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00:00Went over the rules in the dressing room.
00:02Both these trunks are good, I'm gonna let you guys work in here.
00:05Have a clean fight, protect yourselves at all times.
00:08Touch them up, wait for the bell.
00:12Tim, Richard Torres enjoyed a vacant work promoted to the co-main event
00:16when Andres Cortez against Charlie Suarez fell through due to an illness to one of the fighters
00:22and here he is with an opportunity.
00:25How does he make the best of this fight against a man who's supposed to test him in DeVeco?
00:32He gotta do exactly what he practiced on in training.
00:36Gotta stay relaxed, stay composed, and use his skill.
00:41That's what it's about, you see that lead hand is already starting to work already for him.
00:45Little bullfighter action from the tank Joey DeVeco instead of coming forward.
00:51Says I can flank him and do different things.
00:55Straight left from Richard Torres Jr. He's very aggressive, high work rate, great cardio.
01:03Said the doctors measured my beats per minute at 40.
01:07The best they had ever measured was a cyclist going to the Tour de France at 37 beats per minute.
01:14Wow.
01:16For a big man like that, that's something else.
01:19Yeah, like I told you, he's one of the most conditioned heavyweights I've seen in a very long time.
01:25You see this in and out movement right here, a lot of jousting going on.
01:29Southpaw vs. Orthodox, the lead hands line up on the same side.
01:34You gotta create your own lanes and that's the way he's creating his lanes for those straight left hands and those jabs down to the body.
01:43Get around that guard, but good defense there from the tank Joey DeVeco.
01:47Yes, he's got 11 losses against the elite heavyweights coming up.
01:52Oh, a headbutt there, but only been stopped 3 times in those 11 losses.
02:03There's gonna be a ton of head clashes.
02:05Both guys lean forward, both guys like to attack.
02:08The heads line up on the same side anytime they throw their backhand.
02:12So there will be some headbutts.
02:16And just to remind you, the day that Richard Torres Jr. made his pro debut, he was cut.
02:22He's also been cut one other time as a professional.
02:27And it's because of this situation, Tim, both fighters coming forward.
02:32Again, they're around the same height as well, but you see both guys going forward.
02:35You see that headclash right there as DeVeco, he doesn't take his head offline.
02:39He just bullrushes forward because he has his man along the ropes and he's trying to work.
02:44But yeah, what Torres is gonna have to do is either he's gonna have to stay either tall or drop his level even more.
02:52So that way DeVeco will run into the top of his head and he can keep his face clear of cuts.
03:01Nice hand right there from DeVeco, good defensive responsibility from Torres with the left hand.
03:06Catch it at home.
03:07But you see Torres, he's starting to, he's respecting the skill set.
03:10You can feel the difference in there.
03:12You know, when you're in there and the guy's in front of you and he's not reacting to your feints.
03:18He's in solid positioning.
03:20You can tell that he's looking to set you up for a shot.
03:23That looping right hand, Torres was able to see it, but he's going to continue to look for those looping shots over the top of Torres' straight punches.
03:32Fight is scheduled for eight rounds in the heavyweight division here in Atlanta.
03:40Hold on one second.
03:41Candice, what's up?
03:42I think my daughter's going pro at basketball.
03:43Yeah, she's three.
03:44Yeah, she's three. What's your point?
03:45I'll take those.
03:46Wait, you're at Dick's?
03:47Could you pick up an agility ladder for my daughter?
03:48One second, one second.
03:49Candice.
03:50You're done, what are you doing?
03:51Oh, you're at Dick's? Grab me that new ZNB hoodie.
03:53Candice.
03:54Trent.
03:55Can you get me a red tracksuit?
03:56Okay.
03:57What else?
03:58Band-Aids.
03:59Hey, she gotta see her.
04:00You got two days going right now.
04:01Thank you, thank you.
04:02What you think's the next step?
04:03Hey, Patrick, let me call you back.
04:05She hung up.
04:06Oh my goodness, this dude.
04:07I cannot.
04:08Agatha.
04:10Do you remember why you hate me?
04:12You feeling okay?
04:13How long have I been here?
04:14Some secrets never stay buried.
04:17I'm really interesting.
04:20Agatha All Along, now streaming only on Disney+.
04:36Cormel Chili, pour on.
04:40Almost 190 more rounds of experience over 43 fights
04:43compared to the 25 rounds in 10 fights for Richard Torres Jr.
04:48And that elite work against Stephen Shaw,
04:51John Kuzniewski, Sergey Kuzmin, Frank Sanchez,
04:54Charles Martin, Amir Mansour,
04:56getting draws against Rodney Hernandez and Gerald Miller.
04:59He's not fazed by anything he's seen from Richard Torres as of yet.
05:03And that's the reason why.
05:04Again, he's being elusive.
05:05He's standing his ground.
05:09And he's looking for opportunities.
05:10He's looking for Torres, who's doing a good job, again,
05:13of evading arm with his footwork and placement with his shots.
05:20But he's looking for an opportunity to make a mistake.
05:22Once he makes a mistake, he's going to look to feel again that old.
05:25Right now it's kind of hard to time him because, again,
05:28the in-and-out footwork of Torres.
05:30He steps out of range right there and moving to the side.
05:33And he's changing up his attack.
05:35So it's kind of confusing DeVeco as of right now.
05:40But DeVeco is quite agile for a 244 pound tank.
05:44He is.
05:45That's a body shot.
05:47There he is. He cut that exit off.
05:50It's a smart thing from him, but it was one shot.
05:53He's going to need to put twos and threes together.
05:56And maybe even punch with Torres.
05:59You know, he's looking to punch as he's punching,
06:02but maybe punch with him, combinations.
06:04Something could land.
06:06Torres not as active as we usually see him.
06:10Because he's respecting what he's seeing.
06:12Like that, that long overhand left from DeVeco.
06:15But that was smart.
06:17DeVeco right there, it was a throwaway right hand,
06:20just so he can get him to bag out and moved him right towards that left hook.
06:25Very smart right there, intelligent work.
06:27Nice combination from Richard Torres Jr. as DeVeco holds.
06:31Next week we'll see you from the theater at MSG
06:34Women's World Championship at Welterweight.
06:36Sandy Ryan making the third defense of her title
06:39against Michaela Mayer in a stacked undercard.
06:42Just like tonight.
06:43Nice quick hand movements there from Richard Torres.
06:48Still not in a rhythm or a groove through two.
06:52Oh, nice right hand.
06:53He caught it.
06:54Good defensive parrying there from Torres.
06:56But we see the danger DeVeco poses.
06:58Yeah, he's very explosive.
07:01Oh, look at him, he grabbed it.
07:03He got around him.
07:05He's extremely explosive.
07:06Got some speed on him.
07:11Wes Melton not a big fan of that, Timmy.
07:13Man, look, he got around to a place where he was safe.
07:18But DeVeco did what he had to do.
07:20That was a good shot from Torres, and DeVeco felt it.
07:25Look, Torres didn't capitalize on that.
07:28He kind of fell into what DeVeco was trying to do
07:32with going backwards and turning his back on him.
07:36Now he's in a groove here at the end of round two.
07:40Very smart approach.
07:42Box him, box him, box him.
07:45Yo, those are nice.
07:46Hold on one second.
07:47Candice, what's up?
07:48I think my daughter's going pro at basketball.
07:50Yeah, she's three.
07:51What's your point?
07:52Wait, you're a Dix?
07:53Could you pick up an agility ladder for my daughter?
07:55One second, one second.
07:56John, what are you doing?
07:57Oh, you're at Dix.
07:58Grab me that New Zealand hoodie.
07:59Hold on.
08:00Trent.
08:01Can you get me a red taxi?
08:02Okay.
08:03What else?
08:05Ace, you got to see her.
08:07Thank you, thank you.
08:09Hey, Patrick, let me call you back.
08:11She hung up.
08:12Oh, my goodness.
08:13This dude, I cannot.
08:16I didn't do this for the lights or the fame.
08:18I did it to pay it forward to the next generation of athletes
08:21and pass on the support my family gave me.
08:24I believe in SoFi because they give the same support to millions of members.
08:28Helping them bank, borrow, and invest for their future.
08:32Because for most people, it's not about the lights or the fame.
08:37It's about their ambitions.
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08:46Inside the Desert Diamond Arena here in Glendale, Arizona.
08:50Last time our headliner, Jaime Munguia, was in this building
08:55was in 2023, giving us the fight of the year against Sergei Derevyanchenko.
09:02Munguia coming off his loss to Canelo Alvarez, going the distance
09:06with one of the top five pound-for-pound fighters in the world.
09:10We'll see what he learned from that loss.
09:13And he'll have to put all that he learned into effect against Eric Bazinyan,
09:17the unbeaten Armenian who fights out of Canada.
09:21Look how calm he looks in the back room right there.
09:25When you put those wraps on, when I used to put those wraps on,
09:28I already knew what was coming next.
09:30Then I put the gloves on, and I started to get anxious.
09:32I started to get happy.
09:34He looks happy and calm right now as he's getting wrapped,
09:36but he knows what's about to happen in the next 30 minutes.
09:39Speaking of emotions, what is the sense in Joey DeVeco's corner, Mark?
09:43Well, there was sartorial concerns.
09:46Mike Basil, the cutman, uses surgical scissors to cut incisions
09:52on Joey DeVeco's pants legs because they were too tight.
09:55I know I said before, at 244 pounds, he's as light as he's been since 2018,
10:01but he needed a little relief there.
10:03And his coach, Bob Kane, his trainer, said,
10:06I need my guy to be a little bit busier.
10:08Let his hands go.
10:09Look at DeVeco trying to show a new wrinkle.
10:12He went southpaw now.
10:14Trying to make an adjustment.
10:16I don't know if that's smart.
10:18Why is it not smart?
10:20You know, again, you get confused.
10:22You get confused defensively.
10:24You think you're trying to be smart, trying to be clever.
10:27You end up setting yourself up to be hit with big shots.
10:31And you see right away, he didn't have success,
10:33and he turns back to orthodox.
10:35A little bit more squared up here, too, in the third round.
10:37That's Joey DeVeco.
10:39And his instincts are better from the orthodox stance.
10:41That's his original stance.
10:44You see the agility of DeVeco.
10:46Just those quick, herky-jerky movements as Torres is not.
10:51Yeah, but he ain't doing nothing off him.
10:53I mean, defensively, though, he's making Torres miss.
10:56And hoping to make him pay eventually.
10:58Yeah.
10:59Torres has already got it figured out.
11:01Torres, again, he's just taking his time and being smart.
11:03He doesn't mind going rounds.
11:05He needs rounds.
11:07He only has 20 what now?
11:0925?
11:1028 now.
11:14And this is the guy to give him good rounds.
11:16Joey DeVeco.
11:18Nice straight left there from Richard Torres,
11:21the Olympic silver medalist for the U.S. in Tokyo.
11:26Nice combination now from Torres.
11:28The work rate is too much.
11:30The IQ is too much for him.
11:32The southpaw stance is too much for DeVeco.
11:34You see the left eye of DeVeco now starting to mark up.
11:38Yeah.
11:40Oh, man, now he's ripping up uppercuts.
11:42Now he got his range right.
11:44Look at that.
11:46Just step right back outside of range did Torres.
11:49But he's starting to get in a little rhythm now.
11:52Starting to piece up DeVeco.
11:5410 seconds.
11:56Stop at the bell.
11:58Third round fight is scheduled for 8 here in Glendale, Arizona.
12:04Time!
12:08Yo, those are nice.
12:10Hold on one second.
12:11Candace, what's up?
12:12I think my daughter's going pro at basketball.
12:13Yeah, she's three.
12:14Yeah, she's three. What's your point?
12:15I'll take those.
12:16Wait, you're at Dix?
12:17Could you pick up an agility ladder for my daughter?
12:18One second, one second.
12:19Candace.
12:20Yo, Don, what are you doing?
12:21Oh, you're at Dix.
12:22Grab me that new Z and D hoodie.
12:23Hold on.
12:24Candace.
12:25Trent.
12:26Can you get me a red tracksuit?
12:27Okay.
12:28What else?
12:29Band-Aids, knee pads, maybe a scrunchie.
12:30Ace, you gotta see her.
12:31You got two a days going right now.
12:33Let me call you back.
12:34She hung up.
12:35Oh, my goodness.
12:36This dude.
12:37I cannot.
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13:11Richard Torres Jr. turned 25 just a couple of weeks after his last fight
13:16against Brandon Moore, May 18th.
13:18That was a fifth-round technical knockout.
13:20The longest he's been as a pro is eight rounds when he stopped Curtis Harper.
13:25Plenty of long fights for Joey DeVeco along his career.
13:31All six of his scheduled ten-rounders have gone the distance.
13:34You see now the speed and agility of Richard Torres Jr.
13:39And his accuracy.
13:40That youthfulness.
13:43And now he's got DeVeco going backwards.
13:50Is it a matter of DeVeco being outgunned?
13:53He has a smaller heavyweight in front of him,
13:56which he should be able to compete against.
13:59And DeVeco continues to drop that out because he's getting tired.
14:02He's starting to drop the mouthpiece purposely.
14:05And instead of going to get it clean,
14:07because it was done intentionally,
14:09Wes Malthus says,
14:11you want to play games?
14:13Let's play games with a dirty mouthpiece.
14:15After dudes have been sweating and getting knocked out in the same ring.
14:19Okay, here we go.
14:20Now Torres is doing his thing.
14:22Mouthpiece out again.
14:24And DeVeco does not look good here.
14:28In the fourth round.
14:31He'll take a point.
14:35He's purposely dropping the mouthpiece.
14:37Purposely.
14:45That's a final warning there from Wes Malthus
14:47for spitting out the mouthpiece.
14:49Trying to do Chico Corrales against Jose Luis Castillo.
14:54He's tired. His mouth is open.
14:56He's not biting down on the mouthpiece.
14:58Nice straight left.
14:59And that could end up with a broken jaw,
15:01even though the cushion of the beard
15:04may help him absorb some of these punches.
15:07Torres, to you, does he look like one-dimensional?
15:11No.
15:12That's what I'm telling you.
15:13I said we're going to see something different tonight.
15:15He's not predictable at all.
15:16He's changing his punch angles.
15:18Angles, yep.
15:19His feet, where he's standing.
15:21Feints. Feints.
15:22A lot of nuance tonight.
15:27He's telling me a big boy can fight.
15:32Fans not happy with DeVeco spitting out the mouthpiece,
15:34and that's a nice combination from Richard Torres Jr.
15:38Torres has already put DeVeco...
15:41Oh, nice uppercut!
15:42The mouthpiece comes flying out once again.
15:44That was a punch, though.
15:45Not intentional.
15:46But it's not going to end well for DeVeco.
15:57Bite on it. Bite down on it.
16:03The mentality of DeVeco has quickly been shifted
16:07by the work and the boxing ability of Torres.
16:12He's now become having that opponent mentality.
16:17Opponent mentality.
16:19After going 7-1 with 4 knockouts over his last 8 fights,
16:24this is the DeVeco that, once things get hard,
16:27will try, like he did there with the left hook,
16:30but he's got a puncher's chance at this point,
16:33and not much more.
16:35Here comes Torres, putting himself in harm's way.
16:38The mouthpiece comes flying out again.
16:41I don't think DeVeco, at this point,
16:43I don't think he minds one more point,
16:46and this fight's over. It's a DQ.
16:55DeVeco uppercut, I could understand.
16:57It was punched out of his mouth.
16:59But the others, it's looking for time.
17:02As time comes to an end here,
17:04midway through this fight, round 4.
17:09Yo, those are nice. Hold on one second.
17:11Candice, what's up?
17:12I think my daughter's going pro at basketball.
17:14Yo, she's 3.
17:15Yeah, she's 3. What's your point?
17:16I'll take those.
17:17Wait, you're at Dick's?
17:18Could you pick up an agility ladder for my daughter?
17:19One second, one second.
17:20Candice.
17:21Yo, Don, what are you doing?
17:22Oh, you're at Dick's?
17:23Hold on.
17:24Trent.
17:25Can you get me a red tracksuit?
17:26Okay.
17:27What else?
17:28Hey, Paz, maybe a scrunchie?
17:29Ace, you gotta see her.
17:30You got two-a-day's going right now.
17:31Thank you, thank you.
17:33Hey, Patrick, let me call you back.
17:35She hung up.
17:36Oh, my goodness.
17:37This dude, I cannot.
17:39Agatha.
17:41Do you remember why you hate me?
17:43You feeling okay?
17:44How long have I been here?
17:45Some secrets never stay buried.
17:48I'm really interesting.
17:51Agatha All Along, now streaming only on Disney+.
17:54Jersey Mike's freshly slices it right in front of you.
17:57You can't fake that.
17:59You can fake my outfit.
18:00You can fake these haunches.
18:02You just can't fake a freshly sliced Jersey sub.
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18:07It's a Jersey Mike's thing.
18:10In between rounds, referee Wes Melton was very clear to Joey DeVito in his corner.
18:15He spits the mouthpiece out one more time, and he's going to be disqualified.
18:20That mouthpiece is coming out again.
18:22He's already checked out, man.
18:24He's already on the plane back home.
18:26The question here is, do you want to go out on your shield, or do you want to be disqualified?
18:30Oh, he want to be disqualified.
18:32He ain't trying to get that knockout.
18:34He could have bit down on that mouthpiece a long time ago.
18:37You're holding. Don't hold.
18:39Mark your scorecard through four.
18:41I never had one of these before.
18:4340-34 due to the four mouthpiece drops in our last round.
18:5010-8 round, two-point deductions bring it to a 10-7 round.
18:54Things are getting rough inside this co-main event here.
18:59On top-ranked boxing on ESPN, Bernardo Osuna, the Hall of Famer Timothy Bradley, and Martin Kriegel.
19:08The corner DeVito team said, hey, you got to let your hands go.
19:12Easier said than done.
19:14This has always been DeVito's MO.
19:17Like I told you, too much offense, too much firepower coming from the other fighters.
19:21And Torres, you know, he has good timing, yes, got some pop on his shots.
19:25He has experience, but he's older now.
19:28And he's less active, even more less active than he was early in his career.
19:34And you see the insight work there from Richard Torres Jr.
19:37But he's being smart. He's been in at the right range and distance.
19:40And he's still, again, playing homage to defense.
19:43Like, you just don't want to rush in there. I get it.
19:45The man is getting along the ropes.
19:47But he's using those ropes because he wants to lure in men.
19:50Because he just wants to be able to load up on a big shot.
19:53That's it. And hope and pray. A Hail Mary shot.
19:58I think that guy landed on Mark Henry.
20:00Saw one earlier tonight on Punch of the Night.
20:03There it is.
20:04But the glove was still there.
20:06So you mentioned defensive responsibility from Torres.
20:09Yes, it was a big shot, but it was partially deflected.
20:11There it is. And he rolled with it.
20:14And again. That's it.
20:19Just when things were getting good.
20:23Look, if you don't have a fitted mouthpiece, a professional mouthpiece,
20:27even if you have a professional mouthpiece, right,
20:30and it's fitted the right way, it's not going to fall out like that.
20:35I think he probably has one of those store-bought mouthpieces.
20:38That you put in that hot water.
20:40Yeah, you need something from the dentist.
20:43Something molded.
20:44Because that shouldn't happen.
20:47I mean, look, it's an unfortunate end to the fight.
20:51Just when things were starting to get heated,
20:54and DeFeco was letting his hands go,
20:56but Richard Torres coming over to get words from the champion.
21:00But he did what he was supposed to do.
21:03He did a great job.
21:05Great job. Took his time. Assessed the situation.
21:09He knew what he was up against.
21:11You could tell that they did their studying. Film study.
21:14He got hit with those two big shots at the end,
21:17but DeFeco didn't have much power on those shots.
21:20I know they looked like they were heavy, but he took them well.
21:23But he just...
21:26Look.
21:28He just picked the pieces, man. It was easy work.
21:32Look at the placement. Look at the eyes.
21:35The eyes of the young man.
21:36Then protection. Outside.
21:38His head is on the outside right there.
21:41Get caught with a slapping shot right there.
21:43And he kind of rolls with that shot right there.
21:46That takes some of the steam off the punch.
21:48That mouthpiece falls out right there.
21:51But he rolls with that shot.
21:52He takes a lot of the power off the punch
21:55by rolling his head, rolling with the shot.
21:59That's experience right there.
22:01Yep.
22:02Because that mouthpiece was punched out with the uppercut,
22:05I would have allowed it to continue
22:07because it wasn't intentional like earlier on in the fight.
22:09But nonetheless, the writing was on the wall.
22:12Disqualification. The official time with Mark Schindler.
22:17Ladies and gentlemen, here inside Desert Diamond Arena,
22:20this bout comes to a conclusion at 2 minutes, 2 seconds
22:24of round number 5.
22:26The blue corner is disqualified
22:28for excessive loss of the mouthpiece.
22:31Therefore your winner,
22:33and still junior NABF heavyweight champion,
22:38Richard Kiki Torres Jr.
22:45So Richard Torres continues to be...