00:00Okay, okay, yes follow my instructions in the ring, okay? I want a clean fight touch the love good luck
00:08Thank you
00:09All right a big step up at least experience wise for Omari Jones was Chris Mannix mentioned has only had three rounds of
00:17Professional experience compared to 38 fights for Alfrey Blanco
00:24And like Mannix mentioned earlier he doesn't consider Omari Jones a puncher just yet
00:29But I believe he is a puncher. Yes. He has the right frame to be a puncher wide shoulders long arms
00:35You know a lot of a lot of heavy punches in boxing aren't really muscular
00:38They have the frame of an Amari Jones
00:40So I believe he will develop into a puncher in the junior middleweight and middleweight division
00:44I think a lot of that depends on what weight class he winds up fighting
00:48He weighed in 150 pounds for this fight
00:51But I saw him on Thursday and he was right on that 150 pound limit just two days before the fight
00:57So he's someone I think could easily get down to 147 for the right types of fights at 6'1
01:03147 pounds you can do some damage in that weight class
01:07Especially with the style of boxing and fighting that he has everything behind that jab to extend that long right hand
01:14Never smothers himself, which is something I love seeing out of these
01:17Amateur fighters transitioning to the pros, you know, not being overexcited and smothering the power
01:23Alfre already switching stances. He is unapologetically
01:27Argentinian you saw the flag he held up with that both the faces of Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi on it
01:33So he is pandering to the Argentinian audience
01:36Let's see if he can pull off what would be a pretty big upset here in our opener
01:40Very awkward is Blanco. I would hate to fight a guy like this because you got to worry about the elbows that he's sticking out
01:46You gotta worry about head clashing, you know, very wild fighter is Blanco
01:52And so far Sergio, I've seen three different styles
01:56For Blanco. He's like Emmanuel Augustus in there a little bit. No, no, no
01:59He's all over to fight. This guy's just sloppy
02:03But Blanco, you know, even in the fighter meeting, man, he's a confident fighter
02:08I mean 38 pro fights under his belt only been stopped three times and 14 losses, so he's durable
02:13He'll show resistance especially against a fighter with only two fights
02:18It's probably not you do well if he stays in the corner. Let's Jones tee off on him
02:25Left hand there for Jones
02:28You see that Jones is having issues going down the middle with straight punches
02:32So he goes around the guard of Blanco with a flying hook
02:35Yeah, I like that shot, Sergio. He saw Blanco leaning a little bit to his right just twisted that hook just enough
02:41To land. Yeah, sometimes when a fighter switching stances left to right, you know, the straight punches aren't there
02:46You know, so you got to come around the guard
02:52Blanco said he wasn't too impressed with Jones's amateur background. He said hey as an amateur I was undefeated
02:57I went 42 and oh back in the day
03:00Against what kind of 42
03:02Quality opponents because I mean with it doesn't look polished is what I'm saying very awkward, you know
03:09Switching in a in a messy way
03:12Well, he does kind of have the right mentality said my goal is to just not let Jones get comfortable in there
03:17I'm gonna fight from different angles trying to make him lose focus
03:21But he already looks winded a little bit ten second
03:26Guys like this you just gotta pop him with that jab, you know, you just gotta be patient and break him down with that long stick if you're Omari Jones
03:51You
04:21Shot right there if he would have caught him on the right side of the face it would have done more damage
04:29But still you could tell that Blanco didn't like that shot
04:34Very athletic puncher is Omari Jones you can see that he's trying to figure out a way with the unorthodox ways of Blanco
04:40And how to get into the front door and land something cleanly between rounds I was watching Blanco in that corner
04:46He was breathing pretty heavy for a guy just coming out of the first round. I wonder if Jones turns up the gas a little bit
04:55Blanco fighting his 13th undefeated foe. He's just 1 and 11
05:00I'll get to see under 12 Blanco handed a
05:03Hate to say it a sloppy punch, but that's what he landed. I mean, he's an unorthodox bad balance
05:10Awkward fighter, but he landed a good shot right now that caught the attention of Jones
05:14And this is where I want to see more of the counter-punching Sergio Jones like the delivery system of Blanco
05:19Is not exactly the fastest he's winging
05:22Long looping shots. That's what I want to see that jab to the belly because anytime you have an earl or an orthodox guy moving his upper body
05:29It's the midsection is not going to move aim at that midsection
05:34Just like a running back in football juking in front of you hit the middle of numbers
05:38There you go see that right hand to the belly blocker didn't like that shot
05:48Jones threw away two shots just to stab him with that right hand to the midsection
05:55This is great experience for Jones you got to face all kinds of different styles as you start putting your resume together
06:00And this is a style he he may never see quite like it again. Absolutely. And you probably don't want to ever see again
06:06But still you got to go through it
06:12Good exposure to Jones early
06:15On the undercard of Negra Berlanga fight in his hometown of orlando
06:20Bought on a boots and his undercard in his second fight now here he is
06:24Texas he might be ready to go. Yeah, he's got slaughter porn out of his mouth. He's breathing heavy
06:30Blanco keeps dipping to the same side and omari jones already caught down
06:35So he's just punching where the head's gonna be at kind of like a radar
06:39Jones already knows where that right hand needs to go
06:42Jones trying to force blanco to throw something so he can counter
06:47Blanco's gonna end up getting dropped by dipping his head to the same side
06:52You could already see that jones is zeroing in
06:55Right there see that's that's what i'm seeing by omari jones he wants to set up
06:59Blanco to go to those right sides to drop that hammer down
07:03Snappy jab look at those
07:05You can tell sergio the eyes of the referee
07:09He's very skeptical of his good left hand it wobbles blanco a little bit caught him again
07:14Oh
07:20And that fun-loving personality from blanco that we just saw a few minutes ago is completely gone now
07:2910 seconds but he's about to go further than any other fighter is going to get
07:34Just as i say that he is dropped with a heavy shot jack left hook right on the tip of the chin
07:40The bell rang he got up five six seven eight okay you are okay
07:53And i believe that is the end of the round he made it but just
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08:33Okay
08:42Credit to blanco for getting up from this shot right there
08:46Picture perfect left hook shot it was kind of a
08:50Jab left hook but right on the tip of the chin shots like that normally keep a fighter down
08:55You got to give blanco a lot of credit for stepping up and getting up from that shot from a puncher like jones
09:01That looked like a good hard jab
09:04For amari jones just caught him in the exact right spot on the deck
09:09You're right sergio i thought there was no way he was going to get out of a blanco fights on here in the third round look man
09:16Argentinians are known for being very strong and determined
09:20Stubborn fighters you saw a taste of that in alfredo blanco getting us
09:27And he's still trying to
09:29Get in there i like it look man i
09:32To fight guys like blanco got fighters like blanco but you have to go through them like you said
09:37Guys like this you just gotta be patient throw straight shots pop them with that jab
09:42Let them get winded and then little by little break them down, but you got to be careful with them. They're so wild
09:46And right now not only is jones trying to build up his resume
09:52He's also trying to build up his highlight reel and a couple of good knockdowns in this fight will look real pretty going forward
10:00Blanco's only landed two punches in two rounds
10:03Blanco squaring up he doesn't know whether he wants to be orthodox or a southpaw that means he's squared up
10:14So look for jones to start looking for body shots and digging him upstairs with uppercuts just like that
10:20Caught in no man's land was blanco he's too square he needs to choose a side and him which is square like that
10:26A body shot does the trick for the second knockdown when you're square you're opening up that body
10:32Perfect shot to the solar plex by omari jones
10:35And that will do it omari jones three and oh with three
10:45Knockouts no matter how tough you are how confident you are that body shot will take the tough guy out of you
10:51Well, he faced a freak in the ring
11:01Sergio and he dispatched of him with style and class didn't listen man for a fighter that only had two professional fights
11:08Omari jones becomes a four person to stop blanco in 38 fights 39 fights now that's impressive for a kid that only has two fights
11:16He kept his shape kept his form didn't get frustrated didn't get out of his game plan
11:22He stayed the course and paid the piper you go on to the next one no scratches no beatdowns no injuries
11:31Fight a couple of months now well a clash of elite contenders as power puncher oscar duarte
11:36Faces off against the skilled and elusive kenneth sims jr
11:39And a high-stakes super lightweight showdown with title limited patience that slide from the windy city streaming onto zone
11:46August the second
11:51There's not much to not like about jones in that performance not at all because there's a lot to like about jones
11:58I mean he's a tall fighter maintains his range sets up that right hand perfectly and patiently
12:04That's what I like to see with young young up-and-coming champions of future champions and 22 year old omari jones
12:11jones
12:14Amari jones from orlando florida graduated
12:18Graduated with an associate degree in business from valencia college. He's a very smart individual fact
12:24He's already written a book entitled the journey of an olympian that chronicled his ascent in amateur boxing
12:30And now we're witnessing his ascent and professional boxing degree in business
12:34He took care of business with that left hand right to the solar plexus
12:38That's what happens when you're squared up like that. See that left shot right there perfectly placed right there right in the midsection
12:46Blanco's a tough fighter strong determined stubborn
12:49But that body shot right there makes cowards of us all todd
12:53Beautiful shot
12:55You can see it the way he crumbled anytime a fighter goes face first like that. It's a bad sign
13:00Let's make it official with david diamante
13:10Ladies and gentlemen referee hector apu calls a halted his contest
13:14The official time of the stoppage one minute and 31 seconds of round number three
13:21Declaring your winner by knockout he's still undefeated oh
13:27Murray
13:37Well sergio if you're his trainer you get him back in the gym in a few days what are you working on
13:41No, you know he's a young kid you still got to give him some time off
13:44But not too much time because he didn't he just bought a couple of months ago bring him back
