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FIGHTERS.
>> Jim: LOOKS LIKE HE WENT THAT
WAY.
WITH CALZAGHE.
>> Emanuel: HE CAN SLIP AND
SLIDE PUNCHES AND GET BACK IN
THE INSIDE AGAIN.
>> Jim: ROUND 11.
LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE ITS
PREDECESSOR.
THE ONLY QUESTION HERE IS WHY IS
FLOYD MAYWEATHER USING HIS RIGHT
HAND SO SPARINGLY NOW.
IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO IT, IT
MIGHT BE A FACTOR IN HIS
CONTINUING CAREER OR IS HE
RESTING HIS RIGHT HAND.
>> Emanuel: BALDOMIR IS SHOWING
EVERY INDICATION THAT HE HAS
--
>> Jim: GOOD LEFT HOOK FROM
MAYWEATHER.
A LEFT HOOK ROUND. AND AT SOME
POINT, WE'LL ASK ABOUT THAT
RIGHT HAND.
>> Larry: TIGER WOODS IS LEAVING
THE HOUSE.
WINKY WRIGHT'S LEAVING THE
HOUSE.
>> Jim: DID BARKLEY LEAVE WITH
TIGER WOODS?
I'VE GOT A HUNCH WHERE THEY'RE
GOING.
>> THROW GOOD MINUTES OF SMART
BOXING.
THAT'S ALL I NEED.
3 GOOD MINUTES SMART BOXING.
>> WHEN HE TURNS■o AROUND,
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>> THE FINAL ROUND.
>> COMPUBOX NUMBERS THROUGHOUT
THE 11TH ROUND.
A BATTERED CARLOS BALDOMIR,
AVERAGING SIX LANDED PUNCHES
THROUGH 54 PUNCHES THROWN PER■o
ROUND, IN OTHER WORDS,
CONNECTING AT ABOUT AN 11%
CONNECT RATE AND MAYWEATHER, 16
OUT OF 38.
A MEASURED TACTICAL PERFORMANCE
IN WHICH HE HAS THROWN AND
LANDED JUST ENOUGH TO DOMINATE
BALDOMIR IN EVERY ROUND.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A MOMENT OF
EXCITEMENT SINCE THE OPENING
BELT.
>> Larry: THE ONLY EXCITEMENT,
JIM, IS RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF
PEOPLE WANT THIS FIGHT TO GO
FULL PROGRAM.
AND THEN THIS IS A VERY EXCITING
MATCH IT WOULD BE.
#r3d
>> Jim: MAYWEATHER GRINNING AT
BALDOMIR IN THE CENTER RING.
>> Emanuel: YEAH, BUT THIS IS
NOT WHAT GREAT, GREAT FIGHTERS
WOULD BE DOING.
ESCIALLY IF YOU GET A GUY YOU
CAN HIT WITH THE RIGHT HAND ANY
TIME YOU WANT TO AND YOU'RE
RUNNING FROM HIM?
NO WAY IN THE WORLD.
YOU'D SIT THERE AND KNOCK HIM
OUT.
IF YOU'RE GREAT.
>> Jim: MAYWEATHER -- IT'S
UNFAIR IF YOU ASK FOR A KNOCK
DOWN.
BALDOMIR'S GLORY, HIS TALE OF
ARTURO GATTI IN ATLANTIC CITY,
GAVE HIM THE CHAPS TO MAKE A
FIGHT AGAINST MAYWEATHER AND
MAYWEATHER IS IS CHOOSING OOH
PONENT, HOPING HE'S GOING TO GET
A BIG FIGHT AGAINST OSCAR DE LA
HOYA A. ROD YOU WONDER WHAT DE
LA HOYA THINKS ABOUT
MAYWEATHER'S APPLICATION.
BALDOMIR HAD ONE OF HIS BEST
MOMENTS OF THE FIGHT.
HE FINALLY PINNED MAYWEATHER IN
THE CORNER.
>> A BIG RESPONSE FROM THE
CROWD, AFTER A WHITE WASH
DOMINATION BY MAYWEATHER.
>> Larry: SOMEBODY ONCE SAID
THERE IS NO ROOM FOR PERFECTION
IN BOXING.
>> Jim: YOU MEAN YOU THINK IT
WON'T SELL.
PERFECTION TO ME, IS A ONE-PUNCH
KNOCKOUT, BUT THIS WAS ANOTHER
PLAY OF MAYWEATHER'S SKILL
LEVEL, HIS EDGE OVER EVERYBODY
ELSE IN THE SPORT.
IT SEEMS POSSIBLE THAT FLOYD
MAYWEATHER DAMAGED HIS RIGHT
HAND AT SOME POINT IN THE FIGHT
THE KEY EVIDENCE WOULD BE THE
WAY THAT HE DOMINATED THE LAST
FEW ROUNDS, WITH HIS LEFT HOOK,
WITHOUT THROWING MANY RIGHTS.
NORMALLY, HE PUNCHES WITH A
STRAIGHT RIGHT HAND.
LOOK AT THAT.
HERALD LEDERMAN FOUND A ROUND TO
GIVE TO CARLOS BALDOMIR.
BALDOMIR WON THE 12TH.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE
ON HAVING GOTTEN HERE.
THE DECISION IS, OF COURSE, A
FORGONE CONCLUSIONS AND LET'S
HEAR WHAT MICHAEL BUFFER HAS TO
SAY ABOUT IT.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FROM
THE MANDALAY BAY RESORT CASINO
OF LAS VEGAS, WE GO TO THE
JUDGES' SCORECARD.
JOHN KEANE120-108.
120-88.
PAUL SMITH, 118-110.
ALL TO THE WINNER OF UNANIMOUS
DECISION.
NEW WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE
WORLD, STILL POUND-FOR-POUND,
THE BEST NEWSCAST WORLD -- BEST
POUND-FOR-POUND IN THE WORLD,
PRETTY BOY FLOYD MAYWEATHER.
>> Jim: AND LET'S TALK A LOOK AT
THE TAPE.
THE PHYSICAL PROFILE.
MAYWEATHER, LANDING 120 MORE
TOTAL PUNCHES, THROWING 212
FEWER PUNCHES, LANLING AT A 43%
CONNECT RATE.
NOT TRYING TO KNOCK BALDOMIR
OUT.
DOING ENOUGH TO WIN EVERY ROUND.
NOT TAKING ANY REAL CHANCES IN
THE FIGHT.
POWER SHOTS, BALDOMIR LANLING 67
OUT OF 562.
12%.
THAT IS A MISERABLE PERFORMANCE.
DEMONSTRATES THE TREMENDOUS CEES
PARITY AND MAYWEATHER LANDED
MORE THAN HALF HIS POWER
PUNCHES.
LET'S GO TO LARRY MENSHANT WITH
THE WINNER AND NOW THE
WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE
WORD,NOID FLOYD.
>>
>> Larry: CDLE CONGRATULATIONS.
WE THOUGHT WE HEARD YOU SAY YOU
HURT YOUR RIGHT HAND.
>> YEAH, I HURT MY RIGHT HAND.
FIRST I WANT TO THANK GOD.
I HURT MY RIGHT HAND.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT ROUND
IT WAS.
>> Larry: DO YOU THINK IT'S
BROKEN OR IS IT JUST A TRAIN,
THE KIND OF THING YOU'VE HAD IN
THE PAST?
>> WELL, THIS IS NOT A PAIN IN
THE PAST.
MY HAND'S BEEN BROKEN BEFORE IN
DIFFERENT SPOTS BUT MY TEAM
ROOTED ME ON AND MY FANS ROOTED
ME ON.
>> Larry: WAS THIS AS EASY AS
YOU ANTICIPATED?
>> I FEEL THAT DOWN THE STRETCH,
I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE KNOCK
OUT AND WOULD HAVE MADE HIM WAVE
THE WHITE FLAG.
BUT HE FOUGHT HIS HEART OUT AND
I FOUGHT MY HEART OUT AND PUT ON
A PERFORMANCE TONIGHT.
>> Larry: YOU'VE ALSO TALKED
ABOUT BOXING AS ENTERTAINMENT.
YOU CAME TO THE RING AS A --
>> GLADIATOR.
>> A GLADIATOR.
BUT DO YOU THINK THIS WAS
PARTICULARLY ENTERTAINING.
THERE WERE PEOPLE BOOING AND
PEOPLE LEAVING IN THE 10TH AND
11TH ROUND.
YOU BROUGHT THE SUBJECT UP AND
IP WANT YOUR RESPONSE.
>> YOU ALWAYS GIVE ME A HARD
TIME.
>> YOU GOT A SHUTOUT.
>> I PREERGHT IT, BUT YOU'LL
NEVER GIVE ME THE CREDIT I
DESERVE.
HBO IS MY FAMILY, HBO IS MY
HOME.
YOU CAN LEARN BOXING FROM PRETTY
BOY FLOYD MAYWEATHER.
YOU'RE JUST A COMMENTATOR, STICK
TO COMMENTTATTING.
>> Larry: THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING.
>> THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A CRITIC
AND BE NEGATIVE.
LET'S BE PG.
I GOT THE VICTORY.
EVERY TIME A FIGHTER COMES OUT
THERE.
I KNOW YOU KEEP YOUR FURNGS
CRCROSSED.
YOU'RE HOPING A FIGHTER BEATS
ME.
I CAN WIN UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCE.
YOU ALWAYS TALK.
LET ME DO THE TALKING.
LET ME DO THE TALKING.
HBO I LOVE YOU.
THIS IS PRETTY BOY FLOYD, THE
BEST OF THE BEST, THE CREAM DE
LA CREAM.
I CAN PUT TO IT.
LARRY MERCHANT IS IS JUST A
COMEANT AIRT.
HE DOESN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT
BOXING.
>> DO YOU THINK THIS FIGHT WILL
GETS ON QAR DE LA HOYA IN THE
RING WITH YOU
>> HE KNOWS MY NUMBER.
HE KNOWS HOW TO GET IN TOUCH
WITH ME.
AWL I'M GOING TO DO IS KEEP
RACKING UP VICTORIES.
DE LA HOYA, BRING IT ON AND I'LL
TAP THAT ***, TOO.
>>WELL, WE FINALLY GOT SOME
DRAMA.
SO EMANUEL , DO YOU EXPECT TO
SEE THE DE LA HOYA FIGHT NEXT
BECAUSE FLOYD AS HE SAYS, DID
WHAT HE HAD TO DO AND DID IT
BRILLIANTLY, OR DOE FASHION?
>> THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE IT
WON'T TAKE PLACE.
I THINK IT IS DES DISPARITY OF
MONEY, WHO GETS THE BIG SPLIT
AND THE EGOES INVOLVED AND TONIT
THINK FLOYD'S PERFORMANCE,
EVENING THOUGHY THOUGH HE WON
THE FIGHT, IS GOING TO BE A
SUPER BIG ATTRACTION --
>> Jim: YOU DON'T THINK DE LA
HOYA MAY HAVE SEEN SOMETHING
THERE TONIGHT THAT MAY OFFER HIM
A PATH TO VICTORY?
>> Emanuel: IT MAY HAPPEN, IT
MAY NOT.
THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY ON THE
LINE.
>> Jim: THAT'S WHY PEOPLE THINK
IT UPON HAPPEN.
CARLOS BALDOMIR MADE HIS MONEY.
HE STANDS WITH LARRY MERCHANT> Larry: CARLOS, WAS HE JUST
TOO FAST?
PUSH USH
>> YEAH.
HE WAS DEFINITELY TOO FAST.
I COULDN'T THE CATCH HIM AND
WHEN I WOULD CATCH IMHAD, I
WOULD FEEL SLUGGISH AND WITHOUT
ANY STRENGTH.
>> Larry: WOULD YOU JUST COMMENT
FOR A FEW MOMENTS ON IT YEAR FOR
YOU IN BOXING AND WHAT IT HAS
MEANT TO YOU.
PUSH
>> IT'S BEEN A GREAT YEAR AND
I'LL 35 AND I ACCOMPLISHED A
LOT.
I BEAT A GOOD JUDAH, I BEAT A
GATTI AND NOW I'M FIGHTING A
POUND-FOR-POUND FIGHTER.
I'VE DONE A LOT AND ACCOMPLISHED
A LOT.