350
Holt McCallany is with us here tonight.

2237
02:06:31,383 --> 02:06:34,086
Great to have Holt with us
for Canelo versus Crawford.

2238
02:06:34,119 --> 02:06:36,255
Marshawn Lynch with camera in hand.

2239
02:06:36,288 --> 02:06:41,844
He got a nice shot of… Andre S.O.G. Ward
from the broadcast booth earlier tonight.

2240
02:06:41,877 --> 02:06:45,864
Iron Michael Chandler of UFC famers
with us tonight here in Las Vegas.

2241
02:06:45,898 --> 02:06:48,284
-He's been in some great fights.
-No doubt.

2242
02:06:48,317 --> 02:06:52,388
Wilmer Valderrama,
avid combat sports fan.

2243
02:06:54,823 --> 02:06:59,128
The Heavyweight Legends are out.
Lennox Lewis, Hasim Rahman.

2244
02:07:00,829 --> 02:07:02,481
And Marc Anthony…

2245
02:07:03,616 --> 02:07:08,537
also ringside tonight
for Canelo versus Crawford.

2246
02:07:11,340 --> 02:07:13,993
All right, coming up next
on Netflix, it is our co-main event,

2247
02:07:14,026 --> 02:07:15,527
proudly repping Cork, Ireland.

2248
02:07:15,561 --> 02:07:18,881
King Callum Walsh has been
promoted masterfully by Dana White

2249
02:07:18,914 --> 02:07:20,299
and 360 Tom Loeffler.

2250
02:07:20,332 --> 02:07:24,503
He has handled myriad challenges
en route to a 14-0 pro record,

2251
02:07:24,536 --> 02:07:26,755
but now the challenges get stiffer.

2252
02:07:26,789 --> 02:07:32,111
To that end, enter the fellow unbeaten,
Fernando Vargas Jr.,

2253
02:07:32,144 --> 02:07:33,512
his father's senior there,

2254
02:07:33,545 --> 02:07:36,248
a legendary former two-time
junior middleweight champion.

2255
02:07:36,281 --> 02:07:38,250
But now it's Jr.'s time to shine,

2256
02:07:38,283 --> 02:07:41,136
and he believes his experience
and work ethic

2257
02:07:41,170 --> 02:07:43,656
have him in prime position
to spring the upset.

2258
02:07:43,689 --> 02:07:45,858
Co-main event on deck from Vegas.

2259
02:07:53,082 --> 02:07:54,900
Well, as we get you prime
for the co-main event,

2260
02:07:54,933 --> 02:07:58,220
it wasn't that long ago
that Fernando Vargas Jr.

2261
02:07:58,253 --> 02:08:04,059
was grinding away on the construction crew
here on Al Davis Way at Allegiant Stadium.

2262
02:08:04,093 --> 02:08:07,312
It opened in July of 2020.

2263
02:08:07,346 --> 02:08:10,249
Work ethic not an issue
for any of the Vargas boys.

2264
02:08:10,282 --> 02:08:14,470
And now, his opportunity to shine
in this very same stadium.

2265
02:08:15,003 --> 02:08:18,457
So, Fernando Vargas Jr.
charging into his Vegas hometown

2266
02:08:18,490 --> 02:08:21,143
with the weighty legacy of a famous name
on his shoulders

2267
02:08:21,176 --> 02:08:24,046
and he is beyond ready
to prove his boxing worth

2268
02:08:24,079 --> 02:08:27,583
against fellow unbeaten Callum Walsh
as both men vie for a spot

2269
02:08:27,616 --> 02:08:30,135
in the Super Welterweight top ten.

2270
02:08:33,605 --> 02:08:36,458
I was a young kid when I left Ireland

2271
02:08:36,492 --> 02:08:38,527
and I think I'm a man now

2272
02:08:38,560 --> 02:08:42,431
with goals, with real things
that I want to accomplish in life.

2273
02:08:43,282 --> 02:08:46,335
My goal is to become
a future face of boxing,

2274
02:08:46,368 --> 02:08:47,736
to become a household name.

2275
02:08:49,805 --> 02:08:53,008
Nothing about
Callum Walsh's story to this point

2276
02:08:53,041 --> 02:08:55,043
has been traditional.

2277
02:08:55,077 --> 02:08:56,361
At the end of the day,

2278
02:08:56,395 --> 02:08:59,515
what goes through my mind
is I have a job to do.

2279
02:08:59,548 --> 02:09:00,816
No matter whether it's Netflix,

2280
02:09:00,849 --> 02:09:02,985
no matter whether
there's 50 million people,

2281
02:09:03,018 --> 02:09:06,221
this and that, you know,
who's watching, I have a job to do.

2282
02:09:06,255 --> 02:09:08,690
My job is to fight. My job is to win.

2283
02:09:11,360 --> 02:09:16,632
And now to be fighting a co-main event,
Canelo-Crawford, it's crazy,

2284
02:09:16,665 --> 02:09:19,768
but I feel like I've worked very hard
to deserve this.

2285
02:09:20,402 --> 02:09:21,770
I've put in the work,

2286
02:09:21,804 --> 02:09:24,973
I haven't just showed up
and got things handed to me.

2287
02:09:25,007 --> 02:09:26,508
Here's that left hand.

2288
02:09:26,542 --> 02:09:29,812
I do see this as an opportunity
to introduce myself to the world.

2289
02:09:29,845 --> 02:09:34,917
Minus-130 by knockout, King Callum Walsh!

2290
02:09:34,950 --> 02:09:38,537
I want people to remember
this performance as me

2291
02:09:38,570 --> 02:09:40,456
showing that I'm levels above.

2292
02:09:43,225 --> 02:09:45,761
Boxing runs super deep in my family.

2293
02:09:45,794 --> 02:09:51,033
My pops' name is Fernando El Feroz Vargas,
or the Aztec Warrior.

2294
02:09:51,900 --> 02:09:54,970
He is the youngest
Junior Middleweight Champion

2295
02:09:55,003 --> 02:09:56,238
in boxing history.

2296
02:09:57,606 --> 02:10:02,177
Everybody's gonna criticize me, compare,
or, "Your dad was already this."

2297
02:10:02,978 --> 02:10:06,615
I want to show that this Junior is here
to compete at the highest level.

2298
02:10:09,418 --> 02:10:12,821
Everybody thinks
that Junior's off his side.

2299
02:10:12,855 --> 02:10:14,540
He's not the real deal.

2300
02:10:14,573 --> 02:10:18,026
But we're gonna see this fight
that he's the real deal.

2301
02:10:19,211 --> 02:10:21,263
It's just motivation
for me to do that extra round,

2302
02:10:21,296 --> 02:10:23,665
for me to push harder in the gym.

2303
02:10:24,249 --> 02:10:27,636
You guys are gonna see
what the Vargas Bloodline is all about.

2304
02:10:29,271 --> 02:10:30,639
I'm ready to go to war.

2305
02:10:30,672 --> 02:10:33,625
When I come out, it's gonna be my show.

2306
02:10:34,543 --> 02:10:37,112
Everything that my dad's
taught me until today

2307
02:10:37,145 --> 02:10:39,031
will beat the best Callum Walsh.

2308
02:10:39,815 --> 02:10:42,784
You can talk all you want,
you can say whatever you want about me,

2309
02:10:42,818 --> 02:10:44,419
but these are the talking for me.

2310
02:10:46,288 --> 02:10:50,392
I want this more than him,
and you'll see that in fighting.

2311
02:10:50,459 --> 02:10:56,732
Callum Walsh is in store
for a lot of pain and to be outclassed.

2312
02:10:56,815 --> 02:10:59,484
But we're going to see
who comes out on top.

2313
02:11:00,385 --> 02:11:02,321
And I know it's going to be me.

2314
02:11:40,359 --> 02:11:46,064
…

2315
02:11:46,281 --> 02:11:48,951
…

2316
02:11:49,284 --> 02:11:54,156
Team Vargas has been heard
from loudly and proudly

2317
02:11:54,189 --> 02:11:56,842
all week here in Las Vegas,

2318
02:11:56,875 --> 02:12:00,162
but all eyes tonight
are on Fernando Vargas Jr.,

2319
02:12:00,195 --> 02:12:02,397
17-0, with fifteen knockouts.

2320
02:12:02,431 --> 02:12:06,969
Andre, a lot of things jump off the film,
the speed, the athleticism, the accuracy.

2321
02:12:07,002 --> 02:12:10,656
A lot of questions gonna be
answered tonight as he draws Callum Walsh.

2322
02:12:12,324 --> 02:12:17,079
There's a lot to like from Vargas Jr.
in his seventeen pro fights,

2323
02:12:17,112 --> 02:12:20,415
and he's found a way,
at least for himself,

2324
02:12:20,449 --> 02:12:23,318
to try to avoid, in his own mind at least,

2325
02:12:23,352 --> 02:12:26,355
being compared to his father
as much as he has,

2326
02:12:26,388 --> 02:12:28,540
but the truth is he's a Vargas.

2327
02:12:28,573 --> 02:12:31,243
And when you have a father
like Fernando Vargas,

2328
02:12:31,276 --> 02:12:32,361
who had the career that he had,

2329
02:12:32,394 --> 02:12:34,863
you're gonna inevitably
be compared to him.

2330
02:12:34,896 --> 02:12:37,883
And many are gonna be asking,
"Do you have the goods?"

2331
02:12:37,916 --> 02:12:40,953
Well, tonight against Walsh,
who's, a true

2332
02:12:40,986 --> 02:12:42,554
young up-and-coming fighter,

2333
02:12:42,587 --> 02:12:45,190
but he's got the mentality
of a real fighter.

2334
02:12:45,223 --> 02:12:46,675
Vargas will be tested tonight.

2335
02:12:47,359 --> 02:12:51,196
Vargas is an athlete.
You know, he's just an athletic guy.

2336
02:12:51,229 --> 02:12:53,999
I think he has more fast switches
than his dad did, right?

2337
02:12:54,032 --> 02:12:57,853
But he's not an experienced fighter
on the amateur level.

2338
02:12:57,886 --> 02:12:59,921
and what happens when you get an athlete

2339
02:12:59,955 --> 02:13:02,641
against a more schooled fighter
whose muscle memory

2340
02:13:02,674 --> 02:13:06,828
dates back to his childhood,
oftentimes the athlete is able

2341
02:13:06,862 --> 02:13:10,215
to do some good work,
but then gets caught in an exchange

2342
02:13:10,248 --> 02:13:14,169
because his punches are not as automatic,
they're not as deeply embedded

2343
02:13:14,202 --> 02:13:15,287
in his muscle memory.

2344
02:13:15,320 --> 02:13:20,692
I think Vargas's job tonight
is to avoid exchanges, land your stuff.

2345
02:13:20,726 --> 02:13:22,861
But when something good happens,

2346
02:13:22,894 --> 02:13:26,682
you can't get overly excited
and wind up in an exchange

2347
02:13:26,715 --> 02:13:29,901
-with a more schooled fighter.
-Masterfully put, as usual,

2348
02:13:29,935 --> 02:13:31,787
Callum Walsh started boxing
when he was six,

2349
02:13:31,820 --> 02:13:35,674
Vargas Jr. really went all in at 16 or 17

2350
02:13:35,707 --> 02:13:37,609
because his dad initially
didn't want him to box.

2351
02:13:37,642 --> 02:13:40,862
It was really Emiliano,
the youngest brother, who wanted to box.

2352
02:13:40,896 --> 02:13:44,649
Family opened a gym,
and the rest is history.

2353
02:14:16,915 --> 02:14:20,886
Representing Freddie Roach's
Wild Card Boxing Club, super boxing

2354
02:14:21,002 --> 02:14:23,839
at Santo Studio, Cork, Ireland.

2355
02:14:23,872 --> 02:14:27,459
Here is the King Callum Walsh
14-0 with 11 knockouts.

2356
02:14:27,492 --> 02:14:32,013
He is a sturdy athlete
ready to put some punishment

2357
02:14:32,047 --> 02:14:35,867
on Fernando Vargas Jr. here tonight.
Antonio Tarver with us all night,

2358
02:14:35,901 --> 02:14:38,587
what do you see on film
from Callum Walsh?

2359
02:14:38,620 --> 02:14:42,507
When I see on film,
this southpaw has a tremendous left hand.

2360
02:14:42,541 --> 02:14:44,626
Both of these guys
are gonna have their left hand

2361
02:14:44,659 --> 02:14:48,563
staring down the pipe all night
because they're two southpaws.

2362
02:14:48,597 --> 02:14:51,716
But with Callum,
he has a confidence, wild confidence

2363
02:14:51,750 --> 02:14:54,986
that only a guy that really knows
where he's going has.

2364
02:14:55,020 --> 02:14:57,539
He reached out to Dana White
when he knew Dana White

2365
02:14:57,572 --> 02:15:00,392
was going to get in boxing,
and he said, "I'm your guy."

2366
02:15:00,425 --> 02:15:05,247
And now, he's the co-feature in one
of the biggest fights of the century.

2367
02:15:05,280 --> 02:15:08,049
And if he can pull off
a big victory here tonight,

2368
02:15:08,083 --> 02:15:13,522
he'll be a household name going back
to Ireland as the future champion.

2369
02:15:13,555 --> 02:15:18,994
So, I can't wait to see can this guy
perform in this hostile territory.

2370
02:15:19,027 --> 02:15:21,396
You can reach out to Dana all you want,

2371
02:15:21,429 --> 02:15:23,632
but that doesn't mean
he has to reach back.

2372
02:15:24,299 --> 02:15:26,885
And for those who would think,
"Well, there's a built-in market there,

2373
02:15:26,918 --> 02:15:28,520
Ireland Irish fighter,
he'll get behind him,

2374
02:15:28,553 --> 02:15:31,673
how good can he really be."
There was no guarantee

2375
02:15:31,706 --> 02:15:33,792
that Conor McGregor
was ever going to be a great fighter,

2376
02:15:33,825 --> 02:15:37,412
who said he'd beat José Aldo, right?
But he did in spectacular fashion.

2377
02:15:37,929 --> 02:15:40,482
I believe that Dana has seen something,

2378
02:15:40,515 --> 02:15:46,104
sometimes you look for external signals,
has seen something in this kid

2379
02:15:46,138 --> 02:15:48,990
that he believes
is more than just marketing,

2380
02:15:49,024 --> 02:15:50,342
that there's something real.

2381
02:15:50,375 --> 02:15:53,495
And, Andre, in the fighter meetings,
at the very least,

2382
02:15:53,528 --> 02:15:55,380
I got the same feeling.

2383
02:15:55,413 --> 02:15:57,983
Yeah, we asked him
some tough questions about Vargas,

2384
02:15:58,016 --> 02:15:59,251
he didn't hesitate.

2385
02:15:59,284 --> 02:16:03,054
He answered them the way you would expect
a young, hungry fighter to answer.

2386
02:16:03,088 --> 02:16:06,241
I'm excited to see these two compete
against each other tonight.

2387
02:16:12,147 --> 02:16:14,282
All right, ready to go
with our co-main event

2388
02:16:14,316 --> 02:16:15,600
as we get to the tale of the tape.

2389
02:16:15,634 --> 02:16:18,436
The 24-year-old Callum Walsh is undefeated

2390
02:16:18,470 --> 02:16:22,107
as his 28-year-old counterpart,
Fernando Vargas Jr.

2391
02:16:22,140 --> 02:16:24,676
One inch in height for the Irishman

2392
02:16:24,709 --> 02:16:28,663
who will also enjoy a reach advantage
of an inch and a half.

2393
02:16:28,697 --> 02:16:32,567
All right, now for your co-main event
introductions, as only he can,

2394
02:16:32,601 --> 02:16:33,902
here is Michael Buffer.

2395
02:16:36,555 --> 02:16:40,108
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
the Riyadh Season card,

2396
02:16:40,141 --> 02:16:43,962
Las Vegas continues
with this special attraction

2397
02:16:43,995 --> 02:16:48,049
here at Allegiant Stadium,
Las Vegas, Nevada.

2398
02:16:48,984 --> 02:16:53,588
Live on Netflix, the three judges
scoring at ringside,

2399
02:16:53,622 --> 02:16:57,225
Eric Cheek, David Sutherland,
and Don Trella.

2400
02:16:57,259 --> 02:16:59,878
And inside the ring
in charge of the action at the bell,

2401
02:16:59,911 --> 02:17:02,447
your referee is Harvey Dock.

2402
02:17:03,348 --> 02:17:06,585
So now, it's power versus power.

2403
02:17:06,618 --> 02:17:11,273
Undefeated once again versus undefeated.

2404
02:17:11,306 --> 02:17:14,826
Somebody's O has got to go.

2405
02:17:14,859 --> 02:17:20,265
Ten rounds of boxing
in the super welterweight division.

2406
02:17:20,916 --> 02:17:24,586
Introducing first,
fighting out of the blue corner,

2407
02:17:24,619 --> 02:17:31,059
standing with his head trainer,
former world champion Fernando Vargas Sr.,

2408
02:17:31,710 --> 02:17:35,647
weighing in at 153 pounds.

2409
02:17:35,680 --> 02:17:39,000
He's wearing white with green and red,

2410
02:17:39,034 --> 02:17:42,637
and brings a perfect professional record
to the ring

2411
02:17:42,671 --> 02:17:49,661
of 17 fights, 17 victories,
including 15 big wins by knockout

2412
02:17:50,362 --> 02:17:55,433
from Oxnard, California, USA,
the undefeated

2413
02:17:55,467 --> 02:18:02,357
Fernando El Feroz Vargas Jr.

2414
02:18:05,777 --> 02:18:10,198
And his opponent across the ring,
fighting out of the red corner,

2415
02:18:10,231 --> 02:18:14,419
standing with his head trainer,
Hall of Famer Freddie Roach.

2416
02:18:14,986 --> 02:18:19,090
He's wearing orange, with green and white,
and weighed in officially

2417
02:18:19,124 --> 02:18:22,110
at 153 one-half pounds.

2418
02:18:22,777 --> 02:18:25,930
He brings a perfect record
to the ring also.

2419
02:18:25,964 --> 02:18:29,184
Fourteen fights, fourteen victories,

2420
02:18:29,217 --> 02:18:35,156
including 11 big wins by knockout
from Cork, Ireland,

2421
02:18:35,190 --> 02:18:37,208
the undefeated

2422
02:18:37,242 --> 02:18:43,882
King Callum Walsh.

2423
02:18:51,473 --> 02:18:54,175
All right, boxers,
we know the instructions already.

2424
02:18:54,209 --> 02:18:56,778
As a reminder,
obey my command at all times,

2425
02:18:56,811 --> 02:18:59,564
protect yourself at all times.
Touch them up, good luck.

2426
02:19:02,867 --> 02:19:07,522
Callum Walsh looks absolutely
massive now among the challenges for him

2427
02:19:07,555 --> 02:19:10,709
coming in here tonight back to back
to back training camps

2428
02:19:10,742 --> 02:19:15,697
suffered a cut in his last fight in June
84 days ago due to a head clash.

2429
02:19:15,730 --> 02:19:17,115
It's above his right eye,

2430
02:19:17,148 --> 02:19:21,453
and certainly Vargas Jr. has talked about
targeting that very area.

2431
02:19:21,486 --> 02:19:23,655
-Here we go, guys.
-Harvey Dock, third man in.

2432
02:19:23,688 --> 02:19:25,390
Co-main event is underway.

2433
02:19:25,423 --> 02:19:27,909
Fernando Vargas Jr.
in the multicolored trunks,

2434
02:19:27,942 --> 02:19:29,544
King Callum Walsh in the orange.

2435
02:19:30,829 --> 02:19:33,081
Both these guys fight with charisma,

2436
02:19:33,114 --> 02:19:36,918
meaning when they're in there,
it's hard to take your eyes off them.

2437
02:19:36,951 --> 02:19:39,270
But both guys, that's true of both guys.

2438
02:19:45,460 --> 02:19:48,279
The great Jorge Capetillo
joining the Vargas family

2439
02:19:48,313 --> 02:19:50,065
in the corner of Junior tonight.

2440
02:19:52,500 --> 02:19:54,452
Southpaw versus Southpaw.

2441
02:19:54,486 --> 02:19:57,622
You don't get to see this very often
in the field of boxing.

2442
02:19:58,690 --> 02:20:00,458
Is there anything different,

2443
02:20:00,492 --> 02:20:02,427
or is it just basically
a righty versus righty?

2444
02:20:02,460 --> 02:20:05,263
Or does something change
when it's Southpaw-Southpaw?

2445
02:20:05,296 --> 02:20:07,449
Yeah, because left-handers
don't see a lot of left-handers,

2446
02:20:07,482 --> 02:20:09,701
so I think it's awkward for both of them.

2447
02:20:11,719 --> 02:20:15,790
Walsh made his pro debut in 2021
at just 20 years of age.

2448
02:20:16,925 --> 02:20:20,011
Coming up on his four-year-anniversary
of that debut.

2449
02:20:34,175 --> 02:20:35,927
This is that feeling-out round
you were talking about.

2450
02:20:35,960 --> 02:20:37,395
Right. High stakes.

2451
02:20:37,429 --> 02:20:39,197
What we did not get to see
in the last round.

2452
02:20:39,230 --> 02:20:40,081
High stakes.

2453
02:20:40,115 --> 02:20:42,734
And this is much more normal
for a first round

2454
02:20:42,767 --> 02:20:44,702
than some of the first rounds
we've had tonight.

2455
02:20:44,736 --> 02:20:45,954
The higher the stakes,

2456
02:20:45,987 --> 02:20:49,040
the more cautious
fighters tend to be early.

2457
02:20:49,073 --> 02:20:51,159
It's not that these fighters
are not throwing punches.

2458
02:20:51,192 --> 02:20:55,847
They're just measuring.

2459
02:20:56,681 --> 02:20:59,684
Because they're trying
to take the measure of their man

2460
02:21:00,201 --> 02:21:03,938
before they start really throwing
like they mean it.

2461
02:21:03,972 --> 02:21:07,208
Nice dip to the body as Vargas Jr. lands.

2462
02:21:07,242 --> 02:21:10,161
Walsh realizing
some success downstairs as well.

2463
02:21:12,030 --> 02:21:14,349
It's a lot different to see a guy on tape,

2464
02:21:14,382 --> 02:21:17,335
to watch his YouTube videos,
than to ultimately be in there.

2465
02:21:17,368 --> 02:21:20,054
You can get to a point
in your knowledge of your opponent,

2466
02:21:20,088 --> 02:21:22,974
but you have to be in there
to get the full experience.

2467
02:21:25,793 --> 02:21:27,595
And that's what
both fighters are doing right now.

2468
02:21:27,629 --> 02:21:29,030
They're taking that down low.

2469
02:21:29,063 --> 02:21:32,333
Vargas threw a probing jab to the body,

2470
02:21:32,367 --> 02:21:34,636
and you can see
Callum Walsh was ready to pounce,

2471
02:21:34,669 --> 02:21:37,622
and Vargas got out of there.
He didn't want that right hook.

2472
02:21:39,390 --> 02:21:41,242
Walsh had Vargas against the ropes,

2473
02:21:41,276 --> 02:21:43,745
but because he wanted to load up
and he telegraphed it,

2474
02:21:43,778 --> 02:21:46,381
he allowed Vargas
to sneak out the side door.

2475
02:21:46,414 --> 02:21:50,084
Good connection with the left hand
to the body by Callum Walsh.

2476
02:21:52,837 --> 02:21:56,824
Boxing fans absolutely elated
that this fight is happening right now.

2477
02:21:58,142 --> 02:22:00,628
Biggest challenge of both
of these fighters' careers

2478
02:22:00,662 --> 02:22:02,146
by a significant margin.

2479
02:22:04,115 --> 02:22:05,266
Reading the body language,

2480
02:22:05,300 --> 02:22:08,436
one fighter in Vargas
wants to box and be smart,

2481
02:22:08,469 --> 02:22:13,224
and Walsh wants to land shots
and get Vargas into an exchange,

2482
02:22:13,258 --> 02:22:15,426
and he's yet to be able to do that.

2483
02:22:16,861 --> 02:22:18,513
Walsh committed to that body early.

2484
02:22:18,546 --> 02:22:22,000
Walsh in the last several moments
has made the ring a little smaller

2485
02:22:22,033 --> 02:22:24,002
than he did early in the round.

2486
02:22:25,787 --> 02:22:28,189
All right, back with round two
in a moment.

2487
02:22:34,879 --> 02:22:35,763
Look up.

2488
02:22:43,054 --> 02:22:45,907
Don't move back,
and let him get you on the ropes, okay?

2489
02:22:45,940 --> 02:22:48,259
Back him up,
and put him on the ropes, okay?

2490
02:22:48,293 --> 02:22:51,379
If you put him on the ropes,
he goes flying back to the head,

2491
02:22:51,412 --> 02:22:52,997
you'll crush him, okay?

2492
02:22:53,031 --> 02:22:55,600
All right, use a little faith
when you have him on the ropes, all right?

2493
02:22:55,633 --> 02:22:56,534
Okay.

2494
02:23:10,965 --> 02:23:12,317
All right, let's go, champ.

2495
02:23:23,711 --> 02:23:24,996
All right, here we go, round two.

2496
02:23:25,513 --> 02:23:27,515
Freddie Roach calling for Callum Walsh
among other things…

2497
02:23:27,548 --> 02:23:28,883
…to use his physicality

2498
02:23:28,916 --> 02:23:32,253
to work Vargas Jr. up against the ropes.

2499
02:23:32,287 --> 02:23:34,989
Walsh working off
of that lead jab here early round two.

2500
02:23:35,023 --> 02:23:36,090
But that's what he has to do.

2501
02:23:36,124 --> 02:23:39,077
What you just saw right there,
those three jabs.

2502
02:23:39,577 --> 02:23:42,930
If he wants to get inside, like,
you could sense his body language

2503
02:23:42,964 --> 02:23:46,100
telling us he wants to.
It's probably best to use a jab.

2504
02:23:46,134 --> 02:23:48,119
It's a lot safer,
and it'll get you there a lot quicker.

2505
02:23:48,152 --> 02:23:51,990
See, Vargas, I think,
is fighting the right kind of fight.

2506
02:23:52,023 --> 02:23:54,642
But this is what I mean by muscle memory.
The hook to the body, Dre.

2507
02:23:54,676 --> 02:23:55,943
-Right hook.
-Yep.

2508
02:23:55,977 --> 02:23:57,345
This is what I mean by muscle memory.

2509
02:23:57,378 --> 02:24:00,865
It feels to me like Vargas
has to do more thinking,

2510
02:24:00,898 --> 02:24:02,884
and put more effort into everything,

2511
02:24:02,917 --> 02:24:07,905
and Walsh can kind of more easily
just let the muscle memory take over.

2512
02:24:07,939 --> 02:24:08,823
Yeah.

2513
02:24:10,158 --> 02:24:12,994
-That's the late start for Vargas.
-Yep.

2514
02:24:13,027 --> 02:24:16,497
Walsh, as we mentioned,
18 years in the game, started at six.

2515
02:24:17,432 --> 02:24:18,900
See, that last combination came out

2516
02:24:18,933 --> 02:24:21,753
-so fluidly from Walsh.
-Effortlessly, yeah.

2517
02:24:24,639 --> 02:24:27,091
Doesn't mean that the guy
with more experience is gonna win.

2518
02:24:27,125 --> 02:24:29,560
It just means
that things are easier for him.

2519
02:24:29,594 --> 02:24:32,647
Vargas Jr. realizing effectiveness
to the body there.

2520
02:24:32,680 --> 02:24:34,415
Under two minutes to go, round two.

2521
02:24:34,449 --> 02:24:36,601
But I credit Vargas for recognizing that,

2522
02:24:36,634 --> 02:24:38,920
"Hey, this guy might be
a little more automatic than me."

2523
02:24:38,953 --> 02:24:40,288
"I have to be careful."

2524
02:24:47,028 --> 02:24:49,797
I mean, fighters have to learn
to jab while they're thinking.

2525
02:24:49,831 --> 02:24:53,017
They have to learn to jab
while they're processing,

2526
02:24:53,051 --> 02:24:53,935
and collecting data,

2527
02:24:53,968 --> 02:24:55,553
and while they're trying
to set punches up.

2528
02:24:55,586 --> 02:24:57,989
Don't pose and just look at one another.

2529
02:24:58,022 --> 02:25:01,676
Stick the jab up and down,
different speeds and cadences,

2530
02:25:01,709 --> 02:25:05,229
so you can get into a rhythm
and land the shot you wanna land.

2531
02:25:05,263 --> 02:25:07,482
That's what I mean.
Smart by Vargas, right?

2532
02:25:07,515 --> 02:25:08,616
He sets up his shot,

2533
02:25:08,649 --> 02:25:10,902
he uses his athletic ability and speed
to land it,

2534
02:25:10,935 --> 02:25:11,953
and he gets out.

2535
02:25:13,805 --> 02:25:17,608
-Good body work there by Walsh.
-Vargas acknowledged it.

2536
02:25:17,642 --> 02:25:21,662
When Vargas Jr. finds the angle,
he doesn't miss a whole lot,

2537
02:25:21,696 --> 02:25:25,099
it's just about finding those openings
and those patterns.

2538
02:25:25,133 --> 02:25:27,535
Coming up on a minute
to go here, round two.

2539
02:25:30,588 --> 02:25:32,156
Good job defensively by Vargas.

2540
02:25:37,962 --> 02:25:40,415
And Jr. certainly acknowledged
some of the challenges

2541
02:25:40,448 --> 02:25:42,166
growing up in his father's shadow.

2542
02:25:44,986 --> 02:25:47,071
Senior wouldn't acknowledge
the twitchiness

2543
02:25:47,105 --> 02:25:48,156
that you tried to get him to.

2544
02:25:48,189 --> 02:25:50,291
I mean, I think it's the eye test to me,

2545
02:25:50,324 --> 02:25:52,877
but he's already done something
with Walsh, guys.

2546
02:25:52,910 --> 02:25:54,562
He's broken his forward momentum.

2547
02:25:54,595 --> 02:25:58,082
Walsh is standing straight up and down,
and kind of giving ground at times,

2548
02:25:58,116 --> 02:25:59,984
and then kind of bursting forward,

2549
02:26:00,017 --> 02:26:03,337
but not simply trying
to find Vargas anymore.

2550
02:26:03,988 --> 02:26:05,389
Skipper Kelp, what are you seeing?

2551
02:26:05,423 --> 02:26:07,558
Walsh jumps in and out in spurts.

2552
02:26:07,592 --> 02:26:10,144
Vargas needs to be more steady
and throw jabs,

2553
02:26:10,178 --> 02:26:14,715
and be steady line,
don't let the burst get the best of him.

2554
02:26:16,584 --> 02:26:19,387
-Good left hand from Vargas.
-Yeah, it was.

2555
02:26:21,706 --> 02:26:23,925
And good right hook
to the body from Walsh.

2556
02:26:23,958 --> 02:26:25,009
Stop to bell.

2557
02:26:27,562 --> 02:26:28,813
Time!

2558
02:26:32,366 --> 02:26:38,222
Hey! That was a great round.
No. Hey, listen to me. One picture round.

2559
02:26:45,163 --> 02:26:47,198
"Take him back.
You're making him walk backwards."

2560
02:26:47,231 --> 02:26:48,683
"He's not liking this,
he's not enjoying this."

2561
02:26:48,716 --> 02:26:49,817
"You gotta continue with the--"

2562
02:26:49,851 --> 02:26:52,687
"Listen, if you keep doing the pressure
until you can get him,

2563
02:26:52,720 --> 02:26:55,673
put him down, okay?
Keep with the pressure, keep…"

2564
02:26:55,706 --> 02:26:59,293
"I need more strikes,
I need him strong down,

2565
02:26:59,327 --> 02:27:01,679
and then keep on him,
in the body, in the body."

2566
02:27:01,712 --> 02:27:03,231
"Let's just get him.
Let's get him right now."

2567
02:27:03,264 --> 02:27:05,132
"And all if you put pressure."

2568
02:27:05,166 --> 02:27:08,119
"Listen, if you put pressure on him,
he's not doing anything."

2569
02:27:09,153 --> 02:27:14,559
"Continue, continue. Okay.
It's the same thing, okay?"

2570
02:27:14,592 --> 02:27:18,196
"Same combination, two strikes.
It makes him walk backwards, okay?"

2571
02:27:18,229 --> 02:27:20,948
"Continue with the pressure
with your gloves up."

2572
02:27:20,982 --> 02:27:22,266
"You need to keep your driver up…"

2573
02:27:22,300 --> 02:27:27,021
Boxing royalty, Roy Jones Jr.

2574
02:27:27,054 --> 02:27:31,225
Checking out with our guy,
Andre Ward, hall of game.

2575
02:27:31,259 --> 02:27:33,377
The legends are out tonight.

2576
02:27:33,411 --> 02:27:37,598
Vargas Jr. corner pretty animated.
They feel like they're seeing some things.

2577
02:27:39,150 --> 02:27:42,036
Walsh to the body.
Nice way to begin round three for him.

2578
02:27:44,188 --> 02:27:47,158
Walsh looks to have come out
with a little bit of a different attitude

2579
02:27:47,191 --> 02:27:48,826
in his third round, Andre.

2580
02:27:48,860 --> 02:27:53,514
Yeah, if he can keep
those body shots coming periodically,

2581
02:27:53,548 --> 02:27:54,565
they're gonna pay off for him.

2582
02:27:54,599 --> 02:27:57,268
I don't like the way
Vargas just almost stood up

2583
02:27:57,301 --> 02:27:58,502
to meet that right hook.

2584
02:27:58,536 --> 02:28:00,755
And I don't like the way
Vargas is giving up

2585
02:28:00,788 --> 02:28:03,074
that same two-punch combination
to the body.

2586
02:28:03,107 --> 02:28:04,992
He's not answering
like he did right there.

2587
02:28:05,026 --> 02:28:08,396
I think more times than not,
Vargas has to send

2588
02:28:08,429 --> 02:28:10,281
that silent
but not so silent message that,

2589
02:28:10,314 --> 02:28:12,783
-"I'm not taking that tonight."
-I gotta say, guys,

2590
02:28:12,817 --> 02:28:15,786
I am impressed
with what I've seen from Vargas so far,

2591
02:28:15,820 --> 02:28:19,156
especially given the stage
and the disparity

2592
02:28:19,190 --> 02:28:23,744
in terms of amateur experience,
which usually tells on this level.

2593
02:28:24,996 --> 02:28:26,747
He's not out of his league.

2594
02:28:28,883 --> 02:28:31,502
That's how Vargas should answer
that body shot.

2595
02:28:32,019 --> 02:28:34,138
And then don't stay for the receipt.

2596
02:28:37,375 --> 02:28:38,993
Nice connection to the body by Walsh,

2597
02:28:39,026 --> 02:28:42,463
who did believe overwhelmingly
that he had the stronger schedule

2598
02:28:42,496 --> 02:28:44,031
coming into this matchup.

2599
02:28:47,151 --> 02:28:48,519
And Walsh told me, he said-- I said,

2600
02:28:48,552 --> 02:28:51,255
"Do you think Vargas is in over his head?"
He said, "I do."

2601
02:28:51,289 --> 02:28:53,674
I said, "Do you think
he really is who he says he is?"

2602
02:28:53,708 --> 02:28:56,794
He said, "I don't."
But that hasn't been proven true thus far.

2603
02:28:57,812 --> 02:29:00,481
And now, the question becomes for Vargas,

2604
02:29:00,514 --> 02:29:02,350
class tells over time.

2605
02:29:02,383 --> 02:29:08,105
The longer the fight goes,
the more experience and level separate.

2606
02:29:08,139 --> 02:29:10,942
So, can he keep
this level of intensity up?

2607
02:29:10,975 --> 02:29:15,329
And if Callum makes adjustments,
can he then adjust to the adjustments?

2608
02:29:17,081 --> 02:29:20,034
Unofficially twice as much output
out of Callum Walsh here

2609
02:29:20,067 --> 02:29:20,918
in the early going.

2610
02:29:20,952 --> 02:29:23,904
A lot of that has been an investment
in the body.

2611
02:29:23,938 --> 02:29:26,240
Yeah, even sometimes
when Vargas is pulling away,

2612
02:29:26,273 --> 02:29:28,976
Callum's not going to the head,
he's going to the body.

2613
02:29:35,783 --> 02:29:39,203
Walsh completely entrusts
his game plan to Freddie Roach.

2614
02:29:41,789 --> 02:29:43,107
Vargas Jr. to the body.

2615
02:29:43,140 --> 02:29:44,675
And there, Walsh had the right idea.

2616
02:29:44,709 --> 02:29:47,578
The more experienced fighter,
let's exchange.

2617
02:29:50,531 --> 02:29:53,250
More-- He figures his shots
will get there a little straighter,

2618
02:29:53,284 --> 02:29:54,485
and more automatically.

2619
02:29:54,518 --> 02:29:56,454
Yeah, it's interesting
seeing the Vargas boys,

2620
02:29:56,487 --> 02:29:59,023
because I think, thus far,
they still have a ways to go,

2621
02:29:59,056 --> 02:30:01,258
but they've carried that Vargas name well,

2622
02:30:01,292 --> 02:30:05,396
and you can allow the pressure
and the expectation of being a Vargas

2623
02:30:05,429 --> 02:30:06,414
crush you,

2624
02:30:06,447 --> 02:30:10,484
or you can allow it
to spurn you forward and push you

2625
02:30:10,518 --> 02:30:14,105
because you know you have that pedigree,
and you use it to excite you

2626
02:30:14,138 --> 02:30:16,924
because I wanna show my father
that I can do this.

2627
02:30:16,957 --> 02:30:17,875
Right.

2628
02:30:23,964 --> 02:30:26,484
No one has been able
to really impose their will

2629
02:30:26,517 --> 02:30:29,704
on the other so far.
They're both doing some good things.

2630
02:30:33,190 --> 02:30:34,658
Time!

2631
02:30:54,195 --> 02:30:56,414
Don't give up, all right?

2632
02:30:57,331 --> 02:31:00,167
When you put the pressure on him,
you're killing this kid.

2633
02:31:00,201 --> 02:31:04,321
Back him up, let's go.
Let's be aggressive, okay?

2634
02:31:04,355 --> 02:31:08,042
Don't let him back you up.
You back him up the whole round.

2635
02:31:08,075 --> 02:31:10,227
All right? You know you can do that.

2636
02:31:10,895 --> 02:31:13,297
All right? Little feints,
little head movements.

2637
02:31:13,330 --> 02:31:16,751
Back him up, back him up.
Put your combinations together.

2638
02:31:18,035 --> 02:31:18,919
Yep!

2639
02:31:18,953 --> 02:31:21,956
When you get in the front,
start with the body,

2640
02:31:21,989 --> 02:31:23,507
especially the left hand.

2641
02:31:23,541 --> 02:31:26,694
Former WBC super
lightweight champ, Devin Haney,

2642
02:31:26,727 --> 02:31:28,245
ringside tonight

2643
02:31:28,279 --> 02:31:30,247
for Canelo versus Crawford…

2644
02:31:30,281 --> 02:31:35,136
…as is the living legend,
Julio César Chávez.

2645
02:31:35,169 --> 02:31:37,171
I mean, he gets shown on camera,

2646
02:31:37,204 --> 02:31:38,856
and Max Kellerman sort of…

2647
02:31:38,889 --> 02:31:40,641
-…goes back in his seat.
-Can I tell you something?

2648
02:31:40,674 --> 02:31:42,993
The elevator door opened
at the hotel last night,

2649
02:31:43,027 --> 02:31:44,728
and there was Julio César Chávez.

2650
02:31:44,762 --> 02:31:48,749
I've been in this game a long time.
But some guys, it's like…

2651
02:31:48,783 --> 02:31:49,767
-Whoa.
-Yeah, yeah.

2652
02:31:50,985 --> 02:31:53,921
You should see
how the UFC athletes react around him.

2653
02:31:53,954 --> 02:31:58,209
Chávez is one
of the greatest fighters who ever lived.

2654
02:31:58,242 --> 02:32:00,995
So, Freddie Roach, with a firm directive,

2655
02:32:01,028 --> 02:32:02,713
he said to Callum Walsh,

2656
02:32:02,746 --> 02:32:04,899
"You can at least be the guy
backing Vargas Jr. up."

2657
02:32:04,932 --> 02:32:06,567
You did see Fernando able
to back Callum up

2658
02:32:06,600 --> 02:32:08,302
a little bit there in round three.

2659
02:32:09,620 --> 02:32:12,473
Walsh has good moments,
but they're not sustained.

2660
02:32:13,124 --> 02:32:17,128
Good shot right there.
Overhand right grazed the chin of Vargas.

2661
02:32:17,161 --> 02:32:18,729
-Took it well.
-Left.

2662
02:32:18,762 --> 02:32:20,631
-It was the left hand, right?
-Yeah, yeah.

2663
02:32:20,664 --> 02:32:21,916
The backhand, right,
'cause they're a southpaw.

2664
02:32:21,949 --> 02:32:24,301
But that, Dre,
was the most dangerous punch

2665
02:32:24,335 --> 02:32:25,970
of the fight so far, it looked like to me.

2666
02:32:26,003 --> 02:32:27,371
Ooh! That's a big left hand for Vargas.

2667
02:32:27,404 --> 02:32:29,924
And Vargas almost landed
a left hand of his own.

2668
02:32:29,957 --> 02:32:33,661
Yep. But I don't like how Vargas is--

2669
02:32:33,694 --> 02:32:36,397
Vargas picks his chin up
in the air a little bit.

2670
02:32:36,430 --> 02:32:40,050
And if Walsh can
kind of clean him up with a hook,

2671
02:32:40,084 --> 02:32:41,669
that could be bad news.

2672
02:32:42,419 --> 02:32:44,972
Short left out of the break,
lands for Vargas.

2673
02:32:48,125 --> 02:32:50,928
Not a ton in combination
out of Junior tonight.

2674
02:32:53,647 --> 02:32:57,968
Vargas' skill level
belies his amateur background.

2675
02:32:58,002 --> 02:33:00,838
He's fighting like a guy
who had an amateur career.

2676
02:33:00,871 --> 02:33:02,423
-Pedigree.
-Yeah.

2677
02:33:03,307 --> 02:33:04,475
Being in the gym with his brothers,

2678
02:33:04,508 --> 02:33:06,160
having competition in the gym.

2679
02:33:07,595 --> 02:33:09,163
That'll expedite the process.

2680
02:33:11,115 --> 02:33:13,417
-Good shot right there.
-Yep.

2681
02:33:13,450 --> 02:33:17,204
I don't see him getting caught
with the kind of shots

2682
02:33:17,238 --> 02:33:19,790
the guys who haven't fought amateur
get caught with.

2683
02:33:21,609 --> 02:33:22,743
Good right hook.

2684
02:33:22,776 --> 02:33:26,430
Yeah, Vargas starting to find
his range a little bit here round four.

2685
02:33:32,436 --> 02:33:34,371
Again, Walsh has good moments.

2686
02:33:34,405 --> 02:33:37,424
He lands good punches.
He lands good combinations.

2687
02:33:37,458 --> 02:33:39,510
He's just not steady
and consistent with…

2688
02:33:40,160 --> 02:33:42,162
I would say it's true
of both fighters so far.

2689
02:33:42,196 --> 02:33:45,032
I think Vargas has been
a lot more consistent than Walsh,

2690
02:33:45,065 --> 02:33:47,918
but not enough to separate
and start dominating the fight.

2691
02:33:51,021 --> 02:33:54,558
Responsible guard from Vargas Jr.,
but that big left got through for Walsh.

2692
02:33:54,592 --> 02:33:55,509
It did.

2693
02:33:57,962 --> 02:34:00,614
A couple of shots there
seemed to bother Vargas.

2694
02:34:09,156 --> 02:34:11,275
Just when Vargas looked
like he was getting comfortable

2695
02:34:11,308 --> 02:34:14,662
behind the high guard
and able to pick Callum Walsh's shots.

2696
02:34:14,695 --> 02:34:15,796
And another one, the left-hand key.

2697
02:34:15,829 --> 02:34:19,149
He's finding a home
for the backhand, Callum Walsh is.

2698
02:34:19,183 --> 02:34:23,370
And you can see confidence
being gained by Walsh here.

2699
02:34:24,038 --> 02:34:26,040
Right hook to the body from Walsh.

2700
02:34:27,625 --> 02:34:28,809
Stop, stop, stop.

2701
02:34:28,842 --> 02:34:31,145
Keep those punches up.
Keep them up. Let's go.

2702
02:34:37,901 --> 02:34:39,119
Ooh.

2703
02:34:39,153 --> 02:34:41,155
Nice way to punctuate the round for Walsh.

2704
02:34:41,188 --> 02:34:44,742
He did some very good work
in that last minute, Callum Walsh did.

2705
02:34:52,182 --> 02:34:54,451
Both fighters
doing some nice things in this fight,

2706
02:34:54,485 --> 02:34:57,821
but it's a good overhand left from Vargas.

2707
02:34:57,855 --> 02:34:58,856
Those kind of shots

2708
02:34:58,889 --> 02:35:00,858
on the top of the forehead
can do a lot of damage.

2709
02:35:00,891 --> 02:35:04,295
Didn't do a lot of damage in that moment,
but there's Walsh,

2710
02:35:04,328 --> 02:35:08,098
comes right back with his own left hand,
misses the right hand.

2711
02:35:08,132 --> 02:35:10,301
This is how this fight has been fought.

2712
02:35:10,334 --> 02:35:13,871
Nip and tuck. You hit me, I hit you.
We exchange left hands.

2713
02:35:13,904 --> 02:35:16,440
Somebody needs to create some separation.

2714
02:35:19,209 --> 02:35:22,713
Every Irish dude I've fought,
I went to the body and I stopped them.

2715
02:35:22,746 --> 02:35:24,898
So keep on going to the body,
the way you're doing.

2716
02:35:24,932 --> 02:35:30,270
Hey, hey, I need you to…

2717
02:35:34,608 --> 02:35:38,162
His Excellency
Turki Alalshikh alongside Dana White,

2718
02:35:38,195 --> 02:35:40,664
who has made his way
inside Allegiant Stadium.

2719
02:35:40,698 --> 02:35:42,149
Mr. Beast has joined us.

2720
02:35:42,683 --> 02:35:45,185
Jason Statham's been here all night.

2721
02:35:46,020 --> 02:35:49,556
And it's those two men
Turki Alalshikh and Dana White

2722
02:35:49,590 --> 02:35:55,029
along with Nick Kahn
who I believe may have the formula.

2723
02:35:55,062 --> 02:35:57,498
-That's what we're all doing here…
-Yep.

2724
02:35:57,531 --> 02:35:59,767
…to usher in a golden age of boxing.

2725
02:36:02,569 --> 02:36:05,889
A lot of traction
already established tonight.

2726
02:36:05,923 --> 02:36:07,474
Figures to take it to the next level,

2727
02:36:07,508 --> 02:36:09,259
and it was very interesting
for a lot of fans

2728
02:36:09,293 --> 02:36:12,713
to see how these two athletes
would handle this platform,

2729
02:36:12,746 --> 02:36:14,231
this type of opposition.

2730
02:36:14,965 --> 02:36:17,101
-So far, pretty good.
-So far, so good.

2731
02:36:17,134 --> 02:36:20,971
And it's Walsh whose headline shows
at famous arenas.

2732
02:36:21,004 --> 02:36:24,358
Vargas has not done that,
so, Walsh should be more comfortable here.

2733
02:36:33,851 --> 02:36:35,335
But this is when living

2734
02:36:35,369 --> 02:36:39,156
with the pressure
of the Vargas name serves you well.

2735
02:36:40,374 --> 02:36:42,760
It's not like he doesn't know
about big-time boxing.

2736
02:36:42,793 --> 02:36:43,794
Or pressure.

2737
02:36:45,479 --> 02:36:47,881
Good left hand,
or so it appeared, by Vargas Jr.

2738
02:36:47,915 --> 02:36:50,234
We go on to two minutes here, round five.

2739
02:36:52,453 --> 02:36:56,423
Waiting in the wings,
Canelo Álvarez and Terence Crawford.

2740
02:37:01,145 --> 02:37:03,230
Right on the belt line for Vargas.

2741
02:37:06,467 --> 02:37:09,670
Starting to see a little bit more
in combination from Vargas.

2742
02:37:11,672 --> 02:37:13,123
Mistake there from Vargas.

2743
02:37:13,157 --> 02:37:15,509
Sat right in front of his opponent,
opened up,

2744
02:37:15,542 --> 02:37:18,745
Walsh saw him and beat him
to the punch with a two-piece.

2745
02:37:20,547 --> 02:37:21,748
But Vargas took it well.

2746
02:37:25,619 --> 02:37:27,521
I mentioned class tells over time.

2747
02:37:27,554 --> 02:37:30,507
Dre, have you seen
anything separating them?

2748
02:37:30,541 --> 02:37:31,458
No.

2749
02:37:32,676 --> 02:37:36,480
I… Vargas has to really be fighting
with tremendous intensity,

2750
02:37:36,513 --> 02:37:38,382
given the difference in experience

2751
02:37:38,415 --> 02:37:40,350
-for that to be the case.
-Yep.

2752
02:37:42,669 --> 02:37:45,289
Can he keep it up
for another five-plus rounds?

2753
02:37:45,322 --> 02:37:47,007
Got a lot of fight left.

2754
02:37:49,560 --> 02:37:52,095
Good job with the lead hand
there by Vargas.

2755
02:37:55,032 --> 02:37:56,316
Wait, wait.

2756
02:38:00,420 --> 02:38:03,290
Oh, nice sequence for Walsh now.

2757
02:38:03,323 --> 02:38:05,659
Keep those punches up, Fernando.
Keep them up.

2758
02:38:14,868 --> 02:38:17,971
With a guy who can apply pressure,
and Callum Walsh can,

2759
02:38:19,022 --> 02:38:22,025
at this point in the fight or pretty soon

2760
02:38:22,059 --> 02:38:24,862
it needs to start feeling
like the avalanche is coming,

2761
02:38:24,895 --> 02:38:29,600
like no matter what the other guy does
he just won't stop there's more you know,

2762
02:38:30,284 --> 02:38:33,453
like a leaky boat every time
you plug one hole another pops up

2763
02:38:33,487 --> 02:38:35,572
but that's not what's happening right now.

2764
02:38:35,606 --> 02:38:36,607
Let's go.

2765
02:38:41,945 --> 02:38:42,996
Time!

2766
02:38:48,819 --> 02:38:50,904
Hey, we need to be…

2767
02:38:50,938 --> 02:38:53,957
You can't have
any more low blows, all right? No more.

2768
02:38:59,179 --> 02:39:01,882
"They're gonna
take it away from you. Listen."

2769
02:39:01,915 --> 02:39:05,068
"We don't know what's gonna happen
if you just touch him first."

2770
02:39:06,553 --> 02:39:10,407
"First bother him with low blow,
and then you give him… Listen."

2771
02:39:14,928 --> 02:39:17,431
"You need to get more, more combos, okay?"

2772
02:39:18,215 --> 02:39:20,984
"And whenever you're close to him,
you have to go together."

2773
02:39:21,018 --> 02:39:23,070
"You start with the left,
and then you go to the right."

2774
02:39:23,103 --> 02:39:25,839
"You need to put two jabs,
and then run across."

2775
02:39:25,872 --> 02:39:29,276
"You need to cut the distance,
so you need to go in there, Fernando."

2776
02:39:32,095 --> 02:39:34,948
Well, the spotlight
then at times has eluded.

2777
02:39:34,982 --> 02:39:38,335
Terence "Bud" Crawford
has found him tonight.

2778
02:39:38,919 --> 02:39:43,624
He will challenge Canelo Álvarez here
in short order…

2779
02:39:45,525 --> 02:39:48,078
in one of the biggest boxing matchups…

2780
02:39:48,111 --> 02:39:49,263
…in recent memory.

2781
02:39:49,296 --> 02:39:51,598
Now, though, co-main event continues here
with round six.

2782
02:39:51,632 --> 02:39:53,317
Callum Walsh, Fernando Vargas Jr.

2783
02:39:54,134 --> 02:39:57,321
The biggest boxing matchup
since Mayweather-Pacquiao.

2784
02:39:57,354 --> 02:39:59,606
And it will be seen tonight,

2785
02:40:00,874 --> 02:40:05,612
very likely, by more people
than any fight since Muhammad Ali

2786
02:40:05,646 --> 02:40:10,200
and Leon Spinks rematch, 47 years ago,
because of the platform.

2787
02:40:14,087 --> 02:40:16,690
Boxing's been siloed on pay-per-view

2788
02:40:16,723 --> 02:40:18,191
-for so long.
-Right.

2789
02:40:22,412 --> 02:40:26,867
Oh, a good body shot by Vargas Jr.
Now, he goes up top.

2790
02:40:26,900 --> 02:40:28,919
He's following his father's instructions.

2791
02:40:28,952 --> 02:40:31,938
His father's nervous.
Doesn't know if he'll get a decision.

2792
02:40:31,972 --> 02:40:34,808
Thinks he needs to step it up,
and he's stepping it up.

2793
02:40:34,841 --> 02:40:36,843
And there is risk in doing so.

2794
02:40:38,695 --> 02:40:43,133
When we listen in between rounds
and you hear Fernando Vargas Sr.,

2795
02:40:43,166 --> 02:40:46,753
both father and trainer,
talking, you can hear both.

2796
02:40:46,787 --> 02:40:49,973
You hear trainer, but you also hear
the concern of a father.

2797
02:40:51,158 --> 02:40:52,309
Yeah, that's a good point, Dre.

2798
02:40:52,342 --> 02:40:54,778
Under two minutes here,
round six, as Vargas Jr.

2799
02:40:54,811 --> 02:40:57,447
changes his level
and grazes the body of Walsh.

2800
02:41:06,857 --> 02:41:10,510
I think Vargas is letting
Callum Walsh get a little too comfortable

2801
02:41:11,028 --> 02:41:14,281
going forehead to forehead there
and kind of picking his shots.

2802
02:41:14,898 --> 02:41:17,584
I think both corners
should be calling for some separation,

2803
02:41:17,617 --> 02:41:20,037
and they should give them one
or two things that they can do

2804
02:41:20,070 --> 02:41:22,055
to create that separation,
because right now,

2805
02:41:22,089 --> 02:41:24,941
they're evenly matched,
and they're going punch for punch.

2806
02:41:31,648 --> 02:41:35,769
I think one instruction should be,
"When you land, don't give it back."

2807
02:41:35,802 --> 02:41:40,507
Don't allow Vargas,
or in the case of Vargas, allow Walsh

2808
02:41:40,540 --> 02:41:44,161
to just step in and land a shot
that the referees now don't know

2809
02:41:44,194 --> 02:41:45,645
who to give that exchange to.

2810
02:41:46,997 --> 02:41:48,965
I get mine you don't get yours.

2811
02:41:50,384 --> 02:41:52,753
Greedy on offense stingy on defense.

2812
02:41:53,387 --> 02:41:57,557
Numbers suggest a far more
efficient round here for Vargas Jr.

2813
02:42:02,012 --> 02:42:03,697
Walsh in the center of the ring.

2814
02:42:04,815 --> 02:42:07,884
But then sometimes
because guys are evenly matched,

2815
02:42:07,918 --> 02:42:09,870
you can't create separation.

2816
02:42:09,903 --> 02:42:11,371
It's just like that and we've seen a lot

2817
02:42:11,405 --> 02:42:13,707
of fights like that tonight
where we're calling for separation

2818
02:42:13,740 --> 02:42:15,726
even the corners
are calling for separation

2819
02:42:15,759 --> 02:42:17,144
but the fighters just can't do it.

2820
02:42:17,177 --> 02:42:20,797
And both fighters mentioned
their nationalities

2821
02:42:20,831 --> 02:42:25,619
and the kind of pride in Irish boxing
and Mexican boxing, right?

2822
02:42:25,652 --> 02:42:27,237
Mexican-American in this case.

2823
02:42:27,270 --> 02:42:31,892
But their ethnic backgrounds and the kind
of temperament that they both have.

2824
02:42:31,925 --> 02:42:33,794
They're not those kind of,

2825
02:42:33,827 --> 02:42:37,180
"Hey, I'm going to get mine,"
and step off type fighters.

2826
02:42:38,348 --> 02:42:40,367
You're seeing a lot
more defensive responsibility here

2827
02:42:40,400 --> 02:42:43,019
than maybe we saw
in our last matchup.

2828
02:42:43,053 --> 02:42:45,655
Final seconds of round six.
Good connection by Walsh.

2829
02:42:46,540 --> 02:42:47,657
Oh!

2830
02:42:47,691 --> 02:42:49,893
Big left hand from Walsh.

2831
02:42:49,926 --> 02:42:51,878
But he did, but Vargas
pointed out he hit him low

2832
02:42:51,912 --> 02:42:53,597
with the right hand, and he did.

2833
02:42:57,033 --> 02:42:58,652
Keep 'em up. You aware.

2834
02:42:59,302 --> 02:43:00,220
Good job.

2835
02:43:00,720 --> 02:43:02,139
-How you feeling?
-Good.

2836
02:43:05,575 --> 02:43:06,660
Good job.

2837
02:43:09,012 --> 02:43:10,347
Now, when you're backhand level,

2838
02:43:10,380 --> 02:43:13,500
you gotta go two, three,
four type combinations.

2839
02:43:15,152 --> 02:43:18,588
See another common exchange.
That punch right there landed borderline,

2840
02:43:18,622 --> 02:43:20,640
but that punch landed
on the button right there.

2841
02:43:20,674 --> 02:43:21,691
Vargas felt that.

2842
02:43:23,160 --> 02:43:24,678
It's at the end of the round again.

2843
02:43:24,711 --> 02:43:28,648
Borderline shot landed on the belt line,
but it allowed Walsh

2844
02:43:28,682 --> 02:43:31,835
to land a clean shot
that Vargas immediately looked

2845
02:43:31,868 --> 02:43:34,287
to the referee and said,
"Hey, don't worry about the left hand."

2846
02:43:34,321 --> 02:43:35,922
"He hit me low."

2847
02:43:38,375 --> 02:43:39,609
Vamos, Fernando.

2848
02:43:47,267 --> 02:43:48,268
All right, round seven,

2849
02:43:48,301 --> 02:43:51,154
and that means this
is the first time Fernando Vargas Jr.

2850
02:43:51,188 --> 02:43:53,390
will have fought into a seventh round…

2851
02:43:53,423 --> 02:43:54,724
…as a pro.

2852
02:43:55,342 --> 02:43:58,728
Seems to have plenty left in the tank.
Callum Walsh in the orange.

2853
02:43:59,596 --> 02:44:01,798
Vargas Jr.
wearing the green, white, and red.

2854
02:44:03,600 --> 02:44:06,753
Does it appear to you, Dre,
that each guy is fighting as well

2855
02:44:06,786 --> 02:44:09,322
as they can at this stage in their career?

2856
02:44:09,356 --> 02:44:12,759
I wonder, which is why
I keep calling for separation.

2857
02:44:13,577 --> 02:44:15,228
But I'm not sure if they can.

2858
02:44:15,262 --> 02:44:17,097
It looks to me, so far,

2859
02:44:17,130 --> 02:44:19,299
that they've kind of fought each other
to a standstill.

2860
02:44:23,486 --> 02:44:25,805
-Ooh.
-Oh.

2861
02:44:25,839 --> 02:44:28,041
-We're standing still for that.
-Yeah.

2862
02:44:28,558 --> 02:44:30,076
That's a good left hand now from Vargas.

2863
02:44:31,628 --> 02:44:35,632
Both had the same idea,
trying to end the fight on one shot.

2864
02:44:36,816 --> 02:44:39,469
Vargas Jr. loaded up there,
unable to connect.

2865
02:44:43,006 --> 02:44:45,959
I'm always led
to believe there's another gear.

2866
02:44:45,992 --> 02:44:49,779
You may not even have the skill set
to do four or five different things

2867
02:44:49,813 --> 02:44:52,866
to change the course of the fight,
but your will is always present.

2868
02:44:52,899 --> 02:44:54,317
That's a decision you make.

2869
02:44:55,785 --> 02:45:00,607
And I think both fighters can press more
if they wanted to.

2870
02:45:03,994 --> 02:45:07,197
But each one, there's a price
to pay for pressing more.

2871
02:45:08,465 --> 02:45:11,117
They're thus far evenly matched.

2872
02:45:12,619 --> 02:45:14,287
But then you got to ask yourself,

2873
02:45:14,321 --> 02:45:16,640
"How do I want to feel Sunday morning
when I wake up?"

2874
02:45:16,673 --> 02:45:19,626
And all of a sudden, that price
isn't as expensive as you might think.

2875
02:45:19,659 --> 02:45:21,461
By the way, guys, all fight card.

2876
02:45:21,494 --> 02:45:23,780
You know, how many times
have we said that tonight already?

2877
02:45:23,813 --> 02:45:25,548
How evenly matched the fights are.

2878
02:45:26,549 --> 02:45:27,867
Those are the small separators

2879
02:45:27,901 --> 02:45:29,819
in moments like this
that you got to have with yourself.

2880
02:45:29,853 --> 02:45:33,907
The corner can't give it to you.
You got to have that between the ears.

2881
02:45:33,940 --> 02:45:36,359
How do I want
to feel when I wake up Sunday morning

2882
02:45:36,393 --> 02:45:39,663
and realize what happened Saturday night?
I want to be okay with that.

2883
02:45:39,696 --> 02:45:42,065
Walsh has been the busier man tonight.

2884
02:45:42,098 --> 02:45:47,554
He has landed 27% though,
of his 434 punch attempts.

2885
02:45:48,054 --> 02:45:49,589
Boxing fans going to get used to this,

2886
02:45:49,623 --> 02:45:52,575
-not knowing who wins the fight going in.
-Yeah.

2887
02:45:52,609 --> 02:45:56,146
And tonight,
not sure who won the fight going out.

2888
02:45:56,179 --> 02:45:58,381
Let's see what happens in the main event,

2889
02:45:58,415 --> 02:46:00,784
because it's already getting
to be butterflies time.

2890
02:46:00,817 --> 02:46:02,118
I'm telling you.

2891
02:46:02,152 --> 02:46:05,605
I think for a lot of these fans
around the world as well.

2892
02:46:05,639 --> 02:46:08,925
As we come down the stretch
of round seven here in the co-main event.

2893
02:46:08,959 --> 02:46:11,861
-Body shot from Walsh.
-And that set up the stuff upstairs.

2894
02:46:11,895 --> 02:46:13,830
The left hand to the body from Walsh.

2895
02:46:24,708 --> 02:46:25,859
This has been a good fight.

2896
02:46:25,892 --> 02:46:28,244
Both fighters have done good things
in this fight.

2897
02:46:28,278 --> 02:46:29,295
Yeah.

2898
02:46:30,847 --> 02:46:33,833
The skill set is evident.
The heart is evident.

2899
02:46:34,617 --> 02:46:36,803
They have enough pop. It's respectable.

2900
02:46:38,605 --> 02:46:40,473
And it's still very early for both guys.

2901
02:46:40,507 --> 02:46:45,462
Seventeen fights for Fernando Vargas
and 14 for Callum Walsh.

2902
02:46:45,495 --> 02:46:47,113
Yeah, Walsh told us Vargas
could have milked

2903
02:46:47,147 --> 02:46:48,631
that family name a little bit longer

2904
02:46:48,665 --> 02:46:52,419
before fighting him, but Junior
pretty competitive tonight.

2905
02:46:52,452 --> 02:46:55,205
Through seven, we got three rounds to go.

2906
02:47:08,918 --> 02:47:11,438
Every now and again,
Walsh will take a break

2907
02:47:11,471 --> 02:47:15,225
from punching at the head of Vargas,
and he'll land a shot like that.

2908
02:47:15,258 --> 02:47:18,528
We've been talking about separation
and what can separate these two guys.

2909
02:47:18,561 --> 02:47:21,381
It's the body shots,
and then it's shots like this

2910
02:47:21,414 --> 02:47:26,936
from Vargas without giving shots
like this back after you land.

2911
02:47:28,104 --> 02:47:31,825
But both fighters have been nip
and tucking, and flow

2912
02:47:31,858 --> 02:47:34,894
-for this whole fight.
-One, two. One, two.

2913
02:47:34,928 --> 02:47:39,165
One, two, three, four. Let's go.
All right? He's yours. You own him.

2914
02:47:39,199 --> 02:47:41,184
What do you got? How are you going to do?

2915
02:47:41,217 --> 02:47:42,986
Stay loose. Just let your ass go.

2916
02:47:43,019 --> 02:47:45,655
Knock, knock, knock.
Put him on the ropes. It's over.

2917
02:47:48,425 --> 02:47:51,478
Seconds out! Seconds out!

2918
02:48:01,571 --> 02:48:02,672
All right, here we go, round eight.

2919
02:48:02,705 --> 02:48:05,408
Seems as though Freddie Roach
feels like he can get a little bit more

2920
02:48:05,442 --> 02:48:08,495
in terms of the forward motion
and activity from Callum Walsh.

2921
02:48:10,613 --> 02:48:13,666
As we'll show you,
Skipper Kelp's unofficial scorecard.

2922
02:48:21,124 --> 02:48:23,676
Just getting more
consistently in combination

2923
02:48:23,710 --> 02:48:24,994
from Callum Walsh.

2924
02:48:25,028 --> 02:48:28,715
Forty-six percent of his punches tonight
have been thrown in combination.

2925
02:48:28,748 --> 02:48:30,300
Twenty-four percent for Vargas.

2926
02:48:37,390 --> 02:48:39,909
Those two shots that Vargas just landed,

2927
02:48:39,943 --> 02:48:42,979
it's just lazy posturing from Walsh.

2928
02:48:43,012 --> 02:48:45,281
Why did you allow him
to land that little uppercut

2929
02:48:45,315 --> 02:48:48,384
with you leaning over your feet
with no response from you?

2930
02:48:48,418 --> 02:48:50,386
Why are you letting him get off
with two and three shots

2931
02:48:50,420 --> 02:48:52,539
and you're just accepting that,
you're allowing that?

2932
02:48:52,572 --> 02:48:56,626
He has to learn that that's not okay
because as the competition gets stiffer,

2933
02:48:56,659 --> 02:48:59,829
it's going to be a bigger price to pay
for being lackadaisical like that.

2934
02:48:59,863 --> 02:49:02,448
I mean, the competition's
pretty stiff tonight, you know?

2935
02:49:02,482 --> 02:49:05,618
But if he wins and goes on,
it's going to get stiffer.

2936
02:49:06,753 --> 02:49:08,104
And the shots that are grazing

2937
02:49:08,138 --> 02:49:10,673
and just missing
may land and change the course

2938
02:49:10,707 --> 02:49:13,726
of your life and put your career
on a different path.

2939
02:49:14,244 --> 02:49:17,614
You know, he isn't with a guy
just about as athletic as they come.

2940
02:49:17,647 --> 02:49:23,019
Like, Vargas is a very, very good athlete,
very athletic fighter.

2941
02:49:25,421 --> 02:49:27,540
Couple nice body shots by Vargas.

2942
02:49:28,491 --> 02:49:30,693
Good connection
with the right hand by Walsh.

2943
02:49:31,644 --> 02:49:33,997
Vargas is not just athletic, he's tough.

2944
02:49:37,517 --> 02:49:42,188
And that combination of athletic
ability and toughness can compensate

2945
02:49:42,222 --> 02:49:45,825
for a lot of the inexperience
and is compensating for it.

2946
02:49:54,317 --> 02:49:57,287
Again, oftentimes having
that last name can work for you.

2947
02:49:57,320 --> 02:50:01,658
It'll give you that complex
and that disdain about you,

2948
02:50:01,691 --> 02:50:03,626
like, I'm not who you think I am.

2949
02:50:04,627 --> 02:50:06,396
I'm not just my father's son.

2950
02:50:12,685 --> 02:50:14,787
Good shot to the body by Walsh.

2951
02:50:15,622 --> 02:50:17,974
And a nice combination by Callum as well.

2952
02:50:19,325 --> 02:50:20,977
Skipper had it five-three Walsh.

2953
02:50:21,010 --> 02:50:23,730
That means if the judges
see it one round different,

2954
02:50:23,763 --> 02:50:27,500
it's a draw fight at the moment.
Someone's got to take command.

2955
02:50:31,037 --> 02:50:33,273
Sorry, five-two heading into this round.

2956
02:50:34,307 --> 02:50:37,460
-So it could be six-two.
-I think it's a close round.

2957
02:50:38,661 --> 02:50:41,030
Seems as though at least
the latter half of the eighth round,

2958
02:50:41,064 --> 02:50:42,765
Walsh is starting to take control.

2959
02:50:46,202 --> 02:50:49,289
Oh, good shot by Walsh,
partially blocked by Vargas.

2960
02:50:58,414 --> 02:51:00,199
Strong final minute of round eight…

2961
02:51:00,233 --> 02:51:01,217
…for the Irishman.

2962
02:51:08,858 --> 02:51:11,327
We need to fucking go hard.

2963
02:51:15,331 --> 02:51:17,033
"We have
a freaking good fight in front of us."

2964
02:51:17,066 --> 02:51:19,953
"Okay? Let's put it backwards."

2965
02:51:20,620 --> 02:51:23,690
"Listen, remember,
we got tired in sparring,

2966
02:51:23,723 --> 02:51:26,459
but we don't get tired over here, okay?
Put it back."

2967
02:51:26,492 --> 02:51:30,313
"With everything, my son.
Make him walk backwards, okay?"

2968
02:51:32,565 --> 02:51:35,068
"Let's win this freaking fight, okay?"

2969
02:51:38,154 --> 02:51:42,675
"Just leave everything here.
This is what makes you stronger."

2970
02:51:42,709 --> 02:51:44,994
"Leave everything here.
Give them what you've got."

2971
02:51:45,028 --> 02:51:48,047
I don't give a shit.
You gotta do everything. Let's go.

2972
02:51:51,401 --> 02:51:54,971
"Listen, it's very tight
right there, it's very tight. Very tight."

2973
02:51:55,004 --> 02:51:56,723
"Let's go."

2974
02:51:57,940 --> 02:52:00,677
Inspired work in the corner
as usual from Senior

2975
02:52:00,710 --> 02:52:03,980
and Emiliano Vargas
and of course George Capatio.

2976
02:52:04,013 --> 02:52:05,164
Now, we see if the pupil…

2977
02:52:05,682 --> 02:52:06,532
…can respond in time

2978
02:52:06,566 --> 02:52:09,018
and bring that offense
to the bigger man, Callum Walsh.

2979
02:52:09,052 --> 02:52:11,587
But it also shows you,
I mean Walsh came in as the favorite

2980
02:52:11,621 --> 02:52:15,692
and I've been very impressed
with how Vargas has fought so far,

2981
02:52:15,725 --> 02:52:18,878
but it also shows you who's very likely
winning the fight.

2982
02:52:18,911 --> 02:52:24,117
Skipper has him up here unofficially.
And in the corner, Freddie Roach is calm.

2983
02:52:24,150 --> 02:52:26,786
And Fernando Vargas Sr.

2984
02:52:26,819 --> 02:52:29,288
is telling him,
"We gotta get this done now."

2985
02:52:42,618 --> 02:52:45,221
Left hand partially lands for Vargas Jr.

2986
02:52:45,254 --> 02:52:49,542
Do you think that's one reason,
Andre, that Walsh hasn't done some

2987
02:52:49,575 --> 02:52:52,795
of the things that you've suggested
because he feels very comfortable

2988
02:52:52,829 --> 02:52:54,347
and feels he is going
to control the fight?

2989
02:52:54,380 --> 02:52:56,332
It's possible.
I just don't think it's likely.

2990
02:52:56,366 --> 02:53:00,019
I think the more likely reason is just
these are bad habits for him.

2991
02:53:00,053 --> 02:53:04,390
And maybe he thought he had a gear
that he hasn't shown tonight.

2992
02:53:04,424 --> 02:53:06,843
And I do believe
that Vargas is a lot better

2993
02:53:06,876 --> 02:53:09,395
and a lot tougher than he bargained for.

2994
02:53:09,429 --> 02:53:11,447
And certainly than he anticipated
when he spoke to us.

2995
02:53:11,481 --> 02:53:13,549
And you can see the frustration
on his face going back

2996
02:53:13,583 --> 02:53:16,386
to the corner in certain rounds,
like, "He's still here?"

2997
02:53:18,121 --> 02:53:19,589
Stop, stop, stop, stop.

2998
02:53:19,622 --> 02:53:21,891
And that's the danger
of believing the narrative

2999
02:53:21,924 --> 02:53:24,293
about a guy
without you ever facing him.

3000
02:53:24,327 --> 02:53:27,764
You have to believe that he's better
than what people are saying about him.

3001
02:53:27,797 --> 02:53:30,700
That's what keeps you,
gets you up early and keeps you late

3002
02:53:30,733 --> 02:53:33,519
and brings you into the fight
with the right frame of mind.

3003
02:53:39,308 --> 02:53:42,128
It's a tough place to find out
you were wrong about a guy,

3004
02:53:42,161 --> 02:53:43,613
that guy being your opponent.

3005
02:53:45,965 --> 02:53:50,119
But Walsh is fighting
a calm fight that suggests

3006
02:53:50,153 --> 02:53:52,188
he does feel in control.

3007
02:53:53,906 --> 02:53:57,093
He has been the far more
active boxer here in round nine.

3008
02:53:57,126 --> 02:53:59,095
A lot of the shots
have been blocked by Junior,

3009
02:53:59,128 --> 02:54:01,531
but that's the direction
in which Fernando needs

3010
02:54:01,564 --> 02:54:02,715
to be moving forward.

3011
02:54:03,449 --> 02:54:04,684
Skipper Kelp, talk to us.

3012
02:54:04,717 --> 02:54:06,119
This is a very competitive fight.

3013
02:54:06,152 --> 02:54:07,520
The rounds are really close.

3014
02:54:07,553 --> 02:54:11,407
Walsh is just doing a little bit more,
but Vargas is in it to win it.

3015
02:54:14,827 --> 02:54:16,996
Body shot a little bit low for Vargas Jr.

3016
02:54:17,029 --> 02:54:19,332
Under a minute now to go round nine.

3017
02:54:19,365 --> 02:54:21,083
See what that tells me.

3018
02:54:22,068 --> 02:54:27,056
Skipper just said
is the reason Fernando Vargas Sr.

3019
02:54:27,089 --> 02:54:30,726
is imploring his son the way he is
is not simply because he thinks

3020
02:54:30,760 --> 02:54:34,630
he's losing the fight but because
he thinks the fight is there to be won.

3021
02:54:35,348 --> 02:54:37,700
Well It's both, neither fighter can rest

3022
02:54:37,733 --> 02:54:40,686
on anything they've done
in this fight especially in Las Vegas,

3023
02:54:40,720 --> 02:54:42,939
you know, how decisions go here.
You can't assume that you're ahead,

3024
02:54:42,972 --> 02:54:48,711
you should be fighting
with an urgency so if Callum Walsh is not

3025
02:54:48,744 --> 02:54:50,897
and he loses, lesson learned.

3026
02:55:00,039 --> 02:55:01,874
Nice connection
with the lead hand by Walsh

3027
02:55:01,908 --> 02:55:03,209
late in the round.

3028
02:55:04,610 --> 02:55:06,412
Good jab by Vargas.

3029
02:55:06,445 --> 02:55:09,232
Likely too little too late in that round.

3030
02:55:09,265 --> 02:55:12,502
Walsh keeping Vargas' hands
at home throughout the fight

3031
02:55:13,052 --> 02:55:14,904
by being the busier fighter.

3032
02:55:21,310 --> 02:55:23,012
Last round. We gotta touch gloves.

3033
02:55:38,177 --> 02:55:40,246
"This is for everything.
You have the power."

3034
02:55:40,279 --> 02:55:43,082
"You have to believe you have the power.
You're sent to war."

3035
02:56:01,450 --> 02:56:04,937
And there is Canelo Álvarez
getting the hands wrapped,

3036
02:56:04,971 --> 02:56:07,924
which can only mean one thing.

3037
02:56:07,957 --> 02:56:10,610
He is going to make that famed walk
to the ring here…

3038
02:56:10,643 --> 02:56:12,111
…soon.

3039
02:56:12,144 --> 02:56:16,382
But now we get
to our tenth and final round

3040
02:56:16,415 --> 02:56:17,450
in the co-main event.

3041
02:56:17,483 --> 02:56:20,152
Callum Walsh, Fernando Vargas Jr.,
Skipper Kelp.

3042
02:56:20,186 --> 02:56:23,289
Skipper Kelp has it, 88-83 for Vargas.

3043
02:56:24,156 --> 02:56:26,576
And now both guys are picking up the pace.

3044
02:56:27,293 --> 02:56:29,412
Well, to back up your point
at the end of round nine,

3045
02:56:29,445 --> 02:56:32,715
Walsh unofficially has thrown
three hundred more punches

3046
02:56:32,748 --> 02:56:35,167
through nine rounds
for whatever that is worth.

3047
02:56:35,201 --> 02:56:37,219
And he lands a nice left hand there.

3048
02:56:37,253 --> 02:56:41,157
As Andre's been saying,
he's just sometimes Vargas sits there

3049
02:56:41,190 --> 02:56:44,010
and doesn't jab and doesn't stay busy.

3050
02:56:44,043 --> 02:56:46,078
And then Walsh,
just by throwing some more punches,

3051
02:56:46,112 --> 02:56:47,847
keeps Vargas' hands at home.

3052
02:56:49,482 --> 02:56:54,353
And I also wonder, given where they are
in their careers, given the stage,

3053
02:56:54,387 --> 02:56:56,939
et cetera, how much they saved
for this tenth round.

3054
02:56:58,924 --> 02:57:02,411
Left hand is there.
Out of that clinch for Vargas Jr.

3055
02:57:03,379 --> 02:57:05,214
Jr. still just 28.

3056
02:57:05,982 --> 02:57:08,634
Wait, wait, wait, wait. Stay off his head.

3057
02:57:11,037 --> 02:57:14,040
And that's the forward motion
the corner's looking for.

3058
02:57:15,341 --> 02:57:16,609
Good jab by Vargas.

3059
02:57:28,587 --> 02:57:31,474
Five-punch combination from Walsh.
A lot of those shots blocked.

3060
02:57:34,427 --> 02:57:37,446
Vargas' shooting is
showing off the hand speed to the body.

3061
02:57:41,517 --> 02:57:44,220
Vargas' corner wants him
to believe in his power.

3062
02:57:44,837 --> 02:57:48,257
Which suggests to me they think
he needs something dramatic here.

3063
02:57:53,512 --> 02:57:56,482
So the boxing discourse next week,
regardless of winner,

3064
02:57:56,515 --> 02:57:58,184
is going to be,

3065
02:57:58,217 --> 02:58:00,770
did these men take advantage
of the opportunity?

3066
02:58:00,803 --> 02:58:03,973
Does their stock go up based
upon what we saw tonight?

3067
02:58:04,006 --> 02:58:06,776
So far we've seen tonight,
I think the talk is going to be,

3068
02:58:06,809 --> 02:58:09,445
did you see
that Mbilli-Lester Martinez fight?

3069
02:58:11,047 --> 02:58:13,299
Good way to sidestep my question, champ.

3070
02:58:13,966 --> 02:58:15,634
under a minute to decide it.

3071
02:58:19,155 --> 02:58:20,890
Or the Adams-Bohachuk fight.

3072
02:58:20,923 --> 02:58:23,292
Yeah, those were incredible fights.

3073
02:58:23,325 --> 02:58:25,995
This fight is a learning experience fight

3074
02:58:26,028 --> 02:58:28,614
for two pretty
evenly matched fighters.

3075
02:58:28,647 --> 02:58:31,967
If anything, it looks like Vargas
maybe fought a little bit

3076
02:58:32,001 --> 02:58:34,553
over his head based on expectations

3077
02:58:34,587 --> 02:58:37,740
in terms of discipline
against a more experienced guy,

3078
02:58:37,773 --> 02:58:41,343
and Callum Walsh may want
to fight with a little more intensity

3079
02:58:41,377 --> 02:58:45,881
in the future against a fighter
against whom he is favored.

3080
02:58:45,915 --> 02:58:46,866
I agree with that.

3081
02:58:46,899 --> 02:58:48,701
And I think Callum might agree
with that as well,

3082
02:58:48,734 --> 02:58:49,902
but he is opening up here late.

3083
02:58:49,935 --> 02:58:50,786
Landed an uppercut

3084
02:58:50,820 --> 02:58:54,023
that caused some bleeding
out of Vargas Jr.'s mouth a moment ago.

3085
02:58:57,293 --> 02:58:58,861
Oh, good right hand from Walsh.

3086
02:58:58,894 --> 02:59:00,346
Been a really good tenth round.

3087
02:59:00,379 --> 02:59:02,081
Junior pressing forward.

3088
02:59:02,114 --> 02:59:03,983
Best round of the fight.

3089
02:59:10,372 --> 02:59:11,907
Time!

3090
02:59:13,159 --> 02:59:16,562
Nice show of sportsmanship
at the end of ten,

3091
02:59:16,595 --> 02:59:19,482
as Callum Walsh and Fernando Vargas Jr.

3092
02:59:19,515 --> 02:59:21,650
go the distance in our co-main event.

3093
02:59:21,684 --> 02:59:25,654
We wrap it up with the official decision
coming up next from Vegas.

3094
02:59:31,861 --> 02:59:34,697
Well, we are all witness to a piece
of boxing history here tonight.

3095
02:59:34,730 --> 02:59:37,349
The first boxing live event
inside this great Allegiant Stadium.

3096
02:59:37,383 --> 02:59:41,103
And you can see some of what happens
during this two-week odyssey.

3097
02:59:41,137 --> 02:59:42,605
Football fields out.

3098
02:59:42,638 --> 02:59:43,889
Boxing rings in.

3099
02:59:43,923 --> 02:59:49,945
And now we all await
the pageantry that will accompany

3100
02:59:49,979 --> 02:59:52,748
Canelo Álvarez
versus Terence "Bud" Crawford.

3101
02:59:52,782 --> 02:59:55,017
Truly once in a lifetime.

3102
02:59:55,050 --> 02:59:57,553
Now for the co-main event decision,
Michael Buffer.

3103
02:59:59,989 --> 03:00:02,992
And ladies and gentlemen,
we go to the scorecards.

3104
03:00:03,642 --> 03:00:06,745
Eric Cheek scores it 99-91.

3105
03:00:07,596 --> 03:00:10,666
Same score from David Sullivan, 99-91.

3106
03:00:11,367 --> 03:00:13,819
And Don Trollor scores it, 100-90.

3107
03:00:14,353 --> 03:00:16,489
All three by unanimous decision.

3108
03:00:17,189 --> 03:00:20,059
Still undefeated from Cork, Ireland.

3109
03:00:20,092 --> 03:00:26,515
King Callum Walsh!

3110
03:00:29,919 --> 03:00:32,488
Not too much suspense, Callum Walsh,
your winner by unanimous decision.

3111
03:00:32,521 --> 03:00:35,207
You know, this
is the scoring issue in boxing.

3112
03:00:35,241 --> 03:00:37,092
Not that the judges did a bad job,

3113
03:00:37,126 --> 03:00:40,479
but the scorecard doesn't
reflect what we just saw,

3114
03:00:40,513 --> 03:00:44,900
because it's basically
every round is one point, right?

3115
03:00:44,934 --> 03:00:48,170
So if one guy shades every round,
it winds up wide

3116
03:00:48,204 --> 03:00:51,507
on the scorecards, even
though we saw a competitive fight.

3117
03:00:51,540 --> 03:00:55,160
All right, Callum Walsh, 15-0
as he gets it done as the favorite

3118
03:00:55,194 --> 03:00:56,212
in the co-main event.

3119
03:00:56,245 --> 03:00:58,480
Charlie Sheen,
the new Netflix documentary,

3120
03:00:58,981 --> 03:01:01,584
is aka Charlie Sheen.

3121
03:01:02,835 --> 03:01:04,453
Jeremy Renner is with us.

3122
03:01:04,486 --> 03:01:05,921
You can see him as Dr. Nat Sharp

3123
03:01:05,955 --> 03:01:09,842
in a new Netflix film,
Wake Up, Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.

3124
03:01:13,028 --> 03:01:15,331
The great Sofia Vergara
getting a nice response

3125
03:01:15,364 --> 03:01:16,799
from the crowd here.

3126
03:01:16,832 --> 03:01:19,602
Many of you are
watching her Netflix series Griselda

3127
03:01:19,635 --> 03:01:20,619
right now.

3128
03:01:21,270 --> 03:01:24,139
Also with us tonight,
the sports media mogul,

3129
03:01:24,173 --> 03:01:25,841
Stephen A. Smith.

3130
03:01:27,176 --> 03:01:32,314
Wiz Khalifa, avid combat sports fan,
good to have Wiz in the building tonight.

3131
03:01:33,098 --> 03:01:36,619
Tony Gonzalez
from your Kansas City Chiefs,

3132
03:01:36,652 --> 03:01:39,104
one of the greatest tight ends
of all time.

3133
03:01:39,622 --> 03:01:41,907
NBA royalty Rich Paul is with us.

3134
03:01:42,591 --> 03:01:44,260
Sam Cassell, Tyronn Lue.

3135
03:01:46,111 --> 03:01:51,083
Tommy Hearns needs no introduction
for many of you out there.

3136
03:01:53,269 --> 03:01:56,605
Dave Chappelle,
one of the funniest men out there.

3137
03:01:57,656 --> 03:02:00,059
A lot of love for him here in Las Vegas.

3138
03:02:01,961 --> 03:02:05,047
Charlize Theron, another big-time boxing
and mixed martial arts fan,

3139
03:02:05,080 --> 03:02:07,783
star of the upcoming Netflix film, Apex.

3140
03:02:09,635 --> 03:02:14,123
And the one, the only, Michael J. Fox.

3141
03:02:15,958 --> 03:02:19,178
All right, now with a very special guest
over at the desk,

3142
03:02:19,211 --> 03:02:21,146
we send it back over to Mario Lopez.

3143
03:02:23,949 --> 03:02:25,734
Thank you, Jon.
Let's welcome in a special guest

3144
03:02:25,768 --> 03:02:30,889
who is no stranger to big fights,
both as a fan and on this big screen,

3145
03:02:30,923 --> 03:02:33,208
my man, Mark Wahlberg.
Good to see you, brother.

3146
03:02:33,242 --> 03:02:35,144
-What's up, my brother? How are you?
-I'm great. Thank you.

3147
03:02:35,177 --> 03:02:36,829
I see you brought something very special,

3148
03:02:36,862 --> 03:02:39,615
-the illustrious, Ring Magazine belt.
-Yeah.

3149
03:02:39,648 --> 03:02:42,735
A belt with over a century of history.

3150
03:02:42,768 --> 03:02:45,237
Mark, what is it
that makes this belt so special, man?

3151
03:02:45,270 --> 03:02:49,308
Listen, Jack Dempsey held this belt.
This is not like your kind of usual,

3152
03:02:49,341 --> 03:02:52,127
sanctioned body
where there's so many belts.

3153
03:02:52,161 --> 03:02:55,547
You have to do something extraordinary
to hold this belt.

3154
03:02:55,581 --> 03:02:59,184
I mean, you're talking about Ali.
You're talking about Marciano.

3155
03:02:59,218 --> 03:03:02,121
You're talking about Sugar Ray Robinson,
Floyd Mayweather.

3156
03:03:02,154 --> 03:03:04,723
I mean, this is the elite of the elite.

3157
03:03:04,757 --> 03:03:06,675
You're exactly right. There's no politics.

3158
03:03:06,709 --> 03:03:09,278
If you're wearing this belt,
you are definitely number one.

3159
03:03:09,311 --> 03:03:11,046
What does it mean to a fighter
to have this belt?

3160
03:03:11,080 --> 03:03:13,449
Oh, well, you're in rarefied air.

3161
03:03:13,482 --> 03:03:16,285
You know what I mean?
What I love about this fight

3162
03:03:16,318 --> 03:03:19,972
is you have two guys
who have extraordinary careers,

3163
03:03:20,005 --> 03:03:22,174
but they're willing
to put their legacy on the line

3164
03:03:22,207 --> 03:03:25,144
to go against somebody
who is also potentially going

3165
03:03:25,177 --> 03:03:28,697
to put a real damper on their legacy,
tarnish their legacy.

3166
03:03:28,731 --> 03:03:32,117
-You know, this is the elite of the elite.
-You're exactly right.

3167
03:03:32,151 --> 03:03:33,152
It really defines you.

3168
03:03:33,185 --> 03:03:34,403
That's why it's made
of solid gold, you know.

3169
03:03:34,436 --> 03:03:36,288
Hundred and eighty-eight thousand dollars.

3170
03:03:36,321 --> 03:03:38,907
This particular bout
for this fight made a solid gold.

3171
03:03:38,941 --> 03:03:42,678
Like you said, I can't let you go, my man,
without getting your take on the fight.

3172
03:03:42,711 --> 03:03:43,712
What's your prediction?

3173
03:03:43,746 --> 03:03:45,864
Oh, man, you know what? I love them both.

3174
03:03:45,898 --> 03:03:48,467
I'm friendly with both
and I'm rooting for both of them.

3175
03:03:48,500 --> 03:03:50,586
And I just hope they make it home safe.

3176
03:03:50,619 --> 03:03:53,255
If you ask me off camera,
I have a little bit more detail.

3177
03:03:53,288 --> 03:03:55,557
But you know what?
I'm not getting that phone call.

3178
03:03:55,591 --> 03:03:57,342
Fair enough. Fair enough.
Keep it in neutral.

3179
03:03:57,376 --> 03:03:58,711
-I love you, my man.
-You too, brother.

3180
03:03:58,744 --> 03:04:01,780
Great to see you. Las Vegas
is the true fight capital of the world,

3181
03:04:01,814 --> 03:04:04,133
playing host to many of the biggest
super fights in history.

3182
03:04:04,166 --> 03:04:06,018
Tonight we're gonna add
one more to that list,

3183
03:04:06,051 --> 03:04:09,822
and we are counting down the minutes
until "Bud" and Canelo make the walk.

3184
03:04:09,855 --> 03:04:11,807
Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back.

3185
03:04:20,549 --> 03:04:23,318
You're watching
Canelo versus Crawford live

3186
03:04:23,352 --> 03:04:25,621
on Netflix, presented by Cash App.

3187
03:04:25,654 --> 03:04:29,208
We're counting down to the biggest moment
boxing has seen in years,

3188
03:04:29,241 --> 03:04:33,395
maybe decades, if you consider
just how many people will be watching us

3189
03:04:33,429 --> 03:04:37,232
in the Fight Capital, Las Vegas
and all around the world.

3190
03:04:37,933 --> 03:04:40,536
Welcome back. I'm Mario Lopez,
here with Antonio Tarver,

3191
03:04:40,569 --> 03:04:42,838
Mark Kriegel, and Mike Coppinger.

3192
03:04:42,871 --> 03:04:44,990
All right, gentlemen,
it is prediction time.

3193
03:04:45,023 --> 03:04:49,445
Will it be and new or and still? Antonio.

3194
03:04:49,478 --> 03:04:52,664
Well, I'm Bud County all the way.
I think Bud County wins this.

3195
03:04:52,698 --> 03:04:57,920
Hey, listen. If "Bud" Crawford believes
in himself enough to insist on this fight

3196
03:04:57,953 --> 03:05:01,457
and only this fight
who am I to doubt him he can do it

3197
03:05:01,490 --> 03:05:04,409
from both sides,
he's longer than Dimitri Bivel,

3198
03:05:04,443 --> 03:05:08,063
I see him by late decision,
possible stopping.

3199
03:05:08,097 --> 03:05:11,133
Sorry, Mark, I'm here to tell you
it's going to be Canelo Álvarez,

3200
03:05:11,166 --> 03:05:13,702
he's the face of boxing,
and it's going to be and still,

3201
03:05:13,735 --> 03:05:17,139
he might not just be the bigger fighter
but the better fighter.

3202
03:05:17,172 --> 03:05:19,308
I like his power,
his strength, and his size.

3203
03:05:19,341 --> 03:05:21,727
Canelo Álvarez is going to win this fight.

3204
03:05:21,760 --> 03:05:25,380
Logically,
most of the check marks favor Canelo.

3205
03:05:25,414 --> 03:05:26,999
We can't overthink this.

3206
03:05:27,032 --> 03:05:30,836
As special as Terence Crawford is,
I'm going with the younger guy,

3207
03:05:30,869 --> 03:05:33,505
the bigger guy,
the guy that's been more active,

3208
03:05:33,539 --> 03:05:37,075
and the guy that's gonna be representing
on Mexican Independence Day weekend,

3209
03:05:37,109 --> 03:05:40,245
Canelo. So,
we're all even here on the table.

3210
03:05:40,279 --> 03:05:44,700
Coming up next, one way or another,
boxing history will be made.

3211
03:05:44,733 --> 03:05:47,102
Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez
has done it all along,

3212
03:05:47,136 --> 03:05:49,805
roots becoming the biggest draw
in boxing today.

3213
03:05:49,838 --> 03:05:53,008
And with status
as the undisputed super middleweight king,

3214
03:05:53,041 --> 03:05:56,545
the Mexican superstar,
chases further greatness tonight,

3215
03:05:56,578 --> 03:06:02,151
as he vies to be the first man to upend
the unblemished Terence "Bud" Crawford.

3216
03:06:02,184 --> 03:06:05,370
Proud American has been producing
knockouts at a furious clip,

3217
03:06:05,404 --> 03:06:08,574
and he has his hot sights set
on this matchup for some time,

3218
03:06:08,607 --> 03:06:13,262
with hunger and discipline on high,
Crawford is intent on producing

3219
03:06:13,295 --> 03:06:16,715
one of the biggest singular wins
in boxing history.

3220
03:06:16,748 --> 03:06:20,102
The main event is next,
live from Las Vegas.

3221
03:06:33,365 --> 03:06:34,366
Ladies and gentlemen,

3222
03:06:34,399 --> 03:06:38,237
the wait ends here. Now, live,
from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

3223
03:06:38,270 --> 03:06:42,007
It is time for the Main Event
for Canelo versus Crawford

3224
03:06:42,040 --> 03:06:46,795
to decide the Undisputed
Super Middleweight Championship.

3225
03:06:47,729 --> 03:06:50,532
They are two of the best fighters
of their generation.

3226
03:06:50,566 --> 03:06:54,836
Two former, if not present,
pound-for-pound kings, largely.

3227
03:06:54,870 --> 03:06:57,372
Their fighting primes
have played out simultaneously,

3228
03:06:57,406 --> 03:07:01,326
and tonight, at long last,
otherworldly legends Canelo Álvarez

3229
03:07:01,360 --> 03:07:04,596
and Terence Crawford have shown up
in each other's bracket.

3230
03:07:04,630 --> 03:07:06,048
Now, we find out together

3231
03:07:06,081 --> 03:07:08,984
who is the better man
on this fateful night.

3232
03:07:12,821 --> 03:07:15,324
The ultimate promise of sports is simple.

3233
03:07:15,357 --> 03:07:19,528
The best must meet the best.
It's what every fan demands.

3234
03:07:19,561 --> 03:07:22,114
It's what every era remembers.

3235
03:07:24,449 --> 03:07:28,987
Tonight, two of history's greatest
step into the same arena,

3236
03:07:29,021 --> 03:07:31,573
and put legacy against legacy.

3237
03:07:31,607 --> 03:07:35,227
When greatness meets greatness
and the dust settles,

3238
03:07:36,962 --> 03:07:39,531
who will remain standing?

3239
03:07:43,735 --> 03:07:45,337
How many fighters have ever been called

3240
03:07:45,370 --> 03:07:47,105
the best pound-for-pound fighter
in the world?

3241
03:07:47,139 --> 03:07:50,208
There haven't been that many ever.
These are two of them.

3242
03:07:54,813 --> 03:07:58,150
Canelo Álvarez,
the biggest star in boxing…

3243
03:07:58,183 --> 03:08:02,237
…faces Terence "Bud" Crawford,

3244
03:08:02,271 --> 03:08:06,258
a man who still holds the distinction
in the minds of many

3245
03:08:06,291 --> 03:08:09,077
as the best pound-for-pound fighter
in the world.

3246
03:08:09,111 --> 03:08:10,796
Crawford on top of him now,

3247
03:08:10,829 --> 03:08:13,598
trying to finish the deal. It's all over.

3248
03:08:13,632 --> 03:08:18,470
I wanna be remembered
as one of the all-time greats.

3249
03:08:18,503 --> 03:08:21,373
And I gotta go through Canelo to do it.

3250
03:08:24,009 --> 03:08:26,461
Crawford is fighting a guy,

3251
03:08:27,145 --> 03:08:30,265
three divisions bigger, and he's a killer.

3252
03:08:31,566 --> 03:08:33,452
But Crawford's special.

3253
03:08:34,486 --> 03:08:37,990
Fighters like Crawford
come every now and then.

3254
03:08:40,759 --> 03:08:42,527
He's a different breed.

3255
03:08:43,528 --> 03:08:45,697
Terence "Bud" Crawford.

3256
03:08:45,731 --> 03:08:49,334
He is on a whole another level.

3257
03:08:49,368 --> 03:08:55,724
The only male to become
a two-division undisputed champion.

3258
03:08:56,892 --> 03:09:00,479
He's a great fighter.
He's a legend. But you know…

3259
03:09:02,848 --> 03:09:04,249
he's no Canelo.

3260
03:09:05,917 --> 03:09:07,319
Canelo Álvarez,

3261
03:09:07,352 --> 03:09:11,056
one of the greatest
Mexican boxers of all time.

3262
03:09:14,960 --> 03:09:16,862
There's a reason why he's the man.

3263
03:09:16,895 --> 03:09:19,214
He is one of the best finishers
in all of boxing.

3264
03:09:19,247 --> 03:09:21,333
Canelo looking to close the show.

3265
03:09:21,366 --> 03:09:24,770
Pogolov's hurt.
Pogolov's down. Pogolov's out.

3266
03:09:26,038 --> 03:09:28,540
And the Undisputed Super
Middleweight Champion of the world,

3267
03:09:28,573 --> 03:09:32,978
-Canelo Álvarez.
-Nobody in this world is untouchable.

3268
03:09:33,011 --> 03:09:34,513
I ain't scared of shit.

3269
03:09:34,546 --> 03:09:38,650
I stepped to him and showed him
who is the boss of this fight.

3270
03:09:39,951 --> 03:09:43,588
He never fought anybody like me.
I want to make history.

3271
03:09:43,622 --> 03:09:46,475
The fight is over.

3272
03:09:46,508 --> 03:09:48,810
I'm a lead fighter.
You know I'm different.

3273
03:09:48,844 --> 03:09:50,328
All hail the king.

3274
03:09:50,362 --> 03:09:53,465
This is my era,
and ain't nobody gonna stop me.

3275
03:09:53,498 --> 03:09:56,568
You're gonna be
just like everybody else. Watch.

3276
03:09:56,601 --> 03:09:59,337
It's gonna be
one of my best victories in my career.

3277
03:09:59,371 --> 03:10:01,990
Viva Mexico, cabrones!

3278
03:10:02,090 --> 03:10:04,543
We're gonna make history.
Terence Crawford,

3279
03:10:04,576 --> 03:10:07,195
three-time undisputed champion
of the world.

3280
03:10:09,164 --> 03:10:10,248
I'm gonna win.

3281
03:13:01,069 --> 03:13:04,039
Chasing down one
of the single greatest wins

3282
03:13:04,072 --> 03:13:06,041
of the last 25 or 50 years

3283
03:13:06,074 --> 03:13:09,361
in the sport of boxing,
here is Terence "Bud" Crawford

3284
03:13:09,878 --> 03:13:12,113
Andre Ward you know
this man well already the first

3285
03:13:12,147 --> 03:13:14,899
two-time undisputed champion
in the men's game

3286
03:13:14,933 --> 03:13:17,869
in the four belt era
chasing further greatness here tonight

3287
03:13:17,902 --> 03:13:20,572
-against Canelo Álvarez.
-Terence Crawford is a man

3288
03:13:20,605 --> 03:13:24,542
who doesn't shy away from challenges,
and in this case he ran to it,

3289
03:13:24,576 --> 03:13:26,911
but he's in unfamiliar territory.

3290
03:13:26,945 --> 03:13:31,549
He's typically the alpha male, but tonight
he's facing another alpha male

3291
03:13:31,583 --> 03:13:32,901
in hostile territory.

3292
03:13:33,401 --> 03:13:36,855
And the last time Terence Crawford
was an underdog was

3293
03:13:36,888 --> 03:13:41,076
against Colombian fighter
Reedus Prescott in 2013.

3294
03:13:41,109 --> 03:13:45,163
How does Terence respond to being
the underdog tonight at this stage

3295
03:13:45,196 --> 03:13:48,216
in his career on this stage
in front of the whole world?

3296
03:13:48,249 --> 03:13:50,502
I called that fight
and he shut Prescott out

3297
03:13:50,535 --> 03:13:55,323
in a brilliant performance.
I cannot think of another fighter whose

3298
03:13:55,357 --> 03:14:00,562
legacy will take such a swing based
on what may be the last fight

3299
03:14:00,595 --> 03:14:02,430
of their career. Michael Spinks great

3300
03:14:02,464 --> 03:14:05,617
light heavyweight champion,
he did business made history at heavy,

3301
03:14:05,650 --> 03:14:07,285
but is largely remembered

3302
03:14:07,319 --> 03:14:10,522
for offering Mike Tyson
no resistance. He was too small.

3303
03:14:11,506 --> 03:14:15,627
If Bud Crawford loses,
people will say

3304
03:14:15,660 --> 03:14:18,813
the first time he fought another
truly great fighter, he lost.

3305
03:14:19,864 --> 03:14:23,668
He will not be remembered the same way
as if he wins this fight.

3306
03:14:24,569 --> 03:14:31,559
It will elevate him and cement his legacy
at the highest, uppermost echelon

3307
03:14:31,776 --> 03:14:33,361
of boxing history.

3308
03:14:33,395 --> 03:14:39,384
I cannot remember another situation where
legacy hung in the balance this deep

3309
03:14:39,417 --> 03:14:40,318
into their career.

3310
03:14:41,419 --> 03:14:44,823
Made his pro debut back in 2008
in Denver, Colorado,

3311
03:14:44,856 --> 03:14:48,510
realized his first world championship
by beating Ricky Burns

3312
03:14:48,543 --> 03:14:50,528
on the road in 2014.

3313
03:14:51,179 --> 03:14:54,683
Self-belief doesn't even begin
to describe it when it comes

3314
03:14:54,716 --> 03:14:58,903
to what this man thinks he can do,
the IQ, and the mean spirit, Andre.

3315
03:14:58,937 --> 03:15:00,171
We've heard a lot about him

3316
03:15:00,205 --> 03:15:02,307
as a mean-spirited fighter
here all week.

3317
03:15:02,340 --> 03:15:03,808
Yeah, he just got that, the dog.

3318
03:15:03,842 --> 03:15:06,244
We call it the dog in professional sports.

3319
03:15:06,745 --> 03:15:08,847
A guy that if you hit me,
I'm gonna hit you back.

3320
03:15:08,880 --> 03:15:12,350
And most guys, it's fight or flight
when they get hit in the mouth.

3321
03:15:12,384 --> 03:15:15,954
Well, we gotta see what Terence Crawford
does tonight,

3322
03:15:15,987 --> 03:15:18,390
because Canelo Álvarez
is definitely on the hunt.

3323
03:15:19,157 --> 03:15:22,894
And what does that
defectively competitive personality

3324
03:15:22,927 --> 03:15:24,295
of Terence Crawford?

3325
03:15:24,329 --> 03:15:25,914
It reminds me of Michael Jordan.

3326
03:15:25,947 --> 03:15:28,550
He is competitive about everything.

3327
03:15:28,583 --> 03:15:31,686
What does that mean
if the going gets rough tonight?

3328
03:15:32,253 --> 03:15:33,938
If you can make it
out of the early rounds

3329
03:15:33,972 --> 03:15:36,441
and we're in the middle rounds
of a tough fight,

3330
03:15:36,474 --> 03:15:40,044
what does that pride do
against the larger,

3331
03:15:40,078 --> 03:15:41,329
more powerful fighter?

3332
03:15:42,530 --> 03:15:45,483
Terence Crawford
has realized world titles at 135 pounds,

3333
03:15:45,517 --> 03:15:48,269
140 pounds, 147 pounds

3334
03:15:48,303 --> 03:15:50,905
and then in his last fight last August,

3335
03:15:50,939 --> 03:15:52,924
out-pointed Israil Madrimov

3336
03:15:52,957 --> 03:15:55,076
to become the champion at 54,

3337
03:15:55,110 --> 03:15:57,445
now moving up to 68

3338
03:15:57,479 --> 03:16:00,381
to challenge the undisputed
super middleweight champion,

3339
03:16:01,082 --> 03:16:02,767
Canelo Álvarez.

3340
03:17:34,909 --> 03:17:36,361
Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez

3341
03:17:36,394 --> 03:17:39,714
has won 11 World titles
across four divisions,

3342
03:17:39,747 --> 03:17:42,634
as a 16-time pay-per-view headliner,

3343
03:17:42,667 --> 03:17:45,403
he has grossed north
of eight hundred million dollars.

3344
03:17:45,436 --> 03:17:49,941
Tonight, with about as much fanfare
as you could possibly imagine,

3345
03:17:49,974 --> 03:17:51,609
he makes the seventh defense

3346
03:17:51,643 --> 03:17:53,945
of his undisputed
super-middleweight championship

3347
03:17:53,978 --> 03:17:56,397
here in Las Vegas against "Bud" Crawford.

3348
03:17:56,431 --> 03:17:58,216
And you believe
it's the biggest fight of his career.

3349
03:17:58,249 --> 03:17:59,634
It's not only that,

3350
03:17:59,667 --> 03:18:05,206
but he is keenly aware
of how much he has to lose in this fight

3351
03:18:05,240 --> 03:18:09,143
because he is the favorite
and he's fighting the much smaller man,

3352
03:18:09,177 --> 03:18:13,014
at least a man who had to jump up
several weight classes.

3353
03:18:13,047 --> 03:18:17,502
And because he's so aware of that,
he refused to fall into the trap

3354
03:18:17,535 --> 03:18:20,555
that the larger,
favorite fighter sometimes falls into

3355
03:18:20,588 --> 03:18:22,040
and be underprepared.

3356
03:18:22,073 --> 03:18:23,992
He got elite sparring.

3357
03:18:24,025 --> 03:18:28,346
He came in incredible shape to this fight,

3358
03:18:28,379 --> 03:18:33,067
and whatever Canelo has left,
he is going to bring tonight.

3359
03:18:33,585 --> 03:18:37,288
Canelo got a lot of heat
for his last fight with William Scull.

3360
03:18:37,322 --> 03:18:38,690
Is he getting old?

3361
03:18:38,723 --> 03:18:41,859
Is that what we're gonna see
in the Terence Crawford fight?

3362
03:18:41,893 --> 03:18:46,114
You better believe that "Canelo" Álvarez
is gonna be ten times better

3363
03:18:46,147 --> 03:18:47,665
than he was against Scull.

3364
03:18:47,699 --> 03:18:52,954
Great fighters, all-time great fighters,
they rise in atmospheres like this.

3365
03:18:53,554 --> 03:18:58,843
Canelo Álvarez is 7 and 0
in stadium headliners like this,

3366
03:18:58,876 --> 03:19:02,080
and I know that fact is not lost
on a lot of the boxing masses.

3367
03:19:02,113 --> 03:19:06,768
This is uncharted territory,
in some respects, for his opponent.

3368
03:19:06,801 --> 03:19:10,972
As much as Crawford has…

3369
03:19:11,005 --> 03:19:13,841
It's been made that
this is the biggest stage of his career,

3370
03:19:13,875 --> 03:19:16,661
which it is, you know, by far.

3371
03:19:16,694 --> 03:19:19,497
It's also the biggest stage of Canelo's.

3372
03:19:20,298 --> 03:19:23,851
He is now about to perform
in front of more people

3373
03:19:23,885 --> 03:19:26,921
than he has ever performed
in front of before.

3374
03:19:30,391 --> 03:19:33,544
Álvarez,
no stranger to carrying the torch,

3375
03:19:33,578 --> 03:19:34,712
not just for this sport,

3376
03:19:34,746 --> 03:19:37,398
but especially here
on Mexican Independence Day weekend,

3377
03:19:37,432 --> 03:19:41,269
where he is career 9-1 and 1
with six knockouts.

3378
03:19:41,302 --> 03:19:45,206
Sixty-three pro wins for "Canelo" Álvarez,

3379
03:19:45,239 --> 03:19:47,175
who, back in 2008,

3380
03:19:47,208 --> 03:19:50,778
fought on the same card
with his six older brothers.

3381
03:19:50,812 --> 03:19:55,116
Last finish for Álvarez
back in 2021 against Caleb Plant.

3382
03:19:55,149 --> 03:19:56,184
Wouldn't it be something

3383
03:19:56,217 --> 03:19:59,654
if he could be the first
to upend Crawford tonight?

3384
03:20:08,179 --> 03:20:11,049
Terence Crawford
will be 38 later this month.

3385
03:20:11,082 --> 03:20:14,018
"Canelo" Álvarez turned 35 back in July.

3386
03:20:14,052 --> 03:20:15,653
Crawford is taller by an inch.

3387
03:20:15,687 --> 03:20:19,590
He also has a four
and a half inch reach advantage.

3388
03:20:20,958 --> 03:20:24,679
Now for the official introductions
for our headlining act,

3389
03:20:24,712 --> 03:20:26,447
the one, the only, Michael Buffer.

3390
03:20:37,492 --> 03:20:42,447
Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready?

3391
03:20:45,083 --> 03:20:48,302
From Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas,

3392
03:20:48,336 --> 03:20:52,673
welcome to the Riyadh Season Card
Main Event,

3393
03:20:52,707 --> 03:20:54,742
live on Netflix.

3394
03:20:54,776 --> 03:20:58,379
Two of the best fighters in the world,
pound for pound,

3395
03:20:58,413 --> 03:21:02,366
are about to face each other
in this main event.

3396
03:21:03,051 --> 03:21:08,306
Twelve rounds of boxing
for the Ring Magazine

3397
03:21:08,339 --> 03:21:10,708
and universally recognized,

3398
03:21:10,742 --> 03:21:16,380
undisputed super-middleweight
championship

3399
03:21:16,414 --> 03:21:18,399
of the world!

3400
03:21:20,151 --> 03:21:23,004
And it's all brought to you by,

3401
03:21:23,037 --> 03:21:26,474
special thanks
to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

3402
03:21:26,507 --> 03:21:28,793
and the custodian
of the two holy mosques,

3403
03:21:28,826 --> 03:21:31,963
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,

3404
03:21:32,613 --> 03:21:37,085
His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince,
Mohammed bin Salman,

3405
03:21:37,118 --> 03:21:39,904
and Chairman
of the General Entertainment Authority

3406
03:21:39,937 --> 03:21:43,641
and Saudi Boxing Federation,
Turki Alalshikh.

3407
03:21:44,809 --> 03:21:48,963
This event is a presentation
of Riyadh's season

3408
03:21:49,797 --> 03:21:53,734
with the General Entertainment Authority,
GEA,

3409
03:21:53,768 --> 03:21:57,338
and it's all live on Netflix.

3410
03:21:57,955 --> 03:22:00,341
Sanctioned by
the Nevada State Athletic Commission,

3411
03:22:00,374 --> 03:22:05,329
Chairman Dallas Hahn,
Executive Director Jeff Mullen,

3412
03:22:05,363 --> 03:22:08,499
the three judges assigned to ringside,

3413
03:22:08,533 --> 03:22:13,137
Tim Cheatham, Max DeLuca, Steve Weisfeld,

3414
03:22:13,171 --> 03:22:16,674
and your referee in charge
of the action at the bell,

3415
03:22:16,707 --> 03:22:20,828
World Championship veteran referee
Thomas Taylor.

3416
03:22:20,862 --> 03:22:22,663
And now, ladies and gentlemen,

3417
03:22:23,247 --> 03:22:28,202
the officials are in place
and they are ready.

3418
03:22:28,236 --> 03:22:33,107
The fighters are in the ring
and they are ready.

3419
03:22:33,141 --> 03:22:38,980
So, for the sold-out
standing room only crowd

3420
03:22:39,013 --> 03:22:41,098
here at Allegiant Stadium,

3421
03:22:41,799 --> 03:22:45,887
and for the millions watching
around the world,

3422
03:22:46,437 --> 03:22:50,908
from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA,

3423
03:22:50,942 --> 03:22:52,627
ladies and gentlemen,

3424
03:22:53,694 --> 03:22:59,250
let's get ready to rumble!

3425
03:23:07,258 --> 03:23:10,978
Introducing first,
fighting out of the blue corner,

3426
03:23:11,012 --> 03:23:14,932
the challenger,
wearing black with khaki and red,

3427
03:23:14,966 --> 03:23:21,138
official weight, 167.5 pounds.

3428
03:23:21,172 --> 03:23:25,493
His professional record is a perfect one.

3429
03:23:25,526 --> 03:23:30,147
Forty-one fights, 41 victories.

3430
03:23:30,181 --> 03:23:33,701
Thirty-one big wins by knockout.

3431
03:23:33,734 --> 03:23:37,255
From Omaha, Nebraska, USA,

3432
03:23:37,288 --> 03:23:41,192
He's a four-time, four-division,

3433
03:23:41,893 --> 03:23:46,597
two-time undisputed world champion.

3434
03:23:46,631 --> 03:23:51,586
Presenting the former
lightweight world champion,

3435
03:23:51,619 --> 03:23:57,108
former undisputed
super lightweight world champion,

3436
03:23:58,009 --> 03:24:04,949
former undisputed
welterweight champion of the world,

3437
03:24:04,982 --> 03:24:10,655
and the current reigning
super welterweight world champion,

3438
03:24:10,688 --> 03:24:12,573
the undefeated

3439
03:24:12,607 --> 03:24:19,213
Terence "Bud"

3440
03:24:19,247 --> 03:24:23,317
Crawford!

3441
03:24:29,173 --> 03:24:31,459
And fighting out of the red corner,

3442
03:24:31,492 --> 03:24:33,527
wearing black and gold,

3443
03:24:33,561 --> 03:24:38,716
officially weighing in
at 167 and one half pounds.

3444
03:24:39,433 --> 03:24:43,871
In 67 professional fights,
he has 63 victories,

3445
03:24:43,904 --> 03:24:47,224
including 39 wins by knockout.

3446
03:24:47,258 --> 03:24:50,628
Only two defeats with two draws,

3447
03:24:50,661 --> 03:24:54,632
He's the four-time
four-division world champion,

3448
03:24:54,665 --> 03:24:58,986
the former
super welterweight world champion,

3449
03:24:59,020 --> 03:25:02,156
former middleweight world champion,

3450
03:25:02,189 --> 03:25:06,227
former light heavyweight world champion,

3451
03:25:06,260 --> 03:25:09,747
and the reigning, defending,

3452
03:25:09,780 --> 03:25:16,053
Ring Magazine undisputed
super middleweight champion

3453
03:25:16,087 --> 03:25:18,406
of the world…

3454
03:25:24,829 --> 03:25:26,480
…Saúl

3455
03:25:27,148 --> 03:25:33,004
"Canelo"

3456
03:25:33,037 --> 03:25:37,124
Álvarez!

3457
03:25:56,527 --> 03:25:58,012
Right here, gentlemen.
Right here, right here, right here.

3458
03:25:58,045 --> 03:26:00,264
Coach, right here. All right, gentlemen.

3459
03:26:00,297 --> 03:26:03,667
We got everything from the middle
of the gold up is going to be good.

3460
03:26:03,701 --> 03:26:06,787
Middle of the silver letters here
up is going to be good.

3461
03:26:06,821 --> 03:26:08,656
You got my instructions in the bag,
gentlemen.

3462
03:26:08,689 --> 03:26:10,891
Protect yourselves at all times,
listen to my commands.

3463
03:26:10,925 --> 03:26:12,977
Touch them up.
Back to your corners, gentlemen.

3464
03:26:13,010 --> 03:26:16,080
Is "Canelo" Álvarez just too big,

3465
03:26:16,113 --> 03:26:17,398
too strong, too good?

3466
03:26:17,431 --> 03:26:22,203
Is he about to do what no one's ever done
and beat "Bud" Crawford,

3467
03:26:22,236 --> 03:26:25,856
or, can "Bud" Crawford pull the upset

3468
03:26:25,890 --> 03:26:27,858
and become this era's GOAT.

3469
03:26:27,892 --> 03:26:31,912
The guy, that generations from now,
this generation will say,

3470
03:26:31,946 --> 03:26:35,533
"I don't care who you bring,
that's the best guy I've seen."

3471
03:26:36,350 --> 03:26:39,904
Well, in terms of the extent
to which size may matter in this fight,

3472
03:26:40,421 --> 03:26:43,074
Max Kellerman, you and others believe
we will get that answer in short order.

3473
03:26:43,107 --> 03:26:45,209
As we begin round one of the super fight

3474
03:26:45,242 --> 03:26:47,211
for the undisputed
super middleweight title.

3475
03:26:47,244 --> 03:26:49,530
"Canelo" Álvarez
and Terence "Bud" Crawford.

3476
03:26:49,563 --> 03:26:51,899
Crawford opens out
with that side pose stance.

3477
03:26:51,932 --> 03:26:54,568
Crawford is a 17-year pro, 41 fights,

3478
03:26:54,602 --> 03:26:58,189
but he's still gonna have to adjust
to this atmosphere,

3479
03:26:58,222 --> 03:26:59,206
to this moment,

3480
03:26:59,240 --> 03:27:02,827
and the reality that he's facing
"Canelo" Álvarez in that ring tonight.

3481
03:27:02,860 --> 03:27:05,996
And the force of the punches,
that's what I'm looking for early.

3482
03:27:06,030 --> 03:27:10,234
How does Crawford react to the force
of "Canelo" Álvarez's punches,

3483
03:27:10,267 --> 03:27:11,652
especially to the body?

3484
03:27:13,838 --> 03:27:15,806
Canelo looks slightly bigger than Terence,

3485
03:27:15,840 --> 03:27:18,592
but that's not the tell-all,
the tell-all is when they clinch,

3486
03:27:18,626 --> 03:27:21,078
the tell-all
is when those punches get thrown,

3487
03:27:21,112 --> 03:27:23,314
and to your point,
when they start to lean.

3488
03:27:24,165 --> 03:27:26,517
Crawford had knocked out 11 straight foes

3489
03:27:26,550 --> 03:27:30,538
before going the distance with Madrimov
back in August of 2024.

3490
03:27:32,022 --> 03:27:35,209
Madrimov was the biggest opponent
he's faced as a pro,

3491
03:27:35,242 --> 03:27:37,778
and it seemed,
largely because of the size,

3492
03:27:37,812 --> 03:27:39,146
his most difficult.

3493
03:27:39,180 --> 03:27:41,665
And that was two divisions south of here.

3494
03:27:49,256 --> 03:27:51,442
A lot of boxing experts felt as though

3495
03:27:51,475 --> 03:27:53,194
Álvarez needed to be
on the pressure early.

3496
03:27:53,227 --> 03:27:56,664
Crawford at times has been a slow starter,
sometimes by design.

3497
03:27:57,298 --> 03:28:01,902
Álvarez is a master at his body position
and taking ground

3498
03:28:01,936 --> 03:28:03,787
and making the ring small,

3499
03:28:03,821 --> 03:28:08,459
subtly and quickly
in fights in that first round.

3500
03:28:08,492 --> 03:28:09,894
And you see him doing that right here.

3501
03:28:09,927 --> 03:28:11,212
He's just slowly taking ground,

3502
03:28:11,245 --> 03:28:13,514
and he's forcing Crawford
to give up ground.

3503
03:28:16,233 --> 03:28:19,820
that can unnerve an opponent over time,
that can drain an opponent.

3504
03:28:19,854 --> 03:28:22,072
I want to see
how Crawford answers that tonight.

3505
03:28:22,106 --> 03:28:23,741
As is often the case on this level,

3506
03:28:23,774 --> 03:28:27,811
you're dealing with two
of the highest boxing IQs in the game,

3507
03:28:28,612 --> 03:28:32,683
very fast processors, and they are
studying each other right now.

3508
03:28:35,319 --> 03:28:37,071
Big right hand from Canelo blocked.

3509
03:28:38,105 --> 03:28:39,790
Body shot got through for Álvarez.

3510
03:28:39,823 --> 03:28:41,075
Two good shots for Álvarez.

3511
03:28:41,108 --> 03:28:43,210
First two real punches of the fight.

3512
03:28:44,495 --> 03:28:47,531
Bad angle for me.
That right may have been blocked.

3513
03:28:47,565 --> 03:28:51,552
By the way, the two first clean
punches of the fight for Crawford.

3514
03:28:51,585 --> 03:28:54,288
Crawford shakes
off that right hand offering

3515
03:28:54,321 --> 03:28:56,173
of Álvarez, who
now changes his level.

3516
03:28:56,707 --> 03:28:59,076
Under a minute to go here, round one.

3517
03:29:03,864 --> 03:29:06,600
Everything Canelo's thrown
so far, it's been

3518
03:29:06,634 --> 03:29:08,485
with force, but it's been blocked.

3519
03:29:11,105 --> 03:29:13,073
That attempt also blocked by Crawford.

3520
03:29:14,525 --> 03:29:17,077
The way Canelo throws,
you better block those.

3521
03:29:19,530 --> 03:29:21,248
That one landed.
Left hook to the body.

3522
03:29:21,282 --> 03:29:22,199
Good shot from Canelo.

3523
03:29:26,837 --> 03:29:28,689
Crawford can't give up too many of those.

3524
03:29:28,722 --> 03:29:32,176
That's where you find out,
is Crawford big enough?

3525
03:29:32,209 --> 03:29:33,827
Can he take those kind of shots?

3526
03:29:34,962 --> 03:29:36,680
-Over time.
-Over time.

3527
03:29:54,431 --> 03:29:57,801
Hey. Perfect.

3528
03:29:57,835 --> 03:29:59,703
-Just give me that little bit more.
-You press.

3529
03:29:59,737 --> 03:30:01,455
Two one every once in a while.
Little more.

3530
03:30:01,488 --> 03:30:02,389
That's working so good.

3531
03:30:02,423 --> 03:30:03,390
Hey, hey.

3532
03:30:03,424 --> 03:30:06,694
Use your leg, face him a little bit when
you're trying to get close to him.

3533
03:30:06,727 --> 03:30:08,596
-Get that jab.
-Okay.

3534
03:30:08,629 --> 03:30:10,614
-See if he'll bite it. All right?
-Okay.

3535
03:30:11,181 --> 03:30:13,701
But make sure when you throw your jab,
throw it to the hand.

3536
03:30:13,734 --> 03:30:15,235
Throw it to his hand.

3537
03:30:15,269 --> 03:30:17,972
And see if you're close enough
to throw the double jab.

3538
03:30:18,005 --> 03:30:20,190
All right?
You get him on that angle?

3539
03:30:21,909 --> 03:30:24,295
Crawford's coming behind the triple jab,

3540
03:30:24,328 --> 03:30:28,499
landed a nice clean shot on the ear
and the side of the chin of Canelo.

3541
03:30:28,532 --> 03:30:30,517
One single shot from Crawford.

3542
03:30:33,787 --> 03:30:34,738
Didn't hurt Canelo.

3543
03:30:35,623 --> 03:30:38,092
but Crawford needs
to land those kind of shots to get

3544
03:30:38,125 --> 03:30:39,610
in a lather and get in a rhythm.

3545
03:30:39,643 --> 03:30:41,562
And the other punch did not land,

3546
03:30:41,595 --> 03:30:44,014
but it forced Canelo's glove
into his head,

3547
03:30:44,048 --> 03:30:45,866
which made it look like it landed.

3548
03:30:45,899 --> 03:30:46,767
The right hand.

3549
03:30:47,267 --> 03:30:49,103
Did you like that clean
left from Crawford?

3550
03:30:49,136 --> 03:30:52,890
Did you like the left hook to the body
and the greater activity from Canelo?

3551
03:30:53,474 --> 03:30:55,709
And you might have
heard Bomak Brian McIntyre looking

3552
03:30:55,743 --> 03:30:59,513
for Crawford to employ a few
more feints here early round two.

3553
03:31:00,064 --> 03:31:02,950
He needs to not only
employ feints, but the jab.

3554
03:31:02,983 --> 03:31:04,418
Bomak asked for the jab,

3555
03:31:04,451 --> 03:31:07,621
and he has to continue to do that
to try to keep Canelo at bay,

3556
03:31:07,655 --> 03:31:09,857
though Canelo is
a great counterpuncher,

3557
03:31:09,890 --> 03:31:12,092
but it also
helps Crawford get into a rhythm.

3558
03:31:12,893 --> 03:31:15,579
But that shot right there
that Canelo landed,

3559
03:31:15,612 --> 03:31:16,864
and he's landed it
in the first round,

3560
03:31:16,897 --> 03:31:19,450
is a shot
he uses often with southpaws.

3561
03:31:19,483 --> 03:31:21,785
He doesn't throw the punch
where they necessarily are,

3562
03:31:21,819 --> 03:31:23,671
but where he thinks they're gonna be.

3563
03:31:23,704 --> 03:31:25,506
It may not look hard,
but it's a hard shot,

3564
03:31:25,539 --> 03:31:28,108
and Crawford has to find a way
to not give up too many of them.

3565
03:31:28,142 --> 03:31:31,528
And Crawford has landed cleanly
and has reddened Canelo's face this round,

3566
03:31:31,562 --> 03:31:35,549
but I think more importantly,
he has to make Canelo believe

3567
03:31:35,582 --> 03:31:37,418
that he's fighting
a real super middleweight,

3568
03:31:37,451 --> 03:31:39,486
that he's fighting
another guy his size.

3569
03:31:42,039 --> 03:31:44,842
Nice slip there by Crawford,
getting off the center line.

3570
03:31:49,830 --> 03:31:51,331
Canelo is not a jabber.

3571
03:31:51,365 --> 03:31:53,350
It's not something he does very often.

3572
03:31:53,934 --> 03:31:58,872
His gift is pressuring with feet
and cutting off the ring,

3573
03:31:58,906 --> 03:32:00,858
like we talked about
in the first round, and making

3574
03:32:00,891 --> 03:32:03,510
that ring seem a lot smaller
than it actually is.

3575
03:32:03,544 --> 03:32:05,963
And you see him doing this right here.

3576
03:32:05,996 --> 03:32:09,500
Partial land to the body by Álvarez
under two minutes here, round two.

3577
03:32:11,168 --> 03:32:12,603
Crawford not only has to jab.

3578
03:32:12,636 --> 03:32:15,355
Good exchange from both guys.

3579
03:32:15,873 --> 03:32:18,142
That looked like Crawford touched Álvarez
on the way in.

3580
03:32:18,792 --> 03:32:20,611
But he also has to feint Canelo.

3581
03:32:20,644 --> 03:32:22,713
It has to look
like he's gonna do something,

3582
03:32:22,746 --> 03:32:23,714
even when he's not.

3583
03:32:27,818 --> 03:32:31,522
It keeps the harder puncher off balance,
keeps him thinking,

3584
03:32:31,555 --> 03:32:34,892
and allows Crawford to land
shots that may not be knockout shots,

3585
03:32:34,925 --> 03:32:37,211
but shots that get respect
and build points.

3586
03:32:37,244 --> 03:32:40,264
Crawford's doing some good work,
but now the question is…

3587
03:32:41,598 --> 03:32:44,985
If and when Canelo lands cleanly
upstairs, what happens?

3588
03:32:45,018 --> 03:32:46,720
Because that has not happened yet.

3589
03:32:48,038 --> 03:32:50,674
And he is a big,
strong super middleweight.

3590
03:32:50,707 --> 03:32:55,512
Canelo looks a lot different tonight
than he did yesterday at the weigh-in.

3591
03:32:55,546 --> 03:32:56,396
Rehydrated.

3592
03:32:57,431 --> 03:32:59,850
There was no rehydration clause,
by the way.

3593
03:32:59,883 --> 03:33:02,186
Canelo can weigh
whatever he wants tonight.

3594
03:33:04,521 --> 03:33:07,274
After making weight yesterday morning.

3595
03:33:07,307 --> 03:33:10,778
And Crawford seemed
none too concerned with any of that noise

3596
03:33:11,695 --> 03:33:14,665
as he partially whips the body
as Álvarez exits.

3597
03:33:16,316 --> 03:33:19,286
Getting a little bit more in combination
from Crawford here in the early going,

3598
03:33:19,319 --> 03:33:21,021
under 30 seconds to go, round two.

3599
03:33:21,605 --> 03:33:25,025
Crawford got Canelo
on the back foot just a moment.

3600
03:33:25,058 --> 03:33:26,810
-Canelo used to be…
-Hold on one sec, Max.

3601
03:33:26,844 --> 03:33:29,029
You gotta believe Canelo's looking
for a counter,

3602
03:33:29,062 --> 03:33:30,547
even though his back was
against the ropes.

3603
03:33:30,581 --> 03:33:33,200
Right, Canelo used
to be a masterful counterpuncher

3604
03:33:33,233 --> 03:33:34,518
with his back against the ropes.

3605
03:33:34,551 --> 03:33:36,854
He liked taking opponents there
and countering.

3606
03:33:44,578 --> 03:33:46,563
Listen for the bell, gentlemen.

3607
03:33:46,597 --> 03:33:48,348
Time!

3608
03:33:48,382 --> 03:33:50,050
Round two in the books.

3609
03:33:56,240 --> 03:33:58,358
Crawford slowly starting
to land a few more shots.

3610
03:33:58,392 --> 03:34:01,678
Canelo landed that left hook,
and Crawford answered

3611
03:34:02,329 --> 03:34:04,481
with a right hook,
missed the left hook.

3612
03:34:05,349 --> 03:34:08,485
But that's what Crawford has
to do when Canelo comes forward.

3613
03:34:08,519 --> 03:34:10,687
He can't be mindless with his defense.

3614
03:34:10,721 --> 03:34:13,674
He has to be defensively responsible,

3615
03:34:13,707 --> 03:34:17,578
but he has to start countering Canelo
more and more to get that respect.

3616
03:34:18,929 --> 03:34:24,001
You saw Crawford land the check hook
as Canelo was landing the body shot,

3617
03:34:24,034 --> 03:34:26,403
which took something off of the body shot.

3618
03:34:29,389 --> 03:34:32,125
But in lower weight
divisions, that check hook

3619
03:34:32,159 --> 03:34:34,111
may have produced more of an effect.

3620
03:34:37,781 --> 03:34:40,651
"You have to give it more."

3621
03:34:40,684 --> 03:34:42,986
You know what you're doing.
You're ready to go.

3622
03:34:48,191 --> 03:34:52,880
WWE star power with us tonight,
Triple H alongside Stephanie McMahon.

3623
03:34:52,913 --> 03:34:56,833
Great to have them
with us as we arrive at round three

3624
03:34:56,867 --> 03:34:59,620
of the mega fight,
Canelo Álvarez and Bud Crawford.

3625
03:35:04,057 --> 03:35:07,110
You know, the fight is still
early, but Crawford has had inactivity

3626
03:35:07,144 --> 03:35:10,831
over the last two or three years.
Good shot right there from Canelo.

3627
03:35:10,864 --> 03:35:14,117
But the inactivity
or the rust has not shown.

3628
03:35:14,151 --> 03:35:17,905
It looks like Crawford is fresh
and that he might have needed

3629
03:35:17,938 --> 03:35:20,474
that rest at least at his age.
He'll be 38 right after this fight.

3630
03:35:20,507 --> 03:35:22,859
He doesn't look
like a rusty fighter so far.

3631
03:35:22,893 --> 03:35:26,446
Yeah, much was made of that angle.
Also the angle that Álvarez had fought.

3632
03:35:26,480 --> 03:35:30,867
Five hundred and twenty rounds as a pro
to 245 for Crawford.

3633
03:35:33,921 --> 03:35:36,356
What you do notice,
he also doesn't look so much smaller

3634
03:35:36,390 --> 03:35:37,391
than Canelo, really.

3635
03:35:37,424 --> 03:35:39,443
At least the effect
hasn't shown up in the ring.

3636
03:35:39,476 --> 03:35:44,281
But you do notice Crawford is
doing the better boxing so far.

3637
03:35:44,314 --> 03:35:45,999
Not by a lot, but by some.

3638
03:35:46,867 --> 03:35:50,153
But the effect,
the punch's effect on Canelo

3639
03:35:50,187 --> 03:35:53,390
is not like the punch's effect
on lighter weight fighters

3640
03:35:54,224 --> 03:35:55,726
through two and a half rounds.

3641
03:35:56,276 --> 03:35:59,212
And in these moments right here,
these last 30, 40 seconds,

3642
03:35:59,246 --> 03:36:01,098
even though Crawford
is landing some shots,

3643
03:36:01,131 --> 03:36:03,383
Canelo's trying to send
a message to Crawford.

3644
03:36:04,001 --> 03:36:07,054
With the punches he's throwing
and the pressure he's applying.

3645
03:36:07,804 --> 03:36:10,424
So far, Crawford hasn't gotten the memo.

3646
03:36:10,457 --> 03:36:12,626
You might have seen
Skipper Kelp's unofficial scorecard.

3647
03:36:12,659 --> 03:36:14,528
Gave Crawford rounds one and two.

3648
03:36:16,847 --> 03:36:19,049
I could see it. I thought the first
could have gone either way.

3649
03:36:19,082 --> 03:36:20,584
I could see giving the second to Crawford.

3650
03:36:20,617 --> 03:36:22,319
Good body shot right there from Canelo.

3651
03:36:22,352 --> 03:36:23,437
A signature lead.

3652
03:36:24,221 --> 03:36:26,440
-Left hook to the body.
-Yeah, that's a good sign

3653
03:36:26,473 --> 03:36:28,675
for Canelo Álvarez.
Skipper Kelp, talk to us.

3654
03:36:28,709 --> 03:36:30,477
Right now Crawford's
just doing a better job

3655
03:36:30,510 --> 03:36:32,062
of managing the distance of the fight

3656
03:36:32,095 --> 03:36:34,031
he's where he wants to be right now.

3657
03:36:34,898 --> 03:36:35,899
Good point.

3658
03:36:38,518 --> 03:36:42,389
Crawford got that right hand
in the way of that body shot from Álvarez.

3659
03:36:43,256 --> 03:36:46,193
Both guys landing below 20 percent
here early on.

3660
03:36:48,945 --> 03:36:52,299
You study Canelo Álvarez,
you gotta know that he'll have

3661
03:36:52,332 --> 03:36:55,519
three or four times
a round where he presses.

3662
03:36:55,552 --> 03:36:58,038
You can sense it,
you can see it in his body language,

3663
03:36:58,071 --> 03:36:59,356
but then he needs to rest.

3664
03:36:59,389 --> 03:37:02,809
So Crawford is trying to press
and stand his ground more

3665
03:37:02,843 --> 03:37:05,679
when Canelo wants to rest,
which is what you see right now.

3666
03:37:05,712 --> 03:37:07,681
Which breaks Canelo's forward momentum,

3667
03:37:07,714 --> 03:37:09,199
can't get a head of steam going.

3668
03:37:09,232 --> 03:37:12,719
That's the most responsible time
to build up points

3669
03:37:12,753 --> 03:37:15,155
if you're Crawford,
is when Canelo wants to rest.

3670
03:37:19,860 --> 03:37:22,963
Good response by Crawford
after Álvarez touched the body.

3671
03:37:25,565 --> 03:37:28,101
Yeah. We know that Crawford
is the sharper boxer.

3672
03:37:28,135 --> 03:37:30,203
What we haven't seen yet is what happens

3673
03:37:30,237 --> 03:37:33,557
if and when Canelo lands
something hard upstairs.

3674
03:37:41,048 --> 03:37:44,351
-Good shot from Canelo.
-Canelo likes to change levels,

3675
03:37:44,384 --> 03:37:47,154
but so far the hard shots
have been all downstairs,

3676
03:37:47,187 --> 03:37:50,006
but it's not going
to be that way all night.

3677
03:37:50,040 --> 03:37:53,360
Some useful body work
from Canelo Álvarez in round three.

3678
03:38:00,967 --> 03:38:02,152
Beautiful.

3679
03:38:13,847 --> 03:38:16,550
Beautiful. Hey, keep touching him.
Keep touching him.

3680
03:38:16,583 --> 03:38:18,018
Upstairs and downstairs.

3681
03:38:18,602 --> 03:38:20,370
What you're doing
is you're setting a trap for him

3682
03:38:20,403 --> 03:38:23,523
because you know he's going
to try to come with that wild shit.

3683
03:38:23,557 --> 03:38:25,692
All right? But it's a touch, touch, touch.

3684
03:38:25,725 --> 03:38:29,379
As soon as you look like he getting ready
to go, maybe get low and then go.

3685
03:38:29,412 --> 03:38:30,397
Catch and go.

3686
03:38:30,430 --> 03:38:32,983
He getting frustrated
because you're making him mad.

3687
03:38:35,635 --> 03:38:38,472
"Very close, wasn't it,
but it wasn't needed."

3688
03:38:38,605 --> 03:38:40,974
"You have to move your hips
a little bit, and grab effort."

3689
03:38:41,057 --> 03:38:44,594
"You're really at close distance,
you need to work more shoulders with it

3690
03:38:44,628 --> 03:38:47,180
as he comes back. Always, listen,
he's coming back to you."

3691
03:38:47,264 --> 03:38:48,815
"He's not coming back

3692
03:38:48,865 --> 03:38:51,434
and finish this movement.
He's coming back to you right now."

3693
03:38:52,052 --> 03:38:56,373
Earvin "Magic" Johnson was not gonna miss

3694
03:38:56,406 --> 03:38:59,075
being front row
for Canelo versus Crawford.

3695
03:38:59,109 --> 03:39:03,380
Here we go, just like that,
round four of a possible 12.

3696
03:39:05,048 --> 03:39:07,434
So far, however you have it scored,

3697
03:39:07,467 --> 03:39:10,370
and I suspect it's something
like two-one Crawford.

3698
03:39:10,403 --> 03:39:12,806
Skipper Kelp may have it 3-0,
because he gave the first to Crawford,

3699
03:39:12,839 --> 03:39:14,391
which Crawford may have won

3700
03:39:14,424 --> 03:39:16,960
with the only clean shot of the round.

3701
03:39:18,111 --> 03:39:20,714
So far, Crawford is fighting his fight,

3702
03:39:20,747 --> 03:39:22,983
and he has neutralized Canelo's offense.

3703
03:39:24,417 --> 03:39:27,020
Those counters are very, very important.

3704
03:39:27,053 --> 03:39:28,755
You want to get your respect?

3705
03:39:28,788 --> 03:39:29,990
That's how you do it.

3706
03:39:30,023 --> 03:39:33,210
Those were hard shots upstairs
that seemed to bother Canelo

3707
03:39:33,243 --> 03:39:34,477
and enraged him.

3708
03:39:37,314 --> 03:39:39,082
Álvarez presses forward,

3709
03:39:39,115 --> 03:39:41,651
but he got touched
on the way out by Crawford.

3710
03:39:42,736 --> 03:39:44,221
On the one hand, if you're Crawford good,

3711
03:39:44,254 --> 03:39:45,522
Canelo lose control.

3712
03:39:45,555 --> 03:39:51,144
On the other hand, if he turns it
into a kind of hunt-you-down fight,

3713
03:39:51,178 --> 03:39:53,730
maybe that makes Canelo
more dangerous at this size.

3714
03:40:00,770 --> 03:40:04,357
That was the first
real bad-intentioned shot

3715
03:40:04,391 --> 03:40:07,177
-that partially landed upstairs.
-Now, that was the…

3716
03:40:07,210 --> 03:40:09,129
That was a good shot right there.

3717
03:40:09,162 --> 03:40:11,748
That right on the button
from Canelo Álvarez.

3718
03:40:11,781 --> 03:40:13,033
And Terence Crawford took it away.

3719
03:40:13,066 --> 03:40:16,019
He took it well.
That's what I've been waiting to see.

3720
03:40:17,187 --> 03:40:19,372
Right out the guard now for Crawford,

3721
03:40:19,406 --> 03:40:23,493
shortly after Canelo had landed his most
consequential strike of the fight

3722
03:40:23,526 --> 03:40:24,411
and landed a right hand there.

3723
03:40:24,444 --> 03:40:25,779
Crawford's gotta make that adjustment.

3724
03:40:25,812 --> 03:40:29,599
Canelo seems to be able to land
that right hand, the overhand right

3725
03:40:29,633 --> 03:40:31,952
and the straight right as often
as he wants to.

3726
03:40:31,985 --> 03:40:36,623
Well, I feel like Crawford's
catching it mostly with his glove, Andre.

3727
03:40:36,656 --> 03:40:39,025
But you don't have
to land clean to inflict damage.

3728
03:40:39,059 --> 03:40:40,160
That's right.

3729
03:40:41,378 --> 03:40:44,214
It's not something you wanna
give a guy like Canelo.

3730
03:40:44,247 --> 03:40:45,315
early in this fight.

3731
03:40:45,348 --> 03:40:48,668
And then Canelo just hit him hard
in the chest with that right hand.

3732
03:40:48,702 --> 03:40:50,954
And that's the first real clean,

3733
03:40:50,987 --> 03:40:53,940
hard power shot upstairs
that landed cleanly for Canelo.

3734
03:40:55,191 --> 03:40:59,279
Álvarez starting to open up here.
One minute to go in round four.

3735
03:41:00,280 --> 03:41:01,898
Good moments from Canelo.

3736
03:41:01,932 --> 03:41:03,633
Downstairs, upstairs, good counter,

3737
03:41:03,667 --> 03:41:06,903
but Canelo's getting
in a bit of a groove right here.

3738
03:41:13,576 --> 03:41:15,011
When Canelo got his dander up,

3739
03:41:15,045 --> 03:41:18,148
he started becoming more effective
as an aggressive fighter.

3740
03:41:18,181 --> 03:41:22,118
Can Crawford convince him not
to be so aggressive

3741
03:41:22,152 --> 03:41:23,336
with some counter shots?

3742
03:41:23,370 --> 03:41:26,523
That's a significant left hook
from Crawford there a moment ago.

3743
03:41:26,556 --> 03:41:28,642
Follows it up with a jab now.

3744
03:41:43,556 --> 03:41:46,459
Side to side movement
from Crawford, nothing fancy.

3745
03:41:47,060 --> 03:41:51,748
Fundamental boxing is
to keep Canelo Álvarez just

3746
03:41:51,781 --> 03:41:52,649
off balance just enough.

3747
03:41:52,682 --> 03:41:55,635
Listen for the bell, gentlemen.
Listen for the bell.

3748
03:41:55,669 --> 03:41:58,605
Álvarez commits
to the right hand and lands.

3749
03:42:10,734 --> 03:42:13,486
-How you feeling? All right. Hey, hey.
-Cool.

3750
03:42:15,705 --> 03:42:17,574
The exchange from both fighters,
that left hook

3751
03:42:17,607 --> 03:42:20,977
that Canelo's been landing, uppercut
from Terence Crawford,

3752
03:42:21,011 --> 03:42:23,363
a two-three piece
from Terence Crawford,

3753
03:42:23,396 --> 03:42:25,181
letting Canelo know,
you cannot reach

3754
03:42:25,215 --> 03:42:27,384
for me without me trying
to teach you a lesson,

3755
03:42:27,417 --> 03:42:30,970
and that was the best punch
of the fight thus far.

3756
03:42:31,004 --> 03:42:35,825
Crawford took it well, but Canelo starting
to find a home for the right hand

3757
03:42:35,859 --> 03:42:38,178
as Terence Crawford is
in the southpaw stance.

3758
03:42:39,245 --> 03:42:41,831
Two clean right hands
upstairs from Canelo,

3759
03:42:41,865 --> 03:42:43,450
particularly the first one.

3760
03:42:43,983 --> 03:42:45,185
Crawford took them well.

3761
03:42:49,873 --> 03:42:51,808
"He tried this much with the body."

3762
03:42:51,841 --> 03:42:54,944
"He had to aim a little higher."

3763
03:42:55,929 --> 03:42:58,732
WWE superstar Logan Paul.

3764
03:43:00,183 --> 03:43:03,269
Not necessarily the crowd favorite
here, but they will uptick

3765
03:43:03,303 --> 03:43:06,923
for Iron Mike Tyson.

3766
03:43:07,941 --> 03:43:11,361
All right, so Crawford's good work largely
in round four was done early.

3767
03:43:11,394 --> 03:43:13,963
Canelo's late round five has arrived.

3768
03:43:13,997 --> 03:43:18,001
It's a hell of a fight so far,
contested at the highest possible level.

3769
03:43:21,454 --> 03:43:24,607
Not a war,
but a high-level chess match where

3770
03:43:24,641 --> 03:43:26,242
punches are being
thrown with bad intentions.

3771
03:43:26,276 --> 03:43:29,913
I believe these fighters are gonna
get a lot more violent as it progresses,

3772
03:43:29,946 --> 03:43:31,698
these mid and late rounds.

3773
03:43:31,731 --> 03:43:34,751
A lot of pundits
were expectant that Crawford

3774
03:43:34,784 --> 03:43:37,103
would fight predominantly
out of the southpaw stance.

3775
03:43:37,137 --> 03:43:38,738
That's exactly what he has done.

3776
03:43:40,290 --> 03:43:42,759
He seemed to be more comfortable
in his biggest moments

3777
03:43:42,792 --> 03:43:43,793
in that left-handed stance

3778
03:43:43,827 --> 03:43:45,478
at least these last
five or six years.

3779
03:43:45,512 --> 03:43:48,548
You see him predominantly good right hand
from Canelo fighting

3780
03:43:48,581 --> 03:43:50,500
that left-handed stance
almost exclusively.

3781
03:43:50,533 --> 03:43:53,787
Canelo doing some very good boxing
in this round from the outside.

3782
03:43:54,454 --> 03:43:57,707
Again, Canelo doesn't jab,
and he's able to still land punches.

3783
03:43:57,740 --> 03:43:59,809
Imagine if he did come behind the jab.

3784
03:43:59,843 --> 03:44:02,712
I think he's learned how
to not be a jabber

3785
03:44:02,745 --> 03:44:05,648
but have right foot position
to get the shot that he wants.

3786
03:44:06,349 --> 03:44:08,284
And that means, well, there was a jab,

3787
03:44:08,318 --> 03:44:10,253
but everything comes hard for Canelo.

3788
03:44:10,286 --> 03:44:12,906
Both fighters just
missed two very dangerous shots.

3789
03:44:14,974 --> 03:44:17,310
Crowd trying to get
behind the Mexican superstar.

3790
03:44:17,343 --> 03:44:20,547
You may have seen Skipper Kelp
as yet hasn't found a round

3791
03:44:20,580 --> 03:44:22,148
for Canelo Álvarez through four.

3792
03:44:22,182 --> 03:44:25,135
Might find this one
if it keeps up like this.

3793
03:44:25,168 --> 03:44:27,770
He's keeping Crawford's hands
largely at home

3794
03:44:27,804 --> 03:44:29,906
by staying busy, head and body.

3795
03:44:29,939 --> 03:44:32,859
Good counter jab there from Crawford.

3796
03:44:49,008 --> 03:44:51,811
Well, here looks like the break
that you talked about, Andre,

3797
03:44:51,845 --> 03:44:53,179
where Canelo's trying to rest.

3798
03:44:53,213 --> 03:44:55,498
This seems
like Crawford's opportunity

3799
03:44:55,532 --> 03:44:57,367
to steal some
of the momentum in this round.

3800
03:44:57,400 --> 03:44:58,801
Yeah, but I think Crawford believes

3801
03:44:58,835 --> 03:45:02,088
that Canelo's baiting him, so
he doesn't have to take that chance.

3802
03:45:03,456 --> 03:45:05,542
Round five, historically,
for whatever it's worth,

3803
03:45:05,575 --> 03:45:09,579
has not been kind to Canelo Álvarez.
Under a minute to go here in the fifth.

3804
03:45:11,581 --> 03:45:12,982
Been a pretty good round five tonight.

3805
03:45:13,016 --> 03:45:14,317
Tonight it has been.

3806
03:45:15,318 --> 03:45:18,221
Oh, beautiful body shot by Álvarez.

3807
03:45:28,198 --> 03:45:30,667
Body shot gets through, head shot
was blocked by Crawford.

3808
03:45:30,700 --> 03:45:32,352
Crawford on his bike there.

3809
03:45:44,080 --> 03:45:45,648
Álvarez stalking.

3810
03:45:49,485 --> 03:45:52,071
Thomas Taylor hasn't had
to break up much tonight.

3811
03:45:52,855 --> 03:45:54,607
You knew there had
to be at least one of those.

3812
03:45:54,641 --> 03:45:56,426
If I'm the bigger man,
been in the weight class,

3813
03:45:56,459 --> 03:45:58,861
I gotta pick you up
at least one time tonight.

3814
03:45:59,996 --> 03:46:01,798
Does Crawford respond in kind?

3815
03:46:14,444 --> 03:46:16,329
"Let's go, let's go."

3816
03:46:19,265 --> 03:46:21,551
"Everything okay. Everything okay."

3817
03:46:23,202 --> 03:46:25,505
"We have to win round by round, right?"

3818
03:46:30,009 --> 03:46:32,812
"Please, come back
to the guard as soon as possible."

3819
03:46:32,845 --> 03:46:36,149
"And when you ever hit him
in short distance,

3820
03:46:36,182 --> 03:46:39,085
you cannot forgive him.
You have to inflict damages, okay?"

3821
03:46:39,118 --> 03:46:42,405
"Just like we did. And come back
as soon as you possibly can."

3822
03:46:42,438 --> 03:46:45,758
-"And you have to protect."
-Here we go. All right?

3823
03:46:45,792 --> 03:46:47,710
Great.

3824
03:46:47,744 --> 03:46:49,062
Yeah, he's trying to get underneath you.

3825
03:46:49,095 --> 03:46:51,230
-You see that?
-You do, you do.

3826
03:46:54,701 --> 03:46:56,135
Good work. Good work.

3827
03:47:02,592 --> 03:47:06,279
Former heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder.

3828
03:47:07,614 --> 03:47:10,116
With us here in Las Vegas.

3829
03:47:10,149 --> 03:47:12,452
Something changed in that fifth round.

3830
03:47:12,485 --> 03:47:16,372
It went from a fight, however you scored
the first four exactly,

3831
03:47:16,406 --> 03:47:20,560
it went from a fight where basically
Crawford was outboxing Canelo

3832
03:47:20,593 --> 03:47:23,579
to a fight in the fifth round
where basically Canelo

3833
03:47:23,613 --> 03:47:27,050
was overwhelming Crawford's defense
with volume.

3834
03:47:27,083 --> 03:47:30,203
And here Crawford seems
to be trying to take the play back.

3835
03:47:30,937 --> 03:47:33,923
I don't think Crawford liked
that last round.

3836
03:47:33,956 --> 03:47:36,092
Now, Crawford, both
of these fighters punch a boxer.

3837
03:47:36,125 --> 03:47:39,112
Oh, good. Left hand…

3838
03:47:39,145 --> 03:47:43,800
That's the kind of left hand that really
hurt Errol Spence on his way in.

3839
03:47:44,467 --> 03:47:45,702
Crawford doesn't…

3840
03:47:45,735 --> 03:47:48,621
Yeah, Crawford really doesn't want
to be moving as much as he does.

3841
03:47:48,655 --> 03:47:52,358
It's not his forte.
He knows he has to do that tonight, but…

3842
03:47:53,226 --> 03:47:55,578
He's trying to take advantage
of moments where he can get off

3843
03:47:55,611 --> 03:47:56,646
and be his normal self,

3844
03:47:56,679 --> 03:47:58,798
and we just saw
that a few seconds ago.

3845
03:47:58,831 --> 03:48:00,933
Slick uppercut a moment ago by Crawford,

3846
03:48:00,967 --> 03:48:04,270
and some appreciable swelling
around the right eye of Álvarez.

3847
03:48:04,303 --> 03:48:05,955
Best punch of the fight so far, I think,

3848
03:48:05,988 --> 03:48:09,075
was the left hand from Crawford
that caught Álvarez coming

3849
03:48:09,108 --> 03:48:10,893
in and kind of doubled the impact.

3850
03:48:12,762 --> 03:48:17,016
And you can see the redness
around Canelo's right eye.

3851
03:48:17,767 --> 03:48:19,435
Crawford starting
to show bone a little bit,

3852
03:48:19,469 --> 03:48:20,970
cracking that wry smile.

3853
03:48:22,071 --> 03:48:24,891
Even that left hook
that Terence Crawford just caught

3854
03:48:24,924 --> 03:48:28,144
a few seconds ago,
that shot has a lot of power on it,

3855
03:48:28,177 --> 03:48:31,164
and it oftentimes spooks
and scares opponents for Canelo,

3856
03:48:31,197 --> 03:48:34,200
which makes them keep their hands
at home and not throw punches.

3857
03:48:34,233 --> 03:48:36,085
That's not the case
with Terence Crawford tonight.

3858
03:48:36,119 --> 03:48:39,122
Crawford has not really gone
to the body in this fight.

3859
03:48:40,423 --> 03:48:42,692
It shows the respect he has, I think,

3860
03:48:42,725 --> 03:48:44,427
for Canelo's power
and counterpunching ability.

3861
03:48:44,460 --> 03:48:47,663
Doesn't want to make the mistake
and get caught reaching.

3862
03:48:48,981 --> 03:48:51,868
And it's right. You did lean back.
Hey, stop.

3863
03:48:51,901 --> 03:48:53,770
You did lean back, opening it up.
Just keep them up.

3864
03:48:53,803 --> 03:48:54,937
We're good. Go.

3865
03:48:55,722 --> 03:48:57,523
Right call by the ref.

3866
03:49:02,361 --> 03:49:04,347
Crawford looks to be
a lot more comfortable, Max,

3867
03:49:04,380 --> 03:49:06,833
to your point, in this round
than he did in the fifth.

3868
03:49:06,866 --> 03:49:09,252
He made a statement to start this round

3869
03:49:09,285 --> 03:49:11,721
because he knew he had
to break Canelo's forward momentum.

3870
03:49:11,754 --> 03:49:14,140
And he also knows that he's up
in this round right now,

3871
03:49:14,173 --> 03:49:16,642
so he's not
taking any unnecessary risk.

3872
03:49:16,676 --> 03:49:20,279
The burden and the onus is on Canelo
to try to close this round out.

3873
03:49:22,765 --> 03:49:24,417
The champ gets through for Crawford.

3874
03:49:24,450 --> 03:49:27,236
Crawford might want
to punctuate this round

3875
03:49:27,270 --> 03:49:29,038
with something else hard
before the end

3876
03:49:29,071 --> 03:49:32,258
to say, "hey,
there's distance between you and me."

3877
03:49:32,875 --> 03:49:34,026
Like that.

3878
03:49:34,761 --> 03:49:38,197
That came after Álvarez had landed
a pretty significant right hand.

3879
03:49:38,231 --> 03:49:39,982
Thirty seconds to go, round six.

3880
03:49:40,016 --> 03:49:44,637
Because we're starting to enter
the area of the fight where what happens…

3881
03:49:45,788 --> 03:49:49,091
starts to shed light
on what has happened to that point.

3882
03:49:49,125 --> 03:49:53,529
And Crawford right now is highlighting
that he, in fact,

3883
03:49:53,563 --> 03:49:57,216
was outboxing Canelo early,
and it has started to add up.

3884
03:50:01,954 --> 03:50:03,890
Crawford looked very
comfortable right now.

3885
03:50:03,923 --> 03:50:05,424
Listen for the bell.

3886
03:50:07,693 --> 03:50:09,512
Pulls around for Crawford.

3887
03:50:12,365 --> 03:50:16,135
As big as the fifth was for Canelo,
it was at least that big,

3888
03:50:16,169 --> 03:50:18,671
if not more, for Crawford in the sixth.

3889
03:50:25,344 --> 03:50:29,131
"Breathe. Let's go back."

3890
03:50:37,256 --> 03:50:38,958
"We have to be more active."

3891
03:50:45,665 --> 03:50:46,933
"We have to connect."

3892
03:50:46,966 --> 03:50:51,237
"Whenever you get in there,
get to the body, okay, sir?"

3893
03:50:51,270 --> 03:50:53,556
"All right, get to that body. Let's go."

3894
03:50:58,744 --> 03:51:00,296
Canelo had a great fifth round,

3895
03:51:00,329 --> 03:51:03,916
and Terence Crawford knew he had
to make a stand in this sixth round.

3896
03:51:03,950 --> 03:51:09,639
That shot got Canelo's attention
as Crawford's back was against the ropes.

3897
03:51:10,139 --> 03:51:12,141
It's a good shot from Crawford,

3898
03:51:12,174 --> 03:51:14,076
and that shot
and that exchange allowed him

3899
03:51:14,110 --> 03:51:17,463
to box the way he wanted
to for the remainder of the round.

3900
03:51:17,496 --> 03:51:20,867
It wasn't a jab exactly,
but it was a similar kind of punch

3901
03:51:20,900 --> 03:51:23,286
that caught Errol Spence
coming in and floored him.

3902
03:51:23,319 --> 03:51:25,738
Canelo's a much bigger, stronger…

3903
03:51:26,255 --> 03:51:29,275
-and better fighter than Errol Spence.
-Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.

3904
03:51:29,308 --> 03:51:33,162
Timing, though, was perfect on that
left hand from Bud Crawford,

3905
03:51:33,195 --> 03:51:35,464
and here we are, round seven.

3906
03:51:35,498 --> 03:51:37,617
Canelo's landed early in this round.

3907
03:51:37,650 --> 03:51:41,187
That's the third shot
that Canelo's landed,

3908
03:51:41,220 --> 03:51:44,206
and you see
Crawford testing the waters,

3909
03:51:44,240 --> 03:51:48,527
trying to go a little bit deeper.
Can I stand here? Can I exchange?

3910
03:51:48,561 --> 03:51:50,880
He's not backing up from Canelo's power.

3911
03:51:52,682 --> 03:51:57,470
Good uppercut by Crawford.
Álvarez out of range on the return.

3912
03:51:58,054 --> 03:52:01,007
This is a significant statement
Crawford is making

3913
03:52:01,040 --> 03:52:02,358
if it continues this way.

3914
03:52:02,391 --> 03:52:05,478
Not only is he not backing up
from Canelo's power,

3915
03:52:05,511 --> 03:52:10,333
but he may be doing more damage
with his own in these exchanges.

3916
03:52:13,486 --> 03:52:16,472
And again, that responsible defense
of Crawford

3917
03:52:16,505 --> 03:52:19,091
on display under two minutes
here, round seven.

3918
03:52:19,125 --> 03:52:22,728
It's a gamble and a negotiation
that Crawford is gonna have to have

3919
03:52:22,762 --> 03:52:26,799
the whole night.
How long do I stay in these quarters?

3920
03:52:26,832 --> 03:52:28,701
How much can I exchange with Canelo?

3921
03:52:28,734 --> 03:52:32,071
When do I box, and when do I fight
and get my respect?

3922
03:52:32,104 --> 03:52:35,274
As the great James Toney used to say,

3923
03:52:35,308 --> 03:52:38,010
you need to bring ass to get ass.

3924
03:52:38,044 --> 03:52:41,464
And Terence Crawford
is bringing ass tonight.

3925
03:52:45,701 --> 03:52:48,037
Skipper Kelp, what are you seeing?

3926
03:52:48,654 --> 03:52:50,840
Downloaded the data he's been looking for.

3927
03:52:50,873 --> 03:52:52,975
He looks very comfortable
inside right now.

3928
03:52:55,544 --> 03:52:58,965
Crawford got off to a good start,
largely hasn't looked back.

3929
03:53:02,718 --> 03:53:06,088
Both fighters landing at a 29 percent clip

3930
03:53:06,605 --> 03:53:08,374
just over the midpoint of this fight.

3931
03:53:17,600 --> 03:53:19,669
Álvarez throws in the distance.

3932
03:53:19,702 --> 03:53:22,455
He has him where he wants him.
Canelo got him in the corner.

3933
03:53:25,758 --> 03:53:29,762
But in that exchange,
Crawford got at least as good as he…

3934
03:53:29,795 --> 03:53:31,781
Gave at least as good as he got.

3935
03:53:33,249 --> 03:53:35,101
Nice shot to the body by Álvarez.

3936
03:53:35,134 --> 03:53:37,987
You know Crawford's feeling good
because he's staying there longer.

3937
03:53:38,020 --> 03:53:40,956
He's not allowing Canelo,
but when Canelo punches,

3938
03:53:40,990 --> 03:53:44,360
if he lands or if he blocks it,
you see Crawford coming right back.

3939
03:53:45,728 --> 03:53:47,079
That's a respect thing.

3940
03:53:47,797 --> 03:53:50,599
Neither man
has really hurt the other man yet.

3941
03:53:50,633 --> 03:53:54,253
They felt each other, but I haven't
seen either guy hurt yet.

3942
03:53:54,286 --> 03:53:57,139
The question over the back half
of this fight is,

3943
03:53:57,173 --> 03:53:59,675
is that going to happen for either guy?

3944
03:53:59,709 --> 03:54:03,596
And not just that, but we have to watch
the conditioning of both guys.

3945
03:54:03,629 --> 03:54:05,514
Oh, and that can lead to sometimes

3946
03:54:05,548 --> 03:54:07,800
those same shots hurting you
in the back half.

3947
03:54:07,833 --> 03:54:10,436
Listen for that bell, gentlemen.
Listen for the bell.

3948
03:54:11,253 --> 03:54:12,855
Crawford working off that jab

3949
03:54:12,888 --> 03:54:14,557
late in round seven.

3950
03:54:25,735 --> 03:54:27,219
How you feel? Good?

3951
03:54:27,253 --> 03:54:30,156
Hey, you don't got to get
into no firefight with him, okay?

3952
03:54:30,906 --> 03:54:32,658
Just keep boxing that motherfucker.

3953
03:54:32,691 --> 03:54:34,376
He's going to get desperate,

3954
03:54:34,410 --> 03:54:36,662
and you're going to be able
to run him into something, okay?

3955
03:54:36,695 --> 03:54:38,447
Just keep boxing him.

3956
03:54:38,481 --> 03:54:40,449
If you stop and you're looking
for something,

3957
03:54:40,483 --> 03:54:43,552
get on the ball with that back foot
so your screen can be better,

3958
03:54:43,586 --> 03:54:46,522
so you can have a little bit
more snap when you're punching.

3959
03:54:47,957 --> 03:54:49,825
Good. Good.

3960
03:54:58,551 --> 03:55:01,687
"Now, you have to make sure
you're up there. We came to win."

3961
03:55:04,490 --> 03:55:06,041
"We have to do it with heart

3962
03:55:06,075 --> 03:55:08,043
and we have a lot of freaking heart."

3963
03:55:14,350 --> 03:55:16,202
Round eight of a possible 12

3964
03:55:16,235 --> 03:55:19,738
to decide the undisputed championship.

3965
03:55:20,890 --> 03:55:22,675
Crawford and Canelo.

3966
03:55:22,708 --> 03:55:27,113
Skipper Kelp has
Crawford up six rounds to one.

3967
03:55:27,680 --> 03:55:29,899
What you see with both of these fighters

3968
03:55:29,932 --> 03:55:31,283
is one fighter is bigger,

3969
03:55:31,867 --> 03:55:35,754
not by much,
but he's bigger, and he's stronger,

3970
03:55:35,788 --> 03:55:38,390
but not in the way
where he can do whatever he wants

3971
03:55:38,424 --> 03:55:40,359
to do with Terence Crawford.

3972
03:55:40,392 --> 03:55:45,815
And the resilience of Crawford,
his punch resistance

3973
03:55:45,848 --> 03:55:47,783
at this weight has been impressive

3974
03:55:47,817 --> 03:55:50,603
because Canelo has nailed him,
and Canelo is a punch…

3975
03:55:51,153 --> 03:55:55,090
But when you boil yourself down,
your punch resistance is affected.

3976
03:55:55,124 --> 03:55:58,460
Thus far, Crawford has taken the big shots
from Canelo, the single shots,

3977
03:55:58,494 --> 03:56:01,413
and even the two-piece
that he got hit with very, very well.

3978
03:56:01,447 --> 03:56:04,466
And that's the thing. At this level,
I mean, everyone's gonna get hit.

3979
03:56:04,500 --> 03:56:05,801
Yeah.

3980
03:56:05,835 --> 03:56:08,587
Can you hit him two and three times?

3981
03:56:08,621 --> 03:56:11,240
And Crawford's been the one
to do that so far.

3982
03:56:12,525 --> 03:56:14,643
And can Álvarez rally if need be?

3983
03:56:14,677 --> 03:56:17,313
Right, got off
to a big lead against Bivol

3984
03:56:17,346 --> 03:56:18,781
before the latter rallied.

3985
03:56:18,814 --> 03:56:21,367
Nice shot to the body by Álvarez.
Two minutes to go, round eight.

3986
03:56:21,400 --> 03:56:23,085
Crawford acknowledged that body shot.

3987
03:56:29,742 --> 03:56:33,279
Quick hands from Bud Crawford.
Changing levels there.

3988
03:56:35,898 --> 03:56:38,234
Álvarez with effect to the body.

3989
03:56:43,873 --> 03:56:44,974
Crawford's been honest.

3990
03:56:45,007 --> 03:56:46,976
He shook his head yes when he felt it
to the body,

3991
03:56:47,009 --> 03:56:48,694
said no when he didn't, I guess.

3992
03:56:55,801 --> 03:56:57,770
Álvarez trying to get
something going again.

3993
03:56:57,803 --> 03:56:59,722
Good defensive responsibility
from Crawford.

3994
03:57:04,827 --> 03:57:07,379
Álvarez has done some good work
in this round.

3995
03:57:12,268 --> 03:57:15,104
Álvarez just a tremendous ambassador
for this sport.

3996
03:57:15,137 --> 03:57:17,840
He has done so much
for his fellow fighters,

3997
03:57:17,873 --> 03:57:18,874
past and present.

3998
03:57:19,592 --> 03:57:22,611
He is affable, and he just landed a pretty
significant right hand there,

3999
03:57:22,645 --> 03:57:24,697
under a minute to go, round eight.

4000
03:57:24,730 --> 03:57:27,166
These are dangerous punches for Crawford,

4001
03:57:27,199 --> 03:57:29,201
because Crawford is
feeling himself right now,

4002
03:57:29,235 --> 03:57:31,987
and Álvarez is
throwing knockout shots.

4003
03:57:33,205 --> 03:57:34,807
Pull the arm out, Terence.

4004
03:57:34,840 --> 03:57:37,459
Canelo, let go. Stop, stop, stop.
No punch.

4005
03:57:37,493 --> 03:57:38,344
Straight back. Go.

4006
03:57:38,377 --> 03:57:40,646
So Crawford trying
to get some respect himself.

4007
03:57:40,679 --> 03:57:43,332
He didn't quite lift Canelo up,
but he got him off one leg.

4008
03:57:43,365 --> 03:57:45,901
He wants to let Canelo know
that I'm here, too.

4009
03:57:48,570 --> 03:57:50,589
But to your point, Max, Crawford has

4010
03:57:50,623 --> 03:57:55,044
to stay focused because no matter how
easy it may feel in spots, you have

4011
03:57:55,077 --> 03:57:58,147
to know that Canelo is still
pressing forward, and he will always

4012
03:57:58,180 --> 03:58:00,582
be dangerous as long
as this fight is going on.

4013
03:58:03,018 --> 03:58:06,038
Ryan Garcia, who's trained with Canelo,

4014
03:58:06,071 --> 03:58:11,010
told me that Canelo throws
everything hard to sell his feints.

4015
03:58:11,493 --> 03:58:14,280
Because everything's coming hard,
you can't guess wrong,

4016
03:58:14,313 --> 03:58:15,948
so you must respect his feints.

4017
03:58:21,403 --> 03:58:22,604
Eight rounds down.

4018
03:58:26,592 --> 03:58:28,227
He tried to touch his glove.

4019
03:58:28,260 --> 03:58:30,045
It's interesting right there.

4020
03:58:30,079 --> 03:58:33,549
The end of that round, Terence Crawford
looked at Canelo Álvarez,

4021
03:58:33,582 --> 03:58:36,352
and now Canelo Álvarez
extended his glove.

4022
03:58:36,385 --> 03:58:37,503
Terence Crawford did the block.

4023
03:58:37,536 --> 03:58:40,739
When you stop, you're on that back toe,
and you got that little rhythm.

4024
03:58:40,773 --> 03:58:42,908
You got that upper body movement, okay?

4025
03:58:42,941 --> 03:58:44,009
All right?

4026
03:58:44,043 --> 03:58:46,295
Because he's going
to come with the wide shit.

4027
03:58:46,929 --> 03:58:49,315
He's going to come with the wide shit.

4028
03:58:49,348 --> 03:58:51,533
He go wide, you go
to the body like you've been doing.

4029
03:58:51,567 --> 03:58:52,735
Deep breaths.

4030
03:58:52,768 --> 03:58:53,719
What you got, coach?

4031
03:58:53,752 --> 03:58:55,971
All you got to do is do what you're doing.

4032
03:58:56,005 --> 03:58:57,106
Bring your hands back.

4033
03:58:57,706 --> 03:58:58,891
Bring your head back.

4034
03:59:02,461 --> 03:59:03,962
"We worked a lot good counters."

4035
03:59:04,580 --> 03:59:06,749
"You have to keep it close,
keep it tight."

4036
03:59:06,782 --> 03:59:08,183
"Keep your height guard."

4037
03:59:08,217 --> 03:59:11,353
"You have to get more combos,
more to the body."

4038
03:59:11,387 --> 03:59:15,040
"Three, and then you have
to work on your defense as well."

4039
03:59:16,291 --> 03:59:18,160
"Let's go, let's go."

4040
03:59:19,061 --> 03:59:20,796
"Let's go, let's get some air."

4041
03:59:20,829 --> 03:59:21,680
Yeah, that's interesting,

4042
03:59:21,714 --> 03:59:24,850
Andre, Canelo Álvarez looking
for a fist bump between rounds.

4043
03:59:24,883 --> 03:59:27,002
The no-nonsense Bud Crawford
not having it.

4044
03:59:27,036 --> 03:59:28,537
Here we go, round nine.

4045
03:59:29,588 --> 03:59:32,041
Oh, and that's
a good early land by Crawford.

4046
03:59:32,074 --> 03:59:34,676
It's, it's, I think
it's more than no-nonsense.

4047
03:59:35,844 --> 03:59:38,947
As Teddy Atlas would always say,
Canelo was looking to be friends,

4048
03:59:38,981 --> 03:59:42,334
and Crawford is not looking
to be friends.

4049
03:59:42,368 --> 03:59:43,218
Great exchange

4050
03:59:43,252 --> 03:59:44,153
from Terence Crawford right
there.

4051
03:59:44,186 --> 03:59:46,905
Canelo's landing, but not
like Terence Crawford

4052
03:59:46,939 --> 03:59:48,157
in this exchange.

4053
03:59:48,190 --> 03:59:50,225
This is furious action.

4054
03:59:52,211 --> 03:59:54,930
Crawford circling back
to work off of that jab,

4055
03:59:54,963 --> 03:59:57,966
but everything out of him,
combination here early round nine.

4056
04:00:03,338 --> 04:00:05,407
-Time.
-They're not gonna--

4057
04:00:05,441 --> 04:00:06,775
Crawford, what's up man?

4058
04:00:06,809 --> 04:00:08,494
Got a little bit of a cut.

4059
04:00:08,527 --> 04:00:10,329
Take your time.
Just let me know when you're ready.

4060
04:00:10,362 --> 04:00:12,598
There's a cut over Bud Crawford.

4061
04:00:12,631 --> 04:00:16,151
-Right eye, it looks like a small cut.
-Stay right here for me.

4062
04:00:16,185 --> 04:00:18,520
-Hey, hey, hey.
-Not sure about it,

4063
04:00:18,554 --> 04:00:20,522
but from here it looks like there is.

4064
04:00:20,556 --> 04:00:21,557
Terence.

4065
04:00:23,325 --> 04:00:25,944
Got a cut. Accidental headbutt.

4066
04:00:26,945 --> 04:00:28,313
Let me see it.

4067
04:00:28,347 --> 04:00:29,865
Let me see it.

4068
04:00:29,898 --> 04:00:32,034
You're okay.
We're not going to look at it right now.

4069
04:00:32,067 --> 04:00:33,452
All right? Stay right here.

4070
04:00:34,086 --> 04:00:37,506
Jeff, accidental headbutt, got the cut.

4071
04:00:38,240 --> 04:00:40,309
You good?
Hang on, you ready?

4072
04:00:40,342 --> 04:00:42,678
-I'm sorry, buddy.
-No, we're good, we're good.

4073
04:00:42,711 --> 04:00:44,463
There was always the chance of this.

4074
04:00:44,496 --> 04:00:46,598
Southpaw-orthodox, a clash of heads,

4075
04:00:46,632 --> 04:00:49,585
although it's Canelo who's been cut
three times in the past.

4076
04:00:50,469 --> 04:00:53,422
But it's Crawford with the injury.

4077
04:00:53,455 --> 04:00:57,092
And the ever classy Álvarez
comes over and immediately apologizes.

4078
04:01:00,045 --> 04:01:03,365
Terence Crawford is punching
with bad intentions right now.

4079
04:01:03,398 --> 04:01:05,367
And so is Canelo Álvarez.

4080
04:01:05,400 --> 04:01:08,604
Yeah, these guys are looking
for the knockout in this round.

4081
04:01:08,637 --> 04:01:09,955
They both are.

4082
04:01:09,988 --> 04:01:12,107
You had to know this
was gonna happen at some point.

4083
04:01:12,141 --> 04:01:13,525
You caught it, Dre.

4084
04:01:15,844 --> 04:01:18,680
Right through the guard
for Álvarez with the right hand.

4085
04:01:25,604 --> 04:01:28,357
That's a good right hand for Álvarez,
or so it appeared.

4086
04:01:32,110 --> 04:01:33,846
Good left hand from Álvarez.

4087
04:01:33,879 --> 04:01:35,564
Bud Crawford is someone who is--

4088
04:01:36,331 --> 04:01:39,434
took gunshots in the head
and drove himself

4089
04:01:40,068 --> 04:01:43,689
-to the hospital to get stitched up…
-…Canelo Álvarez.

4090
04:01:43,722 --> 04:01:46,225
-…as a young professional.
-Ooh, good shot.

4091
04:01:46,959 --> 04:01:49,061
A little blood isn't gonna spook him.

4092
04:01:50,646 --> 04:01:53,765
Those may not be knockout shots
from Terence Crawford,

4093
04:01:53,799 --> 04:01:56,752
but those are respect shots
from Terence Crawford.

4094
04:01:56,785 --> 04:01:58,987
He's demanding his respect right now.

4095
04:01:59,021 --> 04:02:00,672
Sweat flying shots.

4096
04:02:10,132 --> 04:02:13,352
Neither of these men
have ever officially been knocked down

4097
04:02:13,385 --> 04:02:16,955
as pros under a minute in round nine.

4098
04:02:18,257 --> 04:02:19,291
With…

4099
04:02:20,876 --> 04:02:25,147
not much more than 30 seconds left to go
in the ninth round.

4100
04:02:25,180 --> 04:02:28,483
So far, Bud Crawford has done
what he has done

4101
04:02:28,517 --> 04:02:30,219
in every fight of his career,

4102
04:02:30,252 --> 04:02:33,255
which is demonstrate--
however you have the exact scoring

4103
04:02:33,288 --> 04:02:37,226
on the cards right now,
he has been the better man so far,

4104
04:02:37,259 --> 04:02:39,545
as he's always been
throughout his career.

4105
04:02:39,578 --> 04:02:41,530
Canelo's gonna have to do something.

4106
04:02:41,563 --> 04:02:44,666
That right hand
will help the Álvarez cause.

4107
04:02:44,700 --> 04:02:46,718
Under 20 seconds to go, round nine.

4108
04:02:53,692 --> 04:02:56,878
Crawford looking outstanding
with the extra weight,

4109
04:02:56,912 --> 04:02:59,915
competing at 68
for the first time tonight.

4110
04:03:01,533 --> 04:03:04,119
Three to go.

4111
04:03:15,030 --> 04:03:18,433
This is a moment
where Terence Crawford stood his ground

4112
04:03:18,467 --> 04:03:20,869
and got his respect from Canelo Álvarez.

4113
04:03:20,902 --> 04:03:23,572
That's the range that everybody
said he can't fight in.

4114
04:03:23,605 --> 04:03:26,008
Everybody said that he has to fight
the perfect fight,

4115
04:03:26,041 --> 04:03:29,161
and he can't allow Canelo Álvarez
to touch his chin at all.

4116
04:03:29,194 --> 04:03:32,881
He's been hit, he's took it well,
and he's given just as much,

4117
04:03:32,914 --> 04:03:36,451
and in many cases, more than
what he's taken in certain spots.

4118
04:03:37,970 --> 04:03:39,988
"You have to move your hips

4119
04:03:40,022 --> 04:03:41,907
because you have to get out
and come back again."

4120
04:03:41,940 --> 04:03:43,375
"You know how to defend yourself."

4121
04:03:43,408 --> 04:03:45,160
"You need to get that guard up."

4122
04:03:45,193 --> 04:03:49,047
"Listen, we have three rounds to do this,
to blow him up, all right?"

4123
04:03:49,081 --> 04:03:51,433
"Listen, you have to strike him
really, really hard."

4124
04:03:51,466 --> 04:03:52,768
Move…

4125
04:03:54,419 --> 04:03:57,089
You hear that?

4126
04:04:01,994 --> 04:04:04,046
I don't think you hear--

4127
04:04:04,079 --> 04:04:05,981
Hey, you gotta finish strong.

4128
04:04:06,014 --> 04:04:07,416
You got nine minutes.

4129
04:04:07,449 --> 04:04:10,052
You hear the corners. Eddy Reynoso

4130
04:04:10,569 --> 04:04:12,704
wants something big
from Canelo here.

4131
04:04:12,738 --> 04:04:15,107
He says you have three rounds to do this.

4132
04:04:15,140 --> 04:04:19,578
Crawford's corner believes he's up,
but knows he needs to finish strong.

4133
04:04:20,379 --> 04:04:22,164
Álvarez' corner looking for that power.

4134
04:04:22,197 --> 04:04:25,550
Also some movement defensively as well.

4135
04:04:25,584 --> 04:04:27,085
Round ten.

4136
04:04:29,805 --> 04:04:33,075
One of the questions I had was,
how was Terence Crawford gonna move

4137
04:04:33,108 --> 04:04:35,477
and carry and fight
with this extra weight?

4138
04:04:35,510 --> 04:04:38,664
And thus far, he looks phenomenal.

4139
04:04:38,697 --> 04:04:41,199
The shape that he's in
and his ability to carry that weight,

4140
04:04:41,233 --> 04:04:43,685
-good right hand from Canelo Álvarez.
-Yeah, it was.

4141
04:04:43,719 --> 04:04:46,071
Canelo-- you add a couple shots like that,

4142
04:04:46,104 --> 04:04:48,306
and this whole thing can change quickly.

4143
04:04:48,340 --> 04:04:50,509
Canelo remains dangerous

4144
04:04:50,542 --> 04:04:53,478
and is being implored by his corner
to pour it on him.

4145
04:04:54,112 --> 04:04:56,264
Good sequence there by Crawford.

4146
04:04:58,083 --> 04:05:01,269
Nice left hand by Álvarez,
immediately answered by Bud.

4147
04:05:05,006 --> 04:05:06,725
Good right hand from Canelo.

4148
04:05:07,743 --> 04:05:09,928
Crawford said, "That's all you got?"

4149
04:05:19,855 --> 04:05:21,857
Crawford able to block that right hand.

4150
04:05:27,028 --> 04:05:29,965
If I'm Canelo's corner,
I really don't like what I just saw

4151
04:05:29,998 --> 04:05:31,633
from Crawford, the little pity pat,

4152
04:05:31,666 --> 04:05:33,969
because it means
he's feeling very comfortable.

4153
04:05:35,971 --> 04:05:38,273
The right hand is a shot
that Crawford gets hit with a lot

4154
04:05:38,306 --> 04:05:41,226
along the ropes and moving backwards.

4155
04:05:44,012 --> 04:05:46,581
Been the money shot for Canelo
thus far in this fight.

4156
04:05:46,615 --> 04:05:48,633
Yeah, he just landed it again
as you said that.

4157
04:05:48,667 --> 04:05:50,252
Looked like he threw that right hand

4158
04:05:50,285 --> 04:05:52,053
where he thought Bud was going to be,

4159
04:05:52,087 --> 04:05:53,371
and he landed flush.

4160
04:05:53,405 --> 04:05:55,607
Not sure why
he's not making that adjustment.

4161
04:05:56,641 --> 04:05:59,945
Canelo would be served well
to punch with Crawford

4162
04:05:59,978 --> 04:06:02,697
when Crawford goes into
those three punch combinations.

4163
04:06:09,087 --> 04:06:10,605
Good body shot.

4164
04:06:10,639 --> 04:06:13,909
Single shot. I'd like to see Canelo
throw multiple body shots.

4165
04:06:13,942 --> 04:06:15,277
Single shot from Crawford.

4166
04:06:15,811 --> 04:06:18,647
I don't know if Canelo just doesn't want
to open up that much,

4167
04:06:18,680 --> 04:06:20,182
or if he doesn't feel comfortable

4168
04:06:20,215 --> 04:06:22,350
in that space throwing both hands

4169
04:06:22,384 --> 04:06:26,004
because he'll have Crawford trapped
and he'll just throw one body shot.

4170
04:06:26,037 --> 04:06:30,692
A round like this is where Crawford
can make a statement.

4171
04:06:31,326 --> 04:06:34,563
Last 35 seconds or so,
Canelo's done some good work.

4172
04:06:34,596 --> 04:06:37,048
Can Crawford take the play away from him?

4173
04:06:39,234 --> 04:06:43,138
Or can Canelo emphasize
an effective round so far?

4174
04:06:43,171 --> 04:06:45,457
And there's Crawford taking
that play away.

4175
04:06:46,775 --> 04:06:49,177
See, Crawford holding up
really well physically

4176
04:06:49,211 --> 04:06:50,996
in these clinch situations.

4177
04:06:51,997 --> 04:06:53,431
Álvarez presses forward.

4178
04:06:53,465 --> 04:06:56,017
-Crawford not there to be hit.
-Stop. Straight back.

4179
04:06:56,835 --> 04:06:58,804
Did that exchange win Crawford the round?

4180
04:06:58,837 --> 04:06:59,955
That's a great question.

4181
04:06:59,988 --> 04:07:01,840
All right, guys, listen for the bell.

4182
04:07:15,287 --> 04:07:19,457
This is the punch that Crawford
has been getting hit with all night.

4183
04:07:19,991 --> 04:07:21,660
He's taking it well,

4184
04:07:21,693 --> 04:07:24,212
but that's not a punch
you want to really give any fighter,

4185
04:07:24,246 --> 04:07:26,014
especially Canelo Álvarez.

4186
04:07:26,047 --> 04:07:29,117
And Canelo's also extended
the straight right hand.

4187
04:07:29,150 --> 04:07:31,653
That has landed flush, very clean.

4188
04:07:31,686 --> 04:07:34,956
And we've seen Crawford
start to do the flurries,

4189
04:07:34,990 --> 04:07:38,627
where he's throwing punches
at half speed and half strength

4190
04:07:38,660 --> 04:07:41,796
in order to get a big shot
at the end of the combination.

4191
04:07:41,830 --> 04:07:44,349
And that's the sequence
that you don't like, Max.

4192
04:07:48,169 --> 04:07:50,238
Ladies and gentlemen…

4193
04:07:55,043 --> 04:07:58,079
"You have to be strong, strong, strong."

4194
04:07:58,763 --> 04:08:02,234
"Don't let him dance around…"

4195
04:08:02,267 --> 04:08:04,502
We're happy to announce
a new attendance record

4196
04:08:04,536 --> 04:08:05,670
for Allegiant Stadium,

4197
04:08:05,704 --> 04:08:10,158
70,482 fans in the building.

4198
04:08:10,876 --> 04:08:14,396
This venue proving great for boxing.

4199
04:08:14,429 --> 04:08:18,033
Beautiful! Body shot
by Álvarez to begin round 11.

4200
04:08:19,401 --> 04:08:22,254
Oh, good uppercut
on the inside from Crawford.

4201
04:08:23,438 --> 04:08:27,008
Both of these guys have
that thing that great champions have,

4202
04:08:27,776 --> 04:08:31,046
where when one tries to take
the play away from the other,

4203
04:08:31,079 --> 04:08:32,631
there's an immediate response.

4204
04:08:32,664 --> 04:08:36,117
You can't teach it,
you can't coach it, you can't train that.

4205
04:08:36,151 --> 04:08:37,919
You either have it or you don't.

4206
04:08:38,837 --> 04:08:40,488
So far throughout the fight,

4207
04:08:40,522 --> 04:08:44,125
Skipper Kelp's card
reflects what we've been seeing.

4208
04:08:45,660 --> 04:08:48,146
It's not that Canelo hasn't responded,

4209
04:08:48,179 --> 04:08:50,999
it's that Crawford's responses
have been a little better.

4210
04:08:52,617 --> 04:08:54,803
Skipper Kelp, go ahead.

4211
04:08:54,836 --> 04:08:57,289
I just think that Crawford
is answering the bell.

4212
04:08:57,322 --> 04:09:00,208
Whenever Canelo does something,
Crawford one-ups him.

4213
04:09:01,726 --> 04:09:03,795
And again, a nice short left hand
by Crawford

4214
04:09:03,828 --> 04:09:05,714
after he had landed an uppercut prior.

4215
04:09:05,747 --> 04:09:07,999
I thought I saw Canelo wobble a little bit

4216
04:09:08,033 --> 04:09:09,718
from one of those uppercuts
on the inside.

4217
04:09:09,751 --> 04:09:11,236
Ooh!

4218
04:09:12,454 --> 04:09:14,673
That's the negotiation
that I talked about earlier

4219
04:09:14,706 --> 04:09:16,841
that Crawford has to continue
to make with himself.

4220
04:09:16,875 --> 04:09:19,044
He won that negotiation right there.

4221
04:09:19,077 --> 04:09:20,996
Can't get too comfortable, though.

4222
04:09:21,029 --> 04:09:23,448
You can see he's feeling
very comfortable on offense,

4223
04:09:23,481 --> 04:09:25,500
and Canelo is still throwing bombs.

4224
04:09:27,018 --> 04:09:31,172
Crawford, I don't think, at this point,
believes Canelo can hurt him.

4225
04:09:31,206 --> 04:09:32,907
I believe that to be true.

4226
04:09:33,742 --> 04:09:34,976
Time will tell.

4227
04:09:35,894 --> 04:09:38,296
Those two look like it hurt.

4228
04:09:38,330 --> 04:09:41,766
This is Canelo's best moment of the fight.

4229
04:09:42,801 --> 04:09:44,185
Can he follow up?

4230
04:09:44,219 --> 04:09:45,920
Still a lot of round left.

4231
04:09:46,571 --> 04:09:48,707
A minute and 30 seconds
in this 11th round.

4232
04:09:48,740 --> 04:09:51,176
Pinpoint jab from Crawford a moment ago.

4233
04:09:51,209 --> 04:09:53,194
Ooh. Right hand for Álvarez gets through.

4234
04:09:53,228 --> 04:09:55,613
Yep. Left hook from Crawford
gets through as well.

4235
04:09:55,647 --> 04:09:58,917
It's true, but Crawford
may be getting a little too comfortable

4236
04:09:58,950 --> 04:10:01,319
getting hit with some big clean shots,

4237
04:10:01,353 --> 04:10:04,205
though he's done most
of the hitting this round.

4238
04:10:11,379 --> 04:10:14,783
Nice combination by Crawford.
The body work got through.

4239
04:10:16,668 --> 04:10:20,121
By the way, I know
Crawford's the smaller guy moving up,

4240
04:10:20,155 --> 04:10:22,607
so we're like,
let's look at his punch resistance.

4241
04:10:23,291 --> 04:10:26,695
Canelo Álvarez is in the conversation

4242
04:10:26,728 --> 04:10:29,147
for the greatest chin
in the history of boxing.

4243
04:10:32,634 --> 04:10:35,070
He's taken some big shots tonight.

4244
04:11:09,487 --> 04:11:12,841
Álvarez with a late left hand in round 11.

4245
04:11:12,874 --> 04:11:15,076
Three minutes to go.

4246
04:11:22,934 --> 04:11:25,170
Hey, listen.

4247
04:11:25,203 --> 04:11:27,572
Hey, you're gonna get desperate
this last round.

4248
04:11:27,605 --> 04:11:29,441
You're gonna try to come, too.

4249
04:11:29,474 --> 04:11:30,909
Gentlemen, last round,

4250
04:11:30,942 --> 04:11:33,244
we're gonna touch gloves
at the bell, at the bell.

4251
04:11:33,278 --> 04:11:35,747
But you box smart, okay?

4252
04:11:35,780 --> 04:11:37,882
You got great foot movement.

4253
04:11:37,916 --> 04:11:42,187
Sometimes, hit the feint
with a two-one or a one-two.

4254
04:11:43,705 --> 04:11:45,290
You're boxing great.

4255
04:11:45,323 --> 04:11:47,759
Keep touching him off the double, okay?

4256
04:11:47,792 --> 04:11:49,828
You can't do shit off that double.

4257
04:11:56,151 --> 04:11:57,519
"Keep close, very tight."

4258
04:11:57,552 --> 04:11:59,387
Just take a bit. Just go for it.

4259
04:11:59,420 --> 04:12:00,805
Let's get some air.

4260
04:12:01,873 --> 04:12:03,024
Get some air.

4261
04:12:03,541 --> 04:12:06,761
All the power you got,
you have to move your hips.

4262
04:12:06,795 --> 04:12:08,129
Very close and tight.

4263
04:12:08,713 --> 04:12:12,250
One low, one high.
Very close and just go.

4264
04:12:18,923 --> 04:12:20,775
Gloves up. Gentlemen,
we got a great fight.

4265
04:12:20,809 --> 04:12:21,793
Keep it clean. Go.

4266
04:12:22,627 --> 04:12:25,647
All right, so we do have
the same set of judges

4267
04:12:25,680 --> 04:12:28,850
that did judge that
Mario Barrios-Manny Pacquiao fight

4268
04:12:28,883 --> 04:12:32,320
that ended in a 12-round majority draw
back in July.

4269
04:12:32,353 --> 04:12:35,490
Tim Cheatham and Steve Weisfeld
had it, 114-114.

4270
04:12:35,523 --> 04:12:38,259
Max DeLuca, 115-113 for Barrios.

4271
04:12:38,293 --> 04:12:40,545
We'll see if we get to the cards tonight.

4272
04:12:40,578 --> 04:12:43,898
Steve Weisfeld is as good
a judge as I've ever observed

4273
04:12:43,932 --> 04:12:45,617
throughout my years in boxing.

4274
04:12:45,650 --> 04:12:50,088
I believe, guys, either Canelo Álvarez
does something dramatic here,

4275
04:12:50,121 --> 04:12:53,975
or Bud Crawford becomes
the first ever Lightweight Champion.

4276
04:12:54,008 --> 04:12:57,595
real champion, ring magazine,
lineal, whatever you want to call it,

4277
04:12:58,730 --> 04:13:02,283
to become Super Middleweight Champion

4278
04:13:02,317 --> 04:13:05,303
and also conquer
other divisions along the way.

4279
04:13:05,336 --> 04:13:06,888
I agree with that man.

4280
04:13:11,509 --> 04:13:14,612
You have to feel
that it's discouraging for Canelo

4281
04:13:14,646 --> 04:13:18,032
to land those kind of shots
throughout the course of this fight

4282
04:13:18,066 --> 04:13:20,251
and not get the reaction
that most thought he was gonna get,

4283
04:13:20,285 --> 04:13:22,270
probably he thought he was gonna get.

4284
04:13:23,037 --> 04:13:25,290
This has been a masterful performance

4285
04:13:25,323 --> 04:13:26,991
from Terence Crawford.

4286
04:13:27,659 --> 04:13:30,311
And adding to it, with that left hand.

4287
04:13:34,699 --> 04:13:37,602
I mean, do you think Crawford
gets greedy here, Dre?

4288
04:13:37,635 --> 04:13:38,853
And would that be a mistake?

4289
04:13:38,887 --> 04:13:40,371
I don't know if it's greedy.

4290
04:13:40,405 --> 04:13:43,074
I think he's earned the right
based on setting the table

4291
04:13:43,107 --> 04:13:45,526
the way that he has
to eat right now.

4292
04:13:45,560 --> 04:13:46,811
It's the 12th round.

4293
04:13:46,844 --> 04:13:49,030
We don't know how
this fight is being scored.

4294
04:13:49,063 --> 04:13:50,448
He's not a civilian.

4295
04:13:50,481 --> 04:13:53,184
He's a prizefighter,
and this is what prizefighters do.

4296
04:13:54,485 --> 04:13:55,570
Billy Conn,

4297
04:13:56,354 --> 04:14:00,058
in 1941, had Joe Louis beat
for the heavyweight title,

4298
04:14:00,091 --> 04:14:02,527
went for a knockout in the 13th round

4299
04:14:02,560 --> 04:14:05,813
and was counted out himself
with one second to go.

4300
04:14:07,315 --> 04:14:09,367
Right hand gets through for Álvarez.

4301
04:14:13,221 --> 04:14:15,940
Crawford seemingly having
a hard time holding back the smile.

4302
04:14:15,974 --> 04:14:18,159
One minute to go!

4303
04:14:27,719 --> 04:14:29,821
Still trying to land
something big before it's over,

4304
04:14:29,854 --> 04:14:31,256
but Crawford won't allow it.

4305
04:14:32,206 --> 04:14:35,310
He's knocking Canelo
off balance with those upper shots,

4306
04:14:35,343 --> 04:14:36,844
the uppercuts.

4307
04:14:36,878 --> 04:14:39,964
But is he hurting him with them,
do you think, Andre?

4308
04:14:39,998 --> 04:14:42,583
I think he's getting his respect.
That's what I think.

4309
04:14:44,335 --> 04:14:45,987
Enough to do what he's doing right now.

4310
04:14:46,020 --> 04:14:48,906
Right. Canelo's walking away, and…

4311
04:14:48,940 --> 04:14:50,224
That's all you need to see right there.

4312
04:14:50,258 --> 04:14:53,227
He's getting the respect that he wanted.

4313
04:14:53,261 --> 04:14:55,213
Canelo's going to fight.
He's a warrior.

4314
04:14:55,246 --> 04:14:56,931
He's a champion.
A great, proud champion.

4315
04:14:56,965 --> 04:14:59,150
But Crawford…

4316
04:14:59,183 --> 04:15:02,086
got what he wanted,
which was his respect.

4317
04:15:03,972 --> 04:15:06,107
Well, he felt
like if he could get this fight,

4318
04:15:06,140 --> 04:15:09,377
he could produce a performance
that would earn the respect.

4319
04:15:09,410 --> 04:15:11,045
Down the stretch we come!

4320
04:15:18,636 --> 04:15:20,955
And there's the final horn!

4321
04:15:20,989 --> 04:15:22,557
Terence "Bud" Crawford

4322
04:15:22,590 --> 04:15:24,642
and Canelo Álvarez
go the distance.

4323
04:15:24,676 --> 04:15:26,894
Guys, we know what we just saw.

4324
04:15:27,612 --> 04:15:30,798
Bud Crawford just beat Canelo Álvarez.

4325
04:15:31,466 --> 04:15:33,935
Let's see if the judges agree.

4326
04:15:35,203 --> 04:15:37,789
And when Bud Crawford
heard the superlatives all week

4327
04:15:37,822 --> 04:15:40,925
about how powerful
or big Canelo Álvarez was,

4328
04:15:40,958 --> 04:15:44,529
he and Brian McIntyre responded
in kind every time.

4329
04:15:45,079 --> 04:15:48,333
"He ain't fought us yet,"
and indeed he had not.

4330
04:15:48,366 --> 04:15:52,403
And Bud Crawford,
who turns 38 later this month,

4331
04:15:52,437 --> 04:15:55,406
looked in prime form tonight
against Canelo Álvarez.

4332
04:15:55,440 --> 04:16:00,144
Official decision on the other side
as we roll onward from Vegas.

4333
04:16:05,133 --> 04:16:07,719
Back inside Allegiant Stadium,
Terence Crawford

4334
04:16:07,752 --> 04:16:09,487
and Canelo Álvarez
go the distance.

4335
04:16:09,520 --> 04:16:13,024
Most of Bud Crawford's
boxing contemporaries

4336
04:16:13,057 --> 04:16:15,276
picked him to win this fight.

4337
04:16:15,309 --> 04:16:17,712
They felt as though
he had more ways to win.

4338
04:16:18,363 --> 04:16:22,850
Certainly, from our vantage point,
he did enough to move to 42-0.

4339
04:16:22,884 --> 04:16:26,003
And assert himself undeniably as one
of the greatest of all time.

4340
04:16:26,037 --> 04:16:27,405
You did that shit, Bud!

4341
04:16:28,072 --> 04:16:29,457
You did that shit, Bud!

4342
04:16:30,475 --> 04:16:32,877
And now we await
the official score, folks.

4343
04:16:44,689 --> 04:16:46,707
But now, for the official decision,

4344
04:16:46,741 --> 04:16:49,127
one final time tonight,
here is Michael Buffer.

4345
04:16:52,130 --> 04:16:56,417
Ladies and gentlemen,
after twelve rounds of boxing,

4346
04:16:56,451 --> 04:17:00,221
we go to the scorecards.

4347
04:17:00,254 --> 04:17:03,741
Steve Weisfeld scores at 116-112.

4348
04:17:04,459 --> 04:17:07,345
Max DeLuca and Tim Cheatham both have it

4349
04:17:07,929 --> 04:17:11,382
115-113

4350
04:17:11,416 --> 04:17:15,153
to the winner
by unanimous decision.

4351
04:17:15,837 --> 04:17:20,691
the Fighting Pride
of Omaha, Nebraska, USA…

4352
04:17:20,725 --> 04:17:24,612
…and new Ring Magazine

4353
04:17:24,645 --> 04:17:29,283
and Undisputed
Super Middleweight Champion

4354
04:17:29,317 --> 04:17:31,436
of the world…

4355
04:17:31,469 --> 04:17:33,538
Terence…

4356
04:17:33,571 --> 04:17:38,759
Bud…

4357
04:17:39,260 --> 04:17:44,182
Crawford!

4358
04:17:50,471 --> 04:17:52,940
You done won. Put you hands up to it.

4359
04:17:52,974 --> 04:17:55,560
What? That's right. That's right.

4360
04:17:56,410 --> 04:17:59,013
That's right. You ain't got
nothing to see, man. Hey.

4361
04:17:59,046 --> 04:18:00,998
Oh, no. It's the room.

4362
04:18:01,032 --> 04:18:02,383
Let's go, Bud!

4363
04:18:06,721 --> 04:18:08,289
I ain't touching him.

4364
04:18:08,823 --> 04:18:11,409
I'm with my guy.
We're champion of the world tonight.

4365
04:18:11,442 --> 04:18:12,477
Let's go!

4366
04:18:12,977 --> 04:18:15,263
Let's go. Break that ceiling.

4367
04:18:15,897 --> 04:18:18,549
Great job, Bud. Great job, Saúl.

4368
04:18:18,583 --> 04:18:19,967
Great job, Ray.

4369
04:18:20,001 --> 04:18:21,636
Great job, Doug.

4370
04:18:23,337 --> 04:18:25,239
That's right.
You're the best.

4371
04:18:25,273 --> 04:18:26,541
The best!

4372
04:18:27,942 --> 04:18:30,328
The best. Ring Magazine!

4373
04:18:30,361 --> 04:18:32,246
The people's champ!

4374
04:18:32,280 --> 04:18:34,549
Come on, Ray!

4375
04:18:35,199 --> 04:18:37,118
Where you going?
Where you going--

4376
04:18:37,151 --> 04:18:39,053
-I'm good.
-All right. I'mma hold you to that.

4377
04:18:43,157 --> 04:18:45,843
Give him some fucking room, yo.
Damn.

4378
04:18:48,329 --> 04:18:49,780
Bud…

4379
04:18:50,798 --> 04:18:55,636
Congratulations on a truly historical win.

4380
04:18:56,888 --> 04:18:58,673
What are you feeling right now?

4381
04:19:00,625 --> 04:19:02,777
-All praise to the Lord above me.
-That's right.

4382
04:19:02,810 --> 04:19:07,448
I gotta give Him all the praise,
'cause without Him, I wouldn't be here.

4383
04:19:07,481 --> 04:19:11,519
And I told y'all, I'm not here
just by any coincidence.

4384
04:19:12,119 --> 04:19:14,539
God blessed me,
and He made this event,

4385
04:19:14,572 --> 04:19:17,625
He made this night just for me,
and I've been telling y'all that.

4386
04:19:17,658 --> 04:19:19,694
It's not my performance, it's God's.

4387
04:19:20,511 --> 04:19:23,164
You seemed to be outboxing him early,

4388
04:19:23,197 --> 04:19:26,751
but the rounds
were competitive through four.

4389
04:19:26,784 --> 04:19:29,253
Then in the fifth,
he started picking up momentum

4390
04:19:29,287 --> 04:19:31,272
and he started to hit you cleanly.

4391
04:19:31,305 --> 04:19:34,992
And it seems like you came out
in the sixth intentionally

4392
04:19:35,026 --> 04:19:37,678
to reassert yourself
and stop his momentum.

4393
04:19:37,712 --> 04:19:38,913
Is that accurate?

4394
04:19:38,946 --> 04:19:41,432
Yeah, of course, man.
Canelo's a great champion.

4395
04:19:41,465 --> 04:19:43,534
You know, I got to take my hat off to him.

4396
04:19:43,568 --> 04:19:45,002
He's a strong competitor.

4397
04:19:45,036 --> 04:19:48,506
You know, like I said before, I got
nothing but respect for Canelo.

4398
04:19:48,539 --> 04:19:49,924
I'm a big fan of Canelo.

4399
04:19:49,957 --> 04:19:52,093
And he fought like a champion today.

4400
04:19:52,126 --> 04:19:57,365
I can't remember another fighter
whose legacy hinged so much,

4401
04:19:57,398 --> 04:20:00,851
this deep into their career, on one night.

4402
04:20:00,885 --> 04:20:02,870
Had you lost, people would have said,

4403
04:20:02,903 --> 04:20:06,340
"Well, first time he fought
a great fighter, he couldn't do it."

4404
04:20:07,008 --> 04:20:08,192
But…

4405
04:20:08,225 --> 04:20:09,710
You won.

4406
04:20:09,744 --> 04:20:13,164
And now, at this moment,
if you never fight again,

4407
04:20:13,848 --> 04:20:19,003
this generation will say about you
what the last one said about Floyd

4408
04:20:19,036 --> 04:20:22,790
and what generations ago they said
about Sugar Ray Robinson.

4409
04:20:22,823 --> 04:20:26,243
They'll say, "No one
could have beaten our guy."

4410
04:20:28,529 --> 04:20:31,349
Is this the last fight of your career?

4411
04:20:32,433 --> 04:20:34,318
Like I said before, I don't know.

4412
04:20:34,352 --> 04:20:37,955
I got to sit down with my team
and we're going to talk about it.

4413
04:20:39,023 --> 04:20:42,176
But do you have anything else
you'd like to say

4414
04:20:42,209 --> 04:20:44,629
to boxing fans around the world?

4415
04:20:46,230 --> 04:20:48,416
I'd just like to say thank you.

4416
04:20:49,033 --> 04:20:50,935
Thank you to all the supporters.

4417
04:20:50,968 --> 04:20:52,570
Thank you to all the haters.

4418
04:20:52,603 --> 04:20:54,205
I appreciate every one of y'all.

4419
04:20:54,789 --> 04:20:56,507
We made this a great event.

4420
04:20:57,758 --> 04:21:00,861
Shout out to everybody that came
to support Canelo.

4421
04:21:00,895 --> 04:21:03,814
I appreciate all y'all coming
to support me and this fella.

4422
04:21:04,415 --> 04:21:07,385
I'm-- I'm happy that he get
to make it home to his children.

4423
04:21:07,418 --> 04:21:09,153
I get to make it home to my children.

4424
04:21:09,186 --> 04:21:12,239
And you know what I mean?
Hopefully everybody be safe tonight.

4425
04:21:12,823 --> 04:21:16,610
Thank you, GOAT,
because you are the GOAT of this era.

4426
04:21:17,578 --> 04:21:19,063
Terence "Bud" Crawford.

4427
04:21:27,955 --> 04:21:32,493
Canelo, as you have
done your entire career,

4428
04:21:33,878 --> 04:21:38,516
you took a huge risk tonight
and then fought your heart out.

4429
04:21:39,050 --> 04:21:40,401
What are you feeling right now?

4430
04:21:40,434 --> 04:21:41,585
I feel great.

4431
04:21:42,169 --> 04:21:43,788
You know…

4432
04:22:26,564 --> 04:22:29,800
First and foremost, I want to thank
everyone that came to support me.

4433
04:22:29,834 --> 04:22:32,019
It has always been behind me.

4434
04:22:32,052 --> 04:22:33,721
I'm a winner for being here.

4435
04:22:33,754 --> 04:22:35,272
I'm a winner for being here.

4436
04:22:35,306 --> 04:22:36,457
There's no defeat here.

4437
04:22:36,490 --> 04:22:39,260
The fact that I'm here
makes me already a winner.

4438
04:22:39,810 --> 04:22:41,112
I've done everything in my career--

4439
04:22:41,145 --> 04:22:43,681
I've come to life to actually take risks.

4440
04:22:43,714 --> 04:22:46,100
And that's what I did.
I take risks.

4441
04:22:46,133 --> 04:22:52,473
And when the money fighter of an era
is willing to fight everyone,

4442
04:22:52,973 --> 04:22:55,659
you get a great era in boxing.

4443
04:22:59,497 --> 04:23:03,667
Is Bud Crawford someone that you want
to fight again?

4444
04:23:04,285 --> 04:23:08,672
Do you feel like you could do better
in a rematch than you did tonight?

4445
04:23:08,706 --> 04:23:10,257
Like I said to him,

4446
04:23:10,291 --> 04:23:15,062
I… I feel great to share the ring
with…with great fighters like him.

4447
04:23:15,095 --> 04:23:17,998
And if we do it again,
it's going to be great.

4448
04:23:18,032 --> 04:23:19,550
But you know what?

4449
04:23:19,583 --> 04:23:21,886
I'm glad to share the ring
with great fighters,

4450
04:23:21,919 --> 04:23:23,554
and I'm glad to be here.

4451
04:23:23,587 --> 04:23:26,090
I… I already did a lot in boxing.

4452
04:23:26,123 --> 04:23:28,542
I already accomplished a lot in boxing.

4453
04:23:28,576 --> 04:23:30,461
My legacy is already there,

4454
04:23:30,494 --> 04:23:33,047
and I am still taking risks
because I love boxing.

4455
04:23:38,118 --> 04:23:40,120
If you continue,

4456
04:23:40,154 --> 04:23:44,441
do you feel
like this is still the Canelo Álvarez

4457
04:23:44,475 --> 04:23:47,361
that we've all known
and loved for all these years?

4458
04:23:47,394 --> 04:23:49,897
Or do you feel like something's changed?

4459
04:23:49,930 --> 04:23:52,366
Are you still the fighter that you were?

4460
04:23:52,399 --> 04:23:55,236
No, I feel great.
I feel great. I feel strong.

4461
04:23:55,269 --> 04:23:58,272
You know, Crawford is
a great fighter, skilled fighter.

4462
04:23:58,305 --> 04:24:01,559
And I give the credit
to Crawford, obviously.

4463
04:24:01,592 --> 04:24:03,811
And I feel great.
I still feel the same.

4464
04:24:05,996 --> 04:24:09,517
Canelo Álvarez, the reason
it's been such a pleasure

4465
04:24:09,550 --> 04:24:13,521
to have you as the face of boxing
is because of that.

4466
04:24:13,554 --> 04:24:15,556
In victory and defeat,

4467
04:24:15,589 --> 04:24:18,893
Canelo Álvarez is everything
that's good about boxing.

4468
04:24:19,393 --> 04:24:21,595
-Thank you, Canelo.
-My pleasure. Thank you.

4469
04:24:21,629 --> 04:24:24,865
¡Que viva México, cabrones! ¡Ánimo!

4470
04:24:26,467 --> 04:24:28,903
The living legend Canelo Álvarez,
for whom,

4471
04:24:28,936 --> 04:24:30,704
as Andre Ward says, "boxing is life."

4472
04:24:30,738 --> 04:24:32,656
And it seems as though
boxing is still life for him.

4473
04:24:32,690 --> 04:24:35,426
He does say he wants
to retire at 37 to play golf

4474
04:24:35,459 --> 04:24:38,195
because he is very good
on a golf track.

4475
04:24:38,229 --> 04:24:42,499
But tonight belongs
to Terence "Bud" Crawford.

4476
04:24:42,533 --> 04:24:46,487
Andre, you had a front row seat
to one of the biggest singular wins

4477
04:24:46,520 --> 04:24:48,489
in the illustrious history
of the sport of boxing.

4478
04:24:48,522 --> 04:24:49,623
Before I get to Terence Crawford,

4479
04:24:49,657 --> 04:24:52,109
I first want to take my hat off
to Canelo Álvarez

4480
04:24:52,142 --> 04:24:54,595
to Max's point
in the post-fight interview.

4481
04:24:54,628 --> 04:24:56,046
He didn't have to take this fight.

4482
04:24:56,080 --> 04:24:58,699
This is the fight
that Terence Crawford called for,

4483
04:24:58,732 --> 04:25:00,768
so hats off to him for that.

4484
04:25:01,752 --> 04:25:03,888
As it pertains to this man right here,

4485
04:25:03,921 --> 04:25:05,773
it's well publicized
that he's a friend of mine,

4486
04:25:05,806 --> 04:25:08,893
and I've seen his journey
throughout his career,

4487
04:25:08,926 --> 04:25:11,879
and I've seen one accomplishment
after the next.

4488
04:25:11,912 --> 04:25:14,748
I've seen more questions be asked of him.

4489
04:25:15,282 --> 04:25:16,700
"Is he a draw?"

4490
04:25:16,734 --> 04:25:18,552
"Does he have a personality?"

4491
04:25:18,586 --> 04:25:20,437
"He's only fighting
these types of fighters."

4492
04:25:20,471 --> 04:25:22,156
"He doesn't have a signature win.'

4493
04:25:22,189 --> 04:25:26,827
And all he's done was just
answer the doubt with more victories,

4494
04:25:26,860 --> 04:25:28,212
more professionalism,

4495
04:25:28,245 --> 04:25:30,731
And I think we can learn
something from Crawford,

4496
04:25:30,764 --> 04:25:32,216
not just the X's and O's.

4497
04:25:32,783 --> 04:25:34,985
We have to stop putting fighters in a box

4498
04:25:35,019 --> 04:25:37,905
thinking "You're only entertaining
if you do this."

4499
04:25:37,938 --> 04:25:41,358
'You can only excite me
if you fight this type of way."

4500
04:25:41,392 --> 04:25:43,911
Terence Crawford truly did it his way.

4501
04:25:44,828 --> 04:25:46,513
And a lot of people were wrong.

4502
04:25:47,214 --> 04:25:49,216
And if this is his last fight,

4503
04:25:49,817 --> 04:25:52,870
he's done everything
that he wanted to do.

4504
04:25:52,903 --> 04:25:56,807
He's a three-time undisputed champion

4505
04:25:56,840 --> 04:25:59,226
who jumped two,
maybe three weight classes,

4506
04:25:59,259 --> 04:26:00,761
depending on how you look at it,

4507
04:26:00,794 --> 04:26:03,914
against a great fighter
like Canelo Álvarez.

4508
04:26:03,948 --> 04:26:07,551
At this point in his life and career,
the debate is over.

4509
04:26:09,336 --> 04:26:12,272
Every era has their guy

4510
04:26:12,306 --> 04:26:15,776
that you can't tell anyone
from that era anything about.

4511
04:26:16,694 --> 04:26:18,345
We lived through Michael Jordan.

4512
04:26:18,896 --> 04:26:22,433
Try telling anyone who did
that that LeBron James is better.

4513
04:26:22,466 --> 04:26:24,268
And those who lived through LeBron James,

4514
04:26:24,301 --> 04:26:26,570
there'll be another guy
come around in twenty years

4515
04:26:26,603 --> 04:26:28,055
and try to tell them that.

4516
04:26:29,473 --> 04:26:33,227
Bud Crawford is
that to this era of boxing.

4517
04:26:33,744 --> 04:26:37,648
And I want to go back
and re-evaluate

4518
04:26:37,681 --> 04:26:40,751
the last ten, twelve years of boxing.

4519
04:26:41,902 --> 04:26:44,471
Because I think
of Bernard Hopkins at Middleweight,

4520
04:26:44,505 --> 04:26:45,906
who made all those title defenses

4521
04:26:45,939 --> 04:26:47,875
but was locked out of the big fights.

4522
04:26:48,659 --> 04:26:50,027
Couldn't unify the titles.

4523
04:26:50,527 --> 04:26:52,896
As soon as he was given the chance,
and by the way,

4524
04:26:52,930 --> 04:26:54,565
became Ring Magazine champion.

4525
04:26:55,349 --> 04:26:59,386
What that really showed is, retroactively,
he was always the best.

4526
04:26:59,953 --> 04:27:02,306
He just didn't have the opportunity
to prove it.

4527
04:27:03,190 --> 04:27:05,876
Looking back at Bud Crawford's career,

4528
04:27:05,909 --> 04:27:09,430
it is reasonable to say
and I believe it…

4529
04:27:09,463 --> 04:27:13,517
He has been the best
pound-for-pound fighter in boxing now

4530
04:27:13,550 --> 04:27:15,486
for a dozen years.

4531
04:27:16,270 --> 04:27:20,958
Almost no one who has ever lived
has ever done that.

4532
04:27:21,809 --> 04:27:24,778
It puts him in rarefied air.

4533
04:27:25,479 --> 04:27:28,532
The only man in the world
who I won't argue about Michael Jordan

4534
04:27:28,565 --> 04:27:30,234
and LeBron James with
is Terence Crawford.

4535
04:27:30,267 --> 04:27:32,553
We actually got into it
in the fighter meeting,

4536
04:27:32,586 --> 04:27:35,522
but this was a celebration
of boxing tonight, gentlemen,

4537
04:27:35,556 --> 04:27:36,607
in more ways than one.

4538
04:27:36,640 --> 04:27:38,442
You guys have
devoted so much

4539
04:27:38,475 --> 04:27:40,160
of your professional lives
to this sport.

4540
04:27:40,194 --> 04:27:43,330
You can look at me if you want to.
It's okay. Dre.

4541
04:27:43,363 --> 04:27:46,333
Final thoughts on everything that
transpired, not just tonight,

4542
04:27:46,366 --> 04:27:47,551
but this entire fight week

4543
04:27:47,584 --> 04:27:49,787
that really put boxing
back where it belongs.

4544
04:27:50,287 --> 04:27:53,407
Great fight week, great buildup
over the last two, three months.

4545
04:27:53,440 --> 04:27:55,409
Everything was done at a high level.

4546
04:27:55,442 --> 04:27:56,677
Um…

4547
04:27:56,710 --> 04:27:59,213
When you have two great fighters
like we had in our main event,

4548
04:27:59,246 --> 04:28:00,647
you don't have
to oversell anything.

4549
04:28:00,681 --> 04:28:03,434
This-- This event didn't feel oversold.

4550
04:28:03,467 --> 04:28:05,035
In fact, some people said, "Man,

4551
04:28:05,069 --> 04:28:07,171
shouldn't they be doing more
with a fight of this caliber?"

4552
04:28:07,204 --> 04:28:09,673
And I think when you have the goods
in the main event--

4553
04:28:09,706 --> 04:28:11,008
And we also saw,

4554
04:28:11,041 --> 04:28:13,110
on the undercard, a lot of great fights.

4555
04:28:13,143 --> 04:28:14,995
Young fighters. Established fighters.

4556
04:28:16,046 --> 04:28:19,349
This is what the future holds
for boxing, with Turki Alalshikh.

4557
04:28:19,383 --> 04:28:21,268
And I believe Dana White and others,

4558
04:28:21,301 --> 04:28:23,170
who are throwing their hat

4559
04:28:24,288 --> 04:28:26,657
into the boxing ring…

4560
04:28:26,690 --> 04:28:28,208
I hope the fans enjoyed it.

4561
04:28:29,576 --> 04:28:33,197
but I think that we can take
a page from the UFC book.

4562
04:28:34,098 --> 04:28:37,034
In boxing, wins mean a lot,

4563
04:28:37,067 --> 04:28:40,070
but losses probably mean more
than they should.

4564
04:28:40,104 --> 04:28:42,556
And I love that about the Mexican fans

4565
04:28:42,589 --> 04:28:44,558
because they're still
supporting their guy.

4566
04:28:44,591 --> 04:28:47,544
I've seen so many times
guys get on the front end,

4567
04:28:47,578 --> 04:28:50,063
they get the support,
but then they lose, and all of a sudden

4568
04:28:50,097 --> 04:28:52,549
people start acting different
or they're not cheering the same.

4569
04:28:52,583 --> 04:28:54,151
It's not the case with these fans,

4570
04:28:54,184 --> 04:28:57,571
and I think we can take that
with us from this night,

4571
04:28:57,604 --> 04:29:00,541
give both guys their respect.
They took the risk, and…

4572
04:29:01,341 --> 04:29:03,977
just a loss doesn't mean the end
and loss doesn't mean

4573
04:29:04,011 --> 04:29:05,813
that your legacy is tainted forever.

4574
04:29:06,430 --> 04:29:08,348
We pitched a big tent here.

4575
04:29:08,382 --> 04:29:11,201
This is going to be the most watched

4576
04:29:11,235 --> 04:29:15,289
boxing match,
championship boxing match in 47 years

4577
04:29:15,322 --> 04:29:16,940
because of the platform it's on.

4578
04:29:16,974 --> 04:29:19,576
And what Andre spoke about earlier,

4579
04:29:20,360 --> 04:29:22,846
for the casuals,
as they say, we welcome you

4580
04:29:23,981 --> 04:29:28,135
where we want this sport to grow,
everybody involved in this.

4581
04:29:28,168 --> 04:29:30,821
And what Andre was referring to

4582
04:29:30,854 --> 04:29:34,024
is what I've been talking about all week,
including on this broadcast.

4583
04:29:34,057 --> 04:29:37,377
The hope is
that this event would be historic.

4584
04:29:37,411 --> 04:29:40,664
It turned out to be
one of the best versions

4585
04:29:40,697 --> 04:29:43,984
of what it could be,
a truly historic night.

4586
04:29:44,017 --> 04:29:48,839
And the hope was that this could
kick off a golden era of boxing.

4587
04:29:48,872 --> 04:29:53,160
Andre referred
to Turki Alalshikh, who has…

4588
04:29:54,328 --> 04:29:57,664
the resources to make
these kind of events happen,

4589
04:29:57,698 --> 04:29:58,765
and the imagination.

4590
04:29:58,799 --> 04:30:02,219
It was he who imagined
that this fight could happen.

4591
04:30:02,252 --> 04:30:05,439
-Yeah.
-Dana White is an institution builder.

4592
04:30:05,472 --> 04:30:08,275
He built the UFC as an institution.

4593
04:30:08,308 --> 04:30:11,828
When he's gone, you can get
a very competent executive

4594
04:30:11,862 --> 04:30:14,581
to run it, and it's still there.
That's not the case.

4595
04:30:14,615 --> 04:30:16,867
Hasn't been the case so far
in the history of boxing.

4596
04:30:16,900 --> 04:30:19,119
And Nick Khan, who runs the WWE,

4597
04:30:19,152 --> 04:30:23,223
is the most effective executive
I've ever come across.

4598
04:30:23,257 --> 04:30:27,811
And this platform of Netflix
can pitch the biggest tent possible.

4599
04:30:27,844 --> 04:30:32,532
So to take you inside baseball,
or in this case, inside boxing,

4600
04:30:32,566 --> 04:30:35,052
that's what Andre was talking about.

4601
04:30:35,636 --> 04:30:41,441
This is the way to start a new era
of boxing, a truly historical night.

4602
04:30:42,192 --> 04:30:43,977
Gentlemen, great job.
There's no greatness,

4603
04:30:44,011 --> 04:30:45,045
of course, without risk.

4604
04:30:45,078 --> 04:30:48,715
We had two legendary athletes
who didn't need to take this risk tonight,

4605
04:30:48,749 --> 04:30:51,151
put legacies on the line for our benefit.

4606
04:30:51,184 --> 04:30:53,036
All right, that's it
from the booth for Andre and Max.

4607
04:30:53,070 --> 04:30:56,623
Jon Anik signing off. We now
send it over across Allegiant Stadium.

4608
04:30:56,657 --> 04:30:58,692
Mario Lopez for the Post-Fight Show.

4609
04:31:00,110 --> 04:31:02,429
Thank you very much, Jon.
You know, Antonio,

4610
04:31:02,462 --> 04:31:04,748
we talked about this on my podcast,

4611
04:31:04,781 --> 04:31:07,117
The 3 Knockdown Rule, with Steve Kim.

4612
04:31:07,150 --> 04:31:11,188
Were the signs there
in May when Canelo fought?

4613
04:31:11,221 --> 04:31:12,422
Was the skull fight

4614
04:31:12,456 --> 04:31:14,574
some foreshadowing?

4615
04:31:14,608 --> 04:31:16,193
He's had nearly 70 fights.

4616
04:31:16,226 --> 04:31:18,779
Did he finally, quote,
"get a little old tonight?"

4617
04:31:18,812 --> 04:31:23,166
All I know is that
Terence Crawford is something special,

4618
04:31:23,200 --> 04:31:27,120
and he's the consummate pro
in that he can overcome inactivity.

4619
04:31:27,654 --> 04:31:29,606
And he can wear that weight well.

4620
04:31:29,640 --> 04:31:32,259
And he-- The moment
was not too big for him.

4621
04:31:32,292 --> 04:31:34,778
Well, that skull fight
definitely gave us an indication.

4622
04:31:34,811 --> 04:31:39,566
I wanted to see, could Canelo get back
to where he was when he fought Plant?

4623
04:31:39,599 --> 04:31:42,869
I felt that that Canelo
could have beat anyone.

4624
04:31:42,903 --> 04:31:46,089
But those last three outings,
we had to put it under the microscope.

4625
04:31:46,123 --> 04:31:49,159
And I said,
if he didn't come out aggressive,

4626
04:31:49,192 --> 04:31:53,797
if he allowed Terence Crawford
to get into his groove, into his rhythm,

4627
04:31:53,830 --> 04:31:56,450
it was going to be
the matador and the bull all night.

4628
04:31:56,483 --> 04:31:59,136
And I think that's
the style of fight that we saw.

4629
04:31:59,886 --> 04:32:04,341
Is Canelo, can Canelo come back and be,
you know, the champion that he was?

4630
04:32:04,374 --> 04:32:07,444
We don't know. I know there's still
a lot of great fights out there.

4631
04:32:07,477 --> 04:32:09,763
You know, but this was one to remember.

4632
04:32:09,796 --> 04:32:13,600
I'm so happy for Crawford.
He did what he said he was going to do.

4633
04:32:13,633 --> 04:32:15,769
He fought strategically all night

4634
04:32:15,802 --> 04:32:17,220
-and stayed focused.
-Brilliant.

4635
04:32:17,254 --> 04:32:18,955
-Brilliant.
-Because one relapse,

4636
04:32:18,989 --> 04:32:21,808
he could have been knocked out
easily by Canelo and his power.

4637
04:32:21,842 --> 04:32:23,360
Painted a masterpiece tonight, Mark.

4638
04:32:23,393 --> 04:32:25,946
Hey, I'll tell you what.
It wasn't the skull fight.

4639
04:32:25,979 --> 04:32:29,116
He saw something
going back several fights.

4640
04:32:29,149 --> 04:32:32,803
The audacity, the tell was in the ask.

4641
04:32:33,320 --> 04:32:34,805
He's been asking for this fight.

4642
04:32:34,838 --> 04:32:38,492
Terence Crawford has
for two years now behind the scenes.

4643
04:32:38,525 --> 04:32:39,976
He finally got it.

4644
04:32:40,010 --> 04:32:44,348
He's as good as he imagined himself to be.
He's as good as he believed himself to be.

4645
04:32:44,381 --> 04:32:50,654
He's-- This was a rebuke to promoters
who didn't promote him adequately,

4646
04:32:50,687 --> 04:32:54,324
to promoters who didn't
furnish him with worthy opponents.

4647
04:32:54,841 --> 04:32:57,394
This is for guys
who didn't want to fight him,

4648
04:32:57,427 --> 04:32:59,079
for guys who doubted him.

4649
04:32:59,112 --> 04:33:03,900
This was a very explicit rebuke
across the whole distance

4650
04:33:03,934 --> 04:33:08,321
of his career going back to Omaha.
Where are you from? Omaha? They box there?

4651
04:33:08,355 --> 04:33:12,526
This was for everybody
starting there and he's used that chip

4652
04:33:12,559 --> 04:33:17,030
on his shoulder, and now,
this is the crowning moment,

4653
04:33:17,064 --> 04:33:20,033
and it comes at the end. I mean,
whether it's his last fight or not,

4654
04:33:20,067 --> 04:33:21,968
he's basically 38 years old,

4655
04:33:22,002 --> 04:33:27,107
and he has not just made
boxing history, but he's defied it.

4656
04:33:27,140 --> 04:33:29,176
He wasn't the A side, he was the B side,

4657
04:33:29,209 --> 04:33:32,028
and you could tell by the 115-113 score.

4658
04:33:32,062 --> 04:33:36,166
Okay? He was the older fighter,
he was the naturally smaller fighter.

4659
04:33:36,199 --> 04:33:40,187
So what he did tonight,
not just making history, he defied it.

4660
04:33:40,220 --> 04:33:42,355
And everyone talked
about the Madrimov fight.

4661
04:33:42,389 --> 04:33:43,924
It wasn't the Madrimov fight.

4662
04:33:43,957 --> 04:33:48,011
As he told me the other night,
Madrimov had its own rhythm.

4663
04:33:48,044 --> 04:33:50,914
I'm gonna come out,
I'm going to bank rounds,

4664
04:33:50,947 --> 04:33:54,668
I'm going to win them decisively.
It's exactly what he did.

4665
04:33:54,701 --> 04:33:58,171
And one thing he made
very, very clear, post Manny Pacquiao,

4666
04:33:58,205 --> 04:34:01,091
Bud is now the guy. The guy.

4667
04:34:01,124 --> 04:34:04,694
Manny Pacquiao, by the way,
another guy who somehow never fought him.

4668
04:34:05,362 --> 04:34:08,381
That's in his-- I remember
the first time we sat down

4669
04:34:08,415 --> 04:34:09,483
-in 2018.
-Yes.

4670
04:34:09,516 --> 04:34:12,285
You think I'll get-- You think
I can get the Pacquiao fight?

4671
04:34:12,319 --> 04:34:14,621
-No, I don't think you will. I don't.
-Yeah.

4672
04:34:14,654 --> 04:34:17,441
Welcome everyone
to Canelo versus Crawford live

4673
04:34:17,474 --> 04:34:20,927
on Netflix. Let's take a look
at some highlights right now.

4674
04:34:22,762 --> 04:34:26,366
Antonio, take us through
some of the highlights here in this fight.

4675
04:34:28,935 --> 04:34:30,604
Both guys exchanging right there.

4676
04:34:30,637 --> 04:34:32,589
Good shot by Canelo to the body.

4677
04:34:32,622 --> 04:34:34,291
But it was Terence Crawford.

4678
04:34:34,324 --> 04:34:36,910
It seemed like he was
playing chess all night.

4679
04:34:36,943 --> 04:34:39,212
Staying one or two steps ahead of Canelo.

4680
04:34:39,246 --> 04:34:41,231
Landing combination punches.

4681
04:34:41,264 --> 04:34:45,352
I wanted to see Canelo take
a little power off and use his speed.

4682
04:34:45,385 --> 04:34:49,723
It's just like he didn't
diversify his attack at all.

4683
04:34:49,756 --> 04:34:51,892
And Crawford's too smart.

4684
04:34:51,925 --> 04:34:54,511
You know what I'm saying?
So when he got out front, he cruised.

4685
04:34:54,544 --> 04:34:56,046
He knew how to stay ahead.

4686
04:34:56,079 --> 04:34:57,314
He did not allow

4687
04:34:57,347 --> 04:34:59,299
-Canelo to get back in the fight.
-Had him running into punches.

4688
04:34:59,332 --> 04:35:01,751
And Mark, there was no fluidity
in Canelo's punches.

4689
04:35:01,785 --> 04:35:03,937
He seemed to be loading up.
There was an answer. There was a jab.

4690
04:35:03,970 --> 04:35:05,755
-I was waiting for the combinations.
-It was the same Canel--

4691
04:35:05,789 --> 04:35:08,375
Mario, to me, it was
the same Canelo we've been seeing

4692
04:35:08,408 --> 04:35:10,660
for the last four, five, six times.

4693
04:35:10,694 --> 04:35:12,445
You know, he's really good.

4694
04:35:12,479 --> 04:35:15,615
You'll see it right here.
Well, the left to the body,

4695
04:35:15,649 --> 04:35:18,101
but it's basically one punch at a time.

4696
04:35:18,134 --> 04:35:23,456
There's no variation
in the strength of it. Everything is hard.

4697
04:35:23,490 --> 04:35:26,776
I understand that maybe
it's to help him with the fakes,

4698
04:35:26,810 --> 04:35:29,379
but everything is hard, and he's plodding.

4699
04:35:29,412 --> 04:35:32,015
And when he misses, he misses big.

4700
04:35:32,048 --> 04:35:34,100
And what I saw
toward the end of the fight,

4701
04:35:34,134 --> 04:35:35,952
the back half of the fight,
when he missed…

4702
04:35:35,986 --> 04:35:37,270
…and sometimes when

4703
04:35:37,304 --> 04:35:39,723
Crawford popped him with a jab,

4704
04:35:39,756 --> 04:35:43,109
and remember,
Crawford's longer than Dmitry Bivol,

4705
04:35:43,143 --> 04:35:44,928
and he used that to great effect tonight.

4706
04:35:44,961 --> 04:35:50,233
I saw a great champion in Canelo Álvarez
who had become discouraged.

4707
04:35:50,267 --> 04:35:52,886
Incredibly discouraged,
but then you said you've seen this

4708
04:35:52,919 --> 04:35:56,373
in the last few years, and I go back to,
he's almost had 70 fights.

4709
04:35:56,406 --> 04:35:59,309
There's a lot of tread on those tires.
Not to discredit anything from Crawford,

4710
04:35:59,342 --> 04:36:02,629
-because he fought a brilliant fight.
-It's one of the things

4711
04:36:02,662 --> 04:36:05,682
that Crawford told me on Wednesday.

4712
04:36:05,715 --> 04:36:09,369
I asked him,
"Listen, he's fought 520 rounds,

4713
04:36:09,402 --> 04:36:12,072
you've fought, I think, 245."

4714
04:36:12,105 --> 04:36:15,609
"He's younger, okay.
He fights more regularly, great."

4715
04:36:16,426 --> 04:36:20,380
Crawford says, "As a boxer,
he's older in boxing years than I am."

4716
04:36:20,413 --> 04:36:22,482
-"He's been fighting--"
-Made a great point.

4717
04:36:22,515 --> 04:36:25,101
And this is-- I admire him greatly.

4718
04:36:25,936 --> 04:36:28,121
He's been fighting
as a pro since he was 15.

4719
04:36:28,154 --> 04:36:29,155
-Mm-hmm.
-You know?

4720
04:36:29,189 --> 04:36:32,993
The most important thing,
an impressive thing that I saw tonight,

4721
04:36:33,026 --> 04:36:35,912
and I want people
to really understand what Crawford did.

4722
04:36:35,946 --> 04:36:37,264
He moved up two weight classes.

4723
04:36:37,297 --> 04:36:41,117
He was stronger
than the undisputed champion it seemed.

4724
04:36:41,151 --> 04:36:42,652
That is a rarity.

4725
04:36:42,686 --> 04:36:45,038
I think he was the only guy
in the world that could have

4726
04:36:45,071 --> 04:36:47,190
did that with his skill set.

4727
04:36:47,223 --> 04:36:49,342
You're not going to find
too many fighters jumping up

4728
04:36:49,376 --> 04:36:50,944
and being successful like that.

4729
04:36:50,977 --> 04:36:53,813
We were talking about, in those clinches,
he was able to move him around.

4730
04:36:53,847 --> 04:36:55,382
It seemed like that
wrestling really got in.

4731
04:36:55,415 --> 04:36:57,183
He did look like the stronger fighter.

4732
04:36:57,217 --> 04:37:00,503
By the way, it's really,
if you look at it in practical terms,

4733
04:37:00,537 --> 04:37:02,272
it's basically a three-weight class.

4734
04:37:02,305 --> 04:37:04,074
-His one-- one fight--
-One pit stop

4735
04:37:04,107 --> 04:37:05,609
at 134, you're right.

4736
04:37:05,642 --> 04:37:09,029
But I think that he knew exactly
what he was doing. I mean, he--

4737
04:37:09,062 --> 04:37:13,416
He asked for Canelo well before last year.

4738
04:37:13,450 --> 04:37:16,069
You know, that-- It was on his mind.
He had been studying him.

4739
04:37:16,102 --> 04:37:19,205
He's been going to Canelo fights
since Cotto in 2015.

4740
04:37:19,239 --> 04:37:22,359
Now, at that time,
it didn't seem likely to him.

4741
04:37:22,392 --> 04:37:25,312
But by the time--
by the time of the Charlo fight,

4742
04:37:25,345 --> 04:37:28,264
what he was seeing,
he told me this the other day,

4743
04:37:28,298 --> 04:37:31,785
he was seeing guys
who were happy to get paid

4744
04:37:32,302 --> 04:37:35,922
and their victory was
not just signing the contract,

4745
04:37:35,955 --> 04:37:39,292
but in going the 12-round distance.
That was-- That was their victory.

4746
04:37:39,326 --> 04:37:42,195
Okay? That was not what
Terence Crawford expected of himself.

4747
04:37:42,228 --> 04:37:46,750
No, he came to win, and win he did.
Let's take a look at some stats right now.

4748
04:37:55,342 --> 04:37:58,294
Punches attempted, 442

4749
04:37:58,328 --> 04:38:01,414
for Terence Crawford,
so the much busier fighter tonight.

4750
04:38:04,751 --> 04:38:07,587
Hundred and twenty-nine
landed to the head.

4751
04:38:08,722 --> 04:38:11,591
Canelo landing 76 punches.

4752
04:38:12,859 --> 04:38:15,095
Seventy-one body shots landed.

4753
04:38:15,128 --> 04:38:19,632
Only 40 for Crawford, but he was
the busier guy overall, Antonio,

4754
04:38:19,666 --> 04:38:23,353
and he never let the momentum
get carried away with Canelo.

4755
04:38:23,386 --> 04:38:25,205
He always stopped that.
He always adjusted.

4756
04:38:25,238 --> 04:38:26,956
He's brilliant at adjusting.

4757
04:38:26,990 --> 04:38:30,610
And we saw the same Terence Crawford
just do it to a bigger body tonight.

4758
04:38:30,643 --> 04:38:34,381
Definitely. And you know what?
He carried that weight. He was in so--

4759
04:38:34,414 --> 04:38:37,450
He was in such tremendous shape.
I wanted him to get a rep.

4760
04:38:37,484 --> 04:38:39,119
I thought he needed a fight before this,

4761
04:38:39,152 --> 04:38:42,622
but Terence Crawford has been
training for this fight for a year, bro.

4762
04:38:42,655 --> 04:38:45,191
He's been in training camp.
He put that muscle on right.

4763
04:38:45,225 --> 04:38:47,944
He came in right. He didn't look bloated.

4764
04:38:47,977 --> 04:38:50,914
And I think that condition that he was in,

4765
04:38:50,947 --> 04:38:54,784
he was able to move
around the ring successfully,

4766
04:38:54,818 --> 04:38:57,070
consistently for 12 rounds.

4767
04:38:57,103 --> 04:38:59,689
That was some conditioning.
It was very impressive.

4768
04:38:59,723 --> 04:39:01,775
So there's one thing looking good
on the scales, it's another thing

4769
04:39:01,808 --> 04:39:03,543
carrying your weight effectively,
and he did that.

4770
04:39:03,576 --> 04:39:04,728
But you know something?

4771
04:39:05,345 --> 04:39:08,865
Terence Crawford knew himself a lot better

4772
04:39:08,898 --> 04:39:10,667
than most of the boxing experts.

4773
04:39:10,700 --> 04:39:13,420
No, you can't do this,
you can't do that. Yes, I can.

4774
04:39:13,453 --> 04:39:18,908
And again, it's a microcosm
of where he's been his entire career.

4775
04:39:18,942 --> 04:39:21,945
Yes, I can. And, in fact, he did.

4776
04:39:22,462 --> 04:39:24,964
He really did, and in the fact that

4777
04:39:24,998 --> 04:39:28,468
he went out there,
he did what he said he was going to do.

4778
04:39:28,501 --> 04:39:30,437
He was able to withstand the punches.

4779
04:39:30,470 --> 04:39:32,972
He took a couple shots.
The chin really held up.

4780
04:39:33,006 --> 04:39:35,842
That's what was
very, very impressive. Think about this.

4781
04:39:36,643 --> 04:39:40,029
Have you ever
seen Terence Crawford really hurt?

4782
04:39:40,063 --> 04:39:43,116
I mean, you had two of the greatest chins
of all time out there tonight.

4783
04:39:43,149 --> 04:39:46,336
But, you know,
Crawford is naturally a spindly guy.

4784
04:39:46,369 --> 04:39:47,604
He transformed his body.

4785
04:39:47,637 --> 04:39:52,408
But it's extraordinary to think that a guy
who's been fighting this long,

4786
04:39:52,442 --> 04:39:53,927
you've never really seen him hurt.

4787
04:39:53,960 --> 04:39:56,813
I know there was an exchange in Gamboa,

4788
04:39:56,846 --> 04:39:59,349
and there's
some discussion about Havlowskis.

4789
04:39:59,849 --> 04:40:02,235
But I mean, I've been watching him
in big fights,

4790
04:40:02,268 --> 04:40:03,736
and I've never
seen the guy really hurt.

4791
04:40:03,770 --> 04:40:06,422
No, not only really, you
never really seen him in trouble.

4792
04:40:06,456 --> 04:40:08,775
You don't see him--
Oh, wow, look at that.

4793
04:40:08,808 --> 04:40:11,161
That's that mental,
that's that mental stability,

4794
04:40:11,194 --> 04:40:12,245
that mental strength.

4795
04:40:12,745 --> 04:40:15,131
And that dog in him,
man, he's definitely a killer.

4796
04:40:15,165 --> 04:40:17,867
Uh, I can't wait to see him
in the ring again.

4797
04:40:17,901 --> 04:40:22,388
Just imagine some of the names that
he can be with, connect with.

4798
04:40:22,422 --> 04:40:24,674
Well, do we see him in the ring again?

4799
04:40:24,707 --> 04:40:26,609
I mean, he climbed the highest mountain.

4800
04:40:26,643 --> 04:40:28,928
-He's achieved the financial--
-Okay.

4801
04:40:28,962 --> 04:40:33,032
Well, is defeating Canelo
makes him the guy now?

4802
04:40:33,066 --> 04:40:34,450
Is he the money man?

4803
04:40:34,484 --> 04:40:39,172
Can he get paid like Canelo now that he's
three-time undisputed champion?

4804
04:40:39,205 --> 04:40:42,025
-I guess we'll have to find out.
-Yeah, yeah.

4805
04:40:42,058 --> 04:40:44,294
I'm not sure that's what it's about.

4806
04:40:44,327 --> 04:40:47,247
I hope he makes all
the money he could possibly make.

4807
04:40:47,280 --> 04:40:52,752
I think what it was really about
was revising the last decade or so,

4808
04:40:52,785 --> 04:40:56,155
reassessing who he was,
where he's been,

4809
04:40:56,189 --> 04:41:00,093
the opportunities he got,
and the opportunities he didn't.

4810
04:41:00,126 --> 04:41:04,364
This was inputting all the chips
on the Canelo, you know, Canelo's number.

4811
04:41:04,397 --> 04:41:08,918
Three-time Undisputed Champion
never has it been done in the history.

4812
04:41:08,952 --> 04:41:11,487
And I believe he's-- can be arguably

4813
04:41:11,521 --> 04:41:14,257
considered the best fighter
we've ever seen man.

4814
04:41:14,290 --> 04:41:15,391
Pound for pound, a GOAT.

4815
04:41:15,425 --> 04:41:18,111
An argument can't be made, you're right.
He's the only fighter

4816
04:41:18,144 --> 04:41:22,298
to go from lightweight undisputed
all the way to super middleweight

4817
04:41:22,332 --> 04:41:25,418
which is so incredibly impressive
and really at the age of 38,

4818
04:41:25,451 --> 04:41:27,487
-because he's two weeks away--
-But you're also--

4819
04:41:27,520 --> 04:41:33,543
The funny thing is that-- A peculiar thing
is that to navigate that in this age

4820
04:41:33,576 --> 04:41:38,164
of the four belt era, where you need--
The politics are treacherous,

4821
04:41:38,197 --> 04:41:40,233
the circumstances
can be treacherous.

4822
04:41:40,934 --> 04:41:43,920
You see all sorts of stuff can happen.
Opponents fall out.

4823
04:41:43,953 --> 04:41:47,991
But to be undisputed four belts
in three divisions

4824
04:41:48,024 --> 04:41:50,610
and also such a spread.

4825
04:41:50,643 --> 04:41:51,678
I mean, you know.

4826
04:41:52,195 --> 04:41:55,048
-Forty to 68, that's not normal.
-No, it's not normal at all.

4827
04:41:55,081 --> 04:41:57,717
And that's what's got to make the legacy
so incredibly special now, Antonio.

4828
04:41:57,750 --> 04:42:00,236
In order to do that,
you have to have a lot of patience.

4829
04:42:00,270 --> 04:42:04,207
Because a lot of times in this sport,
things don't always go your way.

4830
04:42:04,240 --> 04:42:07,043
You get put on the back burner.
You don't get the fights you need.

4831
04:42:07,076 --> 04:42:08,778
You got to stay patient.

4832
04:42:08,811 --> 04:42:12,031
And you gotta believe in what
and who you are.

4833
04:42:12,065 --> 04:42:14,767
One other thing about that,
it's not just patience.

4834
04:42:14,801 --> 04:42:17,787
And I think this is--
It's the greatest talent in everything,

4835
04:42:17,820 --> 04:42:19,255
but especially in boxing.

4836
04:42:19,822 --> 04:42:24,744
It's the ability to remain undiscouraged
and he's had a lot of lapses,

4837
04:42:24,777 --> 04:42:28,081
a lot of inactivity, promotional problems,
all the rest.

4838
04:42:28,114 --> 04:42:31,484
-And that could have broke average--
-It could have broken a lot of guys.

4839
04:42:31,517 --> 04:42:34,020
-I've seen that happen in the sport a lot.
-Says a lot about his mental toughness

4840
04:42:34,053 --> 04:42:37,090
as well as his physical toughness
and what a disciplined individual--

4841
04:42:37,123 --> 04:42:39,292
He deserves all the credit
in the world tonight.

4842
04:42:39,325 --> 04:42:40,827
Thank you gentlemen.
Listen, when we come back,

4843
04:42:40,860 --> 04:42:42,829
Callum Walsh and Fernando Vargas Jr.

4844
04:42:42,862 --> 04:42:46,716
squared off in the co-main event.
Full highlights after the break.

4845
04:42:46,749 --> 04:42:50,136
This is Canelo versus Crawford
live on Netflix.

4846
04:42:56,876 --> 04:42:59,963
To the winner, by unanimous decision,

4847
04:43:01,064 --> 04:43:05,918
the fighting pride
of Omaha, Nebraska, USA,

4848
04:43:05,952 --> 04:43:11,591
and new Ring Magazine and undisputed

4849
04:43:11,624 --> 04:43:14,544
super middleweight champion

4850
04:43:14,577 --> 04:43:17,580
of the world, Terence…

4851
04:43:18,815 --> 04:43:23,836
Bud…

4852
04:43:24,487 --> 04:43:27,774
Crawford!

4853
04:43:36,799 --> 04:43:39,552
Welcome back, Ring Magazine
Senior Insider, Mike Coppinger

4854
04:43:39,585 --> 04:43:41,070
joining us here at the desk.

4855
04:43:41,104 --> 04:43:43,039
Before we get into some other action,

4856
04:43:43,072 --> 04:43:46,009
we've got to get Mike's thoughts
on the main event.

4857
04:43:46,759 --> 04:43:48,277
Mike, what a performance tonight.

4858
04:43:48,311 --> 04:43:50,813
Terence Crawford is incredible.
He proved me wrong.

4859
04:43:51,364 --> 04:43:52,765
I knew he could box that way, Mario,

4860
04:43:52,799 --> 04:43:56,969
but what surprised me the most
was the clean, hard shots Canelo landed.

4861
04:43:57,003 --> 04:43:58,688
And they never really seemed
to affect Crawford.

4862
04:43:58,721 --> 04:44:00,440
I watched the fight from ringside,

4863
04:44:00,473 --> 04:44:02,375
and Crawford
walked right through them.

4864
04:44:02,975 --> 04:44:05,294
So impressive, especially
because of the inactivity.

4865
04:44:05,328 --> 04:44:06,562
It showed what a pro he is.

4866
04:44:06,596 --> 04:44:08,831
It looked like he didn't miss a step,
like he's had camps

4867
04:44:08,865 --> 04:44:10,783
or he had
two fights leading into this.

4868
04:44:10,817 --> 04:44:13,302
Look, Crawford's amazing.
He's an all-time great.

4869
04:44:13,336 --> 04:44:15,822
It seems like inactivity
doesn't affect him.

4870
04:44:15,855 --> 04:44:17,306
Size doesn't affect him.

4871
04:44:17,340 --> 04:44:20,259
I don't know who can beat him right now.
And you have to say, right now,

4872
04:44:20,293 --> 04:44:22,361
Terence Crawford is the pound
for pound king.

4873
04:44:22,395 --> 04:44:23,746
You know, this is like my favorite thing,

4874
04:44:23,780 --> 04:44:26,899
telling Coppinger, I told you so.

4875
04:44:26,933 --> 04:44:28,317
My favorite thing in life.

4876
04:44:28,351 --> 04:44:30,269
It really is. And again,
all the more impressive,

4877
04:44:30,303 --> 04:44:31,788
almost 38 years old, Mark.

4878
04:44:33,089 --> 04:44:35,975
-Well, I told you so.
-Hey, Mark knows I'm being old, so--

4879
04:44:37,427 --> 04:44:39,378
All right, let's get
into our co-main event right now

4880
04:44:39,412 --> 04:44:41,748
between Callum Walsh
and Fernando Vargas Jr.

4881
04:44:41,781 --> 04:44:43,800
Antonio, take us
through the highlights right here.

4882
04:44:43,833 --> 04:44:45,068
Well…

4883
04:44:47,670 --> 04:44:49,138
Right there, a good stiff jab.

4884
04:44:49,172 --> 04:44:52,041
I think being a southpaw
for both of these guys,

4885
04:44:52,075 --> 04:44:54,961
it took them a time
to get adjusted to each other.

4886
04:44:54,994 --> 04:44:58,431
But this fight
has some great moments in it.

4887
04:44:58,464 --> 04:45:00,316
That right hook by Walsh right there.

4888
04:45:00,883 --> 04:45:04,103
Fernando Vargas needed
to get under those shots, but, man,

4889
04:45:04,137 --> 04:45:06,339
he put his heart on the line tonight.

4890
04:45:06,372 --> 04:45:08,574
Both of these young guys
got a bright future.

4891
04:45:09,342 --> 04:45:11,144
But it's Callum Walsh that moves on.

4892
04:45:12,562 --> 04:45:15,832
And I believe this puts him
in line for a title shot,

4893
04:45:15,865 --> 04:45:16,916
if I'm not mistaken.

4894
04:45:16,949 --> 04:45:18,468
Yeah, it was a very competitive fight.

4895
04:45:18,501 --> 04:45:19,535
Close fight, but, yeah,

4896
04:45:19,569 --> 04:45:22,839
Callum Walsh ended up
getting his hands raised and very--

4897
04:45:24,190 --> 04:45:26,993
And the championship rounds really,
really came up big.

4898
04:45:27,026 --> 04:45:30,213
And listen, if you didn't
know who Christian Mbilli

4899
04:45:30,246 --> 04:45:32,482
and Lester Martinez were
when this fight started,

4900
04:45:32,515 --> 04:45:34,634
you certainly do now.

4901
04:45:34,667 --> 04:45:37,537
What a fight that fight turned out to be.

4902
04:45:38,204 --> 04:45:40,907
The WBC Super Middleweight
Interim World Championship

4903
04:45:40,940 --> 04:45:44,227
was on the line, and this fight
was worthy of a title mark.

4904
04:45:45,178 --> 04:45:48,698
I think it was the fight of the night
except for the historic implications.

4905
04:45:48,731 --> 04:45:50,783
It was the action fight of the night.

4906
04:45:50,817 --> 04:45:54,420
Um, they both fought
at a relentless level,

4907
04:45:54,453 --> 04:45:56,405
almost a frightening level,

4908
04:45:56,439 --> 04:45:59,509
the type of endurance
each of these guys had.

4909
04:46:00,810 --> 04:46:04,697
You know
when there's so much stock placed--

4910
04:46:04,730 --> 04:46:07,984
I think it's actually-- It's been
to the great detriment of the game

4911
04:46:08,017 --> 04:46:10,453
and undefeated fighters
keeping their oath.

4912
04:46:10,486 --> 04:46:12,205
Neither guy lost tonight.

4913
04:46:12,238 --> 04:46:15,675
I mean you give me Lester Martinez
any night of the week.

4914
04:46:15,708 --> 04:46:18,127
I want to see him.
I want to see him in a main event.

4915
04:46:18,161 --> 04:46:19,812
He distinguished himself.

4916
04:46:19,846 --> 04:46:25,017
M'billi, I think M'billi's a little square
but he's so damn strong.

4917
04:46:25,051 --> 04:46:30,139
But, if you admire fortitude,
if you admire the art of violence,

4918
04:46:30,740 --> 04:46:33,326
this was one hell of a fight.

4919
04:46:33,359 --> 04:46:34,794
The entertainment value
was off the charts,

4920
04:46:34,827 --> 04:46:36,712
and you're right,
no one really lost tonight.

4921
04:46:36,746 --> 04:46:37,830
We both want to see,

4922
04:46:37,864 --> 04:46:40,600
everyone wants to see
both of these guys fight again.

4923
04:46:40,633 --> 04:46:42,385
And I'll tell you what, Antonio.

4924
04:46:42,418 --> 04:46:45,738
A rematch, it seems like
it's in the cards.

4925
04:46:45,771 --> 04:46:47,807
Yeah, I think a rematch would be
in the cards,

4926
04:46:47,840 --> 04:46:50,376
but I want to see both
of these guys get a little better

4927
04:46:50,409 --> 04:46:53,012
with their technique
and their skill set.

4928
04:46:53,045 --> 04:46:55,214
I mean, because this doesn't really,

4929
04:46:55,248 --> 04:46:59,235
you know, it's not conducive
for a long successful career.

4930
04:46:59,268 --> 04:47:01,938
I thought Andre
made a really interesting point

4931
04:47:01,971 --> 04:47:06,993
during the broadcast,
which was that Lester had more success

4932
04:47:07,026 --> 04:47:09,862
when he could establish
just a little bit more distance.

4933
04:47:09,896 --> 04:47:14,283
And, um, it really
made a difference to him.

4934
04:47:14,317 --> 04:47:16,936
I'd like to see him work exactly on that.

4935
04:47:16,969 --> 04:47:18,571
Mike, would you say

4936
04:47:18,604 --> 04:47:22,325
that the super middleweight division
is one of the deepest in boxing now?

4937
04:47:22,858 --> 04:47:24,010
Yeah, no question.

4938
04:47:24,043 --> 04:47:26,829
I mean, you saw what happened
with Mbilli and Lester Martinez.

4939
04:47:26,862 --> 04:47:29,465
Those are two guys in their own rights
who can become attractions,

4940
04:47:29,498 --> 04:47:31,968
especially Mbilli fighting
out of Quebec.

4941
04:47:32,001 --> 04:47:33,803
We've seen how big that's been
for boxing, right?

4942
04:47:33,836 --> 04:47:37,740
Lucien Boutte,
Beterbiev. now, Sean Pascal.

4943
04:47:37,773 --> 04:47:39,325
And I thought
the judges did a great job there.

4944
04:47:39,358 --> 04:47:42,078
It was a tough fight to score,
great inside fighting.

4945
04:47:42,111 --> 04:47:44,046
And I wanna see that rematch ASAP.

4946
04:47:44,080 --> 04:47:45,431
Absolutely.

4947
04:47:45,464 --> 04:47:48,834
I mean, it really--
The division depends now.

4948
04:47:48,868 --> 04:47:51,737
There's one big decision
at the head of the division.

4949
04:47:51,771 --> 04:47:53,439
What does Terence Crawford do?

4950
04:47:53,472 --> 04:47:54,624
My gut is…

4951
04:47:55,358 --> 04:47:57,410
He's gone.
I don't know how you top--

4952
04:47:57,443 --> 04:48:00,179
He ain't made enough money yet
to be gone, bro.

4953
04:48:00,212 --> 04:48:02,081
He ain't made enough money.
He need a hundred.

4954
04:48:02,114 --> 04:48:04,016
-Oh, yes, he has.
-He need a hundred million.

4955
04:48:04,050 --> 04:48:06,786
How much are you spending on Nebraska?

4956
04:48:06,819 --> 04:48:08,971
He need three fights, a hundred million.

4957
04:48:09,005 --> 04:48:11,340
With all due respect, you don't have
to start a GoFundMe

4958
04:48:11,374 --> 04:48:13,743
for Terence Crawford.
He's going to be all right.

4959
04:48:13,776 --> 04:48:16,279
My guy is leaving
with all his marbles intact.

4960
04:48:16,312 --> 04:48:19,248
-Fishing ain't that expensive.
-No, it's not that expensive.

4961
04:48:19,282 --> 04:48:21,651
In Nebraska, that money goes a long way.

4962
04:48:21,684 --> 04:48:23,185
-That's true, too.
-But you're right.

4963
04:48:23,219 --> 04:48:26,088
Selfishly, I would love
to see him continue.

4964
04:48:26,122 --> 04:48:28,357
He's healthy. He looks strong.

4965
04:48:28,391 --> 04:48:30,593
He looked better than ever.
I guess it remains to be seen. We'll see.

4966
04:48:30,626 --> 04:48:35,681
And what if he can dance
from 168 to 60? You feel me?

4967
04:48:35,715 --> 04:48:37,316
Now you got more options.

4968
04:48:37,350 --> 04:48:39,602
-Oh, we're talking like--
-Maybe you should go up to 75.

4969
04:48:39,635 --> 04:48:40,803
Right?

4970
04:48:40,836 --> 04:48:43,739
-Let's not get crazy.
-But I mean-- Think about it.

4971
04:48:43,773 --> 04:48:48,277
Every fighter's career is a story. Okay?

4972
04:48:48,311 --> 04:48:51,781
It's difficult enough
to walk away from this game

4973
04:48:51,814 --> 04:48:55,251
with your dignity and your money
and your faculties intact.

4974
04:48:55,768 --> 04:48:56,986
This is a perfect ending.

4975
04:48:57,019 --> 04:49:00,122
I mean, there's something to be said
for not tampering with it.

4976
04:49:01,240 --> 04:49:02,858
-My opinion.
-No I agree.

4977
04:49:02,892 --> 04:49:05,761
Listen, we're trying
to get Terence Crawford to come up

4978
04:49:05,795 --> 04:49:06,946
at the desk here soon.

4979
04:49:06,979 --> 04:49:11,967
I think he's enjoying all his belts
and enjoying his monstrous victory.

4980
04:49:12,551 --> 04:49:13,652
That there he is.

4981
04:49:14,820 --> 04:49:17,340
He looks happier than ever
and if you can imagine--

4982
04:49:17,373 --> 04:49:20,109
On cloud nine. Be back
with the champ hopefully soon.

4983
04:49:31,437 --> 04:49:33,773
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much
for joining us.

4984
04:49:33,806 --> 04:49:39,628
And we are back with the man of the hour,
the champ, Terence "Bud" Crawford.

4985
04:49:39,662 --> 04:49:42,598
Congratulations. What a beautiful
masterpiece tonight, champ.

4986
04:49:42,631 --> 04:49:44,133
-How you feeling?
-I feel great.

4987
04:49:44,166 --> 04:49:46,919
You know what I mean?
Like, anybody can be a nobody.

4988
04:49:47,453 --> 04:49:50,139
Like I said, a lot of people doubted me.

4989
04:49:50,172 --> 04:49:52,425
A lot of people
said I haven't fought anybody.

4990
04:49:53,075 --> 04:49:54,193
I can't sell.

4991
04:49:54,810 --> 04:49:56,545
I don't have no personality.

4992
04:49:56,579 --> 04:49:59,198
They just wrote me off
for years and years,

4993
04:49:59,231 --> 04:50:01,350
and it all came to a halt tonight.

4994
04:50:01,384 --> 04:50:04,136
And the moment
never seemed too big for you.

4995
04:50:04,170 --> 04:50:07,556
You seemed to answer all of the questions,
whether you could take

4996
04:50:07,590 --> 04:50:10,159
the punch, whether the pressure
would be too much,

4997
04:50:10,192 --> 04:50:13,229
how the weight would feel.
None of those seem to be factors tonight.

4998
04:50:13,262 --> 04:50:18,050
Not at all. Like I said before, you know,
I've always sparred bigger guys.

4999
04:50:18,084 --> 04:50:21,504
I never sparred smaller guys
because I was too strong for them.

5000
04:50:21,537 --> 04:50:22,822
I used to just bully them around.

5001
04:50:22,855 --> 04:50:25,491
So when I spar smaller guys,

5002
04:50:25,524 --> 04:50:28,894
it's normally for speed and work
on my defense and things like that.

5003
04:50:29,412 --> 04:50:33,032
So, you know, fighting
at a bigger weight and not having

5004
04:50:33,065 --> 04:50:36,452
to lose so much weight,
you know, it helped me tonight.

5005
04:50:36,485 --> 04:50:37,553
Champ, I noticed,

5006
04:50:37,586 --> 04:50:40,940
congratulations anyway, I noticed
that you didn't switch orthodox.

5007
04:50:40,973 --> 04:50:42,291
Was that a game plan of yours?

5008
04:50:42,324 --> 04:50:44,810
Yeah, you know,
I wanted to come out orthodox,

5009
04:50:44,844 --> 04:50:46,595
but my coaches
was just telling me,

5010
04:50:46,629 --> 04:50:48,848
you know, your southpaw is going
to kill him.

5011
04:50:48,881 --> 04:50:50,816
You know, he's not going
to get past the jab.

5012
04:50:50,850 --> 04:50:51,901
His feet are slow.

5013
04:50:51,934 --> 04:50:53,285
You know, keep turning them.

5014
04:50:53,319 --> 04:50:54,520
And that's what we did tonight.

5015
04:50:54,553 --> 04:50:57,473
And I was surprised that Canelo
really didn't execute a jab.

5016
04:50:57,506 --> 04:50:59,542
You didn't have anything to worry about
on that front hand.

5017
04:50:59,575 --> 04:51:01,377
He was trying
to load up with the back hand.

5018
04:51:01,410 --> 04:51:03,679
And I thought that made your job
a little easier.

5019
04:51:03,712 --> 04:51:07,216
Yeah, we knew what he was
trying to do with the wide hooks.

5020
04:51:07,249 --> 04:51:10,202
I think he knew I was faster
than he thought I was.

5021
04:51:10,236 --> 04:51:13,739
So if he threw a lot of jabs,
I was going to counter him.

5022
04:51:13,772 --> 04:51:15,608
And I think he respected my power.

5023
04:51:15,641 --> 04:51:17,827
And in one of those rounds,
I knew you came out aggressive.

5024
04:51:17,860 --> 04:51:19,778
You wanted to really draw the line
in the sand.

5025
04:51:19,812 --> 04:51:22,648
And you started throwing
some beautiful combinations.

5026
04:51:22,681 --> 04:51:24,817
Did you think the fight was even
at that time,

5027
04:51:24,850 --> 04:51:26,886
or you felt
like you had to separate yourself?

5028
04:51:26,919 --> 04:51:29,738
No, I felt like I had to separate myself.
You know, uh…

5029
04:51:29,772 --> 04:51:31,440
I didn't wanna eat too soon.

5030
04:51:32,107 --> 04:51:35,561
So I was buying my time,
and then when the time came,

5031
04:51:35,594 --> 04:51:36,762
I let my hands go.

5032
04:51:36,795 --> 04:51:38,731
-Beautiful, beautiful performance.
-Thank you.

5033
04:51:38,764 --> 04:51:41,967
You told me a couple days ago,
one of the crucial things

5034
04:51:42,001 --> 04:51:45,521
was to win bank rounds
and bank them decisively.

5035
04:51:45,554 --> 04:51:47,406
But what I saw
in the second half of the fight,

5036
04:51:47,439 --> 04:51:51,343
especially when he missed,
and also some of the few clinches,

5037
04:51:52,127 --> 04:51:54,013
he seemed a little bit defeated.

5038
04:51:54,046 --> 04:51:57,883
Was there a moment where you thought
to yourself, "He's mine, I got him?"

5039
04:51:58,400 --> 04:52:02,521
Yeah, I was looking at his body language
and things like that.

5040
04:52:02,555 --> 04:52:05,741
And him trying to amp himself up,
telling me,

5041
04:52:05,774 --> 04:52:07,726
"Come on Champ, let's go Champ, come on."

5042
04:52:07,760 --> 04:52:11,080
And I was like, I'm not gonna feed
into him and give him the opportunity

5043
04:52:11,113 --> 04:52:13,048
to land a lucky shot.

5044
04:52:13,082 --> 04:52:15,017
So I just stuck to what was working.

5045
04:52:15,050 --> 04:52:16,252
How hard did he hit?

5046
04:52:16,802 --> 04:52:18,070
How hard did he hit?

5047
04:52:18,103 --> 04:52:19,822
He didn't hit as hard as I thought he was.

5048
04:52:19,855 --> 04:52:24,543
You know, he's definitely technical, but,
you know, I've been hit harder.

5049
04:52:26,312 --> 04:52:28,180
Look, I said earlier on the show,

5050
04:52:28,214 --> 04:52:30,349
it seems like inactivity
doesn't affect you,

5051
04:52:30,382 --> 04:52:31,700
weight doesn't affect you.

5052
04:52:31,734 --> 04:52:33,669
Who can beat you out there?
Is there anybody?

5053
04:52:33,702 --> 04:52:35,437
I'm blessed.
I'm blessed by God.

5054
04:52:36,205 --> 04:52:40,075
Like I always said, a lot of people,
they didn't give me the credit.

5055
04:52:40,643 --> 04:52:42,795
A lot of people didn't believe in me.

5056
04:52:42,828 --> 04:52:46,682
And I told y'all, a lot of people gonna be
going home disappointed and crying.

5057
04:52:47,550 --> 04:52:49,602
I want to go back on something.

5058
04:52:49,635 --> 04:52:51,787
-This was for all of that, right?
-All of it.

5059
04:52:51,820 --> 04:52:53,822
-Promoters, guys who wouldn't fight you…
-All of it.

5060
04:52:53,856 --> 04:52:55,991
…other promoters
who wouldn't give you their fighters,

5061
04:52:56,025 --> 04:52:59,495
going back to Omaha.
What's Omaha? What is that?

5062
04:52:59,528 --> 04:53:00,613
Omaha, Nebraska.

5063
04:53:01,263 --> 04:53:04,133
Shout out to Turki Alalshikh
and Riyadh Season.

5064
04:53:04,166 --> 04:53:06,135
They believed in me from day one,

5065
04:53:06,168 --> 04:53:07,353
you know, and uh…

5066
04:53:07,870 --> 04:53:09,939
this wouldn't be possible without them.

5067
04:53:09,972 --> 04:53:11,690
So I just want to…

5068
04:53:11,724 --> 04:53:13,392
Yeah, but it started with your ask.

5069
04:53:13,425 --> 04:53:14,843
Yeah, yeah, definitely.

5070
04:53:14,877 --> 04:53:17,596
But with my ask, and their belief.

5071
04:53:18,113 --> 04:53:20,049
They had to believe in me

5072
04:53:20,082 --> 04:53:24,737
to be able to go forth and put the money
behind Canelo,

5073
04:53:25,738 --> 04:53:27,990
you know, contracts,
and then him fighting me.

5074
04:53:28,591 --> 04:53:30,693
I spoke the other day with Paco Valcarcel,

5075
04:53:31,277 --> 04:53:32,661
former president of the WBO,

5076
04:53:32,695 --> 04:53:34,697
and he said, going back to 2023,

5077
04:53:35,297 --> 04:53:37,249
you had asked about Canelo.

5078
04:53:37,283 --> 04:53:39,034
When did this really first start?

5079
04:53:39,702 --> 04:53:40,836
Well, like I said, you know,

5080
04:53:40,869 --> 04:53:44,323
I couldn't get the…
I couldn't get the Errol Spence fight.

5081
04:53:44,923 --> 04:53:48,827
So, you know,
Bill Haney, he put it in my mind.

5082
04:53:48,861 --> 04:53:53,032
He was just like,
"Forget Errol Spence, go for Canelo."

5083
04:53:53,065 --> 04:53:55,951
He was like, "You can beat him."
He was like, "Go for Canelo."

5084
04:53:55,985 --> 04:53:58,520
And then I'm like,
"Canelo, man, that dude 168."

5085
04:53:58,554 --> 04:54:00,155
-Right.
-I didn't think nothing of it.

5086
04:54:00,189 --> 04:54:02,891
But then when I sit down
and I start sizing him up,

5087
04:54:02,925 --> 04:54:05,377
I'm like, "Damn.
Hey, Bill might be right."

5088
04:54:05,978 --> 04:54:07,529
-You know what I mean?
-Apparently he was.

5089
04:54:07,563 --> 04:54:09,615
-So I'm like--
-Bill Haney, co-manager.

5090
04:54:10,432 --> 04:54:13,002
I'm looking at him and stuff,
and I'm like…

5091
04:54:13,585 --> 04:54:15,738
"Yeah, we about to go for Canelo."

5092
04:54:15,771 --> 04:54:17,356
"That's a bigger fight anyway."

5093
04:54:17,389 --> 04:54:20,292
So I went to Paco and I told him, I said,

5094
04:54:20,326 --> 04:54:22,561
"Hey, listen, I wanna fight Canelo."

5095
04:54:22,594 --> 04:54:25,030
And he was just like, "Ah, nah, Champ,

5096
04:54:25,064 --> 04:54:26,432
not yet Champ.

5097
04:54:27,499 --> 04:54:29,335
Have you a couple of more fights."

5098
04:54:29,368 --> 04:54:31,520
And I was like, "No, I'm serious."

5099
04:54:31,553 --> 04:54:33,489
And he was like, "Okay, I believe you."

5100
04:54:33,522 --> 04:54:35,374
-You said, "I'll beat him."
-Exactly.

5101
04:54:35,407 --> 04:54:37,409
But you said something else too, no?

5102
04:54:37,443 --> 04:54:38,360
How you'd beat him?

5103
04:54:38,394 --> 04:54:39,244
What?

5104
04:54:39,945 --> 04:54:40,813
Being myself.

5105
04:54:41,380 --> 04:54:42,414
That's it.

5106
04:54:42,448 --> 04:54:43,799
I don't got to try to, you know,

5107
04:54:43,832 --> 04:54:47,436
do anything that's not
within my character.

5108
04:54:47,469 --> 04:54:50,406
Well, that's the thing, Champ,
is a lot of guys prior to you

5109
04:54:50,439 --> 04:54:52,708
would just come and show up
and get the paycheck.

5110
04:54:52,741 --> 04:54:54,810
And the win for them
was just getting in the ring,

5111
04:54:54,843 --> 04:54:56,111
and they wouldn't necessarily
try to win.

5112
04:54:56,145 --> 04:54:57,596
I said, "One thing
we're going to see about Bud

5113
04:54:57,629 --> 04:55:00,332
is he's going to try to win,"
and win you did.

5114
04:55:01,250 --> 04:55:02,968
I think that the next question,
of course, is, I mean,

5115
04:55:03,001 --> 04:55:03,969
you've reached the mountaintop,

5116
04:55:04,002 --> 04:55:07,339
clearly made yourself the best fighter
of this era and generation.

5117
04:55:07,373 --> 04:55:10,142
We're talking conversation up here about,
like, all-time greats.

5118
04:55:10,175 --> 04:55:11,927
But how do you feel about the future?

5119
04:55:11,960 --> 04:55:15,214
I mean, are you riding off into the sunset
after something like this?

5120
04:55:15,247 --> 04:55:17,599
I mean, we're in a stadium,
70,000 people,

5121
04:55:17,633 --> 04:55:18,967
did the beautiful performance.

5122
04:55:19,001 --> 04:55:20,569
Or are we going
to see more of Bud Crawford?

5123
04:55:20,602 --> 04:55:22,171
I know you said
you want to think about it,

5124
04:55:22,204 --> 04:55:23,422
but what's your gut tell you
at the moment?

5125
04:55:23,455 --> 04:55:24,656
My gut say the same thing.

5126
04:55:24,690 --> 04:55:26,542
You know, I'm going
to sit down with my team.

5127
04:55:26,575 --> 04:55:30,162
And we're going to discuss what's next
in the future for Terence Crawford.

5128
04:55:30,195 --> 04:55:32,097
And, you know, who knows?
I might go down to 160.

5129
04:55:32,131 --> 04:55:33,899
-I already told him.
-Okay, okay.

5130
04:55:33,932 --> 04:55:36,268
I already told him.
I already told him it's your time, bro.

5131
04:55:36,301 --> 04:55:37,920
You deserve a hundred million.

5132
04:55:37,953 --> 04:55:39,738
So let him get his.
You know what I'm saying?

5133
04:55:39,772 --> 04:55:41,857
There's a lot of fights
out there that can be made

5134
04:55:41,890 --> 04:55:43,926
now that you're the king of the hill.

5135
04:55:44,526 --> 04:55:47,413
You can pick and choose like everybody
else been picking and choosing,

5136
04:55:47,446 --> 04:55:49,782
but I know you're going to get
the fans what they want,

5137
04:55:49,815 --> 04:55:51,700
real fights. You know what I'm saying?

5138
04:55:51,734 --> 04:55:52,785
Intriguing fights.

5139
04:55:53,302 --> 04:55:55,237
Fights like this, stadium-type fights,

5140
04:55:55,270 --> 04:55:57,539
if you still want
to carry on with boxing.

5141
04:55:58,040 --> 04:56:00,943
You know, and I believe
you're in a position right now to do that.

5142
04:56:00,976 --> 04:56:02,945
You're the man of the hour.

5143
04:56:02,978 --> 04:56:03,896
It's your era.

5144
04:56:04,496 --> 04:56:06,498
Everything, you feel me?
You're the GOAT, bro.

5145
04:56:06,532 --> 04:56:07,833
-Thanks.
-And I already called it.

5146
04:56:07,866 --> 04:56:09,685
Now, to the winner go to spoils.

5147
04:56:09,718 --> 04:56:10,886
Let's show off that ring.

5148
04:56:10,919 --> 04:56:12,304
-Dang.
-Yeah.

5149
04:56:13,188 --> 04:56:14,456
Y'all see it, y'all see it.

5150
04:56:14,490 --> 04:56:16,125
That's a workout holding
that up there, Bud.

5151
04:56:16,158 --> 04:56:17,976
That's a big ring, you know what I mean?

5152
04:56:18,010 --> 04:56:20,963
That's a good birthday present
coming up in a couple weeks, man.

5153
04:56:20,996 --> 04:56:22,147
How are we celebrating?

5154
04:56:22,181 --> 04:56:24,299
I don't know, you know,
we're gonna see, you know.

5155
04:56:24,333 --> 04:56:26,151
We'll probably take a little trip.

5156
04:56:26,185 --> 04:56:28,086
You know, we might sit
at home with the fam.

5157
04:56:28,120 --> 04:56:29,304
I don't know.

5158
04:56:29,338 --> 04:56:31,089
-Love it.
-Yeah, and look, Bud, for so long,

5159
04:56:31,123 --> 04:56:33,876
you were frozen out
by all the best fighters of 47

5160
04:56:33,909 --> 04:56:34,760
Yeah, that's right.

5161
04:56:34,793 --> 04:56:36,678
And you weren't able
to truly show your greatness.

5162
04:56:36,712 --> 04:56:38,664
And it just seems
like every time you step up,

5163
04:56:38,697 --> 04:56:40,983
you raise your level, you beat
the brakes off Errol Spence.

5164
04:56:41,016 --> 04:56:43,035
And to me, this was even more impressive.

5165
04:56:43,068 --> 04:56:45,020
I don't want to hear
anyone take credit away from you.

5166
04:56:45,053 --> 04:56:46,922
Canelo Álvarez, to me,
looked pretty good in there.

5167
04:56:46,955 --> 04:56:49,291
He brought his best, and you beat him.

5168
04:56:49,324 --> 04:56:52,094
Hey, listen, like I said before,

5169
04:56:53,162 --> 04:56:54,646
it's going to be excuses

5170
04:56:54,680 --> 04:56:56,899
behind every victory
that I've done.

5171
04:56:56,932 --> 04:56:57,900
You know, uh…

5172
04:56:58,417 --> 04:56:59,885
That's what happens when you're great

5173
04:56:59,918 --> 04:57:03,121
and when you're so much ahead
of the competition,

5174
04:57:03,155 --> 04:57:06,308
that they don't respect you.
They think that you fight nobodies.

5175
04:57:06,341 --> 04:57:08,794
They think that the people
that you're fighting,

5176
04:57:08,827 --> 04:57:10,078
you know, uh…

5177
04:57:10,662 --> 04:57:11,997
is not worthy enough.

5178
04:57:12,498 --> 04:57:15,050
You know, a lot of fans,
they don't respect these fighters.

5179
04:57:15,083 --> 04:57:18,003
These fighters go in there,
put their lives on the line and,

5180
04:57:18,036 --> 04:57:24,042
you know, put their heart
and soul in the ring and display it.

5181
04:57:25,928 --> 04:57:28,463
And the way you beat him too,
though, is you exchanged with him,

5182
04:57:28,497 --> 04:57:29,765
and you won those exchanges,

5183
04:57:29,798 --> 04:57:33,735
and you swept the Championship rounds
to pull the fight out on the scorecards.

5184
04:57:33,769 --> 04:57:36,104
For sure. You got to win
the Championship rounds,

5185
04:57:36,138 --> 04:57:38,273
you know, especially being
that he was the Champion.

5186
04:57:38,307 --> 04:57:42,294
I knew going into the Championship rounds
that I had to close out the show.

5187
04:57:43,779 --> 04:57:46,949
You know, you said something
about what fighters go through,

5188
04:57:47,900 --> 04:57:52,004
and you've seen enough guys
that the game is taken from.

5189
04:57:52,037 --> 04:57:54,373
It's a hard it's a hard game
to get through.

5190
04:57:54,406 --> 04:57:56,108
Can you get a better ending…

5191
04:57:56,842 --> 04:57:58,410
than tonight? I mean, really…

5192
04:57:58,944 --> 04:58:00,078
Not at all, not at all.

5193
04:58:00,112 --> 04:58:02,464
This is the top of the top,

5194
04:58:02,497 --> 04:58:03,615
you know, uh…

5195
04:58:04,182 --> 04:58:07,436
Canelo is all time great,
like I said before.

5196
04:58:08,136 --> 04:58:09,388
He's the last one.

5197
04:58:09,938 --> 04:58:11,506
He was the A side of the age.

5198
04:58:11,540 --> 04:58:15,277
There's no more Canelos, there's no more.

5199
04:58:15,777 --> 04:58:18,113
So when you look around,
you say,

5200
04:58:18,146 --> 04:58:21,049
"I'm the Canelo,
I'm the face of boxing now.

5201
04:58:21,083 --> 04:58:23,802
I'm the best pound-for-pound fighter
in the world,

5202
04:58:23,835 --> 04:58:25,287
like I always been.

5203
04:58:25,320 --> 04:58:26,822
You know, uh…

5204
04:58:27,973 --> 04:58:29,091
You just gotta wait and see.

5205
04:58:29,124 --> 04:58:32,060
No, but what I'm saying is…
A couple of things.

5206
04:58:32,578 --> 04:58:35,797
This fight is even less
about the future

5207
04:58:35,831 --> 04:58:37,165
-than the past.
-Right.

5208
04:58:37,199 --> 04:58:41,053
Cuz it's, "Hey, we got to re-figure
that whole last decade of boxing."

5209
04:58:42,704 --> 04:58:45,757
But I don't know. This is not a game
that has many perfect endings.

5210
04:58:45,791 --> 04:58:47,542
And tonight really was.
I mean, God bless you.

5211
04:58:47,576 --> 04:58:48,460
Whatever you want--

5212
04:58:48,493 --> 04:58:49,811
Kriegel wants the bow
at the end right there.

5213
04:58:49,845 --> 04:58:51,446
-You know what I like?
-I feel you, Kriegel.

5214
04:58:51,480 --> 04:58:54,933
Bud, I like the Rolex with the "42-0."
You put it on before.

5215
04:58:55,968 --> 04:58:57,085
-Interesting.
-My man!

5216
04:58:57,119 --> 04:58:58,487
That's called manifestation.

5217
04:58:58,520 --> 04:59:00,622
That's manifestation right there, brother.

5218
04:59:00,656 --> 04:59:03,225
Who's holding on to that right now?
Who's rocking that right now?

5219
04:59:03,258 --> 04:59:04,526
Uh, dang.

5220
04:59:04,559 --> 04:59:06,411
-One of the homies.
-42-0.

5221
04:59:07,930 --> 04:59:09,598
They got the hats on.

5222
04:59:09,631 --> 04:59:11,750
You know, they in the room.
But yes.

5223
04:59:12,534 --> 04:59:14,269
-Lot of Nebraska--
-I appreciate your time.

5224
04:59:14,303 --> 04:59:15,370
Thank you, Champ.

5225
04:59:15,404 --> 04:59:17,873
Again, beautiful,
beautiful performance, Champ.

5226
04:59:17,906 --> 04:59:20,275
Congratulations on everything.
Enjoy your time off,

5227
04:59:20,309 --> 04:59:22,711
and we look forward to the next steps,
whatever they might be.

5228
04:59:22,744 --> 04:59:24,046
I appreciate y'all. Thank you.

5229
04:59:24,079 --> 04:59:25,897
-My man!
-Okay, you got it, my man.

5230
04:59:25,931 --> 04:59:27,366
-Thank you, Champ.
-Thanks.

5231
04:59:27,399 --> 04:59:29,451
-It's been a pleasure covering you.
-Appreciate it.

5232
04:59:29,484 --> 04:59:31,153
-Congratulations.
-Bud County!

5233
04:59:32,454 --> 04:59:35,023
-Very happy and healthy.
-Bud County.

5234
04:59:51,740 --> 04:59:53,458
Oh, there we go.

5235
04:59:54,276 --> 04:59:55,844
Flash of the night with Vegas.

5236
04:59:56,728 --> 04:59:57,779
All the celebs were out.

5237
04:59:59,348 --> 05:00:00,415
Roy Jones.

5238
05:00:03,685 --> 05:00:05,721
Mbilli, Lester Martinez.

5239
05:00:07,272 --> 05:00:08,557
Beautiful fight.

5240
05:00:08,590 --> 05:00:10,592
What a night it has been
for the entire production team,

5241
05:00:10,625 --> 05:00:12,344
for Antonio, Mike,
and Mark, to Heidi and Jim,

5242
05:00:12,377 --> 05:00:14,129
to Jon, Max, and Andre ringside.

5243
05:00:14,162 --> 05:00:16,732
Thank you so much for watching
the Zuffa Boxing Production.

5244
05:00:17,032 --> 05:00:19,735
I'm Mario Lopez. We can't wait
to do it again down the road.

5245
05:00:19,768 --> 05:00:23,038
This has been Canelo versus Crawford,
a special live event on Netflix.

5246
05:00:23,071 --> 05:00:25,707
Good night from Las Vegas, Nevada.