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AND I'LL WIN THAT BELT AS A
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT.
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
RING ANNOUNCER: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, REFEREE MICHAEL
GRIFFIN STOPS THE BOUT AT 30
SECONDS OF THE 6TH ROUND AFTER
AN ACCIDENTAL HEAD BUTT, IN
WHICH CASE, AND ACCORDING TO THE
RULES, WE GO TO THE JUDGE'S
SCORECARDS UP TO AND INCLUDING
THE SIXTH ROUND.
JUDGES ALL SCORE THIS BOUT 58-56
FOR THE WINNER BY UNANIMOUS
DECISION, JO JO DAN!
JOE: SO A TRUNCATED EVENING FOR
STEVE FORBES RESULTS IN A LOSS,
TECHNICAL DECISION LOSS.
JO JO DAN, THE 28TH WIN OF HIS
CAREER, STILL THE ONLY LOSS OF
HIS CAREER WAS THAT QUESTIONABLE
DECISION OVER IN TURKEY AND
TEDDY, YOU KEYED IN ON IT VERY
EARLY, THAT THERE IS ALWAYS THAT
PROPENSITY WITH STEVE FORBES TO
HAVE THE CLASH OF HEADS.
THAT WAS A VERY BAD GASH OVER
THE LEFT EYE.
TEDDY: YOU NEVER WISH IT ON
ANYBODY BUT FORBES TO THE MOST
EXTENT HAS HIMSELF TO BLAME.
HE WAS THE ONE RUSHING IN A
LITTLE HEAD HEAVY AND HE WAS
ABLE, BECAUSE OF THAT, BANGED
INTO THE HEAD OF DAN AND GOT THE
WORST OF IT.
JOE: FORMER TITLEIST HAS LOST
TWO OF HIS LAST THREE.
JO JO DAN, 28-1.
ANTONIN DECARIE STILL TO COME.
BRIAN: JOE, TEDDY, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
MANNY PACQUIAO BACK IN VEGAS
MAY 7 TAKING ON FORMER THREE
DIVISION CHAMPION AND
39-YEAR-OLD THREE DIVISION
CHAMPION SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY.
YESTERDAY, THE PUBLICITY TOUR
KICKING OFF IN LOS ANGELES.
PACQUIAO TOLD ME HE HAS A NEW
HAIRSTYLIST.
PACQUIAO LOOKS SMALL, DOESN'T
SEEM TO MATTER, THERE.
MOSELEY, ANOTHER BIG CHALLENGE.
>> I BELIEVE ONE OF THE BIGGEST
FIGHTS IN MY CAREER, IF NOT THE
BIGGEST, FIGHTING A GUY LIKE
MANNY WHO IS A WARRIOR, A GREAT
GUY, A GREAT PERSON, DOESN'T
HAVE TO BE ANGRY OR MAD AT YOU
TO GET IN THE RING AND TRY TO
KNOCK YOUR HEAD OFF.
THIS IS A GOOD FIGHT AND WHAT I
CAN SAY IS GOOD LUCK TO BOTH OF
US AND MOSTLY TIM, HOPE YOU
TRAIN HARD FOR THIS FIGHT AND I
WILL TRAIN HARD FOR THIS FIGHT.
YES, YES.
OUR CONCERN, MY CONCERN IS HOW
TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY AND HOW WE
CAN ENTERTAIN THE PEOPLE WHO
LOVE BOXING AND THAT'S MY
CONCERN.
I HAVE TO TRAIN HARD BECAUSE I
DON'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT THEM,
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO
WATCH THE FIGHT.
JOE: DO --
BRIAN: DO YOU EVER RECALL BEING
DISAPPOINTED WATCHING A MANNY
PACQUIAO FIGHT.
MANNY PACQUIAO KEEPING HIS EDGE,
MAYBE EVEN BETTER THAN YOU
THINK.
LOSING TO ERIC MORALES IN 2005.
HE WENT 13-0 WITH EIGHT
KNOCKOUTS.
10 OF HIS OPPONENTS WERE CURRENT
OR FORMER WORLD CHAMPIONS
INCLUDING THE RUN THROUGH
DE LA HOYA AND MARGARITO.
SERGIO MARTINEZ WILL FIGHT
SERGIY DZINZIRUK.
DZINZIRUK IS FROM UKRAINE, 34
YEARS OLD AND IS 37-0.
MARTINEZ OFF THE FORMIDABLE
KNOCKOUT.
MARTINEZ SAYS HE HAS NOT BEEN
PRIMING YET IN THIS SPORT.
>> WE HAVE THE SAME PHILOSOPHY
AS WE ALWAYS HAVE TOWARDS WORK
AND WE HAVE THE SAME DESIRE TO
KEEP WORKING AS IF THIS WAS THE
FIRST DAY, LIKE BEFORE WHEN
NOBODY KNEW US.
THAT'S THE MAIN THING, TO KEEP
YOUR FOCUS ON THE OBJECTIVES AND
WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH, FOR
ME TO WORK ON BECOMING THE
NUMBER ONE, POUND-FOR-POUND
FIGHTER IN THE WORLD AND MY
TRAINER TO BE RECOGNIZED AS
TRAINER OF THE YEAR AND THIS IS
WHAT WE WILL KEEP STRIVING FOR
AS LONG AS I AM FIGHTING.
I'VE KNOWN ABOUT SERGIY
DZINZIRUK FOR A WHILE.
HE'S BEEN THE WBC CHAMP NOW FOR
FIVE, SIX YEARS, AND I WAS CLOSE
TO FACING HIM BEFORE ON A COUPLE
OF OCCASIONS WHEN HE WAS IN
GERMANY.
HE'S A SOUTHPAW.
HE'S INTELLIGENT, HE'S VERY
CALCULATED, VERY COLD IN THE
RING AND HE HAS A LOT OF
PATIENCE AND THAT MAKES HIM THAT
MUCH MORE DANGEROUS.
BRIAN: MARTINEZ, ALSO A HUMBLE
AND THOUGHTFUL FIGHTER.
THAT FIGHT MARCH 12 AT FOX WOOD
IN CONNECTICUT.
MANNY PACQUIAO IS A CONGRESSMAN
FROM THE PHILIPPINES BUT NOT THE
ONLY OFFICE HOLDER AND CHAMPION.
THE BRAZILIAN CHAMP, FREITAS.
NOW HE'S SWORN IN AS A MEMBER OF
BRAZILIAN CONGRESS.
NOT THE ONLY SPORTS STAR,
EITHER, SOCCER GREAT ROMARIO
ALSO ELECTED.
>> FEELING WELCOMED IS IMPORTANT
WHEN ARRIVING AND IT'S IMPORTANT
TO KNOW THE ROUTINE OF WHERE YOU
HAVE TO GO AND NOT GO.
I GOT HERE HALF LOST ALREADY.
IT'S LIKE DURING A FIGHT AND
AFTER A BEATING, YOU ARE NOT
SURE WHERE YOUR ADVERSARY IS.
I WANT TO START WORKING TO BEGIN
NEW PROJECTS, TO SEE MY OWN TAKE
OFF AND START LEARNING HOW THE
PROCESSES WORK HERE, TO TAKE A
GOOD STANCE, DEVELOP AND FIGHT
FOR SPORTS.
THAT'S MY WISH AND MY DESIRE AND
WE WILL BE HERE FOR FOUR MORE
YEARS BECAUSE WE WILL WORK VERY
HARD.
THANK GOD I AM NOT HERE TO HAVE
A JOB FOR FOUR YEARS.
THANKFULLY, I LIVE VERY WELL
THANKS TO SPORTS AND IT HAS
GIVEN ME AND WHAT BOXING HAS
OFFERED TO ME.
IT'S A SALARY I WAS NOT
DEPENDING ON AND WILL NOT DEPEND
ON.
I HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I
WILL CONTINUE DO SO.
BRIAN: THAT'S PART OF THE RISE
IN THE CULTURE OF SPORTS IN
BRAZIL, AS BIG AS IT ALREADY IS.
THEY WILL HOST THE WORLD CUP AND
OLYMPIACOS THERE IN BRAZIL OVER
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
JOINING US HERE ON "FRIDAY NIGHT
FIGHTS."
FERNANDO GUERRERO TAKING ON
DERRICK FINDLAY ON ESPN2, ESPN
ESPN3.COM AND THE FIRST EVER
LIVE 3-D BROADCAST OF BOXING IN
THE UNITED STATES.
"FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS" NEXT WEEK
HERE ON THIS PROGRAM.
COMING UP, THE MAIN EVENT ON THE
WAY.
MORE LIVE BOXING FROM MONTREAL.
>> IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL WINTER DAY
HERE IN MONTREAL AND NOW THE
BRIGHT LIGHTS SHINING DOWN.
AMONG THEM, THE BELL CENTRE, ON
THE "FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS."
WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE TWO TIMES
THIS WINTER AND SPRING.
STILL TO COME IS OUR MAIN EVENT
WITH ANTONIN DECARIE AND SHAMONE
ALVAREZ.
FOR NOW, FOUR ROUNDS OF
LIGHTWEIGHTS, ISAAC BEJARANO
AGAINST THE 26-YEAR-OLD
2-0GHISLAIN MADUMA
JOE: ISAAC BEJARANO COMING OFF A
DRAW.
GHISLAIN MADUMA WAS A CANADIAN
CHAMPION AND OLYMPIC QUALIFIER
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO AND A
FAMILIAR NAME AND FACE TO THE
LOCAL FANS.
HE IS 2-0 WITH A KNOCKOUT IN HIS
PRO DEBUT LAST NOVEMBER.
REFEREE: I WANT FAIR FIGHT.
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
JOE:THE REFEREE SCHEDULED FOR
FOUR.
TEDDY: MADUMA, YOU TALK ABOUT A
GOOD AMATEUR CAREER.
BEJARANO HAD 20 AMATEUR FIGHTS.
A BIG ADVANTAGE TO MADUMA IN
THAT CATEGORY AND BEJARANO'S
ONLY NON-LOSS WAS A DRAW.
SOME COMMISSIONS MAY HAVE
SUSPENDED HIM FOR THAT KIND OF
STREAK.
I SEE A SOFT BODY BESIDES A SOFT
RECORD WITH BEJARANO.
IF I'M MADUMA, I'M GOING
DOWNSTAIRS.
JOE: CAME IN AT 135.
HE WAS 130 FOR THAT DRAW WE
REFERRED TO BACK IN DECEMBER.
TEDDY: IF HE RUSHES IN, HE'S
GOING TO GET CLIPPED BY MADUMA
WITH A COUNTERPUNCH.
JOE: LANDED TO THE TOP OF THE
HEAD.
TEDDY: YOU CAN SEE MADUMA, VERY
ALERT EARLY, ABOUT CONTROLLING
RANGE.
HE WANTS TO GET IN, HE STEPS.
IF HE DOESN'T WANT TO WORK, HE
STEPS OUT.
EITHER WAY, HE IS IN CONTROL.
JOE: HE HAS SCORED WELL IN THE
OPENING MINUTES.
TEDDY: YOU TALK ABOUT IT,
BEJARANO CAME IN ONE POUND HEAVY
BUT HE WAS SMART ENOUGH TO WEIGH
HIMSELF AN HOUR AND A HALF
BEFORE THE WEIGH-IN SO HE HAD
TIME TO LOSE THAT WEIGHT AND HE
DID.
HE WENT ON THE TREADMILL AND
LOST THAT WEIGHT.
WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS THAT
FORBES DIDN'T DO THAT.
WHEN YOU'RE A FIGHTER WITH A
RECORD OF 9-8-1, YOU'RE FIGHTING
FOR THE MOST PART FOR THE MONEY
SO YOU BETTER MAKE SURE YOU
DON'T LOSE ANY MONEY.
YOU BETTER MAKE SURE, WHEN
YOU'RE YOUNG AND UNDEFEATED, YOU
DON'T CARE ABOUT THE MONEY.
YOU WANT TO BUILD YOUR RECORD
AND GET TO A TITLE FIGHT BUT
WHEN YOU'RE 9-8-1 LIKE BEJARANO,
YOU'RE MAKING SURE THE
COMMISSION IS NOT TAKING YOUR
MONEY AWAY AND HE MADE SURE OF
THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHY YOU'RE
HERE.
JOE: EXACTLY.
MADUMA HAS HAD HIS WAY.
ANOTHER RIGHT HAND EASILY
FINDING ITS TARGET.
TEDDY: THEY BOTH FOUGHT ON THE
SAME CARD 2 1/2 MONTHS AGO IN
THEIR LAST FIGHT.
IT TELLS ME THAT THE UNDEFEATED
MADUMA PEOPLE WATCHED BEJARANO
AND SCOUTED HIM AND PICKED THEM
AS THEIR OPPONENT BECAUSE THEY
WERE CONFIDENT AND COMFORTABLE
WITH WHAT THEY WERE WATCHING.
JOE: THEY SAID, THAT WILL WORK
JUST FINE.
TEDDY: TO CONTROL THAT RANGE,
WORKS JUST FINE.
WHEN YOU STEP IN, YOU'RE ABLE TO
SCORE ON THE FRONT END AS MADUMA
DOES AND WHEN YOU STEP OUT, YOU
GET THAT, YOU GET YOUR OPPONENT
TO REACH A LITTLE BIT AND YOU
HAVE CHANCES TO SCORE ON THE
BACK END.
JOE: GHISLAIN MADUMA, THIRD
FIGHT OF HIS PRO CAREER.
MONTREAL-BASED FIGHTER WHO WAS
AN OLYMPIC QUALIFIER FOR THE
REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
LET'S SHOW YOU THE COPY BOX
PUNCH NUMBERS FROM ROUND NUMBER
ONE.
HE LANDED 41 OF THE 64 THROWS.
TEDDY: FOR BEJARANO, 16 OF HIS
18 FIGHTS HAVE BEEN IN MEXICO.
THE OTHER TWO WERE RIGHT HERE IN
CANADA WHERE HIS RECORD IS 0-1-1
I GIVE CREDIT FOR BEJARANO
HANGING IN THERE, SHOWING SOME
HEART, AND FOR THE WAY HE'S
TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND.
HE WAS INVOLVED IN DRUG ABUSE.
HE'S VERY HONEST.
DRUG ABUSE AND VIOLENCE AT AN
EARLY AGE AND THEN HE STARTED
BOXING AT A LOCAL RECREATION
CENTER IN MEXICO AT THE AGE OF
17, JOE, AND IT CHANGED HIS
LIFE.
HE'S BEEN CLEAN SINCE AND NO
TROUBLE SINCE SO, AGAIN, ANOTHER
GOOD EXAMPLE.
MAYBE BOXING DOESN'T ALWAYS FORM
WORLD CHAMPIONS, BUT IT FORMS
BETTER PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT CAN
BE A CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY
INSTEAD OF DETRIMENT.
JOE: IT'S THE ONE SPORT THAT HAS
THAT OPEN DOOR TO ALLOW FOR THAT
BECAUSE THINK OF A 17-YEAR-OLD
KID WHO'S INVOLVED WITH DRUGS,
HIS LIFE IS A MESS, HAVING HIM
PARTICIPATE IN TEAM SPORTS LIKE
BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL -- HE
HASN'T PARTICIPATED IN THOSE
SPORTS THROUGHOUT HIS YOUTH.
BOXING ALLOWS YOU TO COME INTO
THE RING AND LEARN THE SPORT.
TEDDY: YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT.
BOXING, YOU HAVE THOSE GREAT
COACHES, THEY'RE LIKE SURROGATE
PARENTS.
THEY WILL TAKE A KID UNDER THEIR
WINGS, THEY WILL LET A KID COME
IN AT NO COST AND GET A CHANCE
TO FULFILL A DREAM OR CHASE A
DREAM AND DO SOMETHING POSITIVE
AND IN MANY CASES, THE FIRST
TIME IN THEIR LIFE THEY'RE DOING
SOMETHING AND FEELING POSITIVE
ABOUT SOMETHING.
JOE: YOUR FOUNDATION IS DOING
JUST THAT.
YOU OPENED UP A GYM IN NEW YORK.
TEDDY: WE HAVE A COUPLE.
ONE IN BROOKLYN AND ONE IN
STATEN ISLAND IN AREAS WHERE THE
KIDS NEED SOMETHING POSITIVE,
SOMETHING HOPEFUL.
AND WE HAVE 150 TO 200 KIDS IN
EACH GYM AND WE HAVE LEARNING
CENTERS, COMPUTERS, ACROSS THE
HALL FROM THE GYM WHERE THE KIDS
CAN COME IN AND LEARN COMPUTER
SKILLS.
SO BOXING CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
JOE: MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR ISAAC
BEJARANO.
HE TURNED IT INTO A PRO CAREER
HERE.
STRUGGLING RECENTLY.
A GUY WHO ANSWERS THE PHONE,
GRABS A CHECK, ON THE ROAD, AND
TRYING TO HANG TOUGH HERE
HALFWAY THROUGH THIS SCHEDULED
JOE: ISAAC BEJARANO, GHISLAIN
MADUMA, ROUND NUMBER THREE.
OUR MAIN EVENT MOMENTS AWAY WITH
ANTONIN DECARIE AND SHAMONE
ALVAREZ.
YOU HEARD BRIAN KENNY MENTION
EARLIER THAT NEXT WEEK WE WILL
SEE THE UNBEATEN MIDDLEWEIGHT
PROSPECT, FERNANDO GUERRERO, AT
HIS HOME TOWN IN MARYLAND.
HE'LL BE IN THE MAIN EVENT NEXT
WEEK ON "FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS,"
WHAT WILL BE THE FIRST 3-D
BROADCAST OF BOXING NATIONALLY
EVER.
TEDDY: RIGHT NOW, I KNOW THAT
MADUMA IS ADORING HIS RIGHT
HAND, LANDING IT UP TOP,
UNDERNEATH AND EVEN WITH THE
UPPERCUT.
HE HAS FOUND A HOME FOR THAT
PUNCH ON THAT SIDE.
JOE: ON THE RIGHT HAND IS
WRAPPED UP THE COPY BOX NUMBERS.
55 OUT OF 93.
UPPERCUT CAME IN THAT TIME.
TEDDY: HIS BETTER PUNCH FOR
MADUMA, THE MONEY PUNCH TONIGHT,
THE ONE HE CASHES, IS THE RIGHT
HAND.
AGAIN, HE GIVES BEJARANO PLENTY
OF CREDIT.
HE TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND AND
HE'S SHOWING PLENTY OF HEART
HANGING OUT TONIGHT.
JOE: THERE'S A RIGHT UPPERCUT
AGAIN AS BEJARANO CAME FORWARD
AND MADUMA WAS THERE TO MEET
HIM.
TEDDY: MADUMA HAS THEGOLOGIES --
GOGGLES ON.
HE HAS THE RADAR ON PRETTY GOOD.
HIS EYES ARE WIDE OPEN AND HE
NOTICES WHEN BEJARANO STAYS
BACK, HE GOES IN.
AND LOOK AT HIS EYES.
HE'S WATCHING FOR BEJARANO TO
COME IN AND DO THAT, TIME HIM AS
HE COMES IN.
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY MADUMA
HAVING THOSE GOGGLES ON.
JOE: HE'S WAITING ON THAT RIGHT
HAND.
TEDDY: HE'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE
RADAR MEN IN THE STATION LOOKING
FOR THOSE BLIPS ON THE SCREEN SO
HE CAN SEND THE MISSILES OUT TO
DESIGNATED TARGETS.
EXACTLY WHAT MADUMA IS DOING.
RIGHT THERE, HE'S ON THE RADAR
SCREEN.
AS SOON AS HE SEES A SLOW LEFT
HAND FOR BEJARANO, HE TIMES THE
RIGHT HAND WIDE OPEN.
AS SOON AS HE SEES BEJARANO
REACH A LITTLE BIT, HE THROWS A
COUNTER.
JOE: WE HAVE A DOUBLE-HEADER OF
COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOMORROW,
SYRACUSE-LOUISVILLE AND OHIO
STATE AGAINST WISCONSIN,
STARTING AT NOON WITH THE CUSE
AND CARDS AND 2:00 FOR THE
BUCKEYES AND BADGERS.
TEDDY: WATCH MADUMA FROM THE
OUTSIDE.
HE'LL WAIT FOR A MISTAKE FROM
BEJARANO AND HE'S WAITING FOR IT
NOW, TO MAKE A MISS, LOOK TO
TIME HIM OR BEAT HIM TO
TEDDY: IT'S BEEN AN ALL RIGHT
NIGHT FOR MADUMA AND HERE'S
PROOF OF IT, ALL RIGHT HANDS,
OVER THE SLOW LEFT HAND, AGAIN
OVER THE SLOW LEFT HAND.
ANY WAY YOU WANT IT, THE RIGHT
HAND HAS BEEN THE RIGHT MOVE FOR
MADUMA.
JOE: LOOKING TO GO TO 3-0,
FOURTH AND FINAL ROUND.
MONTREAL-BASED GHISLAIN MADUMA,
POWER PUNCH NUMBERS THAT WILL
IMPRESS, 99 OUT OF 197 TOTAL
PUNCHES, ACCORDING TO COPY BOX.
TEDDY: I LIKE THE WAY MADUMA
USES HIS HEAD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY HE'S USING
HIS BODY, NOT HIS HEAD.
HE'S USING HIS HEAD TO USE THE
BODY.
HE SURVEYS THE LANDSCAPE PRETTY
GOOD.
HE WAITS UNTIL HE GETS IT TO
WHERE HE WANTS IT AND HE SEES
OPPORTUNITIES REALLY WELL.
HE'S LOOKING FOR THEM RIGHT NOW.
HE SEES THAT BEJARANO LAYS BACK,
HE STEPS IN.
HE'S LOOKING TO SET UP BEJARANO
NOW.
HE GOES DOWNSTAIRS, THEN
UPSTAIRS.
JOE: MOUTHPIECE CAME OUT THAT
TIME FROM THROWING A PUNCH.
TEDDY: THE ONLY THING -- I CAN'T
KNOCK HIM FOR IT BECAUSE HE'S
DOMINATING THE FIGHT, BUT THE
ONLY THING THAT I COULD SAY THAT
MADUMA COULD DO BETTER IS MAYBE
GO TO THE BODY OF BEJARANO.
JOE: THERE'S THAT MOUTHPIECE
FLYING OUT AFTER THROWING THAT
RIGHT HAND.
HE WAS WAITING ON THAT RIGHT
HAND AGAIN AND POPPED HIM GOOD.
THE LEFT HOOK AND YOU SEE THE
HAND SPEED OF MADUMA, SHOW
BOATING JUST A TOUCH.
TEDDY: SOME FIGHTERS USE THEIR
JABS TO SET UP THEIR OFFENSE OR
HEAD MOVEMENT TO CREATE OPENING.
FOR THE MOST PART, MADUMA USES
HIS LEGS TO SET UP HIS OFFENSE,
EITHER BY JUMPING IN OR MOVING
OUT.
OR MOVING TO THE SIDE.
REFEREE: BREAK!
TEDDY: THAT TIME THE LEGS WERE
USED BY MADUMA TO JUMP IN.
JOE: JUMPED IN AND SCORED WELL,
DOUBLING UP THAT LEFT HAND.
LAYS ANOTHER SOLID RIGHT HAND.
BEJARANO HAS ABSORBED A LOT
INOIT -- IN A FOUR-ROUND FIGHT.
TEDDY: THIS IS WHAT I MEAN BY
MADUMA LOOKING TO TIME BEJARANO.
HE LOOKS TO THE RIGHT MOMENT.
HE SEES THE LEFT HAND A LITTLE
LOW OF BEJARANO OR HE SEES
BEJARANO MAYBE STARTING TO DROP
IT LIKE THAT, HE SHOOTS THE
RIGHT HAND.
JOE: BEJARANO COMING FORWARD TO
THE FINAL BELL, NEVER WENT DOWN.
MADUMA DOMINATED HIM, COMPLETELY
OUTCLASSED HIM, BETTER ATHLETE
ALL THE WAY AROUND.
THE 26-YEAR-OLD GHISLAIN MADUMA.
WE WILL HEAR FROM THE JUDGES
WHEN WE RETURN.
JOE: LOOKING AT THE SCORECARD,
CLEAN SWEEP, FOUR ROUNDS TO ZIP
FOR MADUMA AND FOR THE DECISION,
WE SEND IT UP TO CHRISTIAN GAUT
GAUTIAU.
>> JUDGE SCORED THE BOUT 30-34.
JUDGES LAPOINTE SCORING 40-36,
ALL FOR THE WINNER BY UNANIMOUS
DECISION, GHISLAIN MADUMA!
JOE: ONE OF THE JUDGES WENT SO
FAR TO PUT A COUPLE OF 10-8
ROUNDS IN THERE.
EITHER WAY, IT'S A CLEAN SWEEP.
OUR MAIN EVENT HAS FINALLY
ARRIVED, ANTONIN DECARIE
READYING HIMSELF TO FACE SHAMONE
ALVAREZ.
FIRST WE VISIT WITH BRIAN KENNY.
BRIAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE MAIN EVENT ABOUT SEVEN
MINUTES AWAY.
MEANTIME, BOXING NEWS AND NOTES.
THIS IS A FIGHT THAT HAS WON
PEOPLE OVER.
NOT MUCH WAS EXPECTED WHEN
BERNARD HOPKINS WENT ON TO FIGHT
JEAN PASCAL IN DECEMBER BUT
B-HOP DID IT AGAIN.
THIS TIME GETTING A DRAW, NOT A
WIN, BUT A DISPUTED DRAW AND NOW
THERE WILL LIKELY BE A REMATCH.
DO YOU WANT TO SEE A REMATCH?
THIS GOT MORE BUZZ THAN I
EXPECTED.
MAINSTREAM FANS FLOCKING TO THIS
TO SEE BERNARD HOPKINS AT 46
YEARS OLD FIGHT SO WELL AND BE
RELEVANT AGAIN AS A LIGHT
HEAVYWEIGHT.
66% OF YOU WANTED TO SEE THAT
REMATCH AND YOU MAY GET YOUR
WISH.
ACCORDING TO ESPN.COM, THIS
FIGHT IS CLOSE TO BEING
COMPLETE, JEAN PASCAL AND
BERNARD HOPKINS, I HAPPEN TO
HAVE DAN WITH ME.
WHAT'S THE LATEST?
>> THE LATEST IS THAT
PASCAL-HOPKINS II LIKELY TO TAKE
PLACE MAY 21 MOST LIKELY IN
CANADA.
NOT AN EASY DEAL TO MAKE BECAUSE
OF THE FASKT THAT JEAN PASCAL
HAD A REMATCH CLAUSE WITH CHAD
DAWSON SO THERE WAS A LOT OF
DEALS BEHIND THE SCENES TO WORK
THIS OUT.
THE END IS THAT PASCAL WILL
FIGHT THE REMATCH HOPKINS.
AND IF DAWSON IS SUCCESSFUL IF
HIS FIGHT, HE WILL FIGHT THE
WINNER OF THE MAIN EVENT.
BRIAN: ALSO PACQUIAO AND
MOSELEY, THE PUBLICITY TOUR
UNDERWAY FOR THE NUMBER ONE
FIGHTER IN THE WORLD, POUND FOR
POUND, THAT'S MANNY PACQUIAO.
WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON HOW BIG THE
MAINSTREAM IS INTO THIS FIGHT?
>> ONE OF THE REASONS THE
MAINSTREAM SEEMS TO BE INTO THE
FIGHT RIGHT NOW, A FIGHT THAT
WAS HEAVILY CRITICIZED WHEN IT
WAS MADE BY MYSELF AND OTHERS
WHO REPORT ON BOXING.
WE DON'T LIKE THE FIGHT FOR THE
MOST PART BUT WHAT MADE IT BIG
IS THAT BOB AREM, MANNY
PACQUIAO'S PROMOTER, FOUND A WAY
TO INJECT INTEREST IN THE FIGHT
BY TAKING IT TO SHOWTIME AND CBS
AND GETTING THE TERRESTRIAL
NETWORK INVOLVED IN THIS THING.
THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW
DOCUMENTARY SERIES ON CBS IN
PRIME TIME AND BRING ALL THEIR
ASSETS TO PLAY TO THIS THING SO
IT MADE WHAT WAS A MEDIOCRE
FIGHT A BIGGER DEAL FROM THE
BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS AND
PIQUED THE INTEREST OF A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
BRIAN: DAN RAFAEL, THANK YOU,
DAN.
SAY HI TO THE FREAKS.
>> HELLO, FIGHT FREAKS.
BRIAN: THOMAS ADMICK WILL FIGHT
BRIAN MCBRIDE.
THAT WAS MIKE TYSON'S LAST
OPPONENT.
HE BEAT MIKE TYSON.
ERIC MORALES IS BACK AND
FIGHTING MARCOS MAIDANA APRIL 9.
WINKY WRIGHT IS ON THE UNDERCARD
THERE.
THE EXCITING AMIR KAHN WILL
FIGHT PAUL MCCLESKEY ON APRIL 16
AND WILFREDO VAZQUEZ JR. FIGHTS
JORGE ARCE.
>> FORMER CHAMPION PAT MILICIC,
JOSH GROSS HERE, AS WELL.
STRIKE FORCE TAKING OVER
SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE
BEGINNING OF ITS WORLD
HEAVYWEIGHT GRAND PRIX IN NEW
JERSEY.
TRYING TO REBOUND FROM HIS FIRST
LEGITIMATE LOSS, FACING ANTONIO
SILVA.
>> WHAT YOU SAID, HIS FIRST
LEGITIMATE LOSS.
I THINK HE'S ANGRY AND PEOPLE
SAY HE'S TRAINING VERY HARD.
I THINK HIS SPEED WILL GIVE
SILVA PROBLEMS.
>> NO DOUBT.
FIGHTERS ARE LOOKING AT FEDOR IN
A DIFFERENT LIGHT.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT SOME OF
THE LUSTER IS OFF.
ANTONIO SILVA SAYS HE WILL TAKE
FEDOR DOWN AND BEAT HIM UP.
>> COMING YOUR WAY FROM THE IZOD
CENTER.
WE HAVE MORE ON "MMA LIVE"
TONIGHT AFTER "FRIDAY NIGHT
FIGHTS."
BRIAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JOIN US NEXT WEEK, "FRIDAY NIGHT
FIGHTS" IN 3-D.
FERNANDO GUERRERO TAKING ON
DERRICK FINDLAY.
THE ESPN TELECAST WILL MARK THE
FIRST-EVER LIVE 3-D BROADCAST OF
BOXING IN THE UNITED STATES.
MAIN EVENT IS NEXT.
JOE: "FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS" AT
THE BELL CENTRE, MAGNIFICENT NHL
ARENA THAT'S BEEN HOME TO BIG
FIGHT NIGHTS IN RECENT YEARS AND
WILL HOST "FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS"
TWICE IN 2011.
OUR MAIN EVENT, DECARIE AND
ALVAREZ READY TO GO.
TWO MONTREAL-BASED FIGHTERS HAVE
COME UP WITH T.V. VICTORIES,
DECARIE IS LOOKING FOR A BIG ONE
TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD AS A
WELTERWEIGHT CONTENDER.
THE ATLANTIC CITY BORN AND
RAISED SHAMONE ALVAREZ.
WE'VE SEEN HIM MANY TIMES
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.
HE HAD A CLOSE UNANIMOUS
DECISION, LOST TO DELVIN
RODRIGUEZ.
WORKS AS A FULL-TIME MENTOR AND
BEHAVIORAL ASSISTANT, A SOCIAL
WORKER OF SORTS, IN ATLANTIC
CITY, WITH CHILDREN.
HE'S BEEN DOING THAT THROUGHOUT
HIS PRO CAREER.
HE SAID HE'S VERY PROUD THAT NOW
HE'S WORKING WITH 14 TO
24-YEAR-OLDS IN JOB READINESS,
TO GIVE YOUNG MAN A CHANCE TO
EARN A CAREER.
HE'S STILL LOOKING FOR A CHANCE
TO BE A TITLEIST.
HE SAYS HE'S VERY MUCH MOTIVATED
TO STILL GO AFTER ALL HIS GOALS
NOW AT 34 YEARS OLD, A 21-3