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Floyd Mayweather Jr defends his WBC Super Featherweight Title against WBU Champion Angel Manfredy on HBO Boxing
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00:00no champion non-essential title or not the bottom line was there was too much at stake
00:04for one fighter to have been given victory by that capricious a choice on the part of the
00:09referee and rockman deserves another chance at being the man who faces the winner of holyfield
00:14lewis still to come tonight another main event 130 pound world championship between floyd mayweather
00:20jr and angel manfredi and as we get ready for that one let's look ahead to a series of upcoming
00:27sports programs here on hbo on january 9 the dynamic duo roy jones and shane mosley returned
00:34last month they staged an entertaining doubleheader now the two champions are at it again
00:39with jones facing richard frazier and shane mosley against golden johnson and on the 30th boxing
00:44after dark returns with a heavyweight showcase top prospect michael grant against ahmad abdine
00:50a chance for grant to solidify his status as the number three heavyweight and throughout this month
00:55hbo sports continues to show sugar ray robinson the bright lights and dark shadows of a champion
01:00it's a documentary which traces the life of the boxer most experts call the greatest pound for pound of
01:05all time and you can still catch this show through the end of the month on the dates shown here and
01:11each thursday don't miss a new episode of inside the nfl next week the gang will be on the road trying
01:16to unscramble the upcoming playoff picture more and more interesting as the year goes on lala now
01:23let's get ready for our last hbo boxing match of 1998 and larry what a fight it is now several weeks ago
01:31many experts in the boxing world were stunned at how easily floyd mayweather jr out dueled respected
01:37veteran champion janara hernandez now mayweather's closest supporters believe that he should absolutely
01:44blow away angel manfredi that's how big they believe the talent gap is in this fight is floyd
01:50jr already that good well we have to realize that the supporters making the most noise are his father
01:57and his promoter you question their objectivity do the words hope and hype mean anything to you
02:03the words that should mean something to you are uncommon presence uncommon talent and uncommon ambition
02:10the kid can fight and the kid wants to be great it's great to want to be great and he'll need those
02:18qualities to overcome the obstacles that young champions normally have to the distractions that
02:24come with fame and fortune and the fact that opponents like manfredi are going to be better than
02:30even he can imagine simply because manfredi is fighting a mayweather i'm reminded that his father
02:38has said this is going to be a walk in the park jim a lot of parks are very dangerous to walk through
02:44and as we've already mentioned incidentally ring magazine has already announced that it will
02:48designate the winner of this bout as 1998 fighter of the year in doing so they overlook another pretty
02:53good candidate for fighter of the year world light heavyweight champion roy jones who had three
02:57successful title defenses in 98 angel manfredi who has towering self-belief said a fascinating thing to us in
03:05the fighter meeting yesterday roy he said i know my deficiency against mayweather is speed so i've
03:10been working throughout my training camp to become a quicker faster fighter raises two questions for me
03:15he's already at a pretty advanced career stage can he really improve his speed and quickness now and
03:21why go that direction when it would seem no matter how fast he gets he ain't going to be as fast as
03:25mayweather well you got a point there but at this point in his career there are a few minor adjustments
03:30that one can make with his feet keeping him closer to the floor keeping his set a little bit locked
03:35locked a little bit more than usual those things can speed manfredi up a little bit however nothing's
03:40going to make him quite as fast as mayweather because mayweather's been that fast for a long time
03:45what he has to be able to do is to deal with the speed of his opponent that's going to be the key
03:50factor here tonight another fascinating bout with tactical mysteries to be solved as we go along
03:55and if you're a believer in greater more legitimate competition in the sport between equals than
04:00this bout along with the others is your christmas gift right now it's mayweather that's all i do is
04:08dream mayweather eat mayweather sleep mayweather train mayweather i want mayweather get me mayweather
04:13i'll be happy then maybe a short night real short the end results is going to be
04:19boy mayweather is going to still be wbc world champion tonight boy mayweather and angel manfredi
04:25the world's two best 130 pound fighters will fight for a world title it caps off a year in which both
04:31men emerged into boxing spotlight angel manfredi got there in january by muffling the thunder of arturo
04:38gotti in the fight he had wanted for two years manfredi stopped a badly wounded gotti in eight rounds
04:45he got beat all around i beat him at his game that went toe to toe what happened he got dropped when
04:52he went toe to toe what happened when he got out boxed what happened when he got out jab what happened
04:56when he got beat three rounds with a one-handed man what happened nothing god he is to pass mayweather
05:05floyd mayweather jr was crowned 130 pound champion on october 3. 21 year old used fast footwork
05:11and pinpoint accuracy to defeat the highly respected janara hernandez in only his 18th pro fight
05:19i use body in my shots and that's why january hernandez quit i'm gonna say why did hernandez
05:26quit you don't look like mayweather punch out if you're not in there you wouldn't know so in 1998
05:32mayweather has become world champion and manfredi has won two more fights the last one a tough decision
05:37over rugged john brown back in september full resumes by any standards but their youth hunger and confidence
05:45call for one last battle before years end i'm the one that wanted this fight i want to be the best
05:52i want to fight the best to fight two world champions and beat two world champions in one year
05:59that's just gonna make my stock rise be the best you got to beat the best they said hernandez was the
06:06best i fought him i was victorious now they say angel manfredi's the best you know i'm fighting i'm
06:13fighting him and you know with god on my side i'll be victorious the second time it would appear both
06:18fighters are taking a chance and accepting a fight of this magnitude so soon after posting emotional
06:23victories but neither will acknowledge there's a risk involved i mean i don't feel it's too soon
06:30because i don't really take no punishment in a fight out of my 18 fights in my professional
06:35career i didn't take no punishment and these are the type of fights that people want to see
06:40and um i want to be a champion who's known for fighting the best and not ducking or dodging anyone
06:47i have plenty of time to prepare for this fight i had a lot of time to prepare for this fight
06:52mainly to get my mind right and to get my mind back on track and to tell myself this is a fight
07:00that maybe you know i can get my respect you know that i've been wanting you know that i didn't
07:05receive that regarding fighting after all these victories i haven't been doing the financial risks
07:10of this fight are big for both the 21 year old mayweather and the 24 year old manfredi both fighters
07:16have multi-fight big money contracts with this network but the loser tonight also
07:22loses his contract it was just about you know what i'm trying to do in the boxing world you know
07:29what i'm trying to prove to people in the boxing world by not dodging nobody you know if they they
07:35they're calling out god like god he got he got he you know god he was all that okay put him against
07:40me and we'll see how good he really is and i proved to the world what i can do and then now mayweather
07:45mayweather mayweather mayweather i mean because hey put him in front of me let's see what he can
07:49do in front of me now no one told me to wait because everybody feel i'm ready for angel manfred
07:55they feel that um i don't need um a ton i don't need a ton of fights to fight the best
08:00because i'm smart you win fights by being smart 50 years from now i want people to um look down the line
08:06and say um boy mayweather he was an exciting fighter a great champion he fought the best and
08:12uh he was willing to fight anybody for the winner of tonight's fight this will have been another
08:18bigger step towards stardom but for the loser it may prove a risk not worth having taken
08:26and now tale of the tape for the mutual risk of floyd mayweather against angel manfredi
08:31mayweather three years younger an inch and a half taller one inch greater in reach they've gained
08:35eight and nine pounds respectively since yesterday's weigh-in punch stat numbers larry
08:41uh look at how active they are mayweather is a more defensive fighter manfredi will probably
08:48have to step up those numbers to slow him down
08:52both fighters use the jab effectively mayweather's is probably a more effective jab
09:04and rules of the bout with the master of the ringside scoring our unofficial scorer harold
09:09letterman thank you jim the flight mayweather jr angel manfredi fight is scheduled for 12 rounds once
09:14again using the unified rules there is no standing eight count no three knockdown rule only the referee can
09:19stop the fight and it cannot be saved by the bell at any round including the 12th and final round jim
09:26all right harold and now the walkout for angel manfredi accompanied by the music of a hip-hop
09:33recording artist named kid rock who has uh written special lyrics now to follow his friend angel into the
09:42ring gary indiana's contribution to the world of screening self-absorption and boxing the devil
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11:47Spiritual transformation for every fight.
11:55Another reinvention of himself.
11:58The same one we've seen before.
12:01For Angel Manfredi.
12:02The two losses early in his career.
12:06Present win streak, as you see, 23.
12:08Including the knockout of Arturo Gatti earlier this year,
12:12which did the most to give Angel his present reputation in the sport.
12:17There's a lot of people in the sport.
12:24Prince Nassim's promoter, Frank Warren, was there that night,
12:27eight months ago, to watch Angel beat Gatti.
12:30And went back home to England to decide that his fighters
12:33shouldn't face Manfredi at this particular time.
12:35Yeah, and there you see the little angels.
12:37There you go.
12:37Three children.
12:39For the recently married Angel, who got married on Thanksgiving Day
12:43to the mother of his three children,
12:44and long-time other half, Yvette.
12:48Lovely lady who comes to the fighter meetings with him
12:51and is clearly the calmer half of the Manfredi coupling.
12:54The 90s is the decade of grand entrances.
13:01And Angel is one who has made it grand for himself.
13:07Here you see...
13:08Floyd just kind of walks in, huh?
13:09All the decades before the 90s.
13:11I'll be coming to the ring now, says Floyd Mayweather.
13:24Behind his right shoulder, his father and trainer,
13:27Floyd Mayweather Sr., who once went 10 rounds
13:30with Sugar Ray Leonard, the fighter to whom Roy,
13:34or I should say Floyd,
13:35likes most to compare himself.
13:4718 fights so far
13:49since having turned pro
13:50after his bronze medal performance
13:52at the 1996 Olympics.
13:5414 KOs.
13:55First defense of the title
13:56is that he won easily
13:57from the vastly more experienced
14:00Gennaro Hernandez.
14:02And now let's go up
14:03the ring announcer Mark Barrow
14:04to get this one started.
14:05Ladies and gentlemen,
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14:44presents
14:44the Network of Champions
14:47main event of the evening,
14:50Wild Rounds
14:50for the WBC
14:52Super Bantamweight Championship
14:54of the world.
14:57Ring officials assigned
14:58by the World Boxing Council,
15:00president in attendance,
15:02Jose Suleiman.
15:03Your judges at ringside are
15:06from Tallahassee, Florida,
15:09Jay Cassis,
15:10from Tokyo, Japan,
15:12Ken Morita,
15:14and from Las Vegas, Nevada,
15:16Dalby Shirley.
15:17Your referee for this event
15:20from the magic city of Orlando,
15:23Florida,
15:23Frankie Santori.
15:27Introducing now the principals first
15:29in the blue corner to my right,
15:32wearing the silver sequin trunks
15:34with gold trim,
15:36weighing in at 130 pounds,
15:38his professional record,
15:4025 victories,
15:42two defeats,
15:43one draw,
15:44and 20 wins
15:45coming by way of knockout,
15:47El Hijo de Puerto Rico,
15:50now boxing out of Gary, Indiana,
15:52the current WVU Super Bantamweight Champion
15:56and challenger,
15:58Angel,
15:59El Diablo,
16:01Manfredi.
16:04Manfredi.
16:06His opponent in the red corner,
16:09wearing red trunks
16:11with blue and white trim,
16:13also weighing 130 pounds,
16:16he is undefeated
16:18in 18 professional bouts
16:20with 14 wins
16:22coming by way of knockout,
16:24originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan,
16:28and now boxing out of Las Vegas, Nevada,
16:31the WVC Super Bantamweight Champion
16:35of the World,
16:37pretty boy,
16:38Floyd Mayweather.
16:43Mayweather.
16:44Now round for the WVC Super Bantamweight Championship
16:49of the World.
16:55Floyd, Floyd,
16:56let's go, Floyd.
17:00Let's go, turn around, let's go.
17:04Angel.
17:06All right, gentlemen,
17:07we've gone over everything and dressing,
17:09let's just watch the low blows,
17:10remember,
17:10here's the belt line,
17:11keeping you here above, all right?
17:13Watch your heads,
17:14just keep it fair.
17:15Questions, questions here,
17:17questions here,
17:17good luck to both of you.
17:19They're risking everything
17:21to win everything,
17:23but somehow when you risk everything,
17:27you wind up okay.
17:31Roy, Angel Manfredi
17:33is wearing leggings
17:34or stockings
17:35or something that's up.
17:36Isn't that going to make him sweat more
17:37if the bout goes the distance?
17:39Yeah, it'll probably make his legs
17:40sweat a little bit more,
17:41but not too much
17:42because he's counting
17:43food here,
17:44his wintertime
17:45patient holding today.
17:46Yeah, plus there's
17:47massive air conditioning
17:48in the tent.
17:50Ready?
17:52Time!
17:54Referee is Frank Santore.
17:56Ready?
17:58Ready?
18:02Time!
18:04And that was the
18:05tinkle of the bell
18:06for round one.
18:07Right hand lead lands
18:17from Mayweather,
18:18countering
18:19Obermanfredi's jab.
18:26Lord has very quick hands.
18:30Quick hands and quick feet.
18:33He punches you
18:34and then poof,
18:35he's gone.
18:41And the Mayweather camp
18:42sees the speed advantage
18:44as being so big
18:45that Floyd Sr.
18:47relentlessly insulted
18:48Manfredi
18:49in the promotional buildup
18:50to the fight.
18:52He took great pleasure
18:53in saying in front
18:54of Manfredi,
18:54he's a bum
18:55and my son
18:56will beat him easily.
19:01The fighter
19:02was considerably
19:03more diplomatic
19:03in his public pronouncements
19:05and never,
19:05never misses the chance
19:07to say Angel's
19:08a good fighter
19:08and I'm sure
19:09he'll fight well.
19:11The fighters need
19:11to try to maintain
19:12respect,
19:12good respect
19:13for one another.
19:14already you've picked up
19:24a key element
19:25of the Mayweather plan
19:26when Manfredi
19:27tries to stick his jab,
19:29Floyd Jr. thinks
19:30he can counter rapidly
19:31over it
19:32because he doesn't think
19:33Angel gets it back
19:34rapidly enough.
19:36He already was able
19:37to counter one time
19:38early in the fight.
19:39and Freddie it would appear
19:45can do best
19:46if he can pin
19:47Floyd Jr. against the ropes
19:48and hammer him
19:49on the inside.
19:52He has to try
19:53to pressure Floyd
19:54but he has to be sure
19:55that he doesn't run
19:56into any of Floyd's
19:57big quick punches.
20:00Counterpunches
20:00is what they will be.
20:07And then Freddie
20:08trying to get to the body.
20:09as he momentarily
20:10flashes Mayweather
20:12to the ropes
20:13Floyd slips away.
20:21Mayweather starting
20:22to flick his jab.
20:33Manfredi is throwing
20:34good body shots
20:34here early too
20:35which will neutralize
20:37the speed of some
20:38that he can do
20:38over a period of time.
20:40But Floyd has very good hands.
20:42He shows very good hand
20:43move.
20:43Hit him.
20:44Angel says
20:45I have to cut off the ring,
20:46cut off the ring
20:47and then cut it off again.
20:48So far
20:49he has on a couple
20:50of occasions
20:50been able to do
20:51exactly that
20:52and pin Mayweather
20:53against the ropes.
20:54Now he lands one again
20:55as Mayweather slips
20:56back away from the ropes.
20:58Doing much better
20:59in the second half
21:00of the round there
21:00Freddie
21:01than he did
21:01early on.
21:02and a body shot
21:04by Mayweather
21:05to punctuate round one.
21:10Listen,
21:11I don't want you
21:11reaching on this guy.
21:13You understand?
21:13Work the jab first.
21:15Okay?
21:15When he starts going along,
21:16you cut him off.
21:17I want the double jab.
21:18He's not using your jab.
21:19Don't reach.
21:20First touch him
21:21with the jab a little bit.
21:22Then start moving in.
21:23I don't want you reaching.
21:24Okay?
21:24Speedback is on your leg.
21:37You want the one on it?
21:40Breathe in your ass low.
21:42Breathe in.
21:44What's up in here?
21:46What's up in here?
21:47I'm sorry.
21:48Do it with the gloves close.
21:50Give him some faith.
21:51Mayweather dominated
21:52the early part of the round.
21:54comes back
21:54at the very end
21:55with a nice body shot
21:56followed by a jab.
22:03Sadly,
22:03if you ever want
22:04a spectacular
22:04silver pair
22:05of boxing trunks
22:06like those worn
22:07by Angel Manfredi,
22:08you can get them
22:09from a woman in New York
22:10called Puerto Rican
22:11Extractor
22:11named Margarita Santiago.
22:14She does the trunks
22:15for Lou Duvall
22:16and for Manfredi
22:18and also has done
22:18some work
22:19for Lennox Lewis
22:19at times.
22:23The little wing
22:24on Angel's trunks
22:25are the best touch
22:26I've seen.
22:28But they're not going
22:29to give him speed.
22:31Good right hand
22:32by Mayweather.
22:34And he follows it up
22:35by following straight up
22:37the middle
22:37with another right-hand lead.
22:42Left hook lands
22:43for Mayweather
22:44and he's gone
22:44right up the middle
22:46through Manfredi's guard.
22:48Manfredi trying to find him
22:49so that he can cut off
22:51the ring
22:51and try to hammer him
22:52to the body
22:52as he was able to do
22:53in the latter stages
22:54of Ron Blanc.
22:55Yeah, and Mayweather
22:56turned south for a moment
22:57early.
23:00Didn't fool Manfredi
23:01at all.
23:02He came in
23:03with a straight right hand.
23:04This is the pace
23:05that Manfredi needs
23:06to make Mayweather fight.
23:07He has to make
23:08the young cook a fight
23:08to throw a lot of punches
23:10in order to neutralize
23:11some of his speed.
23:13He just has to make sure
23:15that he does not run
23:16to the big counter punches.
23:18So the Manfredi plan
23:20should be pressure,
23:21pressure, pressure.
23:21Yes, it should.
23:22Now Manfredi
23:22turns south for a moment
23:24and turns backwards.
23:29Good right hand
23:29by Manfredi.
23:30Straight up the middle
23:31by Manfredi.
23:33If you slurzen
23:33your opponent,
23:34the thing to do is
23:35to crush him
23:35to try to make
23:36his arms tired
23:37so that you can wear
23:38him down to where
23:39he can be not as...
23:41where he won't be
23:42as fast as he was
23:43in the early part
23:44of the fight.
23:46Right hand lead
23:52lands for Manfredi
23:53and he comes back
23:54with a hammering
23:55left hook to the body.
24:04Mayweather was
24:05so successful early
24:07countering over
24:07Manfredi's jab
24:08that Manfredi
24:09for the moment
24:10has dispensed with it
24:11and is leading
24:11with the right hand instead.
24:13Yes, his corner
24:14told him to throw
24:14to double jab some
24:15but he's doing
24:16the right thing.
24:17Pick the time
24:18to throw the jab
24:19because that's what
24:19Mayweather's looking for.
24:22And Mayweather
24:23seems a tiny bit
24:23confused as to what
24:24to do to mount
24:25his own offense
24:26now that Manfredi
24:27isn't throwing the jab
24:28but there's a good idea.
24:29Mayweather with a right
24:30over the top
24:31stuns Manfredi.
24:32He's not confused
24:33at all.
24:33He's just boxing,
24:34keeping Manfredi
24:36out of the ear
24:36so he can see
24:37Manfredi in trouble
24:39as Mayweather
24:40pounds away
24:41and Freddie
24:42almost went down.
24:44He won't take a knee
24:45but he isn't
24:45throwing back.
24:47Mayweather pounding,
24:48pounding
24:48and this one's
24:50going to be stopped
24:51too.
24:55Same spot in the ring
24:56where the heavyweight
24:57bout was stopped.
24:58And on this stoppage,
25:04I'm not quite as critical.
25:06I'm not either.
25:08I still thought
25:09it was a little quick.
25:11I think Manfredi
25:12was dazed.
25:15He should have
25:16taken a knee,
25:18pulled himself together,
25:19maybe too proud
25:21to do that.
25:23That's usually
25:24what happens
25:24to the champion.
25:25Much too proud
25:26to go down
25:27unforcifully.
25:28He seemed
25:28at a moment
25:30even to consider
25:31going down
25:32and pulled himself
25:33back up.
25:34And the difference
25:35here in the stoppage,
25:36guys, to me,
25:37is that unlike
25:38Tua, Mayweather
25:39was landing
25:40virtually every punch
25:41in the rally.
25:42Yeah, he's landing
25:43a lot more punches.
25:44He was hurting
25:44Manfredi.
25:45Manfredi was not
25:46throwing punches back
25:47and he wasn't doing
25:48a great job
25:48of getting out
25:49of the way of punches
25:50either.
25:50Yep, all of which
25:51conspires to say
25:52it was a more
25:53defensible stoppage
25:54than the one
25:55which preceded it
25:55in the heavyweight fight.
25:56Although, again,
25:57Angel Manfredi
25:58is going to say
25:59that was too quick.
26:00No, you have to give
26:01the referee credit too
26:02because he thought
26:03about it a couple times
26:04but he said,
26:04wait a minute,
26:05let me make sure
26:05I don't do this
26:06too early.
26:07We've had one
26:07early stoppage.
26:08Let's not make it
26:09two in one night.
26:10but a period of time
26:13passed and Manfredi
26:15wasn't throwing back
26:16and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
26:17has another big
26:19stunning victory
26:20to cap off his rise
26:22to stardom in 1998.
26:29And with yet another
26:30nod to Roy Jones
26:31and Shane Mosley
26:32and what they both
26:33accomplished this year,
26:35there, in the eyes of many,
26:37is your fighter of the year
26:38for 98.
26:40Lloyd Mayweather Jr.
26:42I think he's had
26:43a terrific year
26:44but Shane Mosley
26:46to me
26:46who defended his title
26:48five times
26:48and won five stoppages
26:50and knockouts
26:50was the fighter of the year.
26:52There you saw
26:53that quick right hand
26:54what makes this fighter
26:55so dangerous
26:56that you don't know
26:58when it's coming.
26:59And here's the rally
27:03that prompted the referee
27:04Frank Centauri
27:07to stop it.
27:08Land.
27:09Land.
27:10Miss.
27:11Land.
27:12Miss.
27:13Miss.
27:14Land.
27:15Miss.
27:16Notice Manfredi
27:17did not throw
27:18a noticeable punch
27:20during that whole time.
27:21Yeah, from this point forward
27:22I don't think he throws
27:23another shot.
27:23Should have gone down.
27:29Should have gone down.
27:30Would have given himself
27:31a chance to continue.
27:32Too proud to go down.
27:34Yes, he should have
27:34taken a leap.
27:38But there you go again
27:39when a guy's a champion
27:40they hate to go to not
27:42I mean to go to the canvas.
27:44No champion wants
27:45to go to the canvas.
27:46Yeah, and while we were
27:47critical of the referee
27:47in the heavyweight bout
27:49it's like NFL officiating.
27:51It's easy to criticize them.
27:52It's not an easy job
27:54to go do.
27:54No, it's not.
27:55That's why I don't have
27:56much to say about it.
27:57Let's go to Mark Barrow
27:59for the official particulars
28:00on this one.
28:02Ladies and gentlemen
28:03the time
28:04two minutes
28:0647 seconds
28:07of the second round
28:09referee
28:10Frankie Santori
28:11stops his mouth
28:12the winner
28:13by tactical knockout
28:15and WBC
28:16super bantamweight
28:18champion of the world
28:19pretty boy
28:21Floyd Mayweather
28:23Mayweather
28:25Mayweather
28:27And there you can see
28:38Angel Manfredi
28:39telling the referee
28:40what he thinks
28:41of the stoppage
28:43which has given him
28:43the third loss
28:44of his career
28:45and has allowed
28:47Floyd Mayweather Jr.
28:48to retain his
28:50world 130 pound title
28:52Manfredi's wife
28:53and brother
28:54silent behind him
28:56while Angel
28:56sounds off
28:58on what he surely thought
28:59was a premature stoppage
29:01and now
29:03Larry Merchant
29:04with the referee
29:04Frank Santori
29:06Larry
29:06Thank you Jim
29:07Frank
29:09you describe
29:10why you felt
29:11the fight
29:11should be stopped
29:12when you did
29:13Manfredi was
29:14taking punishment
29:16was not answering back
29:17I will
29:18if Manfredi
29:20or fighters
29:21taking punishment
29:21I'll ask him
29:22or I'll tell him
29:23you've got to fight back
29:24and I'll tell him
29:24they need to respond
29:26to my command
29:26when they don't respond
29:28he didn't throw any punches back
29:29and we were concerned
29:31with the fighter's safety
29:32and I just felt
29:32that he wasn't
29:33in any state
29:34to protect himself
29:35are you saying
29:36you said something
29:37to him
29:38during this barrage
29:39about
29:40yes sir
29:40when I get close
29:42to a fighter
29:42I'll say Angel
29:43you've got to fight back
29:44I'll tell him
29:44right there
29:45I said Angel
29:45you've got to fight back
29:46and he didn't respond
29:48in the first fight
29:50the referee said
29:51that he had told
29:51the fighters
29:52if you're in trouble
29:53like that
29:53take a knee
29:55and get yourself a rest
29:57did you say anything
29:58to these fighters
29:59or
30:00if
30:01if Manfredi
30:02had taken a knee
30:03to give himself a chance
30:04to recover
30:05would you have allowed
30:07the fight to go on
30:08yes I would have
30:09if he had gone to a knee
30:10and taken a knockdown
30:11it would have given him
30:11a chance
30:12to recuperate
30:13he would have gotten
30:14an eight count
30:14as you know
30:15there's no standing eight counts
30:16under the universal rules
30:17and under Florida rules
30:18and WBC rules
30:19if he had gone to a knee
30:21and taken a
30:22it would have shown
30:22ring generalship
30:23showed that he had
30:24he was in command
30:26of his facilities
30:27and I would have let the fight go
30:28but as it was
30:29he didn't respond
30:29thank you very much Frank
30:31you're welcome
30:31thank you
30:31all right Jim
30:32let's see if we can get
30:33Floyd Mayweather Jr. in here
30:35no first
30:36we're going to go back to you
30:37and then try to corral
30:39this fighter
30:39all right
30:41thanks very much
30:42well Roy
30:42a less compelling case
30:44for a rematch here
30:45although it could be
30:46a consideration
30:46yeah it could be a consideration
30:47because I'm sure
30:49that Angel will look at the tape
30:50and he'll decide
30:51that you know what
30:52I should have taken a knee
30:53that would have been
30:54the smartest thing
30:55for Angel Manfredi
30:57to do
30:57at that particular time
30:59because you can't blame
30:59the referee this time
31:00the kid did not throw
31:01a convincing punch
31:03within about a 10 second span
31:05he had to do
31:06what he had to do
31:06all right
31:07let's go back to Larry Merchant
31:09with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
31:11congratulations
31:12Floyd
31:13did you think
31:15that he was defenseless
31:17on the ropes
31:18when you were
31:19pummeling him
31:20well
31:20I won't say I was pummeling him
31:22I would say I was throwing
31:23some combination
31:23and he wasn't responding back
31:25but first of all
31:26I want to thank God
31:27thank the Mayweather family
31:28thank my grandmother
31:29my best friend Sean
31:30and my girlfriend
31:30Melissa Brim
31:31for all supporting me
31:32did you hear the referee
31:34say in there
31:36you have to punch back
31:37to Manfredi
31:39when in the back
31:40when in the dressing room
31:41he said
31:41if you're throwing combinations
31:42and throwing a lot of hard shots
31:44and the guy's not coming back
31:45I may stop the fight
31:46he said
31:46if Manfredi was doing the same to me
31:48he would have stopped the fight
31:49so I feel it was
31:50it was a good stoppage
31:51but I feel Manfredi
31:52is a very very good fight
31:53he's tough
31:54he's strong
31:54and he's dedicated to the sport of boxing
31:56he got you a couple of times in there
31:59were your thoughts
32:01that this might go longer
32:03or did you have any premonition
32:04that you could hurt him that quickly
32:07well a lot of people don't believe
32:08in my knockout power
32:10you gotta realize
32:10out of 18
32:11coming in
32:12out of 18 fights
32:12I had 14 knockouts
32:13but I just took my time
32:15relaxed
32:16and stayed focused
32:17and I seen the opening shot
32:19so I took it
32:20and that's the shot that hurt him
32:21so I threw combinations
32:22all right
32:22we're gonna try to show you
32:24the punch that hurt him
32:25and then how you finish it
32:27describe what you see
32:28see
32:31right there
32:31right-handed shook him up
32:33throwing combinations
32:34uppercuts
32:35he's not doing that
32:36look
32:36I'm steady throwing shots
32:38he's not coming back with nothing
32:40and right there
32:42right there
32:43open shot
32:43I'm still throwing shots
32:48look
32:48he's not coming back with nothing
32:49look
32:50you like that fighter
32:51in the red trunks
32:52I like
32:54I like
32:54I like all fighters
32:55man
32:55I give respect
32:57to any fighter
32:57I get in
32:58and you know
32:59give up a good fight
33:00and I'm afraid
33:01he's a very good fighter
33:01you have quickly
33:03established yourself
33:04in many people's eyes
33:06as the best junior
33:08lightweight
33:08now out there
33:10what are your
33:12immediate goals
33:13who would you like
33:14to fight
33:15I would like to fight
33:16the best they got out there
33:17in a 130 pound weight class
33:19I mean
33:20whoever they want me to fight
33:21I'll fight
33:22I'm willing to fight
33:22any 130 pounder
33:23I'm just talking over
33:24with my promoter
33:24Bob Arum
33:25and talk to my dad
33:27and we'll set the fight up
33:28hopefully we can come on HBO
33:29and fight
33:30so you're not thinking yet
33:32that you have to move up
33:34in weight
33:35obviously you're tall enough
33:36to go up
33:37at least to
33:38a full lightweight
33:39but that's a way away
33:41well right now
33:42I come and can't win 135
33:43so I want to move up right away
33:45because once I get to train
33:46I'm down on weight
33:48the first week I was in camp
33:49I was down on weight
33:49I don't want to rush at all
33:50I just want to
33:51take my time
33:52and do what I got to do
33:53and that's the boxing
33:54and
33:55you're only
33:57you're only quick in the ring
33:59thank you very much Floyd
34:00thank you
34:00and here is Angel Manfredi
34:03if we can find him in a moment
34:05amid all this chaos
34:07normal for boxing
34:09and here he is
34:10Angel
34:13you got caught a good right hand
34:15he wobbled you
34:17you went to the ropes
34:19he threw a lot of punches
34:20not all of them landed
34:21but according to the referee
34:23he told you
34:24you have to start firing back
34:26and you didn't
34:26give me your version
34:27come on
34:28everybody knows it
34:29the whole world knows it
34:30he caught me with two good shots
34:32I was not dazed at all
34:33and they're going to jump in
34:34and stop the fight
34:35the referee did not tell me
34:36let's start throwing punches
34:37it was all
34:38politics was all rigged up
34:40for him to go ahead
34:40wait a minute
34:41I understand
34:42could you have
34:43can you show the replay on that
34:44yes we will
34:45can you have taken a knee
34:47to give yourself a chance
34:48to pull back
34:49alright here we are
34:50let's take a look
34:50and describe what you see
34:51there's the right hand
34:52that staggered you
34:53now describe what happened
34:55on the ropes
34:55well he caught me
34:57a couple good shots
34:58I was staying composed
35:00I
35:00I still composed
35:02and still
35:03still he couldn't stop me though
35:05he could not
35:06he could not
35:07look he's missing all these shots
35:08and he stopped the fight
35:09how can you stop the fight
35:12Gotti did more than that
35:13and they didn't stop the fight
35:16that's not
35:17that's not
35:17supposed to happen
35:18in true championship fights
35:20are you saying that
35:21Gotti hit you hard
35:23at some times
35:23yes
35:24most definitely
35:25it was competitive
35:26we're both hitting each other
35:27that's what the fight game's about
35:29Mayweather hit me
35:30two good times
35:31and then a lot of
35:32a lot of times
35:33the grades
35:33the couple shots
35:34I still composed
35:35I put my hands up
35:36but he did not hurt me
35:37why didn't you fire back
35:38because I still composed
35:40I took my time
35:41I was waiting
35:41for the openings
35:42but he did not hurt me in there
35:45I don't know why
35:46they stopped the fight
35:46so weak like that
35:47it wasn't even right
35:48it wasn't a championship fight
35:49like a championship fight
35:50is supposed to be
35:51knock me out
35:52to win the fight
35:52please
35:53thank you very much Angel
35:54so
35:56the prediction you heard
35:58before the fight
35:59was from
36:00Floyd Mayweather Sr.
36:01that this would be
36:02a walk in the park
36:03and indeed it was
36:05for Floyd Mayweather Jr.
36:07as far as
36:09David Tua is concerned
36:10whether that park
36:12is dangerous or not
36:13he can walk through
36:15any park in town
36:16Jim
36:17all right
36:18and the next HBO
36:19fight card you see
36:20on January 9
36:21will feature this man
36:22Roy Jones Jr.
36:23Roy final word
36:24about Floyd Mayweather Jr.
36:25he loves to compare
36:26himself already
36:27to fighters like
36:28Sugar Ray Robinson
36:28Sugar Ray Leonard
36:29and Roy Jones
36:30the way he handles himself
36:32maybe he can go ahead
36:33and do that
36:34without risking
36:35too much pride
36:36and hubris early on
36:37yes he can
36:37he has remarkable
36:39hand speed
36:39remarkable punching power
36:41his feet are brilliant
36:42and just so many good
36:44things about Floyd Mayweather
36:45until it's very hard
36:46to argue his statements
36:48everything that he thinks
36:49about himself
36:50is true
36:50all right
36:51we'll see you again
36:52on January 9
36:53don't miss it
36:54for nothing
36:54looking forward
36:55to that one
36:56now right now
36:56let's look ahead
36:57to some other
36:58upcoming programs
36:59here on HBO
37:00all right
37:02and the next HBO
37:03fight card you see
37:04on January 9
37:05will feature this man
37:06Roy Jones Jr.
37:07Roy final word
37:08about Floyd Mayweather Jr.
37:09he loves to compare
37:10himself already
37:10to fighters like
37:11Sugar Ray Robinson
37:12Sugar Ray Leonard
37:13and Roy Jones
37:13the way he handles himself
37:15maybe he can go ahead
37:17and do that
37:18without risking too much
37:19pride and hubris early on
37:21yes he can
37:21he has remarkable
37:22hand speed
37:23remarkable punching power
37:25his feet are brilliant
37:26and just so many good
37:27things about Floyd Mayweather
37:29until it's very hard
37:30to argue his statement
37:31with everything
37:32that he thinks
37:33about himself
37:33is true
37:34all right
37:35we'll see you again
37:35on January 9
37:36January 9
37:37don't miss it
37:37for nothing
37:38looking forward
37:39to that one
37:39now right now
37:40let's look ahead
37:41to some other
37:42upcoming programs
37:43here on HBO
37:44before that
37:57January 9
37:57the blockbuster duo
37:58of Roy Jones
37:59and Shane Mosley
38:00return
38:00you'll remember
38:01in November
38:01these two champions
38:02staged an entertaining
38:04doubleheader
38:04now they'll try
38:05to do it again
38:06with Jones
38:06facing Richard Frazier
38:08and Mosley
38:09against Golden Johnson
38:10and on the 30th
38:11the night before
38:12the Super Bowl
38:12Boxing After Dark
38:14returns with a heavyweight
38:15showcase
38:16top prospect
38:17Michael Grant
38:18I call him
38:18the number three
38:19heavyweight in the world
38:20faces Ahmad Abdeen
38:22each Thursday
38:23don't miss a new episode
38:24of Inside the NFL
38:25this week the gang
38:26will be on the road
38:26trying to unscramble
38:28the upcoming
38:29playoff picture
38:30tonight in Miami
38:31Florida
38:32a night on which
38:33referees decisions
38:34to stop fights
38:35will stand as equal
38:37in the headlines
38:37with the victories
38:38of David Tua
38:39and Hasim Rahman
38:41or I should say
38:42and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
38:43in the heavyweight bout
38:44Tua got the stoppage
38:45against Rahman
38:46in a bout
38:47in which Rahman
38:47had already won
38:49on the scorecards
38:50instead it's a TKO
38:51for Tua in the 10th
38:52and then immediately
38:53following that
38:54Floyd Mayweather Jr.
38:56retains his
38:56super featherweight title
38:57with exactly
38:58what his dad predicted
38:59an astonishingly
39:01easy TKO
39:02of Angel Manfredi
39:03but once again
39:04you must ask
39:06did the referee
39:06stop the fight
39:07too soon
39:07or was it justified
39:08as a victory
39:10for Mayweather
39:10however you slice it
39:15Floyd Jr.
39:16remains unbeaten
39:17coming up
39:17immediately following
39:18our show
39:18stay tuned for
39:19HBO Comedy Half Hour
39:20with Warren Hutchinson
39:21followed by Double Team
39:22on the East Coast
39:23and the premiere
39:24of Mouse Hunt
39:25in the Mountain
39:26and West Coast
39:26time zones
39:27so now for everybody
39:28here in Florida
39:29I'm Jim Lampley
39:30saying so long
39:31and happy holidays
39:32from HBO Sports
39:34the executive producer
39:37of HBO Sports
39:38is Ross Greenberg
39:39tonight's world
39:39championship boxing show
39:41was produced by Dave Harmon
39:42and directed by Mark Payton
39:44feature producer
39:44Thomas Oedelfeld
39:45associate producers
39:46John Crystal
39:47and Steve Cohen
39:48assistant to the producer
39:49Matt Boland
39:50the production manager
39:51was Mark Hayden
39:52technical supervisor
39:54Bob Hunter
39:54and the technical director
39:56Doug Getz
39:57good night everybody
39:58and I'll see you next time
40:28This has been a presentation of HBO Sports,
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40:48It's that time of the season to reflect on the year.
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