Junior Jones vs Marco Antonio Barrera II - HBO 4-18-97 - video Dailymotion

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Junior Jones defends his WBO Jr Featherweight Title in a rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera on HBO Boxing.

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00:00:00Even perhaps to some of the middleweights around, sooner or later, he'll get his shot.

00:00:05All right, let's turn our attention to the main event, because like most boxing fans, I've got a Jones to

00:00:10see it.

00:00:11I've got a Jones to talk about Roy Jones and his buddy Junior Jones.

00:00:15Now, obviously, as you told us earlier, you talk with Junior Jones about as much as with any of your

00:00:20other buddies in the sport.

00:00:22Junior has said that he believes he could fight Marco Antonio Barrera a thousand times,

00:00:26and because of his style superiority, he would win a thousand times.

00:00:30Any danger of overconfidence for Junior tonight?

00:00:33Yeah, it's always a danger of overconfidence, mainly because the guy, Barrera, is one of the better fighters for that

00:00:40light division.

00:00:41Marco Antonio Barrera is a very good skilled boxer.

00:00:44You can never underestimate a guy like Marco.

00:00:47However, Junior's main concern to me is that he's well-conditioned.

00:00:51If he comes to the fight well-conditioned, he's right.

00:00:53His style will make it very difficult for a person like Marco to beat him because of the height disadvantage

00:00:59and because of the right-hand punching power.

00:01:02So I can see where he would get that confidence from,

00:01:04but I wouldn't say that I would think a person could beat Marco Antonio Barrera a thousand times because of

00:01:10his style.

00:01:11Now, I think Junior wants to get into Marco Antonio Barrera's head with that kind of expressed confidence,

00:01:18but it's pretty difficult to get into the implacable calm of Barrera.

00:01:22It was partially because of that implacable calm of his, Larry, that the victory for Junior last November was seen

00:01:28as such a stunning upset.

00:01:30But when you look at how well Junior threw his punches in the fight, maybe it shouldn't have been that

00:01:35big a surprise.

00:01:35As we look back in hindsight now, what was it that so surprised us?

00:01:40Well, I think it was really shocking to a lot of people in the boxing world,

00:01:44and I think the reason for that is that there have been so many terrific Mexican and Mexican-American fighters

00:01:51in recent years,

00:01:52particularly in the lower weights,

00:01:54that when Barrera came on the scene, there was a natural assumption that said,

00:02:00well, here's another one, and this one can be the successor to Chavez.

00:02:05He was undefeated. He was marching through his opponents like a column of tanks.

00:02:10He looked like the real thing, and he was, until one right hand early in the fight with Junior Jones

00:02:18changed it all around

00:02:20and reminded us that once upon a time Junior Jones was thought to be the invincible one.

00:02:26So what we have tonight, Jim, is two invincible fighters that have proven to be invincible

00:02:32trying to regain their auras of invincibility.

00:02:36Which makes for a rematch well worth waiting for.

00:02:39We can only hope that it can match the spontaneous excitement of its predecessor.

00:02:44A night well worth revisiting, November 22, 1996.

00:02:58The referee says that he disqualified Barrera

00:03:04because the corner entered the ring just before the bell rang.

00:03:10The fight was over the referee's head.

00:03:14He wrongly said my corner entered the ring a second too fast.

00:03:18This is where we lost the fight.

00:03:20In one scene, I mean, he was clearly knocked out that fight, and that's the bottom line.

00:03:26So I don't think it takes my victory at all.

00:03:31Junior Poison Jones!

00:03:33It was a wild night of the unexpected,

00:03:36the first time Junior Jones and Marco Antonio Barrera battled.

00:03:39More stunning than the confusing ending

00:03:42was Jones' ability to check Barrera by going toe-to-toe

00:03:46with one of the ring's most dangerous bangers.

00:03:49Here Jones lands a right hand and a solid left hook.

00:03:52Well, I got him to the trail walk because I had quicker hands.

00:03:54He throws punches so wide that if I just come up nice and short,

00:03:58with quicker punches, I'm going to get there first regardless.

00:04:01There was no need to box him.

00:04:02I mean, I couldn't show him that much respect.

00:04:04Hard right hand by Peer.

00:04:06Barrera bombed back with his number one weapon,

00:04:09brutal hooks to the body,

00:04:10but the underdog never flinched.

00:04:13He wasn't that good of a body puncher, man.

00:04:15It was an average shot, I mean, an average hard shot.

00:04:17Working behind his strong jab,

00:04:20Poison set up a long night of relentless right-hand punishment.

00:04:24Junior Jones connected on all of his rights he gave me

00:04:27because I didn't have a strategy to follow.

00:04:30Blood trickling into Barrera's left eye.

00:04:33New urgency for the unbeaten Mexican.

00:04:35Down he goes.

00:04:36Hard right hand by Junior.

00:04:39Here's a guy, everybody says he's a legend in the making.

00:04:42He was invincible.

00:04:43I've seen him go down like that.

00:04:45The feeling I had was even greater than just winning the title.

00:04:48And a few seconds later, the unusual ending.

00:04:51Barrera had been billed as the unbeatable warrior.

00:04:54The naysayers gave his unsung opponent little chance.

00:04:57Along came Jones.

00:04:59Junior Jones has picked up a monumental upset

00:05:03over Marco Antonio Barrera

00:05:05and revived his star status.

00:05:08When he hit me, I felt impotent.

00:05:11I had no focus, no desire to fight.

00:05:14Barrera guarantees his only loss was a fluke.

00:05:17He says a personal distraction

00:05:18took the fight and assertiveness out of him.

00:05:22I was physically at 100%,

00:05:24but my concentration was gone.

00:05:26He saw me without my usual aggressiveness.

00:05:28There was an attempted kidnapping

00:05:30of my sister and niece before the fight,

00:05:32and that kept me off balance the whole time.

00:05:34But that's over.

00:05:37Barrera has moved his family now,

00:05:39and Mexican officials are investigating

00:05:41the apparent kidnapped attempt.

00:05:43Tonight, fierce determination fuels these instant rivals.

00:05:46Their rematch strategies are firm.

00:05:48A basic one-two, a basic jab, a basic hook,

00:05:53basic straight right hand.

00:05:54I think Junior has the height, reach, and the power,

00:06:01whereas all he has to do is work with basic fundamentals.

00:06:04Marco is shorter than Junior Jones.

00:06:08He has to fight head-on,

00:06:11take away the jab more than anything.

00:06:13The jab on the right hand

00:06:15is the only thing Junior Jones has.

00:06:20I'm going to do movement of the waist,

00:06:22to the side, and take away his right hand.

00:06:24I'm going to give him kidney shots all night.

00:06:26I'm going to fight inside.

00:06:29He doesn't have the skill to beat me.

00:06:30We fought 100 times.

00:06:32I'm going to win 100 times.

00:06:33He just can't beat me.

00:06:34Don't think about 100 fights.

00:06:36The next one is the last one,

00:06:37and I will win.

00:06:38His adjustment says,

00:06:39don't let Junior Jones hit with no right hands.

00:06:42In his best adjustments,

00:06:43he shouldn't even took the fight.

00:06:44Replay or fluke?

00:06:45Tonight, the answer awaits.

00:06:46With supremacy at 122 pounds,

00:06:49again, up for grabs.

00:06:53And we bring it back live to ringside

00:06:55at the Las Vegas Hilton.

00:06:56Tale of the tape.

00:06:57Marco Antonio Barrera, only 23 years old.

00:07:00He's been a professional fighter since he was 15.

00:07:04Half-inch height advantage for Junior Jones.

00:07:06They weighed in one pound apart.

00:07:08Tonight, Jones weighs 128,

00:07:10and Barrera has gone up to 134.

00:07:12That might make it a little tougher

00:07:13for Junior to score the repeat knockout.

00:07:15One-inch reach advantage for Jones,

00:07:17but because of their difference in styles,

00:07:18it may look like a longer reach advantage

00:07:21sometimes in the ring.

00:07:24Punch that numbers, Larry.

00:07:26And we'll see just how active

00:07:27these fighters were in the first fight.

00:07:29You can see that Junior Jones

00:07:30was having the best of it,

00:07:33kept Barrera on his heels,

00:07:35which is very unusual,

00:07:36and I think it was that first right hand

00:07:39that slowed down the charge of Barrera

00:07:41that set the tempo for the fight.

00:07:45We'll take a look at the jabs,

00:07:46and you can see how Jones controlled Barrera

00:07:49at a distance by throwing 40-plus jabs per round.

00:07:54Rules with the fight judge and pharmacist,

00:07:57Harold Letterman.

00:07:58The Junior Jones-Marco Antonio Barrera rematch

00:08:00is scheduled for 12 rounds.

00:08:02There is no standing eight count.

00:08:04The three-knockdown rule is in effect.

00:08:06Only the referee can stop the fight,

00:08:08and you can be saved by the bell

00:08:09in the 12th and final round only.

00:08:11Jim.

00:08:13All right, Harold.

00:08:14Harold, unaccustomed to coming into the ring first

00:08:17ever since his championship reign began

00:08:19a few years back.

00:08:22Marco Antonio Barrera gets that experience tonight

00:08:25as he is cast as the challenger here,

00:08:28trying to win back the title

00:08:30that he lost to Jones last November.

00:08:33He's gotten a good rest since November.

00:08:36He had been fighting very often,

00:08:39perhaps too often before that.

00:08:41The fight with Jones was his 10th defense

00:08:45in a year and a half.

00:09:03He seems to be smiling a little bit more

00:09:06than we used to see him.

00:09:08Jim, you would practically have to use pliers

00:09:12to open up his mouth

00:09:15to get a smile out of him before.

00:09:17He seems more relaxed.

00:09:19Maybe losing a fight has gotten him back into it.

00:09:28Yeah, well, he's made indication

00:09:29that he appreciates having a new challenge

00:09:31after 43 consecutive professional wins.

00:09:34The loss to Junior Jones, 31 KOs,

00:09:36many of them fashioned via his best weapon,

00:09:40vicious left hooks to the body.

00:09:46I mean, it's really interesting.

00:09:48He just seems more relaxed

00:09:49than we saw him in several fights before.

00:09:54Entering to raucous rock and roll strings.

00:10:04I want to tell an interesting story

00:10:06about Junior Jones.

00:10:08His manager who's behind him,

00:10:10Gary Gittleson,

00:10:11did not take a cut of his purse

00:10:14for the first fight with Barrera

00:10:16because he thought it was such a dangerous fight

00:10:18and Jones had never made any serious money.

00:10:22And right after that fight,

00:10:24as Jones won,

00:10:25all of the underwater vermin,

00:10:29sharks, hammerheads,

00:10:30and boxing came out from under the rocks

00:10:32and told Jones that his manager

00:10:35had no confidence in him

00:10:36and therefore he should leave the manager

00:10:39and join them

00:10:40and they'll surely make him

00:10:42millions and millions.

00:10:44The old state of boxing,

00:10:45divide and conquer like always.

00:10:48And Junior Jones, to his credit,

00:10:50didn't listen to the bottom feeders.

00:10:52His relationship with Gary Gittleson,

00:10:55stronger than ever.

00:10:56After Gittleson so nobly

00:10:58wouldn't take a cut

00:10:59from Junior's purse against Barrera.

00:11:01You saw the record.

00:11:0243 wins,

00:11:03just like Marco Antonio Barrera.

00:11:05Those two losses

00:11:06in two out of three fights back in 1994.

00:11:09Up to Michael Buffer

00:11:10for the official intro.

00:11:11And now, ladies and gentlemen,

00:11:13here at the Las Vegas Hilton,

00:11:15main events and forum boxing

00:11:17in association with your undisputed,

00:11:21undefeated king of beers, Budweiser.

00:11:24This Buds for you present

00:11:2512 rounds of boxing

00:11:27for the WBO Junior Featherweight

00:11:30championship of the world.

00:11:33This ballot is sanctioned

00:11:35by the Nevada State Athletic Commission,

00:11:37Chairman Dr. Elias Ghanom,

00:11:39Commissioners Nat Carasali,

00:11:41Lorenzo Fertitta,

00:11:42Luther Mack,

00:11:43and Dr. James Nade.

00:11:45Executive Director Mark Ratner.

00:11:47Physicians at ringside,

00:11:49Dr. Flip Pomansky,

00:11:50Dr. Robert Hoy,

00:11:52Dr. William Berliner,

00:11:53and Dr. Margaret Goodman.

00:11:54The timekeepers at the bell

00:11:56and counting for the knockdown seconds

00:11:58are Al Bysik and James Cavan.

00:12:00This contest is also sanctioned

00:12:03by the World Boxing Organization.

00:12:05President Francisco Paco Barcacel

00:12:08and supervisor for the WBO

00:12:09is Luis Perez.

00:12:11The three judges assigned

00:12:13to score the ballot

00:12:14on the 10-point must system

00:12:16will be Dwayne Ford,

00:12:18Chuck Giampa,

00:12:19and Jerry Roth.

00:12:21And when the bell rings,

00:12:23your referee in charge of the action,

00:12:25Mills Lane.

00:12:29And now, ladies and gentlemen,

00:12:31this is the moment

00:12:33everyone has been waiting for,

00:12:35the rematch.

00:12:36So from the Las Vegas Hilton,

00:12:39ladies and gentlemen,

00:12:41let's get ready to rumble!

00:12:49Introducing first,

00:12:50fighting out of the blue corner,

00:12:52wearing green, white, and red,

00:12:54and weighing 122 pounds,

00:12:56he brings a professional record

00:12:58into the ring of 43 victories,

00:13:0031 by knockout,

00:13:02with only one defeat.

00:13:04Ladies and gentlemen,

00:13:05here is the challenger

00:13:06from Mexico City,

00:13:09the former junior featherweight

00:13:12champion of the world,

00:13:14Marco Antonio Barrera!

00:13:24And his opponent across the ring,

00:13:26fighting out of the red corner,

00:13:27wearing white and black,

00:13:29and weighing 121 pounds.

00:13:31His professional record,

00:13:3343 victories.

00:13:3526 by knockout,

00:13:37with only two defeats.

00:13:38He comes to us from the streets

00:13:40of Brooklyn, New York,

00:13:42presenting the three-time

00:13:44world title holder

00:13:46and reigning WBO,

00:13:48junior featherweight champion

00:13:50of the world,

00:13:52Poison Junior Jones!

00:14:07Okay, look here now,

00:14:09if he goes right here,

00:14:10I'm not going to call it low,

00:14:12all right?

00:14:12He went through all the instructions

00:14:14in the dressing room.

00:14:15I expect a tough, clean fight

00:14:17protects itself at all times.

00:14:19Any questions from the challenger?

00:14:21Oh, it's okay.

00:14:22The champion.

00:14:23Let's get it on!

00:14:25The questions from ringside are,

00:14:29will Barrera be cautious,

00:14:32too cautious even,

00:14:33after getting such a beating

00:14:35in the first fight?

00:14:36Will Junior Jones be too eager

00:14:38to repeat it?

00:14:40I don't think Barrera

00:14:41will be too cautious

00:14:42because Barrera badly

00:14:43wants his title back.

00:14:46Round one begins.

00:14:48Chapter two,

00:14:50Junior Jones and

00:14:50Marco Antonio Barrera.

00:14:55Both fighters starting off

00:14:56working behind the jab,

00:14:58and Junior Jones loves that.

00:15:00He doesn't believe

00:15:01that Barrera can match jabs with him.

00:15:03And I see why he doesn't believe that.

00:15:05When you have such a reach advantage

00:15:06on a guy,

00:15:07you usually don't think

00:15:08that he can out-jab you.

00:15:14Barrera seems very calm here, though.

00:15:17Jones averaged 40 jabs per round

00:15:19in beating Barrera last fall in Tampa.

00:15:22You heard Larry say

00:15:23when he went through

00:15:24the punch stat numbers

00:15:25that that would be a key

00:15:26to Jones' performance tonight.

00:15:28Does he keep that stick

00:15:29in Barrera's face?

00:15:31Barrera seems very calm.

00:15:33He doesn't seem like

00:15:33he's worried at all

00:15:34about Junior.

00:15:35He doesn't seem concerned

00:15:36about Junior's power.

00:15:37All he wants to do

00:15:38is land a big punch on Junior.

00:15:40Barrera is very focused

00:15:42here tonight.

00:15:42Barrera getting to Jones' body

00:15:44for the first time.

00:15:45That's his trademark,

00:15:46his good body work

00:15:47throughout the fight.

00:15:48Fires the left hook

00:15:49to the body

00:15:50as Junior comes in.

00:15:54One of the first things

00:15:55I see that's different

00:15:57is he's trying to shoot

00:15:58the right over Jones' left.

00:16:00Yeah, he's making Junior

00:16:01worry about his right hand

00:16:02some here early.

00:16:03instead of coming out

00:16:04getting worried

00:16:05about Junior's right hand

00:16:06right away.

00:16:09Junior Jones,

00:16:10with the approval

00:16:10of the Nevada State

00:16:11Athletic Commission,

00:16:12got a big cortisone shot

00:16:13in the right hand

00:16:14prior to the fight.

00:16:15He says to us,

00:16:17I could break the right hand

00:16:18and I won't know it

00:16:19because of the cortisone.

00:16:20He's had hand problems

00:16:22before and Junior says

00:16:23all punchers

00:16:24have hand problems.

00:16:25And they do.

00:16:30Walker is fighting

00:16:31a very smart fight here

00:16:32and he seems to be

00:16:33very strong right now.

00:16:37But when he was

00:16:38at his best, Roy,

00:16:39he was dominating

00:16:41in the early rounds.

00:16:43He would just impose

00:16:45himself on his opponents.

00:16:46He's being much calmer.

00:16:47You're right.

00:16:48Can he win that way?

00:16:50Yes, he can.

00:16:51His thing is to get used

00:16:52to seeing Junior's punches,

00:16:54wear Junior's body down,

00:16:55and then he'll try

00:16:56to overpower Junior.

00:16:57He can't just walk in

00:16:58on Junior now

00:16:58and overpower him

00:16:59because he knows

00:17:00that Junior is far

00:17:01too strong for that.

00:17:02If you're a fan

00:17:03of HBO's

00:17:04Boxing After Dark

00:17:05where Roy Jones Jr.

00:17:06is the regular

00:17:07expert commentator,

00:17:08you'll remember

00:17:09that that series

00:17:10kicked off

00:17:11with a brilliant

00:17:12Barrera performance

00:17:14against Kennedy McKinney

00:17:15in a very tough fight

00:17:16February of 1996

00:17:18in the Forum.

00:17:19Kennedy McKinney

00:17:20was the man

00:17:21who kept Junior Jones

00:17:22from making the Olympic

00:17:23team in 1988.

00:17:26What is Barrera doing

00:17:28to keep Jones

00:17:29from shooting

00:17:30that right hand?

00:17:31It looks like he's

00:17:31holding his left

00:17:32pretty high.

00:17:33Much higher than before.

00:17:34Much higher than I've

00:17:35ever seen him

00:17:36hold his left hand.

00:17:37But that's what you call

00:17:37making adjustments

00:17:38to win the fight.

00:17:39This shows you

00:17:40that he is here

00:17:40to win this fight tonight.

00:17:42Tactical adjustments

00:17:43in the first round

00:17:44by Marco Antonio Barrera

00:17:45and Junior Jones

00:17:47with much to think about

00:17:48as the first three minutes

00:17:50come to a close.

00:17:51And when we go

00:17:52to Barrera's corner

00:17:53where Spanish

00:17:53is the preferred language,

00:17:55our interpreter

00:17:55is Ray Torres.

00:18:04You've got to pressure him

00:18:06without getting

00:18:06to the exchanges.

00:18:08You've got to faint him out.

00:18:09Don't exchange punches

00:18:11with him.

00:18:12We have a lot

00:18:13for a long time,

00:18:14Marcos.

00:18:15You've got to be loose.

00:18:16You've got to be relaxed.

00:18:18You've got to be

00:18:19sure of yourself.

00:18:20And step.

00:18:21Don't stand right

00:18:22in front of this guy.

00:18:23Okay?

00:18:24All right, baby.

00:18:25You're working beautiful.

00:18:25This one's got to be up here,

00:18:26baby.

00:18:27How do you feel?

00:18:28Take a deep breath

00:18:29and let it out slow.

00:18:30You're boxing beautiful

00:18:31out there.

00:18:32Just start picking up.

00:18:33You're boxing beautiful.

00:18:34Remember,

00:18:35everything off that chair.

00:18:36There we go.

00:18:37Second is out.

00:18:38Primary voice

00:18:39in Jones' corner

00:18:41is that of Tommy Brooks,

00:18:42his trainer.

00:18:44Lou Duva

00:18:44working as a second

00:18:45in that corner tonight.

00:18:46And of course,

00:18:47you'll hear from him.

00:18:48Duva is Tommy Brooks'

00:18:50father-in-law.

00:18:56And of course,

00:18:57you'll hear more

00:18:58of Lou Duva

00:18:58when you tune to HBO

00:19:00tomorrow night

00:19:00to watch the delayed broadcast

00:19:02of Whitaker

00:19:03against De La Hoya.

00:19:06One adjustment

00:19:06that has proven

00:19:07to be good

00:19:08was what we talked

00:19:08about Borrell's left hand.

00:19:10The only good right hand

00:19:11that he got caught

00:19:12with in that first round

00:19:13was that one

00:19:14right there at the end.

00:19:16His strategy may be

00:19:17to make this fight

00:19:19go a distance

00:19:20and believing

00:19:21that he can

00:19:22tire Jones out

00:19:23and get him

00:19:24in the second half

00:19:25of the fight.

00:19:25Like I told you,

00:19:27Jones' strength will,

00:19:29I mean,

00:19:29Jones' thing will be

00:19:30if he's conditioned

00:19:31for this long fight

00:19:32or not.

00:19:33That's the way

00:19:34I think that

00:19:34a Marco Antonio Barrero

00:19:36should have fought

00:19:36Julian Jones

00:19:37the first time.

00:19:38Well,

00:19:38Barrero only threw

00:19:3936 punches

00:19:40by CompuBox

00:19:42statistics

00:19:42in round number one.

00:19:44Landed 12 out of 36.

00:19:45Jones threw 79,

00:19:46and that may be

00:19:47the reason

00:19:47that Harold Letterman,

00:19:48as you saw,

00:19:49scored the round

00:19:50for Junior Jones.

00:19:50Jones landed only

00:19:5110 of 62 jabs

00:19:53in the first round,

00:19:54but throwing it

00:19:55is half the battle.

00:19:56A bloody nose

00:19:57for Jones.

00:20:07Can that affect

00:20:08his breathing, Roy?

00:20:09I don't think so,

00:20:10but I don't know

00:20:11because I never really

00:20:11had a bloody nose

00:20:12in a fight,

00:20:13so I couldn't tell you

00:20:13if it would be effective

00:20:15to his breathing.

00:20:15Never had a bloody nose.

00:20:17All those amateur fights,

00:20:1930-some-odd professional fights,

00:20:20never had a bloody nose,

00:20:21huh?

00:20:21No, not yet.

00:20:26Don't you think

00:20:26you're missing something?

00:20:28I was wondering about that.

00:20:31That was a good

00:20:32right uppercut

00:20:32by Marco Antonio Barrero.

00:20:35And you can see the blood

00:20:36flowing from both nostrils

00:20:38of Junior Jones

00:20:39as Jones continues

00:20:39to pump the jab,

00:20:41pump the jab,

00:20:42and try to keep

00:20:43too busy for Barrera.

00:20:45There's a right hand

00:20:46over the top,

00:20:47partially blocked.

00:20:47Barrera's fighting

00:20:48a very smart fight here.

00:20:49He's not going in

00:20:51and making it

00:20:52an early slugfest

00:20:53with his strong puncher.

00:20:54He's trying to let

00:20:55the puncher

00:20:55wear himself down.

00:20:56He's blocking

00:20:57a lot of punches,

00:20:58and he's also hitting

00:20:59Junior to the body.

00:21:00That's very smart

00:21:01for Barrera to do.

00:21:02Junior should invest

00:21:03in some body shots

00:21:03himself here.

00:21:08Here's one of those

00:21:09hard left hooks

00:21:10to the body by Barrera.

00:21:12Number one weapon.

00:21:19Another good left

00:21:20to the body by Barrera.

00:21:22Derrickon Jr.

00:21:22throwing a good

00:21:23body shot right there.

00:21:27Jones coming back

00:21:28with combinations.

00:21:29Barrera shooting

00:21:30the jab up top.

00:21:31Both men spending

00:21:32some time on body

00:21:33punching here

00:21:34in round number two.

00:21:35Tactical battle

00:21:36underway.

00:21:37Barrera punctuates

00:21:38the round with

00:21:39another hard left hook

00:21:40to the body,

00:21:41and then chases Jones

00:21:42to the ropes,

00:21:43and takes a left hook

00:21:44from Jones for his

00:21:45trouble.

00:21:46There was still

00:21:46some great body

00:21:47pressure at the end

00:21:48of that round by Barrera.

00:21:53Now, stand right

00:21:54in front of this guy.

00:21:55I told you,

00:21:55you can't stand

00:21:56in front of this guy.

00:21:57All right?

00:21:58Here you go, Don.

00:22:00Look at that.

00:22:04You can't stand

00:22:04right in front of this guy.

00:22:05Okay?

00:22:06I need you to throw

00:22:06each side to take

00:22:07a half step.

00:22:08Move weights.

00:22:09All right?

00:22:10It's caving on this

00:22:11side, but that's

00:22:12going to mean it's

00:22:12okay right now,

00:22:13but I think it's

00:22:13busted.

00:22:14All right, now,

00:22:14look.

00:22:15I think Jones

00:22:16was moving.

00:22:22Keep, bend down

00:22:23and keep throwing

00:22:23punches.

00:22:25You've got to keep

00:22:25your left hand up

00:22:26and keep punching

00:22:27with it.

00:22:31So you can do

00:22:32some harm to him.

00:22:33You need to throw

00:22:34a lot of punches,

00:22:34especially that left.

00:22:35you can do some harm to him.

00:22:36You can do some harm to him.

00:22:38Come on.

00:22:39There you can see

00:22:41playing more defense

00:22:42and punching off of that

00:22:44defense with a good

00:22:45body punch.

00:22:47Barrera says that

00:22:48if he wins his title back,

00:22:49he'll be perfect again.

00:22:51If he can fight more

00:22:53rounds like that,

00:22:54he'll be perfect again

00:22:55by his standards.

00:22:58Well, a lot of people

00:22:59doubted whether

00:22:59Marco Antonio Barrera

00:23:01could legitimately

00:23:02change his game

00:23:03coming in here,

00:23:04but so far,

00:23:05he's been as good

00:23:05as his word.

00:23:06He has fought

00:23:07differently than he did

00:23:08in Tampa in November.

00:23:09And he's fighting

00:23:09a very brilliant fight here.

00:23:14Right hand over the top

00:23:15by Barrera.

00:23:17Junior getting a tiny bit

00:23:18more tentative

00:23:19with the jab

00:23:20because of those

00:23:21right hand counters

00:23:22by Barrera.

00:23:24And a little bit desperate

00:23:26with that right hand.

00:23:28He's getting a little bit

00:23:29frustrated because

00:23:30he can't hit Barrera

00:23:31like he did in the first fight.

00:23:34His defense Barrera

00:23:35has brought to this fight,

00:23:36it's making a big difference

00:23:38on the way that this fight

00:23:38should come out.

00:23:39Barrera's never been known

00:23:40for head movement,

00:23:41but he's had a little bit

00:23:42of it here tonight.

00:23:59early in the bout in Tampa,

00:24:01Junior Jones was landing

00:24:02right crosses.

00:24:03Early in the bout here,

00:24:05he's mostly missing

00:24:06right crosses.

00:24:06Another thing that I can tell

00:24:08you is good for Barrera

00:24:09is that every time

00:24:10he makes Junior miss

00:24:11with a big punch,

00:24:11he tries to counter.

00:24:13What can Barrera do

00:24:15to counter what,

00:24:17I'm sorry,

00:24:18Jones do to counter

00:24:19what Barrera's changes are?

00:24:20Well, it's difficult

00:24:21because that was

00:24:22his best punch.

00:24:23What he shouldn't be doing

00:24:24or what he should have done

00:24:25already was start

00:24:26faking the jab

00:24:27and coming around

00:24:28Barrera's right hand

00:24:29with a left hook.

00:24:30That would offset

00:24:31his right hand

00:24:32or get Barrera's mind

00:24:33off of his right hand.

00:24:35Then he would be able

00:24:35to land the right hand.

00:24:36So fake the left jab

00:24:37up top and then hook

00:24:38to the body?

00:24:39No, fake the left jab,

00:24:40make Barrera reach

00:24:41for the left jab,

00:24:41then hook around

00:24:42the right hand of Barrera.

00:24:43Uh-huh.

00:24:44He's saying hook

00:24:45off the jab.

00:24:47Right.

00:24:48This will start,

00:24:49make Barrera start,

00:24:50stop looking for

00:24:51the right hand

00:24:51and want to block the hook.

00:24:52But we don't know

00:24:53if that's in his arsenal.

00:24:55Well, if it ain't,

00:24:56then it's going to be

00:24:57a long night for him.

00:25:01By and large,

00:25:03only the really good fighters

00:25:04can hook well

00:25:05off the jab.

00:25:06Right, boy?

00:25:06By and large,

00:25:07you got a point there.

00:25:08But Junior is

00:25:09a pretty good fighter.

00:25:11He's got a lot of technique,

00:25:12no question about it.

00:25:13He worked with

00:25:13Joey Fariello

00:25:14for many years

00:25:15before the Brooklyn

00:25:16trainer died.

00:25:17He gives Fariello

00:25:18credit for having

00:25:18taught him

00:25:19boxing technique.

00:25:22I think he may be

00:25:23depending on his right hand

00:25:24a little bit too much

00:25:25tonight.

00:25:26And obviously,

00:25:27much of the Barrera game plan

00:25:29aimed at taking away

00:25:31Junior's right hand.

00:25:32First take away the jab,

00:25:33then take away

00:25:34the right cross.

00:25:43Barrera seems to be

00:25:44in control right now.

00:25:46Straight right hand

00:25:47by Barrera.

00:25:47Exactly what I was

00:25:48about to say.

00:25:51Thank you, Roy.

00:25:52And incidentally,

00:25:53tomorrow night

00:25:54at 10.30,

00:25:55your chance to see

00:25:56last Saturday's

00:25:57Whitaker-De La Hoya fight.

00:25:58If, in fact,

00:25:59you missed it

00:25:59the first time around,

00:26:00decide for yourself

00:26:01who really want

00:26:03opinion at ringside

00:26:04widely divergent.

00:26:06We'll have the fight

00:26:07and both fighters

00:26:08with us in the studio

00:26:09right here on HBO

00:26:10at 10.30 Eastern

00:26:11tomorrow night.

00:26:13Three, four, five,

00:26:14and take a half step

00:26:15either way, okay?

00:26:17All right.

00:26:21Look,

00:26:23when he's firing

00:26:24when he's stepping,

00:26:25you got to keep

00:26:26your hands up

00:26:26just like you worked

00:26:27on in the gym, okay?

00:26:29All right.

00:26:29Keep them hands up.

00:26:30And I need three,

00:26:34even if it's

00:26:35the last couple

00:26:35of seconds,

00:26:36don't exchange

00:26:38punches with him.

00:26:39You can get him

00:26:40real easy

00:26:40by outboxing him.

00:26:44It's really interesting

00:26:45that Barrera's corner

00:26:47has prepared him

00:26:48for a boxing contest

00:26:51which would seem

00:26:52so out of character

00:26:53from the Barrera

00:26:55up to now.

00:26:56A lot of times

00:26:57when a guy

00:26:58gets so many wins

00:27:00under his belt,

00:27:00they start to depend

00:27:01on going in

00:27:02and overpowering

00:27:03everybody.

00:27:04And I think

00:27:05Marco probably

00:27:05had to start out

00:27:06as a boxer

00:27:07because the first

00:27:08time I watched him

00:27:09fight, that's what

00:27:10struck me so well,

00:27:11his boxing ability.

00:27:12After having so many

00:27:13wins, they start to

00:27:14depend on their power

00:27:15and their character.

00:27:16Well, if I recollect

00:27:19correctly, it seems

00:27:20that his boxing

00:27:21heroes was

00:27:22Salvador Sanchez,

00:27:25the great featherweight

00:27:26who died prematurely

00:27:28and he was a boxer

00:27:29puncher as well as

00:27:31Chavez.

00:27:31So he's doing his

00:27:32Sanchez tonight.

00:27:34There you go.

00:27:34That's what he should have

00:27:35been doing the first time.

00:27:37Salvador Sanchez is in

00:27:39your top five list,

00:27:40didn't he, Roy?

00:27:40Most definitely.

00:27:45Junior Jones pressing a

00:27:47little bit with the

00:27:47right hand.

00:27:48You can see that the

00:27:49blood is trickling from

00:27:50Jones' nose again as

00:27:51Barrera stepped out here

00:27:52into round four and

00:27:53threw two accurate jabs to

00:27:54start it off and just to

00:27:56get Jones' nose bleeding

00:27:57again.

00:28:00Jones' accuracy rate way

00:28:02down from his appearance

00:28:04against Barrera in

00:28:05November.

00:28:05And now, as Jones backs

00:28:07off and creates more

00:28:08distance, his left jab is

00:28:10easily blocked by

00:28:11Barrera's glove.

00:28:12And right there, you saw

00:28:12how Barrera is meeting

00:28:13his left jab.

00:28:14That's when he should,

00:28:15oh, good body shot.

00:28:16That's when he should

00:28:17reach around, fake the

00:28:18jab, reach around the

00:28:19right hand and land the

00:28:20hook.

00:28:27Barrera keeping the

00:28:28right hand up, blocking

00:28:29most of the left jabs.

00:28:32Let's see if at some

00:28:33point Junior Jones begins

00:28:34to hook off of it.

00:28:35as Roy Jones suggests he

00:28:37should.

00:28:37Right hand over the top

00:28:38almost landed.

00:28:40Barrera coming back calmly

00:28:41with a couple of jabs.

00:28:43Junior's doing something

00:28:44that I've been accused of

00:28:45doing, but I don't do it

00:28:47that way.

00:28:47And when he throws his jab,

00:28:49he's only throwing it to

00:28:50set up the right hand.

00:28:53This is a very calm,

00:28:55professional performance

00:28:56through four rounds by

00:28:57Barrera.

00:28:58Now Jones finally catches

00:28:59him with a right hand.

00:29:01But Barrera goes back to

00:29:02his business and sticks the

00:29:04jab again.

00:29:05And even when he's getting

00:29:06caught with the right hand,

00:29:07he's still throwing great

00:29:08counter punches, Barrera.

00:29:09And he's gotten in another

00:29:10one of those good left hooks

00:29:11to the body in this round.

00:29:13They add up over the course

00:29:15of the fight.

00:29:15Yes, they do.

00:29:21And Jones is starting to get him

00:29:23in his sights in the last 45

00:29:25seconds.

00:29:26Yes, he is with that right

00:29:28hand.

00:29:28He's landed some good right

00:29:29hands.

00:29:30But they don't seem to have

00:29:31much effect on Marco.

00:29:33There was a jab off the hook.

00:29:35Hook off the jab.

00:29:37Hook off the jab by Jones.

00:29:39Barrera coming back to the body.

00:29:41His corner told him not to trade

00:29:42punches in the closing seconds

00:29:43of the round.

00:29:44It's a hard instinct for him

00:29:46to battle.

00:29:47Now I think Junior's waking up

00:29:49a little bit.

00:29:50Yeah.

00:29:57Don't lower your left hand.

00:30:00Everything is fine.

00:30:03Don't lower your left hand.

00:30:04And if you throw it out there,

00:30:06make sure it comes straight back.

00:30:09With the jab, that's all you

00:30:10got to do.

00:30:11That jab is working beautifully.

00:30:12You're making him miss his jab

00:30:13and you're contouring real well.

00:30:16And what about that jab to the

00:30:17liver?

00:30:18It's a good body shot.

00:30:21I don't know what the score is.

00:30:23Don't worry about it.

00:30:24You're all right, though.

00:30:24You're boxing.

00:30:25What are you doing?

00:30:25Listen, you knock the guy out,

00:30:27you don't have to worry about it.

00:30:27Come on.

00:30:28Okay?

00:30:30You're hitting him with some

00:30:31beautiful right hands.

00:30:32But it got to come off the tail.

00:30:34Okay.

00:30:35Throw your right hand a little

00:30:36lower.

00:30:37You're throwing it too high.

00:30:38Hit him in the neck.

00:30:39Okay.

00:30:43Well, we've had four rounds.

00:30:44Both fighters making adjustments

00:30:46for each other.

00:30:48The fight begins now, I guess.

00:30:50Yes, it does.

00:30:51Harold Letterman, how do you have

00:30:53it scored through four?

00:30:54Jim, 38 to 38, two rounds apiece.

00:30:57I thought Junior Jones outboxed him

00:30:59certainly in rounds one and four

00:31:00with that left jab.

00:31:01But I got to tell you,

00:31:02Junior Jones is trying the patience

00:31:04of referee Mills Lane.

00:31:06He constantly rabid punches

00:31:07Barrera with that right hand.

00:31:09In other words, the right hand

00:31:10lands behind Barrera's back,

00:31:12hits him in the brainstem,

00:31:13and Mills is getting fed up with it.

00:31:16What's your take on Mills Lane

00:31:18as a referee, Roy?

00:31:19I think Mills Lane is one of the

00:31:20better referees in the boxing business.

00:31:23What fighters want is a guy

00:31:24who's decisive, right?

00:31:25And a guy who's there and there

00:31:27to make sure he's watching

00:31:28over everything.

00:31:29Don't let stuff go for one fighter

00:31:31and let it get out of hand,

00:31:32then you can't do nothing about it.

00:31:34And when the other guy starts,

00:31:35you want to finally wake up

00:31:36and say, okay, we're going

00:31:37to stop this here when you've

00:31:38let one guy get away with it

00:31:39all night.

00:31:39That's how fights get out of hand.

00:31:41Mills Lane usually keeps good

00:31:42control of a fight.

00:31:43It's very even-handed.

00:31:44Roy Jones, or Junior Jones,

00:31:46I should say, landing a right hand.

00:31:49And then as Mills Lane

00:31:51tried to break him, Junior came back

00:31:52with an uppercut.

00:31:53I understand.

00:31:54What's going on?

00:31:54Mills says, I understand.

00:31:56Yo entiendo.

00:31:57And what I think he means here

00:31:59is that they're supposed

00:32:00to protect themselves

00:32:01at all times.

00:32:02He told them that,

00:32:03and that's what he's telling

00:32:03them he understands.

00:32:12It was the first four rounds.

00:32:14Barrera has bothered Junior Jones

00:32:16a lot with his jab.

00:32:19The bull has turned

00:32:20into the matador.

00:32:25The right hand shot

00:32:26by Barrera in counter.

00:32:30Junior getting him closer

00:32:31with his jab, right?

00:32:32Both fighters are throwing

00:32:33a good jab here now.

00:32:35Now this is getting to be

00:32:36a real boxing match.

00:32:41Time.

00:32:42Oh, that was outstanding.

00:32:42Junior trying to time

00:32:43that right hand.

00:32:44He has shortened the distance

00:32:46between himself and Barrera.

00:32:48You okay?

00:32:49You okay?

00:32:50All right, come on.

00:32:51Come on, come on, come on.

00:32:52Mills Lane working awfully hard

00:32:53in this fifth round.

00:32:55He wants to keep control

00:32:57of the fight,

00:32:57which is very good

00:32:58for him to do.

00:32:59That was about keeping

00:33:00their heads apart, right?

00:33:01No, that was a low blow

00:33:02by Marco Antonio Barrera.

00:33:03As they came close,

00:33:05Barrera, by coming close,

00:33:07interrupted the arc

00:33:08of Jones' punch

00:33:10below the belt.

00:33:12Ho, ho, when he's got back.

00:33:13Ho, ho.

00:33:14Clean.

00:33:14I'm sorry.

00:33:16Jones interrupted

00:33:17the arc of Barrera's punch.

00:33:21Barrera consciously

00:33:22going to the body

00:33:23in the fifth round.

00:33:25Consciously and conscientiously.

00:33:27Junior Jones shortening

00:33:29the distance between himself

00:33:30and Barrera to make

00:33:30his jab more effective

00:33:32and give him a better chance

00:33:33of landing one of those

00:33:34right hands over the top.

00:33:35And he landed one there.

00:33:39Question, Roy.

00:33:40Having tasted the power

00:33:42of Jones, you think Barrera

00:33:43is more steeled

00:33:45to accept that power

00:33:48now in this fight?

00:33:49Yes, he is.

00:33:49He's already tasted the power

00:33:50and he figures,

00:33:51I've already gotten hit with it.

00:33:52Why not?

00:33:53Why worry about it now?

00:33:55Well, Junior got in

00:33:57two right hands

00:33:57in the last 30 seconds

00:33:59of that round.

00:34:00As good as any

00:34:01he's thrown so far.

00:34:02Pull it out with your head

00:34:02up in the air.

00:34:03I can't have that.

00:34:04We can't have that.

00:34:05Where the bucket?

00:34:06Good bucket.

00:34:06We can't have that.

00:34:07All right, look at this.

00:34:08Come on, last piece.

00:34:15All right, hey,

00:34:17we can't have that.

00:34:18Now, look, that two,

00:34:19three, or four jabs

00:34:20is working beautiful, man.

00:34:21All right?

00:34:22Now, look, when you finish

00:34:23your combination, boss,

00:34:25I need you to fire that shot

00:34:26to the body behind you,

00:34:27okay?

00:34:28But remember...

00:34:31Marco, all you need

00:34:32is use intelligence.

00:34:34That jab is doing it

00:34:35for you.

00:34:35That's all you need.

00:34:39The basic thing

00:34:40is the jab, Marco.

00:34:43Don't let him breathe,

00:34:44Marco.

00:34:53Right there,

00:34:54you heard him tell Marco,

00:34:55don't let him breathe.

00:34:56He's keeping the pressure

00:34:57on Junior.

00:34:58He's staying closer to Junior,

00:34:59so Junior's forced to fight

00:35:00for a full three minutes

00:35:01because usually in boxing,

00:35:03the puncher will be the guy

00:35:04who wears out first.

00:35:06Round six of a scheduled 12.

00:35:09Over the second time

00:35:11in a week,

00:35:11an interesting scoring challenge

00:35:13for the Nevada Athletic Commission

00:35:15judges who are at ringside

00:35:16here tonight.

00:35:21If you didn't get a chance

00:35:22to see Delahoy Whitaker

00:35:23last week,

00:35:24and you're going to see it

00:35:24for the first time

00:35:25tomorrow night,

00:35:27and you may have gleaned this

00:35:28from reading the newspaper articles,

00:35:30Scorer's Nightmare.

00:35:42I think Junior Jones' corner

00:35:44feels as though

00:35:45he'll have to have a knockout

00:35:46to really get a decision

00:35:47here in this fight.

00:35:48They're not looking

00:35:49to win the decision.

00:35:50They want a knockout.

00:35:51Why should that be?

00:35:53Well, because just like

00:35:54in last week's fight,

00:35:55a lot of people feel

00:35:56as though the crowd

00:35:57can be a big barrier

00:35:58on the judges.

00:36:00When the crowd sees Junior

00:36:01do something here,

00:36:02they don't have a reaction to it.

00:36:03But when Barrera does

00:36:04anything close to something,

00:36:05they're going to have

00:36:06a big reaction to it.

00:36:07Do you think the crowd

00:36:08won the fight for Delahoya

00:36:09last week?

00:36:10I don't think the crowd

00:36:11won the fight for Delahoya.

00:36:12That fight I thought

00:36:13could have went

00:36:13basically either way.

00:36:14It's just that,

00:36:15in my opinion,

00:36:15I think your thing is

00:36:17to beat the champion.

00:36:18Good right hand by Barrera.

00:36:20Great exchange.

00:36:22And two left hooks

00:36:23to the body,

00:36:23helping him to back Jones off

00:36:25at the end of the exchange.

00:36:28Another thing I want to add

00:36:29is that I know Delahoya

00:36:30didn't feel comfortable

00:36:31about the fight

00:36:32because he said quickly

00:36:33he wants to fight

00:36:34Pernell Whitaker again

00:36:35because he wants

00:36:36to beat Pernell Whitaker.

00:36:37And I admire that

00:36:38in any champion.

00:36:40Delahoya has been

00:36:41very forthcoming

00:36:42about the possibility

00:36:43of giving Whitaker

00:36:44a rematch.

00:36:45His promoter, Bob Arum,

00:36:46doesn't necessarily

00:36:47feel that way.

00:36:48Well, because Bob

00:36:48doesn't feel like

00:36:49the champion.

00:36:50Bob is the guy

00:36:50who's looking at it

00:36:51from the business aspect.

00:36:52It was an ugly fight

00:36:53to him,

00:36:54and he probably doesn't

00:36:55want to see it again.

00:36:56But I can understand

00:36:57both of the fighters.

00:36:58Neither fighter

00:36:59dominated the fight,

00:37:00which is why both fighters

00:37:01want to come back

00:37:01because they want

00:37:02somebody to know

00:37:03that they are

00:37:03the better fighter.

00:37:04But Delahoya

00:37:05is behaving as

00:37:06an honorable sportsman,

00:37:07which he is.

00:37:08Like I said,

00:37:09he showed me

00:37:09a lot of character

00:37:10when he said

00:37:11he is willing to

00:37:12and more ready

00:37:12to do it again

00:37:13because that showed me

00:37:14that he wasn't pleased

00:37:15with the way

00:37:15he got the decision.

00:37:16He wasn't pleased

00:37:17with his victory.

00:37:18Even though he probably

00:37:18pulled it out,

00:37:19he couldn't win either way.

00:37:20I don't know.

00:37:21I wouldn't have taken

00:37:21the fight because,

00:37:22like I said,

00:37:23Whitaker was champion.

00:37:24But that showed that

00:37:25Delahoya has character

00:37:26and he wants the world

00:37:27to see that he's the best

00:37:28so he wants to beat

00:37:29Whitaker

00:37:29and prove the point.

00:37:31Meanwhile,

00:37:31back here at the

00:37:32Las Vegas Hilton,

00:37:33Marco Antonio Barrera

00:37:35lands another left

00:37:36to the body

00:37:37and more and more

00:37:38his main weapon

00:37:39is working in the fight.

00:37:40And as we come

00:37:41to the midpoint

00:37:42of the fight,

00:37:43Jones looked

00:37:44much worse

00:37:45for the wear.

00:37:46Like I said,

00:37:47the puncher's

00:37:48usually the guy

00:37:48that would wear down.

00:37:49That was a body shot

00:37:50that hurt

00:37:50with Keenan Jones.

00:37:51This is a big round

00:37:53for Barrera

00:37:54as the bell sounds

00:37:55at the midway point

00:37:56of the fight.

00:37:57Watch the graphics

00:37:58at the bottom

00:37:59of your screen

00:37:59for the upcoming

00:38:00boxing schedule

00:38:01here on HBO.

00:38:07All right,

00:38:08that one or two

00:38:08ain't getting it, man.

00:38:09He's getting hip

00:38:09to that stuff.

00:38:10And look,

00:38:11check your balance now, baby.

00:38:13You're getting hit

00:38:13with dumb stuff.

00:38:14The guy's falling away

00:38:16hitting you

00:38:16with all crazy stuff.

00:38:18Here's my piece.

00:38:21Go ahead, Doug.

00:38:24Listen,

00:38:25I need two, three,

00:38:26four punches, okay?

00:38:27Pick the pace

00:38:28up on this guy, man.

00:38:29Hey, can't nobody

00:38:29keep their pace.

00:38:30All right, coach.

00:38:31All right, baby?

00:38:31All right.

00:38:33Here you go,

00:38:33some water.

00:38:38All right,

00:38:39you need to

00:38:39be confident.

00:38:40Don't be overconfident.

00:38:42That jab,

00:38:42keep your hands up

00:38:43and use that jab.

00:38:44You're doing well.

00:38:45Let's go.

00:38:46Come on.

00:38:48Punch stat numbers

00:38:49through six rounds.

00:38:50Barrera landing

00:38:51126 out of 273,

00:38:5346%.

00:38:53Jones has thrown

00:38:55200 more punches,

00:38:57476,

00:38:57but he's landed fewer,

00:38:59107,

00:39:00and his connect percentage

00:39:01is exactly half

00:39:02of Barrera's

00:39:03at 23%.

00:39:04In the sixth round,

00:39:06Barrera landed

00:39:06twice as many punches.

00:39:08Now, Junior comes out

00:39:09much more aggressively

00:39:10in round seven.

00:39:12Come on.

00:39:13Come on.

00:39:15Come on.

00:39:16Come on.

00:39:19A very, very

00:39:20intelligent fight

00:39:21by Barrera.

00:39:25The intelligence

00:39:25is trying to punch

00:39:26the intelligence

00:39:27out of him.

00:39:28Time.

00:39:28That was a bad

00:39:29low blow by Barrera.

00:39:30No, no, no.

00:39:32Hey,

00:39:33you want time or not?

00:39:34You want time?

00:39:36Okay, give me time.

00:39:37Five minutes.

00:39:39You can have any,

00:39:40you can have any amount

00:39:41of five.

00:39:42You tell me when you're ready.

00:39:42You can't have more than five.

00:39:43Let's go.

00:39:44You ready?

00:39:44Yes.

00:39:44Okay, he's in.

00:39:45Let's go.

00:39:45Haven't seen Mills Lane

00:39:47take a point.

00:39:47Harold, did you see him

00:39:48take a point?

00:39:49No, Jim.

00:39:49That was the second time

00:39:50he won Marco Antonio

00:39:51Barrera for low blows.

00:39:52I guess one more

00:39:53and he will.

00:39:54But remember,

00:39:54Mills was mad about

00:39:55Junior Jones throwing

00:39:56rabbit punches.

00:39:57It's sort of evening out.

00:39:58Well, now it's Jones

00:39:59trying to make a war

00:40:00out of it that

00:40:01we always expect

00:40:02Barrera to try.

00:40:03There's another,

00:40:04there's a perfect example

00:40:05of the rabbit punch.

00:40:06Yep.

00:40:08Junior wants to try

00:40:09to get this thing

00:40:10over with.

00:40:12I think he's trying

00:40:13to get Barrera

00:40:14out of this

00:40:16style that he has

00:40:17adopted.

00:40:17He wants him to

00:40:18get into some exchanges.

00:40:20Yeah, so he can

00:40:20hit him more.

00:40:21He doesn't feel

00:40:22like he can hit him

00:40:22clean enough

00:40:23with Barrera being

00:40:24economical

00:40:24and laying back.

00:40:31Junior Jones

00:40:32occasionally looking

00:40:33over here

00:40:33at Roy Jones Jr.

00:40:35as though to get

00:40:35advice or encouragement.

00:40:38And Barrera lands

00:40:39a right hand

00:40:39across the top

00:40:40and increasingly

00:40:42the calm of Barrera,

00:40:44his self-possession

00:40:45in there,

00:40:45a factor in the fight.

00:40:46Yes, it is.

00:40:47I think he's so calm

00:40:48because of his

00:40:49condition for this fight

00:40:50and his mental state.

00:40:59You're kind of an

00:41:00advisor to a lot

00:41:01of those 1988

00:41:02amateur guys,

00:41:03right, Roy?

00:41:03Yeah, pretty much so.

00:41:09Well, what would you

00:41:10tell Junior to do now?

00:41:11At this point in time,

00:41:12I would tell him

00:41:13to beat the body

00:41:14and quit looking

00:41:14for the big

00:41:15knockout punches.

00:41:16We'd have to be

00:41:16competing here

00:41:17to win a decision.

00:41:18If a knockout comes,

00:41:19let it come.

00:41:20Don't go out here

00:41:21and try to rush it

00:41:21because you're going

00:41:22to run into a big punch

00:41:23if you're not careful.

00:41:25So he needs to go

00:41:26body-to-body

00:41:27against the excellent

00:41:28body puncher

00:41:29Marco Antonio Barrera.

00:41:31Barrera much more

00:41:32economical with his

00:41:33attack so far.

00:41:35Junior Jones

00:41:35having to work harder

00:41:36but he landed

00:41:36that right hand.

00:41:37Yeah, but that punch

00:41:38would hurt worse

00:41:39had he landed

00:41:39a few body shots

00:41:40along the way

00:41:41to weaken Barrera some.

00:41:49Now I think Junior

00:41:50is basically

00:41:50getting impatient

00:41:51because he wants

00:41:52a knockout so bad

00:41:53that he can taste it

00:41:54and he can't hit

00:41:55Barrera as much

00:41:56as he wants to

00:41:57and it's driving him

00:41:58crazy.

00:41:58Yes, but I think

00:41:59he's trying to open

00:42:01Barrera up

00:42:02and in so doing

00:42:03probably has won

00:42:04this round.

00:42:05He's trying to get

00:42:07Barrera out of that

00:42:08shell.

00:42:11A lot of activity

00:42:12from Jones

00:42:12in round seven.

00:42:14Barrera stays

00:42:15in his envelope.

00:42:25next time he goes down

00:42:26there it's going to cost

00:42:27him one.

00:42:27Next time he goes down.

00:42:28Harold Letterman

00:42:29through seven.

00:42:30Watch him.

00:42:31I've got it.

00:42:31Five rounds to two.

00:42:3368-65 Marco Antonio

00:42:35Barrera.

00:42:36I think honestly

00:42:37he's taking Junior

00:42:38Jones out of his

00:42:38game plan.

00:42:39In other words

00:42:39he's backing Jones up.

00:42:40He's taking away his jab.

00:42:42He's catching the jab

00:42:43and doing more damage

00:42:44with those body shots.

00:42:45He's got Jones

00:42:45breathing hard

00:42:46through the mouth.

00:42:46It seems that the

00:42:47blood in those

00:42:48is bothering Jones.

00:42:49I think that Marco

00:42:50is just hitting him

00:42:51harder, doing more

00:42:52damage and controlling

00:42:53this fight.

00:42:54I have it four rounds

00:42:55to three.

00:42:58We'll take a look

00:42:59at the low blow

00:43:00and you may have heard

00:43:01Mills Lane

00:43:03told the judges

00:43:04that one more low blow

00:43:07from Barrera

00:43:08and he would take a point

00:43:09right away from him.

00:43:11Yes, but he also

00:43:12seemed to be telling

00:43:12Jones at the end

00:43:13of the round

00:43:14that more rabbit

00:43:14punching could bring

00:43:15a point deduction

00:43:16against him.

00:43:17Either that

00:43:17or hitting on the

00:43:18break.

00:43:24And in what we

00:43:25might see

00:43:26as a close fight

00:43:28a deduction

00:43:28for either fighter

00:43:29could be critical.

00:43:34Well, excellent

00:43:35body shot

00:43:36by Marco Antonio

00:43:37Barrera

00:43:38after a right hand

00:43:39by Junior Jones.

00:43:47Now Junior's going

00:43:48to the body

00:43:48like he should have

00:43:49been doing earlier.

00:43:55Now hook to the body

00:43:56by Jones.

00:43:57And then another

00:43:58up to the head.

00:44:00If you're going to

00:44:01hold your hands high,

00:44:02I'm going to hit you

00:44:03underneath them.

00:44:05And if you're going to

00:44:06give me the left hook,

00:44:07I'm going to double up on it.

00:44:08There you go.

00:44:11You guys are getting

00:44:12pretty smart here on this.

00:44:13Thanks, too, for good measure.

00:44:14We work with you, Roy.

00:44:15We're in school.

00:44:15We've got a continuing

00:44:16education.

00:44:17We're in school with the

00:44:18professor.

00:44:20I'm glad to see that you

00:44:21are paying attention

00:44:22that y'all are learning

00:44:22this, though.

00:44:24Hey, you're going to be

00:44:25doing this for 40 years.

00:44:26Just think how much

00:44:26we'll learn.

00:44:28This is an excellent

00:44:29fight here.

00:44:29Both of these guys

00:44:30are fighting a very

00:44:31smart fight.

00:44:35See, they have the

00:44:36right hand landed

00:44:37because of the hook

00:44:38landed just a few

00:44:39seconds before that.

00:44:40That's what I was saying

00:44:41when I said, if he'd land

00:44:41the hook more, then the

00:44:43right would be able to

00:44:43sneak in, too.

00:44:44So, Junior sharpening

00:44:45the attack.

00:44:47Good body shot by Junior.

00:44:48He just can't get

00:44:48careless here.

00:44:51Jones beginning to

00:44:52become more patient,

00:44:53perhaps beginning to

00:44:54accept the notion that

00:44:55they're going to go the

00:44:56distance and that he'd

00:44:57better score some points.

00:44:58That body shot by

00:44:59Barrera hurt Junior Jones.

00:45:02But Junior keeps

00:45:03throwing.

00:45:09Jones throwing and

00:45:10missing has been a

00:45:11persistent theme of the

00:45:12night.

00:45:13Yeah, but if he stays

00:45:14the more busier,

00:45:15Delahoya proved last

00:45:16week that you can win

00:45:17rounds like that.

00:45:24Another left hook to

00:45:25the body by Barrera

00:45:26after a right-hand

00:45:27lead over the top.

00:45:30Oh, good body shot by

00:45:31Junior Jones and a good

00:45:32counter body shot by

00:45:33Barrera.

00:45:34Now these guys are

00:45:35fighting a smart fight.

00:45:37It's a boxing match as

00:45:39round eight comes to a

00:45:40close, not a slugfest like

00:45:43their five-round war in

00:45:44Tampa last fall.

00:45:46In case you weren't with

00:45:47us for the first half of

00:45:48the doubleheader, welterweight

00:45:50superstar Ike Quartey

00:45:52continued his unbeaten

00:45:54ways with a fifth-round

00:45:56knockout of Ralph Tiger Jones.

00:45:57It was a power-punching

00:45:59exhibition by Quartey.

00:46:03Now Junior is trying more

00:46:04stuff to hit Barrera, which

00:46:05is what he should have been

00:46:06doing earlier.

00:46:07He shot a right hand to the

00:46:08body followed by a left hook

00:46:09and another right hand to the

00:46:10head.

00:46:11These are good combinations.

00:46:12two-thirds of the way through.

00:46:15Hey, look, this motherfucker

00:46:17want to quit, man.

00:46:18Listen, but you got to give him

00:46:19reason to quit, Junior.

00:46:20Hey, look at me.

00:46:22You got to give him reason to

00:46:23quit.

00:46:23Hey, look, when I call for a

00:46:2530-second drill, can't nobody on

00:46:27this planet Earth there with no

00:46:2830-second drill.

00:46:29You got that in you?

00:46:31Get the water done.

00:46:31Do you got that in you?

00:46:33Okay, baby.

00:46:33All right, when I call for a 30-second

00:46:35drill, jump on his ass, okay?

00:46:40Keep throwing the jabs, and when

00:46:42he's not looking, hit him with

00:46:43the right hand.

00:46:44He's tired already.

00:46:45You got him, Marcus.

00:46:47Punch him in the nose.

00:46:50Make sure you throw that right

00:46:51hand right in there.

00:46:55Jones was more aggressive in

00:46:57that round, and you heard in his

00:47:00corner that they told him that

00:47:02they have a 30-second plan, which

00:47:04sounds like a two-minute drill in

00:47:06football, which sounds like they

00:47:08want to try to steal the rounds

00:47:09with 30 seconds of action and

00:47:12flurries at the end of the

00:47:14rounds.

00:47:16Fascinating punch stat numbers in

00:47:18round eight.

00:47:19Jones landing 32 of 84.

00:47:21Maybe his best round of the fight

00:47:23with a 38-percent connect

00:47:24percentage.

00:47:25Barrera only threw 41 punches,

00:47:26but he landed 26, a 63-percent

00:47:30connect percentage.

00:47:31Harold Letterman gave the round to

00:47:32Jones.

00:47:37Now, Jr. is throwing good body

00:47:38shots again.

00:47:39I don't know if Marco is getting

00:47:40tired or what it is, but he seems

00:47:42to be slowing just a little.

00:47:44Yep.

00:47:44His offense is definitely slowing

00:47:46down, and that could be because

00:47:47Jr. is stepping up the

00:47:49aggression.

00:47:49Yeah, and it could be that he's

00:47:50playing possible.

00:47:52Come on.

00:47:52Let's go.

00:47:53Come on.

00:47:53Get that question.

00:47:53Watch your hand.

00:47:59That's one good thing about him

00:48:00never showing any expression,

00:48:01though.

00:48:02His expression is still the same as

00:48:03it wasn't round one.

00:48:04He's like the Sphinx.

00:48:06The opponent can't tell whether

00:48:07he's tired or whether he's just

00:48:08taking time off, or if he's

00:48:10playing possible.

00:48:11And after a while, that can

00:48:12creep into your head, too.

00:48:15Stand back.

00:48:16Stand back.

00:48:17All right, boy.

00:48:17They call Barrera the baby-faced

00:48:19assassin.

00:48:20He's one of a couple of fighters

00:48:21who carries that nickname.

00:48:26Yeah, because I could have

00:48:27carried that nickname.

00:48:27All right, let him go.

00:48:28Let him go, Barrera.

00:48:29Come on.

00:48:29Let him go.

00:48:30Come on.

00:48:30Don't you have enough?

00:48:35I was thinking of Johnny Tapia.

00:48:44Taking a point away from him

00:48:46right here.

00:48:47Crossing a point.

00:48:48Crossing a point.

00:48:50Crossing a point.

00:48:51A point deducted from Barrera.

00:48:53Come on.

00:48:55Or was it from Jones?

00:48:56No, it was from Barrera.

00:48:58From Barrera.

00:48:58All right.

00:48:59That's why Mills pointed at Jones

00:49:00to bring it back.

00:49:01That's the third time.

00:49:03And I don't know if the fight

00:49:04was close before this, but if

00:49:06Jones wins this round, the 10-8

00:49:07round, it will be close after

00:49:09this.

00:49:12Let's see how Barrera responds

00:49:14now that a point has been

00:49:15deducted for low blows in the

00:49:16ninth round of a Schedule 12.

00:49:19Hard right hand by Junior Jones.

00:49:21I have to tell you, Junior really

00:49:22wants to win this fight.

00:49:24I've never seen him try to push

00:49:25the issue so hard to win a fight.

00:49:27He really wants to win this fight.

00:49:29And Barrera, because of that

00:49:31eagerness, seems passive at the

00:49:33moment.

00:49:39Barrera landing a left and a right.

00:49:41Left back to the body by Barrera.

00:49:43And Jones is mouthing at him right

00:49:45now.

00:49:46He says, go ahead, throw it, throw it.

00:49:47He asks him, he says, is that all

00:49:48you got?

00:49:49Go, go.

00:49:50Work out, work out.

00:49:51Work out.

00:49:51Come on.

00:49:52All right, one step back.

00:49:54It's also surprising to me that

00:49:56Barrera will hold on the inside.

00:49:57I will feel as though he will be

00:49:58the stronger of the two insides.

00:50:01Another right hand shot landed

00:50:02for Junior Jones.

00:50:04Still shortening the distance

00:50:06between himself and Barrera.

00:50:07Making the jab more of a factor.

00:50:09Landing the right hand over the top.

00:50:11Turning the fight around in the

00:50:13second half of the fight after

00:50:15seeming to be out game planned

00:50:17in the first six rounds.

00:50:20Now he's boxing the fourth

00:50:22fight team.

00:50:23And Jones, and now Jones has been

00:50:25in control of the fight for the

00:50:26last few rounds.

00:50:29How do you feel?

00:50:30Okay.

00:50:31Look, now we need to pick it up

00:50:32another level on him, man.

00:50:33This guy wants to quit, man.

00:50:35You see how you're going to slow

00:50:36down?

00:50:36And listen, that step right,

00:50:38fire right is working.

00:50:40But you got to throw it through.

00:50:41Okay?

00:50:42Sure.

00:50:44Marcos, we need to make this a

00:50:46little better.

00:50:47We're winning, but it's close.

00:50:48You lost a point.

00:50:49We don't want to lose this fight.

00:50:52Marcos, let's use some speed

00:50:55and aggressiveness.

00:50:56You got to land more blows.

00:51:01You got to keep going forward,

00:51:03but be careful.

00:51:04Use that intelligence that you

00:51:06have, Marcos.

00:51:08Take a look at the low blow

00:51:10that cost Barrera a point.

00:51:14Seems to me that that was right

00:51:15on the margins, but after having

00:51:19thrown two low blows before,

00:51:20it cost him.

00:51:22And you saw Jones helping Mills

00:51:24Lane a little bit by putting his

00:51:26glove down to indicate that it

00:51:27had landed low.

00:51:28That was a good right hand by

00:51:29Junior Jones off the hook.

00:51:31I was about to ask, Roy,

00:51:32do you think that the passiveness

00:51:35of Barrera, relative to what the

00:51:37style we've seen of him in the past,

00:51:39is due because he's too conscious

00:51:41of getting hit by that right hand?

00:51:42It could be.

00:51:43And now Junior's landed a left hook,

00:51:45which was opening up the right hand,

00:51:46like I said earlier.

00:51:48I think his passiveness may be

00:51:49giving Junior a little too much

00:51:51confidence.

00:51:52Seesaw battle in Vegas.

00:51:53Junior Jones coming on strong

00:51:54in the second half of the bout

00:51:56against Marco Antonio Barrera.

00:51:58Another Jones combination

00:51:59crashing to the head of Barrera.

00:52:01And all these right hands are

00:52:03because of that left hook

00:52:04that has started to land.

00:52:05Boy, he has sure shown the ability

00:52:06to double up on the left hook.

00:52:08Now he dangles the right hand

00:52:09in front of Barrera and comes

00:52:10back with more left.

00:52:29Junior is pushing the issue here.

00:52:31He's making the fight happen.

00:52:32And I think the judges will credit

00:52:33him all these rounds that he's

00:52:34pushing the issue like this in.

00:52:37That was a good body shot.

00:52:38Another good body shot by Junior.

00:52:39And a good left hook.

00:52:41Oh, he has turned the fight around

00:52:43with excellent use of the left hand.

00:52:46Stepping in closer to make the jab

00:52:47a factor.

00:52:48Doubling up on the hook.

00:52:49Using the left hand of the body.

00:52:51Being more aggressive than Barrera

00:52:53in the late rounds.

00:52:55He just has to make sure he doesn't

00:52:56underestimate Barrera

00:52:57because Barrera is still very strong.

00:53:05This fight is going to be very close

00:53:06on the scorecards going into the last

00:53:09two rounds.

00:53:09We have to expect.

00:53:13Of course, you might have said

00:53:14that last weekend.

00:53:18You never can tell.

00:53:19Oh, good right hand by Junior.

00:53:22That's it, right hand by Junior.

00:53:25And this is a classic case.

00:53:28Once he stopped thinking knockout

00:53:30and started the score,

00:53:31he gave himself a much better chance

00:53:33of knocking Barrera out.

00:53:35Which is what I told you

00:53:36when you asked me

00:53:36what would my instructions be.

00:53:38That was a good body shot

00:53:39by Barrera.

00:53:42Barrera lands a right uppercut inside.

00:53:44And Junior lands a left hook inside.

00:53:47Oh, good exchange by the fighters.

00:53:59Get him up, Jones.

00:54:00Come on.

00:54:02Oh, whoa.

00:54:04What a classic right hand.

00:54:05Sensational right hand

00:54:06across the top by Jones.

00:54:07And Barrera goes into a shell

00:54:09against the ropes.

00:54:10Junior Jones has got him hurt.

00:54:11Now Barrera comes back

00:54:12with body shots.

00:54:13But Barrera is still strong.

00:54:35Marcos, the fight is even now.

00:54:36He's caught up with us.

00:54:39We need to win the last two rounds.

00:54:43You're doing all right,

00:54:43but you need a little more speed.

00:54:45First, get ready.

00:54:53The big right hand.

00:54:56Barrera took the punch well.

00:54:58Don't want to take too many of those.

00:55:04And then wailing away on the ropes

00:55:06at the close of the round.

00:55:09Ever since his comeback fight against Canizales,

00:55:14Junior Jones has been one hell of a fighter.

00:55:18And in a sensational round 10 for him,

00:55:21Junior Jones landed 51 of 104 thrown punches,

00:55:25according to CompuBox statistics.

00:55:27So we go to round 11.

00:55:29Does Barrera have to throw his game plan out now?

00:55:32Well, I don't know because this is still a very close tactical fight.

00:55:36If he throws his game plan out, he may get knocked out.

00:55:39So I can't say he should throw his game plan out.

00:55:41Barrera working to the body.

00:55:43Jones working upstairs.

00:55:44Crowd loves it.

00:55:46This fight still could easily end in a knockout by either fighter.

00:55:55Barrera here throwing some very smart body shots here, though.

00:55:58Yeah, but it's the end of the fight.

00:56:00He's got to do more damage.

00:56:03Good body shot by Barrera there.

00:56:05Well, he had some body shot.

00:56:07Jones backing away a little bit.

00:56:09Now Jones creates more distance.

00:56:11His leg's slightly wobbly.

00:56:13I'm not sure Barrera knows how much he hurt Junior with that one body shot.

00:56:17Oh, that's a good right hand by Barrera.

00:56:23One thing Barrera knows is that it took a lot of opportunity that last round

00:56:26to expend all the punches that he throws.

00:56:29And now he's doubling up that advantage with the body shots

00:56:32as suddenly the bout seems to swing back in Barrera's favor for the moment.

00:56:49Now Jr. is relying on the right hand again.

00:56:51He needs to go back to using the hook and the body shots more.

00:56:54And you saw Jr. pounding to the body with the right hand there.

00:57:00Barrera back into his passive mode a little bit.

00:57:03Takes a right hand across the top from Jr. Jones.

00:57:06Barrera still looking for opportunities to get to the body

00:57:08as he did so well in the first minute of this round.

00:57:11That's what Jr. needs to do right there.

00:57:13Keep it real on the end and just outboxing for these last two rounds

00:57:16and win the fight.

00:57:18Oh, that was a very dangerous shot.

00:57:20Uppercut by Barrera.

00:57:21Could have done more damage if it were one inch longer.

00:57:26Or one inch more to the right.

00:57:31Good right hand by Jr., but it's always counted

00:57:34by a good enough body shot by Barrera.

00:57:36Yep.

00:57:37Straight right hand by Jr. Jones.

00:57:39Barrera steps in to answer with a right hand of his own.

00:57:42And Jr. is showing a remarkable chin here himself, Jim.

00:57:47Both guys have taken a lot of solid shots.

00:57:50Been a heck of a boxing match for two superb,

00:57:54well-conditioned boxing athletes.

00:57:58This is more like the fight we were hoping for last week.

00:58:04Well, there are no southpaws in there tonight.

00:58:21Another tough round to score.

00:58:23And this lane goes down.

00:58:25They will go to the 12th.

00:58:26All right, baby.

00:58:27You got one more round.

00:58:29One more round.

00:58:30All right, look.

00:58:31I don't want you in no firefight.

00:58:33You're in it.

00:58:37I don't want you in no firefight.

00:58:39I don't want you in no firefight.

00:58:40I don't want you in no way down.

00:58:45Marcus, press the issue.

00:58:47He doesn't know what you do.

00:58:49Don't go back.

00:58:50Keep coming forward.

00:58:51Make that left hand and then the right.

00:58:53Let's go for it.

00:58:55Look, I don't want you in no firefight.

00:58:56Look, listen, three and four jabs.

00:58:59Three and four jabs and a right hand right behind it, okay?

00:59:04Hey, this is the fight.

00:59:05This is your talent.

00:59:10We got to get this last round, Marcos.

00:59:15The bull that became the bullfighter has become the bull again.

00:59:20Round 12 begins.

00:59:22Harold Lederman, how do you have it going into the last three minutes?

00:59:24Jim, six rounds to five, 105-103, Junior Jones.

00:59:30I think he's absolutely fighting his heart out the last four rounds.

00:59:33He's just outfighting Marco Antonio Barrera.

00:59:36And that one point that Mills took away in round nine for the low blow

00:59:39is really hurting Barrera in the scoring.

00:59:41I think Junior is absolutely pulling this fight out

00:59:44with a great effort in the last four rounds.

00:59:46On your card, that one-point deduction means Barrera

00:59:49would now need a knockout to win the fight.

00:59:51Yes, absolutely correct, Jim.

00:59:53And I agree with you, Harold.

00:59:54And oddly enough, I have the same score.

00:59:57That is odd.

00:59:59Two minutes, 20 seconds to go in what has been an excellent boxing match.

01:00:04Shifting tides of fortune.

01:00:06Junior can't get careless here.

01:00:07He has to stay strong because Marco is going to stay strong.

01:00:10Marco is doing excellent body shots.

01:00:12Come on, let's go.

01:00:12And he has to keep focused on what he's doing, Junior Jones.

01:00:15And you heard Tommy Brooks say,

01:00:16Three jabs and the right hand.

01:00:18Three jabs and the right hand.

01:00:20Easier to say it than to do it.

01:00:28Junior's going to lose a point if he keeps on throwing his shoulder.

01:00:50Good body shot by Barrera as he countered Jones.

01:00:54Another one that was slightly low.

01:00:57No more penalties forthcoming from Lane at this point.

01:01:02Barrera determined to get in close.

01:01:05Jones determined to work to the body with the right hand.

01:01:11Sticking the jab and moving, just as he should.

01:01:14Very smart by Junior Jones.

01:01:23Barrera never stops working that ribcage.

01:01:26I can't say he is hurting Junior badly to the body here.

01:01:30Marco has been the more accurate punter.

01:01:33Junior has been by far the more prolific punter.

01:01:37What will the judges go for tonight?

01:01:45Junior is really showing the heart of a champion here tonight.

01:01:49And so is Marco Antonio Barrera.

01:01:52Just have a sense that Junior wants it more.

01:01:56That's what it seems to me.

01:02:01Step back.

01:02:02We're both of us.

01:02:03We're coming to the ring.

01:02:11Two of the three judges at ringside

01:02:14were among the three

01:02:16who so powerfully favored Oscar De La Hoya's aggression

01:02:20against Brunel Whitaker's defense and skill

01:02:24last Saturday night.

01:02:25What will they go for tonight?

01:02:28I don't care what they go for.

01:02:30Junior Jones won the fight.

01:02:33What a battle.

01:02:35And Barrera is truly a great champion.

01:02:37Yep.

01:02:38What a professional effort by both fighters.

01:02:45Harold, how'd you finish up?

01:02:47Well, I'll tell you.

01:02:49I agree with Roy Jones, Jr.

01:02:50This was a great fight, but Junior Jones won it.

01:02:531-14, 1-13.

01:02:56In round six, rounds apiece, Junior Jones.

01:02:58He just fought his heart out in rounds eight, nine, ten, eleven.

01:03:02I thought he won them all.

01:03:03Barrera may have edged him in a thrift with the body shots,

01:03:06but Junior still wins it

01:03:07because at a one point,

01:03:09that referee Mills Lane took away

01:03:11in round nine from Marco Antonio Barrera

01:03:13due to the low blows.

01:03:15I think Junior has got enough rounds.

01:03:17I mean, all he needs is six rounds to win this fight.

01:03:19These are all ten, nine rounds, Jim.

01:03:21And Junior's got an extra point,

01:03:23so I think Junior Jones wins the fight by one point.

01:03:26It's a ten-point must system.

01:03:28And we talked about professionalism, Roy.

01:03:30These pictures show you

01:03:31how much the two fighters respect each other at this point.

01:03:33And that's what you like to see in a sport like boxing.

01:03:36Boxing has such a bad name.

01:03:37Until you like to see guys that respect one another,

01:03:40you like to see guys go out and show good sportsmanship

01:03:42after the fight.

01:03:43Giving each other their proppers.

01:03:45Let's go to Michael Buffer and find out who won.

01:03:49Ladies and gentlemen,

01:03:50here at the Las Vegas Hilton,

01:03:51we go to the Budweiser scorecards.

01:03:55Dwayne Ford scores the belt,

01:03:57116 to 111.

01:03:59Jerry Roth scores it,

01:04:00114 to 113.

01:04:03And Chuck Jampa has it,

01:04:05114 to 112

01:04:07for the winner by unanimous decision.

01:04:10And still!

01:04:13The second of the world

01:04:15from Brooklyn, New York,

01:04:18Poison Junior Jones!

01:04:24Well, you heard Poison say before the fight

01:04:27that he would beat Marco Antonio Barrera every time.

01:04:30And I'll tell you,

01:04:31I'm not sure Barrera could fight him better than that.

01:04:33Well, I'm sure Barrera could fight him better than that.

01:04:36He won that fight this time.

01:04:37Strictly on heart,

01:04:38the end of smart boxing Junior Jones did.

01:04:41Barrera should have showed more heart when he saw himself behind

01:04:45and should have picked up the pace a little bit.

01:04:48It's not easy to pick up the pace against a guy who's hitting you in the mouth,

01:04:51and that's what Jones did down the stretch.

01:04:54Total punches in the fight.

01:04:55Junior landing 36 more,

01:04:59throwing 449 more punches than Marco Antonio Barrera.

01:05:03That's an average of nearly 40 more punches thrown per round.

01:05:07Barrera landing 50% of his blows,

01:05:09but just not busy enough in the critical rounds 7 through 10

01:05:14when Junior took command of the fight.

01:05:17Total jabs,

01:05:18and there's where the vast disparity in punches thrown began,

01:05:22but Junior threw more power shots also.

01:05:24Landing only 99 out of 555 jabs,

01:05:27but it did the job.

01:05:29Let's go up to Larry Merchant with the winner.

01:05:32Thank you, Jim.

01:05:34Congratulations once again, Junior.

01:05:36Why was this fight so different from the first one?

01:05:39I mean, we both came in, I mean,

01:05:41at the tip touché.

01:05:42We tried, we both tried to pose our will.

01:05:44That's where the class came.

01:05:45He went to pose his will,

01:05:46I went to pose my will,

01:05:47and nobody wants to give up.

01:05:49All right.

01:05:49What seemed to change the fight was that he was very conscious of your right hand,

01:05:54and he was throwing more jabs earlier,

01:05:56and was not engaging you in as many exchanges.

01:06:01What problems did that cause you for a while?

01:06:03Well, I mean,

01:06:05we worked on everything in the gym.

01:06:07There was nothing that really surprised me.

01:06:09I mean, I was in there with one of the best fighters in the world,

01:06:11and this is just a championship fight right here.

01:06:14Nothing comes easy.

01:06:15You seem especially pleased with this fight

01:06:18because it demanded more of you in a way than the first fight.

01:06:21Well, I was very pleased because, I mean,

01:06:23I got tired of the bullshit of people saying Junior Jones don't have no condition,

01:06:26he can't take it,

01:06:27and everybody was thinking about it when I was bent away,

01:06:29and they forget that.

01:06:30I mean, we work hard.

01:06:31We train for 12 rounds.

01:06:32We don't train to knock nobody out,

01:06:33and this fight was especially,

01:06:35but especially because the first one,

01:06:37too much controversy,

01:06:38this time, I mean,

01:06:39no one can say nothing.

01:06:41Congratulations again, Junior.

01:06:43I'd say,

01:06:43go to my kids,

01:06:44Chantel,

01:06:45Jamel,

01:06:45my niece and nephew.

01:06:46I love y'all.

01:06:47Coming home.

01:06:48And I'm sure they love you, Junior.

01:06:50Jim and Roy.

01:06:51All right,

01:06:52and we should note here that Marco Antonio Barrera

01:06:54has already gone to his dressing room,

01:06:56obviously disappointed with the decision.

01:06:58We're going to send Larry there now

01:06:59to see if we can get a word with Barrera.

01:07:02In the meantime,

01:07:03let's talk about something that we

01:07:04maybe don't pay as much attention to on the telecast as we should, Roy,

01:07:07and that's the work of the corner.

01:07:09Some credit to Tommy Brooks and Lou Duva

01:07:11for the way they carried their man down the stretch tonight.

01:07:13They really outhandled their fighter tonight.

01:07:16They did a remarkable job on Junior Jones.

01:07:18They kept him poised.

01:07:20They kept him in the fight.

01:07:21They always kept him aware of what was going on.

01:07:23They did a terrific job training him,

01:07:25getting him right for the fight.

01:07:26I give them 100% credit for this win as a unit.

01:07:31The whole team was excellent tonight.

01:07:33You saw the professional work of Junior Jones

01:07:36in a weight division which is crowded with talent.

01:07:39You can look up the road at 126 pounds

01:07:42where the real money is fighting Prince Nassim

01:07:45over in London, England,

01:07:46and Junior would love to do that.

01:07:48Maybe Daniel Zaragoza at 122 pounds.

01:07:51Maybe Wayne McCullough.

01:07:52Maybe another fight with Kennedy McKinney.

01:07:54Who knows what could happen in Junior's future,

01:07:56but there are a lot of choices for him.

01:07:57A great deal of choices.

01:07:59Only one consider and just wish they had so many choices

01:08:01to make the money with.

01:08:03All right.

01:08:03Well, we'll see what choice Junior makes

01:08:05and take a look at the three judges' scorecards.

01:08:09Once again, Nevada judges choosing Junior Jones

01:08:13by 114-112, 114-113,

01:08:15which was identical to the card of our Harold Letterman

01:08:18and Dwayne Ford with a 116-111,

01:08:21a number that harkens back to last week's Oscar De La Hoya decision

01:08:25against Purnell Whitaker.

01:08:27Hard fight to score,

01:08:28but it wasn't too hard to see Junior's desire

01:08:30and his motivation down the stretch.

01:08:32And that's where I think fights are worn at.

01:08:34I think one guy should go in and dominate the other guy

01:08:37to show right here, from right here,

01:08:39that he is the champion.

01:08:40I don't think fights should be decided

01:08:41by a guy just going the distance with champions

01:08:43or just lasting with a guy who he's supposed to be able to beat.

01:08:48And like last week, you don't have any decisiveness.

01:08:51Neither guy was really hungry.

01:08:53De La Hoya did come on to win the last round,

01:08:55but it's still so arguative about who could have won,

01:08:58who was in charge.

01:08:59You don't know this.

01:09:00So there you don't have a clear winner.

01:09:02You know, when you make a guy go down on one knee and wilt,

01:09:04you've got a clear winner.

01:09:05That's something different.

01:09:06That's why I can't understand the sport of boxing,

01:09:08how we get so much controversy.

01:09:09But there you see it.

01:09:1110.30 Eastern Time tomorrow night, incidentally.

01:09:13Just to remind you,

01:09:13that's your chance to see the delayed broadcast

01:09:15of De La Hoya and Whitaker here on HBO

01:09:18as we wait to find out whether Larry Merchant

01:09:20can get a word with the man

01:09:22who lost this unanimous decision, Marco Antonio Barrera.

01:09:25What's happening with you

01:09:27and the chance for a rematch against Montel Griffin

01:09:29after that disqualification for hitting Griffin twice

01:09:32while he was down?

01:09:32Well, the WBC already demanded a rematch,

01:09:36so I'm sure we'll have a rematch in August.

01:09:38And things like this, you know,

01:09:40it's just, it takes a lot out of a fighter.

01:09:42It takes a lot out of me

01:09:43because you know I'm a guy who in previous fights

01:09:45have even backed back and asked the referee to stop it.

01:09:47I was no madder at Montel Griffin

01:09:49than I was at Benny Pazienza.

01:09:51I asked the ref to stop the Pazienza fight

01:09:53because I know Pazienza was through.

01:09:54I didn't want to hit Montel anymore,

01:09:56but when I tapped him,

01:09:57I'm giving the referee a chance to move me back

01:09:59because I don't know what you're calling.

01:10:01If I turn and walk away,

01:10:02he hits me with a punch from the floor

01:10:03and the ref said,

01:10:04well, I didn't know he was down

01:10:05and I told you to protect yourself at all times.

01:10:07Then I'm knocked out and I lose.

01:10:09So I can't, I mean,

01:10:10I can't just put myself out there like that.

01:10:12I wouldn't dare try to hurt a guy.

01:10:14I didn't hit him with a hard shot while he was down,

01:10:15which is why I know he was faking the shot,

01:10:18faking like he was knocked out

01:10:19because I didn't hit him hard.

01:10:19I could have tore his head off.

01:10:21Incidentally, Montel,

01:10:22if you're watching out there,

01:10:23when the rematch arrives,

01:10:24we'll do our best to give you equal time.

01:10:27Roy, Larry Merchant has rejoined us

01:10:29from his apparently fruitless effort

01:10:31to get an interview with Marco Antonio Barrera.

01:10:33I think he's one disappointed puppy.

01:10:37I think he thought that the first fight was a mistake.

01:10:41He is an outstanding fighter.

01:10:43He's just met a terrific fighter

01:10:46a little bit better than him in these two fights.

01:10:49This is a game I'm thinking about

01:10:52how dramatic the ups and the downs are in this game.

01:10:55And we have seen very often across the years

01:10:58that an undefeated fighter,

01:11:00when he's beaten,

01:11:01never can quite get back to where he was.

01:11:05That discouragement takes away from him

01:11:07the feeling of invincibility

01:11:09and it starts to creep in to his fighting.

01:11:12And this is an introduction to saying,

01:11:15how wonderful what Junior Jones has done for himself.

01:11:19He was on top.

01:11:21He was thought to be an outstanding talent.

01:11:23He suffered a devastating loss

01:11:25and then another one.

01:11:27And gradually he's worked his way back.

01:11:29He surrounded himself with very good people

01:11:32after his trainer, Joe Ferriello, died.

01:11:35This is a singular triumph

01:11:37for a very, very good fighter

01:11:39and a very nice young man.

01:11:41And we can't wait to see more of him in action here on HBO

01:11:44because, indeed, Junior Jones has done a very difficult thing

01:11:47and revived his career.

01:11:49After he reached the bottom,

01:11:51he's come back to the top.

01:11:52We'll have a final word on what happened here

01:11:54in the boxing ring tonight.

01:11:55Now let's look ahead to some upcoming programming

01:11:57here on HBO.

01:12:26This Saturday on HBO.

01:12:30He's getting serious.

01:12:34He's out to prove he's still

01:12:36the most devastating puncher around.

01:12:40Get a little older.

01:12:41Train a little harder.

01:12:44So when it's time for big George Foreman

01:12:47to battle undefeated warrior Lou Savarese.

01:12:49I'm all business.

01:12:51George Foreman versus Lou Savarese

01:12:54live Saturday, April 26th

01:12:57on HBO.

01:13:00So in case you're wondering

01:13:01where big George was tonight,

01:13:03there's your answer.

01:13:03He was in training for the Savarese fight.

01:13:05In May 16, we have more heavyweights for you.

01:13:07Andrew Galata coming off his two stunning

01:13:09disqualification losses to Rick Bowe

01:13:11takes on Ray Mercer.

01:13:12And Tim Witherspoon fights the Samoan puncher Jimmy Thunder.

01:13:16It's a power puncher's dream card

01:13:18live right here on HBO.

01:13:19Don't miss the May edition

01:13:21of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.

01:13:23Among the stories we're working on for the show,

01:13:25an in-depth profile of world-class basketball player

01:13:28and personality Charles Barkley,

01:13:29and a look at why baseball

01:13:31still has not replaced Bud Selig

01:13:33with a permanent baseball commissioner.

01:13:36Here at the Las Vegas Hilton tonight,

01:13:38Ike Corté staked his claim

01:13:40as the best welterweight in the world.

01:13:42Better than either Delahoy or Whitaker,

01:13:44that's what he would tell you.

01:13:45He got a fifth-round knockout

01:13:47over an overmatched Ralph Tiger Jones.

01:13:50It was a power-punching exhibition for Quartey,

01:13:53who landed more than 260 such blows

01:13:55in less than five rounds.

01:13:57And then Junior Jones retained

01:13:58his 122-pound world championship

01:14:00with a second victory over Marco Antonio Barrera.

01:14:04This won a unanimous decision

01:14:05in which Jones had to come from behind

01:14:07with overwhelming desire down the stretch,

01:14:11out-fought Barrera to clearly win the decision.

01:14:14Coming up immediately following our show,

01:14:16stay tuned for HBO Comedy Half Hour,

01:14:18Jeff Stilson,

01:14:19followed by Dennis Miller Live on the East Coast

01:14:21and Days of Thunder on the West Coast.

01:14:24So for Roy Jones, Larry Merchant,

01:14:27Harold Thunder Letterman,

01:14:28Ray Torres, and Freddy Asifo,

01:14:30I'm Jim Lampley saying goodbye from Las Vegas, Nevada.

01:14:35The executive producer of HBO Sports is Ross Greenberg.

01:14:39Tonight's coverage of world championship boxing

01:14:41was produced by Dave Harmon and directed by Mark Payton.

01:14:44Feature producer, Max Siegel.

01:14:46The associate producers were Kirby Bradley and Adam Berger.

01:14:49Assistant to the producer, Thomas Erlefeldt.

01:14:52The production manager was John McCallie

01:14:54and the technical supervisor, Bob Hunter.

01:14:57The producer

01:15:35Celebrating 25 years as the Network of Champions,

01:15:38this has been a presentation of HBO Sports.

Junior Jones vs Marco Antonio Barrera II - HBO 4-18-97

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