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00:00 I'm gonna tell you before, I don't want to see any low blow
00:03 and then hit behind the head, okay?
00:05 Touch him up.
00:07 - Thank you, sir.
00:09 - Middleweight matchup scheduled for eight rounds.
00:13 Blast told us yesterday, closer to home,
00:17 lots of family, friends, fans.
00:19 He's gonna do his thing, put on a fantastic show.
00:22 Time to blast off. Here we go.
00:25 It is time to fight.
00:26 Silver and gold for 8-year-old Darryl Val Saint.
00:31 Daniel Aduku in the black and yellow trunks.
00:35 - I've seen Aduku several times.
00:39 He's a tough guy, a little bit awkward,
00:41 but he's physically strong.
00:43 He normally likes to come forward and assert his will,
00:46 but he's got someone in front of him with a height
00:48 and reach advantage and a power advantage as well.
00:51 - Born and raised in Ghana,
00:52 this is his second straight fight in the United States.
00:58 Fought Cordell Booker back in April
01:01 at the Mohegan Sun in Oakesville, Connecticut.
01:07 - And if you notice, you know, a lot of fighters from Africa,
01:09 they're a little bit more flat-footed,
01:10 a little more stationary,
01:11 but a little more planted on their feet as well,
01:13 so they typically hit a little harder as well.
01:17 - And to your point, Paul, he 15 wins, 11 finishes
01:21 for 34-year-old Daniel Aduku.
01:26 Blast back in May,
01:30 finished his opponent in round number two.
01:34 - He was really sharp that night.
01:35 - He really did. - He did blast, yeah.
01:36 - And you can also see Blast, you know,
01:38 speaking of the hemispheres you are in the boxing,
01:39 Blast, you can see, has that North American fluid style.
01:44 - Great hand position, catch and shoot,
01:46 uses his jab high and low, changes levels,
01:49 uses his feints.
01:53 - And finished that fight against Buzowski
01:56 with a nice second-round counter,
02:01 and that was all Shiro got back to his finishing ways.
02:07 Weighed 164.4,
02:10 weighed in at the middleweight limit,
02:12 160.2 for tonight's fight here in Orlando.
02:17 - Yeah, he's got a great build for middleweight.
02:20 Tall, long, he's got the power too.
02:22 - Coach Mark Farré in the corner,
02:29 Blast Darryl Valsaint.
02:30 - Yeah, Aduku, he's avoiding these shots
02:39 just because he's awkward.
02:41 He's not really moving, you know,
02:42 with any kind of intention.
02:44 He just kind of moves strangely,
02:46 so Valsaint's having trouble pinning him down.
02:48 - Yeah, Valsaint is one of those fights
02:50 where you may have to learn a little bit of patience.
02:52 Aduku is not gonna let himself get hit cleanly.
02:54 As you said, he's a little bit awkward,
02:55 but at the same time,
02:56 Aduku's also not controlling the ring,
02:58 so if Valsaint just accepts the fact
03:00 that a little by little, he'll take more and more control
03:02 of the ring, the shots will open up for himself
03:03 just like they did right there.
03:04 - Beautiful.
03:06 - And Aduku only finished once in his three losses,
03:11 and that was the most recent fight against Booker.
03:14 - And Booker, who's not really known as a puncher,
03:16 but he is a southpaw, but they also fought at 154,
03:19 and this is a middleweight fight.
03:21 [bell dings]
03:22 [cheers and applause]
03:25 ♪
03:31 [rock music]
03:34 ♪
03:42 ♪
03:51 - The corner, a blast.
03:53 [crowd shouting]
03:56 ♪
03:59 - And look for that right hand.
04:01 And then when he falls down--
04:03 - Mark Parade and his brother, Ray,
04:06 in the corner blast tonight.
04:09 - It's worth more than that, all right?
04:11 - Yeah.
04:12 [bell dings]
04:13 - Out!
04:14 - Take it out!
04:15 [crowd shouting]
04:18 [whistle blows]
04:19 - One, one, one, one.
04:22 [bell dings]
04:24 - Our middleweight matchup continues round number two.
04:28 Valsaint in the silver and gold trunks,
04:32 Aduku in the black and yellow.
04:34 First fight at home for Blast in--
04:37 you know I did the math, Grace, come on.
04:39 - Two years, five months, and 15 days.
04:42 First fight here in the Orlando area
04:45 since his third professional matchup.
04:50 - Nice kick to the body there from Valsaint.
04:52 - Yeah, Valsaint, he has to be careful
04:54 not to rush that work too much.
04:55 - It's exactly like you said last round, champ.
04:57 He's got to find his patience in this fight with Aduku,
05:01 who's just awkward and physically strong.
05:02 - And a lot of times, the guys who are awkward like that,
05:05 you beat them with the basics, the fundamentals.
05:06 You know, you try to land those complicated shots
05:08 with lead uppercuts, those leaping left hooks.
05:10 You got the athleticism to land it on most guys,
05:12 but these guys are so awkward,
05:14 they're not gonna work against those guys,
05:16 but you break them down with the basics first
05:18 and the fundamentals, and then after that,
05:19 you do start to add those complicated shots
05:21 once you break them down.
05:23 I mean, you don't do-- you can't do that
05:24 unless you start to control the ring first.
05:26 I think Valsaint has good control of the ring so far
05:28 in the fight. He just has to be patient.
05:30 - Oh, nice combination. - See, simple combination like that.
05:32 - And a body, nice body shot.
05:33 - Heavy body shot in that buckle zone.
05:36 - Right in front of us. - The night reaction.
05:37 - And you can see how that gets started.
05:39 A simple combination first put him away from them.
05:41 - 6, 7, 8.
05:44 [crowd shouting]
05:47 - [speaking Spanish]
05:49 - Took the 8th.
05:50 Blast would love to get him out of here in the second round,
05:54 as he did in his fight back in May
05:57 against Marcelo Bozovsky.
05:59 - Raduco has a durable reputation.
06:01 - Oh!
06:03 - Big, let-- they trade left hooks.
06:07 - He's got to get out there quicker.
06:09 [crowd shouting]
06:12 - [speaking Spanish]
06:15 - Valsaint looking to blast him out of here
06:18 in front of his family, friends.
06:20 - Oh, nice little feint hook there.
06:22 Feint jab and then a nice little hook around.
06:24 - And many a fan.
06:26 And again with that left hook to the body.
06:28 - That one hurt. A duplicate reaction.
06:30 - Yeah. - Duplicate stumbling a little bit.
06:32 [crowd shouting]
06:35 - Raduco has not made himself dangerous in this fight.
06:37 He's more so he's made himself more complicated
06:39 than anything else, and now that complication
06:41 is starting to be figured out by Valsaint,
06:42 so I don't know how long he's gonna last.
06:44 I know he's durable, but honestly,
06:46 he's not giving Valsaint anything to worry about.
06:48 - Yeah, he's not punching back.
06:49 He's so slow with his counters.
06:51 Valsaint sees him a mile away.
06:53 - [speaking Spanish]
06:55 - One thing I saw when I was watching the tape on Raduco,
06:58 his head, he leads with his head a lot,
07:00 so he's got to be concerned with a guy like that.
07:02 You got to use your jab, 'cause if they're gonna leave
07:03 with that head, you want to stop their full momentum.
07:06 - And now Valsaint turns southpaw,
07:08 which makes the head clashes a little bit more risky
07:11 with a guy who comes in with his head.
07:14 - Final seconds of the second.
07:16 - Nice check hook there from the southpaw position.
07:19 - [speaking Spanish]
07:20 [bell dings]
07:21 [crowd shouting]
07:23 - Valsaint says, "Take that left hand with you at the bell."
07:26 - Yeah. [laughs]
07:27 - Think about that for the next minute.
07:28 I'll be back by then.
07:30 - Valsaint performing beautifully thus far.
07:33 [crowd shouting]
07:36 - Thank you.
07:38 [crowd shouting]
07:41 - When asked of his Olympic experience,
07:44 he said it was awesome, a dream come true,
07:46 and he fired shots like this and into the body.
07:51 - Yeah, it was a nice setup with that up jab
07:54 that popped the head up,
07:56 and then back to the liver with the left hook,
07:59 and there was a delayed reaction, put Aduku down.
08:01 Then we saw another body shot that had Aduku
08:03 on his bicycle moving away.
08:05 - And at the Olympic Games,
08:08 Vlas basically fought with one hand.
08:10 He had torn ligaments in his right hand
08:13 before the Olympics,
08:15 only had two sparring sessions after the injury,
08:19 but represented his home nation of Haiti,
08:22 fighting with one hand and competing at a high level
08:25 like he has always done.
08:27 Round three.
08:28 [crowd shouting]
08:30 - One thing, though, while he was injured,
08:32 he actually learned how to fight in the southpaw position,
08:34 which he does seamlessly during his fights,
08:37 and he's very dangerous in both positions.
08:39 - I mean, when he says to his 50-50 stance,
08:42 many say switch stance,
08:44 he's actually capable,
08:46 and I think we've confirmed that a 50-50 stance
08:50 is realistic for Darryl Valsant.
08:52 - Yeah, I think he scored a knockout
08:53 from the southpaw position his last fight.
08:55 [crowd shouting]
08:58 - And he's got a big fight coming up
09:00 against the southpaw,
09:03 who was a late opponent change
09:04 from the orthodox fighter in Eric Mu.
09:06 - And a durable guy, too. - Big time.
09:08 - Ooh.
09:10 Check hook over the top.
09:12 - Hey!
09:13 [crowd shouting]
09:16 - Paulie, was it Jaylin Hill
09:21 who lived in Columbus, Ohio,
09:24 but told me and you that he liked that team up north?
09:27 - Yeah, I think it was. - All right.
09:28 - Duku, of all places,
09:31 now lives in Columbus, Ohio.
09:33 If I talk to him later and he doesn't say "oh,"
09:36 we're gonna have a problem. - Hey, man.
09:38 Let's let him get through the fight for himself.
09:39 - Yeah, which means Chris and Paulie
09:41 are gonna fight him, not me.
09:42 - Of course. - So stretch out, Chris Algieri.
09:44 - Wear your muscle.
09:45 [laughter]
09:47 - But bodyguards.
09:50 - I was saying again, now simplifying the shots.
09:51 You can see he's using that jab,
09:53 using the little short, simple shots.
09:55 - Yeah, just try to set up-- - Body shot again.
09:58 - Duku a little bit reactive there on the inside.
10:00 I think he's trying to make it physical,
10:02 try to make Valsain at least a little bit uncomfortable,
10:04 'cause he has not been able to do much of that
10:06 in the fight so far.
10:07 - This is when a guy like Duku gets dangerous,
10:09 because he gets a little more wild,
10:10 he gets a little more beat up.
10:11 The head kick is in there,
10:12 the elbows, the clashing in between,
10:14 the fighting on the inside.
10:16 Nice stab jab by Blast there.
10:19 - And Valsain going through the repertoire now, man.
10:21 [crowd shouting]
10:25 - And Duku's getting a little bit of a feint there as well.
10:27 Again, you see the awkwardness of Duku.
10:29 You wind up in awkward clenches and whatnot,
10:30 but little by little, Valsain's slowing him down.
10:33 [crowd shouting]
10:36 - When Blast was told that Duku already has a fight
10:42 scheduled for September against Derek Webster,
10:46 he simply said, "Well, let's see what he does
10:49 against me first."
10:51 - Tell you what he just did,
10:52 he just went for the head on Duku.
10:56 - Yeah, he found early on that Duku's awkward movements
10:58 were making it hard to hit him to the head,
11:00 so he started targeting the body,
11:01 put him down last round.
11:02 Now you see him going back to the body again
11:05 with a delayed reaction.
11:06 Yep.
11:07 [crowd shouting]
11:10 - And again, speed will do that.
11:12 You know, that tough speed, the time.
11:15 You start worrying about your reflexes to the head,
11:18 and you forget to protect the body,
11:19 and you can't get that kind of speed.
11:22 [bell dings]
11:23 [crowd shouting]
11:28 - Been down twice with those body shots.
11:31 [crowd shouting]
11:48 - And that second knockdown there
11:51 is another delayed reaction shot
11:52 to that left hook to the liver.
11:54 Duku took a few steps back,
11:57 and it was kind of a grazing shot.
11:59 It hit the liver and kind of slid off the back there,
12:01 but it was enough to put Duku down again.
12:04 - I've been hurt to the body with grazing shots.
12:05 Sometimes they graze you in a way
12:06 where it feels like a knife cut through you.
12:08 - And you get that strafing shot.
12:10 [whistle blows]
12:12 [crowd shouting]
12:17 - Well, Duku has been in a fight,
12:19 and Blast looks fresh.
12:21 [bell dings]
12:22 Very relaxed tonight
12:24 as this eight-round middleweight matchup
12:26 continues round number four.
12:29 Val Saint comes out quickly.
12:31 Silver and gold trunks for 21-year-old
12:34 Darrell Val Saint, black and yellow
12:37 for 34-year-old Daniel Duku.
12:40 - Blast is showing that speed and reactivity that he has.
12:44 - And Chris, he never looks tense,
12:47 and nothing ever seems to be forced
12:50 as we watch the evolution of this Olympian from '80.
12:54 - No, I mean, he's a great athlete.
12:56 You can see it.
12:57 He's got a lot of physical talents.
12:58 - And again with the body shot.
13:01 Duku takes the knee.
13:03 - And think about taking knees from body shots,
13:04 the referee won't stop it from him beating you.
13:06 He'll just keep having to take these body shots
13:07 until the fight is beaten out of you.
13:10 - It is all over!
13:13 - No argument from Duku.
13:15 - And now Blast Val Saint victorious
13:19 here in his hometown.
13:20 - Yeah, I think he was just looking for somebody to save him.
13:23 He didn't want to quit. He's a tough guy.
13:24 He's got pride.
13:25 I mean, he didn't want to quit,
13:26 but he was looking for somebody to save him.
13:27 And I think that's why he didn't argue
13:29 when the referee stopped it.
13:30 He's like, "All right, you decided to save me.
13:31 I'll take it."
13:32 - That wasn't gonna get any better.
13:33 And he really-- like you said,
13:35 he wasn't mustering up any offense.
13:37 - Yeah, and another impressive performance
13:39 by Darrell Val Saint.
13:40 Again, he's becoming more and more looking like
13:42 one of the blue-chip prospects here
13:44 in boxing, not just here at Pro Box.
13:46 [crowd chatter]
13:49 Beautiful finish there from Val Saint.
13:51 [crowd chatter]
13:55 And the body attack was shown on the repertoire tonight.
13:59 - And you could tell he also took a punch or two
14:02 near that right eye.
14:05 - Yeah, the eye might have been the side dish,
14:07 but liver was the main course tonight.
14:09 [laughter]
14:11 [crowd chatter]
14:14 - Obviously, Val Saint, like you said, champ,
14:16 just keeping it simple,
14:18 because the awkwardness of Aduku
14:20 made it head hard to find,
14:22 but as the rounds wore on,
14:25 and Val Saint started to pick him apart
14:27 and find that body, found that weakness there
14:29 in round number two, stuck to it,
14:31 ended up scoring three knockdowns to the body,
14:33 the third one being enough for the referee
14:36 to call off the bout with no argument from Aduku.
14:41 - And even on his way in, guys,
14:42 he throws in those simple little feints.
14:45 - I was just gonna say that, Goldie.
14:46 Right there, you see the little touches to the top.
14:48 Those little touch jabs to the top
14:50 made Aduku raise his arms up high,
14:52 and then Val Saint had the presence of mind.
14:54 After those touches, see if anything opened up.
14:56 He wasn't really trying to hurt Aduku
14:57 with those little touches.
14:59 He was gonna see if anything opened up.
15:00 Maybe it's gonna open up, maybe it's not.
15:01 As soon as Aduku raised his arms,
15:03 he noticed, Val Saint noticed,
15:04 had the presence of mind to notice it,
15:06 and came back around with a vicious left hook to the body.
15:09 - Very athletic move there from Val Saint.
15:10 Triple left hand finishing to the body.
15:13 - And also, it's a patient move there,
15:15 because as you're flicking it,
15:17 you're not putting too much power on it,
15:18 'cause you don't want him to go away from you.
15:19 So you're kind of flicking it athletically,
15:21 but at the same time, you're paying attention
15:23 for what you're gonna get out of it.
15:24 It's a set-up move, but it needs patience,
15:27 yet it needs to be athletically delivered.
15:31 - So here at home,
15:33 Blast moves to 9-0 with seven finishes.
15:39 Set to make it official,
15:41 once again, we get it up to Mark Lichtenfeld.
15:44 - Ladies and gentlemen, referee Massimo Montaniti
15:47 halts this contest at 49 seconds of the fourth round.
15:51 Your winner by technical knockout,
15:54 Darryl "Blast" Val Saint!
15:59 [cheers and applause]
16:02 - Blast with that triple left hand,
16:04 as Chris talked about, the body shots,
16:07 and another victory on a night in which he was very excited
16:11 about, a night in which he gets to perform here at home.
16:15 Coming up next, our co-host.