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THE WINNER IN A HUGE UPSET OVER
FORMER MIDDLEWEIGHT AND SUPER
MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION JAMES
TONEY, WHOFG UP IN WEIGHT TO
THE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CLASS --
MOVING UP IN WEIGHT TO THE
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CLASS.
JIM: OSCAR DE LA HOYA KNOCKED
JOHN JOHN MOLINA DOWN IN THE
FIRST ROUND AND LOOKED AS
THOUGH HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
SCORE ANOTHER SPECTACULAR EARLY
ROUND KNOCKOUT.
BUT SINCE THEN, MOLINA HAS
GOTTEN TOUGHER AND TOUGHER AND
TOUGHER AND HAS SUCCEEDED IN
CHANGING THE STYLE OF THE FIGHT
TO A BRAWL.
AND HAS GIVEN DE LA HOYA
EVERYTHING HE CAN HANDLE FOR
THE PAST FIVE OR SIX ROUNDS.
JIM: BOTH FIGHTERS LOOK TIRED
IN ROUND 10.
GEORGE: OSCAR HAS BEEN IN A
FIGHT.
THE FIRST RIGHT HAND TO THE
BODY BY OSCAR DE LA HOYA.
THE RIGHT HOOK.
GEORGE: OSCAR DE LA HOYA
STARTING TO GET INTO THE LEFT
HOOK TO THE BODY NOW.
JIM: WHO'S HOLDING WHOM,
GEORGE?
GEORGE: IT'S DEFINITELY
MOLINA.
MOLINA IS DOING SOME HOLDING ON
NOW.
BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO HIT
BEHIND THE HEAD.
YOU CAN ONLY DO IT IF YOU'RE
HOLDING ON.
JIM: COMING UP IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING TONIGHT'S COVERAGE OF
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, STAY
TUNED FOR A PREMIERE.
IN CASE YOU'VE JUST JOINED US,
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE
CONCLUSION OF HBO'S WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.
A DOUBLE-HEADER FROM LAS
VEGAS.
AND OSCAR DE LA HOYA, THE
GOLDEN BOY, TAKES SOME TOUGH
SHOTS ON THE CHIN FROM JOHN
JOHN MOLINA.
GEORGE: TOO MUCH RABBIT
PUNCHING ON THE YOUNG BOY'S,
THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.
SOMEBODY SHOULD TAKE SOME
POINTS AWAY.
JIM: WHEN IS MILLS LANE GOING
TO PENALIZE MOLINA?
GEORGE: I DON'T KNOW WHY HE IS
LETTING HIM CONTINUING TO HIT
OSCAR BEHIND THE HEAD.
JIM: HAROLD LEDERMAN HAVE YOU
SEEN A POINT DEDUCTION IN YOUR
VIEW?
HAROLD: ABSOLUTELY NOT.
A ROUGH FIGHT.
OSCAR DE LA HOYA IS SAYING HE
IS BEING HIT BEHIND THE HEAD.
LET HIM FIGHT BACK.
THIS IS A FIGHT, NOT TIDLY
WIFRPGS.
DON'T TAKE AWAY THE POINTS.
GEORGE: YOU CHEAT AND YOU'RE
NOT -- BOXING IS AN ART.
THIS HITTING BELOW THE BELT HAS
TO GO.
I DON'T KNOW WHY HE ISN'T
DEDUCTING A POINT.
HE IS CREATING A NASTY
SITUATION.
>> OSCAR, LISTEN TO ME.
EVERY TIME -- DON'T RISK THE
FIGHT.
YOU WIN THIS FIGHT ALREADY.
SON, SON, DON'T DO THIS ANY
MORE, ALREADY?
YOU WIN THIS FIGHT ALREADY.
OK?
OK, SON?
>> JOHN JOHN, THE FIGHT IS
GETTING CLOSE.
DON'T LET HIM TIE YOU UP.
IF HE TIES YOU UP, DO THIS AND
THEN PUNCH.
LARRY: OSCAR DE LA HOYA, FOR
HIS SAKE HIS TRAINER BETTER BE
RIGHT.
JIM: I'M NOT SURE OSCAR IS
GOING TO LISTEN TO HIM.
JIM: WHAT DO YOU THINK, GEORGE,
WILL OSCAR LISTEN TO THOSE
INSTRUCTIONS?
GEORGE: YEAH.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, OSCAR IS
A GOOD-LOOKING KID BUT DEEP
DOWN, HE'S A MAN.
HE WON'T ALLOW THIS GUY TO JUST
DO ANYTHING TO HIM.
JIM: HARD LEFT HAND THERE BY DE
LA HOYA AS MOLINA CAME IN.
HAROLD LEDERMAN, HOW DO YOU
SCORE IT GOING INTO THESE LAST
TWO?
HAROLD: 95-94, SIX ROUNDS TO
FOUR.
JOHN JOHN MOLINA.
SINCE THE FIFTH ROUND ON, I
DON'T THINK OSCAR DE LA HOYA
HAS BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE THE
PRESSURE.
ALL HE'S DOING IS GRABBING
MOLINA WHEN MOLINA MOLINA GETS
INSIDE.
MOLINA DOES ALL THE PUNCHING.
JIM: LANE HAS STOPPED THE
CLOCK.
LARRY: I HAVE IT SIX ROUNDS TO
THREE, AND ONE EVEN, FOR DE LA
HOYA.
JIM: SO WE HAVE THE USUAL
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AT
RINGSIDE.
GEORGE: DE LA HOYA IS GOING TO
HAVE TO DO WHAT PEOPLE IN L.A.
CAN DO IS FIGHT.
THE REFEREES ALLOWED THIS GUY
TO HIT HIM BEHIND THE HEAD,
HOLD HIM AND HIT HIM.
HE STARTS TO HOLD TO AVOID IT
AND THE REFEREE CAUTIONS HIM.
NOBODY IS GOING TO GIVE IT TO
YOU, OSCAR.
JIM: BAPTISM BY FIRE FOR OSCAR
DE LA HOYA.
JOHN JOHN MOLINA, MAKING
ERTION THAT HIS A
THE LONGER THE FIGHT WENT, THE
BETTER IT WOULD BE FOR HIM.
GEORGE: GOOD RIGHT HAND BY
OSCAR.
THAT STOPS THE MOMENTUM A
LITTLE BIT.
OSCAR'S LEGS ARE VERY -- ARE
VERY BIG BUT HIS FISTS ARE VERY
HEAVY.
JIM: YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT HIS
LEGS, GEORGE.
AND MOLINA'S STRATEGY OF
GETTING TO DE LA HOYA'S BODY
AND LEGS MAY HAVE PAID OFF.
THERE WERE TWO HARD LEFT HAND
SHOTS BY DE LA HOYA.
NOW HE DROPS HIS HANDS AND SAYS
COME AT ME.
AND MOLINA OBLIGES.
GEORGE: OSCAR IS TRYING THINGS
THAT HE -- WHEN YOU CAN'T DO IT
YOUR WAY, TRY SOMETHING ELSE.
JIM: I'M SURE ROBERT ALKAZAR
HAS HIS HEART IN HIS THROAT.
GEORGE: GOOD LEFT HOOK BY
MOLINA.
THAT LEFT HOOK HURT.
OSCAR DE LA HOYA GOT HURT.
JIM: REMEMBER WHAT'S AT STAKE
FOR DE LA HOYA.
THE MAY 6 DATE WITH RAFAEL
RUELAS ALREADY SET UP.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT,
GEORGE?
GEORGE: OSCAR DE LA HOYA WILL
HAVE TO DO WHAT PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN DOING FOR YEARS.
FIGHT.
JIM: THREE MINUTES TO GO.
>> SON.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
>> YOU HAVE TO WIN THE FIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO WIN THIS ROUND BIG,
OK?
YOU GOT TO WIN IT.
>> OK.
BOX.
MAKE TIME.
>> WHEN YOU GET INSIDE, BOOM,
RIGHT UP.
>> OK.
LARRY: LOU DUVA NOW AGREES WITH
DE LA HOYA'S TRAINER.
HE'S TELLING HIS FIGHTER HE HAS
TO WIN THIS ROUND BIG TO WIN
THE FIGHT.
JIM: 10TH TIME PAST THE 10TH
ROUND FOR MOLINA.
VASTLY MORE EXPERIENCED THAN DE
LA HOYA, WHO GOES INTO THE 12TH
FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN HIS
CAREER.
GEORGE: IT TAKES A LOT OF
ENERGY WHEN THE REFEREE STARTS
HITTING ON YOUR HAND.
JIM: WHICH MAN WILL BE ABLE TO
THROW FEARLESSLY HERE IN THE
12TH?
GEORGE: OSCAR DE LA HOYA IS
MORE ACCURATE.
STANDING FLATFOOTED NOW.
POWER.
HE HURT MOLINA THAT TIME.
HE HAS TO STAND FLATFOOTED
SUSPECT PROVE TO HIM, I'M NOT
BACKING UP ANYMORE.
MAKE MOLINA MOVE BACK.
JIM: GREAT BODY SHOT BY DE LA
HOYA.
LARRY: DE LA HOYA IS REALLY
SHOWING SOMETHING NOW.
BEING ABLE TO STAND IN THERE IN
THE 12TH ROUND OF A TOUGH,
TOUGH FIGHT WITH A TOUGH, TOUGH
FIGHTER.
GEORGE: OSCAR DE LA HOYA BECAME
A MAN TONIGHT AS A BOXER.
LARRY: YOU'RE RIGHT, GEORGE.
WIN OR LOSE.
JIM: THE FIRST TIME EVER IN
THIS SITUATION.
IN A SPIRITED BATTLE, IN THE
12TH ROUND.
AND DE LA HOYA RISING TO THE
OCCASION.
GOOD HARD RIGHT HAND BY DE LA
HOYA.
MOLINA HOLDING ON.
GEORGE: GOOD RIGHT HAND BY DE
LA HOYA.
JIM: AND DE LA HOYA SCREAMS AT
LANE, GET HIM OFF ME.
GEORGE: MOLINA WAS WISE TO HOLD
ON.
JIM: HE HAD TO.
LARRY: I THOUGHT HE MIGHT HAVE
FALLEN IF HE HADN'T HELD ON.
GEORGE: GOOD STRONG LEGS OF
MOLINA, LIKE A SOCCER PLAYER OR
SOMETHING.
JIM: IT HAS SO FAR BEEN A GREAT
12TH ROUND FOR DE LA HOYA.
UNDER PRESSURE.
ANOTHER BLISTERING RIGHT HAND
UP THE PIKE.
GEORGE: MOLINA IS HURT.
AND OSCAR KNOWS THAT HE IS A
12-ROUND EXPERIENCED FIGHTER.
JIM: THIS IS CHAMPIONSHIP STUFF
BY DE LA HOYA.
HE ALMOST WENT DOWN AS HE
WOBBLED HIMSELF BUT KEPT
GOING.
GEORGE: BEING HIT BEHIND THE
HEAD LIKE THAT.
JIM: DE LA HOYA HAS JUST
CLEANED MOLINA OUT IN THE 12TH
ROUND.
HE HAS EMPTIED THE HOUSE.
GEORGE: THAT'S WHEN I SAY WATCH
HBO.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME
STUFF.
JIM: OSCAR DE LA HOYA'S FIRST
12-ROUND PERFORMANCE.
JIM: HAROLD LEDERMAN, HOW DID
IT END UP?
HAROLD: JIM, SEVEN ROUNDS TO
FIVE.
114-113.
JOHN JOHN MOLINA.
I FIGURED HE TOOK THAT FIGHT TO
OSCAR DE LA HOYA FROM ROUNDS
FIVE TO 12.
HE BULLED HIM.
HE BEAT HIM.
HE BANGED ON HIM AND TOOK IT
RIGHT TO HIM.
EFFECTIVE AGGRESSIVENESS, CLEAN
PUNCHING.
HE PULLED OUT THAT FIGHT.
AND OSCAR DE LA HOYA LOOKED AT
MILLS LANE TO HELP HIM ALL
THROUGH THE LAST ROUNDS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOHN JOHN
MOLINA VICTORY BASED ON
EFFECTIVE AGGRESSIVENESS AND
THE CLEAN BODY SHOTS.
LARRY: I DISAGREE VEHEMENTLY.
I THINK THAT OSCAR DE LA HOYA
CLEARLY WON THIS FIGHT.
GEORGE: NOTHING IN MY MIND THAT
WILL CONVINCE ME THAT LARRY
MERCHANT IS COMPLETELY RIGHT
THIS TIME.
JIM: AND HERE'S A LOOK AT THE
12TH ROUND AT DE LA HOYA'S
EARLY ASSAULT.
AND THIS IS HOW OSCAR TOOK
COMMAND OF THE 12TH.
IF IN FACT ON ANY OF THE SCORE
CARDS THE 12TH WAS PIVOTAL, IT
WOULD BE A HORRIBLE INJUSTICE
IF ANYBODY GAVE THAT ROUND TO
MOLINA.
IT CLEARLY BELONGED TO DE LA
HOYA.
GEORGE: IT WAS A FANTASTIC
FIGHTER TONIGHT.
AT THAT LITTLE BOY FACE,
BELIEVE ME, IS TRULY A MAN'S
BODY.
JIM: LET'S GO TO MICHAEL
BUFFER.
MICHAEL BUFFER: AT THE M.G.M.
GRAND, WE GO TO THE SCORE
CARDS.
JERRY ROTH SCORES THE BOUT
116-111.
CHUCK GIAMPA SCORES IT
117-110.
AND JOHN RUPERT SCORES IT
116-111 FOR THE WINNER AND
STILL CHAMPION, THE GOLDEN BOY,
OSCAR DE LA HOYA!
MICHAEL BUFFER: A ROUND OF