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CROWD CHEERS AS WE GET PAST THE
MIDPOINT OF THE FIGHT.
REFEREE: TIME.
GO TO YOUR CORNER.
JIM: MITCH HALPERN WANTS THE
VASELINE OFF OF DE LA HOYA'S
FACE.
TOO MUCH GREASE.
REFEREE: LET ME SEE.
LET ME SEE.
OK.
GO.
GEORGE: THAT WAS VERY FUNNY,
BECAUSE THE GUY DIDN'T TAKE ANY
GREASE OFF HIS FACE.
HE RUBBED HIS HEAD.
JIM: BRILLIANT.
IF ROBERT ALCOZAR GOT AWAY WITH
THAT, THAT WAS A HECK OF A
MOVE.
GEORGE: THAT'S GREAT.
THAT WAS THE FIRST EXPERIENCED
THING I'VE SEEN ALCOZAR DO.
HAROLD: THREE ROUNDS APIECE,
57-57.
ROUND SIX DEFINITELY TO IKE
QUARTEY.
EVEN THOUGH THEY TRADED
KNOCKDOWNS, QUARTEY CERTAINLY
FINISHED STRONGER.
JIM: LOOK AT THE SWELLING UNDER
DE LA HOYA'S LEFT EYE.
LARRY: I HAVE IT FOUR ROUNDS TO
TWO FOR QUARTEY.
JIM: QUARTEY'S RIGHT HAND
BECAME A FACTOR IN THE BOUT IN
THAT LAST ROUND.
GEORGE: OSCAR, ALL HE HAS TO DO
IS WATCH THE PIVOT.
MAKE SURE YOUR PIVOT IS YOUR
RIGHT FOOT AND KEEP THAT JAB
OUT THERE.
LARRY: WE CAN ALSO REMEMBER
THAT IN THAT GREAT CLASSIC
FIGHT, THAT IT WAS LEONARD'S
EYE THAT ALSO STARTED TO CLOSE
UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIGHT.
HIS LEFT EYE, FROM TOMMY
HEARNS' GREAT RIGHT HAND.
JIM: REMEMBER, QUARTEY HAS A
HISTORY OF TIRING IN THE LATE
ROUNDS.
BUT HE'S TIRED IN THE LATE
ROUNDS OF FIGHTS WHERE HE'S
BEEN THROWING 70, 80, 90
PUNCHES IN THE EARLY ROUNDS.
THAT HASN'T BEEN THE CASE HERE.
GEORGE: AWFUL CONSERVATIVE.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE'S NOT
WAITING -- PLAYING IN.
HE HAS A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE
POWER OF OSCAR DE LA HOYA.
OSCAR'S DOING A GOOD JOB WITH
THE JAB.
QUARTEY IS SMELLING BLOOD.
HE'S LIKE A TIGER GOTTEN LOOSE
THERE.
EVERYTHING IS JUMPING UP.
HE'S JUMPING UP ON HIS JAB.
HE JUMPS ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EVERYTHING IS JUMP JUMP.
JIM: FASCINATING.
WHAT A TESTIMONY TO THE
BRILLIANCE OF THE WORK HABITS
THAT BOTH OF THESE GREAT
FIGHTERS AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR
CAREERS HAVE INTRODUCED NEW
ELEMENTS INTO THEIR GAME, AND
SUCCESSFULLY SO, FOR THIS
FIGHT.
LARRY: YOU'RE RIGHT, JIM.
QUARTEY IS SHOWING MORE
VERSATILITY IN HIS BOXING
ABILITY.
AND DE LA HOYA USING THE RIGHT
HAND.
GEORGE: WHENEVER OSCAR DECIDES
TO THROW A JAB, WHETHER IT'S
HARD OR NOT, QUARTEY DOES
NOTHING.
NOW HE'S RELAXED, GOT HIS
ELBOWS IN, QUARTEY DOES, AND
HE'S INTENDING TO JAB.
JIM: NOW THAT QUARTEY MADE HIS
RIGHT HAND A FACTOR IN THE LAST
ROUND, DE LA HOYA IS MUCH MORE
RELUCTANT TO THROW THE JAB.
GEORGE: HE'S GOTTEN RELAXED.
HE FEELS LIKE HE CAN DO
WHATEVER HE WANTED.
LARRY: I DON'T SEE DE LA HOYA
LANDING MUCH AT ALL.
JIM: HARD RIGHT CROSS TO
QUARTEY.
DE LA HOYA WOBBLES AGAIN.
OSCAR TRYING TO COME BACK WITH
A LEFT HOOK.
QUARTEY LOOKING FOR A SHOT.
>> YOU'RE FIGHTING LIKE YOU'RE
STUCK IN MUD.
YOU GOT LEGS, USE THEM.
YOU GOT BETTER LEGS THAN THE
OTHER GUY.
USE THEM.
>> WHEN YOU SET HIM UP, WITH
THE COMBINATIONS, HE COVERS UP.
>> YOU NEED TO GET IN BUSINESS.
>> OK, OK, YOU'RE DOING VERY
WELL NOW.
I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU, OK?
NOW, WHEN YOU JAB, I WANT YOU
TO STEP TO THE SIDE, OK?
DON'T GIVE HIM THE FULL BODY.
DON'T GIVE HIM THE FULL BODY.
JUST STEP TO THE SIDE, OK?
LARRY: END OF THE ROUND,
QUARTEY WITH A NICE COMBINATION
, PROBABLY WON THE ROUND FOR
HIM.
YOU HEARD IN THE CORNER GIL
CLANCY SAYING TO DE LA HOYA,
YOU'RE FIGHTING LIKE YOU'RE
STUCK IN THE MUD.
YOU'VE GOT BETTER LEGS THAN
HIM.
USE THEM.
JIM: THAT'S RIGHT.
AND DE LA HOYA BEGINS TO
BOUNCE.
YOU'VE ALWAYS SAID, GEORGE,
HE'S MOST DANGEROUS OFFENSIVELY
WHEN HE GETS UP AND BOUNCES
LIKE THIS.
GEORGE: HE'S GOT A LITTLE
BOUNCE, HE'S GOING TO DO
SOMETHING TO YOU.
HE WORKS OFF THE BOUNCE.
JIM: IT GIVES HIM THE RHYTHM TO
FIRE HIS POWER PUNCHES.
GEORGE: HE GOES BACK INTO THE
MUD, AS GIL SAID.
KEEP YOUR FEET MOVING.
IF YOU'RE IN CONDITION, MOVE
THEM.
JIM: BETWEEN ROUNDS TORQUE MY
EYES, DE LA HOYA WORE A
DISCOURAGED LOOK ON HIS FACE.
QUARTEY ALWAYS LOOKS THE SAME,
EVEN WHEN HE'S DOWN ON THE
CANVAS.
JIM: DE LA HOYA UNWILLING TO
COMMIT TO THE LEFT.
TOO MANY RIGHT HANDS HAVE BEEN
COMING BACK.
GEORGE: HE DOESN'T WANT TO
REACH BACK, BECAUSE HE'S BEEN
TOLD.
THAT'S WHY HE'S RELUCTANT.
LET THE FIGHT COME TO YOU.
JIM: HIS LEFT EYE IS SWELLING.
QUARTEY'S TARGETING, LOOKING
FOR CHANCES TO FIRE THE RIGHT
HAND AGAIN.
DE LA HOYA RELUCTANT TO USE HIS
LEFT, AND THE HARD RIGHT HAND
AGAIN.
GEORGE: NOW THE LEFT HAND OF
QUARTEY IS MAKING SOME SHOTS
HERE.
SLAPS WITH IT, HE'S GOT HIS
CONFIDENCE FROM ALL ANGLES NOW.
JIM: UPPERCUT FROM QUARTEY,
IT'S A PUNCH HE DOESN'T THROW
ALL THAT AFTERNOON.
TRYING TO PUT THE RIGHT CROSS
THROUGH THE GUARD.
DE LA HOYA NOT COMING BACK.
LARRY: QUARTEY IS CREATING THE
IMPRESSION THAT HE IS STARTING
TO DOMINATE DE LA HOYA.
DE LA HOYA HAS TO DO SOMETHING
QUICK.
JIM: THE RIGHT HAND THAT
CHANGES THE BOUT MOMENTARILY,
AND A LEFT HOOK.
GEORGE: THIS BOY'S BEEN IN THE
OLYMPICS, A LOT OF TITLE
MATCHES.
HE'S NOT GOING TO FALL F.
YOU'RE GOING TO WHIP HIM, YOU
GOT TO WHIP HIM GOOD.
HE'S NOT GOING TO FOLD WITH
YOUR SMILES AND THAT KIND OF
THINGS.
JIM: NO QUESTION, GEORGE.
WHEN HE'S BEEN IN TROUBLE IN
BIG FIGHTS, HE'S ALWAYS COME
OUT, PARTICULARLY IN THE 12TH
ROUND, AND CLOSED THE SHOW.
HE DID IT AGAINST PERNELL
WHITAKER.
U TO LOOK FOR HIM TO REACH DOWN
DEEP AND TRY TO DO IT HERE.
GEORGE: OSCAR'S NOT MOVING HIS
FEET, THAT'S THE MISTAKE HE'S
MAKING.
FIRST THREE ROUNDS HE KEPT HIS
FEET, MAKING CERTAIN THAT HE
WOULD BE OUT OF THE RANGE OF
QUARTEY'S JAB.
JIM: WELL, YOU FIGHT THE WAY
YOU TRAIN, AND THERE ARE RUMORS
THAT DE LA HOYA'S TRAINING CAMP
IS NOT GREAT, BUT HE SAYS IT
WAS FINE, AND RIGHT NOW HIS
LEFT HOOK IS COMING BACK TO
LIFE.
>> OSCAR, START THOSE
COMBINATIONS TO THE BODY.
THE FLASHY ONES THAT YOU USE
WITH HIS MITTS.
TWO PUNCHES, OK?
COMBINATIONS.
GIVE ME TWO PUNCHES.
GIVE ME THE JAB, AND RIGHT
AFTER THE JAB, GIVE ME THE TWO
PUNCHES.
>> WHEN HE FOLLOW YOU, DON'T
LET HIM GET ANY CONFIDENCE.
FOLLOW HIM, JAB HIM, FOLLOW
HIM.
WHEREVER HE GOES, FOLLOW HIM.
PUT THE PRESSURE ON HIM, OK?
JIM: ROUND NINE OF A SCHEDULED
12.
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO KNOCKDOWNS,
BOTH MEN WERE ON THE CANVAS IN
THE SIXTH ROUND.
FIRST QUARTEY WENT DOWN, AND
THEN AS THE DE LA HOYA
CELEBRATED, DE LA HOYA WAS
PLANTED ON THE SEAT OF HIS
PANTS BY QUARTEY.
GEORGE: NOW DE LA HOYA GOES
JABBING TO THE BODY.
HE'S HITTING THE CHEST WITH THE
LEFT JAB, WHICH IS WHAT YOU
WANT.
THE FIGHT GOES ON, YOU HIT A
GUY STRAIGHT IN THE CHEST, HE
LOSES A LOT OF HIS POWER WITH
ALL THAT QUICK LEFT HANDS.
JIM: AS QUARTEE HAS LIMITED HIS
JAB OUTPUT, DE LA HOYA'S GOTTEN
FEWER AND FEWER CHANCES.
THAT WAS A BIG PART OF HIS
FIGHT PLAN, SO HE HAS TO
IMPROVISE SOMETHING TO REPLACE
IT.
GEORGE: OSCAR DE LA HOYA SHOULD
BE SPENDING --
JIM: THE UPPERCUTS LANDED.
HE GOT TWO LEFT UPPERCUTS.
GEORGE: THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO
DO.
AFTER YOU DO IT, SET BACK DOWN
ON YOUR GUNS AND MAKE HIM COME
TO YOU FOR SOME MORE.
DON'T GO REACHING OUT TO HIM.
QUARTEY IS VERY SMART, KEEPS
HIS BALANCE.
HIS OPPONENT TOLD HIM TO FOLLOW
HIM AROUND, BUT HE'S SMARTER
THAN THAT.
JIM: QUARTEY HUNGRY FOR THE
CHANCE TO LAND ONE MORE BIG
RIGHT HAND.
GEORGE: THOSE BODY SHOTS ARE
MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE HEAD
SHOTS THAT DE LA HOYA LANDED.
JIM: BAZOOKA QUARTEY BEGINS TO
FIRE THE JAB IN MULTIPLE
NUMBERS AGAIN.
DE LA HOYA CANNOT AFFORD TO
JUST STAND THERE AND WATCH
QUARTEY JAB.
GEORGE: YEAH, THIS GUY'S JAB IS
SO QUICK, HE KNOWS SO MUCH
ABOUT WHAT HE'S DOING YOU WON'T
BE ABLE TO JUST LAND AN
OVERHAND RIGHT ON HIS JAB.
YOU MIGHT AS WELL GET STARTED
YOURSELF.
JIM: THIS ROUND HAS BEEN ALL
QUARTEY'S JABS WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE TWO LITTLE DE
LA HOYA FLURRIES, ONE OF THEM
KEYED BY THE UPPERCUTS.
GEORGE: WHENEVER DE LA HOYA
THROWS A RIGHT HAND, PRETTY
MUCH LANDS IT WHENEVER HE
WANTS.
JIM: RIGHT HAND TO QUARTEY
FLUSH ON THE CHIN OF DE LA
HOYA.
LARRY: THIS WAS A KILLER RIGHT
HAND.
DE LA HOYA TOOK IT VERY WELL.
JIM: AND LANDS A RIGHT HAND OF
HIS OWN.
GEORGE: DE LA HOYA IS TAKING
THE CHALLENGE.
HE'S WANT FIGHTING LIKE A
CHAMPION.
HE'S FIGHTING LIKE A
CHALLENGER.
HE WANTS THIS WIN.
MAY CAUSE A FEW BRUISES, BUT
YOU GOT TO GO GET IT.
JIM: DEDICATION, CLASS ON THE
PART OF TWO TREMENDOUS
WELTERWEIGHT FIGHTERS.
WHAT A SHOW.
GEORGE: GOOD RIGHT HAND BY
QUARTEY THAT TIME.
LARRY: HARD RIGHT HAND.
GEORGE: AND DE LA HOYA DOES NOT
MOVE HIS FEET AFTERWARDS.
JIM: ANOTHER RIGHT HAND LANDS
FOR QUARTEY.
AND GOING INTO THE LAST THREE
ROUNDS, OSCAR DE LA HOYA IS IN
TROUBLE.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]