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00:00Anything right here is all good.
00:02Anything right here is all good.
00:04Obey the commands at all times.
00:06Protect yourselves at all times.
00:08When I call for a break, give me a clean break.
00:10Touch them up. Let's go.
00:12On paper, well matched this bout.
00:14Garcia, 18-1. Foster from East Haven, Connecticut, 17-1.
00:16Or for those from the area, Timmy,
00:18they would simply say from Staven.
00:20From Staven.
00:22East Haven.
00:24Staven.
00:26Of course, the best fighter in recent years
00:28to come out of the Connecticut shoreline.
00:30Just about 90 minutes to 2-hour drive
00:32from where we are here in Newark
00:34is Chad Dawson.
00:36Round number one.
00:38What are you looking for here, Tim?
00:40Well, who's going to establish control?
00:42That's what I'm looking for.
00:44You have
00:46Garcia,
00:48who's a bit of, I'm going to say, a fleet foot fighter.
00:50Likes to fight off his back foot.
00:52Likes to counterpunch. Likes his distance.
00:54Likes to set traps for his opponents.
00:56Lateral traps, step backs,
00:58even pull counters with that left hand.
01:00And as far as Foster goes,
01:02I want him to take his time.
01:04He rushes. He doesn't use his height.
01:06That's what happened in his last fight
01:08when he fought against LeBron.
01:10And he lost.
01:12He just was rushing in there.
01:14He wasn't taking his time. He wasn't setting up.
01:16He wasn't being a true professional.
01:18And now that he has his brother in his corner there,
01:20he is rushing forward again.
01:22His brother Charles is in his corner.
01:24I'm hoping that they will work on some things.
01:26Improve, especially his footwork.
01:28And stop him from lunging the way he's doing
01:30with that right hand. But tonight he's facing
01:32his kryptonite. A Southpaw
01:34slick fighter.
01:36A guy that counterpunches similar to LeBron.
01:38Let's see if he can pass this test.
01:40Now what's interesting is you mentioned utilizing the size.
01:42He's 5'10".
01:44So he's got a couple inches on Garcia.
01:46However, Garcia, freakishly long arms
01:48for his height.
01:50He's 5'8".
01:52He's got a 21-inch reach.
01:54And he likes to use it, Tess. Every bit of it.
01:56There's that moment
01:58of trying to find Foster coming forward
02:00as he tried to land a left hand.
02:02As you know, head clashes.
02:04Both fighters, Southpaw vs. Orthodox.
02:06They're going to step on each other's lead foot.
02:08You understand that.
02:10The reason why the head clashes
02:12is when both guys are throwing the power shots
02:14down the middle, their heads come together.
02:16Usually, you're always trying to fight
02:18for that outside position to be able to
02:20land up your right hand or line up your right hand.
02:22Excuse me.
02:24Stop, stop, stop. Let him out.
02:26Good job.
02:28Yeah, Foster, you can see
02:30he can be a little bit impatient.
02:32Doesn't really know how to set up his jab
02:34against the Southpaw.
02:36Doesn't know that he needs to stay on top of it.
02:38Don't know the fencing maneuver
02:40to be able to get around that lead hand
02:42and to be able to line up his right hand.
02:44And Tess, he's going to always have issues
02:46with Southpaws.
02:48If he doesn't understand the fundamental,
02:50the basic fundamentals in facing the Southpaw.
02:52You see him moving to his right.
02:54Yeah, you can move to your right,
02:56but you better be ready to step 45.
02:58And you can't.
03:08Stop. No, push.
03:10Let him out, let him out, let him out.
03:12Let him out, let him out, let him out.
03:14Let him out, let him out, let him out.
03:24Time!
03:26Time!
03:42The champ is here.
03:44Shockey Foster will be defending
03:46his WBC Junior Lightweight Championship
03:48later on tonight.
03:50Timmy, the last time we saw him
03:52was that 12-round split decision
03:54against Abraham Nova
03:56when Foster had to finish the fight
03:58strongly to pull it out with that knockdown
04:00scored in the 12th round.
04:02He said he wasn't 100% in the fight, Tess,
04:04and I believe him.
04:06And he was dealing with a bicep injury
04:08during the fight as well,
04:10but he says he has his feet tonight.
04:12He said he had a foot injury.
04:14He said he's finally healed up.
04:16He said, my arm is healed up.
04:18He said, you're going to see the best
04:20Foster tonight, he promises.
04:34Foster got to stop that lunging.
04:36That left hand right down the middle
04:38for Garcia is going to be there eventually.
04:40He's going to time him on the way in.
04:42Throwing that right hand from too far away, Foster.
04:44And he's lunging.
04:46He's going to have to move that foot forward
04:48when he shoots the right hand.
04:50Right there, he caught Garcia on the way in.
04:52A double right hand was very effective,
04:54but he's got to be careful
04:56he doesn't set himself up to be hit with a counter.
05:16Dropping down with that right hand.
05:18There it is.
05:20Oh, there's a right hook.
05:22Yeah, that's exactly
05:24how Garcia works, Tess.
05:26Very quick and accurate with his shots.
05:28Extremely explosive
05:30when he steps back or gets range
05:32and just good timing on the way in.
05:34And when he has his man hurt like that, Tess.
05:36He's having a heck of a second round here.
05:38Yes, he is.
05:40He's got to be careful.
05:42He's got to be careful.
05:44He's having a heck of a second round here.
05:46Yes, he is. He opens up.
05:50But again, he's still calculated.
05:52It's not rushed at all.
05:54He thinks. He's a thinking fighter.
06:02Foster's doing a good job
06:04in weathering the storm.
06:08Showing a good poker face right now.
06:10Also taking those big shots on.
06:12But again, he's having a hard time
06:14But again, he's having a hard time
06:16establishing any offense
06:18because he doesn't have that lead hand.
06:20He's missing the lead hand.
06:22Even against the southpaw,
06:24you've got to be able to operate that lead hand
06:26whether it lands or not.
06:28You've got to give your opposition
06:30something to worry about.
06:32Something to have to defend against first
06:34to be able to line up your right hand.
06:42I got it. I got it.
06:56Again, Foster
06:58Again, swinging wildly.
07:00Just trying to get some good back.
07:04Good body shots on the inside.
07:12Look, you've got Garcia right now
07:14just dominating every aspect of this fight right now.
07:16This round, I should say.
07:18On the inside, just being very patient.
07:20Letting Foster do a lot of the work for himself.
07:22When he gets close, he lets his hands go.
07:24He steps back, he counters him on the way in.
07:26Just beautiful work by Garcia.
07:28End of two as we work our way
07:30towards Shakur Stevenson.
07:32He's had so many great moments
07:34fighting at top rank in ESPN for the years.
07:36Mark Creagle asked him his favorite.
07:39What's been the best moment
07:42through the last six years?
07:44My favorite actual moment
07:46was when I fought Valdez.
07:48And it was because
07:50everybody in the arena
07:52were all cheering against me.
07:54Every time he threw a punch,
07:56the arena and the crowd was going crazy.
07:58And just the composure of
08:02knowing,
08:04okay, we still going to win.
08:06We're still going to shut them up.
08:08After the fight, I'm walking around,
08:10I'm doing this.
08:12Honestly, I think that was my favorite moment.
08:16And guess who's sitting ringside
08:18broadcasting the international call
08:20tonight's fight night with Christina Botcher.
08:22Oscar Valdez himself.
08:24So Shakur, you asked him
08:26what was your favorite moment.
08:28He says fighting that guy,
08:30Oscar Valdez, that was back in April of
08:322022.
08:34Just a superb
08:36performance by Shakur Stevenson
08:38winning that unanimous decision.
08:40Victory that night. Valdez gave
08:42everything as he always does.
08:44Now Valdez has worked himself back
08:46into contention. In fact, he's the
08:48interim champion at junior
08:50lightweight in the WBO.
08:52And Navarrete, who lost his
08:54shot at a lightweight championship
08:56with a vacant belt, is being
08:58ordered to fight
09:00Oscar Valdez. So the WBO
09:02will be determined between Emmanuel Navarrete
09:04and Oscar Valdez. Of course, Valdez
09:06coming off of his TKO victory against
09:08Liam Wilson back on March
09:1029th.
09:12That would be a rematch, a fight that we called
09:14a few summers ago. Still a tough
09:16fight for both, I think, at this point.
09:18But, you know,
09:20Conce Sal is in that as well
09:22and he has an opportunity to win the world championship tonight
09:24and I'm sure he told us in the
09:26fighter meeting, because he saw Oscar Valdez,
09:28he said, I want to fight you.
09:30I want a rematch with you. Because he felt that
09:32in his heart that he won
09:34their fight. It was a
09:36very controversial fight.
09:38We're in round number three here between Foster
09:40and Garcia. Garcia had a
09:42very strong, oh and he lands a two
09:44punch combination as Foster
09:46came forward. Garcia had a very
09:48strong second round. But just to wrap
09:50up that conversation, we're going to see Wilson Conce
09:52Sal fight for a world title
09:54WBC junior lightweight world championship
09:56against Oshaki Foster a little
09:58later on tonight on ESPN. But that
10:00was one of his three attempts
10:02at a world championship when Oscar Valdez
10:04had failed a drug test
10:06for a banned substance and then the controversial
10:08unanimous decision win by
10:10Valdez followed against Conce Sal.
10:18What's the answer here for Foster, Timmy?
10:20Fundamentals that he don't have.
10:22Feet all over the place.
10:24Terrible footwork. Can't get in position
10:26to be able to land a shot. Don't really know how to
10:28contend against the southpaw. It's the same old
10:30thing. You would think coming in
10:32another camp, combating against
10:34another southpaw, he would be able to figure it out
10:36but again, I told you in the beginning, this is his
10:38kryptonite he's facing. It's the type
10:40of style he lost to. A mover.
10:42Someone that's going to just stay there
10:44and take his punches. And again, swinging wild
10:46like that. Again, not being fundamentally sound.
10:48Not being a pro.
10:50Just swinging wild, trying to get after it.
10:52Leaving himself exposed.
10:56And looking silly.
10:58Just looking silly.
11:00Fundamentals. Just staying composed.
11:02You don't do sloppy.
11:04Oh, I do sloppy too. No, you don't like sloppy.
11:06No, no, no. You know, fighters
11:08complete the opposite. So, I was rough
11:10and tough and short and had to
11:12fight in the inside and get
11:14busy. That's straight blow.
11:16But I wish I had...
11:18Just put it this way. I wish I had
11:20these guys framed. And I wish I had
11:22boxing skills like Shakur Stevenson.
11:24Where I can
11:26dance around guys and be
11:28elusive and not get hit.
11:30Yes.
11:32But, I was not that guy.
11:34But, you're in the Hall of Fame.
11:36Of course. Of course, Tess.
11:38Because I fought the fights, Tess.
11:40I didn't try to win some fights.
11:42I fought the fights. Well, a guy who's going to fight
11:44the fight of his career is
11:46Artem Hartounian. He faces Shakur
11:48Stevenson for the B.C.
11:50Lightweight Championship. And Mark is in the locker
11:52room with us. Artem,
11:54thank you for being here with us. Most Americans
11:56know you from
11:58the Frank Martin fight, which you took on very
12:00short notice. What did you learn
12:02from that? Oh, I learned
12:04a lot from my last fight against
12:06Frank Martin. And I want to take all the
12:08experience that I gained from the fight
12:10to this fight against Shakur
12:12Stevenson. You're not going to tell us exactly what
12:14it is. There are so many things
12:16I can't count. But,
12:18the main thing is to be concentrated
12:20and do my work.
12:22You made a remark the other day
12:24about the smell of Shakur's
12:26fear. You want to clarify that?
12:28What did it smell like?
12:30It smells good. I
12:32like the smell. I asked him what cologne you
12:34wear. He said, no cologne. I said,
12:36OK, then it must be your fear.
12:38That's very interesting. Listen, what doesn't
12:40Shakur Stevenson know about
12:42you that you think he's going to find out?
12:44So, Shakur
12:46Stevenson doesn't know
12:48me by any means.
12:50He will learn
12:52everything in the fight and he will
12:54know me maybe after the fight.
12:56There you go. Pretty interesting.
12:58Fellas, back to you. Thank you very much,
13:00Mark. Round number four between Foster
13:02and Garcia underway.
13:04You know, I always like the
13:06pre-fight quotes and to see
13:08how these fighters go about their business,
13:10how they stay composed,
13:12what their mindset is
13:14going in. I love
13:16that quote by Hartunian,
13:18that exchange he had with Shakur.
13:20Now, I don't think it's applicable or
13:22believable, but I love the exchange
13:24of what is that smell?
13:26What cologne are you wearing? I'm not wearing
13:28cologne. It must be your fear.
13:30It is funny. It's verbal judo. That's good.
13:32I like that. It's hilarious.
13:34It's verbal judo. He told us in the
13:36fight, he said, hey, I'm just trying
13:38to blow him off his game, get
13:40into his head. He said, I don't know.
13:42I'm saying what the people are saying.
13:44You need a tracksuit, you know, because I'm going to have to
13:46chase you down. It's just all a form
13:48of fighting, but it's more a mental test.
13:50Trying to get into his head. Timmy, I think we're going
13:52to get an absolutely
13:54prime Shakur Stephenson
13:56tonight. We better. I think that
13:58when you reflect on things and you listen
14:00to the things he had to say,
14:02and his recent news cycle has
14:04been very frustrating
14:06for him to come off the fight
14:08in November that was highly criticized
14:10for its lack of entertainment
14:12when he knew going
14:14in that he was not at 100%
14:16health and he was going to fight in a way
14:18I know you're already making the face. He was
14:20going to fight in a way that just simply got
14:22the win. It was so
14:24unentertaining and it was panned
14:26highly criticized by media
14:28and fans and that fight
14:30against De Los Santos and then
14:32he apologized for his performance
14:34afterwards. He had a brief
14:36retirement that was strictly, I think
14:38out of frustration of who am I fighting
14:40next? What's going on? And now this phase
14:42of his career when he's watching things
14:44develop in the lightweight division elsewhere
14:46with Tank and Loma and
14:48he has this homecoming fight against
14:50a pretty big underdog in Hartoonian
14:52I can tell you one
14:54thing that I've been able
14:56to understand about Shakur
14:58and that's that he's honest
15:00He is an honest
15:02man. He tells you the truth
15:04whether you like it, whether it's wrong
15:06whether it's different. It doesn't
15:08matter. He told us tonight
15:10I just want to have fun. I want to get back to
15:12myself. I'm not worried
15:14Every fighter says this
15:16I'm not worried about the fans. Yes you are
15:18You want to be loved
15:20You want to be respected. Yeah, but the fans
15:22that are watching, the viewers
15:24That's the group that was so critical
15:26Yeah, but he was injured
15:28during that fight and I asked him
15:30I said, hey, if you go back
15:32I said, check this out. If you can go back in time
15:34would you change it? Would you change things? And he said
15:36Absolutely not. He said no
15:38I said, well, would you disclose it to us and allow
15:40us to be able to elaborate on air? He said
15:42No, I would never do that. He said fighters
15:44we can't give away until
15:46people are injured and I
15:48respect him for that. So he tops
15:50the show tonight and then this guy right
15:52here, the 13-0 prime prospect
15:54opens up the ESPN
15:56network portion. Abdullah
15:58Mason. We asked him what it's like
16:00to have that kind of spotlight
16:03Luis Lebron, he's
16:05an adorable opponent. He lets his hands
16:07go. He's coming to win. He's got
16:09as many knockouts as I have
16:11fights. I'm going to take my time just like I did
16:13the rest. I'm going to make sure
16:15that he doesn't have another
16:17knockout on his resume, but instead that it
16:19be me. I feel comfortable
16:21fighting eight rounds now. You could definitely
16:23take your time a little bit more
16:25but you get to display a little bit more of your
16:27arsenal. That's why it's called professional
16:29boxing because you get to fight more like a professional
16:31instead of the amateurs. You may be watching
16:33the best fight of the lightweight division. Bring
16:35your family, grab your snacks and stay seated
16:37until it's over.
16:41The 20-year-old
16:43Abdullah Mason
16:45has it all, Timmy. Oh my god, did you
16:47hear that last statement? Oh my goodness.
16:49Hey, I'm excited. Young man
16:51is a phenom. He is
16:53but he's going to be tested tonight.
16:55Oh yeah, he's going to test his patience tonight.
16:57He's in there with a real
16:59guy. A guy that's been tested. Been in there
17:01with the best guys.
17:07Luis Lebron and Abdullah Mason. Again,
17:09that's going to be at 830
17:11straight up on ESPN. We're coming on the air.
17:13We're getting you set. We're getting right to Abdullah Mason.
17:1513-0 with
17:1711 knockouts.
17:21You see that as a distance fight? You think Mason
17:23struggles to conquer
17:25him to that level? Lebron is
17:27tough. Yes, he is. He's a
17:29tough cookie to crack. He really is.
17:33And he comes to fight as well.
17:35I mean, if he can
17:37catch him, yeah. I think he can end
17:39the fight but I think it's going to be a challenge
17:41in the beginning.
17:49You can see the shaking of the head
17:53from Garcia. He's feeling confident
17:55in his control against Foster.
17:59All done by footwork and fundamentals.
18:01Nice little stick right there. Just being patient.
18:03Sticking that jab to the body. Keeping range.
18:05Keeping range.
18:07Getting in and out. Countering opportunities
18:09like that.
18:11When Foster crosses the threshold.
18:13And Foster right now
18:15is just trying to get close. He's trying to get
18:17close. He's looking for the straight right hand
18:19down to the body. He eats another hook right there.
18:21Check hook.
18:25He's got it.
18:33Garcia from Houston, Texas.
18:35As much as we talk about
18:37Newark and the homecoming
18:39for Shakur Stevenson,
18:41Houston has been home. Houston is where
18:43he lives and trains and
18:45family and friends are.
18:47He went back home for this camp.
18:49That's right. It wasn't in Vegas or
18:51Colorado and things like that.
18:53He's like, man, you know, why'd you go back home?
18:55He's just like, I just want to get back to doing what I do.
18:57You know, sometimes we can get
18:59boggled down or think that we
19:01got to do more than what we usually do and we
19:03need to step it up and we need to train like this
19:05guy or this guy or that guy. No. You need
19:07to find your own system that
19:09works for you.
19:11That's what makes you a mature champion.
19:13A mature fighter. You find your
19:15own system and you stick with it.
19:19And then you slowly
19:21start to develop it.
19:23Add things to it to improve it.
19:33Garcia that time was looking for the right
19:35uppercut. That was a nice right hand right there
19:37from Foster.
19:39Foster going right
19:41in the front door trying to land another right hand.
19:43Trying to track down
19:45Erickson Garcia.
19:47Yes. O'Shockey Foster
19:49the junior lightweight world
19:51champion with Mark Regal.
19:53O'Shockey Foster who is about to
19:55face Hobson Conceicao
19:57has really been coming on strong lately.
19:59Where is he strong and where is he
20:01vulnerable?
20:03He's stronger
20:05I think he's vulnerable late. He gets
20:07tired to me.
20:09Does this
20:11go the distance?
20:13If he gets tired, I don't.
20:15Listen,
20:17we've been talking a long time about you
20:19getting your chance. Tonight's a co-main, but any
20:21other night it's a main. There's a lot of eyeballs.
20:23What do you want people to be
20:25saying about O'Shockey Foster
20:27after tonight?
20:29I want them to be calling for the Neverete.
20:31The winner of the Neverete Oscar.
20:33And I want to be mentioning it pound for pound.
20:35You need a knockout to do that?
20:39Good luck to you tonight.
20:41Take care man.
20:43Fellas back to you.
20:45Coming off back-to-back 12th round drama
20:47to pull off close wins.
20:49Last time we saw him was against
20:51Abraham Nova back in February.
20:53Had a 12th round knockdown to
20:55pull that out.
20:57You know what's so interesting is
20:59his personality kind of reflects
21:01the way he fights.
21:03You see how calm, cool, and collected
21:05it don't matter what's going on
21:07in the ring. I mean there could be a fire
21:09in the other corner or something.
21:11He's just calm, cool, and collected
21:13poised under any type of
21:15circumstances. And that could be a good
21:17thing but also a bad thing.
21:19That means he can be outworked in a sense.
21:21Well he's had. I mean you talk about
21:23fan-friendly, entertaining fights.
21:25His last couple fights have been
21:27dynamite.
21:29In the Foster fight, well in the
21:31Hernandez fight.
21:33That was a thriller. It was a thriller
21:35but what made it a thriller was the smaller ring.
21:37I think you said he fought in a 16x16.
21:39You got your tape measure on you tonight?
21:41This is a huge ring.
21:43It's about a 22.
21:45This looks very
21:47Stevenson friendly this ring.
21:49Definitely about a 22 foot ring.
21:53I know sometimes
21:55Aladdin Freeman, our ace director,
21:57will come out and walk it off.
21:59He'll come out here and measure the thing.
22:01His wingspan alone often does that.
22:05Yeah, I always tell him
22:07Aladdin is the best in the business.
22:09He could do it man.
22:11He checks everything.
22:1320x20.
22:15He said 20x20.
22:17He just eyeballs that after
22:19directing thousands of fights.
22:21I'll ask him this question.
22:23How hard is the surface?
22:25Is it soft or
22:27is it firm?
22:33He just told me
22:35a very fast ring.
22:37It's firm.
22:43Lunging shot too at that.
22:45Sometimes the unorthodox
22:47moments
22:49will score well.
22:51Sometimes you can get the different padding.
22:53It can be a large ring, but it can be a slow ring
22:55where it's very spongy
22:57and thick. Slow your footwork down.
22:59Of course, tonight
23:01is a fast ring.
23:03That's definitely going to help Shakur
23:05Have you noticed that through the years
23:07in some of your championship fights
23:09where all of a sudden you're out there and you say
23:11my push-off, my footwork is actually
23:13being affected by the mat,
23:15by the surface of the canvas?
23:17My first packout fight.
23:21My feet was in the mud.
23:23It was like being on a beach.
23:25It was a soft ring.
23:27It sure was.
23:29That also affected Manny as well.
23:31Manny is fast. Manny is very quick.
23:33That was Manny in his prime.
23:35Easy, easy, easy.
23:39Definitely slows you down
23:41with this.
23:47Keyshawn Davis, the primed
23:49lightweight contender, is going to
23:51be coming up after a double mace.
23:53How does he think he fits
23:55into the lightweight division?
23:57After my last
23:59fight with Pedraza, I felt very
24:01accomplished, so when I got the job done
24:03like how I did, the business man is definitely
24:05back. This fight right here is going to be
24:07an action-packed fight, just like the
24:09Pedraza fight. You're going to literally see me break
24:11this guy down and get this guy up out there.
24:13I got to get these other champions
24:15or these other big names in the ring with me.
24:17And I feel like it starts with getting my
24:19world title. A title means
24:21everything to me. I love to fight
24:23Baranchett. After that fight,
24:25give me Frank Martin. He's a hell of an opponent
24:27and he just fought for a world title. Why not give him another
24:29shot? You want to fight me? Do you want to fight me?
24:31Whoever grabbed that fish hook, we're going to reel him in.
24:33Tonight, same old, same old.
24:35Y'all going to get that 4th of July feeling.
24:37There's going to be a lot of fireworks in that ring.
24:43Just skipping a little rope
24:45before he puts on his next
24:47performance.
24:49He was explosive
24:51last time out.
24:53Named them names.
24:55I love it when they named them names.
24:57That's what he did. A few names.
24:59I even heard him say Tank.
25:01He want to fight Tank as well. He should want to fight
25:03Tank Davis. Tank Davis of course
25:05and the silly Lomachenko.
25:07It is widely reported
25:09that they are well underway, I mean deep
25:11underway into the negotiations.
25:13The details of
25:15arena
25:17and dates for a mega fight
25:19come the second half of this year.
25:21You want to know the interesting thing about
25:23the Lomachenko and Tank fight? What?
25:25That fight's got to get you excited.
25:27It does get me excited, but I think
25:29what stopped the fight, to be honest with you
25:31years ago
25:33I don't think it was Tank.
25:35I think it might have been Mayweather.
25:37I really do, and I sat back and I've been thinking
25:39about this. The managing of Tank's risk.
25:41Now he's no longer here.
25:43Oh no, we're not going to do that.
25:45Let's just take this path.
25:47That doesn't take anything for me away from
25:49what Tank is, but I
25:51was not a fan of how they managed
25:53the path to get to it.
25:55Classic Mayweather managing of a career.
25:57I think
25:59Tank is phenomenal.
26:01I will say this, it was smart.
26:03It was extremely smart because
26:05he's one of the biggest names, if not the
26:07biggest name here in America.
26:09He is strong, right along
26:11Canelo Alvarez, but I hear what you're saying.
26:13I completely
26:15agree. You can't say you're the best until
26:17you fight the best guys out there.
26:19The best should fight the best.
26:21And that now will be happening,
26:23according to every report,
26:25for a late 2024
26:27unification between Vasily Lomachenko
26:29and Tank Davis.
26:31Round 7 here
26:33between Foster and Garcia.
26:35Yeah, Foster stands straight up.
26:37He doesn't bend his knees.
26:39He gets hit with another looping shot.
26:41Looping left hand from Garcia.
26:43Garcia feeling himself right now.
26:45Got his timing down already.
26:47Foster's not doing any feints to
26:49things up. Now he's picking with
26:51the jab hand, which is good.
26:53Giving Garcia
26:55something to look at, but now he has to set
26:57something up off of it.
26:59Both of you guys.
27:01Both of you guys.
27:03Let's go. Both of you guys.
27:05Pick him up. Pick him up.
27:07Pick him up. Pick him up.
27:09Ooh,
27:11lateral trap.
27:13Oh, just so beautiful.
27:15Stunned him a couple times.
27:17He made him pick up his feet.
27:19Look, Foster walking forward.
27:21He turned angles, stopped,
27:23went the opposite way, make him pick up his feet.
27:25Before he reset his feet, bing, bing,
27:27he hit him with a combination.
27:29Coming to the end of round number 7
27:31as we will work our way to the 8.30
27:33start time for the main portion
27:35of the card. Of course, that'll be topped
27:37by Shakur Stevenson,
27:39who's out to prove a lot after his
27:41last fight in November that was highly
27:43criticized. Here's what Shakur
27:45said about that.
27:47Several times
27:49I've put out great performances
27:51and then you have one bad night
27:53and then everybody
27:55act like you're not that guy.
27:57They forgot about
27:59the Jamel Heron performance.
28:01An absolute
28:03A-plus
28:05A-plus performance
28:07from Shakur.
28:09They forgot
28:11about me versus Oscar Valdez.
28:13Stevenson in control.
28:15Wow, domination.
28:17They forgot about Yoshino.
28:19And another
28:21knockdown score.
28:23You put
28:25a counter punching southpaw
28:27that can also punch
28:29in front of me and only got
28:31one hand. I think the greatness
28:33is the fact that I made it work
28:35that night. When the end of my
28:37career comes, that's
28:39going to be a fight that people are going to look back on
28:41and they're going to understand
28:43he was one of the
28:45greatest.
28:47That's what
28:49Shakur Stevenson had to say.
28:51I listen to that and I feel like
28:53that's the worst case scenario for Artem
28:55Hartounian, the title challenger.
28:57Because this has happened before in Shakur's
28:59career.
29:01You were broadcasting the fight
29:03against Jeremiah Nakatila
29:05and you were critical about
29:07some of the choices of the balance between defense
29:09and offense of stepping up.
29:11His next fight was then that title fight
29:13against Jamel Herring when he took the
29:15title, 130 pound title,
29:17against Jamel Herring where he just
29:19broke him down
29:21so well. He came out
29:23so razor sharp. The next
29:25fight was against Valdez.
29:27Following a similar
29:29period of criticism,
29:31Shakur Stevenson was
29:33masterful. Don't poke the beer.
29:35That's what happened.
29:37You're the one who poked it.
29:39I do it sometimes purposely.
29:41I do it sometimes purposely, I'm not going to lie.
29:43I do.
29:45In Nakatila, that was your honest assessment.
29:47Yes, it was. But I didn't kill him
29:49in his last fight.
29:51I didn't kill him. Yes, it was boring
29:53but I still understood it. If the trend
29:55holds of, okay, there's a fight that's not
29:57dominant and then there's
29:59some criticism and then he comes out
30:01just herringing
30:03Valdez. I'm expecting him to look
30:05sensational tonight. I really am.
30:07You know, going into free agency on top
30:09of that, Tess, he's
30:11going to have to perform tonight. You just
30:13can't talk it. You just can't say you're the man.
30:15You can't say you're Michael Jordan.
30:17You can't say you're Mayweather
30:19and go in there and score four points.
30:21You can't. You have to
30:23show up and you have to show out.
30:25You have to show us what you're talking
30:27about. Separate yourself
30:29from the pack. Period.
30:31So you got a guy
30:33in there, Artem, tonight.
30:35Good fighter. But you got a show job
30:37to make him look ordinary.
30:41If you're that dang good. I'd be surprised
30:43if that's not the version of Shakur Stevenson.
30:45I really think that's
30:47exactly, especially in front of this crowd
30:49and coming off some
30:51recent frustrations of the past
30:53half a year.
30:55I expect that version of Shakur
30:57Stevenson.
30:59I think somewhat Shakur's style is
31:01misunderstood. A lot of people say
31:03he's a runner. He's not a runner.
31:05What are you watching? You know, if you're
31:07talking about the last fight, yes, he was evading
31:09when he needed to, but he's
31:11directly in front of you. He's
31:13mid-range to outside. He's
31:15right there in front of you all the time.
31:17He gets out of range and he gets back into the range.
31:19Get out of range and he gets back into the range.
31:21That's what makes him scary.
31:23Guys don't like that space in between
31:25that he creates because those are counter-punching
31:27opportunities that he puts you in.
31:29De Los Santos, the reason
31:31why he didn't pass that threshold was because
31:33he was afraid to get countered. And when he
31:35decided to pass that threshold
31:37in the last round, what happened?
31:39He got countered.
31:47The focus of this conversation
31:49has been the lightweight division. You see
31:51ESPN's top ten. I mean, that
31:53division is loaded
31:55with top-heavy, cash-
31:57making fights, which
31:59we'll be getting with Tank
32:01and Loma. Shakur's going to wait
32:03it out. Shakur eventually against Tank. Watch
32:05out. Baranchuk just pulled the upset.
32:07Zepeda fights tonight
32:09and the sanctioned organizations have him
32:11as a potential mandatory. Murataya.
32:13Yes, Murataya.
32:15Murataya's in there too. Yes, Murataya's
32:17in there. Davis. And number six is about
32:19to fight in our
32:21main portion of the show. But you want to know
32:23who else is going to be in there real soon?
32:25Abdullah Mason is going to be in there real soon.
32:27He is.
32:29In fact, just based on athleticism
32:31and talent, the bottom half
32:33of that top ten of lightweights,
32:35to me, it is an
32:37absolute lock that a
32:39fully formed and evolved
32:41and matured Abdullah Mason
32:43is favored against everybody
32:45on that bottom half of that list, with the
32:47exception of Keyshawn Davis.
32:49I
32:51would say yes.
32:53You're about to even go further. No, I would
32:55say yes. I see
32:57what you see, but listen,
32:59you've got to get hit.
33:01A fully formed and
33:03matured, meaning that you're forged.
33:05You're tested.
33:07And then once he gets the ten
33:09rounds test,
33:11then yeah, he's ready.
33:13Well, let's see if he's ready tonight, because you say
33:15he's going to have something opposite having a veteran with
33:17Luis LeBron.
33:19For Abdullah Mason, Foster
33:21and Garcia, it's had the same beats
33:23and rhythms throughout.
33:25Yeah, Foster's putting more and more pressure
33:27now on Garcia. Garcia has
33:29to be able to keep his distance. He can't
33:31afford to allow Foster
33:33to... Ooh, that was a low blow right there. My
33:35goodness.
33:37Jingle bells.
33:39My goodness.
33:41Come here, man.
33:43He's going to get a full five minutes
33:45if he wants it.
33:47Second time. No more.
33:49Got it?
33:51Another warning
33:53for William Foster. Here's the low blow,
33:55Timmy.
33:57Look, he's not even looking where
33:59he's throwing the shot.
34:03It looked like he was trying to get
34:05underneath that shot from
34:07Garcia, but he never
34:09looked at where he wanted to place that shot.
34:11Garcia just gave a wink to his trainer,
34:13Rene Vasquez. Gets up to five minutes,
34:15Tess. I mean, I would take every bit
34:17of it.
34:19You know, because not only do you get
34:21hit in the bells
34:23and it hurts, but it also takes
34:25your legs. It also
34:27takes your legs, Tess.
34:33See, look it, he's stretching his back out, his legs
34:35feel a little... Yeah, I understand
34:37how he feels. It's not a good feeling.
34:55Foster trying to press forward.
34:59Oh, there's a right uppercut that William Foster
35:01is able to connect with. But what was
35:03it all for? It was a jab first,
35:05Tess. And Garcia was going straight back.
35:07The jab first.
35:09This thing is heating up
35:11just a little bit here.
35:13Yeah, Garcia slowed down a bit.
35:15Slowing down a bit. Anytime he slows
35:17down, Foster's definitely going to come on strong.
35:19That's one thing, you're not going to deter
35:21him at all.
35:23He's a game opponent. You know who he reminds me of
35:25a little bit of? Corrales.
35:27I always enjoy your
35:29comps. He reminds me of Diego
35:31Corrales. He does. Just look, his
35:33footwork, always constantly trying to get in there
35:35and trying to ward, trying to close the
35:37distance on guys, even though he's tall, long
35:39and rangy. Doesn't
35:41use it.
35:43But just always trying to get after it, just the way
35:45he moves, the subtle movements.
35:49Castillo-Corrales, top
35:51five on your all-time favorite fights
35:53of the last 25
35:55years. Gotti-Ward,
35:57absolutely. Castillo-Corrales is
35:59undoubtedly
36:01on your very short list of your
36:03favorite fights as a fan,
36:05as a viewer. Obviously you were in the midst of your career
36:07with him. Yes, absolutely.
36:09What a loss that was for our sport too.
36:11He was such a beautiful soul and such a great guy
36:13to be around. Ooh, what an uppercut.
36:15Uppercut comes in again.
36:17Garcia, nice
36:19uppercut. Just making
36:21Foster pay
36:23for lunging forward.
36:31See, Foster
36:33don't know how to punch and pick up his feet.
36:35A lot of guys don't know how to do that.
36:37Punch and pick up your feet. Take your feet with you.
36:39That's basic.
36:41That's the first thing you learn when you're in the gym.
36:43Also, you learn
36:45to hit and not get hit.
36:47And that is what Shakur Stephenson
36:49has mastered. The most
36:51important stat in all the
36:53boxing. You talk to CompuBox. CompuBox
36:55gives us reams of papers every week,
36:57right? Yeah.
36:59The most important stat is plus-minus
37:01when you really break it down.
37:03And that is the differential
37:05of percentage, of your
37:07connect percentage, what you
37:09do to your opponents hitting them,
37:11compared to the opponent's connect percentage
37:13to you, your defense.
37:15Plus 20.4
37:17is astronomical.
37:19That's the best plus-minus
37:21in all the boxing.
37:23That is how you measure
37:25hit and not get hit.
37:27Your offensive ability
37:29married to your defensive ability.
37:31Shakur is number one in the world.
37:33Well, we need
37:35a little bit more offense ability.
37:37You can keep the defense.
37:39Keep the defense. But you can make that number
37:41to your point. That number can be big by not getting
37:43hit also, right? Yeah. Which is the case
37:45with him. I'm not saying get hit. No, I don't want
37:47anybody to get hit in the ring.
37:49Don't get hit. But there's
37:51a fine line between being
37:53safe and being entertaining.
37:55So you would like that number to be more
37:57plus 18, and you're still the best in the world.
37:59Well, I'm just saying.
38:01I mean, you know,
38:03you can do a little bit of both. Why not?
38:05Tenth and final round here between Foster
38:07and Garcia. What's got your eye here, Timmy?
38:09Just the pressure again.
38:11I'm trying to see if Garcia's going to cough it up
38:13or he's going to remain and do the same thing
38:15he's been doing. His conditioning
38:17looks pretty strong right now. He looks confident.
38:19I'm looking at his face right now. His demeanor
38:21looks solid. Looks like he's in control.
38:23And Foster. I'm trying to see
38:25if Foster's going to wither away.
38:27He's not going anywhere. Foster's
38:29going to continue to try. As long as there's time
38:31on the clock, he's going to continue to try.
38:37Oh my goodness.
38:39That wide base and just lunging in
38:41with the right hand like that. That is
38:43unbelievable to me.
38:45My goodness.
38:47Not going to get anywhere
38:49doing that.
38:51You've got to bring your feet with you.
38:53You've got to take smaller steps forward
38:55to be able to unleash with that right hand.
38:57Smaller step. Inch yourself closer.
38:59But you've got to start with that wide base.
39:01You're going to be extended like that
39:03every single time.
39:09Oh! What a big shot.
39:11Big shot lands on the way in.
39:13And you want to know something? That's the shot.
39:15That Garcia was knocked out with.
39:17In his loss.
39:19That left hook.
39:21Here's a view of the feet
39:23that you've been detailing too.
39:25You see how he makes him pick up his feet?
39:27Check that out. And then he lunges
39:29and he brings that back foot forward.
39:31Those are countering opportunities right there.
39:33But you saw right there, Garcia wasn't in position
39:35to be able to counter. He was squared up himself.
39:37But again, itching forward.
39:39Southpaw versus orthodox. They're going to step on each other's feet right there.
39:41And the reason why the ref is saying
39:43something about the feet is
39:45because if you step on a fighter's feet
39:47and you hit him with a shot and he goes down,
39:49is that a knockdown? Or not?
39:51It's not a knockdown.
39:53You stepped on his feet.
39:55Okay?
39:57And they want to stop that from happening.
40:05Good jab right there from Foster.
40:09Yeah, the fight's starting to get a little bit sloppy.
40:11Both guys are very fatigued.
40:13Been throwing a lot of punches.
40:15Took a lot of shots as well.
40:19That left hook is money.
40:21That was a shot that
40:23I believe Foster should have been looking for
40:25from the beginning.
40:27He's looking for the right hand against the Southpaw
40:29but the left hook is another weapon
40:31that you can use against the Southpaw
40:33because they don't see it coming.
40:35You see how that high guard used right there
40:37by Garcia.
40:39They don't see those shots coming.
40:45Comes charging in at the end.
40:47Right to the bell.
40:55Crowd's starting to fill in here
40:57at the Rock.
40:59Remember, 8.30 Eastern.
41:01You can stay right here on the app
41:03or you can move over to ESPN
41:05and that is where you will see
41:07the primed lightweight prospect
41:09contender, the junior lightweight
41:11world championship fight
41:13and then the pound-for-pound elite
41:15Shakur Stevenson.
41:21Garcia was in total control
41:23I believe from the beginning.
41:25Just counter-punching.
41:27Fundamentals, basics.
41:29Staying under his feet.
41:31Just timing Foster on the way in.
41:33Foster getting a little bit reckless.
41:35Not really setting up his approach
41:37or his attack.
41:39Not really changing things up.
41:41Just looking to pressure and to corner
41:43Garcia.
41:45But Garcia, he fought just as well
41:47in the inside as he did
41:49in the outside.
41:51He got caught with some shots towards the back end of the fight.
41:53Fatigue started to set in, of course.
41:55But again, that straight left hand
41:57was money for Garcia
41:59and that right hook.
42:01I wouldn't say this was a close
42:03contested battle. I would say unanimous
42:05decision definitely for Garcia.
42:07I don't see it being a close contested battle
42:09at all. I think Garcia
42:11did enough to win this fight
42:13in dominant fashion.
42:15Foster, gotta go back to the
42:17drawing board. I don't know what's next for him.
42:19If he loses this fight tonight...
42:21These guys are 30 years old.
42:23I understand, but he didn't show
42:25that he's ready for the next level tonight.
42:27These are veteran pros
42:29obviously looking to advance themselves.
42:31Looking to get the next check.
42:33Head forward in their careers.
42:35Both coming in with one loss.
42:37Let's go up to Mark Chernuk.
42:39Ladies and gentlemen,
42:41after 10 rounds here inside
42:43the Prudential Center, we go to the judges'
42:45scorecards for the official decision.
42:49John Signorelli scores the bout
42:5199-91.
42:53Robin Taylor and Steve Weisfeld
42:55have it 98-92.
42:57All in favor of your
42:59winner by unanimous
43:01decision,
43:03Erickson
43:05Garcia!
43:07That was a pretty easy one to score.
43:09Unanimous decision for
43:11Garcia, originally from
43:13the Dominican Republic, living
43:15and training out of Houston, Texas.
43:17The technician
43:19utilized...