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Manny Pacquiao faces Agapito Sanchez for the IBF and WBO Super bantamweight Titles on HBO Boxing. Plus interviews with Heavyweight Champion Hasim Rahman and former champion Lennox Lewis to hype their PPV fight.
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00:03Look into the eyes of a born champion.
00:06Boxing's destiny's child, 24-year-old Floyd Mayweather Jr. has never stared at failure.
00:1226 professional fights, 26 victories, success, his only expectation.
00:18Mayweather pounding, pounding!
00:20He hits harder than you think he does.
00:22Mayweather with her right over the top, stuns Manfredi.
00:24Mayweather comes back with an angry right hand of his own.
00:26Feel the hands of 28-year-old Jesus Chavez.
00:30The primary weapons in his arsenal of attack.
00:33A raw, relentless fighter with 31 straight victories.
00:37His fists ready to do damage at all times.
00:40And a big uppercut by Chavez.
00:42It's starting to look like a movie fight.
00:44It's getting too easy for Jesus Chavez.
00:46See the feat of the champion.
00:49Plus, with great speed, he dictates the moves and the flow of the fight.
00:53A blur in the ring, Floyd Jr. frustrates his opponents first with his legs, then with his gloves.
01:00The elusive Mayweather Jr.
01:02Floyd comes back with a one, two, three, four, five, six.
01:05The super quickness of Floyd Mayweather produces a knockdown.
01:10Feel the heart of the Mexican-American challenger.
01:13Determined to compete against the best in search of respect inside the ring.
01:17That elusive first world title remains his goal.
01:22Tonight, the contrasting strengths of these two men clash on center stage.
01:27Floyd Mayweather Jr., Jesus Chavez.
01:30The 130-pound championship is at stake.
01:33Who will prevail?
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01:43Theн Myself is at stake.
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01:52On your own degree.
01:55The Ladies.
01:56And the Year.
02:11We are live in San Francisco
02:14with a world championship boxing doubleheader
02:16from the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.
02:19First up tonight, Filipino sensation Manny Pacquiao
02:22defends his 122-pound world title
02:25against Agapito Sanchez.
02:27And then in our main event, undefeated 130-pound world champion
02:31Floyd Mayweather Jr. puts his title on the line
02:33against Jesus Chavez in what may be Mayweather's last fight
02:37before moving up to the lightweight division.
02:40We are in the city by the bay for the first time
02:43in the 28-year history of boxing on HBO.
02:46More known for its great cultural history,
02:49San Francisco tonight plays host to one of the sport's
02:52most exciting young stars in Floyd Mayweather.
02:55And we expect a capacity crowd in this civic auditorium
02:59where Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones,
03:03the Grateful Dead, U2, and Madonna all have performed.
03:07And now tonight, George Foreman will join that list
03:10working on the broadcast with us.
03:13Hello again, everybody. I'm Jim Lapley.
03:14We welcome you to this special edition of HBO's World Championship Boxing.
03:18Special because after a 40-year absence from the city,
03:23Major League Boxing returns to San Francisco,
03:26and we're thrilled to be a part of that.
03:28It's the first time that a major title fight has taken place in this city
03:31since Gene Fulmer fought Dick Tiger for the middleweight title here
03:36all the way back in 1962.
03:39We're excited because we'll see Manny Pacquiao,
03:41the rising punching sensation of the 122-pound division.
03:44We're excited because Jesus Chavez has waited a long time
03:47for his shot at a title and at Floyd Mayweather Jr.
03:50Between the two fights, we'll be talking to the two combatants
03:53in next week's heavyweight championship rematch.
03:55Heavyweight title is Tassim Rahman,
03:57and the man who is now in the role of the challenger,
03:59former titleist Lennox Lewis.
04:01And working with me here at ringside, as I mentioned,
04:03is the illustrious two-time heavyweight champion of the world,
04:06George Foreman, the Beatles, and now you, George.
04:08Not a bad place to be.
04:10Later on tonight, we'll look at Floyd Mayweather,
04:12who says, again, incidentally, he's said it before,
04:15that this will be his last fight at 130 pounds,
04:17and he's going to move up to lightweight from here.
04:20Assuming a victory over Chavez, and that's a major assumption
04:23because this is a real fight,
04:24is Floyd the kind of fighter who can continue to be a great star
04:28in higher weight classes?
04:29I think that's what he should look forward to,
04:31to move up in weight.
04:32He can even move up two weight classes
04:34because he needs such a challenge in his life.
04:36He's never done well when he's had any advantages at all,
04:39but tell him he's somewhat of an underdog in anything,
04:42you'll see the best in Floyd Mayweather.
04:44He needs to move up.
04:45I can't wait for it.
04:45You know, that's so true because his great performances
04:48were against strong opponents like Angel Manfredi
04:51and Diego Corrales when he was seen as having a chance to lose.
04:54Maybe tonight we'll again see Floyd Mayweather
04:56at his absolute best.
04:57But before that, the 122-pound title fight
05:00between Manny Pacquiao and Agapito Sanchez.
05:02Here to say more about it,
05:03HBO Boxing Analyst Larry Merchant.
05:05Larry, Pacquiao was so sensational
05:08in knocking out Leshanolo Ledwaba of South Africa,
05:11a tremendously well-rounded fighter,
05:12in his last appearance in June
05:14that he immediately skyrocketed from relative obscurity
05:16to the top of most experts' lists at 122 pounds.
05:21Is he really that good?
05:21Let's hope so.
05:24After the showman Prince Ahmed pulled his disappearing act,
05:29both during and after his fight with Marco Antonio Barrera,
05:33the featherweight divisions needed a transfusion of some hot new blood.
05:39Hello, Manny Pacquiao.
05:42Manny Pacquiao.
05:42He is that.
05:43He can fight.
05:45He can punch.
05:46And if you still need a showman,
05:48he's acted in three movies,
05:49and he's also a tournament-caliber pool player.
05:53In other words, a pool hustler.
05:57Jim, it could turn out that he's a whole blood bank
06:00for the featherweight divisions.
06:02We'll see.
06:03He'll be fighting a hustling opponent in Agapito Sanchez,
06:06who's been in against some of the best
06:08at both 122 and 126.
06:10Let's take a look at the tail of the tape for these two fighters,
06:13and you can see the seven-year age advantage in Pacquiao's favor.
06:17He's also two and a half inches taller,
06:19has three inches more reach,
06:21120 and a quarter versus 120 and a half.
06:23They both weighed in well under the 122-pound limit,
06:26and according to our unofficial HBO scale,
06:29both have put on more than 10 pounds
06:31between the time of yesterday's weigh-in
06:33and their entry into the ring tonight.
06:36Rules of the bout were their unofficial ringside scorer,
06:38Harold Letterman.
06:39Jim, the Agapito Sanchez,
06:41Manny Pacquiao fight his schedule for 12 rounds
06:44using the unified rules that you see on your screen.
06:46Real quick, we want to go over the criteria
06:48the judges will use to score each individual round.
06:50Cling punching, effective aggressiveness,
06:53ring generalship, and defense
06:55with a big emphasis on clean, effective punching.
07:00Jim.
07:01All right, thank you, Harold.
07:03And now here's a look at Agapito Sanchez
07:06of the Dominican Republic,
07:08who now lives in Brooklyn
07:10and has been in against fighters like
07:14Marco Antonio Barrera, Cesar Soto,
07:18some of the toughest at 122 pounds.
07:20Usually, he says, Larry,
07:21on short notice and without adequate preparation.
07:24Yeah, he fought not only Soto,
07:27but he went in against Norwood,
07:30Marquez, Espadas, all he says,
07:32on a week or two notice
07:34when he couldn't get into the right condition.
07:37And as far as him fighting Barrera, Jim,
07:39he was the first fighter ever to knock Barrera down.
07:42This is not just a journeyman fighter,
07:46a good, professional, tough, experienced prize fighter.
07:50One thing to watch for with Sanchez,
07:52he's only 5 feet 3 inches tall
07:54and has frequently been penalized for low blows.
07:58He says, hey, how can I help it?
08:00I'm always punching up against bigger guys.
08:15And the familiar music of Eye of the Tiger
08:18is the entry choice for the stardom-bound
08:24and somewhat star-struck Manny Pacquiao,
08:27having recently moved from his home in the Philippines
08:30to Los Angeles to train in Freddie Roach's gym.
08:33Pacquiao is acutely aware of the showbiz elements of the sport
08:36and wants to be a big star.
08:40And he has a link
08:41to probably the only legendary Filipino fighter,
08:47the great Flash Elordi.
08:49One of his managers is the son of Flash Elordi.
08:52Elordi fought Sandy Sadler here in San Francisco
08:56for the featherweight championship 45 years ago.
09:00According to his son,
09:03Flash Elordi was winning the fight
09:05when it was stopped mysteriously
09:08by a slight cut in the 13th round.
09:12You don't often see in the lower weight classes
09:15southpaw fighters
09:17whose prime stock in trade is punching power,
09:20but this is a southpaw who blows opponents away.
09:24Now let's go up to ring announcer Michael Buffer
09:26for the official introductions.
09:31Ladies and gentlemen,
09:33welcome to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium,
09:35San Francisco, California,
09:38where it is officially declared
09:41by his honor of the mayor,
09:42Willie L. Brown Jr.,
09:44World Championship Boxing Day
09:47in the city by the bay.
09:50Tonight,
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10:03and sanctioned by
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10:06chairman,
10:07Manuel Cal Soto.
10:09The promoter for our first title bout
10:11is Murad Mohamed M&M Sports.
10:13The three judges assigned to ringside
10:16scoring this bout
10:17on the 10-point must system
10:19will be
10:20Ricardo Baez,
10:22Raul Caiz Sr.,
10:24and Marshall Walker.
10:26And when the bell rings,
10:27working for the 154th time
10:30in a world title bout,
10:32World Boxing Hall of Famer
10:33Marty Denkin.
10:36And now,
10:37ladies and gentlemen,
10:39a battle of champions,
10:4012 rounds of boxing
10:42for the unified
10:44IBF and WBO
10:46Super Phantom Weight
10:48Championship of the World.
10:53Introducing first,
10:55fighting out of the blue corner,
10:56wearing purple trimmed with gold,
10:58and weighing in at 120 and one-half pounds.
11:02His professional record,
11:0333 victories,
11:05including 20 knockouts
11:07with seven losses and a draw.
11:08From Brooklyn, New York,
11:10by way of
11:11La Victoria,
11:12Republica de Dominica,
11:13here is
11:14the WBO
11:16Super Phantom Weight Champion
11:18of the World,
11:20Agapito
11:21El Ciclo
11:24Sánchez.
11:29And his opponent
11:30across the ring,
11:31fighting out of the red corner,
11:33wearing red, blue, and yellow,
11:35and also weighing,
11:36pardon me,
11:36weighing in
11:37at 120 and one-quarter pounds.
11:40His professional record,
11:4133 victories,
11:43including 24 knockouts
11:45with only two losses.
11:47From General Santos City, Philippines,
11:49presenting
11:50the IBF
11:52Super Phantom Weight Champion
11:55of the World,
11:56Manny
11:57the Destroyer
11:59Pacquiao.
12:01No!
12:06Yeah!
12:11And Valderado!
12:31Okay. Ricardo, I told him he knows his responsibility and tell him to remember it.
12:37I told you, Manny, what your responsibility is. I told you what my job and responsibility is.
12:42Let's all do our job. Good luck.
12:46Pacquiao says that he wants to build a name in boxing that lasts beyond his last fight.
12:54It is events like this that helps to build such names.
13:00If he's got the right stuff.
13:02I don't know when I've ever seen a fighter so gleefully happy to get into the ring and fight.
13:06I mean, the smile just came off of Pacquiao's face within the last 20 seconds or so.
13:12But it's been all celebration up to this point.
13:14Most guys try to sort of get a game face on for fighting.
13:18Not Pacquiao. He's here to have a blast.
13:23Pacquiao comes on like waves, but he's in with a smaller opponent.
13:27He's going to find himself missing, so he may have to readjust his style just to be suited to throw
13:33uppercut punches.
13:38Sanchez is not going to be up there where he was able to go with his last fight.
13:43Right. Ledwaba was right in front of him.
13:45At a height.
13:46At a height where he could get at him.
13:47Now Pacquiao lands one solid blow to Ledwaba against the ropes.
13:57Now it's Sanchez who drives Pacquiao into the ropes and goes to the body himself.
14:01big ring George 20 feet or more lots of room for Sanchez to try to make himself
14:07elusive if he chooses to use it well I think Sanchez just need to use the
14:12middle of the ring let this guy with the longer arm longer reach fall over his
14:17back a few times make him pay for every miss and he can find himself right there
14:21in this fight Sanchez lands a jab right up the middle
14:27a lot of good fighters can't fight short opponents they just can't do it they just
14:32don't know how to attack
14:39you wait around for one good shot as Pacquiao is doing and you don't get any
14:44really just got to wade in and just wade in with uppercuts
14:47right now he's allowing Sanchez to take over the initiative
14:50as he waits to throw punches and Sanchez seizes his opening
14:56he's got to always lower his hands from his high defense to hit Sanchez that's
15:01going to cause some problems Sanchez with a looping left hook to Pacquiao's ear
15:06good uppercut this time by Pacquiao Pacquiao with the uppercut Sanchez
15:10doubles up the jab and lands a right hand up the middle and fires the jab a couple
15:14more times and a good little rally by Agapito Sanchez
15:17who's given better than he's gotten so far in round one
15:31Pacquiao rip Sanchez with a straight left hand
15:33and he's kind of turning it under that time
15:35almost a slight uppercut as that one was
15:38decided to stop the right straight hand and just bring him underneath a little bit
15:51a couple of right hands up the middle by Sanchez both fighters have found the openings
15:57working straight up the pipe going between their opponent's fists to make contact
16:03so round one comes to a close as we go to Sanchez's corner where they speak Spanish
16:08our interpreter is the familiar Ray Torres
16:10when we go to Pacquiao's corner where they speak Tagalog
16:13our interpreter is Ernie Kaluuya
16:16hard left hand by Pacquiao to punctuate round one
16:33now Manny listen to me you've got to use a jab and a little bit more okay not one jab
16:39I want to double jab step in and get a little bit closer okay okay
16:49okay be smart be smart we're okay make him miss make him miss and you got him
16:57he's not gonna do nothing to you you gotta touch him and he won't be able to
17:03stand in front of you you're better than he is
17:14by CompuBox numbers in round number one Pacquiao threw 42 punches Sanchez threw 84
17:23so a neat statistical anomaly as Sanchez throws
17:27exactly twice as many punches as Pacquiao in that first round
17:32the good thing about the last round Pacquiao sent Sanchez to a lot of hurt
17:38headbutt big cut right over the right eye on Pacquiao blood spurting from the cut
17:43this fight we may not go to a conclusion
17:46but there's a cut right on the eyebrow of Manny Pacquiao
17:52big one
17:52it was an accidental butt as Sanchez dove in
17:58but I don't know if this fight can continue
18:00well now how predictable was that height disparity between a southpaw and a
18:06conventional fighter and Sanchez a guy who likes to work inside so this was
18:10brewing from the beginning wasn't it climbing yep it's all on the wrong side
18:14when it's on the wrong side wrong things bad things happen
18:17the blood is looks like it's going to be dripping into the right eye of Pacquiao
18:23now Pacquiao says he's never been cut before his cut man Ruben Gomez
18:37got his balance right he makes you miss and he pays you back
18:42and Sanchez lands a vicious straight left hand on the eye that Pacquiao is having difficulty with
18:49and another left right on the cut
18:52and now Pacquiao begins to cut loose a little bit perhaps figuring he'd better try to go ahead and do
18:57some damage
18:57and Pacquiao is wincing I don't think he has the full sight out of his right eye
19:03I don't think he can see at all out of the right eye
19:06and that's what Sanchez is taking advantage of right now with his left hand
19:11as I said earlier you don't want to be reaching out and this guy's bowing down
19:16making you miss every shot and if you try to jab him as his corner told Pacquiao to do
19:20he's just going to slip and hit you more
19:23all right Harold Glitterman what are the rules in California
19:27if a fight is stopped on an accidental because of an accidental buck
19:31okay
19:51Pacquiao is bleeding badly Sanchez is raking that eye with his left hand
19:57not only that he's got Sanchez right now acting like a duck a sitting duck coming right in front of
20:03him
20:04and because of the height disadvantage at this point for Pacquiao he can't duck
20:11great great let him up let him up sometimes the extra height is a disadvantage
20:20Manny Pacquiao is in unfamiliar territory and doesn't know what to do about it
20:24you must lower your hands to hit Sanchez
20:27and when you do he's going to get you
20:32all right let's see them go to work on Manny Pacquiao's right eye now
20:48okay
20:49oh
20:49close your eyes close your eyes
20:50nice and fun
20:51you're going to get your shoulder cut
20:52it's okay
20:53you see the eye
20:55I can see
20:56I'm not worried about that
21:00that is
21:01okay we'll see what we're doing in the first round okay
21:04okay
21:04okay
21:05now Manny don't get excited and get stupid out there all right don't get excited
21:09here's a look at the headbutt right there
21:13Pacquiao is coming in more or less a wreck Sanchez came underneath and up into his head
21:28well like I said if you had handicapped the odds of an accidental butt before the fight they would
21:32have been
21:34very short odds
21:36and now there's a low blow by Sanchez right on Pacquiao's cup
21:42and Marty Denkens sends Sanchez to a neutral corner
21:47that was not a hard low blow if it if low blows are hard
21:50no more next one I'm going to punt on
21:54and you heard what Dinkens said to Sanchez number one next one a point will be taken
22:07Sanchez is going right at the target and uh and Pacquiao's starting to get wild
22:12well I said earlier that he would be he could be a blood bank for the featherweight divisions
22:17I didn't realize it would be his own blood
22:35Pacquiao must turn his punches into the uppercuts
22:38upward
22:41there you go
22:47even though you're going to hit him in the chest a lot of the time and missed the head
22:50you must continue to throw him in that fashion because Sanchez is down there he's not upstairs
22:56stop right
22:58don't push him don't push him
23:04this is a crucial round because if that cut just happens to just relax and they stop the bleeding
23:11Pacquiao could be right back in the control of things if
23:17but given the location of the of the cut George you know which is under the brow
23:21at the top of the eyelid how much chance they can actually stop the flow of blood
23:26that's that's what we want to look for stop the blood this guy can get his aggression going because
23:32there's a little pain and stinging that goes along with being hit with those shots once you've been
23:35cut like that he's upset they can get that control you make Sanchez just start protecting himself
23:41right back in control
23:44okay landed that left uppercut now fires a left over the top he's starting to reach Sanchez a little
23:51bit with his punching power Sanchez very sturdy
23:59great stop we mentioned all of those top rated featherwaves who fought Sanchez none of them ever
24:08knocked him down one point one point one point limpio okay por favor limpio dinkin deducting a point
24:19from Sanchez for pushing Pacquiao's head back
24:28horrific combination by Pacquiao just as the bell sounded
24:49okay
24:49Manny keep using the jab for me okay yeah when you stay calm out there keep using the jab
25:02get a little bit closer and look at the uppercut and come back as a hook okay all right right
25:06right
25:07here I'm gonna tell you now don't retaliate I know what he's doing but don't you retaliate
25:15Sanchez has a history of this kind of stuff he was disqualified from one fight for low blows
25:24he's a roughhousing fighter and that bit of roughhousing cost him a point
25:31which probably means that the fight is at least even at this point let's go
25:39referee marty dinkin trying to keep things under control here as round four gets underway harold how
25:45do you have it scored so far jim i agree with larry merchant 100 percent maybe pacquiao evened that
25:50fight up to round three when marty dinkin took the point the first two rounds i get back to peter
25:55Sanchez he was too busy in the first round they were the better shots because pacquiao was bothered
26:00for the blood for second round but round three was a 10-8 round to free remaining pacquiao it makes
26:05it 28 28 all even in rounds two rounds to one Sanchez but it's the points we know by
26:13so when you have a guy who's regarded as having terrific talent it's always interesting to see
26:16him try to adjust to adversity pacquiao now battling unusual circumstances and the deficit of a big cut
26:23over his right eye and trying to adjust in such a way as to show growth as a fighter and
26:29just in the
26:29last couple of rounds george he seems to have gotten a better feel for what he needs to do yeah
26:34but he's
26:34still falling over the back of his shorter opponent in the statue he's got to bring those punches up or
26:40he's
26:40going to find himself bleeding again
26:52sanchez is very conservative he only takes what he he can see doesn't go after anything more than what
26:58he can see and he's determined to hit below the belt never seen anything like it another low blow
27:06and we may see a disqualification now the uppercuts are coming in from pacquiao great great coming up
27:16once she's thought that that's sanchez does not have any defense for those points
27:20and though the blood is flowing pacquiao seems less troubled by it than was the case in round two
27:28pacquiao if he comes up with a couple combinations i'm telling you we can see a different fight but then
27:34no time flat
27:49this is a pacquiao response i believe to a low blow
27:56and he may be injured
27:59he also is hit on the back of the neck or hit him right below the belt also that's
28:05that leg five minutes man get up i don't want you to lose five minutes he gets five minutes here
28:12to
28:12recover from get up the foul which has taken place but i'm not certain that pacquiao isn't in some way
28:19injured in the leg or the hip yeah i think that's true that it may be indeed the hip
28:28relax relax now there may be blood streaming from the left eye now of sanchez as well
28:39why is pacquiao walking around stiff-legged and hip injured like this george he's been hit
28:43below the belt more than twice maybe three times around that area ready next thing you know it just
28:48takes it out of you and it kind of sneaked up on him how much time he's obviously very angry
28:54about
28:54what's taking place and the referee is he seems not to notice these shots below the belt from him
29:00let's take another look at what happened here that's one yeah that hurt right that right right
29:07that hurts and then he hits him on top of the head and he hits him behind the head that's
29:10right
29:10you gotta listen okay i know what you're doing but you gotta listen okay
29:19dinkin trying to reassure pacquiao that he's up to date on what's going on in the fight too
29:31well you heard the word spoken by marty dinkin who warned pacquiao before the round not to retaliate
29:40pretty tough not to retaliate george but it's strange because the referee has not
29:44acknowledged this punch on the leg here that's got this guy crippled
29:50and pacquiao goes limping back to work he didn't take the full five minutes either
29:59great great
30:24that goes again hitting below the belt again look it's just too much
30:30boxing is back in san francisco in a down and dirty brawl
30:40no no no oh my god damn being manny pacquiao is getting right over the cold
30:52hey they're gonna they're taking two points already you gotta watch it he doesn't he wants to quit so don't
31:00foul
31:06don't worry your cut is not too bad don't worry about the cut
31:11you got your thing but be cool be calm about it
31:18all right this is just whether whether it's deliberate or accidental it's unacceptable
31:41so now after four rounds you can see that on harold letterman's card at least
31:47manny pacquiao has moved ahead by the two points which have been deducted from agapito sanchez for fouling
31:55and now sanchez begins to work to the body and do damage but once again he flirts with low blows
32:02sanchez has hit two low blows already that have not been acknowledged by dinkins
32:09pacquiao with a fast combination okay stop stop stop
32:15and sanchez it appears has come here willing to do almost anything to win the fight
32:20and unless the referee is able to do the right job he could catch a break you know
32:26he is he wants to do anything to win the fight but you can't do anything and everything to win
32:33a fight
32:33there are rules body shots by pacquiao
32:43that's the conclusion you come to in the ring that no one is going to give you anything pacquiao is
32:49learning the hard way you want it you're going to have to fight for what the referee is not going
32:53to
32:53give it to you nobody is more committed to clean fighting than you have been george in your view
32:59should sanchez already have been disqualified from this fight for a long time too many low blows
33:04because now you're only talking about hurting the fellow but permanently permanent damage down there so in
33:09your view this fight should already have been over with the winner and i agree with george the referee
33:14does not pay any attention but this is one of those old-fashioned throw it all fight
33:21this is this is a fight you would see on the piers of san francisco that's right exactly this is
33:28san francisco
33:39the referee just cannot see these low blows there's another one
33:46evidently there should be someone in the corner with the commission trying to supervise some of this
34:09that's right
34:22acquiao's superior hand speed in evidence there sanchez comes back with a blistering counter right hand
34:29Big action through five rounds in a fight that perhaps should not have continued.
34:35Floyd Mayweather warming up for our main event tonight.
34:38Later on this evening, Mayweather defending his supremacy at 130 pounds against Asus
34:43Chavez, political martyr in the sport who has waited a long time for his chance at a
34:48title and rests everything on his opportunity against Mayweather tonight.
35:09Okay, and this time, don't go back and watch out those, don't stay on the ropes, don't
35:15stay there, you got it, and fight clean.
35:23No more body punches, the corner is asking Sanchez not to throw body punches.
35:32That might be like asking the ocean to empty itself of water.
35:38After a relatively slow start, Manny Pacquiao threw just as many punches as Sanchez in round
35:43five, landed more, and with the help of penalty deductions, may now conceivably be building
35:49the lead in the fight.
35:55And I give Pacquiao credit for channeling his anger the right way.
35:59He has gotten more and more controlled with each passing round instead of more and more
36:03out of control.
36:05This is a painful situation for Pacquiao.
36:08He's been beaten below the belt, and the blood is dripping out of his face.
36:13You wonder how he has the energy to keep doing it.
36:16He's in tremendous shape.
36:17According to trainer Freddie Roach, he hasn't had a fighter who is better conditioned than
36:21Pacquiao.
36:22He gives Pacquiao a day off from the gym.
36:24Pacquiao goes out and runs five miles and rides the bike for an hour.
36:29Can't get him not to work.
36:30You know, and to give Pacquiao credit, he could have found a way to get out of this fight
36:35before the end of the fourth round and have it called a no contest.
36:40And once again, they clash heads as Sanchez pounds his forehead right into the middle of
36:46Pacquiao's face.
36:48Now, if the fight were to be stopped here, I suspect Pacquiao is ahead on the scorecard.
36:55Well, he's ahead on Harold Letterman's card by three points.
36:57I would think that the other cards shouldn't be all that far off.
37:00He's stopped.
37:01The fight has been stopped, and this goes to the scorecards.
37:06Hey, hey.
37:08And this round will not count, so we go to the scorecards through five.
37:12This round counts.
37:13They scored a partial round.
37:15When a fight is stopped in the middle, they scored a partial round, Jim.
37:19Dinkin doesn't think so.
37:20They do.
37:21All right.
37:23He's down the scorecard.
37:27So there's Agapita Sanchez, who was hoping to win the fight, looking toward buying a house
37:35in Santo Domingo, where he wants to retire someday.
37:38And, of course, Pacquiao's aspirations to stardom, we've already told you about.
37:43An intense young man from the Philippines.
37:47Got a rough passage here tonight.
37:49If there's justice in the world, he'll be ahead on these scorecards, and everything will
37:54turn out all right for him.
37:58There may be justice in the world, but there's not always justice in boxing, Jim.
38:03Yeah, well, we know that.
38:04That's for sure.
38:11No one can complain that they didn't see a fight tonight.
38:15Say what you want.
38:17This was a free-for-all.
38:18Let's take a look at some of the rough stuff that took place in the fight, George.
38:21In round two, there is the clash of heads, which led to the huge cut under Pacquiao's right
38:29eyebrow, and the spurting of blood, which blurred his vision, certainly for the rest of that
38:34round, and at least partially from that point forward.
38:37What we have seen here, Jim, is not the sweet science, but the sour science.
38:44In round three, there was the low blow, which prompted a five-minute delay, and then that
38:51was Sanchez pushing the inside of his glove against Pacquiao's face and losing a point for
38:55that.
38:56In round four, more low blows, another clash of heads, more low blows through the rest of
39:04the round, and that moment when Pacquiao was wrestled to the canvas and needed another
39:10long delay, and then, of course, in round six, we climax with the headbutt that ended
39:17the fight as Sanchez counted his forehead right into the middle of Pacquiao's face, and when
39:22Sanchez was lifted up on the shoulders of his cornermen, he was booed by everybody here
39:30in the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, crowd of about 7,000, sellout or near sellout for
39:37San Francisco's return to championship-level boxing.
39:44And now the California State Commission is gathering scorecards and determining the outcome
39:50of the fight.
39:50Based on the parameters that Harold Letteman described to you, meaning that the partial
39:56round, the sixth, would be scored along with the other five.
39:59At least through five rounds, Harold, on your scorecard, you had Pacquiao up by three points,
40:04right?
40:04Okay, Jim.
40:05I've got it 58-54, four rounds to two, Manny Pacquiao.
40:10I thought, you know, just to go over it briefly, I thought he lost the first two rounds, but
40:15then he swept the next four, Agapito penalized two rounds, one in the third, one in the fourth.
40:20So, a four-point lead on my scorecard for Manny Pacquiao, 58-54, and just as you said,
40:27that's scoring six rounds.
40:36George, if you had a fighter in this weight class, would you put him in against Sanchez?
40:41All right, they're ready.
40:43No, not at all.
40:44All right, they're ready, guys.
40:45Let's go up to Michael Buffer for the official decision.
40:49Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please.
40:50Referee Marty Denking, after being told by the physician that the fight could no longer
40:56continue due to accidental headbutts suffered by Manny Pacquiao, the bout is halted in the
41:02sixth round.
41:03Under the rules, in accordance with the World Boxing Organization, the International Boxing
41:12Federation, and the American Boxing Commissions, the unified rules, the bout will go to the scorecards
41:19for the rounds completed, plus the sixth round in which the contest was halted.
41:24The scoring is as follows.
41:27Ricardo Baez scores the bout, 58-54.
41:30He has it for Pacquiao.
41:35Marshall Walker scores the bout, 57-55.
41:38He has it for Sanchez.
41:41Raul Caiz Sr. scores the bout, 56-56.
41:47It is a three-way split.
41:50The bout is officially declared a draw.
41:53Each champion will retain his title belt.
41:57The bout is a draw.
41:58Each champion retains his belt.
42:06Final CompuBox numbers.
42:08Once again, a statistical profile of the fight based on the punch count estimates of CompuBox
42:14experts, and you can see that Pacquiao landed 74 out of 247.
42:19Sanchez threw 102 more punches, but landed one less, thus the difference in connect percentage.
42:24That makes sense.
42:26Pacquiao was the more accurate of the two punchers coming in.
42:31Power shots.
42:32And once again, Pacquiao the more accurate.
42:35Sanchez throwing one more power shot.
42:37Sanchez used his jab considerably more than did the southpaw Pacquiao.
42:44And at the end of the day, as you heard, the three judges wind up evenly divided.
42:50One judge scoring it for Pacquiao by just the same number as did Harold Letterman.
42:55Another judge scoring it in favor of Sanchez, despite the point deductions, two of which
43:01were taken away from Sanchez during the fight.
43:04And then the third judge winds up with it all even.
43:08So, it's a technical draw.
43:12And as such, probably not a considerable blemish to the career of Pacquiao, which is the one
43:18which is developing star momentum and star power at this point.
43:23Larry Merchant makes a terrific point.
43:25You wonder how many 122 or 126 pound fighters, managers, and promoters are going to want to
43:31put them in against Agapito Sanchez after a display like this.
43:36Still to come tonight, our main event, which we expect to be a cleaner fight for sure, between
43:41Jesus Chavez and the man he has waited so long to face for the world championship at
43:46130 pounds.
43:47The estimable Floyd Mayweather Jr., one of the fights or one of the sports most talented and
43:55colorful performers.
43:57Mayweather versus Chavez still to come.
44:01But in the meantime, we remind you next Saturday night, live on HBO Pay-Per-View, the heavyweight
44:06championship rematch.
44:08Hasim Rahman defending the title he took this past April from Lennox Lewis down in South
44:13Africa.
44:14They'll meet again next Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Sports and Events Center in Las
44:19Vegas.
44:20Earlier this evening, I spoke to both fighters, and you're going to see that conversation in
44:24a moment, but first a preview of the fight.
44:31All the ingredients were there.
44:35The hungry challenger.
44:38The apathetic champion.
44:40A frenzied foreign stage.
44:43The recipe for an upset.
44:46A determined Hasim Rahman arrived in South Africa a month before the fight in order to
44:51acclimate himself to the rarefied Johannesburg air, while a seemingly unconcerned Lennox Lewis
44:56attended to his own priorities back in the USA.
44:59I'm definitely prepared.
45:01I even took a couple days out to do a movie.
45:03Unfortunately for Lewis, this production would have no happy ending.
45:07Rahman chases Lewis across the ring.
45:10He knocks him down with a thunderbolt to the right hand.
45:14He got a brand new heavyweight champion, and he's from the United States.
45:21Once the dust settled from his nightmare in Johannesburg, Lewis offered up a string of
45:25excuses, suggesting his titles are on loan to a thief.
45:29Rahman, meanwhile, claims to have found a permanent spot under Lewis's skin, and even questioned
45:34Lennox's sexuality in a radio interview.
45:36This particular insult turned a verbal shoving match into an all-out brawl on national television.
45:43The smoke has since cleared to reveal two men in search of much more than the heavyweight
45:48championship of the world.
45:50For Hasim Rahman, a continuing search for respect not just from Lewis, but from the entire boxing
45:56world.
45:56And for the now aging ex-champion Lewis, still reaching for a legacy, a defining moment that
46:02will secure his place in the history of the heavyweight division.
46:07And now we bring you back to ringside in San Francisco, where joining us from their respective
46:12purchase one week before the big fight are the heavyweight champion of the world, Hasim
46:17Rahman, from his training camp in Big Bear, California, and the man who now challenges to
46:23try to become a titleist for the third separate time in his career, Lennox Lewis in Las Vegas.
46:28Lennox, I'll start with you.
46:30After you and The Rock had your dust-up on national television on ESPN, a lot of respondents to
46:37ESPN's website, more than half in fact, said that they thought the scuffle was fake.
46:42Nothing is more interesting about a fight than when the two combatants genuinely dislike each
46:47other.
46:47What would you say to fans tonight to underline the assertion that what happened between you
46:52and Rock is for real?
46:54Yeah, I think it was definitely real.
46:57You know, when you get two big egos in one room, you know, something has to come out of
47:01it.
47:01And you're right, we did have a little tussling match, and, you know, it's just a precocit
47:06of what's going to happen next week.
47:08Hasim, you clearly got under Lennox's skin that evening.
47:11Do you genuinely dislike him for the things he's said about you since you knocked him out?
47:17Well, I definitely don't think he has the respect, you know, I plan on earning that
47:22on November 17th.
47:24But then again, you know, Lennox, you know, I don't plan to hear from him again in life.
47:28He says he's going to retire if he loses his fight.
47:30So he'll go back to Jamaica or Canada or England or wherever he claims he's from and
47:34just live his life.
47:35Did you try to get under his skin, Rock?
47:37Because for your purposes of winning the fight, it's better to fight an aggressive Lennox
47:42Lewis, who's looking to knock you out, than the guy who has stayed in his envelope and
47:47controlled some opponents from a distance.
47:50Well, personally, I don't think he can win either fight.
47:53I just think what happened was Emmanuel Stewart wasn't there to tell him everything to say,
47:57so he just told he lost it.
48:00Lewis, Lennox, will it be for you in this fight?
48:03Will it be the aggressive, opportunistic Lennox Lewis who knocked out Franz Botta and Michael
48:08Grant when they made mistakes against you?
48:10Or will it be the cautious counter-puncher who kept people like Holyfield and Tua at
48:14bay?
48:15Well, I think you get a combination of both.
48:18Basically, I'm just going to come out there with my arsenal, field punches.
48:21I can throw at any given moment and give it to Rock.
48:26Your detractors say that the knockout against Rachman goes back to your knockout against
48:31McCall, shows that you have a China chin, and suggests that at your advanced age, you may
48:36be finished.
48:37Can you still fight the way you used to, Lennox?
48:40Absolutely.
48:41You know, I would say on that same night, anybody could have knocked me out.
48:45You know, Rock threw a great punch, and I didn't see it.
48:49And, you know, I would say anybody would have knocked me out if they would have hit me the
48:53same way.
48:54Haseem, you keep talking about how you're going to knock Lennox out again, though some
48:58of us could see scenarios by which you might conceivably outbox him.
49:02Do you feel as though you have to knock him out to prove that what you did in Johannesburg
49:06was legit?
49:08Well, no.
49:09You know, I think that punch was enough.
49:12And I don't think, you know, everybody keeps focusing on the punch.
49:15But I landed right hands all night long against Lennox Lewis.
49:20I think that if I win a decision, it'll be totally based on the way Lennox fights.
49:24If he wants to fight passive, and I win a decision, I'm still a champ.
49:28He needs to take this fight for me.
49:29He the one who needs to prove everything.
49:31I don't know why everybody keeps turning this thing around like I have everything to prove.
49:35I'm the champ.
49:36He wants what I have.
49:38They are my belts, and I'm keeping them.
49:39So does that mean you don't have the same hunger that you took to South Africa when you
49:42felt like you had so much to prove?
49:44No, I definitely got more hunger because I feel like, you know, this fight, it's a make
49:51or break fight for both of us.
49:53But I'm saying that everybody turning it around on me, you know.
49:57I don't have it.
49:58I really don't have anything to prove, you know.
49:59They were talking about Lennox, which is all-time great right before the fight.
50:04He's getting better as he gets older.
50:05I even heard, I think I believe I heard you say he's getting better in his old age.
50:10I mean, as he gets older, he's getting better.
50:12Every time out, he's getting better, better, better.
50:14And then when we get to South Africa, and I crush him, now it's okay.
50:18Now he's getting old.
50:20Maybe his skills are deteriorating.
50:23Everything he went to court and said, you know, he just totally contradicted everything
50:26he said leading up into the fight.
50:28You know what, Rock?
50:29I had said that he was getting better.
50:31And then after what happened in Johannesburg, I decided that maybe he got too full of himself,
50:35read his press clippings, and had too much money in the bank.
50:38Is that what happened to you, Lennox?
50:41No, I was a bit lackadaisical in the fight.
50:45I didn't really take Rockman that well.
50:48But, you know, this fight I'm taking very seriously.
50:50He's got a week to go.
50:52And at the end of the week, he's going to be giving those belts back to me.
50:56Gentlemen, thank you both very much for your time.
50:58We'll look forward to seeing you both next week in Las Vegas.
51:01So, it will be coming to you live next Saturday night on HBO Pay-Per-View.
51:07The rematch.
51:08Will it be repeat for Hasim Rahman or revenge for Lennox Lewis?
51:14Rahman vs. Lewis 2 live next Saturday night, November 17.
51:18And what about you as a fan?
51:20Who do you think will win next Saturday night's heavyweight championship rematch?
51:24Log on to HBO.com slash boxing and cast your vote.
51:28We'll give you the results of the conclusion of tonight's telecast.
51:31You can also choose which trainer and cornerman you want to listen to during tonight's main event.
51:35And check out the latest installment in our Where Are They Now?
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