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00:00:00The power. The fury. The devastation of the knockout.

00:00:07Franz Botha has lived by it and died by it.

00:00:12Now, the former IBF champion faces Philadelphia's hard-hitting James Stanton.

00:00:18Scorecards won't be necessary.

00:00:21Plus, WBA middleweight champion William Jaffe puts his title on the line

00:00:25against the number one contender, Brazil's Peter Venoncio.

00:00:28It's a night of knockout action.

00:00:30Botha vs. Stanton. Jaffe vs. Venoncio.

00:00:33Coming up next, only on Showtime, America's number one boxing network.

00:00:40I've got dreams, dreams to remember.

00:00:48I've got dreams, dreams to remember.

00:00:57Nobody knows what I feel inside.

00:01:06All I know, I walked away and cried.

00:01:10I've got dreams.

00:01:11I've got dreams.

00:01:12I've got dreams.

00:01:13I've got dreams.

00:01:14I've got dreams.

00:01:15Rock dreams.

00:01:16Dreams to remember.

00:01:17If you're gonna dream.

00:01:18I've got dreams.

00:01:19Dream big.

00:01:20Rock dreams.

00:01:21On Showtime, America's number one boxing network.

00:01:23pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, sing, and take the política.

00:01:47With his extroverted personality

00:01:54and inflated record,

00:02:02South Africa's white buffalo, Francois Botha,

00:02:05had never truly earned the respect of the boxing community.

00:02:10That is, until he met IBF title holder, Michael Moore.

00:02:17What a buffalo this guy is.

00:02:19What a heart on Frank Brozo.

00:02:23What a heart on this man.

00:02:29Ironically, in his lone defeat, Botha gained his greatest victory,

00:02:33for his courageous performance silenced his critics

00:02:36and earned their respect.

00:02:38Now, in his comeback fight,

00:02:40the white buffalo is looking to separate himself

00:02:43from the rest of the heavyweight herd

00:02:44as he takes on James Stanton

00:02:46for the newly created WBA North American heavyweight title.

00:02:51Plus, unbeaten William Jaffe

00:02:53faces number one contender Peter Bonancio

00:02:55for the WBA middleweight crown.

00:02:58Next on Showtime Championship Boxing.

00:03:01While the cosmopolitan city of Miami

00:03:20is famous for its beautiful beaches and wild nightlife,

00:03:25tonight it serves as the host

00:03:26for a pair of professional prize fights.

00:03:31And welcome to the Sunshine State.

00:03:34Well, they could have bought this card outside.

00:03:36It's just that nice, magnificent weather here in South Florida.

00:03:39Temperatures in the 80s, clear and comfortable.

00:03:41Tonight we come to you live

00:03:42from the Coconut Grove Convention Center

00:03:44in beautiful Coconut Grove, Florida,

00:03:46just outside Miami.

00:03:48Seating capacity about 2,500 for boxing.

00:03:50Good crowd on hand.

00:03:51The fans eagerly anticipate fight night in Florida

00:03:54as we settle in for yet another edition

00:03:56of Showtime Championship Boxing.

00:04:00Hello again, everybody.

00:04:01I'm Steve Albert.

00:04:02Glad you could join us.

00:04:03Tonight the focus falls on the heavyweights and middleweights.

00:04:06Our main event features the entertaining

00:04:08William Jaffe, who will put his WBA middleweight championship

00:04:11and undefeated record on the line

00:04:12against hard-hitting number one contender

00:04:14Peter Bonancio of Brazil, now a resident of Miami.

00:04:17Also this evening, you'll see the white buffalo, Francois Botha,

00:04:21former IVF heavyweight champion, albeit briefly.

00:04:24Both are one of those cases where a fighter's stock

00:04:26went up in defeat, coming off the heroic

00:04:28but losing effort against IVF heavyweight champ Michael Moore.

00:04:32Botha will meet unheralded Philadelphia fighter James Stanton

00:04:35for the recently formed WBA North American heavyweight title.

00:04:40In addition, we'll show you highlights

00:04:41from two other world championship fights

00:04:43that took place here earlier tonight.

00:04:45With that, let me bring on my partners at ringside first,

00:04:47the fight doctor, Ferdie Pacheco.

00:04:50And Ferdie, is William Jaffe ready to break out

00:04:52in a division still in search of name recognition?

00:04:55Well, that's Jaffe's fame that he has to maintain.

00:05:00He has to break through.

00:05:01He's got to unify the title.

00:05:03That's in his mind.

00:05:04He wants to unify the title and be the number one guy.

00:05:06In order to do that, he's got to look good tonight.

00:05:08And it's not an easy task ahead of him tonight.

00:05:10So Jaffe is determined to become the number one guy

00:05:13in the middleweights, and we'll see what happens tonight.

00:05:15All right, Ferdie, as we turn to our other partner here,

00:05:17Bobby Chez.

00:05:18And Bobby, let's talk about the white buffalo, Franz Botha.

00:05:22Where is he in the grand scheme of things

00:05:24in terms of the heavyweight division?

00:05:26And we should point out he's fighting for

00:05:27what we would call a manufactured title here tonight.

00:05:30Yes, certainly is.

00:05:31But Franz Botha is the former heavyweight champion of the world

00:05:33with only one loss to Michael Moore.

00:05:35Right now he's rated in the top five.

00:05:36He's very much in the thick of things.

00:05:38He's one or two fights away from, once again,

00:05:40challenging for the heavyweight championship.

00:05:41And maybe, Steve, the grand prize of prizes,

00:05:44the winner of Tyson Holyfield 2.

00:05:46All right, we'll look forward to your comments throughout,

00:05:48as well as those of the fight doctor.

00:05:49But coming up first from the Coconut Grove Convention Center

00:05:52here in Coconut Grove, Florida,

00:05:54it is the first WBA North American heavyweight championship.

00:05:58is highly rated Franz Botha of South Africa

00:06:00takes on unranked James Stanton from Philadelphia, PA.

00:06:05Well, up until recently, Franz Botha's ring record

00:06:07was anything but a who's who of boxing.

00:06:10Many felt he hadn't sufficiently paid his dues

00:06:12in terms of quality opposition.

00:06:14But he momentarily stifled his critics

00:06:16with the victory over Axel Schultz in 95

00:06:18for the vacant IVF title.

00:06:19He was ultimately stripped of the belt

00:06:21for testing positive to steroids in that fight,

00:06:24a fact which he contests to this day,

00:06:26claiming he was on medication prescribed by his doctor.

00:06:29Botha again rose above expectations

00:06:31with his inspiring performance

00:06:33against the enigmatic Michael Moore last November.

00:06:36Botha lost that championship fight

00:06:37but definitely displayed the heart of a champion.

00:06:41We were curious as to how both of you

00:06:43his career options following his first defeat.

00:06:46I'm in a very good position,

00:06:48being number one for Tyson Holyfield.

00:06:51Also, Lennox Lewis out there,

00:06:52possibility of fighting him in South Africa

00:06:54where I think 100 million views is possible.

00:06:58So, you know, the future looks very bright.

00:07:00You know, it's just don't make mistakes.

00:07:02That's probably what I must look out for mostly

00:07:05is the mistakes

00:07:06because you can't estimate anyone you're fighting,

00:07:09especially when you're in such a good position.

00:07:10All right, he really had a lot of grit, determination,

00:07:14and fortitude, although he lost the fight.

00:07:17Fight's kind of a lulling, plotting kind of a pace,

00:07:20but effective.

00:07:21Gets the job done, both of them.

00:07:22Well, Steve, he's certainly not a speaser.

00:07:24He comes forward and likes to kind of get to the fight early.

00:07:26Bang, muscling his opponent, bang to the body.

00:07:28Kind of hard punches early.

00:07:29Not much of a boxer, but he has had a tendency

00:07:31to get a little sloppy late, drop his hands,

00:07:34and also tire and fatigue.

00:07:35He's been working defensively,

00:07:36but right now he's the kind of fighter that wants to come,

00:07:38get right to the fight, no musk about it,

00:07:40just get punching.

00:07:42Matty felt that Franz Botha was in way over his head

00:07:45against Michael Moore.

00:07:46Is that the case tonight for James Stanton

00:07:48against Franz Botha?

00:07:49It's kind of the reverse.

00:07:51Now all of a sudden it's Botha,

00:07:53who was such an underdog in that first fight,

00:07:54who thought he could give Moore any kind of a fight,

00:07:56and he comes up with that great fight.

00:07:58Now it's the opposite.

00:07:59It's an unknown.

00:08:00It's a guy hadn't fought in 400 and some odd days.

00:08:02It's a guy that's lost twice.

00:08:04Boy, if he can beat Botha,

00:08:05that's a big feather in his hat.

00:08:07We'll see if that's a factor, the ring rust,

00:08:09and is he even in the league of Francois Botha

00:08:12as we take a look at Mr. Stanton right here.

00:08:15There he is, former high school athlete,

00:08:18great star in high school,

00:08:19unrated in boxing,

00:08:21only 18 pro fights.

00:08:22His first shot at a crown of any sort

00:08:24after starting at 16-0.

00:08:25He lost his last two fights,

00:08:26taking both on short notice,

00:08:28as is the case tonight,

00:08:29only six days' notice.

00:08:30off a six-round TKO loss

00:08:32to former WBC heavyweight champ Oliver McCall

00:08:35over a year ago.

00:08:36He chose not to continue after round six.

00:08:39James Stanton inactive over a year,

00:08:52which he said was due to personal problems.

00:08:55Tonight, his third straight fight on short notice.

00:08:57But Bobby,

00:08:57he told us in our discussions with him yesterday

00:09:00that he was training to fight May 6th anyway,

00:09:04so he's in shape.

00:09:06Well, if he was training to fight May 6th

00:09:07and stayed in shape,

00:09:08then a day or two,

00:09:09there is no big difference, Steve.

00:09:11And he can move,

00:09:11he can box.

00:09:12If he is in shape,

00:09:13which he says he is,

00:09:14we could have as a great fight.

00:09:16Well, he feels that both his camp

00:09:18thinks he's not ready

00:09:19and they're looking past him.

00:09:21Botha told us

00:09:21he can't underestimate anybody

00:09:23because he wants to be number one

00:09:25in line to fight

00:09:26the winner of Holyfield, Tyson.

00:09:29Let's take a look at French Swabotha.

00:09:32There he is,

00:09:33the White Buffalo up.

00:09:34The impressive effort against Michael Moore.

00:09:35Some consider his fight

00:09:36with Axel Schultz a 95-0 contest.

00:09:39IVF considers it a win.

00:09:40So in some circles,

00:09:41he's 35-1 with one no contest.

00:09:43Listed here tonight, 36-1.

00:09:45That fight in Germany highly disputed,

00:09:48prompting a bottle-and-glass-throwing incident

00:09:51by angry fans,

00:09:52but no disputing both his courage

00:09:53when he met Moore this past November.

00:09:57In fact, Bobby,

00:09:59he said prior to that fight with Moore

00:10:01that this fight

00:10:03is going to give me

00:10:04a lot of credibility.

00:10:06Fans of the psychic hotline

00:10:07would love him for saying that.

00:10:09You know,

00:10:10they all say what they want to say.

00:10:12They all feel what they want to feel.

00:10:13Fans both have fought his heart

00:10:14out in the Michael Moore fight

00:10:15and raised his stock in a loss,

00:10:17which does not happen very often.

00:10:19So we know he has what it takes

00:10:20to beat the thick of things

00:10:22at that level,

00:10:23but again,

00:10:23Michael Moore

00:10:24is a nice type of fighter,

00:10:26so we need to see him

00:10:27against Moore and better heavyweights.

00:10:29How would you like

00:10:30to be wearing that outfit

00:10:31coming in here

00:10:32in this humidity?

00:10:33Steve,

00:10:34I'm sweating in the suit.

00:10:35You know,

00:10:36you'd look nice in that,

00:10:37by the way.

00:10:38It looks nice,

00:10:38but I probably wear his battery.

00:10:39Here he comes,

00:10:47Francois Botha,

00:10:48the white buffalo

00:10:50being urged on

00:10:51by his fiery trainer,

00:10:52Sterling McPherson,

00:10:53a former welterweight contender.

00:10:55He likes to psych up

00:10:56the low-key Botha

00:10:58in very demonstrative fashion.

00:11:00Oh, yes,

00:11:00you know,

00:11:00you listen to Sterling

00:11:01in the corner,

00:11:02it's a great fight of words.

00:11:03He likes to get his man motivated.

00:11:05He gets into the game.

00:11:06He pulls out no punches.

00:11:08He pulls out all the stuff.

00:11:10All right, Bobby,

00:11:10let's size him up

00:11:11as we check out

00:11:12the tail of the tape.

00:11:13Botha at 28,

00:11:14four years older than Stanton.

00:11:16That's the biggest disparity,

00:11:17otherwise very close.

00:11:18Both men are 6'2".

00:11:19Botha up from 224,

00:11:21his last fight,

00:11:22now 230 and a half.

00:11:24Stanton at 227,

00:11:2610 pounds heavier

00:11:26than his last fight,

00:11:28but that was over a year ago.

00:11:29The reach almost even.

00:11:31And the WBA rules

00:11:32for this regional championship,

00:11:34scoring under the

00:11:3510-point must system,

00:11:36three scoring judges,

00:11:37no standing eight count,

00:11:38free knockdown rule,

00:11:39is in effect.

00:11:40Only the referee

00:11:41can stop the fight.

00:11:41A fighter cannot be saved

00:11:42by the bell

00:11:43except in the last round.

00:11:44If an accidental foul

00:11:45occurs before the end

00:11:46of the fourth round,

00:11:47the fight is declared

00:11:47a technical draw.

00:11:49If it happens after

00:11:50the end of the fourth,

00:11:50they go to the scorecards.

00:11:52Incomplete rounds

00:11:52are not scored.

00:11:53So here at the Coconut Grove

00:11:55Convention Center in Florida,

00:11:57closing it on the WBA

00:11:58North American Heavyweight title

00:12:00between Franz Botha

00:12:01and James Stanton

00:12:02set for the formal introductions

00:12:03from our ring announcer,

00:12:05Jimmy Lennon Jr.

00:12:07Ladies and gentlemen,

00:12:09a very good evening to you,

00:12:10and we welcome you

00:12:11to the Coconut Grove

00:12:12Convention Center

00:12:13here in Coconut Grove,

00:12:15Florida.

00:12:16The Coconut Grove Convention Center

00:12:18here in Coconut Grove,

00:12:19Florida as we have

00:12:21a big night of action

00:12:23coming your way,

00:12:23and it's all brought to you

00:12:24by Don King Productions

00:12:26and St. Hyde's Gold.

00:12:28At this time,

00:12:29we present the Big Boys

00:12:31of Boxing,

00:12:32a 12-round heavyweight

00:12:33special attraction.

00:12:35This bout is sanctioned

00:12:36by the World Boxing

00:12:38Association, North America,

00:12:40President and Supervisor

00:12:42in Attendance,

00:12:43James J. Binns,

00:12:45along with the Florida

00:12:46State Athletic Commission.

00:12:48The chairman is Eric

00:12:49Riley.

00:12:50At this time,

00:12:51I introduce to you

00:12:52our judges scoring this bout

00:12:53from ringside,

00:12:54Herbert Earl,

00:12:56Hector Hernandez,

00:12:58and Bill Ray.

00:12:59Introducing to you

00:13:00our referee in charge

00:13:02of this bout,

00:13:03we have Jorge Alonso.

00:13:07All right, fans,

00:13:08here we go

00:13:09with the vacant WBA

00:13:10North American

00:13:11Heavyweight Championship

00:13:13scheduled for 12 rounds

00:13:15of boxing.

00:13:16Introducing to you

00:13:17first on my left,

00:13:19fighting out of the blue corner,

00:13:21wearing gold trunks

00:13:22with blue trim,

00:13:24hailing from the boxing-rich

00:13:26city of Philadelphia,

00:13:28Pennsylvania.

00:13:30Weighing in at 227 pounds,

00:13:33his record stands

00:13:34at 16 wins,

00:13:36two losses,

00:13:37with eight wins.

00:13:39Coming by way of knockout,

00:13:41introducing James,

00:13:42James House of Payne Stanton.

00:13:50And his opponent

00:13:51across the ring

00:13:52on my right,

00:13:53fighting out of the red corner,

00:13:55this vacant 12-round bout,

00:13:57wearing black trunks

00:13:58with white trim

00:13:59from Pretoria,

00:14:00South Africa,

00:14:02now fighting out

00:14:03of Newport Beach,

00:14:04California.

00:14:05Weighing in at 230

00:14:07and one-half pounds,

00:14:09his record includes

00:14:1036 wins,

00:14:12one defeat,

00:14:1321 wins,

00:14:15coming by way of knockout.

00:14:17Here is the former

00:14:18IBF Heavyweight Champion

00:14:20of the world,

00:14:21currently ranked

00:14:22the number two contender

00:14:23by the WBA,

00:14:25introducing the white buffalo,

00:14:28Francois Boulka.

00:14:31And once again,

00:14:37referee in charge,

00:14:38Jorge Alonso,

00:14:40now to give instructions.

00:14:42Gentlemen,

00:14:42I'm giving instructions

00:14:43at the weigh-in,

00:14:44I'm giving instructions

00:14:45in the dressing rooms.

00:14:46Let me remind you,

00:14:47protect yourself

00:14:48at all times

00:14:49and obey my commands

00:14:50at all times.

00:14:51I will expect

00:14:51and I will demand

00:14:52a clean fight.

00:14:54You're here to fight,

00:14:55I'm here to enforce

00:14:55the rules of boxing.

00:14:56Let's have a clean fight,

00:14:57touch gloves.

00:14:59Back to your corners.

00:15:01Francois Boulka

00:15:06obviously not

00:15:07with the rib sculpted body,

00:15:09but he has heavy hands,

00:15:11good strength and power,

00:15:12fought bravely,

00:15:12wouldn't get exhausted

00:15:13against Michael Moore

00:15:14in the later rounds.

00:15:16Fought on guts and instinct

00:15:17and here is James Stanton

00:15:19hasn't fought,

00:15:20as Ferdy mentioned,

00:15:21in 412 days to be exact,

00:15:23looking to bounce back

00:15:24after a disappointing

00:15:25fight with Oliver McCall,

00:15:27which he said

00:15:28was due to personal problems.

00:15:29Stanton stopped fighting

00:15:30after,

00:15:30after six rounds.

00:15:32Number one,

00:15:32what does this title mean?

00:15:34It's a, you know,

00:15:35meaningless title

00:15:36and number two,

00:15:38what does it mean?

00:15:39What is the significance

00:15:40if both beats

00:15:41an unrated guy like Stanton?

00:15:44There's no real significance here.

00:15:45It's a, you know,

00:15:45it's a title,

00:15:46it sounds nice,

00:15:47it's another reason

00:15:47to charge somebody

00:15:48a sanctioned fee,

00:15:49but it's not really

00:15:50a worthwhile title

00:15:51and doesn't really mean anything.

00:15:52Yeah, we've gotten out

00:15:53of the world of boxing

00:15:54and into the world

00:15:54of show business.

00:15:55It's entertainment

00:15:56when you start giving out

00:15:57the titles like that.

00:15:58It's meaningless.

00:15:59But what happens

00:16:00if he loses both of it,

00:16:02that's meaningful.

00:16:03What happens if he wins well,

00:16:04that's meaningful

00:16:04because he's in life

00:16:06as big money.

00:16:07All right,

00:16:08in the world of technical,

00:16:10both have told us

00:16:11he'll feel out to Stanton

00:16:12in the first round

00:16:13and move forward.

00:16:14He feels as soon

00:16:14as he touches Stanton,

00:16:16it'll be the beginning

00:16:17of the end.

00:16:18He said he watched

00:16:19tapes of Stanton,

00:16:20told us he moves well,

00:16:22but he's more show

00:16:23than substance,

00:16:24won't be able to take

00:16:24the heat.

00:16:26And also pointed out,

00:16:28as we know,

00:16:29that he had some difficulty

00:16:30with his heart

00:16:31against McCall.

00:16:33Heart as in courage.

00:16:34Well, I'll tell you,

00:16:35right now,

00:16:35Stanton is not moving.

00:16:36He's stepping to Franz Botha,

00:16:38keeping his hands tight,

00:16:39pretty good defense,

00:16:41throwing a couple body shots

00:16:42and sticking the jab,

00:16:43stuffing it up

00:16:43the middle a little bit,

00:16:44but he's not moving.

00:16:45Botha right now,

00:16:46a little more effective,

00:16:46but not a lot of action.

00:16:48But not what he said.

00:16:49He said he's going to move,

00:16:50he's going to box.

00:16:51Stanton said he was going

00:16:52to show him some boxing

00:16:53because this guy didn't know

00:16:54how to take movement.

00:16:55Well, there's no movement.

00:16:56He's right in front of him.

00:16:57That's his idea of movement.

00:16:59Ain't going to work.

00:17:00But I'll tell you what,

00:17:01he has a nice right

00:17:01hand and a body idea.

00:17:03At least he started

00:17:04a couple shots in there.

00:17:05Because if you look,

00:17:06I mean, you look at Franz's body,

00:17:07he's okay,

00:17:07this is not a very well-conditioned

00:17:09tummy area.

00:17:10Well, he's got the spare tire,

00:17:12he said for the first time

00:17:13in his life.

00:17:13He's working with weights,

00:17:14trying to build up his chest

00:17:16a little bit.

00:17:17Stanton told us he'll box Botha

00:17:19until he can seize the opportunity.

00:17:21He'll jab, throw body shots,

00:17:23throw from angles.

00:17:24He said Botha doesn't have

00:17:25the endurance,

00:17:26generally weakens

00:17:27in the later rounds,

00:17:29fights in spurts,

00:17:30and that he loads up.

00:17:31Well, we saw what happened

00:17:32in the later rounds

00:17:33when he was utterly exhausted

00:17:34against Michael Moore.

00:17:35His punches were still

00:17:37pretty powerful.

00:17:38He's punching hard right now.

00:17:40Those last two or three shots

00:17:41were hard.

00:17:42He wants to put that hurt

00:17:44on him than he said

00:17:44in the first round.

00:17:45So far, he's done all right.

00:17:47He's not huge,

00:17:48but he's done all right.

00:17:49Botha's definitely

00:17:50got the heavier hands

00:17:51of the two.

00:17:51Stanton, not a big puncher,

00:17:53but he's not using range

00:17:54and some good movement

00:17:55because he's obviously

00:17:56a better move,

00:17:57a better boxer.

00:17:57Botha will not get

00:17:58on the outside

00:17:59and start dancing,

00:18:00whereas Stanton can.

00:18:01He's not fighting

00:18:02the best fight he can.

00:18:03No, he's not doing

00:18:04what he said he was going

00:18:04to do.

00:18:05He's abandoned all that,

00:18:06and that may be

00:18:07because it's 412 days away

00:18:08from when he danced

00:18:09the last time

00:18:10and he didn't dance

00:18:10botha said he has to win

00:18:14and look good

00:18:15in the process.

00:18:16He's worked on his movement,

00:18:17his defense

00:18:17since the Moura fight

00:18:19back in November.

00:18:21As we head for the bell

00:18:23in round one,

00:18:24scheduled 412.

00:18:26Well, right now,

00:18:27let's revisit

00:18:27Franz Botha's last fight

00:18:29versus Michael Moore

00:18:30for the IBF heavyweight crown

00:18:31when there was almost

00:18:33as much action

00:18:34in the corners

00:18:35as there was

00:18:37in the fight.

00:18:44You give me three more rounds,

00:18:46you're going to win the fight.

00:18:48Do you think you're

00:18:48going three more rounds?

00:18:49You go all day in the gym.

00:18:51Now be quiet.

00:18:53You don't want to fight no more.

00:18:55I swear to God,

00:18:56I will have this man

00:18:57stop the fight

00:18:58if you don't want to fight.

00:18:59Wake up.

00:19:00Wake up.

00:19:00Don't go to street, Arnold.

00:19:01We got a title to win,

00:19:03God damn it.

00:19:03With a little son.

00:19:05Now we'll be told

00:19:06that his son beat Hollyfield.

00:19:07We'll be told

00:19:08he's being forced

00:19:09to a guy named Bulkner.

00:19:10Hey, champion.

00:19:11God damn it,

00:19:12you said you wanted this money.

00:19:13You said you wanted this title.

00:19:15Here.

00:19:16Go, steal it away.

00:19:27Yes, the odd couple,

00:19:28now the split couple

00:19:30after the fight.

00:19:30Teddy Atlas announced

00:19:32he was leaving

00:19:32the Moira camp.

00:19:34And Sterling McPherson,

00:19:35who describes himself

00:19:36as passionate,

00:19:37very animated

00:19:39in the ear of Franz Bogen.

00:19:40He reminds me of

00:19:41in Ali's corner.

00:19:44You have a poet

00:19:45of the street.

00:19:45This guy can really

00:19:46come up with words.

00:19:47I mean, he's wonderful,

00:19:48Sterling McPherson,

00:19:49in the corner.

00:19:50All right, round two.

00:19:51And down goes Stanton.

00:19:53Out of nowhere,

00:19:54it's not being ruled

00:19:55as a knockdown.

00:19:55No, he kind of grabbed him

00:19:56by the head

00:19:57and pulled him down.

00:19:58He was ducking,

00:19:59trying to throw a body shot,

00:20:00and Bother just

00:20:00booked him by his ear

00:20:01and tossed him to the ground.

00:20:04Bother said,

00:20:04no matter what he hears

00:20:05or what people tell him,

00:20:06he cannot underestimate

00:20:07Stanton because he wants

00:20:09to get in line

00:20:10for a big payday.

00:20:14Meanwhile, Stanton

00:20:15says the key here

00:20:16is that the Bother

00:20:17camp is looking past him.

00:20:20He has been sparring

00:20:21with the Cruiserweight champ,

00:20:23Nate Miller.

00:20:25That's Stanton.

00:20:26Certainly not the right style

00:20:28to get geared up

00:20:28for both of them,

00:20:29but Nate Miller,

00:20:30an excellent fighter.

00:20:31He's strong Cruiserweight,

00:20:33not even in the same weight class.

00:20:34He said against Miller

00:20:36and Cruiserweight,

00:20:36you've got to use speed

00:20:37and quickness

00:20:38and you can't load up.

00:20:39Right here,

00:20:39he's fighting a plotting

00:20:41type of a guy

00:20:42in Franz Bother.

00:20:44And speed and quickness

00:20:45are both missing.

00:20:46I haven't seen either one yet

00:20:47from Stanton.

00:20:50Speeding quickness

00:20:50won't be the same one.

00:20:52Went a little faster

00:20:53than the other one.

00:20:55The methodical Francois Bother

00:20:57rated number four

00:20:58by the WBA.

00:21:00Nice combination

00:21:01by Stan.

00:21:02Left and right to the body,

00:21:04came up top

00:21:04with a nice right-handed

00:21:05nicked off the head

00:21:06of the White Buffalo,

00:21:07but no real damage

00:21:09apparently.

00:21:10Stanton unrated

00:21:1116-2

00:21:12with eight knockouts.

00:21:13First shot

00:21:14at a title of any kind.

00:21:17Stanton's getting hit

00:21:18a lot, Bobby.

00:21:19I mean, you know,

00:21:19they're not big shots,

00:21:21but he's getting hit a lot

00:21:22right in the head.

00:21:22He's covering a fair amount

00:21:25in there for some

00:21:26of the stuff's glazing

00:21:27and glancing off the punches.

00:21:29Not really landing clean,

00:21:31but he's got to fire back.

00:21:32See, that's what he's got to do.

00:21:33He's got to immediately

00:21:34when he gets in here,

00:21:35dig that uppercut up.

00:21:35Throw a right hand behind him.

00:21:37One or two punches

00:21:37won't get it done

00:21:38on either side of the fence here.

00:21:40Right here.

00:21:41Yeah, both are looking

00:21:42to measure Stanton out

00:21:43with that left jab.

00:21:45Looking to follow it

00:21:46with the right.

00:21:47It's a much better round

00:21:50than the first Stanton.

00:21:52He's not winning the round yet,

00:21:54but he's pulling it closer.

00:21:56At least he's fighting.

00:21:57He's making a fight out of this.

00:21:59I saw some tapes

00:21:59as Stanton has a tendency

00:22:01to hit low.

00:22:02We'll see if that occurs

00:22:03here in this fight.

00:22:04Basically, a straight-up,

00:22:05straight-in fighter.

00:22:06Nothing too fancy.

00:22:07Not much side-to-side.

00:22:09Does have strength.

00:22:11I've both been aware

00:22:12in their trunks really low.

00:22:13It's the first time I've seen

00:22:14both fighters.

00:22:15You can see their belly buttons.

00:22:16I mean, they're low.

00:22:17Both trunks.

00:22:18Straight right hand

00:22:19just out of the reach

00:22:21of both his face

00:22:21by Stanton.

00:22:26Now listen to me, champion.

00:22:32When you're pulling out

00:22:33with this guy,

00:22:33you're getting your hands...

00:22:34You're putting your...

00:22:35You're dropping your hands

00:22:36underneath, okay?

00:22:37Now let me tell you something.

00:22:38You're overshooting

00:22:39your right hand, right?

00:22:40You're overshooting

00:22:41your right hand.

00:22:42Aim at his chest.

00:22:43Don't aim at it.

00:22:44Don't aim at the head.

00:22:45Let's get a towel

00:22:45under that water.

00:22:46Now listen to me.

00:22:49When you're missing

00:22:50with your right hand,

00:22:51give me a left uppercut.

00:22:52He's right there.

00:22:53All right?

00:22:54But you can't.

00:22:56Here you see the little slip.

00:22:57It's not really even a slip.

00:22:58It's almost like a pull

00:22:58to the ground.

00:22:59So he just kind of like

00:22:59hooks him behind the head

00:23:00and throws him to the ground.

00:23:02Flamination, slip-off, bounce, pull.

00:23:04You can't...

00:23:06Later, we see that Stanton

00:23:07dig into the...

00:23:08This is the series Bobby pointed out.

00:23:10Work to the body

00:23:11and then go over to the head,

00:23:12but then he let it go.

00:23:14He just, you know,

00:23:15it fomphered away

00:23:16into nothing.

00:23:18Again, in the corner,

00:23:20Sterling McPherson.

00:23:21I wish we could hear him all along.

00:23:22He's like Boudini.

00:23:22Just one machine gun

00:23:24funny thing after another.

00:23:25Would be amazing

00:23:27if Bothe's wearing earplugs.

00:23:30Round three.

00:23:31Stanton's best combination

00:23:32came a minute 35

00:23:34into round two.

00:23:35And though he was effective

00:23:36at times,

00:23:36it might have been...

00:23:37Might not have been enough

00:23:38to win the round for him.

00:23:42Franz Bothe over the top,

00:23:43missing.

00:23:44On the right.

00:23:45There's a combination by Bothe.

00:23:49On the attack board.

00:23:50More impressive now.

00:23:51Bothe shakes his head

00:23:52at Stanton,

00:23:53saying,

00:23:54you don't have it.

00:23:55My friend.

00:23:56You know, the shame in this

00:23:57is that Bothe gives the appearance

00:23:59of being lethargic

00:24:00and almost tired.

00:24:01It's only the third round.

00:24:02I'm sure he's not tired

00:24:03and out of shape.

00:24:04He gives the appearance of that.

00:24:06He comes in slow, laborsome.

00:24:07One or two big shots,

00:24:08holds inside.

00:24:09He's not an exciting fighter

00:24:11and he's not very busy.

00:24:12And that's going to be

00:24:13a very big problem for him

00:24:14as he steps up in class.

00:24:15And he does telegraph

00:24:16those right hands.

00:24:17He loads up.

00:24:20And you can see it coming

00:24:21from a long distance away.

00:24:25Well, there have always been

00:24:27those strange heavyweights

00:24:28that somehow...

00:24:29Oh, Stanton's in trouble.

00:24:30He goes down,

00:24:31blood streaking from his mouth.

00:24:34Well, he got a wicked combination

00:24:35to the head.

00:24:36He's got a good lead right there,

00:24:37I think a bust of his nose.

00:24:39It's something in the eye

00:24:40of Buster's nose.

00:24:40Oh.

00:24:41He is in dire trouble.

00:24:44He says he's all right

00:24:45to referee George Alonso,

00:24:47but he may be on his last legs.

00:24:50James Stanton down a minute five

00:24:52into round three.

00:24:54And this could be

00:24:55the beginning of the end.

00:24:56Well, a lot of time

00:24:57left in the zone.

00:24:58Now you see him moving too,

00:24:59Ferdy.

00:24:59Now he's moving like

00:25:00he was supposed to earlier.

00:25:01Albedee's not punching,

00:25:02but he is showing you

00:25:03some legwork.

00:25:04Out of urgency, I think.

00:25:07Botha now digging

00:25:08to the body

00:25:09with the right uppercut.

00:25:10Right, right.

00:25:10You see Botha

00:25:11winds up with that right hand

00:25:12so much that you can see

00:25:13it coming.

00:25:14Certainly you can block it.

00:25:15If one or two get through, sure,

00:25:16but you've got to block

00:25:17the majority of those

00:25:18are just so obvious.

00:25:23Botha continues to land

00:25:24to the body

00:25:26and to the head.

00:25:27It's a one-way fight here.

00:25:29It's just survival here.

00:25:31He's trying to make it

00:25:32to the belt,

00:25:33which isn't going to help

00:25:33anyway.

00:25:35Stanton's corner telling you

00:25:36to step around.

00:25:37Keep your hands up.

00:25:38Keep jabbing.

00:25:40Keep working.

00:25:40Keep moving.

00:25:43They told him

00:25:43it's a 15-round fight.

00:25:45Okay, I thought that

00:25:46went by the boards

00:25:48a few years ago.

00:25:49It's a 12-round fight

00:25:50as far as I know.

00:25:51I've never heard

00:25:51of a 15-round fight

00:25:52in modern times.

00:25:55Nice right hand there

00:25:56by both.

00:25:56He's starting to get home

00:25:57with it.

00:25:58Stanton's just doing

00:25:58one thing and that's cover.

00:25:59He's not upping up

00:26:00any punches back.

00:26:01Well, Stanton is now

00:26:02a human punching bag

00:26:04to use a boxing cliché.

00:26:06And Franz Botha

00:26:07talking to Stanton

00:26:08while he is issuing

00:26:10this relentless attack.

00:26:12Stanton's seen the recover.

00:26:13Beautiful, beautiful

00:26:14counter left hook.

00:26:15He just landed

00:26:16on the chin

00:26:17of Franz Botha,

00:26:18but certainly too little

00:26:18in this round

00:26:19and way too late.

00:26:22Oh, what a nice uppercut.

00:26:23Look at that, Stanton

00:26:24with a straight right.

00:26:27That set Botha

00:26:28sprawling back

00:26:29and Botha

00:26:30had something to say

00:26:30to him as the bell

00:26:31sounded.

00:26:31I am okay.

00:26:32Find something.

00:26:33Let's go.

00:26:33Just some tape.

00:26:37You better listen to me.

00:26:38Now, you took everything

00:26:39this fucking guy had.

00:26:40Everything he had.

00:26:42You understand what I'm saying?

00:26:43Now it's time for you

00:26:43to start turning the shots in.

00:26:45Take your time,

00:26:46keep stepping,

00:26:46turn the shots in.

00:26:47Stop moving to your left.

00:26:49Move to your right.

00:26:50You understand?

00:26:52I know.

00:26:52Keep right.

00:26:54Let's take a look

00:26:54at that knockdown.

00:26:56It happened with suddenness

00:26:57because the right hand

00:26:58bounced right off his nose

00:27:01and down he went.

00:27:02He looked like

00:27:02he was pawing at his eye,

00:27:04but it may well be

00:27:05that he broke his nose.

00:27:06He certainly got hit right there.

00:27:09At the end of the round,

00:27:10you'll see Stanton

00:27:10who had thrown no punch,

00:27:11bang, with a big left hook

00:27:12where he opened up

00:27:13and he starts firing back,

00:27:15digging to the body,

00:27:15whipping hooks over the top.

00:27:16He was trying.

00:27:19At the very end of the round,

00:27:20he comes right back.

00:27:22It's as if he's saying,

00:27:22well, look,

00:27:23you've been beating me

00:27:23all the time now.

00:27:24Let me get a couple shots

00:27:25in to remind you

00:27:26this ain't over.

00:27:27Time!

00:27:29Time!

00:27:29Time being called

00:27:30by George Alonso.

00:27:32Yeah.

00:27:32There's some tape dangling

00:27:33from the...

00:27:34From both gloves.

00:27:35From both...

00:27:36The gloves?

00:27:36Yeah, he should have

00:27:37fixed them before

00:27:37and he should have

00:27:38fixed them in that 60 seconds.

00:27:39Well, let's give the guy

00:27:40credit.

00:27:41While he may have not

00:27:42displayed much heart

00:27:43in the Oliver McCall fight,

00:27:45he showed it in round three

00:27:46toward the end.

00:27:48Stanton showing life.

00:27:49They still work on the gloves.

00:27:51But the knockdown 105 in

00:27:53really cost him,

00:27:54so a 10-8 round

00:27:55in both his favor,

00:27:57you would think.

00:27:59Well, you know,

00:27:59he had the...

00:28:00Yeah, he had the strings,

00:28:01the tape hanging early

00:28:03in the last round,

00:28:04but the ref never saw it

00:28:05and it would have given

00:28:06Stanton a much bigger rest

00:28:07at a time when he needed

00:28:08it more.

00:28:09Well, at least Stanton

00:28:11kind of put to rest

00:28:11that dog tag that he got

00:28:14by quitting on air

00:28:16against...

00:28:17Dog tag, very good.

00:28:19Well, he's a magic

00:28:21magician, no words.

00:28:23Round number four.

00:28:25Watch that elbow.

00:28:28Sterling, in his great way,

00:28:30he said,

00:28:30don't scare this guy

00:28:31or else he'll start

00:28:32barking in the first round.

00:28:33That's the greatest line

00:28:34of the weigh-in.

00:28:36Don't scare him.

00:28:36He'll start barking.

00:28:38Sterling always had

00:28:39a way with words.

00:28:40All the words in the world.

00:28:42Never win the fight,

00:28:42though, fellas.

00:28:43Through.

00:28:44It's James Stanton

00:28:46unloading

00:28:47downstairs and upstairs

00:28:48on Franz Botha.

00:28:50Botha, again,

00:28:50has words for Stanton,

00:28:52but he better start

00:28:53fighting back.

00:28:54See, Botha probably

00:28:54has the better chin

00:28:55of the two

00:28:56and is also

00:28:56the bigger puncher

00:28:57of the two,

00:28:58but he can clearly

00:28:59be outpointed

00:29:00and Stanton hustles

00:29:01and Botha hasn't

00:29:02trained properly.

00:29:05All right,

00:29:06now he's out

00:29:06so far ahead

00:29:07that he's got to do

00:29:07a whole lot of fighting

00:29:08to catch him.

00:29:09Oh, a straight right hand

00:29:11there by Botha

00:29:11to the head of Stanton.

00:29:12Puts his hands down

00:29:13and yells something

00:29:15at Botha.

00:29:15A war of words

00:29:16going on in the ring.

00:29:18Stop!

00:29:18Mike, hey,

00:29:20watch that heading

00:29:20behind the head.

00:29:22Hitting behind the head

00:29:23warning to Stanton.

00:29:24Oh.

00:29:25Wild swing

00:29:25and a miss

00:29:26on an uppercut

00:29:26by Botha.

00:29:27That could have ended it.

00:29:28That was a golf swing.

00:29:29Good.

00:29:30Wow, what was that?

00:29:31An uppercut is usually

00:29:32a counterpunch

00:29:33or a punch thrown

00:29:34on the inside.

00:29:35It's not a lead

00:29:36from that far out.

00:29:37Yeah, when you do it,

00:29:38you really look bad

00:29:39because it arcs

00:29:40off into space.

00:29:43Leaning left jab

00:29:44there by Stanton

00:29:45really bothering Botha

00:29:47and those punches

00:29:48are landing.

00:29:49Okay, well,

00:29:50this is clearly

00:29:50Stanton's best round.

00:29:51He's landed

00:29:51some good clean bows

00:29:52and Botha

00:29:53has missed

00:29:54with a few

00:29:54some arms he's hitting.

00:29:56Sure, he's landed a few

00:29:57but Stanton having a better

00:29:58straight right hand

00:29:59overhand right there

00:30:00by Stanton

00:30:01and Botha fighting

00:30:02as if he is not

00:30:03taking Stanton seriously

00:30:04and Stanton showing

00:30:05Botha no respect.

00:30:07Now you see he was

00:30:08backing up.

00:30:09Botha's on the retreat

00:30:09a little bit.

00:30:10Stanton just covering up

00:30:11and walking to him.

00:30:12Stanton double over

00:30:14from those body shots.

00:30:16Botha continues

00:30:17to unload

00:30:18to the head

00:30:19of Stanton.

00:30:20Stanton in a little bit

00:30:22of difficulty right here

00:30:23I would say.

00:30:25Let's go.

00:30:25To be facetious.

00:30:29Stanton with little

00:30:31or no defense.

00:30:35Well, Stanton had a shot

00:30:36there and it was

00:30:37a nice one.

00:30:38He fought back.

00:30:39He fought back

00:30:39nobly but

00:30:40he really got cream

00:30:41in the last 30 seconds.

00:30:43And then he comes back

00:30:43again at the end

00:30:44of the round

00:30:45and he's landing

00:30:45repeatedly.

00:30:46I'll tell you what

00:30:47this is as close

00:30:48a round as Stanton's

00:30:49had so far

00:30:50he might have even

00:30:50drew it to even

00:30:51with that last barrage.

00:30:54What are you taking

00:31:00unnecessary shots for?

00:31:02Give me some water, Jimmy.

00:31:03You're taking

00:31:04unnecessary shots

00:31:05for no reason.

00:31:06Give me a deep one.

00:31:07Get it up.

00:31:07Come on.

00:31:09You'll get a fucking guy

00:31:10dead in front of you

00:31:11and then you let him

00:31:12hit you back.

00:31:13Come on.

00:31:15Stick your jab press.

00:31:16Use your jab.

00:31:18Use your jab.

00:31:19You understand?

00:31:20When you hurt the guy

00:31:20use your jab.

00:31:22And look for shots.

00:31:23You hear what I'm saying

00:31:24to you?

00:31:25You hear me?

00:31:26Keep your hands up.

00:31:27All right.

00:31:27Come on.

00:31:28Give me some grease here.

00:31:29Come on.

00:31:30Give me some grease.

00:31:32All right.

00:31:33Here's where Stanton

00:31:34starts.

00:31:34Stanton off.

00:31:35Now that's a right hand.

00:31:36That's a classic.

00:31:37Way over and it hit him

00:31:38right on the jaw.

00:31:39And back he comes

00:31:40for more punishment.

00:31:41That was maybe,

00:31:43maybe the best.

00:31:44Later in the round,

00:31:44Stan trying to close it out

00:31:45again.

00:31:46You see it right and the left

00:31:47and then right up the middle

00:31:48and then over the top.

00:31:49Mixing his punches

00:31:50under, over, around,

00:31:51looping straight,

00:31:52getting through,

00:31:53being effective.

00:31:54I think he drew that round

00:31:55to an even round.

00:31:56I gave him an even round

00:31:57because between those

00:31:58two exchanges,

00:31:59he got butter.

00:31:59This fight reminds me

00:32:01of the old American

00:32:01Basketball Association.

00:32:03No defense.

00:32:05You would know.

00:32:06You would know.

00:32:07Stanton rocked Botha.

00:32:0950 seconds in,

00:32:10but Botha stepped back

00:32:12and started taunting

00:32:13James Stanton.

00:32:13Round four,

00:32:14a tough one to score.

00:32:15Stanton's best round.

00:32:16No, no, no, no, no, no.

00:32:17You know,

00:32:17every one of Botha's fights

00:32:18he looks like he's gonna die

00:32:19around four.

00:32:20It's the fifth round

00:32:21in the corner.

00:32:21He looks so tired.

00:32:22He just ran into

00:32:23a good left hook,

00:32:24did Botha.

00:32:25Stanton landed it very cleanly.

00:32:27Stanton fighting with

00:32:28a lot of confidence here.

00:32:31All of a sudden

00:32:31as Botha turns

00:32:32Stanton around

00:32:33and takes another step back

00:32:35and then throws a combo.

00:32:39Remember Bobby,

00:32:40when he was boxing,

00:32:40he was beating Oliver McCall.

00:32:42I mean,

00:32:42he was doing good

00:32:43with Oliver McCall.

00:32:44McCall came out

00:32:44very strong early

00:32:45then Stanton backed off

00:32:46and won a couple rounds

00:32:47boxing,

00:32:47but then just couldn't

00:32:48deal with the pressure

00:32:49and he succumbed

00:32:50to the power.

00:32:51His biggest win

00:32:52is a decision

00:32:52over Anthony Woodis.

00:32:54Six-round decision

00:32:55over John Kaiser

00:32:56on the Holmes-McCall

00:32:57undercard in 95.

00:33:00Biggest fight,

00:33:00of course,

00:33:01was against McCall.

00:33:02But he just stopped

00:33:03fighting after the sixth.

00:33:05He has not stopped here.

00:33:08See right there

00:33:09when he makes that move

00:33:10and cuts off that punch,

00:33:11he's got to fire up

00:33:12at the uppercuture.

00:33:13Botha's open

00:33:14on the inside for him.

00:33:15He's got to use it.

00:33:16One knockdown

00:33:17of the fight.

00:33:17Stanton to the canvas,

00:33:19a minute five

00:33:19into round three.

00:33:21We were talking

00:33:21a minute ago

00:33:22about how strange

00:33:22some heavyweights look,

00:33:24Tony Galando.

00:33:24Different kind of

00:33:25streaky,

00:33:26crazy-looking fighters.

00:33:27But Botha always

00:33:28looks exhausted.

00:33:29He always looks like

00:33:29discombobulated

00:33:30after about the fifth round,

00:33:31but he still stands here

00:33:32and fights.

00:33:37Shots here being blocked

00:33:38by Franz Botha

00:33:40slapping,

00:33:41throwing left

00:33:42inside by Stanton.

00:33:44She Botha digs

00:33:45little shots up

00:33:45on inside,

00:33:46tries to get some points

00:33:47with it,

00:33:47but they're not real effective.

00:33:48That punch is not real effective.

00:33:50There's no real power

00:33:50behind it.

00:33:51They're resorting

00:33:52to a big slap play.

00:33:56Stanton out of

00:33:56North Philadelphia,

00:33:57PA.

00:33:58Less than a minute

00:33:58to go on round five.

00:33:59There's a shot.

00:34:00A straight right hand,

00:34:01a right cross,

00:34:02sort of,

00:34:02by Stanton.

00:34:03Straight on the head.

00:34:05Another one

00:34:06by Stanton.

00:34:07Well, he's just

00:34:07teeing off, Rudy.

00:34:08Has there ever been

00:34:09a fighter that can't hit

00:34:10Botha with a right hand?

00:34:11It seems like he just

00:34:12doesn't know what to do

00:34:13with a right hand.

00:34:14Everybody hits him.

00:34:15Oh, my God.

00:34:18Franz Botha's

00:34:19the type of fighter

00:34:19who's very gutty,

00:34:20very durable,

00:34:22will come at you

00:34:22and dog you,

00:34:23be physical with you,

00:34:24tire you out that way.

00:34:25And he always looks tired,

00:34:26but he's always throwing,

00:34:27even when he's exhausting

00:34:28as old Michael Moore.

00:34:29He'll still fire

00:34:30and still be effective.

00:34:32They have also

00:34:33a straight right hand

00:34:34by Botha.

00:34:35And a good counter

00:34:35by Stanton.

00:34:38These guys are going

00:34:38at it pretty good now.

00:34:40I'll tell you what,

00:34:40right now,

00:34:41Stanton's winning this round.

00:34:43I think we can all

00:34:45stay pleasantly surprised

00:34:46at the action here

00:34:47in this call feature.

00:34:49That was blocked by Botha,

00:34:50but here comes Stanton

00:34:51following up

00:34:53with a barrage.

00:34:55Stanton's round.

00:34:56Definitely so.

00:35:00Come on, man.

00:35:01You're giving this guy

00:35:01all the encouragement

00:35:02in the world,

00:35:03Francois.

00:35:03You're not tired,

00:35:04are you?

00:35:05Huh?

00:35:06Come on.

00:35:07Take a deep breath.

00:35:08Come on.

00:35:09You're looking like

00:35:10a goddamn amateur out there.

00:35:12Did you get the mouthpiece?

00:35:14Come on.

00:35:14Deep breath.

00:35:15You're letting this guy

00:35:16hit you with shots.

00:35:17Why are you doing that,

00:35:18champ?

00:35:18Come on.

00:35:21Come on, champ.

00:35:22Talk to me.

00:35:23You better do your job.

00:35:25Come on.

00:35:25How you doing, baby?

00:35:26You're going to have

00:35:27him out whenever

00:35:27you want to.

00:35:27Deep breath.

00:35:28Listen to me, man.

00:35:29We need Dr. Manners

00:35:29right there for you

00:35:30to bang on.

00:35:31You understand what I'm saying?

00:35:32You're looking to come up

00:35:33on the guy.

00:35:34Get your jab working.

00:35:35You got a good damn jab,

00:35:36you're going to use it,

00:35:38or you're going to stand

00:35:38right there

00:35:39and let him walk in through you.

00:35:40Measure out for him

00:35:40right here in that floor.

00:35:41All night long.

00:35:43Stand with your jab.

00:35:44Get it working.

00:35:47Great green spike.

00:35:49Let's go.

00:35:50Let's go.

00:35:53That's what you call

00:35:54a scream-off

00:35:55between Sterling McPherson

00:35:57and Freddie Jenkins

00:35:58in their respective corners.

00:35:59Again, the tape problem

00:36:01here in Stanton's corner.

00:36:02Interestingly enough,

00:36:03both corners are saying

00:36:04that the fighters use your jab

00:36:05before you go to the right end.

00:36:06It's gone at all.

00:36:07Find them with your jab,

00:36:08then go to the right end.

00:36:08Both corners are saying that

00:36:09and neither guy

00:36:10is japping at all.

00:36:11And Sterling is right

00:36:13because he's making Stanton

00:36:14fight bravely.

00:36:16Yeah, it's a possibility

00:36:17that the serious humidity

00:36:19in this area

00:36:19is just not allowing

00:36:20that tape to stick,

00:36:21but both of them

00:36:22seem to have better tape.

00:36:23Good rounds,

00:36:24four and five by Stanton

00:36:25as we head into round six,

00:36:27scheduled for 12.

00:36:28And they both come out

00:36:29using the jabs.

00:36:30Yeah.

00:36:30Now, well,

00:36:31they've been screamed at enough.

00:36:33They should at least try it.

00:36:35The crowd here

00:36:36cheering for the underdog.

00:36:38Good right uppercut

00:36:39by Stanton.

00:36:39See, there you saw

00:36:40Stanton rock

00:36:40with the right hand,

00:36:41block it,

00:36:41and then take that right uppercut

00:36:42like I spoke about earlier.

00:36:44It was effective.

00:36:44It was right there,

00:36:45bang, right on Botha's chin.

00:36:47That's what he needs to do.

00:36:48And then follow with the left hook.

00:36:51You know, Bobby,

00:36:51what we talk about so much

00:36:52in judging,

00:36:54effective punching,

00:36:55you know,

00:36:55as you pointed out.

00:36:56Stanton doubling up

00:36:57and then just running away

00:36:59with that overhand right

00:37:01that connected

00:37:02to the jaw of Botha.

00:37:05To finish the statement,

00:37:06Bobby, you're pointing out

00:37:07he's punching,

00:37:08but not effectively Botha.

00:37:09I mean,

00:37:09you see him punch,

00:37:11but he's not landing that much.

00:37:12No, he's just throwing

00:37:13a punch out there.

00:37:13He's kind of shoveling them

00:37:14almost,

00:37:14just pushing them out there

00:37:15with his body.

00:37:16And there you saw

00:37:17a bright-handed attempt

00:37:18to the body.

00:37:19Raising shot.

00:37:20Not effective.

00:37:21Well, not exactly

00:37:22what you'd call

00:37:23a finesse-fest

00:37:24here in Coconut Grove,

00:37:26but the fans are into it.

00:37:27They want to see an upset here.

00:37:30And Stanton comes out

00:37:30with a straight right

00:37:31to the head.

00:37:32And Franz Botha

00:37:33showing the good chin again.

00:37:35He both has a good chin.

00:37:36And Stanton's not

00:37:36a one-punch knockout artist.

00:37:38He's probably not going

00:37:39to get both out of there

00:37:40with any one shot.

00:37:41He needs to be working

00:37:42for a cumulative type effect.

00:37:44Well, the eight knockouts

00:37:45and his 16 wins

00:37:46for Stanton

00:37:46and the goal,

00:37:48the goal trunks.

00:37:51The fashionable goal trunks.

00:37:56Stanton just keeps punching,

00:37:58a little holding and hitting,

00:38:00and referee George Alonso

00:38:01gets in there.

00:38:04Now look at Stanton

00:38:05taunting both of them.

00:38:06He'd better be careful.

00:38:08Not wise,

00:38:09as he nearly goes

00:38:10right through the ropes.

00:38:11Derriere first.

00:38:13There goes something

00:38:14that was not the mouthpiece,

00:38:15it was just some tape

00:38:16or something.

00:38:16Piece of tape.

00:38:17That's all.

00:38:17That bad tape

00:38:18we were talking about.

00:38:19Right.

00:38:20Well, I better go

00:38:21to the other corner

00:38:22and borrow some tape

00:38:23because that's inexcusable.

00:38:25See, now in the later rounds

00:38:25here while Stanton's on the ropes

00:38:27and is back the ropes,

00:38:28he is not just taking a punch.

00:38:29He's firing back on the inside.

00:38:31He's neutralizing

00:38:31the onslaught of both

00:38:33a little better.

00:38:34Now both are looking

00:38:35to dig into the rip,

00:38:36into the stride

00:38:36with the uppercut.

00:38:37Oh, brother.

00:38:38Walked into a big counter

00:38:39left hook.

00:38:40Now that counts points.

00:38:42That counts points.

00:38:43I know that hurt.

00:38:43Oh, that.

00:38:44Oh, boy.

00:38:45Walked right into it.

00:38:46Oh, boy.

00:38:53Oh, boy.

00:38:58Both are's cornered telling him,

00:39:02keep your hands up.

00:39:03Keep on fighting.

00:39:06You're trying to give this fight away.

00:39:08Well, I'll tell you what,

00:39:09he's opened the door

00:39:10And look what's coming in.

00:39:11Punches in bunches.

00:39:13James Stanton gaining more confidence.

00:39:18Listen to me.

00:39:19Who's the chief seconder here?

00:39:20Get a goddamn fight away.

00:39:23All right.

00:39:24All right.

00:39:25You're the better fighter here, champion.

00:39:27You're the goddamn boss.

00:39:28The guy still wants to quit.

00:39:30This guy wants to quit.

00:39:31You hear what I'm saying here?

00:39:33All right.

00:39:33Sit up.

00:39:34Sit up.

00:39:35Say Mario, man.

00:39:36Come on.

00:39:37All right.

00:39:37Come on.

00:39:38Give me a swipe, Mario.

00:39:39Come on.

00:39:40Give me some water.

00:39:42Give me some water.

00:39:43Take a deep breath, champion.

00:39:44We got time.

00:39:45Take a deep breath.

00:39:46Give me some more water.

00:39:48All right?

00:39:51Hey, champion.

00:39:52Every time this guy looks like he wants to quit.

00:39:54Let's take a look at how both of them walked into a smashing left hand.

00:40:00Hook right in there.

00:40:01I mean, right on the button.

00:40:02If that guy could punch, he would be gone.

00:40:04Here's another look at it.

00:40:05It's an unusual counter.

00:40:06Usually you counter a right with a right.

00:40:07Here you see both of them throw a right hand.

00:40:09Coming up.

00:40:09And Stanton will counter with a hook right over top of it.

00:40:12That's a counter I've used many times.

00:40:13But I'll tell you what, it's an awkward one.

00:40:15You've got to be on the money.

00:40:17You wonder if both of his fallen victim to the dreaded letdown factor going up against

00:40:21against a lesser-known fighter after going up against a Michael Moore for the IBF title.

00:40:27Mentally not into it here.

00:40:30Well, he better get going.

00:40:31And Sterling McPherson again giving him an earful.

00:40:33And Stanton's got to be careful.

00:40:35Oh, he just landed with a straight right hand.

00:40:36Stanton's charging himself up, dropping his hands, taunting Botha, and landing.

00:40:42And he's a better athlete.

00:40:43He's an athlete, this guy.

00:40:45So, I mean, he has a chance if his heart holds up.

00:40:47And right now it's holding up good.

00:40:48He's got more movement, obviously, than the stationary Franz Botha.

00:40:52And Stanton taking advantage.

00:40:56He's not trying to quit as the Botha corner feels.

00:41:02Well, they're just trying to encourage our fighter.

00:41:04But, I mean, you know, this guy's pulling his fight up.

00:41:07All of a sudden, we're creeping into a close fight.

00:41:09I have it 58-56 now.

00:41:11I'm near a two-point margin.

00:41:12That knockdown could loom very big for Botha.

00:41:15Here comes Botha.

00:41:16Botha with combinations.

00:41:17See, this is what Stanton was doing earlier.

00:41:19He just did nothing when Botha drew punches as opposed to firing.

00:41:22One or two punches in the middle of that flurry stops both in his tracks.

00:41:27He puts himself on pause from time to time.

00:41:30And he takes a lot of punishment from Franz Botha.

00:41:34Oh, Wilde.

00:41:35Swing of the best with a left hook by Stanton.

00:41:38And Botha counters with a straight right to the head of Stanton.

00:41:41When you miss those big bombs, Steve, you get equally tired

00:41:44because you've got to use your energy to stop the punch, too,

00:41:46as opposed to the opponent who just absorbs it.

00:41:48But how about this?

00:41:49Would you have thought Stanton would offer up more offense

00:41:53than Michael Moore in front of Franz Botha?

00:41:56Well, you know, that's a hit and miss.

00:41:58That's a trick question.

00:41:59Yeah.

00:42:02Well, I'll tell you what.

00:42:03He keeps coming on.

00:42:04He took all that shellacking.

00:42:05He blew the round by doing it, but he's still punching.

00:42:08And I have it exactly the same, Bobby.

00:42:0958-56.

00:42:11I gave an even round, and I gave a 10-8 round.

00:42:15Final minute of the seventh round, scheduled for 12.

00:42:19You know, that counter hook for Stanton's been working.

00:42:21Every time Botha drops his right hand,

00:42:23he gets real lazy when he drops it down to his belt line.

00:42:26Stanton lands the hook but never follows with a right hand.

00:42:28Then maybe another hook.

00:42:30Look under the right eye of Stanton.

00:42:31Big welt there.

00:42:32His eye seems to be okay, though.

00:42:37It's not closing.

00:42:39Well, he's just winging those right hooks.

00:42:41That was a glancing blow, both able to elude it.

00:42:46He's taking the round off.

00:42:48Stanton has taken the round off,

00:42:50and it's cost him around just when he was creeping up.

00:42:53Straight right there by Stanton.

00:42:55Almost like a flicking half a jab.

00:42:56Yeah, like a shot by jab.

00:42:57Combination to the head by the other.

00:42:59He turns southpaw.

00:43:00Stanton turns southpaw for a left hook, a straight.

00:43:02Assuming a right hook, a straight left hand

00:43:04instead of ripping up a cut from the other side.

00:43:07Causing some confusion momentarily for both of them.

00:43:19Turn.

00:43:21Hold your hand back.

00:43:23Lean back.

00:43:24Reach down to the sole and know that you've been this far before, okay?

00:43:27You was the champ.

00:43:28You understand what I'm saying?

00:43:29You are the champ, okay?

00:43:30All I want you to do is keep your hands up.

00:43:32You understand what I'm saying?

00:43:33Jab right hand hook off your hands up, okay?

00:43:36You understand what I'm saying?

00:43:37And step around him and get him an angle

00:43:38instead of being straight in front of him.

00:43:44Here you see Stanton on the ropes.

00:43:47He's just not firing back as he had been doing in the mid rounds.

00:43:50When in early rounds, this is what he did,

00:43:51and now again in the late rounds, he's doing it again.

00:43:53This is costing him big portions of the round.

00:43:56But look at the end of the round, how he, how, what the comeback is.

00:43:59See, he mounts a comeback, and he looks great doing it,

00:44:01but it's just not enough.

00:44:03He's been powdered for two minutes and so on,

00:44:05and now he comes back with it.

00:44:06Too late.

00:44:06He lost his round.

00:44:07All right, all right?

00:44:11Out hustle this bastard.

00:44:14Out hustle it.

00:44:15It is round number eight.

00:44:18I mean, what?

00:44:20And Stanton comes right out with the left shotgun jab

00:44:23to the face of both of them.

00:44:25Don't do that again.

00:44:26No more, all right?

00:44:27Enough warnings.

00:44:28No more.

00:44:29No more what?

00:44:30What did he do?

00:44:31I think he put his hands on the back of Stanton's neck

00:44:34and shoved him.

00:44:34That's got to be frustration by Franche,

00:44:38both looking to attempt any tactic here.

00:44:44Certainly getting more than he bargained for.

00:44:47As much as he knows how much his stock went up

00:44:48and a loss to Moore,

00:44:50if this fight goes the distance

00:44:51and becomes even relatively close,

00:44:53he knows his stock will go down even with a win.

00:44:55He told us yesterday he has to win and look good.

00:44:58Watch out for that.

00:44:59Not the case.

00:45:01After the point that he dropped him down,

00:45:02he was doing all right.

00:45:03And when he knocked him down,

00:45:04you didn't think he was going to get up.

00:45:05And he gets up and has a good fight.

00:45:06You've got to give Stanton credit.

00:45:08Yes.

00:45:09Nomination to the head there by Botha.

00:45:12Let's see what Stanton does here in round eight

00:45:13to late in round seven.

00:45:16Stanton has done much to continue his streak

00:45:18of three straight winning rounds.

00:45:21Oh.

00:45:22That is a push.

00:45:23Yeah, but that was a nice right hand

00:45:25before it that caved him in.

00:45:26That's a nice right hand that caved him in

00:45:29and he fell to his body.

00:45:31It's not a knockdown.

00:45:32It's not a knockdown.

00:45:33I missed the right hand when you see it.

00:45:35It's a nice one.

00:45:36Let's go.

00:45:37Well, no knockdown, says George Alonso.

00:45:40He waves it off.

00:45:41Stanton's going to watch him

00:45:42to throw the overhand right jab

00:45:45and then double jab.

00:45:48He's not throwing any punches, Steve.

00:45:49That's the problem.

00:45:50When he throws, he's pretty effective.

00:45:51But he's not throwing.

00:45:53He goes into the shell and does nothing.

00:45:55He loses the round.

00:45:56Botha all over Stanton.

00:45:59And back comes Stanton with a left hook.

00:46:01See what I mean?

00:46:02One punch and both the stops.

00:46:03He's got to throw a couple in between.

00:46:05Offset the flurry.

00:46:08Stanton's got to keep his hands up more like that.

00:46:11Guard against those shots by both.

00:46:13I see his hands are down there.

00:46:16Walk out of there.

00:46:17Your feet, your feet.

00:46:18The eye on Stanton is not getting any better.

00:46:22Under a minute in round eight.

00:46:24It's under the right eye of Stanton.

00:46:28Botha approaching this in workmanlike fashion.

00:46:30He just doesn't quit.

00:46:31Whether he hits gloves, top of head, or elbows,

00:46:33he's still punching on.

00:46:35So that's points being built up.

00:46:36Here's where Stanton told us he felt

00:46:38that the white buffalo runs out of gas

00:46:40later in the fights.

00:46:41But he might.

00:46:42He might be exhausted,

00:46:43but he still has the heavy hands.

00:46:44It appears as if Stanton's the one running out of gas.

00:46:46He's not offering up any offense.

00:46:47He looks exhausted.

00:46:51He's trying to get that second win.

00:46:52Botha's landing with those shots.

00:46:55Combinations to the head.

00:46:56Stanton.

00:47:00Just sort of standing there and taking it.

00:47:03Taking an awful lot of beating.

00:47:05Awful lot of punches.

00:47:06None of the punches thrown now are crisp by either fighter.

00:47:08Botha's obviously got more on his,

00:47:10but they're not landing sharply.

00:47:13He just fired them in.

00:47:15But botha just having his way.

00:47:18You let them do that to you.

00:47:20You let them do that to you.

00:47:21You let them walk right to you.

00:47:22You let them walk right to you and beat on you.

00:47:24You don't stand up.

00:47:25You let them walk right to you and beat on you.

00:47:26Get your hands down.

00:47:28Kick your hands down.

00:47:28Don't let them walk in there like that.

00:47:30He might do it in front of you.

00:47:31You've been tired of this, bro.

00:47:32Come on.

00:47:33Come on.

00:47:34Don't do it like a champion, baby.

00:47:38We can take him home and throw it off you.

00:47:40We're up to me.

00:47:41I'm okay.

00:47:41All right.

00:47:42I'm looking at me, man.

00:47:43You want to fire your punches?

00:47:44You got to fight with him when he in there.

00:47:46Let's take a look at that slip.

00:47:47Let's see if we can see that right hand.

00:47:51There we go.

00:47:52See by me?

00:47:52That right hand.

00:47:53And now look at him slip along his body.

00:47:55He just kind of caved into him.

00:47:57Yeah, the right hand was pretty good, Ferdy.

00:47:58He looked like he was just looking to dive into him.

00:48:00You call it.

00:48:01You call it.

00:48:01Well, you can see the right hand.

00:48:02It's right on the temple.

00:48:04And he kind of goes to, you know what happened?

00:48:05He goes to fall into both and let both hold him up.

00:48:08And both are side-stepping through by the side.

00:48:10You're right, Ferdy.

00:48:11After seeing that on the right foot, that easily could have been ruled a knockdown.

00:48:14I mean, it was a heck of a good shot.

00:48:16And then he was slid along his body to hold himself up and cook.

00:48:21Round nine, round eight, a good one for Botha as he has standing on the ropes for much of it.

00:48:27Botha's back in the aggressive posture.

00:48:29He's pressing the fight now.

00:48:30But Stanton doesn't look like he has that much left in his legs.

00:48:33No real strength.

00:48:34Botha getting a second hand.

00:48:35Looks ready to go.

00:48:37Just when you think Botha's tired, that's what he looks like in every one of his fights.

00:48:41Then he keeps coming, punching, punching, punching.

00:48:43And he works himself out of being tired.

00:48:46I mean, that's discouraging if you're in that point.

00:48:48Botha continues to administer punishment on the head and body of Stanton.

00:48:54Oh, there's a straight right to the head by Botha.

00:48:57Right between the gloves of Stanton.

00:49:00I don't understand what Stanton's doing.

00:49:01He's got to put something up there.

00:49:03Because while he was putting it up, Botha wasn't fighting.

00:49:06There's some shot like that.

00:49:07Something.

00:49:08Good counter left hook, but he leaves it alone.

00:49:09He just leaves it out there.

00:49:10If he catch him at one, throw two, why not?

00:49:13There's another left hook, but he doesn't follow it up again.

00:49:15It's another one at a time, Steve.

00:49:17This is not going to win the fight for him.

00:49:18He's not going to do a one-shot.

00:49:20He's not going to knock both of them.

00:49:21He's not that kind of punching.

00:49:22I don't think he's got enough to throw two at the same time.

00:49:25I think he's got right at that point of exhaustion where he throws one punch as good as he's going to do.

00:49:30Stanton just holding on now to Botha.

00:49:32He is totally fatigued.

00:49:34Not quite sure how much he has left.

00:49:40Let's see if Botha can finish him off.

00:49:43There's a combination of the head.

00:49:44Straight right did the most damage by Botha.

00:49:48Stanton keeps his arms down.

00:49:49Can't even put his hands up.

00:49:52Stanton is exhausted now.

00:49:53This is just a matter of time.

00:49:59Well, but let us say in his defense,

00:50:02he's there fighting for what he's got.

00:50:04He's taking a nice shellac and I don't hear any barking.

00:50:06I mean, he hasn't stopped fighting yet.

00:50:08So I think he's vindicated himself from that dog time.

00:50:12And coming off a layoff of better than a year.

00:50:16Come on, come on.

00:50:17Less than a minute remaining in round nine.

00:50:21Botha continues to

00:50:23unleash the assault.

00:50:27Botha's just doing what he has to.

00:50:28He's keeping the pressure on.

00:50:30He's not letting Stan sit there and wind up on him.

00:50:32And every once in a while,

00:50:33the hook, the left hook comes.

00:50:34It just comes.

00:50:35It's a token left hook.

00:50:36He will just swing it out there.

00:50:37And most of the time,

00:50:39it's landed on Botha's chin.

00:50:41I think Stan's just looking for a lucky punch here.

00:50:44He just puts his head down and wings.

00:50:46I don't think he's got anything left.

00:50:47Come on, guys.

00:50:48I think everything is out of his bag.

00:50:50He's got nothing to reach into.

00:50:51Yeah.

00:50:53He's just standing there taking the punch.

00:50:55And those body shots by Botha throughout,

00:50:57taking the legs out of Stan.

00:51:00That's part of it.

00:51:00I got it.

00:51:01I got it.

00:51:01Let's go.

00:51:02The cumulative effect by Botha.

00:51:06Beautiful right here.

00:51:08By Botha.

00:51:08Right on the jaw of Stan.

00:51:11Stan, pretty good chin.

00:51:12And that's it for round nine.

00:51:16Coming up next,

00:51:18the WBA middleweight championship.

00:51:20Backstage we go into the dressing room

00:51:22as we take a look at the belt.

00:51:23The champion, William Joppy,

00:51:24hoping to make his second successful title defense

00:51:27later tonight

00:51:27against number one contender,

00:51:29Peter Bonazio of Brazil.

00:51:31Some consider Joppy the class at 160.

00:51:36We'll see what he does tonight.

00:51:37A little bit later.

00:51:38Come on over there.

00:51:39All you're going to let this guy walk right in.

00:51:42He's just walking right through you, Jay.

00:51:43You've been fighting all your goddamn life in the street.

00:51:46He's walking right in until you're too busy trying to survive

00:51:48instead of trying to punch.

00:51:50And the guy right there with you.

00:51:51Basic punches, man.

00:51:53When you're tired, deep breath.

00:51:54Two rounds are knocking on, Jay.

00:51:55Two rounds.

00:51:56You can't stand?

00:51:57Take it easy.

00:52:00Take it easy.

00:52:01Now listen to me, champion.

00:52:02Listen to me.

00:52:03Listen to me.

00:52:04Second time.

00:52:05Throw your jab.

00:52:06When you throw your right hand,

00:52:07left uppercut.

00:52:09Left uppercut, right hand.

00:52:11Second time.

00:52:11Come on.

00:52:14Well, you heard the instructions

00:52:16from Sterling McPherson.

00:52:17Clear, Isabel.

00:52:19Left uppercut, right hand.

00:52:20Let's see if both the duds at the pace.

00:52:23Slowing considerably, especially for Stanton

00:52:25as we enter round 10.

00:52:27The last rounds particularly have been ugly to look at

00:52:31because it's a one-way beating.

00:52:33And with Stanton hardly having anything left in his bag

00:52:37to come up with any punches more than one solitary punch

00:52:39at a time, ain't gonna do it.

00:52:43Both out of Pretoria, South Africa.

00:52:45Makes his home in Newport Beach, California.

00:52:49If we stay at the level pace that we're at now,

00:52:52let's just say for the sake of argument

00:52:53that both of the wins the next couple of rounds,

00:52:55like he has the past couple,

00:52:57does his stock really go up

00:52:58or does it shade back a little bit?

00:53:02I don't know.

00:53:03Very questionable right now after this performance.

00:53:08A win is a win, but it's not a big win.

00:53:10No.

00:53:10And that's what he wanted.

00:53:12He'll probably be the first to admit.

00:53:14Now he's all over Stanton, but he cannot put this guy away.

00:53:22Stanton's coming up pretty good, and he's tired.

00:53:24He's holding on.

00:53:25His face of both is not exactly fresh,

00:53:27but I think it's just a matter of time.

00:53:29As he just chases Stanton into the neutral corner

00:53:33with nothing really landing effectively there.

00:53:37But Stanton in a clinch system,

00:53:39man, I wish you could punch so I could get out of here.

00:53:42Just knock me out, let me leave.

00:53:43In between corners,

00:53:53while we were at both the corners,

00:53:55Stanton's corner told him to wake up.

00:53:57You're falling asleep.

00:53:59Keep jabbing.

00:53:59Keep throwing the right hook.

00:54:01I think it's just a matter of being spent, Steve.

00:54:03I think he's tired.

00:54:04I think that's about all he has left.

00:54:06Yeah, he's listening.

00:54:08He's trying to take it in earnest,

00:54:09but he just can't do it.

00:54:12There's nothing left.

00:54:13I mean, you can't ask your athlete to do something

00:54:14when there's nothing left in the body.

00:54:18His legs are getting a little wobbly here.

00:54:20They're a little bit weak.

00:54:21I think it's really soon before this fight

00:54:24is going to be holding.

00:54:24Stanton down once early in the fight.

00:54:27He went down a second time,

00:54:29but it was not ruled a knockdown.

00:54:30There's a left hook right on the side of the face

00:54:33by both of them.

00:54:34Both of them continues to unload.

00:54:36That, by the way,

00:54:37only the second time Stanton was down

00:54:39in this his 19th fight.

00:54:41Both himself might be just too tired

00:54:42of throwing enough punches

00:54:43to have the referee stop it.

00:54:44Well, he's thrown an awful lot, though, Bobby.

00:54:46He is.

00:54:47I mean, you know,

00:54:48he is the only one

00:54:49that's thrown punches

00:54:50in the last two rounds.

00:54:51I mean, that's continuous.

00:54:53That's a lot of punches.

00:54:55He's just lining Stanton up.

00:54:56Stanton able to duck away from that shot.

00:55:00I mean, I guess

00:55:01neither one of these guys

00:55:02who's straight right hand

00:55:03and down goes Stanton

00:55:04off the ropes.

00:55:06What a ferocious

00:55:07straight right hand

00:55:08by Franz Botham.

00:55:10That's as much a combination

00:55:11of fatigue

00:55:12with a good shot

00:55:13as anything.

00:55:13Exactly.

00:55:14Nine.

00:55:1530.

00:55:16That's it.

00:55:17The towel goes in.

00:55:18It was stopped

00:55:18by George Alonzo anyway.

00:55:20The count had reached nine

00:55:21just before the bell.

00:55:22Alonzo said enough

00:55:23and Freddie Jenkins

00:55:25tossed in the towel

00:55:26from the corner.

00:55:27That's about every kind of way

00:55:28you can surrender.

00:55:29There is.

00:55:30You counted at ten.

00:55:31Passed the bell

00:55:32and that was it.

00:55:33Stopped it

00:55:33and threw in the towel.

00:55:37Stopped it.

00:55:37So it ends here

00:55:39in round number ten.

00:55:40Franz Botham

00:55:41able to come back

00:55:42six months after his loss

00:55:43to Michael Mora.

00:55:45Lose to 37-1

00:55:46with 22 knockouts.

00:55:48Winning something called

00:55:50the North American

00:55:50Heavyweight title.

00:55:52A meaningless title.

00:55:53And James Stanton

00:55:57showing some guts

00:55:58along the way.

00:56:00Just ran out of gas.

00:56:01Utterly exhausted

00:56:01in the last few rounds.

00:56:03Had nothing left.

00:56:05No, those were some

00:56:05very, very weak legs.

00:56:06There was no offer

00:56:07of offense whatsoever.

00:56:09He had nothing left

00:56:10and I think it was just

00:56:10a matter of resignation

00:56:12as it was the punch.

00:56:13He drops to 16 and to 3.

00:56:16There's both his lovely

00:56:18wife Elsa.

00:56:20IBF rules state

00:56:21that if a top five fighter

00:56:23beats a top 15 fighter

00:56:24he can be considered

00:56:25for number one.

00:56:26Stanton was unrated.

00:56:28We'll see what happens

00:56:29to both in terms

00:56:30of the rating system.

00:56:32He came in number four

00:56:33IVF.

00:56:34Number two WBA.

00:56:35The White Buffalo prevailing

00:56:41but certainly probably

00:56:43would have liked to have seen

00:56:45better action on his part.

00:56:46You see the end of the fight.

00:56:47It's real simple.

00:56:48He's just exhausted.

00:56:49He's tired.

00:56:49He goes back to the corner.

00:56:50Both hits him with a nice right hand

00:56:52and he's done.

00:56:53I think it's fatigue as much

00:56:54as the right hand.

00:56:55He'd absorb better right hands

00:56:56than that throughout the night.

00:56:57He was tired and he was done.

00:56:59He had another look at it.

00:57:04Both are just working away

00:57:05as he always does

00:57:06coming through

00:57:06and you'll see

00:57:07he always throws that right hand.

00:57:09It's kind of a boom.

00:57:10It's a quick little

00:57:11turns it over nice

00:57:12gets his weight behind him

00:57:13and after all he weighs

00:57:14230 pounds

00:57:15it was clean.

00:57:17I don't even think

00:57:18Stanton was looking

00:57:18and just caught him.

00:57:22Last replay

00:57:23for this particular punch.

00:57:24Not a big deal.

00:57:26Not a big punch

00:57:27but fatigue

00:57:28combination of that

00:57:29good timing.

00:57:30Shot is solid.

00:57:31You see it's a solid shot

00:57:32not glancing whatsoever.

00:57:34And Stanton's finished.

00:57:35It's all of the night.

00:57:37The end of round 10

00:57:39all over for James Carl Stanton

00:57:41out of North Philadelphia.

00:57:44And Franz Botha.

00:57:46He wants the winner

00:57:48of Holyfield Tyson too.

00:57:49Well that remains to be seen.

00:57:51Who doesn't?

00:57:52Absolutely.

00:57:53Tell him you want

00:57:54to go down the stairs.

00:57:55How about a rematch

00:57:55with Michael Moore

00:57:56but some say Moore

00:57:58might fight Tyson next

00:58:00no matter what

00:58:00Tyson does with Holyfield.

00:58:02Botha says he's had offers

00:58:04to fight WBC heavyweight

00:58:05champ Lennox Lewis

00:58:06but he's scheduled

00:58:07to fight Henry Akinwande

00:58:08the former WBO champ

00:58:10who had to vacate in July.

00:58:12Alright we're set

00:58:13for the official time

00:58:14right now.

00:58:14Let's throw it up

00:58:15to our ring announcer

00:58:15Jimmy Lennon Jr.

00:58:21Ladies and gentlemen

00:58:23as the bell sounds

00:58:25the end of round

00:58:26number 10

00:58:27a referee in charge

00:58:28Jorge Alonzo

00:58:30reaches the count of 10

00:58:31counting out the opponent

00:58:33the winner

00:58:33by way of knockout

00:58:35and he has earned

00:58:37the WBA North American

00:58:38heavyweight championship

00:58:40the White Buffalo

00:58:42Francois Bota.

00:58:45and this inaugural

00:58:50WBA North American

00:58:52heavyweight championship

00:58:53dedicated to its founder

00:58:55WBA president.

00:58:55So there you have it

00:58:56Francois Bota

00:58:57from Pretoria, South Africa

00:59:00and Newport Beach, California

00:59:02wins the newly formed

00:59:04WBA North American

00:59:06heavyweight championship

00:59:07coming up next

00:59:08our main event

00:59:08the WBA middleweight championship

00:59:11we take you back

00:59:12into the dressing room

00:59:12with the champ

00:59:13William Joppy

00:59:13out of Lincoln Park, Maryland

00:59:15he looked impressive

00:59:16in his last fight

00:59:17against a game

00:59:18Ray McIlroy

00:59:19Joppy very aggressive

00:59:21throughout

00:59:21finally in round 6

00:59:22unleashed a furious barrage

00:59:24the fight was stopped there

00:59:25tonight he hopes

00:59:26for more of the same

00:59:27in quest of his

00:59:28fifth straight knockout win

00:59:29against number one contender

00:59:31Peter Venancio

00:59:32out of Sao Paulo

00:59:34of Brazil

00:59:35now lives here

00:59:36in nearby Miami

00:59:37Joppy versus Venancio

00:59:39as William Joppy

00:59:41gets ready

00:59:41this for the WBA

00:59:43middleweight championship

00:59:44it's upcoming

00:59:45here in Coconut Grove

00:59:47Florida

00:59:48he's very anxious

00:59:49to get out there

00:59:50after that long

00:59:51fight earlier

00:59:55between Francois

00:59:56Bota

00:59:56and James Stanton

00:59:59so we're just about set

01:00:01to go into the ring

01:00:02for post-fight reaction

01:00:03from our opening bout

01:00:04so let's go to the fight

01:00:07Dr. Ferdi Pacheco

01:00:08Ferdi alongside the ring

01:00:10all right

01:00:10we're not along

01:00:11we're alongside

01:00:12not in the ring

01:00:12because Bota

01:00:13didn't want to be interviewed

01:00:14unless Panama

01:00:15Lewis is standing next to him

01:00:16instead of which

01:00:17Don King is standing next to you

01:00:19great of all time

01:00:21you know

01:00:21can't take it away

01:00:22from Mr. Don King

01:00:22he's the best

01:00:23and he'll save the best

01:00:24well

01:00:24did you expect this

01:00:25tougher night

01:00:26with a guy that

01:00:27frankly didn't look like

01:00:29he was going to give you

01:00:29that much trouble

01:00:30well I knew

01:00:31the first time I hit him

01:00:32that you know

01:00:32I can take him out anytime

01:00:33but I wanted to get rounds

01:00:35because I've been very inactive

01:00:36and I want to get active

01:00:37so I knew I could get him

01:00:39did you think

01:00:40once he went down

01:00:41and it looked like

01:00:41he wasn't going to get back up

01:00:42looked like it hurt his nose

01:00:43he was

01:00:44he really put on a good fight

01:00:45after

01:00:46don't take it away from him

01:00:47he gave me a great fight

01:00:48and I didn't expect it

01:00:50but

01:00:50you know

01:00:51I knew I could get him

01:00:52well we're going to try

01:00:53to rack up here

01:00:54a replay as we can

01:00:55now

01:00:56you call it

01:00:57this is the shot

01:00:58that you're

01:00:58there's the shot

01:01:01oh man

01:01:02this guy is gone

01:01:03did you think

01:01:06he was going to get up

01:01:06from that

01:01:07he still get up

01:01:08let me tell you something

01:01:09you know

01:01:09whenever you fight

01:01:10the white buffalo

01:01:11you don't want to look bad

01:01:13losing to the white buffalo

01:01:14and you fight your heart out

01:01:15you know

01:01:16I fought guys

01:01:16and I beat him

01:01:18and blood came out

01:01:18running out of here

01:01:19but they fight

01:01:20they don't want to

01:01:21they want to fight

01:01:21but they don't want to lose

01:01:22to the white buffalo

01:01:23well they're going to bring

01:01:24your buffalo relative here

01:01:25what is that big white thing there

01:01:27you're lucky

01:01:27you're not in a place

01:01:28where they're shooting buffalo

01:01:29come on

01:01:29here comes Panama

01:01:31Panama

01:01:32are you satisfied with this

01:01:33yeah

01:01:35I need another fight

01:01:36because he's rusty

01:01:37as you can see

01:01:37he's rusty

01:01:38you think he was rusty

01:01:39or he just about

01:01:40took every round

01:01:41no but it's good

01:01:42that he won that

01:01:42the fight won

01:01:44did this stand that way

01:01:44because we need

01:01:45we need that work

01:01:46you're looking at

01:01:47the next every way

01:01:48champion to work

01:01:48I can beat all those guys

01:01:50out there

01:01:50I know it

01:01:51you know

01:01:51just get me active

01:01:52and let me work

01:01:53the man who's going to

01:01:54get you active

01:01:55stand right next to you

01:01:56is South Africa a possibility

01:01:58South Africa is a great possibility

01:01:59Nelson Mandela would love

01:02:01to have us down there

01:02:01and right now

01:02:02wait a minute

01:02:02is Nelson fighting

01:02:03no no

01:02:04he's the president

01:02:05he wants to welcome

01:02:05he wants to

01:02:06oh that Nelson

01:02:06yes he wants to host us

01:02:08down there

01:02:08and I love Nelson Mandela

01:02:10you know

01:02:10and so he's a great man

01:02:12is right

01:02:12and but we got the white buffalo

01:02:13now he's on the range

01:02:14he's roaming

01:02:15he's going to fight again

01:02:16on June 21st

01:02:17against the man

01:02:18that he was supposed to fight

01:02:20tonight Lee Gilbert

01:02:21they're going to fight

01:02:22on June 21st

01:02:23so in Tampa

01:02:23so the white buffalo

01:02:24be in Tampa

01:02:25that with Governor

01:02:26Lawton Charles

01:02:27and Buddy McKay

01:02:27he's going to be ready

01:02:28you know what I mean

01:02:29he won't be rusty

01:02:30as Panama says

01:02:32because he's out there

01:02:33doing his job now

01:02:34another thing

01:02:34there's a lot of talks

01:02:36about Lennox Lewis

01:02:37want to fight me

01:02:37and all these guys

01:02:38want to fight me

01:02:39you know

01:02:39I'm ready to get on

01:02:40but I'm going to take it

01:02:41step by step

01:02:42and do what I have to do

01:02:43and unify these titles

01:02:44I tell you

01:02:44go to Tampa first

01:02:45there's a guy named

01:02:46Alessi that sells your beignets

01:02:48you can eat them all you want

01:02:49and get fat

01:02:49and still beat Gilbert

01:02:50well I'm the only white man

01:02:51that can fight

01:02:52white buffalo

01:02:53from Africa

01:02:55from Africa

01:02:57real African American

01:02:59white buffalo

01:03:00all right

01:03:02let's get back

01:03:03let's get back

01:03:04to Steve Albert

01:03:05ringside

01:03:05all right

01:03:06thanks very much

01:03:07Ferdy

01:03:08back here with

01:03:09Bobby Chez

01:03:09Bobby let's just

01:03:10quickly run down

01:03:11the scorecards

01:03:12for some reason

01:03:12they don't put the names

01:03:13of the judges on here

01:03:14but we'll give you

01:03:15the scores anyway

01:03:16one judge had it

01:03:17both at 88

01:03:18Stanton 82 through 9

01:03:2089-80 for both

01:03:22pretty convincing

01:03:23through 9

01:03:24and a third judge

01:03:25had it 90-81

01:03:27for both after 9

01:03:29I think I had it

01:03:3188-83 at the time

01:03:32give or take

01:03:32that's about right

01:03:33but a couple of guys

01:03:34I thought were a little

01:03:34off base

01:03:35all right

01:03:36what's next

01:03:36for the white buffalo

01:03:37well the white buffalo

01:03:38is still in the thick

01:03:39of things

01:03:39he's rated in the top

01:03:40five in the world

01:03:40he's looking for

01:03:41a heavyweight title shot

01:03:42I believe he'll get one

01:03:43if the people want it

01:03:44certainly he'll get it

01:03:45if he wants it

01:03:46and Don King wants it

01:03:47you know they'll get it

01:03:48all right

01:03:48you got to remember

01:03:49he was fighting

01:03:49an unrated

01:03:50unheralded fighter

01:03:52here tonight

01:03:52I expected a little more

01:03:54I mean Stanton was

01:03:55surprisingly game

01:03:56and courageous

01:03:57I expected a little more

01:03:58out of both

01:03:58game or not

01:03:59he didn't have the tools

01:04:00he didn't belong in the ring

01:04:01of the top five heavyweight

01:04:02to go that far

01:04:03I don't believe

01:04:04France both

01:04:05the stock went up

01:04:05as it went up

01:04:06in a loss

01:04:07it just went down

01:04:07in a win

01:04:08in my humble estimation

01:04:09I'm usually not wrong

01:04:11but you're always humble

01:04:12he's still in the hunt

01:04:14though

01:04:14for a shot

01:04:15he's still in the hunt

01:04:16and so are a lot of fighters

01:04:17but again

01:04:19it's one of those things

01:04:20where he's in the right place

01:04:21at the right time

01:04:21he's had the right credentials

01:04:22the last time he was champion

01:04:25that goes on forever and ever

01:04:27you have a belt

01:04:28you've had a belt

01:04:28you're always a champion

01:04:29in somebody's mind

01:04:30he gives you a right

01:04:31to fight

01:04:32and

01:04:32you're always a champion

01:04:34so

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Frans Botha vs James Stanton - Showtime 5-10-97

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