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Michael Carbajal faces Melchor Cob Castro for the vacant IBF Jr Flyweight Title on Showtime Boxing PPV.

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00:03:15Welcome to a sold-out Grand Garden Arena

00:03:18at the MGM Grand Hotel Casino and Theme Park in Las Vegas.

00:03:22The atmosphere in this arena is electric.

00:03:25Over 18,000 are here to witness in person

00:03:27Frank Bruno's first title defense

00:03:29and Mike Tyson's first attempt

00:03:31to regain the heavyweight championship.

00:03:34The worldwide audience is anticipated to be 90 million

00:03:37to view this rematch of two long-time adversaries.

00:03:41Seven years have passed since their first battle

00:03:43but Bruno and Tyson speak of that encounter

00:03:46as if it were yesterday.

00:03:48Tonight, each believes the day of final reckoning has come

00:03:51and there will be no need to live in the past.

00:03:56Hello everybody, I'm Jim Hill, your host

00:03:58for this night of championship boxing.

00:04:00And while there is no consensus

00:04:02between the three major sanctioning bodies

00:04:04as to who is the world heavyweight champion,

00:04:07tonight, Mike Tyson embarks on a mission to unify the crown.

00:04:10The first obstacle is champion Frank Bruno.

00:04:13Bruno had been a perennial contender

00:04:15until he seized the title from Oliver McCall last September.

00:04:18Now, he owns the championship he once coveted.

00:04:21And if he were able to defeat Tyson

00:04:23and avenge his loss to the one-time champion,

00:04:25that would truly be the crowning achievement of his career.

00:04:29For more on tonight's main event,

00:04:31let's go to ringside now and Steve Albert.

00:04:33Steve.

00:04:34All right, thank you, Jim.

00:04:35The build-up is over, but the questions remain.

00:04:38Are less than four rounds of boxing enough preparation

00:04:40for Tyson's first championship fight in over six years?

00:04:43And what about the caliber of his two opponents since the comeback?

00:04:46Not exactly quality tune-ups.

00:04:48And after McNeely and Mathis,

00:04:50Bruno is a giant leap up in quality,

00:04:52but who has he beaten?

00:04:53His biggest win was over Oliver McCall for the championship,

00:04:56but Bruno just barely beat McCall,

00:04:58who barely squeezed by Larry Holmes.

00:05:00Meanwhile, many feel that Tyson is not where he used to be,

00:05:03but Tyson, even at less than 100%,

00:05:05is probably still better than all of the heavyweight champions out there today.

00:05:09Now, ironically, it was Tyson-Bruno in 1989

00:05:12when many began to notice the chinks in Tyson's armor.

00:05:15And although Bruno is probably better today than he was seven years ago,

00:05:19he still has that questionable chin,

00:05:21and Tyson still has the sledgehammer punch.

00:05:24You know, they could hype the cliches all they want,

00:05:26like Bruno wants his revenge.

00:05:28Bruno wants to prove he's a champion.

00:05:29Or Tyson is improving his level of competition.

00:05:32But it's still the magnetism of Tyson, whether you like him or not,

00:05:36and the hint of upset, perhaps based on the fact

00:05:38that Bruno did rock Tyson in the first bout,

00:05:41which draws people into it.

00:05:44And earlier this evening,

00:05:46the arrival of the challenger, Mike Tyson,

00:05:48while he's projected a calmer, gentler personality than in the past,

00:05:52his general demeanor in the weeks leading to this moment

00:05:54has been distant and removed.

00:05:55However, sometimes you have to wonder

00:05:58how a person making a reported $30 million

00:06:00for doing something he supposedly loves,

00:06:03getting another opportunity to fight for a coveted world title,

00:06:07which he's yearned for, can appear so unhappy.

00:06:09Perhaps it's just his way of getting ready,

00:06:12his scowl, his game face.

00:06:15Even the handlers, including the normally approachable

00:06:17and loquacious trainer Jay Bright, have remained stone-faced.

00:06:20It's been reported that Bright has been muzzled by Team Tyson.

00:06:26With that, let me bring on my ringside partners.

00:06:28First, the fight, Dr. Ferdie Pacheco.

00:06:30And Ferdie, to say that so much has happened to these fighters

00:06:32since they last fought is an understatement.

00:06:35Well, when you stop to think how strange life is,

00:06:38three years ago, Tyson didn't know where his future was.

00:06:41He went into incarceration.

00:06:42What was that going to hold for him?

00:06:44Bruno was mired in a going-nowhere career,

00:06:47and then all of a sudden, here we are.

00:06:49The fate and the fortune of boxing turns

00:06:52in a scintillating evening of a heavyweight championship fight

00:06:55with both these men, and I take from it this little lesson.

00:06:58It's a lesson in life, and it's a lesson in boxing.

00:07:01Never quit.

00:07:02Just around the corner, your fortunes change when you least expect it.

00:07:06All right, and so much time has passed since their first meeting

00:07:09as we bring in our other ringside colleague, Bobby Cheson.

00:07:11Bobby, does the first fight have any relevance to tonight's fight?

00:07:14Steve, the first fight has to be very relevant for both fighters

00:07:16in several different ways.

00:07:17Both fighters' basic skills are still the same.

00:07:19Their styles are still somewhat the same.

00:07:21If they've changed at all, maybe very little.

00:07:23Tyson's still a great puncher.

00:07:25There are absolutes in boxing.

00:07:26A puncher will always be a puncher,

00:07:27and a fighter who doesn't have a great chin

00:07:28cannot go out and acquire one.

00:07:30This is one of the absolutes in boxing.

00:07:32It's not possible.

00:07:33The first fight lays a foundation, Steve,

00:07:35for what we can expect here tonight.

00:07:36In the first five rounds, Bruno, 20 pounds bigger,

00:07:38is going to be stronger,

00:07:39but that 20 pounds is going to hurt him in the later rounds

00:07:41when Mike comes on.

00:07:42You're not going to take Mike Tyson out with one punch,

00:07:44and Bruno needs to throw punches in bunches,

00:07:46which Mike does.

00:07:47And lastly, Mike Tyson has already beaten Frank Bruno.

00:07:49That remains in his mind.

00:07:51Bruno only believes he can.

00:07:52He has no proof of it.

00:07:53All right, the enthusiasm is building.

00:07:55Right now, let's check in with our roving reporter,

00:07:57Jim Gray.

00:07:58Jim?

00:07:58All right, thank you very much, Steve.

00:08:00Well, Mike Tyson arrived just a few minutes ago.

00:08:02He's back in the locker room.

00:08:04He's getting taped up and getting dressed.

00:08:05The fight's still a couple of hours away,

00:08:07but Tyson is here and is getting ready.

00:08:09We are now joined by Rory Holloway and John Horn,

00:08:12the co-managers of Mike Tyson.

00:08:13Let's start with Rory.

00:08:14How was Mike's day?

00:08:15What did he do to unwind and keep from getting nervous and anxious?

00:08:18Well, basically all week,

00:08:19it's been a very relaxing week for Mike.

00:08:20Even the last couple of days of sparring,

00:08:22it's been very, very relaxed,

00:08:23almost like a dead calm.

00:08:25Today, Mike got a lot of rest,

00:08:27spent a lot of time in his bedroom,

00:08:29looking at movies and stuff,

00:08:30just trying to stay loose and relaxed,

00:08:32anticipating a good fight.

00:08:34Did you guys talk about regaining the title,

00:08:36or has that not been mentioned?

00:08:37Well, absolutely.

00:08:38That's something that's been on my mind,

00:08:40John's mind, and Mike's mind, of course,

00:08:42for a long time.

00:08:43This is our goal.

00:08:45The first step is Bruno tonight,

00:08:47ultimately to unify the title.

00:08:49That's our first goal,

00:08:49so we always talk about it and always in our minds.

00:08:52John, there was a lot of secrecy about the training.

00:08:54How did the training go?

00:08:55We heard reports maybe Mike wasn't paying a lot of attention.

00:08:58I spoke with Mike yesterday.

00:08:59He said, this is the best shape he's in,

00:09:01so clear it up for us.

00:09:02I tend to believe Mike as opposed to the reports.

00:09:04Well, there's never, in our mind,

00:09:05there's never a doubt about Mike's training

00:09:07or a schedule or whatever.

00:09:08The schedule we make is not the same

00:09:10as the schedule that people make in their minds

00:09:11or the press or whatever.

00:09:13So when they don't get in,

00:09:13when they want to,

00:09:14they think something's wrong.

00:09:15Mike is fine.

00:09:16He's had a great training camp.

00:09:17He's confident.

00:09:18He's loose.

00:09:19He had a great day today.

00:09:20And he's just ready to roll.

00:09:22This has been six years now,

00:09:24since he fought for the title.

00:09:26And he's ready.

00:09:27He's been ready for a long time.

00:09:28And it's going to be a lot of fun tonight.

00:09:30Now, in my conversation with Mike,

00:09:32he told me he's been working out with some lions

00:09:33that he has at home and a tiger.

00:09:35It's helped his quickness and his power.

00:09:37You've seen this.

00:09:37How has it helped?

00:09:38I don't know about it,

00:09:39but it helped Mike quick

00:09:40because I'm getting out of there.

00:09:41But Mike, he loves the cats.

00:09:43The cats love him.

00:09:44They stay around him.

00:09:45And they're a lot of fun.

00:09:46And it's really been a lot of peace to Mike.

00:09:49There's been a lot of fun for him.

00:09:51He really likes pets and stuff a lot.

00:09:53Great.

00:09:53Thanks, John.

00:09:54Rory, good luck to you guys tonight.

00:09:55Let's go up to Jim Hill.

00:09:57All right, Jim.

00:09:57Great.

00:09:58Thank you very much.

00:09:58I'm joined tonight,

00:09:59and we're happy to have him,

00:10:00former WBO heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison.

00:10:03And Tommy, it was just a couple of months ago,

00:10:04right here at the MGM Grand,

00:10:05you tested HIV positive.

00:10:08Since then, there's been a worldwide suspension of you,

00:10:10and you have retired from boxing.

00:10:12What have you been doing since then?

00:10:14Well, Jim, right now I'm in the process

00:10:15of putting together a program

00:10:17that's going to allow me the opportunity

00:10:18to get out and speak to high schools

00:10:19and colleges across the nation

00:10:21to help educate people,

00:10:22particularly my generation,

00:10:23about this virus.

00:10:24You know, this is a subject

00:10:26that very few people are really educated about.

00:10:28I know that I wasn't,

00:10:29and now I'm paying the ultimate price for that.

00:10:31You know, I just want young people in America

00:10:33to view me and view my situation

00:10:35as something, as a living revelation

00:10:36to what can happen to them

00:10:38if they choose to take the low road

00:10:40and not be educated about this sort of thing.

00:10:43And so far,

00:10:43what's been the reaction from the public?

00:10:45The reaction has been very overwhelming.

00:10:47I'm very happy with that.

00:10:48Okay, let's talk boxing

00:10:49because that's why we're here tonight.

00:10:50What's your view

00:10:50on the current state of the heavyweight division?

00:10:52I think there's a lot of talent

00:10:53in the heavyweight division right now,

00:10:54particularly a lot of young heavyweights.

00:10:56You know, I think the direction

00:10:57of the heavyweight division

00:10:58pretty much hinges tonight

00:10:59on what happens here.

00:11:00And, you know,

00:11:01I think a lot of people truly wonder

00:11:02what's going to happen to Mike Tyson

00:11:04if, in fact, he engages in a war.

00:11:06You know, is he going to start

00:11:07questioning his conditioning?

00:11:08You know, is he, you know,

00:11:10after this four-year layoff,

00:11:11what's going to happen in his mind?

00:11:12I think, you know,

00:11:13how he reacts, you know,

00:11:15is really going to be criticized tonight.

00:11:17You know, I believe that, you know,

00:11:20the burning question is whether or not,

00:11:23the burning question is how many people out there,

00:11:25what they expect of him,

00:11:26that sort of thing.

00:11:27I think he's going to do a good job.

00:11:28And isn't it amazing that just one fight,

00:11:30the main event tonight,

00:11:31will have a dramatic impact

00:11:32on the rest of the heavyweight division?

00:11:35Absolutely.

00:11:35All right, Tommy, glad to have you.

00:11:37We're going to have a lot of fun.

00:11:38And we'll be hearing more from Tommy

00:11:39on his comments on the WBC Heavyweight Championship

00:11:42and the rest of tonight's card

00:11:43later on in our telecast.

00:11:45Now, our coverage begins

00:11:47with the IBF Junior Flyweight Championship.

00:11:49Two former champions,

00:11:51Melcher Cobb-Castro and Michael Carbohal,

00:11:53will vie for the vacant title.

00:11:55Then, a special attraction,

00:11:56a six-round women's bout

00:11:58featuring Christy Martin

00:11:59versus Deidre Gogeti.

00:12:01And another world championship fight is next.

00:12:03Undefeated champion,

00:12:04Ricardo Lopez,

00:12:05defends his WBC strawweight title

00:12:07against a number one contender

00:12:09in a la Villamore.

00:12:11Our fourth bout of the night

00:12:12is a main event.

00:12:13Frank Bruno,

00:12:14the newly crowned WBC heavyweight champion

00:12:16versus the former undisputed champion

00:12:18in Mike Tyson.

00:12:19Now, our telecast reaches

00:12:20into the early morning hours

00:12:22in the Eastern time zone,

00:12:23and we present a bonus championship bout

00:12:25that was recorded earlier tonight.

00:12:27Quincy Taylor will defend

00:12:29his WBC middleweight championship

00:12:31against Keith Holmes.

00:12:32This broadcasting innovation

00:12:34will enable the night owls

00:12:35and fight fanatics

00:12:36among our viewers

00:12:37to see five bouts,

00:12:39four of them,

00:12:40four world championships.

00:12:41Now, another innovation

00:12:43that we have tonight

00:12:44will make it possible

00:12:44for some of you

00:12:45to score the Bruno Tyson fight.

00:12:47For the first time

00:12:48in professional boxing history,

00:12:50you can be the judge

00:12:51of each round online

00:12:52from your own home.

00:12:54Now, if you have a computer

00:12:55with access to the internet,

00:12:57visit mtyson.com.

00:12:59This is your chance

00:13:00to score the Bruno Tyson fight

00:13:02live on the internet.

00:13:03Your entry will be tallied

00:13:05along with others

00:13:05from across the country.

00:13:07These tallies will immediately update

00:13:09the mtyson.com webpage

00:13:11and will be announced

00:13:12and shown here live

00:13:13on pay-per-view

00:13:14during the fight.

00:13:15But, of course,

00:13:16your voting is

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00:13:18and will not influence

00:13:19the outcome of the fight.

00:13:21mtyson.com

00:13:22is also the place

00:13:23to learn more

00:13:24about these fighters.

00:13:25You'll find fight records,

00:13:26vital statistics,

00:13:28downloadable pictures,

00:13:29an interactive boxing game,

00:13:30and more about the amazing

00:13:32and diverse backgrounds

00:13:33of both Frank Bruno

00:13:34and Mike Tyson.

00:13:36Once again,

00:13:37the web address is

00:13:38mtyson.com.

00:13:40You can also find this site

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00:13:52Where we're set now

00:13:53to begin tonight's fight coverage,

00:13:55let's return to the ringside

00:13:56once again

00:13:56and Steve Albert.

00:13:57Steve.

00:13:57Thank you, Jim.

00:13:58As we approach our first bout,

00:13:59the battle for the vacant

00:14:00IBF Junior flyweight title,

00:14:02top-rated Melchor Cobb-Castro

00:14:04taking on the number two contender,

00:14:06Michael Carbajal.

00:14:07They've never met in the ring,

00:14:08but they share the same nemesis,

00:14:09former world champ

00:14:10Chiquita Gonzalez,

00:14:11who beat both men twice,

00:14:12although in their first meeting,

00:14:14Carbajal stopped Gonzalez

00:14:15in the seventh in a war.

00:14:17And let us take a look

00:14:18at the number two challenger,

00:14:19Michael Carbajal,

00:14:20known as Little Hands of Stone,

00:14:22a two-time world champion

00:14:23and 1988 Olympic silver medalist

00:14:25and a man who is very familiar

00:14:27with tonight's title,

00:14:28having defended it nine times

00:14:29in his three-and-a-half-year reign

00:14:30as champion.

00:14:31Ferdy,

00:14:32your read on Michael.

00:14:34Michael lost some of the fire

00:14:35with those two big beatings

00:14:36he took from Chiquita,

00:14:38but he's stoked up again.

00:14:39He understands he hasn't fought

00:14:41up to Carbajal's standards.

00:14:43He wants to get it back tonight.

00:14:44He is fierce and he is determined

00:14:46to get in a punch-out,

00:14:47so I look for a blazing good fight

00:14:49from Carbajal tonight.

00:14:51And let's take a look

00:14:52at the number one contender,

00:14:53Melchor Cobb-Castro,

00:14:55the former WBC light flyweight champ

00:14:57who held the title

00:14:58for less than 90 days.

00:15:00He's waited patiently

00:15:00for a shot at regaining

00:15:01a world championship,

00:15:02winning nine straight

00:15:03in the last three years.

00:15:04Bobby, your take on Cobb-Castro.

00:15:06Well, Cobb-Castro's

00:15:07a smooth boxing south pole,

00:15:08but he doesn't have tremendous power

00:15:10and not KO in both hands.

00:15:11He's smart, good boxer, good shape,

00:15:13but he lacks that power

00:15:14and victories

00:15:15over real quality opponents,

00:15:16which makes him,

00:15:17even though he's

00:15:18the number one contender,

00:15:19an almost three-to-one dog year

00:15:20to the number two contender,

00:15:21Michael Carbajal.

00:15:22All right, Bobby,

00:15:22let's check the numbers

00:15:23as we go to the channel

00:15:24of the tape.

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00:15:27Cobb-Castro at 27,

00:15:28two years younger than Carbajal.

00:15:30Cobb-Castro only 5'1",

00:15:31Carbajal 5'5.5",

00:15:33the weight even at 107.

00:15:34The reach advantage to Carbajal

00:15:36at 65.25.

00:15:37And the IBF rules

00:15:39for this championship

00:15:39out-scheduled for 12 rounds,

00:15:4110-point mush system,

00:15:42three judges score the fight,

00:15:43no standing eight count,

00:15:45no three knockdown rule.

00:15:46Only the referee

00:15:47can stop the fight.

00:15:48The belt cannot save

00:15:48a fighter in any round.

00:15:50If an accidental foul

00:15:51occurs before the end

00:15:52of round six,

00:15:53it's a no decision.

00:15:54After the end of round six,

00:15:56they go to the scorecards.

00:15:58So here at the MGM Grand Garden

00:15:59in Las Vegas,

00:16:00closing in on the fight

00:16:01for the vacant IBF

00:16:02Junior Flyweight Championship,

00:16:04let's get the official

00:16:05introductions

00:16:05from our ring announcer,

00:16:06Jimmy Lennon Jr.

00:16:11Ladies and gentlemen,

00:16:12a very good evening to you

00:16:14and we welcome you

00:16:15to the world's largest hotel,

00:16:17casino, and theme park,

00:16:19the MGM Grand

00:16:20in Las Vegas, Nevada.

00:16:21As we have a big night

00:16:22of action coming away

00:16:23and it's all brought to you

00:16:24by Don King Productions

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00:16:33and the MGM Grand.

00:16:36At this time,

00:16:37we present the IBF

00:16:38Junior Flyweight World Championship

00:16:40sanctioned by

00:16:42the International Boxing Federation.

00:16:45The President, Robert Lee Sr.,

00:16:47Supervisor Darryl Peoples.

00:16:49Along with the Nevada State

00:16:50Athletic Commission,

00:16:51the Chairman,

00:16:52the Chairman is Dr. James Knave.

00:16:54Introducing to you

00:16:55our judges for this bout,

00:16:57Bill Graham,

00:16:58Tom McDonough,

00:17:00and Dave Moretti.

00:17:02Introducing to you

00:17:03our referee in charge

00:17:04of this bout,

00:17:05he'll be giving instructions

00:17:05after the introductions,

00:17:07Jay Nady.

00:17:09All right, fans,

00:17:10here we go

00:17:11with the vacant

00:17:12IBF Junior Flyweight

00:17:14Championship of the World.

00:17:16Here we go

00:17:16with the vacant

00:17:17IBF Junior Flyweight

00:17:19Championship of the World

00:17:21scheduled for 12 rounds

00:17:23of boxing.

00:17:24Introducing to you

00:17:25first on my right,

00:17:27fighting out of the blue corner,

00:17:29entering the ring

00:17:29wearing white trunks

00:17:30with red trim,

00:17:32he is fighting out of

00:17:33and representing

00:17:34his hometown

00:17:35of Phoenix, Arizona.

00:17:37He weighed in

00:17:38at a ready 107 pounds

00:17:41with a professional record

00:17:43of 39 wins,

00:17:44two losses.

00:17:46He has 25 wins

00:17:47coming by way of knockout.

00:17:49Here is the 1988

00:17:51Olympic silver medalist

00:17:52and three-time world champion

00:17:55in the 108-pound division,

00:17:57currently ranked

00:17:57the number two

00:17:58IBF Junior Flyweight contender,

00:18:00introducing

00:18:01Manitas de Piedra,

00:18:04Michael Carbajal.

00:18:12And presenting his opponent

00:18:14across the ring

00:18:15on my left,

00:18:16fighting out of the red corner,

00:18:17he is wearing blue trunks

00:18:19with gold trim,

00:18:21hailing from China,

00:18:23Campeche, Mexico.

00:18:25He weighed in the same

00:18:27as his opponent,

00:18:28107 pounds.

00:18:29His record includes

00:18:3045 wins,

00:18:32four losses,

00:18:33and four draws

00:18:34with 19 wins

00:18:36coming by way

00:18:37of knockout.

00:18:38Here is the former

00:18:39WBC light flyweight champion

00:18:41of the world

00:18:42and the current

00:18:43IBF number one

00:18:44ranked contender,

00:18:45introducing

00:18:48Melchor

00:18:49Corcob Castro.

00:18:53Once again,

00:18:54a referee in charge,

00:18:55Jay Nady,

00:18:56now to give instructions.

00:19:01Do we have any questions?

00:19:04You have 12 rounds.

00:19:05This is for the IBF

00:19:06championship of the world.

00:19:08I want a good,

00:19:09clean fight.

00:19:10If I take a break,

00:19:11I want you to step back

00:19:12cleanly,

00:19:13obey my commands,

00:19:14and defend yourself

00:19:15at all times.

00:19:16Let's go to work.

00:19:24Final instructions

00:19:25from referee Jay Nady.

00:19:27Michael Carbajal,

00:19:28critics of Carbajal

00:19:29say he may have seen

00:19:31better days.

00:19:32Tonight we'll see

00:19:32if he still has it

00:19:33against formidable

00:19:34opposition in

00:19:35Melchor Corcob Castro,

00:19:3745-4-4

00:19:38with 19 knockouts.

00:19:39All four defeats

00:19:40by decision.

00:19:42Here we go.

00:19:43Round one scheduled

00:19:44for 12

00:19:44for the vacant IBF

00:19:45junior flyweight title.

00:19:47Carbajal,

00:19:48the number two contender

00:19:48in the white trunks.

00:19:50Corcob Castro,

00:19:50the number one contender

00:19:51in the blue.

00:19:53Corcob Castro told us

00:19:54the best way

00:19:55to win this fight

00:19:55is to freeze Carbajal out,

00:19:57not get in a punch out.

00:19:58He'll look to box.

00:19:59He is not anxious

00:20:00to go toe-to-toe

00:20:01with Carbajal.

00:20:02Something you can't

00:20:03hardly avoid

00:20:04if you're fighting Carbajal.

00:20:05I mean, he gets in close.

00:20:06He starts firing.

00:20:07If he's got the old

00:20:08firing in him tonight,

00:20:09and that's what

00:20:09we're going to see,

00:20:10then it's going to be

00:20:11a tough night

00:20:12for Carb Castro

00:20:13to stay away from.

00:20:14For a guy like Carb Castro

00:20:15too, being shorter

00:20:16with shorter reach

00:20:17and height,

00:20:18to get inside

00:20:19and not be a puncher

00:20:20is a difficult thing

00:20:21because he's got to be

00:20:21in and out

00:20:22and in and out

00:20:22and that takes

00:20:22so much energy.

00:20:24Carbajal told us

00:20:25he'd like to draw

00:20:26Carb Castro

00:20:27into a slugfest

00:20:28and to do that

00:20:29he'll try to

00:20:29to cut off the ring

00:20:30and make

00:20:31Carb Castro fight.

00:20:32He feels he's got

00:20:33the power

00:20:34over Carb Castro

00:20:35but he thinks that

00:20:37Carb Castro

00:20:37will be moving

00:20:39around a lot.

00:20:43Carb Castro said

00:20:44that Carbajal thinks

00:20:45slow.

00:20:46He doesn't react.

00:20:48I don't think

00:20:49that's right.

00:20:50I think he's made

00:20:51a big mistake

00:20:52because that's what

00:20:52he's estimating

00:20:53Carbajal.

00:20:54He fires off

00:20:54very fast

00:20:55just as you saw

00:20:56right then.

00:20:57When he gets in close

00:20:57his hands fly.

00:20:59And Ferdy is

00:20:59you know you were there

00:21:00he also went on to say

00:21:01he loses his head

00:21:02does Carbajal

00:21:03when he gets hit

00:21:04and Carb Castro

00:21:05added my speed

00:21:06is a thousand times better.

00:21:07Well, that's why

00:21:08we're here.

00:21:08His speed's better

00:21:09but certainly his power

00:21:10isn't.

00:21:11He's got 45 wins

00:21:11and only 19 knockouts

00:21:13where 25 knockouts

00:21:14and 39 wins

00:21:15for Carbajal.

00:21:16Power certainly

00:21:17on the side of Carbajal

00:21:18and also that

00:21:19awkward southpaw stance.

00:21:20Once again

00:21:21the southpaws

00:21:21are always difficult

00:21:22when you box

00:21:23with the southpaw

00:21:24counters are backwards

00:21:25everything's in reverse.

00:21:25And Carb Castro

00:21:26feels his southpaw style

00:21:27will not affect Carbajal.

00:21:29He's fought too many

00:21:30left handers he says.

00:21:31He thinks that Carbajal

00:21:32will adjust

00:21:33and look out

00:21:33a little wrestling

00:21:35tactics there.

00:21:38Wild miss

00:21:39by Carbajal.

00:21:40He went right over the top

00:21:41and landed on his shoulder

00:21:42that looked sloppy

00:21:43but it didn't

00:21:44didn't do anything

00:21:45to either fight him.

00:21:45Some bad intentions

00:21:46on it though.

00:21:47Yeah.

00:21:47I mean you could see

00:21:48I mean Michael

00:21:49has always fought fierce.

00:21:50I mean we covered him

00:21:51in the Olympics

00:21:52in Korea

00:21:53and boy from the

00:21:54first opening gong

00:21:55that guy was there

00:21:56100%.

00:21:56Little guy huge

00:21:57huge heart.

00:21:59Carbajal

00:22:01knockout power

00:22:02as Bobby pointed out

00:22:03he can also

00:22:04take a punch.

00:22:06He does have trouble

00:22:07with the elusive

00:22:08quick moving styles

00:22:09as we saw

00:22:09in his second fight

00:22:10with Shakira Gonzalez

00:22:11who fought a very smart fight

00:22:12and took the

00:22:13WBC IVF

00:22:14light flyweight titles away.

00:22:17Carbajal

00:22:17from the streets

00:22:18of Phoenix, Arizona

00:22:19trains in his backyard

00:22:21the fabled

00:22:219th Street gym

00:22:22under the tutelage

00:22:23of his brother Danny.

00:22:24Gave back to the community

00:22:26by refurbishing

00:22:27an old church

00:22:27on 9th Street

00:22:28renamed it

00:22:28the 9th Street gym.

00:22:30As you talked about before

00:22:31Gonzalez

00:22:31Conchie Gonzalez

00:22:32somewhat of a

00:22:34nemesis for both fighters.

00:22:37Beat them both twice.

00:22:39Carbajal did beat

00:22:40Gonzalez once.

00:22:42Once again

00:22:43very little action

00:22:44Carbajal has to be given

00:22:46the advantage

00:22:47because he's come in.

00:22:48Let's listen to the corner

00:22:48and see what advice he gets.

00:22:50Give me the best one.

00:22:51Okay?

00:22:52Give me that.

00:22:53What he's trying to do

00:22:54is do the same shit

00:22:55that they had Gonzalez

00:22:57to move around

00:22:58move around

00:22:58and then try to come out strong.

00:23:00Don't let him take

00:23:00the last 10 seconds.

00:23:02Okay?

00:23:03He's gonna have to

00:23:04stand and trade.

00:23:05Alright?

00:23:09Don't get careless.

00:23:10Just keep the pressure on him.

00:23:11Get them hands high.

00:23:14If he wants to run around

00:23:15let him run around

00:23:16but you gotta throw.

00:23:17Okay?

00:23:17The jab siquiera.

00:23:18No more move.

00:23:19Put him in front of his car.

00:23:21Make him commit.

00:23:23Okay?

00:23:24You're doing alright.

00:23:27Velocidad.

00:23:28Poco a poco.

00:23:30Bang!

00:23:30Regresas cada vez que bloqueas

00:23:31con velocidad.

00:23:35Nacho Bernstein saying speed.

00:23:36Speed is what it is.

00:23:37You know, get faster.

00:23:38As soon as he gets in close, speed.

00:23:40Well,

00:23:42it's hard to do with Carvajal

00:23:43and not get hit back.

00:23:44Let's see what goes on

00:23:45in second round.

00:23:46Action's gotta speed up.

00:23:47That was a slow

00:23:48and boring first round.

00:23:49Well, round one

00:23:50followed the strategy

00:23:51as Cobb Castro

00:23:52constantly moved around the ring

00:23:54and Carvajal will have to

00:23:55cut him off

00:23:56and try to use his power.

00:23:58Yeah, but moving around

00:23:59the ring is not all it's...

00:24:01That doesn't win your fight.

00:24:02It certainly doesn't win

00:24:03your championship.

00:24:04You gotta stop the fight.

00:24:05It's not all it's cracked up to me.

00:24:05You gotta fight.

00:24:07Are my old eyes right?

00:24:08That would say

00:24:09above the law

00:24:10on his trunks,

00:24:11on Carvajal's trunks.

00:24:12Yes, that's the name

00:24:13of a rap group

00:24:15that sang his ring walk music

00:24:16on Carvajal's trunks.

00:24:17He has the names

00:24:18of his children

00:24:18along with the name

00:24:19of the rap group

00:24:20above the law.

00:24:21You're a fountain

00:24:22of information today.

00:24:23Could you tell me

00:24:23what that tattoo is

00:24:24on the back of his calf?

00:24:27Let's not get out of hand,

00:24:28now, Ferdy.

00:24:30Round two.

00:24:31Cobb Castro works closely

00:24:33in the gym

00:24:33with WBC strawweight champ

00:24:34Ricardo Lopez,

00:24:36one of the best.

00:24:37We'll see him later.

00:24:38He's 40-0,

00:24:39considered by many

00:24:41as pound for pound

00:24:42the best in the world.

00:24:44They're very good friends

00:24:45and they share

00:24:46the same trend

00:24:46of the man you talked about,

00:24:47Ignacio Therastain.

00:24:48I think Carvajal has to

00:24:50push a little more,

00:24:50use the jab a little more,

00:24:51use the stiff jab.

00:24:52He's got the big power jab.

00:24:53Stick it out there,

00:24:54make the smaller fighter

00:24:56jump around and make him

00:24:57speed around and push him

00:24:58back like this on a rope.

00:24:59Work his body,

00:24:59rough him up a little.

00:25:01Don't hold, don't hold.

00:25:03The action heating up

00:25:04a little bit here

00:25:05as Cobb Castro

00:25:06going to the body.

00:25:09If it was possible,

00:25:10who would ever think

00:25:11you'd live to see

00:25:12a fight in which,

00:25:14in which Carvajal

00:25:15is a taller fighter.

00:25:17I mean,

00:25:17he's so small.

00:25:18I mean,

00:25:18here's taller than this guy.

00:25:19He's 5'5".

00:25:20Cobb Castro just 5'1".

00:25:24From China,

00:25:25Compeche, Mexico.

00:25:28Turns 28 in April,

00:25:29the number one contender

00:25:30in the blue trunks.

00:25:31He prefers the pronunciation,

00:25:34Melchor.

00:25:41You know,

00:25:41right now,

00:25:42even with that,

00:25:43Cobb Castro's leaving

00:25:44too much room.

00:25:45He's quicker,

00:25:45but he's leaving too much room

00:25:46between him and Castro.

00:25:47If he's going to get in and out,

00:25:48he's got to be

00:25:48just out of range

00:25:51of Carvajal's punches,

00:25:51not as far out as he is,

00:25:53and he's not going to get it

00:25:53done from out there.

00:25:55Cobb Castro,

00:25:56the southpaw,

00:25:58missing wildly

00:25:58with that right,

00:25:59then the left hook.

00:26:01But Michael's

00:26:02coming in with that right hand

00:26:03straight down the pike.

00:26:04This kid's wide open

00:26:05right down the pike.

00:26:06And as he steps in,

00:26:07as Michael steps in,

00:26:09that makes more force

00:26:10to that right hand,

00:26:11and he has been applying it

00:26:12to the forehead

00:26:13of Cobb Castro.

00:26:14Interestingly,

00:26:15Cobb Castro

00:26:16kind of strays

00:26:17from the typical

00:26:17Mexican face-first

00:26:18toe-to-toe brawler style.

00:26:20Only the 19 KOs

00:26:21in 45 wins.

00:26:23Exactly.

00:26:24As Bobby pointed out,

00:26:25it's half the power

00:26:26against full power.

00:26:28He employs a fast-moving,

00:26:29quick-handed

00:26:29technician-style

00:26:30to complement

00:26:31his natural

00:26:32southpaw approach.

00:26:34Usually,

00:26:34he is a slow starter

00:26:36and a fast finisher.

00:26:37There's that left

00:26:38hook by Cobb Castro,

00:26:40but it did not land.

00:26:40Missing wildly again

00:26:41with the left hook.

00:26:52That right hand

00:26:54is going in.

00:26:55It's catching him.

00:26:56It's going straight,

00:26:57straight in,

00:26:57and it's catching him.

00:27:17Here's what we're talking about.

00:27:18If Cobb Castro is going to be

00:27:19effective,

00:27:20he's got to be

00:27:21just barely out of range

00:27:23in his right hand.

00:27:24He's going to throw

00:27:24his right hand

00:27:25and his left hand here.

00:27:25He's got to be

00:27:26just out of range

00:27:27and then fire right back

00:27:28with his speed

00:27:28and step in and counter.

00:27:29And you watch it happen

00:27:30when Cobb Castro

00:27:30misses the right hand.

00:27:33Right there.

00:27:34See, he's got to be

00:27:34right on top of it.

00:27:35And even though he doesn't

00:27:36have the range

00:27:37to get back

00:27:37and Cobb Castro pulls out,

00:27:38that's where he's got to be.

00:27:39He's just about to be

00:27:40in the tip of those gloves,

00:27:40Steve.

00:27:41He's going to be effective.

00:27:43All right, Bobby,

00:27:44round three and round two.

00:27:45Both fighters show

00:27:46that they'll be

00:27:46willing to mix it up inside.

00:27:48We'll see what happens

00:27:49here in round three

00:27:50if there's more

00:27:50toe-to-toe contact.

00:27:53I think they've both

00:27:54got to step it up.

00:27:55I think Carver Howell's

00:27:55got to start getting

00:27:56a little bit more

00:27:57aggressive than he's been.

00:27:59And Cobb Castro's

00:28:00got to do something positive

00:28:01to win these rounds

00:28:02rather than to just

00:28:03let him slip away.

00:28:04He's getting close,

00:28:05as Bobby showed you

00:28:06in a tall straight.

00:28:06It's got the good idea.

00:28:07It's just not getting it.

00:28:12Cobb Castro in the blue.

00:28:13He's the number one

00:28:14contender for the

00:28:15IBF Junior Flyweight

00:28:17Championship,

00:28:17former WBC Light

00:28:18Flyweight Champion.

00:28:22Quick!

00:28:23Cobb Castro has never

00:28:24been down.

00:28:25Stop punching on the break.

00:28:26Referee Jay Nady,

00:28:27who looks like

00:28:28Sean Bradley in there

00:28:30next to these two guys.

00:28:31Yeah.

00:28:32He just said,

00:28:33don't hit on the break.

00:28:34Actually, you know,

00:28:35it wasn't flagrant.

00:28:36They weren't really

00:28:36flying at it.

00:28:37He's just trying to

00:28:38make sure that it

00:28:39stays a nice,

00:28:40clean fight,

00:28:40which it has been.

00:28:46T. Cobb Castro

00:28:47has to draw that fire,

00:28:48but he can't jump

00:28:49so far back out of range.

00:28:50And you can see him

00:28:51there as he was

00:28:51jumping,

00:28:52he was inching up.

00:28:53Something he's got to do.

00:28:54He's got to stay

00:28:54close to him.

00:28:56Carvajal, of course,

00:28:57has been down

00:28:58in that war

00:28:58with Chiquita Gonzalez.

00:29:00He got off the canvas

00:29:01twice to win that fight.

00:29:04I tell you what,

00:29:05Bobby,

00:29:05I'd hate to be

00:29:06leaping in

00:29:07when you're facing

00:29:07a guy can fire

00:29:08as fast

00:29:09as Carvajal can

00:29:11and is hard.

00:29:12Leaping in

00:29:12and getting hit.

00:29:13You try not to leap,

00:29:14you try and step

00:29:14smartly,

00:29:15but he's got to

00:29:16make the move.

00:29:16He's got to come forward.

00:29:17He can't hit the man

00:29:18if he can't reach him.

00:29:18And several times

00:29:19he's left his feet

00:29:20coming in.

00:29:21He's getting a little

00:29:21flustered.

00:29:22The distance is so great.

00:29:23You see how he reached

00:29:24for it that time?

00:29:25That distance

00:29:25would begin to bother him.

00:29:27Oh, nice.

00:29:28Oh, good.

00:29:28That's a perfect example

00:29:30of that slip and counter.

00:29:31Cobb Castro.

00:29:32Hang on, hang on,

00:29:32hang on his arm.

00:29:33That was just what you

00:29:34showed on the Telestrator.

00:29:35Exactly the punch.

00:29:37He rocks just out of range,

00:29:38just off the tips

00:29:39of that glove.

00:29:39And it's, you know,

00:29:40you've got to be careful

00:29:41because if you misjudge

00:29:42you get caught

00:29:42flushing the face.

00:29:44And he got hit

00:29:45in the forehead just then

00:29:46and his knees buckled

00:29:47but not from the punch.

00:29:48I mean, he was

00:29:49in a bad position.

00:29:51Carvajal's first

00:29:52title fight here

00:29:53since November of 1994

00:29:54over two years ago

00:29:56when he lost again

00:29:58to Chiquita Gonzalez

00:29:59in their third fight.

00:30:00He's 6-0 since

00:30:01the last five

00:30:02by knockout.

00:30:05Straight right hand

00:30:05by Carvajal.

00:30:06There you can see

00:30:07the power of that right hand.

00:30:08Right down the middle.

00:30:10And it got between

00:30:11the gloves,

00:30:11the defense of Cobb Castro.

00:30:13Well, that's been

00:30:13there all night.

00:30:14It's starting to sting

00:30:15and stun him a little bit.

00:30:17Cobb Castro's not going

00:30:18to be able to eat that

00:30:19for 12 rounds,

00:30:20I'll tell you.

00:30:20Well, Carvajal told us

00:30:21yesterday he feels

00:30:22he's got the power

00:30:25against the elusive

00:30:26Cobb Castro.

00:30:28Missing with that

00:30:29right hook.

00:30:30Crank.

00:30:30Michael Carvajal.

00:30:31Good duck under move

00:30:32there by the number

00:30:33one contender.

00:30:34See, pace is important

00:30:35if you're going to make

00:30:36a big puncher,

00:30:37run out of gas,

00:30:37or at least use

00:30:38a lot of energy.

00:30:40Cobb Castro's not

00:30:40keeping that pace for him.

00:30:55No, no, no, no hables.

00:30:57Mejor ve viendo

00:30:58lo que estás haciendo,

00:30:59¿me entiendes?

00:30:59Y no, no comentes aquí,

00:31:01el chorro.

00:31:03Ahorita vas a boxear igual,

00:31:04que es el cuarto rato.

00:31:06Pero a ver,

00:31:07intenta ver si puedes

00:31:08hacer un rompimiento

00:31:09y le caes a tu brazo.

00:31:12Inténtalo,

00:31:13que no se te olvide

00:31:14porque esa es la base

00:31:15de la victoria,

00:31:15esa es el sorprenderlo.

00:31:17Ahorita le metiste golpes

00:31:20y el tipo reacciona muy lentamente.

00:31:23Y todavía me pierde.

00:31:24All right,

00:31:24this is the making a miss

00:31:25of points.

00:31:26He missed,

00:31:26he came around,

00:31:27of course,

00:31:27that was a low blow

00:31:28after he made a miss.

00:31:29Nacho was saying,

00:31:30now you got the style,

00:31:31then just step it up

00:31:31about 50%.

00:31:34When you see Castro,

00:31:35see what he does,

00:31:35just off that hand,

00:31:37counters with the straight

00:31:37or the overhand left,

00:31:39that's what he's got to do,

00:31:39who's got to just make that miss,

00:31:41not be by a lot

00:31:41because he is shorter

00:31:42and he's not going

00:31:43to reach as easily.

00:31:44And that's exactly

00:31:45what they told him

00:31:45in the corner,

00:31:46Bobby.

00:31:46Nacho said,

00:31:47that's the punch,

00:31:48you landed it good.

00:31:49Now increase the intensity,

00:31:50try to be faster,

00:31:51but that's the punch

00:31:52we're looking at.

00:31:53So Bobby,

00:31:53you hit it right on the head.

00:31:55That's exactly their plan.

00:31:57Ignacio Beristain

00:31:58has trained eight world champions,

00:32:00including Ricardo Lopez,

00:32:01his upcoming,

00:32:02and Chiquita Gonzalez

00:32:04offering the advice.

00:32:05Cobb Castro

00:32:05having more success

00:32:06with the overhand,

00:32:08the looping lefts,

00:32:09while the straight rights

00:32:10seem to be working more

00:32:11for Carvajal

00:32:11as we enter round four.

00:32:14Cobb Castro

00:32:15hasn't done enough

00:32:16in each round two

00:32:17and he's getting closer,

00:32:18he's getting the idea,

00:32:19but he's just

00:32:19not doing enough

00:32:21and Carvajal

00:32:22is leading the fight.

00:32:23I mean,

00:32:23he's making the fight.

00:32:25See,

00:32:26that's one of the things

00:32:26Cobb Castro

00:32:27has to worry about

00:32:27is that power.

00:32:28When you have to worry

00:32:29about that power,

00:32:29you have to

00:32:30almost take a secondary thought

00:32:32to your punches

00:32:32and he can't do that.

00:32:33He's got to be able

00:32:34to slip,

00:32:34have confidence

00:32:35in his chin

00:32:35and attack a little bit.

00:32:37Well,

00:32:37Nacho told him

00:32:37to step it up 50%

00:32:39and I think we're seeing

00:32:39a much faster

00:32:40and much more determined

00:32:42fighter this round

00:32:43in Cobb Castro

00:32:44than he has been.

00:32:46Meanwhile,

00:32:46Michael Carvajal

00:32:47in the white trunks,

00:32:49more of a slugger

00:32:51than a boxer,

00:32:52sometimes gets

00:32:53lured into the wrong

00:32:54kind of fights,

00:32:55wrong kind of style.

00:32:56He seems to be holding

00:32:57his own

00:32:58as far as style

00:32:59is concerned here.

00:33:00He's trying to lure,

00:33:01trying to draw

00:33:01Cobb Castro

00:33:02into his stop.

00:33:06He wants to get

00:33:07into a street fight here.

00:33:09There's a swing

00:33:10and a miss.

00:33:12Mike Carvajal,

00:33:13he landed

00:33:14with the right uppercut

00:33:15to the belly

00:33:15and then missed

00:33:16with the left.

00:33:19And the thing,

00:33:20he's landing.

00:33:21I mean,

00:33:21he lands one,

00:33:22he misses one,

00:33:22but he lands.

00:33:23He's always in action.

00:33:26I mean,

00:33:26this guy likes

00:33:27to fight.

00:33:29Well,

00:33:30Cobb Castro

00:33:30feeling that

00:33:31his speed

00:33:33will do the trick

00:33:34here against

00:33:34Michael Carvajal,

00:33:36but Carvajal's

00:33:36power may

00:33:37win out.

00:33:38Lego, Lego, Lego.

00:33:39Carvajal's blocking

00:33:39a lot of punches,

00:33:40quick little shots

00:33:41pretty nicely too,

00:33:42so he not only

00:33:43is not leaning

00:33:44bigger shots,

00:33:44but he's not even

00:33:45leaning as many

00:33:45shots right now.

00:33:46Let him out,

00:33:47let him out, Lego.

00:33:47Michael Carvajal,

00:33:49fabled amateur career,

00:33:50began his pro career

00:33:51six months

00:33:52after a very

00:33:52successful amateur

00:33:53career kept

00:33:54by the silver medal

00:33:55performance

00:33:55in the 88 games.

00:34:00That right hand

00:34:01keeps finding

00:34:02its way.

00:34:04The traditional

00:34:04right hand lead

00:34:05down the middle

00:34:06against the southpaw

00:34:07for Carvajal now

00:34:08with the distance

00:34:08and the range

00:34:09and the power

00:34:11working.

00:34:12Well,

00:34:12left hook there

00:34:12by Cobb Castro,

00:34:13but not much steam

00:34:14behind it.

00:34:15And Carvajal just shook it off.

00:34:17If that had good steam,

00:34:18that was a very good punch.

00:34:19He just didn't have it.

00:34:20It was right on the temple.

00:34:22I'll miss there

00:34:23by Carvajal,

00:34:24Jane 80.

00:34:25Just watch the heads.

00:34:27I didn't see that much.

00:34:29And it banged head

00:34:30just briefly

00:34:30as they both came

00:34:31into each other

00:34:31but nothing major.

00:34:33Well,

00:34:33you do that

00:34:33when you fight

00:34:34left-handers.

00:34:34It's like stepping

00:34:35on each other's toes.

00:34:36That's what happens.

00:34:38Bob Castro,

00:34:38the southpaw

00:34:40in the blue.

00:34:49We're here

00:34:50at the MGM Grand Garden

00:34:51in Las Vegas, Nevada.

00:34:53The vacant IVF

00:34:54Junior Flyweight Championship

00:34:56all leading up

00:34:56to the WBC

00:34:58Heavyweight Championship

00:34:59between the champion

00:35:00Frank Bruno

00:35:00and the challenger

00:35:01Mike Tyson.

00:35:04Be more active,

00:35:05okay?

00:35:09When you get inside,

00:35:11work,

00:35:11keep working

00:35:12whatever freehand

00:35:12you got,

00:35:14get inside that body.

00:35:16All he's doing

00:35:17is trying to hold,

00:35:18okay?

00:35:18Yeah,

00:35:19he's gonna try

00:35:20they're doing

00:35:20the same kind

00:35:21of shit.

00:35:21He's trying to run

00:35:22around and wait

00:35:23until the later rounds

00:35:24but he can't,

00:35:24he's got no power.

00:35:25Just don't get careless.

00:35:34work that body

00:35:35when you get inside.

00:35:44Round number five,

00:35:45two fighters

00:35:46in pursuit

00:35:46of a vacant crown,

00:35:48the IVF

00:35:48Junior Flyweight Championship.

00:35:50the number one contender

00:35:52in the blue trunks,

00:35:53Melcher Cobb Castro,

00:35:54the number two challenger

00:35:55in the white trunks,

00:35:57Michael Carbohol.

00:35:58Now here's a fight

00:35:59where I have Carbohol

00:36:00winning handily,

00:36:01yet if you walked in

00:36:02and watched these

00:36:03you weren't keeping score,

00:36:04it's kind of an even fight

00:36:05because nothing's happening.

00:36:06Not one is taking

00:36:08the advantage of the other.

00:36:09Nobody's getting a big beating.

00:36:10It's just kind of,

00:36:11you know,

00:36:12nice little gym workout here,

00:36:14you know,

00:36:14unless they heat up.

00:36:15Yeah,

00:36:16there was a nice little

00:36:17combination by

00:36:19Castro and,

00:36:20you know,

00:36:21it's again,

00:36:21it's every round is won

00:36:22kind of clearly

00:36:23but not by a lot.

00:36:24It's very light.

00:36:24The third round was close.

00:36:25It almost could have been even

00:36:27but not a lot of action.

00:36:29It's a very difficult,

00:36:30tactical fight to fight.

00:36:32Meanwhile,

00:36:32this crowd settling in

00:36:33for hopefully

00:36:35an exciting main event

00:36:37better than 15,000

00:36:40should be on hand

00:36:41when all is said and done.

00:36:42SRO.

00:36:43It is filling up

00:36:43if you look around.

00:36:45Well,

00:36:45anybody doesn't come early

00:36:46to see Carvajal fights crazy.

00:36:48This is not one of the great fights

00:36:49that he's done

00:36:50but Carvajal is

00:36:51always going to give you

00:36:52his money's worth.

00:36:53This just doesn't happen

00:36:54to be one of them.

00:36:54Not only that,

00:36:55Ricardo Lopez later.

00:36:57Maybe the best known secret,

00:36:58I mean,

00:36:59the least known

00:37:00of the great fighters.

00:37:01stop.

00:37:02I.J. Lady

00:37:03getting all over

00:37:03both fighters

00:37:06taking charge here.

00:37:09He doesn't want

00:37:10that head movement

00:37:11by Meltzer Cobb-Castro

00:37:12coming in head first.

00:37:17The rule here

00:37:18if an accidental foul

00:37:19occurs before the end

00:37:20of the sixth round,

00:37:21it's a no decision

00:37:22after the sixth

00:37:23they go to the cards.

00:37:24We're in round five.

00:37:26Now comes a little action

00:37:27from Cobb-Castro.

00:37:28trying to tie him up.

00:37:31Meanwhile,

00:37:31a little holding

00:37:32and hitting there

00:37:32by Carvajal.

00:37:33Yeah, because Carvajal

00:37:33likes to fight.

00:37:34I mean,

00:37:35he doesn't care

00:37:35from outsiders

00:37:36from inside.

00:37:37He just likes combat.

00:37:40He's got a fire

00:37:41burning in him

00:37:41that's been banged

00:37:43by Chiquita

00:37:43in two fights

00:37:44when he's back again.

00:37:45He's got that fire.

00:37:47Cobb-Castro coming forward.

00:37:48He is not known

00:37:49as a brawler

00:37:50and Carvajal

00:37:51looking to get

00:37:51Cobb-Castro

00:37:52into that kind of a fight.

00:37:54He kind of jumps forward

00:37:56on his toes.

00:37:56His feet are never really

00:37:57planted for any power.

00:37:58He's certainly not

00:37:59a power puncher

00:38:00and if he's going to stop you

00:38:01it's going to be from

00:38:01fatigue

00:38:02and a combination of that

00:38:03with an intuitive effect

00:38:04of a lot of punches

00:38:05if he lands a lot

00:38:06and right now

00:38:06he's not landing a lot.

00:38:11Michael Carvajal

00:38:12from Phoenix, Arizona.

00:38:14Melchor Cobb-Castro

00:38:15from China, Compeche, Mexico.

00:38:18Don't hold, don't hold.

00:38:18He's having a little bit

00:38:19better around.

00:38:20Came out kind of nice

00:38:21with a three or four

00:38:22punch combination

00:38:23pushed Carvajal

00:38:24back to the far corner.

00:38:25But, you know,

00:38:26can't really get in.

00:38:27Can't get respect

00:38:28from Carvajal

00:38:28because you can't hurt him.

00:38:30Cobb-Castro

00:38:31does not have power

00:38:33and by the same token

00:38:35Carvajal

00:38:35can really take a punch.

00:38:38So that does not

00:38:39bode well

00:38:39for the number one

00:38:40contender Cobb-Castro

00:38:42as we head for the bell.

00:38:55How the hell are you?

00:38:56You're fighting

00:38:57at the same pace.

00:38:58You don't have any

00:38:59many changes

00:38:59or anything.

00:39:11You're fighting a common fight,

00:39:29an ordinary fight.

00:39:30You're getting beaten

00:39:31every round

00:39:32because you have no heart.

00:39:33You've got to come out here

00:39:34and boy,

00:39:34he is giving him hell.

00:39:40Because it's the sixth round,

00:39:41you're just giving

00:39:42this fight away.

00:39:43Start fighting.

00:39:44Well, round six

00:39:45begins.

00:39:46Now, this type of pace

00:39:47would generally favor

00:39:48a champion,

00:39:49but there's no champion here.

00:39:51The lack of action

00:39:52a little bit surprising

00:39:53and pressing the attack

00:39:55could sway the judges

00:39:56in a close fight.

00:39:58Well, he told me,

00:39:59he says,

00:39:59you're landing

00:40:00no combinations whatsoever.

00:40:02You're fighting

00:40:02like you're a beginner.

00:40:04You've forgotten

00:40:05everything you ever learned.

00:40:06Come in here

00:40:06and fight

00:40:07for the title.

00:40:08He really gave them all.

00:40:10Every once in a while,

00:40:11it's amazing to me

00:40:12sometimes that a trainer

00:40:13overlooks the power

00:40:14of the opposition

00:40:15and that it's really

00:40:16gotten his fighters' attention.

00:40:18But you see how hard

00:40:19he's trying now?

00:40:20He is trying to be,

00:40:21to at least satisfy his corner.

00:40:23He's trying to at least

00:40:24get some kind of approval

00:40:25when he gets to the corner.

00:40:26Let go, Michael.

00:40:27Jose really lacerated

00:40:28his confidence

00:40:29in the corner.

00:40:31Well, he's coming in.

00:40:32He's taking his swings.

00:40:33He's getting his wax in there.

00:40:34And what I've always maintained

00:40:35is I get mad

00:40:36when fighters don't put themselves

00:40:37in a position to win

00:40:39but just survive.

00:40:40Saying, well,

00:40:40I went the distance

00:40:41with so-and-so,

00:40:42the great so-and-so.

00:40:42Just go the distance

00:40:43doesn't mean anything

00:40:44if you've never tried to win.

00:40:47Break, stop.

00:40:50Jay Nady,

00:40:51the third man of the ring

00:40:52from Las Vegas.

00:40:53Bill Graham of Las Vegas,

00:40:55Tom McDonough

00:40:55of Tacoma, Washington,

00:40:56and Dave Moretti

00:40:57of Las Vegas

00:40:58are the three judges

00:40:59ringside.

00:41:06Michael Carbohal

00:41:07with a wild left hook

00:41:08that misses.

00:41:09Michael, Michael, Michael, Michael.

00:41:09Boy, that was a hard

00:41:10left hook, too.

00:41:12Michael, Michael.

00:41:13Halfway through round six,

00:41:17Brown's starting to get anxious

00:41:18and edgy.

00:41:20They want more action.

00:41:28Carbohal popping to the head,

00:41:29but that looks to be a hard head.

00:41:33Let go, let go, let go.

00:41:34Digging in to...

00:41:35Oh, nice body shot.

00:41:37Yes, that was.

00:41:38Michael Carbohal unleashing.

00:41:40You can tell when one is really digging in,

00:41:43and he's digging in with his body shots.

00:41:45Carbohal stepping up the pressure,

00:41:48stepping up the strength of his punches.

00:41:50It's very difficult to communicate

00:41:51to the people at home

00:41:52how difficult when a fighter

00:41:53is so much stronger,

00:41:53more powerful than you,

00:41:55how difficult it is to work to him

00:41:56when he has all that extra strength.

00:41:58And that's one of the reasons

00:41:59Mike Tyson is so effective.

00:42:01Let go, let go, let go.

00:42:05Carbohal picking it up here now,

00:42:07beginning to land more frequently,

00:42:10and really digging to the body

00:42:11of Cobb Castro,

00:42:12the number one contender.

00:42:14Off the top of the head

00:42:15by Cobb Castro,

00:42:16doing no damage to Carbohal.

00:42:22And those pitter-patter punches

00:42:24by Cobb Castro

00:42:24having no impact whatsoever.

00:42:29Sweeping left hook there

00:42:30by Carbohal

00:42:31to the top of Castro's head.

00:42:44Nice round, guys.

00:43:14Some of the quick words he uses

00:43:17humiliation, mediocrity,

00:43:18and an insult to the public.

00:43:25All right, let's take a look

00:43:26at the way Carbohal punishes the body.

00:43:30There you go.

00:43:30And that is right to the ribs,

00:43:33and that hurts.

00:43:34Yeah, you look at it again.

00:43:35He digs this nice shot.

00:43:36It's around.

00:43:37It's clean right under the elbow.

00:43:38He digs it in there.

00:43:39And before that,

00:43:40there was one or two on the inside,

00:43:41so he's working the body.

00:43:42He's trying to slow

00:43:43the quicker man down.

00:43:46So here we go

00:43:47into round number seven.

00:43:49Halfway through this fight

00:43:51and halfway toward

00:43:52decroding a new champion.

00:43:54This is for the vacant IBF

00:43:55Junior Flyweight Championship.

00:43:59How about some unofficial scores, Doc?

00:44:01I have him way ahead, 60 to 55.

00:44:03Carbohal?

00:44:03You got him.

00:44:04Actually, I got a 59-54.

00:44:06I threw a round in there.

00:44:07It was close,

00:44:08but I give the benefit of the doubt,

00:44:09I gave Castro the fifth round.

00:44:11I thought he threw a couple more combinations,

00:44:13but at best,

00:44:15I'm going to give him one round.

00:44:15That's the one I gave even, Bob.

00:44:17I mean,

00:44:18I couldn't quite give it to him,

00:44:19but I made it even.

00:44:20Oh, my God!

00:44:24Carbohal looking for his 40th win.

00:44:26He's 39-2 with 25 knockouts.

00:44:30And as we mentioned,

00:44:31Carbohal a slugger,

00:44:32more than a boxer,

00:44:33sometimes gets lured to the wrong kind of fight.

00:44:35Not unlike our colleague upstairs,

00:44:38Tommy Morrison,

00:44:39who sometimes fought the wrong style

00:44:41for certain fighters.

00:44:42What do you think about that, Tommy?

00:44:44Well, I think certainly Castro's corner

00:44:46has got him certainly picking up the pace

00:44:48over the last few rounds.

00:44:49It seemed like he's being a little bit more effective,

00:44:51but Carbohal seems to be keeping the distance,

00:44:53and he seems to be lunging a little bit.

00:44:55So I think Carbohal's controlling the pace of the fight.

00:45:00Tommy Morrison working alongside Jim Hill upstairs.

00:45:02We'll hear more from Tommy later.

00:45:05Quick! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!

00:45:06Don't hold! Don't hold!

00:45:08Don't hold!

00:45:09Stay in front of me. Don't hold him.

00:45:10Well, for what this fight may be lacking

00:45:13in action may more than be made up

00:45:16for, in our next fight,

00:45:18a special six-round women's bout

00:45:20between Christy Martin and Deidre Gogerty.

00:45:22And as Christy likes to say,

00:45:24don't go to the refrigerator.

00:45:25She's never in a boring fight, Stephen.

00:45:27That's amazing for me to even be saying.

00:45:28She feeds off the crowd.

00:45:31She loves the excitement.

00:45:33And she is explosive.

00:45:34Should be interesting.

00:45:35Such a sweet, nice lady.

00:45:36When you talk to her,

00:45:37as soon as that bell rings,

00:45:38she becomes vicious,

00:45:39just like any other fighter I know.

00:45:42She said she got into a business

00:45:44where people ask her the things

00:45:45you're never supposed to ask a woman.

00:45:47What's your age?

00:45:48Don't hold.

00:45:48And what's your weight?

00:45:49Let go. Let go.

00:45:51Unfortunately, she has to tell all.

00:45:53Don't hold.

00:45:54Well, the consequences

00:45:55of getting into this sport.

00:45:57Well, anyway,

00:45:58round seven continues.

00:46:00Not much action here.

00:46:02It's scheduled for 12

00:46:03for the IBF Junior Flyweight Championship.

00:46:06Wild swing and a miss there

00:46:07by the number one contender,

00:46:08Melchor Cobb-Castro Carvajal

00:46:10pretty much controlling the fight

00:46:12using his power.

00:46:14Less than 30 seconds

00:46:16remaining in round seven.

00:46:17That straight right hand

00:46:18keeps coming down the pike.

00:46:19It's beginning to break up the brow.

00:46:21He's getting all red

00:46:22around the top of the forehead

00:46:24and the brow.

00:46:25And that is Cobb-Castro.

00:46:27And that's because

00:46:28Carvajal's straight right hand

00:46:29just is a thing of beauty.

00:46:30Comes right down there.

00:46:31Well, he's finding out

00:46:32about those little hands

00:46:33of stone firsthand here.

00:46:35Manitas de Piedra.

00:46:36And you can see Carvajal

00:46:37trying to draw him in

00:46:38and counter him,

00:46:39but right now Castro

00:46:41losing the battle.

00:46:44He's up.

00:46:56When you hit him

00:46:56with that right hand

00:46:57and you throw the hook,

00:46:58if you miss that hook,

00:46:59then he's bending, right?

00:47:00Come back with the right hand,

00:47:01Michael.

00:47:02All right?

00:47:06Turn your face with it.

00:47:13A little brotherly advice.

00:47:15If you're going to throw a hook,

00:47:17they're edging him on top of his head.

00:47:19He ain't doing that.

00:47:21That means you did.

00:47:25Funny, we asked him

00:47:26how old his brother was

00:47:27and he didn't know.

00:47:34He said all out.

00:47:35Don't just throw a combination

00:47:37and stop.

00:47:38Punch, punch, punch.

00:47:39Keep going.

00:47:39This fight is gone

00:47:40unless you fight.

00:47:41I mean, they're sending him out

00:47:43to do or die.

00:47:44Here we go.

00:47:45Round eight.

00:47:46Melcher Cobb Castro

00:47:47in the blue

00:47:48showing more of the effects

00:47:50of Michael Carvajal's punches,

00:47:52particularly on the forehead.

00:47:53But no dangerous cuts thus far.

00:47:58And Melcher Cobb Castro

00:47:59looking to step it up here.

00:48:01He's got it right there.

00:48:02He should be punching

00:48:03every which way he can.

00:48:04But look what beautiful defense

00:48:07Carvajal put up just now.

00:48:10Not one of those punches

00:48:11landed as he watched him

00:48:12whistle by.

00:48:14Yeah, Michael thought

00:48:15and thought and thought

00:48:16and he said,

00:48:16I can't remember

00:48:17how old my brother is.

00:48:18I just know he's older

00:48:19than me.

00:48:20My brothers wish

00:48:21I would do that.

00:48:21Let go, let go, let go.

00:48:23Stop, stop, stop.

00:48:24Go grab his arm, Danny.

00:48:25Quickly approaching

00:48:26the point of

00:48:27absolutely no return

00:48:29for Cobb Castro.

00:48:30He's got to really

00:48:31do something here

00:48:32to start to close this show

00:48:33if he wants to even be

00:48:33in the race for a decision.

00:48:37Missing there

00:48:37with the right hook.

00:48:38He was off balance too

00:48:39when he threw it.

00:48:40Moving to his left.

00:48:48You know, Bobby,

00:48:48when you're ahead

00:48:49this far,

00:48:51I wonder if you just

00:48:52kind of gear down

00:48:52in your head

00:48:53and say,

00:48:53all I got to do

00:48:53is keep this up

00:48:54and I'll win the fight.

00:48:55I don't have to

00:48:55knock this guy out

00:48:56or do anything

00:48:58because Carvajal

00:48:59isn't fighting

00:48:59like he's desperate.

00:49:01He wants to knock

00:49:01this guy out.

00:49:02He wants to win

00:49:03convincingly.

00:49:03He's just here.

00:49:04Let go of him.

00:49:05There is this thing

00:49:05that we're called

00:49:06playing it safe,

00:49:07you know,

00:49:07I guess.

00:49:08That's what I'm asking.

00:49:09Do you see what I see?

00:49:10It just looks like

00:49:11a guy playing it safe

00:49:12going into the 12th round

00:49:14and picking up his belt.

00:49:14You know,

00:49:15and I don't think

00:49:16there's anything wrong

00:49:16with that.

00:49:17At the same time,

00:49:17I like to be a little

00:49:18more sure of things

00:49:19and convincing.

00:49:21He's winning the rounds

00:49:21but not by any

00:49:22great margins.

00:49:23You can never tell

00:49:24in a couple of the rounds

00:49:24that are close

00:49:25that may swing the other way

00:49:26and controversy surrounds us

00:49:29wherever we go.

00:49:30Effective punch there

00:49:31just a moment ago.

00:49:33A sweet little

00:49:34crisp right book

00:49:35by Michael Carvajal

00:49:36that tagged

00:49:37Carl Castro

00:49:38right on the jaw.

00:49:42Carvajal continues

00:49:43to have his way.

00:49:45Less than a minute

00:49:46remaining in round

00:49:47number eight.

00:49:53Carvajal doing

00:49:54what he said

00:49:55he would do.

00:49:56Look to cut off

00:49:57the ring

00:49:57cut off the angles

00:49:59and try to get

00:50:00Cobb Castro

00:50:01into a slug face.

00:50:03I just leaned over

00:50:03and said to his brother

00:50:04who's sitting next to me

00:50:05have you seen Cobb

00:50:06win any rounds?

00:50:06He said hell no

00:50:07he hasn't won a round yet.

00:50:10Of course you would

00:50:11expect your brother

00:50:11to say that.

00:50:12Right.

00:50:12Except your brother

00:50:13might not say that.

00:50:14He might disagree.

00:50:19There's a counter punch

00:50:20a straight left

00:50:21by Cobb Castro.

00:50:22Michael Carvajal

00:50:22walking right into it

00:50:23but shaking off the effect.

00:50:25He's got the good chin.

00:50:25And that's one of the

00:50:26things you don't want to do

00:50:27is you don't want to get

00:50:27careless and walk into

00:50:28a punch like that

00:50:29and get caught

00:50:30with a Sunday punch.

00:50:33This guy's

00:50:33his record joke

00:50:34doesn't have

00:50:35a big Sunday punch.

00:50:37He sure doesn't.

00:50:38Only 19 knockouts

00:50:39has 45 wins.

00:50:45That's the end of round 8.

00:50:47Well earlier this evening

00:50:49the arrival of the champion

00:50:51perennial underdog

00:50:52Frank Bruno.

00:50:52This is just moments ago.

00:50:54A national hero

00:50:54in his native England.

00:50:55The normally friendly

00:50:56and gregarious Bruno

00:50:57has been all businesslike

00:50:59this week.

00:51:00For this jovial giant

00:51:02turned surly

00:51:03on the subjects

00:51:04of money and disrespect.

00:51:05Feeling that he's been

00:51:06treated more like

00:51:07the challenger

00:51:07than the champ.

00:51:08Bruno reportedly

00:51:09getting 6 million dollars

00:51:10less than 1 fifth

00:51:11of Tyson's fee.

00:51:13The fans in the arena

00:51:14are reacting.

00:51:15They're seeing Bruno

00:51:16come in on the big screen

00:51:19and he promises

00:51:20to keep the crown

00:51:21in England.

00:51:22He'll have about

00:51:235,000 wild cheering

00:51:24countrymen in his corner

00:51:25with millions more

00:51:26watching back home

00:51:27at about 4 in the morning

00:51:28British time

00:51:28on England's first

00:51:29pay-per-view sports event.

00:51:31There you see the union jack

00:51:32alongside the American flag.

00:51:34Steve, I don't get

00:51:34those sunglasses at night.

00:51:36Could you explain that to me?

00:51:37When he came in

00:51:38and was saying

00:51:38he looks like Joe Williams

00:51:39from the Count Basie band.

00:51:40The guy that used to sing

00:51:41the blues.

00:51:42Maybe he's coming in

00:51:43to sing some blues tonight.

00:51:44He's incognito.

00:51:46Does not want to be recognized.

00:51:47Joe Williams

00:51:48the name from the past.

00:51:50Round number 9

00:51:51for the vacant IVF

00:51:53Junior Flyweight Championship.

00:51:56Boy, Tom Castro

00:51:58if he has any ideas

00:51:59of getting back in there

00:52:00he's going to have

00:52:01to assert himself

00:52:01starting right now.

00:52:03Well, I think the first thing

00:52:04he should assert himself

00:52:04in the corner

00:52:05and start talking back

00:52:06and saying

00:52:06hey, I'm trying all I can.

00:52:08Give me...

00:52:09Stop criticizing me

00:52:10and tell me what to do

00:52:11or tell me what I'm not doing.

00:52:13How can I solve this?

00:52:15I suspect it's just

00:52:16trying to motivate him

00:52:17and I know they've gone over

00:52:18what they're supposed

00:52:18to do earlier

00:52:19and obviously

00:52:21he can't get it done right now.

00:52:22Carvajal's too strong.

00:52:23Punch is too hard.

00:52:24And it's simply

00:52:25a better boxer.

00:52:26Although the last round

00:52:27I thought he did

00:52:28much, much better

00:52:28than he had

00:52:29in previous rounds.

00:52:29He did.

00:52:30Land some clean punches

00:52:31some follow-up combinations.

00:52:33It's the follow-up combinations

00:52:34that needs to concentrate

00:52:35on more

00:52:36because he lands a couple

00:52:37and then backs off

00:52:38and he can't do that.

00:52:39And that's what his corner

00:52:39is telling him, Bob.

00:52:40He said,

00:52:41you can't just land

00:52:41one punch and go back.

00:52:43It's combinations.

00:52:44It's what got you here.

00:52:45Don't start fighting

00:52:45like an amateur again.

00:52:47Bob Castro

00:52:48is a former champion.

00:52:50He won the WBC Light Flyweight

00:52:51title in his American debut

00:52:52and 91,

00:52:53a 10th round TKO

00:52:55of Rolando Pasqua

00:52:56at the Great Western Forum

00:52:57in Englewood, California.

00:52:59Less than 90 days later,

00:53:00his first defense,

00:53:01he lost

00:53:02on unanimous decision,

00:53:03a grueling battle

00:53:04to Chiquita Gonzalez

00:53:06June 3rd

00:53:07in Las Vegas.

00:53:08There was a nice,

00:53:09sharp counter.

00:53:10Once again,

00:53:10he let Carvajal's right hand

00:53:11slip through

00:53:11and followed with the left,

00:53:13but that was it.

00:53:14Then he went back,

00:53:15stepped back

00:53:15to look at what he'd done

00:53:16and you can't do that

00:53:17not being a big puncher.

00:53:18You're not going to see

00:53:18dramatic results.

00:53:22Bob Castro's career

00:53:23started in 85,

00:53:24got up to a slow start,

00:53:25was 3-1-4

00:53:26his first eight fights,

00:53:27turned it around

00:53:28over the next five years,

00:53:29winning 27 of his next

00:53:3128 fights,

00:53:32but only 19 knockouts

00:53:33and 45 victories.

00:53:35All four of his losses

00:53:36by decision.

00:53:37He also has four draws.

00:53:41At least the last two rounds

00:53:43have been more representative

00:53:44of what Bob Castro can do

00:53:46because he's coming

00:53:46ahead to fight.

00:53:47He wants to engage

00:53:48in the battle.

00:53:49It's just that

00:53:50Carvajal's too slick for it.

00:53:51In Carvajal's corner,

00:53:52they talked about him

00:53:53trying to do something

00:53:55a la Chiquita Gonzalez

00:53:56like and as wait

00:53:57for the late rounds

00:53:58and come on

00:53:58and he's certainly

00:53:59trying here.

00:54:00Carvajal's fending him off

00:54:01but not with any

00:54:03demonstrative statements.

00:54:04Bobby, are you impressed

00:54:06with Carvajal

00:54:07or is it that

00:54:07Bob Castro is just not

00:54:09putting up much

00:54:10of a fight against him?

00:54:11Does this mean

00:54:12Carvajal is all the way back

00:54:14or how should we

00:54:14assess the situation?

00:54:15You know, this is a

00:54:16touch-and-go kind of thing

00:54:17because you don't want

00:54:18to take away from a fighter

00:54:19if another fighter's

00:54:19not doing well

00:54:20and you don't want to

00:54:22add to what a fighter's

00:54:22not doing.

00:54:23Michael Carvajal's

00:54:24fighting a smart fight

00:54:24based on what's

00:54:25in front of him.

00:54:26It's an awkward fight

00:54:27because of the

00:54:27southpaw style

00:54:28and the herky-jerky

00:54:29jumping in and out

00:54:30of Castro

00:54:31and I'm not overly

00:54:32impressed with Carvajal today.

00:54:34I thought he was doing

00:54:34something better earlier

00:54:35and now, you know,

00:54:36the little fella's

00:54:37coming on a little stronger

00:54:38so we'll see what he can

00:54:39do here in the closing round.

00:54:42There's a wild miss

00:54:43by Cobb-Castro.

00:54:44He should lock that

00:54:45in a straight right

00:54:46to end the round

00:54:46by Carvajal.

00:54:52in a straight right

00:54:53All right.

00:54:53Acuérdate,

00:54:53cuando te mueves

00:54:54para la izquierda,

00:54:54Michael,

00:54:55agáce y te la cara,

00:54:56gira la derecha

00:54:57y la derecha,

00:54:58¿ok?

00:55:01You'll catch a few

00:55:02right.

00:55:08In combinación,

00:55:09Michael.

00:55:12Lo tienen que mandar

00:55:13a pelear.

00:55:14The guy's saying

00:55:15that's the fight

00:55:15is he winning this fight.

00:55:17OK?

00:55:18The guy's saying

00:55:18it must have broke.

00:55:21Keep the hands high.

00:55:23Keep the hands high.

00:55:24No problem.

00:55:37One of the interested

00:55:39spectators,

00:55:40and it's not even

00:55:40a Laker game,

00:55:41Jack Nicholson.

00:55:43I wonder if he wandered

00:55:44in here by mistake.

00:55:45No, I thought

00:55:46that was a basketball

00:55:47game in here last night.

00:55:48Thumbs up to the camera.

00:55:49Maybe I could ask

00:55:50Jack about the sunglasses.

00:55:51Yeah.

00:55:53Well, round 10.

00:55:54That's right,

00:55:55if anybody would know.

00:55:57I wonder if

00:55:58Cobb Castro

00:55:58realizes he has

00:55:59only nine minutes

00:56:00to become the champion.

00:56:02He's the number one

00:56:02contender.

00:56:03This is for the

00:56:03vacant title.

00:56:05He just doesn't seem to have

00:56:07the power to overcome

00:56:09Carbajal.

00:56:10He's going to the body

00:56:10but doing no damage.

00:56:12Well, to his credit,

00:56:13though, in the past couple

00:56:13rounds, he's pressed ahead

00:56:14and he's made better rounds.

00:56:15He's actually won a round or so.

00:56:17Made one even on my card

00:56:18and he's doing better.

00:56:19He's being more effective,

00:56:21but it's too little too late.

00:56:22I gave that last round to him.

00:56:24He was getting effective.

00:56:24He was getting in there.

00:56:25He's punching.

00:56:26But, you know,

00:56:27not impressive.

00:56:29But compared to what he was doing,

00:56:31he's the world one of action.

00:56:32Cobb Castro in the blow

00:56:33really showing the effects

00:56:34of these punches on his face.

00:56:36Face all red.

00:56:38You know, getting back

00:56:38to the Carbajal back theme,

00:56:41you know, styles make fights.

00:56:42As we know,

00:56:42here's styles that negate

00:56:44both guys not looking good.

00:56:46Carbajal's not looking great.

00:56:47The other guy's not looking good

00:56:48either,

00:56:48and they're both good fighters.

00:56:50Cobb Castro

00:56:51winking away here.

00:56:53See, what he just did there

00:56:54is exactly what he has to do.

00:56:55He threw a nice one-two,

00:56:56a nice right-handed straight left.

00:56:58Both landed clean.

00:56:59He stepped out.

00:57:00Let Carbajal miss it

00:57:00and fired a three-punch combination

00:57:02back.

00:57:02That's how he does

00:57:03what he has to do

00:57:04to win the fight.

00:57:04If he doesn't do that,

00:57:05he can't win this fight.

00:57:06Right now,

00:57:07he may not be able

00:57:07to win it anyway.

00:57:08But that's what his corner

00:57:09was telling me exactly.

00:57:11Just don't punch once or twice

00:57:12and then come back in again.

00:57:14And that's what he did.

00:57:15Exactly what Bobby described

00:57:16just then.

00:57:17It's what his corner's

00:57:17been telling him to do.

00:57:19Coming in,

00:57:20known as an excellent boxer,

00:57:21Cobb Castro,

00:57:22with world-class talent

00:57:23and ability.

00:57:24Let go, let go!

00:57:25But being offset here

00:57:26by Michael Carbajal.

00:57:28A very awkward fight.

00:57:29See, being a fighter

00:57:30that boxes and doesn't

00:57:32really punch

00:57:32and being so short-armed

00:57:34and so short in height,

00:57:35the only way for him

00:57:36to win the fight

00:57:36from the outside

00:57:37is by using so much energy.

00:57:38Get all the way in

00:57:39and all the way out

00:57:39and all the way back in

00:57:40that it's just almost impossible

00:57:42to do.

00:57:42The energy level

00:57:42he would need is too much.

00:57:43He has to stay

00:57:44on the edges

00:57:45of Carbajal.

00:57:46As well as we'll get

00:57:46under or around him

00:57:47on top of him

00:57:47and over and counter again.

00:57:49As I said at the outset,

00:57:50the Cobb Castro,

00:57:51usually a slow starter

00:57:52and a fast finisher,

00:57:54we'll see.

00:57:56We are near the end

00:57:57of the fight.

00:57:57It's the end of round 10.

00:57:59Scheduled for 12.

00:58:02Watch your heads.

00:58:12Cobb Castro feels

00:58:13as he's wearing Carbajal down

00:58:15for a big finish.

00:58:17You see there,

00:58:17instead of slipping,

00:58:18what he did is

00:58:18he threw two punches,

00:58:20blocked Carbajal

00:58:20and then fired back.

00:58:21At least do something,

00:58:22but he's got to throw back.

00:58:24He's got to out-throw Carbajal

00:58:25because his punches are lighter.

00:58:27They're quicker,

00:58:27but they're much lighter

00:58:28in what they do

00:58:29in the way of power and damage.

00:58:30Certainly a lot more action

00:58:31from Cobb Castro now.

00:58:34We approach the final

00:58:3510 seconds of round 10.

00:58:39Well, now he's doing

00:58:40what he has to do.

00:58:40He's winning the run.

00:58:41He's out-working Carbajal,

00:58:42which is what he needed

00:58:42to do earlier.

00:58:45Round 10 of the books.

00:58:47Let's go over to Jim Gray.

00:58:50All right.

00:58:51Thank you very much,

00:58:51Steve Albert.

00:58:52I'm joined by two former champions

00:58:54in the heavyweight division,

00:58:55Michael Spinks

00:58:55and smoking Joe Frazier.

00:58:57It's been 25 years

00:58:58since Ollie Frazier won.

00:58:59I'm great, Joe.

00:59:00How do you see Tyson Bruno?

00:59:01Well, I would say

00:59:02it's going to be a good fight

00:59:03as long as it lasts.

00:59:05I don't know how long

00:59:06I'm going to last

00:59:06and I don't know

00:59:07the condition of the young man,

00:59:09but Tyson should be ready

00:59:10and Bruno has been there

00:59:12for a long time

00:59:13so that he should be ready

00:59:14to go too.

00:59:1552 years old.

00:59:16You're looking great.

00:59:17Let's turn to Michael real quick.

00:59:18Michael, your thoughts

00:59:19on Tyson and Bruno.

00:59:20I'm interested to see

00:59:22just how it go.

00:59:23I'm wondering if Tyson

00:59:24had enough work

00:59:25before he went,

00:59:26before he takes

00:59:27such a big step

00:59:27going for the championship.

00:59:29and I know how it feels

00:59:31to hold such a crown,

00:59:32a coveted crown

00:59:33as the heavyweight championship

00:59:34of the world.

00:59:35So I think Bruno loves

00:59:36what he has

00:59:37and I think he's going

00:59:38to take Tyson

00:59:40a lot of work to.

00:59:41Would you want a rematch

00:59:42with Tyson

00:59:42should he win?

00:59:43Would I want one?

00:59:44Yes.

00:59:45I'll fight anybody for a fee.

00:59:46Anybody for a fee.

00:59:48Tyson, Goliath.

00:59:50Might go longer

00:59:51than the 90-something seconds.

00:59:53For sure, for sure.

00:59:55All right, let's go back

00:59:56to Steve Alpert.

00:59:57All right, Jim.

00:59:57Too much Vaseline

00:59:59on the face

00:59:59of Cobb Castro.

01:00:01Actually, the referee

01:00:02said, let Jim Gray

01:00:03finish the interview

01:00:04and then we'll start.

01:00:05So, Jim, you know,

01:00:06he's big since he's been

01:00:07doing football and stuff.

01:00:08Very accommodating.

01:00:09Hey, Jim's just

01:00:10not any little body.

01:00:11He's big.

01:00:12Joe Frazier

01:00:13just celebrating

01:00:13the 25th anniversary

01:00:15of Ali Frazier.

01:00:16And, of course,

01:00:17Michael Spinks

01:00:18who was obliterated

01:00:18by Tyson in the fight

01:00:19just before Tyson Bruno

01:00:21in 89.

01:00:22March 8, 1971.

01:00:23I was nine years old.

01:00:24The first impact

01:00:25Joe Frazier had on my life.

01:00:26I cried myself

01:00:27to sleep

01:00:27because I was

01:00:28a big Ali fan.

01:00:29I talked about it

01:00:30with Joe and Ali,

01:00:30but, you know,

01:00:31what a fight that was.

01:00:34Indeed.

01:00:35We ended up

01:00:35that fight

01:00:36in the hospital

01:00:37getting x-rayed.

01:00:38I mean,

01:00:38that was some night,

01:00:39that fight.

01:00:41A lot of people

01:00:42were crying that night.

01:00:43All right,

01:00:43we're into

01:00:43the championship rounds

01:00:45here

01:00:46for the IVF

01:00:47Junior Flyweight Championship.

01:00:49Michael Carvajal

01:00:50in the white trunks

01:00:51is the number two contender.

01:00:53He has been controlling

01:00:53the fight with his power.

01:00:55And the number one challenger

01:00:56in the blue trunks,

01:00:57Melcher Cobb Castro,

01:00:59who's had his difficulties here.

01:01:00But finally coming on

01:01:01to fight like he should have

01:01:03been fighting

01:01:03from the first round.

01:01:04This is the type of fight

01:01:05he needed to fight

01:01:06from the onset,

01:01:07Ferdy.

01:01:07That's exactly right.

01:01:07He needed to stay closer,

01:01:09block the shots,

01:01:09and just do his best

01:01:11to negate the power.

01:01:12He couldn't make

01:01:13every punch miss

01:01:14and he couldn't stay

01:01:14outside every punch.

01:01:15Takes too much energy

01:01:16to get back inside

01:01:16once again.

01:01:17Well, he's a guy

01:01:18who heats up more

01:01:18as the fight wears on,

01:01:20but he might be

01:01:20too far behind

01:01:22on the scorecards.

01:01:24I think he's quite away.

01:01:26I think he needs

01:01:27a knockout to win,

01:01:27but that's not his

01:01:28thought.

01:01:29And of course we are in late.

01:01:30Well, he's only got

01:01:3119 KOs and 45 wins

01:01:33as we have mentioned.

01:01:35But it becomes a factor here.

01:01:37Those pitter-patter punches

01:01:37not really having

01:01:38much impact.

01:01:40Yeah, they're good

01:01:40for points and that's great,

01:01:42but if you can do that

01:01:42the whole fight,

01:01:43you win a decision,

01:01:44but you're not going

01:01:44to knock somebody out

01:01:45with that type of punching.

01:01:47But the thing that leads you

01:01:49and his fans at home,

01:01:50who are you watching here?

01:01:51You're watching the guy

01:01:52in the blue trunks.

01:01:53That's who's making

01:01:53these fights.

01:01:54The last three rounds

01:01:55you're watching him.

01:01:56You're not watching

01:01:56the other guy.

01:01:57Carvajal is standing there

01:01:58just counter-punching,

01:02:00you know, parrying

01:02:01and so forth.

01:02:01But the guy that's

01:02:02making a fight

01:02:03is Cobb.

01:02:05Cobb Castro's

01:02:05making a fight here.

01:02:06Unless you're in Phoenix.

01:02:08Well, you're backing up

01:02:09Carvajal.

01:02:11It's funny how the fans

01:02:12see the fights,

01:02:14especially when they're

01:02:14behind someone.

01:02:15According to some of my fans,

01:02:17I've almost never lost

01:02:17a fight and that's

01:02:19truly amazing.

01:02:19I appreciate that

01:02:21kind of adoration.

01:02:21You did lose?

01:02:23I don't believe it.

01:02:25Oh, no.

01:02:25And you've got one coming up

01:02:27May 10th against

01:02:28the Vanderhoof.

01:02:29At the big room in the

01:02:30garden where Frazier and

01:02:31Ali had it out and it's

01:02:32certainly a highlight of my

01:02:33life.

01:02:33It's going to be a great

01:02:34thrill.

01:02:35All right, round 11.

01:02:38coming to a close.

01:02:39Less than 20 seconds.

01:02:42Lego, Lego, Lego.

01:02:45Stop.

01:02:45Break.

01:02:46Stop.

01:02:47I'll be pushing.

01:02:47Cobb Castro making

01:02:48a little of a fight,

01:02:49a little of a run

01:02:50at the title here.

01:02:52Not wildly impressive,

01:02:53but he is the one

01:02:53that's doing the fighting.

01:03:07When you hear that 10

01:03:08seconds, he's trying to

01:03:09come in and steal it,

01:03:10okay?

01:03:10No, no, no, no,

01:03:12but he ain't doing

01:03:14shit, all right?

01:03:15That right hand is still

01:03:16landing.

01:03:16I want you to use it more,

01:03:17all right?

01:03:18And when you hear that

01:03:1910 seconds sound,

01:03:22Michael, this is the last

01:03:24round, round 12.

01:03:25Hold on.

01:03:25We'll try and come

01:03:26Mexico, you know

01:03:27the next time.

01:03:28You all right?

01:03:32You can't wait up,

01:03:33Mark.

01:03:33You don't need to

01:03:34run, you don't need to

01:03:34run.

01:03:35You don't need to

01:03:36You don't understand?

01:03:38Rota.

01:03:39You win the runs

01:03:40for a little bit more

01:03:41when you have to

01:03:41have been liquidated.

01:03:42He's a dead man.

01:03:43He doesn't have

01:03:43absolutely nothing.

01:03:45He's liquidated.

01:03:46However, he's fighting

01:03:47with his heart.

01:03:48He's doing the wrong

01:03:50You don't need to

01:03:51There's no other

01:03:52thing.

01:03:52There's no other

01:03:52formula.

01:03:56Three minutes to the title.

01:03:57There is no formula here.

01:03:58Throw punches, he says.

01:04:00Exploit your punches.

01:04:01This guy is liquidated,

01:04:03meaning he's tired,

01:04:04and you're letting him go.

01:04:05You explode with a punch,

01:04:06and then you don't

01:04:07follow it up.

01:04:07Just three minutes of

01:04:09punching.

01:04:09Now go get this guy.

01:04:11All right, round 12

01:04:12for the vacant IVF

01:04:13Junior Flyweight Championship.

01:04:15A title that Michael

01:04:16Carvajal held before.

01:04:20The same title he's going

01:04:21for tonight.

01:04:22He won it in 1990,

01:04:24successfully defended the

01:04:25championship six times

01:04:26before meeting

01:04:27Chiquita Gonzalez

01:04:30in a slugfest in 1993.

01:04:34Carvajal rallied from too early

01:04:35knockdowns to stop

01:04:36Gonzalez in the seventh

01:04:37for his second title.

01:04:38The WBA light flyweight belt

01:04:39defended his titles twice,

01:04:41and now he's trying to come

01:04:42back again and win

01:04:43another championship.

01:04:45You know, I think that

01:04:45Castro may actually finish

01:04:46this fight with too much

01:04:47energy.

01:04:48My trainer, Tommy Parks,

01:04:49always says,

01:04:49if you finish the fight

01:04:50with energy enough to go

01:04:51two more rounds,

01:04:52you cheated yourself

01:04:53during the first 10 or 12.

01:04:54And he's right.

01:04:55Leave it all in the ring.

01:04:57Don't take any home with you.

01:04:58I think if he ever looks

01:04:59at this tape,

01:05:00he's going to regret

01:05:00not fighting like this

01:05:02from round five on.

01:05:04I mean, there was no reason,

01:05:05there's no reason

01:05:06to not fight like this.

01:05:08Obviously, he's a much

01:05:09better fighter than he's shown.

01:05:10He didn't get to be the

01:05:10champion by being a bad fighter.

01:05:12That's why his corner's so mad.

01:05:14His corner says,

01:05:15you've been a champion,

01:05:16you're fighting like an amateur.

01:05:18You're disgracing yourself.

01:05:20You know, he's closing out

01:05:21the fight, making a good

01:05:22account of himself.

01:05:23But again, I think it's

01:05:23too little, too late.

01:05:25Winning the last couple of rounds

01:05:26and now putting together

01:05:27what he can.

01:05:30And Carbajal in pursuit

01:05:31of his 40th win

01:05:33against two defeats.

01:05:35Bob Castro, 45-4-4,

01:05:37coming in.

01:05:40We have seen some

01:05:41surprising decisions

01:05:42here in Las Vegas,

01:05:43as we've talked about before.

01:05:45But this one doesn't seem,

01:05:48there really doesn't seem

01:05:48to be much question about it.

01:05:50Michael Carbajal in control.

01:05:54Oh, it would shock me, Steve.

01:05:56It would take a lot

01:05:56to shock me, Steve.

01:05:58Well, aren't you with us

01:05:59with Nigel Benn?

01:06:00There was a guy

01:06:01that gave Nigel Benn

01:06:02that fight by two points.

01:06:05That was just a few weeks ago.

01:06:08Overwhelming beating

01:06:09that Nigel Benn got.

01:06:10Against Tulane,

01:06:11sugar boy Malinga,

01:06:12and on that night,

01:06:14he announced his retirement

01:06:16on the ring, Mike,

01:06:16and also proposed

01:06:17to his girlfriend.

01:06:18It was quite an emotional moment.

01:06:19And now he's taken back

01:06:20to retirement.

01:06:21He's trying to include

01:06:21the proposal in the same thing.

01:06:23I don't know.

01:06:23I was dizzy.

01:06:24I don't know what I was saying.

01:06:25Can you imagine

01:06:25if the girlfriend said no?

01:06:26That's a bad night.

01:06:27That was a bad night.

01:06:28You lose the title

01:06:29and then she says no.

01:06:30You know, we joke about those things.

01:06:31It's the last round.

01:06:32We joke about those things,

01:06:33but I'll tell you what,

01:06:34after a fighter loses

01:06:34a tough fight

01:06:35with a world championship

01:06:36on the line,

01:06:37sentiments come

01:06:38in all shapes and sizes.

01:06:40Less than 20 seconds,

01:06:41round 12,

01:06:42for the vacant

01:06:43IVF Junior Flyweight Championship.

01:06:46Meltzer Cobb Castro

01:06:47coming on,

01:06:48but too late

01:06:49from this vantage point.

01:06:53Michael Carvajal

01:06:54pretty much controlling

01:06:55most of the fight

01:06:58from the beginning.

01:06:59And there you have it.

01:07:00As Jane 80 says,

01:07:02the fight's over.

01:07:05And now they'll tally up the cards.

01:07:07Bill Graham of Las Vegas

01:07:08Tom McDonough of Tacoma

01:07:09and Dave Moretti of Las Vegas,

01:07:11the three judges.

01:07:13Kind of ended

01:07:13in the reverse of its start.

01:07:15It started to look like

01:07:16it was going to be

01:07:16a total shutout

01:07:17of embarrassment

01:07:18just to announce your card,

01:07:19but this guy

01:07:20made it interesting

01:07:21in the card.

01:07:21He's got three or four rounds

01:07:22to play with here.

01:07:23I mean, you know,

01:07:25stranger things

01:07:25have happened in my life.

01:07:27He gave them away.

01:07:28Yeah, he did.

01:07:29Well, despite

01:07:32the tirades

01:07:33of Ignacio Nacho Beristain

01:07:35in his corner,

01:07:35he just did not respond

01:07:37the way Beristain

01:07:39would have liked him to.

01:07:41Beristain has trained

01:07:42eight world champions,

01:07:43including the upcoming

01:07:45Ricardo Lopez

01:07:45and the much-talked-about

01:07:47Shakita Gonzalez.

01:07:50And Michael Carvajal

01:07:51seems pleased

01:07:52with his efforts.

01:07:56All you kids

01:07:57at the park,

01:07:57this is for you.

01:08:01Nice sentiments

01:08:02by Michael Carvajal

01:08:04extending word

01:08:06to the kids

01:08:06back in the Phoenix area.

01:08:08He is from the streets

01:08:08of Phoenix,

01:08:09trains in his backyard.

01:08:10The 9th Street Gym

01:08:11converted

01:08:13from an old church

01:08:14on 9th Street,

01:08:15renamed it

01:08:15the 9th Street Gym.

01:08:19Michael Carvajal

01:08:20looking to make it

01:08:2140 wins

01:08:22against just two defeats,

01:08:23those two losses

01:08:24to Gonzalez

01:08:24with 25 knockouts,

01:08:26but this one goes

01:08:27the distance

01:08:28all the way

01:08:28as we wait

01:08:29for the official decision.

01:08:33And it is taking

01:08:34some time

01:08:35and you wonder why.

01:08:38Then again,

01:08:39as we've mentioned

01:08:39time and time again,

01:08:40we are in Las Vegas, folks.

01:08:44where anything

01:08:45can happen.

01:08:48Melcher Cobb-Castro

01:08:49came on strong

01:08:50but probably too late.

01:08:57And we're just about set

01:08:59to send it over

01:08:59to Jimmy Lennon Jr.

01:09:01for the decision.

01:09:02Ladies and gentlemen,

01:09:03after 12 rounds

01:09:05of action,

01:09:05we have a unanimous

01:09:07decision.

01:09:07Here are the score

01:09:08totals.

01:09:09Judge at ringside,

01:09:10Bill Graham,

01:09:11scores the bat

01:09:11115 to 113.

01:09:15Judge Tom McDonough

01:09:16scores the bat

01:09:16117 to 111.

01:09:19And Dave Moretti

01:09:21sees the bat

01:09:21at 116 to 112.

01:09:25All three in favor

01:09:26of the winner

01:09:27of the vacant

01:09:28IBF Junior

01:09:29flyweight title,

01:09:31Michael Carbajal.

01:09:35So there you have it.

01:09:37It's a clean sweep.

01:09:38All three judges

01:09:38had Michael Carbajal,

01:09:40115-113,

01:09:42117-111.

01:09:44Biggest disparity there.

01:09:45And 116 to 112.

01:09:47Michael Carbajal

01:09:48recaptures the

01:09:49IBF Junior

01:09:50flyweight championship.

01:09:52Michael Carbajal

01:09:53recaptures the

01:09:54IBF Junior

01:09:55flyweight championship.

01:09:58Let's get over to Jim Gray

01:10:00who's standing by

01:10:00with the champion.

01:10:01Jim?

01:10:02All right.

01:10:03Thank you, Steve.

01:10:04Michael, congratulations

01:10:04on getting your title back.

01:10:06Did you feel as though

01:10:07you were just able

01:10:07to wear him down

01:10:08throughout the fight?

01:10:09Yeah, I just,

01:10:11I planned to box him.

01:10:12I was going to be

01:10:13aggressive,

01:10:13but I knew he was

01:10:15a tough fighter.

01:10:15He could take

01:10:16a good punch,

01:10:16so I just planned

01:10:17to box him

01:10:18because I thought

01:10:18I was catching him

01:10:19from the outside

01:10:20and I kept throwing

01:10:21them good right hands

01:10:22and everybody,

01:10:23Verde Park,

01:10:23this is for you,

01:10:24all you kids up there

01:10:25in the neighborhood.

01:10:26Hey, Phoenix is back

01:10:27with the world champion.

01:10:28How difficult

01:10:29has this time been

01:10:30for you without

01:10:30your championship belt?

01:10:32It's been,

01:10:33it's been disappointing.

01:10:35You know,

01:10:35when you lose

01:10:35a title fight,

01:10:36it's disappointing,

01:10:37but you got to

01:10:38come back

01:10:38and work hard.

01:10:40Like I tell you,

01:10:41all you little kids

01:10:41out there,

01:10:42hey, we work hard

01:10:43and we get what we want

01:10:45and put your mind to it

01:10:46and you can do it.

01:10:48Michael,

01:10:48congratulations to you.

01:10:51Hey.

01:10:51All right,

01:10:51let's go back down

01:10:52to Steve Alpert.

01:10:53All right, Jim,

01:10:55thanks very much.

01:10:55Michael Carbajal

01:10:56lifting his record

01:10:57to 40 and 2.

01:10:59Melcher Cobb Castro

01:11:00falls to 45,

01:11:025 and 4.

01:11:03And the question now,

01:11:04what's next

01:11:04for Michael Carbajal?

01:11:06He told us

01:11:06in the meeting yesterday

01:11:07he'd like Ricardo Lopez,

01:11:09considered by many

01:11:10as pound for pound

01:11:11the best in the world

01:11:12and this should be interesting

01:11:13because later tonight

01:11:14we will be seeing

01:11:17Ricardo Lopez

01:11:18who is undefeated

01:11:19making his 15th

01:11:22title defense.

01:11:23But of course,

01:11:23coming up next here

01:11:24at the MGM Grand Garden

01:11:25in Las Vegas,

01:11:26the women take center stage.

01:11:27It's the charismatic

01:11:28Christy Martin

01:11:29against Deidre Gogurty

01:11:30in a scheduled

01:11:31six-round bout.

01:11:33Right now,

01:11:34let's go back up

01:11:35to Jim Hill.

01:11:36Jim?

01:11:37All right, Steve,

01:11:38thank you very much.

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