Sugar Ray Leonard vs Thomas Hearns 2 - Top Rank PPV 6-12-89 - video Dailymotion

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The long awaited rematch between WBC Super Middleweight Champion Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns on Top Rank PPV.

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00:00:00Inside the ring, but outside the ring. Here's a perfect example. You look at the posters from 1981 and 1988.

00:00:06Sugar Ray Leonard, Tommy Hearns on the left. Look at how they are young, the youthful look, and then the

00:00:11maturity look of the two businessmen on the right at 1988 and 1989.

00:00:16And of course, being very wealthy. And here's the man who is responsible for Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns

00:00:21being as wealthy as they are.

00:00:22Henry Gluck, chairman of the board of Caesars. And this has turned into being another financial success for your corporate

00:00:28union organization.

00:00:30It's just a tremendous event, Jim. I think it's going into 80 countries. It's going to have a gross revenue

00:00:35of about $80 million.

00:00:37And we expect it to go. Approximately a billion people will see this. As a matter of fact, it's even

00:00:43going to be broadcast into China.

00:00:45So it's a tremendous showcase for Caesars to show what we're all about.

00:00:49Are these figures surpassing your original thoughts? Yes, they are. We knew it would be a sellout. We didn't think

00:00:57that would be a problem.

00:00:58But we didn't think that the pay-per-view and a closed circuit would be as big as this.

00:01:02And we didn't also think we'd get that much penetration in that many countries.

00:01:06Pay-per-view is really taking over.

00:01:08Yeah, pay-per-view is a bigger and bigger factor.

00:01:11And, of course, if you have two marquee events like this, two marquee fighters like this, you're going to get

00:01:17this kind of results.

00:01:18And we knew that going in. And this is one we've been waiting for a long, long time.

00:01:22And Al Bernstein and I were talking at the top of our program tonight about these two young men understand

00:01:26the economical aspect of it.

00:01:28And so they know that they have to be willing to do just about anything and everything to pull it

00:01:32off.

00:01:33Now, almost from the very beginning, both these men keep themselves in tremendous shape.

00:01:38You know, they fought for us a total of 14 times.

00:01:41So we know them real well. And we knew we were going to have a good match.

00:01:44Now, you know I have to ask you a prediction on tonight's fight.

00:01:47I tell you, I really can't predict because, you know, having fought for us for 14 times, these guys are

00:01:52like family.

00:01:53I know them both so well. And I just wish them both a lot of luck.

00:01:57There are no losers in this. Everybody's going to be a winner.

00:01:58All right, Henry, thank you so much.

00:02:00Thank you very much for having me.

00:02:01Okay, Henry Gluck, chairman of the board of Caesar's World.

00:02:04You know, we all, he was just talking about the Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Evers.

00:02:07And all of us here are very interested in what's going to happen in tonight's fight.

00:02:10But to get a little more perspective on what's going to happen between these two great fighters,

00:02:14let's go upstairs once again. Here's Albert C.

00:02:16Well, thank you, Jim. You know, the road to Leonard Hearns II has been long and winding.

00:02:21And each man has traveled it in his own way, each with his own kind of style and panache.

00:02:26And even though these two men are different, very different in style and substance,

00:02:31they share one thing in common. They are both terrific athletes.

00:02:36Let's take a look at both men.

00:02:49Sugar Ray Leonard has already left an indelible mark in boxing history.

00:02:54His imprint began in 1976 when he won the Olympic gold medal at Montreal.

00:03:00Leonard showed the flashy style and easy smile that were to propel him to fame and fortune in the pros

00:03:06and into the hearts of boxing fans, young and old.

00:03:10Early on, he learned the value of victory.

00:03:14The feeling of victory, the feeling of going up against the best,

00:03:19it's no great feeling.

00:03:21There is a, I go into a trance. I really do.

00:03:26His first professional championship came in a grueling battle against Wilfredo Benitez.

00:03:31Leonard forcing a stoppage in the 15th round.

00:03:35But in the first of two memorable fights against former lightweight champ Roberto Duran,

00:03:40Leonard went toe-to-toe, matching the macho of the hands of stone.

00:03:49He tasted defeat for the first time, ironically in Montreal, site of his Olympic triumph.

00:03:55But Duran's celebration was short-lived.

00:04:01The rematch saw a different Leonard, dancing and walking.

00:04:10And a different Duran, despondent and defeatist.

00:04:20When it ended, Duran was muttering,

00:04:22No más, no more.

00:04:24And Leonard had avenged his only defeat.

00:04:38Sugar Ray moved up to 154 pounds to win his second round

00:04:42with a knockout of Ayub Kaluli.

00:04:51And he showed his gymnastic skills as well.

00:04:55Then came the historic welterweight unification against unbeaten Thomas Hearns.

00:05:00Leonard scoring a stunning knockout victory.

00:05:06After just one fight in four years,

00:05:09Sugar Ray came out of retirement to win the biggest fight of his life,

00:05:12an upset decision over middleweight champion, marvelous Marvin Hagler.

00:05:32Leonard claimed his third title and retired again,

00:05:35but only briefly, returning to win two titles in the same night,

00:05:39including the WBC light heavyweight crown held by Canadian Donnie Lalonde.

00:05:50There's a bit of insecurity that various guys have had with me.

00:05:58And it's mostly due to the type of exposure

00:06:02because of what I do outside the ring,

00:06:04because of the endorsements and what have you.

00:06:07Congratulations, kid.

00:06:08But I want a rematch.

00:06:10Sugar Ray talking boxing, new from Tiger.

00:06:13So give yourself a round of applause and thank Jesus once again.

00:06:17Bye-bye, I'll see you soon.

00:06:23Still looming large in front of Leonard

00:06:25is the man who has waited eight long years to steal the spotlight.

00:06:30I beat Tommy in 81.

00:06:31I had one fight, I retired.

00:06:34Two years limbo, came back for one time,

00:06:37came back, retired.

00:06:38Three years later, Tommy's fighting.

00:06:40Tommy, then all of a sudden I beat Hagler.

00:06:42Then Tommy's having problems with James Kitchen and Barkley.

00:06:46I didn't think it was going to happen,

00:06:48but certain things are predestined.

00:06:55I've been in this man's shadow for a long time.

00:06:59Basically, ever since I started my career, professional career,

00:07:05I've been in the shadow of Ray Leonard.

00:07:08I don't like being secondary, you know.

00:07:12I want to be right there on top.

00:07:14And that's what, that's the force behind me.

00:07:17That's what helped push me and motivate me.

00:07:21The hitman acquired his nickname

00:07:23and built his reputation with a string of knockouts.

00:07:26I wanted him to develop a knockout record.

00:07:29And the knockout record is what began to get an attention

00:07:31because realizing that he didn't have a gold medal

00:07:35and at the same time he was moving along

00:07:37right shortly after Sugar Ray Leonard turned professional,

00:07:41we had to have something going for us to get attention.

00:07:44Hearns won his first title with a knockout

00:07:46of the devastating Mexican puncher Pepino Cuevas.

00:07:52The hitman had truly arrived.

00:07:54For me, winning one title,

00:07:56one world title wasn't enough for me.

00:07:59And after winning that first world title,

00:08:02I said to myself that,

00:08:05you can do it.

00:08:07You can win four world titles.

00:08:10Tommy rebounded from his loss to Leonard

00:08:12and showed his boxing skills

00:08:14in a decision over the KG Wilfred Benitez.

00:08:17Using his jab and ring movement

00:08:19instead of going for the knockout.

00:08:26Moving up to 175 pounds,

00:08:29Hearns showed he still had punching power

00:08:31when he lifted the crown from champion Denis Andres.

00:08:36It was his third title.

00:08:40Then he made boxing history

00:08:41by stopping Argentine veteran Juan Roldan

00:08:44for title number four.

00:08:47The winner by a knockout.

00:08:49And you, WBZ,

00:08:51Finale-League Kinchin World Cup,

00:08:54the hitman, Hearns.

00:09:00In his last fight,

00:09:02Hearns survived an early knockdown

00:09:04by James Kinchin,

00:09:05to notch his fifth world title,

00:09:07this time at 168 pounds.

00:09:10The hitman has had his share of recognition.

00:09:14But his losses to Leonard and Hagler

00:09:16seem to play on his mind.

00:09:30Those difficult defeats

00:09:31may have contributed

00:09:32to his knockout at the hands

00:09:34of underdog Iran Barkley,

00:09:35a fight which jolted him

00:09:37into the reality

00:09:38of his role in boxing history.

00:09:42I think Thomas needs his victory

00:09:45to gain a spot in history.

00:09:47I think otherwise,

00:09:48for the most part,

00:09:48I think most of our accomplishments

00:09:50are going to be

00:09:52very much diluted.

00:09:54And he'll probably be remembered

00:09:55as a fighter

00:09:56who gave the fans of the 80s

00:09:58a lot of excitement,

00:09:59maybe more than any one fighter

00:10:01for a 10-year period of time,

00:10:03but still never was able

00:10:06to win the big fights,

00:10:08the big accomplishments,

00:10:09you know.

00:10:10And I think that's where

00:10:11history would remember Thomas Ernst,

00:10:13if we don't win this fight.

00:10:14And we want to win it

00:10:15very, very big

00:10:16and convincingly.

00:10:18I can give up everything

00:10:21that I have accomplished

00:10:23in this boxing game today.

00:10:26If I actually defy world title,

00:10:28I can just take them

00:10:29and give them all back

00:10:32for just this one,

00:10:34June 12th.

00:10:50Well, there's no one

00:10:51in this crowd

00:10:52that doesn't remember

00:10:53all that about Tommy Hearns

00:10:54and Sugar Ray Leonard.

00:10:55That's etched

00:10:55into our consciousness.

00:10:57They hope tonight

00:10:57we'll make some new memories.

00:10:59Well, Leonard Hearns 2,

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00:11:08And so the moment is at hand.

00:11:10All the what-ifs

00:11:10shortly will become academic.

00:11:12Sugar Ray Leonard

00:11:12and Tommy Hearns,

00:11:13they're finally about

00:11:14to do battle

00:11:15to help guide you

00:11:16through this match.

00:11:17Here's Tim Ryan,

00:11:18Gil Clancy,

00:11:19and Marvin Hagler.

00:11:21All right,

00:11:22at ringside,

00:11:22we've got a full house

00:11:23here in anticipation

00:11:24of Hearns Leonard 2.

00:11:26And Gil,

00:11:27a lot of talk this week,

00:11:28particularly by Thomas Hearns

00:11:29at the final press conference,

00:11:30about the body

00:11:31of Sugar Ray Leonard.

00:11:33In fact,

00:11:33Hearns accusing him

00:11:34of using steroids.

00:11:36Well, you know,

00:11:36Ray is a solid fighter now.

00:11:38He's a solid middleweight.

00:11:39Of course,

00:11:40they had a private agreement

00:11:42despite the fact

00:11:43that it's a 168-pound championship.

00:11:45They had a private agreement

00:11:47that both fighters

00:11:48had to weigh 163 1⁄2

00:11:50or under

00:11:50or forfeit $2 million

00:11:52to the other fighter.

00:11:54I think that's going

00:11:55to hurt Tommy Hearns.

00:11:56He came in 162 1⁄2.

00:11:57He looked a little drawn to me.

00:11:59Ray was a strong 160.

00:12:01All right,

00:12:02Marvin Hagler,

00:12:03what about this word

00:12:03that Tommy Hearns

00:12:05may have been drying out

00:12:06a little to get down

00:12:06to that money weight,

00:12:07if you will?

00:12:08What do you think of that?

00:12:09Well, this is a WBC

00:12:10super middleweight title fight.

00:12:12And I believe that

00:12:13the 168-pound

00:12:14is what he should have done.

00:12:15Forget all that

00:12:16other stuff.

00:12:17That would be the limit

00:12:19that I would come in at.

00:12:20All right.

00:12:21Well, Tommy Hearns

00:12:21is on his way to ringside.

00:12:23We'll find out

00:12:23whether the weight

00:12:25has had any effect

00:12:26or not.

00:12:26Here he is,

00:12:27five-time

00:12:28world champion

00:12:30working tonight

00:12:31in the biggest fight

00:12:32of his life

00:12:32under the stress

00:12:33of the circumstances

00:12:34in his hometown of Detroit.

00:12:36His brother Henry

00:12:37involved in a murder charges

00:12:39involving a young woman

00:12:40killed there on Saturday night.

00:12:41And you have to wonder

00:12:42about the possible

00:12:43emotional effect of that.

00:12:45Now,

00:12:46as we watch him come in,

00:12:48Marvin,

00:12:48I'd also like to have you

00:12:49comment on his last fight.

00:12:51A lot of concern

00:12:52about whether

00:12:53his legs

00:12:54are going to hold up,

00:12:55which he had some problems

00:12:56with against James Kinchin.

00:12:57No,

00:12:58I don't believe so.

00:12:59I think

00:12:59on a kitchen fight,

00:13:00I still believe

00:13:01that he has to do it.

00:13:04I still believe

00:13:05he has to do it.

00:13:05It was a great fight,

00:13:06but I still believe

00:13:07he has to do it.

00:13:09Sugar Ray Leonard

00:13:10has talked about

00:13:11the chin and legs

00:13:12of Thomas Hearns

00:13:14and has been somewhat

00:13:17deprecating about them,

00:13:18if you will.

00:13:19Tommy Hearns,

00:13:20many people,

00:13:21myself included,

00:13:22feels that at this weight

00:13:24is just about

00:13:25where he is at

00:13:25his most effective.

00:13:27And Tommy Hearns

00:13:29weighed in

00:13:30at 162 and a half,

00:13:32not concerned at all

00:13:33about whether or not

00:13:34he made it for the money

00:13:36or whether

00:13:37he should have come in

00:13:38at the higher weight.

00:13:39He feels comfortable.

00:13:40Now,

00:13:41Sugar Ray Leonard,

00:13:41on the other hand,

00:13:42guilt is to go back

00:13:43to Ray's weight

00:13:44at 160 pounds.

00:13:46I think some people

00:13:47may still feel,

00:13:48even though he beat

00:13:49a light heavyweight

00:13:49in Donnie Lalonde,

00:13:50but maybe he's not

00:13:51a true middleweight.

00:13:52Is this the most

00:13:53comfortable way

00:13:54he could be at?

00:13:54I think so.

00:13:55I think Ray's weight

00:13:56is absolutely good.

00:13:57Look at the way

00:13:57he's pumped up there.

00:13:58It looks like he's

00:13:58got a bicycle pump

00:13:59underneath,

00:14:00pumping up those shoulders.

00:14:02Well,

00:14:02that's an interesting

00:14:03striked outfit

00:14:04he's got for the occasion

00:14:05here,

00:14:05a new look for Sugar Ray Leonard,

00:14:07always sartorially splendid,

00:14:10making his way

00:14:11to the ring.

00:14:13And today at the weigh-in,

00:14:15he wore a specially designed

00:14:17t-shirt that said

00:14:18pre-South Africa

00:14:19as he was making

00:14:21his own statement

00:14:21this morning

00:14:22about conditions

00:14:23over there.

00:14:25Sugar Ray Leonard

00:14:26has been very calm,

00:14:27very relaxed.

00:14:28He's been out watching

00:14:29his brother Roger

00:14:30play tennis

00:14:31much of the week

00:14:31before and after workouts,

00:14:32and certainly he's been

00:14:34a very confident fighter.

00:14:35One thing that will be

00:14:37interesting to see

00:14:37is how the crowd responds.

00:14:39I know, Gil Clancy,

00:14:40you thought that

00:14:40maybe the majority

00:14:42of this crowd tonight

00:14:43will be for Tommy Hearn.

00:14:44Why so?

00:14:45Well, I just think

00:14:46he's the underdog.

00:14:47He's been on a quest

00:14:48for so long

00:14:48and raised in on such a high role.

00:14:50People tend to root

00:14:51for the underdog.

00:14:53And, of course,

00:14:54even during the promotion,

00:14:55while it was hype,

00:14:57you had a sense

00:14:57that Sugar Ray Leonard

00:14:58perhaps treating

00:14:59Tommy Hearns

00:15:00a little arrogantly,

00:15:01and I don't think

00:15:02Tommy's taken too kindly

00:15:03to some of the things

00:15:04that he said.

00:15:05But, Marvin Hagler,

00:15:06does it matter much

00:15:07what your opponent

00:15:08has been saying publicly

00:15:09coming into a big fight?

00:15:10Oh, I never hear him anywhere.

00:15:12It doesn't make no difference.

00:15:13Let's get it on.

00:15:16They didn't say to me,

00:15:17you're going to pay for it

00:15:18when I get in there.

00:15:19I'm sure that's what

00:15:20Tommy Hearns has felt, too.

00:15:21And there you see

00:15:22a very determined

00:15:23Sugar Ray Leonard.

00:15:24And I suppose

00:15:25if he were measuring

00:15:26on an applause meter

00:15:27that to this point

00:15:28as he steps between

00:15:29the ropes

00:15:30and Tommy Hearns

00:15:31has had perhaps

00:15:32a little bigger response.

00:15:33But now here they come

00:15:34with Sugar Ray Leonard fans.

00:15:38See the back of that role.

00:15:41And it says,

00:15:42and that is freedom

00:15:46in African dialect.

00:15:48And certainly, again,

00:15:49a follow-up to his

00:15:55statement this morning

00:15:56with his T-shirt.

00:15:57And this is in tribute

00:15:58to Nelson Mandela

00:16:00who is still in prison

00:16:02in South Africa.

00:16:03And Ray has been learning

00:16:05a lot about those conditions

00:16:06recently.

00:16:07And so there he is now

00:16:08marking the 25th anniversary

00:16:10in prison of Nelson Mandela

00:16:12in South Africa.

00:16:1335-1.

00:16:14The only loss to the man

00:16:16we showed you earlier,

00:16:17Roberto Duran,

00:16:18who's here doing the telecast

00:16:20on the Spanish-language simulcast

00:16:22of tonight's big fight.

00:16:2433 years of age last month.

00:16:27To Ray Leonard.

00:16:28Thomas Hearns,

00:16:2830 years of age.

00:16:30And as it comes as no surprise,

00:16:32he's still taller than Tommy

00:16:33as he was eight years ago.

00:16:35And coming in at 162-1⁄2.

00:16:37Now that reach

00:16:38and that jab, Gil Clancy,

00:16:40were a big factor

00:16:40in the early going

00:16:41in fight number one.

00:16:43Do you expect him to

00:16:44try and start out

00:16:45the same way tonight?

00:16:45Or will he follow

00:16:47the accepted gospel

00:16:48because maybe

00:16:49of questionable legs

00:16:50he's going to go

00:16:50right after Ray?

00:16:51No, I think that the last fight

00:16:53Ray Leonard was bouncing

00:16:54around side to side

00:16:55giving Tommy Hearns

00:16:56plenty of room

00:16:57to use that jab.

00:16:58I think this time

00:16:59I think Tommy's going to

00:17:00come out like a warrior

00:17:01and I think Ray's going to

00:17:02try to get inside

00:17:02and make a war out of it.

00:17:04I think a lot of excitement

00:17:05to do.

00:17:06Well, and the average

00:17:07jabs per round,

00:17:08you can see things have changed

00:17:09for Hearns

00:17:10quite significantly

00:17:11against Leonard 1.

00:17:12He threw 29,

00:17:13landed 14.

00:17:14He threw more

00:17:15in his last fight

00:17:16against James Kinchin

00:17:17but landed fewer of them.

00:17:18So perhaps not

00:17:19quite the effective weapon

00:17:20that it has been

00:17:21earlier in his career.

00:17:22Well, tonight

00:17:23under the WBC rules,

00:17:24three judges will score

00:17:25the fight on the

00:17:2610-point must system.

00:17:27No standing eight count,

00:17:28no three knockdown rule.

00:17:30That means the referee

00:17:30has discretion

00:17:31if there are more than three

00:17:33and a fighter can be saved

00:17:34by the bell on the 12th

00:17:35and final round only.

00:17:38And now let's go up

00:17:39to our ring announcer

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00:20:25Let's get ready

00:20:26to rumble!

00:20:29Bill Browns

00:20:31for the WBC Super

00:20:32Middleweight Championship

00:20:33of the World.

00:20:34The referee

00:20:35of this contest,

00:20:36working for the 65th time

00:20:38in a world title belt

00:20:39is Richard Steele.

00:20:43Introducing first,

00:20:44fighting out of the red corner,

00:20:46he's wearing the gold colors

00:20:47of the famous

00:20:48crumb chin

00:20:48in Detroit, Michigan.

00:20:49His professional number,

00:20:5146 victories,

00:20:5338 by knockdown,

00:20:55only three in the face.

00:20:56Included in his history

00:20:58is the Welterweight,

00:21:00Super Welterweight,

00:21:01Middleweight,

00:21:02Super Middleweight,

00:21:02and Light Heavyweight

00:21:03World Championships.

00:21:05Tonight, ladies and gentlemen,

00:21:06he challenges

00:21:07for the WBC

00:21:08Super Middleweight title.

00:21:10Ladies and gentlemen,

00:21:12presenting

00:21:12the five-time champion

00:21:14of the World,

00:21:16Thomas,

00:21:17Hitman Ho!

00:21:30And fighting out of the blue corner,

00:21:32wearing the red and white trunks

00:21:34from Vancouver, Maryland,

00:21:36this Olympic gold medalist

00:21:37of the 1976 Games

00:21:39has a professional record

00:21:40of 35-1,

00:21:4225 by KOs.

00:21:44He is a six-time world champion

00:21:46in five different divisions,

00:21:47including Welterweight,

00:21:49Junior Middleweight,

00:21:50Middleweight,

00:21:51Super Middleweight,

00:21:51and Light Heavyweight

00:21:52Divisions.

00:21:53Ladies and gentlemen,

00:21:55introducing the WBC

00:21:56Super Middleweight

00:21:58Champion of the World,

00:22:00Sugar,

00:22:01William Lindner!

00:22:15Okay, I spoke to both

00:22:16and everybody's in the dressing room.

00:22:18I'm cautioning you again.

00:22:19Obey my commands at all times.

00:22:21But there's no question.

00:22:22Shake hands.

00:22:22Good luck.

00:22:24No nonsense.

00:22:25Richard Steele, the referee,

00:22:27as usual,

00:22:28very concise self,

00:22:29and we're ready to go.

00:22:31The war.

00:22:32Leonard Hearns, two.

00:22:34Thomas Hearns,

00:22:35162 and a half.

00:22:36Ray Leonard at 160.

00:22:38Scheduled for 12.

00:22:39Tim Ryan,

00:22:40Gil Clancy,

00:22:41marvelous Marvin Hangler

00:22:42at ringside.

00:22:43And the historic boxing match

00:22:45about to begin.

00:22:47Leonard in the strike,

00:22:49red and white trunks,

00:22:50waiting for turns

00:22:51in the middle of the ring

00:22:52and gold.

00:22:54And you know,

00:22:54Tim Leonard seems strangely

00:22:55subdued

00:22:57all during the introductions.

00:22:58Very quiet,

00:22:59not bouncing around too much.

00:23:07First punch of the fight,

00:23:08a flicking jab

00:23:09blocked by Leonard.

00:23:11Leonard is starting this fight

00:23:13the same way he did

00:23:14the first fight,

00:23:15side to side,

00:23:15moving around,

00:23:16which is a surprise to me.

00:23:22Early chanting of Tommy

00:23:24from the Hearns fans,

00:23:25and I would say so far

00:23:26an even split

00:23:28in fan affection

00:23:29from what we can hear.

00:23:46I like the way

00:23:47how they start him off now.

00:23:49Being very cautious,

00:23:50both of them.

00:23:52Any surprise in that,

00:23:53you know?

00:23:54No, no surprise at all,

00:23:55but I think Leonard

00:23:56wants to end this fight

00:23:57very early,

00:23:58both of them, really.

00:23:59You can expect anything

00:24:00in this fight.

00:24:04Leonard trying to jab up

00:24:06through that defense

00:24:07of the longer arm turns.

00:24:09I don't understand

00:24:10how come Tommy's not

00:24:12shooting that right hand

00:24:13when he's laying down

00:24:13there like that.

00:24:16You know,

00:24:16I don't like that dragging

00:24:18jab when Leonard throws

00:24:19that jab to the body either.

00:24:20Well, he's got something

00:24:21he's up his sleeve, bro.

00:24:23Good defense by Leonard

00:24:24on the right hand

00:24:25from Hearns.

00:24:25He blocked it.

00:24:38He's not the same two athletes

00:24:40obviously of eight years ago,

00:24:42but they're as determined,

00:24:44as competitive,

00:24:44and yet a lot of great action

00:24:46they've provided

00:24:47in the intervening years.

00:24:50And just about 20 pounds

00:24:51heavier than they were

00:24:53eight years ago.

00:24:57Wild swinging left

00:24:59with the taller Hearns

00:25:00ducking under it.

00:25:03Right hand scored by Leonard.

00:25:05And Hearns says,

00:25:06yeah, you got me.

00:25:07No problem.

00:25:09It could develop into a problem.

00:25:11Hearns can be hit

00:25:12with right hands.

00:25:15Hearns seems a little tight.

00:25:18You know,

00:25:18Emmanuel Stewart said

00:25:19that's going to be the key.

00:25:20If Tommy can take

00:25:21on his punch and come back.

00:25:24The looping overhand

00:25:25right by Leonard

00:25:25who just saw

00:25:26something he's been working

00:25:27on in training.

00:25:38Final seconds of round one.

00:25:40Eight years later

00:25:42at Caesars Palace.

00:25:44A long-awaited rematch.

00:25:45Most thought

00:25:45would never happen

00:25:46and were underway.

00:25:58He's not as fast as Lon.

00:25:59You understand?

00:26:00He's not as fast as Lon.

00:26:03He's looking a little...

00:26:05Looking good.

00:26:05Keep going to start

00:26:06pumping his arms

00:26:07a little bit more now, okay?

00:26:08Because you're breaking up

00:26:08his long tangles.

00:26:09Everything...

00:26:09Set him up.

00:26:10Beautiful.

00:26:11You heard, Manny Stewart?

00:26:12You see everything

00:26:12you can do in that round

00:26:13is the ball you can do.

00:26:14You saw it.

00:26:14You know him keep moving.

00:26:16He's going to go

00:26:16for every fight you make.

00:26:18But I've got to have

00:26:18that one-two at him.

00:26:19All right?

00:26:21See, we can do it

00:26:21off a double stick.

00:26:23That's Pepe Correa

00:26:24has replaced Angelo Dundee

00:26:26in the corner

00:26:26of Sugar Ray Leonard.

00:26:29Dundee giving great credit

00:26:30for his work

00:26:30in the first fight.

00:26:32And Leonard was behind

00:26:33on the cards

00:26:34rallying him saying

00:26:35you're blowing it, kid.

00:26:36You're blowing it, son.

00:26:39And Leonard rallied

00:26:40to score the 14th round

00:26:41knockout.

00:26:44You know they're fighting

00:26:45in 90 degree heat

00:26:46and Manny Stewart

00:26:46was fanning

00:26:48Tommy with a towel

00:26:48which is not a bad idea.

00:26:50Temperature has dropped

00:26:51to a cruel 90 degrees

00:26:53compared to more than 120.

00:26:56And this evening began

00:26:57at 6 p.m. Pacific time

00:26:59in Las Vegas.

00:26:59Round two scheduled for 12.

00:27:01You know I'm surprised

00:27:02to see Leonard moving

00:27:03around the way he is

00:27:04then because in the first

00:27:05fight he gave away

00:27:06the first five rounds

00:27:06with just exactly those tactics

00:27:08and then he settled down

00:27:09and he did much better

00:27:10when he fought flatfoot.

00:27:11That's the way I thought

00:27:12they'd fight the fight.

00:27:17Well, you know what's

00:27:18interesting in this fight

00:27:19you know both of them

00:27:19go down now

00:27:20so that's what everybody's

00:27:21waiting for.

00:27:22It's no secret anymore.

00:27:25Both have been down indeed.

00:27:28He's suffering knockout

00:27:30defeat at the hands

00:27:30of Iran Barkley

00:27:31and Marvin Haggard of course.

00:27:35Knocked down by James Kinchin

00:27:37in his last outing

00:27:38before coming on

00:27:46was starting off you can see

00:27:48they look look up

00:27:49look very slow.

00:27:51No hand speed like

00:27:52they used to have.

00:27:54On a bigger men.

00:27:56You can see that it's

00:27:57going big power to the body.

00:27:58There's a right to the body

00:27:59from Leonard.

00:28:00That's where he got her

00:28:01and got the first fight

00:28:02was to the body.

00:28:07Right hand try by Hermes

00:28:09high over the shoulder

00:28:10of Leonard.

00:28:13Miller's waiting for him

00:28:14to try it again

00:28:15with the right hand

00:28:16so he can count it.

00:28:20They look like two

00:28:21fencers at this point

00:28:22in round two

00:28:24waiting to

00:28:25see the other thrust

00:28:26and then make the wrong

00:28:27parry back.

00:28:34Right hand just short

00:28:35from Hermes

00:28:36at the opening

00:28:37but Leonard

00:28:39pulled his head back.

00:28:41And it got Leonard's

00:28:42attention to him.

00:28:44First time I see someone

00:28:45push somebody off the ring

00:28:47and tell them

00:28:48good luck.

00:28:50Short again from Hermes

00:28:51on the last right hand.

00:28:53Leonard missing

00:28:53with a while left.

00:28:54You know Leonard is

00:28:55depending on his

00:28:56punching ball.

00:28:57He's been training that way

00:28:58to hurt guys

00:28:59with every punch.

00:29:02You can see he didn't

00:29:03use that hand speed

00:29:03like he had years before.

00:29:05He's going to bomb you

00:29:05with one punch at a time

00:29:07which is not the usual

00:29:09of Ray Leonard.

00:29:10He gets caught now

00:29:11with that type of tactics.

00:29:17Hermes smiling confidently

00:29:19as again Leonard short.

00:29:22He can't raise the chin

00:29:24as he has hands.

00:29:25Aaron short.

00:29:30Leonard's having trouble

00:29:31getting by that left hand

00:29:32of Tommy Hearns.

00:29:34He's trying to set the

00:29:35Tommy in so he can

00:29:36throw the right hand.

00:29:38Left scored by Leonard.

00:29:39His best punch of the fight

00:29:40thus far.

00:29:41Final seconds round two.

00:29:44You can see Leonard

00:29:45trying to use

00:29:46all kinds of sight.

00:29:47Leonard's switching to

00:29:48Southpaw

00:29:48and he got tagged

00:29:49by Tommy Hearns.

00:29:52Now that's something

00:29:53that we saw in training

00:29:54and Ray made light of it.

00:29:55Said he was just doing it

00:29:56for fun.

00:29:57He showed it to Hearns

00:29:58and Hearns unloaded

00:30:00on him, Gil.

00:30:00Yeah, he sure did.

00:30:01Hit him with a nice

00:30:01straight right hand.

00:30:03Now I'm going to put

00:30:04a governor jab

00:30:05and put a hard right hand

00:30:06behind him.

00:30:06But finish on that left hook.

00:30:08He's there for you

00:30:08right hand left hook.

00:30:09Let's go with it.

00:30:10Every time you make

00:30:11a little freeze move

00:30:11he's freezing.

00:30:12Throw that one to it

00:30:13when you do that.

00:30:14Finish with that left hook.

00:30:16All right.

00:30:16We're looking for it.

00:30:17Get them shoulders moving.

00:30:19Yeah.

00:30:19Don't stand stationary

00:30:20in front of you.

00:30:21Doesn't look like

00:30:22that many punches been thrown.

00:30:24Doesn't seem that way

00:30:24to me either.

00:30:25They have Leonard landing

00:30:26more punches than Hearns.

00:30:28I thought it was

00:30:28the other way around.

00:30:30Well, that's the way

00:30:30we've scored it now.

00:30:31Two rounds on our card

00:30:32for Thomas Hearns.

00:30:33Between Phil Clancy.

00:30:34Me, do you agree, Marvin?

00:30:35Well, Leonard's trying

00:30:36to intimidate Tommy.

00:30:37Trying to make him do

00:30:38things that make him mad

00:30:40out there.

00:30:41Make him come get

00:30:42a little hard with his punches.

00:30:43We're going to jam.

00:30:45If he's nice and loose

00:30:46and just flickering,

00:30:46he'll be a lot better.

00:30:47And hear Emmanuel Stewart

00:30:48saying to Tommy Hearns,

00:30:49just keep working that jab.

00:30:51Jose Pepe Correa,

00:30:53a very live character

00:30:54in the corner of

00:30:55Sideree Leonard

00:30:56to quite a contrast

00:30:57of 1981

00:30:58and the experienced

00:31:00Angelo Dundee.

00:31:01Correa worked briefly

00:31:02with IVF weatherweight champion

00:31:03Simon Brown.

00:31:05Left hand is now with Leonard.

00:31:12Round three scheduled for 12.

00:31:14Tim Ryan, marvelous Marva Hagin,

00:31:15Joe Clancy.

00:31:17Tom's got a left hand through.

00:31:20Every time Ray starts

00:31:21to make any kind

00:31:22of a move at all time,

00:31:23he pops that left hand up.

00:31:25He's keeping Leonard

00:31:25right at the range

00:31:26he wants him in

00:31:27right in his moment.

00:31:29You kind of wonder,

00:31:30looking at Ray right now,

00:31:31why would he want

00:31:32this fight anyway?

00:31:35Well, I think you answered

00:31:37that question there

00:31:38before the fight, Marvin.

00:31:39You think that he needs

00:31:40to somehow redeem himself

00:31:42from the way you judged

00:31:43as a performance over you.

00:31:45Exactly.

00:31:46But you know what's happening,

00:31:46though?

00:31:47He's got a better fighter here.

00:31:48You don't have a guy

00:31:48like Adani Kalan in there.

00:31:51He's got a real champion in there.

00:31:52Well, also, Ray doesn't agree

00:31:54with your thinking

00:31:54about his victory over you.

00:31:56Yeah, I know.

00:31:58That's great.

00:32:00Turns jabbing effectively.

00:32:01Emmanuel Stewart,

00:32:03the manager and trainer,

00:32:04said that he would do this

00:32:05and expected that

00:32:07as a fight went on,

00:32:07Gillett would work in his favor,

00:32:09that he would be the stronger man

00:32:10in the later round.

00:32:11Again, he's popping

00:32:12and scoring points, Tim.

00:32:15A little short.

00:32:16A little short with it.

00:32:17It landed,

00:32:18but Leonard picked it up.

00:32:21But you see,

00:32:22when you throw a punch

00:32:22like that, Tim,

00:32:23it keeps the other guy

00:32:24and intimidates him a little bit.

00:32:26It keeps him from coming in.

00:32:27See, Leonard knows right now

00:32:28he's a little confident

00:32:29that Tommy don't have no chin

00:32:30and I think that's what

00:32:31he's aiming for.

00:32:32Well, he may be aiming

00:32:33for a big right hand!

00:32:35Right to the jaw of Leonard.

00:32:37Leonard took it,

00:32:37but it was a big shot.

00:32:39And another one

00:32:40sends him down.

00:32:41The right hand of the year

00:32:42of Leonard.

00:32:44It was the short right hand

00:32:48that staggered Leonard

00:32:50that really hurt him,

00:32:51although he tried to show

00:32:51that it didn't.

00:32:52But it did.

00:32:54Hearns bangs the hook

00:32:55to the body.

00:32:57The right to the body.

00:32:59The crowd roaring

00:33:00here at Caesars Palace.

00:33:02The right to the chest

00:33:03from Hearns.

00:33:08Leonard looks very unsteady

00:33:10to me, trying to gather himself,

00:33:12not punching.

00:33:13He's got to stay on top

00:33:14of Leonard right now.

00:33:15That's what Hearns has to do.

00:33:16I think Tommy's taking

00:33:17a little too much time.

00:33:18He's taking a little too much time.

00:33:18Too much time.

00:33:19Too much time.

00:33:19To the left.

00:33:20To the cheekbone.

00:33:22Short for the right hand.

00:33:25Tommy can't get careless in there

00:33:26because Leonard's trying to be slick.

00:33:29He's bluffing right now.

00:33:33Tommy shouldn't let him

00:33:34relax so much like this.

00:33:36Overhand right.

00:33:37Missed by Leonard.

00:33:38Right back from Hearns.

00:33:39Not much on him.

00:33:40Again, Leonard is trying

00:33:41to punch too hard, Tim.

00:33:43Right hand.

00:33:43Climbing is not there.

00:33:44Landed by Hearns.

00:33:45Right to the body

00:33:46back from Leonard.

00:33:49In the round three.

00:34:09Let's go back and see the knockdown.

00:34:12Here's Tommy Spanky.

00:34:13Beautiful.

00:34:14Followed in.

00:34:14And it was on the top of the head,

00:34:16Tim.

00:34:16Looked like a punch that almost missed.

00:34:18Right.

00:34:18That's the one that sent him

00:34:19to the canvas.

00:34:20But it was a clean right

00:34:21before that that really

00:34:22did the damage.

00:34:23Not the one that knocked him down.

00:34:24He was stunned.

00:34:25He tried to pretend

00:34:26that he wasn't hurt.

00:34:27But he was already shaken.

00:34:29Exactly what has happened.

00:34:30He's being active.

00:34:34That's the right hand

00:34:35you're talking about, Tim.

00:34:36They both threw right hands.

00:34:37Again, that was a chopper punch.

00:34:39That's the one.

00:34:39But Tommy knew he hurt him.

00:34:41You can see Ray here

00:34:42trying to act like

00:34:43it didn't hurt him.

00:34:43And it wasn't much of a punch

00:34:44that sent him down.

00:34:45It was that one you saw

00:34:47a moment ago

00:34:47that did the damage.

00:34:49Round number four.

00:34:50There was also a little delay.

00:34:53That's right, Marvin.

00:34:54It was a little delayed reaction.

00:34:55A short, chomping right from Hearns.

00:34:57I expect that he needed to come out now

00:34:59trying to act as sure

00:35:00that he wasn't hurt at all

00:35:02and trying to take it back to Tommy.

00:35:08Hearns a little looser

00:35:09with the jazz now.

00:35:10The jab.

00:35:10A little more confident

00:35:11than you might expect.

00:35:12In this corner told

00:35:13I want him to go out

00:35:14and fight him

00:35:15and that's the only way to do it.

00:35:17Well, he was very successful

00:35:18using that left hand.

00:35:19I just keep using that left hand

00:35:21all night.

00:35:21Make great great reach

00:35:23and then nail him

00:35:23when he reaches.

00:35:26Ray's having a lot of trouble

00:35:27getting any distance

00:35:28on Tommy up to this point.

00:35:32And as long as they stay

00:35:33in long range,

00:35:34Hearns is going to score

00:35:35those points.

00:35:38He has to get inside that jab.

00:35:40Starts banging to the body.

00:35:42This week he's looking

00:35:42for the big hook.

00:35:43He's waiting for Tommy

00:35:44to jazz his encounter.

00:35:46You have to take the confidence

00:35:47out of the eyes of Thomas Hearns

00:35:49because it's apparent right now

00:35:50Thomas Hearns believes

00:35:52he's the boss.

00:35:53This is not the Thomas Hearns

00:35:55that we saw fight James Kinchin.

00:35:57That's for sure.

00:35:59He looks a lot more better today.

00:36:02He said he wasn't motivated

00:36:03against Kinchin.

00:36:04He said he looks like

00:36:05a different fighter.

00:36:06There's that overhand right

00:36:07tried by Leonard

00:36:08that grazed Hearns.

00:36:10and then Ray came back

00:36:11with a body attack.

00:36:13Hearns would have to keep

00:36:14the pressure on Leonard.

00:36:15So Tommy's starting to drop

00:36:16that left hand now though,

00:36:17Marvin.

00:36:18Look where it is.

00:36:19That could be a bad mistake

00:36:20because Leonard's looking for that.

00:36:22Tommy should fight him

00:36:22and that's the way to fight him.

00:36:24Now Leonard knows

00:36:25he's got to fight him.

00:36:26And he should still just

00:36:27draw Ray Leonard

00:36:28to keep him up.

00:36:30Leonard just can't get

00:36:31the proper distance.

00:36:33He's trying for the big knockout.

00:36:35He's looking for the chin.

00:36:35You know Tommy's got

00:36:36that weak chin there.

00:36:37Left hand blocked by Hearns

00:36:39handily with his right-right.

00:36:49Short right landed by Hearns.

00:36:51Now bangs to the arms

00:36:52of Tommy Hearns.

00:36:54And a good straight right hand.

00:36:58Tried to wing that overhand

00:37:00right again.

00:37:03Hearns fires back,

00:37:04scores a right of his own.

00:37:08Misses badly with a right.

00:37:09That was the go-home punch though,

00:37:11Tim.

00:37:11He was able to get away with it.

00:37:15Now Hearns tying Leonard up

00:37:17for the first time in the bout.

00:37:22Combination by Hearns.

00:37:25No full impact with a right,

00:37:27but it did score.

00:37:29Leonard missing.

00:37:30You can see that Leonard's

00:37:31trying to build back up

00:37:32this conference show.

00:37:37Well, Hearns now knows

00:37:38that Leonard's going to try

00:37:40to land it overhand right.

00:37:41He's seen it.

00:37:43Final seconds of round four.

00:37:47A better fight to this point

00:37:49than many, many people expected.

00:37:57All right, all right.

00:37:59Now we see what we got, baby.

00:38:00Now, we want that right hand more.

00:38:02He can't, he has no,

00:38:03has no answer to the right hand.

00:38:04Do it off a jab.

00:38:06I'm going to see some jabs

00:38:06in the hard right hand on top.

00:38:08Squat when you do it.

00:38:09Jab, squat, throw it over top.

00:38:10Then, Ray, when you come back

00:38:12the next time,

00:38:13hurt that body.

00:38:13Start hurting that body.

00:38:14I got to get those legs

00:38:15away from him.

00:38:16Got it?

00:38:18You keep sliding side to side.

00:38:20Going back into round number four

00:38:23earlier in the round.

00:38:25That was that first amazing

00:38:26right hand that just got

00:38:28Leonard's respect.

00:38:29Yeah, but it was on the end

00:38:30of the punch.

00:38:31Right, but it makes Leonard

00:38:32think about it, though.

00:38:33Well, he knows that he's in

00:38:34there with a fight now.

00:38:36Gil, what about Correa's

00:38:37instructions to Ray Leonard?

00:38:39Well, you know, he's telling

00:38:40him a lot of things, Tim.

00:38:42Maybe a little too much.

00:38:44I want to think, you know,

00:38:45you want to back your eye up

00:38:46from moving behind the Japanese.

00:38:48He's a really,

00:38:49he's worried.

00:38:50He's worried.

00:38:52Marvin Hagler says he's worried

00:38:54and Leonard comes out

00:38:55with a charge.

00:38:56That means Correa,

00:38:57the training at Leonard's corner.

00:39:00Round number five

00:39:01scheduled for 12.

00:39:03And again, as long as

00:39:04Tommy can play out there,

00:39:05this is almost a duplicate

00:39:06in the first fight

00:39:07where Lynn is giving away

00:39:08all of the early rounds.

00:39:10Can't get inside.

00:39:10Can't go to work.

00:39:12And he didn't go to work

00:39:13until he landed the one

00:39:13big punch on Tommy

00:39:15in the sixth round.

00:39:16We have scored the first

00:39:17score on our cards.

00:39:19for Tommy Hearns

00:39:20until he walked down

00:39:21in the round three

00:39:21and a close dent.

00:39:23There's that scoring jab of Hearns.

00:39:26Paul Tom was a very,

00:39:27very close round.

00:39:28Lynn is looking for the big hook,

00:39:29though.

00:39:30And Tommy shoots the jab.

00:39:31And Tommy's dropping

00:39:32that much jab again.

00:39:33But he does it all the time,

00:39:35Bill.

00:39:35He's done it forever.

00:39:36I know you'd like to see him

00:39:37change it,

00:39:38but you know he won't.

00:39:39And he's got hit on the chin

00:39:40doing it.

00:39:40Yes, he has.

00:39:41Do you notice how slow

00:39:42Lynn's jab is coming up?

00:39:43You notice that Ray just

00:39:45can't seem to reach him.

00:39:46He tries to throw it right now.

00:39:47He's got to get closer.

00:39:48He's got to get closer.

00:39:49Now is when Lynn should

00:39:50go to work.

00:39:51Right now is when Lynn should

00:39:52go to work.

00:39:55Short right landed

00:39:56inside by Hearns.

00:40:04Again, this is

00:40:05Hearns territory

00:40:05where they are right now.

00:40:08Right hand by Hearns.

00:40:10Right hand.

00:40:16Hearns trying to tie him up

00:40:17and he does.

00:40:19Combination by Leonard.

00:40:21Look, Tommy Hearns,

00:40:22he's still wobbling.

00:40:24We're in the fifth.

00:40:26Another right hand

00:40:27on his chin.

00:40:30Tommy's fighting back.

00:40:31Overhand right.

00:40:33Hearns fires

00:40:34a right hand back,

00:40:35but he's reluctant

00:40:36to tie up Leonard.

00:40:37Leonard's using

00:40:38a lot of energy, Tim.

00:40:40Hearns just covering up.

00:40:42Right hand landed

00:40:43again by Leonard.

00:40:45Hearns covering up.

00:40:47Leonard trying to find

00:40:48an opening.

00:40:51Hearns fires back

00:40:52and misses.

00:40:53Now finally grabs

00:40:54onto Leonard.

00:40:55Tim Hearns is not

00:40:56out of it yet.

00:40:57No, he's not.

00:40:58Yes.

00:40:59Solid punches by Leonard.

00:41:00Leonard to the body.

00:41:02There he is.

00:41:02Right hand right down

00:41:03the pipe on another.

00:41:04Hearns in trouble.

00:41:06Hearns has got to fight back.

00:41:08He is fighting back.

00:41:09He's got to fight back.

00:41:10He's got to get him back.

00:41:11He's got to be

00:41:12throwing punches right now.

00:41:14Right now.

00:41:14Hearns.

00:41:15Hearns legs a little shaky.

00:41:17Scored a right hand inside.

00:41:18Leonard may have tired himself.

00:41:20Spending a lot of energy,

00:41:21Tim.

00:41:22Missed a lot of punches.

00:41:23Under 30 seconds left

00:41:24in round five.

00:41:25A swinging left on the break

00:41:27scored by Leonard.

00:41:29Nice.

00:41:29A left scored by Hearns.

00:41:32Short with a right hand

00:41:33as Leonard.

00:41:34Hearns is dropping back

00:41:35and dropping his hands.

00:41:37Hearns trying to load up

00:41:38on the right

00:41:38after taking all

00:41:39of that punishment.

00:41:40Final seconds round five.

00:41:44Jab by Leonard.

00:41:45Not much on it.

00:41:47Hearns appears arm weary

00:41:48and still unsteady.

00:41:50In the round five.

00:42:00This is what makes a great fighter.

00:42:03This is what's going to make you great.

00:42:05You understand?

00:42:06Here's that.

00:42:07Hold your head back.

00:42:09Hold your head back.

00:42:11Okay.

00:42:12This is what's going to make you great.

00:42:17There's that left hook

00:42:19of Ray Leonard.

00:42:19It's the same one

00:42:20that hurt him in the first fight.

00:42:22Kept waiting for him

00:42:23to throw that left hook

00:42:23and he nailed him with it.

00:42:24He got inside.

00:42:25Now he's close.

00:42:26He beat him to the post.

00:42:27When he's close,

00:42:28that's when he can do his damage.

00:42:29And once he hurts you,

00:42:30he's a great finisher.

00:42:31The right and left combination.

00:42:33There's the right.

00:42:35The left.

00:42:37Wobbling.

00:42:38Hearns refused to go down

00:42:39and landed in the rope.

00:42:40Leonard attacking him,

00:42:42but Hearns surviving.

00:42:44One more look at it.

00:42:46Emmanuel Stewart screamed at Hearns

00:42:48when he got back.

00:42:49This is what makes a great fighter.

00:42:50The way he rallied in the fifth

00:42:52and telling him, obviously,

00:42:53to accept this challenge.

00:42:54And he also said that Leonard

00:42:56is out of gas.

00:42:57Spending a lot of energy last round.

00:43:01Emmanuel Stewart in the pre-fight

00:43:03said if Leonard can't get him out of there

00:43:05with his big punches,

00:43:05he's going to be in trouble.

00:43:07Two good jabs by Hearns

00:43:09early here in the sixth.

00:43:12The questionable legs of Hearns

00:43:14will be tested now.

00:43:16Leonard's breathing is real hard

00:43:17in this round.

00:43:18Leonard looks tired right now, Tim.

00:43:19He's going to have to get a second win.

00:43:21And that's when Hearns

00:43:22will put the pressure on him right now.

00:43:24He gambled with him.

00:43:25He got to gamble.

00:43:26You're right, Marvin.

00:43:27That's what they're screaming

00:43:28at Tommy from the corner.

00:43:29Get off.

00:43:30By him waiting,

00:43:31he's giving him a minute time

00:43:32to figure out a good plan.

00:43:34Marvelous Marvin Hagel,

00:43:35Gilliam Clancy.

00:43:36There's a good left by Hearns.

00:43:38You can hear the impact.

00:43:40Right hand blocked by Leonard.

00:43:48Leonard's waiting for that jab now.

00:43:50He's giving Leonard time to think.

00:44:10He's throwing punches to get Tommy out of there.

00:44:14But I think if he doesn't get him out of there,

00:44:16I think he's going to wind up

00:44:17blowing a decision.

00:44:18Because he just is not busy enough

00:44:19looking for the one big punch.

00:44:23There's that head moving.

00:44:24That's when Tommy should go right to the body.

00:44:26Anytime Ray moves that head in front of you.

00:44:30Good jab by Hearns.

00:44:32Good one back from Leonard.

00:44:35Both finding the range here around six,

00:44:38but not pulling them in punches.

00:44:43Hearns.

00:44:4433-year-old Sugar Ray Leonard,

00:44:4630-year-old Thomas Hearns

00:44:47into the sixth round scheduled for 12.

00:44:50And knocked down by Hearns

00:44:52in the third.

00:44:53A big round in the fifth for Leonard

00:44:54who staggered him.

00:44:56Tommy Hearns.

00:44:57Leonard's looking for that one big punch against him.

00:45:00Now it's wide open.

00:45:03Give him a minute time to figure out a pin.

00:45:05And so Leonard's going to come up

00:45:06with a really good combination.

00:45:07Leonard just missed with a right hand.

00:45:11Now Hearns is stalking Leonard,

00:45:13but he's not moving his hands.

00:45:16He's getting a hook.

00:45:17Tommy should have thrown a hook.

00:45:19Leonard's dropping his hands now.

00:45:20Like, it ain't hurting him.

00:45:22Leonard ducked under a right hand from Hearns

00:45:24and takes a left on the next exchange.

00:45:31Watch the face.

00:45:33That's for Leonard.

00:45:35I know if I was in Tommy Hearns going,

00:45:37I have a faith in that you have

00:45:38and hook into the body.

00:45:39What's he doing?

00:45:40Why is he standing there without punching?

00:45:41That's when Leonard gets off.

00:45:43How big a puncher is Sugar Ray Leonard now, Marvin,

00:45:46based on your fight?

00:45:47Well, he couldn't punch me.

00:45:48He put me with the best shots.

00:45:49Didn't really hurt me or stung me at all.

00:45:51That's the end of round number six.

00:45:53I think it's because of the weight difference.

00:45:56Not a big action round

00:45:57in the sense that I had, gentlemen,

00:45:59that perhaps they both were kind of playing

00:46:01let's get a little rest here

00:46:02after a very vigorous fifth.

00:46:05Here's Emmanuel Stewart in the Hearns' corner.

00:46:27You got to let the shots go, though.

00:46:34When he caught you with the clean-up hook,

00:46:36he shot a one-two.

00:46:37Miss you did that, bam,

00:46:38and you didn't see the hook.

00:46:39You're letting him punch through there much.

00:46:41You're letting him punch so much.

00:46:42You got to go with that big way.

00:46:44Emmanuel Stewart wants more out of his fighter.

00:46:46Let your hands go.

00:46:47Punch more.

00:46:48Don't let Leonard punch so much.

00:46:50Well, I felt that way last round, Tim.

00:46:53Tommy was stalking him, stalking,

00:46:54but he wasn't moving his hands.

00:46:56He said,

00:46:57We came to fight this guy.

00:46:58Let's fight him.

00:46:58Round seven.

00:46:59And a short right landed by Hearns.

00:47:01First exchange.

00:47:02What I noticed is when he starts flirting,

00:47:04he starts throwing punches.

00:47:05Hearns is standing there and cover up.

00:47:08Hearns picking up the pace.

00:47:09Bangs to the body.

00:47:15Leonard trying to block punches,

00:47:17but not punching back.

00:47:19Hearns driving him along the ropes.

00:47:20A combination.

00:47:22May have him in some trouble.

00:47:24Hard to tell right now.

00:47:25But he's missing a lot of punches, Tim.

00:47:26Yes, he is.

00:47:26And in this heat,

00:47:27after one guy gets finished punching,

00:47:29then the other guy will come back.

00:47:30He's taking a lot,

00:47:31it takes a lot out of you

00:47:32when you miss this guy with punches.

00:47:34He's got to jump on him again.

00:47:38Crowd came to his feet,

00:47:39but he did not score heavily.

00:47:42We're in the seventh,

00:47:43scheduled for 12.

00:47:44A dramatic count.

00:47:45Tommy has Ray out where he wants it.

00:47:50Sharp left from Ray to the body,

00:47:52a little bit low.

00:47:53That's where he wants to hit Tommy in the body.

00:47:56Tommy's got the left hook right here.

00:47:58There it is.

00:47:59He's going to do it again.

00:47:59Do it again.

00:48:00This is where Tommy sits there,

00:48:01and that's how Ray gets on.

00:48:04Can't sit there.

00:48:08Left from the right from Leonard.

00:48:13Short with a right right hand

00:48:15back from Hearnsland.

00:48:16Shows that it looks like Leonard's

00:48:17a little weak right now, Tim.

00:48:19Got moved by that right hand.

00:48:20It wasn't that hard of punch.

00:48:2390-degree temperatures

00:48:24here at Caesars Palace

00:48:25on a June night.

00:48:27More than 15,000.

00:48:28They've been up and down

00:48:29out of their seats for the action.

00:48:30I think the key to this punch

00:48:31for Hearns is that left hook.

00:48:33You should use the left hook a lot more.

00:48:35Through the body.

00:48:35The body to the head.

00:48:38That'll set up the other punches.

00:48:40Body and head

00:48:40to the right straight right hand.

00:48:43Don't play with him.

00:48:44Don't play with him.

00:48:45Tommy's not getting off enough right now.

00:48:47Can't play with him.

00:48:48He's flopping that hand down.

00:48:49Tommy is not using those hands enough.

00:48:52Using those hands around,

00:48:53not using them out.

00:48:54Look at Leonard's able to get

00:48:55the full range final.

00:48:56He's got his head up.

00:48:59That's what I said to Tommy goes.

00:49:00He folds in, tucks under,

00:49:02he stops punching.

00:49:03But Hearns missed two punches there

00:49:04that should have been target practice for him.

00:49:06Now he goes to the body and connects.

00:49:09Vicious body punches.

00:49:10Silver Ray.

00:49:12Hearns jabbing back.

00:49:14But the body flows.

00:49:16Leonard now pushed Hearns away.

00:49:19Under 30 seconds to go around seven.

00:49:26Tommy looks tired.

00:49:29Ray looked tired at the start of the round.

00:49:32But this is who's got the best to do

00:49:33if he's going to win this fight.

00:49:36I don't think it's going to be

00:49:37to tell you the puncher for him.

00:49:42Well, he did a lot of feigning.

00:49:43Neither guy able to land

00:49:45wound up with Ray standing behind Hearns.

00:49:48He was just self-coaching.

00:49:50And in round number seven,

00:49:51difficult round to score.

00:49:53Remember early on

00:49:54that Hearns knocked Leonard

00:49:55all along the ropes

00:49:56with Ray not punching back.

00:49:58And then Leonard came back well.

00:50:00Oh, Eddie.

00:50:00Check him out here.

00:50:01If the judges remember

00:50:02the beginning of the round,

00:50:03they'd give it to Hearns.

00:50:04Ray Charles, baby.

00:50:05Look, you'll move standing up too tall.

00:50:08Remember, how did you fake?

00:50:09Now listen.

00:50:10You've got to get your body.

00:50:13You've got to get your legs first.

00:50:15Go in.

00:50:15Steal what you want

00:50:16and move him around a little bit.

00:50:18Steal what you want

00:50:18and move around.

00:50:20Here's the early part of the round

00:50:22where Hearns

00:50:23was knocking Leonard

00:50:24all along the ropes

00:50:25and Ray didn't really take

00:50:27any damaging blows,

00:50:28but he didn't punch back at all.

00:50:29So Hearns certainly got scoring points there.

00:50:32And there was the best punch.

00:50:33Was that right?

00:50:34You saw right there.

00:50:35Exactly.

00:50:35But Hearns got a nice left hook

00:50:36and I don't know why he used it more.

00:50:39But you won't punch.

00:50:40You got to punch.

00:50:42Physical fighters.

00:50:43Forget the boxing.

00:50:44Fight the man.

00:50:45Oh, God.

00:50:47Now Emmanuel Stewart says

00:50:49fight the man.

00:50:50Physical boxing.

00:50:51We're into round number eight.

00:50:55Hearns and goal.

00:50:56Leonard in the stripes.

00:51:04If Leonard can stop reaching

00:51:05with that nut jack,

00:51:07he's going to be in a little trouble.

00:51:08He has to keep that jab going

00:51:10to keep Ray out where he wants it.

00:51:12I'm looking at Ray's left eye right now, too.

00:51:15One of them just started looking a little smaller

00:51:16than the other one.

00:51:17Maybe coming hit him in the eye right there.

00:51:22There's that pistol jab.

00:51:24Not quite the same stinger speed

00:51:25it used to have,

00:51:26but it can still hurt you.

00:51:29And more importantly,

00:51:30it scores points right now, Tom.

00:51:37Well, the oddmakers start to fight

00:51:39probably wouldn't go past eight rounds

00:51:42or into the eighth.

00:51:43The so-called over and under

00:51:44in Las Vegas betting circles

00:51:46or in the eighth round.

00:51:48Tommy can't hang on the ropes at all.

00:51:50He's got to stay in the center of the rim.

00:51:52And he's not using his hands enough right now.

00:51:55He's not even using that left hook

00:51:56and Tommy loves the left hook

00:51:57because he's got to be with the rope hook.

00:52:00He's boxing.

00:52:01You heard Stewart say

00:52:02at the end of the round,

00:52:02go out and fight him.

00:52:09And he's trying to take his confidence away from him.

00:52:16And he's since he's been able to do that,

00:52:17I don't think he's taking his shots.

00:52:20Double hook.

00:52:20Double hook to the body,

00:52:21the hook to the head,

00:52:22come back with the straight right hand.

00:52:24Ray is going to have to explode

00:52:26and explode soon.

00:52:28We're saying that Tommy's not punching much.

00:52:30Ray isn't exactly a ball of fire in there.

00:52:35This is where you give Ray that time.

00:52:37Right hand landed.

00:52:38Not full impact,

00:52:39but it did land.

00:52:41That's me.

00:52:42My problem.

00:52:43More those for Tommy.

00:52:44When Tommy is fighting offensively,

00:52:47he seems to have it all his own way.

00:52:48I don't know why he waits so long.

00:52:50I think that's what Manny Stewart's talking about.

00:52:53It seems every time he starts to unload,

00:52:55he gets the festival.

00:52:57Under a minute to go in round number eight.

00:53:01Hearns forcing the attack.

00:53:03That's what he's got to do,

00:53:04keep Linus back against the rope.

00:53:07We have waiting a little too long to get off.

00:53:11We have Tommy Hearns ahead,

00:53:12having given him four rounds cleanly.

00:53:16We wait for Tommy to pick up.

00:53:20Tommy's got to come right back.

00:53:23Ray looks like he's about ready to do something.

00:53:26He just can't get past that left hand at Tommy's.

00:53:29Look how weak he's got to go away.

00:53:32Hearns pushed him.

00:53:33What appeared to be a staggering crunch

00:53:35was really from a push.

00:53:37It was a push,

00:53:38but Ray's legs are holding.

00:53:39Let it go!

00:53:41Final seconds of round eight.

00:53:42And they're asking Tommy,

00:53:44pleading with him to get off.

00:53:45Let him go.

00:53:46Let the punches go.

00:53:47What are you doing?

00:53:48Who is dead?

00:53:49You don't have to do it right now.

00:53:50I don't believe that.

00:53:51Most of these guys are wide open

00:53:53and need the guy punched.

00:53:54Exactly.

00:53:55You know it.

00:53:55You know Ray.

00:53:56After the bell.

00:53:59In the Ray Leonard corner.

00:54:00That is the same thing

00:54:01that happened in the first fight.

00:54:03He's standing too straight up.

00:54:03He's standing too tall, man.

00:54:04Hey, when you go to the shoulder right hand,

00:54:07do it off a jab to the belly.

00:54:08Then you can throw it all the time now.

00:54:10I want to see who I can do it now.

00:54:11I need some body work, man.

00:54:13He's too straight up.

00:54:14Come down a little bit, okay?

00:54:16It's got to check from both sides of that body.

00:54:21You all right?

00:54:25Okay, now you've got to do it throw punches.

00:54:28Now, I know.

00:54:29Well, so far, Gillespie card,

00:54:30Ray Leonard gets round five big

00:54:32when he wobbled Hearns.

00:54:33We gave him round six in a close one.

00:54:36And everything else we've given to Tommy Hearns.

00:54:39Although he scored four and seven closely.

00:54:41And, of course, Hearns has a knockdown in round three.

00:54:44Right.

00:54:44I think Ray Leonard has a big mountain to climb right now, Tim.

00:54:48That's the way it looks on our card.

00:54:50Into round nine.

00:54:57And he's got to start now very slow.

00:55:00At the end of that last round, Marv,

00:55:01they both stood there looking at each other.

00:55:03Both guys had their hands down.

00:55:04Neither guy threw a punch.

00:55:05You see a little hit the right of the chest.

00:55:07You see that jab is bothering Ray all the time.

00:55:11You know, Tommy's the one that hurt his eye

00:55:12in the first beginning.

00:55:15In the first fight.

00:55:16Right.

00:55:16You wonder whether or not he's still thinking the same thing.

00:55:19There was that left hook of Tommy Hearns.

00:55:20A little low, but that's what he has to do.

00:55:23Ray is throwing range finders out there now.

00:55:25Not so much on him.

00:55:27Leonard's waiting to see what's going to happen,

00:55:29how tired he can make Tommy.

00:55:30Well, he's looking to land that one big punch,

00:55:32and he's been looking from the opening battle.

00:55:34Low blow from Leonard

00:55:36and gets a warning from Richard Steele.

00:55:38We know about the low blows.

00:55:40You had a few of those, did you, Marvin?

00:55:43Or did you throw a few?

00:55:44Or both?

00:55:45Well, you know what happened.

00:55:47Right now, Sugar Ray Leonard looks like a puzzle fighter.

00:55:50He's standing straight up, which his corner told him not to do.

00:55:53And he's always out of the range

00:55:55when he's throwing those bombs he's trying to throw.

00:55:58He's trying to show Tommy that he's got bigger,

00:56:00I think, that he can...

00:56:02Right-hand counter landed by Hearns.

00:56:05Leonard landed in right-hand, so it's him.

00:56:06Yeah, that was coming in.

00:56:08He scored first.

00:56:09But Hearns had a little more impact.

00:56:12Hearns just landed there.

00:56:13Good left hook for the body.

00:56:14That's just what he should do more of.

00:56:16He'd come back to the head with the hook.

00:56:19Short for that right.

00:56:20Tommy set it up beautifully that time.

00:56:22I think that punch there just hurt Tommy right to the rib.

00:56:26I see the clinking.

00:56:26See him?

00:56:27Right here, he's clinking.

00:56:29He's spitting blood.

00:56:32That's what Leonard's doing.

00:56:33He's attacking the body now.

00:56:34See, Ray is looking for that one big punch, though, Mark.

00:56:37And sometimes you can wait in the fight.

00:56:38There it is again.

00:56:39He's just out of range.

00:56:41He'll be waiting in the fight's over.

00:56:42He said, well, he never found it.

00:56:44He's got to be busy.

00:56:46Punch will come by itself.

00:56:48He has to stop putting it together.

00:56:49And who's Tommy stop punching for?

00:56:51Why does he stop punching?

00:56:52And he's letting Ray back him up.

00:56:55And he knows Tommy gets in trouble when he backs up.

00:56:58There you go.

00:56:58That's what I'm looking for.

00:57:00And now coming back with a straight right hand.

00:57:07Short right scored by Leonard.

00:57:09And the left and the right.

00:57:11Burns fires back, but Leonard had the better of it.

00:57:14He's got to fire back.

00:57:16And this is what Ray has to do.

00:57:18Come on, Tommy.

00:57:19He can't fight from outside.

00:57:21Big right hand.

00:57:22Big right hand.

00:57:31Tommy dropped his right hand.

00:57:33And that was his downfall.

00:57:37Leonard trying to spring to the advantage of that left hand.

00:57:40Tommy's tired.

00:57:41Final seconds of round nine.

00:57:43And Tommy doesn't have a leg under him right now.

00:57:45One good solid punch.

00:57:47He's gone down.

00:57:51Leonard checked him out.

00:57:52Going back to the corner.

00:57:55You've got to listen to me real good.

00:57:56This is going to be the last round of the fight, Tommy.

00:57:58You've got to come out and let your big shots go.

00:58:00You know, you cannot afford to make this fight go longer.

00:58:04Now, you know what I'm saying?

00:58:05You've got to listen to me.

00:58:06Very clever.

00:58:07You've got to come out and let your shots go.

00:58:09Try to get this man out of here this way, okay?

00:58:17There's the left hook that staggered.

00:58:19Tommy Hearns blocked the next two,

00:58:22but he was still wobbly, and there came the right.

00:58:28Leonard working inside,

00:58:30then brought up that left.

00:58:34Watch for the right hand.

00:58:36Well, he's got a little right hand after Hearns covered up.

00:58:39So we're into round ten.

00:58:41There's Roberto Duran working the Spanish telecast,

00:58:44Spanish-speaking telecast tonight.

00:58:46The WBC middleweight champion

00:58:48with a remarkable winner, Ryan Barkley,

00:58:50talked about as the next opponent for the winner here.

00:58:53All right, Ray feels that he heard him

00:58:54in the last round, Tim.

00:58:55He's right on him.

00:58:56And this is where Tommy doesn't belong.

00:58:58On the rope, allowing Leonard to get with him,

00:59:00punching rain, which is what he's doing.

00:59:03And he's not punching.

00:59:04Right there.

00:59:05Leonard's right in front of him,

00:59:06and he's not getting off.

00:59:07Now Leonard has the distance.

00:59:09Burns is letting him have the distance.

00:59:13Leonard's jab starting to take effect.

00:59:15Well, because he's getting a little closer.

00:59:16Tommy's not pumping that jab anymore.

00:59:19And the Hearns legs don't look so good.

00:59:21The left of the neck from Leonard.

00:59:23You heard Emmanuel Stewart saying to Hearns,

00:59:26you've got to fight.

00:59:27You've got to go get him.

00:59:29Leonard started it to put his punches together.

00:59:31That's what he has to do.

00:59:33Get close enough.

00:59:33Just keep those hands moving.

00:59:35The big punch comes all by itself.

00:59:39Tommy looks sloppy every time he backs up.

00:59:41The legs aren't there anymore, Rob.

00:59:43Any matter of fact that he had to make that 163.5 pounds,

00:59:46maybe not.

00:59:47But the legs aren't there.

00:59:48I don't know why he's not firing that right hand a lot more.

00:59:52Even if he's missing it, he'll keep it right back a little bit.

00:59:57See, this one, Tommy looks good when he's coming forward.

01:00:00And when he's sticking that left hand.

01:00:01Keeping that left, uh...

01:00:02Keeping Ray away from him.

01:00:04He has to move and keep him away.

01:00:08Now number 10 scheduled for 12.

01:00:19He's letting him go, he's letting him have his way in there.

01:00:26What you waiting?

01:00:29I don't know what he's waiting for.

01:00:31If he's not doing anything else,

01:00:32he should be pumping that jab.

01:00:33Exactly.

01:00:34He's going to try to come over the top with the right hand now.

01:00:36Not doing anything else.

01:00:37Double the jab.

01:00:38Pump the jab.

01:00:39Hearns has got to wake up now.

01:00:42He's got to get that second win and start waking up

01:00:44and letting Ray know that he's not tired.

01:00:47Ray missed with a right.

01:00:48A short chopper backhanded by Hearns.

01:00:50Under a minute.

01:00:51A little blood coming from either the mouth or nose of Hearns.

01:00:54This is on the cheek of Hearns.

01:00:58Now a right miss.

01:00:59A little cut under the left eye of Thomas Hearns.

01:01:02That's the blood.

01:01:04Insignificant, insignificant, no damage there, no serious problem.

01:01:07Good.

01:01:07Solid left.

01:01:09And Thomas Hearns.

01:01:10He's trying to get that little energy to snap that.

01:01:12And that's what he's got to do.

01:01:14He's got to show him he's got to snap that.

01:01:15When he has Ray punching from outside the way he is now, he's in command.

01:01:18It's only when he slows down and allows Ray to get inside.

01:01:21Well, you know, Ray knows how to go the distance.

01:01:24And I think that's just going to be the advantage in this fight right now.

01:01:28Early part of the round, you'd have to score for Leonard,

01:01:31but Hearns coming back here now in the later seconds.

01:01:34Down to 15 in round 10.

01:01:37There you go.

01:01:38Short right inside by Hearns.

01:01:40Counter back to the body.

01:01:41Hearns misses with a right.

01:01:42Hearns has got to go forward.

01:01:44Lands the left.

01:01:45Final seconds of the pitch as Leonard scores.

01:01:59All you've got to do is throw him, baby.

01:02:02They're begging you to throw him right here.

01:02:04Get the damn camera out of there.

01:02:07Throw the right hand, Thomas.

01:02:09That's going to take you home.

01:02:11This is 11th round coming up.

01:02:1311th round, you don't want to fight, let it go.

01:02:15Thomas, listen to me.

01:02:17Jab right hand, left hook.

01:02:18I want that right hand straight to the forehead.

01:02:20Come back with the left hook.

01:02:22You can knock him out with a jab, straight hand, left hook,

01:02:24but the straight right hand has to hit him in the forehead.

01:02:26Come back with the right hand.

01:02:27They're gone, but I want to...

01:02:28Stay in there a little bit.

01:02:29Okay?

01:02:29All right, Jake.

01:02:30All right, all right.

01:02:31All right.

01:02:33All right.

01:02:34Let's go now.

01:02:35All right.

01:02:36We've got six minutes.

01:02:37Let's do it.

01:02:40Round 11 upcoming.

01:02:42We have given Ray Leonard two cleanly, two close ones.

01:02:45It could be scored either way.

01:02:47The rest of it to Hearns,

01:02:48and Leonard comes charging across.

01:02:50Richard Steele cut him off.

01:02:53He's not out of his corner.

01:02:54Let's see if Tommy allows Ray to get with him punching range.

01:02:58It's almost like allowing him.

01:02:59He doesn't have to allow.

01:03:01He can pump that jab.

01:03:02Look at the low blow.

01:03:04He should start taking a play for Ray when Ray is like that.

01:03:07There's that overhead right.

01:03:08Trying to land a haymaker and miss it again.

01:03:10Well, as long as he can get away with it.

01:03:12He's going to throw it four times and miss and land the fifth.

01:03:15It's okay.

01:03:16Tommy's not counting back.

01:03:18Tommy's got to stay in the middle of the ring.

01:03:21Short uppercut with a good left back from Leonard.

01:03:25Tommy seems to be waking up right now, right then.

01:03:27Tim Landers, Marvin Haggard, Bill Clancy in round 11 of the scheduled 12-round championship

01:03:32out.

01:03:33Hearns, Leonard 2.

01:03:34There's a right by Hearns.

01:03:36Big right hand by Tommy Hayes.

01:03:38Another, another, another look.

01:03:41Down goes Hearns with a combination from Hearns.

01:03:47Leonard looks hurt.

01:03:48Gets up, but he is hurting.

01:03:49Come on, get back.

01:03:51Tim, I think that his eyes are clear.

01:03:53He made your head a little bit, but his eyes are clear.

01:03:55Hearns is in.

01:03:56Hearns after on the left of the body.

01:03:59Leonard firing back.

01:04:01Down twice in this fight.

01:04:07A short right by Leonard.

01:04:10Well, believe me, Leonard's in this fight.

01:04:12A short right by Hearns.

01:04:14Cyrus Hearns, I'd still use that left jab.

01:04:16Keep pumping that jab.

01:04:18The other punches have come.

01:04:19Hearns has got to make sure Leonard don't get that wrist.

01:04:23You've got to use it.

01:04:24There you go.

01:04:24Hearns counters with a right.

01:04:26Leonard tied him up.

01:04:29Boy, both of these guys are showing all the championship heart in the world, though.

01:04:34More than anybody expected tonight.

01:04:37The kind of action they've been able to generate.

01:04:39Their hearts were never in doubt.

01:04:41But the ability they've shown here,

01:04:44a struggle into the 11th round, firing bombs,

01:04:47has really been remarkable.

01:04:48I don't think Tommy needs that right-hand business anymore.

01:04:50I think all he needs to go now is pump his jab and post home.

01:04:54Well, he's got two knockdowns on the scorecard, too.

01:04:57We've got him ahead handling.

01:04:59And look at Ray bang him back.

01:05:00Ray bangs him back a good left hook.

01:05:03Big mistake to count Ray Leonard out of this fight.

01:05:07You're not counting him out.

01:05:09Well, you're pointing out the score.

01:05:12The way he's going is, he can't possibly.

01:05:14He's got it.

01:05:14He's doing what time he should be doing.

01:05:16Under 30 seconds to go.

01:05:18In the 11th round, this is a 12-round fight.

01:05:23There's a right-hand by Leonard.

01:05:25Right-hand shot from Leonard.

01:05:27And bangs inside.

01:05:29Tommy lets him go, lets him have it.

01:05:34And Tommy's a little tired.

01:05:37Tommy should be backing up.

01:05:39Right-hand by Burns.

01:05:41Raised the chin of Leonard, but he punched right back.

01:05:46In the round, number 11.

01:06:03Let's see that knockdown.

01:06:05A right that hurt him.

01:06:07A little delay.

01:06:08Missed for the left.

01:06:09I believe it was the left hook.

01:06:11There's another right-hand and a left hook.

01:06:13He's looking right behind that.

01:06:15And three punches.

01:06:16Cumulative effect, sending Leonard down.

01:06:19All right, take another look at it.

01:06:20There's the first right-hand.

01:06:21That wobbled him.

01:06:22Missed the other one.

01:06:23Missed the hook to the body.

01:06:26And then there's another good right-hand-left hook.

01:06:29And the final right-hand.

01:06:30And down he goes.

01:06:35Gentlemen, it's safe to say,

01:06:37the way we have it,

01:06:39should a Ray Leonard need to knock out

01:06:41in this final round to win the fight.

01:06:43Absolutely.

01:06:43He's been down twice in the fight.

01:06:45It's the point, sister.

01:06:46If I was in Tommy Hearns going,

01:06:48I'd say pump that chair, pump that chair.

01:06:50Don't let this guy close to you.

01:06:52Don't let Leonard be too nice to you in here right now.

01:06:54And you don't have to take any chances.

01:06:56No, when he tried it, Marvin, he smiled at him.

01:06:58He smiled, I said, come on, we're friends.

01:06:59He smiled at him.

01:07:00All right.

01:07:01All right, what?

01:07:05Hearns after him.

01:07:07Keep talking to Ray Leonard.

01:07:09Hearns busy here early in round 12.

01:07:12That's something he doesn't have to do.

01:07:15Well, he is a gallant guy trying to put him away.

01:07:17Look at Hearns whale away.

01:07:19He scored two knockdowns already.

01:07:21May not have to do it,

01:07:23but there's so much fight at stake.

01:07:24Both of these guys gritting, gritting their teeth,

01:07:28giving it their all.

01:07:29Tommy Hearns wants this so badly.

01:07:33Sugar Ray Leonard, of course,

01:07:35one of the proudest champions ever,

01:07:36will not concede anything.

01:07:40If you notice, the way Hearns...

01:07:42Right hand by Leonard.

01:07:44Both guys landed right hand, Tim.

01:07:47Hearns is waiting to get back.

01:07:48Cover right hand, backing Leonard.

01:07:50Hearns is in the rope.

01:07:51Ray Leonard.

01:07:52Gotta fight him back.

01:07:53And here's what Tommy didn't know how to do

01:07:54in the first place.

01:07:55Hold on and walk him out of there.

01:08:00Leonard's trying to push him to the rope

01:08:01so he can bang him.

01:08:03Jeffrey goes to break him.

01:08:04Leonard did not break that time.

01:08:05He's slick.

01:08:06Mark, you know that.

01:08:07Oh, yeah.

01:08:08That's what I'm saying.

01:08:08Here he goes.

01:08:09Come on, Tom.

01:08:10Leonard rallying.

01:08:11Backs up Hearns again,

01:08:12but Hearns fires back.

01:08:13Like you said,

01:08:14Tommy's getting the last minute.

01:08:15Tommy's right on the ropes now

01:08:16where he shouldn't be.

01:08:18Left hook landed by Leonard.

01:08:19And Tommy has nothing left.

01:08:23Leonard in desperation now.

01:08:25He's got to put his hand away.

01:08:26Watch the clock now, Tim.

01:08:27Tommy has nothing left.

01:08:28Right hand by Leonard

01:08:30and Hearns in difficulty.

01:08:31Along the ropes,

01:08:32another combination.

01:08:33Punching back when he's wide open.

01:08:36Leonard's firing away.

01:08:38Can we see a replay of 1981?

01:08:40But here's Tommy Hearns holding on.

01:08:42Look at that clock going around.

01:08:43That's what he couldn't do

01:08:44in the first fight.

01:08:46Exactly.

01:08:46Under a minute to go.

01:08:48Wild right hand by Leonard.

01:08:49Landed on the back of Hearns.

01:08:51Hearns wobbly-legged

01:08:53but holding on

01:08:54as you point out

01:08:54something he's...

01:08:55And Leonard trying to walk in.

01:08:57That's what Tommy gets in trouble.

01:08:59That's what he's doing better.

01:09:00He knows enough to hold, though, Marvin,

01:09:02which he did not know

01:09:03how to do before.

01:09:04He's backing up on that rope again

01:09:05and that's where Leonard watches

01:09:06so he can feel it.

01:09:08And punch back.

01:09:10Leonard giving in everything.

01:09:12And Hearns trying to punch down.

01:09:14Not much thing in his punches.

01:09:16Staggering around the ring.

01:09:17Under 30 seconds we go.

01:09:19That was the big left hook on Leonard.

01:09:21See, Leonard moves the last 30 seconds.

01:09:23Leonard to the body

01:09:24and now up to the head.

01:09:25Hearns punching back

01:09:26with no effect.

01:09:28Well, Leonard's a little tired now.

01:09:29Yes, he is.

01:09:31This should be a point

01:09:32to get away right there.

01:09:33Leonard punching on the breaker.

01:09:34Right hand lead scored.

01:09:35There can no longer be enough time.

01:09:37In the fight, there cannot be enough.

01:09:38Final seconds.

01:09:39Final seconds

01:09:40with Hearns still on his feet.

01:09:44The crowd is on its feet.

01:09:45What a war!

01:09:48What a fight!

01:09:51Very good fight.

01:09:57I believe Tommy Warren.

01:10:00Well, on our score,

01:10:01we can't change our mind, Marv.

01:10:03We said before the last round

01:10:05that Ray Leonard needed

01:10:06a knockout to win.

01:10:07He didn't get it.

01:10:08He batted Tommy all over the place.

01:10:10Did not get the knockout.

01:10:11Hearns scored two knockouts

01:10:12in the fight.

01:10:13They're on the point system.

01:10:14Two knockdowns in the fight.

01:10:16They're on the point system.

01:10:17I'd have to score it for Tommy Hearns.

01:10:18I would agree.

01:10:20We've got Hearns the winner.

01:10:22But we'll see how the officials see it.

01:10:24The judges here tonight

01:10:26are Tommy Kazmarek from New Jersey,

01:10:28Dalby Shirley, Jerry Roth from Las Vegas.

01:10:37A tremendous battle

01:10:39no matter which way the judges see it.

01:10:41We certainly have Hearns the winner.

01:10:43He scored knockdowns in round three,

01:10:45around 11.

01:10:46Ray Leonard's biggest round,

01:10:47the fifth, and then in the twelfth,

01:10:49a tremendous rally

01:10:50against the tired Tommy Hearns.

01:10:55Marvin, you know,

01:10:56I owe Tommy Hearns an apology.

01:10:58After the kitchen fight,

01:11:00I said on the air,

01:11:00Tommy, what do you need it for anymore?

01:11:02You should retire.

01:11:03You have all the money you want.

01:11:04You were down.

01:11:05You were hurt badly.

01:11:06Retire, Tommy.

01:11:07And did he show me?

01:11:08I said he didn't have any legs anymore.

01:11:10Didn't have a good chin,

01:11:11but he sure proved it tonight.

01:11:13He did.

01:11:14He fought an excellent fight,

01:11:15I thought, you know.

01:11:16Like, again, two champions.

01:11:18Leonard landed 232 punches,

01:11:20Tommy, 221.

01:11:22Hearns was more accurate with 40%,

01:11:23but Hearns scored those two big knockdowns,

01:11:26and that should be the difference in the fight.

01:11:28Exactly.

01:11:28See, I'm trying to tell you

01:11:29that Leonard's not moving as much.

01:11:31He put that little bulk on him,

01:11:32and that's going to be a bad thing for him.

01:11:35See, another thing, Mark,

01:11:36Leonard's strategy all during his training

01:11:38was to throw every punch like a bomb

01:11:40and hurt the other guy,

01:11:41and he forgot to put his punches together.

01:11:43That's what got him here.

01:11:44The big punch comes all by itself.

01:11:51I told Bob Barrow,

01:11:53maybe 20 million to do it for me.

01:11:57Let's go up to Michael Buffer.

01:11:58Jerry Roth scores the bout,

01:12:00113-112 for Thomas Hearns.

01:12:07Tommy Kazmarek scores it,

01:12:09113-112 for Sugar Ray Leonard.

01:12:15And Dolby Shirley scores the bout.

01:12:20112-112.

01:12:21This bout is a draw, ladies and gentlemen.

01:12:26The bout is a draw.

01:12:28The bout is a draw.

01:12:30Let's get both boxers here.

01:12:33Tommy Hearns.

01:12:35Everybody calm down, guys.

01:12:39Let's get Tommy Hearns over here.

01:12:40Tommy.

01:12:44Tommy Hearns.

01:12:46Manuel Stewart.

01:12:48Ray Leonard.

01:12:50Gentlemen, gentlemen,

01:12:52I've got to tell you guys both

01:12:53that Marvin Hagler, Gil Planky,

01:12:56and I had this fight scored for Tommy Hearns,

01:12:58primarily on the basis of the two knockdowns.

01:13:01Let's get Tommy's reaction

01:13:02to the decision first, a draw.

01:13:04Tommy, what are your thoughts?

01:13:06Well, I thought I won earlier rounds.

01:13:10But Ray was able to come back.

01:13:12I can't say nothing negative about Ray.

01:13:15It's a great fight.

01:13:16I've got to give him a spot.

01:13:17But would you expect with two knockdowns

01:13:19to get only a draw?

01:13:20Well, I was hoping for a winner.

01:13:24But you know how that is.

01:13:26Well, the crowd is registering their unhappiness.

01:13:28Ray Leonard,

01:13:30I've got to put it to you this way.

01:13:31Do you feel lucky to get a draw?

01:13:33No, I don't.

01:13:33It was a close fight.

01:13:34I thought the fact that those two knockdowns work

01:13:38was an edge.

01:13:40But I was able to come back

01:13:40with middle rounds and late rounds.

01:13:43So again, those knockdowns like 10-8 rounds.

01:13:45After I came back strong enough,

01:13:47the times I did rock, Tommy,

01:13:49that...

01:13:50To get to a point round.

01:13:51Yeah, exactly.

01:13:51Did you expect this kind of a fight?

01:13:54Well, I always expect a tough fight.

01:13:56So no matter what you guys be saying.

01:13:57Twelve rounds?

01:13:58Everyone said that Tommy was a shot fighter.

01:14:02And the fact of the matter was,

01:14:03he showed what he's made of.

01:14:04Well, you said he was a shot fighter, too.

01:14:06He won't win it, too.

01:14:08Come here, Tommy.

01:14:09Tommy, you don't seem terribly disappointed

01:14:11by this draw.

01:14:12This was something you wanted so badly.

01:14:16I feel grateful for it

01:14:17because I worked hard for it.

01:14:19I thought I wanted to fight,

01:14:21but, you know,

01:14:22that's up to the judges.

01:14:24And I can't fight with the judges.

01:14:27I'm proud to have a draw

01:14:29instead of a loss of a record.

01:14:31You are a gallant warrior.

01:14:33You both are.

01:14:33You both gave everything.

01:14:35You gave more than anybody expected

01:14:37you could possibly produce

01:14:38in this fight.

01:14:39I congratulate you both.

01:14:40No matter what the decision is,

01:14:42as I said, we saw it for Tommy Hearns.

01:14:44But nonetheless, a great, great battle.

01:14:46How about a rematch?

01:14:47I'm going home this time.

01:14:48I'm feeling and thinking about you

01:14:50all the time, but I can think about

01:14:52a woman sometime now.

01:14:54The rematch, Ray,

01:14:55have you had enough of this guy or not?

01:14:56Well, I think we'd both exhaust it.

01:14:58Are you talking rematch, Tommy?

01:15:00If you want, yes.

01:15:01Let's go home and rest for a while.

01:15:03I think we should go home

01:15:04and think about it

01:15:04and then come back and make a decision.

01:15:06But right now,

01:15:07we're too tired to say what we want to do.

01:15:10That's fair enough.

01:15:11I don't know about hell.

01:15:12That's fair enough.

01:15:13You've been through

01:15:13a tremendous emotional burden, Tommy.

01:15:15You showed you dealt with it

01:15:16fantastically tonight.

01:15:17Congratulations to you again, Ray.

01:15:19A fantastic comeback.

01:15:21You got yourself a draw.

01:15:22And there you have them,

01:15:24two great champions

01:15:25who have put on an unbelievable show

01:15:28here at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

01:15:31Tommy Hearns

01:15:32and Sugar Ray Leonard

01:15:34going the distance of 12

01:15:36for a draw.

01:15:42Now, let's return to you

01:15:44from the chaos in ringside

01:15:46to Jim Hill and Al Bernstein.

01:15:51Okay, Tim.

01:15:52Thank you very much.

01:15:53Absolutely incredible.

01:15:55I don't think anyone

01:15:56that watched the fight

01:15:57or thought about it beforehand

01:15:59Al thought

01:15:59that it would go the distance.

01:16:01And I know you yourself,

01:16:02you thought that Tommy won it.

01:16:03Yes, of all the scenarios,

01:16:05though, a draw was the least.

01:16:06The body and the head

01:16:07a lot more.

01:16:07It was there for him.

01:16:08It's a punch he has used

01:16:09against every other opponent

01:16:11but never against Sugar Ray Leonard.

01:16:12And it cost him dearly tonight.

01:16:14Why hasn't he ever used it?

01:16:15Why wouldn't he use it

01:16:16as often as he should?

01:16:17I don't know.

01:16:18And he saw it could work

01:16:19in that fight.

01:16:21In the middle rounds

01:16:21where he hurt Ray,

01:16:22remember,

01:16:22where he hurt him

01:16:22with that left hook.

01:16:23I think that really,

01:16:24really hurt him.

01:16:25Ray Leonard,

01:16:26as he was against Alon,

01:16:29wasn't throwing as many punches

01:16:30as we've seen

01:16:30the Ray Leonard

01:16:31in the past throw,

01:16:32which is why I think

01:16:33most of us thought

01:16:33Tommy might have had

01:16:35a decision victory.

01:16:36Clearly,

01:16:37both fighters were slower

01:16:38than they have been

01:16:39in the past,

01:16:39but both men were able

01:16:41to hit the other

01:16:41creating a really exciting fight.

01:16:43And both men have

01:16:44terrific firepower.

01:16:45Let no one say anything

01:16:46about the chin

01:16:47of Tommy Hearns anymore.

01:16:48I was just getting ready

01:16:49to add to that.

01:16:50You know,

01:16:50going into the fight,

01:16:51everyone had said

01:16:51that Tommy Hearns

01:16:52could no longer take a punch.

01:16:53They talked about his legs.

01:16:55They said that his legs

01:16:55were shot.

01:16:56It was just the opposite,

01:16:57even though there were times

01:16:58throughout the course

01:16:58of the fight

01:16:59when he was quite wobbly.

01:17:00He was hurt,

01:17:01and Sugarhead Leonard

01:17:01came in and did

01:17:02exactly what he needed

01:17:03to do,

01:17:03ripped those double F-tooks

01:17:04to the body and the head,

01:17:05but he couldn't get

01:17:06Tommy out of there.

01:17:07And this one will,

01:17:08you think there'll be

01:17:08some debates

01:17:09over the next month?

01:17:10Oh, absolutely,

01:17:11without a doubt.

01:17:11One of the things

01:17:12that's quite surprising

01:17:13to me is the manner

01:17:14in which Tommy took the draw.

01:17:16Yeah, astonishing to me,

01:17:17considering the long wait.

01:17:19But I'll tell you,

01:17:20my theory on that is

01:17:21he feels he redeemed himself

01:17:23by simply fighting

01:17:25all the way with Leonard,

01:17:26proving that he was

01:17:27as good a man as Leonard,

01:17:28certainly in a very close fight.

01:17:30And I think that gave

01:17:31Tommy Hearns

01:17:32peace of mind, Jim,

01:17:33and that was what

01:17:33this was all about,

01:17:34apparently.

01:17:35And every place

01:17:36that he goes,

01:17:37people will tell him,

01:17:38we know you won it.

01:17:39Talking about Tommy.

01:17:40They may well,

01:17:41that's for sure.

01:17:41Well, whoever called

01:17:42this fight a war

01:17:43should be given

01:17:44a gold medal themselves

01:17:45because that's exactly

01:17:46what it was,

01:17:47an absolute war

01:17:48between Thomas Hearns

01:17:49and Sugar Ray Leonard.

01:17:51Okay, let's talk about

01:17:52talk about gold medals.

01:17:53Let's talk about

01:17:53what happened

01:17:53in the undercard today.

01:17:55Well, for the Olympians,

01:17:56Michael Tabaha winning

01:17:57in the four rounds

01:17:58in a tough decision.

01:17:59Kennedy McKinney

01:18:00got all that he could want

01:18:02in winning a decision

01:18:03over David Marino.

01:18:05And then Robert Wayne Gila

01:18:06stunned winning

01:18:08a majority of decision

01:18:09in his fight.

01:18:10Andrew Maynard

01:18:11with a one-round knockout.

01:18:14And Ray Mercer,

01:18:16the Olympic gold medalist

01:18:17in the heavyweight division,

01:18:19just knocked

01:18:19Kent Crosby sideways

01:18:20in winning his fight

01:18:21in the first round.

01:18:22So the Olympians came through,

01:18:23some with flying colors,

01:18:24some not.

01:18:26One quick question, though.

01:18:27What does this do

01:18:27down the road?

01:18:28I wonder what Roberto Duran

01:18:29is thinking right now.

01:18:30Well, you know,

01:18:30I'll tell you something.

01:18:31Roberto Duran

01:18:32looked quicker in his fight

01:18:33with Irene Barkley

01:18:34than these guys did.

01:18:35More hand speed

01:18:36and better combinations.

01:18:38I don't know if that means

01:18:39he'll beat

01:18:39either one of these guys,

01:18:41but we have to see

01:18:41what they decide to do.

01:18:43Do you think

01:18:43that the public

01:18:44will want another rematch?

01:18:45That is problematical.

01:18:47I don't know,

01:18:47and I think even both men

01:18:48were wondering about that,

01:18:50but it was exciting.

01:18:52Ah, absolutely.

01:18:54Unforgettable evening.

01:18:55Absolutely amazing.

01:18:56Let's go back downstairs

01:18:57right now

01:18:57and get some final comments.

01:18:58Let's go once again

01:18:59to Tim Ryan.

01:18:59Tim.

01:19:00All right, Jim.

01:19:01It was an unbelievable

01:19:02evening indeed,

01:19:03and I think the scorecard

01:19:04is very interesting indeed.

01:19:05There was a lot of discussion

01:19:06in the years following

01:19:08the first fight

01:19:09about whether or not

01:19:10there should be more

01:19:1010-8 rounds

01:19:11in rounds

01:19:12that don't have

01:19:13knockdowns in them.

01:19:14Tonight,

01:19:15in the two knockdown rounds

01:19:16scored by Hearns,

01:19:17all three judges

01:19:18scored them 10-8 rounds

01:19:19as one would expect.

01:19:20But however,

01:19:21in the 12th round

01:19:23and in the

01:19:25fourth,

01:19:26fifth round for Ray,

01:19:27there were 10-8 rounds scored.

01:19:28In the fifth,

01:19:29all judges scored 10-8 rounds,

01:19:31and in the 12th,

01:19:32Dalby Shirley gave Ray Leonard

01:19:33a 10-8 round.

01:19:34Your comments, Gil.

01:19:35Well, I think

01:19:36that the 12th round

01:19:37should have been

01:19:38a 10-8 round for Leonard.

01:19:39The two knockdowns

01:19:41certainly should have been

01:19:4110-8, maybe 10-7

01:19:43for Tommy Hearns.

01:19:44And the other round,

01:19:45the fifth round,

01:19:46should have been a 10-9 round.

01:19:47Well, and yet all three judges

01:19:48saw the fifth round 10-8

01:19:49for Leonard.

01:19:50So we've got the kind of

01:19:51controversy that boxing's used to.

01:19:53I was stunned,

01:19:54Marvin Hagler,

01:19:55that Tommy Hearns

01:19:56did not take this harder

01:19:58for something that has meant

01:19:59so much to him.

01:20:00What do you think of that?

01:20:01You know, especially when

01:20:01you fight a guy like

01:20:01a Sugar Ray Leonard,

01:20:02you've got to realize

01:20:03you've got to knock him out.

01:20:04You know, and that's

01:20:05to be honest with you,

01:20:06I felt as though

01:20:06that Tommy did edge the fight.

01:20:08Those two knockdowns

01:20:09should have been

01:20:09in a big favor of Tommy Hearns.

01:20:11Well, nonetheless,

01:20:12Tommy Hearns seemed at the end

01:20:13to be not all that upset.

01:20:15He had given everything he had,

01:20:16so did Ray Leonard.

01:20:17That's what we've come to expect

01:20:18of these two boxers

01:20:19over the years.

01:20:20They certainly did not disappoint.

01:20:22While the skills

01:20:22may not be there,

01:20:23while the hand speed

01:20:24that Al Bernstein referred to

01:20:25may not be there,

01:20:26the hearts are as big as ever, Gil.

01:20:28The hearts championship hearts,

01:20:29no question about it.

01:20:30Two great, great fighters.

01:20:32I thought they showed

01:20:33a lot of championship quality.

01:20:35Marvin, should there be

01:20:36a Hearns Leonard III?

01:20:37You know that's what's

01:20:38going to happen.

01:20:39They don't want me in there.

01:20:40I disagree.

01:20:41I think these guys

01:20:42have had enough of each other.

01:20:43I think they respect each other.

01:20:45I don't think we'll see

01:20:45a Leonard Hearns III.

01:20:47Marvin Hagler,

01:20:47what about you?

01:20:48Have you got a place

01:20:49in the picture?

01:20:50I'm going to movies

01:20:50because they don't got

01:20:51enough money for me.

01:20:52No interest in coming back,

01:20:53seriously?

01:20:54$20 million I mentioned,

01:20:55but then...

01:20:56$20 million would Mike get your...

01:20:57I think I can still get back

01:20:58to do better than that.

01:20:59Come on.

01:21:00But no, I think the movie's for me.

01:21:01The movies are for Marvin Hagler.

01:21:03Maybe the boxing rings

01:21:04are still for Hearns and Leonard.

01:21:06We'll find out.

01:21:07It was called the war.

01:21:09There's oftentimes labels

01:21:10that appear to be

01:21:11slightly out of whack

01:21:13in terms of hype,

01:21:14but I think at the end of 12,

01:21:15glorious rounds

01:21:16between two great champions,

01:21:18we did indeed see a war.

01:21:20Now let's return you back up

01:21:21to our tower position,

01:21:23Jim Hill and Al Bernstein.

01:21:26All right, Tim,

01:21:26thank you very much.

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01:22:25Absolutely an incredible evening.

01:22:27Al, any final thoughts?

01:22:28Well, I think

01:22:29several things were proven.

01:22:30For one thing,

01:22:31if Sugar Ray Leonard

01:22:31is standing at the end

01:22:32of a fight these days,

01:22:33he does not lose the decision.

01:22:35And secondly,

01:22:36two very gallant warriors.

01:22:38Absolutely, without a doubt.

01:22:39Thank you so much

01:22:39for joining us

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