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THE
HEAD TO HEAD FOR OUR MAIN
EVENT.
BETWEEN HERNANDEZ AND KELLEY.
WALLY: AS YOU CAN SEE BOTH
NOT YOUNG MEN HERE AS WE
SAID SEVERAL TIMES KEVIN
KELLEY 39 YEARS OLD, AND
CARLOS HERNANDEZ 35 THE
HEIGHTS PRETTY CLOSE 5'7" TO
5'7", WEIGHTS 12 OUNCES
APART REACH DECIDEDLY IN
FAVOR OF KELLEY 69 INCHES TO
A MERE 64 1/2 FOR CARLOS
HERNANDEZ.
>> SETTING UP TO RING
ANNOUNCERS FOR FORMAL
INTRODUCTIONS MICHAEL BUFFER.
>> Announcer: , LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, TOP RANK
INCORPORATED IS PROUD TO
PRESENT THE VERSUS "FIGHT
NIGHT" FAIRT BOUT OF THE
EVENING.
WAS TO FORMER WORLD
CHAMPIONS FACE EACH THE
OTHER REGAIN GLORY IN THE
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION THIS
BOUT SCHEDULED FOR 10 ROUNDS
SANCTIONED BY THE TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSE BEING
AND REGULATION EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR WILLIAM KUNTZ
DIRECTOR OF BOXING DICKY
COLE AT RINGSIDE THE THREE
JUJS SCORING WILL BE RICK
CROCKER TERRY HILLEN, ROY
OVALE.U. AT THE BELL MAN
INCHARGE OF THE ACTION
ESPERON NOW FROM SAN ANTONIO,
TEXAS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]
P.
>> FIGHTING OUT OF THE BLUE
CORNER BABY BLUE WITH DARK
BLEW OFFICIAL WEIGHT 1321/4
POUNDS HIS PROFESSIONAL
RECORD, 5 VICTORIES
INCLUDING 39 KNOCKOUTS, 7
DEFEATS TWO BOUTS EVEN FROM
FLUSHING QUEENS, NEW YORK,
THE FORMER FEATHWEIGHT
CHAMPION OF THE WORLD THE
"FLUSHING FLASH" KEVIN
KELLEY.
AND HIS OPPONENT ACROSS THE
RING, FIGHTING OUT OF THE
RED OVER CORNER WEARING
WHITE AND BLUE OFFICIAL
WEIGHT 133 POUNDS
PROFESSIONAL RECORD, 42
VICTORIES INCLUDING 24
KNOCKOUTS, 6 DEFEATS WITH
ONE DRAW, ORIGINALLY FROM EL
SALVADOR, NOW TRAINING AND
FIGHTING OUT OF WEST COVINA
CALIFORNIA, THE FORMER
JUNIOR LIGHT WHITE CHAMPION
OF THE WORLD CARLOS EL
"FAMASO" HERNANDEZ.
>> GENTLEMEN.
-- PREFIGHT INSTRUCTIONS --
OBEY MY COMMANDS ALL TIMES
MOST IMPORTANTLY PROTECT
YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES.
OKAY -- SOUND OF THE LET
THOSE YOU PUNCHES FLY.
>> MAIN EVENT, READY TO GET
UNDER WAY, CARLOS HERNANDEZ
AND KEVIN KELLEY A COUPLE
FORMER CHAMPIONS.
HERNANDEZ IS IN THE RANKINGS.
6 BY THE IBF, 9th BY RING
MAGAZINE AT 130 POUNDS.
COURSECH THINGS WATCH KEVIN
KELLEY SOUTHPAW ANYBODY
WATCHES BOXING KNOWS THAT
ALREADY SOMETHING TO WATCH
HERE IS EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
LEFT HOOK CARLOS HERNANDEZ
THAT IS HIS BEST PUNCH AND
GENERALLY A VERY GOOD WEAPON
AGAINST A SOUTHPAW.
JEE HERNANDEZ BOTH OF THESE
GUYS HAVE BEEN IN EXTREMELY
TOUGH.
WALLY: THERE IS NO QUESTION,
TO YOU KNOW THE QUESTION
GAMENESS OF EITHER ONE OF
THESE GUYS OR CREDENTIALS.
BOB: NOPE.
A LEFT HAND IN THERE.
CAUGHT KELLEY'S ATTENTION
RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
WALLY: I ALSO THOUGHT MIGHT
HAVE GOTTEN HIT WITH A RIGHT
SORT OF BEHIND THE EAR.
BOB: HERNANDEZ HAS BEEN IN
AGAINST FLOYD MAY WEATHER,
JR., A 12 ROUND DECISION,
HUNG TOUGH IN THAT FIGHT IN
MICHIGAN.
WALLY: NOT ONLY, THAT KRET
-- CREDED WITH KNOCKDOWN
OVER MAY WEATHER.
>> THE REST OF THE STORY,
ACTUALLY MAY WEATHER HURT
HIS HAND ON HERNANDEZ' HEAD
TURNED AWAY IN PAIN.
BOB: HERNANDEZ TOLD US HE
WOULD LIKE TO FIGHT DAVID
DIAZ THE INTERIM.
LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMP.
WALLY: WON HIS FIGHT IN BIG
UPSET, IN LAS VEGAS, JUST
LAST MONTH ON THE RAHMAN
FIGHT.
CHASING KELLEY A LITTLE BIT
THERE.
WALLY: YEAH YOU KNOW IN THE
EARLY GOING, HERE HERNANDEZ
IS KIND LETTING KELLEY SET
THE TEMPO.
HE IS ALLOWING HIM TO GET
STARTED TO SET HIMSELF TO
JAB A LITTLE BIT.
NOT REALLY PUTTING AS MUCH
PRESSURE ON AS I EXPECT TO
SEE FROM HERNANDEZ A LITTLE
BIT LATER ON.
>> BOTH GUYS GOT INTO BOXING
KELLEY SLIPPED LITTLE BIT
GOT CAUGHT.
P THAT GUY GOT INTO BOXING
DIFFERENT ROUTES KELLEY FROM
FLUSHING QUEENS, SAW SOMEONE
WITH A BLACK SAT JACKET,
GLOVES IN THE BACK THAT
LOOKS COOL I WOULD LIKE TO
GET ONE OF THOSE STARTED BOXING.
HERNANDEZ STUDIED MARTIAL
ARTS WAS 80 POUNDS AT THE
AGE OF 15, THEN TURNED TO
BOXING.
WALLY: WOW.
BOB: THAT TOOK HIM IN THE
GYM.
WALLY: KELLEY IS VERY
INTERESTED IN MARTIAL ARTS
DOES A BIT OF TRAINING IN
MARTIAL ARTS GYM AS WELL.
INCORPORATES SOME INTO BOXING
STYLE.
BOB: HERNANDEZ TRIED TO
SHOOT THE RIGHT HAND KELLEY
SHIPS IT.
WALLY: BOB YOU REFERRED
BEFORE TO KEVIN KELLEY'S
SLIPPING A LITTLE BIT ON HIS
LEGS LET'S KEEP AN EYE ON
THE THINK HIS BALANCE MAY
NOT BE QUITE RIGHT
BOB: ROUNDS NUMBER TWO FROM
SAN ANTONIO UNDI WAY KENINY
FORMER WORLD CHAMPION.
IN THE BABYY BUY TRUNKS
FORMER WORLD CHAMPION CARLOS
HERNANDEZ IN THE DARK BLUE
SCHEDULED FOR 10.
>> KIND OF CLOSELY FOUGHT
FIRST ROUND, I THOUGHT.
CAUTIOUSLY FOPT I GAVE IT TO
KELLEY.
SLIGHTLY.
JUST BECAUSE A COUPLE
PUNCHES BUT I COULD SEE
SOMEBODY GOING THE OTHER WAY
WITH IT IN FACT I KNOW THAT
YOU DID.
BOB: YES, I DID.
WALLY: BECAUSE I PEEKED OVER
YOUR SHOULDER.
BOB: I WENT WITH HERNANDEZ.
WALLY: AGAIN, YOU SEE THAT
KELLEY STUNLED A LITTLE BIT
ON HIS LEGS I DON'T THINK
HIS BALANCE IS QUITE THERE.
I STECK IS SHOWING THE LEGS
OF AN OLDER FIGHTER.
BOB: DEFINITELY OLDER AT 39.
WALLY: OLDER THAN HERNANDEZ,
AND HE'S PROBABLY OLDER THAN
A FIGHTER FIGHTING AT THIS
LEVEL SHOULD BE.
BOB: RIGHT HAND.
FROM HERNANDEZ.
WALLY: THAT WAS HERNANDEZ'
BEST PUN SOCH FAR.
NOW HE IS STARTING TO IMPOSE
HIS WILL KELLEY SOMETHING I
DIDN'T TECHNICAL DID IN THE
FIRST ROUND BUT NOW HE IS
STARTING TO DICTATE THE PACE
LITTLE BIT MORE.
YOU KNOW THIS IS KIND THE
WAY KELLEY FOUGHT AGAINST
BOBBY AS WELL PRETTY GOOD
FIRST ROUND, GRADUALLY RAN
OUT OF STEAM TO THE POINT
WHERE IN THE FOURTH ROUND HE
REALLY COULDN'T AVOID PUNCHEES
ANYMORE GOT STOPPED WITH A
BODY SHOT.
B: KELLEY A VERY LIKEABLE
COMPETITOR, 27 REALLY GOOD
SHOW, DOES BOXING COMMENTARY.
WALLY: A TERRIFIC
COMMENTATOR.
I THINK.
BOB: JUST MISSED WITH A BIG
LEFT UPPER CUT, A LEFT
HAND --
>> NOW HERE'S THE OTHER
THING ABOUT THE LEGS, THE
LEGS GO IT ROBS PUNCHING
POWER KELLEY USED TO BE ONE
OF THE SHARPEST PUNCH NEFRS
THIS DIVISION LOW BLOW BY
HERNANDEZ.
BOB: ALSO THE ONE GOT TO THE
RIBS AND KELLEY --
>> SNUCK LEFT HAND.
BOB: YEAH NICE CROSS BY
KELLEY.
WALLY: RIGHT NOW STILL
HERNANDEZ COMING FORWARD
REALLY ABLE TO *** WAY WITH
PUNCHES, KELLEY A LITTLE BIT
BACK ON HIS HEELS.
KELLY LANDING A GOOD CROSS
ON THIS HERNANDEZ LANDING A
COUPLE GOOD SHOTS ON HIS OWN.
Q GOOD TWO PUNCH K078 NAIX
BY KELLEY TO START THINGS
OFF
>> QUICKLY.
>> BACK IN JULY, AGAINST
PLESIS, IN SAN ANTONIO,
HERNANDEZ, AFTER HAVING
DROPPED TWO IN A ROW AGAINST
TALENTED SAL VES, BOBBY GOT
IN A STABILIZEING --
>> THAT WAS A TOUGH FIGHT
PLESIS HUNG TOUGH IN THAT
FIGHT.
INTEREST TO GO POINT OUT
BOBBY KNOCKED OUT KELLEY IN
FOUR ROUNDS WENT TOO TOUGH
DECISION WITH HERNANDEZ THAT
MIGHT BE A GOOD YARDSTICK OF
THE RELATIVE MERIT TO
FIGHTERS RIGHT NOW.
BOB: SPLIT DECISION LOST FOR
YOU KNOW.
WALLY: COMING IN WITH HIS
HEAD DOWN.
WONDER IF KELLEY CAN MAKE
HIM.
BOB: THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE
TELLING HIM IN THE CORNER,
THIS GUY RIGHT THERE FOR YOU,
NOW THE THING IS CAN KEVIN
KELLEY DOES HE HAVE ENOUGH
PUNCHING POWER TO HURT
HERNANDEZ AND DOES HE HAVE
ENOUGH STAMINA TO
ESTABLISHED IN THERE AND PAY
THE PRICE HE IS GOING TO
HAVE TO FI TRADE PUNCHEES
WITH HIM.
GOOD HOOK TO THE BODY BY
KELLEY.
WALLY: IF IT TURNS INTO A
BOXING MATCH, I HAVE DOUBT
KEVIN KELLY COULD HOLD HIS
OWN OR WIN THAT FIGHT.
AS LONG AS FOUGHT ON THE
INSIDE HERNANDEZ ALLOWED TO
ROUGH HIM UP GOING BE A
TOUGH FIGHT FOR KELLEY TO
WIN.
>> HERNANDEZ.
BOB: KELLEY, LAST ROUND,
THIS ROUND KELLEY IS GETTING
THE BETTER OF EXCHANGES.
BOB: DEFINITELY FASTER A
SHARPER BOXER, JUST WATCH
HOW WIDE HE KEEPS HIS FEET
AT CERTAIN TIMES HE IS
HAVING TROUBLE GETTING HIS
BALANCE.
AND HE TAKES AWAY SOME OF
THAT PUNCHING POWER EVEN
THOUGH PUNCHES LOOK --
SLOWLY MAY NOT HAVE THE
EFFECT ON HERNANDEZ THAT YOU
THINK THEY ARE HAVING.
SEE HOW WIDE KELLEY'S LEGS
ARE.
CAN'T REALLY PUNCH WHEN FEET
THAT ARE FAR APART.
SEE IT IS HERNANDEZ ABLE TO
REALLY SET ON PUNCHES BODY
PUNCHES CARRING A LOT OF
AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE COME TO THE END OF
THE THIRD ROUND, INTRIGUING
ACTION ON "FIGHT NIGHT"
BOB: FOURTH ROUND KEVIN KEL
YOIR CARLOS HERNANDEZ COUPLE
FORMER WORLD CHAMPIONS ON
"FIGHT NIGHT" ON VERSUS NO
KNOCKDOWNS IN THE FIGHT GOOD
ROUND THREE, THOUGH.
FOR KEVIN KELLEY THE
"FLUSHING FLASH".
THATATION GOOD SCRAP SO FAR
I DON'T WANT TO SOUND YOU
KNOW SELF CONTRADICTORY I
THOUGHT KELLEY FOUGHT GOOD
THIRD ROUND I WONDER IF IS
GOING ABLE TO KEEP UP THIS
KIND OF A PACE WITH
HERNANDEZ BECAUSE HERNANDEZ
SEEMS STRONGER.
ALTHOUGH I THINK THE 10
ROUND DISTANCE WORKS IN
KELLEY'S FAVOR.
>> ROPES NOT A GOOD PLACE TO
BE WITH THIS GUY.
THAT IS A GOOD PUN ***
KELLEY ALSO LANDED A GOOD
RIGHT UPPER CUT TO THE BODY.
ONCE HE RETS THE FIGHT GET
CLOSE LIKE THIS.
IS WHERE HE IT'S GOING
HIMSELF INTO TROUBLE.
BOB: HERNANDEZ UP, AND.
WALLY: TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY
THERE.
THIS IS A STRONG GUY.
BOB: BOTH DOING A LOT OF
HOLDING.
IT.
>> RENO IT IS KELLEY DOING
MOST OF THE HOLDING.
BOB: DOWN GOES HERNANDEZ.
>> 6 --
>> TALK ABOUT TURNING BACK
THE CLOCK.
FOR A SECOND THERE 1997 FOR
KEVIN KELLEY.
IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE
GOING TO GET IN A CLINCH,
AND MAYBE HERNANDEZ RELAXED
FOR A SECOND THINKING THAT
KELLEY WAS GOING TO HOLD AND
KELLEY PUNCHED INSTEAD.
WALLY: THINK YOU ARE 100%
RIGHT THAT TELLS YOU ONE
THING, KEVIN KELLY STILL GOT
SOME REFLEXES THAT WAS GOT A
SHORED RIGHT HOOK.
NERNS DEEP TROUBLE HE IS
HURT.
A LOT OF TIMES, IN THE FIFTH --
>> HE IS DOING THE SMART
THING SAVING HIS EN-- ENERGY
KELLEY NOT PRESSING HIM ALL
THAT MUCH.
TRYING TO GET HIMSELF
TOGETHER AGAIN.
KEVIN HAS BEEN AROUND THE
BLOCK, I KNOW HE WADES TOO
DEEP -- HE HAS BEEN
SUSCEPTIBLE TO GETTING
KNOCKED DOWN HIMSELF QUITE A
BIT IN RECENT FIGHTS.
KEVIN KELLY.
DROPPING, CARLOS HERNANDEZ
IN THE FOURTH.
HE HERNANDEZ WILL SURVIVE
THE ROUND
BOTH GUYS HAVE BEEN WARNED
FOR HOLDING.
>> HOW YOU DOING?
>> GOOD.
LOOKED LIKE HERNANDEZ WAS
ANTICIPATING ANOTHER HOLD,
NEVER CAME.
I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT, I
THINK HE EXPECTED THE
REFEREE TO GET BETWEEN THEM,
NOTHING ILLEGAL ABOUT WHAT
KEVIN KELLEY DID.
>> PERFECT.
BOB: LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS YOU
SEE TWO BODIES CAME TOGETHER
AND THEN, BOOM.
THE RIGHT HOOK RIGHT OVER
THE TOP.
PERFECT PUNCH.
I WILL FELL YOU WHAT
HERNANDEZ SPENT THE REST OF
THE ROUND RECOVERING FROM
THAT PUNCH.
WALLY: THEY HAD JUST BEEN
WARNED BY THE REFEREE FOR
HOLDING.
BOB: YOU KNOW I THINK
HERNANDEZ'S LEFT HAND MIGHT
HAVE GOTTEN HUNG UP YOU KNOW
HE HAD JUST THROWN A LEFT
HOOK MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN HINGE
UP BETWEEN HIS BODY AND
KELLEY'S AND HE GOT DMALED
OVER THE.
BOB: NOW TO SURVIVE THE LAST
MINUTE OF THE ROUND.
AND NOW HERE COMES HERNANDEZ,
AND I THINK IT WAS SHORT
RIGHT AND IN THERE FROM
HERNANDEZ ONCE AGAIN YOU SEE
THE BAD BALANCE OF KELLEY
STUMBLING ALMOST ON DOWN
THERE.
BOB: YOU MENTIONED, KELLEY,
IS NOT IMMUNE TO KNOCKDOWNS,
HE BEING SO MUCH NOTORIETY
IN THAT -- FIGHT BACK IN 97.
THAT WAS DOWN IN ROUNDS ONE
AND TWO KELLIE DOWN TWO AND
FOUR BOTH DOWN ROUND FOUR
TREMENDOUS FIGHT BOTTOM LINE
IS, KEVIN KELLEY DIDN'T GET
UP.
HOW DO YOU HAVE THIS SCORED.
WALLY: ACTUALLY ADDING UP MY
SCORE AS YOU SAID THAT.
I HAVE GOT KEVIN KELLEY
AHEAD, BY TWO POINTS.
39-37.
BOB: I AGREE.
ONLY ROUND DIFFER ONDS ONE
AND TWO WE EACH HAD IT THE
OTHER WAY.
WALLY: RHT CANCEL EACH
OTHER OUT.
BOB: POWER PUNCHES IN THE
FOURTH THE BIG THE --
>> ONLY ONE PUNCH REALLY
MATTERED IN THAT ROUND.
I DO NOT THINK THAT
HERNANDEZ IS FULLY RECOVERED
YET FROM THAT KNOCK DOWN HAS
NOT HAD THE -- ON HIS PUNCHES
THIS ROUND KIND OF,
HERNANDEZ FALLING IN.
-- WANTS TO GET INSIDE BUT
THAT IS DANG WAY TO GET
THERE.
WALLY: JUST GOT NAILED WITH
THAT SAME RIGHT HAND AGAIN
BY FALLING INSIDE.
KELLEY FOUND WHEN HERNANDEZ
GETS IN CLOSE HE LIKES TO
DROP HIS LEFT HAND DOWN TO
THE BODY BRINGING HIS RIGHT
HOOK RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF
HIM.
HERNANDEZ IS -- TRYING TO
JAB HIS WAY IN.
WALLY: HE IS ACTUALLY SWARMING
MODERN REALLY ATTACK RIGHT
NOW NOT REALLY BEING
AFFECTED TO THE BODY NOT
LIKE IN THE FIRST COUPLE
ROUNDS.
I MUST ADMIT I'M SURPRISED
THAT RESILIENCY OF KEVIN
KELLEY SO FAR IN THIS FIGHT.
BOB: TREMENDOUS KNOCKDOWN IN
ROUND NUMBER FOUR.
KELLEY IS DROPPING HERNANDEZ.
WALLY: THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD
LEFT HOOK IN THERE BY
HERNANDEZ.
BOB: WOW!
SLUGGING IT OUT TWO VETERAN
FORMER WORLD CHAMS.
CHAMPIONS.
BOB: ROUND NUMBER 6 UNDER
WAY WALLY SCORE DEVELOPING
IN THE CORNER OF KELLEY
BETWEEN ROUNDS FIVE AND SIX.
WALLY: THEY WERE NOTE HAPPY
WITH KEVIN KELLEY IN THE
CORNER SKI THE RIGHT EYE OF
KELLEY STARTING TO SWELL
FROM THE TOP GOT HIT WITH A
LOT OF LEFT HOOKS I ACTUALLY
THOUGHT HERNANDEZ CAME BACK
AND WON THAT ROUND.
BOB: SO DID I, AND
INTERESTING DIALOGUE,
BECAUSE IN THE CORNER OF
KELLEY, HOUSE WAS SAYING
WAYNE GAVE YOU MODERN THIS
KELLEY WORKS OUT OF GOLDS
GYM ON PROGRAM THERINGO, OUT
IN LAS VEGAS, AND HE DID A
LOT OF SPARRING WITH KID
DIAMOND WE HAVE SEEN HERE ON
"FIGHT NIGHT", STEVE FORBES
LOST IN CONTENDER, AND
McCULLOUGH SAID WAYNE GIVES
MORE THAN THIS.
WALLY: NOT HAPPY WITH KELLEY'S
EFFORT RIGHT NOW ONE THING I
MUST SAY THERE IS ME TO
QUESTIONING THE COURAGE OR
GAMENESS OF KEVIN KELLEY I
MUST SAY AFTER THE BOBBY
PACQUIAO FIGHT I STARTED TO
QUESTION HIS DESIRE TO
CONTINUE FIGHTING YOU GOT TO
WONDER IF THIS FIGHT GETS
TOUGHER FOR HIM WHERE, HIS
DESIRE IS GOING TO GO IN
THIS FIGHT.
BOB: TO THIS POINT I'M
GIVING A LOT OF PROPS.
>> YEAH STARTED TREMENDOUS
FIGHT I TELL YOU WHAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT HE IS
REALLY SURE WHETHER HE WANTS
TO FIGHT ANYMORE I KNOW HE
WANTS TO FIGHT TONIGHT.
AND THIS KIND FIGHT GOING TO
TEST HIS COMMITMENT TO IT.
A TOUGH FIGHT.
JEE HERNANDEZ WAS DROPPED IN
THE FOURTH
-- HERNANDEZ JUST MISSED AN
UPPER CUT ON THE INSIDE.
WALLY: COULD IT VERY WELL BE
WHEN FIGHTER LIKE KELLEY
LANDS A PUNCH LIKE HE DID
THE FOURTH ROUND MAY VERY
WELL HAVE THOUGHT HE WAS
GOING TO END THE FIGHT THERE
HERE WE ARE YOU KNOW, IN
ROUND SIX, HERNANDEZ STRONG
AS EVER.
BOB: WAY HERNANDEZ CRUMPLEED.
WALLY: LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE
AND THE OF THE FIGHT WAS AT
HAND.
BOB: FELL BACK ON HIS LEGS,
AWKWARD POSITION.
>> ONE THING YOU HAVE TO
NOTICE IS THAT THE KNOCKDOWN
PUNCHES ARE REALLY THE ONLY
PUNCH IN KELLEY THAT HAD ANY
EFFECT ON HERNANDEZ HE IS
PRETTY MUCH, WALK THROUGH
EVERYTHING ELSE.
>> HERNANDEZ HAS TAKEN SOME
SHOTS.
>> BUT DOESN'T REALLY SHOW
ANY EFFECT AND PARTICULAR HE
MAY SHOOK KELLEY UP WITH
THAT RIGHT HAND.
HE HASN'T SHOWN ANY EFFECT
FROM A PUNCH WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF THE PUNCH THAT KNOCKED
HIM DOWN.
SEE SLUGING AWAY EXCHANGING
PUNCHES PRETTY MUCH ON EQUAL
FOOTING HERE.
BOB: KELLEY SLAPPING THE
FACE OF HERNANDEZ AFTER
HERNANDEZ DELIVERED A BODY
SHOT.
KEVIN KELLEY'S CORNER WANTS
HIM IN A BOXING MATCH NOT IN
A FIGHT.
NOW HERE IS SOME OF THE
ACTION FROM ROUND SIX YOU
SEE, KELLEY IS FIGHTING
HERNANDEZ' FIGHT DOING
PRETTY WELL IN THAT EXCHANGE.
ROUND SEVEN UNDER WAY.
SCHEDULED FOR 10.
DECIDING FIGHT -- A LOT OF
BATTLE WE HAD IN OUR OPENER.
WALLY: ANOTHER GOOD NIGHT OF
BOXING HERE AT VERSUS.
BOB: RAUL MARTINEZ DRONG
JULIO IN THE 10th ROUND IN A
SLUGFEST.
GETTING OFF THE CANVASS TO
DO IT.
BOB: IN THIS FIGHT HERNANDEZ
GOT DROPPED IN THE FOURTH BY
KELLEY.
FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE BOB
I THOUGHT I SAW SOME SIGNS
OF FATIGUE IN HERNANDEZ THAT
WAS THE POSITION HE WANTED
TO BE INSTEAD OF PUNCHING
AGAIN, HE IS NOW WAITING FOR
THE REFEREE TO BREAK THEM UP.
BOB: HERNANDEZ KEEPS FALLING
STRAIGHT IN.
SEE NUMBERS FROM THE 6th
ROUND.
94 THROWN BY KELLEY MOST HE
HAS THROWN IN ANY ROUND.
BOB: VERY ACTIVE IN THAT
LAST ROUND PRETTY ACTIVE,
TOO.
I IN WHAT'S THEY WANT KEL
DWROI DO KEEP TURNING HENCE
HITTING HIM FROM ANGLES LIKE
HE DID WITH THE RIGHT HOOK
TO THE BODY SEE THAT PUNCH
FRANKETS OUT BOXING THIS MAN
THEY DON'T WANT HIM ON THE
INSIDE DOING THIS.
HERNANDEZ IS CAUGHT CUT IN
THE RIGHT EYE OF HERNANDEZ.
THAT IS NOT A GOOD SPOT FOR
A CUT.
RIGHT IN THE CORNER OF THE.
WALLY: A LOT OF CLASHES OF
HEADS.
YOU HAVE TO GET A RULING AS
TO HOW THAT CUT WAS CAUSED.
WALLY: I THINK THATS WERE A
PUNCH ALTHOUGH YOU KNOW
MINUS A REPLAY I CAN'T BE
SURE.
THIS KIND OF FIGHT WHERE
GUYS ARE NITH CLOSE, HEADS
ARE GOING TO *** CONSTANTLY.
INSIDE KELLEY PETITION
BEATING LIM TO THE PUNCH.
BOB: WHAT HE IS DOING LANDS
A PUNCH NOW STEPPING AROUND
HIS MAN WHAT HE IS DOING HE
IS KEEPING HE OPINIONSCHING
FROM THE ANGLES THAT
HERNANDEZ REALLY CAN'T
DEFEND AGAINST.
>> HE
>> DAZ HANDLING THE CUT.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> YOU CANNOT AFFORD TAPPING
HIM --.
>> BOXING.
1, 2, 3, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,.
>> -- WORKING.
BOB: THIS LOOKS LIKE THE
SPOT WHERE THE CUT WAS
INCURRED WHAILTSD BUTT SURE
ENOUGH TWO HEADS COME
TOGETHER COULD BE THE SPOT
RIGHT THERE KELLEY LOWERING
HIS HEAD HERNANDEZ, CATCHING
IMPACT RIGHT ABOUT THE
CORNER OF THE RIGHT EYE
THERE IT IS.
WALLY: BAD SPOT.
REFEREE WILL -- TELLING US
THAT IT WAS FROM A CLASH OF
HEADS SO THEY HAVE TO STOP
THIS FIGHT BECAUSE OF THAT
CUT AT LATER POINT THEY GO
TO THE, WALLY HOW IS YOUR
SKRARD THROUGH 6.
BOB: I GOT KELLEY WAY AHEAD
68-64 AFTER SEVEN, HERNANDEZ,
REALLY HAS WORK CUT OUT NOT
ONLY HAS BEEN DOWN, HE IS
CUT IN A BAD SPOT US
MR. GETTING TIRED.
SO YOU KNOW PRETTY MUCH
THREE STRIKES AGAINST HIM AT
THIS POINT HAS TO REALLY
RALLY TO PULL THIS THING OUT.
WALLY: KELLEY UP 68-64 AS
WELL.
ONLY GIVEN TWO ROUNDS TO
HERNANDEZ.
ROUND FIVE, AND ROUND ONE.
REMEMBER HERNANDEZ WAS DOWN
IN THE FOURTH.
BOB: YES, HE WAS THAT WAS A
BAD KNOCKDOWN KIND OF KNOCKDOWN
WOULD END A LOT OF FIGHTS.
I WAS GOING TO SAY CAME INTO
THIS FIGHT SKEPTICAL OF
KEVIN KELLEY'S ABILITY TO
WIN IT BUT AS I'M WATCHING
HIM FIGHT HERE I MUST SAY HE
HAS WON ME OVER HE LOOKS
VERY, VERY GOOD A LOT BETTER
OBVIOUSLY THAN HE DID
AGAINST BOBBY PACQUIAO.
BOB: CHANGING YOUR -- OIL.
WALLY: CHANGED MORE THAN HIS
OIL HERE.
VERY HIGH ON NEW PHYSICAL
REGIMEN NUTRITIONAL REGIMENS
YOU CAN'T TURN BACK THE
CLOCK BUT FOR ONE NIGHT HE
IS FIGHTING PRETTY WELL.
LET'S NOT FORGET NOTHING
LIKE THE RIGHT DANCING
PARTNER.
ONE THING ABOUT HERNANDEZ,
HE IS IN THE SAME AGE
BRACKET HE DOES COME
STRAIGHT AHEAD KELLEY IS
ALSO A LIKED TO FIGHT GUYS
LIKE THIS.
BOB: YOUNGER SLICKER BOXER
WITH A LOT OF MOVEMENT, AND,
YOU MIGHT SEE KELLEY'S 39
YEARS OF AGE MORE BUT THAT
ISN'T WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US
HERE TONIGHT.
WALLY: ABSOLUTELY.
>> DOING WHAT HE HAS GOT TO
DO.
WALLY: BOBBY PACQUIAO I
BELIEVE IS 26 YEARS OLD.
YOU KNOW SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCE IN AGE.
BOB: THE THING THAT BLOOD
CONTINUES TO OOZE OUT OF THE
RIGHT EYE OF HERNANDEZ.
WALLY: THAT IS BOGERING HIM
HE JUST WIPED IT AWAY IT.
>> IS A A BAD SPOT THE THING
AMAZING KELLEY BEATEN
HERNANDEZ WHEN THEY GET
INSIDE.
WALLY: HERNANDEZ HAS GOTTEN
TIRED, EVER SINCE THAT
FOURTH ROUND KNOCKDOWN, YOU
GET A PRETTY GOOD FIFTH
ROUND HASN'T REALLY HAD THE
SAME SNAP ON HIS PUNCHES
SOMETHING CAME OUT OF HIM
SOMETHING GOT KNOCKED OUT OF
HIM WITH THAT KNOCKDOWN.
>> IT IS THAT FALLING IN,
TOO, THAT THAT WAS JUST
PICKS HIM APART WHEN HE
NEEDS TO.
KELLEY 406 ROUNDS AS A PRO
COMING INTO THIS FIGHT.
WALLY: A LOT OF MILEAGE ON
THAT ODOMETER LOOKS PRETTY
CRISP HERE FOR THETH ROUND
OF A TOUGH FIGHT.
BOB: SET SET FOR THE START
OF 9th FROM SAN ANTONIO SO
GLAD CAN YOU JOIN US "FIGHT
NIGHT", ON VERSUS, BOB PAPA
WALLY MATTHEWS RINGSIDE
KEVIN KELLEY.
HAS TURNED BACK THE CLOCK A
LITTLE BIT HERE 39 YEARS OF
AGE AGAINST CARLOS HERNANDEZ
FOUGHT A VERY GOOD NIGHT
DROPPED HERNANDEZ IN THE
FOURTH.
WALLY OUR CARDS WINNING BIG.
WALLY: I GOT HIM AHEAD BY 5
POINTS I DON'T SEE HOW HE
BLOWS THIS FIGHTELS IN RUNS
INTO A PUNCH.
LET ME SAY I DON'T MEAN TO
OVERSTATE PERFORMANCE BY
KELLEY CARLOS HERNANDEZ AS
GOOD FIGHTER AS HE IS HE
35IS YEARS OLD BUT THAT
BEING SAID THIS IS AN
EXCELLENT ALL-AROUND
PERFORMANCE BY A FIGHTER WHO
BASICALLY RETIRED WHILE HE
WAS STILL ON THE CANVASS IN
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN
JUNE.
SO I MEAN AN AMAZING RALLY
FOR KEVIN KELLEY GOT TO GIVE
HIM ALL THE CREDIT IN THE
WORLD FOR THAT.
BOB: FLASHING HAND SPEED.
JABS THROUGH 8 ROUNDS,
HERNANDEZ WELL IT MAKES
SENSE, ALL HERNANDEZ DOES IS
FALL IN.
WALLY: IT IS NOT REALLY PART
OF HIS GAME YOU KNOW FWHOENEST
WITH YOU IT IS A STRIKING
STATISTIC.
BUT, FOR HERNANDEZ TO TRY TO
JAB WITH KELLEY I WOULD
THINK BE SUICIDE.
BOB: YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT
OF A JAB SO YOU KNOW BY JUST
FALLING IN THE WAY HE DOES
HE IS OPENED HIMSELF UP TO A
VETERAN GUY RICK HE WILL
KELLEY TO PICK HIM APART.
WALLY: UNDERSTAND I JUST
THINK HIS REAL PROBLEM NOT
SO MUCH INABILITY TO JAB BUT
INABILITY TO SLIP A JAB.
GETTING HIT WITH A LOT OF
STRAIGHT PUNCHEES FROM
KELLEY.
IT IS RAINING BLOOD HERE IN
SAN ANTONIO.
I WILL SAY FOR KELLEY AS
WELL, YOU KNOW, HE KNOWS HE
IS AHEAD IN THIS FIGHT COULD
VERY EASILY STAY AWAY FROM
THIS GUY PLAY IT SAFE HE
STILL IS IN THERE PUNCHING
AWAY MAY NOT BE SMARTEST
THING TO DO.
BUT HE HAS GUTS.
>> ALWAYS HAS.
>> HE HAS LUCK WITH WHEELS
CERTAINLY LOOKS TIRED THEY
ARE BOTH TIRED.
>> SOME BLOOD IN THE RIGHT
EAR OF KEVIN KELLEY I DON'T
KNOW IF THAT IS COMING FROM
THE EYE OF HERNANDEZ OR IF
HE IS CUT IN THERE.
NOW I SAY JUST RUBBED OFF
THE FACE OF HERNANDEZ THERE
IS A LOT OF BLOOD IN TA RING
RIGHT NOW.
BOB: DIGGING IN.
WALLY: BOY BOY THOSE OF US
WHO SAW HIS FIGHT WITH TROY
DORSEY,
BOB: FINAL ROUND.
IN WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED
A MILD UPSET, CERTAINLY I
TELL YOU WHAT YOU GOT TO GO
A COUPLE PAGES BACK IN KEVIN
KELLEY POSITION RECORD.
TO FIND A WIN AS IMPRESSIVE
AS THIS ONE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT A RECORD
THAT IS NOW 3 TO 4 PAGES
LONG.
GOT TO GO BACK A WAYS.
A RECORD WAY BACK AGAINST
SANTANA LANDED 494 PUNCHES
AS COMPEWBOX FEATHERWEIGHT
RECORD.
HE WAS A PER PET SEWALL
MOTION MACHINE BACK THEN
FIGHTS A LITTLE MORE
DELIBRATE NOW.
YOU NOTICE THE DESPERATION
ON HERNANDEZ, ALL OVER AND
EB KNOWS HE'S GOT TO HAVE AX@
KNOCKOUT HERE.
BOB: YEAH.
KELLEY CAN DO A LITTLE BIT
MORE OF THAT ON THE LEG
STUFF, IF HE CARES TO -- NO
NEED HIM TO REALLY STAY
RIGHT IN THE POCKET HERE NO,
I DON'T THINK SO THEY WERE
EXHORTING HIM DOWN HOUSE WAS
TELLING HIM BOX THIS GUY BOX
THIS GUY OBVIOUSLY WORRIED
THAT KELLEY COULD BLOW THIS
AS WELL THE FINAL THREE
MINUTES, I THINK KEVIN
KELLEY PRETTY MUCH NOSE WHAT
HE IS DOING RIGHT NOW.
BOB: I DON'T KNOW WHERE ANY
PUTS KELLEY IN THE LANDSCAPE
IN WEIGHT CLASS ALL I KNOW
IS THIS.
AFTER WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT
FIGHT AGAINST PACQUIAO AT
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, THIS
IS A HECK OF A WAY TO COME
BACK.
>> A GREAT COMEBACK FIGHT
MAYBE PUTS HIM IN LINE FOR
THAT DAVID DIAZ FIGHT
HERNANDEZ WAS HOPING TO GET
DAVID DAZ FIGHTER VERY MUCH
LIKE HERNANDEZ COMES
STRAIGHTFORWARD A BIG PUNCH
DURABLE GUY NOT A HARD GUY
TO HIT MIGHT NOT BE A
TERRIBLE MATCH EITHER.
BOB: OH JEE I -- HE JUST GOT
NAILED KEVIN KELLY DID WITH
A COUPLE GOOD SORE PUNCHES.
BOB: I DON'T KNOW IF
HERNANDEZ HAS MUCH POP LEFT,
GOT TO NEGOTIATE ONE MORE
MINUTE WE TECHNICAL IS THE
WINNER.
WALLY: HERNANDEZ STILL
TRYING VERY, VERY HARD HERE,
BUT HE HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH
PICKED APART SINCE THAT
KNOCKDOWN.
LET'S FACE IT ONE THING WE
KNOW, KELLEY HASN'T BEEN
DOWN IN THIS.
WALLY: NO HE HASN'T HE
REALLY HASN'T BEEN HURT.
LOOKED LIKE LOST BALANCE A
COUPLE TIMES.
GOT NAILED WITH A LOT OF
BODY PUNCHES BUT A LITTLE
BIT MORE DURABLE THAN I
EXPECTED HIM TO BE.
HAS A PRETTY GOOD COUNT LEFT
HOOK NOBT A LEFT HOOK BUT A
SWINGING LEFT.
>> THAT IS TREMENDOUS
PERFORMANCE BY KEVIN KELLEY
PUT IT IN CONTEXT, AND, WOW.
AS FORMER CHAMPION SHOWING
BEING THAT HERE TONIGHT.
[BELL RINGING]
>> TWO FORMER CHAMPIONS.
TOE-TO-TOE.
MUTUAL RESPECT WHAT EFFORT
WHAT A NIGHT IT HAS BEEN.
CARLOS HERNANDEZ KEVIN
KELLEY TOE-TO-TOE THEY GO
FOR 10 ROUNDS, HOW DO JUDGES
HAVE IT SCORED ONCE AGAIN
MICHAEL BUFFER.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE
GO TO THE SCORECARDS.
-- 95, 94.
GLENN SCORES 97-92, PERRY
SCORES 96-93 ALL TO THE
WINNER BY UNIMUS DECISION,
THE "FLUSHING FLASH".