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00:01Hagler image. Now let's turn our attention to the main event tonight. Marco Antonio Barrera back in the ring for
00:07the first time since his memorable destruction earlier this year of the celebrated Prince Nassim Hamed. Larry Merchant, what about
00:14the aftermath of this vault back to Super Bowl?
00:20Well, for one thing, we haven't seen or heard much from the princeling lately, have we? Or maybe he was
00:27fleeing across the treetops in the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Parenthetically, he is going to be fighting on HBO
00:36in November. Right now, they're digging through every cemetery in Europe trying to find an appropriate opponent for him.
00:45But back to Barrera. That was as much a popular defeat as it was a popular victory because fans on
00:53both sides of the border wanted to see the brash Brit thrown off his magic carpet.
01:00And the way that Barrera did it, with such a magnificent display of controlled aggression, has made him the biggest
01:07little man in boxing and a giant in Mexico.
01:11And now all he's got to do is do it again and again and again because that's where the expectations
01:17are when you do something like that.
01:19Well, indeed, that magnificent display of controlled aggression, as you called it, conspired Emanuel Stewart to totally negate the image
01:28of the Mexican fighter as an iron-chin, hard-punching brawler.
01:32And Barrera has been that kind of fighter at previous times in his career.
01:36So let's take a look at how Barrera did what he did against the guy you were training that night,
01:41Prince Nassim Hamed.
01:42And the question I want to get to is, will he fight this style again tonight, or will he go
01:46back to what we've seen before?
01:48Well, in this particular fight, you can see Barrera came in very well prepared, basically fundamentally very sound, whereas Hamed's
01:56hands were in a bad position.
01:58His whole body position was very bad. And Barrera took advantage of that. Simple, basic punches.
02:04And he never overcommitted, never got himself into a vulnerable position where Hamed could change the fight with one big
02:10punch.
02:11That was the big change from what we've seen of Barrera in the past, when he was an attacking, body
02:16-destroying left hooker.
02:17Which fighter will we see tonight?
02:19Well, the one thing that we have all learned about Barrera, in recent years, he's been one of the most
02:23versatile and adjustable fighters that I have saw.
02:27But he finds a way to win a fight. And regardless of what he does tonight, you can be sure
02:32he's going to make an adjustment.
02:33But I believe that he's going to be aggressive tonight. I don't think he's going to go back to fighting
02:37the technical fight that he fought when he fought Hamed.
02:41All right, let's take a look at the tail of the tape now for Marco Antonio Barrera against Enrique Sanchez.
02:47Two featherweights. The weight limit is 126. You can see that Barrera, after 12 years as a pro, is still
02:53only 27 years old.
02:54One-inch height advantage for Sanchez. One-inch reach advantage, on the other hand.
02:58For Barrera, Sanchez weighed in one pound under the limit. Tonight, unofficially, Barrera's three pounds heavier, 132 to 129.
03:06Sanchez has a history of both giving and receiving headbutts. Harold Letterman, what's the significance of that for Barrera?
03:14Okay, Jim, what it means is that Marco Antonio Barrera has to get off to a big early lead.
03:19Because Enrique Sanchez, in his last fight, was involved in a decision that was, you know, caused by an accidental
03:25headbutt.
03:26So, Marco Antonio Barrera must get off early and fast.
03:29Because after four rounds, on a cut caused by an accidental headbutt, we go to the scorecards to determine a
03:35winner.
03:35Jim.
03:37All right, you saw the rules. Now, here's a look at Sanchez as he enters the ring.
03:45Jim, you may remember that Sanchez fought on the undercard of that memorable Barrera-Morales fight a year and a
03:56half ago.
03:57He says that after the fight, he went up and sat in the balcony, and when the result was announced,
04:04if he could have found something to throw,
04:07he would have thrown something down at the ring, just as all the other fans were doing.
04:12Indeed, he was rooting for Barrera, despite the fact that they were both reared in Mexico City.
04:17He beat Barrera in their last fight as amateurs, and in the 12 years since, it was Marco Antonio Barrera
04:23who went on to become a professional star,
04:25while Sanchez, by his description, got a slow start in his career due to family problems.
04:31Here's a closer look.
04:34We have to remember that when they fought as amateurs, there was a two-year distance difference in their...
04:42And that's significant when you're a teenager.
04:47He hasn't been a busy fighter, and so he has bought his own taxi and drives his own taxi around
04:53Mexico City between fights.
04:55He says that with the proceeds of this fight, he's going to buy four more taxis.
05:01If he wins, he'll have a plea.
05:06Since his only loss to Nespa Garza...
05:11...the draw, all of his other fights, he won by KO.
05:16And now, next to enter, one of the most intelligent, one of the classiest, one of the best fighters in
05:25our sport, Marco Antonio Barrera.
05:28Guerrera admits that it was hard for him to go back in training after the emotional high
05:35and the celebrating of his great victory over the prince.
05:40It took him three months to come down and get back to work.
05:45Part of the satisfaction, he said he had to work so hard and focus so much to change his style
05:52for the fight.
05:53He wasn't sure he could do it, it wound up being an artistic triumph.
05:57Here's a closer look at Barrera.
06:00The prince is still a prince, but now I'm the king.
06:05And that brings to mind the question of whether he'll be able to follow the great Mexican heroes,
06:12Olivares, Sanchez, and Chavez, in their halls of fame.
06:19But first, he's got a fight of Sanchez, then a rematch with Morales,
06:25and as he says, every fight with another Mexican fighter is a tough fight.
06:30And this could be a spectacle.
06:32Let's go to ring announcer Michael Buffer for the official introductions.
06:38Ladies and gentlemen, Forum Boxing in association with America Presents,
06:43the Reno Hilton, the Lawler Events Center, and your undisputed, undefeated king of beer, Budweiser,
06:51present 12 rounds of boxing for the People's Featherweight World Championship.
06:57Sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission Chairman, Dr. Luther Mack.
07:03The three judges scoring this contest on the 10-point bus system will be
07:07Burt Clements, Dwayne Ford, and Dave Moretti.
07:12And when the bell rings, your referee in charge of the action, Vic Draculich.
07:17And now, from the Lawler Events Center here in the biggest little city in the world, Reno, Nevada,
07:25ladies and gentlemen, let's get ready to rumble!
07:39Introducing first, fighting out of the blue corner, wearing blue trimmed with silver,
07:44and weighing 125 pounds, he has an outstanding professional record,
07:5028 victories, including 21 knockouts, with only one loss and two draws.
07:57From Mexico City, ladies and gentlemen, here is Enrique El Pseudo de Oro Sanchez!
08:13And his opponent across the ring, fighting out of the red corner,
08:17wearing black trimmed with gold, and weighing in at 126 pounds.
08:22His professional record, also outstanding, 53 victories, 38 of them by knockout, with only three losses.
08:31Not only has he fought his way to the top of this weight class,
08:35he has fought his way to the recognition as one of the best fighters in the world today.
08:42Tomas y Caballeros de Ciudad de México,
08:46Presenting, the two-time world champion, the reigning people's featherweight champion,
08:53the baby-faced assassin, Marco Antonio Barrera!
09:11Tomas y Caballeros de Ciudad de México,
09:16Segundo jefe, sulemente, segundo jefe, sulemente, segundo jefe.
09:21All right, gentlemen, you receive your instructions, dressing room.
09:25At this time, are there any questions?
09:27Any questions? Chief, second.
09:28All right, remember, obey my commands.
09:30Protect yourselves at all times.
09:31Good luck to both of you.
09:33The North American Free Trade Act,
09:36which promotes free trade between Mexico and the U.S.
09:42and other countries,
09:44is a one-way street in boxing,
09:47with many Mexican fighters coming across the border
09:50to fight in the U.S.,
09:52and here you see two of the best.
10:00The southpaw Sanchez against the conventional fighter Barrera.
10:05Yes, I think Barrera does a very beautiful...
10:08He counters with a jab.
10:09I guess having fought a few southpaws recently,
10:12he's learned to fight them pretty good,
10:14and most guys that fight southpaws forget to use the left jab.
10:19They depend on strictly right hands,
10:21but that's the standard.
10:24But he uses his left jab very effectively.
10:27He waits for the southpaw to throw the right jab
10:29and counters over it with his own.
10:31Yes, he works very well out for the southpaws jabs when they jab.
10:35He does a lot of different things.
10:38Sanchez lounges a counter right.
10:41Barrera, in addition to the counter left jab
10:43that Emmanuel just described to you,
10:45has a sizzling left jab.
10:46Here he goes, countering over the top of the right.
10:54Double left took to the body by Barrera.
10:56And his body and balance position is unbelievable.
11:01Just a pro.
11:03A seasoned pro, I guess,
11:04a 10th throw at 15.
11:07Yep, 27 years old.
11:09And, you know, to prove the dictum
11:11that Styles make fights,
11:12Barrera is so good and so adjustable
11:14that you wonder who could beat him.
11:16But in two fights against Junior Jones,
11:18he lost twice.
11:19Knocked out once,
11:20decision the second time.
11:22To this day, Barrera's bewildered
11:24as to how it is that he could have lost twice
11:26to Junior Jones
11:26because he figures,
11:28I'm smart enough,
11:29I'm adjustable enough,
11:30I'd beat anyone the second time.
11:32But that's, once again, Styles.
11:33Styles makes fights.
11:35Certain fighters will always give other fighters problems,
11:37much like Kenny Norton
11:39was always a problem
11:40with Muhammad Ali.
11:42And Roberto Duran.
11:43Roberto Duran had so much problems
11:45with Thomas Hearns,
11:46but nevertheless,
11:48the big guys,
11:48he fought Irene Barkley
11:49and he just walked to the mesa.
11:51But it's just a certain style
11:53of maybe rhythm or chemistry
11:55between certain guys
11:56that is effective.
11:57Enrique Sanchez,
11:59since his last fight,
12:00fired longtime trainer Nacho Berestain,
12:03one of the better-known Mexican trainers,
12:04and has a new trainer
12:06named Antonio Jimenez.
12:08Now, you know,
12:08at this stage of your career,
12:1012 years in as a pro,
12:11you're fighting for the first time
12:12with a new trainer.
12:13That's always an interesting adjustment.
12:15It's a big adjustment,
12:16especially going in
12:17with a fighter like Barrera.
12:18But evidently,
12:19he felt that he had to do something different.
12:22Well, he got butted and cut
12:24in his last fight
12:25against Carlos Contreras.
12:26And in a way,
12:27the butt prevented a loss
12:28because he was trailing
12:29at the time when it happened.
12:32So, if he was losing
12:33to somebody like Contreras,
12:35he needed a change.
12:36Well, I would say this much,
12:37regardless of who's training,
12:38I think Sanchez is fighting
12:40a very beautiful fight.
12:44Sanchez coming out,
12:45trying to make a statement
12:46with the right jab
12:47in the first round.
12:48Barrera has had his moments also.
12:50Good competitive round one
12:52of what should be
12:53an excellent fight.
12:57And in both corners
12:58where they speak Spanish,
12:59our interpreter
13:00is Rory Torres.
13:07You've got to be real
13:08with that jab.
13:15You've got to throw that jab
13:16so he doesn't come in.
13:19Move to your right
13:20a little bit.
13:25You know what to do
13:25with the southpaws.
13:31Deep breaths, deep breaths.
13:33Don't let him take the initiative.
13:35You go first.
13:38You've got to jab him.
13:39Don't let him come in.
13:42Make sure that...
13:45That's...
13:45Barrera fighting
13:46in his relatively measured style.
13:48Left to the head,
13:50left to the body.
14:01The instructions
14:03from the corner
14:04of Sanchez
14:06was for him
14:07to go first.
14:10And he is.
14:13This is turning out
14:14to be a very good
14:15technical fight.
14:16Not a brawl,
14:17not your typical
14:18Mexican-type fight,
14:19but very tickled,
14:20tickled,
14:21and scientific.
14:22But Barrera's balance
14:23is what's giving him
14:25such a great advantage
14:26oftentimes.
14:27And he picks punches
14:28with very minimal effort.
14:34There was a feeling
14:35after the two losses
14:36to Jones
14:37that Barrera had slipped.
14:39And he came back brilliantly
14:41with his enormous performance
14:42against Morales
14:43in the fight of the year
14:43for the year 2000.
14:45Looked even better
14:46against Jesus Salud
14:48and scored the dramatic
14:50win over Hamed.
14:51He's really at his peak
14:53as a public commodity
14:54in the sport right now.
14:58But he's also coming off
15:01certainly one of the biggest
15:02fights of his career
15:03and sometimes there's a danger
15:06of letting down
15:07after such an effort
15:10and all the accolades
15:12that come with it.
15:18Guerrera's trying to do
15:19a very interesting thing,
15:20Manny.
15:21He wants to out-jab
15:22the softball.
15:23That's what Guerrera knew
15:24because most guys
15:25very seldom use the jab.
15:26And he's actually beaten
15:27it with his left hand
15:28more so than the right.
15:35That's, once again,
15:36good balance.
15:36He can shoot a body punch
15:37and pull back
15:38before the guy
15:38can even retaliate.
15:39Oh, it's overpriced!
15:47Well, that was at the sun!
15:53Yeah, that was at the sun!
15:55Yeah, that was at the sun!
16:13He's trying to shoot the left hook to the bottom,
16:16which is very difficult because of the angle
16:18of the body position when you're fighting a southpaw.
16:21It usually lands in the upper cage frame,
16:23where it's really not that effective.
16:25He needs to shoot it more to the inside, if you can.
16:32That was a good left uppercut.
16:36And the right uppercut.
16:39And a little left hook to the body, all by Barrera.
16:43Sanchez hasn't yet been able to muster the accuracy
16:45to take Barrera out of his lap.
16:48Big left hook upstairs by Marco Antonio,
16:51and he drives Sanchez into the ropes.
17:00So the rally at the end of round two
17:03clearly establishes the winner in that round.
17:07Why don't you stand there?
17:09That's why he hit you. You're so still.
17:11You've got to move.
17:15Yes, you've got to move.
17:17Over there, lands and rights.
17:20Come on, I want you to use that left hand.
17:22One and let it go.
17:25You've got to jab and then throw that left hand.
17:28Don't just stand there.
17:29But that's why he hit you.
17:31You've got to be smart.
17:33Come on.
17:34Put your hands up and...
17:37Here comes the exclamation point on that round.
17:41Beautiful right hand after ducking the left hand of Sanchez.
17:50World-class stuff from a world-class fighter.
17:57CompuBox numbers in round two.
17:59Barrera landed 20 punches.
18:0118 of those connects were power shots.
18:03Sanchez landing only eight.
18:04He only landed seven in the first round.
18:07Sanchez needs to land more punches
18:09if he's going to take Barrera out of his rhythm.
18:11Excellent.
18:12And once again,
18:14Barrera's actually doing the boxing most.
18:16He's working a lot with his jab.
18:24And even when he don't land often with the left jab,
18:26he's breaking up the right-hand punch that's coming in from Sanchez.
18:30It's deflecting it mid-weight.
18:31Four, two, three, two.
18:40Seated at ringside.
18:41Across from us.
18:43Oscar De La Hoya here this evening because the former Olympic fighter
18:48And down goes Sanchez on a brilliant right hand.
18:52Massive move when you're fighting a side paw.
18:54A half a step when he shoots the jab
18:56and shoots your right hand.
18:57Just enough to make him lose his balance
18:59for one split second.
19:01Vic Dracula, Dwight Sanchez is glossed,
19:03and Moreira will take a look to see
19:06how much damage has been done.
19:08Certainly, Sanchez's head is straight, though.
19:11Moreira goes right back to boxing.
19:13Very relaxed, very patient, very balanced.
19:18And always in great position.
19:21Should be defensive and offensive.
19:26Now, this is clinical.
19:27This is just a clinic.
19:29This is a destruction of a pretty good fighter
19:31by a guy who has risen to a new level in his career.
19:35And Sanchez is looking good himself.
19:37He's doing everything properly.
19:39Except he's in a fantastic fighter tonight.
19:41He's going to be a good fighter tonight.
19:42He's going to be a good fighter tonight.
19:45Now, Larry talked about the potential for letdown.
19:48The other potential is that your confidence soars,
19:51and you get even better.
19:53Well, he's going to be a new level.
19:55You know, and I think that shows
19:56it being a little less rushed, a little under more control
20:01and positive in the way you do it, unbalances,
20:06as you've been pointing out.
20:08Well, it's going to be a good fighter.
20:37Left and a right.
20:39Tremendous shots by Marco Antonio Barrera.
20:42He throws his barrage, steps aside,
20:45plays one, moves out again.
20:48He's doing so many things.
20:50He may do it on a shot for Knicks.
20:52It wouldn't surprise you.
20:54That would surprise you.
20:59Oh, boy.
21:01That could be scored a 10-8 round
21:03under Nevada's new scoring rules.
21:08Your hand's got to be up now.
21:13Listen now.
21:15Listen.
21:16When you throw in the bottom and low,
21:18you have to move your hands down and up.
21:21Don't leave your hands on top and throw the bottom.
21:25Yes, up and down, and make sure the jab is moving.
21:32That obviously is a 10-8 round
21:34because of the knockdown earlier in the game.
21:39They're calling for more 10-8 rounds in which one fighter
21:43dominates the other fighter.
21:45So even without a knockdown, that might have been a 10-8 round
21:49for Barrera.
21:51The new policy became critical recently when Paulie Ayala got a close victory
21:56over Bones Adams in Las Vegas,
21:58largely on the strength of a second round in which Ayala didn't knock Bones Adams down,
22:04but landed one big punch and got a 10-8 score from all three judges.
22:10Harold, how do you have this one so far?
22:12Okay, Jim, 3-0, 30-26, Marco Antonio Barrera.
22:17Is Larry pointing out without question?
22:19Round three becomes 10-8 because of the knockdown.
22:22Marco landed the cleaner, harder shots throughout the first two rounds.
22:25You know, Jim, sometimes you watch a fight on TV, you lose the velocity of the punch.
22:29When you watch it close, it rings out like this.
22:31The judges sit in raised seats that can feel the velocity
22:35and mark as it that are really harder shots.
22:37And Sanchez just landed a right hand
22:39that might have been his best punt to the fight.
22:44Sanchez is fighting an extremely determined fight.
22:47I'm looking at the look in his eyes as if he feels that he would die
22:51if he had to to win this fight.
22:53Oh, there's a lot of want to. No question about it.
22:55I can see the professional pride and especially the pride for Mexico,
22:58but he's going to be dangerous all the way through this fight.
23:12Once again, Barrera with heavier punches starts to back Sanchez up.
23:25Morena's fighting another one of his classic fights.
23:29Morena's fighting another one of his classic fights.
23:29The same as when he fought Morales by the Salud.
23:34and he's really going to be maybe the best balance-out fighter in boxing today.
23:39We need to seriously look at where he stands in these pound-for-pound ratings.
23:43He ranks in almost all the pound-for-pound listings in the top ten now.
23:47The question is, can he move into the top five?
23:50Well, from what I can see tonight, he's definitely on his way.
23:52And I've been very impressed because the quality of guys he's been beating so impressively recently.
23:58Yeah, the blood now coming out of Sanchez's mouth.
24:01But, you know, the top pound-for-pound fighters generally thought to be, you know,
24:06Trinidad, Mosley, Jones, Doloya, Hopkins, Mayweather with Barrera falling in right behind them.
24:15But if he fights another fight or two like this, he's going to crash the top five.
24:20Yes, and especially he's fighting quality fighters that he's beating, too.
24:23You know, I was amazed when he fought Hamer, how physically strong he has become in the last few years.
24:29Even though he was moving up from 122, he was physically stronger than a man who'd been fighting at 126
24:37and actually physically manhaling him.
24:39Oh, what a left hook. What a left hook.
24:42And Sanchez goes down as a delayed reaction from the sensational left hook by Barrera.
24:48Cinco, seis.
24:50So perfectly thrown. So on balance.
24:53Unbelievable.
24:53That was a very smart thing that Sanchez did.
24:56He instantly realized he was hurt.
24:58And then he exposed himself to another barrage.
25:02He took a knee.
25:03But he got another 10-8 round against him.
25:05Well, but he survived.
25:13Listen, do you want to continue the fight? You want me to stop it? How are you feeling?
25:21You don't want to go on?
25:26Yes, I want to go on.
25:31Okay, you want to go on? I need to know.
25:40Nothing. I'm going to give you one more round. One more round you're going to get.
25:49There's the punch.
25:55You saw it. It was like a delayed parachute that opened.
25:59And you heard what was going on in the corner.
26:03They don't want to see their fighter take a really bad licking.
26:07But Barrera's seen a very unusual amount of left-hand punches
26:11for a right-hander to be fighting a southpaw.
26:13And it's very effective.
26:14In fact, to me, that's been the nucleus of his attack tonight.
26:17It's been the busy left-hand that everything else is working off of.
26:20It's his vision. It's his timing.
26:22It's his technical brilliance.
26:23It's his determination to make it work
26:25regardless of what might stand up against it.
26:27I wish I could get him up to 150 pounds
26:30and throw him right in the midst of the
26:32wealth of race in junior middleweights.
26:34Oh, isn't that great?
26:34He's really interesting.
26:35Yeah, Shane Mosley, Trinidad,
26:38Della Hoya, Marcus Antonio Barrera.
26:40All in the same way.
26:41Yeah, he'd figure into that mix, huh?
26:43Yeah, he's just really out of place
26:45as a featherweight guy.
26:46He's going to play as Bob Sacklin.
26:50So Sanchez fighting to try to stay in the fight
26:53after his cornermen told him
26:54they'd give him one more round.
26:56And Barrera just trying to continue
26:58the clinical destruction of Sanchez,
27:00which has been taking place so far.
27:02Enrique Sanchez is a former world champion.
27:04He held a 122-pound championship
27:07for 10 months in 1998
27:08and lost it unexpectedly to Nester Garza.
27:11So this is a world-caliber fighter
27:13that Barrera is doing this against him.
27:17Blood from the nose and mouth of Sanchez.
27:25No.
27:27Right-hand lead that time.
27:30Landed flush.
27:31Left hand to the body by Barrera.
27:33Sanchez totally determined.
27:47Spirited effort by Sanchez
27:49to turn the tide a little bit.
27:53Something happened earlier in this round.
27:55I saw something happened
27:57in the face of the world
27:58that maybe seemed like he suffered
28:00some kind of temporary injury.
28:01I noticed that we threw a left-hand punch
28:04and it seemed like he flinched,
28:05and he's backed off a lot since then
28:07for a moment to regroup.
28:08As though he hurt a hand?
28:09Something happened, I believe.
28:10I mean, he's had to regroup for a moment.
28:12He's all right now.
28:13A little bit better than that.
28:16He's okay.
28:17Betty, he's doing fine.
28:22This is a terrible beating
28:24that Sanchez is absorbing,
28:25and they might stop the fight
28:27in the corner after this round.
28:30Body and head.
28:32Awesome display of talent.
28:42Very few wasted punches, too.
28:49Now, he's not a guy who goes out
28:50and throws 70, 80 punches around.
28:52Doesn't have to.
28:53He makes his punches count.
28:55Yes, he did in the fight with Morales.
28:58And Ahmed.
29:00Absolute.
29:00There you go.
29:14Okay, how do you feel now?
29:16You look better in this round,
29:18but you're still getting hit too much.
29:20You've got to throw more punches.
29:22Come on, you've got to do something.
29:24We could do it.
29:25If you don't throw punches,
29:28if you don't throw punches,
29:29he's going to take all the initiative.
29:30He's going to be first.
29:32Do you understand me?
29:34You've got to know what to do.
29:35You've got to throw punches.
29:37You've got to connect from hard.
29:41When you're in the center,
29:43Bob and move.
29:44Bob and weave.
29:47Let's go.
29:48Let's go.
29:59As round six begins,
30:02you heard the action in Sanchez's corner.
30:06Let's see if Enrique can respond
30:07by throwing more punches.
30:10The real job is to try to land more.
30:14Because we've been talking about Barrera's offense
30:17and for obvious reasons,
30:18but CompuBox wizards Logan Hobson
30:20and Bob Canobio point out,
30:22what about the defense?
30:23Sanchez only landing 15% of his punches so far.
30:27And what's beautiful about the defense of Barrera
30:29is when he blocks punches or protects himself,
30:32he does it with such little effort
30:34that he's always in position
30:35to punch back right away.
30:36He doesn't do too much excessive movement at all
30:39when he divins himself.
30:51Well, one piece of good news for Sanchez.
30:54The area above his left eye has held up.
30:57He had a super deep cut in his last fight
31:00against Carlos Contreras off a headbutt,
31:02and he had to worry coming in
31:03as to whether it would open up again.
31:06Same move again at the ground next week.
31:08Let your miss slightly with your right jab
31:10just enough to lose your balance
31:12and counters back with a right hand.
31:16And you'd say that's the classic move
31:18against the southpaw.
31:19Classic move against the southpaw.
31:20And he goes right back with his left jab after that,
31:22which most right-handers don't do
31:24when they're fighting southpaw.
31:25Look at him counter with the left jab there.
31:28Right over the top.
31:32That's it again.
31:33Half a step, shoot to right.
31:46Sanchez getting to the body,
31:48but having to reach on those shots to do so.
31:53Meanwhile, Ferreira steps inside
31:55to land his punches,
31:56so there's a bigger effect.
31:58He changed up.
31:58Instead of putting the right hand straight,
32:00they assigned me through the right hand around
32:01as a hook mount.
32:02So it's causing Sanchez's confusion
32:05of trying to anticipate
32:06which way the punches are going to come.
32:09Now he's jabbing to the inside.
32:10Instead of jabbing over the shoulder,
32:12he's jabbing between his right hand now.
32:14And there's the right-hand counter again.
32:21Another combination lands for Ferreira.
32:24And again, he sticks the right hand.
32:26Come back with the jab after a win.
32:31And of course,
32:32in addition to everything we're mentioning,
32:35there's the concentration level required
32:37to keep it up second after second.
32:40Oh, left, left, left, right.
32:41He's going to act as if he was going to jab
32:43but he's changing to left, left, left, left, right.
32:44That is again.
32:46And again, the blood flows from Sanchez's nose.
32:53A good fighter in Sanchez
32:55is simply being outclassed.
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33:33And they have just stopped the fight.
33:37I think it was a good stoppage.
33:39Did it come out of Sanchez's corner?
33:41I was doing a promo.
33:41Like Sanchez's corner,
33:42too often we've seen a corner that was too brave.
33:46They don't want to ruin the fighter.
33:49They did the right thing.
33:51They had made up their mind
33:52before the round had ended.
33:53I could see that they were going to stop the fight.
33:55And they stopped the fight
33:57in the face of, you know,
33:59just to repeat what we've said all along,
34:01a brilliant, dominant, technical performance
34:04by a guy who just seems
34:06at this relatively advanced stage of his career
34:09to be getting better and better and better.
34:10I don't see how they can keep him out of the top five
34:14of the pound-for-pound world right now,
34:15especially when you consider
34:17the quality of opponents he fought.
34:19Probably he and Felix Trinidad
34:21probably fought more quality guys
34:23consecutively than any of the present top fighters up there.
34:26Man, if he goes to the top five
34:28in those pound-for-pound rankings,
34:30he replaces either Oscar De La Hoya
34:31or Floyd Mayweather Jr.
34:33Well, it's going to be hard for those guys.
34:35They're both great fighters.
34:35It's going to be hard,
34:36but they have not fought
34:37the quality of guys consistently
34:39and been that impressively.
34:40I mean, recently.
34:42All right, let's go to Michael Buffer
34:43and hear the particulars on Barrera's victory.
34:46Ladies and gentlemen,
34:46referee Vic Draculich calls a halt to the bout
34:50following encouragement
34:52from Enrique Sanchez's corner.
34:55The end comes at the end of round number six.
34:58The winner and still
35:00the people's featherweight champion,
35:03the babyface assassin,
35:05Marco Antonio Barrera.
35:17And now let's take a look
35:19at a CompuBox statistical profile
35:21of Barrera's great performance.
35:24Landing nearly three times as many punches.
35:28Throwing 43 more punches.
35:3138% connect rate, pretty good,
35:33against a 15% connect rate.
35:35Very low for a quality fighter like Sanchez.
35:39So offensive and defensive brilliance
35:41by Barrera reflected there.
35:44Total power punches.
35:45Now, that graphic is somehow messed up
35:48because we know that Barrera landed
35:51many more than six total power punches.
35:53In fact, I'm guessing he landed 119.
35:57And I don't think Sanchez threw or landed 100 to 188.
36:00Somehow we messed up that last graphic.
36:02But that's okay.
36:03We were on the fly.
36:04You saw what you saw.
36:05You know what happened.
36:07Let's go to Larry Merchant in the ring.
36:09Thank you, Jim.
36:12Congratulations, Marco Antonio.
36:15You used to have a little bit of problems
36:17with the southpaws.
36:19What did you do in changing your style
36:21to be able to deal with a good southpaw?
36:39We did a great job in the gym.
36:42And what helped us also, the fight with Hamed.
36:44That improves us to fight with the southpaw.
36:48How did that improve you?
36:50How did you help you?
36:52How did you help you?
36:53How did you help you?
36:53Well, it helped me a lot.
36:54I taught you how to do it.
36:56I taught you how to do it.
36:56Well, if I don't know, I'll try it.
36:57I'll try it.
36:58And I think we're going to do it.
36:59Well, it made me realize that I know how to box.
37:02And that's what I'm doing now.
37:04I outbox him, and now I'm boxing these other guys.
37:07So have you made almost a complete transformation
37:10from your earlier skills as a brawler
37:16into becoming now a boxer puncher?
37:19¿Ha hecho tú una transformación, un cambio como eres tú,
37:22bien agresivo, aguerrido, ahora un boxeador más fino?
37:25Bueno, lo que pasa es que comentaba con el señor Ricardo Magdalena,
37:28él me decía, el boxeador que boxea y recibe menos golpes
37:30dura más años en el boxeo,
37:32y esperemos que tú boxeando podamos ir trabajando 10 años más.
37:35Yeah, just like my manager Ricardo Magdalena has said,
37:38the fight of the boxes get hits less,
37:40so if I box and get hit less,
37:42I'll be around for another 10 years.
37:45Well, that would be good for all of us.
37:47Now let's take a look at the future.
37:51Is your next fight going to be a rematch with Morales,
37:55or do you want to fight another fight before that?
37:58Si tú estás por ahí 10 años más,
38:00va a ser bueno para todos nosotros,
38:02pero vamos a mirar el futuro ahora.
38:04¿Qué es lo que tú quieres hacer?
38:05¿Una revancha con Morales,
38:06o con quién más quieres pelear?
38:07Bueno, la verdad,
38:08yo siempre he peleado con los que la gente me dice,
38:10y el señor Ricardo es el que ahorita,
38:12pues sí tendría la última palabra.
38:13I fight anybody who's around,
38:15Ricardo Magdalena,
38:16and other guys my career,
38:17and whoever he puts in front of me,
38:18that's who I'll fight.
38:19We know that.
38:21Do you want to fight the rematch with Morales,
38:23which we understand might take place next April or May?
38:26Nosotros sabemos que él es que maneja tu carrera,
38:29pero ¿con quién tú quieres pelear?
38:30¿Quieres tú la revancha con Morales
38:32que se puede hacer el próximo mayo?
38:35Bueno, a mí me encantaría no pensar que sería la revancha,
38:38sino como darle un regalo a toda la gente,
38:39a todos los televidentes que les gusta el boxeo
38:42y solo por ellos la pelearía.
38:44Y bueno, ahí ya no diríamos la frase que le dijimos a HBO
38:48cuando yo peleé con él.
38:50Yes, a rematch would be an ideal.
38:53And I'm not going to consider a rematch.
38:54I'm going to consider it a gift to the boxing public
38:56because actually I believe I won that fight,
38:59and I'm going to change that phrase
39:01that I made that one time a comment about HBO
39:05that it wasn't as good as you thought it was.
39:07All right, well then,
39:09if we think you're better than we thought you were before,
39:13describe what happened in the two knockdowns
39:15as we show them on our monitor.
39:18Describe lo que pasó en los dos knockdowns
39:20mientras lo están mirando en el monitor.
39:22Bueno, ahí fue donde estábamos esperando su derecha
39:24y lo contragolpeamos como trabajamos en las manoplas.
39:26That was the counter right hand
39:29as we practiced in the gym.
39:32Mi entrenador Sendaitanaka es el que lleva esa labor
39:34con él que estuve entrenando todo el tiempo.
39:36So you're becoming more of a counterpuncher.
39:38Ahora vas a ser un counterpuncher hoy en día.
39:41Pues es lo que vamos a intentar hacer.
39:42Estamos poniendo muchas ganas
39:44y pues se ve que todo está saliendo bien.
39:46Yeah, I'm becoming more of a counterpuncher.
39:48That's what we're going to do in the gym.
39:49All right, now in the fourth round,
39:52describe what happened here.
39:53It seemed that he had a delayed reaction
39:55to that left hand.
39:56Describe lo que pasó
39:57porque parece que tuvo una reacción dilatada
39:59cuando le pegaste.
40:01Sí, yo le di el golpe, entonces él agarró como que se quedó parando.
40:04Yo lo que dije, pues sí, sobre él como todo mexicano.
40:07Yeah, yes, it was a delayed reaction.
40:09I hit him, he stood still.
40:10But, you know, he knows that, like a true Mexican,
40:13we both were fantastic.
40:15Thank you very much for another great performance
40:17and we hope to see you again soon, Marco Antonio.
40:20And just one word to you, Jim.
40:22We understand from the corner of Enrique Sanchez
40:26that he may have suffered a busted eardrum earlier in the fight.
40:33All right, thank you very much, Larry,
40:34and thanks to Marco Antonio Barrera for his time.
40:37Let's quickly take a look
40:38because we were in a promotion at the time
40:41at how the stoppage in the fight took place.
40:43Here's the scene in Sanchez's corner
40:46at the moment when his handlers
40:48decided that enough punishment had been dealt out
40:51and there was no particular reason for him
40:53to attempt to continue in a fight
40:55in which he, an excellent fighter,
40:58was being outclassed by one of the real superstars of the sport.
41:02Manny, I'd love to talk to you at moments like this
41:04because you're not only a legendary trainer,
41:06but you're a legendary manager as well.
41:08So play manager for me now.
41:10The two huge fights on Marco Antonio Barrera's horizon
41:14would be a rematch with Prince Nassim Hamed
41:16and a rematch with Eric Morales.
41:19Is there a specific reason
41:21why either one of the two should come first?
41:24Do you think they'll both happen?
41:25What do you look for?
41:26I don't think if I was managing either one of those two,
41:30I would get anywhere near this fighter tonight.
41:32Antonio Barrera's became a complete systematic destroyer.
41:36He destroyed a very good fighter tonight systematically.
41:38And look at him afterwards.
41:40He wasn't even breathing.
41:41He's just as relaxed as like a walk in the park.
41:43Right now, he's in the class by himself.
41:45But let's face it.
41:46Because of the Mexican pride angle,
41:49Morales isn't going to be able to duck this.
41:50He's going to have to fight Barrera at some time
41:52if he continues in the sport.
41:54No, he's definitely going to have to fight him
41:55for lots of reasons.
41:56But I don't think he would beat him.
41:58Do you think Naz will never fight Barrera again?
41:59I really thought that a properly trained
42:01and focused Naz could have beat Barrera
42:04if he had a trained properly.
42:05I say properly.
42:05He was in good shape.
42:06But he didn't spur enough.
42:07He didn't have the body strength and all of that.
42:09But what I saw tonight,
42:11I don't know about any of those guys beating him now.
42:13I totally and completely agree with you.
42:15Larry Merchant, your final comments.
42:17Well, just let me enter one demurra,
42:21which is I think that it's very possible
42:23that Morales is being underrated now
42:26just the way Barrera was before he fought Morales.
42:30Just one other note.
42:31I woke up the other morning and opened the window
42:33and what did I see outside?
42:35But about 50 fabulously colored gas-driven balloons
42:40which were in a race.
42:41And then I read in the newspapers here in Reno
42:44that there is a camo race down the road in Virginia City.
42:49And I thought, well, here we are,
42:51old-fashioned modes of transportation.
42:53And tonight we talk.
42:55Two fighters give old-fashioned modes
42:58of prize-fighting exhibitions in Ziroff and Barrera
43:03that were something to see.
43:06And that made one-sided fights and entertainment
43:10rather than a bore.
43:12They were one-sided whoopings, baby.
43:14That was fun to watch.
43:15I totally agree.
43:17All right.
43:18We'll be back with a final word
43:19on what happened in the ring in just a moment.
43:20Right now, let's look ahead
43:21to one of the most anticipated
43:24and built-up HBO entertainment events
43:27in the history of our network.
43:29Let's take a look at something
43:30that we all are excited.
43:32two- disabilities,
43:32two-year-old.
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