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Undefeated 2000 US Olympian Jermain Taylor faces Efrain Garcia on HBO Boxing After Dark.
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00:00Of our triple header, Jermaine Taylor won the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Sydney Games.
00:06Many pundits argued that Taylor's punching power made him better suited for the professional ranks as opposed to the amateurs.
00:14He came out in his first two fights and he earned knockouts.
00:18His last two fights have been decision victories, both four rounds.
00:22Let's bring in our analyst Kevin Kelly.
00:25This is the first time we're going to see Jermaine Taylor possibly go up to six rounds.
00:29Will the extra rounds hurt him or will they expose him?
00:33I think they're going to help him if they can go the distance.
00:36The one thing you've got to remember about Jermaine Taylor, he's got punching power.
00:39That's one thing that's needed in the pros.
00:41If you can get your man out of there in the first round, get him out of there.
00:44If you can do it in six rounds, go the distance, get the work in.
00:48I mean, you know, he's still early in his career.
00:49If he does some rounds, more damage.
00:52But I'm pretty much sure that his punching power will exemplify exactly what he is.
00:57We touched upon this at the top of the show.
00:59Let's talk about this.
01:00It's his first home professional bout in front of his friends and his family.
01:05Talk to me about the pressures of trying to possibly over-perform.
01:09Fighters always say that being at home don't affect the situation.
01:14Let me tell you, it does affect it a little bit.
01:17Because, you know, you do want to look good in front of your hometown crowd.
01:20Your family's here, your mother, your father, your uncles, your aunts.
01:23And you want to impress them.
01:26But Jermaine Taylor, early in his career, is going to learn tonight that he's got to impress himself before he
01:31can impress anybody else.
01:33You know, we'll see when the bell rings.
01:35Will he perform up to Paul?
01:37He might add even a little bit of extra juice since he's seen all of his former Olympic teammates come
01:43through with knockouts.
01:44All right, let's take a look at the tail of the tape for this middleweight bout between Taylor and Garcia.
01:49Garcia, one year older than Taylor.
01:50Taylor with a slight height advantage.
01:52But the major reach advantage, four and a half inches.
01:55Both fighters weighing in at the contracted 161-pound weight limit.
01:59And neither fighter gained that much weight when they stepped on our unofficial HBO scales.
02:05Rules of the bout now with our unofficial ringside scorer, Julie Letterman.
02:09The Jermaine Taylor, Ephraim Garcia fight once again is scheduled for six rounds using the unified rules of the Association
02:16of Boxing Commission.
02:17There's no three-knockdown rule.
02:19Only the referee can stop the fight.
02:22You go to the scorecards in case of an accidental foul after four rounds have been completed.
02:26And you cannot be saved by the bell in any rounds, including the sixth and final round.
02:32Rams!
02:34Time now for the main event.
02:37Ephraim Garcia is ready.
02:41As we mentioned, Garcia taking the fight on eight days' notice.
02:45But he was in training for a fight that he had planned in September.
02:51He got the call to face Taylor.
02:53He said he couldn't pass it up.
02:56Garcia has not been in the ring, though, for just over a year, Kevin.
03:01Well, there's a rush factor.
03:02And also, eight days' notice.
03:04So, like I said, those are factors that are definitely taken into account.
03:08But let's see if they affect him.
03:09We don't know how he's been working out in the gym.
03:18Ephraim Garcia, from McAllen, Texas, comes in with a record of 15-2-1.
03:23Ten knockouts.
03:25Pretty decent record in his last ten fights.
03:27Eight, one-and-one.
03:28But we don't know a whole lot about the opposition that he's made.
03:33Little Rock, Arkansas' own Jermaine Taylor is ready to make his way to the ring.
03:38Happy birthday!
03:39Happy birthday!
03:40Happy birthday!
03:41Happy birthday!
03:47Happy birthday!
03:49Taylor has something special planned on his way out as the crowd starts to get hype.
04:29The house crowd here at Haltell Arena liking what they see as Jermaine Taylor gets ready
04:34for battle. 4-0 with two knockouts as the Olympic brands medalist from the 2000 Sydney Games
04:42is ready to go to work.
04:50All right, time now for bringing out some Mark Thero with the pre-fight introductions.
04:58Ladies and gentlemen, from the Alltell Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas, Davila Entertainment
05:08in association with Lights Out Productions and Budweiser, the undisputed, undefeated King
05:17of beers, this Bud's for you presents the HBO Boxing After Dark main event of the evening,
05:26six rounds, middleweights.
05:28Your judges at ringside are from Texas, Ray Hawkins, from Tennessee, David Hudson, and
05:39from Arkansas, Sonny Ingram.
05:42Your referee for this event, from Destrahan, Louisiana, the elegant Elmo Adolph.
05:54Introducing now the principals first in the blue corner to my left, wearing the blue trunks
06:00with a white trim and weighing in at 159.75 pounds is a professional record, 15 victories,
06:08two defeats, one draw, 10 wins coming by way of knockout.
06:13He hails from McAllen, Texas.
06:16Here is Efrain Garcia.
06:21Garcia.
06:24His opponent in the red corner, wearing the red trunks, white trim, he weighs in at 160
06:34and a quarter pounds.
06:36He is undefeated in four professional bouts, two wins coming by way of knockout.
06:44Here is the pride of Little Rock, Arkansas, 2000 U.S. Olympic bronze medalist, Jeremy Taylor.
06:59Taylor.
06:59Taylor.
07:00Taylor.
07:01Six rounds, middleweights.
07:03Ten rings.
07:04Ten rings, ten rings, gentlemen.
07:05All right gentlemen, you received instructions earlier.
07:08I told you what I expect of you, let's shake hands and come out boxing.
07:13Give me a little bit of that grease off there.
07:15In Taylor's last two fights, the opponents merely look to survive.
07:21Garcia promises he comes to fight.
07:28He says he'll try to make it an inside battle against Jermaine Taylor.
07:37Let's see if he can provide the punching power of Jermaine.
07:44You can tell Jermaine is a little amped up.
07:54The fight is scheduled for six rounds.
07:57Taylor's management telling us originally they had the fight scheduled for eight, but decided
08:02because of all the extra drama with this being his first fight at home, they decided the adrenaline
08:06definitely would be pumping.
08:08They'd move it up just to six.
08:11I believe the added pressure might not come from running out of home, but from his other
08:16Olympian meet to have produced a knockout tonight where he looked a little as good as them.
08:25Taylor making effective use of his left jab.
08:47Garcia's camp told us that they saw many weaknesses that they could expose.
08:53They said Taylor likes to pause and pose.
08:58Yeah, well he's posing and pausing and it's still not reacting.
09:05He's right in front of Garcia, but Garcia's not utilizing a jab like Tillery's at all.
09:14Maybe you heard me, Fran.
09:16I'll tell you, he's starting to utilize the jab now, Garcia.
09:21Taylor, though, doing a nice job, trying to set up his right hand, concentrating on his jab.
09:37Like I said, if there's any added pressure tonight, it pretty much would be one of his Olympic teammates doing
09:43so well.
09:44But the way he looks right now looks like he's blocked that out and he just wants to do his
09:48job.
09:50He's got it also when we asked him to critique his performance up until now.
09:56He said he has to do a better job of not leaning in and he has to make sure his
10:00feet move along with his hands.
10:06Looking for areas to improve.
10:10There's one thing that he's doing there that he'll probably see the tape and realize he's doing.
10:14He's pulling back a little bit.
10:18With his hand down, his right hand down, he's pulling back a little bit.
10:23And Donald Rode, that could give him a little bit of problems.
10:33It's been a jab fest for Jermaine Taylor in the first round.
10:41Hey!
10:49Breathe and relax, son. Breathe and relax.
10:52Give me a little water up here, boys.
10:55Nice jab.
10:58Spit it.
10:59One more time.
11:01What do you see out there? You see something developing?
11:03You see something you like?
11:05Mm-hmm.
11:05All right, I know you're looking for something.
11:07That's the amateur part of it, okay?
11:09Okay.
11:10Now we go to work, okay?
11:12He's open for everything.
11:15He's open for everything we worked on, okay?
11:18Okay?
11:18We knew he was going to come out fast.
11:22Now it's our turn to go to work, okay?
11:24Once you found him, if you pull out, you lose that range.
11:27Touching, bring the right hand and bring something back up underneath it.
11:30Control the fight with this jab.
11:31A little bit more pressure, though.
11:33A little bit.
11:33Let's go, Pat.
11:34Get out!
11:36Let's go, Colin.
11:37Let's go, Colin.
11:37Let's go, Colin.
11:38Let's go, Colin.
11:40CompuBox punched that numbers from round one.
11:44Taylor landing 25 of 44 jabs, 57%.
11:48Garcia 1 of 15.
11:55Taylor stuns Garcia with two left jabs.
11:59You can't get over answers here.
12:01This way he likes control.
12:03You have to practice.
12:03He's moving around a little while.
12:09He's good.
12:11He's got jumping.
12:12He's jumping.
12:17He's jumping.
12:17He's coming.
12:18He's coming.
12:20Me, he's coming.
12:20You have to come out with that.
12:20You have to get a battle shot with us.
12:23No, no, no.
12:28No!
12:31No, no, no.
12:33No, that's a big issue.
12:41i'm seeing plenty of the left hand from taylor kevin let me ask you this is he susceptible
12:47to an overhand right well one thing that i see is that metallic jabs he's susceptible to the
12:55to a left hook more than overhand right because he drops his right hand as you see right there
13:01friend he told the job and he dropped his right hand i see underneath his chin down the side of
13:06the space taylor trying to find an avenue for a straight right hand garcia says bring it on
13:23i'll see it's definitely trying to capitalize on anything that his corner told him they said that
13:29look at the punches martello nice body shot that time by jermaine tail
13:42everything so it throws is a power punch it seems including his jab
13:49on the break it don't punch step back clean step back clean all the way
14:00that's the one thing i'm seeing tiller has to work on do you have the jab
14:04he drops his right hand and garcia ifran garcia has not picked up on it yet chapel eyes with a
14:13left hook
14:13i see you're not throwing that many punches i think he's discouraged from the punching power of jermaine
14:20tiller has not put attack together garcia as of yet which has been all jermaine tiller taylor settling in here
14:38in the second round
14:41let's break it clean get out there don't don't punch don't punch step back
14:45ha
15:10Let's take a look at power jacks that's going consistently over and over again.
15:15Just in a flush in the face of Garcia, there's another look at it, as you see it, he shoots
15:20it like a bullet and it just comes in and lands, he does it right hand after, here goes
15:25different look at the jab again, as you see him sticking the jab in the face of Garcia,
15:30knocking Garcia off balance, there he goes again, overhand right comes after but non-effect.
15:36Okay, you're doing a nice job son, but let's step it up, I'm out.
15:57I guess he figured it was working the last two rounds, let me utilize it in the third round.
16:02All right, let's bring in Julie Redmond to see how she has the fight score through two
16:05rounds.
16:06Two rounds and nothing, all Jermaine Taylor right there, beautiful hold by Jermaine Taylor.
16:11And that jab that you guys keep mentioning is a very amazing jab.
16:14A referee sees him pinning off the gloves of Garcia, but I mean this is an overwhelming
16:22fight for Jermaine Taylor with that jab.
16:24Most of the judges think of a jab as not a power punch, you know, it's just set up to
16:29throw the right hand.
16:29In Jermaine Taylor's case, his jab is power punch.
16:33You don't need anything else.
16:34Julie, it looked like Garcia's gloves may have scraped the ground should that have been a knockdown.
16:39You know what, the referee saw it as a slip, but he had to clean off the gloves, so that's
16:43why he just, you know, called time for a second.
16:45But the referee called it as a slip, to me it looked like a slip.
16:48He had to, you know, get credit, he's an honorable, credible referee, very good referee, very
16:54good.
16:56And I don't say that cause I know him, I just say that cause he's good.
16:59No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
17:01no, come
17:01in, come in, come in.
17:03None of that crap out here, understand?
17:05Let's box, this is a boxing match, just box, box.
17:11It looks like there was a warning given by Elmore Adolf, the box of Max has turned into a fight.
17:18And he liked the tactics and he stopped the action.
17:36I think Garcia has figured out a way to stop that jab from landing yet.
17:42And this is why it's landing.
17:46He hasn't figured out that Jermaine is dropping his right hand when he utilizes Jermaine's loose jab.
17:53Can't get past that stiff left jab.
17:57Jermaine Taylor told us the one thing he loves about being a professional,
18:03doesn't have to worry about ticky tack rules as he called them in the amateur ranks.
18:09And also he loves the fact that there's no headgear, says he can see so much more.
18:15Well, you have the punch of Palatela has, as you can see at this point tonight.
18:19I mean, it's more cut for the pros than the amateurs.
18:23Amateurs is quantity, not quality. And the pros is qualities, not quantity.
18:29Taylor, trying to do damage with his right hand, firing an assortment of uppercuts and hooks.
18:36Garcia tries to tie up. Taylor fights him off.
18:41A little inexperienced shot himself.
18:47Tiger's coffee is a good shot there, but he's still here.
18:52It's time to hit.
18:58Hey!
18:59He's really good.
19:00He's ready to do this and ready to hit him.
19:03Yeah!
19:05Okay.
19:06Okay, we've got to start throwing some punching.
19:09Okay?
19:10You throw one, he's connecting to nothing.
19:13Two and three combinations.
19:15And he's got you.
19:16Very good.
19:17All right?
19:18Every time you get your jab going, he's dropping down on you.
19:21Be careful you don't overstep yourself.
19:23Overshoot him, okay?
19:24All right, Kevin.
19:25Did Garcia slip or is this a knockdown?
19:28It was more of a slip.
19:29Like I said, he fell off balance.
19:31It was a slap on the side of the head.
19:33Glove did touch the ground, but it was not a knockdown.
19:36Looked like he fell off balance because of the punching.
19:40Well, he fell off balance because of the punching,
19:41but he didn't fall off balance because he got hit with a shot that hurt him.
19:44So it was definitely a slip.
19:46He definitely slipped the shot.
19:48Here's some good shots that connected over and over and over.
19:51He was hurt for a second there,
19:53but his recovery skills are incredible.
20:00This is the fourth round.
20:01Scheduled six-rounder, middleweight's Jermaine Taylor,
20:05Ephraim Garcia.
20:11Jermaine Taylor making it very obvious
20:14he wanted to work on his left jab this evening.
20:19He's doing an exceptional job at it, too.
20:20I mean, his jab is very good.
20:22The one thing I see mistakes that he needs to utilize
20:25is to pick up the right hand as he jabs.
20:29And he seems to have it down by his stomach area when he jabs.
20:33A more seasoned opponent
20:35may take advantage of that and fire a left hook.
20:38Taylor putting combinations together.
20:40Well, it's still early in his career,
20:42so he's got time to practice on.
20:50It doesn't look like
20:51Ephraim Garcia tonight
20:53wants to capitalize on that at all.
21:02Let's break it clean.
21:04Step back.
21:04Don't punch.
21:05Ephraim Garcia gets into the fight.
21:06He's going to start utilizing...
21:07He needs to start utilizing a jab.
21:09He's getting hit with one
21:10and he's got to counter with his own.
21:13Taylor continues to snap back
21:15the head of Ephraim Garcia.
21:19What should Garcia be doing, Kevin,
21:21in terms of trying to deal with Taylor's jab?
21:23Because he does have a reach advantage.
21:25He's just firing it at a frenetic pace.
21:28And he's landing.
21:29I'm going to need to keep his hands up high
21:31like they are sometimes.
21:33The lock, Jermaine Taylor's jab,
21:35and come over the top of the home.
21:38And that can start initiating an attack.
21:43As long as he allows Jermaine Taylor
21:45to land a jab,
21:45he'll never go on the inside
21:47and he can't have a mental body attack at all.
21:52He's not blocking the jab with his hands,
21:54he's blocking the jab with his face.
21:57The scoring continues for Jermaine Taylor.
22:00Jermaine Taylor.
22:05One more time and you get that point taken.
22:07I know, I know.
22:09Fuck!
22:11Elmo Adolph
22:13warning Jermaine Taylor
22:16one more time with the shoulder
22:19and I'll have a point deducted.
22:20I wonder if finding at home
22:23his pressure,
22:24it looks like he wants a knockout,
22:26is the pressure of his teammates
22:28getting knocked out,
22:29is that bothering him?
22:31I wonder if it's bothering him.
22:32I really wonder.
22:33Strong three-punch combination
22:34and now Taylor
22:36staffing back ahead of Garcia
22:37with a strong straight right hand
22:39and Taylor trying
22:41to finish off Garcia
22:43in the fourth round.
22:46Garcia doesn't look shaky at all.
22:53Combination!
22:55Time!
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23:32There you see
23:33Jermaine Taylor's grandmother,
23:35Elizabeth Harris,
23:37looking on,
23:38enjoying the action.
23:42Stay with the jab, son.
23:44What's your combinations?
23:45If you protect your head,
23:46go to the body.
23:47All right?
23:47You're doing a good job.
23:48Pick it up.
23:49Pick it up.
23:50Pick it up.
24:00This is the first time
24:01Jermaine Taylor
24:04has fought
24:05the past four rounds
24:06as we start the fifth.
24:10CompuBot's punched that number.
24:1144 of 68
24:13over punches for Taylor.
24:1565% landing.
24:17Garcia
24:17throwing just eight punches
24:19up to one about
24:20when you're not firing.
24:22There's one thing
24:23I don't think
24:24Schiller has realized.
24:25He's landing his headshots
24:26over and over and over
24:28and he hasn't brought it
24:29to the body at all.
24:30If a man took a great headshot
24:32like Efrain Garcia does,
24:34bring your punch downstairs.
24:35That's what Carter Webb
24:36did tonight.
24:37His opponent, Ronnie Jones,
24:39took great headshot.
24:40Bring your punches downstairs.
24:50That's one thing
24:51as he fights,
24:52as he gets more experience
24:53or utilized,
24:55you'll see that
24:55when he can't take a man
24:56out with a body,
24:57there's a body shot.
24:58Just like I said,
24:59there's a lot of body shots.
25:01Three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
25:10I guess he took him four rounds
25:12to figure that one out
25:13and he does well with it.
25:14Jermaine Taylor
25:15goes downstairs
25:16with a left book,
25:17drops Efrain Garcia
25:19and now Taylor
25:21finishes him off.
25:25Two knockdowns
25:27in the fifth round
25:29propelling.
25:30Jermaine Taylor's record
25:31to a perfect 5-0
25:33as the crowd here
25:34at Altel Arena
25:35jumps to its feet.
25:59He definitely got the sense
26:01and Jermaine Taylor
26:04is a little bit more
26:06psyched up tonight.
26:22He's going to take a look
26:27at the knockdown.
26:28The first knockdown you see
26:29when he went to the body,
26:31Efrain Garcia could not
26:32take those shots.
26:33It was kind of a,
26:33he kind of pushed down,
26:35help down by Jermaine Taylor
26:37but he went down.
26:39Here's another look
26:40at the same knockdown
26:42and see the hook to the body
26:43and that body shot
26:44right there
26:44left hook to the body
26:45is what dropped Garcia.
26:49Here we look again
26:50at the same knockdown.
26:52The body shots
26:53is what did it
26:54and Garcia goes down.
26:56That body shot did it.
26:57The head shots
26:58couldn't do it.
27:00Here we take a look
27:01at the stoppage.
27:03Jermaine Taylor realized
27:04the body shot
27:05is what did it.
27:06Let's go back there.
27:11Here we take another look
27:13at the body shots.
27:14Garcia's getting hit
27:15with the body shots
27:15over and over.
27:16Jermaine Taylor realized
27:17those body shots
27:18are going to take their toll
27:19and they took their toll
27:20right away.
27:31All right, let's send it in now
27:33to ring announcer Mark Fero
27:34with the official particulars.
27:37Ladies and gentlemen,
27:39the time,
27:41one minute,
27:4225 seconds
27:43of the fifth round.
27:44the winner
27:45by technical knockout
27:47and still undefeated,
27:49Jermaine Taylor.
27:54Taylor.
28:01So Jermaine Taylor
28:02improves to 5-0
28:04with a fifth round
28:05technical knockout
28:06over Ephraim Garcia.
28:08Let's take a look
28:09at the final punch
28:10stat numbers.
28:15Taylor
28:17just abusing Garcia,
28:19landing 60%
28:20of his total punches.
28:24145 more landing
28:25for Taylor
28:26as you see Garcia
28:27landing just 14 punches.
28:30And now the theme
28:32of the fight,
28:33the jabs.
28:34Taylor making a statement,
28:3692 of 162 jabs
28:39landing for a total
28:39of 57%,
28:41while Garcia
28:44lands at just 16%.
28:47The victorious
28:48Jermaine Taylor
28:48joins me now
28:49live.
28:50And Jermaine,
28:51we have not seen you
28:52use your left jab
28:54to that extent so far.
28:56Was that the game plan
28:58this evening?
28:59My coach told me
28:59a strong jab
29:02dictates a fight.
29:03And that's exactly
29:03what the strong jab did.
29:04It worked for me.
29:06Almost seemed like
29:06power jabs as well.
29:08Those jabs were busting
29:09right through the
29:10defense of Garcia.
29:11I've been working
29:12harder than Jim on it.
29:13My last fight,
29:14you know,
29:14I didn't use my left hand
29:15enough.
29:15And this one,
29:16it won a fight for me.
29:18Let's talk about,
29:19the knockdowns.
29:20When you finally decided
29:21to come down to the body,
29:23that's when Garcia dropped.
29:25Did you forget about
29:26going to the body at all?
29:27No, sir.
29:28I was trying to set it up.
29:30I've been working on
29:31going to the body a lot.
29:32I didn't start using it
29:33a lot more,
29:34but I'm working on it.
29:36I know I need to double up
29:36and come back today,
29:37but when I did start
29:38going to the body,
29:38it worked for me.
29:39Are you happy
29:40with your progress so far?
29:41I'm happy with it.
29:42I love it.
29:42I just want to say
29:43I love you, Arkansas.
29:44Did you feel any pressures
29:45tonight fighting in front
29:46of nearly 5,000 fans?
29:48It seemed like you were
29:48a little bit amped up.
29:50I was.
29:50I was hyped, man.
29:51Arkansas loved me, man.
29:52I loved them, you know?
29:53It's just all about Arkansas,
29:54baby.
29:55I love them.
29:55I wasn't nervous at all, man.
29:57I just went in there
29:57and checked my jelly.
29:58Okay.
29:59Jermaine Taylor,
29:59congratulations on
30:01a great display.
30:02We look forward to seeing
30:03you down the road
30:03in the future.
30:05All right,
30:05let's bring in Kevin Kelly
30:06now for final thoughts
30:08on the night.
30:09What did you think
30:10about Taylor
30:10and his other
30:11Olympic teammates?
30:12Okay,
30:13I got to go individually
30:14by one by one.
30:16I believe Michael Bennett
30:17tonight,
30:18the question is,
30:19will there be a third fight?
30:20I want to know that.
30:21You know,
30:22one and one.
30:23Ricardo Williams,
30:25sensational.
30:26Great hand speed,
30:27great technician,
30:29very seasoned.
30:30No negatives there.
30:32Jermaine Taylor,
30:33excellent,
30:34excellent,
30:34excellent.
30:35Excellent punching power.
30:37I said in the fight,
30:38he throws his jab,
30:39he drops his right hand.
30:40That needs a little bit
30:41of work.
30:42Going to the body
30:43a little bit early
30:44in a fight,
30:45he can utilize that.
30:46But like I said,
30:47you got to remember
30:47one thing,
30:48friend,
30:48they're both still
30:49very early
30:50in their careers.
30:51There's a lot of room
30:52for mistakes right now,
30:54but a lot of room
30:55for correction also.
30:56So,
30:56you know,
30:57it's early in their careers.
30:58Let's see how they progress
30:59in the future.
31:00Okay,
31:00there was one more member
31:01of the U.S. 2000 Olympic
31:02boxing team
31:03that was on the fight card
31:05but was on before
31:06a telecast.
31:07That was bronze medalist
31:08Clarence Vincent.
31:09And Vincent
31:11taking on
31:12Oscar Martinez.
31:15Vincent also
31:17had an impressive showing.
31:21Vincent came through
31:22firing several power shots
31:24both the head
31:25and the body
31:26and the body
31:26as he enjoyed
31:27the reach advantage
31:27even though he was
31:28a shorter fighter
31:29over Martinez.
31:30And there you saw
31:31the right hand
31:31landing flush
31:33dropping
31:35Martinez.
31:37Clarence Vincent
31:37improving to 4-0
31:39as a professional fighter.
31:43Well,
31:44the way I see it,
31:44Clarence Vincent
31:45definitely has impressed us
31:47now for the first fight
31:48when he got booed
31:49at the Garden.
31:49I mean,
31:50the Garden,
31:50a lot of people said
31:51to, you know,
31:52to showy,
31:52to showboaty
31:53and tonight,
31:54he showed tonight
31:55that he's quieted down,
31:57he's settled down,
31:58he gets a knockdown.
31:59You can tell too
31:59that he definitely
32:00had something to prove.
32:01He was sitting down
32:02definitely on his punches.
32:04All right,
32:05let's end it now.
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32:57taking on
32:57Enrique Sanchez.
32:58Also that night,
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33:01goes up against
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33:10taking on
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33:12in a battle
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33:14middleweight championship
33:14of the world.
33:16And September 22nd,
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33:18boxing is back
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33:20and Shibata Flores
33:22facing off
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33:54Earlier this evening,
33:55you saw heavyweight
33:56Michael Bennett
33:57avenging his
33:58one-round loss
33:59to Wes Taylor
33:59with a one-round victory
34:01of his own.
34:01The fight stopping
34:02at 1 minute
34:03and 13 seconds
34:04of the first round.
34:06Also in a junior
34:06walk-to-weight battle,
34:08Ricardo Williams
34:09looked very poised
34:10against Rodney Jones,
34:12scoring two knockdowns.
34:13The fight stopping
34:14in the third round.
34:16And hometown hero
34:17Jermaine Taylor
34:18going five rounds
34:20against
34:21Ephraim Garcia,
34:23also earning
34:24a technical knockout
34:25at the 1 minute
34:26and 25 second mark
34:27of the fifth round.
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34:54Associate directors,
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34:56and Mike Whalen.
34:57Assistant to the producer,
34:59Apteen Motia.
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