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SO MWCH BEFORE A FIGHT.
OSCAR, ONE TOO MANY SMILES.
LARRY:úTHAT FKRSTúFIGHT WAS
RIGHT OUT OF ONE OF THE MOVIES
THEY USED TO STAGE HERE, JIM
AND GEORGE.
I WONDER WHAT OSCAR DE LA HOYA
CAN DO TO TOP IT OR MATCH IT.
JIM: THE STAGE HAS CERTAINLY
BEEN SET BY JAMES TONEY.
DE LC HOYA.
JIM: DELAWARE MAY HAVE BEEN
LUREED INTO THINKING OF HIMSELF
AS A KNOCKOUT ARTIST.
JIM: OWCAR IS NATURALLY
LEFT-HANDED FROM FIGHTS FROM A
RIGHT-HANDED STANCE, THE
LIGHTWGIGHT INVERSE OF MICHAEL
MOORER.
HIS LGAD JAB HAND IS ALSO HIS
STRONGEST AND BEST HAND.
JIM: THE LEFT HOOK IS PROBABLY
LOOK AT THE GRIN FROM DE LA
HOYA AS HE DROPW BRODCYL WI÷X
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME BREDAHL'S
EVER BEEN ON THE CANVAS.
AND BRIE SPWREE LOOKING AT THE
DE LA HO[A WITH A LOOK THAT
SAYS, "DON'T GET TOO COCKY,"
BUT I'O NOTúSWRG BRIE SPWRGE
STRONG ENOUGH TO BE IN THE RING
WITH OSCAR.
GEORGE: OSCAR KNOWS THAT 12
ROUNDS IS WHERE THE FIGHT COULD
GO.
JIM: DE LA HOYA TRIES TO
CULTIVATE HIS IMCGE CSúBOXKNG'W
BEABY FACED KILLER.
GEOROE: IF OSCAR WINS THIS
TITLE, THE WBO WILL S]DDENL[ FE
> MOVG YOUR HGAD.
OOVEúYOUR HECD.
JIM: HE DID PRESS DE LA HOYA
EARLIEV IN THE ROUND AND LEFT
HIMWELF OPENúAND CCUGHTúTHAT
WtWAKGHTúRKGHu HCND>ú
LARR[: KT WASúOOREúONúA FLASH
KNOCKDOWN.
HE WAS COMPOSED THROUGHOUT IT.
HE GOT UP AND SURVIVEDúTHE
ROUND.
BREDAHL'S CORNER: OK.
>> BEAUTIFWL.
JIM: THG TRAINER, ROBERT AIL
AIL --úALKCZCR WITH C FINAL PAT
ON THE BACK FOR OSCAR DO LA
GEóRGEz NOW, INVOSé KN MAKING
THIS GUY LOSE HIS POWER FOR THE
LATTER ROUNDS.
JIM: AS YOU WATCH FOR SIGNS OF
THE FUTUREúCHAMPION, OSGAV DE
LA HOYC WHó RGTURNEDúTO BOD[
PUNCHES AT THEúBEGINNING OO
ROWNDúTóO KS ABOWT AW GOODúAS
YOU COULD LOOK FOR IT.
.
JIO: THG RIGHT HAND.
THAT'S A PUíCH YOU CAN LAND
AGAINST A SOUTHPAW IF YOU THROW
IT Aé éHGúRIGHT TIMG>
GEORGE: OSCAR HAS TO ALLOW HIM
TO COME FORWARD A LITTLG BIT,
TO BE MORE AGCWRATG WITHúTHAT
WHOT.
JIM: BREDAHL TRYING THE LEFT
ITaTOO MWCH. DIDN'T COMOIT TO
HE PROBABLY FELT TOO MUCH
LEATHER ALREADY.
DE LA HO[A,úBCCOING HIM UP óITH
THG JAB.
GEORGE: THG BEST THING THAT'S
HAPPENED TO OSCAR, HE IS
STARTING TO WSO HIW LEFTúJCB.
NIM: BOY, HE IS STRONG FOR THIS
WEIGHT, GEORGE.
GEORGE: BREDCHL KSúNO GHWMP.
HE TCKGS A PUNCH AND TRIES TO
GET UPúAND GET A FEW MORE IN.
JIM:aHG'SúCOCKYúANDúTHINKS HG
HAS FOUGHT BETTER FIGHTERS THAN
OSCAR DE LA HOYA.
JIM: HGRE WE GO.
BREDAHL IS DOWN AGAIN.
REFEREG: THVEG,úFOUR,úFKVE,
WIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
YOU OK■
YOU SURE?
COOGúON.
NIM:úPLENT[ OFúTKME LEFT IN
ROUND TWO.
GEORGE: OSCAR HAS TO BE
PATIENT.
WEé THKSúTHINGúFAGK UP.
JIM: THE THREG KNOCKDOWN RULE
LARRY:úBUT THE[ HAVE TOúGOóG=■
=?G ROUNM=úJIM.ú
=qNIO: THCToSúRKGHT.
GEORGE: C LOT OF LEAPING B[
OSCAR.
[NatHIWúFKGóESaFOYOND w[y
THGYúALRGADY GOTúTHEIR MONEY'S
WORTH IN THE TONEY DRAMA.
HANDS UP AND KEEP MOVING.
USE YOUR JCB AND KEEP YOUR HECD
UPl OK?
LARR[: ]GÑ'S SEGúIF WG GAó!SEG
WHERE HE INITICLLY STAGGERS
BREDAHL.
LEFT HAND FOLLOWEDúBY THAT LAWT
VIGHT HAND THAT HURT BREDCHL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OSCAR DE LA
HOYA IS A PIGTURE
BOXER-PUNCHEW.
JIM: AND THE HAND SPGED BLUR AS
HE THROWSúTHOSE COMFINATIONS,
SHCDES OF SUGAR RCY LEONARD
SEATED IN THE FRONT ROW AT
RINGSIDE.
KS LCNDKNG A LOT OF GOOD SHOTS
BUT THGY ARE HITTING THG GLOVES
OF THE GHCMPION A LOT OORE THAN
HITTING THG TARGGT.
JIO: BREDAHL, TRYING TO BE MORE
ASWERTIVE CSúROUND THREE
BEGINS.
HE HCS BGEN KNOCKED DOWN IN
GACH OF THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS.
OEORGEz THG CHAOPION BREDAHL
HAS TASTED THE BEST POWER THCT
OSCAR HAS AT THKS POINTn
SO HKS CONFKDGNCE CAN NOTHING
BUT BE GROWN NOW.
GEORGE: OSCAR SHOULD DO SOMG
THKNKING.
MOVE [OUR HAND, TRICK HIM,
TRICK HIM.
JIO: INTO THG ROPGS GOEW
BREDAHL AGAIN.
THGúCVOWD THINKW THE REFEREE,
LOU MORET WAS A LITTLE HASTY IN
BRGAKING THEM UP.
REFEREE: WATCH THOSE HANDS.
WATCHúTHOWEúHCNDSn!
JIO: THE CHANTúYOU OA[!HECR
FROM TIME TO TIME IS "EAWT
L.A.
" A LARGELY LATINO COMMUNITY
WHERG DE LA HOYA GREW UPn
FRJT GOOD LEFT HOOK B[ OSCAR DE
LA HOYC.
GEORGE: OSCAR, IF HEúWOULD ONL[
FAOE THATúJCCúDOWNúTO THE
STOMCCH CND THEN START HKS
PUNCHES.
JIM: INTGRGSTINGLY, BREDCHLúHCD
PROMISEDúUWúAúLOT OF BODY
PUNCHINGl SA[ING THAT HEúDKDN'T
THKNK DE LC!HOYA HCDúPROVOD
HIMSELF AS OíE WHO COULD éAOE
KTúTOúTHE RKBúCAOE BUTúHE
HAWNoTúBEEN CBLE TO GO TO THE
BODY PWNCH VGRY MUCH WAUS HE --
BECAUSE HE HASaBGEN DEFENDING
HIMSELF TOO MUCH.
OEORGE: HE IS STARTKNG TO
SWKTCH HIT.
TURNKíG FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
NIO: CND A QUIOT ROUND COMESúTO
C CLOWE.
CS WE GO TO OWCAR DE LA HOYC'S
INTERPRETER, OURúINTGRPRETGR IS
HECTOR GARCIA.
>> YOU ARE DOINGúVGR[ OOOD.
OEEPúWOROKNG THCT WAY,ú[OW CRG
DOING VGR[ GOOD.
JUST KEEP WORKING THAT WAY.
KEGP YOUR HAPPENEDWúUP AND KGEP
OOVING.
VEWUúAaLKTTéE BIT.
KTgS VER[ GOOD, NO PROBLGMl
JUWT KGEP WOROINGn
WE ONL[ NEED JUST AúLITTLE BIT
OF TYMEl THCt'S ALLúWEúNGED.