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The HBO Replay of the fight between Prince Naseem Hamed and Marco Antonio Barrera for the Featherweight Title
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00:00:00Larry, here's a look at their activity, throw roughly the same number of punches, Barrera's a little bit more accurate, Hamed looking for the big punch, power punch wise, once again we see Barrera who is a hooking type fighter, throws a lot of hooks, throws more of them, Hamed definitely the big one punch puncher.
00:00:26Rules of the bout with our unofficial ringside scorer, Harold Letterman.
00:00:30The Prince Nassim Hamed, Marco Antonio Barrera fight is scheduled for 12 rounds using the unified rules of the Association of Boxing Commissions, there is no standing eight count, no three knockdown rule, only the referee can stop the fight, and you cannot be saved by the bell in any round, including the 12th and final round, Jim.
00:00:51And as you finish up, Harold, an impatient Marco Antonio Barrera continues to wait as Prince Nassim Hamed's people bring some preliminary stuff into the ring, and now here comes Barrera.
00:01:06Watch your right side. Let's go, Steve.
00:01:11Barrera prepared for this fight with a brilliant performance against Jesus Salud of the Philippines on December 1 of last year.
00:01:20Questions about Barrera's physical recovery from his stunning war with Eric Morales last year seem to be settled on that evening here in December, as he looked as good as he's ever looked against Salud.
00:01:34Thank you for joining us.
00:02:04The professional record of Marco Antonio Barrera, 55 fights.
00:02:31The two losses to Junior Jones, the loss to Morales in a fight that most ringside observers felt Barrera had deserved to win.
00:02:4038 KOs, many of them produced by his vicious left hook to the body.
00:03:01He's not that, but he's going to be a bitch, he's driving a bitch, he's a father at home, he's a children at home.
00:03:08I'm going to take it right up the ground, I beat Bobby Bowden, who's made men on the ground one time.
00:03:14This is the chopper, look at the chopper, my nigga.
00:03:16To be continued, let's go.
00:03:46Out your wife, from Park Hill to House on Hornet Hill
00:03:49Every time you walk by, you're back in a chill
00:03:51That's good, you want to tough, that's good
00:03:53I spit like a semi-automatic to the grill
00:03:55Elder Eason, elbow boom, baby lady, baby fall down, roll boom
00:03:59Party people gather round, countdown to apocalypse
00:04:02I'm the kid with the gold in the heart of my heart
00:04:05You had it for a million, but it seemed like a heart
00:04:11Now I'm choking, smoking, hoping I don't cope
00:04:13If I'm overdosing, grossing, take care of your sleep
00:04:16After you out, when the lights got your open
00:04:18That's fine, can't stand it, ain't that fuck too much
00:04:21Can't stand it, ain't that fuck too much
00:04:23Kid wanna get up, it can't get dust
00:04:25Kid wanna stick up, it can't get stuck
00:04:27I'm gonna run that court to block
00:04:29When your boy try to act up
00:04:30Remember what old dirty said
00:04:33I'm gonna shut up
00:04:35I'm gonna shut up
00:04:35I'm gonna shut down
00:04:37I'm gonna shut down my gravity
00:04:38I'm gonna shut down my gravity
00:04:41Girl, sweet, yo, you're a kid
00:04:43I'm gonna shut down my gravity
00:04:44I'm gonna shut down my gravity
00:04:46I'm gonna shut down my gravity
00:04:48Girl, sweet, yo, you're a kid
00:04:50He was an English X-Ding with style extremist
00:04:52Bullhead demons run wild as the king with the gold cup
00:04:55Stepped out like what?
00:04:56Wish popping and y'all niggas blow more black
00:04:58And Jay-Shay chocolate saute
00:05:00Rich style of my crop on 4-day
00:05:021960s shit on fogey
00:05:04That fight, let me fucking all hold me
00:05:06The world's greatest, launch baby, training, rock
00:05:08Bring in the clown
00:05:25Bring in the fighter
00:05:28Same guy
00:05:30Larry, we don't want to be too old
00:05:33What do you think?
00:05:35What's going on?
00:05:36Yeah, aside from getting a little fear thrown on him
00:05:38It was a horrific show, huh?
00:05:40I love it!
00:05:41I love guys that are willing to put themselves out
00:05:44On the line
00:05:46And he certainly has
00:05:48No flip over the top rope!
00:05:51Now there's a bigger bit!
00:05:53And Naz smiles after confounding everybody again!
00:05:57The record! 35 wins!
00:05:59No flip over the top rope!
00:06:01Now there's a bigger bit!
00:06:03And Naz smiles after confounding everybody again!
00:06:05The record! 35 wins! No losses! No draws! 31 KOs! He's well rested! Off the longest inactive streak of his career!
00:06:26And now let's go to ring announcer Michael Buffer for the official introduction!
00:06:43It's 12 rounds of boxing for the featherweight championship of the world!
00:06:51Approved by the International Boxing Organization
00:06:55And sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission
00:06:58Chairman Dr. Elias Ghanem
00:07:00Vice Chairman Dr. Luther Mack
00:07:02Commissioners Amy A. Youve
00:07:04Glenn Carano and Dr. Flip Homansky
00:07:07The scoring for this bout
00:07:09Will be done on the 10-point system per round
00:07:12And the three judges assigned to ringside are
00:07:15Dwayne Hoard
00:07:17Chuck Jampa
00:07:18And Patricia Jorman Manning
00:07:20And when the bell rings
00:07:22The man in charge of the action inside the ring
00:07:25Working for the 140th time
00:07:27As a referee in a title fight
00:07:29Joe Cortez
00:07:31And now
00:07:33For the standing room only crowd in attendance here at the MGM Grand of Las Vegas
00:07:39And the millions watching around the world
00:07:42Ladies and gentlemen
00:07:44Let's get ready to rumble!
00:07:53Introducing first, fighting out of the blue corner
00:07:59Wearing blue, trimmed with silver
00:08:02He weighed in at 125 and one half pounds
00:08:05In his professional boxing career
00:08:08He has been victorious 52 times
00:08:11And 38 of those victories have ended by knockout
00:08:15Only three times in 55 bouts has he been defeated
00:08:19This two-time champion comes here tonight
00:08:22Ready and determined to show all that he is not only the best featherweight in the world
00:08:28But among the best fighters in the world
00:08:30But among the best fighters in the world
00:08:31Ladies and gentlemen
00:08:33Here is the two-time world champion
00:08:36Tomasi Caballeros de Ciudad de Mexico
00:08:41The baby-faced assassin
00:08:44Marco Antonio Barrera
00:08:50And across the ring, fighting out of the red corner
00:09:02Wearing the leopard with Adidas trim
00:09:04And weighing 126 pounds
00:09:08His professional record is a perfect one
00:09:12Consisting of 35 bouts
00:09:1535 victories
00:09:17Including 31 knockouts
00:09:19And he is rated by most experts as
00:09:22Pound for pound
00:09:24The most devastating puncher in boxing today
00:09:27Ladies and gentlemen
00:09:29From Sheffield, England
00:09:31Presenting
00:09:33The three-time
00:09:35Undefeated
00:09:36Colorweight
00:09:37Champion
00:09:38Of the world
00:09:40Boxing's royalty
00:09:42Prince
00:09:43Nothing
00:09:44Combat
00:09:49King
00:10:14All right, gentlemen, we went with the rules in the dressing room.
00:10:20I expect a good, clean fight, no rough tactics.
00:10:26These trucks here are a little high.
00:10:28These trucks here are a little high also.
00:10:31Punches here are still good.
00:10:33Give me a good, clean fight.
00:10:34Obey my commands at all times.
00:10:36Remember, guys, I'm fair, but I'm firm.
00:10:38Touch them up.
00:10:38Barrera believes that a victory would make them a hero in Mexico.
00:10:49The Prince believes that a victory will earn him recognition as a great fighter as well as a great showman.
00:10:56The stakes couldn't be higher.
00:11:00And a quick word about the tactical face-off.
00:11:03Prince Kasim is a southpaw who usually dispenses with the jab relatively early.
00:11:08Squares his shoulders and throws power punches.
00:11:11Marco Antonio Barrera is a conventional fighter, but by far his biggest weapon is the left hook, especially to the body.
00:11:21Boy, they've got one of the most straight-laced referees in the business.
00:11:25Joe Cartel's not going to take a lot of foolishness, so be careful of the disqualification.
00:11:31Joe Cartel's not going to take a lot of foolishness, but he's not going to take a lot of foolishness, but he's not going to take a lot of foolishness, but he's not going to take a lot of foolishness.
00:11:36Barrera has got to make certain that he stays solid in every round with a good body shot.
00:11:42Get this guy off of his feet, moving away from you.
00:11:46The Prince has got to come out of his trick bag and make Barrera try to be a showman as well.
00:11:51Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera, Barrera
00:12:21The one thing you don't want to get into is the slugging match with the prints.
00:12:32It all looks so good at the start.
00:12:34He looks off balance.
00:12:36You hit him with your dab.
00:12:37It shows an effect.
00:12:38You begin to feel like, I can do this easily.
00:12:42That's what Kevin Kelly thought.
00:12:47The match was momentarily dazed, I thought.
00:12:51Conned his way out of it.
00:12:53Took some good shots.
00:12:55He's back on his feet.
00:12:59But he allowed Borrell to taste his power just a little bit.
00:13:03Borrell is not looking in.
00:13:29Big left hand by Borrell.
00:13:34He is boxing and picking his spots.
00:13:38It's a very interesting choice of fight plans by Borrell.
00:13:41And he's making it work very effectively in round one.
00:13:44He's landed two big left hooks upstairs and a couple of shots into the body.
00:13:48Naz hasn't done any real damage.
00:13:51That left hook that Borrell landed was a hurting left hook.
00:13:54Those are the kinds that make you stop and wonder where in the world you're in the ring with a hoop.
00:13:59Round one is all Borrell.
00:14:05And Prince Nassim takes several power shots from the Mexican saw.
00:14:10He's catching the motion with his left hook.
00:14:18He's keeping your hands up.
00:14:34In Borrell's corner, our interpreter is Ray Torres.
00:14:42Good work, Marcos.
00:14:44Guerrero fighting an intelligent, measured fighter against an awkward fighter.
00:15:03Briefly dazed him early in the round.
00:15:06Later came on to land those hard jabs.
00:15:09George in round one, the Borrell crowd was going wild every time he connected with Naz
00:15:17because Naz's head swivels around as Bo on a pedestal of some sort.
00:15:23Is it solely because Naz's balance is so bad that he looks to be affected by every power punch?
00:15:28Absolutely.
00:15:29He's always off balance.
00:15:31That's why you can catch him with a looping shot.
00:15:33A warning because Naz threw a backhand.
00:15:37Joe Cortez is quicker than any referee to stop Prince Nassim from backhanding LaDucea.
00:15:43And the Prince has got a little work under the eye there.
00:15:46That may be a changing factor.
00:15:49When the call goes into a corner, it may not be able to give advice.
00:15:52You've got to work on his eye.
00:15:54Excellent right-hand body shot by Borrell.
00:15:59And he can see the mouse under Naz's right eye as George pointed it out.
00:16:03Now he's got Borrell clowning a little bit.
00:16:07That's what you want.
00:16:09That's what you want if you were the master at that kind of thing.
00:16:13Get the guy stepping in the new water.
00:16:18English crowd chanting Nazzy, Nazzy, Nazzy.
00:16:21And that's the thing about being in the dressing room so long with all of that playing around.
00:16:29Someone is going to come out very cold.
00:16:31And it was the first this time.
00:16:34Notice that Borrell, when they're in place, has his head.
00:16:37Keeps his hands very high.
00:16:40Very aware of Ahmed's punching power.
00:16:43But Borrell's got to make certain when he throws his shots that he's in home.
00:16:47Don't go lunging out there.
00:16:49Let's go!
00:16:59Shades of the Cesar Soto bout in Detroit.
00:17:03As Borrell is either pulled down by Ahmed or pushes him down.
00:17:09Mark Ratner comes up onto the ring apron.
00:17:11What happened there was Ahmed lunged at him into the clinch.
00:17:16and tried to throw him off balance
00:17:20and Barrera responded
00:17:22I don't want any wrong tactics
00:17:24I don't want to disqualify anyone
00:17:28Alright, time here
00:17:40Rich Nassim beginning to become more active
00:17:42George Foreman referred earlier in the round
00:17:45to the long delay that preceded the fighter entrances here
00:17:49a delay of an hour
00:17:50as Prince Nassim Hamed had his glove
00:17:53wrapped, re-wrapped
00:17:55and put on two or three times
00:17:56before finally coming into the red
00:17:58Hard left hand by Prince Nassim
00:18:00countering Barrera inside
00:18:02The Prince is the aggressor
00:18:06Right hand and a left by Barrera
00:18:08rocking Naz back
00:18:10I didn't expect to see the Prince being the aggressor this earlier
00:18:18And Barrera countering him
00:18:20Round two mostly marked by the wrestling incident
00:18:37as both fighters wound up on the canvas together
00:18:40Perfect
00:18:41Now you gotta, you gotta, you gotta
00:18:42You gotta fight the old type of fight
00:18:44That's what you want now
00:18:45You gotta cut the orders, that's what you want
00:18:47But keep backing him up
00:18:48You're getting him confused
00:18:49Keep backing him up and you know the T-shot
00:18:51When he saw that, that weak damn like that
00:18:53Yeah
00:18:54Round right through the sun, okay?
00:18:55Let him start
00:18:56The jab, that's your key
00:18:58You gotta, you're more intelligent than him
00:19:01Much more intelligent than him
00:19:03Then lift up your head
00:19:04And keep working
00:19:05You're doing great
00:19:06Alright
00:19:09A review of the wrestling incident
00:19:19Here you see on off balance
00:19:21Ahmed jumps into
00:19:23Barrera
00:19:26Barrera holds him by the waist
00:19:27They dance around and fall to the canvas
00:19:31And I think Barrera's big complaint
00:19:35Was that Naz wrapped his arm around the back of his neck
00:19:37I think the big complaint
00:19:38Is that he made him wait for a long time in that wrestling
00:19:42He's done study about it
00:19:44He doesn't like it
00:19:45Round two was fought at a slow pace
00:19:4835 punches thrown by Ahmed
00:19:5031 by Barrera
00:19:51That is the kind of pace
00:19:53At which Prince Hassim wants to fight
00:19:55That's why Emmanuel Stewart said
00:19:56Perfect
00:19:57When he came back to the court
00:19:58Barrera is allowing Ahmed to
00:20:12Create and make the fight
00:20:15He's not initiating anything
00:20:17Just sits and waits to counter
00:20:19That could be good
00:20:20Could be very bad
00:20:22Is it out of respect for Nassim's power
00:20:24That Barrera's fighting the way he is?
00:20:27I think, Jim, it's because they feel
00:20:30That Nassim is more effective as a counterpuncher
00:20:33Rather than taking the lead
00:20:35And you're testing him in this way
00:20:37Oh, he's hesitant because he's reluctant
00:20:38That's what he's being
00:20:39If you're a good fighter like Barrera
00:20:43You want to stay in there
00:20:45Keep the action going
00:20:46And take advantage of it
00:20:47Blood on the nose of Marco Antonio Barrera
00:20:57Apparently from one of those left-hand shots by Nassim
00:21:00Nassim keeps his eyes up
00:21:03His hands down
00:21:04His neck is straight into the air
00:21:06Why doesn't the guy charge him?
00:21:08He's reluctant
00:21:08You must take advantage of all of these openings created by your opponent
00:21:13So while Barrera, in the weeks leading up to the fight
00:21:16Insisted that he had no particular respect for Nassim's power
00:21:19He's fighting as though he does
00:21:21When a guy stands in front of you with his hands down and his neck up
00:21:26Why? What are you waiting on?
00:21:33Ahmed smiling at Barrera
00:21:35Barrera continuing to fight at a pace which favors Prince Nassim
00:21:41Or at least seem to
00:21:43When the Prince get into a good rhythm
00:21:50He throws two rights and then a left
00:21:53Two left and then a right
00:21:55He hasn't found his rhythm yet
00:21:57Barrera lands a dab
00:21:59Prince Nassim grins
00:22:01Barrera lands a right hand
00:22:02Prince Nassim grins bigger
00:22:04He's like a snake charmer that tank
00:22:07Stands in front of a good puncher like that
00:22:11Takes a lot of nerve
00:22:12Well he's got enormous reflexes
00:22:16And he's getting hit here
00:22:18Perhaps more frequently than he expected
00:22:20Prince Nassim
00:22:25The team stepping into a straight left hand
00:22:27Glancing blows
00:22:28The blood is flowing from both nostrils of Barrera
00:22:31So far Barrera has neutralized the punching power of the Prince
00:22:39You stayed in the car on the ropes and he hit you
00:22:48Wait hold on
00:22:52Let me work on this
00:22:54That's it
00:22:57Next round
00:22:58And keep roughing him up
00:23:04You know when you finish up
00:23:05You get your punches
00:23:05Move his body when you finish up
00:23:07Be a little more physical with it
00:23:09If you throw a shot and you block it
00:23:11Push it with it
00:23:12Understand?
00:23:13Start physically breaking it down now
00:23:15In close
00:23:18A right hand
00:23:20Then followed by a left of the nose
00:23:22By the Prince
00:23:23Is probably what drew blood
00:23:26From Barrera
00:23:27And that punch was probably good enough
00:23:30To win the round from Hamed
00:23:31As the two fighters combined
00:23:32To land only 21 punches
00:23:3413 by the Prince
00:23:35Only 8 by Barrera
00:23:36You heard Barrera's corner
00:23:38Asking for more activity
00:23:39They said
00:23:41You stood still and he hit you
00:23:42Don't do that
00:23:43Harold how do you have it through three?
00:23:45Okay
00:23:45She might get a two rush
00:23:46The 129-28
00:23:47Prince Nassim
00:23:48He was just the busier guy
00:23:50He runs two or three
00:23:51I don't think Marco
00:23:52Threw enough punches
00:23:53Jim, what Marco Antonio Barrera's doing
00:23:55In this fight is this
00:23:55He's moving to the left
00:23:57To stay outside of the Prince's league
00:23:59League foot
00:24:00The Prince is a southpaw
00:24:01By going to the left
00:24:03You make him reach
00:24:03With his left hand
00:24:04Which is his power punch
00:24:06So Barrera's theory
00:24:07In this fight
00:24:08Is to move to the left
00:24:09Stay away from that left hand
00:24:11Big left hand
00:24:13By Barrera inside
00:24:14Stuns Prince Nassim
00:24:16Nass smiling
00:24:18But there's no question
00:24:19He was hurt by that left
00:24:20I have it two rounds to run
00:24:22For Barrera
00:24:23The Prince is going to get hit a lot
00:24:25Because he falls asleep all the time
00:24:28Playing around
00:24:29He gets hit because he's off balance
00:24:32George
00:24:33And a composed balance fighter
00:24:35Like Barrera
00:24:36He's not a hitter
00:24:38He's not a hitter
00:24:38You just can't measure this guy
00:24:40Movement with your orthodox boxer
00:24:42He's only off balance
00:24:43When he's doing something
00:24:44That the orthodox boxer's doing
00:24:46He hasn't got in one position yet
00:24:48He gets hit because
00:24:52Barrera is an excellent boxer
00:24:54Who steps inside
00:24:55And asserts himself
00:24:56As he did right there
00:24:58That's for sure
00:24:59Nice jab
00:25:06And a straight punch to the body
00:25:07By the Prince
00:25:08Who seems fully recovered
00:25:09From those earlier blows
00:25:11When the Prince
00:25:20Seems like he has
00:25:21This guy in the control
00:25:22He falls asleep
00:25:23Doesn't pay any attention
00:25:25To what he's doing
00:25:25And he pays
00:25:26Because the guy Barrera
00:25:27Is a puncher
00:25:28No George
00:25:31Because the guy Barrera
00:25:32Is a terrific fighter
00:25:33And you can't
00:25:35You can't relax
00:25:36Against a fighter like him
00:25:37You might get away with it
00:25:39Against lesser fighters
00:25:40Now you see the Prince
00:25:45Watch him
00:25:45Watch him
00:25:45Steps back like a cat
00:25:47And recovers real good
00:25:50Barrera wringing the right hand
00:25:55Shot to the body
00:25:56That right hand
00:25:58Was the best shot
00:26:00For the Prince
00:26:00Good right hand
00:26:03He seems to be
00:26:05Throwing one punch
00:26:06At a time
00:26:07Oh no doubt about it
00:26:11That's what happens
00:26:11When you're punching
00:26:12You don't believe
00:26:13In the combination
00:26:14Because you think
00:26:14You can take a gal
00:26:15With one shot
00:26:16Shooting the straight left
00:26:19Down the middle
00:26:20That's what Prince
00:26:21Nassim wants to do
00:26:23Barrera goes to the body
00:26:25Every round
00:26:27Barrera should send him
00:26:28To the corner
00:26:28Hurt
00:26:29With a good body shot
00:26:30In round four
00:26:31Marco Antonio Barrera
00:26:33Landed the more telling blow
00:26:35He's catching you with one punch
00:26:50Every time you come in
00:26:51He's catching you with one punch
00:26:52That's the score
00:26:53That's the score
00:26:54Don't get here
00:26:55See when you're getting hit
00:26:56It may not be that much
00:26:58But your head is up
00:26:59So it looks bad
00:27:00To the ground
00:27:00And he's catching you with one punch
00:27:02The left hook
00:27:03Every time you come in
00:27:04He's catching you with the left hook
00:27:05You're coming in from here
00:27:06and you get out nice and controlled you got it just uh you know move around you're going
00:27:14you're doing well and you're winning markers you need to move uh throw more jacks but you're winning
00:27:25very composed ferrera that was a hit but right hand inside but the most important thing so far is
00:27:36he has stayed away from the prince's power in fact he's been so scrupulous about staying away
00:27:43from the prince's power that he doesn't follow up when he lands a good shot in the last round
00:27:49barrera twice landed good shots didn't step in to try to follow up with anything
00:27:53hunt and peck were both fighters ever since round one
00:28:00in the last round barrera landed nine power punches only four for prince nassim
00:28:05and a couple of them were good hard shots
00:28:11left to the side of the hit by the prince that time
00:28:14this press hit so hard and he believes in his power
00:28:19ferrera stands real basically in position to counter with any combination
00:28:26we've covered prince nassim with glory for his bunting power and justifiably so off his record
00:28:36but if any fighters been wobbled here it isn't barrera it's naz
00:28:39too much wobbling for the nass tonight
00:28:45berrera is starting to connect with a left jab
00:28:50nassim with a quick combination there
00:28:52well you don't want to pick on a rough guy like that in the rough tactics he can get rougher than you
00:29:03i think the prince will find that out with berrera
00:29:10marco antonio berrera focusing his eyes on the middle of prince nassim kick
00:29:15and occasionally throwing straight right hands to the body
00:29:17now it's become a chess game the prince knows that his left hand his big left hand has been
00:29:30unsuccessful so far and they're both looking to find the right way to approach each other
00:29:36standing in the middle of the ring
00:29:38berrera's left jab has been the best thing he's had tonight whenever he throws his left jab he turns
00:29:45the fight around he's able to pop naz with it
00:29:59here you see the difficulty of trying to get the prince nassim's body although berrera
00:30:03gets a right hand in there for the most part berrera has been fainting toward the body but
00:30:08across as he starts forward as he's gone big left hand by prince nassim you know he was right in
00:30:16the pocket that time he didn't jump away as berrera thought he would he just stepped in with this
00:30:23left cross that's what it was yep well done this guy has
00:30:27just got the reflexes of a of a clown king tiger something like that of a hidden dragon
00:30:46well you have to give this guy those rounds what you don't you know when it's wrong listen you know
00:30:51listen listen listen listen you live ahead on point okay this fight goes away as well right now
00:30:56you lose your championship you know you're gonna have to fight you know see every time you
00:31:00get hit even with a little light plus your head is up and therefore it looks much worse than it is
00:31:05you understand
00:31:10okay
00:31:13mark your jab your jab you can control him with the jab paint him and use the jab to keep him at bay
00:31:23hamed may have won this round short left hand didn't get his full extension shoulders and hips into it
00:31:33well as larry said it has become a chess match generally speaking featherweight's average throwing
00:31:44about 60 punches per round your your average run-of-the-mill club featherweight might throw 60
00:31:50punches in a round and despite my copy box numbers prince nassim hamed is averaging 30 punches per round
00:31:56and berrera 39 so they're throwing about half the average number of punches for featherweight
00:32:02and berrera is doing the boxing this time a good job of boxing well you've heard emmanuel stewart's
00:32:09opinion as he has now told prince nassim in two consecutive between rounds periods you're losing the
00:32:14fight you're falling way behind if this keeps going this way you've lost two championships not only so
00:32:21he made him took his head just a little bit by telling him it looks more like he's doing more damage to
00:32:26you rather than saying there you are but there it is your head is too straight up the head was up
00:32:31ferrera landed right has his chin flung out to the side that means points
00:32:44and that's going to a conventional stance trying to set up a right hand or maybe wanting to step
00:32:50forward with the left berrera goes to the body real good with a left jab
00:32:54a man who's best keeping the southpaw position to stay away from that jab
00:33:04as red went into the conventional stance berrera got up on his toes ready to throw more jazz berrera
00:33:10kept saying for weeks he was going to attack attack attack you wonder whether the prince has been thrown off
00:33:18huge left hand by berrera there
00:33:25well certainly those of us at ringside have been plummocked
00:33:29because carrera was convincing about the notion that he would go forward and make it a war
00:33:34and he's done anything but he's done a good job of actually boxing tonight
00:33:38he lands the better jabs straight right hands he lands the better
00:33:46he has confounded the experts and right now he's confounding prince nassim
00:33:52and as the rounds go by if berrera continues to pile up points you might have the specter of
00:34:09prince nassim having to go try to hunt him down in the late rounds he's already turned it
00:34:14you don't follow a punch around trying to get a knockout you let the punch it come to you
00:34:30that was lovely while they were in close in a clinch
00:34:34harmet threw a little bit of left hand at him and berrera came right back at him that's why he is
00:34:40berrera
00:34:45lennox lewis watching his english mate prince nassim hamed the chess playing heavyweight champion
00:34:53perhaps critiquing the chess match for those sitting near him let's let your power shots go
00:34:58so your volume of punches is down too much you're waiting to get them in position you get that you
00:35:02let him down and you slip it right here but you won't do this you come back with the left let the big
00:35:07shots go don't worry about that let your big shots go you've crushed too hard
00:35:12a little more pressure make sure you throw that left up to the liver that's gonna be a good punch for
00:35:16you you gotta put your pressure be first
00:35:22that little by play on the clinch will tell you that hamed has found out he's in with a true professional
00:35:36that's going to be a good fight to be able to end the fight or begin to end it with a punch
00:35:50you hold on hey let's go it is still hamed but you cannot depend on one hand one punch with a skilled
00:35:59fighter like barrera harold how do you have it through six okay jim i got it going back and
00:36:03forth 57 57 three rounds a piece when marco etonio barrer opens up he does real well the rounds he
00:36:11loses he just doesn't throw enough punches he really should move his hands more jim those three
00:36:15rounds i got him losing just because of inactivity all right i have him ahead four rounds for two i
00:36:20started to say even though barrera's corner believes they're ahead of the fight and emmanuel
00:36:24steward tells prince nassim that he's behind in the fight harold letterman has it even in round six
00:36:29by copy box numbers hamed was only eight of 28 barrera 16 of 51 picking up the pace
00:36:39that's what you do a guy expect you to attack him and attack him you box him and then when he
00:36:45depend on your boxing him you start fighting that's what barrera is doing he's facing himself
00:36:50borrera with a right to the belly and a left upstairs as grins adam barrera says come on come on
00:37:01that's what you want a solid fighter like barrera doing clowning with a clown
00:37:06this right hand of the body again by barrera no nonsense now
00:37:10emmanuel steward said to prince nassim let the big shots go manny knows that throwing 30 punches
00:37:23around isn't likely to get it done
00:37:29naz beginning to jab more frequently
00:37:34those shots on top is not going to do it with barrera he's going to have to climb it bring it down
00:37:39close to the chin
00:37:46ahmed refused to concede before the fight
00:37:50that barrera was the best fighter he was ever in with i wonder what he's thinking now
00:37:59ahmed picking up the pace with his dad throwing it more frequently landing it more often that was a slap
00:38:05by borrera
00:38:10hard shot with the left
00:38:12borrera on move
00:38:13boy he's throwing these sludge emma type shot
00:38:25they haven't been able to get square in the middle yet but he's going to kick up the power
00:38:28i think i saw blood from the prince's nose
00:38:36the royal nose with some royal blood
00:38:40couple of left dabs onto the royal chin
00:38:42interesting round alicia hamed white of the prince looking urgent and not entirely confident
00:38:54as she sits at ringside and roots for his nazis
00:38:57come on take a deep breath okay i want to focus one two one all right good round for barrera
00:39:04according to copy box number we need to throw that left hand right you're holding too much on
00:39:09it all right you're holding too much all right we have to let it go okay all right
00:39:15but we're going to fight from your shoulders now okay yeah okay you gotta keep repeating that jab that
00:39:21jab is what's going to do it for you
00:39:24hey yeah the jab that's what you need the jab the jab the jab don't stop throwing it
00:39:32this is the jab jab double jab two out of three ain't bad
00:39:38no particularly not when naz's chin and head are bouncing around to make these punches look even more
00:39:46effective than they are
00:39:53through round seven it appears at least our eyes that marco antonio barrera has fought an effective
00:39:59tactical fight limiting prince nassim chances to get off with big shots and landing enough of his own
00:40:05to appear to take a lead on the scorecards errol letterman still has them only a point apart
00:40:11i think the press corner didn't see that trish was moving on and starting to take charge of the
00:40:15fight a little bit the men get misinformed in that round
00:40:30now for the first time you see the tricks getting closer and closer to the ropes with his back himself
00:40:35early on he he had borrera moving
00:40:42borrera following his corner's instructions perfectly jab jab jab jab
00:40:48left hand partially blocked one landed solidly and the right to the body by prince nassim
00:41:03borrera came back low i didn't think that punch was low
00:41:09cortez did which is the only thing that counts
00:41:13my point
00:41:18thing about prince but he doesn't have anything else he's got power and he lands another left hand upstairs
00:41:24borrera suddenly dispensing with the cab and stalking and trying to land that left foot
00:41:33counter punch counter punch
00:41:35you just gotta finish up with when chris throws one shot it doesn't even matter if he comes back in another
00:41:46he's got to finish up with his right hand
00:41:49he throws a key punch combination he can get a knock down
00:41:58and he's off balance george not with his feet always but with his body the way he bends his body
00:42:04it's effective against most fighters against all fighters until
00:42:09berrera but berrera is so balanced so on top of him
00:42:14well it's like a snake and a mungu
00:42:17if he's doing what the mungu is doing this guy's watching everything going on the prince
00:42:24he just got hit that time because he didn't come back with his uh right hand left hand
00:42:32he's got a finish up one two three and he's in business
00:42:44one two three four more rounds and the prince will be out of business if he doesn't change the course
00:42:51of this fight
00:42:54he's not going to win throwing 25 punches in a round
00:42:58you're getting in front of him and stopping and let him get out first
00:43:00and every time you let him throw that punch and fish out there you slip
00:43:04shoot the left hand after you can go to him and make him punch and once he punches let the left
00:43:14this punch is around right here
00:43:29berrera goes under a left comes over with his right
00:43:35overall copy box numbers through eight rounds and it goes without saying that copy box punch stats are
00:43:40not to be all and end all but they do provide a numerical blueprint prince nasim hamed 83 out of
00:43:47246. marco antonio barrera 125 out of 333. berrera throwing significantly more landing significantly more
00:43:56berrera 62 to 36 in power connects round nine begins the first round that prince is trying to keep his
00:44:04right foot on the outside of berrera for a change he hasn't been worried about that early on
00:44:14you see the prince just will not finish up with a shot
00:44:19one two three and he's in business george it appears that every time the prince has a new tactic to
00:44:24drive berrera has an answer for it he never tries throwing one combination the prince does
00:44:31he comes back he can do it he's got to come back with some kind of punch you see one shot out
00:44:38now the prince has got himself in a position where he has to look for a knockout which is when you can get
00:44:56knockout
00:45:14still didn't come back with a level
00:45:19now the prince has got his rhythm going just a little bit
00:45:30lung trickling from the right nostril of berrera
00:45:34the corner's been doing a good job with berrera keeping the bleeding down
00:45:38they stopped it instantly very professional left hook to the body by marco antonio barrera
00:45:45he's looking at the floor trying to distract berrera
00:46:09that chance left hook upstairs by berrera
00:46:17as if to say i'm not fooled by your antics
00:46:20hit him out hit him out hit him out hit him out hit him out hit him out hit him my queen
00:46:21berrera is one tough cookie
00:46:24it's all going right
00:46:35big left hook by berrera
00:46:36naz making faces at berrera but faces don't get you points on the scorecard
00:46:52and that was another round won by marco antonio barrera in my personal estimation
00:46:57i know we're going to take him out right now but listen bike now we're one single shot
00:47:04right bike we're going to concentrate more on his body okay we have to work that body
00:47:10reach on his way down and you know it you're already short right how we doing here all right
00:47:14we're doing good but why so low bro okay don't we have three rounds we're gonna have to push all
00:47:21every punch has knock out of this understand all you got to do is lay in one shot man you may
00:47:26miss three four but if you land the fifth shot you steal the knockout you've got to go for the knockout
00:47:33but everything one problem with hamed he throws that big left hand when he misses he is off balance
00:47:43off the floor
00:47:47he is in against a complete experienced yet still in his prime professional fighter
00:47:55from a culture of professional fighters harold how do you have it through nine okay six to three
00:48:0287 84 marco antonio barrera jim i think he's won the last four rounds because he's opened up
00:48:10thrown power shots hurt the prince landed the real telling shots the prince is not throwing that left
00:48:15hand at all you haven't seen a real hard left hand for the prince at least in the last four or five rounds
00:48:20so my brother really winning this fight the last four rounds he's throwing the left hand but he hasn't
00:48:27thrown anything with it he's missed it he's depending on one punch too much george well this corner for the
00:48:35first time told him to put together five shots and i believe him if he could put together a combination
00:48:40as he just did things can change but he's going for one shot he can't marrera is countering him too
00:48:48well he will not look together but you're about throwing combination that's the way you stop the counter
00:48:55throw combination he's not a combination punch puncher george one punch at a time slugger who's getting
00:49:03hit too frequently to get it done here there's a big left hand
00:49:10barrera covering up
00:49:14barrera's playing possibly there's a hard right hand by nasim and barrera comes back with two left
00:49:20hand shots of his own
00:49:25we could have fireworks down the stretch if french nasim feels the urgency of this situation
00:49:33can you believe the odds on this fight for three and a half to one can you believe 28 out of 30
00:49:51writers pick time ed where is the respect for marco antonio barrell well i bet it's here right now
00:49:57i don't know how you could dismiss a fighter of guerrera's class
00:50:06that easily i'm sure he was wondering the same thing
00:50:18well i was doing a good job he stays on balance doesn't lunge out now he's making the prince reach in
00:50:25waiting for a counter punch
00:50:32the trick still going for one point at a time one shot at a time
00:50:40the combinations have been thrown by barrera
00:50:4610 rounds in the books
00:50:54a very nervous alicia hamed mother of two
00:51:03that was your round
00:51:04go on ahead okay you take it to me that was your round okay you got two rounds two rounds
00:51:11six minutes keep punching pound okay the way you go is power punch and you're walking it down
00:51:18you know what i'm saying yeah everything for power yeah
00:51:20yeah don't you know what you're doing just one punch throw a combination let's be quick about
00:51:26it throw more punches and if the last one make sure that it goes in with some sports
00:51:32make sure you want to hit them hard make sure you want to hit them hard in the inside
00:51:45six minutes left for prince nasim hamed to try to rescue his unbeaten record and his superstar status six
00:51:53minutes left for marco antonio barrera to try to rise to the top of the featherweight heat
00:51:58right hand by barrera all right bring up bring up bring up bring up bring up
00:52:05bring up
00:52:07larry merchant is in prince nasim's corner with emmanuel stewart larry what's up emmanuel
00:52:28do you believe that the prince needs a knockout to win this fight beyond the doubt i definitely
00:52:34believe he needs a knockout and i have told him as such but even i don't think he's ever been
00:52:38hurt in the fight but when he gets it his head is up so to the front that it looks so bad to the
00:52:42crowd but is this the barrera that you were concerned about who you saw in his last fight
00:52:50and said this is a different fighter yes it is a very determined fighter and after you punch
00:52:55he counter punches immediately comes right back with punches after you finish and he seems to be
00:53:00very focused and very well trained from there man has got to try to land a big knockout punch
00:53:05even at the risk of possibly being knocked out himself thank you
00:53:11and in round 11 despite the scenario that emmanuel stewart just quoted to you
00:53:16it is marco antonio barrera who has been the aggressor he's not the aggressor prince is bringing
00:53:23a fight to him he's just laying more shots well he's getting the chances to get off i guess is
00:53:29what i mean here george but he's not the aggressive by any means no i hear what you're saying he's
00:53:34taking advantage of naz's aggression to turn it against him and naz will not come back with any
00:53:39shot huge right hand by barrera all right break out green break out after prince nasim had the edge
00:53:46in power shots in round 10 marco antonio barrera has landed several big shots in this round
00:53:53and the english crowd is seated and quiet
00:54:07the improvisational style that the prince has developed since he was a boy is being exposed by a
00:54:16well-schooled boxer puncher brawler
00:54:24the prince always seemed to think there is a chance to get a knockout well there is george there is but
00:54:31not when he's running like that not when your fight plan becomes a flight plan
00:54:35short left hand inside by him and landed marrera wrestles the prince into the ropes they're three minutes
00:54:48away from the conclusion
00:55:02leave it leave it leave it leave it leave it leave it again leave it leave it leave it
00:55:11let's the final round touch him up
00:55:15you see in case you want to know especially let's get some water
00:55:20you gotta keep boxing the same way you've been doing it this is the last round
00:55:25and all you got to do is box him
00:55:28you can't back up you've got to bend down and go tell him a short puncher
00:55:44he landed 32 out of 59 punches the 10 of only 24 for bridge that scene
00:55:49harold maderman how do you have it going to the 12th
00:55:52hey jim 106 103 seven rounds to four marco antonio barrera jim i gotta tell you he may have lost
00:56:00the 10th round with barrera but boy he had a huge 11th round so in the last six rounds marco's won five
00:56:07with him and i'll tell you i think the secret is you stand away from patrice's big power and he landed
00:56:12the shot look at the right hand by barrera he wants to close the show with authority
00:56:18his corner told him to just box and he's not taking their advice he's going for it
00:56:24he's been on the wrong side of at least one decision here in las vegas he doesn't want it to happen again
00:56:30a reckless prince nassim
00:56:35they're judging right past barrera that looked like one of his entrances flying through the sky
00:56:42if you close strong in a fight all things can happen fight is not over for the prince you just got to close strong
00:56:56hold it hold it hold it hold it hold it hold it okay let's go don't leave you don't leave you
00:57:03clean around guys
00:57:09prince is trying to figure out how can he get in one big left hand
00:57:30he's been trying to figure that out all night i think barrera has already shown with his chin
00:57:38one left hand one left hand won't do it that's true too much to him barrera pounds
00:57:45nassim into the ring post risking disqualification
00:57:50furious at naz's antics
00:57:54one point
00:57:56one point and a point deduction from barrera
00:58:04unusual for a veteran fighter
00:58:06who has put himself in that position
00:58:08barrera doesn't want to touch any gloves barrera wants to hit
00:58:16big left hook by barrera
00:58:18scintillating round for the mexican star and he seems to be the stronger at that weight
00:58:29absolutely stronger and better
00:58:48can there be any doubt
00:59:14tremendous celebration in barrera's corner
00:59:16and prince nassim is wandering around aimlessly in his own
00:59:33round 12 was all barrera
00:59:35by copy box numbers he landed 33 out of 66
00:59:39and then only seven of twenty
00:59:53harold how'd you score it okay jim when you lose a point
00:59:57and you win the round it becomes a nine nine round so 115 112 seven four one even marco
01:00:06antonio barrera he won that 12th round big but tens took away a point in our last seven rounds he certainly won six of them
01:00:13marco antonio barrera down the stretch just landed the cleaner harder shots no doubt about it
01:00:18let's take it let's take it up to michael buffer for the official decision
01:00:32ladies and gentlemen here at the mgm grand we go to the scorecards dwayne ford scores it 115 to 112
01:00:41choke japa has it 116 to 111 and patricia jorman manning scores it 115 to 112 all for the winner by unanimous decision
01:00:52marco antonio barrera
01:01:06oh
01:01:14oh
01:01:18oh
01:01:20so before a raucous crowd almost evenly split in support of the two fighters
01:01:31marco antonio barrera applied not his rolling intensity but rather his boxing skill to the
01:01:37task of first unsettling then punishing the previously unbeaten prince nasim hamed
01:01:42en route to a rough and tumble unanimous decision victory that left barrera with no official title
01:01:48belts clearly on top of the featherweight heat
01:01:51that was one week ago in las vegas now we bring you back live to new york city where in the theater
01:02:05at madison square garden we're getting ready for the live battle the green bernard hopkins and keith
01:02:09holmes joined by hbo boxing analyst larry merchant larry looking back at barrera and hamed nasim
01:02:15hamed now has about five weeks to determine what to do with his rematch clause does he after that
01:02:22want more of barrera apparently amazingly yes good the prince took an unholy licking from barrera who
01:02:32taint well give the fans what they want in this case seeing a superstar tumbled from his high wire
01:02:40and maybe they'll show up in droves again but the real rematch jim is not this one the real rematch
01:02:49is barrera and morales which no doubt we'll see at some point if both fighters continue active all
01:02:55right thanks very much larry merchant now let's get ready for the live business of the middleweight
01:03:00championship tournament which begins tonight with bernard hopkins against keith holmes you know
01:03:06for decades the middleweight division was the second most glamorous division in boxing behind
01:03:12only the heavyweights going back to pre-war superstars
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