Art Barrera Jr. vs Michael Portales (08-02-2024) Full Fight

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00:00 - Peace. - Mouthpiece.

00:02 - All right, gentlemen, you received the instructions

00:03 in the dressing room, know what I expect?

00:05 Good, clean fight.

00:07 Legal punches, here for you, legal punches,

00:09 here for you, touch gloves, good luck to both of you.

00:12 - All right.

00:13 - Tim, do you remember when you were

00:16 on your way to the Hall of Fame

00:17 and you had that desire of getting back

00:20 to your fight weight? - Yes.

00:22 - Okay, what if I told you that

00:24 Michael Portales weighed 300 pounds before COVID

00:28 and here he is tonight in that blue corner

00:30 fighting at 140 pounds?

00:34 - I would say that he's a mentally tough person.

00:38 Honestly, man, one of the hardest things in life

00:41 is losing weight.

00:42 I'm struggling with that right now, Bernardo.

00:44 - We both are, and he overcame so much

00:46 just to even make it.

00:48 He was picked up when he was 12 years old

00:49 by his now father and trainer,

00:53 and he was sleeping in the foster system,

00:56 but his foster family would make him sleep outside

00:59 until his foster parents said,

01:01 "No, that's not how it's gonna go.

01:03 Come stay with me," and he took him in,

01:05 changed his life, and for Art Barrera,

01:08 he's undefeated.

01:10 You don't wanna blink because this young man

01:12 has a vicious left hook.

01:14 He's 2-0, has only fought seven minutes as a pro,

01:17 has yet to go past round two.

01:19 - Oh, he's there, too, and he's trying to set it up

01:20 right now.

01:22 You know, Barrera just using his jab.

01:23 He's tall, long, and rangy, so, you know,

01:26 he likes to start everything from the outside,

01:28 which is smart.

01:29 You wanna use your height, you wanna use your range,

01:31 and there it is.

01:32 Left hook. - Watch your hands, guys.

01:34 - Just a little bit off the mark.

01:35 Once he finds the low kick, once he locates that head,

01:37 because what Portelis is doing is he's dropping real low,

01:40 and he's crouching down, and he's kinda shrinking

01:42 his target areas, but he is dropping his hands

01:45 on the way in, and eventually, he will get caught.

01:48 - His nickname is "The Bull" and "Mikey the Bull"

01:51 because he comes in like that,

01:53 trying to boom his way inside.

01:55 - Stop! - Break!

01:56 - Oh, he's doing the right thing.

01:58 And when I say he's doing the right thing,

02:00 it's Portelis.

02:01 He's doing the right thing by trying to crowd him

02:03 and close the distance.

02:04 - Ooh, and there's that left hook!

02:06 - There it is. - You take one to give one.

02:09 - Three!

02:10 [crowd shouting]

02:11 - That's it, that's it, that's it.

02:12 - I'm good, I'm good.

02:13 - That's it, baby, that's it.

02:15 - He was resting.

02:16 - They've done a little bit too long.

02:17 - Yeah.

02:18 - Your corner said that's it as well.

02:20 - And Raul Cae Jr. looked to his corner,

02:21 and you see Robert Garcia.

02:23 We talked about him being his next protege,

02:25 and the young man who discovered Art Barrera Jr.

02:28 is Robert Garcia Jr.

02:30 He's the one who goes out to the amateur tournaments

02:32 and says, "Hey, pops, check this kid out,"

02:35 and he's had that success with several fighters now.

02:38 - Look, one of the things that's--

02:40 I would say the hardest thing to teach is punching power

02:44 because you have it.

02:45 You're born with it, you know?

02:47 This young man right here was born with that,

02:49 and that's what I believe that Ryan Garcia saw in him.

02:53 And his son told him that, "Hey, this guy's knocking out guys

02:55 in the amateurs.

02:56 Now imagine him in the pros."

02:58 - 20 knockouts in 100 amateur fights.

03:00 He went 1-1 against Emiliano Vargas,

03:03 and when you spar against Virgil Ortiz,

03:05 Raymond Muratay and Brandon Lee,

03:07 you're gonna be able to do this, Tim.

03:08 - Look at it. He's stepping back.

03:09 You see the steps going backwards right here?

03:10 This is set up.

03:11 Boom, he was just waiting

03:13 for that opportunity to land that left foot,

03:15 and right there he caught him in between his combination.

03:19 Here it is again,

03:20 anticipating that looping right hand,

03:23 caught him high on the head,

03:25 got hit with a headbutt on the way in,

03:27 but there it is. Boom, right on the chin.

03:29 He's shorting that shot up in real time.

03:31 That's impressive for a young fighter.

03:33 Really impressive.

03:35 Here it is. Bait, bait, bait.

03:36 I got you to throw.

03:38 He took it on the chin well,

03:40 got hit with a headbutt also,

03:42 but then he steps back,

03:43 finds the perfect range to land that left hook right there

03:46 on the chin of Patelis, and that was it.

03:50 - I mean, he tried to get up.

03:51 It was a little late.

03:52 The corner had already decided that it was enough,

03:54 and Art Barrera Jr., who wears the name "Fernie"

03:57 on the back of his trunks in honor of his uncle

03:59 who died at 40 years of age,

04:01 he said, "That's the man who started me in boxing.

04:03 I'm living his dream."

04:05 - And look, Patelis was knocked out in his last fight as well.

04:08 - Yeah. - You know?

04:09 So, I mean, I know going into this fight,

04:12 I knew this fight was gonna get stopped sooner or later.

04:15 Maybe he could've continued,

04:16 but I'm just glad it got stopped.

04:18 It wouldn't have been good.

04:19 - Absolutely.

04:20 Let's send that up to Mark Chanuck

04:21 for the official time of the stoppage.

04:22 - Ladies and gentlemen, here inside Nickelode Ultra Arena,

04:25 this bout comes to a conclusion at 1 minute 41 seconds

04:28 of round number one for your winner

04:31 by technical knockout, Art Barrera Jr.

04:38 - So now he's fought 8 minutes and 46 seconds

04:40 as a professional in three fights.

04:43 We'll come back with more from Las Vegas.

04:45 There is Allegiant Stadium.

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