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00:00:00second time and now let's look ahead to the main event of the evening which matches south african
00:00:05star philip holliday against the man that he's been dying to fight young shane mosley mosley's
00:00:10followers have been waiting a long time for this title shot and larry at the beginning of the
00:00:15evening you said some things about shane mosley which added up to the most powerful endorsement
00:00:21you've issued for a young fighter since the early days of oscar de la hoya what is it about mosley
00:00:25that so impresses you three words which i've never used in this context before sugar ray robinson
00:00:36watching mosley on tape it seemed like there were double knockouts with every opponent
00:00:42he was in with the opponent getting knocked out and your intrepid reporter also getting knocked out
00:00:49i found myself thinking that's the way he did it it it was done with precision pinpoint punching
00:00:57combination punching hard punching patience persistence and with a certain kind of arrogant
00:01:03dramatic flair that was sugar ray robinson now we'll have to see whether mosley has the inner stuff
00:01:11to be a top fighter he may have all the talent and all the moves but against a fighter like philip holliday
00:01:19we'll find out if he's got something else going for him which you need to be a champion philip holliday
00:01:24has his own style he throws 1500 punches in 12 rounds as he did in his debut here on hbo last december 21
00:01:32roy jones as holiday gets ready to go in and try to overwhelm mosley with activity
00:01:36is that the right style to use against the power of young sugar shane or could it be exactly the
00:01:41wrong thing for holiday to do well it has its odds and ends it could be the right thing because that's
00:01:46how you crowd a sharp guy a sharp shooter with a bunch of knockouts that means he hasn't been the
00:01:51distance a bunch of times so you want to crowd him make him put out a lot early and try to wear him
00:01:56down if you can wear him down that's the best style however that style also allows you to be hit more
00:02:01by this young sharp strong power shooter so it could be and you know let's see if mosley's as good
00:02:07as his press clippings okay here's the tale of the tape for philip holliday against shane mosley again
00:02:13an unusual fight in which the champion is the underdog because the build-up surrounding mosley
00:02:19is so overpowering five foot nine inch height for mosley gives him a three inch advantage there
00:02:24quarter pound weight advantage at the weigh-in yesterday although holiday supposedly weighs
00:02:28considerably more as they come into the ring tonight and in the reach department mosley again
00:02:33with a six inch advantage rules of the bout harold letterman the philip holliday jane mosley fight
00:02:39once again is scheduled for 12 rounds there is no standing gate count no three knockdown rule
00:02:45the doctor or the referee can stop the fight and you cannot be saved by the bell in any round including
00:02:51the 12th and final round jim all right harold
00:02:58and we get ready to bring in shane mosley of pomona california
00:03:02like danny romero whom you saw on hbo's world championship boxing a couple of weeks ago mosley
00:03:07has been trained and managed by his dad
00:03:13since the beginning of his amateur career you see the knockout streak coming in he scaled his last 13
00:03:19opponents the man right behind him smiling at the camera is jack mosley father manager trainer
00:03:27for one reason or another promoters starting a career without the launching pad of the olympics
00:03:33mosley has never made a purse of more than 7 500 coming into this fight he'll get 10 times that tonight
00:03:41maybe no fighter with such a big reputation has ever earned so little within the present context of
00:03:47economics and boxing mosley 22 knockouts in 23 wins his very first championship fight
00:03:55comes against a proven commodity philip holliday who's already earned a global reputation
00:04:02in part because of his unusual style
00:04:16and perhaps holiday has elected to make mosley wait just a little bit just a little bit
00:04:22all right here comes holiday
00:04:23bicycle racer triathlete swimmer fighter of extraordinary physical condition the 1493 punches
00:04:36in 12 rounds second most ever thrown by a fighter in a 12 round fight the only man who ever threw more
00:04:43zach padilla used to spar 10 rounds a day with shane mosley in a 15-foot ring though mosley's seen this act
00:04:51before
00:04:57former welterweight contender harold volbrecht leads his fighter holiday into the ring
00:05:02volbrecht with his back turned to you there had memorable bouts with pepino cuevas and mark freeland
00:05:07philip holliday 31 wins no losses no draws 16 ko's he has to work hard for all of his victories his hbo
00:05:15debut a decision win over ivan robinson in this ring december 21 that's when he threw
00:05:20the 1493 punches in 12 rounds including 270 punches in the last two rounds of the bout 133 in the 11th
00:05:29137 in the 12th let's go up to ring announcer mark bureau for the official introduction
00:05:35ladies and gentlemen from the mohegan sun casino on the mohegan reservation
00:05:40cedric kushner promotions in association with budweiser the undisputed undefeated king of beers this
00:05:50buds for you presents the hbo main event 12 rounds for the ibf lightweight championship of the world
00:06:00ring officials assigned by the international boxing federation in cooperation with the local boxing
00:06:06commissions president robert w lee supervisor walter stone judges at ringside from coventry rhode
00:06:16island robert o'brien from johannesburg soweto south africa clement martins and from providence rhode
00:06:24island robert paulino your referee for this event from windsor connecticut the sensational steve smoger
00:06:36here now are the principals first in the blue corner to my right wearing the cheetah design trunks
00:06:43weighing 135 pounds he is undefeated in 23 professional fights he has 22 of those wins by
00:06:53way of knockout he hails from pomona california the 1992 u.s olympic team member and challenger sugar
00:07:04shane mosley mosley mosley his opponent in the red corner wearing the white trunks red trim and accessories
00:07:16he weighs in at 134 and three quarter pounds he is undefeated in 31 professional bouts he has 16 wins
00:07:26coming by way of knockout from benoni south africa the ibf lightweight champion of the world philip no deal
00:07:37holiday holiday holiday 12 rounds for the ibf lightweight championship of the world
00:07:48philip
00:07:51all right gentlemen you were given your instructions at the way and i want you to obey my commands at all
00:07:55times protect yourself at all times and respect the bell touch below god bless what i'm curious about roy
00:08:00is whether that graphic that showed that he hasn't gone more than four rounds in three years will be
00:08:07meaningful for mosley the good news is nobody's been able to go four rounds with him the bad news could
00:08:14be that if holiday could extend the fight we may not see him as fresh as he'd like to be you share the
00:08:22overwhelming enthusiasm about shane mosley share the overwhelming enthusiasm about shane mosley roy
00:08:29yeah i share the same enthusiasm because i saw him a lot as an amateur and i thought he was a very
00:08:33good amateur and i also knew that he could be a very good professional however when you have so many
00:08:38knockouts and you haven't been used to seeing a lot of rounds it can be dangerous for you in that you
00:08:42don't learn a lot beaten in the semifinals of the olympic trials in 1992 by vernon forest that's what
00:08:48kept him off the olympic team a lot of people must have thought that he was going to make it at that
00:08:52time i actually did fought as an amateur at 139 pounds and has been squeezing himself down to 135 as
00:09:01a pro be interesting to see if that's the right strategy over the long haul well it doesn't make
00:09:07a difference with philip holiday because philip holiday is a really a natural welterweight
00:09:12holiday weighing well over 135 as he enters the ring tonight mosley probably didn't gain quite as
00:09:21much weight he was down to 135 two weeks ago in the early going mosley moving and holiday not able to
00:09:27throw the non-stop fusilades of punches for which he's known and mosley going to the body when holiday
00:09:35comes in close mosley can be a fierce fierce body puncher suppose it can be a fierce puncher period
00:09:44saw mosley land a right hand counter up and underneath he's landed a couple of good left
00:09:50hand shots to the body and already philip holiday showing to shane mosley the kind of respect that he
00:09:55didn't have to show to ivan robinson back in december no because ivan didn't have the punching power that
00:10:00shane has
00:10:09okay
00:10:22shane was warning by holding holiday in the beginning of that so this is where holiday can be dangerous
00:10:27he's going to make it clear he's going to make it awfully difficult philip holiday
00:10:37the crow much less lands huge number punches moves away when holiday comes at him he looks to counter
00:10:45rather than to lead and he's going to the body whenever holiday gets in close and punishing philip
00:10:52we're shortening the distance between them
00:10:53don't punch
00:11:01tell you what though jim don't punch in the long run this is also going to make holiday much more
00:11:05hungrier to get inside so if he ever gets a chance to work inside he's going to work awfully hard
00:11:12hey don't punch don't punch wrestle for punching room here
00:11:15holiday trying to get a right hand to the body shane mosley clamping down on it with his left arm
00:11:23he's trying to throw big bombers in the beginning of the fight he'll pay the penalties later and he'll
00:11:31get tired with those trying to throw those big bombers okay okay if he runs if he runs around don't
00:11:39follow him with long punches just move him with him quick okay but when you move with him quick you
00:11:43you've got to stay compact because he throws that his body shot okay take your hands there take a nice
00:11:48deep breath okay come in throw a lot of punches timing he comes in catch him with the right hand
00:11:54left hook okay the body shots there take the body okay but continue to be cool you're doing great
00:12:00that was i feel you won that round okay all right take a deep breath and watch the head bus
00:12:06watching you come in with his hands he's trying to come in with his hands and you got good foot movement
00:12:13but make sure you close come on harold come on harold
00:12:17continue to be cool okay and concentrate
00:12:22well if compu box's numbers for the first round are accurate then certainly shane mosley won it landing
00:12:2723 of 66 punches to only four of 45 for holiday now holiday tries to build the activity level as round
00:12:34two begins
00:12:57quick left hook landed for mosley as holiday came in holiday still unable to find enough
00:13:02opportunities to start beating a tattoo on mosley's body because mostly won't be stealing then holiday
00:13:07champion against the rope that's what holiday needs his opponent to be at so he can get off hey don't
00:13:11punch don't punch don't punch don't step mostly setting himself for power shots to the body as
00:13:16holiday comes close hard right hands to the rib cage now pumping the left hand step step out step out
00:13:22holiday trying to work behind the jab that's something that he does early in the battle you're
00:13:35locking up guys you're locking up come on once he gets the rhythm he likes he throws punches from all
00:13:42angles right hand over the top landed from mosley
00:13:55don't punch don't punch don't punch step out step out mostly very economical takes advantage of all
00:14:01his opportunities but he's willing to wait for him yeah he's really waiting and he's being very patient
00:14:05like he should be not trying to rush too much
00:14:17one hands free unlock on the other hand guys come on
00:14:20most of course is going to tear himself out if he continues to throw these big punches so much
00:14:32it takes a lot out of you to miss with a big punch that's what harold bulbrecht was telling
00:14:36holiday in the corner between rounds keep bringing that big head forward hit it
00:14:44quick left hand landed inside for mosley holiday having to expose his chin
00:14:49as he leans in looking for punching opportunities
00:15:05holiday has been very difficult to land cleanly on step out he moves well as he comes inside and so
00:15:12you see mosley going to the body all right hands and the left hand to the body by mosley that left hand
00:15:19was a vicious blow right to the solar plexus
00:15:31many more airings remaining of real sports just a sample of the dates remaining in august on which
00:15:36you'll be able to see this program in which the now world famous referee mills lane continues to portray
00:15:44himself as the american capital of no bs now this is me and i'm going to do what i believe is right
00:15:49and if i make a mistake i'm going to tell you i screwed up i'll admit it all right let's get it on
00:15:55you showed me somebody who's a good loser i'd like to fight him every day
00:16:01let's go drink a beer i love you all right
00:16:06maybe mills is drinking a beer somewhere right now enjoying boxing after dark
00:16:13take this time and then don't leave it hard-nosed judge in reno nevada
00:16:20a boxer in the gym for his recreation time and outstanding referee from nevada state athletic
00:16:26commission mills lane profiled by sonja steptoe in this current edition of real sports
00:16:36round three begins and philip holliday managed to jack the punch count
00:16:41all the way up to 107 through the first two rounds but he's only landing
00:16:45at about a 14 percent rate by copy box numbers
00:16:50107 punches in two rounds is about half as many as holiday normally would throw
00:16:57reason is because he don't doesn't have an opponent to sit there and punch at
00:17:01yeah there's incoming going on here
00:17:13see the quickness and strength of shane mosley
00:17:17mosley now keeping holiday away with the jab and landing the right hand behind it
00:17:26not too many 135 pounders in the world could show philip holliday the hand speed
00:17:31that jane mosley is exposing him to right now he must have heard holiday he has holiday backing up
00:17:37some of those body shots roy i think might
00:17:40might be driving holiday backwards now this is definitely the type of fight that shane mosley
00:17:48wants he can take his time pick his shots do what he wants to do and holiday can't beat him in
00:17:53fighting this type of yeah i just started to say it's impossible to imagine holiday winning the fight
00:17:58if they're going to fight this way he's going to need to do something to change the tempo of the
00:18:03fight dramatically if he'll have a chance to fight his own style if he keeps fighting like this though
00:18:08he's going to be knocked out soon
00:18:12vicious right hand shot to the body by mosley mosley able to be patient and pick his shots
00:18:23told you over and over how holiday would like to throw 125 punches per round
00:18:27in the first minute and a half of this round he threw a total of 10
00:18:30just can't win that way well he's getting disempowered because he can't catch his opponent
00:18:36he's not used to fighting a guy that he can't catch up with and shane mosley though this is the
00:18:41first time he's been in an event of this particular rarefied stature in the sport seems utterly relaxed
00:18:49he's having his way he's doing everything he wants to do very successfully and he has no worries really
00:19:00left hand to the body left hand upstairs
00:19:02holliday if not stunned certainly befuddled by mosley's hand speed and power yeah round three very
00:19:12big mostly can't get out of hand here he has to maintain composure
00:19:16we're going to give you a shot of philip holliday's mother who has traveled all the way here from
00:19:32their home in south africa and who is unable to watch the fight and he's trying to throw
00:19:38as her son in the early rounds not able to get the best of it against shane mosley
00:19:54and there's a look at the posture that mrs holliday brings to the experience of
00:20:00her son's fight against shane mosley so far she fasts for two weeks before his fight
00:20:07she fasts for two weeks
00:20:15okay
00:20:20in round three philip holiday was able to throw 31 punches about one quarter as many as he would
00:20:42like to be throwing at some point holiday is going to have to throw caution to the wind and
00:20:48just go in and wail away roy yeah but it's hard to just walk in and wail away on a guy that can punch like
00:20:53shane moosey all right right back here go down beast beast beast don't punch don't punch step out step
00:21:03out step out step out he can't be a sucker man come on pull out of there
00:21:10how do you withstand that hey don't punch don't punch go get it mosley as an amateur
00:21:24had an early win over oscar de la hoya later beat rafael huela
00:21:29he has sparred in the gym with most of the great names in los angeles boxing from the last 10 years
00:21:36break don't punch don't punch and he has a lot of ring experience you can tell
00:21:40uh he poof poos the the fight with oscar he says they were both kids at the time he's not trying
00:21:47to make anything of it good idea he may get a real fight for de la hoya somewhere down the road
00:21:55right now he's 12 pounds away from de la hoya's weight class
00:22:00this is not the fight shane moosey wants
00:22:08putting his chest or his head on mosley's chest now and just trying to push him backward
00:22:13this is where holiday wants to be this is not the fight that shane moosey wants to see
00:22:17well maybe holiday decided i've taken enough punches from the outside let's see how they feel
00:22:23if i go in close but you know we're coming to the end of the fourth round as you and as
00:22:30we pointed out earlier he hasn't gone more than four rounds in three years no you haven't
00:22:34he's landed a lot of heavy leather early and maybe wondering why holiday's still there holiday
00:22:41remember he's as well conditioned as any athlete in the sport
00:22:45holiday has a bunch of different ways of making moosey use energy he's holding he's pushing he's
00:23:04gnarling he's doing everything he can to consume up some of shane's energy and he is not afraid
00:23:11he's showing a lot of bravery here just as jorge pious did in the first fight of the evening
00:23:17he's trying to wrestle you and suck up your strength in wrestling okay don't allow that to happen don't
00:23:35wrestle with this guy uh it's also trying to hit you behind the head so be sure you protect yourself
00:23:41behind the head okay i still want you to go to the body you're getting some good body shots and i
00:23:47still want you to hit him with a stiff jab because he's coming in get on your toes a little bit just
00:23:52hit him with a jab so you can get your rhythm don't let him throw you out your really he's trying to
00:23:55throw you out your game that's what he's trying to do by roughing you up and holding yourself
00:23:59don't allow that to work keep your jab keep your composure keep your jab in his face
00:24:04keep them right hands in his face but aim aim at your target okay aim at your target always we talked
00:24:12earlier about shane mosley's pinpoint punching and combination punching here you see the best
00:24:20example so far against an opponent very difficult to line up for that kind of combination
00:24:28in round four philip holliday finally beginning to get the punch count up
00:24:32closer to where he wants it to be still not clearly in the kind of figures that he's
00:24:37demonstrated before but he did throw 67 punches in the fourth
00:24:41harrow letterman four rounds how do you have it larry this score is very obvious four to nothing
00:24:4640 to 36 shane mosley i agree with everything you guys are saying about shane mosley but there's
00:24:50two things i want to point out number one i agree that he may get arm weary because he's thrown a
00:24:54lot of punches and he's you know a lot of arm punches and number two listen to this referee steve smoga
00:24:59double esteemed smoga he keeps saying get off the head get off the head what mosley does is he
00:25:03sticks that left hand he pulls out he pulls holliday's head down and he whacks him with a right hand and
00:25:08that's illegal
00:25:12watch yourself that's it push off and work push off and work
00:25:20first time in almost three years that shane mosley has been into the fifth round we'll look for the
00:25:26small telltale signs that his form might begin to break down as he becomes fatigued
00:25:31well we already see a little bit of it because uh philip holliday is getting much closer to him
00:25:36than he could earlier in the fight so we see that he's slowing down a little bit but hopefully he'll
00:25:40catch a second win and keep himself going what do you mean hopefully roy well i mean you want to
00:25:47see a good fight if he doesn't then all these high dreams and hope that we have for him are going to
00:25:51go down the drain we want to see a great fight there you go holliday is going to try to out hustle him
00:26:01uses conditioning
00:26:04make this an ugly troublesome fight for a for a guy who's just a boxer but that's classy philip holliday
00:26:11that's the way he fights that's what he brings to the table
00:26:14that and his indomitable will which is part of what's helped him to hang in through four
00:26:21very difficult rounds and begin to get the fight a little bit more on his level pull out philip pull
00:26:28out the hands are loose pull out shane mosley trying to go limp and avoid wrestling with holiday when
00:26:34holiday grabs him and tries to throw him around holiday doing everything possible to tire mosley
00:26:40out as roy jones pointed out in the last round that's what moly should be doing right there
00:26:46staying outside making him push making him misencountering he doesn't want to be inside pushing
00:26:53and hustling and wasting energy on other things
00:26:55get the impression whether it's justified or not that holiday has finally come to believe that
00:27:11he's tasted mosley's power and he can live with it yeah and he's also catching up with motion more
00:27:15like i said earlier this is giving him confidence
00:27:20hard right hand to the body by mosley but he's not landing as many hard shots now
00:27:24through the course of the rounds as was the case in the first three frames of this bout
00:27:38that's another boxing after dark coming up on september 6. daniel zaragoza against eric morales
00:27:55floyd mayweather against louis leja have you seen floyd mayweather yet if not you got to be with us on
00:28:00september 6. i believe time for the first punch my community drug partner you don't have a chance
00:28:07all you got to do is hook him on the chin but you got to set it up with your jazz okay
00:28:13you got to win because this is what you if you don't get this one three more years to wait
00:28:17we ain't gonna wait maybe four years you got it you got to get it
00:28:20it seems a little bit early this would be whipping the horse especially when he's gone out and won at
00:28:30least the first four rounds but maybe he needs a reminder yes he does because he was starting to
00:28:36slow just a little now i think he got sloppy in the fifth round and the fifth round belonged to
00:28:40philip holliday who threw more punches and landed more in between rounds handlers in a holiday's
00:28:54corner were putting sandpaper to the bottom of his shoes trying to get more traction in this
00:28:58relatively small ring roy they were slipping a couple of times earlier in the fight i saw him
00:29:04slip in his corner once i saw him flip over toward the neutral corner once that's good very good
00:29:12ready to get out a good body shot by philip holliday and by shane mosley vicious right hand to the body
00:29:17by mosley the second one was low but it was on the opposite side from referee steve smoger he didn't see
00:29:29another hard right hand to the body by mosley as holiday steps in
00:29:32and pressures sugar shane more and more
00:29:40jack mosley probably a little bit optimistic when he said of holiday he doesn't have a chin
00:29:44all you're going to have to do is hit him with a hook but you got to set it up with a jab
00:29:47i think holiday's shown a pretty good chin so far yeah but how i fell push him off holiday has
00:29:53kept his chin tucked but therefore both hasn't really caught him with any good good shots on the chin
00:30:02i'll tell you something else holiday is making mostly work hard exceptionally hard you know fighters
00:30:10like holiday roy are always harder to fight than they look like i mean they don't give you a chance
00:30:16to set up to think mostly switching southpaw here incidentally go ahead it's just hard guys to fight
00:30:22everybody watching him from outside said well we could fight him we could do this we could do that
00:30:26you get in there and you don't have time to do anything oh you get in there and after doing that
00:30:32for four or five rounds he's still there and he's coming even harder and you already been there and did
00:30:37that and he's still coming mostly popping holiday with the right while he was holding his neck with
00:30:42the left hand smoker came in and broke him up more and more it becomes a brawl with the two fighters
00:30:49wrestling and tugging and bullying each other as they try to land punches at the same time
00:30:56like i said earlier in the fight this is not the fight shane mostly really wants
00:31:00off his neck shane that's good yeah but for all this trying holiday doesn't seem to be
00:31:06landing anything real solid real effective no but it's the mental effect he's getting
00:31:12kind of what he wants put your hand off if you're in the corner you want to see your
00:31:18guy always starting to get more of what he wants even if he's not winning even if he's not lending
00:31:23the big punches you at least want him to get the fight that you want him to fight
00:31:26you know you have to sit in your pocket no look we have to start start winning rounds
00:31:39that's way home second coming all right now we're going to start taking over flip we're going to start
00:31:53banging a bit he's getting tired he's slowing down okay let his arms start working okay so
00:31:58getting off down to 100 that's the style so don't let him wrestle you okay because that's making you
00:32:03look bad when he's wrestling so just spin off push him off and on the break he's trying to hit so
00:32:08you better hit him back on the break when you're getting away from him and then if he follows you
00:32:11you set him up do some faints okay good work keep it out let's go go straight
00:32:17team man okay keep your hands up easy get that bitch out of there pop up just take a time
00:32:22you can do it halfway through a scheduled 12th seventh round begins
00:32:31break don't punch don't punch punch punch output numbers have evened up in the sixth round
00:32:38mosley through 78 holiday through 70. phillip holiday still nowhere close to the 120 or so
00:32:44punches per round he'd love to throw but he's willing to trade in close with shane mosley
00:32:52and they're trading power shots in the center of the ring now phill let him out that's it
00:33:02remember before the flight i said that what you find out in a fight like this about a fellow like
00:33:08mosley is what he has inside that's right and now he's being tested for that yes he is
00:33:16we know what holiday has inside he's a proven commodity in that regard he ain't going away
00:33:21you're going to have to put him away now he'll be there
00:33:39that's it that's it work your way out of here phillip holiday pumping up and under with the right hand
00:33:44and for the first time in the mouth mosley gets something like a weary look in his eye
00:33:53as if to say well it's going to be hard work after all well he's breathing very hard now that's not good
00:33:59remember that shane mosley's gone the distance only once in his career he's never gone 12
00:34:13holiday is completely familiar with that experience
00:34:16the distance in four of his seven title fights
00:34:29mosley still able to land punches in bunches but no longer with the searing power that he seemed to
00:34:34show in the first few rounds yes if he's just pity patting on phillip holiday you're not doing yourself much good
00:34:48holiday with a high rugby tackle takes mosley into the ropes
00:34:52close like backing up and trying to stay away
00:35:02and at this fight or at this moment the crowd begins to boo a little bit
00:35:08as the non-stop action they had expected momentarily disappears
00:35:12most of all must be tired or something he's not punching he's just moving around
00:35:16and the crowd didn't come to see this they came to see some punches and holiday landed a flush left up
00:35:30look this is now where you take over this is this is where your strength comes on this is this is
00:35:35this is your type of fight coming up now okay he's running away you're just gonna follow him get
00:35:39it's up we're gonna punch okay you've got a bit of people more power behind your punches all right
00:35:45put the possum slip give me the towel
00:35:48seven rounds your score larry 69 64 shane mosley five rounds to one personally in that fifth round i
00:35:56agree with you larry i thought that uh philip holiday got inside but didn't land the cleach
00:36:00hard shots and i gave it to mosley but in that seventh round philip holiday won the round he's all
00:36:06over mosley shane looks like he's tiring badly just like i said before i think he's getting arm
00:36:10weary and philip philip holiday keeps this up this could be a closer fight than we expected you're
00:36:15gonna catch it but bossing to set it up harrell
00:36:21here you see mosley trying to find room to punch finally sends one over the top
00:36:36seven round was the first one in which the punched at numbers were lopsidedly in philip holiday's favor
00:36:45landing 25 of 64 blows in that round by far his best stanza of the fight and as the eighth round
00:36:53begins mosley continues to back up and try to stay away from holiday and you heard harold
00:36:58bulbrek telling philip holiday keep going just throw more punches
00:37:13i don't want to be snide here larry but does he still look like sugar ray robinson
00:37:18not against this type of an opponent even sugar ray robinson didn't look like sugar
00:37:23ray robinson against some opponents this is a really hard guy to look good against and
00:37:29we're trying to find out whether the skill level matches the rest of it
00:37:33i see mosley i see uh holiday you know pressing him pressuring him but i don't see him landing
00:37:46real clean shots do you no and moza is also still keeping his composure
00:37:51a good body shot by shane
00:38:05mosley thought coming into the bout that a holiday would be the ideal opponent to look good against
00:38:10because as he said i won't have to go very far to find him and he throws so many punches that he'll
00:38:16leave openings for me but he didn't know that he'd be coming like this i don't think
00:38:25mosley losing the support of the crowd through these last three rounds
00:38:30as holiday has continued to be the aggressor looking for opportunities and mosley
00:38:35more and more seems only to want to stay away well he's making holiday miss but the crowd wants to see
00:38:41him counter after makes holiday miss
00:38:46and shouldn't they yes they should that's what they pay for
00:38:50with straight right hand by mosley
00:38:59holiday unable to land anything overwhelmingly effective but
00:39:03touching mosley with the leather touching mosley with the leather just trying to stay occupied
00:39:08pull out
00:39:17i'm waiting for holiday there is no holiday to fight obviously but i'm waiting for him to land
00:39:25something really crisp solid and i don't see it i don't think he can land something crispy
00:39:29but when you got him you got a punch when you put him in the corner you got a punch flip
00:39:38he can't win he can't win rounds by running away okay but when you got him you got a punch
00:39:45all right come on boy look at this round nine coming all right this is your time
00:39:51you're gonna come back now come on flip pull it together now you have to catch him you haven't
00:39:57got to put him with a clean over right hand yet
00:40:02okay and then try to just set him up with some more body shots okay don't throw just one body shot
00:40:07body shot right hand left hook again okay okay if the head is over hit the hook the head if the body's
00:40:13over hooked the body let's set it up
00:40:33ninth round begins and there are a lot of mosley supporters who wouldn't have thought that
00:40:37he would need to go into the ninth round against philip holiday but it's good he's doing this
00:40:42because he proves a lot to everybody at one time
00:40:49they won't have to wonder can he go the distance or can he stay strong throughout the entire fight
00:40:53or can he deal with the pressure he's proving all of that right here tonight
00:40:57he's had to be a real professional and he's been a pro
00:41:07oh
00:41:19that's it
00:41:21that's it
00:41:31Now Shane always appears to be catching his second win.
00:41:49At one point he seemed to be a little armory worried, but now he seems to be coming on again.
00:41:57Don't punch, don't punch.
00:41:58Step up, step up.
00:41:59Hands up, guys.
00:42:01Step up.
00:42:23Let's let him out.
00:42:24Push him off.
00:42:25That's it.
00:42:25Your hands are loose, guys.
00:42:27A good right hand by Shane Moore.
00:42:52Now he's finding the mark again.
00:42:54Now suddenly it looks like round one again.
00:42:59When Mosley was crisp and firing combinations effectively.
00:43:09Well, a little bit earlier in the fight, we showed you a shot of Holliday's mom from Benoni,
00:43:14South Africa, Joyce Ann Holliday.
00:43:17Director Mark Payton tells me that he's been watching her and that throughout the bout,
00:43:22she has not watched a single punch thrown.
00:43:24She faces to the wall during the action.
00:43:27And when the bell sounds to end the round, she turns and faces the ring to watch what happens between rounds.
00:43:34It's an interesting way to watch a prize fight.
00:43:37There she is.
00:43:39She's turned back to the ring at this moment.
00:43:42To allow herself to enjoy the between rounds action and once they start fighting again, she'll turn to the wall.
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00:44:15The technical title of the series is Boxing After Dark and that's what it's become, a tactical boxing match.
00:44:38Here between Slugger, Shane Mosley, and Windmill Punching Machine Philip Holliday.
00:44:44Harold Letterman threw nine rounds.
00:44:47Continues to show Mosley with a clear lead.
00:44:51And in the ring, the wrestling match continues as Holliday continues to work Mosley.
00:44:57And Steve Smoker asks Mosley to quit holding Holliday.
00:45:00Stay out there and box, guys. Come on.
00:45:03A good body shot by Mosley.
00:45:06He's landed a lot of good body shots, but one at a time.
00:45:11Hey, don't punch. Don't punch. Don't punch.
00:45:13The wrestling, guys, the wrestling. Let's go now. Come on.
00:45:16A couple of leaping left hooks by Mosley.
00:45:23You see, now, there was an opportunity a moment ago, Roy, for Holliday to punch and he held instead.
00:45:30Yeah, that means that these body shots that Mosley landed one at a time,
00:45:33is starting to take a toe on him because he doesn't want to get caught with one anymore.
00:45:40Now, he's Holliday holding where he should be punching that like you said.
00:45:44That usually means something's wrong. He's getting hurt or he's hurting bad once.
00:45:54Mosley able to land some vicious body shots in this round.
00:45:56Some of his best contact since the first two rounds.
00:46:04One punch at a time, but Mosley doing most of the scoring here.
00:46:11I think he's regained his confidence. He's focused again and he has Holliday backing up.
00:46:15He's in that point that Holliday's supposed to be backing up at.
00:46:19Outstanding combinations there by Shane Mosley.
00:46:22Let him out.
00:46:24Let him out.
00:46:25Let him out.
00:46:26Let him out.
00:46:27Let him out.
00:46:28Frank, don't punch. Don't punch. Don't punch. Don't punch.
00:46:30Don't punch. Don't punch. Don't punch.
00:46:49Yeah, Shane is really putting a hurting on Holliday's body.
00:46:52Holliday is holding more inside now than Mosley.
00:46:54This is where Holliday is supposed to learn Supreme at.
00:46:58Yeah, Mosley has left Holliday's ribcage red and puffy on both sides.
00:47:06He has pounded him viciously to both sides of the body.
00:47:12Oh, good shot. He tried. That would have ended matters.
00:47:16Would have ended matters, huh?
00:47:17Yes, it would have.
00:47:18Letting play-by-play man, Roy Jones, borrowing phrases from some of the great ones.
00:47:42Watch this guy's head. Watch his head.
00:47:45Look, he's hungry. He's doing a lot of wrestling now, I don't think.
00:47:50Yeah, but he's...
00:47:52Look, we need these rounds, eh? We need these rounds.
00:48:00No, he's tired. He's hurt. You understand? He's hurt.
00:48:05Go get him. Stay on top of his ass in these next two rounds.
00:48:09You understand me? Stay on top. You got to get it. You got to do it.
00:48:13You understand? New IBS champ.
00:48:16You beat him every damn round.
00:48:18You know, this fight may not be as pretty and classic as you want to see for someone like Shane Mosley with his reputation and his repertoire.
00:48:30But let's remember, he's going against an undefeated champion.
00:48:33He's successfully defended his title six times.
00:48:38Who has a very difficult style to fight.
00:48:42Say it more.
00:48:42Harold Letterman, how do you have it?
00:48:44Larry, I agree.
00:48:45I'll go along with the stylist this time because although we score on effective aggressiveness,
00:48:50Phillip Holloway is aggressive, but not effective.
00:48:53He comes rushing in and Shane Mosley outpunches him.
00:48:55I got it. Eight rounds to two.
00:48:5798-92.
00:48:59Shane Mosley, it's all over but the shouting unless Holiday scores a knockout.
00:49:05Shane Mosley, Harold, the way I've been scoring some fights lately,
00:49:08I would have thought that the Titanic would have beaten the iceberg.
00:49:11But I agree with you on this one.
00:49:15Shane's got a very intelligent fight tonight.
00:49:18He got caught up in Holiday's fight for a minute, but he's beating Holiday at his own game right now.
00:49:26Shane Mosley has never fought past the 10th round, so this is his first trip to round 11.
00:49:32The folks in his camp insist that he didn't train or didn't spar more than 10 rounds at any time for this bout.
00:49:39I tend to doubt that.
00:49:40I don't think they would have come into this fight without having him spar 12 rounds at least once.
00:49:49He's really putting a bang on Holiday's body right now.
00:49:52Mosley has landed virtually all of the hard punches in this fight as far as I can see.
00:49:58Certainly in the last couple of rounds that's been the case.
00:50:01He's been hammering Holiday to the body in the last couple of rounds,
00:50:04and I think he just decided to dispense with any plans for a knockout,
00:50:07quit trying to go upstairs on Holiday,
00:50:10and went back to raking the body as he did effectively in the first two or three rounds.
00:50:14Which was what was winning the fight for him in the beginning.
00:50:16Yeah.
00:50:19He seemed to slow down when he started headhunting a little bit
00:50:22and looking to try to set Holiday up for a knockout.
00:50:26And he seems to have decided in the past couple of rounds,
00:50:28well, maybe that just won't happen.
00:50:31I'll take what he's giving me, which is the rib cage for a lot of points.
00:50:34Very smart thing to do.
00:50:45A weary Phillip Holiday bearing in.
00:50:48It's the only way he knows how to fight, but no sting on the punches.
00:50:53Just a continual sort of arm-punching motion for Holiday
00:50:56as he tries to put leather on Mosley, but without much effect.
00:51:00But tonight you're seeing the difference in a good fighter and a good boxer.
00:51:10Mosley's the boxer.
00:51:11Yeah, Holiday has no balance.
00:51:12He just punches and punches,
00:51:13and he always depends on his condition to win fights for him.
00:51:17And now he's met a guy that can stand up to that
00:51:19that also knows how to box.
00:51:21He's usually not going to come out too good in these type of incidents.
00:51:30Dominate this round. Dominate. Don't let it rouse you, James.
00:51:51Throw punches, any kind of punches.
00:51:53Throw him body shots, head shots, anything that's open,
00:51:56hit him with it.
00:51:57Pay attention to me.
00:51:58I'm paying attention.
00:51:59Okay, and?
00:51:59I'll wipe it up now.
00:52:01Okay, now.
00:52:02Come flip it.
00:52:03I'll have to pull it down.
00:52:05You must come with it over right hand.
00:52:08You need that over right hand now.
00:52:10Don't give him no way to come out of this thing on top.
00:52:14Take the round, Shane.
00:52:15You understand me?
00:52:16Take it.
00:52:17Body shots, head shots.
00:52:18You can do it.
00:52:19You got it.
00:52:20Come flip it.
00:52:21All right.
00:52:22Let's go.
00:52:23Come on.
00:52:25Thanks for taking the round.
00:52:27You've got the box.
00:52:28He's smart.
00:52:32Jack Mosley portraying a sense of urgency to his son, Shane, demanding take the round.
00:52:39I think it's a very good idea in any fight that's likely to go the distance to go out
00:52:43and close the show and win the 12th round.
00:52:45Yeah, he doesn't want to see him rob his son.
00:52:47He probably seen it happen a few times to a few different great fighters,
00:52:51and he doesn't want to see it happen to him.
00:52:53That was a smart thing to tell him.
00:52:54Don't punch, don't punch, don't punch, don't punch.
00:52:56As long as he doesn't get careless, though.
00:52:59Philip Holliday has never in his career scored a knockout past the deep 10th round,
00:53:04so in all likelihood, Holliday is looking for the kind of miracle he's never before produced
00:53:10in his terrific, unbeaten career.
00:53:13Push out of there, you son.
00:53:15Put your hand down.
00:53:25Philip Holliday just doesn't seem to have that big knockout punch anyway.
00:53:29Nope.
00:53:29Oh, he would have to land about 20 unanswered blows at this point
00:53:34to get Mosley into the kind of trouble that could produce a knockout.
00:53:37And a few elbows and headbutts on top of it.
00:53:39Step on, step on, step on, put your hand up, baby.
00:53:41Put your head around.
00:53:42Okay.
00:53:43So you're not tempted to say that Shane has taken any kind of a chance
00:53:46in being aggressive and going out with the mindset that he has to win the round?
00:53:50No, I don't think he is because I don't think Holliday can hurt him nowhere.
00:53:53Although he was momentarily off balance there
00:53:56as Holliday went after him with the right hand,
00:53:58and Holliday could have knocked Mosley down
00:53:59if he tagged him on the chin right there.
00:54:02Yeah, but I don't think so.
00:54:03I don't think he's really strong enough at this point to knock Mosley down.
00:54:06Yeah, he was just back on his heels for a second.
00:54:08That's all.
00:54:11Left hook to the body.
00:54:13One of Holliday's better shots at the whole fight.
00:54:15Mosley barely felt it.
00:54:23That's it.
00:54:25Way to push off.
00:54:27All things considered.
00:54:28When a fighter puts his head down in order to get close to the opponent,
00:54:32there's not a whole heck of a lot you can do
00:54:34because a good professional fighter can make an ugly fight out of any fight
00:54:39if he's determined to do that.
00:54:41That's right.
00:54:42Just like what we just saw there in that exchange.
00:54:46Frank Dodger.
00:54:47I'm here, I'm here, I'm here.
00:54:48A little bit to go, guys.
00:54:49A little bit to go.
00:54:50In my judgment, Holliday has just been outclassed in this fight.
00:54:55That's basically what happened tonight.
00:54:58No other way to put it.
00:54:59Some flat spots in the middle for Shane Mosley,
00:55:02but he started fast and is finishing well.
00:55:08Right inside.
00:55:11Kind of a half uppercut.
00:55:13Landed flush for Mosley.
00:55:17Frank, don't punch, don't punch, don't punch.
00:55:18Holliday, no stranger to work.
00:55:21He'll keep at it.
00:55:22But he just hasn't found a way to damage Shane Mosley in any way in this fight.
00:55:40Crowd wanted something a little bit more spectacular.
00:55:42Yeah, it was not an aesthetically pleasing contest, we can say.
00:55:48Yeah, but he got the job done.
00:55:49He patiently held on, did what he was supposed to do,
00:55:52and he got the job done.
00:55:53He'll come back and make up for it, I'm sure, in his next few outings.
00:55:58And Joyce Ann Holliday's face
00:55:59might lead you to believe that she's already heard the decision.
00:56:03She hasn't.
00:56:04But that's likely to be the way she looks
00:56:07right after the decision is announced as well.
00:56:09You're right.
00:56:18Philip Holliday never able to build up the rhythm and tempo
00:56:22which had carried him to six successful title defenses.
00:56:25A man who's accustomed to throwing 120, 130 punches per round
00:56:29through 1,493 punches in 12 rounds in his previous HBO appearance.
00:56:34He was hundreds short of that tonight
00:56:36as we look at the final punch stat numbers.
00:56:38And you'll see that Holliday wound up throwing more punches
00:56:41by a margin of 71.
00:56:45But Mosley landed 66 more.
00:56:49So thus the huge difference in connect percentage.
00:56:52Mosley landing 41% of the shots that he threw
00:56:55to only 28% for Philip Holliday.
00:57:06The effective boxing style of Shane Mosley
00:57:09limiting Philip Holliday's opportunities to throw punches
00:57:12as did Mosley's power to the body.
00:57:15I'll tell you what, though.
00:57:16Philip Holliday is about the classier game of guy
00:57:19as you're ever going to see.
00:57:21He's the guy who stayed there,
00:57:22took everything he had,
00:57:23and took it to the highest degree.
00:57:25He took every little tool.
00:57:26He isn't really a talented boxer.
00:57:27Doesn't have big power.
00:57:29But he took everything necessary
00:57:30and proved that he could make a world champion out of it.
00:57:32And I commend him for that.
00:57:33He's a sportsman who views this as a sport.
00:57:35He's been a champion because of his great commitment
00:57:38to training and conditioning.
00:57:39And he's probably just absorbed the first loss of his career.
00:57:45Let's find out as Mark Barrow gives us the official decision.
00:57:51Ladies and gentlemen, we have a unanimous decision.
00:57:55Judge Robert Paolino scores it, 116, 113.
00:58:04Judge Robert O'Brien scores it, 117, 111.
00:58:10And Judge Clement Martin scores it, 115, 114.
00:58:18Unanimous decision for the IBF lightweight champion of the world,
00:58:24Sugar Shane Moseley.
00:58:28Moseley.
00:58:29Moseley.
00:58:29So a unanimous decision for Moseley
00:58:50in a fight that was scored perhaps a little closer
00:58:52than some of us might have suspected.
00:58:54116, 113 by one judge and 115, 114 by another.
00:59:05And now let's go up to Larry Merchant with the winner.
00:59:09Thank you, Jim.
00:59:10Congratulations, Shane.
00:59:11It's been a long time coming.
00:59:13Your thoughts on the fight?
00:59:14Well, you know, Phillip came in, like I said, with his head coming in.
00:59:19And it was a little awkward to try to get past the punches.
00:59:22But, you know, I don't want to make any excuses on my performance.
00:59:28But, you know, I had the runs before I even came into the ring like 12 o'clock this morning.
00:59:33And, you know, it was hard for me.
00:59:34I came in, I weighed in at 140.
00:59:36I never weighed in like 140.
00:59:37I always weighed in like 47 when I come to a fight.
00:59:39So, you know, I was a little dehydrated because of that.
00:59:41And that's why I couldn't really throw my power punches like I wanted to.
00:59:45And here's my little son.
00:59:47This is Shane Jr. right here.
00:59:48I'd like to thank God.
00:59:49So, are you saying that despite the fact that you won a unanimous decision, won a title belt,
00:59:57that you're a little bit disappointed that you didn't have a chance to show your stuff?
01:00:02Yeah, I'm a little disappointed, you know, in the way I boxed tonight.
01:00:05I was a little sluggish, a little sloppy.
01:00:07But, you know, I mean, I know I can fight a lot better than that.
01:00:11It's just that I was, you know, a little weak.
01:00:12I don't know.
01:00:13I ate something wrong before I fought.
01:00:15And it just came out of me earlier this morning.
01:00:17I had to drink a lot of Pedialyte and stuff to restore my, you know, my bowels.
01:00:22But first of all, I'd like to thank God for, you know, for this victory.
01:00:28And I thank my father for the support.
01:00:31I'd like to thank Big Bear for the great work.
01:00:34I'm Big Bear in Pomona, West Covina, out there on the basketball courts.
01:00:39Wait a minute, I'm not through yet, Larry.
01:00:40L.A. Boxing and everybody that's behind me.
01:00:45All right, thank you very, very much.
01:00:47And again, congratulations.
01:00:48And now let's go to Phillip Holliday.
01:00:51Phillip, you describe what happened in the fight for us.
01:00:56Oh, well, he ran a lot and he made me miss a lot.
01:00:58I couldn't get my punches.
01:00:59I couldn't get my rhythm.
01:01:01I just have to congratulate Shane Mosley.
01:01:02He put up a good performance.
01:01:03He won the title.
01:01:04That's what the judges saw it.
01:01:06And I just want to thank my trainer for all the work we've put into this
01:01:08and all the work we've done.
01:01:09And no, I did how I went there and I tried my best.
01:01:11And it's the Lord Jesus' will.
01:01:13He wouldn't want me to win the title today.
01:01:15So that's it.
01:01:15Is he the best fighter you've fought?
01:01:17No, he's definitely not the best fighter.
01:01:19He's one of the strongest fighters.
01:01:20I've fought guys he's drunk.
01:01:21But he wasn't as strong as I thought he would be according to his record.
01:01:26All right, thank you very much.
01:01:27I was going to say thanks to my trainer for all the work he's put in,
01:01:31for all the titles he defended.
01:01:32I congratulate Shane Mosley for a good performance.
01:01:36I want to thank the Lord Jesus for taking me so far,
01:01:38for my family that's here that's watching the fight,
01:01:40came to support me, my family at home.
01:01:42Thanks very much.
01:01:42My wife, I love you lots.
01:01:44Thank you very much.
01:01:45And now back to you, Jim and Roy.
01:01:47All right, thanks, Larry.
01:01:53Let's do a little matchmaking.
01:01:55Steve Johnston is a reigning champion at 135 pounds,
01:01:58as is Gussie Nazaroff.
01:01:59There are a couple of outstanding contenders,
01:02:01Arthur Gregorian, Lamar Murphy.
01:02:03Who would you like to see Shane Mosley fight?
01:02:05First, I'd like to see him fight Lamar Murphy.
01:02:06I think that would be a very interesting fight.
01:02:08These guys have a very similar style.
01:02:11Then I definitely would love to see him fight Steve Johnston.
01:02:14Do either Johnston or Murphy have the punching power necessary
01:02:19to stand up against a guy like Shane Mosley?
01:02:21Well, I think Steve Johnston does.
01:02:23I don't know about Lamar Murphy.
01:02:24He's been pretty lackadaisical in his outings against world champions
01:02:28and against other fighters, so I don't know about his power.
01:02:30I know he has quick hands and good head movement
01:02:33and good ability to win a fight,
01:02:34but I just don't think he's really got that killer instinct in him yet.
01:02:37All right, one final question about you
01:02:39before I turn my attention to Larry and get ready to close out the evening.
01:02:42Montel Griffin coming up next Thursday night.
01:02:45You've got five more days.
01:02:46Any more sparring between now and then, or is the hay in the barn?
01:02:50The hay is in the barn.
01:02:51The tractor's rolling.
01:02:52Who's taking care of your farm back in Pensacola, Florida?
01:02:55You know DB taking care of things.
01:02:57What's up, DB?
01:02:58Very nice.
01:02:58All right.
01:02:59Just wanted to give you that opportunity.
01:03:00Well, Larry, we didn't get the kind of lights-out action
01:03:03we might have expected in the second bout here on Boxing After Dark,
01:03:06but all in all, two excellent professional performances
01:03:09by Young Fighters with Great Futures,
01:03:11Angel Manfredi and Shane Mosley.
01:03:13Your final thoughts.
01:03:14We asked Shane Mosley yesterday what his ambition was.
01:03:18Remember?
01:03:19Mm-hmm.
01:03:19He didn't say he wanted to be a champion.
01:03:21He didn't say he wanted to make a zillion dollars.
01:03:24He said, I want to be a great fighter.
01:03:26Best ambition you can have.
01:03:27You can't be great unless you want to be great.
01:03:30Mm-hmm.
01:03:30And he has the talent.
01:03:32It's a long way down the road before we see it.
01:03:35He beat a good, tough fighter tonight.
01:03:38A guy who's never lost, took him apart,
01:03:40basically won the fight from the first round on.
01:03:44Maybe I laid a little bit too much expectation on him,
01:03:48but you could see from our interview
01:03:49that he has expectations of himself.
01:03:51I don't recall a fighter who finally got a shot at a title
01:03:55that he thought he deserved a long time ago,
01:03:57and he couldn't quite be as elated as you would think.
01:04:01But I believe that with a name like Shane Mosley,
01:04:04we're going to hear more from him.
01:04:06Sugar Shane, and I'm sure we'll see him again here on HBO.
01:04:10We'll have a final word on what happened in the ring in just a moment.
01:04:12Right now, let's look ahead to some upcoming programming.
01:04:17There's only one man
01:04:18who can bring country to the heart of the city.
01:04:24This summer, from New York City,
01:04:26America's most popular performer
01:04:28plays that concert event of the year.
01:04:31We all here, cause it's not all there tonight.
01:04:37Garth, live from Central Park.
01:04:40Thursday it is.
01:04:41If you can't be there live,
01:04:43then be there live on HBO.
01:04:46That's right!
01:04:46When HBO took today's hottest stars underground,
01:04:53the ride was provocative,
01:04:56unpredictable,
01:04:59real.
01:05:00And that's just what we wanted.
01:05:03From an HBO contest
01:05:04comes a movie based on real-life stories.
01:05:08Subway Stories,
01:05:10an HBO original movie.
01:05:11premieres Sunday, August 17.
01:05:19Meanwhile, two days later,
01:05:21or actually, I should say,
01:05:22on September 4,
01:05:24from the first game through the Super Bowl,
01:05:25it's the show the pros watch
01:05:26inside the NFL
01:05:27with your hosts,
01:05:28Len Dawson,
01:05:29Nick Bonacani,
01:05:30Chris Collinsworth,
01:05:30and Jerry Glanville.
01:05:31Longest running,
01:05:32most successful sports series
01:05:33in cable TV history
01:05:35kicks off its 21st season,
01:05:36September 4 at 11 o'clock p.m.
01:05:39And here comes the two days later part.
01:05:41On September 6,
01:05:42HBO's Boxing After Dark
01:05:43returns from El Paso, Texas
01:05:45with a junior featherweight championship fight
01:05:47featuring Daniel Zaragoza.
01:05:49On the same card,
01:05:50you'll see Floyd Mayweather,
01:05:51a young star on the rise,
01:05:53in a super featherweight bout.
01:05:55And finally,
01:05:56coming in October,
01:05:56HBO's exclusive documentary,
01:05:58Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?
01:06:00Through the use of home movies
01:06:01and rare film,
01:06:02you'll see one of America's
01:06:03most beloved but reclusive icons
01:06:05as never before.
01:06:07Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?
01:06:09HBO's fall classic.
01:06:11Tonight,
01:06:12here on HBO's Boxing After Dark,
01:06:14rising 130-pounder
01:06:15Angel Manfredi
01:06:16took on the tough pro,
01:06:18Jorge Piaz,
01:06:18in Piaz's 75th professional bout.
01:06:21He bloodied Piaz early,
01:06:22and with a crisp display
01:06:24of punching and combinations
01:06:25throughout,
01:06:26eventually knocked out Piaz
01:06:27with that clean left-hand shot
01:06:29in the eighth round.
01:06:30Another victory for Manfredi.
01:06:32And then,
01:06:33unbeaten Shane Mosley
01:06:34won his first world title
01:06:36and remained unbeaten
01:06:37with a 12-round unanimous decision
01:06:40over South Africa's
01:06:41Philip Holliday.
01:06:42Holliday never able to get
01:06:44his steamroller style going,
01:06:46and Mosley,
01:06:47with effective body punching
01:06:48throughout the bout,
01:06:49easily won a unanimous decision
01:06:51to rise to a world championship.
01:06:53Coming immediately
01:06:54following our show,
01:06:55you've heard about it,
01:06:56you've read about it,
01:06:57stay tuned for Oz
01:06:58right here on HBO.
01:06:59So now for Roy Jones,
01:07:01Larry Merchant,
01:07:02Harold Letterman,
01:07:03Hector Garcia,
01:07:04I'm Jim Lampley,
01:07:05saying goodnight
01:07:06from the Mohegan Sun
01:07:07in Uncasville, Connecticut.
01:07:09The executive producer
01:07:11of HBO Sports
01:07:12is Ross Greenberg.
01:07:13Tonight's coverage
01:07:13of Boxing After Dark
01:07:14was produced by
01:07:15Brian A. McDonald
01:07:16and directed by
01:07:17Mark Payton.
01:07:18Associate producers,
01:07:19Radenberger and Betsy Aronin.
01:07:21Assistant to the producer,
01:07:22Thomas Erdelfeld.
01:07:24Production managers,
01:07:25John McCalley and Mark Hayton.
01:07:26And the technical supervisor
01:07:28was Bob Hunter.
01:07:56Celebrating 25 years
01:08:22at the Network of Champions,
01:08:24this has been a presentation
01:08:26of HBO Sports.
01:08:30Highly competitive.