Arlen Lopez vs Gradus Kraus (23-09-2023) Full Fight

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00:00Well, this promises to be an excellent contest, one which I've been particularly looking forward

00:18to myself. Former trainer of world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and father of former world

00:32amateur champion Hughie Fury, Peter Fury, ringside to see this contest as well. Friends

00:40with the Kraus family, so he has good support here as well. Peter Fury, a fantastic trainer.

00:56Gradus in the black for me has to be very very busy with his jab, try to stay to the right

01:04and he has to try to to counter Lopez's counter punches essentially,

01:12which is easier said than done against these fantastic Cuban boxers with unbelievable

01:19flair and skill, tremendous ability, unbelievable judgment to distance,

01:25their punch variety is exceptional as well and more importantly they always find room to punch

01:32no matter where they are in the ring. I'm a massive believer in success, breed success in

01:40boxing and Cuba have certainly had a great deal of success over the past 40 or so years.

01:50Thinking back to Barcelona in 1992 where they captured eight gold medals when

01:55Olympic boxing was absolutely thriving and IBA of course doing a great job in bringing that back.

02:13Good cross there from Lopez as you can see he's a southpaw, right hand forward.

02:20Gradus Kraus in the black has to make sure that he keeps his left hand a little bit higher.

02:34Having a low guard against a Cuban is never the best way to approach a contest against.

02:43Masters of judgment and distance.

02:55Nice little flurry there.

03:08Good jab from Lopez, almost looks like he's out of distance sometimes but still

03:11finding the target. This is what you get from the Cubans, nice jab there from Gradus but it

03:19takes a jab in return. A game of cat and mouse here, a very quick first round

03:30but that's what happens when you get the quality

03:36of these two competitors.

04:11I feel it's on the floor.

04:42Good start there from Gradus, a little bit more active, slightly more aggressive than he was in

04:57the first round. Nice body shot there from the man in black, whipped that left hook right under the

05:05right elbow of Lopez.

05:15Good lead right uppercut there from Lopez. Lopez still hasn't really quite found his rhythm,

05:36something that you see quite often from the Cubans. It's not a fast start but a very accurate

05:43start. They set their stall right away, they get right behind their jab, they find their distance

05:48very quickly and they make it very difficult for you to get back into the contest.

05:58And that's what Gradus Kraus doesn't want to allow to happen here.

06:02Good head movement from Kraus there.

06:08Picking his shots and slipping and sliding in and out of range.

06:13Nice right hand from Kraus again.

06:21The man in black growing in confidence certainly and rightly so

06:26because he's had a few bouts of success in this round, mixing up his combinations but

06:34still by no means controlling matters here and sometimes you do get the feeling

06:40when you're up against a world-class Cuban that they're just having a good look at you

06:44and they're measuring you just to see what they can catch you with.

06:49Once you start to gain confidence they like to take it away from you quite quickly.

06:57Good right hook there from Lopez.

07:03Not being overly busy with his jab.

07:06Cubans love to establish their jab and make their mark really quite early and

07:11they get all their punches off. Lovely fluid rhythmic movement and good jabs.

07:36I can hear Peter Fury yelling from the ringside there on Kraus to go to the body.

07:45It's not bad information at all.

07:53Coached by his father who I believe is a former world kickboxing champion and a boxing champion

07:59as well. Father-son relationships in boxing of course are very very successful normally.

08:12Especially if the father is a successful former boxer.

08:17Has lots to pass on to their son and the son will always listen or normally will always listen to a

08:22father more than someone that they don't know so well. Great punch picking there from Lopez.

08:29The jab followed by the left uppercut and even though he has disadvantages in height

08:34still managing to land shots like that just shows you the class of the Cubans.

09:22So

09:43another good body shot there

09:44from Kraus. Landed a few good effective body shots and that will help towards the

09:54the latter part of this contest and I'm sure that's the tactics

10:00of the Dutch corner just to maybe slow Lopez down as the bout goes on and for the younger

10:07more energetic Kraus to pick up the pace. Another lovely double left hook to the body.

10:12Really good effective body punching. I must remember as well Gradis Kraus is 22 years old

10:22and performing very very well here considering Lopez's experience.

10:28He heard the announcer say he's had over 150 amateur contests.

10:38Takes a good left hand there though from Lopez.

10:43Who does seem to be

10:50just finding the range a little bit more than he was in the first and second round.

10:56Not to the point in my opinion that it's becoming alarming but Gradis Kraus here is

11:01most certainly being tagged with a couple of more shots but he's very much still in this contest

11:08and like I mentioned earlier those body shots might come into play.

11:12They might work for him later on. They'll be hoping that Lopez slows down

11:17somewhat considerably and the younger

11:23more athletic looking

11:27young man in black can put his foot on the gas and have a big finish. Lovely counter

11:33punching there. Classic southpaw backhand from Lopez.

11:40He's not the easiest guy in the world to catch with a clean headshot

11:44like most Cubans. Very slippery, great movement for the waist.

11:47A lot of natural rhythm caught up with a good backhand counter there from Kraus.

11:57Nice showing mutual respect from both men there at the end of that third round.

12:04A lot of quality on show here.

12:16Gradis not breathing. Too heavy in the corner there. Looks very very fit.

12:21Physically as well in great condition.

12:33Watch your head up. Watch your head up.

13:03Round four underway.

13:13Gradis Kraus on the front feet straight away here looking to establish his dominance.

13:24Nice body shot again. I can testify that he's a very good body puncher.

13:29Inspired him with my son Alex Arthur Jr. Alex said he felt a lot.

13:37Gradis's body shot said he's a very good body puncher.

13:47This is fantastic experience for him regardless and with one of the best operators in IBA boxing

13:56and Arlen Lopez.

14:05Nice right uppercut there.

14:10From Kraus. Timed that very very well.

14:56Nice right hand from Kraus there. Sharp and straight.

15:10Good jab from Lopez.

15:14Lopez starting to look ominously uncomfortable. Comfortable here I should say.

15:20If you know the Cubans and you know how they operate you can see

15:28they start to build a rhythm for themselves and create a real a real flow.

15:34They almost box like they're listening to music in their heads.

15:41Technically beautiful. They've always got fantastic punch variety and like I mentioned earlier as well

15:47they always are in a position to punch no matter where they are, where they're dancing, if they're

15:54being aggressive they always seem to be able to get shots off and fantastic naturally gifted counter

16:01punchers and of course the success that their countries had over the years just builds because

16:10they continuously bring in the former champions from their country to work with the current boxers.

16:21The classic old story and success breeds success.

16:28A real real superpower in boxing.

16:34An Olympic style boxing particularly.

16:36A fantastic experience for this young man only 22 years old competing at this at this level.

16:49It's remarkable really and more than holding his own.

17:06Watch your head up.

17:36Good start to the fifth round here from Kraus letting his hands go fluidly.

18:00I was very very fortunate to work with Olympic silver medalist

18:06fantastic world champion Wayne McCulloch from Ireland and he always maintained that the best way

18:14to box against the Cubans was give them lots of pressure and lots of volume

18:20and to counter everything that they countered which takes a lot of energy

18:26and a lot of confidence in your own ability as well and I guess that comes with years of

18:33experience. Something that Gradus Kraus doesn't have on his side really considering he's a

18:42background of a fighting family

18:49but as I said earlier he's more than held his own here and doing very very well

18:55landing some really good body shots

19:00but you can just see Lopez's class coming through a little bit here.

19:14Trying to catch a little break there a little rest.

19:17Lopez rolling from the hips.

19:24Good body shot again from from Gradus a really good body puncher he is.

19:30Good body shot back from Lopez there that left uppercut under the rib.

19:37Both men looking to finish strong.

19:38Good footwork there

19:48from Lopez as well.

19:51Nice one too from Gradus.

19:57Less than half a minute to go now.

20:00Lopez switching up to orthodox goes back to southpaw.

20:04He really can do it all the Cubans nice leaping jumping jab there an effective shot for a southpaw.

20:15Something again that comes with experience and again.

20:23But the young man from the Netherlands hasn't done himself any harm here at all.

20:29He really has done very very well considering the level of opposition he was up against there.

20:35Remarkable stuff from the 22 year old but I just have the feeling that Lopez has edged this one out.

20:47But in reality it's a no-lose situation

20:53for Gradus Kraus.

21:30We see some of the shots there from Lopez very very effective.

21:36Let's see what the judges have got to say.

21:52Ladies and gentlemen before I announce the winner of this contest let me please welcome

21:57into the ring the IBA Secretary General Chris Roberts to present the ceremonial certificates to both boxers.

22:05And let's have a show of appreciation please for both of our contestants in the ring.

22:14We go to your judges scorecards where we have a split decision in favor of your winner.

22:22And the winner in the black corner whoa fantastic

22:34Well I had it 3-2 to the Cuban.

22:39But that is a fantastic win for Gradus Kraus from the Netherlands there.

22:43The judges must have preferred the more active body punching.

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