00:01He knows how much Delos Santos can be dangerous early on.
00:05Yeah, he definitely doesn't want to get into an exchange.
00:08You already see Delos Santos starting fast.
00:10He doesn't want to test that power early in this fight.
00:13He wants to box like we saw Sandoval do.
00:16Early and midway through the fight, you can start to close distance
00:19and stand there a little bit more, but he has to be intelligent.
00:22You know, they're both smart fighters, though.
00:25They're both fast, they're both skilled, both southpaws, both can punch.
00:29Both have technique.
00:31If I had to say who has a little more fluid boxing ability,
00:36maybe Valenzuela, maybe.
00:38I think Delos Santos is the harder puncher.
00:51Valenzuela has shown improvement and shown new wrinkles
00:55and improvement in areas of his game.
00:58Outboxing Pitbull Cruz on a big stage to win a title.
01:02He lost it in the next fight.
01:04Good shot right there from Delos Santos sending a message to Valenzuela.
01:09These boys throwing heavy leather early in this fight, Tess.
01:12They sure are, especially Delos Santos, who's getting the better of this round on the heavier shots.
01:20Look at the lower left replay there.
01:22You'll see that left hand come flush to the chin.
01:26Valenzuela obviously has the advantage because in the sense that he has been active and against real quality opposition.
01:33So he's had time to develop.
01:36Well, Delos Santos has mostly been on the shelf.
01:49Both intelligent fighters.
01:52Which is why I think Valenzuela talks about the learning experience in the first fight.
01:57Because Valenzuela is a very cerebral fighter.
02:00And he got out of that in that loss and it taught him a lesson.
02:05Still early, but so far Delos Santos does not look like he's been off the way that he has.
02:11Looks very sharp offensively and defensively.
02:14Making good decisions in both of those departments.
02:23They both know that the other one has the power to hurt them because they both hit the deck in
02:28their first fight.
02:30But I think, Dre, it must make a difference that Delos Santos won that fight by stoppage psychologically.
02:37But Delos Santos feels as if that his knockdown was more of a slip.
02:43That's how he's processing it.
02:45Valenzuela can't say the same.
02:46And Delos Santos.
02:49Oh, look.
02:49Big shot.
02:50Left hand comes in.
02:51And hurt him, Rayo.
02:52Yes, Rayo hurt Delos Santos it seems with a big left hand.
02:56He's hurt.
02:58Yes, and another big left hand.
03:00And Delos Santos is badly hurt.
03:04Very good news for Valenzuela.
03:07Is after he hurt Delos Santos with that first straight left hand.
03:11Or overhand left, whatever you want to call that.
03:13He hurt him again with the same shot.
03:18So, Delos Santos is gonna have to show Valenzuela that he has an answer for that left hand.
03:24Well, Valenzuela almost landed the same shot again.
03:27And what he's doing is he's taking a half step back.
03:29He's allowing Delos Santos to charge in and he's timing it.
03:33So, it's the impact of Delos Santos rushing and the power of Valenzuela meeting him at the point.
03:41Now he takes that left hand to the body, Valenzuela does.
03:48Now the question is, did Valenzuela learn from the first fight where he knocked down Delos Santos and then got
03:54out over his skis a little bit, got stopped.
03:56Here, Valenzuela, oh, big right hook.
03:59And again, now he has more time to work with.
04:03He's hurt again.
04:04What do you do here, Andre, knowing that last time you rushed it and got stopped, you have your man
04:09hurt.
04:10Do you press it or are you careful?
04:11You're smart.
04:12You don't worry about what happened last time, though it's in the back of your mind.
04:16You have to get past those demons and you have to prove to yourself and Delos Santos that I'm not
04:21the same guy.
04:22So, intelligent pressure.
04:23Yes.
04:24But pressure.
04:25You're landing these shots, you have to get another one through.
04:31And he's very close, Valenzuela, to getting another big shot through and possibly ending this fight.
04:36Valenzuela dominating this fight right now with pinpoint power punches upstairs.
04:43The right hook and the left hand, straight left hand.
04:47And it's more of a counter left.
04:49He's allowing Delos Santos to lead with the jab and they're right there.
04:55He just collapsed on.
04:58Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
05:06It's over.
05:08Second round knockout.
05:11Ladies and gentlemen, the end comes officially.
05:14Two minutes, five seconds.
05:16Round number two.
05:17Referee Thomas Chandler reaches a count of ten.
05:19Your winner by way of knockout.
05:23El Rayo de los Mochi Sinaloa.
05:27Jose Valenzuela.
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