Julio Gomez vs Dreon Meriweather (07-11-2023) Full Fight
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00:00 [background noise]
00:07 Here we go.
00:12 Albert, we've called just about every fight here together in the 10th edition of Country
00:19 Box.
00:20 It's probably the most intense crowd that we've had for any particular fight.
00:24 I definitely think so.
00:25 I mean, we might need to get these guys to come to Miami with us.
00:29 Gomez, who's in the black and orange.
00:32 Meriwether's in the blue and orange.
00:36 Meriwether coming out trying to land the jab.
00:42 Meriwether switches southpaw.
00:43 I think just to mess him up a little bit.
00:48 Get him off a jab.
00:50 Again, like Gomez.
00:53 As a professional athlete, Albert, can an athlete be too hyped up?
00:59 You can overhype yourself and gas yourself too.
01:03 You see that, Al Gomez, especially the past couple of days as he's trying to land huge
01:11 shots on Meriwether.
01:13 I think, as you see, Meriwether is actually a lot quicker, I think, than Gomez.
01:19 Those loading up shots, I don't think he's going to be able to land them, not least this
01:22 early.
01:23 Gomez has come up with second round stoppage over Cameron Kane on August 5th in Atlanta.
01:29 He went right for Meriwether and a left and an uppercut from Meriwether.
01:34 Meriwether, landed a shot and Gomez's glove touched the canvas.
01:39 Score the knockdown for Dreon Meriwether.
01:42 I think that right there has showed that Meriwether's here to fight.
01:47 I think Gomez is going to come out here very hyped and that can get him in trouble.
01:54 Basically, what I alluded to about seconds beforehand may have come to fruition.
01:59 Absolutely.
02:00 Again, like I said-
02:02 A big right hand from Gomez and Meriwether's hurt now.
02:07 Meriwether's holding on.
02:10 I don't know if Meriwether was hurt.
02:20 I think he definitely was shook with that right hand.
02:23 Now they're in the clinch.
02:26 What a big shot from Gomez.
02:32 Here comes Gomez trying to land a right on the inside.
02:36 Meriwether trying to mute the punches.
02:39 A right and a left from Gomez.
02:40 Uppercut from Meriwether.
02:41 Right hand from Meriwether, left from Gomez.
02:42 I think the one thing that Meriwether definitely got to do is stay off the ropes because I
02:50 think that's when you give him Gomez a shot to load up.
02:56 Incredible action here in the first round.
03:01 Gomez and Meriwether.
03:05 Gomez has thrown everything with force.
03:11 Gomez is definitely going to have to learn how to box and not expect to land a knockout
03:15 shot every-
03:16 There's a left to the body and a left.
03:19 This is upstairs from Gomez.
03:20 It's a good shot to the body.
03:26 Good right hand from Gomez.
03:32 Terrific first round.
03:39 Terrific action as we see some of the replay.
03:43 Definitely a whole lot of action.
03:44 Again, that was some good shots by Meriwether.
03:50 That call and that definitely-
03:51 It was the right hand.
03:52 Yes.
03:53 Then you see the action that Gomez coming back.
04:01 I think he called Meriwether with one shot.
04:05 That stunned him a little bit.
04:07 He was just like, "Whoa."
04:09 He got out of it.
04:10 He handled it well.
04:11 Now, let's see what's going to happen.
04:14 They both landed some good shots.
04:16 I'm going to say that Meriwether definitely took that round.
04:20 It's going to be interesting to see.
04:28 We are back here for round two of explosive round one.
04:32 Albert Hainsworth, Mark Gibbs here at the Troubadour Nashville, Tennessee.
04:37 Country Box 10, Dreon Meriwether and Julio Gomez locked in a terrific fight in the lightweight
04:45 division.
04:46 Left lance from Gomez.
04:47 Again, it's just like a- It's a good fight.
04:50 Again, Gomez is loading up.
04:53 On every shot.
05:00 Crowd into this one.
05:04 I think this is how he landed all his four knockouts because he loads up on every fight.
05:09 Left from Gomez again.
05:16 Gomez trying to jab to the body.
05:19 Big shots again.
05:23 Right to the head.
05:24 That's a great shot.
05:25 Upper cut from Meriwether to left from Gomez drives Meriwether back.
05:31 Right from Gomez.
05:36 Chance of Julio and Drekko.
05:38 Definitely some great shots exchanged in there.
05:45 I don't think Meriwether wants to mix it up.
05:48 He wants to box and score it.
05:52 To the side of the head by Gomez.
05:57 No matter what happens, I think I already want to see the rematch.
06:09 Yes, I definitely want to see a rematch.
06:12 If I ain't careful, I don't know how it's going to go.
06:17 Body shot from Gomez as he lands a right and a left in the corner.
06:21 Tries to put Meriwether back on the ropes.
06:24 Jab from Meriwether as he goes back.
06:26 Right from Gomez and a left hook.
06:28 Right to the body and a left from Gomez.
06:30 Gomez is trying to seek and destroy Dreon Meriwether.
06:38 Right now it looks like definitely Gomez is taking a shot again.
06:42 Right inside from Meriwether.
06:44 Body shot from Gomez.
06:45 Meriwether is definitely coming back, but Gomez is drawing him back.
06:51 Hard right from Gomez and a left to the body.
07:03 Some good action.
07:04 I think Gomez got a little tired or so.
07:08 Meriwether has been stunned.
07:09 Hard right from Gomez.
07:13 Gomez misses with a left hook.
07:14 A left misses from Gomez.
07:19 Hard right from Gomez.
07:21 These big right hand on the ropes from Gomez.
07:25 Meriwether is taking all these punches well so far.
07:28 It's also hitting back too.
07:32 Meriwether and Gomez locked in an instant classic.
07:38 Tremendous action.
07:40 I don't know if I see this going six rounds.
07:51 Dreon Meriwether showing a terrific chin.
07:54 Gomez, it's if he can keep his pace up for six rounds.
07:58 It's a lot of swing and misses.
08:02 That takes a lot out of you when you do that.
08:04 Yes, it does.
08:05 If Meriwether can keep hitting and keep jabbing and not getting landed on and stay off the
08:16 ropes, I think he'll be okay.
08:18 Gomez got to keep pushing him back.
08:20 Got to get him on the ropes so he can load up for those big shots because that's where
08:23 he's getting the most points at.
08:33 We're back for round three between Julio Gomez, Dreon Meriwether, Gomez dancing out of his
08:39 corner.
08:40 Yes, he's showing that he's not tired.
08:43 He's getting stronger and stronger as it keeps coming on.
08:47 Upper cut from Meriwether.
08:52 Right over the top from Gomez drives Meriwether back to the canvas and a left hook.
08:57 Big shot from Julio Gomez.
09:02 Misses with the left but lands with the right.
09:08 Upper cut from Meriwether.
09:14 Great action and Gomez again, he backs him up on the ropes and he's going to tee off
09:18 right now.
09:21 Big right, grazes off the top of the head of Dreon Meriwether.
09:27 He misses with the right and a left.
09:32 Meriwether trying to land a couple shots on the inside back to the jab.
09:36 You got to box.
09:41 You got two different fighters right here.
09:43 You got a slugger and you got a boxer.
09:45 Left to the body from Meriwether.
09:48 Big left from Gomez.
09:52 Hard right again from Gomez.
09:54 He lands a left to the side of the face.
09:58 Left just misses.
10:01 There's another left.
10:03 Meriwether looks to me like he's slowing down a little bit.
10:05 He definitely looks tired.
10:07 Those shots.
10:09 Tries to land a big right does Meriwether.
10:11 Misses.
10:12 I don't think we've seen a lot of body shots from Gomez.
10:16 I think they're all head shots that have worn down Meriwether.
10:22 There's a left from Gomez and a right to the head.
10:27 It's good action.
10:31 There's a left again from Meriwether.
10:34 Right now Gomez is just stalking him and hitting him at will.
10:42 Meriwether is trying to stay active a little bit with the jabs, but it's definitely not
10:46 as powerful as what Gomez is throwing.
10:49 Hard right again from Gomez.
10:51 Right from Meriwether.
10:52 Gomez with a left and a right on the ropes.
10:57 You see Meriwether is definitely slowing down because Gomez just walked right through.
11:02 Couple of body shots.
11:03 Put him down.
11:04 Meriwether flicks a jab out.
11:06 Every time Gomez lands one of those two and three punch combinations, you just see a little
11:11 bit less and less out of Meriwether in terms of his facial expressions.
11:17 You see something that knocked down Gomez at the beginning of the fight, he just walked
11:24 right through and delivered still a three punch combination.
11:27 Andrew: We come to the end of round three.
11:30 We're just halfway through this fight.
11:35 Trey: Yes.
11:41 I think Meriwether is definitely going to have to dig deep because he seems like he's
11:47 tired and Gomez is just getting stronger and stronger.
11:50 He's walking him down every round.
11:53 Andrew: Every opportunity he has, he just keeps coming forward and trying to land big
11:58 shots.
11:59 You actually accurately pointed out not much to the body from Gomez.
12:03 If he'd maybe thrown some body punches, maybe he would have slowed down Meriwether even
12:08 more.
12:09 Trey: Yes.
12:10 For Meriwether to be this, taking his punches are probably back down, I'd say, at least
12:17 40%.
12:18 They may be about a 60% power and Gomez is walking right through him.
12:24 He got hit with a clean right hook up top and Gomez walked right through it and delivered
12:30 a three punch combination.
12:35 Andrew: Round number four, Julio Gomez, Dreon Meriwether.
12:45 Everyone around the world can be watching this terrific fight with us.
12:50 Trey: Definitely a great fight.
12:53 Again, we've seen Gomez dancing out of the corner.
12:56 He's not tired.
12:57 Andrew: Meriwether back to the jab, slapping left from Gomez.
13:05 Gomez was so passionate about, "I'm going to be a world champion," and he fights with
13:10 a lot of passion, you can tell.
13:12 All that energy that he came in the weigh-in, he's showing it right now.
13:21 Trey: Big right over the top from Gomez a moment ago.
13:30 Misses with the jab.
13:33 There's a left hook from Gomez and another left.
13:39 He's just walking and following Meriwether, throwing punches.
13:43 Misses with the left.
13:44 Meriwether ducking under some shots.
13:47 Good right hand and a left from Gomez.
13:50 Hard right and a left to the side of the head.
13:52 Meriwether tries to answer back with a left.
13:55 Andrew: Again, that first flurry, Meriwether hit him with a nice shot and he walked right
14:03 through it.
14:04 Trey: Big right, cut and a left on the ropes from Gomez.
14:06 Andrew: Gomez is just walking him down.
14:11 I think he has no respect for his power anymore.
14:13 Trey: There was a left to the body from Gomez.
14:16 Andrew: That might be the third or fourth body shot I've seen.
14:22 There's another one.
14:23 Trey: There's a left to the side of the head from Gomez.
14:28 Big right and a left that shakes Meriwether.
14:32 Taking some more shots on the ropes and an uppercut.
14:36 Down goes Meriwether.
14:37 Starting to wilt from the pressure of Julio Gomez.
14:45 Meriwether is up at eight.
14:48 About 45 seconds by the time this fight is going to be restarted from Gomez.
14:55 A hard left and a right and a left again.
14:58 Julio Gomez lands a big counter right that rocks Meriwether again.
15:02 Gomez with a left, a right uppercut and a right and a left.
15:08 Meriwether trying to fight back.
15:09 He's a right and a left again.
15:11 Trey, Meriwether taking shots but throwing punches back.
15:16 Andrew: This young man has heart and also has a chin.
15:22 Trey: Julio Gomez a huge right and a left.
15:27 Meriwether taking some shots in the corner.
15:31 He comes back with a right but Gomez is landing just a fusillage of punches.
15:48 Dreon Meriwether is just taking a beating here.
15:56 He's fighting back.
15:57 Andrew: He is fighting back.
15:58 That was a great combination.
16:01 It finally wore him down.
16:04 He had to take a break.
16:07 Great shots by Gomez.
16:08 Again, as we see him, he's getting stronger, stronger and stronger.
16:17 You can see exactly how this is.
16:23 There's all kind of confusion right here.
16:25 I think somebody is going to get in the ring and it's all Jimmy Adams' wife over here.
16:33 Look, Gomez coming out again, dancing.
16:37 He's ready.
16:38 Powerful, powerful, powerful.
16:39 More power.
16:40 Andrew: Start of round five, scheduled for six.
16:45 Julio Gomez in control of this one after suffering the first round knockdown.
16:54 Yes, he did.
16:56 He's continuing to get stronger and stronger as the fight goes on.
17:01 There's a hard left and a right from Gomez and a left to the side of the head.
17:06 Gomez may be looking for a stoppage here after scoring the knockdown in round four.
17:15 Upper cut from Meriwether and a right from Gomez.
17:18 Again, Gomez is walking right through these punches and continues to assault.
17:24 Andrew: Big combination on the ropes and a really standing aid here.
17:37 Over two minutes to go here in round number five.
17:44 Gomez looking for maybe one more big flurry.
17:52 A right from Meriwether.
17:54 Gomez lands a left.
17:57 Left from Meriwether.
18:00 Has Gomez on the ropes.
18:02 Gomez misses with a right.
18:03 They both land left.
18:04 They are now standing in the middle of the ring.
18:08 Gomez and Meriwether.
18:09 Meriwether lands a right and a left to the top of the head.
18:17 Big right and Meriwether is hurt and down he goes again.
18:22 This fight is over.
18:25 Score the stoppage for Julio Gomez.
18:28 Andrew: I would have said it's a little premature stoppage right there.
18:34 I think Meriwether was still fighting.
18:36 I think he needed a break.
18:39 I like to see him continue to keep going on.
18:42 Andrew: Julio Gomez excited.
18:46 We'll be back just after this.
18:55 Julio Gomez scoring the fifth round stoppage here at the Tribunor.
18:59 Let's look at round five, Albert.
19:01 I just see Gomez is continuing his assault.
19:06 Keeps going for it.
19:08 He drives back.
19:09 To me, it's not like Meriwether was hurt.
19:13 It was more like he's tired.
19:15 He was taking some great shots.
19:18 I never saw in his eyes that he was out of it at any point.
19:23 To me, I could see his conditioning is a little factor.
19:28 He started to learn a little bit more boxing to stay off the ropes because I think that's
19:32 what got him in trouble.
19:34 Andrew: Dreon Meriwether, he looks to be okay.
19:40 He took a lot of hard punches.
19:46 I'll agree to disagree with you.
19:48 I just thought the body language of Meriwether, I just didn't like that.
19:51 Andrew: Yes.
19:52 He was definitely-- He got beat up, but I don't think he was out on his feet or anything
19:57 like that.
19:58 I think he was taking some good shots and he got a hell of a chin.
20:02 Gomez, he continued to keep going forward.
20:08 He was walking through Meriwether's punches.
20:10 Those were about 60%, but he kept walking through and he walked them down and he got
20:15 the knockout.
20:16 It was a tremendous fight.
20:21 Terrific action.
20:22 Dreon Meriwether has nothing to be ashamed of.
20:24 He fought a heck of a fight.
20:27 Julio Gomez was just on fire tonight, especially after the first round.
20:31 Absolutely, he was.
20:33 I think once he was trying to force that action and then when he tasted Meriwether's power,
20:42 and I think it shook him a little bit, I think it really woke him up and then he just became
20:45 that fighter that he is.
20:49 Between the first fight of the night where we had Kevin Torian come back and score a
20:54 third round stoppage over Elijah Lina and Gomez and Meriwether sprinkling Eric El Torito,
21:02 Arianna's first round knockout, we've had a lot of action in just three fights and guess
21:06 what?
21:07 We still have our main event to come.
21:08 We still have the main event to come, but I've got to say right here, this is probably
21:12 one of the most exciting real fights that we've had.
21:17 I would love to see these two young men back in here, not to say against each other, but
21:21 back in here because they fought their hearts out.
21:24 This has been an awesome country box card.
21:28 This is what country box is all about.
21:29 We've had Clayton Q and so far three terrific fights.
21:33 Absolutely.
21:34 I mean, just to see what we did.
21:38 Chrissy Martin, Hall of Famer, the coal miner's daughter, she definitely put a great fight
21:44 together with this.
21:45 She may be starting to get some votes for getting the Hall of Fame as a matchmaker too.
21:50 Well, she got my vote for sure.
21:54 So Julio Gomez goes to five and two, all five wins coming by knockout.
22:01 Dreon Merriweather is nothing to be ashamed of.
22:04 He's now two, two and one.
22:08 Which is, yeah, there's nothing to be ashamed of with him.
22:11 I thought he came out, I thought he fought extremely hard.
22:15 You know, again, he has a job on his side, I think, right?
22:22 I think he works at a warehouse.
22:25 He's out here fighting for his mom.
22:27 So you know what?
22:28 I love the way that he fought and put out here.
22:36 Even though her son lost, she should be proud of him that he put up a terrific effort.
22:41 So Dreon Merriweather, hope we will see him again.
22:44 Absolutely.
22:45 Three, two, one.
22:46 We're back.
22:47 We are back here at the Tributor Nashville, Tennessee.
22:53 We just witnessed an awesome fight between Julio Gomez and Dreon Merriweather.
22:58 Gomez scoring the fifth round stoppage.
23:00 Get the time and the official time of the fight.
23:03 Let's throw up the ring announcer, JT Conway.
23:06 What y'all think about that fight, ladies and gentlemen?
23:12 The minute 41 in the fifth round, your winner from Gainesville, Georgia, Julio Gomez.