Battlezone Boxing 2006 : Enrique Palau vs John Gottschling

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Relive the fight between Enrique Palau who won via a technical knockout

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00:00 weighing 155 pounds

00:03 Enrique Palu

00:07 Mike DeLisa, we thank you for joining us on Battlezone Boxing

00:12 for a big night of New England fighting

00:14 and this young man that you see is one that we will be watching

00:17 not only in this set of rounds that we will see

00:20 but also I fear for the future

00:22 fear not, because John Gottsling from Bay City, Michigan

00:25 certainly does not have any fear whatsoever

00:27 the young man that he is about to face

00:29 the matchup between these two boxers

00:31 Enrique Palu, John Gottsling

00:33 Height pretty much the same, Palu with just an inch here

00:37 the weight pretty much the same, the reach, everything is pretty close

00:40 and as you look at these two fighters

00:42 what you see is the difference here is the age

00:44 John Gottsling, 10 years the senior

00:46 and certainly with a lot more fights

00:48 John Gottsling, one of those fighters

00:50 has been around for a while

00:52 and he knows he's got to step it up

00:54 because time is of the essence

00:56 It's just to see what I can do

00:58 see what I can do against different opponents

01:00 at this point in my career

01:02 I obviously don't have much time left

01:04 and just see what I can do

01:06 For Enrique Palu, certainly

01:08 he needs to get used to the pros

01:10 he needs a little more seasoning

01:12 but it certainly is an interesting life

01:14 with a wife and four children

01:16 I mostly train at night

01:18 so I'm either working all day, then after work

01:20 come home, shower, eat real quick

01:22 then I hit the gym

01:24 and that's the sacrifice I've got to make for now

01:26 Alright, let's go ahead and get things started now

01:28 from the Mohegan Sun Casino to our ring announcer

01:30 Wayne Soares

01:32 This bout is scheduled for four rounds

01:34 and it's a junior middleweight fight

01:36 Introducing first

01:42 in the red corner

01:44 hailing from Worcester, Massachusetts

01:54 Weighing 155 pounds

01:56 Enrique Palu

01:58 And in the blue corner

02:06 wearing the red trunks

02:08 He hails from Bay City, Michigan

02:10 Weighing 154 and a quarter pounds

02:12 John Gutsling

02:16 Referee for this fight

02:22 is Dick Flaherty

02:24 So Dick Flaherty gets the boxers ready

02:28 John Gutsling

02:30 a nickname of "Right Hook"

02:32 He was stopped by Elvin Ayala

02:34 back in July

02:36 of this year, his last fight

02:38 right here at the Mohegan Sun Casino

02:40 What are you looking for from Enrique Palu there, Mr. DeLisa?

02:42 Well, Palu's nickname is

02:44 "Palo"

02:46 which means "stick" or "club" in Spanish

02:48 I think he's going to come out and try and club

02:50 Gutsling

02:52 and stick him to the canvas

02:54 Last time out for Enrique Palu

02:56 Went the distance

02:58 for the first time in his pro career

03:00 in September against James North

03:02 Very impressive fight

03:04 at the Connecticut Convention Center

03:06 and we're already finding out why he is impressive

03:08 Good, solid shots to the head, but back comes Gutsling

03:10 Gutsling told us before the fight

03:14 that he wanted to see what he has left

03:16 and what he can offer to the sport

03:18 After losing his last time out

03:20 fighting a guy like Palu

03:22 he really has a test in front of him

03:24 About the only thing

03:26 that Enrique Palu has to learn

03:28 how to do is to slow down

03:30 and have some patience

03:32 Sean Fitzgerald, his trainer, is trying to get him to work

03:34 on that patience a little bit

03:36 but it is easy to see that

03:38 in the first few moments of the first round

03:40 which fighter is snapping off

03:42 the better punches

03:44 Oh, good left that snuck in

03:46 On the back of the head

03:48 the back of the head

03:50 Gutsling was looking to get a break

03:56 from Dick Flaherty

03:58 but he was already heading down

04:00 That was the club we talked about, he's going to club him now

04:02 Actually, his last fight

04:06 where he fought the four rounder

04:08 was actually very good for him

04:10 because he needs to know how to pace himself

04:12 if Gutsling gets out of the first round

04:14 he's an experienced guy

04:16 and Palu is going to have to learn

04:18 how to pace himself

04:20 Oh, what a beautiful body shot

04:22 Big left hand by Palu

04:24 Palu just switched the southpaw

04:26 Oh, there was a little drop in the gloves

04:36 and Palu made him pay for it

04:38 Enrique, very fast

04:42 Gutsling snuck in a left that snapped a little bit of the chin of Palu

04:44 Enrique has his eyes focused on his target

04:48 He really is concentrating

04:52 This kid really looks like he's bringing a very, very serious approach to the game

04:54 And he actually seems to be

05:00 trying to pace himself

05:02 which again, as he progresses in his career

05:04 it's going to be one of the most important things that he's going to learn

05:10 He's letting Gutsling lead now

05:12 and he's trying to counter with a left hook

05:14 which is a very, very good advanced move for a young kid

05:16 Gutsling may last longer in this fight

05:20 than he did in the last one

05:22 when he was a TKO loser

05:24 in the first

05:26 Just impressive watching Enrique Palu

05:28 Every single tool

05:32 and it's already a jackhammer

05:36 that he's able to deliver with that right hand

05:38 Palu always keeps his hands in position to punch

05:40 Second round action between John Gutsling and Enrique Palu

05:50 A first round dominated by Palu

05:56 Gutsling is training in his hometown

06:02 and the students that he has are probably learning good things

06:06 He keeps his hands up

06:08 He seems very relaxed in the ring

06:10 Wow!

06:12 A good body shot and then back he comes with a left hand

06:14 Dick Flaherty's not calling it a knockdown

06:18 but in essence it was

06:20 because in many ways Gutsling was already heading down

06:22 by the time that one shot had been delivered by Palu

06:24 Palu is working the left hook

06:28 over time

06:30 He sees the opening

06:32 and there he just landed three of them in a row

06:34 Mike this is punishing

06:36 Oh yeah

06:38 That note

06:40 Down goes John Gutsling

06:42 How much more of this punishment he can take

06:44 is really in question

06:46 This has not been a fight from the very first bell

06:48 Those are the types of left hooks to the body

06:50 that people don't recover from

06:52 I don't expect

06:54 Gutsling to last too much longer

07:02 The ferocity

07:04 The punches and down goes Gutsling

07:06 He will not get up from this one

07:08 Enrique Palu

07:10 Runs his record to 6-0

07:14 in impressive fashion

07:16 The knockdown once again

07:20 and if you watch

07:22 there's the big left

07:24 Now that had originally

07:26 made him think

07:28 Back comes Palu and as you see right there

07:30 left hand never made contact

07:32 but it was the first one that actually had him going down

07:34 in the first place. The knockdown in the first round

07:36 between these two

07:38 and Enrique Palu at this point had already been

07:40 dishing out a number of punches

07:42 If we had punched at here

07:44 I have a fear that we would have went well off the second page

07:46 by the time we got to that point

07:48 Gutsling had been down earlier in the round

07:50 Perhaps it was

07:52 more out of needing to get down

07:54 at that point

07:56 Well those body shots just take it out of you

07:58 and once Palu

08:00 saw that he had a place to land it

08:02 he just worked it over time until the fight was stopped

08:04 Let's go ahead and get the official word now

08:06 Wayne Soar is in the ring

08:08 Your winner by technical knockout

08:10 at 117

08:12 of round 2

08:14 Enrique Palu

08:16 Enrique Palu

08:22 6-0 on the career now

08:24 as he takes care of John Gutsling

08:26 with this young man

08:28 when we first talked a little bit about him earlier

08:30 were you as impressed as I was with this

08:32 and did you expect to see that kind of punishment

08:34 I was actually more impressed

08:36 I mean a guy that has four first round knockouts

08:38 they get into a habit of being super aggressive

08:40 Here he tried to

08:42 marshal and to come back from

08:44 the natural aggressiveness

08:46 that he has and use it in a professional way

08:48 Gutsling obviously didn't offer

08:50 a whole lot but he was able to do it

08:52 We'll be back

08:54 with more we'll also talk to the winner and mckay palau when we come back right here on battlezone boxing

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