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00:06famous oscars and sports oscar robertson the big old 12-time nba all-star and hall of famer
00:18oscar de la hoya's big fight night is what we're calling this here
00:22in southeastern connecticut at the world's largest casino as we get set for what will be
00:28some outstanding boxing upcoming and those of you who'd like to participate you can by way of
00:33internet scoring www.foxsports.com as we get set for what really should be an outstanding match
00:42hopefully to match that which we saw in the first match between butterbean and cowboy bill leaden
00:47james brown gil clancy and of course oscar de la hoya and there is marianne almaguerre and she is
00:55some kind of fighter former women's international boxing federation super welterweight champion
01:02tough as nails and she is looking forward to this as a stepping stone to christy martin meanwhile
01:07she's got a mighty big stepping stone in the person of lucia reicher former world kickboxing champion
01:14christy martin may have be gotten most of the publicity but lucia reicher folks you've got to
01:20take a look at her she's one of the meanest fighters i've ever turned i mean if she hurt you
01:26she'll finish it
01:32women are not supposed to do this but i can use for you
01:37as a former kickboxer lucia reicher won three world titles her only loss in 39 fights came incredibly
01:44against the man on top of the world the native of holland traded it all in four years ago and
01:50moved
01:50to los angeles seeking a new opportunity boxing it into me it's in me it's in in my body i
01:56like the
01:57challenge the challenge challenging myself and the only way for me to really challenge myself is in there
02:02in the ring lucia has been a quick study under trainer freddie roach mowing down her first nine
02:07opponents eight by knockout she has great footwork she can move she can punch she's a complete fighter
02:17she can do it all super lightweight champion of the world lucia reicher her pugilistic prowess has spurred
02:27interest in a showdown with self-proclaimed women's pound-for-pound champion christy martin yes there has
02:34been an offer of 1.5 million dollars for us to split wait a minute she doesn't have half the
02:41drawing
02:41power that i have i'm the one that's going to sell the tickets it's my name she needs me to
02:46give herself
02:47credibility i don't care the winner takes it all she really believes she's the one let's fight for it
02:53i really don't care the money's not important that fight is important i don't see christy martin
02:58being too much of a problem for lucia to be honest with you um is christy martin ready for lucia
03:03reicher is the question she thinks she has everything and she's the one and she comes all the
03:08pr and dotted up how long is she gonna sit on that throne a real queen will stand up and
03:13defend her crown
03:20lucia reicher came here to the u.s four years ago for a vacation decided to spend a lifetime here
03:28and she has moved on from the world of kickboxing to now boxing as we rejoin you here now ringside
03:33and
03:33this really ought to be a match between two very impressive women talk first about marianne almaguerre
03:40well very impressive uh from marianne almaguerre which is uh she's been a pro for about six years
03:45now and uh she's been inactive for about a year but i feel that uh with this fight here tonight
03:50against lucia reicher she's she trained hard she's great in great shape physically mentally she's ready
03:55for this fight tonight ready to give the fans a great show and one of the biggest challenges for
04:00marianne was getting down to weight because she has fought as high as 190. gill i've heard you
04:06talk about an awful lot of boxers in my day but you really gave an awful lot of praise to
04:11lucia reicher
04:11i i think that lucia reicher is the best woman boxer in the world i mean she has it all
04:17those all the
04:18combinations does everything strong as a bull but she's in he's in with a question mark she's in with
04:24somebody's in a higher weight class and a southpaw despite the fact that her opponent has been away
04:30a year this could be a tough fight could be two challenging points indeed gillers you take a look
04:36at the tail of the team well again the weights are just about the same but almaguerre had trouble
04:41making the weight i guarantee she weighs 148 149 right now lucia reicher is the wibf champion
04:50and for this bout no standing eight count no three knockdown rule and again only the referee can stop
04:55the fight neither fighter can be saved by the bell in any round and the headbutt rule again in effect
05:03and let's check in now with michael buffer
05:07and now ladies and gentlemen top rank incorporated along with budweiser present
05:12six two-minute rounds ladies boxing super lightweight division the judges will remain the same
05:19and when the bell rings your referee will be steve smoger introducing first fighting out of the red
05:26corner wearing blue trimmed with white her weight 140 pounds her professional record nine victories seven
05:34by knockout with only one loss from midland texas here is marianne gorgeous
05:40and her opponent across the ring fighting out of the blue corner she's wearing black
05:51trimmed with red weighing in at 139 pounds her professional record a perfect nine and oh including
05:59eight knockouts she currently holds a world title title not on the line tonight ladies and gentlemen
06:06from los angeles california here is the undefeated world super lightweight champion
06:18ladies
06:18ladies you were giving instructions at the way and i want you to obey my commands at all times
06:26respect the dog at all times and above all protect yourself at all times touch gloves god bless
06:34sean i know you've seen some good action in your years your thoughts about this one
06:40in the corner of marianne almaguer her brother adam tells me they're still going to box from the outside
06:45the reason they want to do that is they want to show that vexing southpaw stance although i think
06:50lucia reicher is going to come out on top in this fight but i tell you that fellas this could
06:55be a
06:55strange time for lucia reicher she has never faced a southpaw all right sean thank you very much and
07:02gill you said this is a match that you probably would not have made for lucia reicher her first effort
07:07on national tv well right good is coming out exactly the way i would expect her to come out very
07:14very
07:14busy and throwing punches she nailed she nailed down and go with a straight right hand already
07:20and a reminder these are two minute rounds and lucia reicher very technically sound and sharp not
07:27many weaknesses at all and a lot coming from her experience as a kickboxer good shot let her out
07:32let her out push off interestingly lucia didn't find out that she was fighting the southpaw until a week
07:39ago well i don't feel it's going to create problems for lucia because look at her footwork she's on her
07:44toes she's using that right hand lead which is very impressive coming from lucia reicher yes indeed
07:52impressive was that left foot flush on the chin four a million out again five six and it wobbled her
08:01hey she's here at the top webs play is over so it is over first round by lucia reicher and
08:09we were
08:10concerned whether or not finding out a week ago that she was fighting a southpaw would be problematic
08:16and one who was accustomed to fighting heavier but gill you said the best woman fighter in the world
08:22absolutely that's the way i feel about it i think she could probably beat a lot of men right now
08:27she thought does everything those perfect combinations good balance what are you making
08:32faces at i'm just sure i'm happy that she's not in my weight class because this is a tough woman
08:37let me
08:38tell you she can really she can really bad but you know she did exactly the right thing her opponent
08:43her opponent was out of action for a year she jumped right on it didn't give her a chance to
08:48get started
08:48speaking of jumping right on again as you take us back through the replays here again
08:53so impressive with how excellent a tactician and technician she was in executing beautiful left
09:01hook that she will be connecting girl well that's her best point that short little left hook when she
09:05goes back with it but every punch has leverage on it as she's really really bangs you and hurts you
09:13with just about anything she thought there's that short left hook and the fight's over
09:18remember when you fight her keep your right hand up you understand that well oscar's already said he
09:27would not get in with her indeed well not much doubt about this one but let's go up ringside to
09:33michael buffett
09:41ladies and gentlemen referee steve smoger calls a halt to the bout the official time one minute three
09:48seconds of round number one the winner by knockout victory still undefeated still considered to be
09:54pound for pound the best in the world among the ladies she is the undefeated lucia riker
10:08the deal and oscar apparent why lucia riker says hey let's do it winner take all with christy martin
10:15i'll give her the 1.5 million if in fact she can take me this is tough company indeed and
10:21she's
10:21standing by with sean o'grady million dollars for christy and me the winner takes it all just told me
10:26very shy and unassuming lucia riker you know what you looked as surprised as anyone when you caught
10:32her with that left hook in the first round why i have no idea they all told me the left
10:36hook is
10:36going to work i had problems in my training with the southpaw that is your your favorite weapon i
10:42didn't want to tell you i didn't want to tell you in the interview because i thought you're going to
10:44tell her oh i would never tell her we found out two weeks before it was a southpaw so i
10:48didn't
10:48change the plans i would never tell her but you know that you never know you know you maybe you
10:53want to just you know to you know fire up a little bit you never know so i didn't tell
10:57anyone
10:57but when did you know when did you know you had her i didn't know i thought because you know
11:02i
11:03know she's tough i thought she's going to get up and we're just going to continue did she i'm going
11:07to win a point i'm going to be really fast after the side i'm not going to look for a
11:11knockout and
11:12then but did you expect her to come at you like that she was undaunted i didn't expect anything just
11:18i thought i only think of what i'm going to do one two three after the side light on my
11:23toes because
11:23she's big she blew up like 10 pounds i think yeah after the way and yeah she well she was
11:28was a bit bigger than you in this fight what does this fight do what does this wind do for
11:33you
11:33this one makes me really happy yeah you mentioned earlier you want christy martin how real will that
11:39is that fight how real bob just told me one million dollar to win to take it off christy come
11:44on baby
11:44we gotta do this how long are you gonna wait for me until you're old and crippled come on you
11:49gotta do
11:49this all right lucia reicher wants christy martin but uh she gets a nice victory tonight an early
11:56knockout jb lucia not only understands the art of boxing but the art of hype as well don't go away
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