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Laila Ali looks to remain undefeated taking on Kristina King in a Women's Bout on Showtime Boxing from China
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00:00All international sports media, Anthony Chan George Chunk Productions and Showtime Championship Boxing in association with Paps Blue Ribbon and Caesars Palace.
00:10Our judges scoring this bout from ringside, we have Ronald Greenley, Joe O'Neill and Paul Silverman, and our referee in charge of this bout is Bernie Profato.
00:20So, we have four women's fight against girls. We have seen the winner of the winner of the United States, Kerstina Jean, her title is Kerstina Jean, and her battle is the winner of the team.
00:37She has won the winner of the team, she has won the winner of the team.
00:41All right fans, here we go. Four two-minute rounds of boxing scheduled. Women's in the ring.
00:48from middleweights in action, introducing you first on my right, fighting out in the blue
00:53corner, wearing blue trunks with red trim from Muskegon, Michigan, she weighed in at 166
01:00pounds, undefeated with a record of one win, no losses, one win coming by, way of knockout,
01:06they call her the queen of the ring, introducing Christina King.
01:42And ladies and gentlemen, her opponent across the ring on my left, fighting out of the red corner,
01:49wearing black chalk silver trim, fighting out of Los Angeles, California, her weight won the
01:54hundred.
01:55And ladies and gentlemen, her opponent across the ring on my left, fighting out of the red corner,
02:05wearing black chalk silver trim, fighting out of Los Angeles, California, her weight won the
02:12hundred sixty-five pounds. She also is undefeated in her young campaign in the ring with five
02:17wins, no losses, all five wins coming by way of knockout. Ladies and gentlemen, tonight in her
02:24wide television debut, introducing the undefeated, Layla, she be stinging, Ali.
02:31She be stinging, that's right baby. Once again, Bernie Profano is our referee in charge. This is scheduled for two-minute rounds of boxing.
02:39All right, ladies, you heard the instructions at the weigh-in last night. I want you to expect you to obey my commands at all times and protect yourselves at all times. Let's do it.
02:54All right, let's do it.
03:01All right, Bobby, what are the keys to victory for them?
03:04Well, for Layla, Ali, she wants to establish an effective jab. She loves to use it and work in behind it and also set the pace.
03:10Not allow King to hurry her up and a strong right hand. That is her signature punch. She throws that right hand well.
03:16And for King, King needs to do some different things. She's got to keep the pressure on Ali, also staying up.
03:23Shorter reach, shorter height, work inside and go to the body and slow Ali down.
03:29Well, let's see what happens here. Remember, Layla Ali was knocked out in her last fight.
03:34She went on to victory, but she had a tough brawl of it with a girl by the name of Karen Bill.
03:38This Christina King is a lot tougher than I think the Ali handlers realized.
03:43This correctional officer from the Brooks Correctional Facility in Michigan is some kind of tough.
03:49She's been in 25 tough women contests, and she thinks she can handle Ali.
03:54She's lost a lot of weight to prove it, and she has been insulted in the process.
03:58Ali up on her toes, going with that jab, looks pretty good with the jab.
04:02You can see that she has more natural ability than the tougher, apparently, Christina King.
04:08Well, right now, you can see that there's an experience factor, and a style factor, and also a skill factor difference.
04:15But the toughness factor, we have to find out.
04:17Well, these two-minute rounds, she went back on the heels. A pretty good right hand by Ali.
04:21She digs to the body. Boy, does it sound funny to me.
04:25They call most of Muhammad Ali's fights, and he's adding Ali against an enterprise fight.
04:28Right hand gets through. Spins ahead of King.
04:31Ali's using that jab so well. Look how she's stepping in there.
04:35She's stepping in there in the right hand right behind her.
04:39You have to remember that these are women fighters, and I'll tell you one thing.
04:44It's exciting to watch with Leila Ali in there.
04:46Look at the shots that she's landing, Bobby.
04:48This is only one number one.
04:50King is showing a pretty fair chin herself.
04:54Ali has that jab going, throws the right hand.
04:57Hopper to toes, wide with the right hand this time.
05:00You notice that Christina King puts her head down when she throws.
05:03Everything she does is very awkward, very tough, but not a schooled fighter at all.
05:08No, you know, she's out of the world of the Tough Woman Contest, almost a female Butterbean.
05:13Although Butterbean kept the weight on, she did not.
05:16Well, she's still a little heavy around the middle, but she's trained down so much, she's in magnificent shape for her.
05:22Ali, very trim, very attractive-looking young lady.
05:28Uses her reach and advantage of height.
05:30She's up on her toes, bounces back.
05:32King prods in and gets paid for it.
05:35With a stiff left jab, a right hand by Ali.
05:38Ali pulls the pressure on now.
05:40There's certainly a skill difference here.
05:42You can just see, Ali has the combinations, has the moves.
05:45Knows how to move laterally with her feet.
05:47Uses a jab.
05:49And the bell ends round number one.
05:51And King's strictly a Tough Woman-type fighter.
05:55Take your time, take your time.
05:56Take your time, take your time.
05:57Just move around in the box.
05:58Take your time, man.
05:59Take your time, take your time, man.
06:00What are you doing, man?
06:01Shit!
06:02I'm the fuck in the back of the street!
06:05Keep the fuck off me!
06:07What are you doing?
06:08It's all right, champ!
06:09Most fighters don't have the power to get it done with one at a time.
06:13Here's Layla Ali throwing punches in bunches, combinations, jabs, right hands.
06:17Following with some hooks and following up with more jabs, right hands.
06:20Going to the body a little bit, mixing it up rather well.
06:24Later, she continues to do a little bit of the same.
06:30Working in behind the jab in the right hand.
06:31The right hand is her signature punch.
06:33That's her bread and butter.
06:35Let's go.
06:40All right, here we go with round number two.
06:43Layla Ali in black.
06:44And in the red top there, Christina Kane.
06:47This is a two-minute round, as are all the rounds here in women's professional boxing.
06:52This is scheduled for four rounds.
06:54Layla Ali, needless to say, won the first round.
06:58Jab in the face of King.
07:00King wants the roughhouser.
07:01Wild with the right hand.
07:01Wild with the left hook.
07:03Missing.
07:03Nice straight left jab by Ali.
07:04The right hand gets through.
07:05Bangs her forehead again.
07:07Hands her up against the ropes.
07:08Grabs the head.
07:09Ties her up inside.
07:10And now the referee, Prabowo, has to come in.
07:11You can see that King's really trying.
07:13She just doesn't have the skills.
07:14She has not been trained or worked at boxing.
07:16And doesn't have the tools, as does Ali.
07:18She's trying, but she just doesn't have the skills to get it done.
07:21Well, I'll tell you this.
07:24People told me, Bobby, that Layla Ali can't fight even a little bit.
07:27I think she can fight a little bit.
07:29Well, I've seen the tapes.
07:30Part of the problem with the tapes is the opponent she's had.
07:32There are very few women that box at her size.
07:35She has some talent.
07:36You can see it.
07:37Well, she's loading up right now and taking advantage of the talent that she has.
07:41One thing is her punch is a pinpoint here, Bobby.
07:43They're all landing to the head.
07:45Look at that shot.
07:45That was a terrific right hand.
07:50Maybe the best punch she's thrown so far.
07:53And Christina King, to her credit, swelling up, will not go down.
07:56She won't go down, but her eye is going up.
07:58It's really bulging.
08:00Left hook, right hand right on top of that bad eye.
08:02Now the jaw comes down of Layla Ali.
08:04She's worked hard to this point.
08:06Cracking right hand again gets through.
08:07Now she tries to get some air.
08:09Nice stiff jab.
08:10Right hand through again.
08:11Now the blood trickles from the left nostril of Christina King.
08:16Ali, long, looping right hand, taking off the gloves.
08:18That right hand gets through.
08:20See, unfortunately, King is only blocking all the punches.
08:22And even the one she's blocking, she's blocking them put back right in her face.
08:26She's blocking them in front of her face.
08:28Not really slipping.
08:29Not really moving side to side with her head or her body.
08:32Slipping, going to the body.
08:33Nothing that she wants to do, I don't think she's able to do.
08:37Ali has a tendency to throw her punches.
08:39She's really landing them now.
08:40Cracking this girl left and right upstairs.
08:43And if the other girl doesn't answer back, well, the bell ends round number two.
08:47So what I was going to say is academic.
08:49Another good round for Layla Ali.
08:51Just a little scratch.
08:53Just a little scratch.
08:54Don't worry about it.
08:55You're all right.
08:56You're all right.
08:56Just a little few hands off.
08:57You're all right.
09:03Let's go to train jams with her.
09:05Why don't you lead with a good straight right hand, Chris.
09:09And not a left hook.
09:11Lead with a straight hand in the water.
09:15She went right to work, did Layla Ali.
09:17Got her in trouble real early.
09:19Using the jab.
09:20Working behind that jab.
09:21There's a little hook.
09:22And then she hits her with the right hand.
09:23That signature punch has been so accurate.
09:26Almost every right hand has landed either flush on her face or pushed her gloves into her face.
09:30This was the best shot of the night.
09:37Layla Ali throws a beautiful right hand right there.
09:39And that was right on the button.
09:42Followed by two or three more.
09:43She threw a really solid right hand.
09:45You could see the legs start to shake and start to give out for Christina King.
09:51You know, I'll tell you this.
09:52Layla Ali could learn to drive off the back foot when she throws that jab instead of leaning out.
09:56She doesn't have the quickness her dad had.
09:58She has a lot of the skills, but nowhere's near like the great Muhammad.
10:01But right now she's using the skills she has to beat up on Christina King.
10:07Christina really humping and puffing.
10:09Blood from the nose.
10:09Crack for the left hook that time.
10:11Ali bangs her with the right hand to the head.
10:13Some of the scouting reports about Layla Ali was that she was not that good a fighter.
10:17But unfortunately, they had nothing to judge her against.
10:19She has not fought anyone who's had real credentials, real abilities.
10:23Although she's demonstrating that she can fight, we can't gauge how well she can fight
10:27if someone's fighting her back with similar styles and skills.
10:30Well, you know, Bobby, the best women athletes are really good fighters like Christy Martin and Lucia Riker.
10:37Then you get the, you know, the pretty girls like Mia St. John and Hannah Fox are retired.
10:41But this fight is really going strong now.
10:48Go back there.
10:49Go back there.
10:51Okay.
10:51These girls are much bigger than what we're used to seeing.
10:54Remember, Layla Ali came in at 165 and King upon heavy 166.
10:58Blood all over the face of Christina King.
11:01She continues to work.
11:03The mouthpiece is out.
11:04Yeah, she lost her mouthpiece and told the referees who lost her mouthpiece.
11:06Neutral corner.
11:07Neutral corner.
11:08Neutral corner.
11:09Now the referee can.
11:11Let's go.
11:11Just the mouthpiece.
11:12Both of them go to the neutral corner.
11:14Yes, mouthpiece.
11:15Christina King showing a bit of an experience here in professional boxing.
11:19She has to go to her corner and get the mouthpiece back in.
11:22Blood all over that face.
11:25And that gives a little breather to Layla Ali, who would like to pick up the face now.
11:28Nice.
11:28Stick jam to time.
11:30Another one.
11:31Look at that mouth hanging down.
11:32And that's why she's losing the mouthpiece because her jaw is hanging.
11:35Layla realizes she's got her in a bit of trouble.
11:38Heels on the right hand.
11:39Right hand again upstairs.
11:40Going for the nice left jab, buddy.
11:42Kurt, I'll tell you what.
11:43This fight might be on the verge of being stopped.
11:45If it weren't just five or six seconds left in the round, this fight might be stopped.
11:48All right.
11:48But the bell ends round number three.
11:50And it's been all Ali.
11:53All right.
11:54I hope he's hard.
11:55Keep going.
11:56You okay?
11:56You want to keep going?
11:57Yes.
11:58Okay.
11:58All right.
11:59All right.
12:01Who's got the mouthpiece?
12:03Sean's got the mouthpiece.
12:04All right.
12:05I can go another round.
12:06Yeah.
12:07One more round.
12:07Do you know how we need you to knock her out?
12:09We need you to knock her out.
12:10We're not going to knock her out.
12:11I'm standing.
12:12I guess it's because I'm going to be back.
12:13You're going to have to show me a little more out there.
12:14I'm going to start.
12:15She's going to floor you on you.
12:16I don't want you to take too many shots.
12:17We're going to see where that mouthpiece gets dislodged.
12:24What else?
12:25A right hand.
12:27That right hand has really been finding a home on the side of the face of Christina King.
12:31And there it costed a mouthpiece.
12:38All right.
12:43We're set to go to round number four, which is the fourth and final round of this fight.
12:47But unofficially, I've got a 30-27 all three rounds for Layla Ali.
12:51Bobby, how would she fare against the good pros like Deirdre Gogeti or Daniela Summers?
12:56You know what?
12:57She's much bigger, Colonel, so it's hard to gauge how she would fare against somebody like
13:00Christy Martin or even Belinda Lara Quinta we saw, who I thought would be Martin.
13:05There are so many fighters out there, excuse me, so few fighters out there that the universal
13:11fighters at this weight, I don't know how small or how large it's going to be over the next
13:14couple of years.
13:15Action hot and furious here in the fourth round.
13:19Christina King tries to make a fight.
13:20And Riley will put her back in the heels.
13:23Heels are good.
13:24She's ready to go.
13:25The referee, he's done it.
13:26He does.
13:26It's all over.
13:27It'll be a TKO win for Layla Ali.
13:32That was a good stoppage.
13:32Six and oh.
13:33A good stoppage.
13:35Six kills.
13:36It was exciting in the end.
13:51Well, you know, again, the universe of women at this weight, even in all of professional
13:55boxing for women, is so limited.
13:58This girl did not belong in the ring with Layla Ali.
14:01She did not have the skills.
14:02A tough man competition is basically picking people up off the street, out of the crowd,
14:06out of a bar, putting them in the ring as soon as a tough guy.
14:08Just swinging.
14:09And that's not what professional boxing is at a man's level or a woman's level.
14:14Well, that type of question was certainly answered tonight because this girl, Christina
14:18King, was 25 and oh in the tough women contest.
14:21Although Christy Martin started her career as a tough woman, but she's a skilled athlete.
14:24Different for Christina King.
14:26Layla Ali does have some skills.
14:28She can be trained to be a pretty good fighter, I think.
14:30Well, she has some skills.
14:31She clearly demonstrated.
14:33She's also pretty well conditioned.
14:34She threw a lot of punches, took a lot of energy.
14:37Problem is, Bobby, you're going to find some opponents that are as big as she is to fight.
14:41I mean, this is a girl that walks around the streets at 175 pounds.
14:45She's 5'10".
14:46And she's a very, very interesting fighter.
14:52Well, she's a big girl and she didn't get a full fight out of it.
14:55Here she's just having her way.
14:56The right hand just landing and landing there again.
14:59The one that staggered King.
15:01And King basically, they could have stopped the fight after the last round, not let her
15:04come out for the fourth round.
15:05It would have been fair.
15:06I knew it was coming.
15:08I saw it coming.
15:09The right hand landing time and time again.
15:10That right hand really staggered her wobbler feet.
15:14And basically, she's just in a passive position, holding on to either Laila Ali or holding her
15:20own hands to her face and just cowering.
15:22So this wasn't a real test for Laila Ali.
15:25And even by Laila's own admission, she said, you know what?
15:27I have to perfect my game over the next couple of years.
15:30Then I'll take on the best that there are in the world.
15:32But I don't know that there are any at that weight.
15:33I don't know either.
15:35But I do know one thing from being in China with Laila Ali.
15:38She is an attraction.
15:39People are curious for whatever reason.
15:41Will this deal with Jackie Frazier and Ron Lyle's daughter and George Foreman's daughter happen?
15:46I don't know if there's any interest in it.
15:48But we'll find out is this whole thing around Laila Ali because there is interest in her just
15:52because of the name.
15:54The fact that she's beautiful and can fight a little bit makes it all the more exciting.
15:57Well, you've seen it first.
15:59Her professional debut across U.S. television for her big sixth victory.
16:05We'll make it official now by going to our ring announcers, Kevin Kong and Jimmy Lennon Jr.
16:11Ladies and gentlemen, we have the time of 37 seconds in round number four.
16:16A referee in charge, Bernie Kropano, stops the contest.
16:19The winner by way of technical knockout and still undefeated, Laila.
16:25She be stinging, Ali!
16:35Can I throw it to Bernie?
16:46Well, Bobby, what did you think on all of the performance by Laila?
16:50All in all, I was more impressed with Laila than the limited number of fights I got to see.
16:54The footage I got to see was not that great.
16:56The opponents were even lesser than this girl, at least in toughness.
16:58So they went down and folded right away.
17:01This girl did not.
17:02This girl at least tried and showed some heart and a reasonable chin.
17:05But I'd like to see her in as anyone would against someone that can also fight back.
17:10I want to see what kind of guts and, you know, grit she has.
17:13She got off the floor in one of her fights to win.
17:16But you need to see somebody against her that can hit her more often and give her more of a competition as far as slipping and punching back and movement and all those things so we can really gauge her.
17:25Well, she is, because of the name, certainly a big attraction here in China.
17:33And our now American audience has had the opportunity to see her.
17:37And she's really, really an interesting person to be following.
17:42Well, it seems that we're in Guangzhou.
17:47Our main event is coming up.
17:49Andrew Gulotta versus Marcus Rohde.
17:51It's a heavyweight bout.
17:53And this is the big fight that we're really here to see.
17:55The people in China wanted to see Ali.
17:57They've seen it.
17:58But this is an interesting fight.
17:59Who knows what Andrew Gulotta may or may not do.
18:02This is Rohde in action.
18:07He's an interesting fighter, too.
18:09He's getting ready for his big fight.
18:11This is a very, very big fight for him.
18:13It's an opportunity to see him the night of his life and the opportunity to see him immediately rank.
18:19Okay, we're ready to go to Dr. Freddie Bacheco, who has Leila Ali standing by.
18:23Well, I did 17 years with your dad.
18:25Now, are you going to come back again and make me work some more?
18:27That's right.
18:28Well, listen, this fight was almost over in the first round.
18:31You landed astounding, lefts and rights.
18:34Were you getting tired of hitting it?
18:35No, I wasn't getting tired.
18:37I was feeling a little jumpy because there was a little something going on in my corner.
18:41But, you know, that always happens.
18:43When somebody gets hit hard, they throw their whole game out the window a lot of times.
18:46Well, I thought, frankly, fairly only one word comes to my mind.
18:50Pathetic.
18:51Your opposition was not a boxer.
18:53I mean, that girl is not a boxer.
18:55Well, um.
18:56I mean, she's got to learn how to box.
18:58Well, I think a lot of people need to learn how to box.
19:00A lot of people are fighters, and then when they get in there with a boxer puncher, it's a whole other story.
19:04Because I can box and I punch hard.
19:06Well, you look good boxing, and you punch very hard.
19:08Yes, I do.
19:10From here, this is such a big step.
19:14You come to China.
19:15You become the attraction in here.
19:16The attraction.
19:17Look at the camera people here.
19:19Now, where do you go?
19:20You come back to the States.
19:21Where do you go from there?
19:22You are an attraction.
19:22I just take it fight by fight.
19:23Whoever my manager puts me in there with, I get in there with.
19:26The next fight is June 15th in Los Angeles, California at the Universal Lampet Theater.
19:30And who's going to be the opponent?
19:31The opponent's unknown right now.
19:33Okay.
19:33One last word.
19:34How's your dad?
19:35My dad's doing good, and he's watching, so that was for you, Dad.
19:40That's about to putt.
19:41All right, let's go back to Sheridan and Bobby Titt.
19:45All right, Bobby.
19:46As long as we know that Muhammad is listening, since I broadcast so many of his fights, I
19:50want to give a special enrol to the champ, too.
19:52Hello there, Muhammad, and I hope you're enjoying watching your daughter tonight, and I know that
19:56you did because she was victorious.
19:57You provided so many of us with so many great nights.
20:00This is the scene here in the Tianheerah Stadium in Guangzhou in the People's Republic of
20:05China.
20:06This is the gymnasium.
20:07It's an exciting place where they have all kinds of activities, including...
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