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APPARENTLY.
JIM: DON'T WORRY, LARRY, YOU
WERE JUST DREAMING IT.
YOU DIDN'T SAY IT.
LARRY: MAYBE BREDAHL HAS HAD
ENOUGH OF THIS.
JIM: THAT WAS THE THIRD
KNOCKDOWN OF THIS FIGHT.
BREDAHL LOOKS UTTERLY WEARY AND
THE REFEREE HAS TO BE THINKING
STOPPAGE PRETTY SOON IF DE LA
HOYA CONTINUE THIS IS
ONSLAUGHT.
REFEREE: HOLD IT HEALTH CARE
HIM GO.
ARE YOU OK?
JIM: THE CROWD SAYS LOU, WHY
DID YOU STOP HIM?
THE FIRSTúTIMES YOúYCwaOvER
BEOí KNOCKED TO THEúDECK.
AND HE HAwaNEVERúBóú[NOCK
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=qéAVRç■aCíEaXO'w!Wó VGRY GOOD
CT CIRCLKNG.
GEORGE:úTHAT'w!÷XOú]rWTY?ú
GEORGE: YOU CAN'T SEE, YOU
CAN'T BREATHE AND THE REFEREE
ASKS, "ARE YOU OK?"
REFEREE: TIME, TIME, TIME.
JIO: BVEDAHLúMAKGS IT OUT OF
ROUND 10.
ROBERT ALCAZAR ACTS AS IF THE
STPITE OVER AS HE RUSHES INTO
THE MIDDLE OF THE RKNG TO
EMBRACG HIS CHARGE.
NOW THE DOCTOR STGPS KNTO THE
CORNER TO TAKE A LOOK AT
BREDAHL.
>> ARE YOW ALL RIGHT?
LARRY: HE CLMOST STOPPOD ONE
REFEVEO OR THE DOCTOR CAN STOP
THO FIÑña
JIO: THE DOCTOR HERE SAYS
OSCAR GGTWaHIW ÑñO.úCOwGOúwó
JIM: THE DISCUSSKON IN
BREDAHL'S CORNER SEEMED TO
CENTER ON HOW MUCH PUNISHMENT
HE HAD TAKEN AND JIMMI'S ANSWER
SEEMED TO BE, "I'VE TAKEN A
LOT."
GEORGE: ARE [OU OK, THE REF
CONTINUES TO ASK.
NO, I'M NOT OK.
JIM: THAT'S THE WRONG ANSWER.
SO, DE LA HOYA MOVES TO 12-0.
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HIS óóVLDúCHAOPKONSHIPS.
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HE'S GOT THE MC[[íO!óFapOSSIBLç
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KNTO ARGWMGNTS WKTH TONEY, BUT
THIS GUY'SúGOOD.
JIM: LET'S SEE HIM AGAINST
TOUGHER OPPONENTS BEFORE WE SAY
THAT.
BUT LARRY WITHúOSCAR DE LA
HO[An
LAVR[:úCONGRATULATIONW,úOSCCR.
WHATúWCs YOUR KMPRESSION? THAó
>> WHEN YOU HAVE A FIGHTER WHO
IS GOOD AS JAMES TONEY AND HE
PUTS ON AN GXCELLENT
PERFORMANCE, HE DID VERY, VERY
G. IT PUTS MORE PRESSWRE SO YOU
GAN TR[ HARDER AND MAKE YOU
WANT TO SHOW OFF MORE AND MAKE
THE AUDIENCE CHEER MORE FOR
YOU.
SO IT DID ADD A LITTLE MORE
POWER TOúMO>ú=;
AND!MY GCMG PLAN WCS VERY
GOOD.
I FELT VERY, VERYúSTRONG.ú
HE'SúA VERY /-úHE'S A VGR[ WGLL
TALENTEDaLKTTLG FOXER ANL I
GIíEúHIM AúLOT OF CRODIT.
LARRY: WHAT WAS THE DIFFICULTY
OF FOLLOWING UP ON [OUR
KNOCODOWNS?
WAS HE JUST TOO TOUGH AND
SUKCO?
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THG VING.
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GAUGHT UP KN LATER ROóNLS.
LARR[: LET'S LOOK AT THE LAST
KNOCKDOWN IN THE 10TH ROóóD
óHKCH ENDELúTHE FKGHTlúRECLLYn
TELL UW WHATúYOuúSGEñ
PSGSWURE TO HIM.
HE COULDN'T STAND THE
PRGSSUVEn
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TIMEúTHAT HEú■óULD GO DóWó!AND
]óWEúTHEúF[GHTn
LAVR[: THIS IS THE END OF THE
FIGHT.
DID YOW!PUNCH ENOWGH TO THE
BODYl OSCAR?
>> I COWLDN'T PWNGH TO THE BOD[
CúLOT BECAUSE OF HIS LEFT HAND
STYLE BUT LATER ON IúSTARTGD TO
THVOW THGúRIGHTaXóOówútó ]XG
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BUT K KNEWatHAU [úYCM!÷óa]XWó■=■
DIFFERENT ANGLES TO WIN THE
FIGHT.
LARRY: WHAT KIND óN FEELINGS
CNM IMPRESSIONS DO YOU XC■O
ABóWé FóééóóIíGúYOUV FATHOR AND
OwCNDFATYGV INTO THKS AVENA AND
FIGHTING HGRG?ú
WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
MITTLEMAN FAMILY CND BOB ARUM
FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY
OF ROOPENING THE GRAND OLYMPKC
AUDITORIUM.
IT WAS A GREAT HONOR FOR
OYWELFn
FOUGHT HGRG CND FORúMO TO NIGHT
OH, OOST DGFINITGLY.ú
FANS AVE NEVER GOING TO BE
HAPP[.
PEOPLE ARE NEVER GOING TO BE
HAPPY.
THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CRITICS
OUT THERE.
AND I FEEL VERY, VERY CONFIDENT
THAT IN THE FUTURE, I WILL COME
UP AGAINST THE BEST FIGHTERS IN
THE WORLD AND HOPEFULLY I WILL
DO WELL.
BECAUSE THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR
IN BOXING.
AND I JUST HAVE TO DEVELOP MORE
STRENGTH AND MORE ENDURANCE AND
JUST PHYSICAL STRENGTH THAT I
NEED.
LARRY: UP FOUGHT AT 130
POUNDS.
YOU WEREN'T SURE WHETHER YOU
WOULD BE COMFORTABLE HERE.
DO YOU WANT TO STAY HERE OR DO
YOU WANT TO MOVE UP?
>> I FELT VERY STRONG.
I FELT VERY POWERFUL ANDúFCST.
I BELIEVE -- SEE HOW KT GOES,
MAYBE IN THREE WEEKSúSEE HOW I
FEEL.
IFúMYúBODY GROWS INTO A
LIGHTWEIGHT OR IF I MOVE UP
HIGHER.
WHO KNOWS?
éAVR[:úWHEN YOU NIGHé,úSOMO OF
THG OUTSTANDKNO FIGHTERS IN
YOURúWEIGHT CLASS HE HAVE
INDICATIONS HERE IN LOS
ANGELES, LIKE GENARO HERNANDEZ
, AND THE RUELAS BROTHERS, AND
SINCE YOU'RE MANAGING YOUR
CAREER, YOU TELL US WHAT YOUR
TIMETABLE IS?
>> MY METABLE IS TO DEVELOP A
LITTLE MORG GXPEVIENCE AND
EVENTUALLYúI'LL BG FIGHTING THE
BEST IN THG WORLD,úFVOO!LOW=o=■■
AND ONLY I KNOW WHEN I'VE
DEVELOPED THAT STRENGTH AND
POWER TO BEAT ANY CHAMPION OUT
THERE.