Nico Ali Walsh vs Sona Akale (29-06-2024) Full Fight
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00:00Everywhere he fights
00:05All right, here we go Joe Tessitore Chris Algieri for a Kelly and Ali Walsh and Chris
00:11We take you back to what happened last August in Tulsa very close fight third round actually Nico
00:17Staggered Sam, but then Sam was able to apply pressure out work him down the stretch of several rounds
00:23What did you take away from that first fight that's applicable here in this rematch?
00:26Well a colleague just made it a fight and he went in there and just made a close quarter fight Ali Walsh
00:32Do you see him? He's got the dimensions. He's long. He's got the footwork. He's got the jab
00:35He's got good right hand on the end of the punch. He needs to make this a boxing match tonight
00:40It's been an interesting path a curious path for all of us
00:44Observers because I think when he first turned pro you didn't know listen the kid cares so greatly about his family name and legacy
00:50And you didn't know how far he would go with it. He has stuck with it
00:55He has tried to grow and learn every step of the way and this is the hardest sport of all to try to attempt to
01:00Do that. Yeah, absolutely say say what you will about his skills and his talent. He's putting in the war
01:04No doubt and and listen, you see he takes his first loss a lot of people say, all right
01:07He's gonna pack it up. Nope. He wants the rematch. He wants that get back. That's what you want to see in a fighter
01:14Punching between punches on the inside
01:17I
01:20Say my colleagues last fight was on December 9th want a six-round unanimous decision back home in Minnesota. He's from st
01:26Paul, that's where he defeated Trey Martin
01:30You start boxing till he was 29 years old
01:34Turned pro just before his 32nd birthday. Now. He's 36 years old and a nine-in-one record
01:41But I was a late start. Yes
01:44Well, you also had an in other in-ring experience as a world champion with kickboxing before you then made the transition to become a world
01:51champion in boxing
01:56Holly in that first fight really just did not show any respect to Nico Ali Walsh here
02:01He's taking more of a boxing approach jamming with the taller longer
02:13Five foot seven to six foot off-balance that time was a colleague
02:23Saw him look down at his feet as if to say was that supposed to happen
02:28I'll be trying to work behind that jab probing
02:32Holly actually doing a good job, even though he's the shorter man. He's landing some jabs good right? There's a right hand
02:37So Nico Ali Walsh timing that moment when a colleague came in behind the jab to your point
02:42We always dismiss the fact that a shorter fighter can't can't jab shorter fighters
02:46Long as they're committed to the jab can't absolutely jab. Absolutely
02:49I mean the rule is don't hook with a hooker but jab with a jabber and we're seeing O'Connell. He tried that now
02:55Interesting to be calling a Nico Ali Walsh fight here in Miami
02:59Of course a city that has so many connections to the all-time great the man that he called
03:05The man that he called poppy the rest of the world simply called him the goat
03:11Muhammad Ali as we open up the ESPN portion
03:14There's another right hand from Ali
03:17But an Ali back here in Miami so many great memories that Nico has been able to capture
03:24So here in Miami there was a ton of historic places to visit that was related to my grandfather
03:29I got to visit the Miami Beach Convention Center, which is where he beat Sonny Liston the first time
03:35I got to visit a Washington Avenue exhibit, which had a ton of stuff about my grandfather
03:40I got to go to 5th Street gym, which is the infamous gym that my grandfather used to train at
03:46The one that felt the most impactful was definitely the Convention Center. That was the I shook up the world fight and
03:53Just being in there. I felt his energy
03:58Also at the Convention Center
04:00I got to see the actual scale that my grandfather and Liston got to weigh in on and it was so antique
04:06I mean, it's been literally 60 years. It's an artifact at this point
04:10It should be held up somewhere in a museum, but I'm glad I got to view it
04:18Listen we've had the pleasure of being on the road with Nico Ali Walsh for the past few years in so many cities
04:25That he visits there's
04:27Something that attaches to his grandfather's life his grandfather's great history whether it's fighting in New York at the garden
04:34Of course the garden with Mahal Ali or Vegas and all the memorable fights even a show we did in Atlanta
04:39Where of course he had a memorable career moment
04:42But you come down here to Miami and there are so many as he was able to experience this week. Yeah
04:47I mean
04:48Is the greatest but also, you know, we saw that thing
04:51Nico's a hard guy not to root for very very likable. He understands his position and he's giving it a go
04:57Check in with Bernardo Asuna fight for Nicole
05:00He was training with these mild Salas
05:02But Fernando Diaz is in the corner giving instructions because Salas is now preparing
05:06Robesie Ramirez for the next fight, but the instructions are let your hands go faint and stay behind that jab
05:12We will see Salas in the next fight with Robesie Ramirez. Of course the Cuban connection there
05:18Niko Ali Walsh for a 23 year old who's just in his 12th pro fight has gone through a lot of different corners already Chris
05:25Yeah, I mean listen
05:27He's learning on the job and he's learning as a pro
05:29It's not like he has a vast amateur background to build upon
05:32So trying to find that that coach that fits is important for a guy especially early on. I
05:38Like what I'm seeing here though from from from Nico. He's he's boxing from the outside
05:42He's doing exactly what I say
05:43He needed to make this a boxing match
05:44Use your length use your reach use your jab and you have a shorter man coming in on you drop that right hand whenever he
05:49gets close
05:52Gives a level change with a jab to the body
06:07That's where our colleague needs to be more busy once he closes that gap obviously much shorter guy
06:11Yeah, you gain that real estate get after it. Yeah, exactly. You work so hard to get inside once you're there. You need to work
06:17Trying to land that left hook against the taller Niko Ali Walsh
06:22There's a right hand to the body from Niko. I
06:26Was curious to see how Niko was gonna approach this fight
06:28Was he gonna check his ego at the door go out there and box or he's gonna try and out fight?
06:33Oh probably like he did the first fight
06:36He was seeing some growth and maturity in his decision-making
06:40We're gonna place that right hand by far his best punch that we have seen in the early phase of his career
06:45Yeah, especially at length
06:51There's a reminder for you there you see what's coming your way on Saturday July 6th as we will be in Newark, New Jersey
06:58WBC lightweight world championship to be defended by Shakur Stevenson one of the pound-for-pound
07:05Elites against our Tim Harritonian
07:07That is a card by the way that also has a co-feature with a WBC
07:12130 pound title fight with O'Shaughnessy Foster against Robeson Conceicao that could steal the night Chris
07:19Oh, absolutely. That is that is show stealer written all over
07:22Coming to the end of round number two Niko Ali Walsh and Sona kill
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08:35Miami Florida for top-ranked boxing on ESPN Muhammad Ali's grandson Niko Ali
08:40Walsh 12th fight of his pro career looking to avenge the lone loss and early on here as we begin round number three
08:47He has a 31 22 connect advantage. He's thrown
08:50116 punches the right hand to the body from the shorter man Akali
08:59Want to make it make it know the last two rounds I saw Holly getting closer and closer with the overhand, right?
09:05Niko needs to be careful as he jabs
09:07Circling out to his left got to keep that left hand high or change directions after that jab
09:11Of course the star attraction tonight will be the two-division world champion the current lineal and WBO jr
09:18Welterweight world champion the former undisputed lightweight world champion Tiafimo Lopez is Tiafimo Lopez
09:24You see him there as that left hand taped up being gloved. He will defend his
09:29140 pound title against Steve claggett
09:34It's been quite the rollercoaster ride through the years with Tiafimo as we've said earlier Chris
09:39I think he's got two of the best wins of anybody in his generation
09:43But then he also has some nights where we're a little curious as to where he is the inconsistencies
09:48And to speak on those good wins, he beat the guys when they were at their best
09:52Absolutely. I mean Taylor was was a nightmare at 140 when Tiafimo got him and then obviously Lomachenko
09:58I think Tiafimo was the only guy who
10:00Legitimately beat Lomachenko. That was the signature performance upset win that you mentioned against Josh Taylor
10:06Josh Taylor had been the undisputed champion at 140 pounds Tiafimo now the number one guy at
10:11140 pounds and we will see him later tonight right here on ESPN
10:14This fight's about to get interesting Ocali is closing the distance getting closer and closer at that right hand
10:19He hit him with a slapping one there
10:20I noticed that the lat at the end of last two rounds that right hand is getting ever so close
10:25I'm not sure if Nico Ali Walsh is aware of that
10:31And
10:32Now you notice he's moving out to his left as he's jabbing with that lead hand down
10:36He either needs to keep that left hand bring it back
10:39Right back up or he needs to change directions and move out to his right
10:43So he's avoiding the big overhand shot from Ocali old school guys would say touch some hot water
10:51See if that defensive flaw potentially catches up with him here in round three
10:56Fancy footwork there see right there's that right hand that overhand right hand from a colleague and now on the inside tried to place the
11:04uppercut
11:05pieces out after that shot as
11:08They brawl
11:10You just said it this fight's about to get interesting it does
11:19Sam Burgos the referee replacing the mouthpiece piece on
11:23So not a colleague things started to get hot and equality wall
11:30Knockdown score closing seconds of round three
11:45And that is how the third round which became explosive down the stretch is capped
11:52I
12:00Keep working just like how you're doing, okay?
12:05His mom Rashida love it that knockdown I
12:08Was saying things were starting to get hot here Ocali close the distance landed some shots and then Nico Ali Walsh answered with that
12:15He landed a short right hand moments before this knockdown
12:18I think it was a right hand left hook exactly right there that left hook
12:21Planted Ocali on the seat of his pants way to answer when the things when things start getting hot from Nico Ali Walsh
12:38Hurt Fernando Diaz in the corner of Nico Ali Walsh
12:42Say everything from a distance jab in other words stay on course
12:47That scores the knockdown at the end of round number three, I think that's very sound advice
12:52Don't forget what we're attempting to score the knockdown. Don't get off track. That's exactly what I was gonna say test
12:58I wonder how the mindset of
13:01Nico is gonna be now. It's he gonna get into a firefight like this or he's gonna stay long
13:07And finish this fight the way he should Ocali Sona Akali trying to make it a firefight I
13:11Mean that's that's his only chance fighting from the outside. He was getting out boxed all night
13:18Bernardo yes in a colleague's corner Shane Chester says I need him to faint his way in so we can get back from this knockdown
13:29How's got to pick it up he's running out of time here the first fight a lot of that fight was spent with
13:34Nico's back on the ropes and Akali letting his hands go. We haven't seen that once tonight. I was razor-thin
13:3958 56 twice on a 57 57 scorecard for Akali's majority decision win
13:46Here is a six rounder and he's already got a 10-8 round bank does Nico
13:52And he's been dominating rounds one and two prior to that
13:55Oh
14:08Trying to chase him down coming up well short on that right hand as Nico circles out gets out to the right I
14:14Mentioned Ocali's more of a fighter than a boxer and at distance you see the difference in their skill sets
14:19Ocali looks awkward doesn't have the footwork doesn't have the crisp clean clenching
14:25Oh
14:28Nice nice work here from that middle distance long range
14:34Nico's not getting greedy. Nope staying long just like his corner ass. That's the best way to describe it not getting greedy
14:45Back to the jab
14:48There's a
14:51Kali on the inside
14:54Warning from Sam Burkos Nico with that right that left hand behind the head
15:10Right hand that came in as Nico had his left hand down didn't have that guard up
15:15And see some bruising around his face
15:28Nico has good power at the end of his jabs got nice leverage on that right hand turns that thing over
15:34Recently acquired an uppercut it looks like which is a great weapon against a guy who's heavy on that front foot and shorter the way
15:39Akali is like that is
15:41He said recently acquired an uppercut. He may have heard you
15:45As
15:47We come to the end of round number four was a left hook that scored the knockdown at the end of round number three
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17:01Chris Algieri on the call here in Miami as we begin round number five scheduled for six Nico Ali
17:08Walsh in control Nico Ali Walsh, of course the grandson of Muhammad Ali
17:13And you look at the waistband on his trunks and you see that script signature Nico and that was taking off of
17:19A letter that his grandfather you ate a right hand. They're almost another one sweeping right hand Akali's bringing the pressure to him
17:27colleagues corner had said
17:28He's slowing down what he has to do. Maybe the top of his head just got involved there on the inside
17:33Shorter man often happens
17:36I
17:38Don't forget the break just mentioning Nico. That's his grandfather signature that he has put on his trunks
17:44And punching on the break
17:47Warning from Burgos
17:49You say this is Akali's lone. Hope to make it that kind of a fight
17:54Now it's developing underneath the right eye of Nico Ali Walsh. You see him wiping that away. There's that jab
17:59There's that jab good jab didn't put anything behind it though
18:02Akali
18:03Akali does his best work when Ali Walsh's has his back on the rope
18:07She's like he did in the first or in the first fight
18:09And we just saw that recently now and Ali's Walsh his face is starting to mark up
18:14Especially that left side where those right hands have come in from a colleague
18:22That cheek is swelling you can also see that yet that right cheek on the right side
18:27Now he digs for the body two punches to the body from Nico Ali Walsh, there's that right hand again
18:32This is not what the corner was asking for
18:35In the Nico corner, they wanted him to use rhythm side to side movement fire and move
18:41Very flat-footed this round
18:44Akali comes back with that sweeping overhand, right?
18:57Corner of Akali was saying step to him step to him as a shorter man
19:00You need to do that step in with that jab get yourself in position. Look for that overhand, right?
19:04And especially now Ali Walsh is putting himself on the ropes. Just the body pressure from Akali is putting him there
19:12Corner said that Ali Walsh was slowing down. It certainly seems that way here in round five
19:17Stab jab down low good move for a shorter guy
19:21But then you got to bring that hand back up is that overhand right from Ali Walsh is coming in sharp
19:25Oh another sweeping right hand is Akali has Ali Walsh in trouble against the ropes. He's battering him
19:34Nico stands up to it tries to get out ring another right hand comes bluddering in
19:39Battering him
19:42Nico stands up to it tries to get out ring another right hand comes blood around the right eye of Akali
19:48But he feels like he's in control wanting to make a fight of it and getting that kind of a fight
19:53Shades of the first fight here Akali showing no respect to Nico coming in the front door
20:02They'll have one round to go
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21:22Yeah, I'd said Akali was closing the distance started to land those overhand rights was stepping to Nico Ali
21:28Walsh putting them on the ropes those overhand rights were landing at will and this is where you see the
21:33Inexperience of Ali Walsh doesn't know how to respond once he got split once he got clipped not seeing these shots coming
21:39Keeping his eyes down not seeing these shots or Kali diving in just like his corner was asking
21:44This is what he needs to do not respect Ali Walsh and push him against the ropes mark regal
21:49How do you have it scored at distance Ali Walsh is fine
21:53But Akali is closing the gap the difference might be that knockdown fellas
21:59so 48 46
22:01Says mark 10 8 third round
22:09Cushion of that knockdown may prove very important in this fight
22:15His corner was adamant
22:17Really hooked him behind the head there Ali wall telling Ali Walsh get off the ropes
22:22Utilize the jab look at the lead shoulder of Ali Walsh
22:27That shoulder is compromised it is absolutely that looks like a dislocated shoulder. He's trying to hit it himself. It's hanging down
22:35absolutely
22:37He hasn't thrown that all around that's when he jumped up and down
22:40I was wondering what that was you can see the bone pop you can see the collarbone sticking out you can see the bone
22:44Popping out of Nico Ali Walsh's left shoulder
22:48That's very bad being it. That's just he actually punched it trying to get it back into place
22:58Big right hand and that and also he's not gonna be able to defend himself keeping that hand up now
23:02Switching Southpaw is Ali Walsh
23:05He's forced to switch Southpaw because of it absolutely somebody's gonna be able to defend himself
23:10I don't know if he has the experience here to do that though
23:13Look at the left shoulder of Nico Ali Walsh
23:22You know there was a very awkward exchange early in this round where a colleague came in
23:27Forced himself nearly hooked him behind the head
23:30Nico's actually being effective here. He's doubling up that right hand. He's moving quite well and
23:37Akali is not putting on the same pressure he has for the last two rounds
23:40Well Akali should be swinging right hands if he can't get his left hand up in a defensive posture
23:45I don't know if he realizes that
23:48Has even come at you for the whole round I
23:51mean you talk about lack of
23:54Awareness of ring generalship and awareness. I don't even know if his corners realizing it. They should be screaming from the Raptors
23:59I don't understand this your opponent hasn't thrown a left hand the entire round
24:03It's dangling like a damaged limb on a tree, and you're not throwing right hands at him
24:13Final 10 seconds and somehow Nico Ali Walsh is gonna gun it out and get to this finish line as he eats a right hand
24:20at the end
24:30You
24:34Watch this scene Chris. Yeah, I saw that jump
24:38I didn't know that I thought he was just trying to energize himself not realizing that he was trying to pop that dislocated shoulder back
24:43into place
24:45What drama here in the last round?
24:48Yeah, it's already out at this point you see him doubling up that handy trying to hit himself to knock the shoulder back into place
24:57That's unbelievable
24:59Nico Ali Walsh listen we don't want to play doctor
25:01But it's pretty clear to see what's going on with his left shoulder there
25:04And what he was doing by jumping up and just trying to force his arm back into the socket and punching his left arm
25:10And you can see the bone sticking out you can see it. I did not see the exchange where that actually happened
25:15I don't know if there was an awkward exchange where they landed punches together if he just came out on its own as he
25:19Threw a jab
25:21Yeah, but that's that's a very obvious
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25:28Get in the zone. I'll give credit to Nico Ali Walsh
25:33Fighting through that sixth round with that damaged left shoulder a one-armed fighter
25:41Mark Regal, how do you see it? I got Ali Walsh by the margin of the knockdown
25:4757-56 says Mark Regal with that 10-8 third round scored a left hook knockdown against the Kelly
25:57Let's hear from Mark Chinook
25:59Ladies and gentlemen after six rounds here inside the James L. Knight Center, Miami, Florida
26:05We go to the judges score cards for the official decision
26:08Lebron scores it 58-55
26:11Brayden Jackson and Steve Weisfeld have it 57-56
26:15for your winner by
26:17unanimous decision
26:19The legend lives on
26:21Nico Ali
26:23Walsh
26:25Nico Ali Walsh cuts out a unanimous decision
26:28And the winner by unanimous decision is
26:31Nico Ali
26:34Walsh
26:35Nico Ali Walsh cuts out a unanimous decision win
26:39The knockdown in round number three
26:41It wasn't pretty but he acted like a fighter
26:45And there is his mom Rashida as the Ali family returns here
26:50to Miami