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00:00punches from here up are good punches from here up are good obey my commands protect yourself at
00:06all times good luck to both of you fiero and duarte have been gym associates but have never
00:12sparred fiero describes duarte as a good person respected fighter and a heavy puncher he knows
00:18he's the underdog against duarte and he's fine with that meanwhile duarte bigger man stronger
00:24man more technically consistent puncher built for war with a relentless body attack and sharp
00:31fundamentals round one scheduled for 12 in the 140 pound weight class buckle up for what we're about
00:40to see fiero said he's going to come out throwing big shots early interesting choice going to the
00:46barber ahead i was going to say did you cut it to try to make waves at all
00:53it shows something
00:59one thing to watch we know fiero doesn't mind playing the bad guy playing the villain duarte has
01:04said straight up he is a dirty fighter so he's not so much worried about the punches of fiero he's
01:10worried about some of the contact on the inside and something that duarte i'm sorry something that
01:16duarte is doing wrong right now is that he's letting fiero dissect the pace right now when duarte should
01:21be right in front of him pressuring a lot more maybe wanting to see what fiero has collecting that
01:28all-important information as one minute has passed here in the opening round the common opponent a guy
01:35by the name of alex martin duarte k ogram in the eighth while fiero lost via eight round majority decision
01:44fiero throws wide punches but he loves to take chances he has a powerful right hand and he believes he
01:50has the
01:51power edge in this matchup
01:56duarte coming off a victory over kenneth simms be a majority decision back in august of last year
02:10and very much a tactical start for oscar duarte
02:15just trying to
02:18follow fiero not cutting off the ring and well the crowd obviously spoiled tonight
02:23single to my whole weekend with those first two fights because the boos are already coming
02:28and we've got a minute left in the first round yeah and that's why i mentioned that early on because
02:33normally i see a more aggressive duarte a lot more volume i know it's the first round but
02:38gotta get in there right away
02:42seems like a strategical start for duarte realizing that fiero's at his best when he's countering with
02:48big shots and trying to get you into a war it's not the same when he's leading the dance as
02:53a pure boxer
03:07and this is the type of movement that fiero wants to give lateral movements the jab not giving anything
03:13to duarte no opportunities not staying on the ropes and good head movement right now for fiero
03:20left hook lands upstairs for duarte has fiero momentarily on the ropes
03:28fiero much more active but still didn't last as many punches as duarte
03:35in the blue corner is trainer robert garcia
03:40it's okay it's okay first round good round
03:44don't get confident and start cutting off the ring please head moving
03:54but listen wait you got to be careful with this counter punching okay
04:00because he goes on top over hands but then he's going to try to change them as uppercuts
04:05so more head moving more head moving okay cut off the ring please
04:12that's it
04:14catch america very good
04:18don't let that that jab okay
04:22compu box stats in the opening round
04:25duarte six of 25 fiero two of 48
04:32that's a mendoza low
04:35below the mendoza
04:37baseball
04:41interesting that robert garcia spoke so highly of fiero's counter-punching ability
04:47wants duarte to be careful
04:49and there just moments ago you try to get him with that uppercut
04:54and jabbing to the body looking to open up an opportunity to land the left hook upstairs
05:02one of the best examples i remember marcos maidana adrian broner
05:06stab jab to the sternum and then left tongue dropping problems what a night in san antonio
05:12right does he have riding money
05:16nice one two by fiero
05:23these are the moments you got to take advantage of your fiero because again not a lot of pressure
05:27from duarte you want to back these rounds
05:34fiero more active
05:37seems they want fiero to expose himself to make him make a big mistake and leave an opening but
05:42short little right hand there from fiero lens are you surprised by duarte's start bc i am i
05:48thought he would come out and try to make fiero pay for missing weight for you know having to
05:53go into a second fight where worth would it happen things are up in the air but duarte coming out
06:00very smart crowd not loving it no whistles booze
06:06but again we're coming off two virtuoso performances by ismael flores
06:12i don't want to come back down from that clock and i'll tell you that much wow
06:17see and that's something you did really good against people who's the counter punching
06:21waiting for the opponent to open up and try to land his shots in the end let's not forget tito
06:26sanchez
06:27yeah this last fight two amazing performances to start the night less than a minute left here in the second
06:38oh nice right hand lands by fiero but his footwork it's a little bit to be desired crossing his legs
06:45up duarte very methodical a little too patient if you ask i fully agree with you he tasted the power
06:52there fiero letting him take the lead now it's time to get that lick back
07:02missing there from duarte and the thing is that he's just following in fiero there's no cutting off the
07:06ring body shot by duarte final seconds of the second
07:13moment and again single digit connects oh body shot lands for duarte fiero's heart
07:24but he's not down and the bell is going to save him
08:02he's going to box you that's all he's going to try to do
08:12go for the chest and then go for the body don't aim for the head
08:22and it was a belt line but they have that line i think that's that that's what he was trying
08:28to
08:28say right that he got hit low yeah
08:35after missing weight maybe there's a little more to that punch meets the ice
08:39well i don't know i do wonder though whether you know fiero has known he plays mind games he likes
08:46to
08:46be the villain abner is there a strategy to him potentially missing weight in this situation i think
08:51i think he missed weight on purposely he didn't he didn't want to cut that weight and he knew that
08:55duarte
08:56was not going to say no to the fight especially you know having the last fight yeah exactly the
09:01hitchens fight you'll fight mike tyson or anyone duarte's so it's always the 40 of his purse worth it for
09:08that advantage that's right now looking like it is oh sorry excuse me 40 grand yeah which is still
09:17oh there's a right by fiero but duarte my goodness uh when is he going to start cooking look he's
09:25clearly hurt fiero at the end of the second round with that shot that may have been low
09:30outside of that though oh here he goes to the body again there was some heavy power behind those shots
09:38now duarte stalking fiero but still allowing them to to move not cutting the ring going to the body is
09:47the key here fiero is a headhunter he keeps that high guard it's going to be open for duarte yeah
09:52watch is a hard punch or any punch that you throw to the body or land even if it's in
09:56the arms it's
09:57gonna it's gonna hurt and he is making the investment to the body here in round three midway point of
10:04the round
10:31of course that helps a lot right and ryan garcia was one thing he said that you know
10:38duarte has been the hardest puncher he's ever faced
10:45there's a beautiful counter punch right there a little pull back
10:49from fiero
10:51oh duarte sitting down on those shots and fiero absorbing that punishment been down three times in his career
11:08thing about fiero is you can hurt him you can drop him but if you don't finish him he's gonna
11:13let his
11:14presence be known in a fight i was there in puerto rico when he got up off the canvas to
11:19stop former
11:19world champion alberto machado in 2021 that's the fight that put fiero on notice for the other fighters in
11:27this division earlier tonight our jim gray caught up with david benavides david trying to become the
11:35only man to win 168 175 you're jumping up 25 pounds to 200 are you feeling any pressure any nerves
11:43about
11:43the historical impact of this to be honest with you this is the first time i heard this that is
11:47i'm going to be the first man attempting to do it at 168 175 and 200 um but there's no
11:52pressure man at
11:53the end of the day this is what i love to do i've worked extremely hard like i said the
11:56fights are
11:57always one in the training camps i've had a hell of a training camp i've been working five months for
12:00this so i'm ready to to live up to the task you're facing a guy who you know quite well
12:05over 200 rounds
12:06of sparring how does that play into any of this well just me just already knowing the past information
12:12i know from him obviously it's been like five years since the last time we sparred so he's gotten
12:16better he's became champion at cruiserweight champion uh cruiserweight division but you know
12:21people tend to do the same thing over and over again you know so i already have that information
12:24downloaded we have a good a great game plan that we're going to set forth that's in place and um
12:30just being who i am you know at the end of the day what i love about uh about boxing
12:33is the
12:34competitiveness competitiveness and i have the competitive uh spirit in me so i'm willing i'm
12:39willing to do whatever it takes to get that victory in there david how would you describe the
12:44importance of this day this weekend to be in this position to own this weekend and to take it over
12:49yeah this is the most important day of my life in the in in boxing you know um because after
12:55this
12:55this is what's going to turn me into the face of boxing with the performance i'm going to put on
12:59i know that you know i'm going to just leave the people wanting more and more and more so i'm
13:03just
13:04very excited you know all the work i've been putting in my whole life i've been boxing for 27 years
13:08i've been professional 13 years now it's my time to shine and it's going to be the
13:11the era of the mexican monster final thought the man who named you the mexican monster you're going
13:17to walk you in the ring tonight iron mike tyson in this in this city with everything that he's
13:22accomplished to have given you that name and now to do this means what yeah it um it's just that
13:27extra
13:28boost of motivation i need you know mike tyson gave me that name and i'm just ready to live up
13:33to that
13:33name the mexican monster and i'm going to give the fans their money's worth you guys are definitely
13:36going to have a great show tonight david best of luck we'll talk to you after thank you sir ben
13:41evita is chasing history in the main event challenging unified cruiserweight champion
13:46hilberto ramirez meanwhile here in round number four still a rather tepid start for oscar duarte
13:55it's starting to pick up though some good exchanges in the last 30 seconds there a big right hand from
14:00duarte but here's fiero standing his ground firmly he had to start to pick up from fiero as well as
14:05not just one shot now it's good combinations there moving to the side nice thing nice thing in
14:10the pocket we went to an all-out war in a boxing match broke out but they're starting to turn
14:15the tide here i don't know about that who would have thought fiero was the one showing the footwork
14:27and circling away yeah weird actually that duarte is not trying to cut the ring off and just
14:33the temperament of duarte just still single digit connects with less than a minute left in the fourth
14:39this is a fighter that's perhaps in love with this power with this player sitting down
14:44then a counter right lands for fiero he knows he can hurt fiero any given moment
15:00good give and take here on the inside
15:05thudding shots being exchanged he's picking up as fiero lands
15:14two for the price of one
15:15not moving his head off center line going to the body rips the left hand
15:30both the referee and fiero go down
15:38two for the price of one
15:44that was well after the bell oh yeah that was after the bell but those points but it's already
15:49in the motion i think it was in the motion exactly i don't think it was done intentionally
15:53the referee went down too oh yeah
16:02last referee went down like that was marcos rosales during an mma event
16:09down goes
16:13fun moments good to see the referees okay mark nelson
16:17and fiero so uh punch after the bell and what will be the uh consequences of that anything
16:24i wonder if it turns the momentum in duarte's favor here
16:28as we mentioned fiero's been down three times most recently both round one and two against
16:34alberto machado back in march of 2021 he rallied though and knocked out machado
16:40in round six to make a statement in his u.s television debut
16:45oh my goodness way after the bell all right duarte's going for the key
16:51yeah here's duarte unloading on fiero on the ropes going to the body this is the duarte we were
16:59promised exactly but fiero fights him off
17:10fiero leaving his head exposed jab through the guard by duarte lead right hand left hook
17:17fiero though coming back standing his ground needs another body shot
17:23yeah if there's anything we know about fiero this guy's not going to give up that easy even if you're
17:28handling them with hard shots like the yard to just that i would be in the head though
17:33punch
17:36duarte called fiero a dirty fighter coming in but we're seeing duarte uh tease the line here with a
17:42a late punch a rabbit punch but a lot of clean punches in between
17:49best round thus far the last couple of rounds for duarte
17:56yeah he's found a really mighty
18:01it's kind of hard for that output as well doesn't hurt that fiero keeps leaning forward
18:10it's becoming a fumble fight do those still exist
18:16i like to say new york
18:27body shot by
18:28left hook upstairs by duarte the exchange blows in the center of the ring just over a minute left in
18:34the fifth thing's heating up and just as much as duarte's landing fiero's landing as well
18:39but it's the hard punches that you can hear that you can't just landing by far the best round of
18:45the fight for oscar duarte with less than a minute remaining in the fifth
18:51yeah blood dripping from the nose now and fiero as the action intensifies
18:57a dominant round for duarte out landing fiero 45 to 20 thus far
19:04fiero's still landing some big shots he wants to go toe to toe
19:15oh
19:16oh left hook lands for duarte but fiero fights back
19:20so fiero living up to his bidding as well
19:23never say die attitude has had issues outside of the ring
19:27but wanting to make a stand here against duarte in the fifth
19:33and duarte has thrown over a hundred punches as has fiero
19:37what a nice cinco de mayo weekend in las vegas more than living up to its billing and cinco
19:44de mayo weekend brings out the stars and ryan garcia none other than iron mike tyson
19:52visiting david benavidez his locker room garcia current welterweight champion mike tyson well
19:59if you don't know his resume you're not a boxing fan but he's the one who christened benavidez
20:05the mexican monster he said he would never want to face a guy like benavidez and he will be walking
20:11david benavidez out as benavidez headlines as does ramirez their first cinco de mayo weekend card
20:26is that an f-bomb for mr tyson he's a lot at this point he won't show his backside in
20:32a fight
20:34what we're doing is putting on some amazing action thus far round number six scheduled for 12
20:43and what was supposed to be 140 pounds and big advantage for duarte in terms of total punches
20:50in round number five but both are chucking lots of leather
20:56remember fiero fights very well when he's hurt even if he's taking a beating in there he's always
21:01going to be dangerous it's kind of deceptively long reach
21:07curl those hooks around the guard yeah but duarte found on home for the body shots he up because he's
21:12chopping them down but yeah you're right fiero's still game this guy that doesn't give up
21:17he takes hard shots and he lands hard shots as well
21:20i want to see fiero back on that jab
21:33there it is that distance that reach for fiero's chopping right hand by duarte
21:40fiero remains in front of him and there eats an uppercut as he leans forward
21:46uppercut of his own good two-way action here in round six pace really starting to pick up here
22:06that's the midway point of the round and
22:13he continues to go to the body referee mark nelson just warned do i tell you that he will take
22:18away a point as he continues
22:29fiero's got to be careful leading forward like that
22:33you honestly do i think you haven't paid for that i mean where's the upper because there it is he
22:37tried
22:38just moments ago duarte but he's got to continue to do that take a little step back and look for
22:42the upper
22:43head of your good bounce back round for fiero
22:49looks a lot more comfortable this round taking the lead and dictating the terms
23:04right hand lands for fiero 30 seconds left in the round oh left hook upstairs from duarte
23:13it doesn't really seem that duarte's found his his rhythm yet his groove it doesn't seem fully
23:18comfortable he's had some moves he's wobbled he got wobbled there right hand by fiero another right hand
23:23fiero looking to drop duarte
23:27duarte's been down once and it was round eight of his loss to ryan garcia
23:33a left hook to the temple duarte trying to fight back and wow
23:39fiero with the best round of the fight for him
24:02more rhythm more rhythm duarte come on
24:06you're just looking for one shot
24:09i don't think you're gonna finish him with one shot i have one more
24:13i want more rhythm okay more alive
24:21and here comes the punch that we were expecting but not to hurt duarte
24:25there's the right hand over a right hand from fiero he's been pounding at home for that but it's right
24:31on top of the temple yeah right in the temple wobble duarte and almost had him back up
24:37it's those looping right hands from fiero yeah duarte as well punching
24:43wide where is that coming from bring in chris manix and joe goosin with their quick thoughts
24:51ah yeah well that that certainly was a turn of events that last round there
24:55it was a beautiful right hand it did land right up top on the head like
24:59having a shot and stunned and wobbled um uh duarte but look i mean this is the thing about fiero
25:06we
25:07saw him fight the fight of the year against uh pitbull cruz there's no there's no giving up with
25:12him and he will fight you all the way to the end and see what he's doing now turn it
25:16into a great
25:16competitive fight now yeah you guys mentioned uh the weight earlier in the show and look two years
25:22ago ryan garcia missed the weight going up against devin haney he was widely criticized for that at the
25:27time but it turned out that was the smartest decision for ryan garcia who was in better condition in
25:32that fight than devin who had to squeeze down and wait you have to wonder if not having to make
25:36140
25:37is not working for angel fierro stop under two minutes left here in the seventh and duarte
25:45trying to find a rhythm but fierro making it very difficult fierro remaining active lands an overhand right
25:54continues to be able to move around the ring without being stopped by duarte and just wonder about
26:01duarte's body language something has seemed off you know from the beginning here yeah he's not
26:07balanced well and look at the blood that's coming out of his ear as well from duarte
26:13fiero's such a streaky fighter you don't want to let him build upon confidence
26:18he sees that you're hurt he's got those instincts to go after you fiero beginning to pull away these last
26:24two rounds but here comes duarte back
26:29right hand left hook lands for duarte but it's fiero firing back lands another right hand through the guard
26:36of duarte a minute left in the seventh you're looking like the fresher fighter was that the strategy the
26:44field a fantastic display here by fiero duarte stymie trying to fight back gets hit with another right
26:52hand the blood around the left ear of duarte oh and fiero misses with the right duarte goes downstairs
27:01fiero's got a real opening here excuse me yes he does yes he does and he has taken duarte's biggest
27:07punches already so that's why he's feeling comfortable in the inside slow start but things have definitely
27:13heated up as this fight has progressed and fiero finding his groove with 15 seconds left in the seventh
27:24martes left ear is a bloody mess remember james thompson and kimbo slice of cbs it's like an alien life
27:34form on the side of his head but that was a cauliflower this one is just a garbage deal
27:42and it's fiero who's saying friends countrymen lend me your ears
27:53them some water
28:02take them back
28:03take them back push them back
28:06combinations combinations
28:10when he's moving forward he's really dangerous so you push them back
28:18and more right hands from fiero the right hand found a home and there it is what a chin from
28:25duarte but he's taking those he's eating those like candy and he's got to be careful because it only takes
28:30one good shot
28:37time time time over here
28:39the only time that duarte's been dropped he was stopped
28:44by ryan garcia's in attendance tonight
28:47sam and david benavides i'll let you exit over here
28:52you talk about a reversal of fortunes a man who's found his way to his first title at 147
28:59major star in the sport round number eight underway let's see if duarte is able to get on track a
29:06competitive round in seven where it was very even
29:11wilmot the live odds have tightened incredibly duarte began this fight as a minus four
29:161400 betting favorite he's currently minus 170 in the draft kings live odds fiero has a 57 of 41 edge
29:25and punches landed in six and seven
29:29duarte comes in with a reputation as one of the hardest hitters at 140 pounds and he's gonna
29:35have to start to make fiero feel that power
29:49yeah the only punch that fiero has felt is probably perhaps the the punch where he went down right
29:54after the bell but after that he's been taken
30:00right uppercut on the inside by fiero
30:04behind the right the left ear is uh you don't see lacerations there often in boxing matches that
30:10continues to bleed a muted offense for duarte here in round eight
30:18fiero beating duarte in his own fight
30:24here fiero you can't miss this window you've got a wounded fighter following you around
30:38duarte missing with some of those shots as well not as crisp as we've seen them you wonder if that
30:44looping right hand that hurt him was one of those equilibrium shots that sort of leaves you a step
30:49off the rest of the fight oh there's a couple uppercuts on the inside by duarte fiero fires back
30:56duarte going downstairs now toe to toe duarte marching forward with less than a minute left
31:02in the eighth duarte lands a left hook to the jaw he's showing some real heart here duarte
31:09chopping down and yet fiero continues to fire back
31:17fiero refuses to be bullied by duarte refuses to be pushed back
31:23and it's fiero landing these punches he's straight punches he's got the better jab
31:28fiero so he's got to use it and he's doing it right now there it is to create that distance
31:37chopping the right hand once again from duarte
31:41abner would you target an ear with a cut on it in this type of situation yeah of course
31:45that's going to get up for it yeah
31:50well continues to be a decent fight for fiero
31:55we are through eight rounds and the the constellation of stars continue to gather
32:02here at t-mobile arena for the cinco de mayo weekend event the main event david benavidez
32:07against hilberto ramirez and they're one of the best to ever do and roy jones jr
32:13also lending his support to david benavidez who's received visits from mike tyson ryan garcia
32:21and now roy jones jr oh to be a fly on the wall when those three get together to converse
32:27about
32:28the sport of boxing so every luminary is coming out for what has already been a banner night as
32:35advertised and still to come the co-main event for the 168 pound championship belonging to armando
32:43rezendiz he defends against i mean monguia is looking to become a two division champion so
32:48back-to-back championship fights still to come here at t-mobile arena in las vegas
32:56by the way the great roy jones jr knows a thing or two about moving up dramatically heavyweight
33:00too heavyweight keep your head up won at world title in 2003 against john ruiz
33:11there's the jab from fiaro making this fight a lot easier for him
33:18jab jab turn him according to our unofficial scorer larry hazard he has it dead even
33:25after eight rounds 76 76 he's given fiero the last three rounds so fiero building momentum
33:32and it's up to duarte now to thwart him and for duarte
33:36to be the duarte we have come to know and admire yeah this three-round surge from fiero started in
33:43that sixth round when he landed that looping right hand that hurt duarte duarte's still game but
33:48he really seems a beat off ever since that foot that punch landed
33:54yeah fiero's one step ahead of him one two three punches and then right when duarte wants to get
34:00off fiero's out already sidestep there it is creating that distance blocking that very easily and
34:07comfortably from fiero fiero said this won't be the performance that would clean his name uppercuts
34:14landing for fiero and that's what you want right to see a sense of urgency from duarte needs to have
34:21a major uptick in his offense he has thrown only 17 punches in this round or take bleeding from the
34:29nose as well as the ear but he's landing a few in return here but it's all fiero fiero with
34:35the more
34:36effective punches and more period wow fiero just unleashing a combination on duarte not backing him
34:46up not necessarily hurting him and now he's backing up fiero's hurt fiero now hurt duarte turning
34:53things around with a minute left in the ninth the ebb and flow of the boxing show uppercut by fiero
35:00on the
35:00inside and it was the body shots from duarte i don't know if you noticed that times those have a
35:06delayed effect nice uppercut on the inside by duarte good back and forth action on the inside
35:19and our truck is letting us know that it was a little that shot by duarte beltline again just like
35:25earlier in the fight 30 seconds left in the round and man it's fiero just throwing way more than duarte
35:39final 15 seconds of the ninth round and fiero three-punch combination duarte trying to land
35:49something of significance we are through nine in the scheduled 12 rounder and earlier tonight
35:57jim gray caught up with the unified cruiserweight champ
36:01certo you're very familiar with david benavidez having sparred with him 200 rounds does that
36:07familiarity play into this at all uh not really because right now it's a small gloves and no head
36:14gear and then chose the winning matter he's moving up considerably in weight 25 pounds does that make
36:22any bit of difference for you against him i think he chose a good fight it should make it a
36:28good fight
36:28and and and i don't know if he i mean he he feels ready and then let's see you think
36:34he can withstand
36:34your power uh we'll find out this this night you're the champion do you feel at all disrespected uh during
36:46this whole promotion in this process because of all the attention that benavidez has garnered
36:50uh not really i don't care i'm focused on the winning and then after this saturday everyone
36:56will see who's the the the real mexican and the meaning fighting on cinco de mayo weekend what does
37:03it mean to you it means it means a lot it means a honor for me because only legend has
37:08those dates
37:09and me being part of these dates i'm super exciting i've been dreaming about it and it's dream come true
37:17cerdo it's an honor to talk to you best of luck tonight we'll talk to you afterwards thank you
37:21elberto ramirez looking to go five and oh at cruiserweight as he defends his unified title
37:27against david benavidez meanwhile in round 10 now between oscar duarte and angel fierro and you guys
37:34you have to wonder if like haney versus ryan garcia was it a mistake for team duarte not to force
37:39fierro to reway this morning with the rehydration that's a great question that's a great question
37:45because the gas tank of fierro is still there he didn't have to make that hard cut we talked about
37:50it being a strategic move hey we saw floyd mayweather once do that to want them while marquez in their
37:55super fight so sometimes that can be the difference in a close fight ever yeah and definitely also that
38:01you know duarte has not made any type of adjustments in this just going forward no cutting off the ring
38:06no
38:07head moving no jab and no weapons no punches down from duarte since being hit with 53 punches in round
38:14five fiero has outlanded duarte in round six seven eight and nine you see a pattern forming here i
38:22definitely do and it's going to be up to duarte to find a shot that changes the momentum
38:30you look at his footwork closely though meaning duarte he still seems a little bit off from that
38:35punch in round six he's getting hit with punches you don't normally see him get hit with yeah and
38:43weird punches too uncomfortable that's an uppercut by fierro and that's him there was a nice left hook
38:49by duarte but again doesn't follow up no urgency no aggression still following fear all around yeah no killer
38:58instinct from duarte less than a minute left in the 10th
39:06but fierro may not have fully earned this praise because of the mistakes he's made of late
39:11but he's fighting a smart fight he's carrying out he's fighting a very good fight a very good game
39:16plan here and leaning on his strengths and again no excuses but he's dealt with a lot of out of
39:21the
39:21ring issues including mental health issues gets caught with a couple of uppercuts on the inside
39:26there by duarte and so again fiero with all of those issues still man he is uh making a a
39:34statement
39:34here right now against oscar duarte and again it's a a close fight on the unofficial scorecard of larry hazard
39:43he has fiero up by a point after nine rounds so this is going to be very interesting as we
39:51head into
39:51those so-called championship rounds even though this is not a championship fight
40:04he's boxing all this he's doing all this because he's really tired so now you got to cut off the
40:10ring
40:10please this is the championship rounds you got to win these rounds don't let them go please
40:20really important rounds we need them you hear me you got him already he's running and running
40:27when he getting short let those hands go combinations
40:32speed points
40:34i want you to steal these last two rounds please head movements more live
40:39inside inside great advice from robert garcia but we haven't seen any of that from oscar duarte
40:47tonight yeah but he's doing his job right as a coach he's doing exactly the job he's got to tell
40:52but yeah tell you what we have seen all action all night all night long as we mentioned at the
40:58top we
40:58have the mouth-watering main course but i predicted all action appetizers and they have lived up to the
41:05billing as unofficial scorecard of larry hazard now has it even at 95 95.
41:13good war to that last round interesting
41:23who do you think's winning brian i know you're not scoring it but well i am scoring it oh you
41:28actually have the exact same score uh 95 95. why do you have duarte even well look there was a
41:35second
41:35half surge right there from fiero there's four consecutive rounds but i thought duarte landed the better
41:40shots in the first half of the fight you don't know if the judges feel the same whether that'll hold
41:45up here but there's still a window for duarte to close strong in these final two rounds and have a
41:50shot at a decision if it goes that far i feel like a lot of those shots that duarte has
41:56been throwing
41:57that you know fiero's been catching him with his gloves and again where's the aggression the urgency fiero's been
42:05able to he's running a track meet
42:09and he's still throwing punches meanwhile duarte just following him around
42:16yeah fiero knows how to fight going backwards not easily doing he's doing it well right now
42:21there are straight punches jab jab get on that bicycle again remember fiero fiero was dropped after the
42:29bell sounded earlier in the fight yeah that those were clean shots he took he got right back up like
42:34nothing happened very durable
42:52i just never thought we would be in the 11th round watching fiero be the boxer from distance controlling the
42:58terms
43:01and i always thought if there was someone that could win the fight by decision it would be fiero
43:06and a knockout for sure duarte so and i think that's what we're seeing tonight but again a close fight
43:15it's weird it is a close fight and yet i feel fiero stop is supposed to be
43:22yeah i think so too tomorrow
43:26first time that angel fiero has seen an 11th round and it's uh well not been his best round in
43:35terms of
43:35connects duarte landing more shots but fiero continues to throw more
43:42jam right hand the one two lands for fiero
43:45duarte comes back with the left hook now duarte sitting down less than five seconds left in the 11th
43:53duarte gets countered with the left hook by fiero close and final round has arrived
44:03how are you feeling listen we're doing really good for more distance please
44:13nothing's happening you're good look the fight's really close
44:18give him some water give him some water you just throw it throw it throw it
44:23change the rhythm one strong fast and then walk use the ring and then close it
44:34three four punches
44:37with the uppercuts please
44:42i want you to go for the body i don't want to take a point away from you okay
44:52don't let him go don't let him breathe close these rounds
44:57coming into this fight angel fiero was the underdog
45:02proving that he's got real dog in him against oscar duarte the noted knockout artist on the cusp
45:10was supposed to have already challenged for a title at 140 pounds fell through and richardson hitchens
45:17pulled out and then moved up to welterweight now duarte coming on last round has to make it count and
45:24duarte sitting down in these shots fiero firing back but a great start for duarte in the 12th and
45:30final round this final round should be a great theater here as the fight very much still in the
45:36balance on the scorecards at least from how we see it yep unofficial score larry hazard has fiero up
45:42105 104 so it could very well come down to the last two plus minutes
45:49live odds on draft kings have duarte minus 280
45:55this is going to be a really hard ground for fiero if he wants to because if he starts using
46:00that jab
46:01start boxing there it is make it easy for you don't let your duarte inside the fight
46:08you grab on there you go you turn and wait for the referee to separate you
46:14wonder if fiero is feeling the uh the effects of uh stamina wise of this of these 12 rounds because
46:21he doesn't have that same energy that come forward it's his first time he's seen a 12th round
46:26and he's firing back duarte doing better here in the last round
46:35a minute 20 left who is going to make that final statement who's going to dig down deep and prove
46:45they
46:45want it more a pivotal contest at 140 pounds fiero fires a right hand to the face of duarte
46:53duarte coming in gets tagged a minute left
47:00what a night of fun action
47:04third consecutive fight to deliver on cinco de mayo weekend fiero firing back a three punch combination
47:16this final stretch could decide the entire fight fiero missed weight had to surrender forty
47:22thousand dollars of his purse is that extra weight benefiting him in this fight
47:29under 30 now left in the fight after everything that fiero did in the past wrong
47:35i forgive him after this fight guys he's forgiven he earned it still got to be a professional and make
47:42wait ten seconds left in the fight is it going to be oscar guarte or is angel fiero going to
47:51pull off the
47:52upset the three judges at ringside will determine the victor
47:57cheers
47:58so
48:14Fierro and Duarte were in the gym together.
48:17They never stopped Sparred, but they just went 12 hard rounds.
48:22As we look back at the action, take us through this stuff, Brian.
48:27Well, early on, Duarte was putting on the pressure, beating Fierro to the punch.
48:31They're wobbling him with a left hand.
48:33There's the punch after the bell.
48:36But as the rounds continued, Fierro started to chip away.
48:40And there's the shot in round six, the looping right hand late that wobbled Duarte.
48:47And opened up an opportunity for Fierro to go on a run in this fight,
48:52winning four consecutive rounds on Larry Hazard's scorecard.
48:55And actually using the jab to set things up.
48:59And Anjo Fierro in his second fight in Las Vegas, delivering another memorable affair.
49:04The last time was against Esau Cruz.
49:06As we look at the numbers, Duarte with an advantage in terms of total punches landed,
49:12power punches, a big advantage for Fierro in the jabs.
49:15And again, these numbers just a barometer.
49:18They don't tell the whole story.
49:20Our unofficial scorecard belongs to Larry Hazard.
49:24And he has Fierro pulling off the upset.
49:28115-113.
49:31Is Angel Fierro about to record the biggest win of his career?
49:36The man with the answer is Jimmy Lennon Jr.
49:41Ladies and gentlemen, after 12 rounds of action, we have a split decision.
49:46Here are the score totals.
49:49Judge at ringside, Patricia Morse Jarman, scars the action.
49:53She scores the bout.
49:56115-113 in favor of Oscar Duarte.
50:01Judge at ringside, David Sutherland, sees the action.
50:05116-112 in favor of Angel Fierro.
50:10And judge at ringside, Steve Weisfeld, scores the action.
50:17116-112 in favor of the winner of the WBC Silver and NABO Super Lightweight title.
50:26La Migrania Oscar Duarte.
50:34Two judges gave Oscar Duarte four of the last five rounds.
50:40An unpopular decision here at T-Mobile Arena.
50:44Brian, how did you have it?
50:46I had it six rounds to six.
50:48114-114.
50:50I thought they split the final two rounds.
50:52And I really thought the decision was going to come down to how many rounds did the judges give Duarte
50:57in the first half before that rally from Fierro.
51:00A tale of two fights.
51:01Duarte at 111-61 edge in rounds one through five.
51:05Fierro 144-120 over the last seven rounds.
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