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GOAT MW Boxing Round 5 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between James Toney (ranked 4415 p4p, 5267 weight class) and Marvin Hagler (ranked 421 p4p, 460 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Toney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marvin Hagler!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hagler misses with a hook
and Toney counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Toney jabs Hagler right on the nose. Hagler blinks but takes it well.
Hagler misses with a left hand
and Toney counters with a right hand to the body.
Hagler needs to keep his hands up - Toney had a free shot at his head there.
Hagler rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Toney counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Toney throws a good cross that connects.
Toney looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hagler throws a hook to the side of Toney's head but Toney sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hagler looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Toney moves away from the strike by Hagler.
Toney lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hagler throws a hook to the side of Toney's head but Toney sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Toney was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Toney scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toney ducks under a wild hook from Hagler.
The fighters circling - Hagler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Toney thows a left - swing and a miss!
A slow jab from Hagler misses its intended target.
Toney smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Toney changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hagler misses with a straight left.
Toney displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A big right from Hagler misses.
The fighters circling - Hagler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Toney displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hagler throws a hook but Toney blocks it.
Toney is looking to counter punch.
Hagler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A quick step to the side and Toney tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Hagler misses its intended target.
A telegraphed right hand from Hagler misses the target.
Hagler missing with a left hand there. Toney was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hagler looks to land a left hand but Toney moved out of range nicely.
Hagler on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hagler swings widly with a right hand
and Toney counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hagler missing with a left hand there. Toney was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hagler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hagler throws out a loose jab but Toney uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hagler might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hagler throws out a loose jab but Toney uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hagler throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hagler connects with a nice looking jab.
Toney swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hagler throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Toney misses with an uppercut. Hagler saw that one coming.
Toney throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Toney slips a straight right by Hagler.
A slow jab from Hagler misses its intended target.
Hagler swings widly with a right hand
and Toney counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hagler throws a hook but Toney avoids it easily.
Hagler misses with a looping right.
Marvin Hagler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toney looks to land a left hand but Hagler moved out of range nicely.
Toney is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hagler walks into a jab.
Toney moves away from the strike by Hagler.
Hagler blocks a jab.
Toney misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hagler.
Toney moves out of range as Hagler strikes.
A left lands for Toney.
Hagler throws a hook to the side of Toney's head but Toney sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hagler misses with a right hand
and Toney counters with a stiff right hand.
Toney slips a straight right by Hagler.
An attempted straight right counter from Toney misses the target.
Hagler throws an off balance right hand
and Toney counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hagler throws the left hand but Toney avoids the punch easily.
Toney moves out of range as Hagler strikes.
Hagler throws an overhand right that lands on Toney's shoulder, as Toney tries to avoid the shot.
A swing and a miss from Hagler.
It looked like Toney wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hagler looks to land a left hand but Toney moved out of range nicely.
Hagler throws a looping overhand right but Toney ducks down to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Toney. Those never looked like landing.
Hagler throws a shot from downtown. Toney moves away and avoids it.
Toney keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hagler.
Toney throws an overhand right that lands on Hagler's shoulder, as Hagler tries to avoid the shot.
Hagler scores with a punch to the head.
Hagler throws a hook but Toney avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Toney.
Hagler throws out a counter right but Toney avoids it with no problem.
Toney connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hagler throws a shot from downtown. Toney moves away and avoids it.
Toney defending well as Hagler loads up on a big left hand.
Jab from Toney.
Hagler connects with a looping right hand.
Hagler misses with a hook.
Hagler takes one to the chin there.
Toney connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hagler pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hagler misses with a looping right.
A slow jab from Hagler misses its intended target.
Hagler's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Toney connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hagler scrambles back to his feet.
Hagler bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Toney's head backwards.
Hagler throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Toney counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hagler misses with a hook
and Toney connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A swing and a miss from Hagler.
Hagler tries to move into range but Toney moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hagler throws an off balance right hand
and Toney counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
James Toney dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Toney fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hagler manages to avoid it.
Hagler loads up on a big right hand but Toney slips the punch.
Hagler on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hagler has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Toney pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It seemed like Hagler was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Toney slips a jab from Hagler.
Toney walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Toney scores with a decent looking hook.
Hagler misses with an uppercut
and Hagler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fighters circling - Toney throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Toney swings for the body but Hagler moves out of range.
Toney tries to move into range but Hagler moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A big right from Hagler misses.
A slow jab from Hagler misses its intended target.
Toney seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Toney fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hagler on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toney thuds his right hand into Hagler's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Toney walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Toney is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Marvin Hagler!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Roberto Duran (ranked 3726 p4p, 5293 weight class) and Roy Jones Jr (ranked 390 p4p, 462 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roberto Duran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roy Jones Jr!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Duran cracks Jones Jr with an open hand slap.
Duran misses with a shot to the body
and Jones Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
 It looks like Roberto Duran has been cut.
Jones Jr misses with a few strikes there.
Jones Jr takes one on the chin but seems OK.
 It looks like Roy Jones Jr has been cut.
Jab from Duran.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones Jr works Duran's body with a nice hook.
Roberto Duran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the body from Duran misses
and Jones Jr counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Duran thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran misses the body punch
and Jones Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
Duran looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Duran gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Duran throws a sloppy body shot
letting Jones Jr counter with a right hand.
Duran looks to land a right hand but Jones Jr moved out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Jones Jr misses.
Jones Jr connects with a jab.
Jones Jr lands a right and a left and another right! Duran goes down! Oh, he's in big, big trouble! 3,4,5,6,7,8... he's up to one knee... 9,10! He can't beat the count - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Roy Jones Jr!
The defeated Roberto Duran had this to say: 'No mas!'.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Miguel Cotto (ranked 3572 p4p, 3483 weight class) and Bernard Hopkins Jr (ranked 379 p4p, 374 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Miguel Cotto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bernard Hopkins Jr!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins Jr on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cotto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Hopkins Jr to counter with a crisp jab.
Hopkins Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cotto.
Hopkins Jr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hopkins Jr with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cotto to score with a decent uppercut.
Hopkins Jr avoids the body shot from Cotto.
Cotto misses with a shot to the body
and Hopkins Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
Cotto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cotto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hopkins Jr.
Hopkins Jr loads up on a big right hand but Cotto slips the punch.
Cotto takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cotto throws a poor cross that misses
and Hopkins Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotto throws a nice looking combination but Hopkins Jr bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cotto swings widly with a right hand
and Cotto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hopkins Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cotto.
Hopkins Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hopkins Jr closes the distance and catches Cotto with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Cotto is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Cotto is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Cotto is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Hopkins Jr takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Bernard Hopkins Jr!
Bernard Hopkins Jr decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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