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00:00Don't hit the nape or the bottom of the belt.
00:04As long as there's a knot sticking out,
00:06you separate without throwing clothes.
00:08Got it?
00:09Last commands.
00:10Yeah, last commands from Rafael Saldana, the referee.
00:13I was saying the fight's scheduled for four rounds
00:16in the Bantamweight division.
00:18118 pounds.
00:23Victor, the favorite, it's the guy from the States,
00:26Emiliano Alvarado,
00:28the guy with the blue and gold trunks.
00:33Here's the first round, Victor Silva.
00:35It's going to the ring.
00:38And now we have Abel Cruz with black trunks
00:42and silver letters,
00:46while Emiliano Alvarado is blue and gold.
00:54Yeah, the fight is scheduled for four rounds
00:57in the Bantamweight division.
00:59It's Emiliano who has a record of two and O
01:02with two knockouts,
01:04and Abelito Cruz, three wins,
01:08two defeats, and one draw, Victor.
01:11He hasn't got any knockout,
01:14and he hasn't got knockdown either.
01:16Yep.
01:19And here we have Isaac Drago Munoz
01:23with us to comment on this fight.
01:25Isaac, you're coming up from a tough illness,
01:29and you'll be back in the ring
01:31on our next card on September 21st.
01:34Yes, I am.
01:35I've been working hard
01:37since I got, like, a better health.
01:40I'm coming back this September 21.
01:43I feel great, thank God.
01:46Oh, thank God.
01:48We're glad to have you back in the first place,
01:51never mind inside the ring,
01:53you know what I mean?
01:54So it's great news for boxing.
01:56It's great news also for us to hear that.
01:58Yes, thank you very much.
01:59I'm very glad to be here.
02:00I'm very glad to be back.
02:02Sometimes people don't realize that
02:04boxing is really hard,
02:06but Liu King is worse.
02:08I know.
02:09It's the biggest fight.
02:10It's the biggest fight ever.
02:13It was when I gave him the news
02:15of that guy Liu King,
02:17I was like,
02:18the first thing that I think,
02:19it was death.
02:21Thank God I'm back.
02:23And not just back,
02:24but fighting on the ring.
02:26Fighting again.
02:27That's wonderful.
02:28Oh, what a left hook
02:30by Abel Cruz.
02:34Very active,
02:35and Alvarado is doing good,
02:37but Cruz is in the fight.
02:43And he's really testing,
02:44I mean,
02:45that's a good thing.
02:46That's the aim of Abelito Cruz,
02:50to test the young lion,
02:51Emiliano Alvarado.
02:53Isaac really is dominating the fight
02:56with his job.
02:57He also has more reach,
02:59you know,
03:00and height,
03:01but for only having two professional bouts,
03:04he's taking things easily.
03:06Yeah, he is.
03:07He's very smart.
03:09He's fighting very smart.
03:11He's like,
03:12letting him come in,
03:14so he can attack back.
03:15So he's doing a great job with it.
03:17Very easy,
03:18very comfortable.
03:20Well, Cruz hasn't been easy.
03:22I mean, he's punching,
03:23he's giving the fight here.
03:25Yeah, Cruz is very hard,
03:26but I think Alvarado is a little bit smarter.
03:37It wasn't a good first round.
03:39Yes.
03:40I think Alvarado got a chance at Cruz 9,
03:43but it was because the punches from Alvarado,
03:47he was more accurate with the punches.
03:49Yes.
03:50A little harder,
03:51but I have to say it,
03:52Cruz was tough this first round.
03:54What do you think?
03:55Yeah, he's very tough,
03:56you know,
03:57like he's a very hard fighter,
03:58but he did a little bit more of technique,
04:01more of style,
04:02boxing style.
04:03He just go forward and forward,
04:05and Alvarado is like going backwards
04:07and doing a smart fight.
04:10Sometimes when you're facing someone
04:12that has a little lack of technique,
04:15as you said,
04:17it's even harder
04:18because you're used to face a guy
04:20that is doing something when you're punching.
04:23Yes, absolutely.
04:24It's very hard,
04:25with very hard fighters
04:26because they're all the time going forward,
04:28all the time going forward,
04:29throwing punches,
04:30throwing punches,
04:31and you can cut a punch from anywhere.
04:34This is the second round here
04:36from Sale Urbana.
04:37Four rounds in bantamweight division.
04:40Emiliano Alvarado with the black,
04:42sorry,
04:43blue and gold trunks
04:44against Alvelito Cruz,
04:47all in black.
04:49And the referee is telling Alvarado
04:52not to pull the opponent,
04:54who is really trading there.
04:56Drago,
04:57we'll be,
04:58you know,
04:59between rounds,
05:00we'll be talking about your next fight
05:01September,
05:02coming September 21st,
05:03because this is very hot right now
05:05in the second round.
05:06I know,
05:07I know.
05:08I know.
05:09It's a very hard fight right now.
05:10I think,
05:11I think Emiliano should go backwards
05:13and start to boxing again.
05:14He's going forward with him.
05:16Exactly.
05:17And he's entering to a life or death fight.
05:19It's not convenient for him.
05:21He can get in danger
05:22if he do that.
05:23Yeah, exactly.
05:24He's in jeopardy there.
05:25And Alvarado has already
05:27victory another scheduled fight
05:28for October 5th
05:30in Bronzeville, Texas.
05:32But first he has to,
05:34you know,
05:35sort out this.
05:36Demonstrate, yes.
05:37Yeah, you know,
05:38I mean,
05:39because,
05:40the,
05:41I think the main mistake
05:42that Alvarado is doing is,
05:43he's letting Cruz
05:44Yes.
05:45to set the pace.
05:46So,
05:47he's fighting
05:48on Cruz's rhythm.
05:49Style.
05:50Exactly.
05:51Yeah.
05:52Exactly.
05:53Yeah.
05:54Cruz is going forward to,
05:55no,
05:56he need to box.
05:57You said something,
05:58Drago,
05:59very interesting in the beginning.
06:00Emiliano was being smarter,
06:01but that was in the first round.
06:02All in the first round,
06:03he's trading,
06:04entering,
06:05like Victor said,
06:06a type of fight that is,
06:07obviously,
06:08convenient for the guy
06:09in the blue corner,
06:10and I mean,
06:11Abelito Cruz,
06:12with a record of
06:13three,
06:14two,
06:15and one.
06:16Alvarado is trying to
06:17counterpunch.
06:18Yeah.
06:19But the thing is that
06:20when he's trying to counter,
06:21he's receiving first,
06:22and for that reason,
06:23he's stepping in the back foot.
06:24Yeah.
06:25I think he's looking
06:26for the knockout.
06:27He's looking for the knockout.
06:28Yeah, but he's getting
06:29in danger.
06:30I know.
06:31If he's still doing that,
06:32he's going to be in danger
06:33because Abelito's a hard fighter.
06:34Yeah.
06:35He's very strong.
06:36And the left stance
06:37from Alvarado
06:38doesn't seem to
06:39comfort Abelito
06:40at all.
06:41No, not at all.
06:42Not at all.
06:43You know what I mean?
06:44It's his style.
06:45He also switches
06:46to left stance
06:47for a moment.
06:48Oh,
06:49that was a good one.
06:50Yeah,
06:51he was going to deliver,
06:52but look at the response
06:53from Abelito,
06:54who wants to
06:55ruin the party
06:56for Alvarado,
06:57who misses.
06:58You know,
06:59he's out of reach there,
07:01with such a long left there.
07:02Not a brilliant
07:03second round
07:04for Alvarado, Victor.
07:05Alvarado's missing
07:06his advantage in reach
07:07because he's not
07:08in the front foot.
07:09Yes, no.
07:10That's why
07:11he's letting Cruz
07:12to reach him.
07:13Yes, yes,
07:14absolutely.
07:15You have to go
07:16the long distance.
07:17Both of these.
07:18With long hands,
07:19long hands all the time.
07:20Exactly.
07:21Trying to be
07:22in the long reach
07:23and both
07:24of them
07:25are trying to
07:26be in the long reach.
07:27They're both
07:28trying to be
07:29in the long reach.
07:30Both previous fights
07:31for Alvarado
07:32were in Mexican territory,
07:33although he's
07:34from California
07:35in the USA.
07:36Yes.
07:37Two rounds are gone.
07:38I think he's,
07:39I think Alvarado's
07:40a better fighter
07:41than Abelito,
07:42so he has to do
07:43a smart fight.
07:44Exactly.
07:45And if he goes
07:46always forward,
07:47he's getting
07:48on Abelito's game.
07:49Absolutely.
07:50But I have
07:51to be honest,
07:52it was a tough round,
07:53but for me,
07:54this is the first round
07:55that Cruz won.
07:56Yes, yes, yes,
07:57yes, yes.
07:58This is the first one,
07:59I think.
08:00You gave it to Abelito,
08:01right?
08:02Yeah.
08:03Not by far,
08:04but...
08:05Yeah.
08:06Yeah, it was
08:07a close round,
08:08but yeah,
08:09like Greg
08:10was saying,
08:11from a tactical
08:12point of view,
08:13it was a mistake
08:14the kind of fight
08:15Emiliano came out
08:16to do
08:17in the second round.
08:18Yes.
08:19He was trading
08:20too much,
08:21you know,
08:22when he could
08:23do a smarter fight.
08:24He's looking
08:25for a knockout,
08:26I think.
08:27Abelito could
08:28knock him down.
08:29It's called
08:30the knockout
08:31syndrome,
08:32you know,
08:33because in both
08:34of his previous fights
08:35he knocked out
08:36his opponent.
08:37Third round
08:38in the voice
08:39of Victor Silva.
08:40Well,
08:41as you said,
08:42and you heard
08:43Isaac,
08:44Isaac,
08:45he could
08:46see
08:47Cruz's
08:48eyes
08:49paying attention
08:50to his training.
08:51He was like
08:52absorbing
08:53everything.
08:54Oh,
08:55oh,
08:56oh,
08:57great left
08:58hook.
08:59And I think
09:00he's obeying
09:01everything that
09:02his coach said.
09:04Alvarado
09:05changed
09:06his stance.
09:07Yes,
09:08now he's going
09:09longer distance.
09:10Yeah,
09:11and he's getting
09:12points.
09:13Now,
09:14that's what he
09:15has to do
09:16all the time.
09:17And then
09:18go back again.
09:19He's a little
09:20calm.
09:21Oh,
09:22what a right
09:23hand.
09:24That's not
09:25good.
09:26He's
09:27going a little
09:28back.
09:29This is
09:30the Alvarado
09:31that I know.
09:32Yes,
09:33yes,
09:34that's
09:35the style
09:36he needs
09:37to do.
09:38Oh,
09:39that was
09:40a good
09:41uppercut.
09:42It's just
09:43one minute
09:44and he's
09:45been punching
09:46a lot
09:47and Cruz
09:48has lost
09:49the accuracy.
09:50Yes,
09:51he,
09:52probably,
09:53probably he
09:54has lost
09:55his confidence
09:56in that.
09:57Wow,
09:58everything
09:59changed in one
10:00round.
10:01Yeah,
10:02I think
10:03Abuelito
10:04has lost
10:05his confidence.
10:06Yeah,
10:07because now
10:08Emiliano is
10:09really boxing
10:10him.
10:11Yes.
10:12You know,
10:13he's really
10:14obeying his
10:15corner this
10:16time and
10:17he's doing,
10:18you know,
10:19just a more
10:20intelligent fight.
10:21Yes.
10:22I was talking
10:23about the
10:24corner,
10:25but now you
10:26can see the
10:27smile.
10:28It's almost
10:29smiling
10:30Alvarado because
10:31everything is
10:32working out.
10:33And now
10:34he's
10:35setting the
10:36pace.
10:37Exactly.
10:38He's
10:39learning
10:40every day.
10:41Oh,
10:42it's a
10:43good one.
10:44One,
10:45two.
10:46He
10:47got
10:48on ropes
10:49a bit,
10:50moved.
10:51He got
10:52back in the
10:53middle of the
10:54round and
10:55he's on the
10:56ring.
10:57That was a
10:58good call from
10:59the referee
11:00because Cruz
11:01is desperate
11:02and he's
11:03trying to
11:04reach Alvarado.
11:05And he's
11:06trying to
11:07connect.
11:08But now
11:09Alvarado
11:10is
11:11managing
11:12the distance
11:13and that's
11:14why Cruz
11:15is not
11:16working.
11:17Yes,
11:18that's what I
11:19was saying since
11:20the last round.
11:21All the
11:22time, box,
11:23box, box, all
11:24the time, keep
11:25boxing.
11:26Not going
11:27forward with
11:28Abelito.
11:29And it's
11:30working, I
11:31think.
11:32By far.
11:33Yes.
11:34Drago, you
11:35have 17-1
11:36and 1 with
11:3714 KO's,
11:38which is,
11:39you know,
11:40it's
11:41something to
11:42acknowledge.
11:43You
11:44know,
11:45it's
11:46something to
11:47acknowledge.
11:48You
11:49know,
11:50it's
11:51something to
11:52acknowledge.
11:53What are you
11:54doing in
11:55particular for
11:56this camp?
11:57Oh, I'm
11:58doing a lot
11:59of training,
12:00a lot of
12:01running.
12:02And with
12:03another trainer,
12:04I'm working on
12:05my body, you
12:06know, as a
12:07heavyweight.
12:08Almost all
12:09the Mexican
12:10heavyweights are
12:11like, not
12:12in shape.
12:13Not to
12:14fit.
12:15And I'm
12:16working on
12:17that with
12:18a new
12:19trainer.
12:20I feel
12:21great for
12:22this comeback
12:23again.
12:24I got this
12:25question.
12:26My father,
12:27he passed
12:28away on
12:29leukemia.
12:30And he
12:31was old,
12:32of course.
12:33He was
12:3466.
12:35But he's
12:3638.
12:37How hard
12:38it is to
12:39start training
12:40after you
12:41recover?
12:42Well, thank
12:43God I
12:44recover in
12:45one month.
12:46I got
12:47leukemia
12:48in February.
12:49Amazing.
12:50And I was
12:51like, wow.
12:52So I
12:53start with
12:54another chemo
12:55and in
12:56February I
12:57start to
12:58train again.
12:59This is the
13:00fourth and
13:01last round.
13:02You gave
13:03the third
13:04one to
13:05Alvarado.
13:06But now
13:07they're getting
13:08into a
13:09brawl.
13:10I'm not
13:11sure if
13:12Alvarado
13:13wants to
13:14do that,
13:15but it's
13:16working.
13:17He's like
13:18crazy.
13:19Both fighting
13:20on the left
13:21stance at
13:22the moment.
13:23He's
13:24throwing the
13:25head.
13:26And it
13:27was only a
13:28warning,
13:29Drago, but
13:30he could
13:31well have
13:32deducted a
13:33point because
13:34he did it
13:35twice in a
13:36row.
13:37That was
13:38a little
13:39deliberate.
13:40Maybe a
13:41sign of
13:42desperation
13:43from Abelito
13:44who's trying
13:45to come
13:46back.
13:47And now
13:48Abelardo's
13:49moving smarter.
13:50Victor, and
13:51now he's
13:52jobbing.
13:53Not all
13:54lefties have a
13:55good job,
13:56you know
13:57what I
13:58mean?
13:59He's doing
14:00it well.
14:01And at
14:02some point
14:03he's changing
14:04stance.
14:05Yeah.
14:06It's not
14:07really working,
14:08but at
14:09least he
14:10takes
14:11Cruz.
14:12Cruz is
14:13thinking what
14:14to do.
14:15I don't
14:16know.
14:17Yeah.
14:18Cruz is,
14:19you know,
14:20just,
14:21it's no
14:22rocket science
14:23for Cruz.
14:24He has to
14:25knock him
14:26out, so
14:27he's trying
14:28to throw a
14:29blur of
14:30punches,
14:31but he
14:32doesn't seem
14:33to have the
14:34same power
14:35or do the
14:36same damage
14:37that he did
14:38in the first
14:39rounds to
14:40Emiliano
14:41Alvarado,
14:42who has a
14:43better read
14:44than
14:45Emiliano
14:46Alvarado,
14:47who went
14:48around and
14:49he's just
14:50one point
14:51different.
14:52Yes,
14:53he's fine.
14:54He's
14:55done.
14:56That was
14:57a good
14:58left from,
14:59good left
15:00hand from
15:01Alvarado.
15:02Now he
15:03blocks very
15:04well.
15:05Abelito's
15:06attack.
15:07And now
15:08he lacks,
15:09you know
15:10what I
15:11mean?
15:12He,
15:13I think,
15:14yeah.
15:15Yeah,
15:16exactly.
15:17Now,
15:18the referee
15:19Rafael
15:20Saldana
15:21tells him
15:22not to
15:23get the fight
15:24dirty.
15:25It's been
15:26a decent
15:27scrap.
15:28I think
15:29Alvarado is
15:30winning it.
15:31He's
15:32not brilliantly
15:33because he
15:34weights too
15:35much,
15:36Victor.
15:37Too much.
15:38Yeah,
15:39now again.
15:40And the
15:41card on the
15:42left,
15:43the
15:44right
15:45hand in
15:46the
15:47main
15:48card.
15:49And
15:50that's where
15:51we're going
15:52to see
15:53the comeback
15:54of
15:55Isaac
15:56Drago
15:57Munoz
15:58with a
15:59very promising
16:00record in
16:01the heavy
16:02weight
16:03division,
16:04the king
16:05division
16:06with 17th
16:07one and
16:08one.
16:09The only
16:10loss he
16:11had
16:12was
16:13in
16:14the
16:15first
16:16round.
16:17But
16:18when I
16:19have that
16:20fight,
16:21I have
16:22my first
16:23symptoms of
16:24leukemia.
16:25I get
16:26tired too
16:27fast.
16:28I have
16:29a thing
16:30about it.
16:31But you
16:32didn't know
16:33at that
16:34moment.
16:35No,
16:36I didn't.
16:37When I
16:38returned from
16:39that fight,
16:40Alvarado
16:41got the
16:42punch
16:43two or
16:44three times
16:45really hard
16:46to cruise.
16:47And
16:48for that
16:49reason,
16:5010 for
16:51Alvarado,
16:529 for
16:53Cruz.
16:54For me,
16:55it's 39
16:56Alvarado,
16:5737 Cruz.
16:58Yes,
16:59I agree
17:00with that.
17:01Yeah,
17:02it makes
17:03sense.
17:07Well,
17:08Alvarado,
17:09Cruz,
17:10is a good
17:11tester.
17:12Yeah,
17:13he's a
17:14great
17:15fighter.
17:16For
17:17this
17:18reason.
17:19Three
17:20judges
17:21same
17:22score
17:23card.
17:24Cruz
17:25is
17:26a
17:27good
17:28tester.
17:29Yeah,
17:30he's a
17:31great
17:32fighter.
17:33For
17:34this
17:35reason.
17:36Three
17:37judges
17:38same
17:39score
17:40card.
17:41For
17:42this
17:43reason.
17:44Three
17:45judges
17:46same
17:47score
17:48card.
17:49Cruz
17:50is a
17:51good
17:52fighter.
17:53For
17:54this
17:55reason.
17:56Three
17:57judges
17:58same
17:59score
18:00card.
18:01Cruz
18:02is a
18:03good
18:04fighter.
18:05For
18:06this