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00:00All right, Front Wave Arena in North County, San Diego, Oceanside to be exact.
00:06We've already had our first fight and it was a first round KO for young Dallas Kaliopu
00:11stopping Jesus Ramon Perez, the veteran in 223 of the first round.
00:17All right, let's look at the tail of the tape for our next fight.
00:19The Cruiserweight Division coming your way, Eric Priest, Vazdik from the Ukraine against
00:25Anthony Holloway and it's Alexander with the height advantage, but Holloway has the reach
00:32advantage.
00:33Oh, this is going to be a great fight.
00:34I'm excited.
00:34I'm excited.
00:35I've been in the gym with Alexander, seen him spar, seen him working.
00:39Very, very talented, experienced veteran fighter and yeah, it's going to be a little, I think
00:46it's going to be an exciting fight, that's for sure.
00:48All right, this was scheduled for eight rounds.
00:51Joe Martinez is ready to bring them out.
00:53To walk tonight, eight rounds in the Cruiserweight Division.
01:07All right.
01:12All right, well, you know, I told Joe we're ready to go because I love, I love hearing
01:17the voice of the Joe Martinez.
01:19So Joe's voice is so fantastic that you've got to hear him multiple times.
01:24Joe, if you hear me right now, nod your head a little bit.
01:26No, you're not hearing us, Joe?
01:27There you go.
01:28You hear Amber and Viv, your three girls tonight.
01:31You know, got to make sure that Alexander has the right music, Eric Priest, because you
01:35can't show up if the music's not right.
01:37Come on, DJ Ray.
01:38That's important stuff, you know, get in your zone, get hype, get ready to do this work.
01:43All right.
01:43So what is your walkout song?
01:45It varies.
01:46I swear.
01:47I feel like the walkout song is more for the fans sometimes rather than you.
01:50You want to get the room electric.
01:52All right.
01:52Let me tell you this.
01:53You might not care, but there's some fighters.
01:55Oh, they wait to make sure the cue is ready.
01:59All right, Joe.
01:59You know what, Joe?
02:00I want to hear you this time.
02:01Say something, Joe.
02:02Once again, ladies and gentlemen, here we go.
02:04Eight rounds in the Cruiserweight Division.
02:06And first to make his way to the ring, fighting out of the blue corner, please welcome Anthony
02:10Holloway.
02:20Oh.
02:23Holloway coming in.
02:25Talk about walkout songs.
02:26Yeah.
02:27Peoria, Illinois.
02:31And maybe he's not going to walk out.
02:33Maybe it's not the song that he wants.
02:35Yep.
02:35See, we were talking about it.
02:36I just told you, fighters are very particular.
02:39You may not care, but obviously Anthony Holloway does care because that's not the song that
02:44he wanted.
02:45And he's like, no, no, no, no, no.
02:46He's walking back.
02:47I got 19 pro fights.
02:48I'm going to wait to make sure I get my song.
02:53Arms folded and everything.
03:01Holloway with.
03:05Seven KOs in his career.
03:09I mean, I like it, Jim.
03:10But hey.
03:12But if you're, if you need that song to lock you in.
03:16Got to do it.
03:17You got to get right.
03:17These guys got to perform, you know.
03:19I get it.
03:20I get it.
03:25All right, there he is.
03:25Walk it out.
03:26Anthony Cardenas, his trainer, shaking his head now.
03:35We're going.
03:37You need some eye of the tiger, though.
03:42It's a classic.
03:43Yeah.
03:43It's hard to hate.
03:44You know, Rocky, come on.
03:45That's why we all started this thing, right?
03:5931-year-old from Peoria, Illinois.
04:02Turned pro back in 2019.
04:05He lost his first fight.
04:07And after that, some wins underneath his belt.
04:13Most recently, got a split decision win back in December.
04:17And his opponent tonight, fighting out of the red corner, hailing from Ukraine, here is
04:28Oleksandr Volsdek!
04:40Well, the nail is not even waiting for the music to play.
04:43He's ready to get into that ring.
04:45What's it like being in the gym with him?
04:47It seems like he's serious.
04:48He's very, very serious.
04:49You know, he comes ready to work.
04:50You know, and he creates that gym environment.
04:53And he doesn't play around.
04:55He kind of gets in, nods his head, smiles at you real quick, and then does his job.
05:17And now, ladies and gentlemen, once again, we go to our next fight tonight.
05:34Eight rounds in the cruiserweight division.
05:37Introducing first, fighting out of the blue corner, wearing yellow and blue, he weighted
05:41officially 179 pounds.
05:44In 19 professional fights, his record stands at nine victories, seven defeats, three draws,
05:50with seven wins coming by way of knockout from Peoria, Illinois.
05:55Here is Anthony, one-way, Holloway!
05:59And across the ring, his opponent, fighting out of the red corner, wearing black with white,
06:08he weighted officially 179 and one-half pounds.
06:12In 22 professional fights, his record, 20 victories, including 16 knockouts.
06:18Just two defeats, he hails from Kharkiv, Ukraine.
06:22Here is Oleksandr, the Nail Balls In!
06:31Your referee in charge of the action, David Sullivan.
06:34Fighter chief second.
06:35Fighter chief second.
06:38Okay, listen, fighters, I'll give you instructions in the locker room.
06:40Expect a good, clean fight.
06:41This is my instruction.
06:42I'll listen to my commands at all times.
06:43Protect yourselves at all times, okay?
06:45This right here is good right here in the belt line here.
06:47This right here is good right here.
06:48Touch them up.
06:48God bless you both.
06:50All right, David Sullivan, the third man in the ring.
06:52San Diego County native.
06:54Cool for him to get a fight in his backyard, so this will be a good one.
06:57Our second one of the afternoon, we've still got Samuel Torres, Joshua Edwards, and Jorge
07:02Chavez for you here live on YouTube.
07:05Then at 5 o'clock on The Zone, you'll see the other five.
07:08Of course, the main event, Gabriela Fundora, Marilyn Badillo.
07:12The Dale is coming off a loss back in June of last year against David Benavides.
07:17He went the distance with Benavides.
07:19That was in Las Vegas.
07:20It was a unanimous decision.
07:23That was for the interim light heavyweight title.
07:25And Benavides is just a fantastic fighter.
07:29Before that, he had won three in a row for the nail.
07:33He also, back in 2019, had a knockout loss to Artur Betterbeev.
07:39That was in Philadelphia, and he went down three times in the 10th round.
07:44So this is a tough dude, man.
07:46This is a very, very tough dude.
07:47Those two losses to Betterbeev and Benavides, man.
07:50Yeah, you're talking about some of the best fighters in the world.
07:52So the nail, black and white.
07:57A new team now, Brickhouse Boxing.
08:00You can see him establishing his jab early, measuring his distance.
08:05Yeah, Marco Contreras, Roger Anderson, Eleazar Hernandez in his corner for the nail.
08:12He's 38 years old.
08:14Cruiserweight is very interesting.
08:16So he goes to Brickhouse, which is the home base for Zurdo Ramirez.
08:24Management team, same as Zurdo Ramirez.
08:26Hooked from the nail.
08:30Work it out.
08:31So he and Zurdo will spar?
08:34I haven't seen him spar.
08:35Okay.
08:35I haven't seen him spar, but I've seen him working with Darius Fulgham.
08:39Okay.
08:41Beck the Bully.
08:44Moving around some top guys.
08:46From the Ukraine.
08:48Body shot from the nail.
08:51Yeah, he's throwing that right hand to the body there.
08:54Get Holloway to drop his elbow a little bit.
08:57Set something up.
08:59Yeah, you would hear about him in the rankings.
09:02Remember, the Cruiserweight division is interesting.
09:05You didn't hear about it for a while.
09:07Then the last, I think, year, maybe 18 months.
09:09Oh, okay.
09:10We're making noise in the Cruiserweights.
09:12Definitely.
09:13I was at his fight with David Benavides.
09:15Okay.
09:16Yeah.
09:16But he put up a good fight.
09:18Tough dude.
09:19Yeah, that was at 175.
09:21This one is at 179 where they agreed to.
09:26That's why it's technically a Cruiserweight fight.
09:31Scheduled for eight rounds.
09:32Up next will be Samuel Torres Castellanos.
09:38Still got the heavyweight Joshua Edward to make his pro debut.
09:41And Jorge Chavez.
09:43Body shots from the nail.
09:4511 months as he works.
09:51We've got to get in there.
09:52Get that lather going.
09:54The activity.
09:56That's good.
09:57Keenan Wright lets us know it's 10 seconds to go in the opening round.
10:00Our timekeeper for this afternoon.
10:01Stop, stop, stop, stop.
10:05Time.
10:06Let's see a highlight for that opening round.
10:29Yeah, you can see Alexander establishing his jab.
10:33Coming over to that right.
10:34Really digging that right hand to the body.
10:37That straight right to the body.
10:38Trying to get Holloway to start dropping that left elbow of his.
10:42Maybe set something off after that jab.
10:44Let you see the corner four at Holloway.
10:47That's Anthony Cardenas.
10:50Give the instructions.
10:51He's from Vista.
10:55Coming not too far from here.
10:59We're in Oceanside, North County.
11:01And now the nail comes out starting strong and quick in the second round.
11:12Coming out hot.
11:12He's setting that pace.
11:18So, is he working out at the same time you are?
11:21He comes in about an hour after me.
11:22So, I usually catch him in the last hour, hour and a half of my workout.
11:26Oh, yeah.
11:26So, I see him around a lot.
11:28You know, you're a fighter.
11:29Eric Preeze is my partner this afternoon.
11:31You've been going to different gyms just learning from so many different trainers.
11:34So, I like the breakout side because the nail is going upstairs one and two.
11:40But when you go to a new gym, you have to learn that trainer.
11:43I mean, you might know him, but when you actually train it together, it's different.
11:45Oh, absolutely.
11:46Yeah.
11:46Like, every trainer has his own style.
11:48And boxing, boxing is not, you can't really copy one style, but you can learn different styles.
11:52And you create your own from that.
11:54Our second bout of the afternoon.
11:55Ten fights total.
11:56Golden Boy Promotions here in North County, San Diego.
11:59Oceanside.
12:00Afternoon boxing here in April.
12:04You can see Alexander is taking his time.
12:10Finding his spots.
12:11Alexander, he's controlling the pace.
12:13Yeah.
12:13Which he couldn't do against Benavides.
12:15Yes.
12:16Yes.
12:16I'm sure he learned from that fight as well.
12:19You know.
12:20And now he's just touching sometimes, throwing hard jabs, putting his head off the line to get out of traffic from Holloway at the same time.
12:28And digging down to the body, changing levels.
12:32Good boxing.
12:35So, our second fight of the afternoon.
12:38Five o'clock is when the zone gets going.
12:40It's going to be Joel Iriarte, then Ruslan Abdullayev, Tristan Calcruth, Charles Conwell.
12:44And then the undisputed champ, the unified champ, Gabriela Fondora.
12:51Mouthpiece is coming out for Holloway.
12:54I got tagged.
12:55Stop, stop, stop.
13:02One minute, Alan.
13:03Holloway, less than a minute to go in the second round, breathing heavy here.
13:14Oh, good right hand from the Ukrainian.
13:17The nail.
13:20All right.
13:20He's been establishing that jab early, Eric Priest.
13:22You can see him establishing that jab.
13:24Yeah, just keeping him right at the end of it.
13:26You know, he's controlling the pace.
13:27And I can see why Holloway might be getting a little bit tired.
13:33Mouthpiece went out.
13:34Yeah, you're saying it's tired.
13:35Yeah, I see him getting a little bit tired because, you know, he's controlling.
13:39He's just like, he's pushing him back.
13:40He's doing calculated aggression.
13:42And it's like somebody's just being in your face the entire time, you know.
13:45That anxiety, that stress of somebody being there in front of you all the time is aware on you.
13:51If you can't control and keep them away.
13:53You're seeing a very sharp nail.
13:57The 10-month layoff helping him out.
13:59Oh, yeah.
14:00Yeah.
14:00It's good that he's already back in the middle.
14:02You know, 10 months, like, I wouldn't do it anymore because, I mean, a ring rest is a real thing.
14:07So he's definitely good that he's active right now.
14:15Done with two.
14:15Two.
14:20And you see the corner of Galloway, they're working on him.
14:31The highlights here of that second round.
14:38Oh, you can see that.
14:40Yeah, you can just see, he's trying to set things up.
14:42You know, he's trying to counter that jab.
14:44Holloway is throwing somewhat of the same jab every single time.
14:48So if you keep doing that, you've got to change up the speeds on that.
14:51But, you know, at the same time, Holloway, tough guy.
14:55He's taking some shots and he keeps going, you know.
14:58He's here to fight.
14:59That's for sure.
15:03Back it up.
15:05Back it up.
15:06Back it up.
15:09All right.
15:13Third round of action.
15:13This one's scheduled for eight.
15:15The nail looking good.
15:17Being aggressive and attacking.
15:20Step it around along with Eric Priest.
15:23Prospect coming in.
15:25Fighting soon, he says.
15:26Yes, sir.
15:27Won't tell me when, but he'll be fighting soon.
15:29Very soon.
15:29Very soon.
15:30Announcement coming soon.
15:31Yes, sir.
15:33Galloway, nine, seven, and three.
15:36He lost it.
15:38Tristan Calcutt.
15:38And he goes down here in the third.
15:43He got tagged.
15:44I don't know if he's going to get up.
15:46He is very, very wobbly.
15:48And he got it at nine.
15:49Come to me.
15:50Come to me.
15:51Go that way.
15:52Go this way.
15:54Show me something here.
15:56You hear a referee saying, show me something.
15:58Third round.
15:59The nail.
16:00Trying to put the nail in this one.
16:03Hook from Alexander.
16:05You see, he's not just rushing in.
16:07That's that experience.
16:09He's setting things up off his jab still.
16:12Man, those jabs are stiff from Alexander.
16:15Those are punches.
16:15Those are real punches, not just jabs.
16:22Galloway is tough, man.
16:23He's still throwing his shots.
16:25Let him go.
16:25Work it out.
16:26Go.
16:27Stop.
16:27Stop.
16:27Stop.
16:28Stop.
16:29Bucks.
16:31Push.
16:31Oh, and he gets tagged upstairs.
16:36Wobbling goes down for the second time in the third round.
16:41Galloway is in danger right now.
16:46Referee stops it here in the third after he went down twice.
16:51One thirty-seven of the third round.
17:03As the ref had seen enough, the way that he got up, the way that he was wobbling, referees
17:13said no.
17:13And before that knockdown, he even told them, he told Galloway, or Halloway, make sure you
17:20show me something.
17:23And Halloway didn't show enough for the referee.
17:26Stops it with one thirty-seven.
17:28It was inevitable.
17:29It was going to be some more damage.
17:30Good stoppage for me.
17:31Oh, I absolutely agree.
17:34Let's look at the knockdown that ended it.
17:39Oh, good hook.
17:40Wow, yeah, yeah, he's setting up that straight power jab the entire time, and, you know,
17:43so, you know, he's going straight, going straight, then, boom, goes right around.
17:49Great, great setup, great execution by Alexander.
17:53Yeah, Halloway is tough, too, but Alexander Wozdyk from Kyrgyz, Ukraine, gets his 17th
17:59KO.
18:00He's now 21-2.
18:03The nail.
18:04Back in the mix.
18:08Looks sharp.
18:08Oh, very sharp, very sharp.
18:11You see all that time that he's, you know, putting in the gym with the sparring.
18:15It's paying off.
18:17It's always a great feeling.
18:24Well, ladies and gentlemen, the end comes officially.
18:26One minute, thirty-seven seconds.
18:28Round number three.
18:29Referee David Sullivan puts a halt to the fight.
18:32Your winner, by way of knockout, Alexander the Nail Volsdyk!
18:40Aww.
18:46Thank you, sir.
18:49Beautiful.
18:54Yeah.
19:00Yep.