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00:00First of a cold break, I expect to take a step back, don't deliberately thoppers around the back of the head, protect yourselves at all the time, touch gloves, good luck fellas.
00:08Lancashire derby, really at all Manchester won, Oldham's Aqib Fiaz and Salford's Alex Murphy.
00:1928 fights, 26 wins between them.
00:23It's high quality this in the lightweight division, important to see who gets the momentum early doors, the much taller guy, the naturally bigger guy is Alex Murphy in the black trunks fighting out of the red corner and the white and silver with those black boots of Aqib Fiaz.
00:44Not much in the age, 25 years old as Aqib and 24 Alex. I mean, they're mirror records, it's a good one.
00:54Yeah, it's a really good match on paper and it's good to see, you know, Murphy being able to come back after a loss but really showed loads of grit and good display of himself, account of himself in that defeat.
01:04I mean, people always think, you know, if you're boxing a taller fighter, you've got to get inside that reach and that's not always the case.
01:11All you have to do, you have to allow the taller fighter to punch first, you've got to see where this range is, where the judges rhythm and then you can count sliding inside those punches.
01:21Discipline's going to play a big part tonight, whoever can stay focused, switched on and draw the other into their shots.
01:28A lot riding on this fight, it's a must win. Fiaz really fired up at the weigh-in yesterday, grabbing hold of Alex Murphy, really, really fancies this and wants to show how good he is.
01:41Feels Alex Murphy is the right opponent for him but same says Murphy, believes that he'll have too much for Fiaz, brilliant fight it really is.
01:49Yeah, really fired up at the weigh-in, was a change of opponent, was about to be Michael Gomez Jr. for Aqib Fiaz.
01:58Alex Murphy's come in at short notice but he was in tip-top condition, coming off that very close defeat to Khalil Majid in April.
02:11Howard Foster scored it 96-94, Steve Gray the referee tonight 97-94.
02:16And Darren Sargent's fight only around 96-95. He was good, Murphy, in his first defeat.
02:26And that's why he was wound up, Adam Fiaz, yesterday.
02:30Because at the press conference, he was almost alluding to the fact that he didn't believe Fiaz wanted to fight Murphy in the first place.
02:37That's why he took the Michael Gomez Jr. fight and let it swerve him and then he was kind of forced to face him and Fiaz was just letting in the nose.
02:44I want to fight you, I'm ready.
02:47He's boxing on here, Murphy, using that reach, he didn't really use that in the last fight but Majid of course is a taller, longer fighter.
02:52But he's got a level too close to time but he's using that jab really well.
02:56And it's important when you're the taller fighter, that jab's got to come back as fast as it goes out otherwise.
03:00You're leaving it there to be countered and he's doing well with that left hand.
03:03Yeah, the odd shot from Fiaz, body shot and a jab but good work here from Alex Murphy early on behind his own jab and his feet are working well.
03:15Ten seconds to go of the first and it's one for Alex Murphy who's begun this well and he's laid his mark down.
03:24Back comes Fiaz, action heats up, end of the opener.
03:27Here we go.
03:28Here we go.
03:57Welcome back, really a big night here on DAZN in Manchester and well I like the touch paper in the last 10 seconds in that first round.
04:18It was brilliant, it really caught fire didn't it at the end of that round, more of the same please.
04:24These two have sparred together before but only once across Lancashire rivals.
04:33Aqib Fiaz, the better amateur, won a string of titles.
04:40Alex Murphy won 15, lost 15 and went for a spell of real difficulties in the unpaid ranks but he's stuck with it.
04:50The 24-year-old and he has a chance here.
04:53He's under the watchful eye of Eddie Hearn who has Aqib Fiaz in the home corner.
04:59But Murphy's here to impress and I thought he took that opener, Barry.
05:04No, I thought he did.
05:05I think I would say Fiaz finished the round strong, he landed some really meaty left hooks.
05:09And there was an opening there to how he should fight the rest of the fight there for Fiaz and that's to force Murphy to punch with him.
05:16See Fiaz got to be careful if he doesn't revert back to type here and sit on that, he leans on the back foot,
05:21trying to make you count and make you miss and make you pay but I think he's got to go forward.
05:25Still trying to be defensive, if he'll go forward and force Murphy to throw, then he's in the range to throw with him and he will get the better results.
05:33Good body shots from Alex Murphy who's settling well here in a nice right hand.
05:39Yeah, that was good, led with the right hand there, brought the feet in. I think that's going to be important for both.
05:44They're just falling short of the jab quite often, need to bring their feet in.
05:49I think both of them targeting the body with the jab. Oh, good overhand work though from Fiaz.
05:54Yep, nice right hand, it was an uppercut first from Murphy.
05:58Neither of these massive punches but Fiaz has got a couple of knockouts on the record, Murphy yet to score one.
06:05Fiaz at times is slightly static but just warming up with the shoulders, loosening.
06:13And Murphy just trying to get in and out and get that range right.
06:22And that's the key word there, get that range right, because you want to get weight on the shot but you don't want to be short in that distance at all, ever.
06:30Make Fiaz reach for the target, always.
06:32That's exactly what I was calling for, the feet, they need to be brought in when you throw the shot.
06:41That's better, yeah.
06:42It's just got a bit of speed here, Murphy, which I'm surprised about with the talent as an amateur and coming up in weight as well, Fiaz.
06:50But just plodding through these first couple of rounds, Fiaz, and much better from Murphy.
06:59Nice one too there from Fiaz, I always see that, his timing's really good, Fiaz, more than speed, he's really good timing.
07:04See it there with that left hook.
07:06But again, I just think if he starts stealing the ground a little bit more assertively, force Murphy to throw with him.
07:12Again, finishing the round well, good work, good combination.
07:17Yeah, nice right hand there from Fiaz, he's finished both the first and second rounds strongly, but Murphy's done plenty of work before that.
07:29You've been committed to being here and not getting hit, or you've been committed to being here.
07:44At a minute, you're just a little bit second guessing yourself, yeah.
07:48Yeah. Now, either the trigger and go, and then stay there and go and go, or make you miss and don't get hit.
07:56Make your mind about it, one or the other, don't get stuck in between them.
08:00So, a little cautious now, but you know we're finishing the song on.
08:04But we need to be a bit more decisive, that's all, yeah?
08:07Don't stay on the outside. Yeah, don't stay on the outside.
08:11Last half, he's always trying to go, yeah?
08:15Fiaz just settling down and getting into this.
08:19Bit of a ticking off from Jamie Moore in the corner.
08:22Wasn't very impressed with his first six minutes.
08:27Fight number 14 for the 25-year-old Fiaz.
08:32He looks so good as an amateur.
08:34One loss to Rhys Bellotti was stopped in eight.
08:38Rhys Bellotti in a big fight with Ryan Garner at the end of July, and what a month it is.
08:43On his own.
08:45Just crazy, isn't it?
08:46I mean, and in between that, just a little fight of, you know, Bam Rodriguez in Texas and Dubois and Eusick as well in London on the same night.
08:54I mean, I think Jamie was right there in the corner.
08:57You know, just saying, you're just stuck in between doing two things here.
09:01And that's better from Murphy, I feel.
09:03Really step in, sharp one-two, commit to the shots.
09:06I'd like to see Fiaz do the same.
09:08Busy work, more belief in yourself.
09:12Plenty of time in this contest, though.
09:15I mean, you're the short fighter.
09:19It takes a while just to get that wings at distance.
09:22I do, man.
09:24I wasn't sure, listen, hang on a minute.
09:25I wasn't sure for my weight.
09:27Let me get off my chair.
09:28Stop it, you two.
09:29I'm off my chair.
09:30Former world champions, the pair of you.
09:33Be quiet.
09:34Lovely work from Murphy on the outside.
09:37Fiaz back with a jab.
09:39Just needs to get going when he gets up close with Alex Murphy,
09:43because Murphy has boxed well here.
09:48Only four years as a professional,
09:51but you feel he's growing with every fight, even that last defeat.
09:56Well, he showed a lot, didn't he, against Majid.
09:59Toughness, grit, determination.
10:01Didn't go his way, but he was in the fight.
10:04So he can take belief from that.
10:06As can Fiaz stopping Cherkov last time out.
10:09You know, look good, bounce back to winning ways.
10:12It just needs to be a bit quicker here, a bit sharper.
10:15But I think he's having a little bit of a pocket of work here, Fiaz,
10:18because he's punching with or just straight after Murphy.
10:22Good pressure as well on the front foot.
10:24But he's in his hand rather than just walking forward like he was,
10:27like the last round, he's actually throwing with him.
10:30An uppercut there, just whistles in and body shots.
10:34Good variety this from Murphy.
10:36Fiaz again answers later on in the round.
10:40That's where he's really revving up.
10:42Oh, yeah, it was.
10:44Really nice body shot.
10:47Back comes Murphy.
10:49You mentioned that right hand there.
10:51He does have good variation with the shot at him.
10:53He'll throw it into the body.
10:54He'll screw it through as an uppercut.
10:57Beautiful right hand from Fiaz.
11:00Murphy back with a jab.
11:02It's a really good match.
11:04I think they've set the tone now.
11:08I can imagine this is how the fight will play out now for the remainder.
11:12But I think Murphy's slowed just a little bit here.
11:14I think for Fiaz, he's just feeling a lot of success, isn't it?
11:17Yeah, super Fiaz.
11:19Oh.
11:29Bit of blemish under the left eye of Akin Fiaz, who's back into this.
11:35How are you scoring it, guys?
11:38I think Murphy's first round is clear.
11:41That one was a little bit more congested, I thought,
11:44and maybe Fiaz could do the run.
11:47A good right hand to finish the round there, though, for Murphy.
11:49Yeah, really, really good.
11:51It's been a good start.
11:53Interesting start.
11:54Murphy getting into his groove maybe a little quicker.
11:57But I like the way he's finishing the round, Fiaz.
11:59That leaves a mark in the judges' eyes.
12:02But heating up nicely.
12:04And I think Murphy just, whether he's slowed enough
12:06or whether Fiaz's quick on his feet,
12:08I think Murphy did slow a little bit.
12:10And Fiaz was just starting to slide a little bit closer to the target
12:12and punch with him, or like I said earlier,
12:14punch straight after him.
12:16And that's for Murphy and a bit more pressure.
12:20Second round.
12:22Round four.
12:26The wonderful setting of the Manchester Arena.
12:29And a local derby here, which has started really well.
12:34Aqib Fiaz and Alex Murphy.
12:38Murphy, I feel, has got into a rhythm quicker.
12:44I think he's done more than Fiaz.
12:46But you're right, Darren, at the end of rounds,
12:48Fiaz is coming back.
12:49It'd be interesting to see how the three judges have got it after three.
12:52And I think Murphy's in the lead.
12:54One thing for sure though, I think Fiaz will want to try and stop this movement from Murphy.
13:00At the end of the rounds when he does plant his feet.
13:04That time you feel that Fiaz is getting the better of the exchanges.
13:08He sort of shortens the shots up a little better than Murphy.
13:10But if he can keep this movement and keep it long, it'll make it very difficult for Fiaz.
13:16Sorry guys, there looks to be swelling on top of the right eye there of Murphy.
13:20Yep, bit of damage there.
13:23And that mark underneath the left eye of Fiaz.
13:27So, bumps and bruises as you can expect.
13:31And Steve Frey's had to do nothing so far.
13:34Just watch the two of them get down to work.
13:37And often with the light of punches.
13:39And I'm looking at you, Barry Jones.
13:41You're in good fights, right?
13:43I tell you what, I can punch hard on you though.
13:45Right now, right now, stood next to me, I can punch hard on you.
13:49Stewart's Inquiry.
13:51Darren's there to return me.
13:53I mean, yeah, quality over quantity, isn't it?
13:55Or vice versa, I think that's sometimes what it is.
13:58But all you know, if he throws one, you've got to throw three and four.
14:01Who is the bigger puncher here?
14:04Well, there's not a knockout on Murphy's slate.
14:08Is that a psychological issue for him?
14:12Maybe he doesn't punch enough, he's always moving,
14:14or maybe he hasn't got that killing instance to go for the finish.
14:17I mean, it could be a combination of a lot of things.
14:20And it's not always that the one shot that gets you to stoppages.
14:23You know, it's tempo, it's change of pace, it's going through the gears.
14:26Remember, these are 15 fights, so they're still learning.
14:32And you learn how to manage rounds and pace yourself
14:36and know when to go through the gears.
14:38And there's still time.
14:39I tell you, you mentioned pace yourself.
14:41And I was just thinking, even though I think Murphy's throwing a lot of shots here
14:44and doing some good work,
14:46the start of the turnaround, this is Fiaz's sort of fight.
14:49This is his pace.
14:50And he's dictating the pace here.
14:52Even though Murphy has landed some good punches as he's coming forward.
14:55He's making Murphy work, isn't he? Very hard.
14:57Punching when you want to, punch when you have to are two different things for your breathing.
15:01And obviously that affects your stamina.
15:03And he looks physically strong, Fiaz.
15:05This is really good work.
15:06Back comes Murphy there.
15:07But they were good shots.
15:08The right hand over the top of the left hand from Fiaz.
15:11Just missing with the second.
15:13Oh, good shot.
15:14Murphy put through the middle there from Fiaz.
15:16Murphy fighting back there.
15:17We saw this in his last fight.
15:19How game he can be.
15:22Exactly what he'd done against Majid.
15:25Oh, good ending to the round again.
15:28Excellent fight so far this.
15:30Akin Fiaz and Alex Murphy.
15:33Really enjoying this.
15:40Cracky night.
15:44As we kick off July.
15:45Saturday, July the 19th.
15:50Bam, bam.
15:51Rodriguez back against Cafu.
15:53I'll let you talk about that.
15:54Barry, you love him.
15:55Oh, he's my favourite fighter.
15:57Do you know why?
15:58Because he's brilliant.
15:59He's brilliant.
16:00He really is.
16:03And also, I think, I think the way he boxes, he's obviously,
16:06so much on the line.
16:07There's answers to both.
16:08And then BKFC as well.
16:10That's it.
16:11Peg Ryan Peterson battling it out.
16:13That's it.
16:14Philadelphia, July the 25th.
16:18We're also New York next week.
16:20Wembley, July the 19th.
16:22On the south coast at the end of the month.
16:25No holidays for you, Darren Barker.
16:28No.
16:29They are holidays for me.
16:30Can't get enough of it.
16:31It's a pleasure, isn't it?
16:33It's a pleasure and a privilege to watch the Gladiators entertain us.
16:38And that's what Fiaz and Murphy are doing right now.
16:41We thought it would be good.
16:43And it is, in reality, turning out to be a fascinating watch.
16:47Murphy with a good start.
16:48The work rate.
16:49But Fiaz coming back into it.
16:52Just settling down.
16:53A little bit like Connor Walker did the other week in Birmingham, didn't he?
16:57Just wouldn't let off.
16:59No.
17:00And yet we are seeing this from Fiaz.
17:02Just starting to plant his feet a little bit more.
17:04And I think, on the flip side, Alex Murphy needs to be busy when he's keeping it long.
17:09I think when he holds his feet out, favours Fiaz, but needs to keep poking out that jab,
17:14letting the right hand go, and then resetting, move and then go again.
17:18He's got to try and, like, Fiaz is going to be over-busy where he's just throwing punches and getting tired,
17:22but he's got to try and time Fiaz as Fiaz is coming forward.
17:25He can be doing that though.
17:26There's a little left hook from Fiaz.
17:28Right hand, punch him in Fiaz.
17:30He's going to get him in trouble here, Murphy.
17:32Punch, move, step in, step out with the punches, and pivot.
17:36That's what he tried to do there, but Fiaz attempts to march it down with a jab,
17:42and a nice right hand, he's closing the gap.
17:45And Murphy just under the cosh, right hand to the body,
17:51but he's working ever so hard to try and keep Fiaz off him.
17:55And these are tactics that Jamie Moore will have thought up against Alex Murphy
18:00to just try and slow him down, detract him, and punish him later on.
18:06I thought there was some good work there on the back foot from Murphy,
18:09but, again, what we've already pointed out is really being made to work.
18:12It's good presence and pressure from Fiaz, constant.
18:16And when Fiaz puts that chest over the front knee,
18:20it gives him more momentum to jump into the shots
18:22and get more leverage on his punches.
18:24I think he can slip better being that way.
18:26When he sits on that back leg, I think he gives me the chance to throw long.
18:30That's the shot that he's neglected the last couple of rounds, Murphy.
18:33That uppercut, the right uppercut.
18:35He landed it a couple of times in the opening first two.
18:39I think you're right, I think that's the shot to throw.
18:41The problem is your brain's telling you, if I miss with that, I'm exposed.
18:46That's the perfect shot as Fiaz comes in.
18:50But I wonder if Murphy might just have gone off too quick.
18:55Ten-rounder, body shot from Fiaz, just this physical strength now.
19:03And you have to deal with these moments.
19:04And these are, again, talking about experience.
19:06There's fights, close fights like this where it ebbs and flows.
19:09And you're going to have moments.
19:10You think you've got a foothold in the contest,
19:12then back comes your opponent.
19:13Then it's down to you to find that something else
19:16and get back into the fight.
19:20A good right hand there from Murphy, lovely shot.
19:23They're still working very hard and landing plenty.
19:28But Fiaz having his own success now.
19:30Oh, beautiful boys, isn't it?
19:32At the halfway mark.
19:33Fiaz Murphy.
19:34New matchroom look.
19:35Very exciting brand.
19:36And the rebuild for one of the most talented fighters to come out.
19:40And Wales in recent times.
19:41I'm not talking about Barry Jones, but Joe Cordina.
19:42It's great, isn't he?
19:43He's a real talent.
19:44From my city.
19:45You know what I mean?
19:46I'm all for Joe.
19:47And this man, Jack Cashel rebounding as well after the defeat to Arnold Barbosa Jr.
19:53Looks well, doesn't he?
19:54Jack, very fit and focused and needs to be.
19:57It's a night really, he can't get wrong.
20:14He was just a bit slow against Barbosa, wasn't he?
20:19He didn't really push himself and he lost out later on.
20:23Do you know what?
20:24I'm really, really looking forward to tonight's main event.
20:27Lots of questions I'm looking forward to being answered.
20:31But this one still in the balance, but shifting nicely towards Fiaz at the minute.
20:38In the melting pot.
20:39It's got to be close.
20:40Good start from Super Alex Murphy.
20:43From Eccles near Salford and Akib ambush Fiaz.
20:47I was talking to some of his fans earlier and they said he's going to ambush Murphy and knock him out in eight or nine rounds.
20:55Certainly that's the plan to pressurize him, put him into corners, make him uncomfortable with those body shots.
21:04But Murphy's still moving okay.
21:06And he's got to keep doing that, Adam.
21:08He has to keep moving frustrating Fiaz.
21:10It's when he plants his feet.
21:12I mean, look, he's a joyous to watch Fiaz.
21:14When he lets his shots go in bunches, he really is a class act.
21:19So it's that movement will stop those flow of shots from landing from Fiaz.
21:24Nice work with the left hand from Akib Fiaz, who believes his time is now coming.
21:31He has some devastating news.
21:33He's lost his mum, a close friend as well, and injuries too.
21:38It's a tough life as a fighter, isn't it, to have to cope with all of that stuff.
21:42Life is tough.
21:44I mean, you've got to...
21:46Whatever you're facing, you've got your privilege to do what you love to do.
21:51That's all, and sometimes boxing forget that.
21:54I mean, the training's hard, the slogs hard, but the rewards are great.
22:00Again, the pressure here from Fiaz.
22:01He's not doing a lot.
22:02He's making Murphy work hard.
22:04And he's taking them all on the gloves, and that really does empty the tank.
22:07When you're letting shots go, and the opponent just keeps walking forward.
22:11Who's winning these last two or three?
22:13Do you think Fiaz is just doing enough now?
22:15Yeah, I think so.
22:17He's done nothing so far.
22:19Yeah, he hasn't.
22:20He's done nothing here.
22:21This is good work on the back foot.
22:22You still feel he's being made to work an awful lot, Murphy.
22:25But winning this round so far.
22:27Three judges, all from Britain, John Latham, Marcus McDonald, and Bob Williams just in front of us.
22:42Again, such a class act when he lets his shots go like that, Fiaz.
22:47The variation doubles up downstairs and goes back to head.
22:52And he whips that left hook over the top.
22:53And he almost leans the body to the right to get a bit of leverage on that shot.
22:57Uppercuts from Murphy's trying again at Fiaz, looking to punish him to the body as well.
23:05That long, tall body of Alex Murphy is working just at a real hectic pace through these first six rounds.
23:12Good body work from Fiaz.
23:14Back comes Murphy.
23:15It's really good action at the end of these rounds.
23:19It's almost like they've got it in the clock just to shine in front of the judges and leave them with an impression.
23:25We just asked him to change it up in the corner of Alex Murphy.
23:51Again, when he's moving and he's nimble on his feet, he frustrates Fiaz.
23:57As soon as he plants his feet, Fiaz with the classy combination, the beautiful work to the body.
24:04As Barry said, finishing the shot through the left hook, looks a real class act.
24:08It's in the balance, as you say, Adam.
24:10So much more to fight for here.
24:12Brilliant contest.
24:13But also, he never did anything for the first two minutes of the round.
24:15He just walked Murphy down.
24:17So making someone work hard, hopefully, the desired effect.
24:21It doesn't mean you're winning the round because you're making them work hard.
24:24You've still got to throw punches.
24:25You've still got to land with punches.
24:27This is close.
24:28Round seven.
24:30We thought it would be a good one.
24:32Remember, Joe Cordina's return, former world champion, still to come.
24:37And then the big one with Cattrall and Eubank.
24:40It's another cracking night on this zone.
24:45Really good one in Hull.
24:48Last week when we saw a fantastic fight between Shaq Ampeters and Brad Ray,
24:55who became the European-like heavyweight champion.
24:58Honestly, the last few weeks, guys, have been a pleasure.
25:02We just see a moment ago there, Adam.
25:04And one of the reasons, perhaps, Alex Murphy hasn't stopped anyone.
25:08He's landed two good lefts to the body,
25:10but he just doesn't really turn into the shot.
25:13He just puts it there.
25:14You've got to believe in yourself.
25:16More technique in the shot.
25:18Really turn the hip, drive through the shot.
25:20What were you going to need to do?
25:26But Fiaz, on the other hand, when he throws that left hook,
25:28he really turns his body into it.
25:31It's not maybe snapping that person, waiting the shot.
25:35Has Hakim Fiaz done enough in these rounds?
25:39I've got a winning two or three, maybe, but I think Murphy's ahead.
25:44He's just working harder, those body shots are good.
25:47And moments from Fiaz really sparkle there
25:51when he gets his combinations off.
25:53Ranatata again comes in.
25:55Almost a better talent, the media shots coming from Fiaz.
25:59The timing of that one-two was lovely.
26:01Beautiful.
26:02Slid in the distance.
26:03The way he threw the shots there, such class.
26:06And as Barry says, if you're going to put in those foundations
26:09where you're going to make your opponent work,
26:11push them back and, you know, really, really impose yourself physically,
26:15at some point, you need to start making that work.
26:19And you start to see it now.
26:21I think he realises now, I've got to let my hands go.
26:23Sustaining it, that's the key.
26:25Exactly that, that's the word, sustain attacks.
26:27See, Murphy, they're just getting a little bit too close.
26:30It's the right idea to see Fiaz take a bit of a rest,
26:33sort of stepped on him a little bit, but he needs a punch long.
26:37Body shot from Murphy.
26:39Back with the right hand comes Fiaz,
26:41who's really caught the eye this round.
26:44The seventh, Akib Fiaz.
26:46He just dips low before he throws the right hand,
26:49whether he jabs or goes to one-two.
26:51He just dips a little bit low.
26:53Again with the right hand there, Fiaz.
26:55That was nice then, he took his head off the line,
26:57through the right hand, exchanging with Murphy.
27:04That jab back in the pair there from Murphy.
27:06Yeah, he's neglected the shot, hasn't he?
27:08When he's got that height and range, he just...
27:11He hasn't used it, certainly in the second half of this fight.
27:14One-two there, though, from Murphy.
27:16Yeah, good work from Murphy.
27:18But I think Fiaz has done better in this round.
27:20It might have levelled it up on the cards.
27:23It's ever so close.
27:25It's all still to fight for in the melting pot.
27:28Let's get over to Karl, of course,
27:30with Charlie Kamos, Akib Fiaz.
27:32Well, how's he got it?
27:34Thank you very much, Adam.
27:36Karl ringside here, cheering Akib along.
27:38Better the last couple of rounds.
27:40Alex was taking them early.
27:41How are you seeing the action unfold?
27:42Yeah, I think Alex had a good start,
27:44but Akib's coming back into the face strong.
27:46I mean, I have him just in front,
27:48but the rounds are competitive.
27:50I think if Akib, once Alex does something good,
27:53Akib needs to fill that space just with a jab
27:56and get close instantly as quick as he can.
27:59And I think it's going to pay dividends for him,
28:01but I think he's starting to look like he's just getting on top.
28:05A couple of rounds to go now, Karl.
28:07What has Akib got to do to make sure he gets the win here?
28:09He's got to get close, outwork Alex.
28:12Alex is being brave and trying to stay in there and throw back,
28:15but he's just got to close the space and stay as close as possible.
28:18Top man, Karl. Back to Adam. Thank you.
28:20He is a top man, as are you, Charlie.
28:22I just got Tony Bellews eye.
28:24He says it's very close.
28:26Maybe Alex Murphy by one.
28:28It's really tight on my card and yours.
28:30I just, I don't know one makes Karl a top man.
28:33You just say that automatically, like it's a given.
28:36You're just going to use a good boxer to make him a nice brook.
28:39He is a nice brook, isn't he?
28:40But you say it like it's a given, that's all.
28:42Who's winning the fight?
28:45I agree with Karl because he's a top brook.
28:48I think Fiaz is edge the head now, I think.
28:52Don't copy him. Darren, what do you think?
28:54Yeah, very close.
28:55Very, very close.
28:57Still all to play for, that's for sure.
28:59I've not been scoring it round by round,
29:00but you feel like it's shifting in Fiaz's favour.
29:02I just feel, you know, they both need to be busy.
29:05Busy on the back foot from Murphy.
29:07Keep poking out that jab, letting the straight one-twos go.
29:09And if he does plant his feet, that's when it's that Fiaz
29:12to let the combinations go.
29:14Both opening up now.
29:16Fiaz with a slightly stronger, more precise shot.
29:19The work rate of Alex Murphy.
29:21It's a case of what you like.
29:23I think both of these guys, whatever happens now,
29:25are going to celebrate if it goes ten rounds.
29:28It's more than what you like, it's what you remember,
29:30I think, sometimes in rounds like this.
29:32And what you remember is the quality of the working Fiaz quite often
29:35in his last few rounds, I'd say.
29:37That left hook is there for Fiaz.
29:39If he was to feint at times,
29:41you can see Murphy goes to parry the jab,
29:44feint them through the left hook.
29:46He's damaged to the eye as well,
29:47makes it more difficult to see the shot coming.
29:50They both exchange hooks.
29:52Murphy to the body.
29:54And again, Adam not turning into the shots, Murphy there.
29:57He had him there as well, didn't he?
29:58Yeah.
29:59He threw the right punches,
30:01just not with the weight.
30:03The weight is the torque of the shot, isn't it?
30:05Like you said, if you turn into it, you get that snap.
30:08Yeah, Fiaz does that better, no doubt about that.
30:11He's a little bit more experienced at top level as well.
30:1485 rounds before this contest, 76 to Alex Murphy.
30:23So little in it.
30:26Really good fight.
30:27Murphy still continues to press.
30:31No question he's thrown a huge amount more at Alex Murphy.
30:35But Fiaz sometimes with that quality.
30:38Yep.
30:39Just a little, good puck of the work there, didn't he Murphy?
30:44Just did add Fiaz back onto the ropes.
30:46Oh, good left hook.
30:47Seem to stagger the legs of Murphy.
30:50I'm not sure if he hurt him.
30:51I just had him when he was turning round to his left.
30:54I don't think he's badly hurt.
30:56Murphy comes back at him.
30:58But good moments from Fiaz.
31:00Now the sore foot man digs in.
31:02This is really good.
31:04See, he stays low, Fiaz,
31:06but he throws the left hook like he's upright.
31:08So he sort of comes from a different angle.
31:10Where you'd expect it to sort of end up punching down with the left hook.
31:14Body shot from Murphy just doesn't have that power.
31:18But he still believes Fiaz back at him.
31:22Back at him.
31:23What a good fight.
31:36Meanwhile, Charlie beat with his charge.
31:41Harlem, Eubank, and Fon has got to have a little look at Roy's smile from Harlem.
31:48Who's very different, isn't he, to Chris Jr. and the cousins.
31:52Has he been sent in to watch the Hasby Rats?
31:56I think it's great.
31:58The Eubank-Ben rivalry.
32:00As we know, September the 20th.
32:03The date for the rematch.
32:05But it's all about Harlem tonight.
32:08The undefeated man from Brighton.
32:11And he's got to step up in class.
32:14And somehow take care of Jack Cattrell.
32:17Is this the night that changes Harlem, Eubank's career?
32:25Six minutes to go.
32:27We can watch six more rounds in this.
32:29I've got to say quickly, go back to that clip there.
32:31It's a good little gimmick.
32:32And funny that they've got Connelly to watch the raps.
32:35You want someone who knows what's going on.
32:39They just load their gloves up if they wanted to.
32:43Sam Noakes, the current British lightweight champion.
32:53These guys want to be amongst it.
32:55Alkif Fiaz and Alex Murphy.
32:57Fiaz just starting to really plant his feet.
33:01Ernest punches in and Jamie Moore knows that he'll need a big finish.
33:05Because Murphy could have got those early rounds.
33:09It's got to be close.
33:11Classy combinations from Fiaz.
33:13But this almost gets to a point in a fight when it is close like this.
33:16That tactics go out the windows.
33:18Who wants it more?
33:19Who's going to show more?
33:20Who's going to leave it all in the ring?
33:22Put the shots together with all your might.
33:26And he showed that when he threw the combinations down the wrong there, Fiaz.
33:31He had an acceleration of pace in his work.
33:33Something that maybe Murphy hasn't shown.
33:35But he's waiting too long between the combinations for me, Fiaz.
33:38Spot on, Barry.
33:39I love it when he does that, Alkif Fiaz.
33:41But then he just holds back.
33:43And you wonder if he's done enough over these three minutes.
33:46I mean, it's a worry because you're landing with good punches, you said.
33:49But I mean, if you're leaving big gaps and Murphy's constantly working,
33:52the judges are not looking at all the glitz and glamour
33:55and what the pattern of the fights do.
33:57And they're worrying about what scoring shots have in each round.
34:03Again, another culmination on the inside from Fiaz.
34:06You can see he's the bigger puncher in there.
34:08But the work of Alex Murphy has been superb.
34:13It's been non-stop, he just walks through a couple.
34:17They've got good chins, the pair of them.
34:19Yeah, he's really starting to trade as well with Fiaz now, Murphy.
34:24That was a lovely right-hand, double left foot there, though,
34:26a few seconds ago from Fiaz.
34:28That was much better, though, from Murphy when he had room.
34:32And he found that distance again.
34:34Hasn't done that much since the early part of the fight.
34:37I thought that was really good from this Alford 24-year-old.
34:41Back on the jab.
34:44Fiaz on the inside with the eye-catching work.
34:47He rolled into that.
34:48The difference is just a little bit of a movement of the upper body.
34:51And he just opened up another avenue, another combination go there for Fiaz.
34:56Murphy comes back with body shots.
34:59Not as hurtful, though.
35:01And Fiaz again with hard punches.
35:04And again, to turn that screw in, just flick that switch for speed in the work.
35:09Oh, he turned into that right hook, Fiaz.
35:11Good left hook as well.
35:14Again, I'd say better punches in the round coming from Alkin Fiaz,
35:18but more of them from Alex Murphy.
35:21It's another one that the judges are going to find very hard to score.
35:26Oh!
35:27I mean that was a classy round from both there really letting their shots go
35:57angles variation classy stuff look at that right hand really turning into the shots both of them
36:05who wants it more who's going to leave it all in the ring as I say good left hook from Fiaz there
36:13he's getting that right hand tucked up Murphy but I've enjoyed this been brilliant I've really
36:19enjoyed it Tony Belli who's not quite sure he's probably got it level maybe and give Fiaz around
36:27in front Murphy with those early rounds it's impossible to know what the three judges are
36:33thinking it's got to be close it could be a draw it could be split but I think both of these guys
36:38are you going to think they've won it I think so far it's shots so yeah Fiaz could really punch he'd be a
36:47problem I mean most of his career he's always like sitting on that back leg isn't he but it's really
36:57like I said about in his last contest when he started at the chest over the front knee and sort
37:01of walk into the shot push into the punches he was much better I tell you what we have realised the
37:07last you know the last two the last two times we've seen Murphy is old value for many years
37:12tough as they come he really is
37:15he's got two stoppages and they were in his last four fights Akin Fiaz maybe he's punching a bit harder
37:22these days great resilience from the power of them and the punches have been non-stop particularly
37:30from Murphy not always clean the quality possibly from Fiaz Darren but they weren't right definitely
37:38from Murphy yeah the fitness and conditioning from both been very good Murphy yeah phone more you'd say
37:44but the quality of shots as you say coming from Fiaz you'd just be screaming in the corners
37:49now work work work I tell you what I like to be negative I tell you what hasn't been great for me
37:54the one defense I mean but in the fight when so many punches are thrown you almost got to forget
37:59about that and your defense is your offense to keep it from walking through you inside the last minute
38:05and a half these two have gone right at it from the first battle a little bit like they did on the
38:11scales yesterday but there is respect between the panel there'll be a big hug and an embrace surely
38:17on the final battle and how will the three judges have it I mean we could see this again
38:24but again this is another round in a quality over quantity it really is Murphy non-stop the Fiaz no
38:31with the purpose of work he's done with the weight in the shot there's been more shots you remember
38:36there it is again
38:36overall who are you going to remember in this fight
38:43again I mean it's the quality versus the quality I know we keep saying it but
38:48if you're going by who's winning more minutes of the round like sometimes when I'm scoring I do it by
38:56the minutes you know who's won the first minute the second minute the third minute you'd probably go
39:00with Murphy yeah I agree it's not who you remember after the fight who you remember after each individual
39:06round that's the that's the difference with watching a fight and not scoring it as a as a fan
39:12spectator where the overall thing would be the guy who's landed with the bigger shots
39:16it's right not always the same fracking contest really has been and both of them going toe to toe
39:24at the final bow take a bow terrific and there will be respect there is that's why we love this sport
39:32it's brilliant we had it with Brad Ray and Shaq and Pidders for 12 rounds non-stop last week now we get it
39:43with these two Akin Fiaz and Alex Murphy I don't know whether the judges will be able to split them
39:50I might have leaned just towards Murphy for the sheer work rate from start to finish but Fiaz
39:56landing real quality combinations at times it was just a really good lightweight match
40:03yeah it was quality work it really was and what you expect for two guys with the same record
40:08you know one's box maybe a slightly higher level but the other one you'll really realize now
40:13you know he's in the limelight he wants to stay here and giving it all they got it was a high-paced fight
40:18those are quality in there our defense was not always the greatest but some of the shot selections
40:23were brilliant that were great at Murphy the power and acceleration and pace of some of the stuff
40:28from Fiaz there it makes it a hard fight to score just looking at the body language it's really hard
40:35to gauge looking at the the fighters looking at the corners they're both a bit down the corners
40:41neither of them are celebrating this was the action right till the end and they don't know
40:50Jamie Moore looking a little concerned Nigel Travers there with Akin Fiaz over in this red corner there's
40:56not a lot of smiles I'll tell you what they both deserve the credit I think a draw is fair enough
41:02tell you what I wouldn't be surprised and that would lead us to another contest between the two
41:09of them which I'm all for Adam
41:11and there's a real embrace in the ring meanwhile the FIFA club world cup in the quarter final stage
41:24Chelsea have already booked their place Darren Barker will be happy in the semis he'll be over there
41:30in America next week on the zone and of course our hearts go out to all of Diogo Jota and his family
41:39and the horrendous scenes we saw this week that have shocked football and the world and sport to the core
41:48a horrible week Liverpool will unite and have but really really sad news
41:58Akin Fiaz at 25 and Alex Murphy at 24 and we lost Diogo Jota at 28
42:06who has won this or will they go home with a split fascinated to see how the three judges have it
42:15ladies and gentlemen if we could please get a nice round of applause out here for both of these fighters
42:26after 10 rounds of action here in Manchester we go to the judges score totals and they read as follows
42:35Bob Williams 97 93
42:41oh wide
42:42Marcus McDonnell 96 94
42:46John Latham 96 95
42:51all three for your winner by unanimous decision
42:56Aki
42:57Ambush
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43:02the judges went for the quality of punches over
43:08the quality over the quantity by four
43:12by two and by one close on John Latham's card they went for Akin Fiaz
43:18Alex Murphy gets nothing out of it Sam Jones
43:21and Jamie Moore are just commiserating Alex but it is an Akin Fiaz win
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