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00:00 You got your mouthpiece now?
00:01 All right, gentlemen, you received the instructions
00:03 in the dressing room.
00:04 Know what I expect?
00:05 A good, clean fight.
00:06 [ Speaking Spanish ]
00:08 Legal punches, golpes legales, here for you.
00:11 Legal punches, here for you.
00:12 Touch gloves, look to both of you.
00:13 [ Speaking Spanish ]
00:15 -Lightweight fight between George Acosta
00:19 and René Tellez-Girón.
00:21 Acosta, a fighter who was diagnosed
00:25 with a microadenoma that almost derailed his career.
00:29 He was finally cleared to fight,
00:31 and he says, "That's why I'm such a technical fighter,
00:33 because I know that I can't take punishment
00:36 to that certain area around the pituitary gland."
00:39 -Box!
00:40 -And here he is, looking for his 18th professional win.
00:44 A student at Fullerton College
00:45 wants to transfer to a UC or a Cal State
00:50 to study kinesiology,
00:52 and René Tellez-Girón, well, he's a veteran, Tim,
00:54 who just comes forward and loves to fight.
00:57 -I remember his fight with Baldaris.
00:59 -Yep.
01:00 -You know, not many gave him an opportunity or a chance.
01:03 He got the opportunity.
01:04 He landed a perfect shot on Baldaris,
01:06 dropped him, floored him, and actually beat him.
01:10 Haven't seen him in a while.
01:12 -Baldaris and Girón.
01:14 -Haven't seen him in a while.
01:15 Acosta, like you said, is a boxer.
01:19 Doesn't like to fight too much with his heart.
01:21 Likes to fight with his mind.
01:23 I respect it.
01:25 He says that, you know, in the fighter minions,
01:27 after speaking to him, he said that, you know,
01:29 that's the reason why I'm able to do what I do,
01:31 and that's the reason why I'm undefeated
01:33 is because a lot of these guys
01:35 have a hard time with my boxing ability.
01:38 And he said, "Girón's gonna have a hard time
01:40 dealing with my skills tonight."
01:42 -You know why you haven't seen a lot of Girón?
01:44 Because he's been undependable when it comes to making weight.
01:47 For that fight against Giovanni Cabrera,
01:48 he missed weight by 4 pounds,
01:50 and in his last four fights,
01:52 he's missed weight by at least 3 pounds.
01:54 So you can't depend on a fighter like that.
01:57 So promoters shy away from bringing him up,
02:00 but now he's got a good test against Giorgio Acosta.
02:03 Nice left uppercut from Acosta.
02:08 He's starting to open up.
02:09 You know, starting with that jab,
02:20 he's sparred with Fitbull crews in the past.
02:23 Also Bandido Vargas, former world champion.
02:27 Been in several fight of the years before.
02:29 Nice stiff jab from Giron.
02:34 More boxing from Giron in this first round.
02:38 -Girón's sneaky.
02:40 He'll lure you in. He'll get you comfortable,
02:42 and then all of a sudden, he'll explode with that left hook.
02:44 You see him setting it up.
02:47 See him step in the mid-range
02:50 and unleashing the left hook.
02:51 -Acosta right now just standing still in spots.
02:55 I mean, if he get on his jab
02:57 and really get consistent with it,
02:59 he'll be able to slow down some of that offense from Giron.
03:02 Giron right there just taking advantage of Acosta's mistake.
03:11 He jabbed, and he fell in after his jab.
03:15 A fundamental mistake right there from him,
03:17 and Giron saw it, has enough experience,
03:19 and set him up for a beautiful uppercut.
03:20 -Cuidado con la cabeza, René. Cuidado con la cabeza.
03:24 -Good jab. -Stiff jab from Acosta.
03:26 -Real good. Real good. Real good jab right there.
03:29 -4-inch reach advantage for Acosta.
03:31 Tell us, Giron has been able to overcome early in this fight.
03:35 Seven more rounds still to fight here in Las Vegas,
03:39 Nevada, between Acosta and Tellez.
03:41 Giron, tonight's main event in Las Vegas
03:44 will feature Tio Fimo Lopez against Jermaine Ortiz.
03:48 The referee is Harvey Dock,
03:50 and this will be his 33rd world title fight.
03:53 Cambosis Jr. and Nakatani,
03:54 those are the fights that he's been in the ring with
03:57 when Tio Fimo Lopez fights,
03:58 and other notable fights on his docket
04:00 are Canelo against Charlo, Crawford Spence,
04:03 and Haney Lomachenko.
04:06 Two of those went the distance.
04:08 All right, the judges for this evening
04:10 feature Tim Cheatham in his 55th world title fight,
04:13 David Sutherland just two fights behind him in that rank,
04:17 but he's got the first time he's judging a Lopez fight,
04:21 and Steve Weisfeld has judged both Lopez and Ortiz
04:26 in fights that they've won.
04:29 So that's your breakdown of the other people
04:32 who will be involved in the fight tonight
04:35 in the main event besides Tio Fimo Lopez and Jermaine Ortiz.
04:39 -Box. -Good crew, by the way.
04:41 -Good crew. Great crew.
04:43 Great group of judges.
04:45 -A lot of experience, not only in that,
04:47 but Harvey Dogg, who is a New York judge
04:49 but has been making his way over to Vegas for the mega fights.
04:53 -Absolutely.
04:55 -Inside the ring, we've got George Acosta
05:01 in the white, red, and green trunks,
05:04 and we got Renete Yeziron in the 49er trunks.
05:10 -You see the elusiveness and the athleticism from Yeziron
05:16 staying low, really making his target,
05:18 shrinking his target area, exploding up with shots,
05:23 throwing punches at unexpected times
05:26 from different and odd angles.
05:28 That's what he brings into the ring.
05:29 That's why he's been successful in the ring.
05:32 You see that shot right there?
05:33 You wouldn't expect him to go down the way he was
05:35 and be from that position and actually come up
05:37 with a left hook.
05:39 -Those awkward angles that he throws punches from,
05:41 you're not expecting those.
05:42 He's very unorthodox, and it works for him.
05:44 -Extremely unconventional.
05:48 And being unconventional
05:50 sometimes against a conventional fighter,
05:52 you're able to have success.
05:54 Look at Navarrete. He's one of those guys.
05:56 -Nice body work from Acosta
06:08 as he tries to land an uppercut.
06:10 -He's not making Acosta think a lot.
06:12 -Well, it's his head movement.
06:14 He's so elusive in there.
06:15 He's not all the time in just one place.
06:18 He's not just a come-forward fighter.
06:21 He changes angles.
06:23 He slips under. You see how he slips under?
06:25 He uses his feet to create advantageous positions
06:28 for himself, and again, he can throw from odd angles
06:31 and odd positions,
06:33 and it's something that a traditional fighter
06:35 is not used to.
06:36 -He's not used to that.
06:38 He's not used to that.
06:39 -He's not used to that.
06:40 -He's not used to that.
06:42 -He's not used to that.
06:43 -He's not used to that.
06:44 -He's not used to that.
06:46 -He's not used to that.
06:47 -He's not used to that.
06:48 -He's not used to that.
06:50 -He's not used to that.
06:51 -He's not used to that.
06:53 -He's not used to that.
06:54 -He's not used to that.
06:55 -He's not used to that.
06:57 -He's not used to that.
06:58 -He's not used to that.
06:59 -He's not used to that.
07:01 -He's not used to that.
07:02 -He's not used to that.
07:04 -He's not used to that.
07:05 -He's not used to that.
07:06 -He's not used to that.
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07:09 -He's not used to that.
07:10 -He's not used to that.
07:12 -He's not used to that.
07:13 -He's not used to that.
07:14 -He's not used to that.
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07:18 -He's not used to that.
07:19 -He's not used to that.
07:21 -He's not used to that.
07:22 -He's not used to that.
07:23 -He's not used to that.
07:25 -He's not used to that.
07:26 -He's not used to that.
07:27 -He's not used to that.
07:29 -He's not used to that.
07:30 -He's not used to that.
07:31 -He's not used to that.
07:32 -He's not used to that.
07:34 -He's not used to that.
07:35 -He's not used to that.
07:36 -That's body work right there.
07:38 -Round eight coming to an end here in Las Vegas.
07:43 Tio Fimo Lopez ready to put the belt
07:47 that he took from Josh Taylor last June 2023 in the house.
07:53 Tonight, well, they faced each other
07:56 in the 2015 Golden Gloves final,
07:59 but according to both fighters,
08:01 tonight's a whole different ballgame in the pros.
08:04 -He never made me question myself in 2015.
08:07 He'll be having those doubts about himself
08:09 when I knock his ass out.
08:11 -We're taking the stage.
08:12 Yo, we can't wait.
08:15 -2015 National Golden Gloves, we get a championship ring.
08:18 Put it on my ring finger.
08:20 I married Boxing at 17, and now he's coming back
08:22 with the same fighter that I'm facing.
08:25 We're gonna have a good dance.
08:27 We're gonna show the world why Tio Fimo
08:29 belongs in the sport of boxing.
08:30 -Dude, this is a fight.
08:31 -We're gonna show the world why Tio Fimo
08:33 belongs in the sport of boxing.
08:35 -Dude, this is a Tio Fimo show.
08:37 -I don't think nothing of it.
08:39 The takeover's gonna come to an end very soon.
08:41 -This is no longer the takeover.
08:43 This is worldwide takeover.
08:45 ♪♪
08:47 -This is Jermaine Ortiz's eighth fight,
08:50 fighting above 135 pounds, but this is the first time
08:53 that he'll be fighting for a world title,
08:55 and he'll be doing it against the lineal champion
08:58 in Tio Fimo Lopez.
08:59 -And here's the ESPN immediately following
09:04 this card here on ESPN+.
09:06 Glad you're with us on Bernardo.
09:07 Soon alongside Hall of Famer Timothy Bradley,
09:11 round three of a scheduled eight-rounder
09:12 between George Acosta and René Tellez-Girón.
09:15 And so far, Girón is making Acosta work for it,
09:19 and "Girón" means a big turn,
09:22 and that's what he's doing to Acosta.
09:24 He's turning him all over that ring.
09:27 -What's the impact that you have there from Acosta?
09:30 -He -- Acosta has moments.
09:33 He has moments, but, again, it's really hard
09:37 to really fight -- to find Girón inside that ring.
09:42 You know, all that footwork, all the movement he's doing,
09:45 it's difficult to face an opponent like that.
09:48 -He's been with his trainer, Hazza Acosta,
09:56 since he was 6 years old.
09:57 -He was part of that Sheriff's
09:59 after-school boxing program. -Right in.
10:01 -And he sparred Joe Cordena for this fight, Tim,
10:04 so he got great work coming into this fight,
10:06 did Acosta, over at the knockouts gym in Southgate.
10:08 -Yeah, but how are you gonna compare
10:10 for what he's seeing right now? -You can't.
10:11 -You can't compare for that because it's athleticism,
10:14 it's awkwardness, it's unconventional,
10:16 and, again, it's hard to train or fight a guy
10:19 that fights like Tellez-Girón.
10:23 -You'd rather fight a guy who is conventional...
10:25 -Yeah. -...rather than a Manny Pacquiao
10:27 who's coming from different angles
10:28 and does stuff that you don't expect.
10:30 -Let me give you an example. Let me give you an example.
10:32 The example we had with Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou.
10:36 Now, you would think that Tyson, being who he is,
10:38 that he should completely --
10:40 he should have dominated Ngannou.
10:42 However, just the unconventionalness
10:44 with the lifting of a guy like Ngannou gave him fits,
10:48 gave him problems, gave him issues.
10:49 Now, could we see the same thing with Anthony Joshua?
10:52 We gonna see.
10:54 -We're definitely gonna see, but styles make fights
10:56 at the end of the day.
10:57 -And Girón, after throwing all those looping shots,
11:00 catches Acosta coming in with the most basic one-two
11:03 in the sport, so his style,
11:06 just throwing Acosta off here during the first --
11:08 -Look at that, jabbing up, jabbing like that
11:10 in between the jab, like Tellez-Girón,
11:13 a big rule-breaker.
11:15 -Girón is a rule-breaker.
11:20 But he knows his style, and he knows how to --
11:24 He knows how to get his style across,
11:30 whereas Acosta, again, having problems
11:33 dealing with the rhythm of Girón.
11:39 [ Bell dings ]
11:40 -Round three in the books.
11:42 We're gonna take you inside Tiofimo Lopez's locker room
11:44 and listen in as Harvey Doc gives the instructions.
11:49 -Fair game, you know, because that would be on him.
11:51 -Yes, sir. -Knocked down, you know,
11:53 you got a 10-count to get up.
11:55 If he's knocked out of the ring,
11:56 you got a 20-count to get back in unassisted.
11:58 -That's completely out of the ring, not just in that --
12:01 -Correct, off the apron. -Outside apron.
12:03 -Off the apron, right.
12:06 And, Coach, again, that's unassisted.
12:09 So, again, just listen for my commands.
12:13 Like I said, if there's things that concern me,
12:15 I'll let you know about it.
12:17 And if not, just fight your fight, all right?
12:20 Thank you.
12:22 -My only thing is, let's not have a Josh Taylor
12:27 replay of this fight.
12:29 Let's keep it clean, because if not, I'm gonna keep it dirty.
12:33 -No, that's why I was telling him about the whole --
12:35 -To be honest with you, I didn't even see about --
12:38 But whatever it was, whatever happened,
12:40 tonight's a fair slate.
12:42 I looked for it afterwards.
12:43 Tonight's a fair slate.
12:44 -I got you.
12:45 -I just want to let you know --
12:47 -Referee.
12:48 -I'll let you know. -You better let me call.
12:50 -Yeah. -All right.
12:51 -You got to learn to defend.
12:53 -Coach, if he's in trouble, you want to stop the fight,
12:55 don't throw the towel, let the inspector know.
12:57 He'll let me know. -Okay.
12:59 -Good? -All right, gentlemen.
13:00 Let's play a fair game tonight. -All right, guys.
13:02 -That's all I ask.
13:04 -That takes away -- -I beat you all from a bad game.
13:06 Let's play a fair game. -Good luck, my man.
13:08 -Champ. -Good luck, brother.
13:09 -Takes away you grabbing the towel and throwing it back.
13:11 -Aww.
13:14 -Good luck, guys. -Thank you.
13:15 -All right, you guys, too. Good luck.
13:18 -My man. -Diofimo Lopez
13:19 alluding to the Josh Taylor fight.
13:22 And, hey, Tim. -Yeah.
13:24 -When Harvey Dock says, "You have any concerns,"
13:26 he put his concern out there.
13:28 What does that do for the referee?
13:30 -Bring his awareness to that.
13:32 You know, that helps him in his favor.
13:33 He gets the referee on his side.
13:35 That's a smart thing to do.
13:36 When they ask you any concerns, you let them know.
13:40 Trust me, they're gonna be looking for it.
13:41 They're gonna be very aware of it.
13:44 -You know what Giron is aware of?
13:47 The body work being effective against Acosta,
13:49 who's bleeding from his nose.
13:51 Nice body shot from the right side from Giron,
13:56 and Acosta trying to answer in flurries.
14:00 You see the strength of Giron there in tying him up.
14:06 -Come on, man. Come on. Combination! Come on!
14:11 -Jeff Lotry yelling to Acosta, "You got to throw combinations here."
14:14 Like I mentioned, he's been his trainer since he was 10 years old.
14:17 -All right.
14:19 -Giron is just throwing punches and punches here.
14:27 Nice body work there from Acosta.
14:34 -Let him go, Giron. -Continue to use that jab.
14:36 It's gonna help Acosta.
14:39 -It's funny. You're seeing Acosta now changing the game plan up.
14:42 Now he's staying close, and he's smothering the work of Giron.
14:48 Not allowing him to get any space
14:49 to be able to use those angles and upper movement from the outside.
14:54 -His body work there from Tellez Giron.
14:58 Ooh, nice uppercut.
15:00 And it was from -- He was squared up, Tim.
15:02 He was between southpaw and orthodox stance,
15:04 just squared up right up the gut.
15:07 -Again, instincts.
15:09 Giron, that's what he fights off.
15:10 He fights off instincts.
15:12 He can fight and punch from any position.
15:14 Doesn't matter. That's the way he's been trained.
15:16 That's the way he's always done it against taller fighters,
15:20 fighters that are somewhat, say, more technical than he is.
15:31 -Nice left hook from Giron.
15:33 Acosta trying to get something going here
15:36 as the midway point of the fight
15:39 comes with the sound of the bell.
15:42 Keyshawn Davis, the Olympic silver medalist,
15:44 getting some special visitors.
15:46 The undisputed welterweight champion of the world,
15:49 Terrence Crawford, giving Miss Wanda a hug.
15:52 And there's a dab between the Olympic silver medalist
15:55 and his mentor, one of the best fighters in the world,
15:59 Terrence "Bud" Crawford.
16:00 The other man who was walking in with Bud
16:02 was Troy Isley, fellow Olympian in Tokyo.
16:06 There is the Transformer saying what's up to his buddy.
16:11 And just major support.
16:12 When someone like that comes into your locker room, Tim,
16:15 you've been there before. What does it mean?
16:18 -You know that you got people that support you,
16:20 people that want to see you succeed, you know.
16:23 It definitely gives you more confidence
16:26 going into your fight.
16:28 You feel comfortable. You feel at home.
16:30 They bring some sort of peace to you.
16:32 And it's great to be able to just share that moment with them.
16:36 And you just never know.
16:37 They might drop you a nugget here and there.
16:39 I heard him talking to him.
16:41 I wonder what he said to him.
16:42 -And in this day and age, I just saw Bud
16:44 hand his phone to somebody else to take a picture of him.
16:47 I'm sure he's going to post that on social media.
16:50 When you get that stamp of approval
16:52 from one of the best in the world, pound for pound,
16:54 I mean, that says more in today's era than anything else,
16:58 when they give you that love on social media.
17:00 -See, the love is great, you know,
17:02 but the performance is even better.
17:04 That's what it boils down to.
17:06 So, with Shakur -- excuse me, Shakur.
17:09 He's talking about me anyhow.
17:10 What Keyshawn needs to do is,
17:12 is he needs to perform tonight
17:14 on the biggest stage of his career against Pedraza.
17:17 -And he will have that opportunity
17:19 when we move over to ESPN,
17:20 immediately following our ESPN+ card,
17:23 here from the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
17:27 Acosta, he don't continue to go at it.
17:32 Acosta starting to open up a little bit more,
17:34 but he don't continue to time up.
17:35 -It's the adjustment that Acosta just made.
17:39 And what he's doing is, is he's --
17:42 he's coming in, and he's trying to bully Heron,
17:47 pushing him on his back foot.
17:49 You see him bodying up right there,
17:51 and you create some space by putting him in.
17:53 By bumping him and getting him off
17:55 and digging down to his body.
17:57 I think he's found something there.
18:02 Yeah, he's found something there.
18:03 I mean, his first minutes of this round
18:04 has been really good for him.
18:07 -Ooh, that's a nice digging shot to the body.
18:09 -There it is. -And an overhand right.
18:10 -Out of nowhere. -From Hedo.
18:12 -Out of nowhere. -But that body shot set it up.
18:15 -Out of nowhere. -5, 6, 7.
18:17 How you doing? 8, 9, 10.
18:18 -I thought it was gonna be the left hook.
18:21 -It was an overhand right.
18:24 -But that body shot really set it up,
18:25 and now a left hook to the chin of Acosta
18:28 has him reeling with a minute
18:30 and 11 seconds left here in the fifth round.
18:33 And just when you thought Acosta was getting a rhythm,
18:36 Heron says, "Check this out."
18:39 What a nice right upper cut from Acosta.
18:42 -We got an accidental headbutt
18:44 caused on the back of the head, blue corner.
18:47 -There's a cut in the back of the head of Heron
18:50 caused by a headbutt.
18:53 -So what the referees are looking for,
18:54 they're looking for the hurt fighter.
18:57 They're seeing how he's reacting.
18:59 They actually want you to hold.
19:01 They want you to tie up.
19:03 They want to see that you have cognitive thinking
19:07 going on when you get hurt.
19:11 So they don't mind the tie up.
19:13 That's what they're looking for.
19:14 They're looking for that.
19:16 -More body work from Heron.
19:19 -And that's a big round for the fighter from Querétaro, Mexico.
19:25 -Acosta seemed to have his wits about him.
19:27 -He does. -Red corner headbutt.
19:29 -Oh, and now a headbutt causes a cut
19:32 on the side of the head of Acosta.
19:36 -10 segundos para la campana.
19:40 [ Bell dings ]
19:41 -We'll listen in to the corner of George Acosta
19:44 and see what Jeff Floetry has to say to him.
19:47 -Times we've talked about
19:51 that it's not a boxing match anymore.
19:55 Hey, remember how we talked about that?
19:58 This is that fucking time, okay?
20:00 This is not a boxing match anymore.
20:02 The crowd's behind him.
20:03 -Let's take a look at the knockdown
20:04 that was a great setup shot from Heron.
20:08 -Absolutely.
20:10 You see Acosta here shooting a jab again from mid-range.
20:15 You see the reaction right here,
20:16 but look at the position that you see Heron in.
20:19 Squared up in a squared-up position,
20:21 was able to generate enough power,
20:23 catching Acosta with a punch he didn't see.
20:27 Right on the button.
20:29 And that's what put him on the canvas.
20:30 -Ooh. -Caught his attention.
20:33 Again, sometimes it's the punches
20:36 that you don't see at most times that hurt you.
20:40 -Thanks. -Acosta definitely
20:42 did not see that. -Never saw it.
20:44 -Let's take a look at the power punches by round here,
20:46 according to CompuBox.
20:48 And you're gonna see Heron dominated that fifth round
20:52 with 23 power punches landed.
20:55 That's almost a third of all the power punches
20:58 he's landed in the fight.
21:00 23 of 68.
21:01 -Watch your hands. [ Speaking Spanish ]
21:04 -Acosta only beyond double digits in that fourth round,
21:07 so he's gonna have to dig deep.
21:08 And his trainer, Jeff Floetry, says,
21:10 "Look, remember we talked about, you know, boxing matches before
21:13 and how you're not gonna box.
21:15 Well, tonight is that night when you have to go to war."
21:17 -Yeah, where they also talked about
21:19 keeping their distance in boxing from the outside
21:22 and taking as least damage as possible.
21:24 -And he did not allow for that, though.
21:26 -No, he didn't allow.
21:27 Actually, Heron was actually out boxing from the outside.
21:32 With his creativity and instincts,
21:34 natural instincts inside the ring.
21:36 A lot of stuff he's doing in there
21:37 and throwing punches like that, that's not normal.
21:40 It's not normal.
21:42 From those positions that he's letting his hands go from.
21:45 [ Crowd shouting ]
21:47 -That's body work against from the seat on him.
21:50 There was a warning for a low blow.
21:51 -Nice feint, too. -And that left hook, too.
21:53 -Yeah, he set it up off a feint, too.
21:55 He feinted Acosta.
21:59 So it's little small, little subtle things
22:01 that Heron is doing in there
22:05 that's really allowing him to break down Acosta.
22:09 [ Crowd shouting ]
22:13 -Ooh, uppercut on the inside.
22:17 There's another uppercut from Heron.
22:19 [ Crowd shouting ]
22:22 There's that body shot from Heron.
22:26 [ Speaking Spanish ]
22:30 -Warnings for headbutts from the referee.
22:33 Bloody nose of Heron.
22:35 -Stop!
22:37 -Here we go. -Box.
22:39 [ Crowd shouting ]
22:44 -Overhand right from Acosta.
22:46 -As Kido starts to break down a little bit, Tim,
22:49 he's lunging a lot more.
22:51 -Well, he's trying to. He's attempting to.
22:53 He's trying to knock him out. That's why.
22:55 I mean, he's taking more risks.
22:57 He's trying to land that kill shot,
22:58 and again, sometimes you can get beside yourself,
23:02 especially when you produce a knockout.
23:06 -Stop! Break!
23:07 -Sometimes a knockdown -- -When you produce a knockdown.
23:09 -Excuse me. -Throws you off your game
23:10 because now you think you're a puncher all of a sudden.
23:15 And he stops doing everything he was doing.
23:17 -Yeah, I mean, you're right, but what was he doing?
23:21 Think about it. What was he doing?
23:23 What he's doing now.
23:25 -Yeah, but he was using more angles, to be honest.
23:27 I mean, now he's a straightforward fighter,
23:30 but tonight, one of the reasons Teofimo Lopez
23:34 is taking on Jermaine Ortiz
23:36 is it's his first world title shot.
23:38 He's never been on the stage before,
23:39 and Teofimo Lopez is not looking past that.
23:42 -Peace.
23:43 -I don't see this fight going the distance.
23:48 I don't.
23:49 I faced Jermaine Ortiz before, and I'm not overlooking him.
23:53 However, I just know there's certain things
23:55 that certain fighters have,
23:56 and there's just things that certain fighters,
23:58 you need to have as a champion, and he doesn't have that.
24:01 He doesn't have that champion heart,
24:03 and I'm gonna press him on it come that night.
24:06 It's a good turnaround for me, man.
24:08 I think it's now that I get to really, like,
24:11 revision everything and how I really want to
24:14 take this next chapter of my life.
24:18 Jermaine Ortiz, I'm not going to overlook him at all.
24:22 Regardless what that other side is doing,
24:25 I got to stay focused on what I'm doing.
24:26 It's me versus me.
24:28 Every time I go out there and I fight,
24:30 every time I go out there and train,
24:31 I'm focusing on how do I beat myself.
24:35 Jermaine Ortiz is a decorated fighter,
24:37 knows how to fight, but this is a different time,
24:40 and this kid is gonna feel the magnitude of this.
24:44 It's me against me.
24:47 Yeah? >> What do you think of that?
24:48 >> Every single day, that's what I say to myself.
24:50 I get up in the morning, brush my teeth,
24:51 and I say, "Hey, how can I be the best version
24:54 of myself today?"
24:55 Absolutely.
24:57 You can be your own enemy and slow yourself down.
25:01 So, yes, it's you against you, no doubt about it.
25:04 And you have all your supporting cast around you,
25:07 which is your family and your loved ones,
25:08 and also your die-hard fans.
25:11 >> There you go.
25:12 Spoken by a hall of famer.
25:15 Round seven, Giron dropped Acosta in round five.
25:21 And they're going into war here in the last few rounds.
25:26 About five minutes left in this fight
25:27 for Acosta to turn it around.
25:30 >> Acosta's trying to get himself back into this fight.
25:33 And he's fighting more than actually using his brain,
25:42 what God has given him.
25:44 It's a different style.
25:48 I'm not sure if he's accustomed to using this style
25:50 and fighting inside the pocket.
25:53 But as of right now, when he's out at distance
25:56 and he's letting combinations go, he has success.
26:00 You know, it's just when he allows Giron
26:03 to slip in the inside without making him pay
26:06 and getting down to his body
26:08 and roughing him up on the inside,
26:10 that's when he runs into problems.
26:13 >> I mean, Acosta's jab has been pretty effective here
26:16 in the seventh round,
26:17 but he's still fighting away inside.
26:19 >> But see, this is a low point for Giron right now.
26:23 And you as a fighter, you have to sense it.
26:25 You have to sense that.
26:28 And so if I'm Acosta, I'm letting my hands go
26:30 a little bit more and I'm pushing forward,
26:32 trying to dictate the pace to be able to try
26:35 to win these last few rounds.
26:39 >> Great work there from Raul Caiz Jr.
26:41 saying, "Hey, let his hands go and work out of it."
26:46 A lot of headbutt action here between these two fighters.
26:49 That's a concern for Raul Caiz.
26:51 Nice body work from Acosta,
26:53 but Giron just has no quit in him.
26:55 He's going to keep coming after you.
26:57 >> No, not at all.
26:58 He might have been sitting back playing possum,
27:00 mouth is open a bit.
27:03 But he's a fighter, a true fighter through and through.
27:05 Both these fighters are, honestly.
27:08 They are.
27:09 I mean, being knocked down and being in land shots like that
27:12 and still be available, recovering,
27:16 and still trying to win.
27:18 >> There's another straight right hand from Acosta.
27:21 Again, not at range.
27:25 >> So that gives more credence to just how Giron
27:28 controlled the early part of this fight,
27:30 by just getting on the inside.
27:32 >> Yeah.
27:33 >> And dictating through the first five rounds.
27:35 Ooh, nice left hook there from Giron.
27:37 >> Listen for that bell.
27:38 >> Yeah, Acosta needs to know that he's never safe
27:41 in any moment.
27:42 He's never safe, and he needs to make sure he plays
27:46 homage to defense after his offense.
27:50 >> Let's listen in to the corner.
27:52 >> We go to the eighth and final round.
27:55 [speaking Spanish]
27:58 >> You think you're winning this?
28:00 Come on, you gotta use both hands.
28:04 You gotta keep turning them.
28:05 You gotta go hurt them.
28:08 This is the last round, come on.
28:12 Cover yourself on defense.
28:14 [speaking Spanish]
28:17 >> Don't tell me about it.
28:20 Fucking do it, okay?
28:22 This is all you.
28:24 You're capable of doing this, okay?
28:26 You're capable.
28:27 Believe in yourself.
28:28 Go get this guy.
28:30 Stop him.
28:32 >> The urgency in the corner from Jeff Loach retelling
28:35 Georgia Acosta, "You gotta go stop this guy.
28:37 You gotta want him."
28:39 You gotta be honest.
28:40 >> Yeah.
28:41 >> Yeah, I always say how.
28:44 So what people always ask, "Well, how he do it, Jim?
28:48 How can he do it?"
28:49 Same thing you being a coach.
28:53 >> He don't have landed 13 more punches than Acosta has,
28:56 and they're right around the 30% mark.
28:59 But the damaging punches have been in favor of Hiron.
29:02 >> Yes.
29:03 The more eye-catching punches have been.
29:05 >> And that knockdown in that fifth round,
29:07 we can't forget that.
29:08 >> Yes.
29:13 >> All that wrestling and tussling and grappling,
29:15 that stuff tires you out, man.
29:17 Tires you out.
29:19 You know what I used to do?
29:20 My dad used to make me push the car in the parking lot
29:25 to be able to deal with that.
29:27 >> Was that a hoopty?
29:28 >> It was a hoopty.
29:29 >> Those are heavy, man.
29:31 Made out of metal.
29:33 >> You push that thing, man.
29:35 >> Not these plastic cars we got nowadays.
29:37 >> No, that a hoopty.
29:39 >> Oh, look at that headbutt from Hiron.
29:41 >> You know it.
29:43 >> Box.
29:45 >> It's a veteran move,
29:46 sticking your head underneath the chin of your opponent.
29:49 Another veteran.
29:50 >> You never did that, did you, Tim?
29:51 >> Every now and then, my big old head would get in the way.
29:54 I was top-heavy.
29:55 What you expect?
29:56 I had little bitty legs.
29:57 I was like built, like a penitentiary or something.
30:01 Small legs, no leg day.
30:04 Big upper body with a big head, of course.
30:07 There's gonna be head clashes.
30:11 >> No leg day, Tim.
30:13 [ Laughter ]
30:14 >> I love it.
30:17 I can't say anything.
30:18 I got this skinny legs.
30:20 Here's what it is.
30:21 >> Got the bird legs.
30:22 >> Looks like I'm walking on them.
30:25 >> That last round, that last round,
30:31 Hiron might have took off.
30:33 Very energetic this round.
30:36 He knows it's the last round.
30:39 The end is near.
30:41 >> And his corner set about to try to finish this fight.
30:46 >> And he's trying to bank this round.
30:47 He can pull off a knockout.
30:49 >> Rene, stop.
30:52 Here we go.
30:53 Here we go.
30:54 Box.
30:55 >> You look across the ring, and you would say,
30:59 "Which guy's gonna win," right?
31:02 Most people would have said Acosta.
31:03 And guess who I think is ahead here.
31:06 It's Rene Tellez-Hiron.
31:07 He's just been nonstop, active from round one.
31:11 Made Acosta fight his fight from the get-go.
31:14 >> Yep.
31:15 >> And now it's a punishing fight
31:17 between these two fighters.
31:18 Both want to finish, and both are getting really sloppy.
31:21 And that's a dangerous proposition.
31:23 Look at that.
31:24 >> [ Laughs ]
31:25 Heads are gonna clash again.
31:26 Be careful.
31:28 Hiron is just a fighter, man.
31:33 He don't care how he did it.
31:34 He just want to get it.
31:36 >> Told you. Head clash on the way.
31:37 >> Box.
31:38 [ Bell dings ]
31:39 >> Careful.
31:40 >> All right.
31:41 The fight is over for now,
31:45 and we will see what happens with the judges.
31:49 But we remind you that at 10:30 Eastern, 7:30 Pacific,
31:53 we're moving over to ESPN for our main card,
31:57 featuring Keyshawn Davis
31:59 fighting against former world champion Jose Pedraza.
32:03 And then in the main event, it'll be Tiofimo Lopez
32:05 defending his belt against Jermaine Ortiz.
32:07 This is what we saw tonight
32:09 between Acosta and Teyes Hidoncho.
32:12 >> Yeah, some good action, some back-and-forth action,
32:15 some sloppy boxing.
32:17 However, you know, Hiron,
32:20 I think he did enough to win tonight.
32:22 You know, Acosta, I thought,
32:24 was gonna bring a little bit more to the table.
32:26 Really had a hard time finding his rhythm.
32:28 This is the big knockdown right here from Hiron.
32:31 Just punching from position, squared-up position,
32:34 catching him by surprise in the inside.
32:38 But I have to say, I do appreciate the heart
32:40 and determination of Acosta.
32:43 You know, never giving up, staying the course,
32:46 still trying to win in the end.
32:47 But Hiron, again, the experienced veteran fighter,
32:55 I think, won this fight tonight.
32:56 >> Those are the total CompuBox numbers
32:59 that you see Hidon with about a 23-punch
33:03 landed advantage, and then the body shot, 62-39.
33:06 Very telling.
33:07 Let's go to Mark Chinook with the official decision.
33:11 >> Ladies and gentlemen, after eight rounds
33:13 here inside Michelob Ultra Arena,
33:15 we go to the judges' scorecards for the official decision.
33:18 Dave Moretti scores the bout 79-72.
33:25 Eric Cheek scores the bout 78-73.
33:29 And Steve Weisfeld has it 76-75.
33:34 All in favor of your winner by unanimous decision.
33:38 Rene "El Bravo" Tellez-Hiron!
33:46 >> So Tellez-Hiron comes away with the unanimous decision
33:50 victory right here in Las Vegas, Nevada.
33:54 It's big game weekend,
33:57 And boy, do we have a big fight for you right here on ESPN.