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00:00Tucson, this is what takes place in the heavyweight division.
00:03It'll be Jarrell Big Baby Miller
00:06who will be looking to turn in his second impressive showbox performance
00:09as he takes on Donovan Dennis.
00:19Donovan Dennis coming to us tonight from Davenport, Iowa.
00:23That, of course, the home of former middleweight and super middleweight champion Michael Nunn.
00:272011 silver medalist in the National Golden Gloves.
00:31Dennis also participated in the World Series of Boxing.
00:34He went 2-1 in that series.
00:36Outside of that, he's earned 12 victories,
00:3910 of them coming by knockout against two losses and one no contest.
00:44All three of Dennis' losses, though, have come by way of knockout.
00:48The left-hander coming off an eighth-round knockout loss
00:51to Andrei Fidovsov, I beg your pardon,
00:55Last May in Boxino, that was in a tournament final.
00:59That was Dennis' first time going more than six rounds.
01:03An athletic heavyweight.
01:04He likes to work from the outside, likes to use his feet to set angles.
01:08He'll have to stay out of harm's way tonight
01:10against a guy that outweighs him by 56 pounds.
01:15Steve, let's go behind the numbers without him and Dennis.
01:19Well, Barry, he's an all-or-nothing fighter.
01:21Of his 12 wins, 10 have come by KO.
01:23And both of his losses by stoppage.
01:25Conclusion?
01:26This could be a very short fight.
01:28Hell vs. Heaven.
01:29Dennis' first loss came in April 2014
01:32against a fighter named Nat Heaven.
01:33It's troubling that in his two fights since,
01:37Heaven's been KO'd twice, both times in the first round.
01:40And tall and small, unlike Miller,
01:42Dennis hasn't fluctuated much in weight.
01:44He scaled as low as 215, that was his pro debut,
01:47and a high of 228.
01:48Tonight, as Barry mentioned, giving away 56 pounds.
01:51And here is the other half of our second fight.
02:01Gerald Miller.
02:02Gerald, I beg your pardon, Miller.
02:03He began his career as a kickboxer back at the age of 14.
02:07He went 10-0 as an amateur and 21-1 as a professional.
02:11He turned pro as a boxer after only 11 amateur fights
02:13when he couldn't compete in the Golden Gloves
02:15because of his professional experience as a kickboxer.
02:19He's now 27 years old.
02:20This is his seventh year as a pro.
02:22Big baby Miller, 15-0 with one draw,
02:25and he has stopped 13 opponents.
02:28Miller's a come-forward kind of fighter.
02:30He's not really overly aggressive.
02:31He's a volume puncher who does most of his damage on the inside.
02:36We saw him in his last fight.
02:38That was back in October when he stepped up the opposition
02:41and dispatched the iron chin, Akor Muralimov,
02:45with relative ease inside of three rounds.
02:48Well, Miller has had two other eight-rounders scheduled.
02:52He's never had to go more than six.
02:54So, Steve, let's go behind the numbers with Gerald Miller.
02:57Well, this is a big, big baby.
02:59Miller came in huge last time out, 280-1⁄2.
03:02He had performed well in his showbox for debut against Muralimov.
03:05Tonight, 274-1⁄4.
03:07So, what are we to think?
03:09Baby draw.
03:10Given how early it is in Miller's pro career,
03:12it's hard to believe that he faced Joey DeVeco
03:14in only Big Baby's fifth fight.
03:16They fought to a draw.
03:18DeVeco now a top-25 heavyweight.
03:20And baby steps.
03:22Miller's fought a total of 42 rounds in 16 fights.
03:25That's an average of only 2.6 rounds per bout.
03:28Before the year is out,
03:29he likely has to negotiate eight or ten rounds.
03:31All right, Steve, so once more from the Casino del Sol here in Tucson,
03:35we take you to the center of the ring.
03:37The introduction of the fighters in our second fight of the evening.
03:39Here once more is Jeff Houston.
03:41Jeff.
03:49Ladies and gentlemen,
03:50we welcome you once again to the Casino del Sol in Tucson, Arizona
03:56for Showbox, the new generation.
03:59Presented by Greg Cohen Promotions
04:02and Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Promotions
04:05in association with David Schuster's Winner Take All Productions,
04:09Salita Promotions, and Showtime.
04:12Presented by Corona Extra, La Cerveza Mas Fina,
04:16and Maxim Group, Sound Investments, Solid Relationships.
04:20Our three judges scoring at ringside,
04:23Chris Flores, Steve Sandoval, Rocky Taylor,
04:26and our referee in charge at the bell,
04:30Tony Zeno.
04:32This is the Showbox Cold Feature Bout of the Evening,
04:36scheduled for ten rounds of boxing
04:38for the Interim WBA-NABA Heavyweight Championship.
04:45Introducing to you first,
04:46fighting out of the blue corner,
04:47wearing white,
04:48his official weight,
04:49218 and one-quarter pounds.
04:51His record stands at 12 wins,
04:54two defeats with one no contest.
04:57Ten wins coming by way of knockout.
04:59From Davenport, Iowa,
05:01here is
05:02Donovan
05:03Davis!
05:09And his opponent across the ring,
05:11fighting out of the red corner,
05:12wearing black, trimmed, and silver.
05:14His official weight,
05:15274 and one-quarter pounds.
05:17As a professional,
05:19he is undefeated with 15 wins,
05:22with one draw,
05:2313 big wins coming by way of knockout.
05:27From Brooklyn, New York,
05:28here is the undefeated,
05:31Jarrell Big Baby
05:33Millen!
05:37Once again,
05:38our referee to give the final instructions.
05:40Right here.
05:42All right, gentlemen,
05:44I gave you instructions in the direction room.
05:45I expect a good, clean fight.
05:47Protect yourselves at all times.
05:49And obey my commands.
05:50Trunks are good.
05:51Trunks are a little high right here.
05:53Touch him up.
05:54Give him hell with a bell.
05:55Touch him up.
05:56Right here.
05:56Back.
05:57Right here.
05:58Touch him up.
06:02The numbers are big.
06:05274 and a quarter.
06:06Seems enormous for Miller,
06:07but he's actually six pounds lighter
06:09than in his previous showbox appearance.
06:11Dennis,
06:12long,
06:13thin,
06:13big baby,
06:14long,
06:14and big.
06:15Same rules as our first fight.
06:17No standing eight,
06:17no three knockdown rule.
06:18Only the ref can stop the fight.
06:20You can't be saved by the bell in any round.
06:21And the accidental foul rule
06:23is the fight ends
06:23before the end of round four.
06:24So no decision after that.
06:26We go to the cards.
06:27Don't blink, Barry.
06:28All right, I won't.
06:29I promise.
06:30And Big Baby
06:30is a big boy.
06:33He's got a big butt.
06:34He's got a huge leg.
06:35Dennis runs out
06:36right at Miller.
06:38And kind of much ado about nothing.
06:41Miller's philosophy here,
06:42just get inside the bag.
06:48Big Baby did say he'd like to knock people out.
06:53Yep,
06:53he said that's his mission.
06:55He said other people say,
06:56I don't go looking for the knockout.
06:57He said,
06:57I do.
07:08Amateur experience.
07:10Big Baby Miller
07:11because of the kickboxing background
07:12over the 11th amateur boxing bout.
07:15Donovan Dennis
07:15lost in the 2012 Olympic trials
07:18to Dominic Brazil,
07:18so he was a pretty good amateur.
07:20Pro experience,
07:20you see very similar numbers
07:22for bouts and rounds.
07:24Both of these fighters
07:24have had a lot of early knockouts.
07:26So Dennis,
07:28doing what he suggested
07:29he would have to do,
07:30and I just keep this fight
07:31at long range
07:32as best he can.
07:34And he's landed
07:35some good left hands on the line.
07:36Let him go.
07:36Let him go.
07:37Change it up.
07:37On top
07:39and down the middle
07:40to the body.
07:48You know,
07:49this ring looks small.
07:51When you put two heavyweights
07:52this side,
07:52it really looks small.
07:53It's like a phone booth.
07:54Miller said he's fought
07:58a lot of lefties,
07:59but he wants to work himself inside.
08:03That's where he wants to be.
08:04That was a good shot from Miller.
08:06I think I've got Dennis' attention.
08:09This is where Miller wants to be.
08:11A big right hand.
08:12And Dennis is in big trouble.
08:14Tries to hold that.
08:15Look out.
08:15Look at that.
08:17Look at that.
08:17Look at that.
08:18Four, five, six, seven, eight.
08:25You all right?
08:27Go.
08:28Back up.
08:30Box.
08:31And Miller,
08:32right on top of him,
08:33trying to close the deal.
08:34Another right hand
08:35knocks Dennis back.
08:36And another third right hand
08:37misses.
08:38There's a good shot
08:39goes to the chest
08:40and it dropped Dennis.
08:44Four, five, six, seven,
08:49back in the corner.
08:50Eight.
08:51You all right?
08:52You sure?
08:53Go.
08:54Dennis is not good.
08:55And Miller will try to make sure
08:57he's not.
08:57Another combination for Miller.
08:59It will not take much.
09:00Big right hand again.
09:01Again,
09:02Dennis tries to hold on.
09:03There he goes.
09:03Dennis in big trouble here.
09:07Miller,
09:08a combination with his
09:08back to the ropes.
09:09Dennis winning.
09:10Wait, wait.
09:11Step back.
09:11Step back.
09:11Step back.
09:12He might go down.
09:13Yeah,
09:13and he grabbed the ropes there
09:15and the referee didn't
09:15stop him from doing it.
09:18He's got to do
09:19whatever he can
09:20to stay up.
09:22Maybe he's just
09:22running him down.
09:25Right hand again
09:26to the top of the head.
09:29Dennis trying to hold
09:30Rod Miller.
09:31There's a deal
09:31at the back.
09:33What did I tell you?
09:38You can't bang with him.
09:39What did I tell you
09:39that shit already?
09:40Come on.
09:42Be smart.
09:42Get the shit back right now.
09:43He's got a little cut
09:43in his right eye.
09:44I need you in here.
09:45Get in.
09:47Don't bang.
09:48He's not smart.
09:49I'll trade him.
09:50Give me that chap.
09:52Give me that chap.
09:53Hey.
09:54He's a fucking boxer, bro.
09:55Listen.
09:56You were doing good
09:57if you can't stop
09:58exchanging with him.
09:58When he gets too close,
09:59tie his ass up.
10:00Get your breath like right now.
10:01How you feel?
10:01You all right?
10:02Water.
10:02Water.
10:02Well, Dennis' plan
10:06was to box.
10:07Tough in this small ring
10:08when you're against the ropes.
10:10That right hand,
10:10I don't know how
10:11he kept his feet.
10:12But Miller, again,
10:13a volume puncher,
10:14kept coming.
10:16Punched at the correct range.
10:18And here's the second knockdown.
10:19Again,
10:20Dennis' head
10:21swinging wildly.
10:23Yet he stayed up
10:24for a while
10:25and then finally
10:26he went down.
10:27Two fights tonight,
10:28two knockdowns
10:30to the first round
10:30of both of them.
10:31Go.
10:32That last knock,
10:33that was to the chest.
10:38So,
10:39Dennis' corner
10:40telling him,
10:40you got a boxer.
10:41and you can't get
10:42in a slugfest with him.
10:45Yeah,
10:46just Miller
10:46closes the gap
10:47like quick.
10:49Let him go.
10:50Let him go.
10:50Break.
10:51Step back.
10:51Step back.
10:53Well, Miller really
10:53trying to put himself
10:54right in the middle
10:55of the conversation
10:56of all the
10:56young heavyweights
10:58is that whole division
10:59of course
10:59and the pearls
10:59have changed.
11:00Good man.
11:01Again.
11:02From another one.
11:06Dennis takes
11:06two steps back.
11:07And I think
11:07his knee,
11:08I think he heard
11:08his knee.
11:10I think Dennis
11:11is in big trouble now,
11:12but I think
11:13he injured
11:13a leg there.
11:17We just saw that
11:18with Blaskoff,
11:19the heavyweights
11:20Saturday night
11:20on Showtime
11:21Championship Boxing.
11:24He's bleeding
11:25from the nose.
11:26His legs don't
11:27look good even
11:28despite what you
11:28said, Barry.
11:29His legs look shot.
11:30No, I think
11:30it's okay now.
11:32It's better,
11:32but definitely
11:34tweaked it.
11:37Breathing through
11:38his mouth.
11:39Every time
11:40Dennis throws,
11:41he leaves himself
11:41wide open
11:42for Miller's
11:43big right hand.
11:45Let him go.
11:46Step back.
11:46Go.
11:53Miller just stalking
11:54him now.
11:55Just looking
11:56for that
11:56one big shot.
11:57I don't think
11:57I don't think
11:57it'll take
11:58more than that.
11:59Dennis got a
11:59left hand
12:00and Miller tries
12:00enough at that
12:01another one at that.
12:04I'll tell you
12:05what,
12:05Dennis,
12:05he's trying
12:07with that
12:07left hand
12:07and he's
12:08landed a couple
12:08left hands,
12:09but Miller
12:10is just
12:11too big,
12:11too big for him.
12:14Miller fought
12:14four lefties
12:15in a row
12:16earlier in his career.
12:16A low-level guy
12:17he knocked them
12:18all out.
12:19You see,
12:20he's not
12:20drawn much
12:21of a jab.
12:23Usually not
12:24effective
12:24much against
12:26lefty.
12:27I don't know if
12:27Dennis has
12:28enough strength
12:29left to use
12:30his jab
12:30effectively.
12:31I'm not sure
12:31he's breathing
12:32through his mouth.
12:35Is Miller
12:36slowing down
12:36a little bit?
12:38That was a
12:39lazy right hand
12:40by Miller.
12:41Miller's just
12:44trying to load
12:45out.
12:46He didn't
12:46it.
12:47He grabbed
12:47him left hand
12:48but he doesn't
12:49move,
12:50baby Miller.
12:53Well,
12:54just as the
12:54case was
12:55with Yuval
12:56for the first
12:56fight,
12:56we want to
12:57see Miller
12:57extend it.
13:00Miller was
13:00getting there
13:01with a couple
13:03of pretty good
13:03shots.
13:05Miller
13:05not quite
13:07as he was
13:08in the first
13:09round.
13:09Let him out,
13:10let him out.
13:10He has to
13:12keep working
13:13that midsection
13:13out.
13:15You can have
13:15Miller's real
13:15flappy around
13:16there.
13:16He's a heavyweight.
13:18Killed the body.
13:19Killed the body.
13:20He's a big guy.
13:21He's a heavyweight.
13:23Gonna get tired
13:24to know later.
13:28Well,
13:28Dennis got a
13:29much better
13:29shot here.
13:31That's a good
13:31left hand
13:31from Dennis.
13:33He didn't win
13:34the round but
13:34better round!
13:36I think he's
13:37might be a little
13:38bit back in the
13:38fight.
13:39Much better.
13:39Hey!
13:40You have got
13:41to keep turning
13:41him.
13:42You understand
13:42me?
13:43Hey,
13:43Donovan,
13:44if you just
13:44stick your jab
13:45and keep moving,
13:46don't stay in the
13:46corner.
13:47Stay on the jab.
13:47Stay on the jab.
13:48Pop, pop,
13:48step around.
13:49Don't stay in the
13:50corner.
13:50He's throwing
13:51his jab twice
13:51and throwing
13:52the right hand.
13:52Stay in the
13:52middle.
13:54Barry made a
13:55reference to
13:56Donovan Dennis'
13:57leg.
13:57There it is.
13:58You're absolutely
13:59right.
13:59He took a bad
14:00step.
14:01Looked like
14:01with the right
14:02leg.
14:04But he was able
14:05to move enough
14:05to finish the
14:06round.
14:06Let's go.
14:08Put it together.
14:11Let's put it together.
14:12Drop those hands,
14:13then go back.
14:13Come on,
14:14man.
14:15We came too far
14:16to go backwards.
14:17You know what I'm saying?
14:18Let's go.
14:19Body shot.
14:21Body shot.
14:23Stop walking.
14:24Put some pressure
14:24on him.
14:27Back to the corner.
14:31Lots of voices
14:32in the corner
14:33of Drew Al Miller.
14:36Well, it's a good
14:36time to bring up
14:37the fact.
14:37This fight could go
14:38three rounds.
14:38It could go
14:39eight rounds.
14:40But if Miller
14:40wants to be
14:41taken seriously,
14:42it's fights that
14:43are long and
14:43draining.
14:44That extra weight
14:44he carries is going
14:45to be a negative.
14:46Maybe it'll be
14:47tonight.
14:47I don't know.
14:48Yeah, and he told us
14:49ideally he wants
14:50to be about 250.
14:51And he's been
14:52almost that low
14:53in fights.
14:53So...
14:54Keep it out there!
14:55Move!
14:56It's just in a long,
14:57tough, brewing fight,
14:58it's just tough
14:59to carry that much weight
15:00to keep your stamina
15:01and be able to punch
15:02regularly.
15:02That was a good
15:03left hand.
15:04Good left hand from there.
15:05Yeah, he keeps landing
15:06that left hand.
15:06He changes it up
15:07from the body
15:09to the head.
15:10And I think they were
15:10worried about
15:11Baby Miller in the corner.
15:12Ah, ah, ah.
15:13Let him out.
15:13Let him out.
15:14He's throwing single shots
15:15now.
15:15Like, he's not being
15:16as explosive
15:17because he was
15:18in the first round.
15:18He was putting
15:19his combinations together.
15:20And he's not doing that.
15:21He's single shot.
15:22Combination for Dennis
15:23there.
15:24Right to the body,
15:24left to the head.
15:26And another left
15:27to the body
15:27by Dennis.
15:29And now Dennis
15:30is doing
15:30what everybody
15:32suggested he should
15:33have done
15:33in the first round.
15:34Get a couple of punches.
15:35Get out of doubt.
15:38Big Baby
15:39watched for that
15:39right uppercut.
15:40Another combination
15:45for Dennis.
15:46Watch your elbow.
15:46And a very lazy
15:48right hand again
15:48by Miller.
15:50Watch that lazy
15:51right hand
15:52by Miller
15:52and watch Dennis
15:53trying to counter
15:54over the top
15:55or down the middle
15:56with the left hand.
15:57Work your way out.
15:58Work your way out.
16:01Ah, you gotta love
16:02heavyweight.
16:03Freak, step back.
16:04Let him up.
16:05Just like this thing.
16:06Left to clean.
16:07Dennis' mouth
16:09still wide open.
16:12Good shot.
16:13Got Dennis' attention.
16:15Take him up!
16:16Take him up!
16:17Take him up!
16:18Take him up!
16:19Come on!
16:20Dennis needs to keep
16:21his mouth closed.
16:22He's getting out
16:23with another hook
16:24to the dice
16:24and break his daughter.
16:26Got his mouth open.
16:27Take him up!
16:27Take him up!
16:28I'll tell you what,
16:29though,
16:29Dennis is getting
16:29the better of things
16:30here in this round.
16:31Yeah, it looks like
16:32he stabbing his jab
16:33a little bit more.
16:34Good long jab
16:35and he keeps turning him.
16:37That's what they want
16:37in his corner.
16:39That's it.
16:40And Steve,
16:40I think your point
16:41is actually right.
16:42He's going to throw
16:42single shots.
16:44And he is a volume puncher.
16:50Did Baby throw
16:51give gas in the first round?
16:53I mean...
16:54I'll give him this round,
16:56but he's got to turn it up
16:57in the fourth.
16:59Because I agree with you.
17:00I think he's losing this round.
17:02Yes.
17:04Work your way out.
17:05Punch him out, guys.
17:06Ten-round fight.
17:09So, strangely things have happened
17:10but for Dennis to turn things
17:12despite being dropped
17:13in the third round.
17:14Come on!
17:14Come on!
17:14Come on!
17:14Come on!
17:15Come on!
17:15Come on!
17:15Come on!
17:16Come on!
17:17Come on!
17:17Come on!
17:18Come on!
17:18Come on!
17:19Come on!
17:19Come on!
17:20The rest of this fight
17:20is all about one thing.
17:21Because Dennis had the legs
17:23to keep a distance
17:24and box.
17:25If he lost them
17:26because of those knockdowns
17:26early,
17:27you're not going to make it.
17:28Come on!
17:29Much better round for Dennis.
17:33Well, we talked about
17:39the ever-changing heavyweight picture
17:42in America.
17:43Of course, we have Wilder.
17:45Now we have Martin at the top.
17:47But these are the hopefuls.
17:49Dominic Brazil has a big fight
17:50tomorrow night
17:51against Damir Mansoor.
17:52The youngest fighter here.
17:53Only 26.
17:54Trevor Bryan.
17:55We saw him on Showbox.
17:57And Travis Kaufman
17:58with a controversial loss
18:01to Chris Areola.
18:02All of a sudden,
18:03he's a little bit in the picture.
18:04Andy Ruiz has had some problems
18:05outside the ring.
18:06He's 26 years old.
18:07Born in Mexico.
18:09And Gerald Washington
18:10already fought Mansoor
18:11to withdraw.
18:12Most people thought
18:13Mansoor won that fight.
18:14But these are the hopefuls
18:15in the heavyweight division.
18:17And Miller...
18:18You know what you've got to do.
18:19Certainly one of them.
18:19We've been running this stuff
18:20for a long time.
18:20You ain't started this yesterday.
18:22Come on.
18:23Let's go.
18:26Stay in the corner.
18:27Back in the corner.
18:28Back in the corner.
18:31Now, this is round four
18:33of this ten-round fight.
18:34You wouldn't find
18:35too much smart money
18:36in the first round
18:36that would have thought
18:37it would have been going this far.
18:42Well, we described Dennis
18:43at the top
18:43as an all-or-nothing heavyweight.
18:45May have to change
18:46that description.
18:49Don't want to be
18:50where he is right now, though.
18:51The combination
18:52had left there
18:52completely a miss by Miller.
18:56Come on!
18:58Come on!
18:58Come on!
18:58Come on!
18:59Come on!
19:00Come on!
19:00Come on!
19:01Hands up!
19:01Come on!
19:02Come on!
19:02Come on!
19:03Come on!
19:03Come on!
19:04Come on!
19:04Come on!
19:05Miller's corner
19:06is punishing him
19:07in the three-in-round
19:08but not taking
19:09Dennis out by now.
19:11Maybe that's why
19:12he's accelerating
19:13a little bit here
19:13at the start of the four.
19:14Yeah, a little bit.
19:15There you go!
19:16There you go!
19:17There you go!
19:19And predictably,
19:20Dennis' corner
19:21talking about
19:21extending this fight
19:22as long as he can.
19:24There you go!
19:26Miller never passed
19:27six rounds.
19:27Come on!
19:28What's your holding?
19:29Let's go!
19:30Now with his game,
19:31I'll take him
19:31into the deep water.
19:34And then Dennis
19:34from Dennis,
19:35another left hand
19:36from Dennis.
19:39Last time he went
19:40six rounds,
19:41that was like
19:41four fights ago.
19:43So that's got to be
19:43in the back of his head
19:44as a fighter.
19:45You're always thinking.
19:46I haven't seen
19:47this territory
19:47in a while.
19:49Much less going
19:5010 rounds.
19:51Work your way out!
19:52Stop!
19:53Stop!
19:53Stop!
19:54I understand
19:54why Dennis
19:55is holding.
19:55If you really want
19:57a guy who outweighs
19:57you by 56 pounds
19:59leaning on you,
19:59I don't think
20:00that would feel
20:00too good.
20:02Good shot by Dennis.
20:03I think the guy
20:04better is a clutch.
20:06That was a nice
20:07overhand led
20:07by Dennis.
20:09And then he just
20:10got out of the way.
20:12That's all he's doing.
20:13He keeps turning him.
20:14He throws his left hand,
20:15throws his jab,
20:16and he keeps turning him.
20:17As long as he keeps
20:17doing that,
20:18he's going to have
20:19some success.
20:21There you go!
20:22Another preparation
20:23and a goal
20:23doubles over.
20:25That was an excellent
20:27body shot.
20:28Back up.
20:30Another left hand
20:31by Dennis.
20:31Dr. Evo.
20:35Dennis again
20:36turns in.
20:39That body shot
20:39clearly hurt Miller.
20:44Stop!
20:45Stop!
20:46Don't pull him
20:47like that.
20:49Boy, Dennis is
20:50showing amazing
20:51heart.
20:52Absolutely.
20:52He looks exhausted.
20:55What a comeback.
20:56His legs were dead.
20:57Dead?
20:58Oh.
20:58Big mistake.
21:00He can't back up
21:01straight like that.
21:02He cannot afford
21:02to back up straight
21:03like that.
21:03You're right,
21:04Raleigh.
21:04He did it with his hands
21:05by his sides.
21:06Every time he did it,
21:06he's going to get caught.
21:08Left hand again,
21:08Tyrone and right hand.
21:10I can't get a sore joke.
21:11Let him go.
21:12And that's exactly
21:13what he has to do.
21:14Let him hold on.
21:15Keep holding on.
21:16Break, break, get back.
21:17Hold on to the big baby.
21:21Take him into the deeper
21:22waters.
21:23Take him into more rounds.
21:24Take him into the bell.
21:25Let him work.
21:26Let him get tired.
21:27Right hand again
21:27by Miller.
21:28Stagger Dennis.
21:32And Miller, I think,
21:33salvaged the round.
21:34We take a look
21:45early in round four.
21:47Barry called it.
21:49Miller hurt
21:49for the first time
21:50in the fight.
21:52And look at that
21:52left hand to the body
21:53with followed
21:54by a beautiful right hook.
21:55Dennis has been really
21:56just as effective
21:57with his right hook
21:57as he has been
21:58with his left hand.
22:00But Miller won this round.
22:01I agree with Barry.
22:02Based on what he did
22:03in the last minute,
22:04you got to put
22:06the punches together.
22:07Stop looking
22:08for the knockout.
22:09The knockout,
22:09no matter what the W.
22:11You're not going
22:11to knock everybody out.
22:13Cut off the blocks.
22:14You got to hit.
22:14You got to fly.
22:15You got to hit.
22:15Don't stand there.
22:16Don't walk here.
22:17Come on, let's go.
22:18He don't want to be
22:18there no more.
22:21You got to give him
22:23a reason to get him
22:23out of there.
22:24Come on, let's go.
22:25Let's go.
22:27Come on, baby.
22:28Come on, baby.
22:28Come on, baby.
22:28There you go.
22:29Watch this.
22:30Come on.
22:31Come on.
22:32So we come to round five.
22:37Telling Miller in his corner,
22:38don't worry about the knockout.
22:39We just need a W.
22:41And I told you,
22:42Miller's philosophy is,
22:44I want to knock him out.
22:45Yeah, and it's true
22:45what they told him
22:46in the corner.
22:46You're not going to knock
22:47everybody out.
22:48He's finding out.
22:49You know,
22:49hit him with some good shots
22:50in the first round.
22:52Had him out.
22:52The guy knew how to survive.
22:54He's in great shape.
22:55When you're in shape like this,
22:57you're able to take
22:57this kind of punishment.
22:59Punishment Dennis is taken.
23:01A right hand again by Dennis.
23:03Watch your head.
23:04Nothing kind of long ago by Miller.
23:06Get Dennis' attention.
23:08There's a right hand by Dennis.
23:09Two shots by Miller.
23:11Watch your heads, guys.
23:12This isn't where Dennis belongs,
23:14even if he's pushing Miller
23:15into the role.
23:16It's not where he belongs.
23:17Absolutely.
23:18He's going to get tagged
23:18by a right uppercut.
23:19He's been tagged
23:20by a couple this round.
23:22First round,
23:25he got a little blade.
23:27And it cost him.
23:31Well, guys,
23:32we've seen the education
23:32of a big baby.
23:36Baby Miller needs to get
23:37back to his combinations.
23:39Break this guy down.
23:40Start at the body,
23:41then come up to the head.
23:43Flurries.
23:45Can't be single shots
23:47with Dennis.
23:48Don't pull his head.
23:48Don't pull his head.
23:49Stop.
23:49Stop.
23:49And we know Miller's ahead
23:51because of the knockdowns
23:52in round one,
23:53but in power punches
23:54landed through four rounds.
23:55Only one punch difference.
23:57Yep.
23:59Dennis, to me,
23:59looks a little tired
24:00in this round.
24:00Let him go.
24:01Let him go.
24:03He's kind of laying in
24:05a little bit.
24:05Let's go, pal!
24:08Move!
24:08Move your head!
24:10Move your head!
24:10Move your head!
24:10Move your head!
24:11Move your head!
24:12Move your head!
24:13Move your head!
24:13Move your head!
24:14Move your head!
24:14Move your head!
24:15Move your head!
24:16Well, Dennis fighting
24:16purely on instinct,
24:17you can tell.
24:18Move your head!
24:20Move your head!
24:20Move your head!
24:21Move your head!
24:22His legs seem shot to them.
24:24I don't know that he ever
24:26recovered them from
24:27after the first round.
24:28There you go!
24:29Move your head!
24:31Move your head!
24:32I don't think the knee
24:33that he tweaked
24:33is any kind of problem.
24:34I just think his legs
24:35made this be shot.
24:36He's in trouble, I think.
24:39Yeah, Miller needs
24:40to work the body
24:41a little bit more.
24:41Dennis' hands
24:43are pretty low.
24:44He's in trouble, he's in trouble.
24:46He's in trouble, he's in trouble.
24:47I think the difference
24:48in this round is that Miller
24:49is actually putting
24:50his combinations together.
24:51Punch!
24:52Punch your way out!
24:53He needs to change the speeds
24:54of his combinations.
24:55Not every shot
24:56has to be hard.
24:57Touch, touch, touch, touch,
24:58then a big bomb.
24:59Keep touching him.
25:00Keep touching him.
25:01Keep touching him.
25:02For me, the biggest difference
25:03in this round is what
25:04Dennis is not doing
25:05rather than what Miller is.
25:09See, that was just
25:10a kind of a push right hand
25:11and Dennis went backward.
25:13There's the epic.
25:16There's the epic.
25:18This is where the bell,
25:20Oh hold.
25:21Dennis still trying,
25:22I'll say that.
25:23End up the wrong side.
25:24the belt oh that is still trying i'll say that
25:36so the end of five rounds here are the numbers steve well jab's pretty inconsequential
25:42power shots you might expect the numbers to be more in favor of miller but they were he only
25:47has an eight punch edge and body punches dennis has done better work but the difference in this
25:53fight on the cards at least at the halfway mark about it is about what you're going to see here
25:59huge right hand by miller that was knocked down number one right there amazing that dennis is
26:05still here after you watch this and then later in round one another knockdown
26:12i would have given you 100 to one that dennis wouldn't be here right now
26:23so in the who the category we come to round six
26:38well we know big baby talks a big game and right now we're seeing something that he really needs
26:44now he wants to knock everybody out but what he needs is rounds and tough fights he hasn't had
26:48them yet get one now baby's ready to finish this guy he's just got to keep putting his punches together
26:59keep a lot of pressure on him dennis is tired he's uh ran out of energy and for dennis let him go let
27:07him go he's got to go for bro guys i mean he there's no way he's gonna
27:13knock this guy out he's got to throw a lot of combinations get in the inside
27:17push him back get back on the outside use his jab
27:22to get a good rhythm and get a baby miller off his uh game set right there
27:28let him up let him up but dennis still throwing punches i'll give that to him
27:31i think baby's uh size is starting to take a toll on dennis
27:42miller has been fighting the last two rounds like a plotter plodding forward
27:45and you know he's a former kickboxer he's an ex of the athlete yeah you never know it though
27:50he's not showing quick feet or light feet maybe that's because he weighs 274 pounds yes he doesn't
27:56have legs look at his legs look at his trunks i mean that's where his power comes from
28:01yeah
28:13move off the way
28:23last couple of rounds
28:26You okay?
28:27All right.
28:28Tony!
28:29That's the second one!
28:32You okay?
28:33That was the second one tonight.
28:37Second two.
28:38Five minutes.
28:41I think this is very smart on Dennis.
28:43Yeah.
28:44He needs the rest.
28:45Yeah.
28:46But Miller needs the rest, too.
28:48He might come out more explosive right now.
28:50Referees always say to fighters in this situation,
28:56you have five minutes, but hurry up.
28:57Yeah.
28:58Are you ready?
28:59Are you ready?
29:00Let's go.
29:01Well, it took about a minute, I guess.
29:03They used to five minutes.
29:05Why not?
29:06Yeah.
29:07Move!
29:08Get off the ground!
29:10Step right now!
29:11Hang on!
29:12Hang on!
29:13Hang on!
29:14One thing Miller's capable of doing,
29:15and you've seen a little bit of this now,
29:17he's capable of throwing fairly short punches.
29:19Now, they might not be a huge punch,
29:20but they're short punches.
29:21They're a big heavyweight.
29:22Yeah.
29:23You have to see that.
29:24Yeah.
29:25I think he's throwing again, you know.
29:26He's being more consistent with his combinations.
29:28His jab.
29:29Keeps touching his jab, setting up the...
29:32His right hand and combos,
29:34three and four punch combinations,
29:35coming up the middle.
29:36Well, up the two, he's clearly the pressure.
29:39Good body shot.
29:41Fourth together.
29:44Dennis, as we said,
29:46I agree with the crew.
29:47There you go.
29:48It's about the middle of the second round.
29:49Oh, that was a backhand.
29:51That was a backhand by Miller.
29:53Straight knee, then a backhand.
29:54The right hand.
29:59Don't you give this fucking fight away.
30:04Hey, don't you do it.
30:06You've fucking worked too hard for this.
30:08You have to listen.
30:10Hey, stop loading up.
30:12Put the combinations together and step around.
30:14Do you understand me?
30:15What are you going to do?
30:16Don't leave that right out there.
30:18You're going to leave...
30:19Water.
30:20You're leaving your right out there.
30:21Water.
30:22You hear me?
30:23Hey, no lunging.
30:25Double jab.
30:26Left hand.
30:27Step around his ass.
30:28Okay?
30:29Last round.
30:30Keep his hands high, baby.
30:31He's trying to load up on that left, right?
30:33How about that, son?
30:34Come on, baby.
30:35You got his second leg right here, kid.
30:36Right, you got your, that's right.
30:38You got your, that's right.
30:39You got your, that's right.
30:40Baby, come on, man.
30:41Now, Jarrell, you know what to do now.
30:43You got your second win?
30:44Take your way, baby.
30:45Take him to school.
30:46Take him to school.
30:47Take him to school.
30:49Right there.
30:50Stay right there.
30:51David!
30:52Take your moves!
30:53Come on!
30:54Go!
30:55Go!
30:56Go!
30:57Go!
30:58Go!
30:59Go!
31:00Go!
31:01Go!
31:02Go!
31:03Go!
31:04Go!
31:05Go!
31:06We want Dennis to throw, turn Miller.
31:07Nice movein' by Miller.
31:09Go!
31:10Go!
31:11Go!
31:12Go!
31:13Go!
31:14Go!
31:15Go!
31:16Go!
31:17Go!
31:18Go!
31:19Go!
31:20Go!
31:21Go!
31:22Go!
31:24Go!
31:25Go!
31:26Go!
31:27Go!
31:28Go!
31:29Go!
31:30Go!
31:31Go!
31:32Go!
31:33Go!
31:34movement by Miller.
31:35Making a miss that pay.
31:37Blashing heads there.
31:41Now he's talking to him. Miller's talking to him.
31:43I think he caught his second wing.
31:45He's very relaxed. Making a miss.
31:48Got a little good momentum going.
31:49You see he's touching him.
31:51He wants him.
31:53Hand off his neck.
31:59Don't hold him. Don't hold him. Let him go.
32:01Referee telling Dennis don't hold him.
32:06You wonder if Dennis' nose might be busted.
32:08Is that why he's breathing through the mouth
32:10for the left six or seven rounds?
32:13He's a nose lead.
32:17Cut.
32:18Cut.
32:19Over there.
32:21That's a headbutt over the eye.
32:23Cut by a headbutt.
32:27Time in.
32:28There's a cut caused by a headbutt
32:30which would mean if the fight
32:32were stopping for the scorecards
32:33and I think we would all agree
32:35that Miller would be ahead
32:36of the scorecards.
32:3912 by 8 again.
32:41That forced Dennis back into the ropes.
32:44There's an uppercut.
32:46And that staggers Dennis again.
32:48Once again, I don't think it'll take a lot.
32:50Stop, stop, stop.
32:53Miller doing a good job
32:54of taking baby steps backwards.
32:56We gotta keep a little bit of punching here.
32:58And again, that rope is a good right hand again.
33:01And again, Dennis doesn't look like he has very much luck.
33:05Dennis trying to cut off the ropes.
33:07He's measuring it.
33:10That was pretty much combination together.
33:12Not behind the head.
33:13Come on, let's go.
33:15He's really putting them...
33:16Put them together.
33:18And the right hand rope forces
33:20Miller into the ropes.
33:22Right hand again.
33:23Stoppage would be nice anytime.
33:24I think he could do it at any given time here.
33:27It's a matter of time.
33:28Dennis' hands were almost on his sides
33:30where he's got nothing wrong.
33:31Put the right hand and stop it.
33:36That may be a little later
33:37than it should have been stopped.
33:42So, Miller gets the job done.
33:48And it wasn't easy.
33:49It was good for Miller.
33:50Very good for Miller.
33:51You know, say what you want
33:52about his performance.
33:53There were holes.
33:54Easy work.
33:55But he got a knockout
33:56in the seventh round.
33:57You're proud of what you just said.
33:59I'm not saying easy work.
33:59No, it was not easy work.
34:01He had to work for it.
34:02And he needed that.
34:03He needed that.
34:07Comes and pays his respects
34:08to the vanquished Dennis.
34:11And he did what he needed to do.
34:17And he did get a second win.
34:19Well, at this point,
34:20I think the referee,
34:21I mean, these last two or three punches
34:22remind me of Ray Mercer
34:23against Tommy Morrison,
34:24don't they?
34:25The way his head is just lolling
34:26or Jerry Cooney, Kenny Norton.
34:28And I think the referee
34:29could have stopped it
34:30a little bit earlier.
34:33Big Baby was just rearing back there
34:35and firing.
34:37What heart from Dennis.
34:38I mean, think about what he took
34:39in the first round.
34:41The fact that he was still here
34:42in the seventh.
34:42Trying to win,
34:43not just trying to survive.
34:45Actually, he won some rounds.
34:46He won some rounds.
34:47But I think, you know,
34:49just Big Baby was too big,
34:50too strong for him.
34:51And I like the way
34:52Baby Miller recuperated.
34:55You know, it's like he was,
34:56for a while, he was tired.
34:57He was worn out.
34:58He kind of caught a good second win.
35:00Absolutely.
35:01Started putting his punches together.
35:02And he finished them.
35:04Absolutely.
35:05I thought he did a good job.
35:06Once he got a second win
35:07and his quarter saw that, too.
35:09And they said,
35:09OK, you got it back again.
35:11Now go out and get him.
35:12Which is exactly what he did.
35:13Yeah.
35:13You know, and I saw it,
35:15you know, when he,
35:16you know, in a fighter
35:16when he's really relaxed,
35:18he started talking to him.
35:19He started giving him
35:20a little feints.
35:21Good movement.
35:21He was making a miss.
35:22He was countering him.
35:23He would just keep touching
35:24with the jab.
35:25And he's putting his combinations
35:26together, you know,
35:27up the middle.
35:28And, you know,
35:29he did what he had to do.
35:31And it was a good win
35:32for Baby Miller.
35:33I think so, too.
35:34And a tough win,
35:34which is good news for him also.
35:36He's got to have that
35:37somewhere along the line.
35:38Let's go to Jeff Houston
35:39right now.
35:39We will make it official.
35:40Jeff?
35:43Full face.
35:45You're out.
35:46Ladies and gentlemen,
35:48our referee in charge,
35:49Tony Zano,
35:50steps in and calls
35:51a stop to the bout
35:51at 2 minutes 31 seconds
35:53into round number 7.
35:55Your winner
35:56by technical knockout
35:57and new
35:59from Brooklyn, New York,
36:06Jarrell,
36:08Big Baby
36:09Miller.
36:15Well, there's your winner.
36:16He had a second up to do it,
36:17but he did it.
36:18That's really the bottom line
36:19for him.
36:20Clearly his toughest test
36:21to date.
36:22And he remains undefeated
36:24with just a draw.
36:25And he's going to be moving on
36:26and kind of getting himself
36:28at least into the fringes
36:30of the conversation
36:30about the next heavyweight,
36:32particularly the next
36:33American heavyweight.
36:34Let's take you up
36:35to the center
36:35for doing once more.
36:36My partner,
36:36Steve Farhood,
36:37with the winner.
36:38Steve?
36:38Big Baby,
36:40seven rounds.
36:41You met some resistance
36:42this time.
36:43Thank you, brother.
36:44Yes, sir.
36:44God bless you, man.
36:45You got something
36:46motherfuckers, bro.
36:47Damn, damn.
36:48Yes, sir.
36:48Keep my shoulder out, boy.
36:49You get that coming, boy.
36:50Thank you, brother.
36:51Donovan Dennis just told
36:52Big Baby he hits hard, man.
36:54So, seven rounds.
36:56A good experience?
36:57Yeah, definitely.
36:57I mean, listen,
36:58this is boxing.
36:59I know I was going to get him
37:00in the first round,
37:01but I popped my shoulder
37:02in camp,
37:02and I did it again.
37:03He blocked a good shot.
37:04So, you know,
37:05my trainer told me,
37:05listen, you got power.
37:06It's boxing.
37:07I'm like,
37:07damn, I want the knockout
37:08so bad.
37:09So, you know what?
37:10Like I said before,
37:10I'm always looking for a knockout
37:11no matter what round it is.
37:12So, I'm in the box, box.
37:13But he got a little tired.
37:14I know he thought
37:15for a big guy,
37:15I got gassed out.
37:16But my boxing skills
37:17jumped in,
37:18and he took him out
37:18and let him on.
37:19At the end,
37:20he looked dead tired
37:21from the second round on.
37:22You looked pretty fresh
37:23in that seventh round.
37:24How did you feel?
37:25I felt good.
37:25I felt good.
37:26My main thing is your ego.
37:27As the experience goes on,
37:28you got to learn that.
37:29Sometimes you can't knock him
37:30out as quick as you want.
37:30You got to box him.
37:31Lucky to have a good corner.
37:32My trainer, Harry Kite,
37:33Sosa, my cousin Jamal.
37:35They're like, you know, box.
37:36You can box all day for $2.70.
37:37So, I sent me box,
37:38get the experience.
37:39And the knockout came
37:40like you've seen, you know?
37:41So, I said, you know,
37:42the main thing is this,
37:42get the experience,
37:43and that's what I needed.
37:43He gave me some good rounds
37:44that I needed.
37:45And on to the next.
37:46You know, so you,
37:47so listen,
37:47if you want to hear me
37:48call people out.
37:49Listen.
37:52Charles Moyne,
37:53I'm coming for you.
37:55Deontay Wilder,
37:56boy, I'm coming for
37:57your Alabama barbecue.
37:58Tyson Fury,
37:59I'm coming for you.
38:00And now Calvin Klein,
38:02English muffin-eating sucker,
38:03Josh, or Anthony.
38:04Boy, I'm coming for you.
38:06Just wait.
38:07Brooklyn in the house.
38:08Love you, Sean.
38:08Thanks, guys.
38:09Yeah, baby!
38:10Jarrell, congratulations.
38:11Barry, I promise you,
38:12maybe somewhere along the way
38:13he'll be out fought.
38:14He will not be out talked.
38:15No, absolutely not.
38:17If he only wasn't so shy,
38:20huh, Raul?
38:21I like him.
38:22He's a happy trash talker,
38:24you know,
38:24and he knows that,
38:26you know,
38:26he's a showman, too.
38:27You know,
38:27he knows that
38:28that's what,
38:29you know,
38:29boxing needs,
38:29and he's right now
38:31the heavyweight division
38:31is, uh,
38:32there's a lot of rules out there
38:34and he wants to get in the mix, too.
38:36Here's the first round,
38:37and he was saying
38:37he thought he was going to get him
38:38in the first round,
38:39and so did we.
38:40Yeah, yeah,
38:41he hit him with some big shots.
38:44You see Dennis holding on,
38:45and, uh,
38:46there was some rounds
38:47that Dennis won,
38:49but Miller was able to come back.
38:52He's got that second win.
38:53Here's the ending of the fight.
38:54Big, big,
38:55powerful shots,
38:56and there was no need
38:57for, uh,
38:58Dennis to, uh,
38:59keep going, uh, Barry.
39:00No, I don't think so either,
39:01and he talked about, uh,
39:02getting that second win,
39:04and, uh,
39:04he certainly did do that.
39:08That is an ugly ending, boy.
39:09That was brutal.
39:10Now, now we heard
39:13Big Baby calling out
39:14a lot of names there.
39:16Needless to say,
39:17it's way early in the game
39:18for that, for him.
39:18He has a long way to go.
39:20The champions right now,
39:21this is a restructured
39:22heavyweight division.
39:23Tyson Fury, of course,
39:24beat the long-reigning
39:25Vlad Klitschko.
39:27Wilder showed what he can do
39:28without one punch
39:29in his last fight
39:29after struggling
39:30a little bit with Spilka.
39:32Charles Martin,
39:33he's got a lot to prove,
39:34and Shigaev also a champion.
39:36The top contenders,
39:37Klitschko, of course,
39:37will fight Fury again,
39:38but Vietkin will presumably
39:40get Wilder next.
39:42Louis Ortiz made a name
39:43for himself,
39:44stopping Bryant Jennings.
39:45Stiverne, still a puncher,
39:47could be a factor.
39:47Pulev, the only loss
39:49was to Klitschko.
39:51And the two fighters
39:52generally considered
39:53to be the best prospects
39:54at this weight.
39:55Not contenders yet,
39:56but prospects.
39:56Anthony Joshua of England,
39:58Joseph Parker of New Zealand.
39:59So it's a new division.
40:00There's a lot of life in it,
40:01and in that sense,
40:02Jerome Miller's coming around
40:03at the right time.
40:04Yeah, I think that's
40:05absolutely true.
40:05I mean, I think,
40:06other than Joshua Parker,
40:07the one common trait
40:09with every one of those
40:09heavyweights that you mentioned
40:10is a question mark
40:12after each one of them.
40:14It is time now
40:15for our main event
40:16of the evening
40:17from here at
40:17Casino del Sol
40:18in Tucson, Arizona.
40:20Ten rounds.
40:20We'll do that.
40:21We'll do that.
40:22We'll do that.
40:22We'll do that.
40:23All right.
40:23We'll do that.
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