00:03Okay fighters, I give you the instructions in the locker room. I expect a good team fight.
00:07Listen to my commands at all times. Check yourselves at all times.
00:10This is a little high here. I'm going to go right here, okay?
00:12Right here's good. Right here's good. Okay?
00:14Touch gloves. God bless you both.
00:19Third appearance here on ProBoxTV for Kevin Anton.
00:26Aboukakarov said he had some great sparring, preparation,
00:30in Philadelphia as they battle for the vacant WBC Continental America
00:36Super Welterweight title. Here we go!
00:42The Southpaw. Kevin Anton against the Punisher.
00:50Anton blue and white. Aboukakarov in the blue and gold.
00:58You can see the significant height advantage for the unbeaten Anton.
01:03Anton has a lot of characteristics that can make him a very difficult task to deal with.
01:07One, he's tall. Two, he's a Southpaw. And three, he can punch.
01:12And Paul, you see on the front of his shorts, says, barbershop. He is a barber.
01:18Yeah, yeah.
01:19Well, you might as well pump up your barbershop in the meantime, right?
01:22Because he's a fighter and a barber. He's good at both.
01:26Two career arcs here for Kevin Anton.
01:30Barbershop and boxing, that's like peanut butter and jelly.
01:33Yeah.
01:35A lot of boxing talked about in the old school barbershops.
01:40All he needs is the barber talk show, right?
01:43There you go.
01:46All right, it's like a little left hand. It's Kudratio.
01:50Aboukakarov pulls back there a little bit, takes some sting off of it.
01:53Yeah, Anton hit that nicely with his jab.
01:55You know, he's a Southpaw. He uses the jab to hide those power shots,
01:58which is why he's got such a high knockout percentage.
02:02He's fighting very, very cautious with the jab, following everything after the jab.
02:07Very smart, controlling, figuring out his opponent, and, you know, doing a great job.
02:11You know, landing that jab with a straight left.
02:13That's a great, experienced fighter.
02:15With only 12 fights, he's very matured.
02:17Yeah, trying to control that distance, not letting Aboukakarov penetrate to a certain entrance point.
02:24And keeping him at that mid-range distance where Aboukakarov has to keep reaching
02:27in order to land those shots, and he's still reaching.
02:30Yeah, I was just going to say, champ, excellent range control and manipulation by Anton.
02:35You see how he comes in, comes out.
02:37He makes Kudratio reach, and that's he's looking for that uppercut off that backhand,
02:40which he landed two of them moments ago.
02:42And you guys bring a great point about the patience being displayed early of Kevin Anton.
02:48He's averaged 3.3 rounds per fight.
02:53But the old adage is you go hunting, the knockout, there's a good chance you're going to get knocked out.
03:00So when you see this, Robert, from a fighter, and you see the discipline in waiting for the moment to
03:06come,
03:07that is maturation, isn't it?
03:08Look, he knows how to control that mid-range, you know.
03:11If the punisher steps in, he takes a half step back.
03:15The punisher steps back, he takes half a step forward.
03:17He knows where to control.
03:19He knows where that jab lands, and he's just waiting for the right moment.
03:22He's a very mature fighter.
03:24Like I said, you know, the kid is showing us a lot, you know, in this first round.
03:28Yeah, and he's using that lead hand as a really good guy, the measuring stick, to maintain that distance.
03:33All while doing it with a very experienced fighter.
03:46Okay, here's the thing.
03:48There's things where you can wait, but you have to come back with a little bit of something, okay?
03:52At least for two, three seconds.
03:53You can't let this motherfucker start getting comfortable, all right?
03:57Yeah.
04:14All right, he's getting booed.
04:27Obviously, it's a little bit of a quick job, but there's also a guy who's been in a lot of
04:31tough fights, right, champ?
04:31There's also a guy, it's not like him, so a guy like this who's kind of, you know, proven himself
04:37in the past to do this,
04:39and it's not like him, you're kind of feeling like you want to believe him.
04:44Yeah, something could be wrong.
04:45It's outside of his character.
04:48Exactly.
04:49It's outside of his character.
04:49You know, we didn't see a point that could have, I think something's wrong with him.
04:53He looks like he's got a really bad headache or something.
04:56Yeah, we watched that in real time.
04:57He walked back to his corner.
04:58He put both hands on his temples and closed his eyes very hard and was rubbing his temples and his
05:03head.
05:04And then he was complaining to his corner as soon as he sat down.
05:11Yeah, something's over.
05:12Obviously, he's going to get booed, but, you know, and if this was a guy that had this reputation to
05:16do this,
05:16he'd say, okay, you know, start to get a little suspicious.
05:18But Abdakar Karkarov is actually the opposite.
05:20He's been in some really tough fights.
05:22He's always shown himself to be a rough character himself.
05:28Here's what we saw right in front of us.
05:31I thought he was praying at first.
05:34I know.
05:34I saw his eyes squint, and I could tell that something was up.
05:39He looked very uncomfortable.
05:43Yep.
05:44Doctor right on top of it.
05:46When I saw the squinting of the eyes, much to your point, Chris, I wondered if something might have caught
05:52him, a thumb.
05:53But it is odd.
05:56But much to your point, Paulie and Chris and Robert, here's a guy who is not known to ever do
06:05this in his career.
06:06So give him his props.
06:08Something was seriously off that made it a short night for Kevin Anton, who didn't want it to be a
06:16short night like this.
06:16He wanted to put himself in a position which this doesn't derail him, but he wanted another highlight reel finish.
06:24That's why Abdukakarov was picked as the opponent, you know, to get Anton those rounds.
06:28He's usually a durable guy, puts up a tough fight, not an easy opponent to beat, let alone stop.
06:36Again, you know, his own resume speaks for itself, and that's why I'm not quick to make a judgment on
06:43this stoppage here.
06:45It's not like him to stop like this.
06:47All right, let's get it to Lupe.
06:51Ladies and gentlemen, inside the Pro Box TV ring, the blue corner informs referee David Sullivan that they are unable
06:57to continue,
06:58obligating him to stop this contest prior to the start of round number two, Damas Caballeros.
07:03La Esquina Azul informa referee David Sullivan que su peleador no puede continuar, obligándolo a parada contienda antes del inicio
07:10del segundo asalto,
07:11declarando el ganador por knockout technical, declaring the winner by way of technical knockout.
07:16And now, WBC, Continental America, Super Welterweight Champion,
07:22De Sangre Guatemala, Kevin Anton.
07:38Kevin Anton.
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