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Erickson Lubin Vs Ardreal Holmes Jr
IBF World Junior Middleweight Championship Eliminator
May 10, 2025
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IBF World Junior Middleweight Championship Eliminator
May 10, 2025
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00:00Ozmakers don't do great when it comes to Pro Box TV and Erickson Lubin just about a three to one favorite minus 325
00:08Audrey L. Holmes jr. Plus 237
00:15The numbers don't matter
00:18Matters who brings the fight in the ring tonight. Let's take a look at the tail of the tape
00:23Similar age 29 and 30 as I said they they met as amateurs huge
00:30Height advantage for our drill Holmes jr.
00:34Also a five-inch reach advantage. Can he make it a factor? Can the hammer get inside and make his power the difference?
00:41Lupe can let us get our main event going
00:44We continue with the action inside of silver Spurs arena
00:48This is Pro Box TV proudly presented to you by
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00:5712 rounds an IBF super welterweight world title eliminator
01:02Este duelo
01:03Pactado de 10 vueltas
01:04Un combate eliminatorio
01:06En la categoría peso super huerta de la FIB
01:09IBF Supervisor Carlos Ortiz jr.
01:13Our judges scoring at ringside
01:15We have Efrain Lebron along with Michael Ross and
01:18David D. Young and now
01:21ladies and gentlemen the war of words is over
01:28Kissimmee Florida
01:29The Pro Box main event
01:32Is on now
01:36Presenting first the fighters standing in the blue corner
01:39He enters wearing gold with purple and silver trim
01:42Presentando en la esquina azul
01:43Vestido de dorado con plateado y morado
01:46Su peso oficial
01:48Ciento cincuenta y cuatro libras
01:50With official weight 154 pounds tonight
01:54He enters the danger zone
01:56The place where no O is safe
01:58The Pro Box TV ring
02:00And puts his undefeated record on the line
02:03Consisting of 17 victories
02:05Six of those victories coming by way of KO
02:09Being presented in association with Salita Promotions
02:22And fighting out of Flint, Michigan
02:24The boss man
02:27Andre L
02:28Holmes Jr
02:32Is the opposition across the ring the right corner
02:37Su position in the esquina roja
02:39Vestido de azul con color plateado
02:41He steps in wearing blue with silver trim
02:43He weighed in at 153 and one half pounds
02:46Su peso oficial
02:47Ciento cincuenta y tres libras y media
02:49Tonight
02:50This two-time world title challenger
02:53Makes his long-awaited homecoming
02:55As he looks to return to the highest levels of the sport
02:58With an outstanding record of 26 victories
03:01Against only two losses
03:0318 of those victories coming by way of KO
03:08Esta noche
03:09Este dos veces retador de campeonato mundial
03:12Regresa a casa
03:14Con un record de 26 victorias
03:16Solo dos derrotas
03:1718 de sus victorias por la vía del knockout
03:21Representing O-Town
03:24And fighting out of Kissimmee, Florida
03:26Erikson
03:29The Hammer
03:30Lubin
03:33With final instructions referee
03:37Christopher Young
03:39Listen
03:44Everything up here
03:45I'm going to say it good, okay
03:46Jamie, you know what time it is
03:48This is IBF title eliminated
03:50Fight hard
03:51Fight clean
03:51Touch them up
03:52And we are ready to go in our main event
03:57It's been a long time coming
03:59Jerry Jonas at Erikson Lubin now doing things the right way
04:04If he hasn't we will find out very very quickly
04:10Title eliminated we're underway round number one
04:14A few fights ago we had mentioned six foot three is tall for middleweight
04:19This is junior middleweight in our drill homes also six foot three
04:23And a southpaw
04:27And a southpaw
04:28Oh, they're both southpaws
04:29It kind of negates it a little bit
04:30Remember folks southpaws aren't any more used to seeing southpaws than orthodox fighters are
04:36Well said, Jimmy
04:37Well said
04:37Difficult for them to adjust
04:38Lubin doing a good job controlling the center of the ring
04:46He's going to want to make this ring very small
04:48Haunted by losses to Sebastian Fundora
04:54Jamel Charlo
04:55I think what Holmes has to do
05:00He has to start acting and not just reacting
05:02You know
05:02A guy with his height and his jab
05:05He can control center ring
05:06To give him a big advantage at that height
05:08And he cannot allow Holmes
05:10He cannot allow Lubin to start getting on first
05:13And start closing the gap
05:14Heard Lubin's coach say that the run he was about to go on will show why he is number one in the world
05:23Holmes has that kind of
05:28Tommy Hearn's build even with the trunks kind of looks a little bit of the cron color but
05:33Well, there's anything Michigan but does not have the punch
05:37That
05:39Tommy the hitman's heard
05:41Possessed the power puncher here tonight is Erickson Lubin
05:45Yeah, so only six knockouts in his 17 wins tends to win by decision very awkward style
05:50He's a technician
05:54You know, he's a technician technician. He's like I said, he's willing to win
05:59Each round by a punch by a margin doesn't matter. A win is a win is a win
06:05Off of this one scheduled for 12 rounds
06:09As we said IDF title eliminator
06:13The overhand attempt there from larger homes just misses
06:18They're very pro leaving crowd tonight
06:27Holmes being more active like you said champion on him to lead a little more you're starting to see that he's feeling more comfortable pop in that lead hand
06:33Through a couple power shots
06:35Yeah, if he's left if he's left to his distance and he can start to start to
06:39Again, it'll grow a little bit of confidence
06:41But it's up to Lubin also take that space away from him and keep him growing in confidence
06:45Holmes is that kind of guy this is first time at this level in a fight of this magnitude
06:50It's up to Lubin to really make him feel uncomfortable at this level
06:54The kind of guy if you let him get his groove and feel comfortable he's gonna be a problem all night long
06:59So far eight measured first round with ten seconds left are real homes
07:09Good jobs so far negating the power of Erickson Lubin
07:29Welcome back inside the silver Spurs arena in Kissimmee, Florida
07:41Our main event Erickson Lubin taking on our drill homes jr.
07:55Erickson Lubin hasn't fought in the home in a long time since 2016 first time fighting Kissimmee
07:59Also the homecoming has a lot of the crowd support tonight, but very measured in round number one
08:06You know what's that change that reputation tonight from being just a sort of a stinker spoiler guy to you know?
08:14A bonafide contender and in an ibf eliminated he's got a chance to the biggest one of his career
08:19But it's looming in a long time since 2016 first time fighting Kissimmee
08:21all to the homecoming as a lot of the crowd support tonight but very measured in round number one
08:24You know what's to change that reputation that I have from being just a sort of a stinker spoiler
08:27guy to you know a bonafide contender and in an ibf eliminated he's got a chance of the biggest one of his career
08:33Biggest one of his career, but it's looping gonna let him sort of spoil things moving gonna
08:38Let him sort of stink out the joint here his homes like I said easy like you said champ
08:42He's he's a guy will do just a bare minimum. I have no problem winning just by the bare minimum margin
08:50Which I don't know how
08:52I get to back up with it, but it's all you've got that's been playing
08:55I listen if you if you think you win enough rounds and you get to the end, but he goes empty. Yeah
09:01This is true. There's already have of course the IVF champion a hundred four pounds right now
09:06Fight the winner of this fight big right hook there from hammer over the top
09:16So you see the jab of homes working you see it there's something there, you know
09:20You'd like to see him. Oh nice. I can't sit up like that and stay a little bit busy with it as well. I
09:27mean six foot three with a 75 inch reach
09:30Great numbers to fight at range
09:33So we've been very small that's a little bit getting closer. He stepped in and smart smart and also how we played it
09:38He is too. He's not giving Lubin a lot of real estate to work with
09:46When a guy is that way below you can't hit him with lead hooks that's something Lubin not tried him about a minute ago
09:50Right, but it has a good right hook a lot of southpaws are one-handed fighters in terms of power punches Lubin's not he can punch with both hands
09:59But you notice what homes is doing that he he had both in both his gloves look he's locking up the lead arm
10:08Yeah, so that right hook can't come so he is bladed, but he's also controlling that lead in
10:11That's not craftiness though
10:14You don't want to you don't want to be in a those little spider web punches with him
10:18Fought as amateurs 12 years ago Erickson Lubin winning that one of course two-time junior Olympic champion
10:26Turn pro rather than go for Olympic gold
10:29Nice body shot there for the movement digs a looping left hand around the elbow
10:38Smart move when you got a guy with a torso the way that Holmes has to attack and target that body
10:43Lubin needs to be careful not to get into a staring contest. Yeah, take a picture just to call that closing back and forth hanging out in that middle distance range
11:13Yeah
11:19We're gonna get a little bit closer in round number two
11:25Trying to get inside the jab range not doing a ton with it yet
11:29Certainly fighting like a veteran taking his time gentlemen. I'd like to see Lubin
11:34Creep his way into the position where he can throw combinations to the movement lets his hands go
11:38He comes with power he comes with speed the technique is there
11:41Holmes more of a control slow the pace type of guy you can get him into firefights
11:47Lubin is gonna have the advantage, but he's got to get his feet into the position to be able to do that
12:01His part Audrey L. Holmes jr. Not doing much beyond the jab
12:05The question of course is nothing to me is that gonna be enough to win rounds
12:15He is not the established name
12:17He's going to at some point have to give Erickson Lubin a reason to back up
12:31So I just that jab which has been using pretty effectively
12:34And it's not a nothing jab and he's sticking that thing
12:40He's doing it high he's doing it low
12:41He's letting us a really nice stab jabs down low right to the pit of the stomach
12:44You know what it does it establishes range to Lubin's gonna have to try to start countering that jab
12:48Slipping it it's not a lot of them and most of them are getting blocked, but he's gonna have to start shooting right back
12:53You at least what his own jab even
12:55What it allows Holmes to do when he does this is sort of control the range control the distance and stay comfortable out of at the pace that he wants to stay comfortable at
13:06Comfort I think is a big big theme here and Holmes just felt comfortable enough to dig a lead right hook off a jab
13:15You got a tall guy who's feeling comfortable enough to do that. You gotta know. He's feeling pretty good about himself right now
13:20But are they who's gonna step up who's gonna step up and try to you know
13:24You know what's on the line here the shot at the world championship
13:26Right who's gonna step up actually try to take control of the fight right now
13:29It's a it's been a little bit of a staring contest a little bit a little bit of a of a fight where both guys doing the bare minimum
13:35We can actually take control of this fight to get the bull by the horn so to speak. We're still not there yet
13:42Somebody's got to make that decision now for his part our drill Holmes jr. Three-time Michigan Golden Gloves champion
13:482015
13:50USA national elite champion turn pro at 22 of course Harrison Lubin turning pro at 18
14:00Nice body shot there Lubin caught a nice angle outside that
14:06Foot came in with a double jab and mean left hook to the body around the elbow
14:13But then bones able to shoulder
14:15the puncher back
14:17The homes use that shoulder a lot, but he's not using it to create space to work
14:20You're still using it to sort of take away the space that you can work
14:24And he's also using takes on the power off the puncher
14:27Pushing him back so he has to be on a back foot to punch
14:29It's a little bit of a your turn my turn fight
14:31Which I didn't expect really, you know, even both guys for taking turn punching
14:34Nobody's trying to punch in between I didn't expect Lubin to show this much
14:39Respect for homes. I thought he was gonna kind of come forward more be a little more aggressive start faster
14:44Nice change up there so there homes look that was gonna be a body shot again because he landed a couple of good ones that he turned it upstairs looped it around
15:00Nice little left hand to the head
15:02Nice
15:26Right
15:28Oh
15:30Oh
15:54And we are back round number four about to begin
15:57And you said it Chris a lot of respect shown so far for Erickson Lubin looking the hard real home thought maybe he'd be a little bit more aggressive
16:08He's been patient so far
16:1112 round 12 round fight though, so there is there is more time
16:17Championship level
16:19Just as we mentioned it Erickson Lubin on a double jab get inside turn it up just a little bit more
16:27But our drill homes, he's a disrupter
16:32He's starting to get those combinations going. He'll step in. No small thing. He'll tie you up and spin you
16:41Don't good overhead left
16:44Heavy shot with power shot turning up the heat on our drill homes
16:50That's the thing I mean Holmes is allowing
16:59Hammer to work. He's just not letting those hands go. It's not throwing up combinations. He's got a big target in front of them
17:04Yeah, I can see Lubin just let those hands go home his main
17:09Style is jabbing and then shoulder barging. You know they sort of take a break. It's it's all
17:15Sort of slowing the pace down to be comfortable, but it's not trying to win the fight, you know
17:20Look it gets a lesser fighter is that that may work, but again you're a world-class level here
17:24You if you're gonna win fights at this level you got to be willing to take a little bit of chances and do a little bit more
17:29And suppose just being comfortably everyone to be uncomfortable
17:33If that's what it takes to win the fight and that's what I meant by saying that he's a disruptor. It's not so much. He's not a destructor
17:38Yeah, he's a disruptor. Yeah, he disrupts his opponent
17:41Total punches landed through three rounds 21 to 11
17:47not great numbers landed, but
17:50Erickson Lubin
17:52Lubin realizing now that Holmes is your turn my turn so Lubin realizing if I just repeat some jabs at him
17:57He'll completely walk up and then I can put a combination behind it this home does not throw when you throw he goes completely defensive
18:02He doesn't want to be even be uncomfortable to take a risk to counter you a punch in between you because that might necessitate that he
18:08Risks to get hit so if you're gonna be that safe, you're not going to world-class level. It's impossible to reach world-class level with that mentality
18:18And we always speak on our air about your turn my turn and how that just does not work
18:21That's not how you become a world champion, but
18:25Now we're seeing a lot more aggression from Lubin. This is what I was expecting from him earlier on
18:29Took a few rounds maybe to get the rust off from being inactive, but now he's starting to just touch let those hands go just like that
18:38See again, we're gonna live with Holmes is reaction. The reaction is not the point back. No does not punch with you
18:44Those of us old enough to remember more versus Holyfield today at the same. It's not enough for him to just leave you alone
18:50You got to go after him
18:52That's a good body shot there from Lubin because eventually a world-class fighter will realize he's you're not doing anything
18:58Let me step up a little bit more. This is all you got. It's just an illusion
19:03What home shows is just an illusion is that's all he's got so what Rubens realizing well, you know
19:08Let me step more and then test this out
19:10And you know what Holmes is not reacting in any way finally trying to point you back a little bit, but
19:15Lubin is brimming with confidence at the end of that round
19:17Walk back to his corner nodding his head Paulie you call me that double and triple jab let him get inside
19:25That was it. Yeah, don't like that because you realize you have to be hard
19:28But if you're just punching at home
19:29He's not gonna punch back
19:30So if you get him to lock up then you can open up to to other of the rest of the combination you want to throw as well
19:35It makes life easier for you you give the guy that my turn my turn yeah
19:41Every year so my turn and one that you make it always your turn
19:47Now the question is how is our drill Holmes jr. Gonna react this that's another separator not just volume and intensity, but
20:00Adjustments mid-fight. Yeah, I mean that's because of being well champions all about being able to make those adjustments on the fly
20:04Because the highest level fighters in the world will change things up if it's not working
20:09Or if they're not getting there in their intention
20:12This is an IBF eliminator the winner of this fight gets a tire shot at the IBF champion Murtaza leave
20:26So it's not like it gets any easier for the winner
20:30No, not at all not at all
20:32We're gonna see who's gonna take the bull by the horns tonight show that they are world-class and are ready for that type of opportunity
20:37You look at the jab landed
20:41Erickson Lubin still having an advantage
20:43Holmes has had two rounds in a in the four rounds where he landed a single punch
20:49Our single jab excuse me as a tall guy six foot three seventy five inch reach you would hope that he'd be landing more than a single jab
20:57What it's done is it's a lot of still control the pace. You always have to land your jab in order to control the pace
21:01You just have to sometimes you show it and it'll establish range
21:05Right here in this round Holmes has used it a little bit more and it's established some range between him and Lubin
21:11Because Lubin unfortunately he's also doing the year-turn-my-turn thing tonight
21:15It's not exactly I think one or two counter-punches on Holmes and Holmes would literally just not throw punches anymore
21:19His Holmes barely throws to begin with if you actually countered him you get him you get him a hesitant to even lead
21:25Very few counters from Lubin's so far
21:29That's what I'm saying both the fight both guys are have a year-turn-my-turn approach Lubin maybe winning the fight because he may be
21:33Taking the turn his turn more often, but both guys are taking turns regardless
21:38Lubin's doing a good job of cutting off the side stepping side stepping, but he's staying in that mid-range
21:42He's not crossing that critical distance line to engage
21:45Holmes in this round much more comfortable with his power punches. Yeah, and Lubin waiting a lot
21:50Holmes carry money on that jab
21:52I don't know where that check left hook from the southpaw stance
22:00This will help me to be doing if he's going to be your turn my turn he can lead
22:05Continuously he'll establish that that distance
22:07Big overhand left attempt there
22:19Holmes got under it, but you don't normally see a six-foot-three guy over under shots
22:23That's because he's dug like that every time so I think he's getting used to him not getting low
22:27See him Lubin makes that adjustment to rip those uppercuts
22:31Very dangerous for a tall guy to give up his height put his head over his front foot
22:38Way less activity from Erickson Lubin in this fifth round
22:45He's really let our drill homes back into the fight
22:49Yeah, I mean he had a great ground last time by just letting his hands go this round he went back to what was not really working before
22:54But I'll tell you what it holds also started around the time to establish the jab more he was he was leading first with his lead hand
23:00A lot more early in this round
23:04Good bodywork here from Holmes and a good shot upstairs
23:09Fight is breaking out at the end of round number five a little bit of John Ruiz to hold three lanes and holds
23:30Let it begin a round number six is one scheduled for twelve IVF title eliminator
23:55And our drill homes
24:00Turning it up a little in that last round
24:03Good finish by Erickson Lubin, but yeah better round for Holmes for sure after a very good round for Lubin
24:12In the third
24:14Well, it's been back and forth
24:16One thing our drill homes doesn't look like he's been overwhelmed by the moment necessarily gentlemen
24:23No, not at all
24:24But also Lubin has allowed him to get comfortable in those first couple rounds by starting at a slow pace
24:32Yeah, I mentioned Jimmy at the outset like for Lubin to show off his power early on and let Holmes know that
24:39He's stepping up to the big leads, but you know, he didn't do that and allowed Holmes into this fight right away
24:54With a total punch is landed Lubin so far a comfortable lead over all drill Holmes. You talked about that inactivity
25:02Holmes had an advantage in the last round, however
25:04However
25:06Nice jab there from Lubin pops the head up of Holmes
25:10As he slides across the ropes
25:17All week Erickson Lubin has been talking to us about showing these on a different level than our drill home junior called him a pretender at this level
25:25But as you said Chris he hasn't done enough to kind of take Holmes of mentally out of the fight
25:39Now Holmes is comfortable enough to be sitting on the ropes for long stretches of time. He's throwing some body shots
25:45He's looking to counter now with that left hand there like that
25:48Okay, finally get out of the ozern points are a little bit something throw back
25:51Well, we've been trying to establish some pressure this round
26:08More smothering here on the inside
26:10Goobin does have that nice snappy southpaw jab
26:25As I'm really committed to his power punches, however a little shots like that, but
26:31It's a total lot in combination
26:33There's a combination to mention me up about a couple rounds to go check but Holmes ducks a lot and see if Lubin starts using it saw it there
26:43Let's see if uh, continues to see it there
26:52Holmes was never put anything to stain together though because anytime he does put something together
26:56His next move is to hold instead of to follow it up. See there it is right there. Yeah. He looks it looks a smother
27:03He looks to steal moments. He doesn't look to take control of the fight though
27:06As you said Paulie not putting his stamp on the fight in any way. Yeah
27:22Take a look at some of the action from the previous round
27:26Yeah, you so Holmes gonna throw up to that left hand looping came right back with his right hook over the top
27:31It was that uppercut that you were speaking about champ
27:33Making that adjustment because Holmes is getting hit in front of those getting over those fronts that front foot
27:40Halfway through this 12 round fight
27:45And Paulie would you expect from Audrey'll homes in his corner a little bit more urgency a little more sense of hey, you know
27:52Let this fight slip away round by round
27:54Okay, I would but I guess they see that movement also isn't really walking up
27:58So they still they think maybe they can steal those these rounds the way they've been stealing those rounds a lot of the ways
28:03They've done it in their career thus far, but again, I just feel like when you're at world-class level
28:07This is you got to know how to take the ball by the points that you're not going anywhere if you can fight like this
28:12And also Paulie there are times when you've been the name and there times when you haven't been the name
28:16And you've got to know which side you're on Erickson Lubin certainly the name daddy that our drill homes has minimal out
28:23homeless and wait around
28:24You know our drill homes is used to fighting at home. He is not home now. He's been fighting in Flint, Michigan
28:30You've been fighting in the area over there now. We're in the backyard of Erickson Lubin up
28:35Oh
28:42The overhand left from homes over the top
28:44Back comes lubin with a straight left up
28:47Once again back homes to the ropes. I think lubin should start shooting those left hands to the chest into the stomach because you know
28:52Holmes already sort of looks to be slipping the head shots
28:56And we're not even looking to counter so he's got his head his mind fully on being defensive once he's backed up the ropes
29:02So I think if lubin start shooting those left hands to the chest and at least we'll push the momentum back of home
29:07We need to follow it up with a combination after that
29:10It's very rare to see a tall guy who dips down dips forward as he's looking to smother so you can't smother up high when you hit with something
29:18We haven't seen lubin shoot that shot to the body that much, you know
29:20Like so I think if he starts shooting it to the body it may discourage homes from sort of wanting to dip
29:27Because he may dip into it. Yeah, like that punch across the chest shot. You go right right through the collarbone. Yeah
29:32And you can come back with your own right hook because you know, we serve movement has a pretty good right hook for a sample
29:37Lubin with the power disparity on he's he's the more powerful puncher for sure. He hasn't only made that a huge factor in the fight
29:43We haven't seen that very much so far
29:47I mean he has put punches together. He's effective and it shuts it shuts homes down, but it's too far and few between for me
29:53So you get he tries the counter left
29:59Mission touches a little bit but it looks his mother instead of following up those homes. Oh
30:05Good luck. See you again. What do you go? Yeah, you want to step out? That's fine, but you step out 40 feet away
30:11That's not gonna do anything, you know
30:14Take it. So you gotta be willing to control the fight at this level. You gotta know how to take control of the fight
30:20You gotta take those chances
30:22Smart chances, but calculating chances, but you got to take those chances right now. It's just sort of sleepwalking through it
30:28Yeah, pot shot and then take himself out of play Paulie
30:39I mean Holmes I mean Lubin hasn't done a lot to physically take control of the fight either
30:43But he knows that at least mentally make it look like he's controlling the fight by by stepping up constantly stepping up constantly
30:48And that's his experience working because he's out he could probably be doing a lot more physically as well
30:52And he's not oh absolutely, but listen if we go by what we've seen so far tonight
30:56The fighter going forward is the one who's gonna get the round so yeah
30:59Lubin Lubin understand me and he's a guy going forward
31:08Good left hand there by Holmes that he wound up on the other side of the ring in third
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31:48And ready as you can see for round number eight scheduled for 12 and
31:55You called it Paul to the left hand and then basically running out of the state
32:02Florida
32:05He led two of those that round that did the same thing on both lands a shot and then
32:11It's halfway around the ring before the punch even Lance
32:13Now both you guys coached very very well in your pro careers coaches always tell you know when you're in play and out of play
32:19Don't take yourself out of play if you don't have to
32:21Yep, the position game is so important
32:31See you get home this doesn't land that left hand and then look to see what else he could do
32:35He looks to land that left hand either get out completely or looks to smother
32:38Body shots there both hands down low, but he's already on his way out of the stone
32:44So there it's not that you're not getting anything on the power punch lead for Erickson Lubin
32:49Holmes actually landed more power punch the grand total of four in the last round, but only two from Erickson Lubin
32:55He's done well beautiful shot there lead hook to hide the left hand landed well
33:14And you see he's not looking to get it back. All right, I'll just mother make my way through it through the short uppercut left hand behind it
33:25That's one thing another another asset that Lubin has in this fight is that he's more explosive
33:35And he can use that explosive disc when Holmes stops and stand still now thrown in combination is Erickson Lubin
33:45Arjo Holmes is bowling forward
33:47But not don't not look at throw punches. He's just looking at his mother take away space mother steps in
33:52He hasn't thought a single punch in this mother comes
33:55And this is this is what I was expecting from Lubin get a guy. He's not punching back. He's going to punch through everything
34:03Nice spin off there. I was looking like a patador. He's ready. How much of a punch is he gonna throw?
34:09Holmes still has not thrown punches as they were here circled the whole ring trying to smother has not thrown a single punch since
34:14Yeah, I finally threw a jab here. I must have been at least 30 40 seconds. He throw a punch and he wasn't even hurt. He just wasn't fighting
34:25We've been finding home for a variety of punches here
34:30It's almost as if our drill home thought he could get through this fight without getting hit and that well
34:35It's it's kind of
34:36That's the problem his main
34:39His main focus on a fight is to take less damage as possible instead of to win the fight
34:43And then whatever damage you admit you don't take okay fine, but you may not your main focus always be the mummy do what?
34:49I gotta do to win the fight
34:50He's mentality you can see his body language throughout the whole fight
34:53And in his box style in general is to it's let me take this little damage as possible
34:57And if I can win that's good too that won't work to a certain level that work less lovely will not work
35:03You've got to prioritize winning the fight if you want to win at this level it's a great man once said it rains you get wet
35:09Right now we've been turning it on
35:13Oh
35:43Oh
35:50We're back and what was a great round for Erickson Lubin
35:54It's like he suddenly realized home wasn't gonna punch back so maybe I could do something here
35:59It's in the corner of Rubin let him have it as he got back. He's like why have you been doing that all fight?
36:05Can you give me another round like that?
36:08Look in his face still
36:10He's honestly it looks easy when Lubin does it you should be active just let his hands go and then we said champion homes is a punch with you
36:22And before the start of the round Erickson Lubin almost let me at him couldn't wait to get around the referee to start the round
36:28And out comes the smock I mean it's just the sweat they don't blow yes, but don't let this one, but
36:38Pauly doesn't like that cleaning bill
36:40Luebin is walking into position not jamming into March and firing it means and walking homes down
36:58Holmes throwing a stay off me jab
37:02Not a controlling jab
37:04Lubin talking to him
37:08Oh, man.
37:10Stop.
37:20Blistering right hook over the top.
37:25Now, Ardwell Holmes basically being forced to fight back.
37:27No, but again, see what he did?
37:29He walked his way in and he threw a punch on the way in,
37:31but what was an intention on the way in?
37:32It wasn't to do damage.
37:34It was to make sure he smothered her close to clinch.
37:35his number one priority is not to actually do anything to control the fight
37:41you see there he goes again he disguises the clinch sometimes while throwing a
37:45half-assed punch on the way and there's a little right hook to the body and
37:49that's what you want to see more of but he does that too few and far between
37:56moving at his best at the height of his his powerful powers he was an offensive
38:01machine and we're seeing glance like glimpses of that when he does let his
38:05hands go they're good combinations they're fast they're explosive they're
38:08hard you were talking about it Chris and now he has Holmes junior in the corner
38:14Holmes has given such a little resistance it's crazy
38:19oh big right hook to that body into the head from the hammer oh
38:29Holmes looks very uncomfortable here
38:33oh big left hand there from Holmes actually stood his ground but still got
38:38no respect for Lubin does he have the power to back Lubin off that's the
38:43question
38:48the six knockouts and 17 wins
38:52and he built like tommy hearns but doesn't have a quarter of the power
38:57I don't believe in himself either
39:01he's doing the way he throws his punches
39:04another great round for Erickson Lubin
39:13it's like he suddenly realized what we see in all fight that hey if I just turn
39:25it on this guy will only throw as you said Chris get off punches yeah real stiff
39:30jabs and power shots I don't know how much is him realizing or him actually
39:34listening to his corners corner selling like listen man just do it just go out
39:37there and let your hands go give me around like that you couldn't be doing
39:41this all night long
39:51three rounds to go in this 12 round fight
40:07let's see if Erickson Lubin starts round 10 and same way he started round
40:15number nine physical pressure and combinations and late into the fight now
40:22we're in the championship rounds
40:26there comes a time when you ask your fighter look what did you come here to
40:37do if you came here to not get hit you can go home and not get hit
40:41because our drill home is one getting he's still stay home and not get hit right
40:45okay let's go home you can sit on your couch and not get hit but you see these
40:50short punches he's throwing not a lot behind him nothing's gonna back off Erickson
40:54Lubin
40:56Pauli if you're Bachram or Tazaleev and you're watching this fight what are
41:02you thinking you think you're not too worried right now you know if you're
41:07Murtazaleev coming off a big win over Zou then I'm this is worrying you but there
41:11is at least the risk that maybe it's it's Holmes is being a stinker and he's
41:14making a whole Lubin look worse than it then it's actually the case you know a
41:18better fighter may bring something better out of Lubin Holmes is just a
41:22stinker kind of style we saw in the Fundora fight you know Lubin looked
41:26really good that night it was back and forth he dropped Fundora oh big shot
41:30there with the left hand very good no reaction from Holmes he hasn't I don't
41:36think he's been hurt all night he just doesn't have having anything to risk
41:39being hurt in order to win the fight we're looking at almost two to one and
41:42total punches landed and he's in full flight yeah full flight moving in the
41:47same direction the whole time
41:50his only question is this Erickson Lubin have what it takes to land the power
41:55punches you're gonna knock down or a knockout he's a cut off the ring
41:59anticipate because literally Holmes has made two full rotations around the ring
42:05revolutions around the ring but in the same direction all to his right all into
42:11the power hand of Erickson Lubin
42:15erickson
42:21yeah
42:22Get hard, Hamm. Get hard, Hamm.
42:35Hamm, 30 seconds, Hamm. 30 seconds, let it go, Hamm. 30 seconds, Hamm.
42:40Nice jab pull there from Hammer.
42:44Holmes comes back with his left hand, but not a whole lot on it.
42:52A little bit of a clash of heads there.
43:00Erickson Lubin with his right eye, eyes hooked over the top.
43:04Holmes tried to walk Erickson down after the head by the hole, and Erickson was like, get out of here.
43:09Swatted him like a fly with that.
43:11Whack him with a right hook.
43:14What are you doing? What do you think you're doing?
43:18Don't make me get nuts in this place.
43:22I'm too curious, idiot.
43:24Don't you ever disrespect me. That's the message.
43:28A little clash of heads, some action on the inside.
43:32There was a clash of heads.
43:34Oh, we didn't get the right hand today, get slapped on the right hook.
43:38That's almost like, yeah, we're doing, you're trying to walk me down, what did I tell you?
43:42What did I tell you? What did I tell you?
43:47What did I tell you?
43:48Two of them.
43:51From Brooklyn is Paulie Malinowski.
43:53Goes back there under the right circumstances.
43:57Erickson took me there right back with that.
43:59No.
44:00With that swat hook.
44:01Put him back in his place.
44:07His home is going to risk it over here.
44:09I don't know.
44:10What are we, round 11?
44:11Round 11.
44:12Two rounds to go.
44:14Championship rounds, and Erickson Lubin is really walking away with this one.
44:19As you said, Murtaza Lea doesn't look like he's probably going to lose a whole lot of sleep over Erickson Lubin, but he's certainly winning this fight.
44:32Murtaza Lea, you didn't see his destruction of Tim Zhu. Looked phenomenal in that fight.
44:36Murtaza Lea, you sit there all day.
44:43Stay ready Hale, stay ready now.
44:46In between rounds is Corner exhorting him to fight.
44:47Beautiful left hand there, set up by the jab from Lubin.
44:52Archie L. Holmes has to turn it on in order to get this fight back.
44:56Good overhand left.
44:57And it's all coming off the jab.
45:00I'd still like to see the left hand side of body though guys, I'd still like to see Lubin get to the body.
45:03get to the body shoot that course right downstairs for the first time he's been
45:14hurt by a single shot because Luba got deceptive he used his jab to land left
45:19hook use the right hook to land left hook yeah Holmes not punching Holmes not
45:27punching you can stop the first knockdown of the fight in round number 11
45:36Holmes is wobbly can he get back to his feet and he does he looks he looks weak
45:41he looks weak in the legs not good body posture still a lot of time left
45:46way through the round I mean all doesn't want to fight so you just got to push
45:52him out the door here yeah it's not gonna take money he hasn't really even when he
45:55was good he wasn't really fighting so at this point when he's getting out he's
45:58getting hurt he just needs a little shove out the door and if Luba can give it to
46:02him he'll get the TKO he wants at least he wants out of this fight he's not any
46:06smothering anymore he's not punching back he wants to be safe at this point
46:10Erickson Lubin want to get back to a title opportunity and he does it! An 11 round TKO for Erickson Lubin!
46:20that's at least in a bit of a dud of a fight that's the statement you at least want to make
46:26is they get the stoppage and move on from a guy like this and now you've got your title shot and that's what Luba at a certain point decided to do
46:34I'm better than this guy forget all the all the ABC's of boxing let me just take it to him and be on him and he stopped him and Holmes never resisted that's the disappointment about Holmes you work your whole life to get to a
46:48eliminator fight for a world championship you get through your undefeated phase of
46:52your career all this stuff and this is how you fight you never ever ever tried to
46:58even he never ever tried to win the fight never Jimmy excuse my French you know but
47:05he really he didn't he didn't he didn't I don't know I have lost I'm at a loss for
47:10words he the whole time he never tried to win the fight at the end of the day in a
47:14very forgettable fight the only thing that's gonna matter is that he scored a
47:18TKO in round 11 at the end of the day we're gonna look at this you're gonna go oh got a TKO in round 11 in the last fight he went 11 rounds and he got a knockout so
47:24but the disappointment with Holmes is you know you got here you never try to win the fight
47:30you know with moving it's okay took him a little while to warm up to read an awkward guy but then I like what he did with him after he's like you know what forget this guy you know like
47:39I thought he was gonna do it there early I really did I'm from watching these guys and knowing both these guys why I thought Eriks
47:44Luke was gonna come out of the gate like we saw in round 10 and 11. Once Luben turned into fifth gear once Luben turned look at those numbers
47:49once Luben turned two to one Luben once Luben turned into fifth gear Holmes still didn't wake up
47:54and I was like alright bro so you you you were hoping that this would be something you could sleepwalk through and you were gonna get a title shot based off a fight you could sleepwalk through
48:01that is a mind-boggling to me but at the end of it he wanted that fight to stay he wanted to get stopped he was
48:05yeah he was he wasn't trying to smother him anymore he wasn't trying to punch with him
48:11never trying to be uncomfortable the whole fight which I don't know how you get to a fight of this
48:15magnitude and expect to never have to walk through at this uncomfortable point in the
48:18fight but he was trying to hope to never be uncomfortable and as soon as it got too
48:21uncomfortable he got stopped what do champions do they deal with adversity well
48:25the only adversity for Luben was you know the range the jab a little feeling out
48:30process early but Chris I'm right there with you I thought Luben would have maybe around two or
48:34three turn it up our let's see what this guy's got wait until late in the fight
48:38to do that yeah I think we would have saw around 11 around three or four you know
48:41I don't think it would have taken all that much because like you said chant the
48:44resistance coming back at him was next to none and Luben obviously had the
48:49advantages and the explosiveness the speed the power it's been a long time coming but
48:56that's a great redemption for Erickson Luben Lube Conreras make it official ladies and
49:02gentlemen inside the Pro Box TV ring referee Christopher Young halts this contest with an official time of two minutes of the 11th and penultimate round
49:11ladies and ladies and gentlemen in the pro box TV and referee Christopher Young
49:15they tiene la contienda con un tiempo oficial de dos minutos del onceavo y penultimo
49:21asalto declarando el vencedor for knockout technical declaring the winner by way of
49:25technical knockout representing old town
49:30the hammer
49:32Erikson
49:35Luben
49:38I'm excited to be back it's been almost a two-year layoff I just had to knock the dust off a little bit I'm happy that my Orlando fans came out my
49:59Cosimi fans my South Florida fans everybody that came out tonight thank you so much the love is appreciated I got people from Michigan out here
50:08I got people from Ohio out here New York Jersey
50:14D.C. everybody out California everybody out here
50:18Thank you all for being here and can you walk us through those late rounds
50:24I just knew he was breaking down from watching his previous tape I seen that he was breaking down I was looking at him in the corner while I was in my corner
50:32I seen that he was breathing real hard I wasn't breathing hard I was just knocking the dust off I started a little bit late
50:37you know I choose my life lots of performance but next fight we don't come back even harder every fight become harder and that's exactly what I want to know what will be the next fight are you closer to the title shot it is a title shot as next I'm
50:51I want to say happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out here I want to say happy Mother's Day to my mother my child's mother all the mothers out here thank you for coming out
50:57all the beautiful ladies thank you for coming out
51:03all the beautiful ladies thank you for coming out
51:10all the beautiful ladies thank you for coming out
51:13Orlando stand up
51:16Kasemi stand up
51:18Poinciana what's up
51:20Well it looks like you own the night congratulations for that win
51:25thank you thank you thank you I want to give a big shout out to Archibald Holmes too he came to my backyard you know this is our second time fighting
51:32I fought him in the amateurs and now we done did it again in the pros we done made we done did some business together we done got paid together and I thank you brother
51:40now back to you guys thank you you heard it Bakram Murtaza Liev is next IBF title on the line he said
51:50can't wait for it stop running this is one of those you want to put put put behind you you know there's a term there's a term you know when somebody's not on your level they can't carry your jockstrap Holmes couldn't carry Lube's jockstrap tonight you ever tried so you know what you want to move on from it I like that Lube is talking about the Bakram Murtaza Liev fighter I like that it gave
52:07the respect of course for showing up and fighting but ultimately this one you want to put in the back the rearview mirror two year layoff not right the rust you got some rounds in
52:14now the big the big big fight this is this is going to be a this is a tough one but for Lubin it's the one he's been waiting for right exactly earned the opportunity against a very awkward opponent who had fought him before in the amateurs so knew more about his style but Lubin we waited the whole fight for that power differential to show and once it did Chris that turned
52:37the tide well there were flashes of it you could see Lubin every once in a while he would let something go and the explosives isn't there with the power was there the combination punching was there once he just put it together and with a sustained attack Arjo Holmes had nothing for him just like you said champ so and that's why the corner was so vocal when they were talking to Lubin in the corner they're saying come on man you can do this give me another round give me another round because the fight's going to be over you put two three rounds together fight ends and it's exactly what happened I think he could have done that end
53:07any point tonight well when he started doubling triplicate jab getting inside using his power punches it was all over and Arjo Holmes Paulie you said it throughout the fight he's looking to hang on and throw tiny jabs and what do I hope something happens I guess never established himself in the fight never never set never set his foot down and say you know let me take control of this fight never tried to which Paulie that separates championship level fighters from everybody else
53:34separates you and also shows your hunger shows determination shows how bad you want it you know you gotta be willing to take some chances their chances are calculated they're intelligent but you gotta take chances in order to be to achieve a world class status in the sport
53:48Eric's a little bit new already you know he was just shaking off the rust at a certain point he's like you know what this guy doesn't want to take chances he doesn't belong in the ring with me let me get him out of here that's exactly what he did
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