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00:00A 28-year-old Thomas Cardi enjoying the physical advantages here tonight, an inch taller than
00:08Jonathan Vergara.
00:09And look at that reach, an 80.5-inch reach on the southpaw Thomas Cardi.
00:14That's a lot for Vergara to deal with.
00:17Let's send it back up to our emcee, Joe Martinez.
00:20And now, ladies and gentlemen, we are ready to go with our next bout tonight.
00:24Eight rounds scheduled in the heavyweight division.
00:28Introducing to you first, fighting out of the blue corner, wearing gold trunks trimmed
00:32in black.
00:33He weighed in 233.5 pounds.
00:37In seven bouts, his record stands at six victories, one defeat, three wins.
00:42Coming by way of knockout, this is Santa Fe, Argentina.
00:46Here is Jonathan Chiquito Vergara.
00:57And across the ring, his opponent, fighting out of the red corner, wearing white trunks.
01:02He weighed in officially 259 pounds.
01:05An eight-pasture professional, he stands perfect in the ring.
01:09Eight victories, no defeats, seven wins.
01:13Coming by way of knockout, he is the BUI Celtic Heavyweight Champion from Dublin, Ireland,
01:21the undefeated Thomas the Bummer Curtis.
01:30And your referee in charge of the action, Patrick O'Rochdagon.
01:35All right, Thomas, there's just a little bit of height there, but keep them above here,
01:50all right?
01:51Good, clean fight.
01:52Protect yourselves at all times.
01:53And a bit of a weak match.
01:54But now you relive touch gloves.
02:02Well, Thomas Carty is managed by Dillian White, one of the best heavyweights of this generation.
02:08He's a favorite of Tyson Fury, of Anthony Joshua, one of those guys that's elite by association,
02:16so to speak.
02:17We'll see if he can live up to the hype here tonight.
02:21As round one begins, tonight's fight clock is brought to you by Riyadh Season in Wembley.
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02:40Carty said this week he likes to go against the grain of what people think when they look at him.
02:44They see big heavyweight, they think slow and plodding.
02:47He's got quick feet, quick hands.
02:49He's also a thinking man.
02:52He's really dedicated to living the life of an athlete.
02:55Despite on the top of the Carty party, this is a guy who doesn't drink.
02:59He's very proud of his nimbleness despite his size.
03:03That's going to take you a long way in boxing, the discipline.
03:06I see how focused, I see it in his eyes, trying to time that jab and that left hand.
03:12Very relaxed in there.
03:15Left hand right to the chest of Vergara there a moment ago.
03:20That's a good place to aim it.
03:21Rahul, you know about being a southpaw and where to aim that shot.
03:24Aiming right at the solar plexus, not a bad move.
03:26Changing the left hand, being a southpaw is very important.
03:30You throw a left hand to the body, open up wide to the body.
03:33You throw it over the top to the chest.
03:37It can't be the same left hand all the time.
03:39You've got to confuse your opponent in front of you.
03:41Vergara trying to step in with a right hand of his own.
03:47Vergara already being made to do something
03:50he's not all the way comfortable with.
03:53Ryan, you referenced that Mike Tyson style
03:56and he's been able to do that against lower level opposition.
03:59But right now, Cardi's backing him up, making him fight off the back foot.
04:04Vergara told us he's very comfortable as a counter puncher
04:07but he's certainly going to have to land something of note early on
04:10to get Cardi's respect.
04:13Cardi's the one that has to close the distance and make the fight
04:16and force Vergara to go toe-to-toe with him.
04:19Vergara's the one that's backing up right now.
04:21I think he feels the size, he feels the power,
04:24he feels the skill set of Cardi.
04:28Cardi's taking his time, walking him down.
04:32Got some feints.
04:34Left hand over the top there for Cardi.
04:39This is the way he measures the distance.
04:41Cardi took a step back while Vergara moved up.
04:51I heard the corner of Cardi telling him,
04:53push it back, push it back.
04:55Yeah, I think he's going to have to make Vergara fight.
04:58It's that left hand that I was talking about,
05:00opening a right to the left hand.
05:02A lot of softballs hit hard,
05:05but let me tell you something,
05:06that left hand, every time you open up wide like that,
05:08it does damage it.
05:10He keeps doing that right now for Cardi.
05:12Those are hard body shots.
05:13He's not just placing those shots.
05:16You're working that body.
05:17More than once.
05:18Vergara's certainly feeling those ones
05:20as we come to the end of round one.
05:24Don't go looking for the big shots yet.
05:26Keep landing body shots slow.
05:29What he's doing is,
05:30he's laying down his hands,
05:33What he's doing is,
05:34he's leaning back with his head,
05:36so you land them shots to the body every time.
05:38When he starts to slow,
05:39he just switches to the head.
05:41Now, stand to him, get the jab.
05:43When he comes, don't jump back.
05:45Let the left hand go.
05:46Just let the left hand go,
05:47sort of walk into it.
05:48Come with a hook.
05:49Left hand.
05:50Just straight left hand and beat him.
05:51Do you understand?
05:52Straight left hand and beat him.
05:53Just keep walking him,
05:54but try and bring him on to a straight left hand.
05:56That was going four rounds, one.
05:58Now, you dictate pace, how you turn him.
06:01Just keep going, keep going.
06:02You don't have to engage,
06:03but keep the tempo.
06:05Flick, flick, even if you're not landing.
06:07Slow him right down.
06:08When you get him to the ropes,
06:09keep trying to let the body.
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06:38Round two now underway.
06:41Hardy's trainer said something very interesting.
06:43He wants him to stay more in the pocket.
06:45You see when Hardy throws that jab
06:47and then takes that step back?
06:48He doesn't want him to do that.
06:49He wants him to stay there
06:50and apply more mental pressure to Vergara,
06:53even if he's not throwing punches,
06:55but that's that mental pressure
06:56that the fighter feels,
06:57feels the size of Hardy
06:58when he's able to push him back more.
07:02That may be also the thing
07:03that will open Vergara up, potentially,
07:05to be countered,
07:06which is a big part of Hardy's game.
07:15We also heard Hardy
07:17suggesting a combination to his trainer
07:19that maybe that left hand
07:21that he's landing to the body,
07:22he could show that,
07:23then come up with the right hook.
07:25We've seen that particular combination
07:27score thousands of knockouts over the years.
07:30Right.
07:31You don't want him to load up yet
07:32with the left hand.
07:33He just wants them to, you know,
07:34touch him, get that range,
07:36and then later on,
07:37he'll start to sit down more on his shots.
07:41But he's doing the right thing.
07:42He's closing the distance.
07:43There was yelling at Vergara.
07:45Oh!
07:46Wicked body shot!
07:48What a shot from Thomas Hardy!
07:51Six.
07:52Seven.
07:53That's it.
07:54Eight.
07:56Nine.
07:58Vergara miraculously up to his feet.
08:03And the mouthpiece
08:04maybe wisely coming out
08:06to give him a few seconds.
08:07Yeah, watch that left hand.
08:08He opened up with that left hand
08:09that we were talking about.
08:12Vergara still breathing heavily
08:14in agony from that body shot.
08:16Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
08:18And Vergara just gets tossed to the mat.
08:21He's still hurting, guys.
08:25He's trying to buy
08:26every extra second he can right now.
08:29Thomas Hardy
08:30with about a minute in the round
08:32to close the show.
08:34Watch that big hand again.
08:35He's gonna change it up.
08:37He's going for the body again.
08:40That body shot landed.
08:42That will not be called a knockdown.
08:46The mouthpiece of Vergara hanging out
08:48trying to get air.
08:50There's none to be found.
08:52And that left hand just sinks
08:54into the midsection once more.
08:56Six.
08:57Seven.
08:58Eight.
09:04Twenty seconds to go.
09:05Can Vergara survive the round?
09:08He's got it.
09:09He's got it.
09:10He's got it.
09:11He's got it.
09:12He's got it.
09:13He's got it.
09:14Can Vergara survive the round?
09:16Vergara's showing a lot of heart here,
09:18punching back.
09:20Hardy needs one more left hand and there he goes.
09:22Down goes Vergara.
09:25Four.
09:26Five.
09:27Six.
09:28Seven.
09:29Eight.
09:30And the towel comes in.
09:32The bomber detonates in Dublin.
09:44An explosive performance from Thomas Hardy.
09:52I tell you,
09:53those left hands paralyzed Vergara.
10:00Listen to this crowd.
10:15Let's go.
10:25Ain't no party like a Thomas Hardy party.
10:28And let's look back at how he finished the fight off in round two.
10:33It began with a left hook to the liver.
10:37Brutal shot.
10:41Here's a second look at that punch.
10:43Don't just look.
10:44Listen to it.
10:55Incredible.
10:56Just paralyzed him.
10:57Here's a second left hand to the body.
11:01Look at it.
11:02He was just trying to hold on and survive.
11:03Do anything to beat the time.
11:08You would see him missing big overhand left over the top,
11:11changing the direction of the left hand for Cardi.
11:18Here we see the trainer is heating up.
11:19There was no reason for him to continue.
11:21I thought from the first left hand to the body,
11:24I was surprised he got it.
11:25He showed a lot of heart.
11:26That's about as hard a body shot as you're going to see and hear landed.
11:31And that is a 255 pound man leading into that shot.
11:37What a shot from Thomas Cardi.
11:39Let's make it official.
11:42Ladies and gentlemen, the end comes officially.
11:44Two minutes, 59 seconds.
11:46Round number two.
11:48Your winner by way of knockout and still undefeated,
11:52Thomas the Bummy Cardi!