00:05Fighters, they give you instructions in the locker room, expect a clean fight.
00:08Listen to my commands at all times, protect yourselves at all times.
00:11This is a little high here, I'm gonna let it go right here.
00:13This right here is good right here.
00:15Touch glove, God bless you both.
00:20Scheduled for six, Contreras and Cantu.
00:36Here we go!
00:38Red trunks for the 21 year old, Samuel Contreras.
00:43Black trunks for El Matrix, Cesar Cantu.
00:50And we were talking in the fighter meetings, Chris, about the Matrix type attack that Cantu is very proud to
00:58bring.
00:58Yeah, he says he can fight on the inside and the outside.
01:00He's tall for the weight, because both these guys are. They're very tall for lightweights.
01:04But Cantu said that he can go forward, he can box off his back foot.
01:09Said that there's a very wide range of abilities in there.
01:13Contreras is trying to back up Cantu right now, so Cantu's gonna have to show something on the back foot.
01:18As Contreras is trying to apply that pressure. In and out, a little push-pull there, right on that bounce
01:22champ.
01:22Yeah, Contreras is a great amateur background. I think he said 230 amateur fights.
01:28Let's see his foot feint.
01:3014-time national champion, guys.
01:32Yeah, and it's showing. You see the way he's moving. You see his, I always say the eyes, you can
01:37tell of a high-level amateur.
01:38Because the awareness of what's coming and going. You see that in and out, like you said, that push-pull.
01:43Yeah.
01:43He does that very, very well.
01:44And a good fighter knows how to feint in various ways. You know, with their feet, with their shoulders, with
01:48their arms, even with their eyes.
01:49You know, and you can see the subtle shifts that Contreras uses to try to confuse Cantu and try to
01:54eliminate his ability to anticipate what's coming.
01:56He's trained by his father and his teammate, Kevin Anton, fights still tonight in our co-main event of the
02:05evening.
02:06Yeah, Anton, who's been looking very impressive on our air. Big step up in his last fight. Looked phenomenal.
02:12Got another step up tonight. Let's see if he can follow it up. But Contreras is looking really good here
02:16in the first round.
02:18Got left to the body, Paul.
02:19Yeah, Cantu not doing a bad job defending. But yeah, he took a couple left hooks to the body.
02:23The head shots, he's not getting hit awfully clean, but the problem is he's not returning enough fire to get
02:28Contreras' respect.
02:29So Contreras is losing more and more respect and getting more and more aggressive.
02:32And so Cantu's gonna have to really land something or do something in order to, you know, offset this pressure
02:37that Contreras is bringing.
02:38Otherwise, it's gonna be a short night for him.
02:40Cantu has gone the distance with world champion Bruce Carrington.
02:44You know, it was very early in both their careers.
02:46He also went the distance with Fergal McCrory, another world title challenger.
02:49So has been in tough and has made it the distance.
02:52And he is tough, but he's got to show that he's capable here.
02:55He's getting picked apart.
02:56Yeah, he's getting picked apart.
03:0011th probe out for the Matrix, and he has not, Chris, to your point, ever been stopped.
03:05Oh, nice one-two, sharp one-two by Contreras.
03:08Sharp.
03:08It started off that foot fang, but now this one-two is reigning on top of Cantu.
03:12Man, the precision.
03:14And, you know, Contreras, we talked to him in the fire meeting.
03:16He said, I'm a boxer.
03:17Yeah.
03:17Only two KOs in his five wins.
03:19But, listen, when you're sharp, you're sharp.
03:21And he looks real sharp tonight.
03:22Yeah, a good boxer knows how to create the openings for those clean punches.
03:26And sharpness can score knockouts, too, even if you're not a huge puncher.
03:30At worst, it'll domesticate the opponent.
03:32And then that's what Cantu's been pretty much showing in the first round.
03:35Nothing really aggressive on the part of Cantu.
03:36He's had to be defensive all night.
03:47Yeah!
03:47Yeah!
03:48Yeah!
03:49Yeah!
03:50Yeah!
03:51Yeah!
03:51Yeah!
03:52Yeah!
03:53Yeah!
03:53Yeah!
03:54Okay...
03:54...11 o'clock, okay?
03:56It's not 11 o'clock and work that tight.
03:58Bring yourself in with the back foot a little bit more, all right?
04:01Yeah!
04:01Yeah!
04:01Yeah!
04:02Yeah!
04:03Yeah!
04:04Yeah!
04:05Yeah!
04:17We saw what Samuel Contreras is known for
04:22Always on his toes, more of a boxer
04:24And very impressive in the first three minutes
04:27Goldie, you see the range of the fighting
04:28He's getting really good leverage
04:29He's tall, he's long
04:30He's landing on the end of the punch
04:32We're tall guys who are built like that
04:33They get that snap on the end of that shot
04:35And you saw Contreras was bothered by a lot of those punches
04:37And also using that range allows you to have that reach
04:40Like you said, Champ
04:41To reach in and land those shots
04:42But it also allows you to pull back
04:44And give that deceptive fainting
04:46Where sometimes you're going to reach in and drill
04:48And sometimes you're going to step back
04:50And draw your opponent fall to fall forward
04:53Oh man, good shot
04:55Right-handed
04:55And Contreras is just wide open for those shots
04:58When he pulls back straight tall like that
04:59Yeah, he's going to go back
05:01He's got to keep himself low
05:02I think Contreras is used to being the taller man
05:04And he thinks he's safe and he's getting clipped
05:06Good point, stepping out
05:08But stepping out squared
05:09If you're going to step out like that
05:10At least keep an angle
05:12Talked about the amateur pedigree
05:14Of the man putting together another nice combination
05:17The 21-year-old
05:18That hurt
05:19He was a member of the El Salvador team
05:22The national team
05:23Fell just one bite short
05:25Of going to the Olympics
05:26Yeah, and he let us know
05:28He had a couple options, right?
05:29He had Honduras, El Salvador, and Mexico
05:32Nice to have those options
05:33He's looking really good tonight
05:35I like what I see
05:36I mean, this style
05:37Long, good boxing
05:39Relentless
05:39Very, very focused too
05:41It keeps those combinations really tight
05:44Yeah, I don't
05:45This fight's ending soon
05:46Yeah
05:47Yeah
05:47And Contreras wanted to fight
05:48Contreras too tough for his own good
05:49Honestly
05:50But you've got to show the referee
05:51That you can defend yourself
05:52And it's all over
05:54The ref said in between rounds
05:55You've got to show me something
05:56Because he saw that he was overmatched
05:58I think that was actually a good call
05:59By the referee
05:59That was not going anywhere good for Contreras
06:01Goldie, my bad
06:03I didn't want to get in the way of your
06:04It's all over
06:04You know what?
06:05That was
06:06For the main event
06:07If it's all over
06:08I appreciate it
06:10I'm just looking forward to seeing it
06:12In May and Manchester
06:13But this one
06:14This one's
06:15This one really was just a matter of
06:17It was
06:17Contreras was tough
06:18But he's just
06:19He wasn't showing that he was adequate
06:21To be in the ring
06:22With a guy of the level of Contreras
06:23And that's why the referee stopped the fight
06:25Probably more intelligently
06:26You know what?
06:27It's one thing
06:28To be long
06:29It's another thing
06:31To fight long
06:32And the shoulder turn, Chris
06:35Of the young 21-year-old
06:37Is now 6-0
06:38With three knockouts
06:39That was
06:40As impressive
06:41Right there
06:42As impressive
06:42As anything I saw
06:44He varied up his attack
06:45But he did everything
06:46From the long position
06:47Using the jab
06:48That in and out
06:48Offense and defense
06:49Was flowing really, really nicely
06:51And Contreras just didn't have
06:52An answer for it
06:54There's levels to this game
06:55And Contreras is just
06:56On a different level
06:57Yeah, Contreras tough
06:57He was actually arguing
06:58He wanted to be there
06:59He was arguing for the stoppage
07:01That he didn't like the stoppage
07:02But you gotta show
07:03That you can be in there
07:11To make this one official
07:15Contreras looking to set things up
07:16For his teammate
07:17Kevin Anton
07:18Here once again is Lupe
07:22Ladies and gentlemen
07:23Inside the Pro Box TV ring
07:24An accumulation of punches
07:26Obligates referee
07:27David Sullivan
07:28To end this contest
07:29With an official time
07:30Of one minute
07:31Nine seconds
07:32Of round number two
07:33Damas Caballeros
07:33Una acumulaciĆ³n de golpes
07:35Obliga al referee
07:35David Sullivan
07:36A parar la contienda
07:38Con un tiempo oficial
07:38De un minuto
07:39Nueve segundos
07:40Del segundo episodio
07:42Declarando el vencedor
07:43Por knockout
07:44Declaring the winner
07:44By way of KO
07:45Still undefeated
07:48As a professional
07:50Samuel
07:51Sammy
07:54Contreras
07:59He just loves
08:00To box
08:03Half of his career victories
08:06Have been
08:06By knockout
08:08Or TKO
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