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00:00destroy or be destroyed unfortunately it didn't work out well for him with iran barkley so hearns
00:05and kinchin coming up later here on showtime but first up it'll be the ibf middleweight championship
00:10michael second to nun defending against juan domingo rodan many of the experts ferdy feel
00:16that mr nunn is the best fighter pound for pound in the world today what are your thoughts well
00:20off of one good fight he didn't earn that type of accolade julio chavez is pound for pound the best
00:26fighter nestle up right next to him is mike tyson what none must do is look very good against roldan
00:32and then the middleweight picture opens up for him as he progresses we will see whether he becomes
00:37pound for pound the best fighter well i'll tell you this after nun's stunning victory over frank tate
00:42for the ibf middleweight championship he returned home a conquering hero 1988 has been a year-long
00:50celebration for this undefeated world champion nunn turned on the boxing world with a power surge that
00:57electrified audiences and shocked the middleweight division now that i am the world champion i
01:12realize that a guy fight is coming after me now so that's why i got to keep going to that mountaintop
01:17keep working hard so when it's all over and done i can still be champion the challenger juan domingo
01:23roldan has had more experience in world title fights than none twice before he has fought for
01:29the middleweight crown both times he was denied against marvelous marvin haggler roldan registered
01:35a disputed flash knockdown in the first round haggler the undisputed world champion would not relinquish
01:44his title so easily he recovered from the setback and stopped roldan in the tent three years later
01:50roldan dueled thomas hearns for the vacant wbc middleweight title the hammer and the hitman went
01:56toe-to-to-toe from the opening bell hearns survived the onslaught and k-o'd roldan in round four but
02:03the hammer is still dangerous of course he's not a marvin haggler is not a tommy hearns and the opponent
02:12but of course he's a champion of the world and i respect him as a champion of the world but
02:17i came to win this time i came to win he's got to take my title because i'm not giving it up
02:22and i don't think he's capable of doing that roldan obviously thinks otherwise the challenger
02:28one domingo roldan in the ring ranked sixth by the ivf tonight his third shot at a world title
02:34having lost out on opportunities against marvelous marvin haggler and thomas hearns and now the
02:40champion michael second to none into the ring he lived up to his nickname back in late july with a
02:46surgeon-like performance against frank tate to win the title there's a look at the tail of the tape
02:52nunn is six years younger has the height advantage and the big reach advantage over juan roldan
03:03tonight is the first defense of michael nunn the percival nunn is 31-0 with 21 knockouts
03:10the ibf rules
03:16nunn makes his home among the stars in north hollywood california born in davenport iowa
03:2125-year-old nunn one of the bright young stars of the middleweight division
03:29federation supervisor ringside is alvin goodman esquire the three judges are bob
03:34house don't be shirley and paul smith and now ladies and gentlemen let's get it going with 12
03:40rounds for the ivf middleweight championship the referee for this bout is richard steel
03:49introducing first fighting out the red corner he's wearing the blue trunk with white trim
03:53and weighs an even 160 pounds his professional record an outstanding one 67 victories 45 by ko
04:02only four beats and two draws ladies and gentlemen from martin pina the number six ranked middleweight
04:09in the world juan domingo
04:18and fighting out of the blue box wearing the white trunks with black letters he also weighs
04:23and even 160 pounds originally from davidport iowa now living and fighting out of north hollywood
04:28california undefeated as a professional with 31 consecutive victories 21 by ko ladies and gentlemen
04:36presenting the middleweight champion of the world michael second time
04:42and the referee richard steel with the final instructions for nunn and roldan two fighters with
04:56totally contrasting styles none an elusive southpaw with lightning speed roldan a bull nun silenced his
05:04critics by displaying ko power his win over frank tate as seen here on showtime
05:09and he proved that he is more than just a dancer so he combines lightning speed
05:16with knockout power and we'll see if he can do the same against juan domingo roldan 67
05:24four and two with 45 knockouts 73 total bouts this is third shot at a world championship rated six by the
05:30ivf against the ivf middleweight champion in the white trunks michael second to none roldan wearing the blue
05:40and that what you've just witnessed is how that fight this fight is supposed to go which is
05:48roldan has been told hey this is a five round fight you got five rounds to put this guy away do it early
05:54and of course second to none he's got other ideas because he's got the box he's got to move he's a
06:00beautiful boxer used to being in with guys that are trying to pummel him and has a he's just got one
06:06of the best styles around right now for avoiding punches it's very hard to hit uses clever footwork
06:13bobs and weaves darts in and out and then scores with timely and punishing blows as he did against
06:19frank tate roldan would love nothing more than to go toe to toe with none but it is not likely that none
06:24will abandon his stick and move policy to engage in a slugfest no it's none fight to stay outside to
06:34punch to try to land an occasional heart that was not that was a trip that was a trip i can't see why
06:41they're counting that it was definitely a trip was right in front of us right in front of us that was not
06:45a knock down well it goes in the books as a knock down in the first round at 110 for michael nun
07:03there goes that round as far as roldan scoring is concerned because it does count as a knock down and
07:08that gives him the loss of the round well then trying to go to the body
07:13look at the disparity in size none extremely tall in comparison to roldan roldan very blocky
07:22in comparison to the very slim and trim michael nun and the illusion none able to avoid
07:29those overhand shots by roldan now tate who is no slouch in the quickness department looked like a
07:35lumbering fighter against michael nun we'll see how it goes for mr roldan low blow there that was blocked
07:42by roldan fortunately none is a beautiful puncher pinpoint accuracy i don't think he's got the power
07:52attributed to him off of the tate fight he has yet to prove that previous to that he had not had big
08:00knockout power so uh but what he does have is pinpoint accuracy and that will knock you out also
08:08you don't have to have just one shot to knock out nine of his last 11 fights by knockout despite his
08:12slick elusive style he does have a 70 percent knockout ratio does none he is so confident he
08:19says if it goes 12 roldan will be so beat up he'll never fight again well that's possible due to his
08:25advancing age in the economy of buenos aires and that is it for round one that should be how this
08:33fight goes unless roldan has some tricks up his sleeve roldan cannot corner a younger more elusive
08:40better reflex more confident fighter in michael nunn but anything can happen in boxing
08:49was it a knockdown or wasn't it a knockdown earlier on in the first round
08:54that punch missed that punch missed there was a shot and tripped over their feet and went down i
08:59i didn't think that was a legitimate knockdown there was a punch however i give that credit
09:04there was a punch but i don't see it as being uh i see that as being a trip down not an effective punch
09:12in the corner he rolled down that's being talked to by louis abba
09:17tito lecturi maybe the smartest man in boxing and the most legendary figure in boxing buenos aires and
09:23argentina is uh in the corner and that's a big plus that's like having angelo dundee in the corner
09:28he guided uh former middleweight champ carlos monzon throughout his illustrious career he's had
09:33he's guided everybody that came out of argentina peralta everybody because he is
09:38mr boxing in buenos aires and round two scheduled for 12 for the ibf middleweight title from las vegas
09:44nevada steve albert along with the fight doctor ferdy pacheco
09:50none of the white trunks roldan in the blue with the white trim roldan involved in the historic
09:56bout back in october of 87 when he was knocked out of the fourth round by thomas hearns who won the
10:02wbc middleweight title becoming the first to win four world titles on showtime right here at the las
10:11vegas hilton now roldan looking to pour in but doesn't seem to phase none that fight was interesting
10:18because hearns was on the verge of getting knocked out by roldan had landed several hard hard shots
10:24remember keep this in mind roldan is the kind of fighter that one shot can get you in trouble
10:28it doesn't have to be to the to the head either he punches very hard to the liver under the heart
10:34he's a very devastating body puncher obviously he's willing to take a lot of punishment as i said he's
10:39been told this is a five round fight you get it done in the fifth round or else you're in trouble
10:44and so he is trying hard to get to none none is having the best of it all through for the first round
10:49and again in the second round and roldan the only man to knock down marvelous marvin haggler back in
10:5484. it was a disputed knockdown some thought it was a slip but the haggler came back stopped roldan
11:00of the 10th for the undisputed world middleweight title i am one of the ones that did not think that
11:06it was a lockdown he didn't even come close
11:11roldan a fighter in the truest sense comes at you from all angles
11:16in sharp contrast to the southpaw the hard to hit extremely fast michael nun
11:23right now what we've got here is youth versus fading old age reflexes versus power
11:42roldan at 31 none just 25
11:45none a national golden gloves runner-up at 19 alternate on the 84 u.s olympic team after losing
11:54in the box offs to virgil hill
11:59he is now known as hollywood's champion many celebrities like mr t michael j fox attend his
12:06fights regularly that might cost him the title faster than an opponent
12:10there's no way quicker to get eaten up than to be the celebrity's darling
12:17he seems to have a pretty good head on his shoulders has things in perspective up to this
12:21point of his career final seconds round two so far more of the same no problem
12:31a very fresh michael nun returns to his corner
12:34with the goosens joe goosin larry goosin and greg goosin the manager is dan goosin the leader of
12:45southern california's colorful goosin clan dan manages the fighters of the ten goose stable in all
12:50there are ten goosin brothers and sisters hence the name ten goose is that a grace of goose a
12:58covey of goose the family of goosin what is that that's geese oh a family of geeson yes well there's
13:04a lot of geeson in there everybody's talking at one time so nun must have a wonderful mind to be
13:09able to absorb three people talking to him at the same time three geeson in fact one of those geeson
13:15named goosin greg is a former catcher for the new york mets
13:24so far no problems for michael nunn he has taken the charges of roldan diffused him by excellent
13:30counterpunching wonderful boxing capacity ring generalship you're seeing it all here folks and
13:35this is what it looks like when a very fancy good boxer young man takes on a fading old challenge round
13:43three it is scheduled for 12 michael nunn predicts an early knockout and he slips no knockdown says
13:51richard steel it was a slip from the from the water in the corner he did a split he did a very nice split
13:56i gave him a 10.9 on that
14:01and now roldan going to the face of michael nunn well finally we had the accurate call that was not
14:08they uh knocked down mercifully they didn't give it to him some of the experts are saying uh that
14:14pound for pound none is the best fighter in the world today but that's as arguable as you said in
14:20the opens too early when a guy has one good fight i mean it's a long career before you start calling
14:25guys pound to pound best fighters then you're talking about monsoon then you're talking about
14:29cigaret leonard cigaret robinson those were pound for pound the best fighters and of course today
14:34the mike tyson's of the world and the julio cesar chavez is great right up there to me chavez is the
14:40most complete fighter going right now tyson's all power and he hasn't had an opponent yet and someday
14:46some might include the name evander holyfield in that category well holyfield and tyson look like
14:53they're destined to meet evander's got some work cut out for him with pinklon thomas which we will
14:58also present on showtime that'll be december the 9th from atlantic city well evander's got some hard
15:05hard work cut out for him pinklon thomas is not an easy door to get through by any means the former
15:12wbc heavyweight champion michael doaks will also be on that card but back to business here coming up to
15:18a minute 10 remaining round three michael nunn of the white trunks one domingo roldan in the blue and
15:24nunn landing to the head of roldan and non landing beautiful punches they're very accurate they're very
15:30crisp right on target i'm just gaining more confidence as the fight wears on and roldan
15:40fading with each ticking minute
15:43before the tape fight nunn had the reputation just being a dancer but he showed he could punch
15:52well he must believe his press because right now he is working like a puncher not like a dancer
15:57he's standing right in front of roldan which two or three years ago could have netted him a big disaster
16:03right now though he's fighting a 31 year old juan domingo the hammer roldan there's a left that's
16:12stung by nunn roldan is fighting like a fading pampas flower right now he's just wilting
16:21combinations by nunn to the head of roldan
16:24oh nunn is a thing of beauty is he just before the bell a crisp left by nunn boxing beautifully is
16:36michael nunn no one expecting anything differently but he's certainly putting on a performance of
16:41boxing skill and is getting down to being a puncher whereas before he was content to fly around the ring
16:47barely touching the canvas now he is getting down into that canvas his toes are digging in and he's
16:53punching with some authority that authority i think he found when he uh pummeled frank tate in
16:58such a convincing and impressive fashion that was back on july 28th right here on the showtime let's
17:05take a look at that that slip this is what happens when you put too much ice in the corner and water
17:09whoop there's a nice little split that must hurt unless of course you're a dancer i mean is that was a
17:15baryshnikov move look at the sharpness of punches and the fact that he's so cool
17:22delivering the punches i mean he knows he's not going to get hit in return he is fighting
17:26almost with impunity he knows he can punch and not get hit in return roldan's third crack in a world
17:32title this is nunn's first title defense round four scheduled for 12 rounds none in the white trunks
17:40roldan of the blue nunn's immediate goal to unify the middleweight division by taking on iran
17:46barkley the wbc champ sambu colombe of the wba and eventually retire as an undefeated champion of the
17:55world it only took your first few seconds to say that it's going to take him a few months and a lot
18:01of prayers and a lot of luck to get that done nobody's ever noticed nobody's ever done it
18:05well he'd like to meet either barkley or columbay in april i'd take barkley by right barkley has got
18:13a punch but he he gets really hurt by people that can uh that can uh punch it with the rapidity and
18:19speed columbay is a deceptive fighter i've seen him on several occasions he's deceptive he just
18:24beats you every round and of course in that other fight scene here on showtime hearns and barkley
18:30barkley was behind and hearns was devastated in the third round behind is a charitable way of
18:38saying he was almost going to get knocked out any second oh his face was just like a map of the
18:44massachusetts turnpike well right now roldan's face is getting to look like a map of buenos aires
18:50because he is getting pummeled from every angle he's breathing hard his mouth is open
18:55none put tate away in the ninth round this is just the fourth less than a minute 30 to go
19:07frustration building up in um roldan's face is getting all luffed up under his eyes are getting
19:14all bruised he just can't quite get to the taller man not only is none the superior fighter but physically
19:22he is so much taller than when he leans back he does like ali did and avoids the punches however
19:27if he ever gets caught while he's all the way back there then you can look for him to get ghost rolling
19:32less than a minute from ending round four
19:34roldan a one-dimensional fighter i'll tell you what i like about none he is patient he's like
19:44chavez like monzon like the great fighters he's willing to take his time he's willing to fight his
19:49fight he's going out there for a big killer knockout he knows that if he fights a scientific
19:55and intelligent fight he'll win this fight in the middle rounds of toardia and so he's not pushing
19:59he's fighting his fight he's not getting excited and fighting any differently roldan on the other
20:04hand has no other way to fight there's an example threw a hard shot and landed up on the ropes oh
20:09that was his cracked shoulders and now none opens up well that got none mad well he can't afford to get
20:19if he loses his cool and goes toe-to-toe with roldan he is blowing that huge edge that he has
20:24by youth and experience and reflex that'll do it round four another easy round for michael nunn who
20:31has thus far pitched a shot
20:39juan roldan being helped out there by miguel diaz in his corner
20:48roldan's four defeats two against haggler and hearns and his only two previous attempts at titles
20:54prior to those defeats he was ko'd by juan bogato in his 15th pro fight back in 79
21:02he has been in there with some hot shots
21:06and now he's up against the iviet middleweight champion another shot at a world title
21:11and michael nunn this is what i call a goodbye fight
21:15it's an or in argentina they call it an adios fight
21:24roldan who prefers to stand in the corner
21:28has too much uh coagulant around the face so mike diaz the cut man wipes it away but you can see it
21:35pretty evident there i never i never agreed with the guy standing in the corner unless i thought he
21:39couldn't get up off the stool once he sat down if he was so beaten that he couldn't get up i wouldn't
21:43let him sit down but i would not agree with that i mean oh look at all of a sudden roldan coming back
21:50because none has just stood still in front of him and let him come on some heavy shots to the body
21:56by juan roldan yeah that was just giving him a giving him that for nothing
22:01well then trying to chase down nunn which can't work against him how often you see a heavy puncher
22:11go for the head that's moving around like a pear when the body is standing right there
22:15i mean that's the hardest thing to teach a puncher go to the body the body is not moving the head's
22:19moving even if you hit the arms hit something i mean after all as heavy as rodan can punch if he
22:25was punching the arms of michael nunn none wouldn't be punching as crisply or as sharply so
22:30take advantage hit what you can i'll say this for juan roldan he is having more success with none
22:37than tate did up to this point tate just couldn't catch michael nunn i don't i don't understand why
22:45michael nunn is letting roldan get brave and punching when he doesn't really have to
22:50now nunn bouncing missing with a wild left that's something you infrequently see nunn do miss that
23:03battle so sharp are his reflexes that he very rarely misses as badly as that and ends up off balance
23:10but none landing repeatedly to the head of roldan
23:23well don wants to get in close where he can do his heavy work and also put his head in he's been
23:27doing a little bit of budding there it would be a crime if none with inexperience and in fighting
23:33he gets cut because of his head because of the head of roldan less than a minute remaining round five
23:41of solid left by nunn a straight left flush on the face of rodan
23:46rodan falling back already
23:50and that right by roldan was blocked nicely
23:52combination by nunn to the head
24:00roldan's fighting like an old fighter instead of having all of the spring and bounce of a young
24:06fighter throwing punches from all angle he waits he throws one or two hard shots if they don't land he
24:11has to wait again i mean it's it's the mark of an old fighter when you get so far your head is telling
24:17you to do it but your arms aren't doing it and none a picture of confidence
24:24as well he should be he's won four rounds without any effort at all hardly working up a sweat and he
24:29just wanted to fish round five is history
24:38as we follow michael nunn into the corner 31-0 21 knockouts
24:42he's dealing with the uppercut let's see if we can hear what they're saying
24:59and the inside might double up roldan just can't figure out what to do with the shim
25:08kid and he there really is nothing to tell him what do you go what do you tell a guy when you go back
25:12to the corner and he's getting better peppered by all angles by a guy who moves like a deer
25:18and he's getting punched like a moose there's not much you can say well it's funny you say that because
25:23um roldan's strength has been displayed against wild animals as well
25:27having wrestled bears on more than one occasion in his native land of argentina
25:32he wrestled bears hopefully they're muzzled
25:38round six it is scheduled for 12.
25:46well dan with his left arm all the way up his left hand
25:49looks like he's saying hello to somebody that's ugly you look like hi how are you he's just inviting
25:54none in maybe he's saying hello to both derrick who's sitting over here looking pretty
25:59she is ringside directly across from us
26:11there's a wild miss by roldan right through the ropes
26:13oh perhaps a low blow there by none keep them up says steel oh yep the second time i told you
26:23richard steel the third man in the ring the first title defense for michael nun after the win over
26:30frank tate as he stopped the former olympic gold medalist tate in the ninth round right here on showtime
26:36back in july this this is unexplainable i don't know why i can't imagine why none would would waste
26:46his energies as a 12-round fight he was barely using up any energy when you push against a
26:51a bull of a guy like this you get tired i mean this is a this is a strength fight here why he doesn't
26:58need to be a strength fight he needs to be a runner that's what he needs to do fight from outside whoa
27:06did you see him line that up i mean he threw that from from outside the building someplace
27:14and let me tell you no matter how sharp you are no matter how good you are those body blows hurt
27:19a good solid body blow will take your legs out from monday a low blow by roldan
27:31well dan has had only two fights since losing to thomas hearns 11 months ago a total of five rounds
27:40two knockouts well done doing much better this round than he's done before in the previous five
27:47because none has let him none has gotten him close to fight with him for some unexplainable reason
28:00less than 30 seconds round six you know you're still playing with a toy cannon i mean not a toy
28:08cannon it's an adult cannon here when you're playing with roldan i mean you're not out of it till the bell
28:13rings and they really lift your hand with roll down as bad as he looks and he doesn't look good
28:18uh one good shot could put the young uh nun on his back so he must be cautious he must continue to box
28:25and not lose his head round six concludes as we said earlier a star-studded gathering here at the las
28:35vegas hilton which includes bo derrick and another 10 there's the hitman thomas hearns
28:45in his dressing room and it's rare to call hearns a challenger but he's looking to bounce back
28:52been many years since you call him a challenger but he's looking you know he's like a high wire act
28:58without a net i don't know why he feels that he has to be that way but he's coming out thinking i'm
29:02going to knock this guy out or he's going to knock me out and it seems pointless because he doesn't
29:07need that i mean he is a superior boxer he has got the bigger punch he doesn't need to
29:12risk it as he did with iran barkley and all of a sudden he was in your lap i saw you holding him up
29:18hearns said he's going to go in like a kamikaze against kinchini he wants to avoid another iran
29:23barkley situation so that should be interesting it's coming up later on showtime tell him the kamikazes
29:28died at the end of the round better remember that at the end of their ride they didn't win
29:33they perished round seven scheduled for 12. michael nunn the defending ibf middleweight champion
29:42against juan domingo rodan
29:47rodan doing as well as expected it's the most charitable way to say that he is not in this fight
29:54as far as story it's a shutout for michael nunn the only thing to be proven here has none got a
30:00punch so far we haven't seen it he certainly has not inflicted any damage on rodan as far as getting
30:09into trouble getting weak making him feel bad nice right hand by roldan just that that's the kind that
30:16can put you in trouble well damn pretty applying the pressure looking for the knockout blow hoping
30:23that one punch could do it and none letting him that's even more surprising
30:31that's a stiff bill to pay when you start getting three or four of those heavy right
30:35hands on your chin it starts wearing you out like the chinese water torch
30:48well dan doing better and better as none stops being the super fighter and begins to be a club
30:54fighter with us well then just trying to wear none down but not still very springy and bouncy
31:05i tell you i hate a fighter that wants to prove he can take a punch
31:11i can tell him from experience most people can't left uppercut by none that snapped roldan back
31:19but there really wasn't that much power behind him he hasn't punched hard now for a few rounds
31:24and roldan has been doing the leading
31:29none with combinations to the head first bit of good fighting from none
31:33sharp punches again but there he is standing close to white
31:37and roldan with an uppercut to the solar plexus
31:40of none that's how none got tate in trouble the last time of
31:47well history book on tate is not closed i'd like to see what happens when he fights in a different
31:52weight because frank tate is an exceptionally good fighter i just couldn't believe the results of that
31:57fight i couldn't believe my eyes none took him apart he had some difficulty making the weight
32:02and he'll be more comfortable at 168 i would imagine final seconds round seven
32:10the weight here is 160
32:15and that is it for round seven pretty good round for juan domingo rodan who hears it from the crowd
32:21and tito lectura look at lectura talking to him lectura took him by the ears and started talking
32:27to him he's driving him back across the the ring he's telling him you can win with this guy standing
32:32there in spanish he's saying to him the man is standing there punch him you can win
32:36and rodan remains on his feet a la roberto duran yeah i mean he is sagging a little bit however he's
32:45not bouncing up and down he's sagging a little bit i i question it again but it's if that's what he's
32:51done throughout his career none on the other hand looks like he has just come out of a double feature
32:56movie and he's going to go back and see the second feature now he's won the first six now let's go back
33:00and see the rest see how it turns out the chief man rodolfo robledo tito lectura over there the cut
33:07man miguel diaz they're all urging roldan on round eight scheduled for 12.
33:22and none waves roldan in says let's go
33:25and roll down oblige there's no end of heart to roll down it's a shortage of talent
33:39but heart is there determination is there grittiness is there and none has to realize that he is an old
33:47warrior and these old warriors don't give up easily
33:50and then third shot at a world title rated six by the ibf seventh by the wba
34:02second to none who predicted an early knockout that we'll have to uh
34:06rethink his prediction
34:12now rolled down chasing more effectively oh low low
34:16that's the third time now they have worn none for a low blow
34:22if roldan had rolled on the floor a little bit
34:25that had a little drama here because it could have taken a point away from the champion
34:31but he wants to just continue to go at none
34:36none landing some good hard shots but nothing behind him
34:40and a right by roldan you can't discount roldan you can't discount the fact that one punch can change
34:49this whole fight around and now i'm going to the head and none got hammered again after going to the
34:55head effectively and well almost a low blow again by none well then blocked it off it's almost not
35:02none's fault he's so tall and his arms is so long and this other guy is so short his trunks are up it's
35:08almost impossible not to punch if you punch to the body gotta hit more there it is that's low
35:13six inch height advantage for none a minute remaining in round eight
35:19the action picks up there was a crisp left by none to the face of roldan
35:25roldan is really puffing now i mean he is huffing and puffing his mouth is open
35:30oh and he's down on one knee roldan is down
35:36that may be all zero he can get up but i don't think he wants to
35:42it is all over michael nunn retains his ibf middleweight championship round eight
35:50and he is cut a little tiny cut what a shame what a shame michael nunn just as he was getting ready
36:00to go inflicted a little tiny he had a little tiny cut inflicted right on his brow what a shame i don't
36:05think it's significant but any kind of a cut on a brow causes scar tissue future worry just when he had
36:12it all going his way good combination of punches that put the uh brave but totally outclassed roldan
36:19down on his haunches i think he could have gotten up what was the point i think he did a very noble
36:24and good thing to stop very gutsy roldan and michael nunn in his first title defense
36:30228 of the eighth round lifting his rag into 32 and 0 with 22 knockouts so 10 of his last 12 fights
36:41victorious by ko i think the punching got a little bit harder toward the end off of this fight i still
36:49don't make him a punch off this fight i think he's a wonderful boxer a wonderful ring general and the
36:56kind of fighter that'll knock out with a lot of punches watch roldan always dangerous look at that
37:00he missed that right hand though that was not a right hand punch he landed that one and uh those
37:06are the kind of punches of course that make you um aware that you're in where the guy could end it all
37:12in one punch and of course the end comes with a blizzard of punches some of which pinpoint accuracy
37:18that one was good that another uppercut which gets him in trouble he's on the way down that's it
37:24the uppercut finishes him off he's kneeling and that's about all you can ask let's let's look at
37:30i think the uppercut was the one that just put the quietus on the whole uh set there he goes
37:37roldan has had a good solid professional career that he should be proud of he's failed in three
37:43championship attempts he can pick up a few more bucks fighting uh llamas and bulls and one thing
37:48and another in buenos ayres and he should forget professional boxing in the united states at this
37:53level he's tried it against haggler he's tried it against hearns and now against michael nunn and
37:58failed in his three bids for a world championship and his record now is 67-5 and two
38:03and 28 seconds of the eighth round the winner by knockout victory still the undefeated middle
38:10and captain of the world michael
38:19michael nunn now 32-0 with 22 knockouts as he sends juan domingo roldan to the canvas and
38:26nunn is standing by with the fight doctor ferdy pacheco congratulations a wonderful display of
38:31ring generalship at the beginning then you seem to have read your press clippings and thought you
38:35were a puncher and started to really punch hard at the end there well no doubt about it you know
38:39juan rodan he's the type of fighter and he'll make you fight if he don't do nothing else you're saying
38:42that he may want the greatest middleweight of all time fight that's thomas hearns i mean the guy
38:46that's just his style is to make a guy fight and he's gonna bring the best out of you because he's
38:50gonna come at you did you feel his body shots at all i mean he seemed to be punching hard he was
38:54punching hard but no i didn't feel the body believe it or not you see i came right back on the inside
38:57freddy but i mean he's a good punch and i can't say that he's not but i mean he never
39:01heard one of those body shots you know you got cut right at the end of the fight i mean right at
39:04the end that's such a shame but no doubt about it freddy you know i just think the load up above
39:08for uh give me an opportunity one another fight and it was a freak accident yes i got cut and i
39:12i dearly hate it one thing that sticks in my mind i think you're a fine boxer people say this
39:17guy is now a puncher you think you're a puncher rather than a boxer well you know like i'm not
39:20going to go around saying that i'm a puncher you know i try to be a combination boxer and puncher
39:25because i don't want to abandon my styles i've done it tonight but it won't happen no more very good
39:30and back to steve at ringside thanks ferdy so michael nunn defends his ibf middleweight title
39:36stays unbeaten we are moments away from the main event thomas hearns against