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00:00 Well, Arnold, we're in for a treat in this fight
00:06 because both fighters got excellent records,
00:11 lots of KOs.
00:13 There are 35 KOs between the two of them.
00:19 Both of them very experienced,
00:21 and there's a WBA title on the line,
00:24 so I'm sure they both want to bring that home.
00:27 Tell you what, the previous fight left the bar
00:31 really, really high, so this guy--
00:35 these guys have to come ready to match
00:39 what we just saw a while ago between Asa Elvillar
00:43 and Gerardo Zapata.
00:44 We're ready to go, first round, live action, ESPN knockout
00:49 from the Coliseo de Combates in Panama City, Panama,
00:54 right next to the Roberto Durán Arena.
00:57 This is Dino Curtin next to Arnold González.
01:00 First round of a super middleweight title fight
01:05 for the gold title.
01:08 12 rounds of action.
01:10 We got Uel Hernández from Cuba wearing the black trunks
01:15 and the Cuban flag.
01:19 Juan Juárez from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
01:22 He's wearing blue and yellow.
01:27 Hernández with a big left hand to the side of Juárez
01:33 right in front of us here,
01:35 and the cameras of ESPN knockout.
01:40 - Yeah, both of them very experienced,
01:42 very, very experienced.
01:45 - Both of them on orthodox stance.
01:50 Good lead hand there from Juárez.
01:53 - Break, break!
01:57 - Juárez, the long right hand to the side, the body.
02:02 Contrary to the previous fight,
02:03 these two guys are focusing on the body shots
02:06 earlier in the round.
02:09 - That's always a good sign when a fighter
02:11 starts investing downstairs first.
02:14 - Both of them look very economical
02:16 in the punches they're throwing,
02:18 not much movement from either side,
02:20 but throwing very hard early in the round.
02:24 Good two hands from Juárez,
02:30 two hands from Hernández back.
02:32 Juárez again with the left hand on the side,
02:35 partially blocked by Hernández.
02:39 - Hernández has a very tight guard on the inside.
02:41 I like what I'm seeing already.
02:43 He's actually doing a good job of boxing
02:46 at the distance as well.
02:48 Just like that, using his lead hand,
02:50 putting it out there.
02:52 - Hernández moving a little bit more now,
02:56 trying to see an opening in Juárez's guard.
03:00 Nothing going there.
03:03 40 seconds to go in the first round.
03:07 Gold Super Middleweight title fight.
03:10 12 rounds, this is the first one.
03:15 - This round went kind of backwards, you know.
03:18 Usually you start slow, studying your opponent.
03:22 This guy, they started throwing,
03:24 but now they're studying their opponent.
03:26 - Right, right.
03:28 - First round is pretty soon.
03:33 10 seconds to go.
03:35 Missing there long Juárez.
03:42 Hernández not throwing too many punches,
03:44 just faking.
03:46 And... - Nice feed-out round.
03:48 Nice feed-out round towards the end, yeah.
03:51 - Okay, this round,
03:55 again, they started action
03:57 in the earlier part of the round,
03:59 and they were studying each other.
04:01 - The second half, yeah.
04:03 They went backwards. - Yep.
04:06 Not too many times you see a round like this,
04:09 which makes it difficult to score.
04:12 - More homework for Arno.
04:15 - I think it was a Hernández round.
04:17 He did it.
04:19 There was really no threat from his opponent,
04:21 so I have to give it to Hernández, yeah.
04:25 - Hernández gets the first round.
04:27 In Arno's opinion, there's a highlight, you know,
04:31 blocked, both shots, again, blocked.
04:36 Juárez blocked Hernández and vice versa.
04:40 The body shots.
04:43 We're going to the second round.
04:45 12 rounds of actions, WBA gold,
04:47 super middleweight title fight.
04:51 Will Hernández in the black trunks,
04:54 Juan Juárez in the blue and yellow.
04:58 Hernández is the one that's bringing the fight.
05:01 Combination there, blocked by the very tight defense
05:05 from Juárez, as Arno mentioned in the first round.
05:09 Hernández much more active in this round,
05:14 although his shots are being blocked, though.
05:17 Juárez more cautious.
05:22 Nothing going there.
05:30 The crowd is kind of getting anxious a little bit.
05:33 - I like that he's going downstairs,
05:35 that he's really focusing on the body.
05:37 - Oh, yes. - He's touching upstairs
05:38 to get his guard to come up and then going downstairs.
05:42 Shows his level and his experience.
05:44 That's good.
05:45 And then maintains a really tight guard.
05:47 - Right, that's textbook boxing right there.
05:50 You know, if you know that you got a good crossover,
05:53 like you did right there.
05:54 - And he's punching in between as well.
05:55 When Suárez is punching,
05:58 Hernández is coming right in between
05:59 'cause he knows he's open.
06:00 That's it. - Yep.
06:03 - Good strategy there from Hernández so far.
06:06 Juárez still cautious.
06:11 He's, you know, not throwing combinations,
06:13 trying to still box from the outside.
06:16 But Hernández identifies this and just shortens the--
06:22 Oh!
06:24 That was a wicked left hand to the body.
06:27 - Look at the right side of his body.
06:29 It's completely red.
06:32 - He got him clean, and he's down for the count.
06:38 A surprisingly vicious left hand.
06:43 - Yeah, that was good. - To the side.
06:48 Got him, you know, with the guards up,
06:52 waited for that spot and got him.
06:54 - Very--did a very good job of touching upstairs.
06:57 Just touching, touching to get him to raise his guard
06:59 and dig into the body.
07:02 Very good boxing from Hernández.
07:04 - And you were just right on the money there, Arnold,
07:07 because you said, "I like what I'm seeing from Hernández."
07:11 His, you know, punching up, punching up in this round.
07:14 - Right. - And Juárez
07:16 just fell right into that trap. - Right into the trap, all right.
07:20 It was--the punches upstairs was more of a just distraction,
07:24 you know, a recoil to get him to just come downstairs.
07:29 - When something like this happens,
07:31 is this the result of, you know,
07:35 a planned strategy from the gym,
07:39 or is something that Hernández realized in the first round
07:42 and part of the second round,
07:43 and he just decided to go for that?
07:45 - It could be either/or.
07:46 Like, they might have studied him
07:48 and seen that he came to start up,
07:52 but at the same time, maybe not,
07:54 but Hernández's experience,
07:56 maybe he picked up on it from one,
07:58 and he's been very successful.
07:59 - The winner by the way of knockout,
08:01 [speaking Spanish]
08:04 at 1 minute and 48 seconds of round number two,
08:11 a new Super Middleweight Gold WBA champion
08:16 from Munich, Germany,
08:18 by the way of Havana, Cuba,
08:20 Unwin...
08:23 Hernández!
08:28 [speaking Spanish]
08:31 To the new champion.
08:33 (speaking Spanish)