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YOU FIRST STARTED.
ROUND 4 BEGINS.
OSCAR DE LA HOYA TO THIS
MOMENT THROWING 30 JABS PER
ROUND.
AND NOW CHAVEZ SEEMS TO
BELIEVE HE HAS NO MORE TIME TO
WASTE.
George>> HE'S STARTING TO LOOK
LIKE HE'S 23 YEARS OLD.
WHENEVER HE THROWS MORE THAN 3
PUNCHES, HE LOOKS YOUNG.
Jim>> CHAVEZ GETTING IN A LEFT
HOOK IN CLOSE.
HE BRINGS THE CROWD OUT OF
THEIR SEATS AS HE TRIES TO
MOUNT THE ATTACK IN THE FIRST
MINUTE OF ROUND 4.
Larry>> IN THAT EXCHANGE, JIM,
DE LA HOYA LANDED A NICE LEFT
HAND ON THE JAW, THAT DIDN'T
PHASE CHAVEZ.
Jim>> WE KNOW WHAT A GREAT
CHIN THE WARRIOR HAS.
JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ DOWN ONLY
ONCE IN 99 PREVIOUS BOUTS.
THAT WAS FROM AN ACCUMULATION
OF PUNISHMENT AGAINST FRANKY
RANDALL.
OSCAR IS A GOOD FIGHTER BUT HE
HASN'T CONCENTRATOD WINNING A
FIGHT ON POINTS IN YEARS.
THIS COULD BE A DEFICIT FOR
HIM BECAUSE HE'S BEEN GETTING
KNOCKOUTS, LOOKING FOR
KNOCKOUTS, AND NOW YOU'RE IN A
FIGHT WHERE YOU MAY HAVE TO
BUILD UP POINTS IN CASE YOU
DON'T GET THE KNOCKOUT.
Jim>> HE DID SCORE A TOUGH
DECISION VICTORY OVER JOHN
AVILA MOLINA EARLY IN 1995,
WHEN OTHERS SAY OSCAR HASN'T
BEEN PRESSURED OR ROUGHED UP
IN THE RING, HIS SUPPORTERS
POINT TO THAT FIGHT AND SAY
"OH, YES, HE HAS.
WE MAY HAVE JUDGES THAT MAY
LIKE THE AGGRESSION OF CHAVEZ.
A HARD LEFT JAB BY CHAVEZ.
George>> THE THIRD GOOD LEFT
HOOK THAT CHAVEZ HAS LANDED.
Jim>> ALL TO THE CHIN.
George>> BECAUSE OSCAR DE LA
HOYA STANDS AND WAITS FOR HIM
TO DO SOMETHING IF HE'S NOT
JABBING.
YOU CAN'T STAND AND WAIT.
YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
Jim>> BUT CHAVEZ, AT THE SAME
TIME THAT HE'S MOUNTING HIS
BEST ATTACK OF THE FIGHT,
CONTINUES TO PAW AT HIS LEFT
EYE TRYING TO KEEP THE BLOOD
FROM HAMPERING HIS VISION.
DE LA HOYA MUCH MORE TENTATIVE
NOW HERE IN ROUND 4.
HAVING TASTED SOME OF CHAVEZ'
POWER.
GOOD SHORT LEFT HOOK BY DE LA
HOYA.
AND HE COMES BACK WITH A RIGHT
HAND.
AND THE BLOOD BOTHERING JULIO,
AS DE LA HOYA LANDS A VICIOUS
LEFT HOOK.
NOW HIS NOSE IS BLEEDING TOO.
George>> DE LA HOYA IS
STARTING TO BE HIMSELF NOW.
FORGET ABOUT ALL THE STRATEGY
GREAT CHAMPION HE IS, AND HE