Giovanni Marquez vs Donte Strayhorn (14-10-2023) Full Fight

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00:00 I'm gonna let you guys work here.

00:01 You want to learn the structures in the dressing room?

00:03 I expect a clean fight.

00:04 Touch gloves, go back to your corners.

00:08 This is a step-up fight for Giovanni Marquez

00:11 facing Dante Strayhorn,

00:13 who is now taking on his third consecutive

00:15 unbeaten opponent.

00:17 So, we'll see how Giovanni Marquez does

00:20 fighting at home, Tim.

00:22 That's a double-edged sword.

00:23 Ooh, yes, it is.

00:26 You know, you got family members, friends,

00:29 people jarring at you, wanting tickets.

00:33 You know, everywhere you look, people talking about it.

00:35 You're trying to keep your mind off the fight,

00:37 but they're constantly reminding you.

00:39 People telling that they betting on you,

00:41 you better win.

00:43 It's a lot to go into it, man.

00:46 Well, Giovanni Marquez says, "I was destined to be a fighter.

00:48 I come from a boxing family.

00:50 My grandfather, Arturo, trained my father, Raul,

00:53 who was a champion.

00:54 I'm a fighter, but so were two of my brothers,

00:58 Arturo and Raul Jr. were also fighters."

01:01 And he says, "I picked up everything that they did right

01:05 and did wrong, and hopefully I can be better."

01:08 Giovanni trying to stay behind that jab.

01:23 Sets up that overhand right.

01:26 Good shot.

01:27 Good setup right there.

01:29 Usually when you see somebody drop down to the body on you

01:34 or use the stab jab,

01:35 they're looking to set you up over the top.

01:37 And any time you see your opponent

01:39 actually change his levels,

01:41 you want to try to mirror him.

01:43 You want to drop your level

01:45 because he's trying to sneak you with something.

01:47 Understand that.

01:48 And right there, Giovanni saw that stray horn.

01:53 [ Indistinct shouting ]

01:57 Don't understand that. My goodness.

01:59 And he can punt.

02:00 Nice left hook from Marquez,

02:02 who you can see switches momentarily

02:03 to the southpaw stance.

02:05 Pick him up. Pick him up.

02:06 Wrong turn.

02:08 Stray horn did land a nice one-two earlier,

02:10 but Marquez is on him downstairs and upstairs.

02:13 His placement. I like Marquez's placement.

02:16 Great placement.

02:17 He says he loves having his father in his corner.

02:22 He's an encyclopedia of boxing

02:23 as a former world champion, an Olympian, a commentator.

02:27 He says he sees boxing from so many different perspectives

02:31 that he just fills me with knowledge

02:33 every time we talk about the sport.

02:35 That was a cool pull, outside slip.

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02:53 Nice shot to the body from Marquez.

02:56 It wasn't a Mexican left hook.

02:58 It was a straight right downstairs.

03:03 But, again, placement, you know,

03:06 is one thing to throw punches.

03:07 There's another thing to actually place your shots.

03:11 That's where you exactly want the shots to land.

03:13 And that's what I'm seeing with Marquez.

03:16 Good defensive responsibility as well.

03:19 Nice.

03:22 First round in the books here for the Giovanni Marquez

03:26 Dante Strayhorn fight.

03:28 Up next here in Rosenberg, Texas,

03:31 it'll be 2016 Olympian Elite Guido Villanueva.

03:36 Who is coming back from the first loss

03:39 of his professional career against Johnny Rice.

03:43 And it was a fight that he had completely in control.

03:46 Knows Johnny Rice from sparring with him.

03:48 Said, "I handled him every time we sparred.

03:51 I handled him during the first seven rounds."

03:53 Until this punch opened up the eyelid of Guido Villanueva.

03:57 It was impossible to get that blood from flowing.

04:01 And his cut man told us that was an arterial cut.

04:05 And that's why it was so difficult to stop the bleeding.

04:08 The referee stopped the fight and Timmy said,

04:10 "I learned pretty much don't play with my food.

04:13 There's nothing written in boxing.

04:15 The fight can change at any moment."

04:18 He got caught in the rhythm step.

04:19 Yep.

04:20 I asked him, does he know why he got hit

04:23 or why he got caught with that right hand?

04:25 They explained something to me.

04:26 I don't even remember. It wasn't right.

04:28 He got caught in the rhythm step.

04:30 He likes to use footwork.

04:31 He likes to bounce in and out.

04:32 And sometimes when he disengages,

04:34 he goes into a little happy feet rhythm step.

04:36 And he got caught in the process.

04:40 He wasn't ready.

04:41 Nice body work from Strayhorn.

04:43 Referee Alejandro Leon warns him to pick them up.

04:47 Strayhorn a little bit more active here in the second round.

04:52 Well, he has to be. He has to be.

04:54 Because that's the only way you're going to be able

04:55 to keep Marquez off of him.

04:56 Because Marquez, he's pushing the pace,

04:58 but he's pushing it smartly.

04:59 He's using his footwork.

05:00 Nice right from Marquez.

05:01 To get in the inside.

05:02 And again, he's placing the shots extremely well.

05:04 He's sharp and accurate with his punches.

05:06 But you see the pressure.

05:08 And he's still in range.

05:10 Ooh, that's a nice short overhand right from Marquez.

05:13 Those are blocked by Strayhorn.

05:15 And a nice counter left.

05:17 The uppercut from Marquez also finds a home.

05:20 Strayhorn right now is pushing off.

05:24 He's doing great pushing off to break the posture of Marquez.

05:29 But he's not firing back.

05:30 You know, when you push him straight up,

05:32 that's an opportunity to let your hands go.

05:34 I don't know if he knows that.

05:36 There's a nice long left from Strayhorn,

05:38 taken well by Marquez.

05:39 But did you see the roll right there from Marquez?

05:41 A lot of slick stuff on the inside.

05:42 There's an angle change right there

05:44 going into southpaw stance.

05:46 In close, and look at the uppercuts.

05:48 I like it.

05:51 This kid is-- You know what?

05:53 I like it.

05:54 Raul Marquez was telling us,

05:56 you don't have to be a Mexican warrior

05:58 like I was to win fights.

06:00 You can be a fighter with a Mexican style,

06:04 but also have just enough movement

06:07 to evade those shots.

06:08 And that's what we see from Marquez.

06:09 It's those subtle movements

06:12 that make him difficult to hit clean.

06:13 Small little nuances like that.

06:15 You see the little shoulder roll right there,

06:16 taking some steam off that right hand.

06:19 It's a grazing blow.

06:20 He didn't take the full effect of that right hand,

06:22 but he did take it with that left foot.

06:24 Good defense also by Strayhorn there.

06:30 That's his love at home.

06:31 And what you don't understand by the way he's switching,

06:34 he's switching and he's cutting off the angle.

06:37 Look at that uppercut.

06:38 That's what happens when you can land your left hook.

06:40 Three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

06:46 Come to me. Come to me.

06:47 Give me your glove.

06:49 Raul Marquez told us he cuts off the exits

06:53 and he punishes you,

06:54 and that's exactly what happened here

06:55 in round number two.

06:57 Strayhorn fighting back,

06:58 but when you let your hands go,

07:00 you open yourself up for shots like that.

07:02 Three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

07:06 Marquez can fight.

07:08 Give me your glove. Give me your glove.

07:10 Strayhorn telling his corner, "I'm all right."

07:13 Marquez will test that theory

07:15 with the power shots here on Strayhorn.

07:18 And referee Alejandro Leon steps in and stops the fight.

07:22 The kid hugged by his father, the former world champion.

07:26 Houston, stand up for the young man, Giovanni Marquez.

07:31 Got another one.

07:32 Definitely got another one.

07:34 Love his defensive responsibility,

07:36 how technically he is.

07:37 He puts pressure on you.

07:38 He's straight in front of you.

07:39 He doesn't get hit with big shots.

07:41 The punches that he was setting up,

07:42 those uppercuts up the middle,

07:44 the body shots with the southpaw,

07:46 there's so much to like about this young man,

07:48 and he has the punching power as well to go along with it.

07:52 I mean, it was an absolute clinic

07:55 in every aspect of the game.

07:57 Yes.

07:58 A lot of times we say clinic, a boxing lesson,

08:01 and it just means a boring, long fight.

08:03 That's not what we saw tonight.

08:04 We saw defensive responsibility, offensive proficiency,

08:10 and to pay it off with power is rare.

08:13 Control, control, control, control.

08:16 He controlled Strayhorn the entire fight.

08:21 And this is -- he put him where he wanted to put him.

08:23 Got caught with a little hook,

08:25 but you see him catch that body shot.

08:26 But here's the uppercut.

08:27 Just short little uppercuts right on the inside.

08:31 You see Strayhorn right there.

08:33 You got the high guard up.

08:35 He's getting split with that uppercut,

08:37 that right uppercut.

08:40 Second knockdown right here.

08:42 Again, you see the defensive responsibility,

08:44 and then you see the tee-off right there

08:46 and the follow-up with the combinations.

08:48 Vicious combinations.

08:51 And here's the end right here.

08:52 Just letting his hands go.

08:54 He knew he had his man hurt.

08:56 The referee was standing nearby.

08:57 He knows that.

09:00 Put some salt and pepper on him,

09:02 and the referee stepped in and stopped.

09:03 He said, "It's done."

09:04 -And you made your dad happy. -Yes.

09:06 -The former world champion Raul "El Diamante" Marquez.

09:08 He told me, "I hope Tim doesn't say anything bad about my son."

09:13 Guess what? -Man, look.

09:14 -Giovanni didn't give you a chance, Timmy.

09:16 -Look, man. Look.

09:18 The fight is not with me, fellas.

09:20 The fight is not with me, fighters out there.

09:22 The fight is with the fighter that you're fighting in the ring.

09:24 That's it. You do your job.

09:26 I got a job to do. I'm gonna do my job.

09:28 Simple as that.

09:29 He looked spectacular tonight.

09:31 I want to see more of this young man.

09:33 Giovanni Marquez.

09:35 Power with the uppercuts in the right.

09:37 Power with the left hook.

09:38 Great defense. Gets the knockout.

09:40 That's ended up to Mark Chinook.

09:43 -Ladies and gentlemen, here inside Fort Van Epperson.

09:47 Referee Alejandro Leon calls a stop to this bout

09:50 at 2 minutes, 47 seconds of round number 2.

09:55 For your winner by technical knockout,

09:59 Giovanni Marquez!

10:05 -So, Giovanni Marquez improves to 7-0,

10:08 gets his fifth knockout win,

10:10 makes everyone in Houston happy and proud.

10:14 Coming up after we take a short break, our--

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