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00:00All right, gentlemen, we went over the rules earlier.
00:02Most important, protect yourself at all times,
00:05obey my commands at all times,
00:07and give me a good, clean break.
00:08Good luck to you both. Touch them up.
00:12All right, here we go.
00:13Our main event tonight scheduled for 10 rounds
00:15in the middleweight division.
00:17Vito Milneke Jr. taking on Camille Garjelik.
00:21And for you, Pauly, what does a good game plan
00:23for Vito Milneke look like?
00:25You know what? Box, don't let Garjelik into a rhythm
00:28where he can make you uncomfortable.
00:30And most importantly, don't let Garjelik get confident
00:31because these awkward guys, you know, with not a lot of knockouts,
00:34but they rely on activity.
00:36You start to get him uncomfortable, you know,
00:38the fight can turn a little bit ugly
00:39and it gets more difficult to win.
00:41And I believe the way Vito's going to do that
00:43is by, you know, pushing him back.
00:44Don't let him grow, you know, good jab and touch the body.
00:49Hit him in the arms.
00:49Don't allow him to think so much because, like you said, Pauly,
00:52if Garjelik gets in that little rhythm,
00:54he doesn't have a lot of power.
00:55But when he's attacking from different angles,
00:58it varies, these combinations.
01:00He gets a little bit tricky and it could make the fight complicated.
01:03He's a rhythm breaker.
01:04Exactly.
01:05You don't want him to break your rhythm.
01:07Changing levels early on the jab is Milneke up top
01:10and then down to the body.
01:11Down to the body with the left hand goes Garjelik.
01:15Garjelik undefeated,
01:17making his U.S. debut tonight.
01:20Was very confident when we talked to him in the fighter meeting.
01:23Said, look, all the pressure is on Vito Milneke.
01:26But I've been waiting for this opportunity,
01:27an opportunity to fight abroad here in the United States,
01:30and I want to take full advantage of that.
01:36So, Milneke, about 30 seconds ago,
01:38went to the body with two hands.
01:39Yeah, and that's an important part of the game plan.
01:42Exactly.
01:42I noticed that.
01:42And you heard his trainer, Ronnie,
01:43shows that there you go
01:44because that's what they talked about.
01:46They want to start early downstairs, you know,
01:49because it's going to pay off in the second half of the fight
01:51if the fight goes that long.
01:53Yeah.
01:53And, of course, you know,
01:55Garjelik uses that high guard
01:57with his earmuffs type of guard
01:59so the body shots do open underneath the elbows a little bit
02:02if Milneke chooses to take advantage of the openings.
02:06Garjelik also telling us
02:07that he wants to use more of his technical skill set
02:09to win this fight,
02:10be a counter puncher,
02:11and, you know, use a lot of movement,
02:13lateral movement.
02:14Nice combination there by Milneke.
02:16Body shot with the left hook
02:17and then upper cover with the left hand.
02:18Yeah, those body shots being very effective.
02:21I see Avito, you know,
02:23being that he's fighting in front of his hometown fans here,
02:26and, you know, there's a lot of stake here,
02:28but he's so relaxed, you know,
02:30with jab, the way he's touching his jab,
02:32the way he's throwing his combinations.
02:35He's not really loading up with his punches.
02:37He just, he's letting him know.
02:39He's letting him go.
02:39That's what I mean.
02:40I'm liking the punch selection
02:42because he's not forcing anything.
02:44He's letting it flow.
02:45And Garjelik doing a lot of switching,
02:47which is actually something Milneke and Ronnie Shields
02:48told us, you know, he does.
02:50Yeah.
02:50In the fighter meetings.
02:51There wasn't a lot of footage,
02:52but he's a tricky guy.
02:54And like we said at the beginning,
02:56if Garjelik, if you let him grow,
02:58don't let him do that kind of stuff.
03:00And I think Vito, by doing stuff like that
03:03with the jab, going downstairs,
03:04he's not allowing him to be that kind of fighter.
03:07Tell you what kills confidence, body shots.
03:10Yeah.
03:10Making I want to be there.
03:12And just walking up to him that kind of way,
03:14like that confidence.
03:15And now he's giving him little angles to do that.
03:18Side step.
03:18That's not in front of him, yeah.
03:21Under 30 seconds left here in round one.
03:23And true to the game plan,
03:24Milneke solid to the body and faithful to the jab.
03:28Two things that he told us would be a point of emphasis
03:31in order to be successful in this main event.
03:37Man, he's like, he's really just placing his shots.
03:40Like, he's not in a hurry.
03:41I don't look like a pro.
03:43I don't look like a pro.
03:44Yeah.
03:46It's a good round.
03:47Good round for Vito.
03:53I almost got the mouthpiece over here, guys.
03:55I think this is a really important fight, too,
04:12for Vito Milneke.
04:13Coming off his last two performances,
04:15not his best performances.
04:17That last fight, the four last at 154 pounds,
04:20he really squeezed a lot out to try to make 154 pounds.
04:25And he kind of attributes that rough weight cut
04:27to that majority decision against Haraz.
04:29But against Conor Coyle, did some better work.
04:31It was a draw.
04:33I think he did win the fight.
04:34I think he pulled it out.
04:35It was close.
04:36But I think he has it out.
04:38Judges didn't want him.
04:39Judges didn't want to give it to him.
04:40But now settling in now at his second fight at 160,
04:43you know, he's got to be able to put it together.
04:45You know what we used to say in Ragin' Bull?
04:47We knew.
04:48We know one.
04:49The judges didn't know.
04:50Who knows what happened with them?
04:52I love the way you're being straightforward.
04:53I mean, I don't know.
04:54But you know, who knows what happened with them?
04:56Yeah, you're right.
04:57That's what I was saying.
04:58All right, round two in the scheduled 10-rounder,
05:01Christina Poncher, Pauly Malignaggi, and Raul Marquez.
05:05So Jame Smitty Smith on interviews for us post-fight.
05:10As Milneke goes back to working off the stick.
05:12Anybody that knows me knows that I like Goodfellas and Ragin' Bull quotes
05:17are two of my favorite movies that I like to prefer to quote.
05:19Italian, are we doing what we're going to do?
05:22Nice jab there by Milneke, and he's targeting the body now
05:24with the lead straight right hand as well.
05:26Man, I'm really liking Vito's focus.
05:28I mean, you can see it in his eyes.
05:30He's very, he's zoned in, he's focused.
05:34But he's been that way all week.
05:36I don't feel like being at home and the pressure has,
05:38you know, he's, like we said, this is his fifth time,
05:39you know, fighting here, but he didn't seem to, you know,
05:42have to, you know, be secluded to his room.
05:45They had him busy all week.
05:46Said fight week went by fast, you know, but it was good.
05:48I felt very comfortable.
05:50And the thing about, you know, going up the ladder this way
05:53and slowly but surely getting closer to the ultimate goal
05:56is that, you know, you're more and more under the microscope
05:58every single performance.
05:59Because with every single performance, you impress people,
06:02more people know about you.
06:03So now there's more critics, there's more opinions.
06:05Well, and he's been under the microscope
06:06pretty much since his pro debut, guys.
06:08He's had all eyes on him when he made his pro debut
06:11on a top-ranked card, in fact, in this building.
06:18He's a jab right hand.
06:20And you've seen Garzelic switch southpaw
06:22and then back to orthodox here in the second round.
06:26There goes a little body shot.
06:27You could, I mean, you could tell Vito is a stronger guy in there.
06:31And he's using that to his advantage.
06:32He's making the fight.
06:34He's dictating the pace of the fight.
06:36And that's putting Garzelic in uncomfortable situations that, you know,
06:40probably nobody's put him in those kind of situations.
06:43It looks like it's bothering him, Pauly.
06:46Yeah, yeah.
06:47He's backing him up consistently.
06:49And Garzelic...
06:50He's not happy there.
06:50Yeah, he tried to react with a right hand.
06:52He gets hit with a check hook over the top of it.
06:54Vito has an answer for everything Garzelic is doing.
06:56So, here again, a little counter, short counter there.
06:58So, he's keeping Garzelic alert constantly.
07:00And nobody wants to have to fight all three minutes of every round.
07:03That's a lot of stress.
07:04He's definitely keeping him in check, you know.
07:06And southpaw.
07:07Yeah.
07:11Let's see if that works for Garzelic in the southpaw stance there.
07:14You're right, Cristina.
07:14The problem is, though, Ronnie and Vito told us yesterday they knew he was going to do this.
07:18So, they probably prepared for it very well as well.
07:19I mean, Ronnie...
07:20Yeah, they did bring in southpaw sparring in this camp as well.
07:24And, again, Vito on top of Garzelic.
07:26And, remember, we said it in the other fight that the ring is not that big.
07:30So, not a lot of places for Garzelic to hide here.
07:33Now, they said that it's officially an 18 by 18 ring.
07:36But, I believe that's on the outside of the ring because it's a lot smaller.
07:41We're not...
07:42We've had our share of time ringside.
07:45And, this is like a 14 by 13, it looks like.
07:48It looks like.
07:49Yeah.
07:50I noticed...
07:51I just noticed Vito.
07:53There was some good body punching by Vito.
07:55But, towards the end, when the referee was on the other side, and I learned that, again,
07:59from...
07:59I've got to bring up Pernod Whittaker.
08:01You know, back in the days, Ronnie could tell you.
08:03You saw Vito hit...
08:04On the leg.
08:05On the leg.
08:06Yeah.
08:06That's what I told you before.
08:07The dead leg.
08:08The Charlie was...
08:09Yeah.
08:09Stuff like that.
08:10On the opposite leg.
08:11I remember one time, Pernod, we were doing sports sparring.
08:14He hit me on the leg.
08:15My leg cramped up.
08:16And I couldn't walk.
08:16Yeah.
08:16And Vito just did that to Gargele.
08:20He was hitting him on, you know...
08:21Well, you know, who work with Pernod Whittaker?
08:23If nobody sees it, if nobody sees it, you know, it's fair.
08:26You know, Ronnie was working with Pernod Whittaker.
08:27Exactly.
08:28Yeah.
08:28Yeah.
08:29That's what I just saw.
08:31I was like, wait.
08:31Six degrees of separation.
08:32Wait, I was like, did he hit him on the leg?
08:33He did, like, three or four times.
08:35Did you see it?
08:36I didn't see nothing.
08:36You know...
08:37That's a good one, bro.
08:40Don't look at me.
08:41Round three of the scheduled 10-rounder.
08:50Really solid start from Vito Milneki, who, too, is a Polish descent on his grandfather's side.
08:56Polish and Irish.
08:59Or, excuse me, Italian.
09:00And, of course, born here in the United States.
09:02He's got the flag of Poland and Italy on his trunks, amongst a lot of sponsors on his trunks.
09:09Like you said, he's a popular kid.
09:10Yeah, he's very marketable.
09:12I mean, good-looking kid.
09:13I mean, draws a good crowd.
09:19But he's Italian, Polish, right?
09:22Italian and Polish.
09:23Yes.
09:23Italian and Polish, yeah.
09:27Look at that sharp jab.
09:27Two Northeast cultures.
09:29You know, Polish is big on the Northeast and Italian is big on the Northeast.
09:32Both were, anyway.
09:37Oh!
09:38And he gets dropped in the southpaw stance.
09:41As soon as he switches, Vito Milneki clipped him.
09:45Quick.
09:46Double.
09:47He doubled it up.
09:47That was a good combination.
09:51I'm not sure what happened with the microphone situation.
09:53Somebody got excited in the truck.
09:54Right on point with the shots, right?
09:56Can he get the finish here in round three?
10:00Vito Milneki's in trouble.
10:01We're talking about shot selection.
10:03Again, impressive shot selection.
10:04Yes.
10:04Double right hand.
10:05Pinpoint, man.
10:06When you choose a true, the double right hand in the right moment, that's impressive shot selection.
10:10And I never like guys that switch orthodox to southpaw unless you do it seamlessly, perfectly.
10:15You usually give up something.
10:17Most of the time, it's defense.
10:19And he got caught right in the middle of that switch.
10:21And he's taking his time.
10:23Look, I like that.
10:24He's not in a rush.
10:25Nope.
10:25You know, he's still trying to break him.
10:27It was a flash knockdown.
10:27I think he recognizes it.
10:30It was a flash knockdown.
10:31But I think Garjellik, he was hurt.
10:33He was there.
10:34He was probably.
10:37Right to the body.
10:38Continues to the body, yes.
10:40Non-stop to the body.
10:41I mean, he's, what round is this?
10:43The third round?
10:44Second half of the fight, he continues to punish the body like that?
10:46You can see Ronnie, the way he's yelling in the corner, too.
10:49I think the game plan is to keep Garjellik as uncomfortable as possible.
10:52Exactly.
10:53Keep that heart rate up, you know.
10:54What is it going to do like?
10:55Pressure busts pipes and it creates more and more mistakes as well.
10:58When guys are under the rest, they tend to make more mistakes.
11:01And Garjellik has never been down as a pro, guys.
11:03I mean, it's been hard to find tape on him.
11:04And I asked him, this is the first time he's touched the canvas as a pro.
11:10Ronnie Shields liking what he's seeing from his charge here in round three.
11:14Yep, beautiful.
11:15Yep.
11:15And part of the problem that Vito's had is that he hasn't always stuck to the game plan.
11:19Ronnie will tell him exactly what he needs to do, but when he gets in there, he doesn't always execute.
11:22Yeah, that's what-
11:23I think Ronnie's really happy with what he's seen so far.
11:25Yeah, good.
11:25Like I was there, you know, the thing they told us they got into with last fight was they landed a good shot early
11:29and then they're looking for one punch the whole fight.
11:31And I think he's definitely not guilty of this tonight because what he's doing tonight so far
11:35has been a really imaginative and creative shot selection.
11:39And it's hard to keep your cool, too.
11:41Like when you drop the guy and then the crowd's yelling, this is your hometown fan.
11:44That makes you want to, I mean, you want to go for the home run, but he's not.
11:49He still put his punches together, being selected, setting up behind the jab.
11:54Yeah, here's a replay.
11:55We're going to probably see the knockdown here.
11:57You're going to southpaw stance here from Gargi Lake.
11:59You're going to see two right hands.
12:00Boom.
12:01Boom.
12:02Right when he got caught squared, a beautiful play shot.
12:05Yeah, and that's also you go straight back, too.
12:07They tell you not to go straight back on defense.
12:09And personally, me, my opinion is if you're going to go straight back, at least change your level, you know,
12:13so you change your height if you're going to take that one or two steps straight back like that
12:17because you're not really supposed to go straight back.
12:19And Gargi Lake didn't do that.
12:20His level changed when he ended up sitting on his behind when the right hand hit him on the chin.
12:25I'll always, anytime you're going to think about taking one step back, tuck that chin in.
12:29Yeah.
12:29Chin in or turn.
12:30Or drop a level.
12:31Or turn him.
12:32Turn him for sure.
12:33That's better than going back.
12:34But I always, if I was going to take a step or two back, I would at least change my height or change my level.
12:38You have to.
12:39You have to because, you know, there's fighters.
12:42The fighters with the high boxing IQ, they're going to time you.
12:46They're going to time you if you don't do that.
12:47And if you don't do that, you can get dropped.
12:49I remember that.
12:50I went straight back.
12:51I went straight back.
12:51I went straight back.
12:52I didn't change my height.
12:53I got hit with a shot.
12:54It went down.
12:54As we resume here in round four, knockdown scored for Vito Milneke.
13:04A 10-8 round there in round three.
13:06A little bit of blood coming from the nose of Garjelic.
13:08A little bit of swelling under the right eye as well as he's been peppered with that jab all fight long from Milneke.
13:21And Milneke controlling the fight.
13:23That's been the key for him, the jab.
13:25Working everything off the jab and, you know, with the body shots.
13:30And very reactive as well.
13:31We talk about the shot selection, but also on defense, very reactive as well.
13:34Anything, anything Garjelic throws, Vito's reacting to it with a counter.
13:38You know, again, you see, even if he misses the counter, he tries to come over the top of it.
13:42Very reactive.
13:43Again, right there.
13:45Even if it doesn't land, he's reacting to everything.
13:47He sees everything.
13:51Nice count.
13:52What a beautiful, beautiful counter shots down to the body.
13:54Just getting his head right off the line enough distance and staying in the pocket to deliver the counter shots.
13:59Uppercut with the right hand on the inside.
14:00And the adjustments you'd like to see Garjelic make now is at least drop some feints.
14:05You know, he keeps switching stances thinking that's going to be the answer.
14:07But drop some feints, throw your punches a little bit differently because it's clear that Milneke has the timing on anything you're throwing at the moment.
14:14You know, when we're talking about Garjelic, you know, like when he gets in that little rhythm and he gives you angles, you know, and he throws, he just did it right now.
14:21But that's not even working with him tonight with Vito, Pauly.
14:24No.
14:25He tried it, but it didn't work because Vito, every time he, you know, he does that angle, Garjelic,
14:30but Vito moves with him too.
14:33And he throws, you know, combinations.
14:36Oh, beautiful right hand lands again for Milneke.
14:39I feel like Garjelic also gets hit more on the southpaw stance.
14:42I mean, I'm telling you.
14:44Sometimes in your backup stance, your defense suffers.
14:46And right now, Garjelic is clearly more hittable out of the southpaw stance.
14:50He's eating right hands.
14:52Though he's hittable in both stances.
14:54Southpaw stance, he's getting him more flush.
14:55Exactly, Cristina.
15:08There's the feint before the combination right on cue as Ronnie Shields asked Vito to throw.
15:15Use the feint, then throw it.
15:16He's got tagged with a quick little left hand there from Garjelic.
15:22And down to the body from Garjelic as he kind of pushed the Polish fighter down.
15:29No knockdown there.
15:30Ten seconds left here in round four.
15:36Oh, that body shot looked a little low.
15:38A little bit low, yeah.
15:39It's in that spot that we were talking about, Pauly.
15:42The spot you were talking about earlier that you made a really good description of that whole blow.
15:46The ligaments.
15:47The ligaments.
15:48That was it.
15:48Yeah, the ligaments.
15:49I'm sorry.
15:49Yeah.
15:50Where the hip connects to the leg.
15:53That's the muscle in Bo Jackson rip.
15:55Remember?
15:55Speaking of ripping, it's been Vito Milnicki ripping shots down to the body like that beautiful left hand right there.
16:04Man, that was some solid shots.
16:06I mean, when you're getting hit with body shots like that.
16:07And it's such a sharp right hand there as well.
16:08His hands are sore ripped tomorrow.
16:11And you see how he shortened that right hand.
16:13You know, you're at closer range.
16:14You lift the elbow.
16:15You tighten it a little bit.
16:16From long range, you throw it straight.
16:17You don't lift the elbow.
16:18So you're also understanding the decision making and the kind of punches to throw at what distance.
16:22Very impressive.
16:25You see some of that swelling underneath that right eye.
16:40Starting to bruise a bit there for Camille Garjelic as we enter round five.
16:50From shots just like that.
16:52Strong jab from Vito Milnicki.
16:55Yeah, and if Garjelic doesn't start making some adjustments, I mean, we're not even halfway through yet.
17:01His face looks in pretty bad shape.
17:04He's looking for worse for wear already.
17:05Yeah.
17:06He doesn't look that animated either.
17:08He doesn't look like he's got that confidence that he had before the bell ring.
17:12He looks broken already.
17:13I think so.
17:14I mean, I see it that way.
17:15I mean, he's running out of answers if he hasn't run out of them already.
17:17There we go.
17:18There we go.
17:19Slipping a bit there on the wet corners as we have had a busy night of boxing.
17:26Good job.
17:27Good job.
17:28Good job.
17:28Good job.
17:30Three to four.
17:31Three to four.
17:31Fight number 11 on the knife.
17:35Good counter body shot there from Garjelic, but it's far and few between.
17:39Yeah.
17:39Yeah, no doubt.
17:40I mean, nothing to get Vito's respect.
17:42I mean, at this point, you got to let Vito know, like, hey, look, I got some power in it.
17:47But, I mean, he's only got four knockouts, too.
17:49Garjelic, yeah.
17:50So, he's got to get his numbers out.
17:52It is a nice little shot.
17:53More punches and punches.
17:54Same combinations from different angles, but Vito is forcing him a lot to stay there
17:59and stand his ground.
18:04Maybe, you know, Nicky can go back to the body a little bit more right here on cue.
18:08Yeah.
18:09There you go.
18:10There he is.
18:10Garjelic landed a couple of decent clean shots here in the last 30, 40 seconds, but.
18:14Just not strong enough, man.
18:15Yeah, it has not deterred.
18:16He can't even push him, but, you can see when they're going inside, you know,
18:19you can see Garjelic trying to maybe, like, you know, smother him and push him back,
18:24but he can't.
18:25Nothing.
18:26Too strong.
18:33Nice counter shot up top with the right hand, back down with the left hook to the body.
18:37I love the way he did it, yeah.
18:38I think that was a good body shot.
18:39That was a beautiful body shot.
18:40I thought it was solid, too.
18:41It was on the opposite side of the referee.
18:43He just took Garjelic's word for it there, because that was on the opposite side of the referee.
18:47Garjelic complained that it was low, so the referee won Vito, but that was actually
18:49a good body shot.
18:56Oh, and Garjelic gets in a good left-hand body shot as well, and then a right up top.
19:02Tell you, that was a pretty good body shot by Garjelic.
19:04Sneaky body shot.
19:05If he had any power, that could have done more damage, but, you know, he's just not a power
19:09puncher.
19:09Still scoring shot.
19:10I've got to give him credit when he does land a shot on the inside, but, I mean,
19:14the percentage at which Milneke's landing these shots, I mean, it's very high.
19:21He's not really wasting shots.
19:23He's being very economical with his punches.
19:25Finally, like, a real pro.
19:26Yep.
19:28And throwing him at the different angles as well, you know?
19:31He'll shift his head to the side and also throw from the side.
19:33Step back with a check hook right there.
19:35Step in with shots.
19:37Go to the body.
19:37Go to the head.
19:39Good balance.
19:40Vito just tried throwing that double right hand again.
19:42BallIl and pee.
19:44In the chairs and pipes.
19:57Go high.
20:05Good.
20:05Good morning.
20:07Good night.
20:07Good night.
20:08Good night.
20:38I saw the ring girl had the wrong number up there, right?
20:41Yeah.
20:42That would have confused me.
20:43I think so.
20:44Sometimes I used to rely on those girls.
20:45Right.
20:46Between rounds, I would lose track of the rounds.
20:48I don't know what.
20:49Were you looking at the girls that way?
20:51I was looking to find out what round it was.
20:53You know?
20:54Yeah.
20:55I mean, when we're talking, we're almost halfway through the fight in the last round.
20:57That's round five.
20:58Here we are in round six.
20:59Six.
21:00There you go.
21:01She had round five, right?
21:02She did.
21:03She got it wrong.
21:04That's what I mean.
21:05It would have thrown me off.
21:06Sometimes during my fights, I would lose track of the rounds.
21:07I would check.
21:08I would look over my trainer's shoulder to see what round she was holding up.
21:11See?
21:12That would mess me up.
21:14Well, I think right now it's Vito Milneki that's messing up Camille Gargelik.
21:18I don't think he should be so worried about what round it is.
21:20I don't think it matters.
21:21For Gargelik though.
21:22Maybe he wants to know.
21:23Got to get his punch count up.
21:25That's the only number he should be worried about right now because, you know, Nicky's been
21:29having his way through the first five rounds of this fight.
21:32I think Vito's going to step it up here in the second half of the fight.
21:36I hear Ronnie telling him, run it off, run it off.
21:38So he really wants him to run his punches.
21:41More activity.
21:42More pressure.
21:43Like, really close it more.
21:44Close that distance more.
21:45Force him a lot more.
21:46And he's doing it.
21:47Yeah, and Gargelik doesn't have a lot of responses.
21:50He keeps trying to touch the body.
21:52I like that he's at least, you know, has that in mind.
21:54And when Melnicki puts up numbers, Gargelik will try to touch the body and try to catch
21:57a sneak body shot.
21:58Because sometimes while you're throwing, if you could sneak a body shot in there,
22:01while your opponent's throwing, it may hurt him.
22:03But I think, you know, it's few and far between even that.
22:06And he's got to also vary it a little bit, just like Vito's been varying it.
22:11If you'd have looked over the corner of Ronnie to acknowledge something.
22:15I don't know if he was looking at Ronnie or was he looking at his father.
22:18His dad.
22:19Yes.
22:20Either way.
22:21Either way.
22:22Either way.
22:23That's staggered.
22:24Either way, when you're that much in control and have conversations outside the ring,
22:28I think you're good at body shots there again.
22:30Come on.
22:31Come on.
22:32Come on.
22:33That's what he's got to push him back.
22:34Yeah, I think they see something.
22:36A minute left to work here in round six.
22:41Dominant round here for Vito Melnicki as he goes back down to the body.
22:46Steps to the side.
22:47Looks to Linda.
22:48Right hand gets countered by a right hand by Gargelik.
22:50Man, he's really going to the body.
22:51I mean, when he said, I'm going to go to the body tonight, he meant that.
23:00I mean, he's really working.
23:01I think that's the most I've ever seen him work to have a body attack like that.
23:05Yeah.
23:06I think that's the beginning.
23:07He's been really consistent with it, too.
23:09Nice uppercut shot with that right hand.
23:16Back to the jab.
23:19I think he's been consistently bossed in this fight.
23:34There you go.
23:35That's a physical perspective.
23:36That was a good body shot there.
23:49Right hand comes over the top.
23:50And a good hook to the head as well.
24:04And you see, it's been consistent with Melnicki coming forward and Gargelik just has not been able to prevent Melnicki's pressure from coming forward and comfortably coming forward at that.
24:23And Gargelik will land the occasional pot shot here and there in between, but it has not deterred the physical pressure and the mental pressure Melnicki has been imposing on him.
24:35And they got the number back right on the card.
24:37You know what?
24:38They're back on board there.
24:39Guess who's back in the circle of trust, you see?
24:51This crowd here in the building, nearly 4,500, 5,000 strong.
24:58Would love to see Vito Melnicki get a knockout here tonight.
25:02It's been some time.
25:03The last time in this building he got a knockout was 2023 on a show on December 29th when he stopped Salim Larbi in the first round.
25:12Wow.
25:13But since then, it's been decisions, a DQ win, another decision, and a draw.
25:18Well, hey, look, it's okay if he doesn't knock a guy out like this, like Gargelik.
25:21He's never been.
25:22Look, he's undefeated.
25:23Yeah, I mean, he's a good fighter still.
25:24Right.
25:25And until tonight, Gargelik hadn't been down.
25:27Right.
25:28And he put a first knockdown.
25:29Right.
25:30But I preface it by saying the crowd would love.
25:32Yes.
25:33To see that.
25:34The crowd always loves it.
25:35We would love it too, right?
25:36I mean, yeah.
25:37We've had a lot of distance fights here.
25:39Every round, you know, it's starting to get repetitive now.
25:42So now it's up to Vito, like, do you want to finish the job?
25:45Raise up the gear, yeah.
25:46And I know by hearing Rodney Shields right here next to me, you know, they want that.
25:50I mean, the way he's telling them that you're going to run your shots, give more activity, stay on them right back.
25:54You know, that's what they want.
25:56There you go.
25:57I think they should go back to the body a little bit now, Nicky.
25:59Right.
26:00You know, target the body more.
26:01When he does target it, he has some success.
26:04Even last round, we saw a replay of him throwing a nice left hook to the body.
26:07I'd give a more concerted attack to the body if I'm on Nicky because you're already walking him down, so you're able to close the gap when you want to.
26:13You know, Vito has the speed, Pauly.
26:22I'm not, like, you know, when I see fights like this, it's just, like, I'm a big believer, like, of, you know, when I was a fighter, I wanted to load up with shots.
26:31I wanted to, you know, knock everybody out.
26:33But if Vito would let the flurries that I believe so much in those flurries, you know, that I kind of call them the Oscar De La Hoya flurries, you know?
26:40Yeah.
26:41Remember when I was used to .
26:42Yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:43Boom, power shot, like, or hurt it with a power shot, and then .
26:45That'll cause the referee to jump in and stop the fight.
26:48Yeah, yeah.
26:49Or even overwhelming.
26:50That's what I'm looking for right now, yeah.
26:51And that's the thing.
26:52Sometimes you've got to take some power off to do that, right?
26:54When you throw those kind of flurries, you kind of take some steam off of them, and then the last punch of the flurry is the one you throw the hardest.
26:59Yeah, you set up, yeah, like, yeah, changing the speeds of the combination, and then you're just kind of touching or with speed, and then all of a sudden, bam.
27:06Yep.
27:07Yeah.
27:08Because the speed builds up.
27:10Again, you see the consistent pressure.
27:17Yeah, right there.
27:18I want to see him touch the body there.
27:21He's getting a little bit away from the body attack.
27:24It was really, really effective early on, I felt.
27:27And I felt, especially now that, you know, we're in round seven, Gargioli may be wearing down a little bit, so the body shots may help him sort of tilt him over.
27:35Yeah.
27:36Yeah, Vito's got to be a little bit sneaky with those body shots, like, you know, throw that, like, a good body shot when Garzellic is not expecting it, trying to catch him.
27:46Maybe off that flurry to the head.
27:47Yes.
27:48Flurry to the head and then drop a sharp body shot.
27:49Right.
27:50Well, it's Vito Milonecki likely pitching a shutout at this point through the first seven rounds.
28:03I do agree with what you said, though, guys.
28:08It's kind of each round is looking like the round before for Milonecki.
28:12Yeah, again, redundant a little bit.
28:14Yeah.
28:15And I guess that's nitpicking because he's winning.
28:17Yeah.
28:18Yeah.
28:19So in other words, you could also say, hey, if it's not broke.
28:21But like we say, right, at this point in his career, he's more under the microscope than he's been before.
28:26You know, more people know about you.
28:27Sure.
28:28There's more opinions.
28:29There's a little bit more criticism.
28:30But there's also more expectation because people know you're good.
28:32Well, you also just had a middleweight, Jahai Tucker, in the fight before, put on a really great performance.
28:36Yeah.
28:37Yeah.
28:38And, you know, you have another middleweight who's attracting some attention in your stable as well with Troy Isley, who was an Olympian.
28:44Yeah.
28:45And then you like you got to see where you can, you know, fit in.
28:48And, you know, obviously, John Ibeck is in the division.
28:52So, you know, it's I think it's important for Vito Milonecki.
28:56I mean, he's winning each and every round, but maybe he can kick it up a notch.
29:01Let's see.
29:02We got three rounds left.
29:03So we got an amateur fight left.
29:04Right.
29:05So let's see what happens in these final three rounds.
29:07So far, it's been impressive.
29:10See, at this point, like me as a trainer now, Pauly, you just said something because you brought up the amateur system.
29:15I would tell my father, look, think amateurs.
29:17Yeah.
29:18Like, you know, three rounds.
29:19Run the numbers.
29:20Yeah.
29:21Run it.
29:22Run it.
29:23And maybe he'll stop them.
29:24You never know.
29:25And if you're in shape, you're confident, and you're conditioning, you'll be able to do it.
29:29I don't mind that idea at all, man.
29:32Beautiful work right here in the corner, back and forth.
29:34There we go.
29:35The combination.
29:36One of those numbers, as you said, Raul Marquez, on the combinations for Milniki.
29:40I'd still like to see him target the body, though.
29:42Yeah.
29:43Get those numbers up.
29:44I'd still like to see him target the body.
29:45He was targeting the body very well early on.
29:47Go hard to the body.
29:48Got away from it a little bit.
29:49Go hard to the body.
29:50Power shots to the body.
29:51And the arms.
29:52The arms and the body.
29:53Keep them thinking.
29:54You know, and then all of a sudden furries on top and go hard again to the body.
29:57Yeah.
29:58That's it.
29:59That's some good shots.
30:00Yeah.
30:01But there, you can go two-fisted attack to the body.
30:02This guy freezes when you punch at him.
30:04There's some work to the body right there up against the rope.
30:07Steps to the side.
30:08Looks to throw the right hand down to the body twice there.
30:11Got caught with an uppercut.
30:13Going straight back from Garjelic.
30:15Yeah.
30:16Those are the little angles that I was talking about that Garjelic just did.
30:19And it worked for him.
30:21But, I mean, it's a little bit too late.
30:23He needs more of that.
30:24He should have started doing that way earlier.
30:26But he couldn't because of, you know, Vito's strength.
30:29His power.
30:30His jab.
30:31You know, everything.
30:36Strong jab.
30:37That set up the right hand and then the left down to the body.
30:39Clean shot.
30:40Yeah.
30:41That was a clean shot to the body.
30:42Yeah.
30:43He called a few low ones that weren't low.
30:45And then Vito's kind of pleading back like it wasn't.
30:47Yeah.
30:48Because I think he's tired of getting them called low when they weren't.
30:52Maybe that's also why Vito hasn't gotten as much to the body.
30:54Although, this round, he has gone back to it a little bit.
30:56But maybe he got away from it because of the warning from the ref.
30:58I don't think.
30:59Hey, listen.
31:00If they took a point off or two points or three points, it's not going to.
31:03He's not going to lose it.
31:04Yeah, at this point, you're right.
31:05Yeah, right.
31:06Maybe somebody's got to remind them, bro.
31:08Just keep going to the body.
31:09Who cares if they get a point?
31:10If he takes a point, you're way ahead.
31:12Under 30 seconds left to work here in round eight.
31:19That one maybe.
31:21That was, yeah.
31:22That one might have been.
31:23But now the ref's intimidated.
31:24But he didn't complain on that one.
31:25That was in the same spot, probably.
31:26And the ref's intimidated.
31:27Oh.
31:28That's the right hand for Mel Niki.
31:29Oh, nice combination culminated with the left hook up top.
31:35Now doubling up, left hand upstairs, then down back to the body.
31:39Looks to hook around the guard with the right hand.
31:42And the rounds come to an end.
31:45Dominant performance here from the Roseland, New Jersey native.
31:51As he was running those numbers, as you talked about, Raul.
31:55Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.
31:56Those little flurries.
31:57They didn't come back on top.
31:58Just change it up.
31:59Flurries again.
32:00I mean, it seemed like he was trying probably in this round, but.
32:04He went back to the body.
32:05As a matter of fact, he caught a warning for it.
32:06Yeah.
32:07But he definitely went back to the body this round.
32:12The
32:16victory
32:20is
32:24As they touch him up to begin at round nine.
32:48I had a glance over at Vito Mionecki Sr. seated here ringside and he told his son and he pointed
32:58to his temples like, be smart, be smart.
33:01Yeah, if it's in the bag at this point, you know, if you want to impress fine, but you
33:06know, don't, don't take any reckless chances, I guess.
33:13Beautiful work off the jab here to start the round as Ronnie Shields tells his charge, that's
33:17the one.
33:18Keep at it.
33:19Hit him.
33:20Solid jab.
33:21Solid.
33:22All the way down to, I mean, round number nine and beautiful hard jab by, by Vito.
33:30Definitely got in shape for this fight.
33:31He's throwing a lot of punches.
33:32Yeah.
33:33You know, he's done a lot of thinking in there like that.
33:35Also been physical at times too.
33:37Yeah.
33:38Nice, nice feint.
33:39Beautiful.
33:40That feint.
33:41Yeah.
33:42That feint.
33:43I love that.
33:44You know, a lot of guys feint and they want jab right off that feint.
33:45Off that feint, that jab, then boom, right hand, quick.
33:46Yeah, jab right off that feint.
33:47That might drop him, you know.
33:48Yeah.
33:49But it also freezes.
33:50They freeze on the feint and the jab can come out so fast off that feint because you
33:51build momentum coming forward with it.
33:52Here we go.
33:53Again.
33:54He's trying, Polly.
33:55Yeah.
33:56Get a little bit closer.
33:57Close that.
33:58There he goes.
33:59Gargelec missing wide with the right hand.
34:01Yep.
34:02A little level change there.
34:03Did you get sour?
34:04Did you get sour?
34:05Did you get sour?
34:06Did you get sour?
34:07Did you get sour?
34:08Did you get sour?
34:09Did you get sour?
34:10No.
34:11No.
34:12No.
34:13Yeah.
34:14No.
34:15No.
34:16No.
34:17No.
34:18No.
34:19No.
34:20No.
34:21No.
34:22No.
34:23No.
34:24Yeah, a little shower, yeah.
34:25That's all right.
34:26Shower off the blood from the fight before.
34:27A good level change from Melnicki to slip that punch.
34:36You see, again, he's trying to consistently walk forward behind
34:38the head movement as well.
34:39That's, you know, mature and poised is Melnicki tonight.
34:42You know, even if, okay, nothing super spectacular, it's been consistent in a lot of ways, and you
34:49ways and you can see the development as a pro and development as a contender as he's coming along
34:54he's going up the ladder and you know top rank who is a co-promoter on this fight card
35:02i love that faint off the jab because i used to love using that move i used to love using that
35:08move that shoulder faint yeah i love using that move i was going to say they're going to put them
35:11in a matchup here pretty soon against one of their other middleweights and really test what
35:15they got here there's no doubt that that might be coming up next and you know i think vito milnicki
35:21has shown tonight that he's got a few different layers to his game and you know this is a really
35:26solid performance from him thus far through nine but he's going to get tested against a troy isley
35:31or against a jihai tucker and see which guy can really take it to the next level i wouldn't be
35:37surprised if that was coming down the pipeline here and there was talk about maybe even xander
35:43saiz before you know but xander is obviously up away class but there's uh some good possibilities
35:49for the young fighter who is ranked number 10 by the wbo 22 by the bc but after tonight that could
35:55change considering that angelic's also right and this is that middle or a junior middle you got
35:59janovic what janovic is a champion you got a domus you got a domus is right there it is not a lot of i
36:04mean he's a veteran right now older but i'll tell you what a lot has gotten better for me
36:10like his style as an older fighter he's sitting down more on his shot oh is that was that what it is
36:15i love it sorry it's always it's always really interesting when they gain that much
36:21has anybody have you seen him lately like i think he fights more excited and more like
36:25he's got more power now knockouts how did that happen amazing you got shiraz too right fighting
36:31shiraz is at 68 yeah oh he's at 68 that's prolonga up at 68 yeah yeah but you got a janovic with two
36:36titles he's a unified ibf wbo adamus who to me is a sleeper adamus is more dangerous than he gets credit
36:44for he's a wbc champion and then uh you have a lot of wba world middleweight champion
36:48all right this is the 10th and final round here from the prudential center in newark new jersey
36:55our main event we don't know neki pitching a shout out here for the most part i'd say so
37:02wasn't lara ronnie's guy is he still at one point yeah at one point by the way like like vito had a
37:09really good camp in houston and you know if you guys i don't know if you guys know the smart partners
37:13marquise taylor and quentin randall those are the most awkward you know guys that there is to
37:19spar like they're they're pure boxers that uh marquise taylor he's very active you know softball
37:25quentin randall uh very awkward fighter too he moves around he's elusive i mean he had some good work
37:30and that's why we're seeing the result tonight with uh garjellic
37:34tripling up on the job beautiful yeah good ring generalship now vito showing this round he's
37:43he's taking his foot off the gas and he's showing a different wrinkle here off the back foot
37:48garjellic now is a little desperate trying to you know put pressure but malnicki boxing well off the
37:53back foot and off a nice jab i'll tell you last couple rounds i've really been impressed with the
37:56jab of malnicki where he shoots at various angles uh using the faint with it not using the faint with
38:01at times uh we didn't we didn't see uh the this this much uh this many wrinkles from his jab in the
38:07first eight rounds we saw so many other wrinkles though when i think after his last two fights having
38:13a majority decision win and then a draw in his last fight yeah i think this is a good performance
38:21for him to make it clear that he's the dominant yeah definitely he's gonna boost up his confidence
38:27like a lot more like after this fight
38:30god you cheering section yeah god you look at that they're trying to
38:43try to get a knockout trying to get a miracle here like
38:49but i just got a minute left to do it nice defense there by malnicki at close range
38:55they're giving the milnicki contingent the run for their money here up on their feet
39:03oh nice counter right hand beautiful shot paulie
39:11yeah it got my galgic got galgic gradually reaching and countered over the top of the right hand
39:17that was a good shot that if it would have sat down a little bit more on it it could have dropped them
39:22he did get that knocked down scored early in the fight round three
39:28perhaps we don't need another with this kind of rhythm right here paulie keep that momentum going
39:33in those two rounds possibly get the stoppage when he looks like tonight he could fight a 12
39:37round yeah and how did he get that rhythm because he started using that jab and that faint
39:40that creates an entire rhythm his toes too yeah you know being jumpy being jumpy not flat-footed
39:45but that creates an entire rhythm when you get into that flow
39:48husband nikki goes to the gargeli corner to give his respect and
39:56up on the ropes now to his hometown crowd who have watched their young fighter just 23 years old
40:05recently turned 23 vito milnicki put on a dominant performance here tonight in our main event
40:11sure did exactly ronnie's gonna be proud yeah of the the discipline that vito milnicki showed tonight
40:18yep he stayed constant fully uh on concentrated all 10 rounds every minute of every round
40:24and really focused on the game plan and show those various wrinkles consistently
40:29yeah i like the way he kept the school but he he got his butt in shape for sure like he
40:36he fought like to stay disciplined at that end the activity rate every round you know he was
40:41throwing body shots at the end the last two rounds like you know he was on his toes moving in and out
40:45i mean he wasn't he he had a great camp he was in good shape that was that houston heat roll
40:50the houston not no no the humidity it's not the heat it's the humidity man that to me that's
40:56that's that problem you never fit in my gym you need to come to my gym like jovani we
41:00my gym is like hot and humid bro and you need that sometimes i used to hit air conditioning gyms i
41:10i would not train in a gym that had air conditioning so you know when i was ac bro no i would not i
41:15would not if i when i was fighting if a gym had any kind of ac i would oh no no okay you didn't
41:19okay i refused to train in it it's not i thought you were telling me you needed the ac no no no no no
41:22i don't know you got fighters gotta make weight especially if i travel i mean i grew up in gleason
41:26where there was no ac but sometimes i could travel and go to the gym if the gym had ac i
41:30would walk out when you find out of the lights you know just the pressure coming out you know
41:34you get hot and there's a light so we're always losing weight dude there's never a day in the
41:39gym we don't have to lose weight
41:40all right i believe ralph velez is ready with the official judge's decision and i'll send it up
41:53now to our ring announcer ralph velez ladies and gentlemen after 10 rounds of action we go to the
42:03judges scorecards all three judges lynn carter mark constantino and paul wallace scored the contest
42:12100 to 89 all for your winner by unanimous decision white magic vetoed milenki jr
42:27he is now the wbo global wbc us usba and ivo america's middleweight champion
42:39congratulations to veto milenki jr the winner tonight just as we said by unanimous decision won every round
42:53plus the knockdown that was scored in round three i think james smitty smith is going to get in position
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