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00:00:01HBO Boxing 94
00:00:05Pound for Pound
00:00:07The best fighters in the world are here
00:00:30Another hit, and down goes Roy Bryan
00:00:35Solid right hand, and I think the referee's gotta stop it right now and he does
00:00:41Now go down, Jones going, and they caught a short left hand inside
00:00:46He's finished, you're doing just enough to keep him off, you know, we leave you alone
00:00:50You're lying to yourself because you're gonna cry tomorrow
00:00:53You're lying to yourself and I lie to you guys that can get away with that
00:00:56We're going out there and we're going to fight
00:01:00Show moving by Jones
00:01:04Left hook, and now
00:01:07The crowd tonight has looping Kevin Kelly fans
00:01:12Oscar down the line with a second round knockout
00:01:16On Friday night
00:01:18What is this?
00:01:21The WBC's referee has stopped this fight after a count to nine
00:01:25And we're going to have a riot here
00:01:27That one goes for
00:01:31On the right hand
00:01:32An unbelievably close and right hand shot
00:01:35It happens
00:01:36It happens
00:01:39It all happened here
00:01:41And in 95
00:01:43Simply the best gets even better
00:01:46I can hardly wait
00:01:48The best in boxing
00:01:50That's why you have HBO
00:01:51That's why you have HBO
00:01:53That's why you have HBO
00:01:55The following is a special presentation of HBO Sports
00:02:13Hello again, sports fans, and welcome to Gab and Jab
00:02:22The talk show that packs a real punch
00:02:24This week's featured guest, Orlando Canizales
00:02:28The IVF Bantamweight Champion
00:02:30Who ranks as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport today
00:02:34Joining this boxing great will be Kevin Kelly
00:02:37Cut, cut, cut, wait a minute
00:02:38I'm the featherweight champion of the world
00:02:40Don't worry, Kevin, we'll get to that later
00:02:42Take two
00:02:43Let's start first with the champ, Mr. Canizales
00:02:47To what do you attribute your success
00:02:49As the longest reigning Bantamweight champion in boxing history?
00:02:53I'm blessed with the body of a warrior
00:02:55I am faster enlightened, stronger in thunder
00:02:57And have the sheen of Hercules
00:02:58Whoa, that's very impressive
00:03:00Mr. Kelly, you have had 41 professional fights
00:03:03You have never lost yet many boxing experts
00:03:05Think that Mr. Canizales is a better fighter than you
00:03:07How does he do it?
00:03:09Cut, cut
00:03:10What do you mean better fighter?
00:03:12Okay, let's start again
00:03:14Take three
00:03:15Mr. Canizales, what would you say is your best punch?
00:03:18I do not have one good punch
00:03:19I have an arsenal of punches that I can choose from at any time
00:03:22A devastating buddy punch
00:03:24A powerful left hook
00:03:26And a crushing right hand
00:03:29I would hate to be your opponent
00:03:32Mr. Kelly, how about you?
00:03:34What weapons do you bring to the ring?
00:03:36Can I have your autograph, champ?
00:03:37Hey, hey, what's going on here?
00:03:39It's gonna be what
00:03:40Anyone's answer, anybody's autograph, it's gonna be mine
00:03:42Kevin Kelly, the flushing flash
00:03:44Hey, cut, cut
00:03:45I don't have any of this
00:03:46Take four
00:03:47Gentlemen, let's discuss your fight tonight
00:03:49Mr. Canizales, you will be moving up in weight
00:03:51To take on Wilfredo Vasquez
00:03:53For his WBA junior featherweight crown
00:03:55What plans do you have after tonight's victory?
00:03:58To defend my new title with honor and dignity
00:04:00And to become the longest reigning junior featherweight champion in boxing history
00:04:03And what a feat that would be
00:04:06Mr. Kelly, tonight you will face the number one ranked contender, Alejandro Gonzalez
00:04:11If you lose, is it all over for Kevin Kelly?
00:04:14Hey, what's going on here?
00:04:16You show stick figures of me boxing
00:04:18You ask me insulting questions
00:04:19This guy signed a guard of guts for his fans
00:04:21I had enough of this
00:04:22I had enough of this
00:04:23Take five
00:04:26Take five
00:04:27I'm Kevin Kelly, the flushing flash
00:04:29Alando Canizales couldn't join us tonight
00:04:31So let me tell you a little bit about myself
00:04:33I'm the featherweight champion of the world
00:04:35A slick southpaw
00:04:36Who has never lost in 41 professional fights
00:04:39Sorry Kevin, by golly we're out of time
00:04:41Hey folks, join us next week for another edition of Gab and Jab
00:04:45With Kevin Kiley and boxing legend Pernell Whitaker
00:04:48It's Kelly, K-E-L-L-E-Y, Kelly
00:05:18San Antonio, home of the world
00:05:23You are alright
00:05:25This is probably 3 years ago
00:05:26I'm the она of the world
00:05:27And you must have been a kid
00:05:28With Kevin Kiley and boxing
00:05:29With Kevin Kiley and boxing
00:05:32I will have a chair to take
00:05:33Good to see you in a bar
00:05:35I'm the man of the whole
00:05:36You meny NYX
00:05:37The dentist is a toast
00:05:38It's a feast
00:05:39It's a feast
00:05:40It's a feast
00:05:41It's a feast
00:05:42It's a feast
00:05:43You are a feast
00:05:44You are a feast
00:05:45And you are a feast
00:05:46San Antonio home of Texas is most famous landmark the Alamo a city rich in
00:05:52Western and Mexican history which finds its heart in the gracious two-and-a-half
00:05:56mile Riverwalk and we're tonight HBO sports presents a doubleheader edition of
00:06:02world championship boxing first Kevin Kelly the WBC featherweight champion
00:06:08defends his title and his perfect record against number one contender Alejandro
00:06:13Gonzales of Mexico and then Mexican American Texan Orlando Canizales one of
00:06:18boxing's very best moves up and wait to take on WBA junior featherweight champion
00:06:23Wilfredo Vasquez both fights are scheduled for 12 rounds in San Antonio's
00:06:30Freeman Coliseum a near sellout a raucous crowd they've been treated to a
00:06:35spectacular undercard of boxing and they are ready for these two outstanding
00:06:40fights from the lower weight classes hello again everybody I'm Jim Lampley
00:06:45welcome back to HBO's world championship boxing tonight represents a rare trip for
00:06:50us south of the lightweight limit and into boxing's lower weight classes where the
00:06:55excitement is matched only by the determination of the fighters quickly a
00:06:59look at a graphic which will show you the weight limits for some of these lower
00:07:03weight classes the first fight you'll see is a world championship fight in the
00:07:07featherweight division where the weight limit is 126 pounds then the second half of the
00:07:11doubleheader another world championship fight in the junior featherweight division as
00:07:15tonight's governing body the WBA identifies it the weight limit there 122 pounds working
00:07:21with me as always HBO boxing analyst Larry Merchant Larry we've shown Kevin Kelly to
00:07:26our audience before he loves to bring entertainment value and excitement to his
00:07:30championship bouts could he get himself in trouble here by trying to look impressive in all of his
00:07:36showings well at least we can get a chance to talk about him even if he has a word in edgewise that's
00:07:42right sure he does in the same way that a baseball hitter can strike out if he's trying to hit home
00:07:48runs all the time but Kevin Kelly is one of those special athletes who likes to take risks even when many
00:07:54people think he doesn't have to take risks to win because he has such good ability he takes those risks
00:08:01because it's in his nature because he feels he must do it and he can get away with it because of his
00:08:07skills and his will and also because he understands that for a little man to become big in boxing he has to
00:08:14take risks there's also a very practical reason for it it was here in San Antonio that Purnell Whitaker was
00:08:21robbed of a decision in that fight against Julio Cesar Chavez ostensibly because he wasn't aggressive enough he'll be
00:08:29aggressive enough tonight interestingly on the undercard we've already seen three hometown favorites from here in San
00:08:36Antonio walk away with three honest losses so things are going as they should at ringside so far tonight and these
00:08:42little fighters are thrilled to be under the watchful eye tonight of the biggest man in boxing world heavyweight champion
00:08:47George Foreman George Alejandro Gonzalez the man who's challenging Kelly here resists the typical Mexican fighter image of being a tough
00:08:55brawler he says he's more of a boxer would he be better off brawling against Kelly who's some kind of boxer himself no
00:09:01unless he's really a boxer puncher he and got a lot of degree of punching power he better fly away from that and get in there and
00:09:09brawl with him for the first five rounds and eventually probably from the sixth round on it could turn into a good fight for a boxer but
00:09:15beforehand he's got a brawl he's got the brawl well it'd be interesting to see if Gonzalez is able to adopt that style
00:09:21let's look at the tail of the tape for the two fighters who are already in the ring Kevin Kelly 27 years old
00:09:27Alejandro Gonzalez at 21 has already had 36 professional fights the first three of his professional fights took place before his 15th birthday punch that numbers Larry
00:09:39numbers Larry this will give you an idea of how active they are and how accurate they are
00:09:46Kelly throws more punches Gonzalez is not a typical Mexican fighter in that he will punch and counterpunch and that is
00:09:57indicated by the number of jabs he throws there are many outstanding Mexican fighters that don't throw 34 jabs in a whole fight he has
00:10:05to average that per round rules of the bout with our unofficial ringside scorer Harold Letterman
00:10:12Harold Kevin Kelly and Alejandro Gonzalez will box tonight using the rules of the World Boxing Council 12 rounds there is no standing eight count no three knockdown rule you can be saved by the belt in the last round only and only the referee can stop the fight Jim
00:10:28all right a quick look at the two fighters already in the ring first the flushing flash 27 year old featherweight champion Kevin
00:10:34kelly the record at 41 wins no losses no draws is the very best among unbeaten champions to this
00:10:42moment in the sport of boxing and the opponent alejandro gonzalez of mexico just to underline
00:10:50the point again we may never have seen a fighter this young who is so professionally seasoned
00:10:5436 professional fights already at age 21 the first three of them before his 15th birthday both of
00:11:00those two losses relatively early in his career 24 knockouts in 34 fights right now let's go up the
00:11:06ringing out to michael buffer for the pre-fight introductions ladies and gentlemen cedric
00:11:13kushner promotions in association with corona beer la cerveza masvina presents a double championship
00:11:20rumble from deep in the heart of texas both belts are sanctioned by the texas department of licensing
00:11:25and regulation executive director jack garrison boxing coordinator rick valdez positions at ringside
00:11:33dr paul signs dr jorge guerrero and dr herado zavala the timekeepers are bill gavin and james gaffney
00:11:42this bout is presented in association with garden state boxing and it's also sanctioned by the world
00:11:48boxing council president jose suleman supervisors at ringside robert bussey and mario la traverse
00:11:56the three judges assigned to ringside scoring the belt on a 10-point must system are jose juan guerra
00:12:03adrian morgan and gail van hoy and in the ring at this time the man will be in charge of the action
00:12:10working for the second time in a world title belt referee lawrence cole ladies and gentlemen tonight's
00:12:17card is dedicated to the memory of gordon wood and now ladies and gentlemen it's time for part one
00:12:23of the double rumble so ladies and gentlemen from the home of the chl iguanas the san antonio texas
00:12:30coliseum introducing first fighting out of the red corner wearing white and weighing 126 pounds
00:12:49he brings a professional record of 34 victories against only two defeats and that includes 24 ko's
00:12:56from guadalajara jalisco mexico the number one ranked challenger in the world alejandro
00:13:06gobrita gonzalez
00:13:15and his opponent across the ring fighting out of the blue corner wearing teal trimmed in gold
00:13:21weighing 126 pounds also he brings a perfect professional record of 41 consecutive victories
00:13:28without a loss and he has ko 29 of those opponents ladies and gentlemen from flushing new york presenting
00:13:36the undefeated wbc featherweight champion of the world the flushing class kevin kelly
00:13:54i gave you your instructions and address from earlier tonight i want you to protect yourself
00:13:57so obey my commands at all times touch him up and good luck kevin kelly was knocked down in each of two
00:14:07fights against very good mexican fighters the question is whether gonzalez will go after kelly early
00:14:16or wait for kelly to come to him and counter punch him go both gregorio vargas and jesse benavides
00:14:26knocking kelly down in 1993 both fights won by kelly back up back up via the decision route kelly's a
00:14:34southpaw gonzalez tells us he's fought seven southpaws in his career and though he says he's more of a boxer
00:14:40he says he's knocked all seven of those southpaws out
00:14:49right hand lead by gonzalez and of course the right hand lead
00:14:53is one of those textbook items that you use against a southpaw george there's another one
00:14:57that lands right on kelly's button the thing with fighting a southpaw you you leave with the right
00:15:03hand but you got to start things up on your left because you just can't start right you got to create
00:15:08a little opening for those right hand lead kelly with a left hand lead that scored both fighters
00:15:14going to power punches early you get him set up by jabbing jabbing real ordinary then you start
00:15:22leading with the right with him not expecting it kelly for a brief moment there switched his feet into
00:15:28a conventional stance he says you'll see that from time to time and there's gonzalez for the hard right
00:15:33hand inside he was caught with a straight left hand by kevin kelly first kelly has landed a couple of good
00:15:42solid left hands early in the fight gonzalez has scarcely blinked
00:15:48kelly now switching to a conventional stance leading with the left and as he switches back
00:15:58he gets hammered twice with right hands from gonzalez
00:16:06kelly resorting to the jab
00:16:07midway through round one there's been a lot of heavy leather
00:16:20good left hook inside by kelly good right hand as well gonzalez seems to wait until he has some contact
00:16:27then he throws punches you can do that when you're fighting a guy who's not considered a dangerous
00:16:32puncher taste his punch and then hit it three good punches by gonzalez crowd responds
00:16:53hard left hand by kelly after he took a hard right hand from gonzalez gonzalez comes back with a left hook
00:17:02hard left hand from gonzalez comes back with a good solid shot but it was because he caught him coming in
00:17:13kelly got in another hard left moments ago and then the left hand there partially blocked already a
00:17:18little blood from gonzalez's nose i believe
00:17:24it's been a rousing first round
00:17:26one of the all-time enthusiastic crowds
00:17:34two roundhouse misses and then two hard punches landing for alejandra gonzalez and as we go to
00:17:40gonzalez's corner between rounds our interpreter is hector garcia
00:17:47very careful you have to be very careful
00:17:49don't go in that's don't go in straight forward
00:17:56you're listening go in and come out hit and come out
00:18:04how do you feel hit and don't stand there you have to hit you have to hit don't
00:18:11you have to hit you have to hit you have to hit you have to hit you have to hit you have to hit you
00:18:22watch this exchange this is boxing at his best
00:18:25left followed by a left neither fighter going anywhere kelly comes back with an excellent combination
00:18:32gonzalez lands his own one of the things i want to hear fellas is that although gonzalez does have
00:18:38a lot of experience for a 21 years old he's still 21 years old and we wonder how much of this a 21 year
00:18:46old can take
00:18:49referee lawrence cole already alerting the fighters to watch their head as gonzalez says
00:18:54i got bumped in the mouth by the top of kelly's skull
00:19:00that's going to happen a lot when you southpaws are fighting against a traditional boxer
00:19:04you always get caught on the wrong side of the face with the head
00:19:16gonzalez loves power punches he landed 29 of them in round one
00:19:21good right hand by kelly there but he was backing away
00:19:23and you get the sense george that kevin kelly's already developed a certain respect for alejandro
00:19:31gonzalez's punching power and he has better have some respect because this guy can punch
00:19:37he's 21 year old but he's fighting like he's got this uh the savvy of a 32 year old well 36 pro
00:19:43fights at age 21 does his age mean anything age has a lot to do with it but this guy's well equipped
00:19:49with age and experience also two hard left hands inside by kelly gonzalez backs off momentarily
00:19:56kelly has had some knockouts lately so he'll dig in and exchange a lot more than he ought to these
00:20:01days sometimes knockouts like that can give you a false sense of courage that you shouldn't have
00:20:06good right left combination again by kelly and the left hand lands over the top kevin kelly standing
00:20:12toe-to-to-toe with a guy who looks like a power puncher feet square taking chances this is dangerous
00:20:20stuff george he's taking a lot of chances but at the same time he's used an excellent position
00:20:25he throws his left and then he puts his right foot right in the middle of this guy uppercut landed for
00:20:30gonzalez seems to stun kelly momentarily kevin stops throwing
00:20:41gonzalez left hook
00:20:46i think it's a mistake when a good champion who knows how to box revert to fighting
00:20:52you got a title keep it boxing way into it
00:20:54keep your title by boxing
00:21:01kevin kelly insisted to us that he would fight a smart fight
00:21:07he said on the other hand he wants to show gonzalez he's stronger
00:21:12he mentioned that he would hit and get out of the way but these days
00:21:16he's hitting and looking as though he's trying to assess his damage yeah he's hitting and standing
00:21:21flat-footed and watching his work good hard left hand by kelly and another
00:21:31gonzalez just missing with the right uppercut kelly again lands the left over the top
00:21:36pretty good round for kevin kelly but he took a lot of chances to score
00:21:39look at me look at me i know what you're doing
00:21:43this is danger you got me
00:21:47see up where you're focusing on like this spit it out spit it out
00:21:54are you focusing on me or what's behind me now look at me are you laying inside you're getting
00:21:59swollen from banging heads you understand it don't mean nothing look at me you have to be smarter
00:22:05you're still aiming for the bina why are you aiming for the beat of the body where have you worked
00:22:10so where have you worked we don't want to catch him up here we want to catch him right in here
00:22:15go hit him in the head of his chest hit him at the height of his chest
00:22:21give it the protector
00:22:21the fighters listen to their trainers we're going to see some great chest punching in this round
00:22:34both trainers said the same thing
00:22:39kelly's trainer phil borgia stengali style relationship borgia's been with him since the
00:22:45early amateur days gonzalez's trainer is a man named jose reynoso i think kelly's corner made a
00:22:53mistake trying to change both now this guy was doing good what you try to do is just tell him
00:22:59don't forget the body and leave it alone now he's concentrating on the chest he's going to end up
00:23:03getting knocked down you got to keep doing what you're doing just say don't forget about the chest
00:23:09you wait around for a good opportunity chest is not an easy shot to land you saw kelly switch feet
00:23:13again and land the lead left hand pace slows a little bit in round number three as both fighters
00:23:20try to employ the new strategies recommended by their trainers you got to let it happen within the
00:23:25flow once you've started to the head it's hard to put on brakes and go back to the body
00:23:31right hand lead a little short by gonzalez
00:23:36you see kelly has found himself aiming for the chest and having the round being taken away by
00:23:41being out uh hustled
00:23:54so you can start a lot of frustration with a fighter because he's saying i'm doing good but i haven't
00:23:58landed anything to the chest he get frustrated and don't know that he's doing real good go back to what
00:24:03what you're doing stick to it and don't move anything just keep doing good this is what you
00:24:08should tell a fighter you think both fighters earn too much respect from each other in the first two
00:24:15rounds no doubt about it i think kelly though is caught caught his stuff in the in the midst of uh
00:24:20confusion from this corner trying to land chest punches now kelly gets aggressive and goes upstairs
00:24:25again and lands a couple of left hand leads and here he comes following with the right hand
00:24:33when a fighter's not landing good body shots what you do is concentrate on refreshing them
00:24:37in the corner that's all short right hand landed inside for gonzalez kelly backed him away with the right
00:24:42hand
00:24:46gonzalez fighting an extremely conservative round considering what he had been able to accomplish in
00:24:51the first two rounds now gonzalez begins to open up a little bit again when kelly started to go
00:24:58right back to the head like he was in the first round or so he's doing good that chest punching
00:25:04just don't start it like that it has to happen in the flow straight right hand
00:25:08landed right on the kiss of the kelly
00:25:09down three a much more tactical round than its two predecessors kelly landed a left and now a right and
00:25:22a flurry yeah kelly he's he's only stalling so he can land one shot to the chest it's not going to
00:25:29happen like that you got to catch him while he's throwing a shot to hit him in the chest
00:25:40tentative round for gonzalez kelly got aggressive in the last minute and a half we go to round four
00:25:47coming up next orlando canazales from laredo texas 150 miles away moving up from the bantamweight
00:25:55division where he has ruled to the junior featherweight division four pounds up the road to fight reigning
00:26:01champion wilfredo vasquez of puerto rico
00:26:08yeah kid do you understand me yeah look at my eyes do you understand me every time you get careless
00:26:14you know what happens what you get puffy and i don't want that i want that jab serious and when you make
00:26:19him miss that right hand i want the counters that you only only you can work so well do you got me
00:26:25show me then god damn it you got me i'm not playing with this guy and you better stop playing
00:26:32with him i want smart i think phil borge is upset at his fighter george yeah because he gave him the
00:26:43wrong instructions to go to the chest and he came back out and went to the head because the chest wasn't
00:26:47there he told him to do such to wait around for a body punch then he jumps on him for doing it
00:26:52in round three punch that numbers counted nine power punches for gonzalez versus 18 for kelly so the
00:27:00edge which had belonged to gonzalez early in power punching belonged to kelly in round three now here
00:27:06comes gonzalez being aggressive again and kelly not throwing now as gonzalez backs him into a corner
00:27:14and flails away crowd rises to this kevin gets back to the middle of the ring
00:27:25i'll tell you i blame that kind of stalling around and messing around on the trainer the trainer mixed
00:27:30him up did what he told him to do the previous round and he didn't thank him he came right back and
00:27:36jumped on him for not jab him when he didn't tell him to land one jab
00:27:41trainer jose reynoso told alejandro gonzalez between rounds move side to side and get him back against
00:27:47the ropes well for a minute there gonzalez was executing that strategy perfectly but now kevin
00:27:52kelly back in the middle of the ring where he's more effective that's true
00:27:56you're looking at a couple of featherweights fighting like heavyweights trading power shots toe
00:28:10to toe and he's a champion that should never have been in this kind of fight at all he went out
00:28:15trying to prove power going for the chest made a hard fight he's gonna have to box himself out of this
00:28:20or find himself in a toe-to-toe fight talking about kelly kevin kelly he didn't need to be in
00:28:25this fight at all
00:28:30gonzalez is having a fight that he needs right now a brawl for the first five or six round brawl
00:28:35make him mix it up make him get puffy he's getting what he wants he's true he's got nothing to lose
00:28:43he can only become champion of the world street right hand landed for gonzalez
00:28:48kelly backs into the ropes where gonzalez has been more effective
00:28:58hard left hand inside by gonzalez that one missed
00:29:00he's allowing gonzalez to just walk in no jab nothing just walk to me i'll be there waiting on you
00:29:09kelly should not allow him to just walk in you've got to touch him make him stop for a moment and think
00:29:15kevin kelly battled the bad cold for eight or nine days coming into this week he said he didn't think it
00:29:21would affect him here tonight but kevin hasn't had the movement you might have expected so far george
00:29:27well there's a hard left hand by kelly and he looks to follow up but gonzalez once again
00:29:32as larry murchin pointed out earlier seemingly unfazed by kelly's power shot
00:29:44give me this
00:29:53how do you score it through four rounds larry without question three to one
00:29:5839 37 alejandro gonzalez boxing judges look for guys that that show effective aggressiveness that
00:30:06get off first and that land the cleaner shots and this is what gonzalez is doing he's backing up kevin
00:30:12kelly that's effective aggressiveness he's landing those cleaner hooks in the harder jabs that's harder
00:30:17punching well i do have a question as usual i have to fight two rounds a piece i'll see it like that a bit
00:30:25myself but then i don't see it well i've been hit a bit too much
00:30:36well you've been dishing out as well as taking george
00:30:39good luck eally
00:30:50on stack numbers through the fourth round showed gonzalez with the edge and connect
00:30:54presented he's landing almost half of his punches in no way it's just a kevin kelly fight
00:31:01Gonzalez is the better.
00:31:04He's having things his way at this point.
00:31:09It's a slugfest.
00:31:12Kelly's boxing skills, not a factor so far.
00:31:16Gonzalez again backs Kevin Kelly into the ropes.
00:31:20And again, no footwork, no escape.
00:31:23Kevin Kelly just stands there and takes it,
00:31:25occasionally throwing its shot in return.
00:31:31All Kelly is trying to do is get his feet in the position
00:31:43one after another to land a good hard shot.
00:31:47And this is not the kind of way he can become,
00:31:49remain the champion of the world.
00:31:52No, if he thinks he's going to knock Gonzalez out,
00:31:55he should have paid attention to what's happened so far.
00:31:58He hasn't sent Gonzalez anywhere with power shots.
00:32:01And he's landed a bunch.
00:32:14Kevin Kelly is brave. He's awful brave.
00:32:17But he looks sluggish to me, George.
00:32:20Looks like a guy who might have been over-trained
00:32:21or bothered badly by that cold he carried into the ring.
00:32:25I think the round that he led up to land punches to the chest
00:32:31gave the other guy too much courage.
00:32:33And once you turn a young guy on like that with courage,
00:32:36you're not going to stop him with any slaps.
00:32:39Hard right hand by Gonzalez.
00:32:41Kelly turns and looks at his corner
00:32:42as if to say to trainer Phil Bortman,
00:32:44what am I doing out here?
00:32:45He's got a 21-year-old guy from Mexico
00:33:01who's got a lot of encouragement,
00:33:03who wants to be champion of the world here.
00:33:05He's got everything to win, nothing to lose.
00:33:07Largely Mexican-American Texan crowd on its feet,
00:33:20rooting for Gonzalez.
00:33:23Round five, a rousing stanza so far
00:33:26for the 21-year-old challenger from Mexico.
00:33:29Kevin Kelly is going to have to reach down deep
00:33:35and fight now.
00:33:36You're champion of the world.
00:33:37You want to keep it, you've got to fight.
00:33:47Mexicans feel this title should go on to them,
00:33:50and Gonzalez is fighting like that.
00:33:54Like the nose tree up and you look at me.
00:33:56We talk the talk, kid.
00:33:58Now we walk the walk.
00:34:00Look at me.
00:34:00Look at me.
00:34:03You're talking and you're not listening.
00:34:05Go, Joey.
00:34:06You talk the talk, kid,
00:34:08but now you're not walking the walk.
00:34:10You're fighting a stubborn fight,
00:34:12and that's not what we practice.
00:34:13Look at me.
00:34:14Everybody back home right now is saying,
00:34:16why is he fighting that way?
00:34:17Just like I'm saying.
00:34:18Yeah, I feel sick.
00:34:19I want you to look at me.
00:34:20He's out here trying to knock him out.
00:34:24Here we see them shoulder-to-shoulder,
00:34:26toe-to-toe.
00:34:29Is this Kelly's fight,
00:34:31or is this Gonzalez's fight?
00:34:33So far, it's Gonzalez's.
00:34:35three, four, three, four,
00:34:40Alejandro Gonzalez,
00:34:41by punch stat numbers,
00:34:43threw 106 punches in round five.
00:34:48Pretty hard for Kevin Kelly
00:34:50to weather that storm
00:34:51against a guy who appears stronger so far.
00:34:55And Gonzalez is strong,
00:34:57if nothing else.
00:34:59Kevin Kona could have told him,
00:35:01should have been real smart,
00:35:02said, man,
00:35:02you're the champion of the world,
00:35:04you want your title,
00:35:04you're going to have to fight for it now.
00:35:09Maybe they should have said
00:35:10you're going to have to box for it, George.
00:35:12He can't box now
00:35:13because he's thrown into a fight,
00:35:15and you're not going to be able
00:35:15to come out of this boxing.
00:35:17You've got to fight now.
00:35:17All of this talk about karate and taekwondo,
00:35:34teaching to a fighter.
00:35:36You've got to tell a fighter, son,
00:35:37this is fighting.
00:35:39Why are you ready for help me?
00:35:42Nothing is going to work but punching.
00:35:44Kelly badly stunned,
00:35:46and down he goes.
00:35:48Three, four, five.
00:35:51Third time in his career
00:35:52that Kelly has been knocked down.
00:35:54We told you about the first two.
00:35:56He's in more trouble now
00:35:57than in either of those two previous situations.
00:36:03And look at Gonzalez go to the body
00:36:04to try to set up the finish.
00:36:11Again to the body.
00:36:12Kelly now begins to throw back.
00:36:16He's got to take punches.
00:36:17Kelly's got to fight.
00:36:19He won't get it on points.
00:36:20He's getting belted, George.
00:36:21But he's going to have to fight out of it.
00:36:23Any man that box can fight.
00:36:24A staggering Kevin Kelly
00:36:26trying to make it out of round six.
00:36:28His title,
00:36:29his unbeaten record on the line.
00:36:30Anyone can do it
00:36:33if they put their mind to it
00:36:34and just don't look for no boxing.
00:36:37There's nobody can help you,
00:36:38no corner.
00:36:39You've got to fight.
00:36:40Kelly landed a solid right hand.
00:36:42There's another one.
00:36:44Should he be holding on, George?
00:36:46No, he should be fighting right now.
00:36:47Well, he's doing the right thing then.
00:36:49He's looking for instructions from his corner.
00:36:51The corner has got to tell him,
00:36:52you're not a celebrity,
00:36:53you're a boxer.
00:36:54Long way to go.
00:36:55Kelly backs Gonzalez off with a left hand.
00:37:05Now lands a combination.
00:37:07Turns the time.
00:37:10Fight.
00:37:11Got to be fight team fight now.
00:37:19Now it's Gonzalez who is momentarily wobbly
00:37:22as Kevin Kelly tries to come off.
00:37:25Kelly's right eye swollen badly.
00:37:35One day you wake up in the morning
00:37:36as a boxer and find out,
00:37:37I'm not a boxer, I'm a fighter.
00:37:50Look at me.
00:37:51Look at me.
00:37:52Look at me.
00:37:53I don't want to hear it.
00:37:54Give me away.
00:37:54Look at me.
00:37:55I don't want to hear it.
00:37:55Look at me.
00:37:56Look at me.
00:37:57Look at me.
00:37:58Look at me.
00:37:58Look at me.
00:37:59Look at me.
00:38:00What are you doing, Kelly?
00:38:01You doing good?
00:38:02You doing good?
00:38:03You doing good?
00:38:04All right, don't talk.
00:38:05Don't talk.
00:38:06Don't talk.
00:38:07Don't talk.
00:38:08Look at me, kid.
00:38:08Take it.
00:38:09Don't blow your nose.
00:38:10Do not blow your nose.
00:38:11Look at me.
00:38:12Why do you want it?
00:38:13There's a punch on the ear.
00:38:14There's a punch on the ear.
00:38:15A delayed reaction.
00:38:16Back of the head on the ear.
00:38:18That was the punch that knocked him down.
00:38:20The challenger fought like a real challenger in that round.
00:38:24The champion came back like a champion.
00:38:28Folks, this is what it's all about.
00:38:31You saw the eye.
00:38:42You know what Kelly's up against now.
00:38:45Six out of 12 rounds in the books.
00:38:48After throwing more than 100 punches in round number five,
00:38:52Gonzalez threw 109 punches in round number six
00:38:57and landed almost two-thirds of them.
00:38:59And here they go again.
00:39:21Kevin Kelly is in control.
00:39:22He just doesn't know it yet.
00:39:25Fighting a 21-year-old, you got to do what he can't do,
00:39:28and that's have experience to recover from hurt,
00:39:31from being hurt.
00:39:32Both fighters seemingly a little in the recovery stages
00:39:48after that tumultuous round six.
00:39:50to us round six Kevin Kelly would only come back with his right hook after that lead left hand
00:39:58he could do some damage here depending too much on the power of his straight left
00:40:03he's going to have trouble seeing the left hand leads from Gonzalez now with that right eye so
00:40:11badly swollen that's right and that has a lot to do with him catching but Gonzalez has run out
00:40:16there to win the title he hasn't come out there to feel this way around
00:40:39round seven of this fight almost like a seventh inning stretch if you remember what baseball is
00:40:46like
00:41:00we're out get a little getting a little recovery time too
00:41:06Kevin Kelly is reaching around hard right hand by Gonzalez
00:41:10blood trickling from Kevin Kelly's nose
00:41:24good left hand lead by Kelly
00:41:26I thought Kelly came back well in that round until the very end look at me look at me now you want to keep the title champ look at me you want to keep the title
00:41:40look at me what you want to keep the title yeah I want you to feel more you ain't Kevin Kelly today you'll be look at me you ain't Kevin Kelly today you'll be me you got me look at me nobody defeats me you got it
00:41:54got you got it got you now everything you have to punch look at me I got the energy to do it look at me you got the energy to talk take the energy and the strength to listen to me you're not going to be you doing that I'm smart right yeah and I'm on the inside I make you pay don't I
00:42:08yeah but you're enjoying your work kid look at me continue the angle and work
00:42:26and work
00:42:27you're following him you're following him but you're not you're not throwing
00:42:31you're not throwing
00:42:33don't stay there move from side to side
00:42:37you got me
00:42:39well-known cut man Al Gavin working in Kevin Kelly's corner not using the metal ends well we might have expected to see on that eyelid George I'm surprised very surprised you got
00:42:51you would have expected Harold Harold your score up to seven rounds Larry 68 64 five rounds to two Alejandro Gonzalez he gets an extra point for the knockdown in the sixth I thought he took off round seven and Kevin Kelly pulled that out to make it a little closer but Gonzalez what a commanding four point lead I have Gonzalez with a two point lead four rounds to three
00:43:16and Gonzalez with some of the most spectacular punch stat numbers we've seen in recent fights and Kelly's in severe trouble in his own corner Kelly seemingly unable to see the punches coming and Gonzalez just firing at will
00:43:35and there goes the busting play
00:43:42right there right there right there right there right there five six fifty oh two
00:43:52now what happens when you're 21 years old you don't know to go and kind of get yourself together you get right back into the mix
00:43:58come on George he's been successful fighting that way oh fight why should he change yeah but you're in for a world title fight you get yourself back you win in a fight you cool out recover then get back into it when you're young you've got a chance you get right back in there and stand up for some more
00:44:16but a hard left hand he's coming on guys first time in 37 pro fights that Alejandro Gonzalez has been knocked down
00:44:23first time in 37 pro fights that Alejandro Gonzalez has been knocked down
00:44:25first time in 37 pro fights that Alejandro Gonzalez has been knocked down
00:44:28big mistake that he doesn't box his way back and recover
00:44:37I think he got back into the mix too quick
00:44:40Kelly bringing the left over the top
00:44:44And another hard left-hand shot.
00:44:53Kevin Kelly showing a lot of stomach in this round.
00:44:57Maybe too big a margin to make up on the scorecards.
00:45:00He's got to get a knockout, and he's got to do it right now.
00:45:0730 seconds left in the round
00:45:08as Kelly backs Gonzalez up against the ropes.
00:45:11A lot of this is happening to Gonzalez
00:45:15because he threw away a lot of power and a lot of energy
00:45:18and didn't get a knockout.
00:45:20Gonzalez looking a little arm-weary here in the eighth.
00:45:23Those shots don't have the zip they had back in rounds five and six.
00:45:29Kelly finding himself a little bit,
00:45:32but the round is going to end just a little too quickly
00:45:34for the flushing flash.
00:45:36Have we got a flag?
00:45:44He's just nice, that shit.
00:45:45Kevin Kelly, he's back.
00:45:48He's back, kid.
00:45:49Look at me.
00:45:50See up to me.
00:45:50Stay focused.
00:45:52You know, you're giving me gray hairs
00:45:54thinking you're Marvin Hagler
00:45:56and Matthew Sarah Muhammad.
00:45:58You got me?
00:45:59Gotcha.
00:45:59How do you feel?
00:46:02Let me see your ear.
00:46:05He's okay.
00:46:06He's okay.
00:46:09Okay, guys.
00:46:15There you see Kelly in trouble early in the round
00:46:18before he turns it all around with one big left hand.
00:46:21You know, fellas, we haven't had a featherweight,
00:46:25American featherweight star in half a century,
00:46:29half a century since the days of Pep and Sadler.
00:46:33And if Kevin Kelly can pull this one out
00:46:36in a sensational style that he showed in that round,
00:46:39we might have another one.
00:46:42Kelly connected on 44 of 69 attempted punches
00:46:45in round number eight.
00:46:47That's 64% connect rate,
00:46:49the same connect rate
00:46:51that Alejandro Gonzalez had in the sixth round
00:46:53when he knocked Kelly down.
00:46:54George, I'm still wondering,
00:46:56why isn't cut man Al Gavin
00:46:58using a metal inspell on Kevin Kelly's right eye?
00:47:00Ah, he's not able to touch that eye
00:47:02with that ice bag at all.
00:47:03I don't know why.
00:47:04It's a terrible mistake.
00:47:06Evidently, he doesn't have experience.
00:47:08Here's a hard right hand by Kelly.
00:47:10Gonzalez took it pretty well.
00:47:12I don't think the importance of that knockdown
00:47:18can be overemphasized,
00:47:20not only in terms of scoring,
00:47:22but in the impression of the fight
00:47:24from the crowd,
00:47:25from the judges,
00:47:26for everyone,
00:47:27that Kelly is now back in the fight
00:47:29as far as this whole arena is concerned.
00:47:32And that was important
00:47:34to turn the tide of the fight.
00:47:36But I think Kevin Kelly's corner
00:47:38has told him not to be Marvin Hagler,
00:47:40not to be these tough guys.
00:47:42And this is wrong now.
00:47:43This is the time he's got to get tough.
00:47:45I can't see anyone not knowing
00:47:46that he's behind on points.
00:47:48You got to be Marvin Hagler right now.
00:47:58Oh!
00:47:58Oh!
00:47:58Oh!
00:47:58Oh!
00:47:59Oh!
00:47:59Oh!
00:48:00Oh!
00:48:00Oh!
00:48:01Oh!
00:48:01Oh!
00:48:02Oh!
00:48:02Oh!
00:48:03Oh!
00:48:03Oh!
00:48:04Oh!
00:48:04Oh!
00:48:05Oh!
00:48:05Oh!
00:48:06Oh!
00:48:06In case you've just joined us,
00:48:08you are in a hockey arena
00:48:09in San Antonio,
00:48:10and a world-class featherweight boxing match
00:48:13has broken out.
00:48:15Tremendous battle
00:48:15through eight rounds
00:48:17between champion Kevin Kelly
00:48:18of Fluffing, New York,
00:48:20in the green trucks,
00:48:21and Alejandro Gonzalez,
00:48:23the number-one-ranked contender
00:48:24out of Guadalajara, Mexico,
00:48:26on the one.
00:48:28Both men have been down.
00:48:30Gonzalez's corner told him
00:48:31not to walk in with doing nothing.
00:48:33He's doing it.
00:48:34He's walking in
00:48:34without throwing puckers
00:48:36many touches.
00:48:38Referee Lawrence Cole
00:48:39wants Gonzalez to keep him up.
00:48:44Hard left hand to the side
00:48:45of Kelly's head by Gonzalez.
00:48:47Right hand by Kelly.
00:48:49Snaps Gonzalez,
00:48:50and there's another one.
00:48:51Kelly and each of the last two rounds eight and nine beating
00:49:15Gonzalez to the point this is the time that Kelly he's gonna mix it up mix it
00:49:20up now the younger fighter is stronger but at the same time he's dropping his
00:49:24hand he's got a rhythm to drop in his hand this is the only chance you don't
00:49:27get to knock him out
00:49:32Gonzalez is not coming with the conviction that he did before the
00:49:36knockdown and that is giving Kelly room to operate and dominate this round
00:49:43the fight in the books the champion Kevin Kelly starting to win rounds now but will
00:49:56that be enough and stick with us after this one concludes more excitement to
00:50:05follow will Fredo Vasquez world champion at 122 pounds taking on Orlando
00:50:12Canizales who had 16 consecutive successful title defenses at 118 pounds and now
00:50:19moves up in weight two of the best of the sport still to come
00:50:22I begged you for nine weeks and I worked for nine weeks to block strong what the
00:50:30hell you think you're getting hit you hear five six seven eight he gets in
00:50:34trouble okay and every time third thing now every time you turn over he's hoping
00:50:40for the right hand right off the left you got me
00:50:44round 10 arrives in round nine Alejandro Gonzalez who was throwing more than 100
00:50:59punches per round back in the fifth and the sixth through only 46 punches
00:51:07as he left his corner Gonzalez's trainer Granoso asked him to apply more pressure to
00:51:13Kelly but how much does he have left now Kelly it's the first round he's starting to
00:51:18establish a better jab than his opponent Kevin Kelly is using a good snappy jab
00:51:22because as Larry said earlier Gonzales stopped coming on with the conviction he's allowing
00:51:30Kelly to even jab now with conviction so could it be we'll actually see a couple rounds of
00:51:35boxing I think right now we may see some boxing
00:51:38Kevin Kelly may want to go back to round one and start
00:51:43over now that the style of the fight plays a little bit more in his favor
00:51:48crowd gets restless as Gonzales has punched out but slows dramatically
00:51:59in his favor of the fight plays a little bit more in his favor of the fight plays a little bit more in his favor
00:52:06and that would stop that counterpunch that he's been hit as soon as he finishes punching
00:52:08as soon as he finishes punching
00:52:09wbc chairman jose suleyman is watching at ringside
00:52:16the judges are from wales mexico
00:52:22wbc chairman jose suleyman is watching at ringside
00:52:27wbc chairman jose suleyman is watching at ringside
00:52:31J.C. Chairman Jose Suleiman is watching at ringside.
00:52:36The judges are from Wales, Mexico, and Austin, Texas.
00:52:44Here comes Gonzales again.
00:52:47Starting to heat up.
00:52:50Sweeping right hand landed over the top for Kelly.
00:52:57Gonzales with two hard left hooks.
00:53:00Kelly seems to want to take three and land one.
00:53:03That's not the way it ought to be done.
00:53:05He's going back to the old,
00:53:07oh, you hit me two and I'll hit you one.
00:53:10But when Kelly backed into a corner,
00:53:11Gonzales didn't pursue it.
00:53:27Toe-to-toe encounter.
00:53:28Gonzales once again appears the stronger man.
00:53:31Come on, Kelly.
00:53:32Kelly not throwing.
00:53:35Crowd on its feet.
00:53:42Kevin Kelly can't see out of that right eye.
00:53:45There goes the mouthpiece.
00:53:47And referee Lawrence Cole says time-out,
00:53:51stops it to give Kelly time to get the mouthpiece back in.
00:53:55Cups and ice begin flying into the ring
00:53:59as the crowd is disgusted with that particular momentary stoppage.
00:54:04The bell rang ending the round.
00:54:11You want me to stop the fight?
00:54:13It's up to y'all.
00:54:14No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:54:16You can't see?
00:54:16I'll fight to the end.
00:54:17Look at me.
00:54:18You can't see?
00:54:18I have a trouble for you.
00:54:19You can't see?
00:54:20My eyes are almost shut.
00:54:21Fight's over.
00:54:22Oh, no.
00:54:23Fight's over, kid.
00:54:24Fight's over.
00:54:25There's always tomorrow.
00:54:26Doing the right.
00:54:27It's over.
00:54:28It's over.
00:54:28It sounds like they're going to stop the fight, folks.
00:54:31You're going to make me do this, right?
00:54:32As far as you've got a towel to throw in.
00:54:34Look at me.
00:54:35That's not what I want.
00:54:36Look at me.
00:54:37Look at me.
00:54:38Let me see you look at me.
00:54:39Fight's over.
00:54:41Fight's over.
00:54:42No, Kevin.
00:54:43Fight's over.
00:54:44I don't want to go.
00:54:45I want to go.
00:54:46Fight's over.
00:54:47Fight's over.
00:54:48Kevin is protesting, but he's not protesting too much.
00:54:51Yeah, the fight is over.
00:54:52He's a young guy.
00:54:53The fight is over.
00:54:54You can't see.
00:54:55And that young guy just gets stronger.
00:54:56Readless crowd responds, guys.
00:54:57Let's get out and let the crowd react to this.
00:54:59There it is.
00:55:00It's a hobby.
00:55:25World featherweight title changes hands.
00:55:28and at 21 years of age,
00:55:31in his 37th professional fight,
00:55:34a star is born in Alejandro Gonzalez.
00:55:38What a tremendous effort
00:55:39by the young man from Guadalajara.
00:55:44I'm glad it didn't go any other way.
00:55:47We could get Hurston here.
00:55:49Yeah, we got a beer shower.
00:55:51George and I did get a beer shower
00:55:53just when referee Lawrence Cole
00:55:55stopped it momentarily to give Kelly a chance
00:55:58to get the mouthpiece back in.
00:56:00Gonzalez was heating up again.
00:56:02He had thrown 99 punches in round 10.
00:56:06And referee Lawrence Cole
00:56:08is asked by Phil Borgia
00:56:09to execute a very humane stoppage
00:56:12as the champion, George, just couldn't see.
00:56:14Yeah, his eyes are closed right now.
00:56:16He was having trouble originally out of the right eye.
00:56:18Now the left eye is swollen up.
00:56:20He has no vision.
00:56:21He's a wise trainer.
00:56:23The trainer did an excellent job.
00:56:25He's seeing the end of a guy career
00:56:27if he continues on with courage.
00:56:29So why not give him another day?
00:56:30Yeah, you heard Phil Borgia say
00:56:32there's always tomorrow.
00:56:33Interestingly, it's the first thing
00:56:35he said to Kelly all night
00:56:36that you agreed with.
00:56:37First thing he said all the night,
00:56:39hey, be merciful.
00:56:40He'll get some mercy.
00:56:41Kevin is a good fighter.
00:56:42He'll have another day.
00:56:43But that's just two-minute punches
00:56:45unreturned, both eyes swollen.
00:56:47Well, let's go to ring announcer Michael Buffer
00:56:52for the official particulars on this one.
00:56:55Ladies and gentlemen,
00:56:57referee Lawrence Cole acting on the advice
00:56:59of the corner of Kevin Kelly
00:57:01calls a halt to the bout
00:57:03at the end of round 10.
00:57:04And the winner,
00:57:06y nuevo campeón,
00:57:08peseo pluma del mundo,
00:57:11con Guadalajara,
00:57:13Jalisco, México,
00:57:15Alejandro Podrita González.
00:57:20Jalisco, Jalisco, Jalisco, Jalisco.
00:57:50Final punch stat numbers.
00:57:56And you can see that González had the edge
00:57:58in punches landed,
00:58:00in punches thrown,
00:58:01in connect percentage.
00:58:03He appeared to be headed toward
00:58:05a decision victory,
00:58:06although, George,
00:58:07the fight was still hanging in the balance.
00:58:09We're told that the scorecards
00:58:10to this point in the fight
00:58:13after 10 rounds
00:58:13had González ahead by one point
00:58:15on two of the cards
00:58:16and by four points on a third card.
00:58:18So, in effect,
00:58:19he had won the fight
00:58:20on one of the three scorecards.
00:58:22But there was still room
00:58:23on two cards
00:58:24for Kevin Kelly
00:58:24to come back,
00:58:25win the 11th and 12th,
00:58:27and hold on to his championship.
00:58:28And I believe that.
00:58:29I saw that fashion.
00:58:30Saw it that way exactly.
00:58:32Let's go to the ring
00:58:33and Larry Merchant.
00:58:34Okay.
00:58:36Alejandro,
00:58:36congratulations.
00:58:37Would you tell us
00:58:40what you saw
00:58:41from Kevin Kelly's previous fights
00:58:44that made you think
00:58:45you could dominate him
00:58:47by being aggressive?
00:58:49He said that he studied Kelly
00:59:14very, very, very well
00:59:15and he knew he had to be
00:59:16a lot more aggressive
00:59:17than he's seen in the tapes
00:59:19by other fighters.
00:59:21And he fought a smart fight
00:59:22and he knew he can win
00:59:23this fight by points.
00:59:25But he was for a very smart fight.
00:59:27Alejandro,
00:59:28were you surprised
00:59:29that he still had enough
00:59:30energy and strength
00:59:32to knock you down
00:59:34for the first time
00:59:35in your career?
00:59:48He punched me,
00:59:50he hit me with a good punch
00:59:51and,
00:59:52but I'm in very good
00:59:53physical shape
00:59:54and I was able to recover
00:59:56and get back in my feet.
00:59:58His eye seemed to be puffing up
01:00:01throughout the fight.
01:00:02Did he notice that
01:00:03and was he able
01:00:04to take advantage
01:00:05of that?
01:00:06He took advantage
01:00:27of that swollen eye
01:00:28to the fullest
01:00:29and he's thanking everybody.
01:00:31Would you tell us
01:00:32how you feel
01:00:33about bringing
01:00:34the featherweight title
01:00:35back to Mexico?
01:00:36¿Qué es lo que se siente
01:00:37traer ese tÃtulo para México?
01:00:39No, pues más que nada
01:00:40este es un honor para mÃ,
01:00:43pero...
01:00:43It's an honor.
01:00:44Porque este campeonato
01:00:45siempre ha partido
01:00:45a México.
01:00:46Because this championship
01:00:47always belonged
01:00:48to Mexico.
01:00:49Yo me prepare bastante
01:00:50conciencia.
01:00:52I was prepared
01:00:53to the fullest.
01:00:54Porque ese campeonato
01:00:56le pertenece a México
01:00:56durante muchos años.
01:00:57For many years,
01:00:59this belt belongs
01:01:00to Mexico.
01:01:01Y gracias a Dios,
01:01:02yo lo recupere.
01:01:03And I think I recover it.
01:01:05Thank you very much.
01:01:06Gracias, sir.
01:01:09Boys,
01:01:10at ringside,
01:01:11I'll have Kevin Kelly
01:01:12for you momentarily.
01:01:14All right.
01:01:14Thanks very much.
01:01:15He says he's going
01:01:15to get a shot
01:01:16at Kevin Kelly
01:01:16in a little while.
01:01:17We're going to see
01:01:18Alejandro González
01:01:19again.
01:01:20That's a terrific fighter.
01:01:21A star is born,
01:01:22no doubt about it.
01:01:23Yeah.
01:01:23And he was able
01:01:24to land effectively
01:01:25with both hands.
01:01:27So there's no apparent
01:01:28weakness in this guy's
01:01:29offensive output, George.
01:01:30He's tough.
01:01:31He's a good boxer.
01:01:32And he's going to even
01:01:32become even better.
01:01:33He's only 21 years old.
01:01:35Kevin Kelly,
01:01:36on the other hand,
01:01:37had a compassionate corner.
01:01:38And that's probably,
01:01:40probably the best thing
01:01:41he had tonight
01:01:41is a compassionate trainer
01:01:42who knew when
01:01:43to say that's enough.
01:01:45Why wasn't Kevin Kelly
01:01:46ever able in the early rounds
01:01:49to turn this thing
01:01:50into the kind of boxing match
01:01:51that might have played
01:01:52to his advantage?
01:01:52I think he had previously
01:01:53a couple of knockouts
01:01:54in his career,
01:01:55just lately.
01:01:56And it moved him
01:01:56into thinking
01:01:57that he was a puncher.
01:01:58And it just took away
01:01:59from a very exciting fight.
01:02:00He should have started
01:02:01off boxing,
01:02:02kept boxing.
01:02:02But sometimes you can
01:02:03get tricked to thinking,
01:02:04I can knock anybody out.
01:02:05And you can't knock
01:02:06some people out.
01:02:07They just won't go.
01:02:08Well, let's see
01:02:08what the Flushing Flash
01:02:09has to say about it
01:02:10as Larry Merchant
01:02:11is with him right now.
01:02:13Kevin,
01:02:13somebody whispered to me
01:02:15after the fight
01:02:16that you thought
01:02:17the sequins
01:02:18from González's
01:02:20trunks
01:02:21somehow affected
01:02:23your eye.
01:02:24Is that true?
01:02:25No.
01:02:25Or happy?
01:02:27No, we're just throwing
01:02:27various combinations inside
01:02:29and I wasn't getting
01:02:30out of the way.
01:02:30I wasn't doing
01:02:31what I was instructed
01:02:31to do.
01:02:32So that it was just punches.
01:02:34Look, he's a good fighter.
01:02:36He's a good fighter.
01:02:37I'll take nothing from him.
01:02:38I thought I could
01:02:38knock him out.
01:02:39I fought the wrong fight
01:02:40today.
01:02:41You know,
01:02:41everybody has a bad day.
01:02:42I have 41 good days
01:02:43and I have one bad day.
01:02:45Every fighter has a great day.
01:02:47Good fight.
01:02:48You know,
01:02:48every fighter has a great day.
01:02:49The next question is,
01:02:51why was it more done
01:02:53about your eye
01:02:54between rounds?
01:02:55We didn't see any ice
01:02:57or any end swell
01:02:58being used.
01:02:59There was ice.
01:02:59There was end swell.
01:03:00I have Al Gavin,
01:03:01the best cup man
01:03:02in the business.
01:03:03All I want to say is,
01:03:03you know,
01:03:04I have no fear.
01:03:05I showed.
01:03:05I have a doctor called
01:03:06No Fair.
01:03:06I have no fear.
01:03:07I used it tonight.
01:03:09Were you too intent
01:03:10on being impressive
01:03:12as you've often said
01:03:13and that you let emotion
01:03:15get in the way
01:03:16of your best advantage
01:03:19as a boxer?
01:03:19It's possible.
01:03:20I told you.
01:03:21Fighters are very emotional.
01:03:22We go up and down.
01:03:23We have our ups and downs.
01:03:24We have our moments.
01:03:25But today,
01:03:25I try to do too much
01:03:26and not enough to win.
01:03:28I think I didn't listen
01:03:29to game plan.
01:03:30I didn't listen
01:03:30to what Phil Borges
01:03:31expected of me.
01:03:32I want to say hello
01:03:32to my daughter.
01:03:33It's Ariel and everybody
01:03:33at home.
01:03:34Don't worry.
01:03:35Daddy's okay
01:03:35and I will get another day.
01:03:37Let's take a look
01:03:37at the sixth round knockdown.
01:03:39You tell us what happened, Kevin.
01:03:41Well, I really wasn't hurt.
01:03:43It was more like,
01:03:44you know,
01:03:44I was trying to switch inside.
01:03:46He caught me with a decent punch.
01:03:47But it was like,
01:03:49more or less,
01:03:50you see,
01:03:50I'm more balanced.
01:03:51I'm trying to get
01:03:52my balance back here.
01:03:53But I slipped underneath
01:03:54my leg.
01:03:55My leg slipped underneath.
01:03:55He didn't have enough power
01:03:57like Vargas.
01:03:58Vargas was a puncher.
01:03:59He was not a puncher.
01:04:00He was just a work technician.
01:04:02When you knocked him down,
01:04:05did you think that
01:04:06that turned the fight around?
01:04:08Because in the following round,
01:04:10he seemed a little bit
01:04:11more tentative
01:04:12than he had been previously.
01:04:14Yeah,
01:04:14he's a small fighter.
01:04:15You know,
01:04:16today,
01:04:17I think I showed
01:04:18too much guts
01:04:18and not enough brains.
01:04:19I did what Phil told me
01:04:20not to do.
01:04:21I didn't show the skill
01:04:22that Kevin Kelly has.
01:04:23Are you saying
01:04:24the pawn?
01:04:25Are you saying
01:04:25this 21-year-old kid
01:04:27outsmarted you?
01:04:29No,
01:04:29Kevin Kelly beat himself today.
01:04:31My father told me one thing
01:04:32and I want to tell you
01:04:32this dad at home.
01:04:33You said,
01:04:34the only man that can beat me
01:04:34is me.
01:04:35You 100% correct.
01:04:36You and Phil both.
01:04:37I beat Kevin Kelly today
01:04:38because I just didn't beat me.
01:04:39I beat myself.
01:04:40I could have had that fight.
01:04:41I showed it in moments.
01:04:42I showed it in spurts.
01:04:43I had them,
01:04:43but the point was
01:04:44I let it slip away.
01:04:45I didn't do enough
01:04:46when I was supposed to do it.
01:04:47Metal Rex,
01:04:48I love you.
01:04:49Thank you very much,
01:04:50Kevin.
01:04:51Jim,
01:04:51no fear.
01:04:52All right,
01:04:53thanks very much.
01:04:53I agree
01:04:54that Al Gavin
01:04:55is one of the very best
01:04:56cutmen in the business,
01:04:57but if he used an inswell,
01:04:58I never saw it,
01:05:00and I have to believe,
01:05:00George,
01:05:01it might have made a difference
01:05:02in the middle rounds
01:05:03with regard to how much
01:05:04those eyes were swelling.
01:05:05They had a bit too much
01:05:06trouble with that eye
01:05:07early on.
01:05:07Someone should have
01:05:08told him what to use.
01:05:09He didn't use the right thing.
01:05:10That ice bag
01:05:11just can't do it as y'all.
01:05:12No doubt about it.
01:05:14Almost like an amateur.
01:05:15You see Kevin Kelly
01:05:16using this as a learning experience
01:05:17and coming back
01:05:18and being just as effective?
01:05:19Kevin Kelly can be
01:05:19even a greater fighter.
01:05:21He and his trainer
01:05:21both learned
01:05:22some important lessons tonight.
01:05:24They better go back
01:05:24to the drawing board
01:05:25and get an extra trainer
01:05:26in the corner, too.
01:05:27This 126-pound weight class
01:05:29is pretty exciting, huh?
01:05:30Very exciting.
01:05:31Makes me want to lose weight.
01:05:32Yeah, well,
01:05:33let's go down to 122
01:05:34and see if it's just as exciting.
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