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THE DOCTOR CAME IN TO TAKE A
LOOK AT AVILA'S CUTS, AND SO
THUS WE HAD A LITTLE LONGER
THAN THE NORMAL ONE-MINUTE
BREAK BETWEEN ROUNDS 3 AND 4,
AND AWAY WE GO.
FOURTH ROUND, SCHEDULED FOR
12.
OSCAR DE LA HOYA DEFENDING HIS
WBO LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE WANTS THE MORE
DISTINGUISHED TITLES.
Gil>> TIM, AVILA IS THROWING
OUT THAT LEFT JAB AND THROWING
IT SHORT, NOT REACHING DE LA
HOYA WITH THE JAB.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, THAT'S VERY,
VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE HE'S
NOT MOVING THE GUY, AND THE
GUY CAN REALLY COUNTER WITH A
HARD PUNCH.
Tim>> AVILA BANGING TO THE
BODY.
SOMETHING HE HASN'T BEEN
CONCENTRATING ON AGAINST THE
TALLER DE LA HOYA, BUT AS GIL
POINTED OUT HE HASN'T BEEN
ABLE TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO
LAND SCORING PUNCHES.
Gil>> EASY TO SEE THAT DE LA
HOYA WILL BE ABLE TO GROW INTO
A WELTERWEIGHT, 5-10, A YOUNG
MAN, JUST 21.
AS A LIGHTWEIGHT HE'S A
FEARSOME SIGHT AT THAT HEIGHT.
ALL RIGHT UP 5 POUNDS FROM HIS
OLYMPIC WEIGHT IN 1992.
Gil>> AVILA THREW THAT RIGHT
HAND WITH BAD INTENTIONS.
JUST MISSED.
AVILA OUT OF PALMDALE
CALIFORNIA, LIVED IN LOS
ANGELES FOR A TIME.
TRAINS SOME IN RENO, NEVADA.
Gil>> AGAIN, OSCAR DE LA HOYA
JUST DOES NOT SLIP PUNCHES.
HE DOESN'T MOVE THAT HEAD
ENOUGH.
THERE.