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00:03And also, we will hear from hip-hop recording artist Memphis Bleak from Rockefeller Records.
00:15Still to come, though, let's take a look at some upcoming HBO programming.
00:25...with Brian Gumbel. Among the stories, a visit with NFL players, past and present, whose bodies have been damaged beyond
00:33repair.
00:34Also, Real Sports goes inside the Miami-Dade County Jail to speak with the man accused of stalking tennis star
00:41Martina Hingis.
00:43Real Sports, nothing is out of bounds.
00:45In February, HBO Sports premieres a new documentary, Do You Believe in Miracles?
00:51The story of the 1980 U.S. hockey team.
00:54It was 21 years ago that the world witnessed one of the most astonishing upsets in sports history
01:00when a group of amateur U.S. hockey players upset the great Soviet dynasty at the Winter Games in Lake
01:06Placid.
01:07Premieres Monday, February 5th at 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific.
01:16Our final bout tonight is a battle of the heavyweights.
01:20Olympic teammate and co-captain of the Olympic boxing team, Michael Bennett, from the windy city of Chicago, Illinois, takes
01:28on tough Andrew Hutchison.
01:30Hutchison represents the city of New York, Super Bowl-bound Giants.
01:36Let's make some noise for the last fight of the night.
01:39Here's Fran and Kevin. Take it away, guys.
01:43All right, no doubt Michael Bennett was the least experienced member of the 2000 Olympic boxing team, but he may
01:51have had the biggest impact.
01:53His inspirational story is one that we will detail in just a minute, but first, Kevin, Bennett must worry about
01:58making an impact against Andrew Hutchinson, who's coming in here looking for the upset.
02:03Well, Hudson, of course, he has a lot to gain.
02:05If you fight any Olympian, especially the heavyweight, because he went on to win heavyweight titles like Muhammad Ali, who
02:11won an Olympic gold medal and went on to be great.
02:13George Foreman, Joe Frazier, you've got so many to proceed after a victory like this.
02:19Hutchinson looking to spoil that whole picture and get his name in the lights for those guys rather than get
02:25Bennett in the line of those guys.
02:26All right, Andrew Hutchinson is already inside the ring.
02:29Hutchinson comes in. He got a late start as a professional as well.
02:34He's only been fighting for two years, but Hutchinson knows in a four-round heavyweight fight anything can happen.
02:41He's got to be very busy from the start.
02:43He's fighting a man in Bennett that came straight from the amateurs.
02:46So what's happening is Bennett's going to be very busy, very fast, going to start a fast pace, and these
02:51are heavyweights.
02:51Remember, they both can punch. So are they big men? So whether who gets who out first, we'll see.
02:57All right, here comes one of the co-captains of the U.S. Olympic boxing team, heavyweight Michael Bennett.
03:11be it.
03:26Gonna beat it.
03:29Feel the power.
03:32We'll be with this man.
03:33Like when you feel the power.
04:00Ten years ago,
04:03Michael Bennett was a freshman at North Park Junior College
04:06when he made a terrible mistake.
04:08He was arrested for armed robbery.
04:10He spent seven years in jail.
04:13Bennett was released two and a half years ago.
04:15He learned how to box while in jail.
04:17He's only been fighting for five years.
04:19Here's a story of a man who made a mistake,
04:22and now he's trying to right the ship.
04:24Look for recovery.
04:25This is recovery.
04:26His opportunity, big chance, let's see him doing it.
04:29All right.
04:30Let's take a look at the tale of the tape
04:31between Michael Bennett and Andrew Hutchinson
04:34in our final fight of the evening.
04:36Both fighters getting late starts in their professional career.
04:39Hutchinson comes in with a two-inch height advantage,
04:42but it's Bennett at 201 pounds,
04:44weighing eight pounds more than Hutchinson.
04:47Hutchinson with a two-inch reach advantage.
04:50All right.
04:51Let's send it now to Michael Buffer
04:52for the pre-fight introductions.
04:55Ladies and gentlemen, DiBella Entertainment,
04:58along with your undefeated king of beers,
05:01Budweiser and on-site promoter,
05:03Cedric Kushner Productions,
05:05presents the final bout of the evening
05:08of Olympic heroes,
05:10sanctioned by the New York State Athletic Commission.
05:12The three judges assigned to this bout
05:15will be Tommy Kazmarek,
05:17Melvina Latham,
05:18and Steve Weisfeld.
05:19And when the bell rings,
05:20your referee in charge of the action,
05:22Arthur Mercanti Jr.
05:24And now, ladies and gentlemen,
05:25for the thousands in attendance
05:27here at Madison Square Garden
05:29and the millions watching around the world
05:32on KO Nation,
05:34ladies and gentlemen,
05:36let's get ready to rumble!
05:43Introducing first,
05:44fighting out of the blue corner,
05:46wearing white trend with black and yellow,
05:48and weighing in at 193 pounds.
05:51His professional record is one and one
05:53with one draw.
05:54He comes to us from Kingston, Jamaica.
05:57Ladies and gentlemen,
05:58here is Andrew came to fight Hutchinson!
06:09And his opponent across the ring,
06:11fighting out of the red corner.
06:13He's wearing red,
06:14trimmed with silver letters,
06:16and weighs in at 201 pounds.
06:19He's a U.S. Olympian,
06:21a co-captain of the team,
06:22from Chicago, Illinois,
06:24making his professional debut.
06:26Ladies and gentlemen,
06:28here is Michael!
06:37Good evening, Mike.
06:39Andrew, you both received the room.
06:42Let's have a nice, clean fight.
06:43Touch gloves.
06:44Good luck to the both of you.
06:45Touch gloves.
06:46Michael.
06:47All right.
06:48Michael Bennett lost a tough quarterfinal match
06:52to the eventual gold medal winner,
06:55three-time gold medal winner,
06:56Felix Savone from Cuba.
06:59But Bennett said his only dream
07:01was to make the Olympic team.
07:03He never thought about going professional.
07:06He had tunnel vision.
07:07He was focused.
07:08But his amateur career is now through,
07:11and Bennett looks to make a mark
07:12in the heavyweight division.
07:14Well, he fought Savone.
07:16Savone has been in there.
07:18Another one just like
07:19what was before him from Cuba.
07:21Great fighters from Cuba,
07:23to Philem Stevenson,
07:24who won the fight with Muhammad Ali at one time.
07:26Another three-time gold medal winner.
07:28Exactly.
07:29So really, he's been in the ring
07:30with some,
07:31a fighter who's been in the ring
07:32with everybody in Savone.
07:34And that's knocked out
07:35a lot of other fighters,
07:37great stuff,
07:37Riddick, Bowen, the rest of them.
07:38So he has some experience,
07:40even though he's been only around
07:42a little short time.
07:45Bennett releases
07:46a one-two combination
07:48busting through the defense
07:49of Andrew Hutchinson.
07:51Bennett's best strategy
07:52for this fight
07:53is to get Hutchinson
07:54into a mix.
07:55Get him the throw punches
07:56at him,
07:57and as he's throwing,
07:58he's got to counter him.
07:58Break!
08:00That's nice.
08:01Step back.
08:07Bennett connects
08:08with an overhand right
08:09for a short amateur career.
08:12Bennett had great success.
08:16They earned a gold medal
08:17at the 99 World Championships.
08:22Just like I said,
08:23you know,
08:24he may not have a lot of fights.
08:25He's been boxing a long time
08:26because they've been
08:27confined to prison,
08:28but prison's only thing
08:30I'm observing it.
08:31As you see in the Black Lionel,
08:32they've been in jail for two years.
08:34So when they get out,
08:35they've been living
08:35almost a clean life in prison.
08:37Big right hand
08:38for Michael Bennett,
08:39and that might be it
08:40for Andrew Hutchinson.
08:41And now McCantes Jr.
08:44has to step in.
08:46And break up the fight.
08:47Bennett not quitting
08:49until he heard,
08:50and he signs.
08:53And that's it.
08:56Arthur McCantes Jr.
08:58stops the fight.
08:59Michael Bennett
09:00coming through
09:01with a huge splash.
09:02A first-round knockout
09:04over Andrew Hutchinson.
09:14Hutchinson's corner
09:14trying to make sure
09:15that he is all right.
09:21He got a tremendous fight
09:23after he was hurt.
09:25I thought McCantes
09:25was stepping through
09:26and I mean,
09:27with his head,
09:28with back reeling like that.
09:30I thought Rebecca
09:32McCante Jr. would step in,
09:33but I guess he figured
09:34that Hutchinson
09:35wasn't as hurt
09:36as he looked
09:36and let it continue.
09:41The right move
09:42by Michael Bennett
09:43to continue to fight.
09:45Like they say,
09:46don't stop punching
09:47until the referee stops.
09:48Because I tell you,
09:49Hutchinson
09:49maybe wasn't as hurt
09:51as he looked.
09:51He could have came back
09:52and made a sneak attack.
09:55Michael Bennett
09:56wasting no time.
09:57Kevin,
09:57watch these right hands.
09:59First right hand
10:00definitely sent
10:01Hutchinson
10:02against the ropes.
10:03Now he's defenseless.
10:04He tries to get up.
10:05Bennett with two right hands
10:06after that.
10:07That was a tremendous shot.
10:09McCante's the right thing
10:10by stopping it.
10:11Here goes the same look
10:12at the same right hand.
10:13Right hand goes.
10:14He goes.
10:15He's going to go down,
10:16but he can't.
10:16The punches are actually
10:17keeping him up.
10:18The ropes are keeping him up
10:19at this point.
10:19One right hand,
10:20two right hands.
10:21Hutchinson is defenseless.
10:22Lucky thing,
10:23McCantey was there
10:24to stop it.
10:25Here's another look
10:25at the same punches.
10:27Same right hand.
10:28You see his head
10:28feeling back like that.
10:30Flinging.
10:30Very dangerous
10:31pro-fighter.
10:33Bennett finishes his man.
10:34Very good skills
10:35by him.
10:36And McCantey Jr.
10:37saves the day
10:37for Hutchinson.
10:38Well,
10:39and you saw Bennett there.
10:40He waited.
10:41He expected McCantey Jr.
10:43to jump in,
10:43and when he didn't,
10:44he just continued
10:45to take care of business.
10:46All right,
10:46let's head up now
10:47to Michael Buffett
10:47with the official decision.
10:51Ladies and gentlemen,
10:52referee Arthur McCantey Jr.
10:55has to step in
10:55and call a halt
10:56to the bout.
10:57The official time,
10:58one minute,
11:0046 seconds
11:01of round number one.
11:03Winning his professional debut
11:04by TKO
11:06here at Madison Square Garden,
11:08Michael Bennett.
11:21Stick around,
11:21folks.
11:22One more bout to go.
11:23We've got more
11:24bouncing action.
11:30Look at the excitement
11:31in the room.
11:32Everybody's happy.
11:33I mean,
11:33come to a good show
11:34at the end.
11:35Yeah, Bennett
11:35with a tremendous knockout
11:37as a heavyweight,
11:37making his debut
11:38as a professional
11:39coming in his room
11:40in the garden.
11:42Everybody here
11:43going to punch that
11:43thing on the porosious
11:44punches landed
11:45in a short amount of time.
11:46He landed 17 punches.
11:48He throwed 49,
11:50mostly was a jab,
11:51but when Anthony
11:52was that big right hand
11:53and that 35% landed,
11:55I mean,
11:55Hutchinson was in the fight
11:56for a second,
11:57but was taken out
11:58in seconds.
12:03Let's go up
12:04to Fran Charles.
12:06All right, Kevin,
12:06I'm standing by now
12:07with the winner
12:08by knockout,
12:09Michael Bennett.
12:10Michael,
12:10you told us yesterday
12:11that you were focused
12:13in on Sydney.
12:14Now with the Olympics
12:15gone,
12:15it seems like you're
12:16focused in on your
12:17professional career.
12:18Most definitely,
12:18because I'm definitely
12:19going to give 110%.
12:20But first of all,
12:20I'd like to thank
12:21Lou DiBella,
12:22Madison Square Garden,
12:23my coach George
12:24for sticking behind me
12:25and giving me 110% support,
12:26and I'm definitely
12:27going to give them
12:27110%.
12:28Workout.
12:29It seems like you came
12:30out with a definite plan
12:31to work the body,
12:32but then once you saw
12:33the opening to the head,
12:34you unloaded with
12:35the right hands.
12:36Yes, I did,
12:36because I knew that
12:37he would probably
12:38try to move on me
12:39the first round
12:39and feel me out
12:40and things like that,
12:41but I just tried
12:41to jump on top of him
12:42and take a little
12:43of his win out.
12:44You're 30 years old.
12:46Unlike your other teammates,
12:48they might have
12:49had a little bit of nerves.
12:50It didn't seem like
12:51you were nervous
12:52coming into the ring
12:53as you finished off
12:53Hutchinson.
12:54No, I wasn't.
12:55I was ready to do business
12:56because he was definitely
12:57here to do business.
12:59What can we look for
12:59in the future
13:00for Michael Bennett?
13:01What do you want
13:01your next step to be?
13:03I'm looking ready
13:03for the win out of it.
13:04I'm just taking it
13:05one step at a time,
13:06but if God give it to me,
13:07I'll take it.
13:08All right,
13:08well, congratulations,
13:09Michael Bennett.
13:10You want to get one more word?
13:10And I get it.
13:11First up to Troy Jay,
13:13uh, Jazz and Chris,
13:17Tanya,
13:18and everybody at home
13:19school over there
13:19on 50-50 Morgan,
13:20and my family at home,
13:21Carmen,
13:22your husband's coming home.
13:24God bless everybody.
13:25All right,
13:25Michael Bennett handling business
13:27in the first round
13:28against Andrew Hutchinson.
13:31Still to come,
13:32though,
13:32we will hear from
13:33hip-hop recording artist
13:34Memphis Fleek
13:35from Rockefeller Records.
13:37Now, though,
13:38let's take a look
13:38at some upcoming
13:39network programming.
13:45When it comes to comedy,
13:46you get your audience laughing,
13:47and then when their mouths
13:48are open,
13:48you slip the truth in there.
13:58Look, I have to be
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14:00And right now,
14:00that is my number one priority.
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14:02I've never been more happy
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14:04Do you think that's
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14:43All right,
14:44Kevin Kelly now
14:45joins me inside the ring.
14:46Kevin, your thoughts
14:47on this impressive night
14:48for the Olympians?
14:49No mistakes tonight.
14:51Everybody looked good.
14:53There's some improvement
14:53on two or three of the fighters.
14:55Vince, I think,
14:56need to stop the showboating.
14:58Bennett ended the show,
14:59made a great showing
15:00of the whole show,
15:01pulled the whole thing together
15:02like a team leader does.
15:04And I think all of them
15:05have done well
15:06and have looked
15:07for much success
15:08on their careers
15:09finishing fights.
15:10More fights with KO Nation,
15:12more fights in boxing.
15:13All right,
15:13that's the final word
15:14from Kevin Kelly.
15:16I'm Fran Charles.
15:17That'll do it for KO Nation.
15:18But first,
15:19let's take a look
15:19at a couple of quick
15:20program reminders.
15:22Don't miss HBO Sports'
15:23newest documentary
15:24as Sports of the 20th Century
15:26presents
15:26Do You Believe in Miracles?
15:28The story of the 1980 U.S. hockey team.
15:30A look back at the Lake Placid
15:32Winter Games 21 years ago
15:33when a group of U.S. amateurs,
15:35hockey players,
15:36defeated the great Soviet dynasty.
15:38And the world witnessed
15:39one of the most astonishing
15:40upsets in sports history.
15:42Premieres Monday,
15:43February 5th,
15:44at 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific,
15:46only on HBO.
15:48Then, February 14th,
15:50the premiere of
15:51On the Record
15:52with Bob Costas,
15:53a sports show
15:54unlike any other on television,
15:56broadcast live from New York.
15:58Premieres Wednesday,
15:59February 14th,
16:00at 11 p.m. Eastern and Pacific,
16:02only on HBO.
16:05Earlier in the night,
16:06KO Nation debuted
16:07three Olympic bouts,
16:09which were not televised.
16:10Let's look at those results.
16:12Another member of the U.S. Olympic team,
16:14Dante Craig,
16:15he won by technical knockout
16:17in the first
16:18over Darren Fallin.
16:19Also,
16:20Paulo Vitos,
16:22he scored a first-round knockout
16:24over Chris Morris.
16:25And Jerzen Ravello,
16:28he also scored
16:29a first-round knockout
16:30over Miguel Gutierrez.
16:32Now,
16:33let's take a look
16:33at some of the fights
16:34that we saw this evening.
16:35Jose Navarro
16:37handling Kenny Berrios
16:39in four rounds
16:40of the unanimous decision.
16:41Also,
16:42Bantamweight,
16:43Clarence Vincent,
16:44he took out Adrian Valdez,
16:45also in a unanimous decision.
16:47Jermaine Taylor,
16:48the middleweight,
16:49he came through
16:50with a fourth-round knockout
16:51over Chris Walsh,
16:52Ricardo Williams,
16:53following in his roommate's footsteps.
16:55He knocked out
16:56Anthony Simpkins,
16:57and Michael Bennett
16:58closed the show
16:59knocking out
17:00Andrew Hutchinson
17:01in the first round.
17:03Next on HBO,
17:05coming up immediately
17:05following our show,
17:07stay tuned
17:07for Pushing 10.
17:09All right,
17:09we're not done yet.
17:10Let's send it up
17:11to Casual Cal.
17:13Thank you,
17:14Fran and Kevin Klasak,
17:15fellas.
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20:09put out on the street,
20:10let her get that cheese,
20:12my bad is that your freak,
20:13but you know how I suck dude,
20:14when a nigga hit that,
20:15fuck you,
20:16keep it up,
20:17trade news from the boo,
20:18nigga wanna act,
20:18get a motherfucking fuck too,
20:20oh,
20:20is that your bitch,
20:21yeah,
20:22yeah,
20:23oh,
20:23is that your bitch,
20:25yeah,
20:26yeah,
20:27oh,
20:27is that your bitch,
20:29uh-huh,
20:29uh-huh,
20:30oh,
20:31is that your bitch,
20:31keep raising them,
20:33cause I'm leaking them,
20:34trade news from R-O-C,
20:37stop,
20:38R-O-C,
20:41stop,
20:42this has been a presentation of HBO Sports,
20:45the network of champions,
20:47R-O-C,
20:48stop,
20:49yeah,
20:51yeah,
20:52HBO,
20:53yeah,
20:54yeah,
20:55Rockefeller,
20:58next.
20:58next.
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