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00:46All right, let's get to it. Former IBF junior lightweight champ Roberto Garcia takes on former
00:51African lightweight champion Ben Tacky in a special over-the-weight lightweight attraction.
00:55Both aggressive, offensive-minded fighters. Tacky may have more power, but Garcia, unlike
01:01Tacky, with world championship experience.
01:05Now we'll take a look at Ben Tacky out of the boxing-rich town of Afragana, which also
01:10produced three-time world champion Azuma Nelson, former weatherweight champ Ike Corte. In fact,
01:15Tacky's mother and Azuma's mother are first cousins. Tacky able to bounce back from his only loss
01:20with a one-sided decision over Golden Johnson this past March. Took the fight on short notice
01:26and produced a career-best performance. The previous fight, he lost on points to the more
01:30experienced Goya Vargas, who outskilled but didn't out-hustle Tacky, who put forth a gutty effort,
01:36although he absorbed a lot of punishment. Bertie, Tacky told us, I'm ready to brawl.
01:41Listen, I don't know anybody that's come out of Afragana who isn't a warrior, starting with
01:46Azuma Nelson and going on down. I look for a fierce fight because Tacky is a terrific contender,
01:53and he's the kind of guy that brings it all from the first round. I think this is going to be a
01:56blazer from the opening bell. Tacky may surprise the whole United States. It may be as red-hot as
02:03your jacket. Roberto Garcia, the pride of Oxnard, very classy and respectful. Moving up to lightweight
02:10tonight, was undefeated until he ran into the very talented Diego Corrales this past October,
02:15after two successful title defenses. Garcia was stopped by Corrales in the seventh. Garcia showing
02:21great courage, but was decked three times as he gets in some last-minute prayers. So that's his
02:26first fight back since his first defeat. Bobby, how will Garcia respond after suffering his first loss
02:31and losing the belt? You know, Steve, I've said in the past, and I'll say it again, sometimes he'll
02:35have no fury like a fighter with something to prove. Not only did Garcia lose his first fight
02:39and his title, he now has something to prove not only to himself, but to the fight fans,
02:43that he is a legitimate talent. I think physically and emotionally, he's going to react like a cage
02:47dog and come out and be that the warrior we've seen him to be in the past. All right, let's check
02:51the numbers as we go to the tail of the tape. Garcia, 25, a year younger than Tacky, but Tacky with
02:57the edge in height and reach. He's two inches taller and has a three-inch reach advantage. The
03:02contract weight was 138. Fight time weights. Garcia, 145, a plus nine. Tacky, nearly a junior
03:09middleweight at 152, a plus 15 from yesterday. Key rules for this fight. No standing eight count, no
03:14three knockdown rule. Fighter cannot be stayed by the bell in any round. If an accidental headbutt
03:19occurs before the end of the fourth, it's a no contest. After the end of the fourth, we go to the scorecards.
03:24So here at the MGM Grand Garden, we are ready for Roberto Garcia versus Ben Tacky. Let's get the
03:30formal introductions from our ring announcer, Jimmy Lennon Jr. Ladies and gentlemen, a very good
03:37evening to you. We welcome you to the city of entertainment, the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
03:43We have a big night of action in store for you, and it's all brought to you by America Presents,
03:48in association with Showtime, Championship Boxing, the MGM Grand, and Budweiser, the undisputed
03:55king of beers. This bout coming away is sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The
04:00chairman is Dr. Elias Ghanem. Physicians at ringside, Dr. Margaret Goodman, Dr. Jeff Davidson,
04:06and Dr. Flip Homansky. And our timekeepers at the bell also keeping count of the knockdowns,
04:11Jane Broadfoot and James Cavan. Our three judges scoring the bout from ringside, all from
04:17Las Vegas, Nevada, Carol Castellano, Dwayne Ford, and Al Lefkowitz, and our referee in charge
04:25of the action, introducing Richard Steele. All right, fans, here we go. Ten rounds of boxing
04:33in a special attraction featuring lightweights in the ring. Introducing to you first on my
04:39left, fighting out of the blue corner, entering the ring wearing red, gold, and green trunks.
04:44He hails from Accra, Ghana, now fighting out of and training in Los Angeles, California.
04:51He weighed in at 137 pounds with a fine record of 19 wins, only one defeat. He has 11 wins
04:58coming by way of knockout. Here is the former African and IBF Intercontinental Lightweight
05:04champion. Introducing Ben Wondertaki, and his opponent across the ring on my right, fighting
05:17out of the red corner in this 10-round special attraction, wearing black trunks with silver
05:22trim, fighting out of La Colonia Boxing Club in Oxnard, California. He weighed in at 136 pounds.
05:30His record 32 wins, one loss with 24 wins coming by way of knockout. Ladies and gentlemen, here
05:38is the former IBF Junior Lightweight Champion of the World. Introducing Roberto, Grandpa Garcia.
05:47Once again, a referee in charge, Richard Steele. Now the instructions, 10 rounds of boxing schedule.
05:58Okay, make sure that your punches are above these belts, all right? I give you instructions in the dressing
06:17room. I want to caution you again. Obey my commands at all times. Any questions, shake hands. Good luck.
06:24All right, Bobby, let's get your keys to victory for this fight.
06:30All right, Steve, let's start with Garcia. Garcia has to establish the jab. That's one of the keys for
06:37him setting up his combinations. Also, keep the fight at a distance. He doesn't want to be crowded.
06:41And time tacky with that right hand on the way in.
06:46The flip side of that coin is tacky wants to force the patient crowd. Also, stay busy with his combinations
06:50and land the power shots. He does not trust the chin of Garcia.
06:57Good look at Ben Tacky. First thing you notice, the tribal markings on his face from the
07:01tribe in Ghana. He got those when he was one year old. He's a pesky, in-your-face,
07:07sharp combination puncher. Garcia, not a particularly fast starter. Usually tries to figure out his
07:11opponent, waits patiently for the opening, but he is very game. But the jury is still out
07:16on Garcia's chin. Tacky laid it on plainly. He just said
07:22that Garcia's chin is weak. Well, Tacky's people said they were going to jump
07:26right on top of Garcia, and it doesn't really look like he's jumping anywhere.
07:30You may have noticed a familiar face in Garcia's corner from the same
07:33hometown as Garcia, the IBF junior middleweight champ, Fernando Vargas.
07:37So it's round one, scheduled for 10.
07:42An over-the-weight, lightweight bout. Garcia knows that Tacky is more prone to brawl, but
07:49he trains to fight. Smart gives the jab, step aside, but he's ready to trade if necessary.
07:53Well, all of the action is Garcia. So far, he's not hitting much but gloves and shoulders,
07:57but he is putting a hard jab out there.
08:00Tacky claimed to be bigger, naturally stronger, and a better puncher, but he seems to be keeping
08:04those hands very high, showing a lot of respect to Garcia's right hand.
08:08Tacky likes a shootout. He's got a good chin. He's never been down, so he doesn't mind mixing
08:13it up. Bobby, as a former fighter, did you notice anything in Garcia that might be a tip-off
08:17regarding his confidence level? You know, I looked at him, and I looked in his eyes, and
08:21we interviewed him. He looked concerned, but he looked like he was properly concerned, not
08:25overly concerned. Thought that he had to fight a certain type of fight to win, which he's
08:28fighting, and he's doing it well. On the other hand, Ben was sky high, nothing bothered him.
08:33Nothing bothers him about the guy. He hadn't seen him as he was going to. He just was confident
08:38he's going to come in and take this over, so there's huge confidence on that side, on Tacky's
08:42side. Tacky, no world title experience. Garcia has four title fights. He's three and one,
08:47but this is a bit of a risky fight for Garcia, because next he wants to go back down to 130
08:52and fight for a championship, and Tacky is no tune-up.
08:55You know, to his credit, as Garcia knows, he said, no sense to me taking an easy fight and
09:04then go fight for a title. If I can't beat some of the best, I don't deserve the title
09:07shot. That's admirable. Yeah, I wish more people would talk and act like that.
09:12Very classy, respectful young man out of Oxnard, California, the man of the black trunks, Roberto
09:18Garcia.
09:23Beautiful right uppercut left hook combination here by Garcia. Tacky's not dealing with the
09:28speed or the power. Big first round for Garcia, trying to bounce back from his first setback.
09:34Well, this is a one-way street here. There's only one guy's fighting. The other guy's receiving.
09:38That's it. Garcia's had a magnificent round. He hasn't been hit, and he's just unloaded everything
09:43he wanted. Tacky said that Garcia would not be able to deal with his power, but he hasn't shown
09:47any power yet. He hasn't really unloaded with any big bombs.
09:52This must be by design. I can't imagine that they sent him out to do this.
09:56I mean, that he himself decided to do this.
10:02Tacky pressing forward, but not getting anywhere.
10:07Missing with most of his punches against the elusive Garcia.
10:11As we head for the battle.
10:14There are no problems scoring that fight.
10:15He's got that, but I don't think he looks at it, but the the the the the the the the the the the the the
10:42무슨 problem.
10:44He said you've got him you've got him just keep doing what you're doing
10:55Garcia's stepping up from lightweight to an over the shooting from a junior lightweight to an over the way about
11:00Lightweight showing good speed and maintaining excellent power as he unloads here
11:05On tacky and tacky's not dealing with the speed and the power is still there for garcia
11:09Thank you better this round or else I don't think they'll let him back in back again because they don't like guys that don't fight in acro
11:18he is a
11:20distant relative of the great
11:22African warrior azuma nelson the little professor what a great fighter he was
11:28We saw him a number of times the two fights with jeff fennock
11:32always
11:34Classy in his own way in and out of the room
11:37Round two scheduled for ten the first round belonged to the former champion garcia digging lefts to the body by garcia
11:45Tacky's not really cutting garcia open though. He's falling back eating the jab and the combination and a beautiful overhand right by garcia while you were
11:54addressing the issue
11:56He said he wanted to start out fast and jump right on garcia but garcia had other ideas
12:07Well off of what we're seeing he's not class i mean that's a different
12:13Different class of fighter you're looking at here. He better pick up the pace. I can't imagine this is what we're going to get
12:20Most of garcia's knockouts from his left hook he's got a good countering left hook
12:25He does have the edge and quality of opposition people like diego corrales john john molina ramon lidon of cuba of late
12:31But as these styles match up steve the right hand seems to be more effective against taxi
12:37Garcia may have a better hope but here right hand being his bread and butter
12:41And tacky not the mosquito not as pesky as we we've seen him in the past
12:45He's not right smack in the face of his opponent garcia won't let him good movement
12:51by garcia
12:53And tacky uh has no idea of any lateral movement and he's standing right in front of him to be here
12:59all he does is come forward one gear
13:01straight ahead
13:07A couple of lead right hands there by tacky it seemed to start to find an arc
13:12Up the side of the head of garcia but i think real hard and not a lot of power tacky continues
13:18To be the aggressor and chase garcia but he just can't score
13:22Garcia is doing the score
13:25He's fighting very well going backwards this is the difference between being an aggressor and an effective aggressive not effective almost ever
13:34Garcia with a pretty jab
13:39And tacky missing with that series of shots
13:43And back comes garcia all of tacky's punches look like lazy punches like they're not sure they're gonna get they're gonna get where they're going
13:51The other guys look like he's zipping in a bounce
13:55He looks like he's sure he's gonna hit something oh
13:57Right combination to the head by garcia
14:00Back he just looks out of sorts very frustrated by garcia's style
14:08He looks like he looks like he's going to get out of sorts of shots
14:11He looks like he looks like he's moving way to the left on you
14:27okay he's moving to his left to your right get the step over this side you understand what i'm
14:30saying you gotta start throwing that right hand over the top on that side you got to put more
14:35pressure onto the body man you gotta hit his body let me know that water right there do you okay good
14:39you did more of that round you did better punches you got to get closer to him you got to keep the
14:43jab on him talking don't let him move that way listen to me don't let him move that way keep
14:48him moving that way you understand he talked about his strength and his power being the difference
14:53but here garcia unloading with the combinations tacky not responding not throwing back just
14:58worried about keeping his hands up and blocking doesn't look like he feels all that confident
15:02about his strength and power now steve well garcia told us the loss to corrales affected him greatly
15:08it was like a wake-up call now that he's not champion anymore he works harder he's changed
15:13his training habits his diet etc and so far so good but we're only in round three things have
15:20a way of changing in a hurry in this sport but it continues to be garcia i'm sharp he's fast he's
15:28determined he looks good as bobby pointed out hey just because you're going forward doesn't mean
15:33you have effectiveness and that's what you count effective mr aggressive garcia just landing at will
15:39with the jab and then the left right combination he's tattooing he is tattooing tacky feeds a factor
15:46right now garcia a little quicker a little more in tune he's in he's in a rhythm that tacky can't
15:51seem to find and as he's coming forward he's walking to a punch after punch i mean he's got
15:56in a lot just this round he's going to live up to his his nickname his nickname is wonders it's a
16:00wonder he's here if he keeps on going like this perhaps one of his biggest weaknesses coming in is
16:07inactivity and we'll see by the end of this night if that has taken its toll on him oh beautiful
16:13combination to the body and head by garcia nice right hand around after the body again again look
16:18to the head a full punch combination to the head by garcia who is just pretty with confidence he is
16:25trimming now tacky's loading up and you know what i think the punch was slow before you start loading up
16:31really slow garcia just waiting for the right time and moment the opening it's a very smart fighter
16:50and look at that even 70 by garcia able to duck under those punches and back he comes
16:56in between the right hand right hand by garcia what a series of flurry by garcia oh body punched
17:07by garcia's straight hand missing that left hook hell has no fury like a fighter with something to
17:12prove i said it before and i'll say it again he looks as good as he's ever looked garcia looking so
17:17determined really trying to make a point here why did he make it he's made it he's like a batting practice
17:23he just takes tees off four or five six shots at a time and tremendous defense as well techie can't
17:29nail him break break he's like a he's like a fly just darting back and forth well it's got to be some
17:37kind of good chin on tacky to take those shots because he took some hard hard shots
17:42final 30 seconds round three garcia in command
17:46he looks to bounce back from his first loss with a vengeance here a slapping left hand by tacky
17:56perhaps his best punch and nothing real clean lands in here one slapping shot garcia's defense
18:01has probably had his best as well as his offense and it was probably because garcia just walked into it
18:07final seconds round three another terrific round for the ex champ
18:11best punch just before the bell by tacky too little too late hey you're gonna knock me you're
18:21gonna knock him out now look look you did the right thing at the end you started going to the body
18:27okay you have to cut the ring off don't follow him am i right what are you gonna do cut the ring off
18:34and cut it off cut the ring off okay you can knock him punches and bunches always gets the job done
18:42there's right hand to the body left hook to the head the uppercut followed by a sequence of uppercuts
18:46hooks and right hands seven eight ten twelve punches unanswered you cannot win without answering back
18:53allowing a man to just dominate you that way garcia moving well
18:56very very intelligent and when you surprise him surprise him with the right hand
19:12it's garcia in charge through three showing speed power movement and defense through the first three
19:18rounds round four scheduled for ten and what could goosin be thinking thinking about when he came back and
19:23dookin says so now you can knock him out i mean i think he's got the wrong fighter well he may be
19:27thinking that garcia is not normally this fast a starter and that his fast pace may slow things down for
19:33him late but i'll tell you what first three rounds are any evidence his boys have a problem very unorthodox
19:40beginning for garcia who usually takes a while to get his motor going
19:45oh again peppering the face is garcia again another series of blows to the head by garcia
20:02puncher get out garcia up to this point is staging a clinic
20:08left right combination again by garcia and almost everything's landing
20:12going to body steven coming up to the head on the other side beautiful mixing up the combinations
20:17hooks from both sides uppercuts from both sides the straight one two down the middle
20:21stepping off and coming right back you just can't hardly fight better than that
20:26i mean you just can't make it better well this is like textbook that's how you draw it up
20:33there's the jab attack he doesn't follow it up though with the right hand instead it's a
20:36a combination to the head by garcia garcia doing it all leads countering defense sharpness
20:44tacky just can't find them
20:51again peppering the head is garcia whacking the body downstairs upstairs
20:59and then when tacky misses he misses badly
21:09boy that last right hand was a big one by garcia the end of that combination scoring at will very
21:16effective
21:17again countering left rights by garcia this is like a sparring session for a bit
21:33garcia setting it up with the left jab
21:38well there's no ebb and flow to this one he's just a tidal wave totally one-sided just one side
21:43roberto garcia and the black trunks 32 and one with 24 knockouts
21:49so if you're going to apply that pressure steve tacky has to make
21:52or see a pay yes can't let him just walk punch walk punch he's got to make a pay even if he hits
21:57on my arms shoulders top of the head paint make him pay with his body this is not the ben tacky we've
22:02seen in the past very passive
22:06he's just being on speed and he just can't get anything off
22:22let's go inside the ropes and check out this being run by former champion roberto garcia
22:33with bobby ches he talked about garcia having to establish the jab and keep the fight at the right
22:37distance watch the jab there's one there's another jab keeping the fight at the distance he wants to
22:42fight at keeping a jab in his face sets up the right hand keep the jab in his face sets up the right hand
22:48right hand to the body sets up the one two one two to the head another jab back he's using that jab as
22:55a range finder point getter setting up all his combinations and keeping the fight exactly the
22:59distance and pace he wants it's a clinic being put on right now by roberto garcia
23:04surprising with combinations he doesn't respond boy is that right i mean that's exactly what's
23:19happened over four rounds a washout garcia's got a regular family affair eduardo his father in the
23:26corner along with his brother danny close in well the ben tacky we saw at the beginning of
23:36the last round was the fighter we we sort of expected came out straight ahead pressured but
23:41garcia just neutralized him effectively and controlled the last two and a half minutes of
23:45the round round five minutes here he comes again for the relentless attack garcia garcia being
23:52extremely accurate these punches he's parting those gloves and really bang on the side of the ears
23:56the jaw the forehead the top of the temple of tacky and i'll tell you what they look like gloves up
24:01they're not blocking all those shots yeah he's very democratic he's going all over tacky's buddy
24:08i'm gonna hit him back on the head okay tacky frustrated i heard the the words of richard steele
24:15i'm going to hit him back on the head and i'm going to hit him back and i'm going to hit him back
24:20and i'm going to hit him back and i'm going to hit him back and i'm going to hit him back and
24:24but if you watch tacky comes forward blocks garcia gets over a combination of four five six
24:28punches and then tacky doesn't follow the punch
24:31oh keep them up second warning okay second warning for richard steele to ben tacky
24:44tacky just being out hustled out skilled out everything
24:51belting shots to the midsection by garcia
24:54and all tacky can hit are elbows and arms and here as garcia walks off there's not a whole lot of
25:02like to get out there's fight pressure from walking but not fight pressure from punching
25:07the pressure needs to come from the arms and gloves of tacky to be in the face if i see it give him
25:11something to worry about he has nothing to worry about he can drop his arms he can rest he can walk
25:15he can do it every one don't hold him
25:17headshots by garcia raining down on ben tacky
25:29this has been no contest
25:33a problem there will be if robert doesn't run out of gear has to be throwing so many punches this is
25:38the first round i've seen him slow throw slower punches i mean not as christian yeah maybe a sign
25:45of uh a little bit of tired maybe that's tacky's uh strategy he's waiting for garcia to punch
25:50himself up well well we saw khali right he'll do it to frankie rando way back when don't start
25:55till the fifth round and sure enough you got the job done
25:58final 10 seconds of round five we have seen crazy
26:13and garcia finishes strong just like he started
26:17and that says round six
26:47Take a look in the overhead camera, Garcia going to the body, then around to the head,
26:56then down the middle, again around to the side, up the middle, uppercuts, hook, straight
27:01right hands, both falling off the jab, and Tacky just doesn't respond, you have to respond
27:07in the middle of that combination to stop it, give him something to worry about, he's
27:10not throwing anything in the middle of the combination.
27:12We're going around six, then Tacky comes out stronger than ever before, Tacky very aggressive,
27:27pushing Garcia back, just what we said, what we said is, all of a sudden this guy's gonna
27:34wait till the end and then come up, well halfway through, you see how the fans have it, it's
27:39a shutout, I'm not sure you can have it any other way, big right hand by Tacky, Tacky!
27:46Coming up, out of nowhere, bloody nose for Garcia, well he got Garcia's attention here at round
27:53six, don't hold him, great, great, again, an uncharacteristically quick start for Garcia,
28:02can he maintain the pace, can he maintain the conditioning factor to bring it through?
28:06And the fact is, did Tacky take that gamble, to just hold on for five rounds and then come
28:13out and fight his fight now?
28:15He looks different now, Tacky looks like a different fighter now.
28:18It's a slashing cut, frosting the nose of Roberto Garcia.
28:25And a big turn around here, dramatic, by the African Ben Tacky, after losing the first
28:32five rounds, convincingly.
28:34Well, this looks like a completely different fighter.
28:37It's like somebody said, okay, enough of that, now go ahead and beat, beat Tacky.
28:41Ben Tacky getting the proverbial wake-up call in three rounds five and six.
28:46He appears stronger, he appears that more energy appears to have heavier hands in the entire
28:51first five rounds.
28:52It's amazing.
28:53He wasn't doing anything in the first round, he wasn't doing anything here, he's throwing
28:56bombs.
28:57You also have to wonder now, too, is this a last dish effort by Tacky, and can he sustain
29:01this for five more rounds?
29:03I don't know, that's what makes boxing good, we don't find out.
29:05Tacky's most effective flurry coming at the thirty-second mark of round six here.
29:13The only time he's caught, Garcia, along the ropes.
29:17The blood continues to streak from the nose of Garcia.
29:22Garcia with a straight right hand.
29:26Right to the hand of Tacky, Tacky again, folks forward.
29:32Looking for the body, but Garcia's showing good defense.
29:37Boy, that changed the whole tempo of the fight.
29:40It sure has made things interesting here.
29:42Wow, it's all of a sudden the Hunter and the Hunter.
29:47Look at this.
29:48Tacky continues to be the effective aggressor here in round six.
29:53Missing there with a big right.
29:55Time's running out, at least in the round.
29:58Garcia gets the rest, now we'll see if he makes the adjustments.
30:01You know, he's hardly throwing a punch.
30:04It's all been Tacky, that's amazing.
30:06Wow, have things have really heated up here as we come to the end of round six?
30:11Time!
30:12Wow!
30:13It was all going to be an easy night, it turned hard for Mr. Garcia.
30:16He's all of a sudden got a bloody nose and a lot of problems on his hands.
30:21What is going to be doing?
30:22What is going to be doing?
30:23He's all going to be an easy night, it turned hard for Mr. Garcia.
30:24He's all of a sudden got a bloody nose and a lot of problems on his hands.
30:38You've got to put the left hand out.
30:53Tacky comes out in this round with a much more serious attack.
30:57Here's a nice combination by Garcia, but there's a left hook that really catches.
31:01Garcia and the right hand, both of those punches that left hook and right hand were considerably
31:05better than everything Tacky had thrown up to the point for the entire five rounds.
31:09Big left hook and the right hand, opens the cut, starts what went on to be the best round,
31:15the only round I gave to Tacky.
31:18The MVP may be Roger Anderson, Garcia's cut man.
31:21We'll see what kind of job they did on that nose cut.
31:24But back comes Garcia to open up round seven.
31:27Big round six for Tacky who lost the first five decisively.
31:34They are trading.
31:35Yeah, this is what we expect.
31:36This is what we expect.
31:37Total throw between two guys and one knockout.
31:42Fierce action here now in Ryan Silva.
31:45Garcia's got back to the combinations.
31:48He didn't go to combinations to start the last round.
31:50And Tacky got on a roll, got in a rhythm, changed the momentum.
31:53What a pace.
31:58Oh, a beautiful, sneaky right hand by Tacky to the head of Garcia.
32:02I remember Garcia's got this questionable chin, so those right hands could put him down.
32:08He's been down six times, Garcia, three times in his last fight by an exceptionally
32:14powerful puncher though, Diego Corrales.
32:17Here we see what Garcia's doing now.
32:18He's taking the lead.
32:19He throws the first combinations.
32:21Tacky doesn't come back.
32:22And vicious shots here by Garcia.
32:25And all Tacky can do is cover off.
32:30But Tacky now comes forward.
32:32Tacky loading up there, not really landing.
32:34Again, Garcia, he starts first, and Tacky freezes.
32:37Keeps his hands up and doesn't throw while Garcia's firing.
32:41Midway through the seventh, scheduled for 10.
32:51See that big one at a time.
32:52He's not going to get it done.
32:53He's got to stop in the middle of the combination when Garcia fires.
32:57I had to break it off and finish.
33:03Garcia turned the page and went back to what he was doing.
33:06He's got to stop.
33:07He's got to stop.
33:08Beautiful jab by Tacky.
33:09But he didn't follow it up again.
33:10The combination to the head.
33:11Good right hand by Garcia.
33:12Again, exquisite work to the head by Garcia.
33:13Garcia with a countering right.
33:14There is no let up here.
33:15There is no let up here.
33:16to the head good right hand by garcia
33:25again exquisite work to the head by garcia
33:30garcia with a countering right
33:36there is no let up here non-stop furious action and i'll tell you what what she is jim
33:43being king constantly attacking space stepping a nice right hand
33:48on the right hand by tacky you saw garcia's head snap back and Garcia comes right back he's a
33:53warrior he's got something to prove here tonight back comes garcia again one thing he's proven is
34:00he can take a shot Garcia can take a shot the jury is back on his chin and it's not questionable no
34:09and back comes Garcia with a combination of the head
34:13a great round seven between Garcia
34:35take it easy now you've got to be careful
34:39it's very pretty
34:44it's only three rounds Todd where's the lights
34:51Danny Danny Danny right there
34:59Bobby tell you what Garcia throws a big right hand and gets caught with a big right hand has a double right hand
35:05but he's got there first he hurt tacky more than tacky hurt him when you get there first you
35:10usually get their best it's another look bang oh and he you know and he took a pretty piece of himself
35:15but some of the steam was taken off by the right hand he took as you look from the overhead
35:19here comes bang and the momentum carried through for Garcia
35:26Bobby how did you score that frenetic sevens i gave it to Garcia as did i there's too much too much
35:32firepower too much control boy that was an action pack round seven it's been competitive entertaining
35:38glories big punches non-stop action as we enter round eight and right now he's at the point of no return
35:45to get out decision is not in the book right now for him he needs a knockout or at least a couple of
35:49knocked down
35:52and Garcia now using the angles beautiful
35:59you see that the jab every time Garcia moves he's got a jab in Tacky's face
36:03and keeps Tacky's hands up Tacky's blocking too many shots
36:17you don't know
36:22let's see if they can keep up the pace they had in the seventh round that would be unbelievable
36:27i think you're going to see that Tacky not necessarily Tacky but Garcia has to take something
36:31around off and Tacky has to pick it up even more
36:33tacky looking at the end batter's on one punch with that big right but Garcia won't let him
36:38it's in great nominations he's winning the round for Garcia but Tacky's right there dangerous as ever
36:45dangerous
36:55past the mid-right point of round eight Garcia all over Tacky uppercut the six seven punch combination
37:01steve if one doesn't get you two three four five might well a flurry like Garcia that right hand got in
37:08through the glass bouncing punches off the noggin of Tacky all set up behind that jab oh boy that right
37:16hand is effective right hand Garcia's is effective
37:24don't hold him
37:25he wants to move back down to 130 after this fight and get a title fight
37:38and he might just get it and i'll tell you what we're going to look at him a little differently
37:44now he's punching a little better than he used to nicer combinations started quicker and so far
37:49he has held quite a pace he looks fabulous well i'll tell you for one i for one would pay money to see
37:54this guy fight any of the top champions this guy is a fighter interesting interesting fighter robert Garcia
38:06and i'll say one thing he must have one heck of a condition to be able to keep this pace up Bobby
38:11it's a great case he's throwing a lot of punches right here correct he is really and they're not light
38:15punches some of them are devastating combinations don't hold him break step back get off of the
38:20neck he's changed his training habits his diet and so far it's working
38:28coming up next our main event david tua versus obed sullivan for two his ibf intercontinental heavyweight
38:34title let's take you into the dressing room with the number one ibf contender there he is david tua
38:41with the lovely music in the background making final preparations for veteran obet sullivan he is so
38:49confident known for his lethal left hook he says that's what everybody prepares for so he nails him
38:55with the right which he feels is underrated
39:03young man who at first did not like fighting and really took to it and he's coming up later you
39:10couldn't tell that he didn't like two two rounds you need a couple you can do it remember
39:16he's still saying you can do it son you can do it remember the last time you pulled this out but he
39:28didn't have too much conviction in his voice here we go into round nine scheduled for ten non-title
39:35bout over the weight lightweight fight the low came in about 137 that was yesterday tacky actually 152 just
39:45before the fight oh look at that don't hold it robert garcia doesn't need to be in here right now
39:53inside slugging wildly he can box stuff that you haven't moved more i was just going to ask is he
39:59taking a risk doing this come on sure he's taking a risk but it's also it's a lot of pressure it's a
40:03heck of a pace it takes a lot of energy to keep moving like that the man in front of him is as you said bigger and strong
40:09he's got a nice lift jab that one
40:20right step back step back keep him in front he came in 19 and one with 11 knockouts
40:25he's only lost a decision to goyo vargas in january of 99 bounce back to win over golden johnson
40:32garcia 32 and one with 24 knockouts looking to bounce back from his lone defeat to diego
40:37corrales tacky with a wicked right hand to the head of garcia garcia though eluding that series
40:43okay what though he needs to get his hands up steve he doesn't need to have his hands down
40:47on his legs like they're laying like that they're calling it a knockdown three he's a knockdown push
40:54richard steele says it's a knockdown on the books looked a little questionable
40:59it's getting very tired i mean that that was a tired knockdown more than anything
41:05you could see it when he was bending his legs he's not coming back up just prior to that he looked very
41:09slow so garcia i think what happened is he hit garcia on top of the head steven and garcia butt with
41:15and he pushed him but he had been looking very slow because he got caught in those exchanges rather
41:20than getting away to those multiple punch combinations like like this see he's not
41:25he's trying to just get away without punching back he's got a fire with all kinds of confidence
41:31but it might be false confidence garcia down at 135 of round nine i think the punch definitely hurt garcia
41:38the wobble down but he got pushed down after he got blocked but look how fresh he looks here able
41:43again to duck away from those winging lefts and rights by tacky but there's something in his eye steve
41:50he's in a little bit of trouble look at the blood he's not firing back he doesn't have that potency
41:56his eyes there there comes here comes garcia he was just waiting for the moment he knows how to adjust
42:02that's what was missing this round he was just fighting defensively and for the first time was
42:10getting hit hard shots like right now he's just going back he's got to come forward and fight see
42:15here comes tacky now on the crowd garcia holds them for the moment garcia is weakening
42:21he is weakening it it's fatigue that's what it is
42:44as we look at the knockdown i believe you'll see a right hand on top of the head right there and there's
42:47a push just a little he wobbled him and a push nevertheless a 10-8 round for tacky he gets hit on
42:55top of the head right there and there's like a little just a little backhand push a balance shot but
43:02all things being equal maybe a clean knockdown okay watch it from the overhead i got top of the head
43:07and a push right there i've got that a clean knockdown just a little push let's hear from you
43:12all right thanks steve well in the tacky's corner he's being spoken to in english by goosin and by
43:19the entire corner only speaks english steve his interpreter michael tetta has not been allowed up
43:24by the nevada state athletic commission because you can only have so many people up there so he sits back
43:29and tries to interpret from but can't hear a word of the instruction that he's given him
43:33major factor jim that's right see tacky understands english a little bit he doesn't speak it all right
43:39sense of urgency for tacky here in the 10th and final round i know he doesn't understand that much
43:45english but he understands but what a shot down goes garcia and his hand hit the canvas that's not good
43:52he is very dazed he's in real trouble real trouble
43:56come back it's over what a dramatic turnaround ben tacky won most of the fight with one punch ends it
44:05if that isn't something i bet it's been years since i've seen a guy so thoroughly beaten come back and
44:11finish the fight with one punch and i think it wasn't just a power hook i think it was the fatigue factor
44:17and i think that garcia was still a little bit shaken up from the round before but fatigue an absolute
44:22factor he fought too fast a pace he's a slower starter than that he started too quick and drained himself
44:28way too early in the eighth round we saw the weakling who fought in the in the round he went down to six
44:35but this time when he was just getting defensive and not going to fight just getting defensive he was
44:40going to get hit and remember we said he didn't have a chin well he had a heck of a chin tonight but he got
44:45green and once again guys these warriors from africana to the apple carton they are fighters like a hollywood
44:55script ben tacky from africana down decisively most of the way comes back to knock out roberto garcia
45:04the ex-champion with one punch in the final round to win it there was no way he could win this fight no
45:14way at all except that way by knockout all the judges had it the same as i did 87 83 it was a great
45:20performance exactly up until the knockout here comes the left hook right there on the inside
45:26it was a beautiful inside left hook and i believe garcia never saw it steve i guarantee you he never
45:31saw that watch here he comes up with it bends and leaps up into him with the left hook right there
45:38everything in it that is a perfect left hook that was from the bottom of his feet and his heart from
45:44the bottom of his heart he threw it and landed on the top of the other guy's heart there you see him
45:49bendy crouches he comes right across with it good form what a perfect right inside garcia's right hand
45:55i guarantee you he never saw that punch that's like watching a perfect golf swing i mean how can you
46:01prove that it's just right and his head is just right up on the inside right there
46:06that's a hollywood hook and what a heartbreak for roberto garcia who was dominating this fight
46:14fashion i mean i can tell you how impressive those first five rounds were and so we learned the
46:19lesson of boxing it ain't over till it's over carol castellano dwayne ford al lefkiewicz all had it as
46:25bobby said 87-83 in garcia's favor prior to the knockout let's get the official word from jimmy lennon
46:34ladies and gentlemen in a dramatic final end to this bout we have the time of 35 seconds in round
46:41number 10. our referee in charge richard steel stops the contest he's the winner by way of technical
46:47knockout ben wonder tacky so ben tacky makes it two in a row following his first defeat to goyo vargas
47:01meanwhile former ibf junior lightweight champ roberto garcia suffers his second straight loss after
47:06winning his first 32 losing the title to diego corrales back in october now this also garcia
47:14unsuccessful in his first fight as a lightweight he drops to 32 and two tacky ups his record to 20
47:19and one with 12 ko's and possibly positions himself for a shot at the time we're ready let's go back
47:29inside the ropes right now a little further analysis from mr chess well you know we watched consistently
47:35we saw the jab setting up the right hand tacky's constantly pressing but walking in the shots as the
47:41fight wore on or she got a little tired steve started getting hit with some of those big shots
47:49and it finally culminates in the last round with that left hook but you can see that the wear and tear
47:53starting to catch up against garcia knocked down and now the left hook and it was catching up to him
48:01i really think that he could have taken off another round of someone between to stabilize his strength and
48:06conditioning factor who's to say bobby just for the record richard steel of course known for his
48:11controversial stoppages do you have any argument with this all of course no it's hard to have
48:16any argument you saw that garcia was still a little wobbly viewing that he'd been so dominant when so
48:21much of the fight i might have given it one extra split second but if tacky was all over might have
48:26stopped that he was all relative anyway i think he really couldn't continue in his condition at that
48:30juncture of the fight for tacky that strong and fresh in the 10th round all right what a wild finish
48:36there coming up next our main event david tua versus obed sullivan the top rated two and knows he not
48:42only has to win but look impressive sullivan who's lost four times in the last two years says two is
48:47looking ahead it could catch up to him the odds makers weighed in to a huge 13 and a half to one
48:53favorite we take you into the dressing room of david two who said in light of evander holyfield dropping
48:59out for next saturday's bacon title fight he would be willing to step in and fight john ruiz whom he
49:05knocked out in 19 seconds four years ago nevada rules state that it could happen if four days have
49:10elapsed and the previous bout lasted not more than four rounds two has said hey i'll just have to put
49:15obed to sleep a little earlier than originally planned while two fights in a week sounds far
49:21fetched it is possible but it's not in the cards works there with ronnie shields we're set for post
49:27fight reaction from our first bout here's jim gray all right thank you very much steve ben congratulations
49:34to you michael teta will translate because ben speaks very little english ben it appeared to all of
49:40us at ringside that you kind of took the first five rounds off and really didn't get going until the sixth
49:45round what triggered your beginning so late okay uh minimal mount attack at the sixth round danny
49:51were going into charge okay first uh america's brandy i mean that shoot times uh mgm okay money yeah
50:01we understand that i am john and getting better on this side there because in what you in what you
50:07did you think about the first one uh first i thank god i thought mgm uh showtime and american presents
50:17for giving me this opportunity uh i've watched a guy's fight i know he comes so strong in the early rounds
50:24so i was just kind of watching him and i knew uh in the later rounds i can take him out in the 10th round
50:31your corner told you you needed a knockout with your lack of understanding of english did you understand
50:36what they were saying to you did you know you were far behind yeah last one uh uh did i come on again
50:42yeah yeah no clue she uh runs in a win runs in for no and yeah no clue jackman uh in the last round
50:50the third round uh my trainer told me a joe goose in that i'm behind and i got to get a knockout so i went in
50:56for the kill tell us about the knockout we just saw the big left hook okay but knock out there yeah
51:04knock out there uh for right there now come for right there more level right there well then for
51:11right from left foot okay i i realized that anytime i threw the right it gets him so i gave him a hard
51:19right and a left hook and i followed another right what now what next zab judah kastazu what would you like
51:26to do next you know what i'm talking about right now i'm turning because i do because i do i because
51:32i do i know uh july uh he's ready for any of the uh gino wetter with the champions in of the organizations
51:39because he's right now he's prepared for war and this is a statement congratulations to you
51:47i want to fight costa zoo this is a open challenge to costa zoo and i'm sure he's listening in here and
51:52let's bring in roberto right now roberto first of all are you okay i'm all right i'm just fine
51:57what happened here you dominated this entire fight maybe with the exception of the sixth round you got
52:03knocked down questionably in the ninth round all you had to really do was stay on your feet and you
52:08would have won convincingly i know i know i was ahead and my my trainer my father told me to to box this
52:16last round you know but uh i'm a fighter you know i just i don't know you know i made that mistake
52:20you know i try to fight but you know you learn from every fight and i just didn't didn't do it
52:24right you know but uh uh yeah i'll be back and i'll do it i'll do it right you know i didn't listen to
52:28my corner in the last round why not you know what i just wanted to prove that i'm a fighter you know
52:33and and i just i just try to go in there and fight but you know i got i got i got cut and that's the
52:39way it is you know it ended too bad you were obviously surprised by the punch uh i wasn't surprised
52:45because i knew he's a strong fighter you know i've seen him fight and he comes he comes strong in the
52:48the later rounds uh he did and he proved that he's a great fighter you know he uh he tried me
52:53and beat me well what do you plan to do now well i'm gonna take some time off um but uh i'll be back
52:59you know i'll have a good talk with my promoter uh and uh see what uh what's next for me all right
53:05roberto can't say congratulations you fought you fought terrifically but you end up losing a fight
53:10a very costly mistake at the end that's the way boxing is and uh you know i just take everything you
53:14know i just give everything to uh to my opponent he deserves the win and he he deserves a title
53:19fight you know he uh he proved that he's a great fighter but uh i'll be back you know i just want
53:23to say hi to everybody back in oxford i'm all right everybody watching me at el cabo restaurant i'll be
53:27back okay steve that's the story from up here let's send it back down to you now ringside all right jim
53:32thank you very much you get the feeling garcia will not make that mistake again he will listen to his
53:37corner from this point on and tacky as far as he is concerned will have to push a fellow by the name of
53:43julio cesar chavez out of the way if he wants to fight costia zoo because that fight is still in
53:50the planning stages let's get the official cards here here's how it looks carol castellano had it 87 83
53:57garcia the same for duane ford and al lefkowitz you guys had it exactly exactly pretty easy fight to
54:02score steve yeah it really was that's a no-brainer so uh tacky of course had other ideas in that last
54:08round though as he came through with that big left hook to end matters and there's your online
54:12scoring the fans at home at garcia ahead seven rounds to three i'm not so sure he's ready for
54:17costa zoo bobby i'd like to hear what you think costa zoo to this guy i think costa zoo hits him with
54:22too many right hands costa zoo's a better puncher bigger puncher just as active better defense i like
54:27costa zoo amen all right the online voting will continue with the start of our main event all right as
54:34mentioned earlier the wva heavyweight title fight between evander holyfield and john
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