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00:00 [Applause]
00:03 okay ladies and gentlemen Andy Brooke
00:09 giving the final instructions this is
00:11 our main event of the evening Liam Taylor
00:14 versus Zoltan Zabo 10 three-minute rounds
00:16 in the welterweight division live on BBTV
00:20 from Bolton I am Aki Karim I am joined by
00:22 Stephen Swiftie-Smith and Jack Bateson
00:25 if you're just joining us you're just in
00:27 time for the main event here Liam Taylor
00:29 is of course the WBO European champion
00:32 and he always comes to fight
00:38 we've seen all the lads from the same
00:43 gym tonight all set a good pace so I
00:45 think we know a little bit more we're
00:47 gonna expect tonight from Liam. Yeah well
00:50 obviously they'd love to go home
00:52 tonight a clean sweep obviously anything
00:56 can happen in boxing but Liam is a
00:58 quality fighter. Yeah he's come out nicely
01:03 behind that jab straight in the center
01:05 of the ring
01:07 now Zabo does have 28 wins to his name
01:18 he's only been stopped twice
01:27 Liam always comes in top condition
01:32 Zabo just gives him a little shake of
01:38 the head it's all a bit of kidology that
01:40 usually means it landed. Yeah I thought he
01:45 was good last time out Liam though she's
01:47 coming in on good confidence so yeah
01:49 it's always good to come in with a bit of a spring in your step
01:52 yeah we picked up the title here in this
01:55 very ring against Martin Harkin and on
01:59 paper that was down as a bit of a 50/50
02:00 really but I think Liam had Martin down
02:03 three or four times and he boxed well he
02:05 landed well to the body. Zabo
02:10 calling him on if you call him on you
02:14 might you might just get it. He's calling
02:17 him on but Liam is doing some nice work
02:19 there you know he had him on the ropes
02:20 throwing a few nice body shots
02:22 everything's coming off that jab
02:26 and he's had a really good solid pro
02:34 career Liam and there's definitely
02:37 enough in the tank left for one big
02:38 fight no more than one big fight but
02:41 there's definitely a lot left in the
02:42 tank is what I'm saying. You know he
02:45 wants one more big push in it and he
02:46 wants to go for the big titles and
02:49 see what he's got. With the title
02:53 he's got now it should land him as well
02:55 so he can keep pushing forward get
02:57 through this fight obviously and
02:59 hopefully one will come for him. That's the good
03:02 thing about these international belts you do get
03:04 a good work ranking so that gives
03:07 other people a good incentive to fight
03:09 him and vice versa. Now Zabo's one of
03:13 them characters he's trying to wind Liam
03:14 up here and it is important because
03:17 you know these guys are good at doing
03:20 this look which Zabo does look like he is
03:21 they can really wind you up and frustrate
03:23 you can't they? Yeah he's slipping. He's going back
03:27 laughing to his corner we saw the same
03:30 with Mendoza in our earlier fight but by
03:32 the end of the fight you know he had a
03:34 he had due course and respect
03:38 yeah well he's got sticky man across the
03:41 front of his shorts. I don't even want to know
03:45 how he got that nickname. Looking more
03:48 slippy in here. I was going to say that it's the
03:51 complete opposite
03:53 I think he's mis-translated slippy man
04:01 hasn't he? He's giving us a little nod and a
04:04 wiggle. Go on lad. He's enjoying it.
04:07 He's enjoying it
04:13 and thank you for joining us guys for
04:15 staying with us for our main event GSW's
04:18 maiden professional show and it's gone
04:22 down a storm live on BBTV Liam Taylor in
04:27 the ring against Zoltan Zabo joining me
04:32 on commentary Stephen "Swifty" Smith and
04:34 Jack Bateson. Yeah he had time to give
04:38 us a little wink and a wave there from
04:40 his corner. He's enjoying himself for sure. He's got
04:42 ten long rounds to go though so let's
04:45 see if he'll be smiling like that. Yeah
04:50 it's always the way in boxing it's not
04:53 how you start it's how you finish it. Yeah exactly.
04:56 And thanks for the comments coming in
05:09 glad you're enjoying the evening
05:10 some rando and yes Jeffers has won Kate
05:13 he has won the last fight.
05:18 But he does catch him with the odd
05:22 shot doesn't he? Yeah he's letting enough go to
05:23 demand respect you know what I mean? You can see
05:25 that Liam's not just pulling forward
05:27 because shots are coming back at him and
05:30 he's got enough there to demand his respect so
05:32 although he's slippy and he's hard to land clean on
05:35 he is letting shots go himself so. And look at his
05:38 defence actually. I mean look he's very good.
05:42 Yeah to use a boxing term he's got a cute
05:44 defence hasn't he? Yeah exactly yeah.
05:48 I thought you were making references to the slippiness wasn't it?
05:50 Yeah. Because he's hard to land clean on but he's
05:53 letting enough go back himself so it's a bit of a nightmare opponent.
05:59 I think because it's quite a long distance fight I think it gives Liam time to sort of break him down a little bit you know what I mean?
06:07 You wouldn't want this type of opponent up before rounds.
06:09 No absolutely not.
06:12 See how he blocked that body shot there?
06:14 Really well he tucked in and again there.
06:17 He's quite clever actually. Yeah he's very cute this fella.
06:23 But again it comes with experience and you know he's been round the block a couple of times.
06:27 So this sort of half fully shell half rocking and rolling sort of techniques now.
06:32 The do say the best way to... Oh good left hook there. What you do here in gyms is go to the body don't you?
06:39 Would that be right guys?
06:41 When he's moving about a bit more you'd be taught to go to the body and slow him down.
06:45 He's back on his toes now so yeah we'll definitely be targeting the body when he's up and about like that.
06:50 Because again he's slipping away he's moving from the waist.
06:53 He'd be very hard to land clean on the head but when he comes up close to me now I'll be touching
06:57 I'll be mixing head and body because when he's starting to read your shots coming
07:01 you've got to mix your variety up.
07:03 You can't throw the traditional punches because he's trying to read you and go a step ahead.
07:08 You can see already as well he's readying up around the waist so the body shots are clearly taking effect
07:14 and I don't think it'll be long before he starts complaining.
07:19 Good head moving from Liam there.
07:21 The thing about Liam is he's a really nice guy but he is quite spiteful when he gets in the ring
07:26 and I think when he's getting taunted he'll remember that.
07:30 He'll be thinking about it and he'll just...
07:32 I mean were you guys like that?
07:33 I mean when someone taunts you know they're sticking the tongue out at you, they're doing all that.
07:37 Do you think, you know what I'm getting you back later.
07:40 Yeah, we were just saying earlier it's nice to be nice isn't it but you know there's no time and space for niceness
07:47 when you're in that boxing ring.
07:49 Listen your goal and your objective is always to win.
07:53 You know win at all costs but if someone starts taunting you and starts being a bit cocky
07:58 if you can knock them out you try and knock them out, you know what I mean.
08:01 You have the last laugh, you know what I mean.
08:03 Whoever goes on with the win, as good as you can do it, then you have the last laugh.
08:09 I remember going to a Frank Warren show, I think it was Sam Maxwell was fighting.
08:13 There was this kid winding him up the entire full fight and Sam dropped him at the last minute.
08:18 Unbelievable.
08:19 Do you remember that?
08:20 Oh it was so good.
08:21 It was good.
08:22 Sam is one of the nicest guys in the world.
08:23 It was good to see.
08:27 So let's see how Liam can impose his will in this round.
08:29 He's in there with a tricky customer, Zoltan Szabo who actually is quite, for a purist,
08:35 he's quite interesting to watch, you know some of his moves.
08:38 Yeah, you know what it is, it's the sort of opponent who's hard to look good against
08:43 but he's going about it the right way, you know, he's doing everything by the book
08:48 and I think he will get to him.
08:53 If you think about the level that Liam has boxed at, you know, he's definitely,
08:59 he's got the experience.
09:02 You'll be able to work him out.
09:05 Yeah, I think you'll have seen people like this along his career and you know what,
09:11 like I said before, he's going about everything the right way and he's digging in some nice body shots
09:16 and investing in the body early.
09:18 He's boxed some really slick fighters Liam actually.
09:20 I was there when he fought Tyrone Nurse.
09:23 Now Tyrone Nurse is such a good, clever, tricky move.
09:26 You know him really well Jack don't you obviously.
09:29 So talented and so hard to land clean on.
09:34 Obviously similarities here where Szabo's so hard to land clean on but Tyrone's another level altogether from that.
09:43 So if Liam's been in there with that then he's got good experience to take him to this,
09:47 he'll know what to do.
09:50 And he's doing the right things, he's chipping away, do you know what I mean,
09:52 he's just making sure he lands head or body as long as you keep landing,
09:56 keep giving your opponent something to think about.
09:58 He forced Szabo into that volley didn't he because he was starting to land clean more frequently.
10:03 See what he's doing now, he is up in his variety now so rather than going body head, body head,
10:09 he's just done four shots all to the body but was mixing them up with straights and angles
10:12 so he's making it hard to defend.
10:16 [Crowd noise]
10:18 And Liam's not lost his shape or anything, he's keeping that solid base of fundamentals
10:33 and he's definitely got through more this round.
10:35 That's one thing we can say about the gym he's from,
10:38 all the fighters tonight they've had a solid base, they've had a good guard,
10:43 it's quite impressive to see.
10:46 And a good engine.
10:47 A good engine, even more so impressive.
10:50 That one got through.
10:53 And you see that look in Liam's eye, he's remembering that smile that he was given earlier.
11:00 He might not be getting a wink in the next round.
11:03 No, good left hook as well.
11:05 I mean Szabo is still deflecting quite a lot of these but they're definitely getting through more.
11:10 And he's come back with his own shots.
11:13 He's not catching the shots and turning with them as much now, a couple of lads have flushed.
11:17 He's a real veteran isn't he Szabo, he's got all the tricks and moves to buy himself a little bit of time.
11:28 Oh he is giving us a wave and a wink.
11:30 He knows what he's doing.
11:32 He must have heard us.
11:37 Well he's got 59 fights under his belt, pro fights, so he's an experienced kid.
11:43 He's doing the two step.
11:48 But you know what, these guys, they're entertainers aren't they as well.
11:54 And you know what, when you get these away fighters and they do, they give the crowd a bit,
11:58 they stick the talk out a bit, we secretly like it don't we because it's entertaining.
12:03 Yeah it's entertainment at the end of the day, it's a business and people come here to pay money.
12:10 The one that's the entertainment, that's what you pay for isn't it.
12:13 That's why he gets brought back isn't he.
12:16 Yeah, yeah.
12:17 And if he is watching, I don't know if he is, but Louis Van Pooch I'm going to give you a shout out,
12:24 one of the most entertaining journeymen we've had, he's recently retired.
12:27 Unbelievable career.
12:28 Unbelievable career.
12:29 And Zavo just complaining a little bit isn't he about the back of the head etc.
12:38 That sometimes can be a distress sign.
12:41 Yeah when Liam's throwing wide shots, he keeps saying around the back of the head,
12:45 and I don't think they are, I think they're possibly around the side,
12:48 but I don't think he's landing on the back of the head to be honest, but again he's showing out a little bit.
12:53 Bit of distress isn't it.
12:55 Yeah.
12:56 Yep guys we're getting a few comments in.
12:58 We appreciate all these comments.
13:02 A round clock, good idea and I think that's something that we will look at for the next show,
13:07 so thanks for these suggestions.
13:08 Zavo looked to tee up a big right hand there didn't he, and Liam was wise to it.
13:25 He knew it was coming, he held his position nicely.
13:27 He does this from range and he throws a few steep left hands,
13:39 and when he feels like Liam's starting to catch his rhythm, he launches right then.
13:51 He does a bit of distance and then does something from range, but he starts with a steep left.
13:55 When Zavo's coming out with his little up, they're coming from weird angles to be honest.
14:00 They're quite difficult to read.
14:03 He's awkward, he's very awkward.
14:05 Yeah, a steep left hand from the hip isn't he.
14:07 It's hard to know when it's coming.
14:09 When he throws his shots, it can be quite impressive.
14:14 I think Zavo could have his day against lesser fighters.
14:18 Oh for sure.
14:19 Definitely so yeah.
14:20 Because he comes out with some quick counters that come from nowhere.
14:22 His defence is quite good as well.
14:24 The other, the shoulder roll on the inside,
14:28 I think that's why he's complaining about the back of the head,
14:30 because a few of them are in him on the side of the head, but it's his own fault.
14:33 I thought it was nice to be nice Jack.
14:37 I told you there's no room for niceness in the boxing room.
14:41 Nice to be nice until the bell goes.
14:45 It's funny though, because you all do it don't you,
14:49 I mean the pros, nicest people outside the ring,
14:52 the second they get in there something just goes off.
14:54 It's got to, otherwise you don't have any success.
14:56 Well Kroller was one of them, one of your old gym mates,
15:01 he was one of the nicest guys you could meet outside the ring.
15:03 The second he goes in, he's one of the toughest, hardest, nails guys you can see.
15:07 Exactly that, and he can't put up a nice slide,
15:09 but he's one of the nicest lads you'll ever meet.
15:11 And that bell goes, mate, and you still get to meet the tougher man than him.
15:16 Takes what's given and keeps coming all night.
15:19 And he goes back to the corner again,
15:31 but I think he is starting to feel the pace a little bit, Isabo.
15:34 Electing not to sit down, what's your guys' views on this?
15:38 You know, the fighters that don't sit down,
15:40 we saw famously of course Eubanks Sr. made it famous didn't he,
15:43 but what do you guys make of it?
15:46 Myself, and listen, I think what it is,
15:50 when you do your sparring in the gym, you don't sit down in the corner,
15:54 so a lot of fighters think, you know,
15:56 they recover in the gym standing up,
15:58 so they recover in the ring standing up,
16:00 and they stick to it.
16:01 Me, myself, personally, I just think sat down does slow your heart rate down quicker,
16:04 so I'd rather do that and then, you know,
16:07 get back a little bit more recovered in the next round.
16:09 What about yourself, Jack?
16:10 Yeah, I think you bang on there.
16:13 For me, if your heart rate is going to come down faster,
16:17 it's the best bet, but like you said, in the gym,
16:19 none of us do it.
16:20 I think a lot of fighters do it,
16:21 it's a bit of a canology to sort of think,
16:23 I'm not tired, I'm ready to go again, you know what I mean?
16:25 It's not a nice feeling looking across the ring,
16:27 and he's not even sitting down, you're thinking,
16:29 you're blown for talking and he's standing up.
16:31 Yes, a few more comments coming in,
16:35 shout out to the matchmakers,
16:36 yes, John is saying Liam needs a fight,
16:39 Cyrus Patterson, oh, good fight Cyrus,
16:42 Cyrus is coming up on the way up,
16:44 isn't he? Really good prospect Cyrus.
16:46 He was in a really good fight with Jenkins.
16:49 That's right, Chris Jenkins, yeah.
16:51 Liam working the body here as well now.
16:55 Oh, you can feel these ones,
16:59 these are getting through, these.
17:01 He's getting through now, slowly breaking him down.
17:04 Oh, those two really, those two did land.
17:11 He's picked the pace up a little bit here as well.
17:13 And Zabo's calling him in,
17:16 and Liam fires in two nice body shots.
17:20 He's mixed his variety up a lot as well,
17:22 now he's throwing like right hand,
17:23 the head right through the body and stuff,
17:25 he's mixing the angles.
17:26 He's calling him back now.
17:28 Good shot.
17:34 He's clever this Zabo,
17:37 he's trying to just draw him into one
17:38 and then just sting him with a big shot from nowhere.
17:41 He certainly knows what he's doing.
17:45 Yeah, I like how Liam's going about his work though,
17:48 because as we said, he's doing a lot of kidology,
17:51 his opponent.
17:53 Definitely slowing Zabo down.
17:55 Yeah, he's having none of it,
17:56 he's keeping to his task,
17:58 and I think he will get to him,
18:00 he's starting to get to him now.
18:02 I think this has been the best round of the fight so far.
18:07 Yeah.
18:08 For success rates especially.
18:11 You know what, Liam's throwing that right,
18:13 he's throwing it more like a hook now,
18:14 isn't he, like a proper traditional hook,
18:15 and that's because he's trying to get around that guard,
18:17 isn't he?
18:18 The reactions from Zabo are definitely slowing down now.
18:31 Definitely.
18:32 Oh!
18:36 Liam feels like he's getting to him here.
18:38 He is.
18:39 His hands are coming down as well now, Zabo.
18:41 And not much is coming back as well.
18:45 I don't think he's got the zap to get out of the way
18:47 as he was in round one and two.
18:49 You know what, Liam just kept him on the end of the jab
18:51 beautifully there.
18:52 Oh!
18:53 Good shot.
18:54 I don't think they're there.
18:55 Whoa!
18:57 The gumshear flew out and the referee stopped to get it back in.
19:02 I mean...
19:03 Maybe he should have let the exchange finish first.
19:05 Because the exchange was halfway...
19:06 I mean, he literally let him off the hook there.
19:08 Yeah.
19:09 Gave him a nice little breather.
19:11 Yeah, I think Liam will feel aggrieved there.
19:13 If I was in the corner, I'd be going mental,
19:17 you know, if I was...
19:18 But they've kept the calm there anyway.
19:20 They know their man's on top.
19:22 Yeah, Liam was fine, a good rhythm there, I think.
19:24 Yeah, he's gone straight back to it.
19:26 I don't know if you can do the Billy Joe Saunders
19:30 if you get in tag, can you?
19:31 Not when you get in it this often.
19:34 Oh.
19:35 But fair play to Zabo, because he's taken some big shots,
19:37 so got to give him credit,
19:38 because these are really getting through now.
19:40 And I told you now, Liam is smiling.
19:41 I told you to come back to him with that,
19:43 reminding him from the smile.
19:44 But Zabo is...
19:46 He is an entertaining guy.
19:47 He's a character, mate, definitely.
19:49 And a good point here made by one of the commenters here, Semper Gaming,
20:01 that he feels that Taylor's doing well by keeping his composure
20:04 and not letting his antics get to him.
20:06 He's right, isn't he?
20:07 Yeah.
20:08 100 per cent.
20:09 I think that was Taylor's best round for me.
20:11 I just think for the success he was having
20:13 and how often he was landing,
20:16 I think it was his best round.
20:18 And I think, more importantly, he took more from Zabo in that round
20:21 than he did in the other four put together.
20:24 10 seconds, Thomas.
20:26 You look at Zabo's face, though, he does still look like he's enjoying himself.
20:29 He does.
20:30 Weirdly enough.
20:31 Round six.
20:32 He just gave Liam a little wink.
20:35 Well, whatever happens,
20:39 they will definitely respect each other at the end of this.
20:41 Yeah.
20:42 As they should.
20:45 It's going to be the final round, isn't it?
20:47 It's going to be the final round.
20:48 It's going to be the final round.
20:49 It's going to be the final round.
20:50 It's going to be the final round.
20:51 It's going to be the final round.
20:52 As they should.
20:53 He throws a few nice counters off the ropes,
21:06 you know, when he does let him go.
21:07 Yeah.
21:08 And there's the right hook as well, which does land.
21:12 But Liam just stays consistent and keeps pressing.
21:20 Again, as his gym mates have been doing,
21:22 he's just setting too high a pace.
21:23 It's so tough to stay with this pace if you're, you know, so close to him.
21:28 These left hooks are really getting through.
21:29 Yeah, he's really getting through.
21:30 And you know what?
21:34 He's going from body to head, body to head,
21:36 and I think that's what's giving him the success,
21:39 like Stephen said earlier.
21:40 It's Liam smiling now, isn't it?
21:42 Yeah.
21:43 Yeah.
21:49 That was...
21:50 He's proper taut.
21:53 I mean, considering he's got to get inside,
21:55 he's still doing...
21:56 I mean, you've got to give him some credit, haven't you?
21:58 Yeah.
21:59 I was just going to say he's probably never getting that wink,
22:02 but he probably isn't, is he?
22:03 He'd still do it again, wouldn't he?
22:05 Yeah.
22:06 I think he'd do it right to the very end.
22:09 He's got a little bit of a mark on his right eye now, though,
22:16 so it shows the shocks are coming through.
22:19 He's a bit more...
22:20 He's stationary a bit more, isn't he, now?
22:22 Yeah.
22:23 He's not up on his toes anymore, is he?
22:25 Yeah, I think more of the same from Liam now.
22:27 He's just keep doing what you're doing, basically.
22:30 Look at him.
22:33 Look at this guy.
22:34 He's just dressed warm and ready to go.
22:38 He's just got to get in there.
22:39 He's got to get in there.
22:40 He's got to get in there.
22:41 He's got to get in there.
22:42 He's got to get in there.
22:43 He's got to get in there.
22:44 He's got to get in there.
22:45 He's got to get in there.
22:46 He's got to get in there.
22:47 He's just dressed warm and narrowed that twice.
22:49 Yeah.
22:50 Can't do that again.
22:51 He is...
22:55 Yeah, I agree, he is some character.
22:57 He is some character.
22:58 Oh, nice body shot.
22:59 A circuit-like shot there.
23:00 Yeah, he felt that.
23:01 He really felt that one.
23:02 Yeah, he's got him there.
23:03 He's going to go in in a minute.
23:06 Oh, the left hook was a big one.
23:07 Oh, lovely.
23:08 Oh.
23:09 Lovely finish.
23:10 He threw in a bottle.
23:13 He threw in a bottle.
23:15 Oh.
23:16 I think he...
23:17 I don't know why he threw in a bottle, but...
23:19 The cornerman threw his cup in.
23:21 He threw in a cup, yeah, right.
23:22 He threw in a cup, yeah.
23:23 Yeah.
23:25 I don't think he was happy with the stoppage, but...
23:27 No, he's not.
23:28 He's just been a puppet of everything.
23:30 Well, there were a couple of big ones that got through.
23:34 Definitely were a couple that got through.
23:37 I don't think...
23:38 Zabo's corner's happy at all, are they?
23:41 And I think...
23:42 Steve Maylert doing the absolute right thing.
23:45 Just going up and calming him down.
23:46 Doing the right thing.
23:49 You know, signing a class.
23:51 A bit like Joe McNally did, you know, with...
23:53 You know what, under slightly different circumstances, but, you know...
23:56 Steve Maylert, you know, a real good head on him,
24:00 went over and just calmed the situation down.
24:02 Yeah, listen, it...
24:05 It shows good, though...
24:07 Good intent from the other corner.
24:09 Like, the fact that he thinks their man was still in the fight,
24:12 that's better, but...
24:14 It was a good performance from Liam, and...
24:15 At the end of the day, I think the body shots hurt his performance,
24:18 and then he unloaded.
24:20 He was taking a lot of shots on answers, so...
24:22 Yeah, yeah.
24:23 It wasn't the worst stoppage I've seen.
24:25 Well, you know what?
24:28 The left hook, there was a big left hook that went in.
24:30 And, er...
24:32 The finest gym, there you go, you've got the full team there.
24:34 Four wins tonight for them.
24:36 Zack Miller, Tom Raff, Jack Raff, and Liam Taylor.
24:39 Good match at the office.
24:42 I think Jack called that early on.
24:44 He said it'd be nice if they all get wins and all perform,
24:47 and I think they have.
24:48 It's been a good night for the gym, hasn't it?
24:49 Definitely.
24:50 It's been a very good night.
24:51 And we can go to our MC for the confirmation of the results.
24:53 Ladies and gentlemen, please, can we have a big round of applause
24:55 for both of our boxers!
24:57 Our time has just got to stop now.
25:01 You've had the one chance of two minutes and 15 seconds.
25:04 And we're out on the sticks.
25:05 Our next winner, Andy Lucas, up front,
25:08 and the king of the world in the grand team category,
25:11 Liam Taylor!
25:14 Ladies and gentlemen, please give a big round of applause
25:20 for the sticky man, Toto Alessandro.
25:23 We'll set the night on fire, and I'll bow to him.
25:26 A big thank you to everyone who has attended.
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