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William Joppy defends the WBA Middleweight Title against Julio Cesar Green on Showtime PPV from Madison Square Garden in NYC.
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00:36business out of the way let's get to the fights first up the WBA middleweight
00:40championship undefeated William Jaffe making his third title defense against
00:44Julio Cesar Green from New York by way of Santo Domingo the Dominican Republic
00:50originally tonight unbeaten Lonnie Bradley out of Harlem New York was
00:54scheduled to make his seventh defense of the WBO middleweight title but while
00:57training he suffered a torn retina injury so WBA middleweight champion
01:02William Jaffe steps in as a late replacement as he takes over for
01:06Bradley against Julio Cesar Green we'll see what effect if any that has on
01:10Jaffe and Green and as we turn back to the fight doctor pretty down through
01:15history so many great names from the middleweight division but all of a
01:19sudden a dearth of named talent at 160 what's happened here yeah the decade
01:23started wonderfully in the 40s with Sugar Ray Robson couldn't get better than that an
01:27incredible mixture of great names in the 50s all fighting each other you know
01:32Rocky Graciano Tony Dale all those guys and then came the great era that we just
01:37went through in the last two or three decades where we had Emil Griffin
01:40Monzon Sugar Ray Leonard Hearns Hagler Durant
01:44magnificent fighters we stumbled into the 90s with no one except Roy Jones Jr and he
01:50promptly ate his way out of the division I think we're just getting bigger and and the
01:56fighters are mistakenly getting into light heavyweight I say mistakenly because
02:00there's no money there there's no interest as a middleweight Roy Jones could have
02:04dominated and been a legend whereas he's going nowhere as a lightweight and light
02:09heavyweight and a cruiserweight so basically I don't know where the
02:13middleweights are hiding but they better come out because there's a lot of money
02:17to be made as a middleweight champion all right Ferdy back to Bobby Chez is
02:21William Joppy the savior is he the man to clean up the middleweight division and
02:25unify the title well Steve if you listen to me certainly at least a verbal savior in
02:29the middleweight division he wants to fight often and he wants to fight the best he
02:32claims that he will go to their hometowns and fight all the champions well there's
02:35another man by the name of Bernard Hopkins we'd love to spoil his plans
02:38Hopkins and Joppy right now are one and two or two and one depending on how you
02:42look at it the winner of that fight but very well and should very well unify this
02:46division and make it a one-man game well Julio Cesar Green says to Mr. Joppy you're
02:51gonna have to go through me if you have any ideas or thoughts of unifying the
02:55middleweight championship and with that let us take a look at the challenger Julio Cesar
03:01Green having the home crowd advantage although born of the Dominican Republic now lives in
03:05Jamaica Queens says he expects strong vocal Dominican support from around the city former
03:11NABF middleweight champ his second shot at a world title the first in 95 lost to Carl
03:16Daniels by decision for the WBA junior middleweight title he's 11-0 in New York but up until 13
03:23days ago he was preparing for Lonnie Bradley of Harlem for the WBO title but Bradley a late scratch due
03:29to
03:29the eye injury green says the change makes no difference and the champion William Joppy who
03:35took this fight on less than two weeks notice undefeated in 25 pro fights his third title defense
03:40off a close unanimous decision over a game number one contender peter bonancio in may won the belt in
03:46june of 96 with a ninth round tko over shinji takahara in japan his first defense over ray mcelroy
03:53the first fight long blemish in 95 a draw with rodney tony very busy very exciting fighter we'll see what
04:00happens here tonight let's go to the figures and check the tail of the tape green four years older
04:06than joppy and that is the biggest disparity pretty even after that the exact same height and a slight reach
04:14advantage for three and the rules as sanctioned by the WBA for this championship fight some of the key items
04:22there is no standing eight count three knockdown rule is in effect the fighter cannot be saved
04:29by the bell except in the last round if an accidental foul occurs before the end of the sixth round
04:34it's a
04:34technical draw if it happens after the end of the sixth they go to the scorecard
04:39so here at madison square garden we're set to go ready for the wba middleweight championship
04:44william joppy versus julio cesar green let's get the introductions from our ring announcer jimmy lennon jr
04:55ladies and gentlemen a very good evening to you and we welcome you to the mecca of boxing
05:01madison square garden in new york city well fans we do have a big night of action coming away it's
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05:20madison square garden and the saint ides family of brands at this time we present about sanctioned by
05:28the world boxing association the president elberto mendoza supervisor victor ague along with the new
05:36york state athletic commission the chairman is floyd patterson introducing to you our judges scoring
05:42this bout from ringside rafael carabano gonzalo riveras and steve weisfeld introducing our referee in
05:52charge of this bout we have wayne kelly white fans here we go with the wba middleweight championship of
06:01the world scheduled for 12 rounds of boxing introducing first the challenger on my right
06:07fighting out of the blue corner entering the ring wearing green trunks with gold trim originally from
06:14santo domingo in the dominican republic now fighting out of new york city he weighed in at already 159
06:24pounds his record stands at 21 wins two losses 15 wins coming by way of knockout here is the wba
06:33number
06:33four rank middleweight contender introducing julio cesar green
06:45and his opponent across the ring the defending world champion on my left fighting out of the red
06:51corner wearing black trunks with white trim hailing from lincoln park maryland he weighed in at the
06:58middleweight limit of 160 pounds even with a fine record of 24 wins no losses one draw he has 19
07:08wins
07:08coming by way of knockout tonight he is making the third defensivist title introducing the undefeated
07:16wba middleweight champion of the world william juffy jr
07:28and once again a referee in charge wayne kelly now to give instructions
07:35william
07:47all right william julio we're boxing
07:51under the rules of the wba for the middleweight championship of the world
08:07the emphatic words of wayne kelly william joppy generally starts out fast and comes straight in he
08:14can boxer brawl fights with a lot of confidence watch for his right hand
08:19and julio cesar green solid thick muscular nothing flashy no nonsense
08:25in contrast to joppy he usually starts out in deliberate fashion very patient picks his spots
08:30waits for his opportunities good the technician but does have power in both hands here we go round
08:36one scheduled for 12 for the wba middleweight championship joppy the champion of the black trunks
08:40and green the challenger of the green green is going to come right at him
08:47if that interview we did yesterday in the morning has anything to do with it what you're going to see
08:51is the one-sided assault because joppy was very cool and kind of day at the office got and this
08:57other
08:57guy says i'll knock him out inside of two like i did 14 other guys so let's see what he
09:02does if he's all
09:02talk or did he really come out to fight joppy said if this thing goes to a decision he'll quit
09:08he said he'll try not to get into a slugfest he'll box he'll dictate mix it up dance and box
09:14now joppy can move from the outside he can box he can counter box and he can quit get on
09:18the inside
09:18and levy some heavy weight green says if this goes to a decision joppy will never fight again because
09:24he'll be so beaten up that's that's an original viewpoint that's the first time i've ever heard that
09:29one yeah both very opinionated both very outspoken and both very confident green was nonchalant in
09:37his meeting with us yesterday not impressed with joppy the champion he said he's strong the first three
09:42rounds we'll see how he holds up after that i'll come right out of my fought boxers with better
09:47records he says he'll be surprised he also said job he wasn't classy shunning him at the press conference
09:52well job he's already smiling and having his way if green goes back and continues backing up i cannot win
09:58this fight he's not going to win the fight going back he has to be coming forward and throwing his
10:01shots keep him up his referee wayne kelly to the challenger green green's third fight at the garden
10:08the biggest under the leonard norris fight in 1991 nice right hand nice grip right hand by julio by green
10:18some people think that if there's uh one fight on this five fight marathon car that has a chance of
10:25being an upset it could be this one we'll see well green has some power and he's mean and he's
10:30usually
10:30in shape and comes to fight job he took this last minute so there are some questions there but joppy
10:34clearly right now is a better boxer beautiful counter right here well he's backhand shots by uh william
10:41jobby almost taunting green who powers to the body another keep him up that's the second warning both those
10:48were kind of at the belt line i don't think he better start that too soon or else he's going
10:52to have to
10:53start disqualifying people are taking points away that's too soon nice defense by choppy battling off
11:00those jabs by green green says the change of opponents from bradley to joppy will have no effect
11:07he says we're all fighters we all have two hands two legs job he's just another fighter
11:14under 20 seconds of round one nice right hand by joppy good counter right hand by green and another
11:22green took that extent a nice nice first combination following his right hand
11:27the crowd behind green from the dominican republic now listen jamaica queens as we head for the belt
11:34uh
11:42the northern hand
11:44the northern hand
11:49No, we got him.
11:52Rubber.
12:06Stretch your leg out. Stretch your leg out.
12:10Basically, Joppy and Green at the end of the round.
12:12A right hand by Joppy, and a right hand by Green.
12:14Tit for tat. One right back.
12:15And that's the way it's got to work.
12:17You get hit with a punch and roll and you count it.
12:19The thing is, he kept fighting.
12:21Do you see that?
12:22That's exactly correct, Ferdy.
12:23Oh, man, that's what made his round.
12:25He followed it up.
12:27He followed it up.
12:27I think Joppy's starting to wake up, you know, like saying,
12:30wait a minute, wait a minute.
12:31This isn't going to be so easy.
12:33I mean, he was boxing like he was doing nothing but a little gym workout,
12:36and all of a sudden he finds himself in a little fight here.
12:39Round two, this Madison Square Garden crowd certainly comes alive
12:43whenever Julio Cesar Green connects.
12:47Well, he's a local fighter now.
12:49Don't forget, he's fought a lot here.
12:51He's a strong kid.
12:52Looks like he's got a little cut under his left eye.
12:55Hard to tell, but I saw a little, either it's very red and ugly or it's a little tiny cut.
12:59Yeah, at the end of that last round, he got hit and it blew up just almost without one punch.
13:04But it's just, I don't think it's a cut as much, Bobby, as it is about to be a cut.
13:08It's nice and red on Bobby.
13:10The crowd chanting for Green, who just ate one.
13:13A right hook by Joppy, who has very fast hands and loves to unleash combinations.
13:19I agree with Bobby.
13:21He can't go back with this guy.
13:22He's got to establish himself.
13:23He's got to start coming forward like he's doing right there.
13:26Put a stop.
13:27Slip jab in.
13:28Go after him.
13:28There you go.
13:30The Green is strong.
13:31He's got some power.
13:31He's going to get Joppy's attention on a good left hook.
13:34Almost everything behind the jab from Green.
13:36Quick, stiff shotgun jab.
13:38Works the body and head.
13:39And as mentioned, has power in both hands.
13:42Then he doesn't leave.
13:43He goes on with his combination, which is what I like.
13:45I mean, one punch and gone is no good.
13:48There you go.
13:49There you go.
13:49Beautiful right hand left hook to the body.
13:51Digging into the midsection.
13:53Green, 21 and 2 with 15 knockouts.
13:55Joppy undefeated.
13:5624 on 1 with 19 KOs.
13:58His third title defense.
14:00See, Joppy too is deceivingly cute with some of those little jabs.
14:03He's little stuff, stuff, little stuff, stuff.
14:04Doesn't look like much in any.
14:05He hit with a right hand and a left hook before you know it.
14:08Joppy's very cute.
14:12There you go.
14:12That's smacking.
14:13There it is.
14:14Right by Mr. Joppy.
14:15That little jab jab in the right hand left hook.
14:17There it is again.
14:17Joppy combination opening up with a barrage, but the green withstands.
14:22And then there's a lot of bobbing and weaving.
14:24But he got hit.
14:24He got peppered by some great shots by the champion Joppy.
14:27But you see a couple of those little tap tap jabs.
14:31They're not only range finders besides point getters, but they set it up.
14:35Pick your hands up.
14:35You got a hand in your face.
14:36Next thing you know, you got two big hands.
14:38A heavy right hook there by Green, but partially blocked by the arm of Joppy.
14:44Joppy being cautioned by referee Wayne Kelly for the backhand.
14:48A little drop of blood under that left eye and it's getting swollen.
14:52It looks like it may quote.
14:54Under the eye of the green.
14:57Oh, oh, look at this.
14:58Off the left hook.
15:00A countering shot by Green and down goes Joppy.
15:02Joppy goes down for the first time in his career pro amateur.
15:06Seven, eight, seven, eight.
15:07He got Cook coming in, Steven.
15:09A counter left hook.
15:10Perfect timing.
15:11Green floored him.
15:13And he said he was going to do this inside of two.
15:16He certainly got the knock down inside of two.
15:19Fifteen seconds left in the second.
15:23William Joppy going to the deck for the first time in his career.
15:28Yeah, this is 26th professional fight.
15:33Joppy trying to shake it off as the belt's out.
15:37Wow.
15:37Wow.
15:40What a surprise.
15:43Here we come.
15:44Okay.
15:45The damage is gone.
15:46The damage is done.
15:48And this, uh, picking up with that right hand, man.
15:51Okay.
15:53I'm showing you're feeling better right now.
15:55Ah, let's take a look at what happened to the champion coming in,
15:59looking like he was doing all right,
16:01and a left hook catches him,
16:02and he's having a hard time getting up, Bobby.
16:04Well, you can see his balance clearly wasn't there.
16:06Joppy's leaning.
16:07He's leaning.
16:08And, bang, the hook hits him.
16:09His feet got together, he got sideways,
16:10And he got hit with the hook and pushed him right to the seat of his pants, but it was
16:13a good clean look
16:14Let's take another look at it as he threw he got hit and he's out of balances by his body
16:19His hip is solid. He can't get up right and he is lucky to have weathered that round
16:27William Joppy down 224 is around two from a left hook right on the nose
16:33And not to cloak, but what did we say at the start exactly what I was gonna say
16:37We said if there was one fight, there could be a surprise at this one because Joppy is so
16:42Lackadaisical about what he's got and the other kid is so determined
16:45This is gonna be a very important round for both the challenger and the champion whoa the challenge you can
16:49establish himself here
16:50And win the round. Look at green green coming on strong here in the third round after knocking Joppy down
16:56in the second
16:57The crowd comes alive. He's taking the shot Steve
16:59That's what he's supposed to do. He's supposed to test how much he hurt the champion
17:02See what he has left see if he can push the momentum completely his way green try to derail the
17:07unification
17:07Hopes of William Joppy here. Joppy's punching a hard jab now
17:11That's no pity Pat that he was doing before that's no range fighter. That's a destructor. There he goes
17:18Last-minute fight for William Joppy we point out not really knowing
17:22Julio Cesar green but by the same token green was training for Bradley
17:26And now here comes Joppy head down goes green
17:29Beautiful right hand by Joppy to the temple of green. I don't think he saw it
17:3310
17:347
17:368
17:37Looks over to his corner acknowledges that he's okay 54 seconds in came the knockdown so two knockdowns
17:43In the fight keeps going down
17:46And things really opening up a great right by William Joppy and that's connected combination by Joppy
17:52Joppy's a lot more accurate. He's got a lot more time
17:54Green's in trouble. Green's in big trouble Steve
17:57Joppy could finish him off right here in the third round
18:02Green's ready to go
18:04Down for the second time
18:08Gets up quickly. He's out Steve. He's out on his feet. He's gonna let him go
18:13But I'll tell you what he is out on his feet
18:15You feel alright?
18:17He really is
18:18He didn't answer
18:21He's got a long way to go a minute 12 and counting
18:25Down twice here in the third
18:26See green has got too much pride
18:28He's not holding on and he's gonna get his clock clean right here
18:31Too many punches lately clean. He's not holding on
18:34Don't forget the three knockdown rule
18:36Step back
18:36Let him go
18:40The three knockdown rule is in effect here the WBA one more and green is automatically through
18:4745 seconds left in the round Steve
18:49Joppy just needs one more clean combination
18:51Joppy and it could be coming up
18:53There's a straight right hand to the face
18:56Of green and what is holding him up?
18:59A left upper cut by Joppy
19:01Green in all kinds of trouble
19:03Ready to go again for the third time
19:05I'll tell you what the referee's taking a close look
19:07And this is just about over
19:09The ropes are holding green up
19:10Wayne Kelly
19:12Looking in vertical
19:13Oh look at this back comes green
19:15A big right hand by green
19:17A haymaker by green
19:18What a comeback
19:19What a chin, what a heart
19:2110 seconds left in the third
19:25What a recovery by
19:27A courageous Julio Cesar green
19:31And he's gonna make it through the round
19:33Oh
19:33Wow, what a round
19:37What a round
19:45Look at this
19:45Come on, this is jam
19:48Don't get in and look like it
19:49Ram up, okay
19:51Ram up, okay
19:51Ram up
19:52Come on, this is this way
19:53You got to come out of here
19:57Come on
19:58Come on
20:00Come on
20:01Come on
20:02Come on
20:02Come on
20:02Come on
20:02Come on
20:02Come on
20:02Give me a leg
20:03Give me a leg
20:03Give me a leg
20:04Give me a leg
20:05Give me a leg
20:06Okay
20:10Here's the first knockdown
20:11You watch Julio Cesar green
20:13He gets hit with a right hand on the temple
20:15And down he goes
20:16He was hurt right away
20:17That was high up on the temple
20:18Over his ear
20:19And then
20:21Trying to finish him off
20:22There was there was a series of blows
20:24As you're seeing
20:25Any one of which should have knocked him out
20:27Got into a second round knockdown
20:30But then he came back
20:32And that was amazing
20:34Green came back
20:36Ferdy I scored that round 10 to 7
20:38Because it was so dominated by Joppy
20:40But I'll tell you
20:41This fight is anybody's fight right now
20:43I'll tell you why I made it 10 to 8
20:44Because Joppy got in trouble at the end of the round
20:46I had a 10 to 7
20:48But at the end of the round
20:49He got in trouble
20:50That knocked the point off for me
20:51Made it 10 a
20:54Round 4
20:54Which makes it green ahead
20:5628-27
20:58But
20:58But Joppy
21:00Definitely
21:01On a different
21:02Killer mode
21:04I have a 28-26 for Joppy
21:06I gave Joppy the first round
21:07By a little bit
21:07He lost his second by 2
21:09And won the third by 3
21:11This is where the scoring gets interesting
21:13Let's see how green reacts
21:16After being floored 2 times
21:19Within 1 of a disqualification
21:21In that last round
21:22Here's the online scoring
21:23Through 3
21:24Joppy 2
21:25And green 1
21:26That's how I have it
21:29The fans at home
21:30Participating down goes
21:31Green
21:32But it's a slip
21:33He's exhausted
21:34He's exhausted
21:35He is exhausted
21:35He's taken some kind of beating
21:37That took a lot of starts
21:38Out of green
21:39I think that was just bad
21:42Putting I'm not sure the
21:43Exhaustion factor said
21:44And yet the hurt factor
21:45Has gone back and forth a few times
21:48A game
21:49A game
21:50Julio Cesar green
21:53Already the crowd's favorite
21:54But winning over other fans in the crowd as well with his heart
21:59Able with Stan
22:01Tremendous punishment here
22:09And unsurprisingly
22:11The action
22:12Leading up just for a second
22:14Now green picks up the pace
22:16Green dancing around
22:19Here's the left half
22:20Followed by the combination by Joppy
22:21But not getting much there
22:23I'm surprised Joppy hadn't jumped on top of him
22:25Having him hurt as badly as he did that last time
22:29You know the fight has settled down so much after the last round
22:31That the crowd itself is almost falling to sleep
22:33It's amazing
22:35We approach the final minute of round four
22:38After an electrifying third round
22:40Well it's almost as if they've forgiven one round
22:43Say hey you guys had it so hard that last round
22:45Take a round off
22:46Give us a chance to breathe over here
22:49The crowd resting their voices
22:52Joppy's boxing smart now
22:53He has a lot of energy in that last round
22:55And again he took this fight on short notice
22:58Whether he's in shape or wasn't
22:59There's a lot of energy
23:00You remember it was green's contention
23:03That if you went past three
23:04He wouldn't be in shape to take him
23:07And of course he had no way anticipating
23:09What that third round hell was going to be like
23:15That hook that pushes Joppy back
23:17But he blocked it with his arm
23:20Interesting round to the judge
23:23One guy's chasing doing all the chasing
23:25The other guy's picking and popping doing a run
23:27Another slip by Julio Cesar green
23:30No snow knockdown
23:31Same exact quench
23:32A swinging wild low left hook
23:33He just keeps losing his footing
23:35Interestingly green is not rated by the WBA
23:38He's number three by the WBO
23:39And he gets this championship fight
23:45Now the politics of boxing again
23:49Well if Joppy can get by green he hopes to begin his unification process of the middleweight title
23:57Joppy currently the WBA middleweight champ
24:01The WBC champ is his fellow Maryland product and arch rival Keith Holmes
24:06The IVF champ is Bernard the executioner Hopkins
24:09WBO the man who was supposed to be here tonight
24:13You're not jobbing
24:14Step away because of an injury
24:16Lonnie Bradley and there you get a look
24:17At the middleweight champions of the world
24:19Not exactly murderers row Bernie
24:21No no not not big
24:23Lonnie Bradley's kind of out of it now
24:25Because the retina he'll be out for about a year
24:27Maybe not murderers row
24:28But one of them is called the execution
24:29Yeah
24:30His hands are always out on that one
24:32Try baby okay
24:34Let's see if green has gotten some of that gasoline back in the tank
24:46And here we go into round five
24:50In round two Joppy went down from a left hook
24:53Right of the nose round three green down twice
24:56Now this corner said what happened to the jab to green
24:59He said put it in there hard
25:02You can't put a hard jab in where the guy's running as hard as the Joppy is
25:06He won't find him
25:10Nice stiff jab by green answering back from Joppy's jab
25:14Joppy's bippin
25:15He's just
25:17He seems
25:19Satisfied to not try to inflict big punishment here
25:22He's boxing he's relaxing
25:25Combination upstairs and then to the body by green impressively
25:28He got caught with a little right hand in the middle of that
25:31Onslaught too by Joppy but nothing real serious land near either way
25:39Green had been down only once in his career prior to the two knockdowns tonight
25:43He was put down by Carl Daniels he lost by decision
25:47Joppy down for the first time in his career
25:49Joppy down for the first time in his career
25:55Body shot hard body shots by green
25:58Yeah
26:00Watch those kidney punches says queen cut to green
26:10Things once again settling down
26:12No Joppy in the interview said he could slug but rather not
26:15He doesn't choose to do that
26:16And we saw that he could slug but he also saw that he can be put on the floor
26:22Maybe that's why he doesn't choose to slug
26:24Well he's boxing a lot smarter now but pace has slowed a lot
26:28It's very even one big flurry here by either fight or one big
26:31Combination of rush could win the round
26:33We had such a furious pace for that third round everything else
26:37Seems so slow in comparison
26:39Well it seems like it's in Joppy's hands
26:41He was in much better shape
26:42He gave the beating
26:43Didn't take the beating
26:44And yet he's the one that's throwing things down
26:48Joppy claiming he was fun
26:53Now both back to the boxing
26:56Nice combination to the body by Joppy but not real clean
26:59Beautiful right here
27:00Beautiful shot by William Joppy a straight right to the head
27:03That could be blocked by green but green comes back
27:05And another right hand by Joppy he's got a he's got a face
27:08He's got a place a home right hand
27:12Now he's backing green up
27:14And has him on the retreat
27:17Green looking fatigued right now
27:20Green looked at his corner for instructions
27:22Usually that's not too good of an idea
27:29Green looking for a second win
27:31No punch
27:36Final seconds of round five
27:41A lot of swelling under the left eye free
27:45Not much action there to pick from
27:51Stay careful now okay
27:52Just watch he's desperate
27:54This guy's desperate okay
27:55Every time you jab you put your here back
27:58Be careful
27:59Hey stay on the other side
28:00Check out him
28:01Check out him
28:02Make it your ring
28:07Make it your ring okay
28:08You're looking good
28:09You're looking good
28:12Round six there
28:13Round six win every round
28:16Keep pecking at him baby
28:17Keep winning the round
28:18Make sure you're out of his way okay
28:20Get out of this guy's way
28:21That's the second
28:22Pick in the round
28:22Get out of this guy
28:23and get out of this guy
28:23That's a great
28:28Get out of this guy
28:30Can he get out of this guy
28:32for tomorrow
28:32Kenny Blackmore
28:33The Chiefs second
28:33We're on the floor
28:35And we go
28:36And we get out of this guy
28:38And that job
28:50corner audio Cesar green has the venerable Eddie Mahfuz in his corner as well pretty good experience
28:58in both corners as we enter it around six to pace slowing a bit but as mentioned you'd expect that
29:03after all the action rounds two and three well you heard his corner very satisfied in what he's
29:08doing they keep these one both rounds just biffin and bopping the round is yours so you know that's
29:14that's what he's doing that's a job he's doing with his corner till check the online score
29:19scoring once again from the fans viewing at home Joppy up four to one that's exactly how I have it
29:25gentlemen second round I gave the green the rest I've given a job I've got it four to two and
29:31either
29:32way Joppy is with it where how could you have it four to two with only five rounds this is
29:38the new
29:38man oh minute God by in round six raising right hand there by Julio Cesar green but not a counter
29:49by Joppy now Joppy peppering away again with that jab that's what they want him to do he's got an
29:54annoying jab he just keeps sticking in green's face just making green be aware of it and as soon as
29:58he
29:58disregards it he lowers the boom with that right hand also target practice under that left eye of green
30:03green which continues to swell up he comes back with the stiff left jab sticking to the body then upstairs
30:10powering away getting a few shots in beautiful left hook there right hand to the body left hook to the
30:15head
30:15he got Joppy's attention and then some we said at the outset this guy Julio Cesar green is a tough
30:24kid
30:30he had his moment and he has another couple moments like that he's on the way to take it
30:44minute remaining in round six scheduled for 12 for the WBA middleweight title this is when Joppy's more
30:52effective when he comes forward let's see another right hand we can get off a nice combination but
30:58then got countered Joppy's looking to set him up as he pushes green back you know he's looking for that
31:03big right hand Joppy's stalking green there he goes combination to the head and Green to answer those shots
31:16they're just getting through for he's almost at half speed he's not fighting with that frio that he had
31:21in those first three rounds he's got swelling under the left eye and a cut above the eye does green
31:32a wide left hook by green that really opened himself up he didn't have much honesty those kind of a
31:38token
31:39left hook to get a hand out there and the end of round six a leaping left hook by green
31:44that momentarily
31:46startled Joppy tell you that was a really close round to score yeah hard
31:55here at Madison Square Garden in New York the mecca of boxing
32:00we're gonna get up but I want to pass right there
32:04don't don't don't don't put the water here there okay okay okay
32:14who knew you got to be fucking the job
32:17coming up next and waiting patiently and very quietly back in her dressing room almost in a trance is
32:25Christy Martin as she gets ready for Atlanta's Israel Gegra Christy Martin who told us that she is going
32:32to try not to be as reckless as she has in the past and she'll try to box more use
32:37her technique
32:38rather than brawling stuff we'll see if that happens
32:44here we go
32:47round number seven I bet Mr. Joppy didn't expect this tough a night
32:55how about your unofficial scorecards at the halfway point
32:59I scored the last round even I have a 58 54 for the champion Joppy he's done the majority of
33:05the work
33:05he's boxed smart the two big knockdowns at a 10-7 round so it's going to be difficult for green
33:11to close
33:11the gap without more pressure I have 57 55 because I took that first round gave it to green and
33:17I didn't
33:17give him a 10-7 I gave him a 10-8 because he did a great deal of damage to
33:21Joppy as that round ended
33:22either way Joppy is ahead Joppy down for the first time in his career pro or amateur in the second
33:29round
33:31green tasting the canvas two times in round three had he gone down one more time and he was in
33:36trouble
33:37it would have been automatically called on the three knockdown rule but he hung in there
33:47the second and third rounds were frantic faces things have slowed down considerably since and
33:54Joppy in charge now he's taunting uh green just a bit you know it's clear job he does not want
34:01to
34:01get into the slugfest now he knows that's not going to help him and here we see holding and hitting
34:07while hitting in the back oh calling hitting him in the back one more says wayne kelly and i'll take
34:12a point away from you green
34:19that's a sign of desperation
34:23and it's not nice either
34:32well it continues to tail off ready Joppy's not making any friends he did this against peter
34:37bonazio the last time we saw him in nashville the crowd moved there and the crowd moves here
34:42you know what you have here guys this is what you have you have a man who builds up a
34:46lead and goes
34:46into prevent defense yep just like in the nfl or keep away when you're playing basketball just
34:51let the front of the clock out that's what he's doing he's doing the equivalent of running the clock
34:55explain that to the crowd well that i'd rather not do heavily hispanic crowd as you know ferdy and
35:02they want to see action that's too far to go to do that oh nice nice right hand oh that's
35:07a combination
35:08a left hook by julio cesar green gets the attention of joppy it was a right hand and a right
35:14hand left
35:14hook and joppy although he didn't wobble he knows he was hit and that maybe reaffirms why he's running
35:21around every time he stops still stands still and tries to get serious he gets clobbered green doing it in
35:27spurts
35:30he approached the final seconds of round seven and once again a green with a burst of energy
35:45well not anything to write home about folks at all
35:57you're looking good jock it's sucking in you know his blood get your wind together you okay
36:02baby give me a little water on here okay here it is one more wire give me a square let's
36:07take a look at
36:07this nice little combination by joppy these kind of things went around for you when you've been running
36:12around that's that's a combination by green and that was a very good let's take another look another look
36:18look at it on the inside you'll see green's trying he's trying job he's coming for trying to box keep
36:22him at bay with that jab he comes up on the inside ducks underneath comes up with the hook excuse
36:28me
36:28the right hand then the hook both of them landed very clean clearly he won that exchange and i thought
36:32it was more effective in the round
36:34come on what are we going to do baby
36:38well if joppy persists in running i don't think that's going to help much with the judges although
36:42you know he's getting his points and all that but if if if at the end of this
36:47green starts cranking up again and getting his second win and getting his look like that
36:52wild swinging a miss by not that i'll equate to 240 but i want to leave one three world titles
36:57going
36:57backwards oh yeah but he stopped and fought don't even think of equating this guy with i was careful
37:05picking your words very carefully as willio cesar green
37:09picks his spots carefully here a lot of head and shoulder movement all of a sudden to the boxing
37:15skills looking for his opening i think green's got to press the fight here maybe take a chance the
37:21job is a little more tired than he thinks press a little bit take a couple of shots gamble a
37:26little
37:26green had a terrific flurry with about 30 seconds left in the seventh round
37:32the referee's only talking to green how about talking to joppy a little bit i mean you know
37:36i thought those punches were all belt lining up i thought they were pretty clean myself
37:40left hook to the head by green that sent joppy back a step green kept saying the longer it goes
37:49the
37:49better it's going to be for me because i come on late and this guy doesn't well if it's true
37:53then we got a
37:54nice interesting evening to go combination to the head by william joppy almost a low blow there by
38:00green that wayne kelly didn't see it nice block with the arm by joppy but back comes green to the
38:05body but those punches are being blocked combination to the head by joppy
38:17halfway through round eight the action picking up just a bit but now joppy going back to the
38:24dancing now that much movement by joppy is very tiring a lot of pressure on the legs and come
38:29around eleven to twelve we'll see if those legs are still as spry as they are now he went to
38:3512 rounds
38:35in his last title defense against the brazilian bonazio his third title defense
38:45green relentlessly pursuing there he goes relentlessly pursuing a hook that just missed just grazed the cheekbone
39:06in his face working the eye he's doing some things effectively but there's no real power in anything
39:13in the way that's gonna be the job he's throwing right now
39:18happy with a modified shuffle there
39:21a little crisscross crowd growing impatient you hear the bluebirds
39:29great action of the second and third round when we saw the knockdowns but
39:33things
39:35Tapering up ever since final seconds of round eight
39:42Lose the target for three
39:46As you can see they're encouraging him to go ahead and just let it out
39:51Better to lose get knocked out than it is to just let it while away. So there's they're steaming them
39:57up
39:57Let's see if he can do it round 9 scheduled for 12 for the WBA middleweight championship
40:02Should we look for the pace to pick up this round? We'll see
40:07Well now he comes out dancing
40:11I think job is designed to the smart way to do this is out box green pick him apart with
40:15the jab if he can't work
40:16Yeah, I get the points and not worry about a slugfest
40:19Yeah, I think he was reminded of that in the third round that it's not going to be that easy
40:26Have you fight? He was first man wherever in the second clearly reminded him
40:29He went down to the second for the first time ever
40:33And then he put free down twice in the third
40:38Dream gave him some reminder to take back to the corner this ain't over
40:47And again choppy very elusive
40:51Slipping and sliding he moves very quickly and he hasn't had to bring cut off on him too much
40:56Screams kind of falling cuts it off from time to time but joppy he switches and changes directions very well
41:02Great reflexes fast hands by joppy
41:11It's displeasure here
41:13That is not the way to become a popular champion. I'll tell you that
41:18Right now it's not a popularity contest over joppy it's survival and keep the title certainly right now. That's important
41:24This is the way he thinks he can do it obviously so that's the way he's fighting
41:29When you come to the negotiating table and somebody pulls out a table is you can't ask for too much
41:34money
41:34Oh, and Julio Cesar green
41:37With some offense there a combination to the body and head
41:42But back comes joppy keeping green at bay with that effective jab
42:01First offensive action by joppy where he looked like he cleansed his teeth and let it go
42:07It did not affect green
42:09Joppy's only blemish in 25 fights in 95 a draw against rodney tony for the vacant nabf middleweight title
42:17Even as ugly as some of these rounds are joppy's putting most of them in the bank one or two
42:21green pulls away
42:22But joppy's more effective with the jabs a little combination. Green is not really hitting anything once in a while
42:27a shot gets through
42:32Green on a search-and-destroy mission here, but getting nowhere against the defensive tactics of joppy
42:43Joppy doing some kind of nasty
42:45Well, the hot dog
42:55Taunting continue
42:59Joppy another nice left hook by joppy
43:02Green coming back with a stiff jab, but getting nowhere fast
43:07It's an unusual one-handed fight. He's conspicuously missing. He has not thrown it and it's open. You see him
43:14in a combination is about to go
43:18Not just dodging away from green
43:22He's been double triple jab from job he books off the jab
43:25He really is staying away from the right hand and that's what got green in trouble in the first place
43:29That's what floored him the first knock down the right to the temple
43:33Well, this should be interesting. We'll follow joppy into his corner at the end of round 10 and see if
43:37But there's some indication to the right-hand situation
43:41That's why he's going to be looking good
43:48No, I'm good
43:49You're looking good
43:49Sit down, suck it in
43:51Give me no
43:53Suck it in, come on. Suck it in
43:55Suck it in
43:55Suck it in
44:10Suck it in
44:11Following that nice little left hand he doesn't throw it every time he sets up and it looks like well
44:15There's the left now comes the right nothing doesn't throw it. I mean something is going on here
44:20He talks it but doesn't unleash it another look and he just pushes off
44:24There's a hook with the left side right hand was clearly here didn't take it
44:29There's his blocking he's moving off, but here's the right hand right there
44:32He did the left hand of green is down he jabs. There's the right hand to the body could have
44:36taken or over the top
44:37He just either hesitating his tire or it's hurt
44:41He just got lifted up off his bench off the stool by his corner. I mean he looks weary
44:49All right round number 11 the championship rounds. This is for the WBA middleweight title
44:55First of five fights from Madison Square Garden. Well, he better get serious here
45:01I mean, I have my head, but he could lose this or he could get a draw. He better get
45:06serious
45:15To his credit job is keeping green on bounce
45:17He's missing wildly with some shots like that right hand just saw there
45:20He's not really stepping or closing the gap closing the distance between him and Joppy without eating a couple of
45:26jabs
45:29Let's get it over to Jim gray who has more information on the hand
45:33All right, Steve. Thank you very much. I just spoke to adrian davis over in the corner of joppy
45:37He says he believed that the right hand is very hurt. In fact, he thinks it may be broken
45:42He could have been fighting with a broken hand for the past couple of rounds steve. All right. Thanks very
45:46much, Jim. Appreciate it
45:48Well, the sherlock holmes award goes to you steve you picked it up bobby. I didn't I mean he he
45:53is not using that left hand
45:54I mean that right hand
45:58You know it's almost impossible for a fighter who's so used to throwing to not even throw it even though
46:03it's hurting
46:03It's almost impossible for him to not throw once a while just out of sheer reaction
46:07comment how many how many guys have you ever heard of broke his hand and kept right on fighting and
46:12told you after the fight it hurt
46:14during the fight it didn't hurt
46:16Look at this look at this crowd obviously unaware of the uh the situation here with the choppy's right hand
46:22so they continue like to move
46:24But he's still uh in command with just one hand
46:27He did some masterful work just a few minutes ago with a couple of different flurries a jab a step
46:31off a couple of blocks and another jab a couple of hooks
46:33He's done a nice job with the one hand and his legs he's using his legs to use that left
46:38hand
46:38I bet the public thinks that green was ahead of this fight
46:42Look at that look at that look at that look at that I hate that
46:46Again that's unnecessary and the green says come on let's fight
46:50Give it as much as green's saying let's fight
46:52And then he walks into a left hook
46:55I'll tell you what that's not illegal he hit him in the face
46:57One point one point one point one point
47:04Keep it clean man come on
47:05All right you know better than he turned around
47:08Well Bobby uh disagrees with wayne kelly who takes a point away from joppy
47:12Oh bad damn blackrock
47:14Joppy was standing behind him but reached around and hit him in the face
47:17As long as his punch landed in an illegal area
47:20I believe the angle he threw from shouldn't matter as much
47:23It certainly had the appearance of wrongdoing that's for sure
47:26I disagree with you Bobby the referee is there and he reaches around on the butt
47:29Wrong absolutely wrong
47:31But he hit him before the referee touched him
47:33Well we'll see it on the replay let's see
47:35As we head for the bell in round 11
47:40With a little controversy oh yeah big controversy because this could change the fight completely around
47:54Kick your feet off
47:57There you go
47:58Don't get paid don't get paid for it i'm gonna give him some
48:00I'm gonna give him some damn damn damn damn damn damn damn baby come on let's work him up
48:09All right let's take a look at this now that he's behind the referee hadn't gotten there yet he hit
48:14him clean
48:14He hit him clean the first time the second time he did get there though
48:17The first time you're right he hit him there as long as joppy doesn't hit him in the back of
48:21the head
48:21Back of the neck the back of his body he reached all the way around and hit him
48:25He's very elusive obviously but he reached around and hit him in his face
48:29I don't think that should be a penalty
48:31That's a protect yourself at all times
48:35Yeah, come on
48:38Joppy thinks he's got it in the back he hears the boos
48:41Now green hears the cheers from the crowd
48:4412th and final round they touch gloves for the wba middleweight title
48:48It has suddenly become a very intriguing situation
48:51It depends on how you scored that last round this could be either a
48:54A draw or it could be just barely in joppy's favor either way. This is a big big round big
49:01round
49:02You know I fought with a broken hand twice once against teddy man once you get to stop a half
49:05show you just have no choice
49:07You have to throw the hand
49:12Another one and keep in mind joppy is a one-handed fighter. He's not throwing the right. It's probably hurt
49:18Maybe broken. He threw it that time. Yeah, but he didn't throw it throw it. He just kind of laid
49:23it out there
49:25Come on
49:26Come on, don't get cocky now now. Now's the time to fight forget about throw job
49:31Now he's showing off. Well, this should be very interesting scoring
49:41Well, I'm going out on a limb. I've got mine
49:44103 103
49:45I have one round difference 104 102. I still think joppy's winning the fight
49:51But I'll tell you what it's very ugly and it's just really not nice
49:54When their fights have gone the distance green is one and one joppy a win and a draw
49:59Both fighters have gone the distance twice
50:03Minute 40 and counting in the 12th round for the title
50:07Doing that much to preserve his title here
50:10Green doing what he needs to do to take it though. Let's see boy. This is going to be close
50:15Oh accommodation to the head that time joppy opened up with the right hand
50:19That's the first right he's thrown in rounds
50:20But even at that it was a very short right hand that didn't have a lot
50:23He wasn't fully committed to that right hand
50:26It really wasn't Steve and he threw it twice you can see him holding it back though. Yeah, he was
50:30terrible
50:30No short short and book like quote back as soon as you hit it
50:35The cut opens up a little bit over the left eye of green we approach the final minute of the
50:39fight
50:43I think joppy clearly he's around so far
50:46Well, we've got two sports and nice combinations
50:49This could save his title right here
50:52Let's see if green really goes after it here in the final 45 seconds. He thinks he has the fight
50:58Because he's telling them to fight the crowd the crowd is behind him, but that's not what's going to win
51:02the fight
51:03I agree clean
51:05Watch your head. I agree with bobby so far
51:08Joppy's won this round he saved his title in my book
51:1230 seconds to go of the 12th round
51:21Oh, great, but he missed missy through like fishes overhand right foot
51:26Back to the neck well joppy had missed about six different jabs right there remember whoa nice two jabs
51:32He's trying to set up the right is green, but he only has seven seconds to do it
51:39There's a good shot
51:43This one is in the box
51:47Whoever thought it would go to a 12th round after what we saw in the third when green went down
51:51twice and
51:52Nearly went down for a third time which would have ended it
51:56Joppy getting booed by the crowd here at madison square garden
52:02July of last year
52:07So we await the decision as does this crowd at madison square garden
52:12For the WBA middleweight championship between william joppy and julio cesar green
52:17And joppy down for the first time in his career
52:20In the second round then he put green down two times in the very next round
52:26The second time was halfway through
52:31But then he staggered joppy did green at the end of the third round so it was a wild and
52:36And furious couple of rounds here the things really
52:39Tapered up nailed off
52:41And then all of a sudden we noticed that joppy was holding back from throwing the right hand it may
52:46be broken
52:49All right, let's let's review some of that pleasant fighting when green got
52:54Completely surprised job. He's never been down round two watch the right hand
53:00This is the one where job easily one way and here comes the hook the left hook which just absolutely
53:06floors
53:07difficulty getting up look not not easy
53:11He's not used to it now look at the second knock down in round three the second knock down of
53:16green
53:17Getting teed off on he is getting hurt and hit with shots his head's up in the air
53:21He goes down joppy does the right thing throwing the uppercuts and the hooks stands him up
53:25left right left right gets his head rocking and he just falls forward under the canvas
53:30I'm surprised he got up from that one and finished the round. I really am gentlemen
53:33All right, let's let's take a look at the deduction round 11 bobby
53:38Ladies and gentlemen after 12 rounds of action we have a unanimous decision the judges are in agreement here the
53:46score totals
53:47judge ringside steve weisfeld scores at 113 to 112
53:53judge rafael caravan you scores about 116 to 113
53:59judge gonzalo riveras scores about 114 to 112 all three in favor of the winner and new
54:09WbA middleweight champion
54:17there it is as the fans
54:38The fans are celebrating standing up screaming it is upset tonight in the garden just as we called it
54:45We talked about it. We said it could happen. I still think joppy did enough to have boxing
54:48I don't think green was effective on a lot of those charges and lunge and I thought joppy outboxed him
54:53enough to win the fight
54:54I thought the point was badly called
54:56and the celebration continues
54:59for julio cesar green of the fans from the dominican republic
55:03big upset as we hit it at the outset this one had every
55:08element of that possibility and
55:11it came to fruition well, I think running around whether his hand is hurt or not
55:15You're running around with him it turns the judges against you as we said I had it 113 112 very
55:20very very
55:21Very close to go either way, but I can't argue with the decision. It's the first loss for William joppy
55:26in his career
55:27Let's get it over to jim gray jim
55:29All right. Thank you very much, steve. William. First of all, tell me about your right hand
55:34Was it broken in the fifth or sixth round? You seemed like you didn't want to use it. Well, I
55:37don't believe it's broken
55:38I think it's fraction, right?
55:40I broke it. I heard it around the fourth fifth round
55:41But you know I had my dad was good enough to win the fight. Y'all seen the fight. Y
55:45'all know I won, man
55:45Easy you feel as though this is a bad decision you feel you won the fight what you think
55:50Honestly, it doesn't matter what I think what are you saying, but you said I know what I you know
55:53what I think
55:54I'm just saying you know I won the fight man, but that's the way it goes though
55:57What about the deduction there in the 11th round when you when you reached around and hit him?
56:01Did that have been deduction? Hey, it's protect yourself at all times
56:05I'm saying you know the rules
56:06So, uh, y'all feel I've been cheated, but you know that's life life goes on. I'll be back
56:11You'd like a rematch. Oh, yeah, we'll get one. All right, let's bring in julio julio first of all
56:17Tell us about your thoughts on this decision abel sanchez will uh translate for us
56:23Bueno for una buena decision porque el no vino peliar el vino a correr yo vine de mi trabajo
56:28Yeah, okay, no dimmo not down cada uno el bombo channel good fight it
56:33Well, I think the decision was just all he did was come to run
56:38I did the fighting he's a good fighter, but I deserve the decision
56:41Were you aware that his right hand may have been broken in the fifth or sixth round?
56:46And did you take advantage of him not being able to use it?
57:02No, I wasn't aware of it and it wasn't an advantage because when I knocked him down with the right
57:06hand in the first round
57:07I had a problem with mine also
57:08He knocked him down in the second round now you were knocked down twice in the third round
57:12Did you feel as though you were almost at the end and couldn't continue when you were in the third?
57:17You said okay, I don't want to continue
57:20I don't want to go
57:24I don't want to go
57:32Go ahead tell us what he's saying
57:37I was hurt a little bit. I went down so I could get the eight count, but I felt that
57:40I could continue
57:41I was just letting him come to me
57:43I was just waiting for him to come to me so I could counter him finally julio. What's next? Will
57:47you give him a rematch?
57:51I will give him a rematch whenever he wants
57:54The hometown kid has won congratulations. Let's send it back now to steve albert
57:59Thank you very much, uh, jim gray tremendous thrill for
58:04Julio Cesar green who does it in front of his hometown fans and a major disappointment for william jumpy who
58:09loses the title
58:10Let's look at the online results from our first bout the way the online voting went and there it is
58:15the fans
58:16Were correct. They had it green seven to five
58:20If you took part of the online voting, we thank you for your participation the online voting will continue with
58:25the start of our next bout
58:26Christy martin versus isra
58:29That's coming up next the wbc
58:32Women's lightweight championship as we go behind the scenes into the dressing room of the champion
58:36christy martin with those explosive shots final
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