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Julio Cesar Chavez defends his WBC Super Lightweight Title against Terrence Ali on Showtime Boxing PPV
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00:00But coming up next, the WBC Super Lightweight Championship featuring Julio Cesar Chavez and Terrence Ali.
00:10And we go into the dressing room of undefeated Julio Cesar Chavez, making his 11th defense of the WBC Super Lightweight title as he takes on veteran Terrence Ali.
00:21For more on this matchup, let's throw it up to Jim Hill.
00:24Okay, Steve, thank you very much.
00:26As we told you, bombs away right from the beginning.
00:28Now, as time marches on, Julio Cesar Chavez continues to pile up victory after victory as he wins and defends titles from weight division to weight division.
00:37Terrence Ali is a time-tested contender who has accumulated 50 wins in his career.
00:42Chavez's longevity has made him a champion of champions.
00:45Ali's determination has made him a perennial top contender.
00:49To this date, no one in 86 fights has been able to stop Chavez.
00:52So is it possible that a veteran like Ali can find the secret to victory that has eluded Chavez's past opponents?
00:59The WBC Super Lightweight Championship is next.
01:02Once again, down to ringside and Steve.
01:04All right, thank you, Jim.
01:05Although Chavez fought and won over a journeyman, Silvio Rojas, this past April 10th, he essentially comes off the win over former two-time champion Greg Haugen in February.
01:15What had to be a major high in front of a record-breaking crowd in his homeland of Mexico.
01:19Terrence Ali, unanimous number one contender tonight, his third world title fight, trying unsuccessfully for the lightweight titles on two occasions, losing to Harry Arroyo, Jose Luis Ramirez.
01:31He has been on a hot streak of late, winning his last eight consecutive fights.
01:36Here we go, here we go.
02:05Here we go, here we go.
02:21What time is that?
02:25Terence Ali with the sombrero.
02:47Didn't put on a pair of boxing gloves until he was 18 years old.
02:50Late by most standards.
02:52And here he is fighting the revered.
02:53Julio Cesar Chavez for the world title.
02:56The thing about Ali, even at 32, and with all of the experience, he remains hungry.
03:05And here is El Campeon.
03:07Julio Cesar Chavez returning to the scene where he battered Hector Macho Camacho last September.
03:12Chavez just 14 wins shy of 100.
03:14And at this rate, averaging an amazing seven fights a year,
03:17he could reach the century mark without a loss by the summer of 95.
03:21But he recently changed his stance saying he wants to reach 93 wins without a loss and then retire.
03:27That would break the record for an undefeated career.
03:29On the subject of an undefeated record, Chavez says,
03:32I could not bear the thought of losing because it would hurt my family.
03:36Let's go.
03:40Let's go.
03:40Let's go.
03:41Okay.
03:41Let's go.
03:41Let's go.
03:42Let's go.
03:42Let's go.
03:43Oh
04:13We'll see you next time.
04:43approach.
04:55Bullying on Seizar Chavez better
04:57than a twenty to one favorite
04:58always seems to have the home
04:59court advantage wherever he
05:00fights brings out such a feeling
05:02of pride and nationalism from his
05:04countrymen and has so many loyal
05:05fans who follow him
05:07everywhere tonight.
05:07No exception.
05:10tale of the tape Chavez at 30 is two years younger than Ali who turns 33 in
05:14June the height is all even Chavez at 140 Ali 139 and a half and a three and a
05:19half inch reach advantage for the challenger to the WBC rules ten point
05:24must system three scoring judges no standing eight count no three knockdown
05:28rule only the referee can stop the fight and the fighter cannot be saved by the
05:32bell except in the last round
05:36so here at the Thomas and Mac on the campus of the University of Nevada Las
05:40Vegas set for the second of our boxing triple header the WBC super lightweight
05:45championship Julio Cesar Chavez and Terence Ali the introductions from Jimmy
05:49ladies and gentlemen we welcome you to our second world title main event brought
05:56to you by Don King Productions and King Vision in association with SET pay-per-view
06:02and the Mirage this bout is sanctioned by the World Boxing Council the President
06:08Jose Suleiman the supervisor John Morris along with the Nevada State Athletic
06:14Commission Chairman Dr. Elias Gunnam introducing the judges at ringside
06:21Horacio Castilla Chuck jumper and Chuck Williams now presenting the referee in charge
06:29of this world title bout Carlos Padilla
06:33all right fans here we go with the WBC super lightweight championship of the world scheduled
06:41for 12 rounds of boxing introducing to you first the challenger on my right fighting out
06:47of the blue corner he enters the ring wearing red and black trunks fighting out of Linden New Jersey
06:54by way of Georgetown Guyana he weighed in at 139 and one half pounds his record he wins seven losses two draws
07:05with 21 wins coming by way of knockout he is the undisputed number one ranked super lightweight contender
07:14in the world introducing the challenger Terence Ali and his opponent across the ring on my left is the five-time world champion
07:30champion in three weight divisions really needing no introduction the world over
07:36he is the ring wearing blue trunks with white trim fighting out of Culiacon Sinaloa Mexico
07:43his weight wasn't even 140 pounds his tremendous record represents the longest undefeated streak in boxing today
07:52with 86 victories no defeats 74 wins by way of knockout introducing world boxing's pound for pound greatest the WBC super lightweight champion of the world
08:06and the grand champion
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08:48The odds at the bell for this one, 24 to 1 for Julio Cesar Chavez, the WBC super lightweight champion.
09:10Terence Ali, as we begin round one, comes running right out of Chavez.
09:14Well, if it was a track lead, he has an edge.
09:19That's not what does it for Chavez.
09:21You've got to be there a long time, and you've got to chop some wood to beat this guy.
09:24He was very adamant about one thing.
09:25He said Chavez can't fight going backwards, but no one's been able to back him up successfully anyway.
09:30And that's what he wants to do.
09:31He wants to make him stay backwards, jab in his face, and work counter punches.
09:35Ali always seems to wind up in fights he's not supposed to and expected to roll over, but he usually doesn't.
09:41He almost always gives a good shot.
09:43He's been in there with some big punchers as well.
09:48Chavez content to let him just shoot out all he's got.
09:51He hasn't landed one punch yet.
09:52He must have thrown 30 or 40 already.
09:54He has Terence Ali.
09:55Chavez just watching.
09:57And the chance of Chavez from this crowd here at Thomas and Mac.
10:01Ali told us, here's what he thinks of Chavez.
10:04He says, I can't see what the world sees in this fight.
10:07Ali, he has no guard, doesn't protect himself.
10:09His opposition makes him look good.
10:11The only real tough he's ever had was against Meldrick Taylor.
10:15He's not a big puncher and made mistakes against Greg Haugen.
10:18He won't not be out because I've got a good chin.
10:21I'm underrated since Ali.
10:22Ali, I'm going to back him up, as you guys pointed out, fighting every round.
10:27Work the body.
10:27Go downstairs, upstairs, combinations.
10:29I'm ready to be champion.
10:30Well, right now he's doing what he said he was doing, but I'll tell you what.
10:33He's underestimating the power Chavez has.
10:34His very damaging punches and his defense is very subtle, but it's there.
10:38Well, you're going to hold university training of education and why Chavez is here.
10:44Once you fight him, you understand why he's here.
10:46So, this is just starting out.
10:48Chavez is content to just let it go by.
10:50Just letting Ali shoot his bolt every once in a while.
10:54One little punishing joke to show him that he's in there with Chavez.
10:57Chavez so methodical, relentless.
11:00There he goes with a right hand that's staggered Ali.
11:03Terrence Ali's a man with a lot of pride and good conditioning.
11:11He probably can last out this round, but I'll tell you what.
11:13He found out that Chavez can't punch.
11:16There's another one right to the face.
11:19That long paragraph was punctuated by one punch and explained the whole thing to Terrence.
11:25He said, oh, I see what they're talking about now.
11:27And his legs still aren't under.
11:28He's not 100%.
11:29That right hand is still having its effects.
11:31Terrence Ali buckling with that straight right by Chavez.
11:38And Chavez inviting Ali in.
11:43The thing about Chavez is he fights the way he wants him.
11:46He wants to let the guy go for a while.
11:48He lets him go.
11:48He wants to knock him out.
11:49He knocks him out.
11:50I mean, this guy is right now at the top of his form.
11:53He is powerful.
11:53The best fighter in the world.
11:54And I'll tell you, as soon as you start looking for that right hand on the chin,
11:57he's going to dig that left hook under your ribs.
11:58And now you have another problem to worry about.
12:00Some say Pernell Whitaker is the best pound for pound.
12:04Others say Terry Norris.
12:06Is it fair to describe somebody as pound for pound the best in the world?
12:11I think it is.
12:12Oh, he's got him staggered again.
12:15At the bell.
12:16At the bell.
12:18Chavez gave him something to think about in the corner.
12:20Pound for pound is something I think you give a fighter after a very long and honorable career.
12:25Not in the middle of it.
12:27You're throwing the shots and you're standing still.
12:29You're not looking for my shots coming back.
12:31You have to look for the shots coming back.
12:34Every throw your combinations, move the head.
12:35Are you okay?
12:36He's double waves on me.
12:37All this protect, okay?
12:38He's okay.
12:39Move away from him.
12:40Don't be a gentleman with this guy.
12:42Every combination, come back to the jab.
12:44Bam, bam, bam.
12:45Right back to the jab.
12:46Bam, bam, bam.
12:46Right back.
12:47Let's take a look at that one punch.
12:48Just one economic punch.
12:50Whoop.
12:50That right hand.
12:51Right on the button.
12:52And look at the number that Ali does.
12:54It's a miracle.
12:54He didn't go down.
12:55Miracle of balance and a miracle of gravity.
12:57And here's the end of the round where it looks like it's all but finished.
13:00The bell sounds and then there's a little action.
13:02Whoops.
13:03He's sharp.
13:04He's very sharp.
13:05He's always accurate on the money.
13:06Yep.
13:07He gives you one of those shots and take that back to the corner and think about it for a
13:10while.
13:12Round two scheduled for 12.
13:20I wonder how much his plan will differ now.
13:22Will he still come at him as hard, as fast, with as many punches?
13:24Will he want to use the jab more?
13:25Maybe be a little smarter defensively.
13:28Terrence Ali cannot fight the fight he fought in the first round.
13:31There's a left.
13:32Chris hooked by Chavez.
13:33Now stalking Ali against the ropes.
13:36He looks like he wants to end this now.
13:39Yeah.
13:39It's got to begin to occur to Terrence Ali that there is no way to fight this guy.
13:44He's in way over his head here.
13:46And it's Chavez called when he's going to finish this.
13:49Now Ali talking to Chavez as Chavez hits him.
13:53That isn't going to help him.
13:54Well, Terrence has a good attitude.
13:55Dude, we've got to give him that.
13:56I'll tell you what.
13:57He is in a world of trouble in a hell of a fight right now.
14:02Terrence Ali, 57-2 with 21 knockouts.
14:05Rated number one across the board.
14:08But in the fight of his career here tonight.
14:11A minute gone by in round two.
14:16Chavez says his main objective now is to go 93-0.
14:19Pretty good right there by Ali.
14:22He also watched his 25th title fight without a loss.
14:25And six titles in six different weight categories.
14:28And that could come September 10th against Whitaker.
14:30He just threw a couple of nice combinations, Terrence.
14:33And he hit Chavez with most of them.
14:35But that could be the worst thing that could happen to him.
14:37Don't let him get set, Terrence!
14:38Hand up!
14:39Hand up!
14:39Come on!
14:40But you've got to admire Terrence Ali.
14:41He's in here to do his best.
14:43He's not running like the other guys do.
14:44He's not protecting.
14:45He's trying to gamble with Chavez.
14:47It could only end one way this way.
14:49But at least he's giving it his shot.
14:51I admire him for that.
14:52Combination to the head by Chavez.
14:53Chavez going to the body and to the head.
15:02What beautiful punches.
15:04Watch the economy of moves.
15:06He doesn't waste any motion.
15:08He doesn't waste any energy.
15:09He's extremely efficient.
15:11Head and body in combination.
15:12And all of a sudden, the fight's over.
15:14And perhaps no better finisher in the sport of boxing.
15:19Chavez is respectful of Terrence Ali.
15:22He knew he'd come out fighting.
15:25There's a combination to the head by Ali doing basically no damage.
15:29Ali against a guy who has an abnormally thick cranium.
15:36That was discovered about four years ago during a CAT scan.
15:40Well, I'll tell you, the fight is really taking form here.
15:42But Ali's doing whatever he can.
15:44Shuffling, talking, hands up in the air.
15:46Whatever he can to pump himself up to keep him in this fight.
15:49But his defense better start improving or he's going to be in a serious, serious position.
15:54Well, he's starting to wear out now.
15:55And it has happened to everyone that's fought him.
15:58As the rounds go by, you start to get more and more tired.
16:00And the pain starts to build up.
16:02And finally, you just can't move in front of this guy.
16:04And Chavez takes care of him.
16:05And round two, in the books.
16:07And now, you're going to be in front of this guy.
16:37Let's take a look at Chávez, watch what makes him pound for pound the best, the economy
16:49of the moves, the pinpoint punching accuracy.
16:52I mean, if he wanted to push on an attack right there, he could have finished it.
16:55And he takes his time, he wants to get his work in.
16:58He's just an incredible economic fighter.
17:00He never gets excited, he waits, he sees his opening and like that, he's on it.
17:03It's just incredible.
17:04You know, he also standing up between rounds, last time he stood up because his back was
17:08hurting him, and he sees, he thinks it's much more comfortable for him.
17:12Here goes the track meet again.
17:13Ali coming out to receive his punishment as fast as he can.
17:21Round three, those are the ones that take your legs.
17:24That's the one that only takes your legs, it takes your arms, it takes everything.
17:26All the air in your body just says, excuse me, I'm out of here.
17:29That's what he keeps telling me he's going to do when he fights per now with a degree,
17:32since I don't want to aim for his head at all.
17:34The first five rounds, they want to hit him from underneath, they want to hit under his
17:36tongue.
17:37He says, everything's coming from underneath the first five rounds, so that should be
17:40an interesting, big-time fight.
17:42That is pinpoint precision.
17:45Under the tongue.
17:46Yeah, that's the first time I ever heard that.
17:48I said, dude, I said, you're good, Chavez.
17:50I don't think you're that good.
17:51I've never seen anybody punch under the tongue.
17:53Although if anyone could do it, it'd probably be him.
17:56Yes, despite Chavez's success, still lives in violence and drug-infested Cuyacan in the
18:02state of Sinaloa in Mexico.
18:04Grew up one of ten children in that city.
18:07Refuses to leave because that's where his family and friends are.
18:11Likes to be surrounded by a man so fearless in the ring.
18:14He actually is afraid to be alone.
18:17Three hooks in a row and a right hand to cap it.
18:21And Ali still comes back.
18:22You've got to admire him.
18:23Another one.
18:24Oh.
18:24What a left hand by Chavez.
18:26And a combination to the head by Chavez.
18:29There goes the mouthpiece, I believe, of Terrence Ali.
18:33You believe correctly.
18:34Terrence Ali may be too game for his own good right here.
18:36And now Carlos Padilla will stop it momentarily.
18:41They need the mouthpiece.
18:43They've got to clean it up first and then return it to Ali.
18:47Ali gave him a nice welcome.
18:49Padilla threw that thing like he was thrown to home plate.
18:52No wonder they couldn't find the thing.
18:54Not too fair on his part.
18:57Something that Chavez is doing on the inside.
18:59He's sitting there, Terrence is throwing his punches.
19:01He rips an uppercut up.
19:03And then the right hand right over the top.
19:05There it is again.
19:06And not that Ali didn't land a few in there.
19:10Because he did.
19:10He landed a couple of combinations here on Chavez.
19:13Just makes him madder.
19:16There's another good shot by Ali after a barrage by Chavez.
19:21Ali is taking the punches too flush.
19:24Not rolling with him, not slipping with him.
19:25He's not putting his hands up in combination.
19:27He's throwing, but he's just leaving himself wide open.
19:31He's just wearing out.
19:32Chavez, excuse me, Ferdy does admit he's not as fired up.
19:36For Ali.
19:37As he was before the Greg Haugen fight, obviously.
19:40Over 130,000 people in Mexico.
19:43He's a guy that fights every five or six weeks.
19:45I mean, you know, it's almost like going to the grocery store.
19:48Oh, I think I'll go down and knock somebody else out.
19:50He has to come up with it.
19:51The big fights are the ones he looks for now.
19:53These are the kind of fights that he comes in, hones himself, keeps him sharp, and that's it.
19:57Goes home.
19:59Left hand by Terrence Ali.
20:02And a three left.
20:04Oh, another left by Chavez.
20:07What a chin on Terrence Ali.
20:09And back he comes.
20:10Again, the non-stop action by Chavez.
20:19Ali taking a lot of punishment.
20:22That's it for round three.
20:24Let's go over to Montel Williams.
20:33Steve, I'm back here with Pepe Correa.
20:34And Lennox, it came in.
20:36He looked real good.
20:37He looks really like he's just settled in.
20:40I mean, with all the fights that you've trained, from Simon Brown, Morris Blocker, Sugar Ray Leonard,
20:45you know, what did you do to bring him in at this level?
20:48Just to take my time and tell him to relax, take his time in doing things.
20:52You know, when I got in camp and every time we would spar, it was just relax, relax, relax.
20:55And now, you know, it's still getting there right now.
20:57Do you think the excitement of this has got him a little nervous?
21:00If something was going to bother him, we would have bothered him in the Olympics.
21:02I mean, that was big enough.
21:03That's just as big as this.
21:05Lennox is as cool as ice, man.
21:06You don't have nothing to worry about.
21:07All right, great.
21:08Well, we'll be back.
21:09I'm going to go right back to you, Steve.
21:10Thank you, Montel.
21:11Pepe Correa, who predicts a fifth-round knockout for his man, Lennox Lewis.
21:15Over Tony Tucker later tonight.
21:22Round four.
21:24Julio Cesar Chavez saying that his upcoming showdown with Whitaker,
21:29a recent illness to his three-year-old son, Omar.
21:32He's okay now.
21:33They thought he had meningitis, but he's already in excellent condition.
21:36Thank goodness.
21:37And the talk of retirement were preoccupying his mind of late.
21:41But you wouldn't know.
21:42Well, for the first time, his corner sent him out to finish.
21:47Buffalo Martin said, okay, stop fooling around.
21:49Get this guy out now.
21:52Well, it looks as if he can do it whenever he wants, but Terrence Lillard, you've got to give him a lot of credit.
21:56Here's a guy who fires back.
21:57He didn't just come here to show up.
21:58He came to fight.
21:59And Bobby Chaz makes a good catch of the mouthpiece.
22:04What a bad throw.
22:07Well, the position was very awkward, but we tried to save the mouthpiece.
22:10Well, it was closer than Carlos Padilla's last throw.
22:12Oh, another great right hand by Chavez.
22:16Chavez really digging in now.
22:18And now a left hook by Chavez.
22:20Chavez doubling on the left hook, going to the body with the uppercuts.
22:24Oh, look at that body attack.
22:27Another assault by Julio Cesar Chavez.
22:30And now Carlos Padilla looking for the mouthpiece.
22:32First looked at Bobby Chaz, but Bobby flipped it over to the corner.
22:36Bobby says, I'm not fighting until September.
22:38Don't look at me.
22:39Who'd have known how to play the role in the fight?
22:40And by the way, Bobby, don't shake my hand for a long hour.
22:48Left uppercuts by Chavez.
22:52Punishing Ali to the bottom.
22:53But Ali comes right back, showing a lot of courage.
22:57While he's taking a beating, he's still coming on with his punches.
22:59Don't forget, this is not just one way.
23:02He's hitting Chavez as well.
23:04It's just his punches are not as effective, and they're not landing flush.
23:07Not only that, the body shots are taking some of the starch out of Terrence Ali's punches.
23:11You can see he has to bend over there, another dug up underneath.
23:14And Terrence, again, to his credit, this is a fighter who believes in himself, who trains
23:17hard, who gets in position, and has a lot of pride.
23:20He's got a lot of experience.
23:21He's been here a long time now, and it's not anything he hasn't seen or felt.
23:24So he's given it the best he can.
23:26And you've got to admire him for the whole another hard shot by Chavez.
23:29It is the third world title shot for Terrence Ali, trying unsuccessfully for lightweight titles
23:36twice.
23:37From Georgetown, Guyana, lives in Linden, New Jersey, lived in Brooklyn, New York for seven
23:43years.
23:44Here goes Chavez again.
23:46Look at those left hooks and uppercuts.
23:49That's about five hooks and uppercuts, six or seven by now.
23:52And a good right hand there for Ali that got in, but totally unflappable is Chavez.
24:00I have to tip my hat to Terrence Ali.
24:02Here is no quitting that man.
24:04He is 100% man.
24:06Less than 30 seconds remaining in the fourth.
24:08The chance of Chavez again.
24:11Big left there by Chavez.
24:13Fortunately for Ali.
24:14He ducked.
24:16He is standing here and he's fighting with Chavez.
24:18That's all you can expect.
24:19That's more than we've seen of anybody else coming up here.
24:21I got to take my hat off with Bobby Chaz to Ali.
24:25Terrence Ali showing tremendous heart as we head for the bell.
24:31Come on, Terrence.
24:40Sit down.
24:41Sit down.
24:41He's taking them left hooks.
24:42Watch it.
24:43I'm in a water bottle.
24:46Yeah.
24:48In the spit bucket.
24:51Give me.
24:54Terrence, Terrence.
24:56He'll swallow it and let me hear it.
24:57Listen, Terrence.
24:58You're trying to sit inside and trade with him too much.
25:01Acomódate mejor.
25:01Acomódate mejor.
25:02Si está en golpe bien puesto.
25:04Venga.
25:05Te lo vas a hacer.
25:05Lo puedes hacer y lo vas a hacer ahora.
25:07Acomódate mejor.
25:08Y sube de abajo arriba con esos golpes.
25:09Buffalo saying to him, listen, go down and go over.
25:16You're making this thing too hard.
25:17Let's get rid of this guy.
25:18This guy's too brave.
25:19And Chavez said, I'll take care of it.
25:21I'll take care of it.
25:22He's very confident, is Chavez.
25:25And well, he should be.
25:26He's won all four rounds and it's been a one-way beating.
25:28What the love won't do?
25:30Newell, Chavez continues to stand.
25:33Getting the instruction from Buffalo Martin round five.
25:37It's been my experience.
25:38And we talked about Chavez's old back injury.
25:40He might have it again.
25:41It's my experience with a back injury that you sit to relieve the tension and not stand.
25:45Well, everybody, you know, everybody does what feels good for them.
25:48And apparently this guy feels good standing up.
25:50So you can't argue with that.
25:52I wouldn't question anything.
25:53No, no.
25:54In the back of his trunks is written, to believe is to have power.
25:58And I do believe he believes in himself.
26:01And I do believe he has power.
26:04Great es poder.
26:05Right.
26:06Got a lot of poder.
26:09Terrence Ali having a hard time offsetting it.
26:12Come on, Terrence, keep on with the bangles.
26:18And now for the first time in the fight, things settling down for a few seconds.
26:22But probably won't last long.
26:24You might wonder a little bit, because Chavez is a notorious and slow starter, that they forced quick pace like this.
26:30Would that really be possible to throw him out of his game a little bit?
26:33I doubt it, but it's possible.
26:35In the meantime, Terrence Ali is still standing there, still throwing a lot of punches.
26:38It's not just one or two.
26:39He throws them in bunches.
26:40And he's not doing bad for the punishment he's received to the body and to the head.
26:46It's amazing he can throw punches with that kind of speed.
26:50Now Chavez is bobbing and waving.
26:54That can't help his back any.
26:57That reminds me of the story with the spider in the foot a little bit.
26:59But he's looking to suck him in there and can do some damage.
27:02A little posture.
27:03There's the jab by Chavez.
27:05We're seeing everything in his repertoire.
27:08Lunging right hand that Chavez smiles at.
27:11Chavez seems to have decided to take this round off rather than finish him off.
27:14Because he certainly has been easy on him compared to what he's done up to this point.
27:18I actually give Terrence Ali this round so far.
27:20So far, there's only about a minute left.
27:22What was the last time we saw Chavez actually lose a round?
27:25I can't remember.
27:27Meldrick Taylor's fight.
27:28He was way behind that I remember.
27:31Combination by Ali.
27:42Well, he's giving this round away.
27:44I mean, he's giving him a Christmas present.
27:46He's hardly throwing anything and let Terrence Ali get the brave.
27:51Or get braver because he's brave enough as it is.
27:54Part of the problem there is if he gets too brave,
27:56that could be the instant knockout that Chavez may be looking for.
28:01That's good.
28:02Thirty seconds remaining.
28:03Round five.
28:04Look out.
28:04Ali's off balance.
28:06And Chavez trying to take advantage.
28:11What a turnaround after Ali was winning the round.
28:15He got too brave and he got too confident.
28:16And all of a sudden, that cobra uncorked that punch.
28:19Like a shark at the side of blood.
28:23Final seconds.
28:24Round five.
28:25Back comes Ali.
28:26And Chavez finishes with a flurry.
28:28Oh, wipe out.
28:43You had the fucking guy that time.
28:47You bought the fuel.
28:49You got to stay busy.
28:50He's okay.
28:52You got to stay busy, Terrence.
28:54You all right?
28:54How are you doing?
28:55I'm going to knock him out.
28:56You're going to knock him out.
28:56It's not.
28:59It's on the side.
29:00Hey, Carlos.
29:01Hey, Carlos.
29:01I'm okay.
29:04Here's our run.
29:04We can watch the low blows.
29:06Take a look at how Chavez just all of a sudden woke up and gave him a wake-up call.
29:12This is what it's like at the very end of the round.
29:14And he took the round by giving this kind of shellacking to Terrence Ali, who's been doing pretty good.
29:19It's amazing he didn't go down, Bobby.
29:21Take a little look at that.
29:22Again, Terrence Ali, he started to get lazy.
29:24Chavez let him around, the win part of the round, laid off on his punches, relaxed.
29:28As soon as he relaxed, look at him.
29:30Push him back, whack him.
29:31Timing and the shots are perfect.
29:33Well, we said at the outset, we had her round six.
29:35And Ali always finds himself in tough fights against undefeated fighters.
29:40Champions always gives a good showing of himself.
29:42Tonight, no exception.
29:43Chavez knocks him down.
29:45Chavez mad because they sent him to the neutral corner.
30:00He's going to the wrong corner.
30:04I think it's all over now.
30:06Terrence Ali's doing his best, but I think he's not going to make it.
30:09Ali's in all kinds of trouble.
30:12Ali's saying, don't wave it off.
30:14It's not over.
30:15He was fighting back.
30:17I'll tell you what.
30:18He was fighting back and he stopped it while he was in the middle of a combination.
30:21I don't know if that's something that he should have done, but he'll do it.
30:25Indecisive.
30:25That did not seem kosher.
30:27Carlos Padilla stopping the fight when Ali was coming back.
30:32Yeah, he reacted too fast.
30:34He was indecisive.
30:35He went to do it.
30:36Then he didn't do it.
30:37Then Ali's coming.
30:38He can't stop it then.
30:39And by that time, Chavez pulled the cork and said, okay, I won.
30:43I think it was influenced by Chavez's dramatics at the other corner.
30:46And he could have been punished by that because the fight's really not over until the referee says it.
30:50So, I mean, he was welcome to go jump on the rope, but the other guy could have gone over and popped him just as good.
30:55There was serious indecision on the part of Carlos Padilla and something that we've always taken a look at.
30:59The under and over for this fight, the will-go-won-go was five and a half rounds, and we missed it by about a minute.
31:05Well, I don't know about that, Bobby.
31:07What I do know is that the indecisiveness of the referee caused Terrence Ali to be saved from a knockout.
31:15Because he lost the fight, but he was on his way to get knocked out.
31:17So, you can't really argue.
31:18He was, like, out of it.
31:20We're not saying that Ali was on his way to winning this fight.
31:23No.
31:23But you have to wonder about that judgment.
31:27Let's take a—just keep your eyes on Carlos Padilla.
31:30This is a knockdown.
31:31This is the first one that got him in trouble.
31:33Now, this is not the Carlos Padilla thing.
31:34Let's just watch it.
31:36Now, you see that the combinations are devastating.
31:40When he goes down and comes back up, he still is full of—he still wants to fight.
31:44He's not completely out on his feet.
31:47Then comes the end of the fight, and now is when you take a look at Carlos Padilla.
31:50Keep watching Padilla now.
31:52Well, here you see in the corner, he's hurt.
31:53He's getting hit.
31:54He's getting punched.
31:54He's trying to get away, trying to use the ropes to hold him up, trying to slip.
31:58But he's coming back fighting.
31:59He starts punching back.
32:00Padilla was—said box.
32:01He put his hands together and said box.
32:03But because Chavez was on the ropes, he said, well, let's put it anyway.
32:07Yeah.
32:07Because he did put his hands together and said box.
32:08Yeah, he did, because the guy was coming back.
32:11Terrence Ali was coming back to box.
32:13However weak, however he was, he was coming back for more.
32:15So that was a case of indecisiveness.
32:17I think it didn't make any difference.
32:19He was going to get beaten.
32:20He was going to get knocked out.
32:25And we are set for the official announcement.
32:27Let's go up to ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr.
32:32Ladies and gentlemen, we have the time.
32:35Well, you hear the mixed reaction.
32:49Of course, the Chavez fans are celebrating, but others are questioning the decision-making of referee Carlos Paglia.
33:10Let's take a look at the knockdown first, Bobby.
33:16So here you see him, head and body, head and body.
33:18Comes over the top, dip underneath.
33:19Comes back up, right hand, left hook.
33:21Mixes his punches, head and body in combination, straight around the complete fighter.
33:25When you're in trouble, that's a man that's going to finish it.
33:27And now the end of the fight.
33:30Well, Terrence's back's to the corner.
33:32He's heard he's going to use the ropes to spring off of and help keep him up.
33:34He's trying to duck some punches.
33:35He's hurt, but he comes out swinging.
33:37And Padilla here waves and says, box.
33:39But because Chavez is already celebrating, he feels compromised because he stepped in prematurely.
33:45And you see the reaction on the face of Terrence Ali, the challenger.
33:50So here at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, ready for post-fight reaction.
33:54This could be interesting.
33:55Let's go up to the ring of the fight, Dr. Rudy Pacheco.
33:58Did you think that fight was correctly stopped?
34:00Well, I've been on the road since an enormous career.
34:04Forty years now, I've been fighting the people of the hometown.
34:07Chavez has the judge, the referee, and everybody in his size.
34:11He caught me with good punches.
34:13I'm in very good shape.
34:15I'm in the best shape I could.
34:17I know where to take everything he had us to offer.
34:18I'll come on in later on.
34:20The referee stopped the fight premature.
34:23What did you think of the referee Padilla stopping the fight?
34:27The referee stopped the fight premature.
34:30I was hurt before.
34:31He never stopped the fight.
34:33If my Chavez hit me, he didn't stop to ask me, no question or anything like that.
34:37We're now standing in front of Carlos Padilla.
34:41But it looked like it was a little indecisive.
34:43What did you feel about it?
34:44No, it just looks like that because at the start of the last round, he got once and he
34:51almost went down.
34:53So I know he's hurt.
34:54He's been hurt all night, you know.
34:55And I was just waiting, waiting.
34:58And he got, you know, more punishment.
35:02And when they step into the start, he went for what?
35:07That's what?
35:08So I said, no, that's it.
35:09That's it.
35:10That's what I said.
35:11All right.
35:12Well, in any case, we can't argue about that.
35:15Maybe it was indecisive, but you fought a valiant fight.
35:18It's not over until it's over.
35:19Well, in this case, Terrence, you did a good show.
35:28All right.
35:30And we go to, of course, Whitaker now.
35:32We don't need a translator to know that.
35:42He just doesn't think Whitaker is good, pero difícil va a ser.
35:46Yeah, va a ser una pelea difícil.
35:47Yes, it's going to be very difficult.
35:49Pero Whitaker podrá hablar y decir lo que quiera.
35:51But Whitaker can say all that he wants to say.
35:53No me asusta.
35:54He doesn't scare me.
35:55Y conmigo va a pelear.
35:57And with Julio, he's going to have to fight.
35:58No va a jugar conmigo.
35:59He's not going to play with him.
36:00Never.
36:00Never.
36:01All right, we're going to go back to Steve as we wind up
36:04and wait for the heavyweight championship of the world.
36:06And this, which turned out to be a nice night of fighting.
36:09Thank you very much, Bernie.
36:10And we are looking forward to that showdown
36:13between Chavez and Whitaker on September the 10th in San Antonio.
36:17So we come off the contract.
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