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[ BELL DINGS ]
Lennon: ALL RIGHT, FANS, HERE WE GO.
IT'S TIME FOR THE BOUT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.
Man #1: THIS CROWD'S GOING WILD!
Man #2: MY GOD, LOOK AT THAT.
HE IS IN TROUBLE! LOOK AT HIS LEGS!
Ranallo: THE CROWD IS ELECTRIC!
Man #3: TYSON BRINGING IT ON.
DOWN GOES BRUNO INTO THE ROPES!
Man #4: A RIGHT BY BARKLEY, AND HEARNS IS DOWN!
Man #5: OH, DOWN GOES CHAVEZ FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER!
WHAT A SHOT BY EVANDER HOLYFIELD!
CASTILLO'S IN TROUBLE!
Man: WHAT A FIGHT!
Lennon: I-I-IT'S SHOWTIME!
Ranallo: WE ARE SET FOR 12 ROUNDS OR LESS.
BEIBUT SHUMENOV, WHO HAS DESIGNS ON UNIFYING THE CHAMPIONSHIP
AGAINST THE LIKES OF BERNARD HOPKINS,
AND THE UNDEFEATED TAMAS KOVACS
FIGHTING OUTSIDE OF EUROPE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER.
[ BELL DINGS ]
THE BELL AND ROUND 1.
THE CHAMPION, SHUMENOV, IN THE BLACK WITH GOLD.
THE CHALLENGER, KOVACS, IN THE SILVER WITH BLACK.
IMMEDIATELY, SHUMENOV LOOKS TO ESTABLISH THE JAB.
Bernstein: AND THESE EARLY ROUNDS DANGEROUS FOR SHUMENOV.
HE'S COMING IN OFF AN 18-MONTH LAYOFF,
AND YOU CAN EXPECT THAT IT MIGHT TAKE HIM A ROUND OR TWO
TO GET THINGS GOING.
AND THE -- OH, HE GETS TAGGED
WITH AN OVERHAND RIGHT BY KOVACS.
ONE OF THE REASONS HE WAS ON THE SHELF FOR SO LONG
WAS THAT HE USED TO BE HIS OWN PROMOTER.
THIS GUY DOES EVERYTHING BY HIMSELF.
AND FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO GET THE FIGHTS HE WANTED.
NOW SIGNED WITH GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS
AND MAKING HIS SHOWTIME DEBUT TONIGHT,
AS BOTH FIGHTERS ARE APPEARING ON OUR AIRWAVES
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
KOVACS, THOUGH, IS 36, GOT A LATE START, OF COURSE,
BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE POLICE AS A DETECTIVE.
AND DON'T THINK THAT HE'S JUST A JOURNEYMAN.
HE'S GOT GOOD HAND SPEED, HE THROWS GOOD COMBINATIONS,
AND IS A GOOD BODY PUNCHER.
YEAH, IT'S NOT ABOUT FINGERPRINTS TONIGHT FOR KOVACS.
HE WANTS TO USE GLOVES --
HE WANTS TO LAND AND USE THOSE GLOVE-PRINTS
ALL OVER SHUMENOV'S BODY.
Malignaggi: YEAH. ALSO, IN THAT PART OF EUROPE,
IN SLOVAKIA, OVER IN EASTERN EUROPE,
A LOT OF GUYS DON'T TURN PROFESSIONAL VERY EARLY.
SOMETIMES, THEY DON'T TURN PROFESSIONAL AT ALL.
THE AMATEURS GET TAKEN CARE OF VERY WELL.
SO ANOTHER REASON WHY HE HAD A LATE START
IN HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
ONE THING TO BRING OUT ABOUT BEIBUT SHUMENOV --
YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE,
EVEN THOUGH HE HAS THE WBA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE.
BUT FOR A GUY WITH 14 FIGHTS,
THEY'RE TAKING HIM FOR WHAT HE IS.
HE'S FOUGHT A LOT OF VERY GOOD COMPETITION
FOR A GUY WITH ONLY 14 FIGHTS.
SO, MAYBE PEOPLE WILL SAY, "OKAY,
HE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD A WORLD TITLE SO SOON."
YOU KNOW, CONTROVERSIALLY OR WHATNOT
IN THE DECISION WITH CAMPILLO.
BUT, REGARDLESS, AFTER 14 FIGHTS,
YOU DON'T SEE TOO MANY FIGHTERS
HAVING FOUGHT THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION HE'S FOUGHT.
AND FOR THAT, YOU GOT TO PRAISE A GUY LIKE THAT.
FOUR FORMER OR CURRENT WORLD CHAMPIONS ARE ON HIS RECORD.
SHUMENOV HAS RECORDED THREE FIRST-ROUND K.O.s.
THOSE HAPPENED IN HIS FIRST FOUR PRO FIGHTS.
KOVACS HAS SIX KNOCKOUTS IN THE OPENING ROUND.
AS WE ARE UNDER A MINUTE REMAINING IN THE FIRST ROUND.
A LOT OF FEINTING BY KOVACS BUT NOT PULLING THE TRIGGER.
SHUMENOV WALKING HIM DOWN,
MEASURING HIM UP FOR THE RIGHT HAND.
KOVACS SIDESTEPPING IT.
SHUMENOV WOULD BE BETTER OFF TO START TO FEINT A LITTLE BIT
ON HIS WAY IN WHEN HE TRAPS KOVACS ON THE ROPES.
KOVACS IS SITTING THERE WAITING FOR A MOVE FROM SHUMENOV
AND THEN LOOKING TO SPIN OUT OR GET OUT OF THERE.
DOUBLE JAB BY KOVACS SPLITS SHUMENOV'S GUARD.
SHUMENOV WORKING THE BODY
WITH 15 SECONDS LEFT IN THE FIRST ROUND!
A LEFT HOOK DROPS TAMAS KOVACS
FOR THE THIRD TIME IN HIS CAREER!
5...6...
7...8!
YOU OKAY?
[ BELL DINGS ] TIME!
Ranallo: SO, BERNARD HOPKINS --
AND HE IS OBVIOUSLY CHEERING ON BEIBUT SHUMENOV.
MAYBE HAS HIS SIGHTS SET ON FACING SHUMENOV,
SHOULD BE PREVAIL TONIGHT. AND A GOOD OPENING ROUND.
WELL, THE LEFT HOOK
IS NOT BEIBUT SHUMENOV'S PUNCH OF CHOICE,
BUT, MAN, THAT ONE SURE LANDED PERFECTLY
AND SENT KOVACS DOWN.
NOW, KOVACS GOT UP PRETTY QUICK
AND I THINK RECOVERED RELATIVELY WELL,
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS RIGHT AT THE END OF THE ROUND.
DOUBLE HOOK. HE TOUCHED HIM UP ON THE BOTTOM.
YOU SEE HERE REAL QUICK. YOU SEE THE TOUCH-UP
ON THE BOTTOM AND THEN OVER THE TOP.
NOT KNOWN FOR HIS LEFT HOOK, BUT HE DOUBLES IT UP THERE.
YES, HE DID.
VERY EFFECTIVELY.
AND YOU LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
AND, AS PAULIE ACCURATELY POINTED OUT,
THAT IS A VERY WIDE PUNCH,
BUT IT GOT THERE.
A LOT OF TIMES, ON THOSE COUNTERS,
YOU CAN COME OVER THE TOP WITH THAT WIDE STUFF.
[ BELL DINGS ]
THE BELL AND ROUND 2.
KOVACS HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY KNOCKED DOWN TWICE
IN A FIGHT AGAINST HAMZA WANDERA BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2011.
HE TOUCHED THE CANVAS
WITH JUST A SECOND REMAINING IN THE OPENING ROUND.
NO, NO, NO, NO. NO PUNCHING.
AND THEY COME CLOSE HERE TO KICK OFF ROUND 2.
AND HE WENT ON TO WIN THAT FIGHT -- KOVACS.
HE GOT UP OFF THE CANVAS AND WON IT.
WHETHER HE CAN DO THAT TONIGHT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
COMES IN WITH AN UNDEFEATED RECORD OF 23-0.
14 WINS INSIDE THE DISTANCE.
SO, MORE EXPERIENCED THAN THE CHAMPION
BUT ALREADY BEHIND THE PROVERBIAL EIGHT BALL.
BOY, WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT SHUMENOV
MAYBE NEEDING A ROUND OR SO TO GET WARMED UP?
I GUESS NOT.
Malignaggi: WELL, IT WAS RIGHT AT THE END OF THE ROUND, AL,
SO YOU WERE KIND OF RIGHT.
HE TOOK 2:55.
SHUMENOV NOT PRESSING THE ACTION.
IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE
IF KOVACS COMES OUT WITH ANY LESS CONFIDENCE.
YOU KNOW, IN THE FIRST ROUND, HE WAS BOXING A LITTLE BIT,
MOVING AROUND.
SEE IF SHUMENOV'S POWER IS IN HIS HEAD NOW.
I GOT IT. NO PUNCHING.
LET IT GO, LET IT GO. THAT'S IT.
A MINUTE GONE IN THE SECOND ROUND.
JAB BLOCKED BY KOVACS.
THAT ONE GOT THROUGH THE GUARD BY SHUMENOV.
TAKING HIS TIME, MEASURING KOVACS.
KOVACS TRYING TO USE SOME FEINTS AND SOME BODY MOVEMENT
TO TRY TO GET ON THE INSIDE.
UNABLE TO DO SO,
AS SHUMENOV ATTACKS THE BODY WITH THE RIGHT HAND.
AND THERE IT IS AGAIN.
EVERY TIME KOVACS THROWS THAT WIDE RIGHT HAND,
SHUMENOV IS READY TO COME OVER THE TOP OF IT
WITH A LEFT HOOK, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T LAND CLEAN.
WATCH FOR THAT.
HE'S TIMING IT EVERY SINGLE TIME.
HE'S LOOKING FOR IT.
BOTH FIGHTERS HAD STELLAR AMATEUR CAREERS.
WE MENTIONED SHUMENOV REPRESENTING KAZAKHSTAN
IN THE 2004 OLYMPICS.
KOVACS WAS AN AMATEUR CHAMPION IN THE FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKIA,
WITH OVER 200 AMATEUR FIGHTS.
THERE HE GOES AGAIN.
HE TRIED TO COME OVER THE TOP WITH THE HOOK
AFTER THE RIGHT HAND, FOLLOWED IT WITH A COMBINATION.
THIS TIME, SHUMENOV IS STARTING TO GET
A LITTLE BIT BETTER TIMING NOW AFTER THAT KNOCKDOWN.
CONFIDENT IN THE COUNTERPUNCHING.
BREAK! I GOT IT.
A MINUTE REMAINING IN THE SECOND STANZA.
2...3...
WOW. THAT WAS A DELAYED REACTION.
SO, IT'S BEEN RULED A KNOCKDOWN.
...6...
7...8!
ARE YOU OKAY?
A PUNCH DID LAND.
IT SEEMED LIKE MAYBE KOVACS KIND OF LEANED IN.
SO, THE SECOND TIME IN THE FIGHT,
THE FOURTH TIME IN HIS CAREER THAT KOVACS HAS GONE DOWN.
AND IT'S ALL BEIBUT SHUMENOV HERE,
DEFENDING HIS LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIFTH TIME.
LEFT HOOK TO THE BODY BY THE CHAMPION.
RIGHT HAND THROUGH THE GUARD.
AND KOVACS, ALONG THE ROPES, UNABLE TO GET ON TRACK.
A GOOD RIGHT HAND BY SHUMENOV.
HE HAD BEEN THROWING IT STRAIGHT TO THE BODY.
NOW HE'S STARTING TO GET CONFIDENT ENOUGH
TO THROW IT TO THE HEAD.
SO, KOVACS WENT DOWN NEAR THE END OF ROUND 1
AND WENT DOWN AGAIN HERE IN ROUND NUMBER 2.
[ BELL DINGS ] TIME!
Bernstein: A HORRENDOUS BEGINNING FOR TAMAS KOVACS.
THERE WILL BE, IT APPEARS, A SHOT --
THAT'S A SHOT TO KIND OF THE BODY
THAT MAY HAVE HURT HIM.
YEAH, THAT WAS A LEFT HAND.
Malignaggi: EVEN IN THE CLINCH,
HIS LEGS WERE, LIKE, DOING A LITTLE WOBBLE.
WATCH THE CLINCH AFTER THAT PUNCH LANDS,
IF WE GET ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.
WATCH HIS LEGS AFTER THAT.
THEY'RE, LIKE...
THE ONLY REASON HE DIDN'T FALL RIGHT AWAY
IS 'CAUSE HE KIND OF HELD HIMSELF UP
HOLDING ON TO SHUMENOV.
IT LOOKED LIKE A FOREARM THAT LANDED, RIGHT?
HE THREW A LEFT UPPERCUT,
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT LANDED WITH THE GLOVE.
BOTH OF THEM SPEAK MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
AS WE GET SET FOR ROUND 3
HERE AT THE ALAMODOME IN SAN ANTONIO,
CAPPING OFF A SENSATIONAL YEAR
IN THE SWEET SCIENCE HERE ON SHOWTIME.
WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED WITH OUR FIRST
OF FOUR FIGHTS COMING YOUR WAY TONIGHT.
MAURO RANALLO ALONG WITH AL BERNSTEIN, PAULIE MALIGNAGGI,
BRIAN KENNY, AND BARRY TOMPKINS.
WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM "MR. BOXIPEDIA," STEVE FARHOOD,
LATER IN THE SHOW.
YOU KNOW, KOVACS NORMALLY IS A PRETTY STRAIGHT PUNCHER,
HE'S GOT PRETTY GOOD HAND SPEED,
AND HE'S A PRETTY GOOD TECHNICAL FIGHTER.
TONIGHT, HE HAS BEEN WILD, LUNGING LIKE THAT,
AND NOT WHAT WE HAD SEEN ON VIDEO FROM HIM.
Ramos: BREAK, PLEASE, OKAY? LET'S GO.
KOVACS TRYING TO ROUGH THINGS UP.
BEING WARNED BY REFEREE RAFAEL RAMOS, BOTH FIGHTERS.
SHUMENOV DOUBLING UP KOVACS
WHEN IT COMES TO THE POWER PUNCHES CONNECTED.
Bernstein: AND I MENTIONED THAT HE'S VARIED IT
WITH THE LEFT HOOK AND THE RIGHT HAND.
HE'S NORMALLY A RIGHT-HANDED PUNCHER.
THERE IS THAT LEAD RIGHT.
YEAH, IT'S BEEN THE LEFT HAND THAT'S DONE THE MOST DAMAGE TONIGHT,
DROPPING KOVACS BOTH IN THE FIRST AND SECOND.
AND THERE WAS A STIFF RIGHT THROUGH THE GUARD.
LEFT-HOOK COUNTER BY KOVACS TO THE BODY.
IF SHUMENOV STARTS CUTTING THE RING DOWN,
HE'LL GIVE KOVACS EVEN LESS ROOM TO BREATHE.
SHUMENOV PAWING THE JAB.
NICE COUNTER LEFT HAND BY KOVACS.
BUT ALONG THE ROPES, TRYING TO FIGHT LOWER,
TRYING TO GET INSIDE ON SHUMENOV.
KOVACS SEES THE LEAD RIGHT BY SHUMENOV
AND HE'S A SMART-ENOUGH FIGHTER TO TRY AND COUNTER IT,
BUT HE'S HAVING TROUBLE DOING IT.
RIGHT CROSS LANDS BY THE CHAMPION.
HE'S NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH
TO STEP IN WITH HIS WEIGHT ON THOSE COUNTERS.
YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT BE A BIG PUNCHER,
BUT IF YOU STEP IN SHARPLY WITH THE COUNTERS,
YOU AT LEAST GET THE GUY'S RESPECT.
EVEN WHEN HE'S COUNTERING, IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN ARM PUNCH.
HE'S NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH
TO FULLY STEP IN AND COMMIT TO THE COUNTER,
AND THAT'S WHY SHUMENOV IS CONTINUING TO WALK THROUGH HIM.
ANOTHER OVERHAND RIGHT LANDS BY SHUMENOV,
WHO MOVED TO LAS VEGAS, THE FIGHT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD,
IN 2007.
Ramos: NO PUNCHING, NO PUNCHING. THAT'S IT.
CLEAN.
LIVES IN A BIG MANSION THERE.
Ranallo: ALMOST AS BIG AS YOUR PLACE, AL.
EH, A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.
AND HE'S GOT SEVERAL BUSINESSES HE OWNS WITH HIS PARENTS.
AND HE'S DONE WELL FOR HIMSELF.
BUT HE SAID, "I HAVE A PASSION FOR BOXING."
AND HIS BROTHER CHINGIS THE DEPUTY MAYOR
OF THEIR HOMETOWN IN KAZAKHSTAN, SHYMKENT.
SO, A VERY SUCCESSFUL FAMILY,
AND, SO FAR, A SUCCESSFUL START FOR BEIBUT SHUMENOV IN THIS,
HIS FIFTH TITLE DEFENSE.
AS HE LANDS ANOTHER RIGHT HAND
TO THE FACE OF THE CHALLENGER, TAMAS KOVACS.
AND HIS JAB IS REALLY, REALLY STARTING TO LAND SOLIDLY.
CHECK LEFT HOOK BY SHUMENOV.
AND HE'S BEEN ALMOST AUTOMATIC
WITH THAT CHECK LEFT HOOK TONIGHT.
EVERY TIME KOVACS THROWS A RIGHT HAND,
HE'S LOOKING TO COME OVER THE TOP OF IT WITH THAT HOOK.
HE SCORED THE FIRST KNOCKDOWN LIKE THAT.
OH! WHAT A SHOT.
AND, AGAIN, KOVACS DOWN.
AND REFEREE RAFAEL RAMOS STOPS THE FIGHT.
SO, ON THE HEELS OF THE THIRD KNOCKDOWN,
BEIBUT SHUMENOV HAS A NEW FAN
AND, POTENTIALLY, A FUTURE OPPONENT
IN "THE ALIEN," BERNARD HOPKINS,
AS BEIBUT SHUMENOV, ON THE HEELS OF THREE KNOCKDOWNS,
SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS HIS LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
FOR THE FIFTH TIME,
HANDING KOVACS HIS FIRST LOSS IN 24 FIGHTS.
QUICKLY, PAULIE, WHAT IMPRESSED YOU THE MOST
ABOUT SHUMENOV'S PERFORMANCE TONIGHT?
YOU KNOW, HE'S IMPROVING LITTLE BY LITTLE.
YOU KNOW, KOVACS DIDN'T BRING A LOT TO THE TABLE,
BUT I LIKED HIS ALERTNESS.
HE WAS READY TO COUNTER A LOT OF WHAT KOVACS DID.
YOU KNOW, WE SAID HE'S NOT KNOWN FOR HIS LEFT HOOK,
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS READY TO THROW THAT LEFT HOOK
EVERY TIME KOVACS THREW THE RIGHT HAND.
YOU KNOW, HE'S A THINKING FIGHTER IN THERE
AND HE'S SLOWLY IMPROVING.
THIS IS HOW THE FIGHT ENDED.
THAT WAS THE RIGHT HAND,
WHICH IS NORMALLY SHUMENOV'S POWER PUNCH OF CHOICE.
AND RAFAEL RAMOS FEELING IT WAS TIME TO STOP THIS FIGHT,
EVEN BEFORE KOVACS REGAINED HIS FOOTING.
A VERY GOOD LEAD RIGHT HAND.
SHUMENOV LOVES THAT PUNCH, AND, FOR THE MOST PART,
HE'S QUICK ENOUGH TO GET AWAY WITH IT.
EVEN THOUGH KOVACS TRIED TO COUNTER HIM,
HE JUST COULDN'T DO IT.
AND THAT WAS THE END OF THIS FIGHT.
ONE MORE PEEK AT IT. WE'LL SHOW YOU.
WELL, A TOUCH JAB TO TRY AND BRING DOWN
THE GUARD OF KOVACS, AND IT WORKED.
AND, FOR SHUMENOV, HE GETS ANOTHER WIN.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S INTERESTING
ABOUT THE TOUCH JAB THAT SET UP THE RIGHT HAND.
HE HAD BEEN LANDING SOME HARD JABS BEFORE THAT,
SO IT ALLOWED KOVACS --
IT MADE KOVACS KIND OF WORRY ABOUT THE JAB,
AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY HE OVERCOMMITTED
TO BLOCKING THAT TOUCH JAB.
ARE THEY NEGOTIATING ALREADY?
THEY MAY BE.
WELL, THE NUMBERS VERY REVEALING, OF COURSE.
A BIG EDGE FOR SHUMENOV IN THE SHORT DURATION OF THIS FIGHT.
KOVACS THREW A FAIR AMOUNT OF PUNCHES
BUT JUST WAS NOT ABLE TO LAND, AS WELL.
AND THE PERCENTAGE IN THE POWER PUNCHES -- 43% -- VERY GOOD.
AND BERNARD HOPKINS IS TALKING TO HIM.
LET'S HEAR.
YES, YES.
FIRST.
Ranallo: ALL RIGHT, LET'S MAKE IT OFFICIAL HERE.
ONCE AGAIN, JIMMY LENNON JR.
[ BELL DINGS ]
Lennon: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
WE HAVE THE TIME OF 2:55 IN ROUND NUMBER 3.
OUR REFEREE IN CHARGE, RAFAEL RAMOS, STOPS THE CONTEST.
HE IS THE WINNER, BY WAY OF TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT,
AND STILL CHAMPION
BEIBUT SHUMENOV!
SO, BEIBUT SHUMENOV RETAINS THE GOLD.
BUT LET'S GO TO BARRY TOMPKINS.
ALL RIGHT, WITH BEIBUT SHUMENOV.
BEIBUT, IT COULDN'T HAVE GONE ANY BETTER FOR YOU.
IT HAD TO BE EXACTLY THE WAY YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT
BEFORE THIS FIGHT.
THREE ROUNDS, THREE KNOCKDOWNS, AND THE FIGHT WAS OVER.
VERY IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU.
WHAT COMES NEXT FOR YOU NOW?
YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO UNIFY THIS DIVISION.
I KNOW BERNARD HOPKINS IS HERE.
HE WAS TALKING TO YOU JUST A MOMENT AGO.
WHAT DID HE SAY TO YOU?
HE WAS CONGRATULATING ME, THOUGHT I DID GOOD.
AND MY MAIN GOAL,
LIKE I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY --
TO UNIFY ALL THE TITLES.
AND I KNOW BERNARD --
HE WANTS TO FIGHT ME.
AND I'LL BE HONORED TO FIGHT HIM,
WHO'S A TRULY LEGENDARY CHAMPION.
YOU WERE VERY PATIENT. YOU DID WHAT YOU NEEDED TO DO.
BERNARD HOPKINS IS HERE.
I WANT TO BRING BERNARD IN.
PRETTY GIRLS IN FRONT OF ME.
AND BERNARD -- RIGHT NOW, HE'S A FAN OF BEIBUT SHUMENOV.
GREAT JOB. GREAT JOB, CHAMP.
AND, BERNARD, YOU HAD SAID, JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO,
"DON'T BE THAT GOOD WHEN I FIGHT YOU."
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
THAT RIGHT HAND WAS COMING DOWN THE PIPE,
AND HE GOT WARMED UP.
IT SEEMED LIKE THAT THE RUST WAS BOTHERING HIM A LITTLE BIT,
BUT THEN HE WARMED UP AND HE EXECUTED VERY WELL.
GREAT FIGHT.
HE SAYS IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO FIGHT YOU.
WELL, IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO TAKE HIS BELT.
THAT'S BERNARD HOPKINS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, BEIBUT.
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