00:00...fight. Protect yourself at all times. You're a little higher, Mr. Smith.
00:06Your punches up top are okay. Your punches have to be above the line.
00:10Let's touch them up. Good luck and God bless.
00:14Patrick O'Connor was supposed to be on the Naoya Inoue Cardenas undercard.
00:22It was a swing bout and in the end, that fight was cancelled.
00:27And so here he is, waiting on his professional debut.
00:33Now, the referee is making sure that the paramedics are in position before we can get the fight started.
00:45So, safety first. We all know that, Mark.
00:50And something we don't usually see before we hit air, the paramedics not being ready for first bell.
00:57Burn it.
00:59We need first responders in boxing, too. Can't start without them.
01:03At the end of the day, just kind of on brand for what has been a crazy week here in Norfolk, Virginia.
01:11Everything you expect to happen is not happening.
01:13We have a paramedic side.
01:14All right. Perfect. Hopefully we won't need them. That's the whole key, right?
01:18It's an insurance policy that you hope you don't have to cash in.
01:22But here we have Patrick O'Connor looking to cash in on his first victory as a pro.
01:28His opponent, Marcus Smith, all three of his fights ended by stoppage.
01:35One loss and two wins.
01:37So, Millie likes to take risks in there.
01:40If there is a prohibitive favorite on this card, it is Patrick O'Connor or Marcus Smith who's taken up boxing within the last year.
01:51That's right for the body. Patrick O'Connor from Wexford, Ireland.
01:55Originally, there's already a decade-rated amateur in American service.
02:01Absolutely.
02:03Nice one-two combinations there from O'Connor.
02:06A big right hand landing on Marcus Smith.
02:1031 years old versus 19 years old out of Fort Washington, Maryland.
02:14Another one-two from Patrick O'Connor.
02:18If this keeps up, you're going to see why the ref was right to make sure the paramedics are in place.
02:24O'Connor looking to counter Smith, and he does so with that quick combination.
02:35I mean, I'm glad Smith is a tough guy, but I just, you know, he should not be even in a fight like this.
02:44Oh!
02:45A guy of O'Connor's.
02:47Reeling back here is Smith as O'Connor starts to tee off.
02:50Big left hook.
02:51Nice right counter from Smith.
02:53Well, you can see the difference in pedigree between these two fighters, but what you can't measure is heart.
03:02You really shouldn't have to measure heart at this level.
03:06Oh, there's that nice jab.
03:08Nice body shot there from O'Connor.
03:13A decorated amateur.
03:15If you're going to measure heart, Smith has an abundance of it just for climbing up the steps.
03:20Common sense, I'm not entirely sure.
03:22O'Connor, a big fan of Cornell Whitaker.
03:25One of Norfolk's greatest stars.
03:28Big Roy Jones guy.
03:29And a big Roy Jones guy, absolutely.
03:31So, hey, you know what he likes in the ring, but he doesn't fight like those guys.
03:35He's a come forward fighter.
03:38He's got a lot of good stuff.
03:40I mean, you know, he's fighting a guy who lacks experience.
03:44Don't win national championships as he has done here in the U.S.
03:49Two U.S. national titles and one U.S. youth title without having ability.
03:54But he's fighting.
03:56He's fighting the guy who has a full-time job and came to the sport a year ago.
04:02I'm not entirely sure that's exactly what you want.
04:05Nice body shot from O'Connor.
04:07Ten seconds!
04:08And Smith doing well to hear the final bell here in round one.
04:12Time!
04:18And we're going to hear from Jerry O'Connor, the father of Patrick Gerold Ockel-Schubach.
04:26This is Gaelic name.
04:29Patrick, listen.
04:31Yeah?
04:32You're boxing beautiful.
04:33Keep sticking the jab in his face.
04:35You hear me?
04:36Yeah.
04:37Keep it just like that.
04:38A little bit more relaxed.
04:39Use your jab up and down.
04:40It's going to happen.
04:41You hear me?
04:42Yeah.
04:43You know what I mean?
04:44You've got to set it up a little bit.
04:45You know what I mean?
04:46Yeah.
04:47Good.
04:48Good.
04:49You look...
04:50You're doing good, buddy.
04:51You look good.
04:52Everything off the jab.
04:53You know what I mean?
04:54Start doubling the jab up and down with the jab.
04:56You hear me?
04:57Yeah.
04:58Good.
04:59Here, look.
05:00Come on, sit down for a second.
05:01You've got time.
05:02Hold it.
05:03Good.
05:05Good.
05:07Good.
05:08Good.
05:09All right.
05:10Good.
05:11All right.
05:12All right.
05:13A little bit overanxious to get out of that corner, Mark.
05:15You know, second down!
05:17Patrick's...
05:18Go coach!
05:19...from the Irish Traveler community, which has produced so many great fighters.
05:24the greatest and most well-known of them obviously being tyson fury but he's lived in the states long
05:30enough that he considers himself an american fighter and an american kid that's a great stiff
05:37jab there from o'connor irish patrick o'connor but yes his boxing pedigree is 100 all-american and
05:49that's why you know that uh roy jones pernell absolutely that's cool oh nice combination
05:57there from o'connor smith takes a big left hook and a body shot from o'connor and i think that's
06:03going to be the difference here the body work as you see smith in trouble at round two well
06:09he counters to the body really well
06:13he just hits you with these shoveling shots right to the gut like that yep right on the belt line
06:27strong kid got fast hands oh and a vicious left hook
06:32corner marcus smith telling him you got to fight back but he's standing right in front of him and
06:46that right to the body i i mean heard i'm not really sure with the corner
06:50here three three thank you bill clancy five six seven eight come to me you want to fight you better
07:00show me something i'm getting ready to stop this standing eight count great work there from bill clancy
07:05the third man in the ring being assertive oh what a right to the body marcus smith wants the fight
07:12king wants the fight he wouldn't be in here but at what cost what are we doing here
07:20there's a nice right hand another one to the body quick combination and there is
07:24bill clancy stepping in for the technical knockout win in patrick o'connor's professional debut
07:33tko2 win and mark they could have stopped it at any point well just before we really would
07:38have needed the paramedics i hope that's how you do it that's how you do it that's how you do it
07:45even for a pro debut this is a bit of a mismatch we were anticipating this fight
07:50on the naoya anyway ramon cardenas fight they had to wait an extra month but you see why top
07:58rank is excited about patrick o'connor who started boxing at age seven following his dad to the gym
08:04his dad a former fighter himself and he's got all the tools mark to to be successful at cruiserweight
08:12hey he's long he's charismatic he's got the shamrock he's got an interesting story obviously he has
08:20talent let's see how he moves up
08:25see all the fans come out to see patrick o'connor the traveler community and this is what they got
08:31to see the first knockdown it was the standing a count and the body work is what really hurt
08:37there's that right chin and then right to the body you see smith go towards the corner and mark
08:43he's teeing off and there's really no defense in there
08:53as you see there's nothing coming back
08:57and bill clancy was very clear show me something and the one who showed him that the end was near
09:03and should be called was patrick o'connor with the combination in a certain way after watching
09:08all those shots nothing meaningful ever coming back the clock was on clancy from the beginning i think
09:13he did okay and i'm glad he waited for the paramedics i'm glad we didn't need the paramedics and
09:21it was a stoppage here in the second round patrick o'connor adds another accolade to his multiple
09:30championships as an amateur now he gets his first professional win michael take it away
09:37ladies and gentlemen referee bill clancy steps in waves off the contest your official time two minutes
09:43three seconds in the round number two for the winner by tko he's now an undefeated professional irish patrick
09:55o'connor
10:02marcus smith says he's gonna adopt another dog
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