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Larry Holmes defends his IBF Heavyweight Title against No 1. Contender undefeated David Bey on HBO Boxing

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00:00:00They say my legs ain't what they used to be.

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00:00:12He's copied everything from Ali.

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00:00:38They didn't think I could be Jerry Cooney in 82.

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00:00:53So Larry Holmes journeys back to the city where seven years ago

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00:01:48HBO Sports presents World Championship Boxing.

00:01:52The main event, IBF heavyweight champion Larry Holmes

00:01:55defends his title against David Bay, scheduled for 15 rounds.

00:02:00Once again, we're outdoors in the desert where fight fans eagerly await

00:02:04the latest chapter in the undefeated career of Larry Holmes.

00:02:08As always, an electricity in the air as this crowd anticipates

00:02:12the conceivability of an aging champion finally meeting his match.

00:02:18Hello, everybody. I'm Barry Tompkins, and welcome to the Riviera Hotel here in Las Vegas.

00:02:22This, of course, the scene of the last defense of the heavyweight championship for Larry Holmes.

00:02:27Tonight, the word last takes on an added significance, as this, he says, will be his last.

00:02:33We'll see.

00:02:34Joining us for expert commentary, the champ, Sugar Ray Leonard.

00:02:37Ray, you've been in that position before. You talk about retirement.

00:02:39What does it do the night of the fight when you know that's in the back of your head?

00:02:43Well, Barry, there's been so much written about Larry Holmes contemplating in his career

00:02:46at this fight with David Bay tonight.

00:02:49But through my conversation with him, I actually feel he's gearing himself towards retirement.

00:02:53His performance tonight will play a significant role as far as in his career,

00:02:57although breaking Rocky Mountain's 49-0 record comes to mind.

00:03:02Got to be in the back of his mind.

00:03:03Well, of course, no HBO fight would be complete without our own sage Larry Merchant.

00:03:06And, Larry, you and I always seem to sit here and talk at this time

00:03:09about the possibility of the challenger beating the champion.

00:03:12Let's talk about David Bay tonight.

00:03:15I think he has a real chance.

00:03:17I think he has a real chance because over the last few years,

00:03:20Larry Holmes has fought only two big, strong guys who have fought back,

00:03:25Bonecrusher Smith and Tim Witherspoon, and both of them gave him trouble.

00:03:30At this stage of Holmes' career, he wants to face an opponent who will come to him.

00:03:35He won't have to chase David Bay.

00:03:37The problem is, if you don't stop a steamroller before it begins to roll, it may roll over you.

00:03:44That's another way of saying, I think that Larry Holmes has to hurt or stop David Bay early,

00:03:51otherwise his crown is in real jeopardy.

00:03:54Interesting phenomena going on, I think, as involves Larry Holmes,

00:03:57and that is that everybody sits and waits for the demise of Larry Holmes.

00:04:01That's probably the most significant thing about it.

00:04:03They wait, and they wait, and they wait.

00:04:06And when last seen, they were still waiting.

00:04:10I don't foresee myself going too far into 1982,

00:04:15and this year might be my last year,

00:04:18but we're not going to stay in boxing and lose everything we work.

00:04:22On June 11th, and then I can say, if I want to get out of the game, I can get out.

00:04:27But I predict, in my life, in my career, the rest of my career in boxing, I will retire.

00:04:32I got what I want.

00:04:35I need one more fight to finish doing what I'm doing,

00:04:37and I can be able to say, hey, that's it.

00:04:401983 will be my last year of boxing.

00:04:42And I want to be on HBO.

00:04:45I want to tell them my desire is to take one or two more fights

00:04:49for whatever I feel like I'm doing and get on out of the boxing game.

00:04:53If the price is right, they can get a fight.

00:04:55The public doesn't believe a fighter when he says, I'm going to retire.

00:05:00Why should they believe Larry Holmes?

00:05:04I found out from a recent experience when it's time to call it quits.

00:05:08The question comes up always, when should a boxer retire?

00:05:11Fighters ask themselves that question many times during their career.

00:05:14And now, at the age of 35, Larry Holmes is about to make that simple, yet most important decision.

00:05:22Let's journey back to 1978.

00:05:24A young Larry Holmes decision heavyweight champion, Ken Norton.

00:05:27This has been a great boxing show.

00:05:29Both fighters can raise it.

00:05:30As Holmes comes back, scores a goal.

00:05:33He gets under trouble.

00:05:36Yes.

00:05:37Last November, James Bond comes to Smith.

00:05:40Holmes now has to brawl with Smith.

00:05:44So now it is Holmes who is fighting Smith's fight.

00:05:46There was a right hand.

00:05:47That hurt Holmes.

00:05:49Can you see a difference between the Larry Holmes that fought Ken Norton in 1978

00:05:54and the Larry Holmes that fought Bonecrusher Smith in 84?

00:05:58Yes, I can see a difference.

00:05:59I think I'm a better fighter now than I were when I fought Ken Norton.

00:06:03I'm a young 35.

00:06:05I haven't taken a lot of beating, punches and whatnot.

00:06:08Last fight, I got cut for the first time with a headbutt, and I had a year layoff.

00:06:14So I felt that I fought a better fight than I really expected.

00:06:17I was trying to build my confidence to say, hey, I'm going to be all right.

00:06:22But I knew that rest will set in because of my age factor.

00:06:26Larry, publicly, at least you said, this is your last fight.

00:06:29But one reporter from the New York Daily News said you called Butch Lewis after the Spinks series fight,

00:06:35discussing a possible fight with the light heavyweight champion.

00:06:38Are you having second thoughts?

00:06:39I felt that Butch Lewis wants me to fight Michael Spinks.

00:06:43He was trying to make that fight before.

00:06:44But I don't feel that he's a qualified promoter to put up the dollars that I would want to fight Michael Spinks.

00:06:51And I did say that I would retire.

00:06:54But, you know, again, you know, money changes a lot of people's minds.

00:06:57But if the price is not met that I want, then I will retire.

00:07:02Retirement.

00:07:03One word that has plagued champions and contenders since the turn of the century.

00:07:08Nowhere is it more controversial than the heavyweight divisions.

00:07:11Three names come to mind.

00:07:13Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano, and the great Joe Lewis.

00:07:17Well, I'd like to say again that I'll retire tonight with my last fight.

00:07:22Thank you very much.

00:07:24Then, two years later, huge debts to the U.S. government forced Joe Lewis back in the ring.

00:07:30He took a $300,000 guarantee to fight Rocky Marciano to help pay back the million dollars he owed in unpaid taxes.

00:07:38The glorious career of Joe Lewis, a champion loved by millions, ended on a sour note.

00:07:43On the other hand, Rocky Marciano went on to win the heavyweight title.

00:07:48After 49 victories without a loss and $4 million in ring earnings, Rocky walked away at the age of 32.

00:07:55I would like to announce my retirement from boxing at this time.

00:08:01And then, of course, there is a story of the greatest.

00:08:04Muhammad Ali came out of retirement in 1980 to challenge, of all people, a former sparring partner by the name of Larry Holmes.

00:08:11Well, you don't want to destroy a legend.

00:08:14You know, Muhammad Ali was a legend in my time, and he was my friend.

00:08:18And later on, I went to his room, and we joked about it.

00:08:22And I told my friend, man, I love you.

00:08:24He said, if you love me, why did you whoop me like that there?

00:08:28Whether for pride, ego, or just to be in the public eye, Ali could not take the inactivity out of the ring.

00:08:33It's been said, Larry, that Ali stayed around too long, that he couldn't deal with out the limelight.

00:08:40I found it tough to adjust to life without boxing sometimes.

00:08:43I'm content now, but what's going to happen with Larry Holmes once he retired?

00:08:48Well, I got other things to keep my mind occupied.

00:08:51And what helped me out a lot, Ray, and what's helping me now is living in eastern Pennsylvania.

00:08:55It's a town that is small, that has not a whole lot of activity, not a lot of excitement there.

00:09:00And it will help me adjust.

00:09:02And if I want excitement, I can go see Ray Leonard in Maryland.

00:09:06I can go to New York and do the disco.

00:09:08Now that the time is right

00:09:13Time is on my side

00:09:22Now that the band is good

00:09:30Let's hit the road

00:09:36Get on the road

00:09:38Larry, they're all saying that you're ready to be taken.

00:09:44They say you're not the same fighter you were years ago.

00:09:46Your fans, they love you.

00:09:48They're almost pleading for you to retire undefeated.

00:09:51Is there added pressure?

00:09:52I feel the two things, Ray.

00:09:53I feel that people want me to retire because they don't want me to break the record of Marciano.

00:09:57They feel that it's been there a long time.

00:10:00People want me to retire because they don't want to give me the credit that I probably deserve.

00:10:06That's been one of the great fighters of all time.

00:10:08That doesn't bother me, Ray.

00:10:10I just want to be able to do it as long as I want to do it.

00:10:14And when I don't have that desire to do it anymore, to quit.

00:10:17No one knows what's in store for Larry Holmes.

00:10:20Fighters retire for a lot of reasons.

00:10:23For me personally, I retire because I lack concentration and fire to continue.

00:10:28As for Larry Holmes, Father Time is knocking at his door, waiting for an answer.

00:10:33What's going to happen?

00:10:34Well, we don't know.

00:10:35But one thing is for sure, Larry Holmes and only Larry Holmes will make that final decision.

00:10:41Right, champ?

00:10:41We'll score another knockout, Ray.

00:10:43We'll score another knockout, Ray.

00:11:13Just about every fight that we have.

00:11:14And to put things in perspective, here's our own Larry Merchant.

00:11:17Larry?

00:11:18Larry Holmes is an overwhelming favorite to win tonight.

00:11:22He is so because he's answered every test of skill and will over a brilliant career.

00:11:28And yet there are respected boxing authorities, sensing that at 35 he is vulnerable,

00:11:34who are picking him to lose tonight.

00:11:36They think David Bay is the kind of fighter who can exploit an old fighter.

00:11:42David Bay is not only the kind of fighter, but the kind of person.

00:11:46He's dangerous because he's younger and hungrier, because he's bigger and stronger,

00:11:51and because he's very determined and very tough.

00:11:55Tex Cobb says he's not afraid of anyone, living or dead.

00:11:58The first time we saw David Bay at HBO, he was a 290-pound amateur.

00:12:05He's worked off 50 pounds to get here.

00:12:08That kind of dedication comes from his neighborhood and his genes.

00:12:12This is the story of a boxer.

00:12:19A boxer who became one because of his mother.

00:12:22A boxer whose achievements he credits to his father.

00:12:28This is a story about David Bay.

00:12:31In 1954, Joseph Bay married Esther Proctor.

00:12:35They settled in an area of Philadelphia called Nicetown

00:12:38and began what they hoped would be your typical American family.

00:12:41But in the eyes of others, it was not so typical.

00:12:45My mother had to go through a lot of, you know, she had a lot of problems back then,

00:12:50I guess, because for her marrying a black man.

00:12:52And, you know, she had to stand strong just to keep us.

00:12:55I mean, you know, everybody probably turned their back on us.

00:12:57I mean, we used to walk down the street and people used to say,

00:12:59who's that white woman with them black kids?

00:13:00And my mother used to turn around and talk about they're mine.

00:13:03Later, it would be evident that the pride Esther Bay exhibited to her children

00:13:07would one day prove to be very influential in their lives.

00:13:11When the children grew up, they all had to stick together.

00:13:15It was a thing of survival.

00:13:17You know, they got it from both sides.

00:13:20The whites criticized them.

00:13:21The blacks criticized them.

00:13:23It seemed like everybody thought they were wrong.

00:13:26When David was small, at first he didn't like to fight.

00:13:28He was very peace-loving.

00:13:29But then, because he was interracial, he was picked on by the white children in the school and the blacks.

00:13:36So then he started to defend himself.

00:13:38Like, they would pick on him and taunt him and call him different names.

00:13:41You know, half-breed and this and that, hunky and all.

00:13:43You know, different things they would call him.

00:13:45It all depends on who was doing the calling.

00:13:47So eventually he had to fight back.

00:13:49So after he learned how to fight and defend himself, they stopped it.

00:13:52And I think that's when he really began to become a boxer.

00:13:56If David's boxing career can be attributed to his mother, his father is certainly responsible for how he would fight.

00:14:03During World War II, Joseph Bay was an army boxer, a sparring partner for Joe Lewis.

00:14:08After the war, Joseph worked 38 years as a pile driver.

00:14:12Three years ago, he died of a heart attack.

00:14:14But the lessons he preached to his children continue to live on.

00:14:18His philosophy was simple.

00:14:19Always work hard.

00:14:21To me, he was a black John Wayne.

00:14:24He was a superman.

00:14:26He was my hero.

00:14:28When David's father died, he, you know, he just really couldn't believe he died.

00:14:33And the day that his father was buried, David had a fight that day in Atlantic City.

00:14:37And he had to leave before he was buried.

00:14:39But he went to Atlantic City and he won the fight.

00:14:41And it seemed like, after that, he was very determined.

00:14:46The path that David Bay would follow in life would be one paved by his father.

00:14:51When he was 17, David joined the army.

00:14:54And like Joseph, became a boxer.

00:14:57For six years, he was stationed in Germany, serving as a combat engineer involved with the disarming of landmines.

00:15:04The path continued in 1979, when David became a member of the same pile driver's union, Local 454.

00:15:12Two years later, he turned professional, this time fighting for a different reason.

00:15:17His father.

00:15:18And he did a damn good job raising 10 kids in the ghetto.

00:15:22Where the money he was making in the week, and plus going through all the other things he had to take care of.

00:15:26He was good. He was a good man.

00:15:29Good man. To me, he's a legend.

00:15:31He should be in the history book.

00:15:32Well, since he can't be in the history book, I'm going to the history book for him, and I'm going to be part of him.

00:15:37Joseph Bay would be proud of his hardworking son, David, who's more than followed in his footsteps.

00:15:42While Esther Bay can now walk the streets of Nicetown without criticism.

00:15:46My mother and father made me the way, made me what I am today.

00:15:50My father's strength and courage, and my mother's pride.

00:15:54You know, if it wasn't for my mother and my father, I wouldn't be the way I am today.

00:15:58My mother's pride, what pride would carry me, because my mother had to go through a lot just to take care of us.

00:16:03And my father, I wish my father was still here to see it, but maybe it was meant for him to leave here, to make me get stronger, to go on.

00:16:09But my father and mother, I love them both. I love them both.

00:16:12Well, it's been a long road to this place, the Strip in Las Vegas.

00:16:18We await the 15-round heavyweight championship fight between Larry Holmes, the champion.

00:16:22Will it be his last? And David Bay, who wants it for his mother and his deceased father.

00:16:27Mom, incidentally, is still back in Nicetown.

00:16:29Like Rocky Marciano's mother, she will not watch her son fight.

00:16:33Right now, let's go up to the ring announcer, Chuck Hall, for the introduction of our national anthem.

00:16:36Chuck?

00:16:38Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me a great deal of pleasure to introduce these two talented,

00:16:42young people standing at my side, Janet and Jermaine Jackson.

00:16:47And now it gives me a great honor to turn the microphone over to Jermaine Jackson

00:16:51for the rendition of our national anthem.

00:16:54God bless America.

00:17:20Land that I love, stand beside her, and guide her, through the night with a light from above.

00:17:41From the mountains, to the prairie, to the ocean, to fight with hope.

00:17:55God bless America.

00:17:57God bless America.

00:18:01My home sweet home.

00:18:09God bless America.

00:18:15My home sweet home.

00:18:21God bless America.

00:18:23God bless America.

00:18:25God bless America.

00:18:26God bless America.

00:18:29God bless America.

00:18:31Land that I love, stand beside her, and guide her, through the night with a light

00:18:39from above.

00:18:41And guide her through the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans, right before.

00:19:06God bless, God bless America, my home sweet home.

00:19:18God bless America, my home sweet home.

00:19:35God bless America, my home sweet home.

00:19:47And so Jermaine Jackson has set the scene with a stirring lip sync of God bless America. And now David Bay starts to make his way into the ring. His first heavyweight title fight, of course. And Bay says he's in peak form. He says flatly, I want to beat the man. I'm in better shape than he is. I'm going to knock him out.

00:20:17Dreamed about knocking him out in three rounds. Dreamed about knocking him out in one round. And he says, maybe I'll knock him out in 14.

00:20:22And here is David Bay's record. Just 14 fights. But I think that that is a little bit misleading.

00:20:32First of all, his last fight, he ran right over a world class heavyweight who is now the WBA champion, Greg Page. Secondly, he had a long and distinguished amateur career. The equivalent perhaps of 10 or a dozen four and six round fights that other heavyweights in the past have had. So he could easily be 25 and 0. He's a big, tough guy. And he could give Larry Holmes all the problems he wants.

00:20:59Well, I'll tell you right later, there are a lot of people around this fight. More so than any championship fight I've ever seen. When you ask, do you give the challenger a chance? They might say, well, if this, if that, if the other thing. More people that I've talked to in the last couple of days have said, yes, flat on. I think this guy's going to win the fight.

00:21:15Well, that's the anticipation, right? Because they think that this is the time for Larry Holmes to be taken, especially by a big guy like David Bay. One thing about it also, Larry Holmes knows what people are talking about.

00:21:26But when you look, if in fact, styles make fights, you have to look at David Bay and say he's made the order for Larry Holmes.

00:21:34And there are the career records of some of the great champions. Rocky Marciano, of course, 49 and 0. And Larry Holmes, well, we've said it. He would like somewhere in his heart to best the record of Rocky Marciano.

00:21:45Joe Lewis, of course, with just the three losses and two of them coming at the tail end of his career. And Muhammad Ali, 56 and 5. So Larry Holmes right up amongst the greats.

00:21:55Meanwhile, David Bay just trying to stay warm in there. And this, of course, is an old game now because Larry Holmes very likely will make him stand around and wait a little bit.

00:22:05Well, the nerves are jumping inside of David Bay and Larry Holmes is playing that game. Most of the time it works, Barry.

00:22:10We should point out that right now it is about 22 minutes after 7 here in Nevada. And Larry Holmes was not in his locker room until sometime around 6.30. Now, that's something of a surprise.

00:22:22Well, normally a fighter gets to adjust from at least two hours prior to the bout. There had to be a legitimate reason, a logical reason, rather, why Larry Holmes wasn't there.

00:22:32Larry Merchant, you've made it clear that you do give David Bay a very honest chance to win this fight. You talked a little bit about some of the whys, but let's elaborate on that just a little bit more.

00:22:41Well, I think the main issue for David Bay is can he take a punch because he's going to get punched, particularly early in the fight.

00:22:49He is a wide-swinging fighter, and Larry Holmes is about as straight shooting a fighter as you've ever seen with a straight jab and right hand.

00:22:57And so the matchup obviously favors Holmes in that regard. But Holmes hasn't really hurt the big guys. It's been said that he's fighting an elephant without an elephant gun.

00:23:07And if he can take those punches early, then I think we've got something here.

00:23:11David Bay does have a lot of crowd support. As you can see, the Piledrivers Union, Local 454. That, of course, is David Bay's union. He says, I'll never give up that union card.

00:23:19He's a pile-driving man.

00:23:21That's right, like John Henry, right? David Bay, of course, with a lot of amateur experience. As you can see, 49-4 and 42 first-round knockouts. He doesn't fool around.

00:23:30You know, Barrett, a point to bring out is the fact that the handicap that David Bay has is the fact that he cuts easy.

00:23:35And with Larry Holmes' jab, if it's consistent and accurate, it's going to create a lot of problems for David Bay.

00:23:41Interesting point about that, something we had just heard before this fight, that since David Bay's last fight in November, he has been soaking his face in salt water.

00:23:49And that, allegedly, will toughen the skin. Do you buy it? Well, I tell you, when I came back to resume my career, I used some type of solution, salt solution.

00:23:57It didn't help me at all.

00:23:59And so whether or not it helps David Bay remains to be seen. He had three cuts in his last fight against Greg Page.

00:24:04We should point out, he won the fight. And Page, subsequent to that, of course, went on and won a heavyweight championship of his own.

00:24:10And so that will either tell us, really, how good David Bay is or how not so good Greg Page is.

00:24:16And here comes the champion, Larry Holmes. He seems to be all business. This will be his 18th title defense.

00:24:21He is still undefeated, pretty much unmarked, although he did have a very serious cut, the result of a butt, really, against James Boat, Crusher Smith.

00:24:29And there is still some scarves issue there.

00:24:31Well, Larry Holmes also stated that he's not concerned about breaking Rocky Monciano's record, which I think he should do there.

00:24:37A great accomplishment. He has come on, come in rather, a little bit heavier than usual.

00:24:43In fact, this is the second heaviest he has ever been for a heavyweight championship fight.

00:24:47Larry Holmes now will see just how mobile he is once we get going.

00:24:50Now, he doesn't feel he's going to have to be that mobile against this guy.

00:24:54Well, that's still Larry Holmes in training, and that left jab looked very good to me.

00:25:03And here's Larry Holmes' record.

00:25:05It's a remarkable record.

00:25:08He's overcome being knocked down in other adversity, fighting hurt, sometimes fighting sick.

00:25:14But all the excuses he's had have come after victories, not after defeats.

00:25:18And that's what separates a great, stable champion from those guys who come and go.

00:25:25He always seems to be fighting for his reputation, fighting for his place in boxing history, right?

00:25:30Do you feel in his own mind he's arrived at that now?

00:25:32Well, I'm sure. Larry Holmes is established, and he knows full of well he's a great champion.

00:25:36Well, let's take a look at how these two match up against one another.

00:25:40And, of course, that big number right up at the top is just that, a big number.

00:25:43Thirty-five years of age is Larry Holmes.

00:25:45The question I guess you might have to ask is, how old are his legs?

00:25:49Otherwise, pretty comparable between these two.

00:25:51David Bay at 28, seven years his junior.

00:25:53You have to think, yes, he's going to be a little bit quicker.

00:25:55Yes, he might be able to go a little bit further.

00:25:57But experience, of course, in this game means an awful lot.

00:26:01Well, one of the tools that we used, and I think used with some degree of success in our last fight,

00:26:05and that being the Bramble-Mancini fight, was the Sports Information Database Fight Stat.

00:26:09And, Larry, we will be using that again tonight to whatever end.

00:26:12Yeah, this is our computer toy that measures a fight quantitatively rather than qualitatively.

00:26:19It tells us how active a fighter is.

00:26:21And, Larry Holmes, in fighting, the fighters we thought were most similar to David Bay,

00:26:26seven years ago against Norton, he was throwing 65 punches around.

00:26:31Against Jerry Cooney, almost three years ago, 40 punches around.

00:26:35And also against Bone Crusher Smith, 40 punches around.

00:26:38The surprising thing about all that, he has landed exactly 20 punches around in all of those fights.

00:26:46So, his claim that he's more efficient and more economical as a fighter is true.

00:26:52And here are his jabs.

00:26:53He threw 42 per round against Norton, 26 in these other two fights.

00:26:58And he landed 13 jabs in each of those fights per round.

00:27:04Once again, more economical and efficient.

00:27:06Now, David Bay, in his only fight against a world-class fighter, Greg Page,

00:27:12threw 32 punches per round and landed approximately half of them.

00:27:17He says he wants to throw twice as many in this fight.

00:27:21That remains to be seen.

00:27:22Page was a fighter who moved away from him more than Holmes will.

00:27:26It's conceivable he will throw more punches in this fight.

00:27:29All right, so those are all the numbers.

00:27:31What's left, then, is to get getting.

00:27:32And now for the pre-fight announcements.

00:27:34Let's go up to ring announcer Chuck Hall.

00:27:36Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

00:27:39Welcome to the Riviera Hotel, where tonight Don King Productions,

00:27:44in association with the Riviera, presents Perseverance, the grand finale.

00:27:49These bouts are sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission,

00:27:53Sid Rogich Chairman, with commissioners at ringside this evening,

00:27:57Mr. Dwayne Ford, Mr. Freddie Little, Mr. Sammy Macias, and Mr. Art Lurie.

00:28:02Representing the IBF at ringside this evening, Mr. Jimmy Rondeau.

00:28:08The officials are signed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for the next bout of the evening.

00:28:13The judges are Dalby Shirley of Las Vegas, Harold Letterman of New York City,

00:28:17and Tim McDonough of Tacoma, Washington.

00:28:20The timekeeper is Jane Broadfoot.

00:28:23Counting at the knockdowns, Al Bysick.

00:28:25The attending physicians at ringside is Dr. Donald Romeo and Dr. Charles Filippini.

00:28:31The referee for the next contest is Carlos Padilla.

00:28:36This is the main event of the evening, 15 rounds of boxing for the IBF World Heavyweight Championship.

00:28:46Introducing, in the blue corner, the challenger, fighting out of Middlefield, Ohio,

00:28:53weighing 233.25 pounds.

00:28:56His professional record consists of 14 wins, no defeats, with 11 KO's.

00:29:01He is the USBA heavyweight champion.

00:29:05Ladies and gentlemen, introducing David Bayne.

00:29:12And in the red corner, fighting out of Easton, Pennsylvania, weighing 223.5 pounds.

00:29:20He is undefeated in his professional career, with 46 wins, no defeats, and 33 KO's.

00:29:27Ladies and gentlemen, here is the IBF heavyweight champion of the world, Larry Holmes.

00:29:44So there are all the participants in this one.

00:29:46Larry Holmes, right, looks all business right at the moment.

00:29:48Well, on the back of the road, this is it, and we will see.

00:29:51On David Bayne's left arm, a tattoo that says Bay, but says B-A-Y.

00:29:56The reason he says he has that, he says people always mispronounce my name,

00:29:58so I'm not going to have any doubt about it.

00:30:00I'll put it right on my body.

00:30:02I wonder if the tattoo artist blew it, and he's just compensating for it.

00:30:06The only man with a typo and a three-letter word.

00:30:08Here's the instructions.

00:30:09Avoid using any kinds of foul.

00:30:12Don't throw any punches during the break.

00:30:14It's not clear.

00:30:15Any questions?

00:30:16Let's have a good fight.

00:30:17Okay.

00:30:18So let's come out fighting.

00:30:19Larry Holmes says, let's have a good fight.

00:30:20David Bayne, no conversation.

00:30:24Carlos Bedelia, of course, very experienced referee.

00:30:27One thing I want to point out here, as I said earlier,

00:30:30David Bayne's weakness is down the middle because he throws wide punches.

00:30:34He may try what Tim Witherspoon did, which is to use his right hand as a foil,

00:30:39much because Witherspoon and he have had the same trainer.

00:30:44The most technical approach for David Bayne is to get inside of Larry Holmes.

00:30:49Make him work.

00:30:49Make him exchange punches.

00:30:51On the outside, I don't think he has that much of a change.

00:30:53David Bayne left hook, followed by a looping right hand.

00:30:56Sends Holmes into the ropes.

00:30:57I don't think he was hurt.

00:31:01And like Larry stated earlier, being a steamroller, David Bayne,

00:31:05Larry Holmes cannot let David Bayne get the middle.

00:31:09But Carlos Bedelia said, close your gloves.

00:31:12He was hitting Larry Holmes with an open hand.

00:31:14Loud left hand by David Bayne.

00:31:24Bayne did get tired in the later rounds against Greg Page.

00:31:28Feeling that process going on here.

00:31:39I'm sure Larry Holmes wants to see what's in front of him.

00:31:42He is not a notoriously quick starter.

00:31:49You notice what David Bayne is doing is pretty much just popping that jab out.

00:31:53Nothing hard.

00:31:53Normally, guys try to set his man up for a right hand.

00:32:00Short left hook by David Bayne.

00:32:02Caught mostly by the gloves of Larry Holmes.

00:32:04Holmes has seen it all.

00:32:05There's no question about it.

00:32:13What I see in David Bayne, which is a bad mistake and bad habit,

00:32:17is that right hand.

00:32:18Because that right hand is right under his chin.

00:32:19So, good left hook thrown by Larry Holmes with landing perfectly.

00:32:25But he definitely has the timing.

00:32:30David Bayne historically has had to get business done early

00:32:33if he was to do business.

00:32:35And we'll see if that's the case now

00:32:36that he has a little bit of experience.

00:32:39Larry Holmes is working his left chair.

00:32:44Wild right hand.

00:32:45Like Larry said, he's now just trying to take his time

00:32:53and make any punch count.

00:32:57He's picking his shots now.

00:33:00And just kind of flicking off David Bayne's jab,

00:33:03which has largely been ineffective here in the first round.

00:33:0630 seconds remaining, first round.

00:33:08The very best shot is he throws that left jab to the body

00:33:15and comes over with the overhand right.

00:33:25Neither man really scoring here in the first round.

00:33:27Workman-like round for the champion.

00:33:36At the bell.

00:33:37David Bayne not being as aggressive and reckless

00:33:45as he was expected to be in that round.

00:33:48Bucket under.

00:33:58He's trying to carry his right hand over like Willisberger.

00:34:05That was a good jab.

00:34:09Try to come off with the look.

00:34:10Keep pulling back.

00:34:11Right, right.

00:34:12Can't get it in there, man.

00:34:13Work the jab, big guy.

00:34:14Larry Holmes threw only 29 punches

00:34:16but was landing 50%.

00:34:18Yeah, I'm in there.

00:34:19Percentage he's been landing in his recent fights

00:34:21mainly because David Bayne didn't come to him

00:34:24as much as he expected.

00:34:25One more.

00:34:26One more.

00:34:27One more.

00:34:27Eddie Futch was advising Holmes in that round

00:34:35to throw a double up on his jab

00:34:37and then throw some hooks.

00:34:38But the thing is,

00:34:39Larry Holmes has never been a hooking fighter.

00:34:41And that's why Bayne can keep his right hand

00:34:44in front of his chin.

00:34:45A lot of experience in the corners of both these people.

00:34:50Bobby Lewis in the corner of David Bayne

00:34:52and, of course, Eddie Futch, the veteran,

00:34:53in the corner of Larry Holmes.

00:35:00Holmes talking to David Bayne.

00:35:01And I think what he said was,

00:35:02watch your head.

00:35:03Very apparent that Holmes is just trying

00:35:14to pick his spots here early on.

00:35:16But he's throwing a jab to the body often

00:35:18because it's a large talk

00:35:20and it's very difficult to miss the body.

00:35:22The hand, a lot of times,

00:35:24you know, it's difficult to land a punch.

00:35:29The counterpunching right hand by Larry Holmes.

00:35:31You can see him kind of sit back and wait for that.

00:35:33It was a dangerous attempt by David Bayne.

00:35:36He left himself wide open.

00:35:39Bayne just pawing with the left hand.

00:35:42Missed with that right.

00:35:44Larry Holmes just pulling back

00:35:45just enough to get out of the way

00:35:46of the right hand, David Bayne's right hand.

00:35:52And now, Holmes brings the jab

00:35:54up to the head of David Bayne.

00:35:55Holmes is effective with that jab.

00:36:03He's moving it around pretty well.

00:36:06Well, he's starting to measure.

00:36:08That was further than my hand by Larry Holmes.

00:36:10What he's doing, though,

00:36:11he's starting to measure David Bayne.

00:36:13He'll pop this left jab to the body

00:36:14up to the head.

00:36:15And what happens,

00:36:16Bayne rushes in

00:36:16with his hand,

00:36:17with his head first.

00:36:22Bayes' jab absolutely ineffective.

00:36:26Larry Holmes' defense is showing it very well then.

00:36:29And basically, Larry Holmes now

00:36:30is just trying to counterpunch.

00:36:31And what I mean when I say counterpunch,

00:36:33when a fighter throws a punch,

00:36:35the other guy retaliates,

00:36:36especially when he makes this guy miss.

00:36:38This is another good opportunity

00:36:45to counterpunch.

00:36:46All right, as Bayne throws that left jab,

00:36:49he brings it back too slow

00:36:50and also drops it.

00:36:51Good time to counterpunch.

00:36:52That was a good left hand by Bayne.

00:36:53He has Holmes hurt.

00:36:55Out of nowhere, David Bayne

00:36:56with a good, solid punch.

00:37:00That time, David Bayne was here

00:37:01to counter Larry.

00:37:03And Bayne tried to bomb Larry Holmes.

00:37:05He had him hurt for a moment.

00:37:06I'm watching all his facial expression.

00:37:10He's keeping calm.

00:37:12And that is the key.

00:37:13You can't get too excited.

00:37:15He has been there on many occasions.

00:37:18That's when experience comes in.

00:37:22Holmes does not appear hurt any longer.

00:37:24He was definitely stunned

00:37:25by the punch of David Bayne.

00:37:27I think Bayne blew up

00:37:28a great opportunity,

00:37:29a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

00:37:34A good left hook by David Bayne.

00:37:36David Bayne landed the best punch

00:37:42of the fight so far,

00:37:43but he didn't do much else

00:37:44in that round.

00:37:45And you have to wonder right now,

00:37:47is he showing too much respect

00:37:49for Holmes,

00:37:50or is the plan to be

00:37:51more deliberate now

00:37:52so that he can come on later?

00:37:54All right, look.

00:37:55Let's see that punch

00:37:57and how it lands.

00:37:58There's a left hand

00:37:59and Holmes backing away

00:38:01back right into that punch, Ray.

00:38:03Well, that's the mistake

00:38:04that Lawrence makes.

00:38:04He's backing straight up

00:38:05and he's giving Bayne momentum.

00:38:09We've seen it from three angles

00:38:11and it was the same hard punch

00:38:13right to the point of the chin.

00:38:14Take this shot

00:38:15to get the combination

00:38:16to hit that right hand

00:38:17down in the body.

00:38:18You got it.

00:38:19Just work what you've been doing.

00:38:21Work the way you've been doing.

00:38:23Right?

00:38:24It's the upper body movement

00:38:25and the hands is busy.

00:38:27That jam works.

00:38:28Look at him down here.

00:38:29Let's go.

00:38:38Ray, I'm continually amazed

00:38:39that the only effective corners

00:38:41I've ever seen

00:38:42in the sport of boxing

00:38:43are where there was

00:38:43one voice being heard.

00:38:45You just got a good example of that.

00:38:46Bobby Lewis,

00:38:47the only man in the corner

00:38:48of David Bay

00:38:49was doing any talking.

00:38:50It can be quite confusing

00:38:51when a corner is

00:38:52too many guys

00:38:53talking in the corner.

00:38:54Langholm's nails on his toes.

00:38:57And Bay countering

00:38:58by doing the same thing,

00:38:59actually.

00:38:59This is really the signs

00:39:00of a good fight

00:39:01of a great champion

00:39:02because he's changing

00:39:03his tactics now.

00:39:04Trying to see

00:39:05which is more effective.

00:39:07Bay with that right hand

00:39:08that you can see coming.

00:39:12Doesn't exactly disguise

00:39:13that right hand.

00:39:19Holmes on his bicycle now.

00:39:21Just showing David Bay

00:39:22a different look,

00:39:23different side,

00:39:24both figuratively

00:39:25and literally.

00:39:26Langholm has to move.

00:39:27He's moving one way.

00:39:28He should be moving both ways,

00:39:30left and right.

00:39:32Because those looping punches

00:39:33that were thrown by David Bay

00:39:34can land.

00:39:37That was the same punch

00:39:38that Slashley put Holmes down with.

00:39:41Wild left hand

00:39:42by David Bay again

00:39:43and Holmes comes back on

00:39:44and Holmes comes back on

00:39:45and misses with a combination.

00:39:50There's just a slight bit of swelling

00:39:52under the left eye

00:39:53of Larry Holmes.

00:39:55Won't be any problem

00:39:56right at the moment.

00:39:56The kind of punches

00:40:06that Bay throws,

00:40:07there's two ways

00:40:08to get away from him.

00:40:09Number one,

00:40:10you can step into it

00:40:11because quite naturally

00:40:12by being a looping punch,

00:40:14it's not going to land

00:40:15effectively

00:40:16or you can dance away

00:40:17or you can dance away

00:40:17like Larry Holmes

00:40:18has been trying to do.

00:40:21Right hand just got a piece

00:40:23of the face

00:40:23of Larry Holmes.

00:40:29And Bay continues

00:40:30to bring his punches.

00:40:32He's a good right hand

00:40:32counterpunch

00:40:33by Larry Holmes

00:40:34hurt David Bay.

00:40:36It's not to say

00:40:36Bay punches

00:40:37sort of east and west

00:40:38while Holmes is moving

00:40:39north and south.

00:40:50Just then,

00:40:51David Bay put

00:40:51both feet together.

00:40:54It's very easy

00:40:55to get knocked down

00:40:56that way.

00:41:03Both men so far

00:41:04seem to be

00:41:04in pretty good condition.

00:41:05Nobody seems to be

00:41:06any more tired

00:41:07than they were

00:41:07at the opening bell.

00:41:08with Bay,

00:41:20Larry Holmes

00:41:21can't just lay back.

00:41:22He has to be consistent.

00:41:24Keep this man busy.

00:41:25Keep him thinking.

00:41:27Holmes has picked up

00:41:28the tempo here

00:41:29in this third round

00:41:31as we wind down

00:41:34toward the end

00:41:35of round number three.

00:41:36Holmes landed an awfully good

00:41:47punch on Bay

00:41:47in that round

00:41:48and Bay didn't budge,

00:41:50didn't flinch.

00:41:51two punches together.

00:41:52You'd never know

00:41:52he'd been hit.

00:41:54Which means that

00:41:54this could be

00:41:55a very long fight.

00:41:56Knock him out.

00:41:58Knock him out now.

00:41:59Take a big break now.

00:42:01You're bad.

00:42:02You're bad.

00:42:03You knocked him out.

00:42:04Knock him out.

00:42:04That's it.

00:42:05Better when he is.

00:42:05Come on.

00:42:06All right.

00:42:06You knocked him out now.

00:42:07Not too much water.

00:42:08You're okay.

00:42:09You can't carry your shots.

00:42:10You're okay.

00:42:10Try your one-two.

00:42:11You haven't tried

00:42:12the right hand behind you yet.

00:42:13You can set it up.

00:42:14Yeah, you can set it up.

00:42:14Because he made him

00:42:17use his legs a bit.

00:42:19He didn't want to

00:42:19use him this early.

00:42:20All right.

00:42:21Okay.

00:42:23Round four.

00:42:24Oh, yeah.

00:42:25There you see

00:42:26David Bay's

00:42:27statistics for 26 punches

00:42:29in that round.

00:42:30Fewer than he threw

00:42:32in the page fight.

00:42:35His corner seems satisfied

00:42:36that he's making

00:42:37Holmes work harder

00:42:38than he really wants to.

00:42:39Let's see if that's true.

00:42:41It was a funny thing

00:42:42that David Bay said.

00:42:44He said,

00:42:44just the fourth round

00:42:45and 11 more rounds to go.

00:42:48Bobby Lewis also said,

00:42:49you made him use

00:42:49his legs that round.

00:42:51And that was true

00:42:53as Holmes was up

00:42:53on his toes

00:42:54and had to move around

00:42:55a little bit.

00:42:57Sounds so

00:42:58David Bay's corner

00:42:59might be gambling

00:42:59on the fact that

00:43:00Larry Holmes

00:43:00is not in peak condition.

00:43:08A little bit of red

00:43:10under the

00:43:11left eye

00:43:11of David Bay now, too.

00:43:12No cuts,

00:43:13but just

00:43:14a little bit of redness.

00:43:16And a right hand,

00:43:17they say,

00:43:17no knockdown.

00:43:19It was a slip.

00:43:20I didn't think

00:43:21it was that good

00:43:21a right hand.

00:43:22No, he was a slip.

00:43:29In Bay's corner,

00:43:30they were saying,

00:43:31go ahead,

00:43:31knock him off.

00:43:32Just go ahead

00:43:32and knock him off.

00:43:34Easier said than done.

00:43:35Good, good, good, good.

00:43:40Bay is a dangerous

00:43:41type of fighter.

00:43:42First of all,

00:43:42he's very strong

00:43:43and his punch

00:43:44is not really straight.

00:43:46And each punch

00:43:46can really hurt.

00:43:55Bay continues

00:43:55to have that right hand

00:43:56right across his jaw.

00:43:58There was a split right hand

00:43:59and it stood

00:43:59Larry Holmes straight up

00:44:00and he doubled up with it.

00:44:04Holmes does not appear hurt

00:44:06but he did get

00:44:07his attention.

00:44:09One thing about it too.

00:44:10That right hand,

00:44:12he put everything

00:44:12behind him.

00:44:13They put everything

00:44:14behind that right hand.

00:44:16One thing about Bay

00:44:16I see it in his eyes.

00:44:17He is thinking.

00:44:24Bay throwing a little more

00:44:25in combination now too,

00:44:27right?

00:44:27Well, he saw

00:44:28the right hand

00:44:29gets through.

00:44:30Bay just walked away

00:44:31and he see the right hand

00:44:32is on the land.

00:44:34He's able to get through

00:44:35by home defense.

00:44:38Holmes stays right

00:44:39in front of him,

00:44:40however.

00:44:42Good exchange right there.

00:44:43Bay got the better of it.

00:44:44One upstairs,

00:44:45one downstairs.

00:44:48Bay just became

00:44:49a counter puncher.

00:44:50Right through his punch,

00:44:52David Bay gave him

00:44:53his shoulder,

00:44:53came back with his own

00:44:54right hand.

00:44:56Bay, a little bit more

00:44:56work here in this round.

00:44:58solid jab by Larry Holmes

00:45:06right on the nose

00:45:07of David Bay.

00:45:07Still a little swelling

00:45:08under the left eye of Bay.

00:45:14Good jab by Larry.

00:45:15He has to keep that up there.

00:45:16And just as Larry Holmes

00:45:21is doing in the first

00:45:22couple of rounds,

00:45:22David Bay now seems

00:45:23to be just waiting

00:45:24for his shot.

00:45:25Bay, I don't see

00:45:26him being waiting

00:45:26for the right hand.

00:45:28Just releasing.

00:45:30Bay, he's right.

00:45:31Leave it up, leave it up.

00:45:33Alas Padilla

00:45:33separates him

00:45:34from off the ropes.

00:45:35We come near the end

00:45:36of the fourth round.

00:45:38Ho, ho!

00:45:38The surprising thing

00:45:41in this fight so far

00:45:42is that David Bay

00:45:43has been able

00:45:44to avoid Holmes'

00:45:46good right hand.

00:45:47It's not a great,

00:45:48strong right hand,

00:45:49but it's a good,

00:45:50straight and solid

00:45:51and accurate right hand,

00:45:53and Holmes hasn't been able

00:45:54to hit him very much with it.

00:45:55I thought Bay

00:45:56convincingly won that round,

00:45:58and he's absolutely fearless

00:46:00in there as far as

00:46:01Holmes is concerned.

00:46:05Here we see

00:46:06when Holmes went down,

00:46:07and Holmes was off balance,

00:46:09obviously not a knockdown.

00:46:13And here later

00:46:14in the round,

00:46:16Bay coming in,

00:46:17and there was

00:46:18a solid right hand,

00:46:19a big sweeping

00:46:20right hand jug,

00:46:22as they call it,

00:46:22curveball in baseball,

00:46:23right on the jaw

00:46:24of Holmes.

00:46:25Kill that body.

00:46:26Come on, go, Rob.

00:46:27Yep.

00:46:29I got him out.

00:46:30They're telling Bay

00:46:31now to go for the body.

00:46:37And she got a

00:46:37good look

00:46:38at the swelling.

00:46:39It's actually

00:46:39a long side

00:46:40and a little bit

00:46:41underneath the left eye.

00:46:43It's not really

00:46:43the kind of thing

00:46:44that right at this moment

00:46:46would be any kind

00:46:47of a factor

00:46:47in the fight.

00:46:48Let's go, man.

00:46:49Let's do it.

00:46:50Oh, baby.

00:46:51Bring it up.

00:46:52Bring it up.

00:46:53Put it together, Dave.

00:46:54Put it together.

00:46:55Put it together.

00:46:56Makings of a good fight here.

00:47:00Holmes now up-tempo

00:47:02to start this round.

00:47:03All right.

00:47:04Good shot.

00:47:16Good body shot by Bay.

00:47:17Very good right hand.

00:47:18Right to the ribs.

00:47:19Larry's finding it difficult

00:47:20to find a target

00:47:21with that right hand.

00:47:23Bay doesn't look like

00:47:24he would be any kind

00:47:25of a secret,

00:47:26but he has made

00:47:26Larry Holmes miss.

00:47:28Well, he's starting

00:47:28to move his upper body.

00:47:29And as big a man

00:47:31as he is,

00:47:32he's done a pretty good job.

00:47:37Right hand by Larry Holmes.

00:47:38Short right hand.

00:47:39Got in,

00:47:39but that was a good shot

00:47:40by Holmes,

00:47:41and Bay didn't take

00:47:41a backward step.

00:47:48Put it together.

00:47:49Put it together.

00:47:50Put it together.

00:47:51Put it together.

00:47:52Put it together.

00:47:53And all day.

00:47:54All day.

00:47:56Let's do it, Barry.

00:47:57Put it together.

00:47:58Look at it.

00:47:59Look at it.

00:48:05Swelling still there

00:48:06under the eye

00:48:07of David Bay.

00:48:09He's trying to make use

00:48:10of that jab

00:48:11with only a modicum

00:48:12of success so far.

00:48:16Larry wants to do

00:48:16the right hand,

00:48:17but he knows

00:48:18that Bay's right hand

00:48:19is cocked also.

00:48:21Anticipating.

00:48:24Bay has gotten

00:48:24Larry Holmes' attention

00:48:25on a couple of occasions,

00:48:26and so Holmes has got

00:48:27to show a little bit

00:48:28of respect.

00:48:29Good combination by

00:48:38Holmes, a wild left hand.

00:48:42In Holmes' corner,

00:48:43they continue to yell

00:48:44Everlast,

00:48:45and as we mentioned

00:48:46in a couple of other

00:48:47Larry Holmes fights

00:48:47that we've done here

00:48:48on HBO,

00:48:48that usually is a signal

00:48:50for their fighter

00:48:51to go for the body.

00:48:52And again, the body

00:48:55is a big target,

00:48:56and you just can't move

00:48:57the body like you can

00:48:57the head.

00:48:59See at some point

00:49:00unusual in David Bay,

00:49:02starting to move around.

00:49:05Now for the overhand

00:49:06of Michael Lyre.

00:49:06And it's there for him.

00:49:09He went downstairs,

00:49:10pretty good shot

00:49:11to the heart that time.

00:49:12Step up, step up, step up.

00:49:14I was surprised that

00:49:16Larry went to the

00:49:16bye with that right hand.

00:49:18Combination by Bay,

00:49:19good counterpunch

00:49:20by Holmes,

00:49:21and that's stunned Bay.

00:49:26Well, Larry throws his punch

00:49:27and Bay fouls right back.

00:49:29Nothing that's making

00:49:30Larry cautious.

00:49:32Larry's now starting

00:49:32to come up with his punch.

00:49:33It's a little bit more

00:49:34of an uppercut

00:49:35rather than that straight

00:49:36right hand

00:49:37that is the

00:49:37Holmes' trademark.

00:49:42Another surprising round

00:49:44in that Bay

00:49:45is not being

00:49:45as forceful as expected.

00:49:47Showing some

00:49:48boxing ability,

00:49:49making Holmes' lead.

00:49:50Keep going to him, chap.

00:49:51Keep going to him.

00:49:52He can't do anything

00:49:52when you're backing him up.

00:49:53When he steps back,

00:49:54you step in.

00:49:55Keep that punching.

00:49:57He wants a lot

00:49:58of punching room.

00:49:59Don't give it to him.

00:50:00He's starting to tire now.

00:50:01Now you've got to keep on him.

00:50:02You've got to be there, chap.

00:50:03You've got to be there.

00:50:04You're working all the time.

00:50:05You're working all the time.

00:50:06You're the boss there.

00:50:07You're the champ, right?

00:50:08Body two.

00:50:09Bang, bang, bang, bang.

00:50:10You're finishing up.

00:50:12He's finishing up

00:50:12with a right hand.

00:50:14With the right uppercut.

00:50:15You finish up

00:50:16with a right hand

00:50:17on top.

00:50:17You understand?

00:50:18The right hand is cold

00:50:19going to be easier.

00:50:20I know it.

00:50:20Now, also.

00:50:21Yeah, on the back of my hand.

00:50:23Yes, all right.

00:50:23Wipe his heart out.

00:50:24Right?

00:50:25You know what you need

00:50:25to do, Big Jack?

00:50:26Come on, we do it all day.

00:50:27Come on, knock him out here.

00:50:28Knock him out.

00:50:29Knock him out.

00:50:29Lock him out.

00:50:30Now, right?

00:50:31Big Jack, just do it.

00:50:32Both corners seem to be

00:50:34very happy

00:50:35at the progress

00:50:35of the fight

00:50:36up to this point.

00:50:38David Bay has survived

00:50:39the first third

00:50:39of the fight.

00:50:40Let's see if age

00:50:41does indeed begin

00:50:42to tell

00:50:43on Larry Holmes.

00:50:44And in Holmes' corner,

00:50:45they're saying

00:50:45you've got to be right on him.

00:50:46You've got to keep him working.

00:50:47In Bay's corner,

00:50:48they were saying

00:50:49he's starting to get tired.

00:50:59They were saying, Ray,

00:51:00that David Bay

00:51:02should come over

00:51:02Larry Holmes'

00:51:04right uppercuts

00:51:04with his own right hand.

00:51:06Normally,

00:51:07when you throw

00:51:07a right uppercut,

00:51:08especially because

00:51:09from the distance,

00:51:10look at that foot by Bay.

00:51:11From the distance,

00:51:13you're susceptible

00:51:13to take a right hand

00:51:14because your chin is open.

00:51:16It's like a whip,

00:51:42and it's very effective,

00:51:43very strong.

00:51:44And these men

00:51:47remember undefeated

00:51:48as professionals.

00:51:49Larry Holmes

00:51:49in 46 fights,

00:51:50David Bay

00:51:51in only 14,

00:51:52but nearly a loss

00:51:53between them.

00:51:56Everlast,

00:51:57Everlast right here.

00:52:02The man is cut.

00:52:03The only mark,

00:52:03really,

00:52:04is the slight swelling

00:52:05and a little bit

00:52:06of red chafing

00:52:06under the eye

00:52:07of David Bay.

00:52:08There was some swelling

00:52:09a little bit earlier

00:52:10under the left eye

00:52:11of Larry Holmes.

00:52:12It does not appear

00:52:12to be any worse.

00:52:13good shot there.

00:52:14That's what Larry has to do.

00:52:16Make fake

00:52:17Minnesota mistake

00:52:17by those wild punches,

00:52:19looping right hand,

00:52:20and then capitalize on it.

00:52:23He has a counter.

00:52:26Okay, bring it up.

00:52:28Come on.

00:52:32But it also makes you think

00:52:33twice when a guy

00:52:34possesses so much power

00:52:36in both hands.

00:52:37Okay.

00:52:38Dave winds up

00:52:39with that right hand.

00:52:39One minute left.

00:52:40Take it out there,

00:52:43big catch.

00:52:43Keep him up there.

00:52:45I ain't even gonna do it,

00:52:46you guys.

00:52:46Come on,

00:52:47boy.

00:52:47Let's do it.

00:52:48Let's do it.

00:52:49Let's do it.

00:52:50Let's do it.

00:52:51Let's do it.

00:52:52Let's do it.

00:52:52They're perhaps

00:52:53taking a little bit

00:52:54of a breather

00:52:54here in this round.

00:52:55Well,

00:52:55he's torn with

00:52:56that left hand

00:52:56of his

00:52:57and just keeping

00:52:58Larrie at distance.

00:53:00And Holmes doing

00:53:00what his corner

00:53:01exhorted him to do

00:53:02and is keeping

00:53:02busy,

00:53:03stay on top of him.

00:53:04I like that combination

00:53:04just now by Larrie Holmes.

00:53:06Didn't really land clean

00:53:07with the fact

00:53:09he's trying

00:53:10something different now.

00:53:15Combination mostly

00:53:15on the top

00:53:16of the head

00:53:16by Bay.

00:53:17Bay threw

00:53:18a series of punches,

00:53:19man.

00:53:20He went to Larrie's body.

00:53:21There was a good

00:53:22right hand.

00:53:23That might have been

00:53:24Bay's best shot

00:53:24but Holmes

00:53:25didn't take

00:53:27a step back.

00:53:34Bay has that

00:53:35chin behind

00:53:36his shoulder.

00:53:38He keeps

00:53:38his tongue

00:53:39worried low.

00:53:43Got to be

00:53:43big around.

00:53:44Got to be

00:53:44big around,

00:53:45big guy.

00:53:45Got to be

00:53:45big around.

00:53:46The old champion

00:53:47is working hard.

00:53:49You got to put

00:53:50them together,

00:53:50work them off.

00:53:51When Bay came

00:53:52to him,

00:53:52he stood

00:53:53in counterpunch.

00:53:54When Bay backed

00:53:54up,

00:53:54he went after.

00:53:55hook the cross

00:53:56worked on the guy.

00:53:57He took him

00:53:57with that shot

00:53:58in the corner.

00:53:59He's got to

00:53:59get short left

00:53:59hook,

00:54:00except in fans

00:54:00with short left

00:54:01hook and a quick

00:54:01right hand line.

00:54:02Put my arm

00:54:02left on.

00:54:06There's David

00:54:06Bay with his

00:54:08haymaker

00:54:08that landed

00:54:11in Phoenix

00:54:12someplace.

00:54:18Make them

00:54:19hands move

00:54:20constantly.

00:54:21You got it?

00:54:22Yeah.

00:54:22There you

00:54:24There you see

00:54:24a few punches

00:54:25David Bay

00:54:25is landing.

00:54:28Still being

00:54:29more resourceful

00:54:30and economical

00:54:31than we expected

00:54:32him to be

00:54:33and perhaps

00:54:34that is

00:54:34to his own

00:54:35benefit.

00:54:36Perhaps he is

00:54:37Ray being a little

00:54:38respectful of

00:54:40Larry Holmes.

00:54:40And so we

00:54:42start the

00:54:43seventh round.

00:54:44We'll see

00:54:44now if

00:54:45David Bay

00:54:45really was

00:54:45just taking

00:54:46a breather

00:54:46in that round.

00:54:47Which fighters

00:54:48often do,

00:54:48do they not?

00:54:49Oh,

00:54:49for sure.

00:54:50Especially when

00:54:50you exert yourself.

00:54:51But I don't

00:54:53know.

00:54:53I don't think

00:54:53he's really

00:54:54respecting Larry

00:54:56too much

00:54:56because he

00:54:57starts to

00:54:57get aggressive

00:54:58at the

00:55:00beginning of

00:55:01each round.

00:55:02But I think

00:55:03a couple times

00:55:04he had a good

00:55:05opportunity

00:55:05and he just

00:55:06blew it.

00:55:07Hold it.

00:55:08Hold it.

00:55:13This, of course,

00:55:14is the seventh round.

00:55:17We're going

00:55:1715 here.

00:55:20So not yet

00:55:21at the halfway

00:55:21point of this

00:55:22fight.

00:55:37Both men

00:55:38might have

00:55:38taken the best

00:55:39shot of their

00:55:39opponent so far.

00:55:41That's the best

00:55:41way to get the

00:55:42thumb in and out

00:55:42because of the

00:55:43open glove of

00:55:44David Bay.

00:55:45He was warned

00:55:46about that in the

00:55:46first round

00:55:47by Carlos

00:55:47Padilla.

00:55:49Holmes stalking

00:55:50David Bay.

00:55:51That's the

00:55:52thing you do.

00:55:53That left

00:55:53jab, just keep

00:55:53talking.

00:55:54That's all

00:55:54he has to do.

00:55:57David is

00:55:57looking for the

00:55:58one shot.

00:56:00They might be

00:56:01getting a little

00:56:02bit tired.

00:56:10Well, now he's

00:56:11starting to work

00:56:11his left jab

00:56:12more and more

00:56:13and he's

00:56:14starting to

00:56:14double up on

00:56:14it because

00:56:15that left jab

00:56:16leads up to

00:56:17everything.

00:56:17It's such a

00:56:18man up to the

00:56:18right hand,

00:56:19left hook,

00:56:19or whatever.

00:56:21left jab is

00:56:22very important

00:56:23Barry.

00:56:24A lot of

00:56:25fires, they forget

00:56:26to use it.

00:56:27Well, it's

00:56:27definitely what

00:56:28has brought

00:56:28Larry Holmes

00:56:29to his 46

00:56:30victories without

00:56:31a defeat.

00:56:32That's been

00:56:32his primary

00:56:33weapon.

00:56:33The left jab

00:56:34has set it up

00:56:35and the right

00:56:35hand more

00:56:35often than not

00:56:36has finished

00:56:36it off.

00:56:38Beautiful

00:56:38right hand

00:56:39right there.

00:56:40That was a

00:56:40beautiful time

00:56:41right hand.

00:56:42Counter right

00:56:42hand.

00:56:42The seventh

00:56:49round has

00:56:49never been

00:56:50of great

00:56:52success for

00:56:53the champion

00:56:53Larry Holmes.

00:56:54He has been

00:56:54staggered and

00:56:55in fact knocked

00:56:55down on a

00:56:56couple of

00:56:56occasions in the

00:56:57seventh round.

00:56:57Bombing right

00:56:58hand by David

00:56:59Bay, but it

00:57:00didn't appear to

00:57:01hurt Holmes.

00:57:02What Larry's

00:57:03doing now, he's

00:57:04riding with the

00:57:05right hand.

00:57:06He's going with

00:57:06the flow of the

00:57:07punch.

00:57:07So he's

00:57:10taking the

00:57:10power away from

00:57:11him.

00:57:25Bay still

00:57:25appears to be

00:57:26just looking for

00:57:27the, not so

00:57:28much the one

00:57:28punch, but the

00:57:29one punch that

00:57:29gets stunned.

00:57:31Larry Holmes

00:57:32and then follow

00:57:33up on it.

00:57:34Biting his

00:57:34time, Holmes

00:57:35the busier of

00:57:36the two fighters.

00:57:37That was a good

00:57:41round for Larry

00:57:42Holmes.

00:57:43I think it's

00:57:44fair to say now

00:57:44that he's out

00:57:45classing David

00:57:46Bay, that Bay

00:57:47isn't doing

00:57:48enough to

00:57:48discombobulate

00:57:50him.

00:57:51I have Holmes

00:57:52well in front

00:57:53after seven

00:57:54rounds.

00:57:57Yeah, yeah.

00:57:58You're waiting

00:57:59on him too

00:57:59much, Sam.

00:58:00You're waiting

00:58:00too long.

00:58:01Jab, jab,

00:58:02make him make

00:58:03the move,

00:58:03then you counter

00:58:04punch on him.

00:58:04Don't just wait

00:58:04on him to make

00:58:05the move.

00:58:05Stick that

00:58:06jab on there,

00:58:06big jack.

00:58:06Start off

00:58:07and finish

00:58:08with it.

00:58:08Come on,

00:58:09do it.

00:58:09And finish

00:58:10with it,

00:58:10big jack.

00:58:11Come on now.

00:58:12We want to

00:58:12work this fight.

00:58:13Come on now,

00:58:13let's work.

00:58:14Now look at that

00:58:14percentage.

00:58:15You're bad,

00:58:15man.

00:58:15You want to be

00:58:1610?

00:58:16Almost 80%

00:58:17of the punches

00:58:18that Holmes

00:58:19threw in that

00:58:20round.

00:58:21Remember that

00:58:22earlier, before

00:58:23the fight, we

00:58:24pointed out he

00:58:24was landing 20

00:58:25punches around

00:58:26when he won the

00:58:28title from Ken

00:58:29Norton seven

00:58:29years ago.

00:58:3020 punches

00:58:31around when he

00:58:32defeated Jerry

00:58:33Cooney and Bone

00:58:33Crusher Smith.

00:58:34He landed 20

00:58:36punches out of

00:58:3626 thrown in

00:58:38that round.

00:58:39Excuse me,

00:58:39those were 20

00:58:40jabs in that

00:58:41round.

00:58:42So we come to

00:58:43the eighth round,

00:58:43a fight that

00:58:44right now seems

00:58:45to be controlled

00:58:46by the champion

00:58:47Larry Holmes.

00:58:47starting to get a

00:58:53rhythm, man.

00:58:54Starting to feel

00:58:54very relaxed.

00:58:56You may also

00:58:57realize that David

00:58:57Bay is not

00:58:58going to hurt

00:58:59him.

00:59:00But David

00:59:01Bay has,

00:59:01man, his best

00:59:02punch.

00:59:04Okay,

00:59:04bring it up.

00:59:06Seven,

00:59:06seven.

00:59:11Holy,

00:59:12holy,

00:59:12holy.

00:59:13Seven.

00:59:19Okay,

00:59:20no,

00:59:20no.

00:59:20Still good.

00:59:23Holmes still

00:59:24up on his

00:59:25toes,

00:59:25moving pretty

00:59:25good right

00:59:26at the moment.

00:59:2746 fights,

00:59:28how much wear

00:59:29and tear on

00:59:29the 35-year-old

00:59:30body,

00:59:30nobody knows.

00:59:31Well,

00:59:32that's the

00:59:32question that

00:59:32people want

00:59:33to see answered,

00:59:34whether or not

00:59:34age is affected

00:59:35with Larry

00:59:36Holmes,

00:59:36whether or not

00:59:36he's taking

00:59:37a lot of

00:59:38shots.

00:59:39Larry states

00:59:40he hasn't

00:59:40taken that

00:59:40much punishment

00:59:41in the ring.

00:59:43So this fight

00:59:44here,

00:59:44whether it's

00:59:45his last fight

00:59:45or not,

00:59:46means a lot

00:59:47to him.

00:59:48That swelling

00:59:49under David

00:59:50Bay's left eye

00:59:51now is a little

00:59:51bit worse.

00:59:52There's actually

00:59:52a puffiness

00:59:53all the way

00:59:54under the eye.

00:59:54It was alongside

00:59:55and below

00:59:56the eye before

00:59:56and now it's

00:59:57getting very

00:59:57puffy and

00:59:58looks as though

00:59:59it could cut

01:00:00at any moment.

01:00:01It is below

01:00:02the eye,

01:00:02however,

01:00:02so blood will

01:00:03not get into

01:00:04the eye

01:00:04should that

01:00:04happen,

01:00:05but I'm

01:00:05sure it could

01:00:05be bothersome

01:00:06because the eye

01:00:06can start to

01:00:07close.

01:00:07Okay.

01:00:07That's the same

01:00:14eye that

01:00:15David Bay

01:00:16was cut on

01:00:16under,

01:00:17I should say,

01:00:18against Greg

01:00:19Page.

01:00:20One thing

01:00:20about it,

01:00:20those two cuts

01:00:21that he suffered

01:00:22in the fight

01:00:23with Greg

01:00:23Page did not

01:00:24affect his

01:00:24performance.

01:00:26He stayed

01:00:26aggressive

01:00:26and he continued

01:00:27to do a lot

01:00:27of punches.

01:00:28Good right

01:00:28hand and

01:00:29Bay is down.

01:00:30Larry Holmes

01:00:31with a solid

01:00:31right hand.

01:00:32David Bay

01:00:32doesn't know

01:00:33where he is

01:00:33right now.

01:00:35He's got

01:00:36about seven

01:00:36seconds to

01:00:37get it back

01:00:37together here.

01:00:38That was

01:00:38a stunning

01:00:39right hand.

01:00:40Oh,

01:00:40we're talking

01:00:40history now,

01:00:41but watch

01:00:42the eye

01:00:42go to work.

01:00:43Watch him

01:00:43go to work.

01:00:44Now this

01:00:44is where

01:00:45the experience

01:00:45comes in.

01:00:46Just a minute

01:00:47of time.

01:00:49He's out.

01:00:50David Bay

01:00:51just trying

01:00:52to hold on

01:00:52for all

01:00:53he's worth

01:00:53here.

01:00:54Connors Padilla

01:00:55trying to

01:00:56separate them.

01:00:57His legs

01:00:58are gone.

01:00:59The eye

01:00:59is going

01:00:59to work

01:00:59like jab

01:01:00and get

01:01:00that right

01:01:00hand in.

01:01:02It was a

01:01:02stunning

01:01:02right hand.

01:01:03There was

01:01:03another one.

01:01:03Holmes not

01:01:04wasting

01:01:04any punches.

01:01:05Bay just

01:01:06holding on.

01:01:08He's got

01:01:08a long

01:01:09way to

01:01:09go.

01:01:1030 seconds

01:01:11remaining.

01:01:12Watch the

01:01:12way hand

01:01:12again,

01:01:13Barry.

01:01:14Well,

01:01:14that could

01:01:15be it.

01:01:15That could

01:01:16be it.

01:01:17And Bay

01:01:18don't know

01:01:18where he

01:01:19is.

01:01:19Padilla

01:01:19taking a

01:01:20close look.

01:01:21Still 20

01:01:21seconds to

01:01:22go in

01:01:22the lounge.

01:01:23Bay trying

01:01:23to hold

01:01:24on.

01:01:24He's got

01:01:24nothing

01:01:24left.

01:01:25Just hoping

01:01:26to weather

01:01:27the storm.

01:01:28And he's

01:01:29down again.

01:01:30And the

01:01:35count goes

01:01:36on here.

01:01:38David Bay

01:01:39just trying

01:01:39to get

01:01:40through it.

01:01:40He says,

01:01:41yes, I

01:01:41know where

01:01:41I am.

01:01:42I'm not

01:01:42sure he's

01:01:43right.

01:01:43And he

01:01:44did manage

01:01:44to get

01:01:44through the

01:01:45round.

01:01:47That

01:01:47right hand

01:01:48was beautiful

01:01:48the way

01:01:49Larry Holmes

01:01:50just set

01:01:51his man

01:01:51up.

01:01:52Let's

01:02:12take a look

01:02:12at this.

01:02:14Now Larry

01:02:15Holmes

01:02:15finally whipped

01:02:16the right

01:02:16across.

01:02:16There you

01:02:17saw a clean

01:02:17right hand.

01:02:18Bay was

01:02:19hurt and the

01:02:19left hand

01:02:20just sort of

01:02:20pushed him

01:02:21over.

01:02:22There again

01:02:24later in

01:02:25the round

01:02:25another

01:02:25right hand.

01:02:26Bay fighting

01:02:27back gallantly

01:02:28although hurt

01:02:28and not

01:02:29knowing what

01:02:30state he's

01:02:31in.

01:02:32Crashes

01:02:32down but

01:02:34he got up

01:02:34and weathered

01:02:35the storm.

01:02:36David Bay

01:02:37disarmed

01:02:37landmines in

01:02:38the army but

01:02:39he's finding

01:02:39it harder to

01:02:40disarm Larry

01:02:41Holmes here

01:02:42in Las Vegas.

01:02:44Now

01:02:44express with

01:02:44dominate and

01:02:46Bay starts

01:02:46this round

01:02:47on rubber

01:02:47legs and

01:02:48Holmes of

01:02:49course knows

01:02:49it.

01:02:50Larry's

01:02:51picking his

01:02:52shots now.

01:02:52Again the

01:02:52right hand

01:02:53will be the

01:02:54plus they

01:02:54thought would

01:02:55do David

01:02:55Bay in.

01:02:56Bay is

01:02:57still on

01:02:57he's on

01:02:59liquorice

01:03:00sticks right

01:03:00now he's

01:03:00got no

01:03:01place to

01:03:01go and

01:03:02no place

01:03:02to hide.

01:03:04Bob

01:03:05Channing

01:03:05Larry

01:03:06Larry

01:03:06you can

01:03:07see Larry

01:03:07setting

01:03:08his

01:03:08manor.

01:03:08Only

01:03:09a body

01:03:09at a

01:03:09time.

01:03:10Take a

01:03:10body

01:03:10and watch

01:03:11straight to

01:03:11the head

01:03:12Larry.

01:03:16I think

01:03:17Bay knows

01:03:17it as

01:03:17much as

01:03:18Holmes knows

01:03:18it here.

01:03:20Larry was a

01:03:20little bit

01:03:21short with

01:03:21that right

01:03:21hand that

01:03:22time.

01:03:24Bay just

01:03:24trying to

01:03:24get life

01:03:25back in

01:03:25the legs.

01:03:26Easier said

01:03:26than done

01:03:26isn't it

01:03:27right?

01:03:27It is

01:03:27especially

01:03:28when you

01:03:28don't have

01:03:29that much

01:03:29experience.

01:03:30Bay did

01:03:30the right

01:03:31thing when

01:03:31he grabbed

01:03:31Larry and

01:03:32just held

01:03:32it on.

01:03:34At this

01:03:35stage now

01:03:35this is

01:03:36when

01:03:36championship

01:03:37material

01:03:37comes in.

01:03:38All the

01:03:38experience

01:03:39ring

01:03:39generalship

01:03:39it comes

01:03:40into play.

01:03:42Bay just

01:03:42trying to

01:03:43cover up

01:03:43and Holmes

01:03:43still got

01:03:44through that

01:03:44with a

01:03:45good right

01:03:45hand.

01:03:49Bay's

01:03:50reaching out

01:03:50trying to

01:03:51give Larry

01:03:51the stiff

01:03:52jab.

01:03:54Mistake

01:03:54he's

01:03:54making

01:03:54he's

01:03:55coming

01:03:55back.

01:03:56He's

01:03:56bringing

01:03:56the left

01:03:57jab

01:03:57back

01:03:57down.

01:04:01Holmes

01:04:02just

01:04:02looks

01:04:02like

01:04:02he's

01:04:02just

01:04:02waiting

01:04:03for

01:04:03one

01:04:03shot

01:04:03here

01:04:04waiting

01:04:04for

01:04:04the

01:04:04right

01:04:04opening

01:04:05doesn't

01:04:05want

01:04:05to

01:04:05waste

01:04:05anything.

01:04:10What's

01:04:10going to

01:04:10happen

01:04:11David

01:04:11Bay may

01:04:12be

01:04:12group

01:04:12but

01:04:13I

01:04:13doubt

01:04:13very

01:04:13seriously

01:04:13because

01:04:14I

01:04:14think

01:04:14Larry

01:04:14knows

01:04:15exactly

01:04:15what

01:04:15he's

01:04:15doing.

01:04:16There's

01:04:16a good

01:04:17right

01:04:17hand

01:04:17counter

01:04:17punch

01:04:18by

01:04:18Larry

01:04:18Holmes

01:04:18to

01:04:18get

01:04:19Bay

01:04:19off

01:04:19him.

01:04:20Bay

01:04:20doesn't

01:04:20have

01:04:21much

01:04:21left.

01:04:23I

01:04:23also

01:04:23know

01:04:24that

01:04:24he

01:04:24can

01:04:24hurt

01:04:24David

01:04:25Bay.

01:04:27I

01:04:27think

01:04:28that

01:04:28is

01:04:28going

01:04:28to

01:04:28weigh

01:04:28him

01:04:28down

01:04:29and

01:04:29make

01:04:29it

01:04:29easier

01:04:29because

01:04:30Bay

01:04:31is

01:04:31a

01:04:31strong

01:04:31guy

01:04:31so

01:04:33he's

01:04:33always

01:04:33dangerous

01:04:34Larry's

01:04:35doing the

01:04:35right

01:04:35thing.

01:04:37Bay pretty

01:04:38much

01:04:38stiff-legged

01:04:39right at

01:04:40the moment

01:04:40just

01:04:40like his

01:04:42legs don't

01:04:42want to

01:04:42follow his

01:04:43body.

01:04:44You

01:04:44know

01:04:44David

01:04:44Bay's

01:04:45punches

01:04:45are not

01:04:45that

01:04:46crispy

01:04:46anymore.

01:04:50And

01:04:50Holmes

01:04:51continuing

01:04:51just to

01:04:52bide his

01:04:52time

01:04:52here

01:04:52just

01:04:53playing

01:04:53a

01:04:53waiting

01:04:53game

01:04:54and

01:04:55it

01:04:55appears

01:04:55only

01:04:55to

01:04:56be

01:04:56a

01:04:56question

01:04:56of

01:04:56time.

01:04:58The

01:05:07guy

01:05:07has yet

01:05:08to

01:05:08start

01:05:08a

01:05:08first

01:05:08combination

01:05:09again.

01:05:11And

01:05:11I think

01:05:11Carlos

01:05:11Padilla

01:05:12is

01:05:12keeping

01:05:12a

01:05:12full

01:05:12side

01:05:13on

01:05:13David

01:05:13Bay.

01:05:14Now

01:05:14really

01:05:15in

01:05:15support

01:05:15of

01:05:16Larry

01:05:16Holmes.

01:05:16In

01:05:16fact

01:05:16as

01:05:17supportive

01:05:17as I

01:05:17can

01:05:17remember

01:05:18them

01:05:18being

01:05:18here

01:05:18in

01:05:18Las

01:05:19Vegas

01:05:19as

01:05:19the

01:05:19champion.

01:05:20Bay

01:05:20now

01:05:20is

01:05:21starting

01:05:21to

01:05:21regain

01:05:22his

01:05:22dream.

01:05:25I

01:05:25just

01:05:25knew

01:05:25it

01:05:25was

01:05:25over.

01:05:28Bay

01:05:30may

01:05:31have

01:05:32his

01:05:32legs

01:05:32back

01:05:32but

01:05:32he's

01:05:33a

01:05:33tired

01:05:33fighter

01:05:33right

01:05:33now.

01:05:34All

01:05:34the

01:05:34starts

01:05:35seem

01:05:35to go

01:05:35out

01:05:36in the

01:05:36eighth round.

01:05:37There

01:05:38was

01:05:38good

01:05:38right

01:05:39hand

01:05:39by

01:05:39Larry

01:05:40Holmes.

01:05:42And

01:05:42another

01:05:42good

01:05:43right

01:05:43hand

01:05:43at

01:05:43the

01:05:44bell.

01:05:47You

01:05:47have

01:05:47to give

01:05:48David

01:05:48Bay

01:05:48credit

01:05:48for

01:05:49surviving

01:05:50that

01:05:50round.

01:05:51For

01:05:52showing

01:05:52his

01:05:52courage.

01:05:54That's

01:05:54what

01:05:54got

01:05:54him

01:05:54here.

01:05:56His

01:05:56size,

01:05:57his

01:05:57courage,

01:05:57his

01:05:58discipline.

01:05:59Not

01:06:00his

01:06:00talent

01:06:01obviously.

01:06:02You

01:06:02gotta

01:06:03step

01:06:03it

01:06:03out

01:06:03and

01:06:04work

01:06:04on.

01:06:04your

01:06:05left

01:06:06hand

01:06:06up.

01:06:06I

01:06:07want

01:06:07it

01:06:07up.

01:06:07I

01:06:08want

01:06:08it

01:06:08up.

01:06:08I

01:06:08don't

01:06:09want

01:06:09your

01:06:09left

01:06:09hand

01:06:09down.

01:06:10You

01:06:10understand?

01:06:11And

01:06:12when you're

01:06:12there,

01:06:12when you're

01:06:12moving towards

01:06:13him,

01:06:13don't move

01:06:13towards him

01:06:14with your

01:06:14hand

01:06:14down.

01:06:15Hand

01:06:15up.

01:06:16Then

01:06:16you start

01:06:16to bang him.

01:06:17He's

01:06:18got body

01:06:18in here.

01:06:19Body

01:06:19in here.

01:06:19Run

01:06:20your hand.

01:06:20Close

01:06:21your eyes.

01:06:21You

01:06:21understand

01:06:22what I'm

01:06:22saying?

01:06:22All

01:06:23right,

01:06:23big

01:06:23Jack.

01:06:23Get

01:06:24the

01:06:24bigger.

01:06:24Push

01:06:25up on

01:06:26myself.

01:06:26Push

01:06:27up.

01:06:28All

01:06:28right,

01:06:28big

01:06:29Jack.

01:06:29We're

01:06:30working.

01:06:31We're

01:06:32working

01:06:32off.

01:06:33We're

01:06:34working

01:06:34off.

01:06:35These

01:06:35rounds are

01:06:35most

01:06:36important.

01:06:36Ray

01:06:37may

01:06:37not have

01:06:37an

01:06:38elephant

01:06:38gun,

01:06:38but he's

01:06:39got a

01:06:39machine

01:06:40gun and

01:06:40he still

01:06:41has a

01:06:41lot of

01:06:41bullets

01:06:41left in

01:06:42him.

01:06:46And

01:06:46so we

01:06:46start the

01:06:47tenth

01:06:47round.

01:06:50I

01:06:50don't

01:06:51think

01:06:51that Ray

01:06:51could be

01:06:52good as

01:06:53fast as

01:06:53he did.

01:06:54He was

01:06:55seriously

01:06:55hurt.

01:06:55He

01:06:55was

01:06:56pretty

01:06:56lucid in

01:06:56his

01:06:56corner

01:06:57here

01:06:57between

01:06:57rounds

01:06:58but

01:06:58whether

01:06:58or

01:06:58not

01:06:58he's

01:06:58got

01:06:58anything

01:06:59left

01:06:59remains

01:07:01to be

01:07:01seen.

01:07:02Started

01:07:02off

01:07:02with

01:07:02the

01:07:02combination

01:07:03but

01:07:03didn't

01:07:03really

01:07:03hurt

01:07:04Holmes

01:07:04with

01:07:04it.

01:07:09There's

01:07:09a right

01:07:09hand by

01:07:10Holmes.

01:07:10Backs

01:07:10Bay right

01:07:11off him

01:07:11again.

01:07:23There's

01:07:23a left

01:07:23jab

01:07:24for

01:07:24home

01:07:24back in

01:07:24body.

01:07:26back in

01:07:27and

01:07:28he's

01:07:28getting

01:07:28his

01:07:28rhythm

01:07:29again.

01:07:36Bay

01:07:36now

01:07:36just

01:07:37trying

01:07:37to

01:07:37throw

01:07:37one

01:07:37punch

01:07:38and

01:07:39he's

01:07:40proven to

01:07:41Holmes

01:07:41before

01:07:42that he

01:07:42can't

01:07:42do

01:07:42it

01:07:42with

01:07:42one

01:07:42punch.

01:07:43he's

01:07:56just doing a workmanlike job here. It's just like a day at the beach.

01:07:58Well he's flat footed and that's power. He's come down off his toes now. I think now he wants to get this fight over with.

01:08:05When you slow down when you slow down when you slow down when you slow down when you get flat footed that's when your leverage really comes into play and it should be down on his flat feet because I think at this stage here he should be able to control and dominate this fight. The late rounds are always Larry Holm's round.

01:08:28This is when you cut the ring off also Barry.

01:08:35This is when you cut the ring off also Barry.

01:08:37This is when you cut the ring off also Barry.

01:08:38This is when you cut the ring off also Barry.

01:08:42Okay bring it up.

01:08:43Holmes is just not trying to waste any shots. He's just kind of looks to me like he's just taking his time just biding his time. He knows he's got his man beat. He doesn't want to get careless. He knows he's in there against the strong guy. The best word that comes to mind is workmanlike. He's just getting it done. He's not moving too far back.

01:08:56And he's not moving too far back now. You'll notice that. He's not moving too far back when Bay throws his punches. He's just staying there. And he's stepping in and Bay's punches are starting to hit him around the back of the head.

01:09:13There's a left hand. Back to the body.

01:09:15Holmes at very high percentage. There's a right hand. That could be the beginning of the end. Now let's see if Larry Holmes just tries to find one more shot. He's got his man hurt again. There's a combination. Bay looking for a place to fall down here. And Holmes may need one more.

01:09:31Holmes is on top of David Bay. Bay trying to grab on. Larry Holmes won't let him. Now we see some combination. A lot of pushes going on there. And this one is over. Carlos Padilla says enough is enough.

01:09:43And Larry Holmes has retained his heavyweight championship. Chalk up number 47. Larry fought a very, very smart fight. He took his time. He was hurt in the early rounds. Came back. Kept his head. And then dominated.

01:09:59Can't argue the fact that Larry Holmes has fought anybody who wants to step into the ring with him. He's fought everybody there is. The question is, what is there?

01:10:06Well, I think everyone now is just curious to see what Larry Holmes is going to do after his victory.

01:10:12Well, it would not be the first retirement announcement that Larry Holmes has made. He's made one to me on about eight different occasions, as a matter of fact. And he has said publicly, this will be it. This will be the last one. But you still have to feel, he always feels himself, that he has another hill to climb.

01:10:27Well, the fact of the matter is, Barry, what could possibly drive him is to surpass the record of Rocky Marciano.

01:10:35Let's take a look then at what was the punch that really started him going. And it was a really solid right hand.

01:10:41Well, the right hand was the key punch. And the most effective and devastating punch that Larry Holmes was able to land on David Bay. Here he works his jab. And Bay's just basically just falling apart here.

01:10:52At that point, Bay had no legs left. He was really almost looking for a place to fall down or at least hold on to Larry Holmes as he tried to do right there.

01:10:59Well, the uppercuts were doing a pretty good job. And that loop of my hand.

01:11:04You know, I think there might be those who might criticize Larry Holmes for not really going after him when he had him hurt seriously earlier as we take a look once more at the end of the end, if you will.

01:11:14And Larry Holmes, just a barrage of punches, getting his man in the corner. Carlos Bedelia will come into your picture in just a moment.

01:11:20He's behind Larry Holmes now, taking a good look. You can see him right in the corner of your screen.

01:11:23And he will step in in a moment and say, that's it. This one is over as David Bay really unable to fight back, just try to defend himself as best he could.

01:11:32Holmes opened him up right there. Still, Bedelia looking in very closely and one more right hand.

01:11:38And Carlos Bedelia says, that's it. This one is all over. So Larry Holmes makes it 47 straight.

01:11:43What I started to say before is that I really do feel that Holmes was in a position of, I don't want to waste any punches. I know I got the guy.

01:11:50And when I feel I really have him hurt, then I'll go after him. And that's what he did.

01:11:53Well, that is the answer for the guys to say, you know, why didn't Larry finish him off sooner when he had him hurt?

01:11:57David Bay remained a dangerous fighter.

01:12:00He possessed a big punch and Larry did be right there.

01:12:04Holmes did have him hurt early and did look as though he could put his man away.

01:12:08But he didn't want to be careless. There's a good look at the left eye of David Bay.

01:12:12Not anything that really had a profound effect on the fight at all.

01:12:15But as the fight went on, you had the feeling that I could have very seriously been swollen.

01:12:20And that would have affected the fight. Then he would not see the right hand, of course, if Larry Holmes coming.

01:12:24Well, Bay did put up a gallant show. He just played a lot of heart.

01:12:27But experience, I feel, was a key factor that played a major role now coming to this fight.

01:12:33Larry Merchant trying to make his way into the entourage of Larry Holmes.

01:12:36A lot of people around the champion as he looks on. Doesn't look particularly winded.

01:12:40It looked to me, as a matter of fact, like he could have easily gone to 15 rounds.

01:12:43He did seem very fit.

01:12:44Well, Larry trained for this fight because he knew what he was facing in David Bay.

01:12:49All right. Right now, let's go up to the ring announcer, Chuck Hull.

01:12:51We'll get the official decision. Chuck.

01:12:53The winner by TKO and still undefeated IBF heavyweight champion of the world, Larry Holmes.

01:12:58All right. Right now, let's go to our own Larry. Larry Merchant who is with the champion, Larry Holmes.

01:13:04The winner by a TKO and still undefeated IBF heavyweight champion of the world, Larry Holmes.

01:13:15All right, right now, let's go to our own Larry, Larry Merchant, who is with the champion, Larry Holmes.

01:13:21Larry, congratulations.

01:13:24It seems that you've offered...

01:13:26First, I'd like to say something.

01:13:29First, I'd like to say hi to my mom back home.

01:13:31Hi to my daughters, Mr. Lisa and Belinda.

01:13:36Hi, everybody, Larry Holmes coming to our end.

01:13:39Larry Holmes, round one.

01:13:41And Larry Holmes, John Hendricks, that's mine.

01:13:43I hope you're doing a good job back there, Jack, because we need the money because this is it.

01:13:49This is it.

01:13:50First, let's get to the fight.

01:13:52You've often said you don't want to fight any big, strong guys anymore.

01:13:55Did this guy give you any worry at all?

01:13:57Yeah, because he's no style.

01:13:59Very awkward dogfighter.

01:14:01You know, very strong and determined.

01:14:04Wanted to prove that he was worthy at 14 fights.

01:14:06He hurt you, it seemed, early in the fight.

01:14:09What did you do after that?

01:14:11He didn't hurt me bad.

01:14:12He hit me with a good shot.

01:14:14Kind of surprised me a little bit.

01:14:16And I knew what I had to do.

01:14:17Stay there in the middle and wear him down.

01:14:19Were you surprised he wasn't as reckless as you thought he might be?

01:14:22That he tried to box you and make you lead?

01:14:25No, he was reckless, Larry.

01:14:26He was very reckless.

01:14:27Because that's why it took me as long as it did to get to him.

01:14:31A boxer with right hands, left jabs, and whatnot.

01:14:36There are fighters that I can take.

01:14:38But this guy was throwing any old punch like Boone Crush and Smith.

01:14:41He didn't know where he was coming from.

01:14:43So it made him a good fighter.

01:14:44All right, you said, this is it.

01:14:46Now, you've often said this was your last fight five or six times.

01:14:51Give us your interpretation now of what this is it means.

01:14:54This is it means I'll retire.

01:14:56If I don't get an offer from Michael Spinks by end of April, I'll retire.

01:15:06But that offer got to come from Michael Spinks as a reasonable amount of $4 million or Jerry Cooney for $25 million.

01:15:15I don't need the money anymore.

01:15:16Aren't you pricing yourself out and, in effect, retiring when you ask for that kind of money from those fighters?

01:15:21Oh, yeah, I am.

01:15:22And, you know, I'm looking forward to my retirement on June the 9th.

01:15:27I've fought a lot.

01:15:28And I'm really looking forward to retiring.

01:15:31But if somebody's crazy enough to come with $3 to $4 million for a lightweight like the winner of Hagelin and Hearns or the winner of anybody lighter than a heavyweight, I'll retire.

01:15:41Thank you, Larry.

01:15:42And now back to Ray and Barry.

01:15:44Okay, thank you very much.

01:15:45And congratulations.

01:15:46And that, I would interpret, just to go through all of that and interpret it, I would say he hasn't retired.

01:15:51Well, I would fight guys that fly weights and light fly weights.

01:15:54I would fight.

01:15:54I would love to.

01:15:55I would never retire.

01:15:56All right.

01:15:56I personally, and I think Larry Holmes also saying, as we got Ollie Dunlap's arm into that.

01:16:01Ollie's always wanted to get on television here.

01:16:03He, of course, is Ray Leonard's road manager.

01:16:05Now he's going to ask for bigger bucks, too.

01:16:07But speaking of asking for bigger bucks, that's exactly what the champion seems to be doing right now.

01:16:12He seems to be looking for the big fight, and you have to feel that there will be more from Larry Holmes.

01:16:16For sure.

01:16:17I think Larry's going to exist as long as he still has the same spirit.

01:16:20And the competitive fight.

01:16:22In one word, give me your evaluation of Larry Holmes tonight.

01:16:26Great.

01:16:26That was easy enough.

01:16:28And so, be sure to join us in May when HBO Sports presents a candid look at the world of sports.

01:16:33Tune in to the not-so-great moments in sports.

01:16:35It's coming in May right here on HBO.

01:16:38So, for Larry Merchant and Sugar Ray Leonard, I'm Barry Tompkins saying so long from Las Vegas, Nevada.

01:16:43The executive producer of HBO Sports is Tim Brayne.

01:16:49Tonight's telecast was produced by Ross Greenberg and directed by Mark Payton.

01:16:54The associate producers were Rick Bernstein and Linda Jackson Christian.

01:16:58The associate director was Peter DePaula.

01:17:01The assistant to the producer, Michael J. Whalen.

01:17:05And the production manager, John McCallie.

01:17:07The associate director, Michael J. Whalen.

01:17:37The associate director, Michael J. Whalen.

01:18:07This has been a presentation of HBO Sports, the network of champions.

01:18:37Do you want me just to talk so you can test something?

01:18:45No, you'd all like to die if I sang.

01:18:47Okay, Bay will be in in about 15 or 20 minutes.

01:18:51I would expect Holmes would be in after that.

01:18:54He takes a little bit longer, you know, afterwards.

01:18:59Sam?

01:19:01Sam Skinner.

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