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00:00:00Championship bout the IBF junior middleweight title match. It is a vacant crown. Carlos Santos, who once held the crown with a victory over Mark Medell, had it taken away when he failed to fight Davey Moore on schedule. Tonight he will meet Buster Drayton for the vacant IBF junior middleweight title. And both of these young men feel confident of victory. Buster Drayton, a colorful man who's worked in the stable of Marvin Hagler and Carlos Santos, a polished, smooth boxer who thinks that he is the deserving champion and he wants his
00:00:30belt back. Let's beat both these young men again. San Juan southpaw Carlos Santos first drew international attention in 1976 at the Olympic Games in Montreal. Moving on to the pros, he reeled off 18 straight victories before meeting Wilfred Benitez in his first title bid. Benitez outboxed Santos to retain the WBC crown. Branded a runner and a defensive fighter, Santos erased that label when he battled Mark Medell for his IBF junior middleweight title. They went toe to toe for 15 rounds.
00:01:00Santos took the decision. Santos took the title. Santos made his first and only title defense against Francis Louis Ucarius and then unable to defend his crown due to a supposed injury was stripped of his belt by the IBF, a belt the former champion wants back. Buster Drayton boxing ability and punching power coupled with an up and down record make him an enigma to the boxing world. Taking out the likes of Clint Jackson, Drayton,
00:01:29Drayton would fall into a tailspin, only to rebound and get back on the winning track.
00:01:35In May of 1984, Drayton again became a serious contender
00:01:39when he destroyed Great Britain's middleweight champion Mark Kaler in the seventh round.
00:01:45But in April the following year, Drayton gambled by taking a fight with top-ranked James Kinchin on only two weeks' notice.
00:01:52Drayton went the distance, but he dropped the decision to the Heat.
00:01:55Now, four straight knockouts later, Buster Drayton says he's ready to win the IBF junior middleweight crown.
00:02:04I was a gym-going guy. I go to gym all the time, train, get in shape, fight, lose, win, whatever.
00:02:11But when I met Marvin, I found that one thing that was missing.
00:02:15And after I found that, then I was on my way.
00:02:18I noticed that myself, because I saw you earlier in your career,
00:02:21and then more recently, you were a much different fighter now than you were at that time.
00:02:26Now, after you knocked out Mark Kaler, you looked like you were well on your way,
00:02:30and you fought James Kinchin. I know you took the fight on short notice.
00:02:34Are you ever going to do that again?
00:02:35Well, no, because I felt as though I paid my dues now.
00:02:39I deserve adequate time to get ready for a fight like everybody else,
00:02:42even though I do stay in the gym all the time.
00:02:45It gave me time to get my mind set on it, you know, how I'm going to fight the guy
00:02:50and what style I'm going to use.
00:02:54Okay, so now speaking of how you're going to fight the guy,
00:02:56originally you were supposed to fight Davey Moore,
00:02:59who's a guy that walks in, throws a lot of punches.
00:03:02Now you're going to fight a southpaw who's a careful southpaw.
00:03:05Any change in your preparation?
00:03:07Sure, because I was going to use plan A on Davey Moore.
00:03:12If that didn't work, I'd go to plan B.
00:03:13But since they switched it to Carlos Santos, now I'd use plan B on him.
00:03:17If that don't work, I'd use plan A.
00:03:19What about you? Do you ever get down as far as plan like E and F?
00:03:22I don't have to go that far because I work in mysterious ways.
00:03:25Oh, okay, we know that, right.
00:03:27One round the southpaw, one round all the time.
00:03:29I'm funny that way.
00:03:31Which way are you going to start this time? You want to tell me?
00:03:34Well, let's cross that bridge when we get to it.
00:03:37Carlos, you recently had your title stripped.
00:03:40Did this make you lose any desire to continue boxing?
00:03:43Being that I had an accident in the knee, I had water in the knee, so I had to get an operation.
00:03:51So when they did that to me, when they stripped me out of the title, I was very depressed.
00:03:54But on the second hand that I got the chance of coming again, Bob Aaron gave me this opportunity
00:03:59to regain my title.
00:04:01So I feel happy about it now.
00:04:03Carlos, how are you going to fight Buster Drayton?
00:04:06Are you going to box and be careful, or are you going to push him back?
00:04:10No, I will push him away and try to box him.
00:04:14Well, there you met Carlos Santos and Buster Drayton.
00:04:19We are back at Brendan Burn Arena in the Meadowlands.
00:04:21And we have seen two exciting fights here tonight.
00:04:24An upset in the first one with Nyango taking the title away from Gabby Canizales.
00:04:28And here, what we thought might develop into an upset with Jimmy Paul retaining his title in a split decision
00:04:34over the outstanding challenge of Cubenito Perez.
00:04:36Now, let's talk about Buster Drayton, because you've been in the gym with him.
00:04:40You know this guy real well.
00:04:41He's got a great spirit, a great attitude.
00:04:44And it's obvious that he's a little more mature now than he was earlier in his career.
00:04:47Sure, he's been very impressive lately.
00:04:49Hasn't worked with me.
00:04:50We must have worked at least three or four years as a sparring partner.
00:04:53And Buster Drayton in the gym, he's excellent.
00:04:56But what I want to see, does the pressure fighting for a championship bout, does that affect him at all?
00:05:01He's got great corner people now that are working with him.
00:05:03And let's see if Buster goes out there and fight the fight that he can fight.
00:05:06Because Buster can be champion.
00:05:08All right.
00:05:08Now, before we talk about Carlos Santos with Gil Clancy,
00:05:11I think we should take this opportunity to find out from you what you're thinking about in terms of championships.
00:05:17The talk is you're going to fight Thomas Hearns in the fall, provided he gets by Mark.
00:05:20Well, actually, he's not necessarily affected by the Mark Medell fight.
00:05:23But nonetheless, you're scheduled to fight Tommy in the fall.
00:05:28But Sugar Ray Leonard says he's ready for marvelous Marvin Hagler.
00:05:32That's that guy.
00:05:32I want to hear your response.
00:05:34He's gone public.
00:05:35What's Marvin say?
00:05:36I'm going to go public, too, come the end of this month.
00:05:39Then I'll have the answer and the challenge to Sugar Ray Leonard's question.
00:05:42Until then, what's on my mind right now is with the rematch with Thomas Hearns in November.
00:05:46So there would be no change in your plans for the Hearns fight.
00:05:50In other words, if you decide to fight Leonard, that would occur after the Hearns fight?
00:05:54Well, you know what would be a proper thing is let Leonard fight guys like Hearns and Mugabe or Donald Curry.
00:05:59Then come see the boss.
00:06:00Well, of course, Sugar Ray says he doesn't need to fight anybody before he fights you.
00:06:04He's ready to fight you.
00:06:06You agree with that?
00:06:07Well, I'll give you that answer.
00:06:08It comes into the month.
00:06:09All right.
00:06:09Well, there we'll find out.
00:06:10I think, is it the 24th of this month?
00:06:12Is that your schedule?
00:06:13The 30th.
00:06:14The 30th of June, we'll hear from marvelous Marvin Hagler.
00:06:17All right.
00:06:17Now, just quickly, Carlos Santos' strategy against Drayton.
00:06:20Can you have one against Drayton?
00:06:21Well, Carlos Santos is a cute southpaw and he's a great technician.
00:06:25But technicians make moves off other guys' moves.
00:06:28You never know what Drayton's going to be.
00:06:30I think he's going to have all the trouble in the world with Buster Drayton.
00:06:32Okay.
00:06:33Well, here comes Buster Drayton.
00:06:35And Buster Drayton, remember, was scheduled to fight Davey Moore for this vacant IVF crown.
00:06:43And just to reiterate the circumstances surrounding this title, the International Boxing Federation 154-pound title,
00:06:50Davey Moore and Buster Drayton were to be fighting for the crown because it had been taken away from Carlos Santos,
00:06:57who was not ready to fight Davey Moore on schedule.
00:07:01So, he was pushed aside, Moore and Drayton were to meet for it.
00:07:04Then Moore heard himself training, has tendinitis and an elbow,
00:07:08and had to stand aside, opening the door for Carlos Santos,
00:07:12who is currently ranked number three by the IVF, Drayton number two and Moore number one.
00:07:17And a very relaxed-looking Buster Drayton is in the ring with smiles for the crowd here at the Brendan Byrne Arena.
00:07:24And our third triple crown championship event is ready to get started.
00:07:34The IVF Junior Middleweight Championship, and here comes the former champion, Carlos Santos.
00:07:39From Port Barrigo, 30-1 with 21 knockouts, 30 years of age.
00:07:46Buster Drayton, 32, so these are two experienced veteran boxers battling for the world championship.
00:07:52Davey Moore will now have to wait for the winner of this one before he'll get his opportunity when he's healthy again.
00:07:58Carlos Santos, handsome man, coming in with a bit of a beard and a mustache into the bout.
00:08:08Curly locks against the smiling Buster Drayton from Philadelphia.
00:08:13Good luck.
00:08:14Buster coming over to say hello to marvelous Marvin Hagler.
00:08:17They spent a lot of hours in the gym together.
00:08:19Who's that guy?
00:08:21Who's that guy is, if you heard that comment, it's from our Marvin Hagler and it's Bobby Boogaloo Watts, a fine professional in his own right for many years.
00:08:31Carlos Santos in the ring.
00:08:33And we are ready now for the IVF Junior Middleweight Championship.
00:08:37Carlos Santos and Buster Drayton.
00:08:39And let's go up to the ring and Michael Buffer.
00:08:43And now, ladies and gentlemen, we go to part three of the Triple Crown event.
00:08:47This belt, again, is sanctioned by the International Boxing Federation.
00:08:51President Robert W. Lee, Supervisor at ringside, Walter Stone.
00:08:56The three judges for this belt will be John Stewart from New Jersey, Robert Ramirez from Puerto Rico, and Carol Paulis from Pennsylvania.
00:09:04Before we get started, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce a gentleman that will sing the national anthem of Puerto Rico.
00:09:10He is the former light heavyweight champion of the world and now the chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, ladies and gentlemen, Jose Torres.
00:09:21Stand up, please, for the Puerto Rico National Anthem.
00:09:25La tierra de Borinquen donde nacido yo
00:09:37Es un jardín florido de mágico primor, un cielo siempre nítido, le sirve de docente.
00:09:51Y dan a cuyos placidos las olas a sus pies cuando a sus playas llegó Colón, exclamo lleno de admiración.
00:10:05Oh, esta es la linda tierra que busco yo
00:10:16Es Borinquen la hija, la hija del mar y el sol
00:10:25Del mar y el sol
00:10:28Del mar y el sol
00:10:31Del mar y el sol
00:10:43Thank you Jose Torres and now ladies and gentlemen this is indeed a pleasure we have a guest here in our country who's going to sing America the Beautiful. You've seen his son fight on television many times. He's the featherweight champion of the world and you've heard this man sing Danny Boy at his son's fights broadcast from the United Kingdom.
00:11:06Ladies and gentlemen the father of Barry McGuigan, Pat McGuigan accompanied by Roger Rosenberg to sing America the Beautiful.
00:11:14Oh beautiful for spacious skies
00:11:35For amber ways of grain
00:11:40For purple mountain majesties
00:11:48Above the fruited plain
00:11:54America
00:11:59America
00:12:01America
00:12:02God shed his grace on thee
00:12:08And crown thy good with brotherhood
00:12:16From sea to shining sea
00:12:25Let's hear from Pat McGuigan ladies and gentlemen we're looking forward to see his son defend his title June 23rd from Las Vegas, Nevada. Now ladies and gentlemen let's get ready to rumble this bout scheduled for 15 rounds in the junior middleweight division.
00:12:43The referee for this contest from Elizabeth New Jersey is Tony Orlando and now introducing first in pardon me in the red corner. He's wearing the white trunks with black letters and weighs 152 and 3 quarter pounds. He's from the South Philly neighborhood of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. His professional record 27
00:13:1257 9 and 1 and 1. 20 big knockouts. He's ranked number 2 in the world by the IVF. Ladies and gentlemen, Buster the Demon. Great time!
00:13:27And his opponent in the blue corner. Wearing the red trunks with white trim and weighing an even 153 pounds. He's from Siegua, Puerto Rico. His professional record an excellent one at 30 wins and only one defeat. 21 KOs. He's the former IVF junior middleweight champion of the world. Ladies and gentlemen, Carlos the Time Machine Santos.
00:13:54Well, we're ready now for the IVF junior middleweight bout. Referee Tony Orlando with the final instructions. And as we look at the tail of the tape, we see them standing even at 510. Santos coming in at 153. Drayton 152 and 3 quarters. Both well under the 154 pound limit.
00:14:16And two interesting anthem singers. Jose Torres, a multi-talented former light heavyweight champion of the world. Currently the commissioner of the New York State Athletic Commission. And also a noted journalist. And now we find out that at least he sings in the shower. I wonder how many nights it took him to get ready to sing the Puerto Rico anthem a cappella here.
00:14:46You know how many nights it took him to get ready to hit. Bacon crown available for the winner of this.
00:14:52Jim Ryan with Gil Clancy and marvelous Marvin Hagler, a special guest commentator on Showtime coverage of the triple crown tonight.
00:15:00We're like Buster's gonna try to throw that overhand right, right from the opening bell. Sometimes it's kind of bad for guys to lead like that.
00:15:08I think we're gonna get the key to this fight real early if he spends his time trying to figure out Santos
00:15:13He'll still be trying to figure him out at the end of 15 now, but if he just wings the way
00:15:17The bus that we know is when exactly then he'll be okay
00:15:21Well, he'll take you try to take some punishment like that too to try to get some more
00:15:26Since that Ali that rope ago thing that has run so many good fighters
00:15:30I agree with you 100% on that. I've never let one of my guys do that in the gym or in the ring
00:15:38But you get bad habits that way that's for sure
00:15:50Can't take too many of those on the body nice snappy punches by Santos you're walking your toes by the end of five more years
00:15:56Yeah
00:16:06Sometimes Buster gets to be lackadaisical in there
00:16:08You know and he'll put you to sleep
00:16:10Well, he can't let this guy hypnotize him
00:16:12That's for sure
00:16:13I'm gonna put him to sleep
00:16:14But he'll be as I say he'll be still doing the same thing after 15 rounds
00:16:18Well, he finally got his first solid punch off quick jab
00:16:23Nice stiff jab he hit him with
00:16:25But Santos can be a cutie pie out there I can see that
00:16:28Oh, he's a very very difficult guy to fight
00:16:31He's only lost one fight you know
00:16:33But you notice that Santos haven't broke a sweat before he came out here and I wonder if that might be a factor in this first round
00:16:39But he's shooting a lot of straight right hands though
00:16:41He's only lost to wilfrid benitez and an earlier title try
00:16:48The wbc title
00:16:51Great on the other hand and up and down careers lost nine times against 27 wins and a draw
00:16:57And 20 ko's in his 27 victories
00:16:59Well, buster's been there with so many sparring partners that it's like a workout to him in the gymnasium
00:17:05That good or bad?
00:17:06Well, it could be bad, you know
00:17:07Well, this is the real thing here and that's when you're going for the biggest pie of all
00:17:12That's the championship under 30 seconds to go in round one
00:17:17Carlos Santos getting an opportunity that he must have wondered would come or not he's right there
00:17:21He shook him up with that right hand right there
00:17:27Yes, he did
00:17:32Right here
00:17:37The end of round number one is carlos santos the ex-champion who uh claimed that he had an injured knee and uh forced the postponement of his scheduled fight against davy moore
00:17:52The title lifted but he said that he felt fate would give him another opportunity
00:17:56Well fate turned out to be an injury to davy moore in training
00:17:59Hey
00:18:01Ismael leandre as manager he's trained by lenny de jesus
00:18:13Going back into round number one he looked good here attacking with a good right hand right on top of the head
00:18:18Wobbled him a little bit there and then after that he followed up pretty good mom pretty good
00:18:23Let's see if he can keep that flow going now
00:18:24Let's see if buster put you to sleep up there sometimes
00:18:33In the corner of buster greaton ivan kohan augish kumeka and bobby watts
00:18:38Bobby boogaloo watts former professional middleweight
00:18:43You know when buster drayton boxed the heat kitchen in england one round he'd boxed southpaw the next round orthodox
00:18:49Now i'm surprised he hasn't tried boxing southpaw and see if that would be effective against santo
00:18:54Well i think he will but uh i think he's more effective being right-handed
00:18:58Because he looked like he's ready to throw that overhand right and i think that that right hook for the right overhand right is the key to this fight
00:19:04Well i think the key is going to be if drayton starts to wing to the body again
00:19:08You know the head moves but it's going to be able to feel him in the body you know exactly
00:19:12And after you hit him with the first david if you hit him with the first shot underneath then you can hit him with something else
00:19:20You also hear great great once in a while start screaming when he's in there you know like when you hit the big bag they holler a little bit
00:19:31What's interesting is that mickey duff's in the corner now buster drayton
00:19:34You think buster drayton would understand excuse me mr ryan you think that buster drayton would understand mickey duff's instructions he speaks english you know
00:19:47Well he probably had to feel more confident that he's got got a good corner man in there yeah but duff doesn't speak america
00:19:53Well i don't know what he told me but i'll tell you what he had him coming right at me
00:20:06Well hey you had you had a lot going against you they had the priest and father tony father tony
00:20:14Well as usual as usual in marvin hagler fights though the outcome remains the same no matter what's coming against you
00:20:2110 years without a loss i always bring my judges with me
00:20:26No you don't need the judges most of the time mr agler that's k and o k and o right
00:20:33Nice one also feels very strong there's the shot to the body that's what i'm talking about wing to the body
00:20:41He's definitely trying to scare him right away establish that credit
00:20:45He's got to keep those kind of punches going nothing's bothering buster you can see the look in his face he looks determined
00:20:55Santos doesn't look bad either
00:20:57Oh there it is
00:20:59Right hand right hand
00:20:59Can't take too many of those
00:21:01Wobbles him pretty good again
00:21:07Bill clancy says either six rounds or less
00:21:10What's the dream all right there's a prediction from the great guild i think he's right i think it might go early
00:21:18Well that's because he's had two 15 round fights and he's ready to go home
00:21:28Final seconds of round number one
00:21:33Make it round two pardon me
00:21:35Well let's go into the corner of buster drayton and see what bobby boogaloo watching company have to offer
00:21:43Come on
00:21:45Looking for a place for all things you gotta do right there
00:21:47Put your punches together
00:21:49You ain't no before you're running too
00:21:50Come on you gotta go
00:21:51Okay
00:21:51I'm looking for a page for all
00:21:52Okay
00:21:53Come on
00:21:53You gotta let it come now man
00:21:54Come on
00:21:55Come on
00:21:56Come on
00:21:56You're waiting on you
00:21:57You want to fall
00:21:57All you gotta do is put the punches together
00:21:59Okay
00:21:59Come on
00:22:00Okay
00:22:00Now let's not
00:22:01Now let's not jive around
00:22:02Go
00:22:02Come on now let's go
00:22:04Let's go
00:22:05Come on
00:22:06Let's go
00:22:06Let's go
00:22:07Let's go
00:22:08Get off
00:22:09Get off
00:22:10On this guy
00:22:10We'll stop playing
00:22:11Don't give him a chance
00:22:13Don't give him a chance
00:22:14Don't give him a chance
00:22:15Don't give him a chance
00:22:15Put him together
00:22:16Okay
00:22:16I'll give him
00:22:17I'll give him
00:22:18I'll come now man
00:22:18Just put him right out
00:22:19Come on
00:22:20Come on
00:22:21There ain't no more shit
00:22:21Just put him right now
00:22:22I was out
00:22:23But if you were sitting there
00:22:25Hearing all of that coming at you
00:22:26Would you just blank it out
00:22:28Or would you pick something up
00:22:29I think you would have to
00:22:30Really
00:22:30Wait a minute
00:22:33When I said something sensible
00:22:34Come on
00:22:35I got him now
00:22:36I'll tell you
00:22:37Buster can throw as many punches as they spoke words
00:22:40Here's the fight to be over in about 10 seconds
00:22:42Now Buster came out winging with a right to the body
00:22:45That's the kind of thing we've got to keep establishing
00:22:47Try to either if nothing else
00:22:49Scare his opponent with them big blows
00:22:52Make him make a mistake out there
00:22:55Maybe all of that translated to go out there winging with a right to the body
00:22:58That's that's what they told him evidently
00:23:03Round three
00:23:03Buster's always in tremendous shape so I'm not worried about that at all
00:23:07I wouldn't be surprised at the end of this round
00:23:09If Buster doesn't go to a neutral corner so he can rest
00:23:12Now see what Buster does is once he gets his opponent hurt he'll stop
00:23:15But let's see if he does this in a championship fight
00:23:27You notice how these guys are left hand very low
00:23:29Well he's inviting you to punch at him because he wants a counter
00:23:32Well he just caught a good right hand right there square in the mud
00:23:35Let's go okay let's go
00:23:37That's the lazy man's way of doing it you know
00:23:40Make the guy punch at you
00:23:45Santos is a good boxer because really efficient punches yeah
00:23:49Buster looks the stronger out of the ball
00:23:50Like I said Buster's a gym fighter and he fights like this and pull it off every day
00:23:58They're winging him
00:23:59This is what I told you we was going to be looking for
00:24:03That's the shot right underneath there hit him in that body
00:24:06He wants to get him in the corner and just let him go
00:24:24See Buster what Buster does even when I was smiling with him
00:24:27Once you hit Buster with one or two shots Buster come right back automatically
00:24:31That's just been his style
00:24:35Hit for hit
00:24:36You got a lot of action here
00:24:55Good right hand by Drayton Santos takes some reps
00:25:01He's telegraphing those punches though you know which is very bad
00:25:05Depends on you know you don't always have to have power just a little tap of that speed there
00:25:11Can put Buster's put Buster to sleep
00:25:13Under the 30 second mark round three
00:25:18IBF junior middleweight championship like they said what good is power if you can't hit nobody with it right
00:25:28Buster's air conditioning the building
00:25:30I feel really cool
00:25:33My hair started blowing
00:25:37That'd be really cool then Marvin
00:25:40Got to be a stiff read to get your hair to blow
00:25:43Sports fans have probably been wondering as I have all the years
00:25:47I've known Marvin I never asked him until today
00:25:49How often he had to shave to keep that hair off the top of his head
00:25:52I'm going to show how healthy he is and what great condition he's in
00:25:57Obviously his hair is still growing very thick
00:25:59Yeah you shave it
00:26:00You throw me almost every day
00:26:01Sure you didn't see the uh you didn't see what Gil told me about
00:26:07I'll tell you what happened Tim I'll show you what a good guy I am
00:26:10Before the show started the producer was complaining that there was a glare off
00:26:13Hackler's head so I told him I got an extra rug back in the room I'll lend it to you if you want it
00:26:18Want me to go get it now?
00:26:22Yeah this is a little shiny
00:26:23That is a little bit
00:26:26I'll never forget in the Mugabe fight in Las Vegas with that rainy weather
00:26:30There was steam coming off your dome that night
00:26:32That was an eerie sight
00:26:35Another boxing first
00:26:36All right
00:26:38This is for the IBF junior middleweight championship of the world
00:26:41We're into round number four
00:26:43And vacant crown Carlos Santos and Buster Drayton battling to take home the belt
00:26:51You got to watch Buster very closely because you never know when he's going to try and switch over it
00:26:55Yeah there we go he just turns out but what are you reading his mind
00:26:59Well I work with the guy a while
00:27:01Now you can't be that good you have signals because as soon as you said it he switched
00:27:06Well let's see if he established something better on this side because he's catching him with the right hook
00:27:11Santos some solid shots in that last exchange and you know there were those me among them who thought that this guy was not
00:27:18Ready and willing to slug but in the mark model fight he showed if the circumstances are such and what he has to do
00:27:24He'll stand there and bang with you
00:27:26He's a very very good technician
00:27:33He tried to bust his head with that
00:27:36I don't know where he threw it from
00:27:41Well maybe he's going to be more effective over here on the southpores side you know all southpores ain't bad you know
00:27:46Is that right?
00:27:47Oh yeah
00:27:47Gil don't like southpores
00:27:49You know my opinion the southpores
00:27:55The old boxing expression gill they should be drowned at birth
00:27:58That's correct
00:28:00Immediately
00:28:02It's only few survive
00:28:03Well you managed to keep your guy rodrigo valdez away from marvin during that period very effectively
00:28:11Didn't consider a challenge from the left-hander
00:28:14He wouldn't give him to me
00:28:16I didn't even want to know who he was to tell you the truth
00:28:18Another big right hand by great man
00:28:20He's starting to punish him a little bit at a time and this guy's wrong mistake with by doing is trying to hang in there with him
00:28:26Shook him up pretty good there marvin
00:28:27Yeah
00:28:28You see buster's got a good finish
00:28:30He's got him hurt now
00:28:31The guy's good right hand by great man
00:28:35He has him hurt
00:28:36He wobbled him
00:28:37Santos
00:28:39He's punching back but a little wobbly-legged
00:28:41Buster hasn't proved it right
00:28:44He's got an ego now
00:28:45I mean he's
00:28:45He's more determined
00:28:48Well he told me if he wins this fight he's going to ask for you in the next fight
00:28:54I tell him just bring your money
00:29:01He's letting him slide off the hook now see
00:29:03Nailed him again though
00:29:04What good is power when you can't hit nobody with it
00:29:13Under 30 seconds left to go Santos rallying here
00:29:16He's trying to fight back trying to recuperate
00:29:19That's one way to keep your opponent off you by throwing punches
00:29:26Buster's trying to dig for Goyle in there with the body shots
00:29:31Final seconds round four
00:29:34That's what he's got to do counter right when he throws a punch
00:29:38He'll throw it right back
00:29:41Into round four
00:29:42And i'd like to remind our viewers on showtime tonight that on june 23rd
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00:30:30Well i tell him marvin haggler you better be worried these guys are out showbizing you yeah
00:30:35No but see i'm not losing any sleep or no hair over it either
00:30:39I want to see you in one of those white tails
00:30:42And by the way barry mcguigan barry mcguigan referred to fernando sosa who has since been knocked out of the fight before it got started
00:30:49Because it was discovered he had two detached retinas and so he was not allowed to go in and it's stevie
00:30:54Cruz a fine young american fighter from texas who will now be battling for the wba bantamweight crown
00:31:00June 23rd against barry mcguigan
00:31:02We're into round four the way this looks is that buster's just gonna
00:31:06He's just gonna beat this guy around the ring all night until he decides the way he wants to fall
00:31:12Well he just may land one big shot
00:31:15I don't think buster takes the biggest shot himself either
00:31:18Is that right well hey there's something to think about chris
00:31:21Santos has got plenty of snap in his punches when he lets them go very efficient puncher
00:31:29I've seen buster kind of shooken up in the tenth round against maldonado
00:31:33Good fight buster beat him for ten rounds then all of a sudden he kind of got lacks of days ago in there and uh
00:31:39Maldonado started coming on took the decision away from him
00:31:42Carlos Santos has never been stopped his only loss a 15 round decision to wilfred benitez
00:31:50So if uh drayton were to get him that would be quite an accomplishment
00:31:53Well he probably made a wise move by not fighting if he had water on his knee
00:31:58But today that knee don't seem like anything wrong with it he's moving around that ring just like anything
00:32:03Well blow by buster drayton no warning from the referee
00:32:13But buster's telegraph and every one of those big ones like that to the body
00:32:17well he has he ever done anything differently
00:32:22Excuse me for a moment just uh reminder to our viewers because of our extended coverage of showtime championship boxing other regularly scheduled programming may be delayed
00:32:30Or preempted tonight please stay tuned for details
00:32:33We're watching the third of the triple crown championship events on showtime the ivf junior middleweight vacant title at stake between buster drayton and white carlos santos in red
00:32:47kim ryan gill clancy and our special guest commentator undisputed middleweight champion marvelous marvin haggler
00:32:54See buster's waiting to counter so many punches and that's the only way he's gonna throw a punch back
00:32:58He'll wait and wait and wait and wait and that's what he's doing right here
00:33:05He gets a guy like martin mellows away with the quick hands like that you shouldn't be waiting for this guy
00:33:10You gotta get him out of there early
00:33:23They're both perspiring pretty heavily right now
00:33:25Santos is surprised to be with the snaps that he has in his punches low blow by drayton and that uh hurt santos some and the referee tony orlando warns drayton
00:33:41And the end of round number five
00:33:43They're both been guilty of it
00:33:49There is carlos santos
00:33:52Very good shape he has been uh been the guy with the footwork and drayton's been the man with the power
00:33:57through the first five rounds of the fight
00:34:01I wonder whether santos can keep up the pace that he's had with all of his movement
00:34:05But he needs to go a long distance
00:34:15Looking back in round five you can see
00:34:17great and trying for those home run balls
00:34:23And there's a low blow that uh received a warning from referee tony orlando
00:34:28He's still he's still holding his groin
00:34:44You wonder if it made him mad or not
00:34:47I will soon find out
00:34:49Buster if he can cut down off that power and start putting a little bit more speed you'll see a different fight
00:35:05He's got mark medals a little nervous of him now
00:35:09Santos
00:35:11I'm sorry Santos is a real cute guy
00:35:15I got Tommy Harris on my mind
00:35:32Nice quick switch right then straight left hand another one
00:35:38Bombs away
00:35:39Santos has landed a lot of good body shots
00:35:45I don't think there's much scientific to this fight
00:35:48Bombs away
00:35:53What Santos is doing though is he's picking his spots
00:35:56That's right
00:35:57Landing clean body shots
00:36:01Buster's again putting pressure on
00:36:04Well you like guys like Buster
00:36:05I would love to fight guys like Buster because I can get out of the way of him
00:36:08You know they're coming he's telegraphing him
00:36:11And just like that you just beat him to the punch
00:36:14That guy's doing some job on his body I'll tell you that
00:36:16See there you go
00:36:20And that's just the way how he has to fight
00:36:23Just pity packs out there that's what he's got to do
00:36:26Keep him out of range keep moving
00:36:33Get off
00:36:33He's making the mistake of trying to figure Santos out
00:36:39Now Santos is fighting is already
00:36:41What do you think of that?
00:36:43And now back to the south floor
00:36:48Now they're low blow by Drayton and Tony Lando
00:36:51Oh come on
00:36:52He may take some points away
00:36:58Let's keep him up
00:36:58Let's go
00:36:59We're in round six scheduled for 15
00:37:08And I still wonder whether Santos is going to be able to keep up the
00:37:12Footwork pace he's established
00:37:13He's leading up a lot
00:37:14He fights right back
00:37:19Beautiful shot
00:37:21That's where conditioning always pays off
00:37:23That's why I always say
00:37:25Bob you make sure you're in the best condition getting out here
00:37:28Because you never know what your opponent's got for you
00:37:30That's right
00:37:31I've never let one of my guys go in the ring
00:37:33I have to say it's an easy fight
00:37:34I don't have to be in such good shape
00:37:36That's a lot of baloney
00:37:37You got to be in the best shape every time you go in the ring
00:37:40That's what makes you last a long time
00:37:42At the end of round number six
00:37:45Buster Drayton
00:37:46Hey guys
00:37:50Carlos Santos
00:37:56Do you want the guy to be in the
00:37:57Do you want the title
00:37:58Die like you want
00:38:00Go get it
00:38:00Pull the cup
00:38:01Pull this cup out
00:38:03We got to go to work
00:38:04We get a good job
00:38:05You let the man run
00:38:06You ain't doing that
00:38:07You won this out
00:38:08You got how you want it
00:38:09You won it
00:38:10Come on man
00:38:11Right in
00:38:11Wait
00:38:41Sounds like an elks convention in his corner. He goes back there. I tell you it's kind of tough to figure it out
00:38:51He says I want to start hitting hitting hit him in the body before you throw your punches over the top
00:38:55I know it's kind of hard to do. I want what I heard Bobby watch they forget about the body. Yes
00:39:00Interesting council a slight nick under the right eye that Eddie
00:39:07That's what I was trying to tell you about
00:39:11First example now we have Drayton fighting southpaw again and Santos turns around look at this tactic
00:39:20How do you like that? I love this. Drayton. Drayton turned to southpaw. Oh now Santos is back as a southpaw
00:39:27He's doing the job on Drayton right now
00:39:30He's in the last round he started establishing himself pretty good with them quick flurries quick punching nothing heavy on him
00:39:36Just getting him out and that's all he has to do if he can keep that pace up and keep this going all night
00:39:40It'll be easier for him just like this
00:39:54You know that Santos is still southpaw so he must have found that he's effective some kind of way over there on Buster
00:39:59Now Buster's back fighting all the dark style
00:40:01The cleanest shot for punches are being landed by Santos. There's no question about that
00:40:16And that's what he definitely has to do. He has to keep
00:40:19Keep uh Buster Drayton busy with them kind of punches so that he can't land and he can't throw any of those big ones out
00:40:24So try to move in on top of him instead of back because that's where you're vulnerable to get get caught with him on the end of your punches
00:40:32like that
00:40:34You have to wonder what this Santos is made of I mean he took some good shots he sure has
00:41:04He's done a job on Drayton's body. I wonder if that's going to take anything away from Buster in the latter rounds
00:41:10Look at that shot
00:41:16Under 30 seconds we go around seven
00:41:18Look at that body shots body shots nice he's concentrating on that now Santos is
00:41:35And if he's by him going to the body his head's down so he's he's missing those big lucas guys with Buster's right in the front
00:41:41I've scored the last three rounds for Santos as we saw in the last fight the judges aren't always seeing it the same way but how about you fellas
00:41:53I get two
00:41:55Yeah, yeah, no question about it in my mind the last two rounds Santos won
00:42:01The fifth round was questionable
00:42:03Sixth and seventh definitely to Santos
00:42:05He's gone by clean a more effective punches
00:42:11Now this is where Drayton can get himself into some trouble if he if he has these big misses they use up some energy and he's wide open of course
00:42:18That takes a lot out of you believe me. I love to have guys miss like that all night
00:42:24He's keeping his cool over here though
00:42:27What you notice is that he was trying to intimidate Buster
00:42:30And that really got Buster Pete right there
00:42:32You get sloppy with those kind of punches
00:42:38The close fight heading into the eighth round giving Drayton the early going and Santos
00:42:45He's last at least two and probably three rounds
00:42:51The vacant IBF junior middleweight crown 154 pounds at stake
00:42:56Davey Moore no doubt looking in with interest as his opportunity for it
00:42:59Lost to a tendonitis in his elbow
00:43:02He'll have to wait now for the winner of this one
00:43:05Nice straight right hand just thrown by Santos
00:43:07Little medication under the right eye of Buster Drayton
00:43:10The reason why because Buster is standing straight up now
00:43:14I think those body shots took a little something out of him on
00:43:17Well he's standing straight up
00:43:18That's kind of bad for a quick guy like Santos
00:43:26Gives him a target
00:43:28Especially with his hands Buster's hands are down like that
00:43:33You notice how Santos is keeping his hands up
00:43:35And that is just for the outside wide hooks of Buster Drayton
00:43:37The wild punches like that
00:43:40Santos is a very very good technician
00:43:42That's how he really stung Santos right there again
00:43:44You get stuck with those straight in the nose or right in the face
00:43:48I mean your whole head just shakes
00:43:51I think it rattles your brain
00:43:52That's the kind of technique that Santos has to do hit and run
00:44:03But the mistake Santos is making now is he forgot all about those body punches
00:44:07That was so effective
00:44:13Oh big right hand by Drayton
00:44:17They've nailed each other this now
00:44:18Nice body shot by Santos
00:44:21Now he went back down to the body
00:44:23He hurt us
00:44:25So
00:44:27As long as he stays in the body he's fine
00:44:29He's keeping his head down that way also
00:44:31And he catches most of those big punches on his shoulders
00:44:33And he catches most of those big punches on his shoulders
00:44:38Backhand by
00:44:41Backhand by
00:44:43Backhand by
00:44:45Backhand by
00:44:46So
00:44:49A minute to go here in the eighth round
00:44:52Heavy hitting by both combatants
00:44:54See if Buster stands up straight like that he's vulnerable to be hit
00:44:59Backhand by
00:45:04And I don't know, I'll tell ya
00:45:06They both look like they could be shaking up a little bit
00:45:09They're going punch for punch now, punch for punch
00:45:13That's what I was saying to you earlier, punch for punch.
00:45:20Dayton Landon, two good short left hooks.
00:45:23He's the power fighter.
00:45:25Must have let him mark the corner right there,
00:45:27and that's where he should have wanted him.
00:45:30Using the body shots, nice.
00:45:44Nice body shots.
00:45:46Really good round by both boxers.
00:45:48That's one to score.
00:45:50They were really trading well.
00:45:52You're making them out for you something, baby.
00:45:54No, you all right.
00:45:56Tight fight here as we had earlier tonight.
00:45:58The only thing you got to do is you can't follow the damn man.
00:46:01You got to go right to him and throw punches.
00:46:03The man looking for him.
00:46:05You killed this guy.
00:46:06You got to fight him.
00:46:07You know that, right?
00:46:08You want to win this fight?
00:46:09Come on, man.
00:46:10We got to come on winning the fight.
00:46:11You can't too far, man.
00:46:12Come on.
00:46:13You know what to do.
00:46:14Come on.
00:46:15Come on, man.
00:46:16We got to go to work, man.
00:46:17We ain't going to have no damn belt, man.
00:46:18Okay?
00:46:19You want to keep this fight?
00:46:20Let's go.
00:46:21Let's go.
00:46:22Let's go.
00:46:23Let's go.
00:46:24Let's go.
00:46:25Let's go.
00:46:26The heavy slugging by Buster Drayton back in round number eight.
00:46:31Let me ask you a question, Marvin.
00:46:34If they sent those corner instructions to music, would that be a successful rap record?
00:46:39It would.
00:46:40I mean, I don't know too much about this rapping, but is that what it sounds like?
00:46:43It sounds just like that.
00:46:44It sounds just like that.
00:46:47He's just got to get out there and do his job.
00:46:50And we mentioned the upset win by Pinango.
00:46:53And, of course, it was Jimmy Paul defending his crown against Cubanito Perez in an exciting
00:47:00lightweight title fight.
00:47:01It went the distance.
00:47:02Split decision of the champion, Jimmy Paul.
00:47:04One judge scoring the fight a draw.
00:47:07Every time that you think that Buster's got this guy pretty well situated, the guy comes
00:47:18back.
00:47:19And how does the guy come back?
00:47:20He goes back to the body.
00:47:21Lands a couple of good body shots.
00:47:23He's protected when he goes to the body also.
00:47:35You have to remember, Santos took this fight on fairly short notice, too.
00:47:38I mean, you've got to give him a lot of credit.
00:47:42He's in great condition.
00:47:44He's just bouncing around here into the ninth round without stop.
00:47:49You get in trouble this way when you start slugging it out.
00:47:54That's the worst thing to do in a fight like this.
00:47:56He's a smart, smart fighter.
00:48:00He's using that ring very well.
00:48:03Let Buster wing all those punches.
00:48:05He's got to take something out of you.
00:48:10Buster's dying to throw that right hand.
00:48:12You can see him looking and trying to set it up, but he just can't time this guy.
00:48:18There it goes.
00:48:19Ooh, nice.
00:48:20That hurt.
00:48:21That would hurt.
00:48:22He couldn't smile that little way.
00:48:23That was square in the money.
00:48:24And the left of the body behind it.
00:48:25Buster weight now, see?
00:48:26And he'll come back out of it.
00:48:27You can hit a guy with a real nice, hard shot.
00:48:28And hit him with the same thing.
00:48:29He'll wake him right out of here.
00:48:30Every time Santos goes to the...
00:48:31Gets in trouble, he goes right back to his bread and butter.
00:48:32Right back down there.
00:48:33Everybody.
00:48:34That's really smart.
00:48:35Boy, he's a former champion.
00:48:36He should know.
00:48:37Depends on how much Santos wants this.
00:48:38If he sees that he's more effective to the body, I would stay right there.
00:48:42Buster looks a little tired to me right now.
00:48:43And, well, he should be.
00:48:44Spended a lot of energy.
00:48:45And took a lot of body punishment.
00:48:46He's getting a little frustrated, I think, too, with this guy.
00:48:47He's like a little tired to me right now.
00:48:48And, well, he should be.
00:48:49Spended a lot of energy.
00:48:50And took a lot of body punishment.
00:48:51He's getting a little frustrated, I think, too, with this guy.
00:48:52He's like a mosquito.
00:48:53Well, Jersey's the state for mosquitoes.
00:48:54Nice.
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00:49:49In a round nine, an action-packed round again.
00:50:07The bigger punches were landed by Drayton
00:50:09as they have been throughout the fight.
00:50:12And there's a big right hand.
00:50:13That punch there had to hurt, believe me.
00:50:15This is where Santos becomes real smart, though.
00:50:20He's staying tighter.
00:50:21But look at the shots he's taking.
00:50:24And he's still throwing them.
00:50:26This guy's in tremendous shape.
00:50:28Yes, he sure is.
00:50:32Carlos Santos and Buster Drayton.
00:50:36A tough fight as they head into the tenth round.
00:50:40Santos went 15 with Benitez.
00:50:42This one is starting to the championship with two years.
00:50:45Buster Drayton has never been more than ten in his career.
00:50:52Santos has been 15 twice, losing to Benitez
00:50:55and beating Mark Madal to win the IBF title.
00:50:59And, you know, that fight with Madal was voted by KO Magazine
00:51:02and I think one other publication is the Outstanding Fight of the Year.
00:51:06This gives me a lot more respect for Mark Madal,
00:51:09who's going to fight Tommy Hearns in the near future.
00:51:11Because this Santos is a pretty good fighter.
00:51:14He's going to be a good fighter.
00:51:15Yes.
00:51:17Well, Santos is not known as a slugger, as you can see it.
00:51:22He's doing enough knockouts, but right now he's in trouble again with Drayton.
00:51:26Backing into the ropes.
00:51:28He's getting right back.
00:51:30And most of the fighters like that.
00:51:33They'll fight off the ropes like a Benitez.
00:51:34And you said by him being in with Benitez.
00:51:36Look at him, going to the body.
00:51:39Nice.
00:51:42Look at this guy.
00:51:44Boy, he got to go with amazing, huh?
00:51:46He got hit some shots by Drayton.
00:51:48Ford, right back.
00:51:49You know, sometimes when a guy takes a fight as a solstitute,
00:52:00everybody says, ah, he's just coming for the payday.
00:52:03Figuring, maybe I'll get lucky.
00:52:04But boy, there's no question this guy's in great shape,
00:52:07knows how to fight,
00:52:08and wants to win this championship back.
00:52:10Well, he's so sure in there here tonight, that's for sure.
00:52:16I like the way he digs those body shots.
00:52:20I'm sorry, Buster.
00:52:22Buster gives him too much air.
00:52:24And that's what he's getting.
00:52:25He's getting a little better.
00:52:30He's slipping punches better than I've ever seen him slipping.
00:52:32To the head, I'm talking about.
00:52:34Nice. Nice uppercut.
00:52:35Two left hands scored by Drayton.
00:52:37And a right hand.
00:52:38And another right hand.
00:52:39Another tough round here.
00:52:50The 10th, a minute to go.
00:52:53Well, you have to give credit to Buster
00:52:56for the first time being in a championship fight.
00:52:58And he looks like he wants it.
00:53:04They both want it, Marlon.
00:53:05I think right now, Buster must be thinking,
00:53:15when is this guy going to slow down and stop rolling?
00:53:19I'm hitting him with the body shots.
00:53:21I try to slow him down,
00:53:22and this guy still comes back.
00:53:25Anytime Santos wants to score points
00:53:27or get back into a round,
00:53:28he goes right back down to the same shots to the body.
00:53:30And they all land.
00:53:39But that's some of the things that he has to do.
00:53:41Keep Santos busy at all times.
00:53:44I am impressed with Santos conditioning.
00:53:46The shots he's taken, and here he is still on his toes.
00:53:50Moving, moving, moving.
00:53:51At the end of round number 10.
00:53:52Much better this round, much better this round, okay?
00:54:03I'm going to continue doing the same thing as we're doing, okay?
00:54:06Keep on sticking.
00:54:07Keep on sticking, Gene.
00:54:08Don't fight him around.
00:54:09Do something.
00:54:10Get the jabs off, okay?
00:54:11Don't just be walking around and fight him, okay?
00:54:14Now, you've got to make it work, okay?
00:54:15Look, as soon as we come to everybody,
00:54:16you'll fight him around and back.
00:54:17Don't let him get off.
00:54:19Fuck, he's going to get off.
00:54:21Don't let him get off, okay?
00:54:22Yeah, this is action from round number 10.
00:54:39I can't see what kept Corsanto's up right there.
00:54:45Hold it. Hold it, Carlos. Hold it. Hold it, Buster.
00:54:49Hold it. Wait that corner.
00:54:50All right, let's go.
00:54:53Round number 11 here on Showtime Championship Boxing,
00:54:56the third of our Triple Crown events.
00:54:58The IVF Junior Middleweight Championship,
00:55:00a vacant title available to the winner of this.
00:55:05Again, as we had in the two earlier fights,
00:55:08very close going into the late rounds.
00:55:10They both went to distance.
00:55:11This one is now into 11,
00:55:13and it is a close fight on our card
00:55:16with perhaps a slight edge to Buster Drayton.
00:55:20But the outgun still to be decided.
00:55:23Tim, I see how Buster's dropping his hands a lot.
00:55:25He must be concentrating also on going to the body a lot with this guy.
00:55:31I assumed that he figured that he would wear this guy down with the body shots.
00:55:34He didn't take him out by the head.
00:55:36But Corsanto has been a very tough customer.
00:55:39They haven't been cooperating very easily with him.
00:55:41That's right, he sure has it.
00:55:43Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Gil Clancy, Tim Ryan,
00:55:45who are ringside, and the Brendan Burn Arena at the hinterlands in New Jersey.
00:55:50You know, they're a lot more confident in Trayton's corner at the end of the last mound.
00:55:54They actually slowed their speaking down.
00:55:56I said, that's better.
00:55:57Now, they said that Santos is just trying to survive.
00:56:01I don't buy that.
00:56:02He can nail you at any time.
00:56:04Yeah, well, you know, for Santos,
00:56:05you know, he has to be in tremendous shape.
00:56:08Buster did a lot of running.
00:56:09All of those legs, they constantly have that kind of motion.
00:56:12And that's been the key to this fight for him,
00:56:14to be even up this long.
00:56:16The legs.
00:56:18Like a headbutt there, I think.
00:56:19Yeah, they think there's no question about that.
00:56:21Buster does have quick hands, would surprise you to it.
00:56:27I don't know how come they really don't use it as much.
00:56:30You notice how he snapped that hard?
00:56:32Well, they banged heads, Tim.
00:56:35In fact, there's no question about that.
00:56:37That cut definitely came from a bust.
00:56:40The corner of the left eye of Carlos Santos.
00:56:47Nice.
00:56:48I tell you, these guys are like warriors in there.
00:56:51Yeah, this is what boxing should be like.
00:56:55This is what the crowds want to see now.
00:56:57And the fans.
00:56:59Blood and knockouts.
00:57:01Under a minute to go in the 11th round.
00:57:07I think for Santos to really start establishing himself,
00:57:10he's going to have to take the offense a little bit more now.
00:57:13He's going to have to stop banging Buster with some shots.
00:57:15Buster's going to open up that cut.
00:57:19There you go, right there.
00:57:20See, there you go.
00:57:22Nice overhand right.
00:57:24But Buster lay back.
00:57:25See what I was saying to you earlier?
00:57:26He'll lay back and let him move around all night.
00:57:29Instead of executing it.
00:57:37He's being careful.
00:57:38He might find himself in trouble before the end of this fight.
00:57:41We're both hands down like that.
00:57:42I think Santos is saying,
00:57:43why are you hitting me on my cut eye?
00:57:45You know?
00:57:46Don't do that.
00:57:48A nice body shot.
00:57:50That kind of hurt Trayton right there because he was right on the money.
00:57:54He just hit the pit of the stomach.
00:57:55In the round 11, they're working on Carlos Santos.
00:58:06Dr. Frank Dagan comes in to have a look as well.
00:58:10And they're kind of saying to us appear to be right on the left eyebrow.
00:58:18And then we're going to try and show you where they clashed in.
00:58:25A wild miss.
00:58:29And then right there.
00:58:31That was the butt.
00:58:32No question about it.
00:58:36So you see Drayton now balancing that replay.
00:58:39As he offered in.
00:58:41An awkward guy.
00:58:42And as Santos chose to come in to kind of counter that off-balance.
00:58:48Bang.
00:58:48The two heads collide.
00:58:52Well, I think that Santos now is coming out to fight.
00:58:55He's more eagerly to get off the stool that time.
00:58:58Well, he's going to have to be concerned.
00:59:00That looks like a pretty good gash above his left eyebrow.
00:59:02It's wide open, Tim.
00:59:04That is a very, very bad cut.
00:59:06Angry cut.
00:59:06No question about it.
00:59:07I know this is moving a lot more, girl.
00:59:10Santos.
00:59:11Oh!
00:59:11How could that one?
00:59:12How could that one?
00:59:14Oh!
00:59:16And you know, it's a funny thing.
00:59:17Oh!
00:59:22The only shot Santos is going to have to fight now.
00:59:24He can't move around a box.
00:59:27And Buster's right there to deliver.
00:59:31Buster's southpaw now.
00:59:32He's posing, though.
00:59:33He's posing with that.
00:59:36And Santos is the wrong person to be posing with right there because he'll pop you very quick
00:59:40to move.
00:59:43Like Santos knows, he's got to go back to the body now.
00:59:46And when Drayton turns southpaw, Santos turns orthodox style.
00:59:52It's really funny.
00:59:53It's amazing.
00:59:56Sometimes it becomes a chess and chuck and games out there to show the other opponent what
00:59:59you can do better.
01:00:00I got caught up in that for the first few rounds when I fought Durant.
01:00:05Now, that one there hurt right on the eye of that cut.
01:00:08Solid right by Drayton.
01:00:10Drayton is landing a solid advantage.
01:00:12He's landing them.
01:00:15We're in the 12th round.
01:00:17Scheduled for 15.
01:00:19Bacon to IBF.
01:00:20Junior middleweight round of scoping.
01:00:21Good combination drawn by Buster right there.
01:00:32Amazing conditioning by Santos.
01:00:34Still bouncing around the ring.
01:00:36He has for 12 rounds.
01:00:38Although, as you point out, Marvin, it's not effective for him right now, the way the fight's
01:00:42growing and with the cut.
01:00:44Well, I can see that he's done a lot of road yard.
01:00:45A lot of jump open.
01:00:47Because that's what enable your legs to be that strong.
01:00:49Especially taking some of the punishment punches that he's been taking.
01:00:58Santos has to mount an offense though now because Buster's really teeing off, setting himself
01:01:03and really ripping the punches.
01:01:06And looking for that cut.
01:01:08The fight while him waiting though is very bad, yo.
01:01:12And it's definitely been opened up again in these last few seconds of round 12.
01:01:15He's just wants to move now.
01:01:20He's not throwing as many punches out there now.
01:01:26Oof.
01:01:27That one came from Boston.
01:01:31Those are two of the greatest misses I've seen.
01:01:33My man is you.
01:01:46They both get there.
01:01:47Let's see who's father.
01:01:51In the round number 12.
01:01:54Drayton punishing Carlos Santos in that twelfth round and the cut certainly a factor now in
01:02:04these later rounds there you have a good look at the location of it very bad spot left eyebrow
01:02:10and working there to try and stash the flow of blood we have round 13 coming up scheduled
01:02:20for 15. Carlos Santos in great physical shape for this fight and Bennett Buster Drayton as
01:02:29well being physically prepared and certainly mentally prepared. Well I can tell you one
01:02:35thing they've been throwing a lot of punches in this fight I mean heavy balls. These guys
01:02:40are out to rip each other's head on and this is the way you fight for a championship. We
01:02:45have seen that style of action through the two earlier championship bouts here on Showtime
01:02:50the triple crown of championship boxing tonight live from Brendan Burr Arena in the Meadowlands
01:02:55you're looking at the third jewel in it and that is Carlos Santos in red Buster Drayton and
01:03:00white for the IVF junior middleweight title team Ryan Kirk Clancy and marvelous Marla Hagler.
01:03:05All right and here we have it again where Buster turned southpaw and Santos turned the other
01:03:10way. Now Santos is back to his comfortable position but Drayton stays as a southpaw. I believe I
01:03:17started a lot of that stuff now. I don't know. A lot of these guys think they can do it but they still
01:03:21can't master like the kid. Well that's, I, I, I have to give you all the credit in the world but that's one of the things that separates you from a lot of other fighters. The fact that you have that smooth switch over from southpaw
01:03:33to orthodox style. They never know. I leave them standing there.
01:03:38Ultimate of surprise.
01:03:40Yeah, I leave them laying there. That was our producer Peter Ralph reminding Marvin and Marvin agreed.
01:03:49Well, amazingly, Santos is still bouncing around. And Buster's let him, let him do what he wants out there. He's gotta keepin' the pressure a little tighter on him.
01:04:04Santos is gonna have to let mount a little bit more of an offense though, as I said before. He's supposed to be trying to win the fight. Let's stay.
01:04:11What kind of move was that? That was, uh. He didn't get tangled in. He didn't know which way to go. Southpaw right-handed right then.
01:04:18Buster's getting a little lazier now with them, them punches that he's throwing.
01:04:23Late hand got Santos attention. Yes, it sure did. But Buster can't feel his throw that he's won this fight already. And that's what he's looking for.
01:04:29to me, I don't know. Yeah. Well, Santos has lost a lot of snap in his punches at the present time.
01:04:46And that's Buster. Buster's a counter. So what he throws when he's coming right back, they won.
01:04:53A minute ago, Buster. A minute ago. Come on.
01:04:55믿ed left in round 13. A minute ago.
01:05:05Good combination by Dresden.
01:05:08Let him keep the iceyer, man.
01:05:10Come back here. Come back here.
01:05:11Come back here. Come back here.
01:05:13One thing that's great about Buster, has always been a tremendous shape.
01:05:15That's why we can call them up at any time and have them come to our camp and work.
01:05:18Well, that's the way a fight is supposed to be.
01:05:20Supposed to stay in a gym and be in condition.
01:05:22human being condition it's his business and it's the only business that he has
01:05:26well she just got hit too with a good punch
01:05:29that's right and blows again
01:05:36Drayton getting the better of it here
01:05:38Drayton just has to be little cautious in there I think
01:05:41just too strong right now for Santos
01:05:44just too strong
01:05:45coming to the end of round 13
01:05:50I want you to box and put that jab in his face
01:06:04you hear me you got six minutes for the fucking title
01:06:07don't let this motherfucker steal over
01:06:09you hear what I'm telling you
01:06:11don't let this motherfucker talk about the story
01:06:15I want you to score
01:06:19you understand what I'm telling you
01:06:22let him run
01:06:23you got six minutes
01:06:25you want to go home with it or whatever
01:06:27what do you want
01:06:29you got it
01:06:30two million hours a round to go buddy
01:06:33six minutes away from game ten
01:06:38come on
01:06:39there are exactly five different voices being heard there
01:06:47even Eddie Alleyano the cut man today's swab in his mouth managed to get in some advice
01:06:54and we apologize for some of the x-rated language that may have reached your tender ears
01:06:59the excitement in the corner of Buster Drayton as they tell him he's six minutes away from a championship
01:07:04this is round number 14
01:07:06Buster still came back off like he won this title
01:07:09he still got to be the aggressive the way he's been on throughout this fight
01:07:12and put his punches together
01:07:15he's just he's physically on the following Santos at the moment
01:07:22he's not going to be running back to the gym every time you call
01:07:37you got to learn something from the champ right
01:07:40if he wins this title he's not going to be running back to the gym every time you call
01:07:43yeah I know that
01:07:44no his price goes up
01:07:48that's right
01:07:48and he's got to get through two more here
01:07:52the Carlos Santos challenge for the vacant crowd against the same challenge from Buster Drayton
01:08:00and Carlos not about to surrender anything yet
01:08:02no Buster got frustrated boxing orthodoxy switch back to southpaw again
01:08:08he probably wants to hit him with the right
01:08:12with the left hook because he's moving into the left hook now
01:08:14Buster's holding his punches alive now
01:08:24and this is where Wister ain't beating him to the punch
01:08:26he's got to beat him to the punch
01:08:27well I don't think Buster shit fights out for him
01:08:34but he does a better job there it looks like
01:08:37on the southpaw side
01:08:38this way he might get in trouble right here
01:08:42watch your head, watch your head
01:08:44watch your head
01:08:44I'm really amazed though by the conditioning there at Buster Drayton
01:08:51that's what I thought would be his biggest problem
01:08:53now the judges
01:08:56Roberto Ramirez from Puerto Rico
01:08:57Carl Polis from Pennsylvania
01:08:59John Stewart from New Jersey
01:09:00will decide the outcome of this
01:09:03if it goes one more round in 45 seconds
01:09:06his corner was instructed him to use that jab
01:09:10he's not using it enough
01:09:11and he's effective with it when he uses it
01:09:14Buster Drayton
01:09:14well it's tough to jab a moving southpaw
01:09:22that was a good straight left hand by Santos
01:09:26and that landed on the left side
01:09:28well let's set him up
01:09:29you know you got to set a man up by using the jab
01:09:31let's set him up
01:09:32his eye is starting to bleed again
01:09:35nice nice just banged heads again
01:09:45we're in Buster Drayton's corner
01:10:00come on sweetheart let's go here
01:10:01come around
01:10:02hold the cup all the way down
01:10:05through space Eddie
01:10:06come around
01:10:07hold him around Big D
01:10:08one more round
01:10:09one more round
01:10:10Buster Buster
01:10:11listen man
01:10:12look good
01:10:13trying out loud to tell
01:10:14okay
01:10:14you gotta be ready
01:10:16be ready for him
01:10:17whenever he come out you be ready for him
01:10:19okay
01:10:19one more Eddie
01:10:21I want you to come out
01:10:23well they've done a good job on the cut on Carlos Santos
01:10:35he's wide open and here he is coming out for the 15th round
01:10:38now do you suppose Gil that they're taking the view that he's behind
01:10:43and that he's going to have to let it all hang out
01:10:46or do you think they may feel that he's outpointed Drayton at this point
01:10:49well if I was in his corner Tim I'd know I'd be telling him he has to win this
01:10:53now big and maybe score a knockout
01:10:55let's go step back
01:10:56okay let's go
01:10:57now let's see how Santos approaches it
01:10:59he has uh been on his toes throughout 14 rounds
01:11:04had some effective body attack going uh in the middle rounds of the fight
01:11:10but when R.D. Drayton has taken these later rounds away from Santos
01:11:13yeah but he's got to be careful that he don't you know mess up and lose it now
01:11:17you know Bobby you talk about the uh stamina of the fighters
01:11:23what about the stamina of a Tim Ryan
01:11:2545 rounds of boxing he's still going strong
01:11:27well you guys have been with me all the way too
01:11:29but we're younger and stronger
01:11:31well I'm just grateful I only have to move my time soldier what's left of them in there
01:11:39all right I told you I'm only 29 so I'll help hold you up don't worry
01:11:43there you go right here
01:11:46by Drayton but Santos wanting to stay there and train
01:11:51Santos is doing a good job this round
01:11:53side to side and again he goes back to the bread and butter to the body
01:11:57there he is again underneath
01:12:02he's gonna come with more combinations in this round now see
01:12:08that's what I'm saying he probably fixed something now he's got nothing to lose
01:12:11but go for bro
01:12:12well I think he would have fought more this way the last three or four rounds
01:12:15if it wasn't for the cut eye
01:12:17he sure is letting it all hang out now
01:12:19Buster ain't got nothing now see
01:12:20he's letting it go he's letting it go
01:12:23he has to start everything with that
01:12:26left hand to the body
01:12:28Buster's tired
01:12:29he's tired
01:12:30why is he tired
01:12:31Santos terrific finish here in this 15th round
01:12:34this could be a long one minute 21 seconds
01:12:37has he got the power though to stop Buster Drayton even if Drayton is tired
01:12:43well he's got the speed though you don't have to have the power
01:12:46there's a side here by Grayson undercut
01:12:49that slowed him up
01:12:51another one
01:12:57we're in the final minute another exciting
01:13:01championship out on this triple crown evening
01:13:05triple challenge triple crown is just what it was because it was exciting all the way through
01:13:09what a run around again what a finish
01:13:12what a finish for a 15-hour fight
01:13:15wow
01:13:16look at this Santos go
01:13:21look at him go
01:13:24under the 30-second mark
01:13:28finally his hands come down
01:13:31Buster's tired
01:13:33oh both tired but Santos just keeps throwing him
01:13:3615 seconds to go
01:13:41huh
01:13:42he's going back to the bodies guys going back to the bodies
01:13:46well this is just like the finish of the last one Jimmy Paul and Jim Benito Perez
01:13:52you're respecting your appreciation that you you yourself Marvin Hagler always hidden from the other guys until the fight's over and then you're the first one to go and grab him and hug him that's a great moment in sport
01:14:06well that's what's good that's what's good it should be a sportsmanship there and uh and i hope that these two guys do the same thing well they sure showed that same spirit at the finish of that exciting round and the finish of an exciting fight let's go back and see some of that action unbelievable after the pace of the pace of the back of the game and the
01:14:22and i hope that these two guys do the same thing well they sure showed that same spirit
01:14:27at the finish of that exciting round and the finish of an exciting fight let's go back and see
01:14:33some of that action unbelievable after the pace through 15 rounds the two of them reaching from
01:14:39some inner reserve santos no doubt feeling that he needed to be the stronger guy if he had any chance
01:14:46to get a decision or possibly feeling that he needed a knockout we'll find out how the judges view it
01:14:55well more like that was some finish that's like 15 top five rounds i don't know if i can take
01:15:00any more sitting here with you guys i like it better oh the excitement oh it was just a great night
01:15:08great a lot of fun and all these kids were in great condition that's what boxing's all about
01:15:13and what tim says when they hug each other as soon as the final bell rings that's what people don't
01:15:17understand about boxing all these critics of boxing there's already the idea is to damage the other
01:15:22guy hurt the other guy that's a lot of baloney it's a squad and when the bell rings at the end of the
01:15:2715th round if they had any animosity they wouldn't be hugging each other there it is and there's the hug
01:15:32right there
01:15:33well they're both walking around mickey duff is smiling confidently he feels that buster drayton's
01:15:43going to get his decision and he's shaking his head that usually he's out for a pretty sharp guy
01:15:50here's the two fighters shaking hands again i tell you that's really good sportsmanship just a great
01:16:02fight great big fellas both of them oh they both put this great effort out tonight they both lose a
01:16:07breaking title and i tell you like you said earlier it's a shame that someone has to lose and someone wins
01:16:11all right we're all ready for the decision let's go up to the ring announcer michael buffer
01:16:21ladies and gentlemen here's the official scoring the winner of this bout will be the ibf junior middleweight
01:16:27champion judge ramirez scores the bout 143 143 judge john stewart has it 145 141
01:16:39and judge carol polis has it 145 140 the winner by majority decision
01:16:47the south philly demon
01:16:48buster
01:16:49rayton
01:16:55well i think one of the biggest backers in the fight was the cut eye oh you knew it
01:17:03but you got a jubilant busting jay straight now there and this kid has worked real hard all his life in
01:17:07here i think you deserve to have that title but now it's not over now the hard work just begins
01:17:14let's go up to the ring now to tim ryan the new champion of the world buster drayton
01:17:20buster you're understandably excited here
01:17:25would you amplify on what you mean by your going home i'm running home all right hey you know first of
01:17:31uh i'd like to thank god for this because god was with me you know see i'm acting as a prophet for
01:17:39jesus you know he told me to be his prophet to tell everybody that we can make it all you got to do
01:17:45is have faith in jesus like i have you see what kind of fight i was up and down fighter but i i gave
01:17:51my soul to jesus and he guided me and the message is have you have faith and trust in jesus you could do
01:17:56as i did buster you also got to get in shape and you got to put in 15 rounds of work like you did
01:18:01you also have to do that as a good lord will tell you if he were talking to you and you did it tonight
01:18:05carlos santos was not an easy opponent you knew he wouldn't be but uh it was an impressive show
01:18:12did you feel uh did you feel that that you were the stronger man at the finish that 15th round
01:18:17he came from some inner reserve and really gave you a go hey i'll be honest with you marvin was watching
01:18:21me so i had to do it i couldn't let marvin down that's my teacher are you gonna go back to the
01:18:27gym if he needs a sparring partner now hey i work with marvin anytime me and marvin is like brothers
01:18:32we like family even though you're a champion at least the price is going to go up right
01:18:38i would like to say with this belt and with all the powers invested in me i would like to say that i
01:18:45would do everything in my power to uphold all the traditions that of the ibf and all the rest
01:18:52of the commissions that's you know in conjunction with this belt all right congratulations to you
01:18:56thank you buster drayton is the new ibf junior middleweight champion of the world at 154 pounds
01:19:02an excited young man to ride it home to philadelphia and all of those tough philadelphia fighters will
01:19:08appreciate the effort to put in by buster drayton tonight in another thrilling bout the third in the
01:19:15triple crown events that we had here tonight and let's just get a reaction from marvin haggler i
01:19:20know you got to feel good about about your man who's worked so uh hard for you in the gym up in
01:19:25brockton oh definitely you know he's he deserved it really well you know this guy had all all the
01:19:30heart in the world and determination all he needed was a break and he got it tonight
01:19:35well i'll tell you something marvin it was a great night of boxing six fighters all in excellent
01:19:40condition this is what boxing's all about there wasn't anybody going in there just to get a payday
01:19:45or anything else all these kids were trying we had some great fights great results can i say something
01:19:50as far as seated there were all 15 rounds fights too i noticed that tonight and i told you what
01:19:55conditioning does pay off for a guy in the later rounds but wbc feels a little different about it
01:20:00but i say that you have to be in great shape and those extra three rounds are the hardest i feel the
01:20:05same way i say the 15 rounds is the championship distance now let's go back to tim ryan for final words
01:20:11all right yeah well you know they often say 45 rounds of boxing ladies and gentlemen and sometimes
01:20:16you get three one-round knockouts well you got your money's worth here tonight and they were all
01:20:19thrilling 15-round fights we saw the upset bernardo pinago from venezuela now living in panama with an
01:20:26upset victory over gabby canazales to win the wba bantamweight championship jimmy paul in a tough go
01:20:31against gubernito perez defending his ibf lightweight crown and buster drayton winning the vacant ibf junior
01:20:38middleweight crown and another thriller against the former champion carlos santos and so for gil
01:20:43clancy and marvelous marvin haggler this is tim ryan saying we hope you enjoyed a great exciting night
01:20:49of boxing here on showtime and so long from the brendan burn arena in the meadowlands of new jersey
01:21:08in the meadowlands of new jersey
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