00:00Lito, you both receive your instructions in the locker room.
00:02This right here and down is low.
00:05You get work from here and down, it's low, okay?
00:07You guys got four rounds. Good luck.
00:12Four-round bantamweight matchup.
00:1519-year-old Louie
00:18against
00:19the Philippines' Lito Dante,
00:2336 years old.
00:25Tonight, his 42nd
00:27professional bout.
00:30That's wild.
00:32Because Correa's fighting in his fifth professional fight.
00:35That level of experience.
00:37Granted, he's got an upside-down record, 21-16,
00:40but still, experience is experience.
00:42Here we go!
00:46Dante's
00:47on fire. He's got flames
00:48with those black trunks. Black and
00:51silver
00:53for
00:54Correa.
00:56And of those 16 losses of Dante,
00:59he's only been stopped one time.
01:00Yeah.
01:01So, you know, the guy goes the distance.
01:03He's obviously durable, knows his way around the ring.
01:07Let's see what the young Correa can do
01:09with someone with this level of experience and durability.
01:13Quick uppercut early.
01:15Dante's the one flaming guy. Sorry about that.
01:19Correa
01:20in the black and silver,
01:22working and training out of the beautiful
01:25Robert Garcia Academy.
01:28I don't know about you, champ.
01:29Right away, I see a massive size difference.
01:31Correa just looks like a much, much bigger man.
01:33If you look at the record of Dante,
01:35a lot of his fights are at minimum weight.
01:36Yeah.
01:37This one here
01:38is at,
01:39I believe, flyweight.
01:40Yeah, he's, he's,
01:41he's got the experience.
01:43A lot of times,
01:44these guys know how to weight a round.
01:45Maybe they get outworked in the round.
01:47This is going to be
01:47sort of a gain-your-experience fight
01:50for Correa.
01:51He's got only four fights.
01:52He's got on the distance every time,
01:53so maybe they're trying to get him some rounds
01:54against a durable veteran,
01:56a guy who,
01:56you know,
01:57maybe will be,
01:58even though he's smaller,
01:59will be tougher to stop
02:00because he won't waste energy
02:01and he won't put himself in position
02:02to get knocked out.
02:03Well, Correa keeps landing that uppercut
02:05like he has.
02:06You know,
02:06he might not get rounds
02:07like they expect.
02:09You're going to always deal
02:10with the youth energy
02:11when you've got a young prospect,
02:12but at the same time,
02:12the inexperience.
02:13You see,
02:14you get your clip,
02:14little shots like that.
02:15That's the third one he landed.
02:16Make you slow down a little bit.
02:17Third right hand he landed.
02:18Make you think a little bit.
02:19Correa 4-0
02:21finishes in all four
02:23of his professional fights.
02:25One in the first,
02:26two in the second,
02:27coming off a third round finish
02:31back in January of this year.
02:35I like what I see already from Correa.
02:36He's nice feints.
02:37He's got a good left hand.
02:38He varies it up.
02:39I like the uppercuts up the middle.
02:40He's got a shorter opponent,
02:41so that's a good weapon
02:42that he's utilizing right away.
02:44And you can see the experience
02:45of Dante as well.
02:47These kind of guys,
02:48they don't really fight to win
02:49if you've got too much energy.
02:50What they do is
02:50they look to change the look,
02:52change the heights,
02:52change the levels.
02:53They'll throw the occasional
02:54little counter shot
02:55to keep you honest.
02:56And they know how to go rounds,
02:57you know,
02:57but usually they're not,
02:59they don't have enough
02:59to offset the youth energy
03:01of a guy like Correa.
03:02Although if you piss him off,
03:03he may throw a combination
03:05like we did right there.
03:06And Dante at this point,
03:07at this stage,
03:08he's a little your turn,
03:08my turn.
03:09He will throw a couple
03:10pod shots in the middle
03:11with you,
03:11like that right hand
03:12that we've seen.
03:13And we see a little red mark
03:14on the forehead
03:15of the young Correa
03:16from those right hands.
03:17But for the most part,
03:18he's waiting for Correa
03:19to be done
03:20before he exchanges.
03:21And he doesn't engage first.
03:22You see like,
03:23he sort of waits.
03:23He's got a little bit
03:24sparring partner mentality,
03:25bit of journeyman mentality.
03:27Again,
03:27it seems like
03:27the kind of opponent
03:28that's there
03:29trying to get Correa
03:30some rounds tonight.
03:31And Dante has really
03:33established himself
03:35as one of the Philippines'
03:37toughest road warriors.
03:53and he's got a lot of
04:19you guys made a great point
04:23for the young man
04:25building his career early
04:26he's facing a durable
04:28Filipino but he put together
04:30some nice punches Chris
04:31yeah I mean Dante you see him
04:32with that little tricky right
04:33hand that he throws in the
04:34middle like I said for the
04:35most part it was your turn
04:36my turn but he would throw
04:37in that trick shot there
04:38which had some success he
04:39landed like two or three of
04:41them in that first round
04:43but Coria with that youthful
04:44energy and size is winning the
04:48day here going to round two
04:49round number two black and
04:52silver for Luis Coria black and
04:56orange for Lito Dante from the
05:00Philippines
05:03I like the calmness of Coria
05:05you know he's walking him
05:06down closing the distance
05:07keeping himself a good position
05:13if you're working and training
05:15with Robert Garcia then one of
05:17the best in the business sees
05:18something in you
05:21nice work and Coria has taken
05:23short notice fights already in
05:26his career this one he had a good
05:27camp for and he's turning it on
05:29here early in round number two
05:31a little shoulder roll there by
05:34Dante Dante's looking for that
05:35right hand
05:39Coria dug a nice big body shot
05:41there's the right hand over top
05:43yeah he's banking on that thing
05:44yeah a little loading his back foot
05:46to try to set it up
05:51there's the right hand over top of
05:52the right hand over top shot
05:52there from Coria punch right to the
05:56guard there's that uppercut again
05:57for you mentioning round one
05:58champ
06:03Dante's one of those guys man you
06:05got to dig down to the body you
06:06got to get you got to get in there
06:07in his into that liver sides of the
06:09solar plexus
06:10yeah exactly
06:11they call it goldie breadbasket
06:13they do indeed they do indeed
06:14or teddies always say put water in
06:16the basement
06:17which I never understood
06:19that sounds cool
06:20you sink them
06:21when the ship gets water in the
06:23basement it starts to sink
06:24ships have a basement
06:25well the lower the lower ones like
06:27the titanic what was that
06:28I think it's a hull
06:28I think it would be a hull
06:29that's what you got to see the
06:30proper terminology
06:31chris wouldn't the basement be that
06:33little tricky muay thai trip
06:35that would be more the basement back
06:36in your kickboxing days
06:38I mean Dante's from the
06:40philippines and he's wearing a
06:41kickboxer truck so I wouldn't be
06:42surprised
06:44oh big movement here from
06:45of course here he steps right back
06:46in keeping that pressure on
06:48when courtier trying to get that
06:50energy
06:51big overhand shot
06:54Dante's showing his toughness
06:55there's the uppercut again from
06:56of Correa
06:57but these kind of exchanges with
06:59this was heat like they're heated
07:00like this definitely in the favor of
07:03the young youthful energy
07:04but again Dante doesn't have to win
07:06the exchange he just has to land a
07:07little bit in between to
07:08keep Correa honest
07:09keep Correa from getting too excited
07:11right now Correa is very excited
07:13you see what Dante wants to do
07:14just punch a little bit in between
07:15give the little pot shots in there
07:16to keep Correa
07:18keep Correa from getting too excited
07:21Correa 4-0
07:22four finishes
07:23pouring it on
07:24here late in round number two
07:27constant pressure
07:28and a nice variety of punches
07:31loving that uppercut
07:32pouring it on
07:41what a round for 19 year old Louis
07:46I like what I see
07:47yeah youth energy man
07:50it's tough to match
07:52but also the willingness to
07:53exchange and to stay on
07:56he didn't get off the gas pedal at all
07:58yeah absolutely game
07:59and it's a lot of the round we fought at this distance right here guys
08:02you know that's the thing about the small guys
08:04they get their numbers up
08:05they don't keep those rookie numbers
08:06they pump those up
08:08and then they win
08:09and they stop the fight in between rounds
08:11another knockout
08:12honestly I saw Dante look at his corner
08:14he was smiling but he shook his head
08:16yeah
08:17and guys that is just the second time
08:20in 42 career fights for Dante
08:24that he has been stopped
08:25that's impressive
08:26that's impressive
08:27Correa kept that foot on his neck so to speak
08:30and gave him all that energy
08:32and I think Dante really just
08:34at that age you've had a lot of fights
08:36it's really difficult to keep up with that youth energy
08:39so much for getting rounds huh champ
08:41yeah so much for that
08:42they're gonna have to up the ante a little bit more next time
08:46super impressive for a kid in his fifth pro fight
08:49fighting a guy with 41 fights
08:52who's only been stopped one time
08:54he's a professional juryman
08:55he's a professional survivor
08:57and Correa was able to force him
08:59to stay on his stool
09:01with that useful energy
09:02and the fact that he didn't let off the gas pedal
09:04I think was really important
09:05like you said champ
09:06kept the foot on his neck
09:07because he knew he was coming back to that again
09:09the third round was getting more of the same
09:10yeah and that's probably what kept him
09:12coming out in the next round
09:14yeah I'm good
09:15I don't need any more of that
09:16yeah now stopped
09:18much to your point Chris
09:19twice
09:20and
09:21Louis Correa
09:22moves to 5-0
09:255 finishes
09:26at just 19 years old
09:37second fight of 2026
09:40let's make this one official
09:41here is Lupe
09:44inside the pro box
09:45TD ring in between rounds
09:47the blue corner informs referee
09:48Ivan Guillermo
09:49their fighter can no longer continue
09:51obligating him to stop this contest
09:53prior to the start of round number three
09:55damas y caballeros
09:55entre asaltos
09:56la esquina azul informa
09:57al referee
09:58Ivan Guillermo
09:59que su peleador no puede continuar
10:00obligándolo a parar la contienda
10:02antes del inicio del tercer episodio
10:05declarando el vencedor
10:06por knockout técnico
10:07declaring the winner
10:08by way of technical knockout
10:10and still
10:12undefeated
10:13as a pro
10:14Luis
10:15Correa
10:17Jr
10:21still undefeated
10:24and
10:25impressive
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