00:00If there's one thing Brazil delivered at the Rio 2016 Games, it was a spectacular crowd performance.
00:05Even if there weren't any Brazilian athletes competing, it wouldn't have mattered; we'd cheer for the referee, too.
00:11That's what happened with the boxing referee, Jones Kennedy from Rosario, who ended up being acclaimed by the crowd.
00:18When I heard people in the ring shouting Rosario, Rosario, I was there when the fight's intermission ended.
00:27the other,
00:27I was thinking, "Damn, are they calling me a fool in my own city?"
00:37Imagine his surprise when he realized the crowd was shouting and discovered he had just become a celebrity.
00:45Only in Brazil.
00:46It was something unprecedented that happened to me, and even today, when the Olympics come around, I'm remembered.
00:51And this story continues with the Rio Olympic Games, which, in the history of all the Games, has never happened before.
00:59The crowd cheered and rooted so hard,
01:01Just like in Rio de Janeiro, the fans who were there were cheering for referee Rosario.
01:07Sir, you know that you know that you know that you know that you know that you know that
01:07that you know that you know that you know that you know that you know
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