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00:00Boxer centering Preeze for Les Fierze Instructions.
00:04Alright fellas, obey my instructions at all times, and most importantly, fellas, protect yourselves at all times.
00:09Good luck, touch them up.
00:11So, on Easter Sunday in Australia, are we set for the rise or a major fall?
00:19This is former world champion Tim Zhu and the undefeated Dennis Noria.
00:25Ben Zayman in commentary alongside former world champion Pauli Malinagi.
00:32And Tim Zhu meets him at centering and looks to get that jab away in the early stages of this
00:40one as Noria works to the body himself.
00:46A big moment for both of these fighters, potentially life-changing for Noria.
00:52Noria. And Zhu, when we know what is at stake for him.
01:00A technical feel out in the first seconds of the fight as both guys exchanging jabs.
01:06Noria trying to be consistent with that jab and trying to offset what Zhu's trying to do.
01:11Nice jab there by Noria. Catch Zhu stepping in.
01:12Nice jab there by Noria. Catch Zhu stepping in.
01:13A strong jab from Dennis Noria.
01:16Early on here, he found Tim Zhu on the way in.
01:19He found him. Zhu jabs his way as well.
01:26And he goes 1-2 to Zhu.
01:28And he goes 1-2 to Zhu.
01:28And interesting talking to him in his dressing room an hour or so ago.
01:33And he was pretty clear that he was going to be trying to get out there
01:37and produce something spectacular.
01:41Nice sort of hook there from there.
01:42As left hand gets through from Noria.
01:44Yeah, he faints the jab and actually came up with a nice left hook.
01:48Went to the body with the same hand as well as Zhu just falls short with that right hand.
01:52Yeah, Zhu is trying to find that proper distance here, Ben.
01:55He's coming up just short with the right hand, but he's trying to establish himself.
01:59Still trying to press forward.
02:02Reaching out to the body, Zhu.
02:04And Noria doing a good job of stepping in, stepping out.
02:07Sliding just out of range there.
02:10Stepping back in, stepping back in with a couple of double jabs.
02:13He comes forward with that left hand again.
02:15And then he pumps it straight out that left hand, Noria.
02:18Noria.
02:19And he pumps it straight out that left hand, Noria.
02:22And they just find their way in tight here, but Noria.
02:32And they just find their way in tight here, but Noria.
02:38And now he's starting to touch Nurya as he catches Nurya again with a good right hand.
02:42They found his way to the good range there did Zu when the right hand got through, but
02:48Nurya just backs up in a straight line, and then he comes forward in the same direction.
02:53But now with Nurya coming up short, Zu has his distances measured nicely.
02:58It's a little step backwards there from Zu as Nurya came towards him.
03:05He's starting to find that range in the second half of the round.
03:08He's starting to find that range in the second half of the round.
03:13And then it's the fight there.
03:19Reaching out to the body, Dennis Nurya.
03:23And he certainly not overawed the Albanian, as some thought he might be.
03:29he had some good success particularly with a jab and a left hand in that opening rounds
03:34Tim Zhu just found his way through the first three minutes and here he is with Dr. Pedro Diaz
04:19so nothing too much to report out of the opening three minutes of this one as they return to the
04:25battle, Zhu and Nuria feels tense, Pauli. You can tell there's a lot at stake for these guys.
04:36Yeah, yeah, for Nuria it's the opportunity to reach the levels that he's only dreamed of
04:41and for Zhu obviously he needs trying to convince himself and convince the rest of the world
04:45that he belongs back at that elite world level.
04:50He jabs upstairs and works to the body there to Zhu. Nuria, he finds a right hand of his
04:55zone, a right drive to the body of Zhu. Backs up now and Zhu starts to open up a little
05:02bit more with Nuria now against these ropes and firing out from there with a right hand
05:08but Zhu's underneath it comfortably then he doubles up that left hand to Zhu.
05:12Got in the range for it nicely, double, left uppercut, left body shot.
05:16A jab though from Nuria again. Now Zhu jabbing.
05:20Now Zhu jabbing. Now Zhu jabbing. Now Zhu jabbing.
05:24Now Zhu jabbing. Now Zhu jabbing. Now Zhu jabbing.
05:27Now Zhu jabbing. Now Zhu jabbing. Now Zhu jabbing. Now Zhu jabbing.
05:54Nurya, racing forward again as Zou just steps in towards him.
06:02One thing I'd like to see more of Zou, man, give him different looks.
06:05He's given one look when he presses.
06:07If you change the look, change the level a little bit,
06:10you can create maybe a different kind of opening,
06:13especially for Nurya, who's giving you a very defensive look
06:16and throwing the most simple.
06:18Leaning back is Zou, and then he fires.
06:22Nurya over the top with a right hand.
06:26Zou does close in on him here against the ropes again.
06:29Zou's pressure is deliberate.
06:31He tries to shove him away as Nurya reaches out with a left hook.
06:3645 seconds left in round two.
06:39Tim Zou just goes to Southcourt and throws wildly for a moment,
06:42then he provides a right hand straight down the middle onto Nurya,
06:45who does back up again onto the ropes, and Zou shoves him,
06:48goes to the body, and he gets away and out of trouble,
06:52at least momentarily, does Nurya.
06:54Zou's trying to put that mental pressure on him, not breaking position.
06:57Even when Nurya throws punches, Zou's trying not to back off too much.
07:00Left hook was good from Zou.
07:01Upper cut as well.
07:02Nurya over the top wildly.
07:04Right hand from Zou, and Nurya presses forward and hangs on here.
07:08See you again, Zou's not breaking position.
07:10Even when Nurya throws punches, Zou, where does Zou go?
07:12Nowhere.
07:12He slips, he slides, but he stays in range.
07:14That causes a lot of mental stress on a fighter
07:16because he's trying to punch at you to get you away from him.
07:22And it started to open up a bit in round number two,
07:25this fight between Tim Zou and Denis Nurya.
07:36And the Italian-Alvanian corner of Denis Nurya.
07:43They enter their discussions after the second round of action here.
07:49And what did we see, Paulie?
07:51You see that jab there from Zou trying and penetrating right hand
07:54between the guard.
07:55So you're keeping it simple with Zou.
07:57There's another one-two from Zou there.
07:59But what I also like here, you see Zou doesn't break position.
08:02You see when Nurya throws punches, where does Zou go?
08:04Not too far back.
08:05You see he's trying to keep position so that he keeps Nurya stressed.
08:08That was a little bit of balance there on Nurya as he's stepping around.
08:11There's that one-two from a different angle.
08:19So anytime Nurya throws at Zou, you see Zou trying to hold his ground,
08:22trying to slip from where he is.
08:23And that way, if he doesn't back off of Nurya,
08:26it creates that mental stress on Nurya.
08:30When Nurya has him in front of him, can't hit him,
08:32and can't get him off him.
08:33And that's what Zou's trying to establish.
08:35So a good right hand to the stomach there from Nurya.
08:37Yeah, it was.
08:38Nice right drive to the body there from Nurya.
08:42Jabbed upstairs and then provided it.
08:43There goes Zou with the right hands.
08:46Uppercut as well.
08:47And he is mixing up the angles.
08:50Yeah, that's the thing.
08:51The closer Zou gets, the more creative he's going to be able to be with the punches
08:54because it creates more punching options.
08:56But again, there's a slip and rip from Zou.
08:59Not giving up ground, not losing position.
09:01There's an uppercut from Nurya.
09:03And he turns around the left hand as well.
09:05But Zou, he comes straight back.
09:08And just touching as Nurya steps in with a right hand.
09:12Uppercut from Zou.
09:17And he's standing in Southpaw at times as Zou,
09:20trying to find that angle of the man who's parked in front of him.
09:24Step back.
09:25Stop the time.
09:26Stop the time.
09:27It's twice now.
09:28Keep holding or take a point.
09:29A warning on the run for holding for the visitor.
09:33One-two Zou.
09:36Right hand was a good one off the back of the jab for Zou.
09:39He tried to find it again.
09:40Nurya leapt out there with a left hand, but Zou just backing away.
09:48One-two again from Tim Zou.
09:52And again, the deliberate pressure of Nurya is starting to cause Nurya stress.
09:56Nurya's output is actually increasing, but it's more of a panic increase.
09:59Body shot from Zou, and he will try and employ that more and more.
10:10Nurya leaps out with that hook.
10:12Yeah, he wants to get Zou off, and he can't get nice little left shots there from Nurya.
10:17But again, where does Zou go?
10:18Nowhere.
10:18He can't get the respect of Zou with his power.
10:21He caught him with a left hand there, Nurya, but there wasn't enough on it for Zou to be dissuaded.
10:26And now he just shuffles in towards Nurya again.
10:29Backs off for a moment to give himself some space, Tim Zou.
10:32And he'll go one-two, and he thuds the right hand in to Dennis Nurya there.
10:37Nurya sometimes steps in trying to cause a clench.
10:39He's trying to get himself a break, because he can't get himself a break by punching.
10:43Zou doesn't really go anywhere.
10:45Body shot Zou.
10:47Nurya's comes straight back.
10:48But it was a good punch to the body from Tim Zou.
10:53And the Australian, well, he stands there and takes his shot from Nurya.
11:00And that one-two is exactly what he's trying to do here today.
11:14It's the moment there when Nurya caught him to the back of the head, and there's an apology.
11:18And he shoots wildly with the left hook, but can't find Tim Zou.
11:22And they come together there a little awkwardly, but no damage done at the end of the round.
11:27So, this one's just steady at this point.
11:34And certainly no panic in either corner at this point.
11:38At this point.
11:40At this point.
11:42Okay, okay, then go.
11:46Okay, okay, angle two times, then go.
11:52Down, go down.
11:59Down, go down.
12:12So, very calm in both corners.
12:15plenty of encouragement for the fighters
12:21and they return to action
12:28here on an easter sunday in australia
12:37jabbing now zoo
12:40what would you be saying in the tim zoo corner paula
12:43i would say you know continue this mentally stressing nuria but also you know like i said
12:48change the looks a little bit you know change your levels there that's a nice level change there
12:51when you went to jab to the stomach and i want to see some of that some of that counter
12:54punching
12:54i want to start zoo making you know you pay for when when he misses he's had him missing he's
12:59had him coming up short in times there's no count there wasn't a lot of counter punching
13:03it's good to leave with offense but also to make your opponent pay with your own offense
13:07with your solid counter punching i think we're at the point in the fight where zoo can get the timing
13:14it's just
13:18and there is a cut now for tim zoo and this is
13:22so familiar it is underneath the eye at least on this occasion there's a bit of redness between
13:28rounds oh it's a bad cut too but it's underneath the island it is under the eye so
13:35and yeah it we know where it came from it's from this moment it is a very deep cut but
13:44it's not in a bad
13:46position so tim zoo shoves denis nudia away yeah because you know nudia sometimes jumps in and that's
13:53what led to the clash of heads as well so i think zoo now has had enough shoving him off
13:57anytime he
13:58throws the physical muscles way in so tim zoo has seen his own blood he's well aware of what has
14:04happened here he's been in this situation so famously before let's see if he does try and apply the
14:11pressure and if he can finish this early so the blood doesn't continue to pour all over the places it
14:19has
14:23before
14:23do you expect to see that urgency from tim zoo here paul i think he wants to just he wants
14:29he wants
14:29to impress i'm not the blood is not in a bad spot it looks bad because it's blood and it's
14:33leaking but
14:34it's underneath the eye so it's not going to go into any any place vital like i think you know
14:38somewhere to prevent your eyesight of course if i'm nuria i'd be jabbing a lot just to try to break
14:44it up
14:44more but i don't know if maria has that ability and presses forward he drops in hard and down goes
14:52nordia the bloody zoo sends him down
15:00he heard him too with a few shots on route to the canvas
15:06nordia desperately now but zoo with the urgency
15:12you imagine ben he was looking for the one two but it was the left hook that was the answer
15:15he landed the one twos didn't get the response he wanted now it's the left hook that has hurt
15:19norya a lot and nordia is in big trouble as tim zoo tries to finish this fight he's been cut
15:29and he wants to get out of there nordia he is rocky
15:36he's hurt and he's taking uppercut and now he hangs on and perhaps that'll be enough to get him out
15:44of
15:44this round
15:47so blood for zoo but a knock down as well
15:52and nordia now has 60 seconds to attempt to get his legs back underneath him
16:10so they try to revive their man and this is what caused it
16:19and this is backed up to the corner right there that's actually the top of the head maybe even
16:24by the behind the ear which is a real soft spot for your equilibrium behind the ear and it's a
16:30legal
16:30shot by the way it's perfectly legal behind the ear and it's it's one shot that if you get caught
16:35right it does mess up your equilibrium and that's exactly where where zoo caught all those one twos
16:41but the left hook was the answer after all well let's see if he can find it again a bloody
16:47tim zoo
16:48against a rocky dennis nordia who's brave here and gets back on his jab the albanian
16:57body shot from nordia as well and working hard is nordia
17:21nordia is going to have to find a way to change the momentum here now
17:28so it just seems like he's still in a little bit on steady legs as well
17:36so he's trying to throw those probing punches trying to create an opening
17:41and really get leaps out there's a body shot from zoo nordia tries to go over the top right
17:49body shot from zoo gets an immediate response from nordia and if nordia doesn't start to counter
17:54one of those body shots he's going to start paying a heavy price for you because you've got to
17:58dissuade zoo from throwing them by making him pay for throwing and a lot one of the ways you make
18:02them pay is to catch and shoot with the right uppercut blocking on the arm and then come back up
18:06with
18:06the right uppercut but if nordia doesn't start countering it means zoo is going to have a field day
18:09with those uppercuts he's clearly encouraged isn't he tim zoo by what he just saw with the body shot he
18:14goes there again as nordia his lapses against these ropes he tries to go the body himself does nordia and
18:20there's a good left hook there from nordia zoo wore it nicely though and he closes in again on the
18:30albanian tries to find the body there to zoo nordia covers right up one two three over the top of
18:39the
18:39right hand as well as the blood courses down his face zoo almost treating this like a sparring session
18:45now kind of working on some things probing with some punches throwing other punches hard trying to
18:49see what what openings he can create i feel like in some spots it's almost like he's
18:54sort of playing with his food here now but maybe he wants to work maybe he wants to
18:58be able to you know showcase some things and also practice some things
19:20that's a good punch over the top two from zoo and nordia just covering up he'll leap out with something
19:29but he's crowded there tell you though since the cut opened up on the top two from zoo and nordia
19:33just
19:33on two it's almost like it raises the level up you know listen to the bell putting more pressure
19:38throwing more punches he's still kind of probing with some shots but he's probing with the intent to
19:44hurt backs off before the belly walks like i'm not done playing around yet yeah all right he's content
19:52that's a good point tim zoo despite that blood gaping wounds but as we have been saying
20:05not in a bad position as it will not impact the vision
20:09of tim zoo
20:14punch stats do tell the story of the fight tim zoo
20:18who has scored up and downstairs and overall he's in charge here
20:49he's got absolutely no issues with it
20:54of course
21:05jabbing zoo
21:07one two he goes again
21:12counter shot from zoo after noria sat down on the right hands
21:20shot body shot from zoo it impacted noria again yeah muria doesn't have an answer he doesn't have a
21:27response for the pressure of zoo and that's why zoo is just calmly walking him down probing with some
21:33shots throwing others hard just trying to practice some of the combinations maybe practice some of the
21:37ways he's going to open up some or create some openings
21:44the only thing is noria is not a southpaw otherwise i would say maybe spencer's maybe uh
21:48zoo is practicing for spence you know working on some things he wants to show but
21:53spence is not uh is a southpaw no he's not but again you see these little short tight shots and
21:59you just cannot get zoo off of him he's trying he's not he slams his gloves together but he is
22:05just sitting there as zoo oh big left hand from noria again it does not it's not enough to get
22:11zoo
22:11off him calmly and casually continues to walk him down works in some ways throws up in other ways he's
22:18doing hard and in some ways he's probing creating openings tell me you're trying to make a sparring
22:23partner
22:31well-placed body shot as well
22:35so he tries to get the arms clear here
22:46so one two and then finds a jab as noria moves backwards and continues to do so
22:53let him up let him up let him up let him up
22:55body shot zoo yeah i was waiting for that to come back come on punch away don't hold
22:59another while the body shot from zoo break step back
23:05he tries to find the body zoo with some punches over the top just trying to open things up for
23:12himself right you're trying to smother him because he has no other way of recourse you know nowhere to
23:18rest you can't get away from zoo so he figures maybe if he smothers him he's already got two warnings
23:23for holding earlier in the fight so he's got to be careful there he isn't holding this month and here
23:27again he's working there's a shot from zoo and he's rocked him noria's in trouble again and zoo
23:35will try and get clear and find something clean here but they tangle noria still on unsteady legs
23:45and he gets another 60 seconds to recover this dennis noria who was hurt again
24:05a serious conversation going on yeah the trainer's telling him he's got to believe in himself
24:10if you have to believe in yourself we're going to translate it here i forgot yeah
24:17oh geez high on the head too and right hand there from zoo and that's again
24:20it was he was wrong it was that was on the temple see that equilibrium area with the behind the
24:25ear in the temple earlier in the fight he heard him on the other side of his head with the
24:28left hook
24:29behind the ear this one with the right hand in the temple area behind the ear area
24:34yancey effort to stay up because a couple of uppercuts got through after that initial shot and
24:39he just he weathered kept bobbling around
24:46and he steps forward with a bit of intensity here tim zoo so he had his man hurt he's been
24:51down
24:52already as dennis noria but can zoo finish things off here in round number seven
25:01heads come together again
25:08one two you almost get the feeling if zoo wants to turn it up a gear he's probably gets the
25:15stoppage
25:16he's content to sort of cruise here in this it seems like a second like a maybe a second gear
25:21at most
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25:52get you off you you don't have any answers you're just trying to stay motivated your form is trying
25:55to motivate you you're really out of out of technical responses here and zoo just keeps
26:03you know just letting them hang around just enough you would think maybe zoo doesn't like
26:08them or have something personal against them and keep hanging around and punishing them like this
26:12instead of putting them out of his misery let's see if he does step it up tim zoo because he
26:17certainly went up in gear when that cut appeared but he did he's been happy to cruise since then
26:26it's almost like he was about to get the stop and he said you know what i want to work
26:28a little more
26:30kick the back down again he's in no hurry at all tim zoo
26:42there's a hook from zoo to lead and the right hand off the back of that combination got on to
26:48noria and prompted a response from him and i like the little touch probing shots from zoo and i also
26:54like the change of speed on the shots i like how he changes speed mid combination it's one of the
26:58things it seems like he's trying to work on as well because if you can create the openings and you
27:02sort of ramp up the speed right in the same combination you touch touch and all of a sudden
27:06you pick up the speed and increase the power
27:11noria started throwing some shots and that prompted a response from zoo so
27:15with 30 seconds left in round seven
27:20what's in store for us here see again zoo doesn't break position even when noria throws
27:23zoo's position doesn't break he stayed he remains a position right in front of noria so that causes
27:28that mental stress as well as the physical part which is the punches tom go out there tom
27:34poor guy's gonna lose points for holding too it's all he's got left one point continuous holding one
27:39point continuous holding one point continuous holding one point continuous holding what okay
27:43let's go time if nothing else and i don't know if the holding was that sustained to take a point
27:48though right ben he's trying to smothered give himself a break but it's not like it's not like he's also
27:53poor latches he's trying to survive understandable and he does get through another round of dennis
28:01nadia but uh gee the body language is not uplifting for the albanian
28:10and tim zoo
28:12who despite that wounds very clearly playing with his food here in wuongong today
28:24138 shots have scored to the kid
28:55dynistoria
28:56out, slams the gloves together again, and tries to talk himself into what remains of
29:01this fight. What does Tim Zhu want to do for this Easter Sunday crowd? Does he step
29:09it up? Has he got a bit more learning to do as he finds a shot over the top and
29:17then
29:18a shot to the body, and now he tries to find the body with the left hand as well, does
29:22Tim Zhu, and he is closing in a little here, and putting Noria on the ends of his punches.
29:29Tell you what, at this point, we're in round eight, for Noria to go the full distance of
29:33ten rounds, it will be a feather in his hat, and it will possibly be getting him another
29:37opportunity against somebody else, you know, to get paid.
29:41You know, having a resume, you don't beat him beat Zhu, but you went the distance with Zhu,
29:45you know, sort of like Velazquez did.
29:50that would be the goal at this point for him because, gee, it'd take something remarkable
29:56for him to snatch victory here against Tim Zhu, but Zhu just content at this pace and at
30:02this level at the moment.
30:03Yeah, again, it has not increased the gears.
30:08Workman-like performance for Tim Zhu.
30:09I can see you on.
30:16Counter shot from Noria.
30:22Now 90 seconds left in round eight.
30:25That's the best shot.
30:26The best shot.
30:26It is a ten rounder.
30:3218.
30:3618.
30:3718.
30:3818.
30:3818.
30:3918.
30:4318.
30:4418.
30:45Is the variation in the attack.
30:48Is the variation in the attack.
30:48And alot local left puts through and on to the Albanian Took.
31:02It boot.Ы.
31:10On to
31:10the Albanian.
31:11He felt that body shot
31:14Can Tim zoo find another and that's the thing I'll mention earlier in the fight it for Noria to discourage
31:19those body shots
31:20Got at least make zoo pay for them
31:29Just hurting for nerd know you every time he takes one of those
31:39It's not really holding this zoo could break out of those holes on deliberately hard holds
31:45For me, it's not a warning
31:48Meritor meritoriously meritorious warning because it's not a specific
31:53Another round down
32:00It's also not like zoo's fighting off that little hole, you know that it's not a tough hole
32:04But zoo could easily fight that off and work it but zoo's content to work and rest in there as
32:08well because he's kind of cruising
32:09Two more rounds, two more rounds
32:35One of the things he works on with pedro i think because you know pedro coming from that amateur system
32:41those straight punches
32:42Are really a big part of the technical amateur school when you see zoo with those sharp one twos over
32:47the course of the night
32:51I think he's going to be a big part of the night
32:52Paulie are you comfortable with tim zoo cruising here or would you like to see him try and push it
32:56I think for this for the benefit of the promotion of the dispense fight if he pushed it and got
33:01a stoppage it would it would
33:03probably create more um
33:05more uh highlights more headlines so to speak but
33:09If he's cruising i can understand why maybe he's not trying to show too much before the dispense fight he
33:14wants to work on things and maybe save for the dispense fight
33:16Because at least with zoo we get the benefit of seeing what we're going to see right
33:20With spence we don't get that benefit he doesn't he doesn't fight he doesn't he's not active
33:24We're just going to have to find out on fight night what spence has left
33:27We don't know for all we know he's got nothing left you know so that's what makes it a fascinating
33:31thought
33:31You know he could have a lot left because obviously his resume is is very big
33:35It's bigger it's even bigger than zoo's but we don't know what spence has left with with zoo okay
33:39We get the luxury of seeing it and we get to criticize we get the praise but at least zoo's
33:43making the effort here to
33:44To to be active and you know again
33:48I haven't seen him step it up but it's not because he can't i i notice i'm seeing a zoo
33:52who's content to cruise
33:54And i don't see it as lazy i see as maybe he's trying to work on some things
33:58Trying to get the rounds in with the new trainer before the big showdown with spence
34:02But personally yeah i would like to see him push a little bit more
34:06I think there's plenty of people here at the venue who would love to see that as well
34:12It does work to the body
34:14It doubles up that left hand is noria
34:27So he's probing shots lead to a bigger shot and you see that zoo is working on the setups
34:37Trying to punch and use all the angles
34:39To bring the various punches and show the various punch selection
34:42A different punch selection rather
34:50It's a good jab from zoo
34:52It's a good jab from noria
34:55Yeah comes back with a couple of jabs does dennis noria
34:58Every once in a while noria lets him know he's there you know and says hey i'm still active i'm
35:02still trying here
35:04Reaching out to the body zoo
35:20I'll tell you what, the odds-makers for the Spence fight are going to have nightmares,
35:23because you don't know what Spence are going to get.
35:24Exactly.
35:25You feel like there's more to Zoo, but he's not showing you,
35:28so you don't know how to really place him either.
35:31Yeah, that inactivity of Spence provides so many question marks on that.
35:37And Tim Zhu is just making more question marks here,
35:42with what has been a dominant performance,
35:45but just in cruise control.
35:48Still here in round nine.
35:55So we will see the final round of this fight between Tim Zhu and Dennis Nuria.
36:07He gingerly takes a seat, does the visitor, after nine tough rounds.
36:39He's got a sharp jab there from Zoo.
36:42And trying to counter, Nuria's counter.
36:45Just then comes up short with the right hand.
36:51But again, it's all reaction stuff.
36:53It's not nothing with a lot of weight on it.
36:55You see, like, that's where I...
36:56It's just working on things.
37:01You see, stepping up here, do you think, Paulie?
37:04Well, again, you'd like to see it.
37:06There's nothing to save it for now.
37:08Of course, Nuria at this point is in the last round,
37:10and he's going to be determined to go the distance.
37:19Jabbing is Zoo. Jabbing is Nuria.
37:22Right hand, too.
37:24There's a bit more on those punches from Zoo.
37:34Uppercut from Nuria.
37:35Found a space for her. Very nice there.
37:38He turns around a right hand, too.
37:40And Zoo comes back with a right hand.
37:42Looks for an uppercut.
37:43Now shoves him, Nuria, and finds that right hand, too.
37:47And Zoo is stepping towards uppercut from Dennis Nuria.
37:54Two minutes left in the fight.
37:58And you see that mental pressure from Zoo.
38:01And he turns into physical when he puts the output there.
38:05And he's rumbling forwards now with Zoo.
38:08And you see, no matter what Nuria does,
38:09Zoo stays on top of him.
38:11That's where the right's mental pressure.
38:13Come on, man.
38:14Nothing rough, eh?
38:15Keep it clean.
38:16Keep it clean.
38:17It's getting rough as well it might here in Wungong.
38:20Zoo to the body.
38:22And the body again.
38:23That got bent Nuria over a little bit.
38:27I felt that one just a bit.
38:36Good jab.
38:37Nuria leaps out with the left hand.
38:39Zoo with the jab again.
38:40Nuria just backs up.
38:43Nuria's been looking for that right uppercut a few times this round.
38:46There's a chance for Zoo to make him pay with the left hook.
38:52And Tim Zoo's going to get this stoppage.
38:56It'll have to be in the final minute of this fight.
39:00Let's get one more ball.
39:01Let's bring our boys on.
39:03SMC's defense with Wungong!
39:06I know you can just see a finish line.
39:07At least for a moral victory to go to distance with Tim Zoo.
39:10Well, it looked great on his resume.
39:12I mean, the rest got to leave him alone now.
39:13The poor guy.
39:15Still his best.
39:16He's having a very rough day.
39:18He's having a bad day as it is.
39:19Give the man a chance.
39:22He leaps out with the left hook.
39:25He's trying valiantly.
39:26And now Zoo comes forward.
39:34Uppercut from Zoo.
39:38Uppercut again from Zoo.
39:50Uppercut again from Zoo.
39:50I think Nouria's mouthpiece went five rows back.
39:53It's gone flying.
39:54Come on!
39:55But it's gone the distance this one.
39:58Dominance from Zoo.
40:00Who's back to the big time.
40:06Bloody.
40:08But victorious.
40:11On Easter Sunday.
40:14And he was in cruise control throughout Tim Zoo.
40:19A nasty cut himself.
40:22A solid knockdown as well.
40:27And Denis Nouria.
40:29Well, he goes the distance.
40:31He makes it the ten rounds.
40:35Didn't look like much fun though.
40:37No, not for Nouria.
40:38But for Nouria here in this fight tonight.
40:40And I think maybe he'll learn himself a shot at somebody else.
40:43Haven't gotten the distance in this fight.
40:47But when we're talking about shots.
40:51Pauly, does this mean no more suspense?
40:54It is time for Errol Spence.
40:56Yeah, it absolutely is.
40:57You know, it absolutely is.
40:58And, you know, the time for waiting is done.
41:01Suspence will be ready come the summer.
41:02We'll see how Zoo comes out after this cut.
41:05I'm sure there'll have to be some new time.
41:06It may push the 10th of the gate back.
41:09We'll see.
41:09Because it is a pretty deep cut.
41:11But the back fight will happen next.
41:13Well, that is very exciting.
41:18As we have a look at the highlights of ten rounds of Tim Zoo v.
41:26Dennis Nouria, overall, what sort of a score do you give Tim Zoo?
41:30I think, you know, Tim put in a workmanlike blue collar performance.
41:35I don't think personally he got out of second gear, if I'm honest.
41:39He may be in spots.
41:41He might have touched third gear.
41:43But if you were talking about a five gear car or five or six gear sports car,
41:47which, you know, a world class fighter you would typically compare him to,
41:50I don't think Zoo went anywhere near the higher gears.
41:53And he was never really forced to.
41:55I would have liked to see him rev it just for the fun of it.
41:57But, you know, maybe he's, again, looking to work on some things.
42:02And the Spence fight will give us the opportunity for him to get up those higher gears.
42:06Because Spence, at its best, Spence forces a fast pace.
42:09So Zoo will have to match that as well.
42:11Well, he's had 20 rounds now under Pedro Diaz.
42:14Is that enough for him to know who this version of Tim Zoo is?
42:18I would say so.
42:19It's going to have to be.
42:20You know, the big fight is on the horizon.
42:22You've got two wins in a row.
42:23You've got 20 rounds.
42:24You've got two fights but also 20 rounds, right?
42:25And against two durable guys.
42:27Listen, Velazquez was durable.
42:29Nuria was durable.
42:30They're not Errol Spence but at the same time they're good enough to force you to work
42:34and to work on some things.
42:36And you can clearly notice Zoo working on things tonight.
42:38He just, he never really wanted to go up too many gears.
42:43And we did reach the final bell.
42:49It has been a dominant victory for Tim Zoo but it must be made official here in Wollongong.
42:55It has been on Easter Sunday.
42:57And to do exactly that, here is our ring announcer Stephen Payne.
43:01Ladies and gentlemen, time to make this one official.
43:04Let's have a round of applause for both of our boxers.
43:06Fantastic.
43:08Main event of the afternoon.
43:10Time to officially determine our winner and who becomes the new WBO Oriental Middleweight Champion.
43:17After 10 rounds of action, the judges have the bout as follows.
43:23All three judges, Will Surlos, Leanne Reid and John Couchy have scored the bout 100-88 in favour of your
43:31winner,
43:32the Phoenix, Tim Zoo.
43:44The Phoenix, Tim Zoo.
43:49Thank you so much for joining us.
43:51With your number 3, I will Crowley.
43:51You will be happy.
43:52Come on.
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