00:00all right you men receive my instructions in the dressing room remember to protect
00:09yourselves at all times touch clubs now man your bucks and at the bell god bless you both
00:15as as we go from an intense stare down to the tail of the tape christian and billy 30 years
00:20old still in his prime my chest is 36 the height a pretty big disparity six five foot eight to six
00:26foot one but christian and billy's used to that he doesn't fight long he fights from the mid-range
00:31on in as we begin round one of a fight with so much at stake matt for christian and billy a spot
00:38on the canelo crawford undercard this september a big step closer to canelo himself he can see the
00:43mountains off from here matt but he can't get there unless he handles business against my chest
00:47tonight and he also knows that many people consider him to be the number one super middleweight contender
00:52outright yes and he wants to prove that tonight he had a good win against derevichenko but was hurt
00:57with an arm injury to the left arm at some point in that fight he's had a long training camp
01:02the pressure of headlining tonight and potentially winning the interim title
01:06yeah we've seen this with him billy a couple times in the last 13 months where he has an important he
01:14has an opponent in front of him but there are two or three really significant subplots to the fight
01:19that for a fighter who's not laser focused can become distractions it's easy for for a guy in
01:25a billy's position to think about september 13th to think about beyond september 13th trying to line
01:31himself up for canelo fight but matcha sulecki is a very real live underdog again because he has that
01:37jab and he has that quick right hand and i believe though he's not someone who ever takes an opponent
01:41like exactly always in the gym dedicated that's not an overlooked part that would happen against
01:47a guy like sulecki in terms of imbele but good timing here on the right hand and there was in
01:52billy i was about to say it was a measured start for him but he was just setting a trap he's ready
01:56for sulecki's jab and there it is again uh pull counter right hand he's landed it twice in a row now
02:02and it's a wrinkle that i don't know that sulecki was ready for because usually you see
02:06in billy bobbing weaving setting up shop six inches off your chest and getting to work it's a great point
02:11he's boxed very well in this first round
02:13he hasn't really blitzed in and stayed at the close distance and that could come over time
02:20don't forget it's also potentially his first ever 12 round fight when we get to that point
02:23here you see even
02:27i'm going to speculate that he's allowing sulecki to circle in this casino size ring because
02:34at the moment that in billy feels like making this ring even smaller than that that tends to be
02:40what he does it's also when you have the longest stretch really of being inactive in your career
02:46oh big uppercut
02:48just like we said left hook to the body uppercut to the body
02:52macie sulecki hits the deck
02:54and i don't even think he saw the shot coming
02:57no and he is absolutely debilitating
03:00he cannot continue
03:03sulecki is going to gesture at his corner
03:06but again maybe our audience is going to tire me being air on the side of safety god
03:12but if you reach the mandatory a count and that man is still staggering
03:17there's not a lot you can do especially knowing you have
03:20a murderous puncher like christian ability across the ring
03:23well if you wanted to have a statement made
03:25i don't know how he gets much better than that first round knockout
03:29can't wait to see the replay but i don't think sulecki ever saw the shot coming
03:32because he was used to the body and then right back with an uppercut for mv lee
03:37he was rocking referee michael griffin is one of the most experienced referees in the game
03:41so you got to trust his judgment on that one
03:43and again when the guy gets to his feet he's standing at the end of the mandatory a count
03:49but he's not standing steadily what else can you do as a referee
03:53these are the rules he has a mandatory a count if he can't continue he can't continue
03:56and what's really impressive from this performance also from mv lee
03:59we talked about it would have been very difficult for sulecki to you know withstand the first four or five rounds
04:04but it wasn't because of the activity level in this case
04:06is emily was really trying to set traps
04:08it was the accuracy right it was the tactics
04:13let's see here morgan right to the body lift hook
04:19yes body bright uppercut
04:21and then that uppercut closes it
04:23and sulecki never saw that jump because he was trying to throw a right hand at the same time
04:27boom just that little left elbow splits the guard of sulecki
04:31emily comes right back up for the right uppercut
04:33you have your new wbc interim champion
04:35absolutely
04:42and so for him billy
04:43that's three goals accomplished
04:45in less than one round he wins the fight
04:48looks outstanding in the fight
04:50gets through the fight with no injuries unless he hurt his hand on sulecki's face
04:54unlikely
04:55and so now he has a clear path for september 13th
04:58and whatever the september 13th is going to bring him
05:00and if you talk about highlight reels
05:02you won't have to watch much of that fight to see that uppercut
05:05because that was a heck
05:07we are going to get another look at it matt
05:09here you go right to the body left hook
05:11that starts to bring his down
05:12here's the left elbow to separate the guard
05:15and the right uppercut
05:16just the left forearm i should say
05:18to kind of
05:19yes
05:20destabilize sulecki
05:21boom
05:22right left hook to the body
05:23here's the left arm boom
05:25right uppercut sulecki never sees it coming
05:27just to give himself a little room to throw that punch
05:29that's it
05:30boom
05:31just a little separation
05:32with that forearm
05:34initiated by mbili
05:36and right on the button
05:38mark ramsi
05:40luke van sanwilette and the team
05:42very happy
05:43and
05:44sulecki too was still likely feeling the effects of that left hook to the body
05:48that's right
05:49when he swallows that uppercut to the jaw
05:52i know mbili was very humble this week but he had said behind the scenes he wanted to have a better performance than diego pacheco against the lake
06:01so like yes
06:02mesdames messieurs chronomètre officiel 2 minutes 28 seconds of round number one
06:08referee michael griffin stops the fight declaring the winner by tko and now the wbc interim super middleweight champion of the world christian solid
