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00:00Petition, because he's never been in with a warrior like me.
00:04He's going to test him with that punching power as well.
00:06He's going to test that chin if he can land.
00:0818 knockouts and 24 wins for Fabian Maidana.
00:12They call him TNT.
00:13Rohan Polanco, 10 knockouts in 15 victories as a pro.
00:19You can see already, Polanco, again, using feints.
00:25Using feints is almost like using the jab, right?
00:27You want to get a reaction from your opposition.
00:30To try to get in position.
00:32One punch that I want you guys to pay attention to is going to be the lead.
00:37I don't even know what you call it.
00:38I think he calls it Polanco.
00:40He did.
00:41Where it's similar to what Triple G used to do,
00:44where he comes over the top and he hits you on top of the head,
00:46almost like a hook, an overhand hook over the top,
00:51splitting the guard of his opposition.
00:52If he gets close enough, you're going to see this punch come out.
00:55He said it's a court screw left.
00:57The originator was Gennady Golovkin.
00:59Again, I made it my own because with my quickness, I time it.
01:02I modify the angle for maximum damage.
01:05I'm going to keep using it because it hurts my opponents.
01:11See, Polanco likes to fight on the front foot.
01:14He also likes to fight at that Philly shell,
01:17keeping that lead hand in the sling.
01:21Inviting shots.
01:21He's looking to roll a right hand and high behind that shoulder like you saw right there.
01:30Where's Medina right now?
01:32Ooh, looking for big shots over the top.
01:33That's the right punches to throw against that defensive form.
01:39There's a response from Polanco, but you see how sneaky Medina was,
01:43letting the young fighter think he's in a groove and then trying to catch him with that looping left hook.
01:49Absolutely.
01:50You see how well Polanco hides behind that shoulder.
01:52That was a nice stab jab from Polanco.
01:57Yeah, there's a stab jab right there from Medina too.
02:01Nice straight right.
02:03You see that little window right there between that lead arm and that right hand?
02:07Yep.
02:07You can throw the stab jab right there to the heart, to the chest.
02:10For Polanco.
02:11That leaping lead right from Polanco.
02:15He's got a lot of tricks up his sleeve.
02:18Yeah, but again, he fights out of that shoulder.
02:21You fight that shoulder roll, that Mayweather shoulder roll.
02:24He's pretty damn good.
02:26He's not Mayweather, but he's pretty damn good using that type of guard.
02:29Now he's going to the high guard.
02:31He's fighting shots.
02:32He wants you to throw so that way he can counter.
02:41The last time the monster, Naoya Inoue, was on American soil was nearly four years ago here in Vegas when he made quick work of Michael Dasmarinas.
02:48Tonight, Inoue returns to Sin City.
02:51Not so much to make a statement, but to send out a reminder of the monster and just how great he is when he steps into the ring.
02:59It's fun!
03:29I think I can enjoy all the time.
03:33I think that T-Mobile is the first time in the game.
03:37I think I can enjoy all the time.
03:41I think I can enjoy all the time.
03:45I want to be happy to be here.
03:49I want to be happy to be here.
03:53I want to be happy to be here.
04:23A symphony of violence is how I've described his fights in the past,
04:27and I think that's what we'll see in tonight's main event when we move over to ESPN
04:32at 7 Pacific 10 Eastern with our main event heading into the ring right around 10 p.m.
04:39or 11 p.m. Eastern.
04:41Alright, right now it's Rohan Polanco, the undefeated Dominican Olympian against Fabian Maidana,
04:46who just took a straight right hand when he got a little bit too greedy.
04:50See Madonna in the first round was fighting, just trying to see what Polanco had.
04:54Oh, nice right hand by Polanco.
04:56A combination punching from Polanco, and you see the thudding power from the Dominican.
05:01Yeah, you see the decision-making right now from Madonna is not that great.
05:05Getting forced back on his back foot, getting in bad positions.
05:11And getting hit with combinations.
05:13That stick is working for Polanco tonight.
05:17Nice body shot.
05:19It almost seems like Madonna's looking for just one shot.
05:22He's looking for Polanco to make a mistake.
05:24Like that?
05:25Yep.
05:26And he did clip him.
05:27He clipped him, but he's looking for him to make one mistake, get a little bit too comfortable,
05:30because you know he got dynamite in both hands.
05:32He can turn the fight with one punch.
05:34I mean, that was a nice shot that Maidana was able to let.
05:38I don't know if Polanco's glove deflected it partially, but that's the danger that Polanco's in against Maidana.
05:45Those are the guys that he's used to hitting and going down.
05:47Maidana's not that guy.
05:48No, he's not that guy.
05:49I mean, he's trying to be defensively responsible.
05:52You know, and he has punching power that Polanco has to worry about.
05:59You know, but look, I like the fact that Polanco is like, okay, you got power, but I got power too.
06:03I believe in mine.
06:04I believe in my chin as well, and I'm coming forward, and I'm going to put the pressure on you,
06:08and I'm going to make you make decisions that you don't want to do, and I'm going to make you pay for them.
06:14Look, what I'm liking tonight is that Polanco's jab is a punishing jab tonight.
06:19It's not a measuring jab.
06:21He's pounding the face of Maidana to set up the next shot.
06:25Nice right hand.
06:26Nice counter right there for Maidana.
06:28His two best shots, Tim, have been a counter left and a counter right in this round.
06:32Yeah, and the shot that he wants, I'm telling you, is the left hook.
06:36Maidana wants that left hook.
06:37He's trying to set it up.
06:38Now he's going downstairs to try to open it up.
06:43Oh, nice job.
06:44Nice jab.
06:45Nice jab.
06:46Up jab.
06:47And that's real good timing right there.
06:48Absolutely.
06:49Coming from underneath as opposed to straight.
06:51Coming from a different angle.
06:53See, Polanco's posing a little bit too much against a fighter like Maidana.
06:57He can make you pay the price for that.
06:59Yeah, and that high guy, look.
07:01He's in that Philly shell, man.
07:04He's not Mayweather.
07:05A lot of guys that Mayweather can make you look silly with that.
07:08However, look.
07:09He's been doing S&Cs from the crib, so he know what he's doing.
07:12Let's listen in to Hector Bermudez in Polanco's corner.
07:15As he doesn't have a stool to sit on.
07:18Put some Vaseline on.
07:22Take a deep breath.
07:24Look, the Philly shell system is to draw offense.
07:31You see him going to Philly shell right there.
07:33He wrote that shoulder back.
07:34He was able to avoid some of those shots, and he came right back with a right hand.
07:43But also, it puts him in line for the left hook.
07:46Nice shot right there.
07:47Polanco just, hey, leaning in with a right hand, short right hand.
07:51Didn't get underneath it at that time, but pulled straight back.
07:54Rolled with it a little bit.
07:55Hey, didn't hit.
07:56Hey, it's a grazing blow.
07:57But dang it.
07:58Imagine if he was coming forward with that shot, and he wasn't anticipating something coming back.
08:02So, sometimes when you throw the right hand out there, you left out there a little bit too long.
08:06You don't bring the hand back.
08:07You don't have the time.
08:08You can be timed with the shot.
08:09So, you got to roll underneath.
08:10You saw Mayweather do that a lot when he threw his right hand, or a single right hand.
08:12So, far 17 landed power punches through two rounds compared to Hades for Maidana.
08:17There go to Polanco.
08:18He's starting to come out now.
08:19He's starting to use it.
08:20Good body shot right there for Maidana.
08:25If Maidana can get a little bit more consistent with his jab, he can get a little bit more consistent with his jab.
08:31And now, if you can get the hand back, you don't have the time.
08:33You can be timed with the shot.
08:34So, you got to roll underneath.
08:35You saw Mayweather do that a lot when he threw his right hand, or a single right hand.
08:38So, far 17 landed power punches through two rounds compared to Hades for Maidana.
08:46consistent with his jab.
08:48He can disrupt a lot of stuff that Polanco's
08:50doing, because you've got to anticipate
08:52that right hand coming back, because he's going to
08:54use the shoulder roll.
08:57Use your jab, come behind
08:59with the right hand, get him
09:00the shoulder roll, and then come back with another swivel
09:02jab.
09:04That's a nice right hand from Maidana. Polanco
09:06took it well, but that may
09:08be the best shot he's been hit with his
09:10entire career. Entire career, absolutely.
09:14And it's on the
09:14counter, Tim. He's vulnerable
09:16to the counter, because he's
09:18not getting his hit off the line, as you mentioned.
09:20It's because of the guard.
09:23There's a lot of good that comes
09:24with that guard, but there's also a lot of bad.
09:27And if you know how to fight against that
09:28guard, you're going to have success.
09:312-1 combination all day.
09:33Do you know who had really good success
09:34against Floyd Mayweather? Cotto.
09:37Who else? The last
09:38name's in the ring tonight.
09:40Maidana. Yeah. What he did was
09:42he came over that lead shoulder. That's what he
09:44did with that kind of, like, crazy-looking right
09:47hand. Yep. Almost like that left hook
09:49is. Yep. Yep.
09:51Polanco kept that right at home defensively
09:53on that occasion.
09:54But, you know, if Maidana aims
09:57at the temple of
09:58Polanco, that's a different place. Yes.
10:00Not the job, but the temple. Yes.
10:02See, that's a 2-1 combination
10:14I was telling you about.
10:17Because he's going to roll that shoulder
10:18to avoid that jab.
10:21And when he comes back to counter,
10:22and poof, the one come right down the middle.
10:25His head stays on that line
10:26doing that shoulder roll.
10:28Already as many
10:31fewer punches landed by Polanco
10:34than Canelo landed all night against
10:35William Scull. Oh, man.
10:39Cut the ring off.
10:41Please.
10:48Good defense right there
10:49from Maidana. Just staying tight
10:51and just tucking, just bending his knees.
10:54That's it. The corner of Maidana
10:55is asking for the right uppercut.
10:57Once, Polanco goes with that
10:59one-two and gets in there.
11:01Set up for that uppercut.
11:04Good body work there
11:05from Polanco.
11:16He's got nothing for you.
11:18Let's get it going.
11:19Let me take a look at this sequence right here.
11:21You see him in the shoulder roll.
11:23Steps in to bump to get distance.
11:25And guess what?
11:25Who I was waiting on?
11:26My right hand.
11:28That's great timing.
11:29A great read right there from Maidana.
11:31That's experience.
11:33Understanding what was going on at that moment.
11:36Beautiful.
11:37Beautiful shot right there.
11:40Mouth was open, too.
11:41Hey, mouth was open.
11:42He wasn't expecting that.
11:44That was awesome.
11:45Hey, that's setting traps.
11:46And that's taking advantage of what Joe Opposition is doing
11:50or attempting to do
11:51and you knowing what he's trying to do
11:53and beating him to the punch.
11:56He steps straight back is what his trainer
11:59Dicia Manuel Rodriguez is telling.
12:01He does.
12:01He does step straight back.
12:03He's got to keep working the body is what he wants.
12:05If he keeps, yeah, the body a big, a great tool.
12:09Again, I always tell you guys, go down to the body.
12:12Take the fighter's soul, man.
12:14Take his energy.
12:15Take his gas.
12:16Bring that attention downstairs
12:17so that way he leaves himself open upstairs.
12:19The three losses in Fabian Maidana's career
12:23have been against Mario Barrios
12:24for the WBC Interim World title in May of 2024.
12:28Francisco Mercado was a freak stoppage
12:30and a 10-round decision against Jaider Parra
12:34in Argentina in 2019
12:35when he suffered a cut right.
12:37A great jab there from Polanco.
12:44That goes with a right to the body,
12:46but, Tim, if you reach like that
12:48and lunge, that's a dangerous proposition for Polanco.
12:51Yeah, it's a dangerous proposition,
12:53especially if you have Maidana with his feet set,
12:55but at that moment, his feet weren't set.
12:57He was moving back.
12:58So that was a perfect time for Polanco to attack him.
13:03We're seeing Polanco now switch things up a little bit,
13:06but it starts behind the jab, Tim.
13:07If he's got Maidana, I'm worried about the jab.
13:09Nice counter.
13:11That was a push.
13:12That was a push.
13:13Nice left and then a push.
13:15You see a little mouse under the left eye of Maidana.
13:18Look, I like that.
13:19Look, look, I like that.
13:20That's the weakening your man.
13:22Hey, that's to knock him off his face.
13:24You know, don't allow him to gather momentum.
13:27That's fine.
13:27And now he's taking advantage of him
13:29right as he's trying to get his wits back
13:31after getting embarrassed,
13:33getting pushed down on the floor like that.
13:35Good right hand downstairs.
13:37The straight shots right now downstairs
13:38is who's working for him.
13:39This, this, this.
13:40This, this.
13:40Stop.
13:41Stop.
13:42Stop.
13:42Stop.
13:43Stop.
13:43That's, again, the stab jab downstairs from Polanco
13:50and sets up the right body shot.
13:53He's posting with the jab.
13:55Stop.
13:55Stop.
13:55Stop.
13:56Yeah, those small little subtle things
13:58that many people don't see.
13:59Posting with the jab,
14:00he's looking to line up that right hand.
14:03And that's just, again,
14:04using that lead hand,
14:06positioning him,
14:07and trying to frame the shot
14:08so he can keep his head right there
14:10so he can glitz it with a right hand.
14:12A lot of people don't see that
14:13because they don't have the privilege
14:14of sitting next to you and learning that.
14:17Nice combination there from Polanco.
14:19That's love, man.
14:20Oh, there go the Polanco right there.
14:24Look at Polanco right now
14:25trying to beat the fight out of Madonna.
14:27That's what he's doing.
14:28Trying to beat the fight out of him.
14:29You know?
14:31He's beating him on the outside.
14:33He's beating him on the inside.
14:34He's giving him what he wants.
14:35He was able to land some shots.
14:37But he's taking everything away from him
14:39just with this pressure alone.
14:41Mental pressure.
14:42He's killing him with that.
14:43Also, he's beating him.
14:44Look at that.
14:45Left up with that.
14:46Like a 45.
14:4845.
14:49That was almost like an up jab,
14:51but it was like a vertical jab
14:52because he kept the thumb up.
14:54Now you see the power
14:55behind the right hand of Polanco as well.
14:57Oh, he's beating the fight out of him.
14:59The body shots,
15:01the pressure,
15:02the presence,
15:03the jab.
15:04The physical strength.
15:05Nothing he can do.
15:05The physicality that he's using,
15:07especially on the inside.
15:08After a great third round for Maidana,
15:11Polanco showing dominance here
15:13in round number four.
15:15And tonight,
15:16we're in Vegas to see the return
15:19of the monster,
15:20Naoya Inoue.
15:21About as dominant as they come
15:23when you talk about
15:24world championship fights.
15:26Look,
15:27most consecutive world title fights,
15:29Joe Louis at 28,
15:30Mikliszewski with 27,
15:32the Mexican legend,
15:33Ricardo Finito Lopez,
15:35and Naoya Inoue
15:36could equal that
15:37tonight with 25.
15:39I mean,
15:40look,
15:41we're talking about
15:41rarefied air,
15:43and this young man
15:44looks so impressive
15:45every time out.
15:47And Tim,
15:48he can finish you
15:49in so many ways.
15:51It's pick your poison
15:52with the monster.
15:53Yeah,
15:53I mean,
15:53he's the perfect finisher.
15:54I mean,
15:54once he opens you up
15:57and he finds that key,
15:58I mean,
15:59it's like he smells blood
16:00and it's over,
16:01you know.
16:03He's a tremendous fighter,
16:04Bernardo,
16:05because he works hard as well.
16:07See,
16:08most people don't understand
16:09that the Floyd Mayweather,
16:11you can say whatever you want
16:12to say about the Floyd Mayweather era,
16:14but Floyd worked his behind off
16:17with that talent,
16:18and that's the difference.
16:19So,
16:20and Inoue does the same thing.
16:22He says,
16:23I train to be the best version
16:24of myself.
16:26Whatever the opponent brings,
16:27that's great,
16:28but if I'm at my best,
16:30no one can beat me.
16:31And so far,
16:32that has been the case
16:33in becoming a two-time
16:34undisputed champion.
16:37And now,
16:37we're in a way
16:37in tonight's main event
16:38when we move over
16:39to ESPN
16:41immediately following
16:42the Dodgers game.
16:44I'm going to give you
16:45a fun fact,
16:46Bernardo.
16:47Please do.
16:49No,
16:49you're in a way.
16:50I came across this
16:51when reading the notes.
16:52Amateur record,
16:5375 wins,
16:54six losses
16:55with 48
16:56fights by chaos.
17:00Now,
17:00with headgear,
17:02yeah,
17:02exactly.
17:03Now,
17:03this is,
17:03you can argue this,
17:04okay,
17:05but according to
17:07the records I see,
17:08Sugar Ray Robinson,
17:0985 wins.
17:11Now,
17:11some people said
17:11he was 80 undefeated.
17:13However,
17:13I came across
17:14he might have
17:14two defeats,
17:1569 KOs.
17:18Think about that.
17:19Just let that.
17:20That's why many people
17:21consider him
17:21the best pound-for-pound
17:22ever.
17:23Yeah.
17:27But either way,
17:28you're talking about
17:29rarefies air.
17:30Yeah,
17:30exactly.
17:31That's my point
17:31I'm making.
17:32I said,
17:32just go ahead
17:33and let you digest
17:34air and think about
17:34it for a minute.
17:36Different.
17:36Yes!
17:37Ooh!
17:38Nice shot
17:39to the solar plexus
17:40from Polanco.
17:47Look,
17:48Maidana's a warrior,
17:49but those type of shots,
17:50Tim,
17:50look at the way
17:51he's tapping now
17:52with his shots.
17:53He doesn't want
17:53to open up.
17:54Yeah,
17:54Maidana's a warrior
17:55and warriors,
17:57most of the time,
17:58they like to come forward
17:59and be the boss.
17:59And tonight,
18:00he can't be the boss.
18:01He's not the stronger man
18:02inside the ring.
18:03And Polanco,
18:04he knows.
18:05He got the 4-1-1 on him.
18:06Push him back.
18:07He can't fight off
18:08his backflip.
18:09It's like pushing
18:12Wilder on his backflip,
18:14right?
18:14Yeah.
18:14You know,
18:15he can't fight off
18:15his backflip.
18:16How can you generate
18:17punching power
18:17if you're not
18:18moving forward?
18:19Look at Polanco
18:19pulling a man with a leg.
18:20Who are you trying
18:21to hit with that?
18:22The ghost?
18:23The ghost of
18:24Rohan Polanco?
18:25Polanco is breaking
18:26him down.
18:27I mean,
18:27the only enemy
18:29is himself right now.
18:31But he can't get
18:32overconfident
18:32and gets a punch
18:33like Maidana.
18:34That's why I said
18:34the only enemy
18:35he has right now
18:36in front of him
18:37is him.
18:37It's not
18:38it's not
18:38Maidana,
18:39obviously.
18:40He's breaking
18:40him down
18:41little by little
18:42each round.
18:44He's like,
18:44throw.
18:45Throw at me
18:46is what Polanco
18:46is inviting
18:47Maidana to do.
18:50You got to be
18:51careful what you
18:52ask for though,
18:52the shimmy.
18:52The shimmy.
18:53The shimmy shimmy.
18:54Stop feeling
18:55yourself a little
18:56too much.
18:57Yeah,
18:57Polanco's aware
18:58though.
18:59His eyes are
19:00fixated
19:00on Maidana
19:02while they lead
19:03right.
19:06He's in a groove
19:07right now,
19:08Tim.
19:08He's in a zone.
19:09Yeah,
19:09exactly.
19:11He's in a flow.
19:12We call it flow
19:12state.
19:14Everything he do
19:14is just harmonious.
19:16Look at that.
19:16That body shot
19:17underneath there.
19:17Yep.
19:22Blood at.
19:26Yeah.
19:29Hector Bermudez
19:30and Rudy Hernandez
19:32doing the gut
19:32man work.
19:47You have to be
19:53alert with him
19:53because he's still
19:54dangerous,
19:55okay?
19:55He's not finished
19:56yet.
20:02Let's check out
20:02that body shot.
20:03Let's see if that
20:04body shot landed.
20:05Look at Polanco.
20:07See,
20:07it started with
20:08the high guard.
20:09So the high guard,
20:10what that does is
20:11it entice your
20:12opponent,
20:12right?
20:13And when he throws,
20:14you have something
20:14in store for him
20:15and boom,
20:15you're able to land
20:16that right hand
20:16to the body.
20:18And that right
20:18there,
20:19you see that swag
20:20he got as well?
20:21Like,
20:21what you doing?
20:23I mean,
20:23you fighting ghosts
20:24in here,
20:24man.
20:25I'm right here.
20:28Gotta love
20:29this young man
20:31who says,
20:31Tim Bradley,
20:32you better put me
20:32number one
20:33after tonight's
20:34performance.
20:35Nice right uppercut
20:36from my Donna.
20:37You can't get
20:38overconfident.
20:38I think he missed
20:39with that shot,
20:40but,
20:40you know,
20:41that's why we got
20:41the best in the
20:42truck,
20:42baby.
20:43Yeah,
20:43he might have
20:44hit the gloves,
20:44but still.
20:45I think he leaned
20:46out of the way
20:46a little bit
20:47and he probably
20:47hit the glove.
20:4819-6 power punches
20:50landed last round
20:51alone.
20:54You see the corner
20:55trying to drive
20:56and,
20:57you know,
20:59give some
20:59inspiration to
21:01their fighters.
21:02Like,
21:02hey,
21:02man,
21:03do something.
21:03Do something.
21:04If you don't do
21:04something,
21:05he gonna do
21:05something to you.
21:06Come on.
21:07You gotta believe
21:08in yourself.
21:08And when you get
21:10behind in fights
21:12like this,
21:13man,
21:13if you really,
21:14truly wanna win,
21:15you gotta sell
21:15out.
21:15It's been time
21:17for Madonna
21:18to sell out.
21:19Being bagged up
21:20all night.
21:21He had a little
21:22success early,
21:23but dude,
21:24as fighters,
21:24we know when we
21:25behind.
21:26We know when we
21:26get not behind.
21:28It just depends
21:30on how the heck
21:30you wanna go out.
21:32How you wanna go out.
21:33I don't think
21:33he wants to go
21:34out on a shield
21:35because
21:35Polanco's punishing
21:37him.
21:37Man,
21:38I'm saying go out
21:39by hitting back.
21:40When is he gonna
21:41get tired of
21:41getting hit?
21:42That's my point.
21:44Get some
21:44getbacks.
21:47Man,
21:48I could just
21:48imagine if you
21:49were commentating
21:50last Friday
21:50in Times Square.
21:52They can't deal
21:53with me.
21:55Ooh,
21:55nice right hand.
21:56Oh,
21:57he beat him.
21:57That's a left hook
21:58and he sends
21:59Maidana reeling
22:00back against
22:01the turnbuckle.
22:02He beating us.
22:02not out of him.
22:03Oh my goodness.
22:05Let it go.
22:06I mean,
22:06look.
22:07Stop it.
22:07Stop it.
22:08Look,
22:09there's sometimes
22:09you don't,
22:10look.
22:12Sometimes you
22:13just don't have
22:13what it takes.
22:14It's just a
22:15talent disparity.
22:17You know,
22:17Maidana got
22:18punching power.
22:19He got something
22:20that you can only
22:21get from,
22:21receive from God.
22:23But he gotta
22:23believe in it.
22:24He gotta let
22:24his hands go.
22:25He gotta be
22:26willing to commit
22:27and take,
22:27he's already
22:27taking the punches,
22:28right?
22:28Look at the
22:29body language
22:30though, Tim.
22:30Now he finally
22:31throws two down
22:31to the body,
22:32but the body
22:33language of
22:33Maidana tells
22:34you the story
22:35of this fight.
22:43He's breathing
22:44hard because
22:45of the body
22:45shots.
22:46Puts himself
22:47in a vulnerable
22:47position and
22:49Polanco lands
22:50a left hook
22:51and he lands it
22:51again.
22:53There's that,
22:54that Polanco,
22:55the corkscrew
22:56left.
22:58That's right.
23:01Now he changes
23:02it up to the
23:02right to the body.
23:04Polanco,
23:05it's target
23:05practice for him
23:06right now.
23:07body shot from
23:16Polanco.
23:17Now the body
23:19with the uppercut.
23:22He's having fun
23:23right now.
23:26Good job,
23:26good job.
23:27Good job.
23:27I got you,
23:28I got you.
23:28And now we're
23:29listening to Maidana's
23:30corner.
23:30His brother's not
23:31here because
23:31he's with
23:33El Puma,
23:35Fernando Martinez,
23:35who's going to
23:36have the rematch
23:36against
23:37Kezuta Ayoka
23:38after defeating
23:39him for the
23:39belt.
23:45Come on,
23:46kid,
23:46what's wrong?
23:52Rejected.
23:54You got to
23:55get to work.
23:57When you're there,
23:58I need you to
23:58throw the power.
24:00But let those
24:02punches go.
24:03You haven't thrown,
24:03you haven't let your
24:04hands go yet.
24:06You have to work.
24:08If you want to win
24:09this fight,
24:10you got to work.
24:12Come on,
24:12man.
24:21He's trying,
24:22right there,
24:22what you're seeing is
24:23you're seeing a
24:24fighter fighting with
24:25himself, not trying
24:27to make a silent
24:27agreement with himself
24:28to give up.
24:30to give in and
24:31allow Polanco
24:33to knock him
24:34out.
24:35You know,
24:35he's thinking about
24:36it.
24:36He's saying,
24:37man, I'm doing
24:38everything I can.
24:40But really,
24:40are you?
24:41Do you,
24:41are you?
24:43And look at Polanco
24:44talking to him.
24:44Absolutely not.
24:46But see,
24:47you see him starting
24:47to come out.
24:48He's trying to fight
24:48out of this.
24:49That's what you're
24:50seeing.
24:50I think we're seeing
24:51the last hurrah of
24:53Fabian Maidana.
24:55This is him saying,
24:56this is the last bit
24:57of energy I've got
24:58to give.
24:59And if I can't
24:59handle this,
25:00then somebody
25:01got to help me out.
25:01He has energy.
25:03He wasn't even
25:04breathing.
25:04Desire is what's
25:05missing?
25:06Yeah.
25:06I mean,
25:07sometimes you can
25:07get the fight
25:08beat out of you.
25:09And that's what's
25:09happening right now.
25:10Everything he tries
25:11and does is getting
25:13taken away from him.
25:14Yeah,
25:14the body language
25:15wasn't good going
25:16to the corner.
25:17It was even worse
25:17when he was in the
25:18corner.
25:19He was so dejected.
25:21Yes,
25:21he was.
25:24Polanco's just
25:24toying with him.
25:25He says,
25:25hit me here,
25:26and I'm going to
25:26pop you with a jab.
25:28Yeah,
25:28and then when you
25:29talk to him,
25:30it even discourages
25:31you even more.
25:32You being on the
25:33other side of that,
25:33when you got your
25:34opponent actually
25:35beating on you
25:36and talking to you
25:37at the same time?
25:38Oh,
25:38my gosh.
25:40So discouraging.
25:42Oh,
25:42nice left after
25:44the body shot
25:44straight onto
25:46the belt line
25:46from Polanco.
25:48This was supposed
25:49to be a challenge.
25:50Yeah.
25:52I agree.
25:52They both agreed
25:53that it was supposed
25:54to be a challenge.
25:55And guess what?
25:57Polanco accepted
25:58the challenge,
25:58and he's excelling
25:59so far through
26:00seven rounds.
26:01And look at
26:02Maidana.
26:02You know what
26:03a referee pushes
26:04you back,
26:04Tim,
26:04and your legs
26:05just don't respond?
26:06That's what I just
26:07saw with Alan
26:09Huggins and
26:10Fabian Maidana.
26:13Oh,
26:13he being physical
26:14with him on the
26:14inside,
26:15too,
26:15still just being
26:16disrespectful.
26:18Man,
26:19Polanco just so
26:20disrespectful,
26:21man.
26:21He like,
26:22man,
26:22he manhandling
26:23them.
26:24Come on,
26:25now.
26:25Tim,
26:27is he climbing
26:29numero uno
26:30on your list
26:31or what?
26:31Oh,
26:31absolutely.
26:32I mean,
26:32look,
26:33he ain't got
26:33the knockout
26:34yet,
26:34but I'm just
26:35telling you right
26:35now,
26:35I mean,
26:36he's discouraging
26:37a puncher.
26:38He got a puncher
26:39on his back foot,
26:40a guy that got
26:40lethal,
26:41lethal hands,
26:43and he's just
26:44destroying them.
26:4527 fight veterans,
26:4624 wins,
26:47and 18 knockouts,
26:50not tonight.
26:51Making it look
26:51easy.
26:54Oh,
26:55beat the fight
26:55out of Maidana
26:56here with that
26:57four-punch combination.
27:02That count
27:03right from Polanco.
27:04Maidana having
27:05to hold.
27:06Oh,
27:06stop,
27:06stop,
27:06stop,
27:07stop,
27:07just a little
27:07kid.
27:08All right,
27:09step back,
27:09step back.
27:13Hey,
27:14did you see
27:14the changeup
27:15in speed?
27:15Yes.
27:16They caught him
27:16by surprise.
27:17Oh,
27:19now they're
27:19exchanging punches.
27:20But there's
27:22nothing on it.
27:22Nothing on it.
27:24Again,
27:24it was something
27:26on that left hook
27:27to the body
27:28right there
27:28got Polanco.
27:29But it's not
27:32enough here
27:32through seven rounds
27:33as Polanco
27:34goes back
27:35to Hector
27:36Bermudez.
27:36landing some serious
27:48shots here.
27:48Hey,
27:53you hungry, Tim?
27:54Yeah,
27:54let me get you
27:55a four-piece real quick.
27:56Four-piece chicken nuggets.
27:58Let's go.
27:59Here you go.
28:00Moving in,
28:00just coming in,
28:01high behind his jab,
28:02just a closed distance
28:03right there
28:03with the shoulder.
28:04He was able to frame
28:05that work right there.
28:06Just switching up
28:07the cadence.
28:08That's it.
28:09You know,
28:09I hit you with my
28:10hardest shot.
28:11Let me just go ahead
28:11and get,
28:12let me pepper you
28:13with some shots real quick
28:14and see if I can open up
28:15something even bigger.
28:16So just letting those hands go.
28:17He saw his head right there
28:18placed,
28:19trying to hide behind
28:20that guard.
28:20Nope.
28:21He ate every single punch
28:22right there
28:23and the right hand
28:24afterwards.
28:24Not too much effect.
28:27However,
28:27it did look good
28:28in the judges' eyes.
28:30It's all been looking good
28:31for Rohan Polanco
28:33and Fabian Maidana,
28:35TNT,
28:36down against Mario Barrios,
28:38been cut before
28:39against Francisco Mercado
28:41and Jader Farra.
28:42His corner's done a good job
28:43with that little mouse
28:44under the left eye
28:45of Fabian Maidana
28:47so far.
28:48And look at that,
28:48163 to 53.
28:52Two more punches
28:53landed from Maidana.
28:54He equals
28:54William Scull's
28:55total punch connect
28:57output.
28:5812 rounds
28:59against Canelo.
29:00He does
29:00one more than that.
29:02He hits Canelo numbers.
29:06Nice.
29:08That was nasty.
29:09Yeah.
29:10He was a nice little
29:11blade.
29:11He was a blade
29:12and shoulder stance.
29:13He was a stick
29:13that he had
29:14up in the middle.
29:17There's that stick
29:23once again
29:23from Polanco.
29:24He's just using that
29:25to set up something
29:26bigger here
29:26in the eighth round
29:27against Fabian Maidana.
29:44Polanco hasn't thrown
29:45anything but jabs.
29:47Up and down.
29:48Let the slip.
29:50No knockout.
29:50Slip.
29:53Maybe they'll get
29:54Maidana going here.
29:55No knockout.
29:57Don't push him with it.
30:08He rolled with that
30:08right hand.
30:09Yep.
30:09Right hand came in,
30:10got chopped.
30:10Chopped with it.
30:11However, Polanco
30:12was able to roll
30:12with that shot.
30:13He sees everything
30:14coming at this point.
30:15This.
30:17This.
30:18This.
30:19This.
30:20I would love
30:21to see Polanco
30:21go downstairs
30:22a little bit more.
30:24I would love
30:25to see Maidana
30:26actually throw
30:26some punches
30:27and commit
30:28with his shots.
30:29Throw more
30:29than just one punch
30:31at a time.
30:31I would love
30:34to see my numbers
30:35hit the powerball.
30:39I ain't never
30:40you know I ain't
30:41never played
30:41the lotto man.
30:42You're already rich.
30:44No.
30:45You won the lotto
30:46when you beat Pacquiao.
30:48Great health.
30:49Great health
30:49is being rich.
30:53All right.
30:54Nice little
30:54double jab right there.
30:55I think
30:56it almost seems
30:57like Polanco
30:58is getting a little
30:58bit boring.
30:59Yeah.
30:59You know
30:59I mean
31:00this man
31:00ain't got
31:00he ain't knocked
31:01this man out
31:02because he's used
31:02to doing that
31:03and he's hitting
31:03him with everything
31:04but he's having
31:06a hard time
31:07getting him
31:07up out of there.
31:17After
31:17a disappointing
31:19weekend
31:19for the sport
31:20of boxing
31:20that was set up
31:21for greatness
31:22we hope
31:23to have greatness
31:24when
31:24Naoya Inoue
31:25takes on
31:26Ramon Cardenas
31:27with his
31:28undisputed
31:29junior featherweight
31:30titles
31:30on the line
31:31Tim Bradley
31:32you have seen
31:33maybe something
31:34that the challenger
31:35can take advantage
31:36of in your lap.
31:37Oh absolutely
31:37he got a chance
31:38he can punch
31:39you got a chance
31:40anytime you get
31:41in that ring
31:42you got a chance
31:43and check this out
31:44most people don't
31:46see this type of stuff
31:46however I do
31:48when you throw
31:48your right hand
31:49guess what
31:50hey look
31:50fundamentally
31:51that's the wrong
31:52thing
31:52look at all those
31:53openings right there
31:54reaching back
31:55cocking back
31:56trying to be strong
31:56with that right hand
31:57perfect opportunity
31:58to land
31:59a slip counter
32:00right there
32:00with the left hook
32:01oh yeah
32:01when he throws
32:02the right hand
32:02but the opposite
32:03hand is dropping
32:04common mistake
32:05by a lot of fighters
32:06not just in a way
32:07guess what
32:07that right side
32:08you can
32:09you can meet it
32:10you know
32:11as you enter
32:11in mid range
32:12you can slip
32:12to the outside
32:13and shoot the right hand
32:14down the middle
32:14and especially
32:15on the inside
32:16look
32:16he's looking
32:16to land a shot
32:17but you see
32:18Neri
32:18staying close
32:19and in position
32:20right
32:20that right hand
32:22is going to drop
32:22down low
32:23before he throws it
32:24and guess who beats him
32:25and fills that hole
32:26Neri
32:27boom
32:27landing that shot
32:29right there
32:29that lets you know
32:30that in a way
32:31yes
32:31he looks superhuman
32:32sometimes
32:33but he's still human
32:34baby
32:34he may be a monster
32:36but if you hit him
32:37in the right spot
32:38there is that
32:39moment of weakness
32:40and we've seen
32:41now
32:42Nonito Donair
32:43fracture his nose
32:45and his orbital bone
32:46he fought through that
32:47to win
32:48and unify the world titles
32:50and then
32:50we saw
32:51Neri
32:53El Panterita
32:54dropped
32:54Nahuayene
32:55with the left hook
32:56nonetheless
32:57the monster came back
32:58and he destroyed
32:59El Panterita Neri
33:01so
33:01if you drop him
33:03much like
33:03Tito Trinidad
33:04you better finish him
33:05because if you don't
33:06Lord help you
33:07absolutely
33:08you know what
33:08I asked
33:09an interesting
33:10interesting question
33:11there's today
33:11in the fighter meeting
33:12in Tenobi
33:13right
33:13the translator there
33:15I said
33:16do
33:17with your culture
33:19do you
33:20respect
33:20guys that
33:22give
33:23or show
33:24or guys
33:25that can take
33:26as far as
33:27boxing goes
33:27he says
33:28we respect
33:29those that
33:29can take
33:30that can take
33:31what
33:32punishment
33:32right
33:33I'm like
33:34samurai warriors
33:35yes
33:36that spirit
33:36right
33:37I'm like
33:37wow
33:38okay
33:39makes sense
33:41to me
33:41and look
33:42that's how
33:42Nahuayeneui
33:43fights
33:43he could
33:44outbox
33:44most guys
33:45on the back
33:46foot
33:46easily
33:46but
33:47he likes
33:47to put
33:48on a show
33:48he likes
33:48to put
33:49himself in danger
33:49in order
33:50to deliver
33:51those power
33:51shots
33:52so if he got
33:53clipped by that
33:53left hook
33:54he's like
33:54okay you got me
33:55but guess what
33:56I'm about to get you
33:57and that's exactly
33:58what he did
33:58with Mary
33:59and you see the jab
34:00of Polanco
34:01here just snapping
34:02the head back
34:02of Fabian Maidana
34:04yeah
34:06look
34:07I hear you
34:09you're right
34:09it sounds
34:10great
34:11but man
34:11look
34:11I've seen
34:14one of the
34:15best fighters
34:16of possibly
34:18all time
34:19top 15
34:19for sure
34:20top 10
34:20maybe a lot
34:21of people's
34:22list
34:22I've seen
34:23him go
34:24night night
34:24okay
34:25back here
34:26yeah
34:27and you want
34:27to know
34:28how
34:28the same
34:30reason
34:30what you
34:31just saw
34:31right here
34:32him fainting
34:34himself into
34:35the range
34:35and being
34:35timed
34:36on the way
34:37in
34:37with the right
34:39hand for
34:39Marquez
34:40so look
34:41I think
34:42anything is
34:42possible
34:43at the end
34:43of the day
34:44if you can
34:44avoid getting
34:45hit
34:45do it
34:47with all
34:47costs
34:47besides just
34:48running around
34:49and running
34:49like a chicken
34:49look
34:50after the
34:51Pacquiao
34:52Marquez
34:52fight
34:52video surfaced
34:54of Marquez
34:55and Nacho
34:56Eddie Stein
34:56working on
34:57that one
34:57shot
34:58that finished
34:58the fight
34:59and you know
35:00Joel Diaz
35:00more than
35:01anybody
35:01because
35:02he took
35:03you to
35:03your first
35:03world title
35:04and multiple
35:05world titles
35:05he's in the
35:06corner of
35:08Ramon Cárdenas
35:09tonight
35:09he loves
35:10being the
35:10underdog
35:10when nobody
35:11gives him
35:12a chance
35:12Tim
35:13and he says
35:14you think
35:15preparing a
35:16fight plan
35:17for Inouye
35:18is tough
35:18try preparing
35:19a fight plan
35:20for Pacquiao
35:21that was a
35:22nightmare
35:22Marquez as well
35:23you know
35:23but yeah
35:24he's right
35:25and Joel
35:26he's been there
35:27right
35:27and he has
35:29examples
35:29and so
35:30he's able to
35:31talk to his
35:32pupils
35:32and tell
35:33them like
35:33hey
35:33like
35:34I've been
35:35here before
35:35and
35:36you know
35:37you've got
35:38the strength
35:38from that
35:38you know
35:39Joel told me
35:40a lot of
35:41things that
35:41was going to
35:41happen
35:42in my career
35:42and they
35:43actually
35:43happened
35:43yes
35:44they actually
35:45happened
35:46last round
35:57last round
35:57come close
35:58everything's good
36:04this is
36:05Rohan Polanco's
36:06last five fights
36:07three knockouts
36:09in a row
36:09after a decision
36:11against a very
36:11complicated
36:12Tariq Zaina
36:13this is
36:15the last round
36:16he's messed up
36:18but don't
36:19don't take too
36:19many risks
36:20you don't need
36:20to
36:20just stay behind
36:22the jab
36:22you know
36:23what can happen
36:23he can hurt
36:24his hands
36:25I mean
36:25he's hitting
36:25him on the head
36:27he's hitting
36:27him everywhere
36:27he can hurt
36:28his hands
36:28one two
36:29he's hit him
36:29with his best
36:29punches
36:30he still ain't
36:30winning anywhere
36:31so now
36:32it's just like
36:32alright
36:33let's cruise
36:33to victory
36:34but what I like
36:35is that
36:35he's getting
36:35rounds
36:36he needs rounds
36:37but he's just
36:38been producing
36:38knockout
36:39after knockout
36:39so
36:40and these are
36:41quality rounds
36:42we're talking about
36:43coming in here
36:44with a total
36:45of 72 rounds
36:46he's gonna lead
36:46with 82 rounds
36:48but these are
36:48probably the most
36:50difficult
36:51where he actually
36:51had to think
36:52his way through
36:53the first four rounds
36:54of this fight
36:55yes
36:55absolutely
36:55you're absolutely
36:56right
36:57and he's at
36:58that he said
36:5880 something rounds
36:59it'll be 82
37:00with this one
37:01need 100
37:01100
37:03100 is the best
37:03that is your target
37:04100 rounds
37:06you're ready
37:06for the title
37:07or you should
37:08be ready
37:08nice left hook
37:12there for Maidana
37:13glances on
37:14the head
37:14of Polanco
37:15maybe he sells
37:18out here
37:19gives us
37:20three exciting
37:20minutes
37:21yeah that's
37:24how you know
37:24the finish line
37:26is near
37:26so he gonna
37:27give you
37:27everything he got
37:28when he should
37:29have been
37:29doing that
37:29rounds ago
37:31like you don't
37:35really realize
37:36how much
37:36you got
37:36left
37:37man
37:37like
37:38you know
37:39why wait
37:40to the end
37:40you know
37:41you just
37:41gotta give it
37:42out
37:42you're in a fight
37:43give it
37:44everything you
37:44have
37:44each round
37:45let's see if
37:48Polanco decides
37:49to go after
37:49him
37:49every time
37:50he shoots
37:51he's gonna
37:51have an opening
37:52yes
37:53left hooks
37:59are landing
37:59and now
38:00he gets
38:00clipped
38:00by a left
38:01downstairs
38:02from Maidana
38:02you know
38:15one thing
38:16is
38:16Polanco
38:17got a cheat
38:17code
38:18he messes
38:19with a guy
38:20that I call
38:21the guru
38:22his name
38:24is Ryan
38:24from Boxing
38:25Jam
38:25and
38:27he does
38:28phenomenal
38:29film studies
38:30on
38:30analysis
38:30on his
38:31opponents
38:31and so
38:33he knows
38:33their weaknesses
38:34and he comes
38:34into the fight
38:35and that's
38:36the reason
38:36why he's
38:36performing
38:37the way
38:37he's performing
38:38is because
38:39he knows
38:41that if you
38:41put him
38:41on his
38:42back foot
38:42because of
38:42the film
38:43study
38:43guess what
38:44it's gonna
38:45be an easy
38:45night for him
38:46see a film
38:48analysis
38:48film study
38:49is important
38:50because you
38:50can make
38:51your fights
38:52easy for you
38:53that are
38:54perceivably
38:55hard before
38:56you
38:56like having
38:57the answers
38:58to the test
38:59do your
38:59homework
39:00yup
39:00do your
39:01homework
39:01that's
39:02that's
39:02a nice
39:02left
39:03hook
39:03flurry
39:03from
39:04Milanko
39:05big shout
39:09out to
39:10Boxing
39:10Jam
39:10oh
39:11and
39:11now
39:11it's
39:12down to
39:13the body
39:13bingo
39:14four
39:16five
39:17six
39:18seven
39:20eight
39:21nine
39:22ok
39:23step over
39:25here
39:2521 seconds
39:2619 seconds
39:2818
39:29box
39:29oh
39:32got a little
39:33overanxious
39:34there
39:34but the
39:35body work
39:36for Polanco
39:36a little
39:37earlier
39:38would have
39:38ended
39:38the fight
39:39but he's
39:40putting on
39:40a show
39:41here
39:41in Las Vegas
39:43Nevada
39:43has improved
39:44to 16
39:45and 0
39:45couldn't get
39:46that 11th
39:47knockout
39:47but great
39:49rounds
39:49against
39:50a tough
39:50warrior
39:51like
39:52Fabian
39:52Maidana
39:53for
39:53Rohan
39:54Polanco
39:55what'd you
39:55think of
39:55his performance
39:56Tim
39:56look
39:58here's a knockdown
40:00right here
40:00he found a little
40:01crease
40:01right there
40:02in between
40:03the guards
40:03had his man
40:04against the ropes
40:04you see him
40:05looking
40:05eyes fixated
40:07towards his man
40:07boom
40:08slipped it
40:08right underneath
40:09that guard
40:10right there
40:10great position
40:12hit him
40:12right in the
40:12solar plex
40:13I didn't think
40:13he was gonna
40:14get up after
40:14that shot
40:15however he did
40:16but that's a
40:17well placed
40:18well located
40:19shot right there
40:20from Polanco
40:21only the second
40:24time he's been
40:25down
40:25Mario Barrios
40:26the current
40:27WBC champ
40:28the first man
40:29to drop
40:29Maidana
40:29oh that's
40:30bringing pain
40:31bringing pain
40:32through your
40:32entire body
40:33man
40:33that affects
40:34all your
40:35entire system
40:35your legs
40:37your lungs
40:37you know
40:38it's hard to
40:39breathe
40:39you know
40:40hey look
40:41I'd rather get
40:42hit with that
40:42I say this
40:43all the time
40:43I'd rather get
40:44hit with a
40:44head shot
40:44and get knocked
40:45completely out
40:46before I get
40:46hit with a
40:47body shot
40:47well let's
40:47take a look
40:48at how this
40:48fight progressed
40:49Tim
40:49I mean it
40:50started off
40:50hot
40:51I mean it
40:52had me on
40:52my edge
40:53you know
40:53I thought
40:54Maidana was
40:55gonna come
40:55to fight
40:55he got some
40:56punching power
40:57he gonna
40:57come see you
40:58however
40:58Polanco
40:59started slowly
41:00systematically
41:01going down
41:02to that body
41:02he took the
41:03fight out of
41:04him just with
41:04pure pressure
41:05in those
41:07body work
41:08and coming
41:08behind shots
41:09with shots
41:10like that
41:10that jab
41:11that's not
41:11just a
41:12you know
41:13pawing jab
41:13let me measure
41:14nah
41:14I'm trying to
41:15punch through
41:16you type of
41:16jab
41:16you know
41:17hitting him
41:17with left
41:18hooks like
41:18that
41:19using that
41:20Philly shell
41:20to open up
41:21counter right
41:22hands
41:22I mean
41:23Polanco
41:23you saw it
41:24tonight
41:24everything
41:25pushed the
41:26pace
41:27fought when
41:28he wanted
41:28to fight
41:28varied his
41:30combinations
41:30produced
41:31knockdowns
41:32like this
41:32in the last
41:34round
41:34where you're
41:35thinking
41:35he's gonna
41:36go to
41:36distance
41:36yeah
41:37it went
41:37the distance
41:37however
41:38he was able
41:38to put
41:38his man
41:39down
41:39with that
41:40shot
41:40right there
41:41look at
41:43the eyes
41:43boom
41:44just digging
41:44it right
41:45there
41:45right in
41:46the right
41:46spot
41:46to produce
41:47that knockdown
41:48I thought
41:48it was a
41:49fantastic
41:49performance
41:50he turned
41:52a hard
41:53fight
41:53into an
41:54easy fight
41:55alright
41:57there you see
41:58the total
41:58punch
41:59stats
41:59241
42:00and 165
42:01throwing
42:01and look
42:02if that
42:02landed
42:02I mean
42:03he more
42:03than doubled
42:04and Tim
42:04you know
42:05that if
42:05you connect
42:06on 50%
42:07of your
42:07power punches
42:08that means
42:09that you're
42:09probably
42:09going to
42:10end the
42:10fight
42:11by stoppage
42:12and that
42:12didn't happen
42:13today
42:13but he was
42:14so close
42:15that he
42:15started a
42:15little earlier
42:16going downstairs
42:16maybe it
42:17happens for
42:18him
42:18but it
42:19should be
42:19a formality
42:20but let's
42:21send it up
42:21to Jimmy
42:22Lennon Jr.
42:22for the
42:23numbers
42:23gentlemen
42:25after 10
42:26rounds of
42:27action
42:27the judges
42:27are in
42:28agreement
42:29all three
42:30judges
42:30scored
42:30about
42:31100
42:31to
42:3289
42:33all three
42:34in favor
42:34of the
42:35winner
42:35by
42:35unanimous
42:36decision
42:36and still
42:38the WBO
42:38Intercontinental
42:40welterweight
42:41champion
42:41the undefeated
42:43Rohan
42:44El Rayo
42:46Polanco
42:48Rohan
42:50looked
42:51impressive
42:51a shutout
42:52victory
42:53and we're
42:54going to
42:54take a
42:54short break
42:55after this
42:56impressive
42:56victory
42:56from
42:57Rohan
42:57Polanco
42:58to wrap
42:59up our
43:00undercard
43:00coverage
43:01and lead
43:02to our
43:02double
43:03world title
43:04build
43:04on ESPN
43:05end
43:05and
43:05we're
43:06going to
43:06see you
43:07again
43:07on ESPN