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00:00 All right, gentlemen, get the instructions in the back.
00:02 Obey my command, protect yourself at all times.
00:04 Right here is good, right here is good.
00:06 Touch him if you like, come out of the belt.
00:08 - Six round Bantamweight belt.
00:11 Lawrence Newton, 15 and 0, seven knockouts.
00:13 He's in the light green with, I guess,
00:16 some sequined cheetah print, I guess you could call that.
00:20 Eric Ruiz, 17, eight, one, seven knockouts.
00:22 He's in the, I'll call it,
00:25 the Philadelphia Eagle green trunks.
00:29 - Okay.
00:30 - The best team in the National Football League, by the way.
00:33 As we are ready for our six round Bantamweight belt.
00:35 Mark Ames joined by Christy Martin
00:39 and Carl King gracing us with his presence at ringside.
00:43 Carl?
00:44 - Thank you, man, it's good to be up here.
00:46 Anxious to see this one.
00:47 - And as we now know,
00:51 the Boynton Beach resident, Carl King.
00:53 - Yeah, man.
00:54 This is the first time in my entire career
00:58 that I've met a boxer from Boynton Beach.
01:00 - Good right from Ruiz to the body.
01:05 Ruiz is a tough kid, like we said,
01:07 he's been in with five world champions,
01:09 he's never been stopped.
01:10 - It's gonna be a tall order for Newton,
01:15 but it'll also be an opportunity for him
01:17 to make a real statement that,
01:18 hey, I'm ready to make a dent in this weight class
01:21 and I wanna put one of those big belts around my waist.
01:25 - Newton's been out of the ring for almost two years,
01:28 January, 2022, he won a 10 round amateur decision
01:32 over Mario Hernandez and he tore his rotator cuff.
01:35 - I think he had to have that repaired,
01:36 surgically repaired, he's been out for a while,
01:39 but he has Kevin Cunningham
01:41 and I see Stacey McKinley over there in the corner.
01:44 - You know what, I think if he can take a couple rounds
01:49 and knock the rest off,
01:50 but he had a ton of amateur fights,
01:53 a lot of amateur fights,
01:55 and that could prove to be beneficial for him tonight.
01:59 - He told us about 300 amateur fights.
02:01 - Yeah, that's quite a few.
02:04 - And you know he's been getting great work in the gym
02:06 and Kevin's been pushing him
02:07 to make sure that shoulder's ready to go again.
02:10 - Kevin did tell me he's extremely talented,
02:12 he's got a wonderful skill set,
02:14 so he's showing some good boxing skills
02:17 as we see right now.
02:19 - Newton told us he's very motivated by that gym,
02:24 and his gym mates, that being Adrian Broner,
02:27 Bang Williams, Devon Williams,
02:29 who we saw earlier, Erickson Lubin in that gym as well.
02:31 - He's showing, I mean he has really good hand speed,
02:40 patience, mixing up his punches with nice combinations.
02:44 - Well he told me he fought Tiafema Lopez
02:48 about 20 times as an amateur,
02:50 so, and according to him,
02:54 he won more than 15 of them,
02:57 so I'm going with what he says,
02:59 so that's pretty good.
03:01 - Absolutely.
03:03 They're both Florida guys,
03:04 so I'm sure they saw each other many times.
03:06 - I'll have to get the story from Tiafema,
03:09 we gotta get his side.
03:11 It's a political season,
03:12 so we gotta get equal time here.
03:14 - Okay.
03:15 - Right from where he misses,
03:18 end of round one, scheduled for six.
03:20 Band of weights, Lawrence Newton, Erick Ruiz.
03:25 - Instead of winning here,
03:32 we're gonna have a really good little test here
03:34 for six rounds.
03:35 - Yeah.
03:35 - Lawrence Newton's not a big, big puncher,
03:37 he throws a lot of really sharp combinations,
03:39 and this kid hasn't been stopped any.
03:43 - No, Newton just showing me a few little,
03:45 you know, boxing skills,
03:48 and he seems to be really,
03:50 you know, I think that's his forte.
03:54 - Absolutely, sharp, he's throwing really crisp
03:57 left hook, right hands.
03:59 - But these guys also need to be tested as well,
04:02 you know what I mean?
04:03 Every fight's not easy,
04:05 as you can see in the replay.
04:07 You know, he's utilizing his superior hand speed,
04:11 but now as the fight goes on,
04:14 let's see what develops in this.
04:16 - Are we gonna see something start to come back?
04:18 (whistle blows)
04:19 - That's right.
04:20 - Round two.
04:24 (bell dings)
04:30 Lawrence Newton and Erick Ruiz.
04:35 Checking in from time to time in between fights,
04:41 big audience all throughout the social media platforms,
04:44 Don King Production Social Media.
04:47 (crowd chattering)
04:49 People enjoying the coverage tonight
04:51 of the People's Championship.
04:52 - You know, Ruiz is from Oxnard, you know,
04:58 and you gotta wonder if, you know,
05:00 if Robert Garcia's camp and--
05:02 - I would imagine he's been in that gym
05:04 at least a handful of times.
05:06 - And if he worked in that gym,
05:08 he's got some really good work out of there.
05:10 - You know, he fought a lot on
05:14 those Thompson boxing shows out in California.
05:16 I mean, that's one of the best breeding grounds of fighters,
05:20 you know, the past 15, 20 years.
05:23 - Yeah.
05:24 - That was definitely like the minor leagues of boxing,
05:27 getting everybody ready for the Don Kings of the world.
05:31 - Go Alex.
05:32 - We love Alex.
05:35 - Yeah, I do too, man.
05:36 - Good left hook from Ruiz. - Nice left hook.
05:42 (crowd chattering)
05:44 - Right again and he hurt Newton.
05:50 Newton got rocked by that right hand.
05:52 Ruiz going after Newton now.
05:57 The left hook from Ruiz and a right hand.
06:02 Right again from Ruiz.
06:10 Newton seems to have his legs back a little bit.
06:14 Upper cut from Ruiz now driving Newton
06:16 back to the ropes again.
06:18 - Newton landed a good right hand though
06:19 as he was going backwards.
06:20 - This is a tough test coming off a two year layoff.
06:24 Hard left from Ruiz.
06:28 - Both guys have been out of the ring for a while, Carl.
06:31 Eric's been out for five years.
06:33 - Five years.
06:34 - And Newton's been out for two.
06:35 - Tough.
06:37 - It's tough to come back
06:38 and come back against other guys at this level.
06:40 - But look, five years.
06:41 I remember Ali was out for three and a half
06:43 and he was never the same.
06:45 So yeah, now this, that's tough.
06:47 - Tough, tall order.
06:48 - Nice left hook to the body for Ruiz.
06:50 (crowd chattering)
06:53 Newton trying to flip the jab out.
06:56 Escapes a right hand left hook.
06:58 Misses from Ruiz.
07:00 Bit of a punch turning fight here in round two.
07:07 (crowd chattering)
07:10 Comes Newton back with a jab and a right to the body.
07:14 (hand slapping)
07:20 - Well, when that kind of punch has landed
07:24 then it leaves you for the rest of the fight,
07:26 always waiting.
07:27 Oh wow, there's always that puncher's chance.
07:29 - That's right.
07:30 - He might land one more like that.
07:31 - We close round two.
07:35 Lawrence Newton in a bit of trouble.
07:38 He got rocked by a big left hook.
07:39 I'm sure our great production team will give us the replay.
07:46 Right on cue.
07:50 So what do you guys see here?
07:53 - Boom, straight right hand.
07:54 - He actually was a right hand.
07:56 That could have been ruled a knockdown.
07:58 Did his gloves actually touch the canvas?
08:00 - I thought they did.
08:01 He may have gotten away with a knockdown there.
08:04 - I don't know if they can cue that up again real quick.
08:06 I thought his glove may have hit the canvas.
08:10 Good left hook again from Ruiz.
08:13 - That would be all it takes is the glove touch.
08:16 - That's it.
08:17 (whistle blowing)
08:19 - Well, if they did, he got away with that one.
08:22 That's actually a point.
08:25 - Exactly, if this fight, you know,
08:27 this fight's only six rounds.
08:30 So all the, I mean, points are magnified,
08:33 you know, in the shorter rounds,
08:36 shorter distance, you know, with the rounds.
08:38 You know, if you were going eight, 10, 12 rounds,
08:41 you might be able to make it up a little bit easier.
08:43 Not as easy in a six round fight.
08:45 - Absolutely.
08:47 You know, a round can make all the difference in the world.
08:50 - You can kind of see Ruiz is trying
08:56 to set that right hand up again.
08:57 - Well, it worked before.
09:01 So I don't blame him.
09:03 - If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
09:06 - That's it.
09:07 - Chrissy, let me ask you this.
09:08 You say he's trying to set him up again for that right hand.
09:12 Can you focus, can a fighter focus too much on,
09:16 you know, the one thing that he just accomplished
09:18 and maybe lose track of other things
09:19 he needs to do in the ring?
09:20 - Absolutely, but what I see is that he's waiting
09:23 for this jab to come out.
09:24 And as you can see, Newton throws a really good jab,
09:27 but he brings it back low
09:28 before he brings it back to his chin.
09:30 He's just trying to time that right hand
09:31 to come right back over the jab.
09:33 - Newton lands a nice right and a nice jab to the body.
09:36 Newton seems to be okay here in round three.
09:39 - It looks like, you know,
09:42 maybe he just needed that little wake up call.
09:44 That was it.
09:45 - There it is again.
09:47 - The right hand and a left hook this time.
09:48 - You gotta watch that right hand.
09:50 - Absolutely.
09:51 - So Ruiz gets in a good right hand again
09:55 and a decent left hook back to the jab for Lawrence Newton.
10:00 Jab to the body.
10:01 - And for the guy to be out five years,
10:04 this guy is in incredible shape
10:07 and seems to be a tough, tough guy.
10:10 - I think he took the fight on short notice.
10:11 So maybe he was in the gym training for another fight
10:14 and then this opportunity presented itself.
10:16 But if you're a fighter, you're a fighter.
10:18 You stay ready at all times.
10:19 - And he's still around the same weights he was fighting
10:22 in what we'll call his first career.
10:24 - That's what a fighter should do is stay ready.
10:28 - Absolutely.
10:29 - You gotta be ready so you don't have to get ready.
10:30 - And the exact, but not all fighters follow that rule.
10:35 - Especially the smaller guys,
10:37 you're trying to stay around 118, 120,
10:39 whatever the smaller weights are.
10:42 That's pretty impressive to not fight for five years
10:44 and still kind of hang around
10:46 where you were five years ago.
10:49 - And he looks, his body looks very good.
10:51 So it doesn't, he was doing something.
10:57 - Body shots from Lawrence Newton,
11:00 who he's kind of acknowledges and nods at Newton.
11:02 Left hook.
11:04 And Newton lands a nice jab going backwards.
11:08 He misses the right ducks under the left hook.
11:10 - I think they're both,
11:16 they both have a little respect for each other
11:18 because each one landed a punch,
11:20 each one took their head like, no, you didn't hurt me.
11:22 And usually when you shake your head and say,
11:23 no, it didn't hurt me, I felt it.
11:24 - Yeah, exactly.
11:26 That's typical.
11:28 - Very close round there.
11:29 Newton probably did more work in it,
11:33 but Ruiz landed a couple of decent shots in the middle.
11:36 But I think at least a pretty good bounce back round
11:39 for Newton that I think he's pretty much
11:41 all the way back here as we go to round four.
11:45 - I think things are beginning to warm up a bit
11:47 for both guys.
11:50 (upbeat music)
11:52 And everyone on social media chiming in on this fight.
12:03 - This is a really good competitive bout
12:10 with both guys having very close to equal skills.
12:14 - Now this is a really good match.
12:18 And it's about to get better.
12:20 - I think the second half of the fight will be interesting.
12:24 (bell rings)
12:28 - Round four scheduled for six.
12:30 Carl, did you ever dream of the day
12:33 where this fight be beamed around the world?
12:36 People are commenting on the computers and everything
12:40 in real time?
12:41 - You know, it's amazing that the advancements
12:45 in modern technology, it is incredible.
12:48 - Some of the great shows, legendary shows,
12:55 Don King's production, can you imagine
12:56 the internet was around those days?
12:58 - And you wonder what's next, AI and the artificial guy
13:01 fighting and winning, I don't know.
13:03 Maybe we'll bring Ali or Sugar Ray Robinson back, who knows?
13:07 - Carl can manage 'em.
13:08 - Absolutely.
13:09 I'll take that.
13:12 - There you go.
13:13 - Imagine fighting with a robot over a purse.
13:21 - Seems I've done that before.
13:25 - Round four, Eric Ruiz and Lawrence Newton.
13:30 - These guys, it's like a chess match.
13:38 You know, who's gonna make a fatal mistake first?
13:42 - Jab from Newton, landed a moment ago.
13:45 - Newton's been very busy, staying busy.
13:48 Kind of up on his toes and seems like he has
13:50 a little more energy, a little more life.
13:51 - Yeah, he's definitely working the jab going backwards.
13:55 Ruiz trying to make something happen on the inside,
13:58 he misses with the right hand.
13:59 Right sneaks in.
14:01 Good jab from Newton.
14:07 - Yeah, I don't think Newton wants to get hit
14:10 with that right hand too often.
14:12 That's been his Achilles heel tonight.
14:15 - Oh, nice right hand.
14:18 Lawrence Newton now starting to step on the gas here
14:23 in round four, lands an uppercut.
14:25 Good right from Ruiz again.
14:28 Good action here in round four.
14:37 - Well, they don't mind putting their neck in the fire.
14:40 You know, they don't mind putting it out there.
14:42 - Two veterans in the ring,
14:51 playing their trade.
14:53 Good snapping shot again from the...
14:55 - Newton seems a little relaxed, a little confident.
15:00 A lot confident.
15:04 He thinks he knows something that Ruiz doesn't know.
15:08 - And that's when you gotta be careful,
15:11 'cause that's when that right hand can slip in
15:13 and turn the tide.
15:15 - Yeah, Ruiz trying to stalk him,
15:18 but gets in a little left hand.
15:20 Misses with the right.
15:21 Eric Ruiz trying to apply the pressures.
15:27 We're done round four scheduled for six.
15:32 - Now this is by far the best action of the night.
15:35 - For sure, it's a very competitive fight.
15:38 Especially, we knew Ruiz came in on pretty short notice.
15:42 - Can you imagine if he,
15:44 if a guy like that, six to eight weeks?
15:47 He needs to be a tough source, I'll tell you that.
15:53 - Even though we're on the internet,
15:55 there's some work we still can't say.
15:58 - I got you.
16:01 - You know, I'm prone to slip, no, I'm just teasing.
16:03 - Because Newton definitely has his confidence rolling now.
16:09 He's feeling comfortable, as you said,
16:12 shaking off the rust.
16:13 Now we've been in four or five rounds, coming up to five.
16:16 - Starting to feel it a little bit.
16:18 - He's feeling it.
16:20 I just hope he doesn't feel that right hand.
16:22 - Yeah, after that one of the big punch
16:26 he got hit earlier with.
16:27 You don't want that one.
16:30 (crowd yelling)
16:33 - Round five, scheduled for six.
16:38 - Looks like Ruiz is determined to get that right hand again.
16:46 He's stepping up to pressure here.
16:49 - Newton takes a little jog around the ring
16:54 to get back into his fighting stance.
16:57 (crowd yelling)
16:59 - Flashing the jab, right hand from Ruiz.
17:03 - Nice check hook off that right hand.
17:09 - Ruiz trying to sneak that right in again.
17:15 - Left to the body from Eric Ruiz.
17:26 - The right hand has been his most effective punch,
17:28 but can't get away from the left hook either,
17:32 'cause he does have a good left hook.
17:33 - He does, so you can't just focus on one.
17:36 You have to be aware of both.
17:38 - The left again.
17:41 Uppercut on the inside from Ruiz.
17:45 Again, another good learning experience.
17:52 A few of these fights we've had,
17:53 especially the last fight with Castro,
17:55 and Cruz, good learning experience.
17:58 It is a good learning experience for the undefeated Newton.
18:01 Maybe it's a little too close for comfort for him.
18:05 - These are the kind of fights I'm sure
18:08 that Kevin Cunningham wants to see him in, really,
18:10 so they can go back to the gym,
18:12 know what they need to work on.
18:13 One of those things would be bringing that left hand
18:15 back to your chin after throwing a jab,
18:18 but giving a feint before you throw a jab.
18:20 Just the little things that I'm sure he's been doing.
18:23 He's been out a long time.
18:25 - And it'll come back as he gets more active
18:28 and finds that rhythm.
18:32 - We've seen such a drastic change already
18:34 from rounds one and two to where we are at five.
18:36 And you just see, he's just relaxed.
18:40 His body's relaxed, his mind is much more fluid.
18:45 - And he's aware of what's in front of him now.
18:51 - He is.
18:52 - Nice shot.
18:54 That's the shot you gotta stay away from, if you can.
18:59 - Trading jabs.
19:03 He feels he's about two or three fights away
19:15 from a big opportunity,
19:16 but he's in with all he can handle now with Eric Ruiz.
19:22 - If you have to critique Newton now,
19:23 I would say he keeps his left hand too low.
19:28 It's the one thing, he keeps it down at his waist.
19:32 - So many of these young fighters do that,
19:34 Floyd Mayweather style.
19:36 And I don't know what happened to the old school guys.
19:39 Keep your hands up, tip of the hat.
19:41 Remember all that?
19:42 - They all think they can do it.
19:44 - Floyd ruined a lot of fighters
19:46 that he didn't even get in the ring with.
19:48 Same as Ali did with the rope-a-dope.
19:50 That just ruined a lot of fights.
19:51 I thought they could lay on the ropes.
19:54 But these guys gotta learn the fundamentals.
19:56 - Saw some of the action of round number five.
20:00 Still got three big title fights to go.
20:11 Next up, we'll have Antonio Perez
20:20 take on Ladell Haskell-Rhodes.
20:22 - Here we go, I think we'll see fireworks
20:28 in this last round.
20:29 - Here we go.
20:30 Sixth and final round.
20:34 Between Lawrence Newton and the light green cheetah print.
20:39 Eric Ruiz in the dark green.
20:42 Good right hand from Newton.
20:44 (crowd cheering)
20:47 - And this Ruiz seems like he's not going anywhere.
20:53 He's a tough guy.
20:54 - He's never been stopped in 27, 26 professional fights.
20:58 - You know, because he's been out of the ring for so long,
21:03 he could have held up a little bit.
21:05 Gonna let it all hang out.
21:06 This is the last round.
21:07 This I know is my final three minutes.
21:10 My last chance to win.
21:11 I'm gonna go out there and give it all.
21:14 - Fire, let the fireworks begin.
21:15 - Just missed the right hand, didn't he?
21:19 Upper cut on the inside from Ruiz.
21:25 Ruiz trying to make this a junkyard fight here in round six.
21:30 A left hook from Ruiz.
21:37 (crowd cheering)
21:40 Moved up to the side of the head from Newton.
21:59 - Newton has some really good handspeed.
22:02 His jab is really quick.
22:05 And then he throws the combination, bam, bam, bam.
22:07 He's got no hesitation.
22:08 He looks like an athlete.
22:12 He moves like an athlete.
22:13 So many times we see boxers come in there
22:15 that are just a little bit robotic.
22:16 - Right.
22:17 - But he moves real smooth.
22:19 - Jab from Newton again.
22:22 Body shot from Newton.
22:28 Left hook from Ruiz.
22:30 Both guys going at it.
22:31 Good right hand from Ruiz.
22:32 Final minute of the sixth and final round.
22:34 (crowd cheering)
22:37 Good body shot again from Ruiz.
22:52 Closing in on 30 seconds to go.
22:56 - This is a good fight.
23:01 - Very good fight.
23:01 Good right hand. - Nice right hand.
23:02 - Good right hand from Newton.
23:04 (crowd cheering)
23:06 Left hook misses from Ruiz.
23:17 Right from Ruiz.
23:25 - It's Newton has great reflexes.
23:31 - Sixth and final round.
23:32 - That was good.
23:33 - That was good.
23:34 - That was a very entertaining fight.
23:36 - Entertaining, competitive.
23:39 Good work by both Erica Ruiz and Lawrence Newton.
23:43 - No question about the winner,
23:48 but yet it was very competitive
23:49 and kept you paying close attention all night.
23:52 - Edge on edge.
23:54 - Hey, after that one right hand,
23:56 you're like, "Uh-oh, it might come again."
23:58 - That's it.
23:59 And I was waiting on it too.
24:03 - Listen, this Ruiz made a really good showing for himself.
24:07 Five years out of the ring, that's not easy.
24:11 I don't think Newton wants to see many guys,
24:14 like, you know, they don't wanna see this kind of action.
24:17 - No, they,
24:17 you have to be ready for this kind of guy.
24:21 Don't just, don't sleep on him, that's for sure.
24:23 - No, you can't.
24:24 - Don't take it for granted.
24:25 (crowd chattering)
24:28 - So Lawrence Newton
24:39 will look to put win number 16.
24:45 - And Eric Ruiz still hasn't been stopped.
24:51 And the way it looks, I don't think he'll ever be stopped.
24:54 - He's tough as nails.
24:56 Our man, Jeremiah Gallegos has the decision and the numbers.
25:04 So let's throw it to Jeremiah.
25:06 Give us a decision.
25:07 - Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together
25:13 for both of these warriors here inside the ring
25:16 as we go the distance of six rounds.
25:22 And now, fight fans, we go to our judges' scorecards.
25:26 Here are the totals.
25:27 Judge Gloria Martinez-Russo scores his contest 59-55.
25:33 Judges Daniel Fitzgerald and Franklin Mejia
25:38 have this contest 58-56.
25:42 To the winner by unanimous decision,
25:45 he has still undefeated the Fighting Pride
25:51 of Poynton Beach, Florida,
25:54 B.T. Lawrence "Big Time" Newton.
25:59 - Lawrence Newton goes to 16 and 0.
26:06 Eric Ruiz put up a great effort.
26:11 Got two rounds on two judges' scorecards.
26:14 Balls to 17, nine and one.
26:16 Carl, what are your final thoughts on the fight?
26:18 - I thought it was the best fight so far tonight.
26:22 And I think Newton displayed great boxing skills.