Tommy Fletcher vs Alvaro Terrero (10-02-2024) Full Fight

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00:00 [Crowd noise]

00:14 Maybe the good luck wish should have favoured the latest opponent.

00:18 We start with the now customary advisory, please do not look away for very long.

00:23 The seventh pro fight for Tommy Fletcher.

00:26 Only 18 pro rounds needed so far and here he comes again,

00:31 the explosive young Mr Tommy Fletcher returning to TNT Sports.

00:36 It almost sounds a bit like typecasting doesn't it?

00:39 The TNT in his gloves, especially the left one with the uppercut,

00:42 has been going off with spectacular results recently.

00:45 And the reputation is growing Richie isn't it?

00:49 Yeah it is indeed.

00:50 Like you said Paul, that left uppercut of his is a real danger shot.

00:54 But I like the way he's gone about his business with his jab also.

00:58 Sets that left uppercut up.

01:00 Just working from the centre of the ring here.

01:03 Torero is just realising what task he's got here.

01:08 Just skimming around the outside of the ring.

01:11 Fletcher, 6 foot 7.

01:14 Very tall indeed and to close that gap down,

01:17 well that's what every opponent he faces,

01:19 that's the problem that they have got.

01:21 To close that gap down and get to Fletcher,

01:24 who is very skilled with his jab and he brings him onto that lethal left uppercut.

01:28 I stood next to him at the weigh in and I said,

01:31 I suspect you might still be growing.

01:33 And he said, I think you might be right.

01:37 Yes he's lean and mean, young Tommy Fletcher.

01:47 Confidence personified.

01:50 Never known to rush, never needed to rush of course just yet.

01:53 And here we have an opponent Rich who stands 6'3"

01:57 which is par and a bit more for a cruiserweight I guess.

02:00 And he hasn't got the levers,

02:02 hasn't got the game to get inside the reach of Tommy Fletcher.

02:07 He's just staying on the outside at the moment Paul.

02:11 It's a bit of a scouting mission just to assess the opponent in front of him.

02:15 He's got someone here who is very calm and calculated is Fletcher.

02:19 Just waiting his chance, he's not missing with his jab or leaning in.

02:24 Falling over himself, he's just being patient.

02:28 And this will have come from his coach Mark Tibbs and Jimmy Tibbs,

02:31 obviously the famous Tibbs.

02:33 And he's going to work here now with some better shots.

02:36 Torero stayed calm and composed.

02:44 He's by no means a 6th ranked journeyman if you like this guy Torero.

02:50 He's been brought over to test Solomon Dekers.

02:54 Took him four rounds.

02:56 Tommy Welsh, four rounds again.

03:01 Johnny Fisher who as we know got a tremendous amount of power.

03:06 He did take him out in two rounds.

03:08 And went the points distance over four against Jamal Chalala.

03:15 This one is a six rounder scheduled.

03:17 Yeah, it's sensible boxing at the moment from Fletcher.

03:22 Because obviously Torero, when you're in against an opponent who doesn't want to engage,

03:28 what you don't want to be doing is he's coming over your front foot,

03:30 falling short, missing the target, getting frustrated.

03:33 So he's staying calm and using his lead hand.

03:36 It'll take a bit of time but that's a sensible approach to be quite honest Paul.

03:40 [Bell ringing]

03:42 [Crowd cheering]

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04:22 Another of the great East London boxing family fraternities in the corner.

04:27 Working with Tommy Fletcher.

04:29 Mark Tibbs has the lead voice these days with his esteemed father Jimmy.

04:35 And a sense that they've had a scouting mission and now it's time to get to work.

04:38 Yeah, they want him to get hold of him a little bit.

04:41 But they want him to do it behind his lead hand.

04:43 Want him to close that gap down a little bit more and then bring the shots up.

04:46 He wants that left uppercut into play.

04:49 But he's got to do it sensibly behind his lead hand.

04:52 And just get closer to him.

04:54 Doubling up the jab immediately Richie on the orders.

04:56 A sense perhaps as well that they thought they'd given Alvaro Torero a round off at the start of it tonight.

05:01 Yeah, I think so.

05:03 He's obviously had a look at him also.

05:06 It was not only a scouting mission for Torero but Fletcher a little bit patient in that opening round.

05:11 I thought it was a sensible way of going about things in the opening round.

05:14 Just have a look at the opponent.

05:16 Mark Tibbs wants him to just step on the gas a little bit now and close that gap down.

05:20 Which he's just done there.

05:22 You've got to be an actor in the corner Richie, you know that.

05:26 It's important though he does it behind his jab Paul.

05:30 So he wants him to obviously come forward.

05:32 But use that lead hand to measure.

05:35 And he even said that didn't he? Use it as a measuring tool, the jab.

05:38 So up the tempo a little bit.

05:40 That's what Mark Tibbs wants.

05:41 But do it sensibly behind that lead hand.

05:44 Work the levers, work the levers.

05:57 And he's beginning to do that.

06:02 It's Tommy Fletcher.

06:05 Yeah, I mean Torero now he's open to this left hook.

06:08 But Paul just keeps dipping his head down.

06:12 And Fletcher now growing more confidence.

06:14 Got to keep those hands nice and high.

06:16 But better boxing from him.

06:17 Probably got to use his double jab a little bit more here to close the gap down.

06:20 Torero still on that back foot.

06:23 Swinging wildly there.

06:25 But he's been tailor made now.

06:26 There was a little left uppercut there on the inside.

06:28 So that targeted the body.

06:30 But there was just a glance of it there.

06:34 A glimpse should I say of that shot.

06:37 Has been made to work harder in this round.

06:39 And immediately we're seeing that.

06:40 Because he's beginning to breathe a lot more deeply as Alvaro Torero.

06:43 Backing off and backing off.

06:45 He was standing his ground a bit more.

06:47 He knows what's coming his way here, Ritchie, doesn't he?

06:49 I think.

06:50 Yeah, that was a good punch there from Fletcher.

06:52 Lovely straight left hand.

06:53 Torero goes back onto the ropes.

06:55 The body language is not good from him.

06:57 So yes, Fletcher just senses here that he's caught in the middle.

07:01 And he's got to get back into the middle.

07:03 Yes, Fletcher just senses here that he's caught him with a good shot.

07:07 The storm is gathering.

07:10 This is when you need your jab.

07:16 Just pepper the target.

07:18 Take the attention away from that harder left hand.

07:21 Just keep working that jab.

07:24 Give the opponent something to think about.

07:26 And then whip that left hand in.

07:28 Standing.

07:29 Oh, good shot.

07:36 Lovely shot to the body, Paul.

07:38 That was hurt, Ritchie, right on the end of the round.

07:40 He could borrow the stool from Tommy Fletcher and Mark Tibbs.

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08:21 Welcome back, everybody.

08:24 The man at work there is Ricardo Sanchez.

08:27 There's one or two running repairs required for Alvaro Torero.

08:31 Courtesy of Raul Lopez.

08:35 They came for a hard night and it's shaping to become exactly as forecast.

08:40 Tommy Fletcher is beginning to showcase his talent and more specifically, his power.

08:47 I think Fletcher hurt him that last 20 seconds or so, Paul.

08:51 Good body shot in Fletcher's corner.

08:54 Left hand downstairs, whipped it in.

08:56 And Torero really felt that one, didn't he?

09:00 Went back to his corner, needed that minute's break.

09:03 But you can see now the confidence he's giving Fletcher.

09:06 He's got to stick to his boxing, set things up.

09:09 Yarn that lead hand still and bring that left hand through.

09:12 You're never wrong, but you've never been more right, Richie.

09:14 Talking about the boxing of Fletcher.

09:17 I am getting the impression that this young man is a real deep student of the game.

09:23 And he knows it's one thing to have all the power in the world,

09:27 but to build the big picture, to build a fighter who can compete at the top level.

09:33 He understands where he is.

09:35 And I think that that's why he's prepared to work his way into a contest slowly.

09:39 Yes, very good point, Paul.

09:41 Yeah, he's a student of the game.

09:46 And he's going about his work much better now.

09:48 Good sharp left hand there.

09:50 The nose has gone of Torero as well.

09:53 That took him four strides to cross the ring there, didn't it?

09:56 Yeah.

09:57 In his own comfort zone as well, admittedly.

09:59 But it's very uncomfortable already for Alvaro Torero, I'm afraid.

10:03 Yeah, the nose has gone completely.

10:06 Yeah.

10:07 This isn't good.

10:08 I don't know whether he'll continue with this.

10:10 Over to the doctor who supersedes all other authorities.

10:16 Torero won't want to finish like this, but I'm sure he's hurting very badly.

10:22 It was a good straight left hand, wasn't it, from Torero?

10:25 Sorry, from Fletcher.

10:27 Caught Torero flush on the nose there.

10:30 It's off.

10:33 Good work all round.

10:35 Let's spare Alvaro Torero the trouble and the pain.

10:38 Tommy "TNT" Fletcher on TNT Sports.

10:41 Didn't need the really big explosive ammo tonight.

10:46 But that for me was a very convincing work over that he produced.

10:51 Started slowly.

10:52 Mark Tibbs wasn't altogether happy with him in the corner at the end of the first round.

10:56 But Tommy's got that sense of what this job takes for me.

10:59 He upped it in the second and upped it again in the third.

11:02 Richie?

11:03 Yeah, he's got the job done, hasn't he?

11:04 It's very difficult to look good against someone who's continuously moving away from you.

11:08 But there's that left hand.

11:09 That was a cracking punch from Fletcher.

11:12 You can see Torero go straight on that back foot and trying to get away.

11:15 The referee has called off.

11:16 The doctor wasn't too happy.

11:18 So he's done his job against an opponent who didn't really want to engage.

11:22 So Tommy Fletcher used his jab, listened to his corner, got the job done.

11:26 And, you know, he moves on.

11:28 Again, it's another learning fight for him against an opponent, like I said,

11:32 who didn't really want to engage with him.

11:34 But he's got the win, Paul.

11:36 It's a really interesting crowd reaction for me as well, Richie, here at the Copper Box tonight

11:40 because they're used to seeing Fletcher's opponents flat on their back at the end.

11:43 It hasn't ended in that sort of showreel moment tonight.

11:47 But that should not negate the quality of the work for me.

11:51 That's right.

11:52 And it's difficult to knock an opponent out who keeps moving backwards.

11:55 You've got to try and catch him on that front foot as he's coming forward

11:58 and the power doubles up if you bring him onto the shot.

12:01 That didn't happen tonight.

12:02 I think Torello, right from the word go, realised he was in against a very skilful kid.

12:06 There's Frank Warren there giving some advice to Tommy Fletcher.

12:10 But, you know, he goes on.

12:12 He's 7-0 and it's another learning contest.

12:14 He's got the physical advantages, hasn't he, Tommy Fletcher, but he does it behind his jab.

12:18 He's got a great, great power in that left hand.

12:20 And he's got a good team behind him.

12:22 Mark and Jimmy Tibbs, they know what they're doing.

12:24 And, yes, he's got a big future.

12:26 He's only 22.

12:28 The boss looks pleased as well, doesn't he, which always helps.

12:31 Indeed.

12:33 I think he should be pleased because, you know,

12:40 we've got some terrific cruiserweights again now in this country, haven't we, Richie?

12:43 But it's really nice to have a guy like Tommy Fletcher, just 22, rising rapidly.

12:49 And the way it's going at the moment, who knows what the future holds for somebody like Chris Billum-Smith.

12:55 But there could be spaces opening up, and indeed for the other top cruisers in the country.

12:58 That's right, Paul. And like I said, he's only 22, and this is only his seventh contest.

13:02 So he's got a big, big future, but he's got a good team with him.

13:05 Mark, Jimmy Tibbs, they know their stuff.

13:07 And they'll push him at the right time.

13:09 They're good boxing people. They'll look after him.

13:11 Ladies and gentlemen, here is the official time.

13:20 One minute, 23 seconds of round number three.

13:24 Our position at ringside advises referee in charge Lee Every to stop the contest due to injury of the red corner.

13:33 Therefore, your winner, by way of technical knockout, and still undefeated,

13:40 Tommy "The Norfolk Nightmare" Fletcher!

13:45 And I'm happy to say that Alvaro Torero will be walking out of the ring unaided.

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