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Raul Curiel Vs Victor Ezequiel Rodriguez
June 28, 2025
June 28, 2025
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00:00So he's gonna try to get we're gonna put that fight off for a little while
00:03This is a fight that Raul Curiel as a world title eliminator will put him one step closer to fighting for that WBA
00:10147-pound belt
00:14All right, let's get it started it back into the ring at Big Mo
00:17And now ladies and gentlemen back live here in anaheim, california
00:26Here at the honda center for paul versus chavez jr. We have arrived at our next contest
00:3310 three-minute rounds and it is an eliminator for the wba welterweight championship of the world
00:41Introducing first fighting out of the right corner. Please welcome to the ring
00:45victor
00:57Victor rodriguez very proud that he is from the country of uruguay, but not a lot of success for boxers from that country
01:03There have been two fighters in the history of boxing who fought from uruguay for world titles
01:08By the way, 60% of you think victor rodriguez is gonna win this fight
01:12Okay, who is voting on these fan zones what is happening?
01:16But it was noah alcoba who challenged for the middleweight title back in 2009 lost to felix stern jose maria berlon
01:22Lost in a cruiserweight title fight against carlos de leon in 1988, but this guy thinks he can do it
01:29He was important about this fight 40 days ago. Not the best
01:33Time to get your camp in order
01:34But he says i've got enough to be curiel tonight
01:37Yeah, he has had challenging circumstances not a lot of high-level boxing amateur or pro
01:43In uruguay. That's why he's had to go over to argentina to get better sparring and to get better fights
01:48But he was telling us this week that there is a surge in boxing these days and uruguay
01:53And he believes that if he can win a fight like this go on to a fight for a world title
01:58He can contribute to growing the sport in his own country
02:05And his opponent flying out of the blue corner
02:10Please welcome to the ring
02:12Raul
02:14Curiel
02:28Well over a 10 to 1 favorite tonight for raul curiel
02:32He signed with golden boy back in 2017 has not lost since and chris you mentioned that fight he had last year
02:40Against alexis rocha man. It was a real banger. Do you expect to see a similar style from him tonight?
02:47absolutely
02:48The vast majority of his fights
02:51Have been wildly entertaining. He is a come forward fighter who likes to hang in the pocket and bang it out
02:57I was talking to hector lopez the longtime trainer of alexis rocha this morning
03:02He said hey this guy doesn't have the greatest physique, but don't let that physique fool you. He is tough
03:07He is durable and he is hard. This guy not only comes to win, but he comes to entertain as well
03:13And we know Oscar de la Hoya knows a little bit about welterweight man
03:18He dominated that division and he must be liking what he's seen in corral
03:24Yeah, with drop boots ennis moving up to super welterweight a couple vacant titles floating around there chris
03:30Who knows this guy could be in contention soon?
03:33He could look the wba title holder
03:36Remarkably is roley romero with boots and it's going up to 154 pounds
03:41So certainly a win tonight by raul curiel can put him one step closer there
03:45But the fight I want to see guys running back with rocha man. That was a phenomenal fight
03:50And now ladies and gentlemen live around the world on the zone pay-per-view
04:00This bout is scheduled for 10 three-minute rounds and it is an eliminator for the wba welterweight championship
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04:24Our three judges at ringside scoring this bout jerry katu tom corazoni and dr lou moret
04:31And our referee in charge when the bell rings is michael margado
04:37Two warriors one fight who wants it more?
04:40Let's meet the fighters first fighting out of the red corner wearing the all green trunks
04:45He stands five feet nine and one half inches tall he waiting at 145.2 pounds
04:52He enters the ring tonight with a perfect undefeated professional record of 16 victories
04:59Opposite no defeats in one draw with nine of those rings coming by way of knockout
05:05And he fights out of maldonado uruguay victor latigo rodriguez
05:20And now his opponent standing across the ring fighting out of the blue corner
05:25Wearing the blue trunks he stands five feet eight inches tall
05:28He weighed in at 146.4 pounds he enters the ring tonight with an undefeated professional record of 15 victories
05:38Opposite no defeats in one draw with 13 of those 15 wins coming by way of knockout
05:45And he fights out of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
05:54Raul Cougar Cougar
05:59All right guys step back a little this way for me please
06:15Um gentlemen we're here for the nabf world welterweight title as well as the wba eliminator
06:23You both received your instructions in the dressing room i'd like a good clean fight please
06:28Listen to my instructions at all times you have to deal that solution is
06:32Atras in el camarino quiero una pelea limpia y dura
06:35Y siguen todos mis órdenes en todo el tiempo okay toco los guantes
06:40Dios le bendiga
06:41Antonio i know looks could be deceiving but victor rodriguez uh
06:45looked a little bit nervous a little scared right there yeah he did he's dry as well
06:50And uh you can see he's ready to fight curiel is ready in this first round well we saw
06:56in that fight with avias rodriguez or avias griffin and julian rodriguez that there were levels to this
07:03i have a feeling in this fight we're going to see there are levels as well
07:07oh curiel in the blue trunks victor rodriguez in the green curiel does have a 44 second knockout win
07:14that was over brad solomon just a couple of years ago he likes to get started early
07:20if i'm victor rodriguez i'm looking at the body curiel does like to hang in the pocket a little
07:25longer than he should he's had alexis rocha had some success banging downstairs to the body i think
07:31rodriguez should try to do the same and when i saw rodriguez on tape it looked like he did have a good body
07:36gaggish he's shooting those uh body shots with a lot of leverage
07:43come on work out work out punch out in your room guys stop stop no punch
07:47and chris why wasn't the rematch made immediately between curiel and rocha
07:53a lot to do with timing alexis rocha and his team wanted to go inside four months of the last fight
08:01curiel told me after a fight like that you know that goes the distance it went he'd want to take
08:06some time off allow his mind and his body to recover now alexis roach is dealing with an injury
08:11of his own that he's trying to get past but i have no doubt uh if these two guys keep winning we'll see
08:17them down the line that's that body attack i was telling you about rodriguez you just landed one
08:21on the left side rodriguez coming out being aggressive taking a right to curiel that might be a mistake
08:27go down the left stop once curiel gets comfortable watch out
08:38this is a massive step up in competition for the 29-year-old uruguay
08:45but he says he's coming off his best performance of his career
08:49a win over alberto mosqueda you know one thing you can hear those punches man solid
08:55and it seems like rodriguez he's punching
09:00stands pretty square flat-footed though doesn't he i know i don't like his leverage right there but
09:06he stands flat-footed and when he lets that right hand go that chin stays all the way up in the air
09:12like i said he's digging to the body
09:13he's gonna get up
09:20get your arms free guys stop yeah rodriguez won that fight against mosqueda
09:25third round knockout so he's got plenty of confidence no hesitation accepting this fight
09:31that robert garcia implements with someone like our career who's tremendously successful
09:49working a wild card in freddie roach big whiff there with the left hand from latigo
09:54guys but a decent round for rodriguez
10:08i don't want to work out in a row watch that shorts they're too high
10:26okay
10:32jab otra vez arriba y abajo y arriba
10:34y pero
10:38es necesario que hay un cortito no compas está muy bien para ti está muy tieso
10:43juegue le juegue la rapidez con las piernas están saliendo
10:47uno dos uno
10:48un poco más
11:01round two here from
11:03the honda center in n-high california todd grusham antonio carver and chris mannix ringside
11:09looking to see if we can get our third straight knockout finish here on this pay-per-view car
11:13For three is low enough and gotta be still if you don't get count
11:22Yeah, it's up beat or flat, but you can hear those punches
11:32And you can see curio trying to get enough separation to throw that rear upper car for a couple of times already just missed
11:40still looking for that page
11:42Curio ranked in the top ten by the WBC IVF and the WPA
11:49So he's right there in the mix
11:59Still to come our co-main event of the evening
12:02Gilberto Ramirez defending his cruiserweight titles against Uniel Gordicus and then of course the main event Jake Paul and
12:09Wooden Cesar Chavez Jr.
12:16Rodriguez not fighting back just eating them while drink is doing one at a time and curio is putting combination together you can see the results
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12:35Champions in this welterweight division Mario Barrios will be fighting Manny Pacquiao really Romero the IVF spank it and the WBO champ
12:42Brian Norman jr. Who just had a hellacious knockout over in Japan Chris that might be the KO of the year so far
12:48Yeah, rich picture-perfect left hook Brian Norman to knock out just a sock rising star at 147
12:54A little bit of trouble trying to figure this guy out. I think he need to be
13:03getting a spacing right now you don't have to be so close all the time to allow
13:08Rodriguez to get those punches home and I think to Rodriguez his credit he did go to
13:13school on that road to play he's fighting on the insides like he should because
13:18when Curio gets that separation that's what he's most effective right there
13:24you know what allow him to get more separation a jab he needs to start using
13:28that left hand a little bit more effective to keep Rodriguez at base
13:33he's got a punishment coming in and going out right most definitely and with the
13:38jab you don't have to fight all the time
13:42wait for it'll unleash that left hook because as you can see oh good count
13:49Rodriguez being over-aggressive here at the end of round two
13:56he is right there to be hit it isn't
14:12great combination both hands and that's what I love to see these young fighters do
14:42don't throw one punch at a time throw combinations you can pick the lock
14:45he went to the body
14:59there's Jake Paul beginning the hand tape process we're in round three here
15:10let's wait showdown Rodriguez and Curio Garcia look like he's focusing on the
15:17jab now which is good
15:20you can right there he made a miss but he didn't make him pay I think he can set off
15:33a big kind of shot if he just time one of those we didn't shock that right yeah
15:39Rodriguez as he's swinging a miss and he's just stumbling forward
15:46meanwhile and a good left hand there did Rodriguez
15:49Chris he just we were completely wrong thinking this guy looks scared he's going
15:53right at the third I think this is a much closer fight than we anticipated because I
16:02believe Rodriguez is really making him feel those body shots
16:05just waiting for a career to show the the class and skill separation that we thought
16:12he had
16:23Rodriguez nine knockouts of 16 wins Curio 13 KOs of his 15 wins he's been very vocal about not wanting
16:31fights to go the distance he wants to entertain his Mexican fans and get KOs
16:35out of his 15 wins I'll tell you what if Victor Rodriguez has a chin tonight I think we're gonna see a lot from both of these guys
16:42And he's bunches landing right now
16:54And he's bunches landing right now
17:01still close rounds I don't know how these rounds are being scored both guys are being effective at having some success
17:07Curio is landing more combination punches
17:10Good fight so far
17:14Not a lot of behind the punches of Rodriguez their arm punches, but they're landing and they seem to be frustrating career
17:37Big swing and a mystery lots to go and that's what curio can take advantage and that was five unanswered shots
17:49Tony did you like fighting guys that were aggressive right in your face like pushing them for no I did because I always had
17:58Counter a guy coming
18:07Oh
18:37Right there rodriguez miss
18:39I just think curio should just need patience step back and land a clean counter punch
18:46That left hook is the one that landed right on the chin even an uppercut
18:50But he got a close those fists. It looked like he was hitting with the open palm then can't be slapping with those punches
19:00This crowd still waiting for curio to get him excited about something
19:07And to be fair, usually he has had some sort of big moment before this point in the fight
19:16Give credit to rodriguez who's coming forward peppered with punches
19:29Curio's father and brother were both boxers and he started training seriously
19:33He said at the age of 15 years old as we look at punches through three rounds
19:37Rodriguez has landed two more power punches, but thrown a hundred and fifty compared to eighty-five for curio
19:43Come on
19:48You didn't wonder if the judge is putting a premium on the activity and the aggression or the accuracy
19:53I go was that look at cleaner shots, and I do think rodriguez has been effective especially in that first round
19:59But over the last two it's felt like the cleaner shots have been handed by curio
20:04Like that and that is not what rodriguez wants to do stand at distance with his gloves up by his ears
20:22Crunch it so you could hear the power
20:26Down goes rodriguez
20:28This nose is broken. Oh my
20:34I said curio was gonna have a moment at some point and there it was
20:38And he may be about to finish victor rodriguez here in round number four. Yeah, Raul curio is an excellent finisher
20:45That was a sharp uppercut
20:48Right up the middle and rodriguez's face is ballooning up the swelling
20:54instantaneous
20:56I don't know what they're gonna need for that nose in stroke for sure put a lot of pressure on it
21:01That is if he makes it to the end of the round a minute to go here in the fourth nice fake
21:07Rodriguez covering up he might be ready to surrender the referee says no
21:11I'm sorry
21:13I'll win number 16
21:15Knockout number 14 and no complaint from victor rodriguez in the corner there whatever damage was done
21:23To the nose and face could be a broken nose
21:26You see under the right eye sometimes that suggests orbital bone
21:30He was clearly in some pain after that knockdown
21:34nodding his head doesn't seem at all disappointed or upset by the stoppage undoubtedly but as fighters
21:40We want to see a guy go down before we wave it off at least we know he got hit with an effective shot
21:47But I wanted to see curio finish strong like I know that knockout was coming
21:52That's exactly the kind of performance that Raul curio needed
21:57bouncing back from that draw against alexis roja his first fight with robert garcia
22:03In his corner and he gets back to his knockout ways
22:06Antonio some punches look good and others sound good. We can hear that shot over here. Yeah, it was flush and man
22:15Yeah, curio came with a game plan. He's gonna learn a lot from this fight because this guy didn't lay down for him
22:22He came and really applied that pressures throughout this fight
22:25So a big win for a mexican fighter here will that set the table for the next two mexicans that will make the walk
22:33Gilberto ramirez and the co-main and julio chavez jr in the main event
22:38That's that slick uppercut right through there he felt that instantly he felt that instantly
22:49Oh bing i thought it was the nose but he cut that eye i think it was the right eye
22:53What could have been the orbital bone i mean we heard something pop it's not often
23:01nowadays these guys get to the tightest much quicker than we did back 20 years ago
23:05And i love that combination left hand rear uppercut brilliant brilliant execution
23:14And here's the second knockdown a little bit of a faint there
23:19i love that faint and rodriguez bought all of it
23:26And look i think at this point it was largely academic
23:30Because the nose the face was messed up we saw it recently with khalil ko and manuel gallegos fighting in mexico
23:37Khalil ko broke the nose of gallegos in the first round and once you are experiencing that type of pain
23:43Everything hurts everything in the aftermath of that shot
23:54Well ladies and gentlemen i told you kuriol did not want the fight to go the distance he considers that a loss
24:00He wanted to knock out and boy did he get it a super sweet uppercut did the trick as he hands victor rodriguez his first professional defeat
24:12We've got a big big heavyweight showdown coming your way in a couple weeks live from london wimbley stadium
24:23Usyk dubois part two for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world you can buy it now
24:32On the zone chris your early thoughts on that showdown hey if you had asked me a year ago
24:38i would have said usyk would have rolled in that particular fight but what he did what what usyk did or rather dubois did
24:46over the last 18 months beating
24:49Jarrell miller beating philip hergovic beating anthony joshua all by knockout
24:54Impressive i think this is a incredibly competitive fight next month man
24:59I want to know how many times can usyk go to the bank you know this he got away with that low blow that that served him well
25:07Duvose is going to be coming in this fight very confident because of the few fights he had previously
25:13can't wait
25:16Live from wendley that's july 12th
25:19All right back into the ring big mose about to make it official
25:31Ladies and gentlemen
25:36Referee michael margado calls a stop to this contest at two minutes nine seconds of the fourth round
25:44Declaring your winner by knockout and still undefeated and still the nabf champion
26:02Raul curiel all smiles
26:14And he's got that mexican fighting style chris that everybody loves go hard go home
26:19Yeah, the former mexican olympian still undefeated as a pro racking up another knockout on his resume
26:26It's only a matter of time before we see him in a world title fight
26:30He's going to keep growing his fan base all these fights that golden boys putting him in in southern california
26:36Including a fight like this on a card like this that's only going to make it more and more popular. We're going to see him
26:42Headlining some significant events in the very near future
26:46Ariel hawane is with your win
26:49Very much guys
26:51Congratulations on an amazing win
26:53You know you said before the fight if you went the distance you would have considered that a loss
26:57I would imagine you're over the moon by your performance tonight
27:00Yeah, first of all i want to thank god
27:02I want to thank all the people all the crowd the beautiful people to come in to see this fight
27:07I want to thank golden boy
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