- 7/11/2025
Rising Heavyweight contender Trevor Bryan takes on Derric Rossy in the main event of Shobox.
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00:00...against a veteran with upset on his mind, Derrick Rossi.
00:13And a look at Derrick Rossi, comes to us from Long Island, New York, another former football player.
00:17He graduated from Boston College, played linebacker and defensive end there,
00:21and learned the craft of boxing without benefit of a long amateur career.
00:26He's made a career out of winning fights that he logically should have won,
00:30and failing to close the deal when he has stepped up to the more elite class of fighters.
00:34He's been a pro for 11 years, big opportunity for him tonight against a prospect.
00:38Steve, take us through the night.
00:41Derrick Rossi, Barry, senior service.
00:43How big is Rossi's advantage and experience?
00:46Well, Bryant's been eight rounds once.
00:48Rossi's been eight or longer, 14 times.
00:51Name game.
00:52Rossi's always been matched tough.
00:54He's faced one world titleist in Ray Mercer and five other fighters who fought for a world title.
00:59And still willing.
01:00Rossi, two and four in his last six, but those wins came against fighters who were 16-0 and 21-1.
01:06Trevor, the dream, Brian, is looking to take that next step.
01:22He's a four-year professional.
01:24He's compiled a 15-0 record against limited opposition.
01:27And tonight, a significant step up.
01:30He's an athletic heavyweight.
01:31Works off a good jab.
01:33Tries to land that big right hand.
01:35As to his nickname, the dream,
01:37Bryant once dreamt that he'd won the heavyweight championship in Las Vegas.
01:39And when he told his trainer, Stacey McKinley, the former Mike Tyson trainer, said,
01:43there's your nickname.
01:45Tonight, Bryant hopes to take another step toward making that dream a reality.
01:51Steve, once more, let's go behind the numbers.
01:53For Trevor, Brian, Barry, youth not wasted.
01:56Bryant's only 25, which for a heavyweight is baby age.
02:00When you're young, busy isn't only good, it's critical.
02:03This will be his fourth fight this year.
02:05Easy does it.
02:05Rossi's a big step up.
02:07To date, the quality of Bryant's opposition has been poor.
02:10Of course, that's not unusual for a young heavyweight.
02:13And that rounds thing, no surprise, what Bryant needs is rounds.
02:16So far, he's been past six only one time.
02:20Well, that's the setup for our main event.
02:21Trevor, Brian, and Derek Rossi, heavyweight scheduled for ten rounds or less.
02:26Let's take it once more to the center of the ring.
02:28The introduction of the fighters with our ring announcer, Mark Lichtenfeld.
02:31Mark?
02:31Ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to the downtown Las Vegas event center for Showbox,
02:43the new generation.
02:45Brought to you by Don King Productions, the D Las Vegas, downtown Las Vegas event center,
02:50and Showtime.
02:51All of tonight's bouts are under the auspices of the Nevada State Athletic Commission,
02:56Chairman Francisco Aguilar, Executive Director Bob Bennett.
03:01Your commissioners are Skip Avencino, Pat Lundvall, Anthony A. Marnell III.
03:06Your physicians at ringside, Drs. Jay Coates, Vicky Mazzarano, and Anthony Ruggiroli.
03:14Your timekeepers at the bell, Jim Cabin and Steven Esposito.
03:20Your judges for this bell are Lisa Giampa, Patricia Morse Jarman, and Glenn Trowbridge.
03:28Your referee in charge of the action is Robert Byrd.
03:34And now, Las Vegas, Nevada.
03:36It's time to do damage in downtown.
03:40This is your Showbox main event of the evening.
03:44Ten rounds for the vacant NABF heavyweight title.
03:49Introducing to you first, fighting out of the blue corner.
03:53Wearing the black with gold, he weighed in at 235 and one-half pounds.
03:57With a record of 30 wins, 9 losses, 14 wins.
04:02Coming by way of knockout from Long Island, New York,
04:06please welcome Derek Elian Rossi.
04:13And his opponent fighting out of the red corner.
04:15Wearing the black with white, he weighed in at 227 pounds.
04:19He is undefeated.
04:21With a record of 15 wins, no losses, 11 wins.
04:25Coming by way of knockout, fighting out of Pompano Beach, Florida,
04:29by way of Albany, New York, he is Trevor the Dream Brian.
04:35All right, gentlemen, you had your instructions in the dressing room.
04:53The only thing I'm going to remind you of now,
04:55when you hear me say stop,
04:57what that means is stop whatever you're doing and give me a clean break.
05:00Protect yourself at all times.
05:03Obey my commands at all times.
05:05Mr. Rossi, Mr. Brian, gentlemen, let's do this.
05:12Tailor the tape for these heavyweights.
05:14The dimensions similar.
05:16The big difference, of course, the age.
05:18Rossi, nine years older, but he says he doesn't feel 35
05:20because he got such a late start at boxing.
05:23And the rule, same as our first two fights, unified rules,
05:27no standing eight, no three knockdown rule.
05:28Only the ref can stop the fight.
05:30You cannot be saved by the bell in any round.
05:32And the accidental foul rule,
05:33if there's a stoppage before the end of four, no decision.
05:35After that, we go to the cards.
05:37Barry.
05:37All right, and they say good guys never win.
05:39Well, I'll tell you what.
05:40One of them is going to win in this fight.
05:42There's two very good guys, very bright guys.
05:45Both give themselves a real chance to win this fight.
05:48For Brian, a big step up for Rossi,
05:51an opportunity to get noticed.
05:52Yeah, and they're in such different places
05:54in their careers.
06:00He's not going to be looking down at Rossi by too much.
06:03No.
06:07I'm going to keep in mind,
06:08Rossi was cut in his last fight,
06:10a cut that took seven stitches over the left eye.
06:18Brian, right out of the box,
06:22a left hand, and Rossi's in trouble already.
06:25Rossi trying to get his legs under him,
06:27backs into a corner,
06:28not where you want to be,
06:29and down he goes.
06:34And Rossi was saying he hit him in the back of the head,
06:36but Robert Byrd's having mounted.
06:38Seven.
06:39Eight, you okay?
06:40Yeah.
06:40All right.
06:43And Brian, right on top of Rossi again,
06:45didn't allow him to get out of that corner.
06:47Well, we talk about experience.
06:49Rossi's got it.
06:50He's been down six times in his career.
06:52This is nothing new.
06:54So, he needs to hold on.
06:55Yeah.
06:56He already lost this round,
06:57and you see the momentum that Brian
06:59fires right now.
07:02He's coming with big shots.
07:03He fired a right hand,
07:04and Brian was there for it.
07:05He just missed it.
07:07Now, the foul, step out, step out, step out, step out.
07:10Let's go.
07:11In terms of amateur experience,
07:13Rossi, football player, not a boxer,
07:15didn't start till 24,
07:17and Brian very successful at the junior level.
07:20Pro experience,
07:21even though they turned pro around the same time,
07:23you see how much busier Rossi has been.
07:26Actually, Rossi turned pro.
07:29If that graphic was incorrect,
07:30my fault.
07:31Rossi turned pro in 2004.
07:34Rossi did get there with a left-hand a moment ago.
07:36Let's keep punching.
07:37Let's get off.
07:38Let's get off.
07:38And a right hand by Rossi.
07:40Uppercut in the left-hand by Brian.
07:46Action first round here for these two big guys.
07:50Left-hand.
07:51Both fighters got there with a left-hand.
07:54But I think Rossi's warmed up now.
07:56I think he might have gotten caught a little bit cold.
08:00Shouldn't be cold.
08:01I mean, it's all right.
08:02But maybe he didn't warm up right.
08:04But I'll tell you,
08:05he's fighting,
08:06he's trading punches,
08:07and that's not his type of fight.
08:10Trying to get some respect from Brian.
08:13Let's go.
08:18You see how aggressive Rossi is.
08:19Another left-hand from Rossi.
08:21Yeah, not really the way he fights.
08:22And a right-hand from Rossi,
08:24and that backs Brian into a corner.
08:25There's an uppercut from Rossi.
08:28And a chopping left-hand.
08:31No rules.
08:32No rules.
08:32Now Rossi has come back.
08:34Yeah.
08:36Brian getting hit with some big shots.
08:40So far, he's taking them.
08:42He's keeping his composure.
08:45Making a miss.
08:46And good job by Brian.
08:47And Rossi turned and then fired a right-hand.
08:49He took a left-hand from Rossi.
08:50Ten seconds to go in this round.
08:52Big round.
08:52Winning for both guys.
08:53Uppercut with a right-hand from Rossi
08:55and another one from Rossi.
08:59Brian on fire with a left-hand
09:00and a combination from Rossi at the bell.
09:03Action round.
09:04What do they need to do to win?
09:05We talked to both of them.
09:06Here's Derrick Rossi.
09:08Listen.
09:09Well, the jab's going to be very important,
09:12the fact, to establish it
09:13and keep him at a certain distance
09:15because the kid has power.
09:16And I don't want to feel that.
09:18So, I think that's the key factor.
09:22I've seen Derrick Rossi hurt many times in this fight
09:25from a left hook.
09:27And I got a great left hook, if you've seen it in the past.
09:30So, just like I said, working that jab on him
09:32and bringing that left hook to finish it off with that right hand,
09:35he should be out of there by the fifth.
09:36Well, out by the fifth.
09:42It was almost out by the first.
09:44Left hook, you see Rossi hurt badly.
09:46And to his credit, Brian kept his hands free,
09:49moved his feet so he had some punching room.
09:51And eventually, that's what we saw.
09:53Right hand and right knee of Rossi going down the seventh knockdown of his career.
09:57But he did come back very strongly in that round.
10:00He did.
10:00In fact, I made it a 10-9 round
10:02just because I thought he came back after that knockout.
10:05Normally, he'd make it a 10-8 round,
10:06but I thought he won the rest of the round.
10:09Well, I think he won the rest of the round as well.
10:11Always a difficult thing to decide
10:13whether to take away that extra point.
10:15I scored a 10-8.
10:16So did I.
10:17Your hands are free.
10:18Punch him it out.
10:18Go to the line, man.
10:19Punch him it out.
10:21Watch him on the right hand.
10:21Free up your hands.
10:22Free up your hands.
10:23Stop.
10:24Stop.
10:25Stop.
10:25Well, the Rossi jab, which you talked about,
10:31was only a rumor in the first round.
10:32He's trying to fight him.
10:33Right hand again.
10:35Ryan goes back into the ropes.
10:37I don't think he was hurt.
10:39Rossi really tested his young heavyweight,
10:42and, you know, that's what we want to see.
10:45Underfeited heavyweight.
10:48Being tested by a veteran.
10:51Fitting with the big shots.
10:52See if he could keep his composure.
10:57Lazy jab from Brian,
10:58and Rossi's been landing that right hand.
11:01Over the top, yeah.
11:01Every time.
11:02Brian not doing a good job of keeping his left glove up.
11:05Couple of little blows from Brian,
11:06and an uppercut from Rossi.
11:09See, tactically, I don't think Rossi's benefiting
11:11from being on the inside.
11:13He needs a little room to land that right hand.
11:15Definitely holding his own here,
11:20for the moment, at least.
11:24That knockdown seems like a long time ago now.
11:26Yeah, that is.
11:28But these are heavyweights.
11:29We know fights can turn on one punch.
11:35Combination again from Rossi,
11:36and I think that got Brian's attention.
11:38Absolutely.
11:39And, you know, Rossi, for a heavyweight,
11:40he's not a big puncher.
11:43Another left hand and a right hand behind it.
11:45Brian is slowed, at least for the moment.
11:48And it's slow also, Barry.
11:49The one with being slowed.
11:50Yes, that's right.
11:52Body shot and a right hand.
11:54Double left hand and a right hand behind it.
11:56All by Rossi.
11:58No inside game by Brian.
12:00I mean, this is the thing you've got to look at
12:02when he's developing.
12:04He's not throwing them hard body shots
12:06that he said he was going to throw.
12:08Another left hand by Rossi.
12:09Got under the right hand by Brian.
12:11Came with a left hand of his own.
12:12And a right hand and a good one by Rossi.
12:15And another right hand, a little short.
12:17This pace is very, very fast.
12:20It's being set by Rossi.
12:21Is he saying too fast to pace in this heat?
12:23Well, that's a good question.
12:24These are, as you say, heavyweights.
12:26Brian bounces back.
12:27Much more an action fight, I think, than any of a starter would be.
12:39I love heavyweights, Barry.
12:40I know you do.
12:41I know you do.
12:42But they're busy.
12:44They're not a lot of holding going on.
12:46They're keeping a busy pace.
12:48They're fighting like they're 140-pounders.
12:52Remember, the temperature's here, 98 degrees.
12:54This has been a very good run for Rossi.
12:57Good body shot with the right hand.
12:58It's going to win.
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14:0385 punches thrown in round 2. The heavyweight average, 45.
14:08I'll give you an indication exactly of what's going on in this fight.
14:11Now, it could come down to a stamina fight.
14:14Brian, left hand in an uppercut. Rossi comes right back and he takes the left hand from Brian.
14:19Brian had shot to the body and a left hand in the head.
14:21Backs Rossi off. And again, both fighters throwing round punches.
14:25Rossi gets there with the right hand and drives Brian into the ropes.
14:33And they stay right on top of one another. Now, Rossi back to the ropes and Brian takes a step back.
14:41Not at all the kind of fight I was expecting. Not at all.
14:45No. I agree. I thought Rossi was going to use the ring a lot more.
14:49Yeah. Boxed him from the outside, made him in, let him come in.
14:52But, hey, this is entertainment here. The two heavyweights going toe-to-toe.
14:59Raul, you talked about experience as we look at the total number of punches.
15:03There's a ton.
15:04You talked about the experience factor at the beginning of the show.
15:07And it's showing a little bit, Rossi.
15:10Yeah, it is. You know, besides getting hurt in that first round,
15:12but I think his experience is showing.
15:15He's been able to turn it around in this third round.
15:18Coming down the middle with his shots.
15:21He's pushing them back. He keeps working them.
15:27He needs to turn them around there.
15:29That's what he needs to do.
15:30There he goes.
15:31And there he does.
15:31There you go.
15:32Good timing.
15:33Good body shot with the right hand.
15:34Left hand on top.
15:36Now he goes to work.
15:38It's my turn.
15:39Another chopping right hand.
15:40Again, Brian back into the corner.
15:45Does good job, does Brian, to tie Rossi up for the moment.
15:48Rossi right back with a couple of body shots.
15:49And then a left to the head.
15:50Brian misses an uppercut.
15:51Rossi with another left.
15:52And another left hand by Rossi.
15:54And look at Brian's experience there.
15:56He's showing that.
15:57He's staying there in the corner.
15:58He's staying on the ropes.
15:59He's not trying to turn him around.
16:00Brian missed on the right hand.
16:01Got there with a left.
16:02But took a left hand from Rossi.
16:03Now a triple jab from Brian.
16:05With Rossi's back in the corner.
16:10And Rossi getting the better of it.
16:12Rossi has been around many, many times.
16:19Brian, one time, eight rounds.
16:21Has there been 10 rounds?
16:23Can he fight at this pace?
16:25Well, that's got to be interesting.
16:26That's got to be interesting.
16:27Rossi's breathing through his mouth right now.
16:28Yeah, he's slowing down.
16:29But he's also landed some good body shots.
16:31Yes, he is.
16:33Maybe youth will be served.
16:34It will remain to be seen.
16:36I think the reason this fight is not what we expected
16:38is because of that knockdown in the first round
16:40that he forced Rossi to try to get some respect.
16:43Yeah.
16:43And he ended up fighting a fight
16:45that's very un-Rossi-like.
16:46Still throwing a ton of punches.
16:48Hell!
16:53Get the water, get the water.
16:55Why the stool left?
16:57God damn it!
16:58Do what?
16:58Breathe.
16:59Sit down.
16:59Breathe hard.
17:01Breathe hard and focus.
17:02Okay?
17:02Breathe hard.
17:03You got this.
17:04You got to breathe hard.
17:04No, no, no, you had the fucking bell, right?
17:06You got to bring it strong.
17:07You got to bring it down there, all right?
17:09If you're going to lay on the inside,
17:10you got to watch it.
17:11Breathe hard.
17:11Nobody says it's easy.
17:12Nobody says it's easy.
17:13Come on.
17:14Okay?
17:14We dream out.
17:16All that shit you catch me.
17:18You really need to get down.
17:19Don't go back to work.
17:20Don't go to the one.
17:22You understand?
17:22Don't go to the rope.
17:22You keep fencing up.
17:23Stand it around.
17:23Come on, baby.
17:24Okay?
17:24All right.
17:25All right.
17:25You're okay?
17:27All right.
17:29This fight is close now.
17:30Big breath.
17:31You younger man, you're probably strong down the stretch.
17:33You need to win this round from this way.
17:36You didn't win the first half of the round,
17:38you win at the last end.
17:39You need this round big.
17:42Come on.
17:43Three shakes.
17:43It wouldn't work.
17:50Could come down to a fight of conditioning.
17:52Both fighters throwing a ton of punches.
17:54I'm going to say this.
18:02I'm going to go back to Rossi's experience, veteran experience.
18:05When he sat down in the corner, he wanted to see what Bryan was doing.
18:09He wanted to see how he was walking back to his corner.
18:11He wanted to see his reaction, how he was feeling in the corner.
18:15Good right hand there by Bryan.
18:16Big punches from both guys.
18:23Rossi's certainly not known as a puncher.
18:26No calves in the last five and a half years.
18:30She was looking for one tonight.
18:33But, you know, Bryan has never fought nobody the caliber of Rossi's.
18:36The pace of this round is slower considerably.
18:54There's a right hand by Rossi.
18:58Use it, use it, use it.
19:05Bryan was trying to tee Rossi.
19:06Yeah, kind of hold him with the left hand.
19:08Hit him to the right.
19:09And Rossi right back with a combination of his own.
19:12Nothing big.
19:28Both guys laying in on one another here in this fourth round.
19:32Yeah, a lot of action in the first three rounds.
19:34A lot of explosive power.
19:37A lot of adrenaline flowing.
19:41Definitely slowed down in this fourth round.
19:44I mean, I didn't expect him to go at that pace, Rayford.
19:46No.
19:47They're heavyweights.
19:49Even though they're not punching as much as they were,
19:51all the pushing and shoving on the inside takes, it's totally.
19:53Right.
19:54Absolutely.
19:54Yeah, that wears you down.
19:55That wears you out.
19:57Alpricott slipped in by Rossi.
19:58I think both guys would feel it in here.
20:04Double left hand by Rossi.
20:09Body shot for the right hand from Bryant.
20:11Close round, guys, no?
20:12Yeah, very.
20:13Yes.
20:13Yes.
20:30Staying in close quarters,
20:32and that's kind of keeping himself out of harm's way.
20:35Very close one.
20:49I think both these guys are tired.
20:51We take a look at some of the U.S.-based heavyweight hopes right now.
21:02We saw what Deontay Wilder did.
21:04He's now a reigning titleist.
21:06Dominic Brazile, the Olympian from 2012,
21:10maybe the highest profile.
21:11We see Trevor Bryan, Charles Martin, a southpaw.
21:15His big win against Joey DeVeco.
21:16Well, Jarrell Miller, a former kickboxing champ.
21:21Andy Ruiz, born in Mexico, but an American base.
21:24Got the most fights, even though he's the youngest of this group.
21:27And then Gerald Washington, another football player.
21:30Like Brazil, who was a quarterback,
21:31and like Derek Rossi, who was a defensive end.
21:33So these are the American heavyweight hopes, the prospects.
21:37All trying to do what Deontay Wilder has done.
21:41Trevor Bryan at 15-0, taking by far his biggest step up.
21:45And he's in a fight.
21:52This is round five.
21:53We're going ten.
21:54Both guys showing signs of fatigue in the fourth round.
21:57He's still trying to load up, not using the jab,
22:11which we expected we would see a lot more.
22:13Double left hand by Bryan McCormick,
22:15members of Rossi.
22:18Before the start of this round,
22:20Stacey McKinley lighting up.
22:23Bryan.
22:23Yeah, this is a big fight for him.
22:27He's an undefeated guy.
22:29He's the one that everybody's looking at.
22:30They expect him to win.
22:32And you've got to pump up the guy.
22:33You've got to grab a corner like that to motivate him.
22:37Well, again, I think clearly this fight is going to come down to a case of attrition.
22:41Who's going to be able to do any business as this fight goes along?
22:44And I really believe they're both tired.
22:45Barry, I think you're exactly right.
22:47And keep in mind, we're not even at a halfway mark yet.
22:48Right.
22:49So.
22:51Rossi's the one that's coming forward.
22:53He's falling into everything.
22:56All Bryan has to do is keep moving.
22:58Fight from the outside.
23:00Go to the right, go to the left.
23:02Catch him coming in.
23:04The straight leads.
23:05He'll run into Rossi.
23:07He'll run into uppercuts, too.
23:08But, there you go.
23:10But you've got to be in shape to do that.
23:13And for the get tired.
23:15Bryan's a young guy.
23:16He's got the young legs.
23:25Oh, good body shot there by Bryan.
23:27Really digging into the body.
23:29With a veteran like Rossi that's been in a lot of wars.
23:32Firing a lot of good guys.
23:34That takes a lot of wear and tear on the mat.
23:36I think both these guys are tired.
23:38But I think Rossi is more tired than Bryan.
23:43Well, what we've seen in the last couple of rounds,
23:45Rossi throwing more.
23:46Bryan landing more.
23:47Yeah.
23:49See if that trend continues.
23:58Bryan's done a good body attack in this round.
24:03He's been digging into the body.
24:04Now, Rossi, remember, he's the veteran.
24:11He could be in a situation where he might be able to steal rounds.
24:18Four-punch combination, but not a lot of steam on them from Rossi.
24:21Grueling fighting.
24:35And as we go further along, Bryan's never done it, so can he do it?
24:38Rossi's done it before, but can he continue to do it at his age?
24:41Exactly, and having kept that pace up in the earlier rounds.
24:55Halftime numbers, Steve.
24:58Jabs, not that big a factor, but Bryan with a slight advantage.
25:02You see how many more power shots Rossi has thrown, yet Bryan 50%.
25:07And when you land 50% of your power punches, you're almost always ahead.
25:10I don't know that's the case in this fight.
25:12I actually have Bryan slightly ahead.
25:14We take a look at highlights.
25:15Round one.
25:16And that moment, which came very early in round one, changed the whole fight.
25:20Because right after that, Bryan didn't get the finish he wanted.
25:23And Rossi came back looking for respect and turned this fight into a slugfest,
25:27at least for the first two or three rounds.
25:32You see him going back and forth.
25:34Neither guy a huge puncher.
25:36The problem is, did Rossi expend too much energy in those rounds two, three, and four?
25:42And does he have enough left for the second half of this fight?
25:45I think therein lies the story.
25:48I, too, have Bryan ahead by point.
26:01No matter what happens, it's going to be a real learning experience for Trevor Bryan.
26:05Oh, yeah, absolutely.
26:07Maybe too much of a learning experience.
26:09Yeah, yeah.
26:12There, Rossi was walking steel and trying to be a fighter at the same time.
26:29And only recently has become a full-time fighter.
26:32And he's going to need every bit of that conditioning in this fight.
26:35Both got there, but a combination for Bryan.
26:45Yeah, good counters there with Bryan.
26:47Pulling back and coming back with some good combos up the middle.
26:51He's doing some pretty good work off the ropes.
26:54But you don't need to be in the ropes.
26:57He needs to get out of there.
26:59Just walk him down.
27:00Hold him and walk him out.
27:02Let the referee break you apart.
27:04Restart again with the long jab.
27:06No reason for him to be there.
27:08I'm going to give both these guys a lot of credit.
27:10Remember, these are heavyweights.
27:11How many times have we seen heavyweights?
27:13When they get close to each other, all they do is hold them great.
27:15Absolutely.
27:15That has not been the case yet.
27:17Absolutely.
27:17Vladimir Klitschko, who's the best heavyweight in the world.
27:19And there's a combination.
27:20And now Rossi's in trouble.
27:22I think his legs just betrayed him.
27:24Rossi is just about all done dancing.
27:26An uppercut by Bryan.
27:27Rossi tries to fight off the ropes.
27:29But Rossi in big trouble here.
27:32Left hand by Bryan.
27:33Another left hand and another by Bryan.
27:36Bryan with another left hand.
27:39And Rossi continues to fight back.
27:41But I think his legs are betraying him.
27:43The experience factor should come into play.
27:45He should hold.
27:46But he's not.
27:46Not doing it.
27:47Too much pride.
27:51I don't think he's that hurt.
27:52I mean, he's hurt.
27:54No, I think it's more tired than he's hurt.
27:56You got to recuperate it there.
27:58But yeah, he's tired.
27:59He's worn out.
28:03You see, Bryan take a little bit of a rest.
28:04Exactly.
28:05He needs to.
28:07He needs to take a little rest.
28:09Hold him in there.
28:11There's no holding in this fight.
28:13And that's remarkable.
28:14It is.
28:15Yes, absolutely.
28:19Rossi coming back a little bit here.
28:21Mostly because Bryan's a little punched out.
28:26Yeah, he might be.
28:27He's certainly pushing his punches now.
28:29And there's a right hand off the ropes by Rossi.
28:32It's a critical rally for Rossi because this looked like it might have been a 10-8 round.
28:35Yeah.
28:36No longer, though.
28:37Rossi certainly gathered himself.
28:45His legs were wobbling when he was against the ropes right above us.
28:48You got a bell.
28:49You got a bell.
28:49You got a bell.
28:49You got a bell.
28:50You got a bell.
28:51You got a bell.
28:52You got a bell.
28:53You got a bell.
28:54You got a bell.
28:55You got a bell.
28:56You got a bell.
28:57You got a bell.
28:58Sit.
28:59Straight up your leg.
29:00Straight up your leg.
29:01Straight up your leg.
29:02No, it's hard.
29:03Breathe.
29:04Breathe.
29:05Come on.
29:06Breathe.
29:07Breathe.
29:08Can you look at me a little bit, Derrick?
29:09Can you look at me, Derrick?
29:10Look at me.
29:11Hey, hey, hey.
29:12Both hands, Derrick.
29:13Yeah.
29:14Come on, man.
29:15You can do it.
29:16No, just right here.
29:17Whoa.
29:18Derrick, breathe.
29:19Derrick Rossi, in round six, punched and turned sideways and then took a huge left hook
29:27from Bryan.
29:28You see that he's trying to use his left shoulder to protect himself, but he's not holding on.
29:33Rossi now, twice in this fight, once down in round one, once badly hurt in round six.
29:39He's hung on.
29:40He's punched back.
29:41Showing a lot of guts.
29:44And if you kind of knew just from our conversation with him that that's what he was made of.
29:57This is round seven.
29:58Hard down.
29:59Hard down, Derrick.
30:01Hard down.
30:02Come on, Trevor.
30:03Hard down.
30:04Hard down.
30:05Hard down.
30:06Down.
30:07Get out of there, Derrick.
30:09Down, Trevor.
30:10In terms of the education of Trevor Bryan, he's gone from 6th grade to graduate school
30:24in about 5 minutes, you go in the distance, obviously Bryan very inexperienced.
30:30This is a glove repair for Rossi.
30:33Rossi has been this distance many times, once some, lost some.
30:38Let's go, no coach.
30:41Are we here?
30:43No, no, no.
30:44Are you?
30:45Okay.
30:46Get your scissors ready, let's go, come in, come in, let's go.
31:03Rossi, three punch combination, two to the body, one to the head.
31:07And again, Rossi.
31:08Wow.
31:09That backs Bryan up.
31:10Hey, yet another time.
31:11He's a veteran.
31:12He's been here before.
31:13You think Bryan's previous opponents showed this kind of resistance?
31:14I don't think so.
31:15And what we're seeing tonight is that while 26 can be very young for a heavyweight, today,
31:2835, he's not very old for it, actually.
31:31Right.
31:32Come on, put it together.
31:33Come on, put it together.
31:34Come on.
31:35Come on.
31:36Come on.
31:37Come on.
31:38Come on.
31:39Come on.
31:40Come on.
31:41You know, should Bryan go on and win this fight?
31:43This would be a very good fight for him.
31:44He turns and hits Rossi with a good right hand.
31:46Real winning experience for him.
31:47Like you said, he's in grad school.
31:48Now he comes back.
31:49Now he's loading up with his shots again.
31:50Well, again, he thinks Rossi's hurt.
31:51Rossi lays in on the ropes.
31:52And then fights off the ropes.
31:53Talk about Rossi fighting outside of his comfort zone on the inside so much.
32:14That's true of Bryan, too.
32:15Yeah.
32:16I think of Bryan is more of an outside guy.
32:18Not tonight.
32:21Little left hand from Bryan.
32:23Rossi backs into the ropes once again.
32:24Another left hand from Bryan.
32:26And then Rossi comes up with an uppercut, but can't extricate himself from the ropes.
32:30Right hand for Bryan.
32:32Rossi into the ropes again.
32:34Rossi fights off the ropes.
32:35The right hand of Mazzola takes a left hand from Bryan.
32:38Good body shot from Bryan.
32:43That seems like a good idea.
32:45Yeah.
32:46Rossi's taking his biggest shots, man, from Bryan.
32:50from brian and every time you think brian's taken total control of the fight rossi springs back
32:55exactly there's an uppercut as advertised
33:01a lot of pecking and poking going on now not huge heavyweight shots but that's understandable
33:05given the pace another combination from rossi left hand from rossi right on the jaw of brian
33:11keep working keep working keep working keep working give me that wet towel
33:24listen to me man it's the last two rounds you have to win these two rounds big you understand
33:31look hold your goddamn head up you understand what i'm telling you now go out there and fight
33:35god damn it you understand there's two rounds left if you win these two rounds you can win this
33:41damn title you understand do you want this up you have to fight god damn it get that
33:46out of here get that down out the way get your ass out there and fight what's wrong with you
33:50don't even two right down around you champion he's number 10 in the world let's go we're
33:55number 10 in the world god damn it you understand let's go get this now get your ass out there go to
33:58work you're going for a close round ain't no close round that falls in the category of slightly more
34:10than a lecture i love it i think it's great it is great and stacy mckinley something tells me he knows
34:15there's not two rounds left in this fight but he's telling his guy there's two rounds left rossi
34:21comes out of the right hand right at the outset of this round
34:29well i think you guys saw the same thing i did at the end of that last round when derrick rossi
34:32went back to his corner he looked worse than spent yes he looked empty yeah he's exhausted he's worn
34:38out i mean he's taking some big shots from brian that has shown power i mean he's got good decent power
34:51he can walk to the neutral corner let's go let's go let's go let's go
35:09i wouldn't be in any rush to do that job exactly let's see the other one is the other one good yeah we're
35:20good good all right time in taking his time
35:26oh body shot from brian with left hand comes upstairs with the right hand rossi this is with three shots
35:40i don't know where it's coming from with rossi he's still throwing punches he has not much on him
35:44but he's still throwing yeah definitely not making it easy for brian time
35:53i don't care that the sun is down these guys are fighting in 98 degree temperature absolutely yes
35:58under the lights
36:01i think for brian you know never got you know he's never been tested with the type of guy like rossi
36:09he he's done well he's you know he's kept his composure yeah absolutely as we said i think this is
36:17really a learning here did you ever have a fight like this it was kind of a defining fight where you
36:21did take that step up and you got everything you wanted and still got out of there with him oh absolutely
36:25every fighter needs this kind of test though especially when they're coming back because he's getting
36:29tested in so many different ways and you want to see that you know i've become a prospect like uh
36:35like brian you know if he wants to be successful especially in the heavyweight division hey
36:41every division one punch and it's over but so far he's shown uh he showed a lot a lot of progress
36:46uh might might have been too tough of a test you know but he's looking good
36:59meantime brian still throwing punches as well there's an uppercut by rossi and a left hand by brian
37:05not sure either of them could break an egg right now but maybe
37:07well you get the impression that if brian can put together a few shots rossi's legs is so shaky
37:14that it may bring the referee intervention even if rossi is not as badly hurt as it would suggest
37:19as his legs would suggest rossi turned brian hit him with the right hand
37:22skate back again rossi still making a miss punches there look
37:26leave him back going up he missed with the left hand and brian made a pair with a combination
37:44he's putting together okay we need this next round big travel first this is it this is it
37:49you can do it this round breathe hard breathe hard
37:53well luminaries in the house there's a guy we saw fight a very good american heavyweight
37:59permane stir stevern there's a former champ yeah naseem rachman
38:09and randy couture an mma legend
38:14and maybe the best young fighter in in all of america he and our own spent certainly amira mom we've
38:19seen him on show time sam judah familiar face around these parts even though he hails from back east of
38:27brooklyn and your ricka skim boy
38:33tell you what the grits in the near grits huh emerald marquez
38:36that'd be a month day on his purpose jeez
38:48brian poppin his jab out there four or five jabs
38:56that's all he's gotta do keep him in the outside
38:57there's no reason why take any risks
39:03he's ahead of my skull car oh yeah i have big time yes
39:07not even so you gotta consider this a test
39:18brian has responded well because rossi has really really pushed him yes
39:22and again rossi fights off the ropes what we can't see a lot of in this fight from brian is his skill
39:38level because it hasn't been that kind of fight right hasn't been the kind of fight where you're
39:42jabbing to set up a right hand but yeah these guys have been physical the whole night yeah everything
39:47in the inside everything in the inside i just think you know rossi
39:52brant's starting to measure rossi here rossi hasn't even don't allow robin
39:57robin bird taking a very close look here where earlier in the fight rossi would come out of the
40:02corner and spin him well now he does he gets out but his legs aren't allowing him to do that anymore
40:08and now he's back against the ropes again and a big left hand but it's caught partially on the gloves
40:13by rossi yeah he does manage to throw a few punches and extricate himself that goes right back
40:18against the ropes what's more that's still a long way to go here in the ninth round
40:26up a cut from rossi
40:30man big card by rossi baby yeah it's all right right now he's coming back with something but the
40:35bigger shots the more damaging shots are just brian right now oh by far yes rossi
40:41barely ever keep his arms up actually he's got his left arm at his side most of the time
40:47fights off his right hand straight right hand but brian right back on top of him
40:53now 40 seconds left here in round nine
40:55so rossi just take a deep breath
41:06survival mode now for rossi and again he fights off the ropes and extricates himself and turns brian
41:12but ryan still got brian still gets there with a couple of shots
41:16rossi trying to work the body three shots four shots to the head and back comes brian with a combination of
41:22his own the crowd really getting into this fight
41:26final five seconds of round nine and then again rossi covers up
41:35it's amazing walking back to his corner he thinks it's over that's because trey is his uh
41:42training two rounds left brian thinks the fight's over yeah one one more to go one more your trainer
41:48lie to you one more yeah that i don't know if that was a good thing guys
41:51it's great
42:07you're looking to the head look to the body you keep working just more okay
42:10okay let's fight for a whole three minutes step in them shot this is it travel let's go
42:16let's go we had that belt the same belt they here stay sharp you know go good okay roll with your
42:22punches hard jabs okay hit him with some hard jabs after that okay go on the back
42:27and roll you're a hundred percent right he thought the fight was over i would think it's very hard
42:45to come out and fight three more hard right absolutely minutes when you think it's it's done
42:49yeah he had in his mind this is the last round i'm gonna go for it i'm gonna throw it and then you got
42:53another run goal at that pace well this is our main event of the evening and it's really been a
42:59stirring fight here and while being a dominant fight for brian uh rossi really has has shown well
43:06here he's really tried really giving himself the best shot to win and it's just a question of
43:10youth against age and youth winning over inexperience here this is the final round i don't think the
43:15decision is in doubt the only question is will rossi be able to survive here the odds i would say are with
43:23it well barry i've always said you show me 10 heavyweight fights i'll show you nine that you
43:28really didn't want to see this is the one you did want to see absolutely absolutely and a really a
43:33great fight for brian and he's winning the fight and he's had a second up to win the fight he almost
43:40had his man out in the first round he thought the ninth round was a tenth round
43:43maybe stacy mckinley's psychology if indeed that's what it was backfiring a little bit
43:55and rossi's still throwing punches he can't stand out but he's throwing punches and he won't hold
43:58he doesn't know what a clinch has he initiated one clinch the whole fight give him a bonus for this fight
44:06and he's been a warrior in this fight yes a lot of look at his heart man just uh
44:19and at this point you really want to see him finish the fight he deserves to finish the fight
44:24you don't want to see him lose by knockout now put his time put his time in tonight
44:29both of the fighters yes absolutely one minute to go in this fight
44:32and rossi continuing to throw punches
44:44double jab and then a left hand from rossi
44:50and you know in a weird way i think this fight had some parallels with the fight we just saw because
44:54cabrera threw so many punches in the first three rounds of the fight we just saw he had nothing left
44:59down the stretch rossi was very busy early in this fight throwing 80 90 punches around now he's empty
45:05he was absolutely empty running on fumes and hopefully the fumes will last in the final 20 seconds of
45:11this fight another good left hand rossi stands straight up robert burt taking a close look again
45:15at this point you hope he just lets it go rossi needs to keep that chin down still throwing punches
45:21yeah this chin is up in the air 15 seconds and rossi just falls into the ropes and now throws punches
45:30off the ropes finishing with a blaze here wow that's it what a fight yes
45:39maybe it's too hot hot out for the people here to stand up and give them a standing ovation but
45:43that's what they deserve absolutely absolutely absolutely both these guys both these guys
45:47and brian wanted a test and he got a test oh boy did he get a test and i think he
45:55he did very well i have him at 98 91. i have to add this up i can't add that i
46:03i think barry you might have added 98 92. i got it 98 91. yeah because barry gave him that uh yeah i made
46:10it first round yes and one quick point you know don king is the promoter of brian clearly don is not as
46:17busy a promoter or as major a player as he once was in boxing but he's worked with heavyweights
46:22larry holmes muhammad ali mike tyson tyson now there's no way to know where brian's going to go
46:28ultimately but hey it's a good start yeah exactly he really showed something i thought he really showed
46:35yes brian with the uh big advantage in jabs the power shots rossi busier but brian 47 of his power
46:43shots that's a huge percentage and the total punch is over about 100 punches more landed by brian
46:52round one was very eventful in this fight left hook and all of a sudden rossi on the floor for the
46:57seventh time in his career we thought maybe this was going to be a night of one round heavyweight
47:02bang outs but look at rossi coming back and that was a familiar theme throughout the fight because
47:07every time rossi got hurt he kept his hands moving now round three might have been the best round
47:16brian fighting off the ropes round six again brian hurting rossi
47:22rossi looked like the leading tower of peace if i have to fight he was going to fall but he didn't fall
47:31well he's a warrior you got to say that
47:40ladies and gentlemen after 10 bone crunching rounds we go to the scorecards
47:46lisa giampa scores about 97 92 while patricia morse jarman and glenn trowbridge both see it 98 91 for
47:56your winner by unanimous decision and now the nabf heavyweight champion trevor the dream brian
48:15well it's been quite a night here and trevor brian looks real fresh but i'll tell you what i'm sure
48:22he's going to sleep several hours tonight he had to work in this fight that's exactly what his people
48:28wanted and they got all they wanted from a very tough derrick rossi nonetheless a lopsided victory for
48:35brian so he moves along now after taking what we called earlier a quantum leap up and we'll see what
48:42comes next for brian but it had to be a real confidence boost for him raul marquez uh you've
48:49been in this kind of situation somewhere along the line a prospect has to turn himself into a
48:54contender i'm not trying to suggest that he's quite a contender yet but he really did take a big step
48:59forward tonight absolutely i mean this was the a big test for brian being that he had never been in a
49:04with a guy the caliber of rossi he got tested in many ways his conditioning got tested he worked hard
49:10tons of tough rounds he had never been 10 rounds the most he had been his eight his uh his will got
49:16tested his you know his heart his chin he got chin checked too a couple of times he got days a couple
49:21of times he held his own uh shouldn't get too excited about this fight you know this is the heavyweight
49:27division uh he's still maturing take him slow he needs more tests like this heavyweight still matured
49:32until they're in their 30s so uh this was an excellent performance for brian but at the same
49:37time rossi was there for a reason and uh he gave him that test that his management team and his
49:43promoter wanted to see in uh in uh rossi yeah and brian sorry it's got to be a huge confidence builder
49:48this fight for uh brian because now he knows he can go the 10 rounds he knows he can be in there with
49:53a tough guy i'm not trying to tell you that derrick rossi was a big knockout guy but he did take the
49:57best that rossi had to offer yes he did i mean next time he's gonna go back he's gonna see what
50:02mistakes he's made he's gonna capitalize on how what could i have done better to get this guy out
50:07of there earlier or or punish him more or just close some rounds he's confident right now in the
50:13next fight he's gonna he's gonna improve from this fight he's on a high now he went 10 10 tough rounds
50:17with a veteran guy that would that would like rossi that just uh he never gave up the guy never gave up
50:24all the way to the end what else can you ask for all right happy birthday champ thank you
50:27guys all right turn to steve far out here give me your report card on trevor bryan i think rossi
50:33being as tough as he was barry throughout this fight showing as much resistance as he did every
50:37time he thought he was going to be stopped he came back i think that makes it all the more sweet
50:41for brian uh brian maybe showing not quite the power you'd like to see against an opponent who was hurt
50:47for large portions of the fight but some of that lack of power had to do with the pace of the fight
50:52and who knows some of the lack of power might have had to do with the heat here in las vegas
50:56and you mentioned earlier i don't think any of us thought this was going to go 10 rounds
50:59especially after the first couple of minutes of this fight exactly and i really do feel that that
51:03knockdown of rossi in round one changed the whole fight it changed rossi's approach we thought this
51:07was going to be a boxing match it turned out to be a sled fest yeah looked like it was going to be over
51:11in one round well our first fight of the evening in fact was over in one round let's take a look
51:16back as not to vicinia and joey debaco had at each other and it was all joey debaco a heavyweight
51:23explosion from philadelphia shades of two-ton tony galento shades of david tua and then our next fight
51:32juan ubaldo cabrero got out of the blocks quickly but then it was all to carlo perez an upset win for
51:38him and barry perez had to work really hard in the vegas heat for this win and after the third round he
51:44took control and definitely deserved the decision all right and then our main event we talked about
51:49it already trevor bryan almost had his man out in the first round he had to suck it up but he goes on
51:54to a lopsided unanimous win against the tough guy well barry you know how much i love the heavyweight
51:59division and this fight illustrated that now all kidding aside that was a very very impressive
52:04graduation for brian against a very very tough opponent in rossi that's a wrap for us for this
52:11edition of showbox the new generation the executive producer of showbox is gordon hall showbox is
52:16produced by richard gone and directed by rick phillips so for my partner steve far hood raul marquez
52:24and our entire showbox crew i'm barry tompkins saying so long from las vegas
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