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ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
CHAMPION'S CORNER?
LET'S GET IT ON!
LARRY: JOHN JOHN MOLINA
PRESUMABLY IS GOING TO BE
ASKING QUESTIONS OF DE LA HOYA
THAT HE HASN'T BEEN ASKED AS
YET.
LET'S SEE IF HE HAS THE
ANSWERS.
JIM: AND YOU HEARD MILLS LANE
MAKE REFERENCE TO A
CHAMPIONSHIP.
DE LA HOYA HOLDS THE WORLD
BOXING ORGANIZATION LIGHTWEIGHT
BELT.
IT'S THE FOURTH GOVERNING BODY
IN MOST QUARTERS ONLY THREE
GOVERNING BODIES ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR MAINSTREAM TITLE PURPOSES.
AND HERE AT HBO, WE DON'T YET
REGARD DE LA HOYA AS A WORLD
CHAMPION, THOUGH HE IS
CERTAINLY A POTENTIAL FUTURE
WORLD CHAMPION.
JOHN JOHN MOLINA HAS PROMISED
TO BE AGGRESSIVE, COME STRAIGHT
FORWARD WHICH IS HIS STYLE AND
TRY TO PRESSURE DE LA HOYA.
HE SAYS THAT DE LA HOYA HAS NOT
BEEN PROPERLY PRESSURED BY HIS
OPPONENTS IN THE PAST.
JIM: DE LA HOYA, FOR HIS PART
SAYS, MOLINA'S NOT A NATURAL
135 POUNDER.
I'M JUST THE BIGGER MAN.
AS THEY STAND IN THERE
TOGETHER, GEORGE, DE LA HOYA
DOES PRESENT THE BIGGER
PHYSICAL PICTURE.
GEORGE: AND NOT ONLY THAT, DE
LA HOYA USING FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN MY MIND A GOOD, STIFF
LEFT JAB.
HE'S NOT DEPENDING UPON HIS
POWER.
HE'S THROWING THAT JAB.
THAT JAB HURTS.
JIM: DE LA HOYA WITH A HARD
RIGHT HAND THAT BUCKLED
MOLINA'S KNEES.
JOHN JOHN JUST KEEPS COMING.
GEORGE: DE LA HOYA LOOKS LIKE
THE KID NEXT DOOR.
LIKE A SCHOOLBOY.
FIGHTERS HAVE A TENDENCY TO TRY
TO RUN OVER HIM.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
JIM: THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT
THERE.
MOLINA GOING DOWN FROM A HARD
LEFT AND A RIGHT HAND BEHIND
HIM.
THIRD TIME IN HIS CAREER THAT
JOHN JOHN MOLINA HAS BEEN
KNOCKED DOWN.
SUAREZ AND LOPEZ DID IT ALSO.
MOLINA'S IN TROUBLE HERE.
DE LA HOYA MAY JUST HIT TOO
HARD FOR JOHN JOHN MOLINA.
GEORGE: DE LA HOYA BETTER
UNDERSTAND THIS CAME ABOUT
BECAUSE OF THAT STIFF LEFT
JAB.
START ALL OVER AGAIN JUST LIKE
THAT WASN'T EVEN A KNOCKDOWN.
JIM: HARD RIGHT HAND BY
MOLINA.
AND NOW JOHN JOHN SEEMS TO HAVE
HIS LEGS BACK.
JIM: GOOD STRAIGHT LEFT BY DE
LA HOYA.
GEORGE: DE LA HOYA STARTING TO
FAKE WITH HIS LEFT JAB, WHICH
IS GOOD.
THIS IS A WORLD CLASS BOXER
HE'S FIGHTING.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO KNOCK HIM
OUT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO
IT ONE KNOCKDOWN AT A TIME.
JIM: HE'S ALREADY GOTTEN THE
FIRST KNOCKDOWN IN ROUND NUMBER
ONE.
AND DE LA HOYA PUNCTUATES ROUND
NUMBER ONE WITH TWO MORE RIGHT
HANDS.
LARRY: THAT'S THE GREATEST
ROUND IN OSCAR DE LA HOYA'S
CAREER.
>> JOHN JOHN, YOU'RE STANDING
TOO STRAIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.
YOU'VE GOT TO TURN HIM, TURN
HIM.
YOU GOT THAT?
GIVE ME THAT WATER!
GIVE ME THAT WATER, GODDAMNIT!
JESUS CHRIST!
GODDAMNIT.
HERE.
YOU GOT THAT, JOHN JOHN?
LARRY: TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
LIGHTNING QUICK LEFT HAND IN
SLOW MOTION.
EVEN THERE YOU COULD SEE HOW
QUICK IT WAS.
GEORGE, THIS KID HAS TALENT
THAT YOU DON'T OFTEN SEE.
GEORGE: YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S
SO MUCH OF IT, IT'S NATURAL.
>> SMILE.
JIM: THAT LEFT HOOK IS JUST LIT
NING.
HE HAMMERED HIM WITHOUT HAVING
TO THROW THE LEFT HOOK.
AND IT'S FAR AND AWAY HIS BEST
PUNCH.
ROUND TWO BEGINS.
DE LA HOYA LANDED 56% OF HIS
SHOTS IN THE FIRST ROUND.
IF MOLINA'S GOING TO DO
ANYTHING HERE, HE'S GOT TO
SOMEHOW GET INSIDE OF OSCAR DE
LA HOYA'S JAB.
GEORGE: AND HIS CORNER HAS
ALREADY TOLD MOLINA GO SIDE TO
SIDE, WHICH WILL THROW YOUR
FIGHT COMPLETELY OFF.
IFE GOT TO GET RIGHT ON IN
THERE.
JIM: IF HE STANDS OUT HERE,
GEORGE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST
GOING TO BE A BLOODLETTING.
GEORGE: HIS CORNER IS TELLING
HIM TO GO SIDE TO SIDE.
DE LA HOYA MEASURES HIM WITH
HIS LEFT JAB.
JIM: MOLINA IS TOTALLY
WILLING.
HE WANTS TO FIGHT HIS WAY IN
THERE, BUT SO FAR OSCAR'S JAB
HAS JUST BEEN TOO HARD.
GEORGE: HE'S THE FIRST GUY THAT
LOOKED LIKE THAT SINCE MUHAMMED
ALI TO LOOK LIKE A KID BUT HIT
LIKE A GROWN MAN WITH THAT LEFT
JAB.
JIM: HE LOOKS LIKE HE CAN
HANDLE MOLINA'S HARD SHOTS
WITHOUT MUCH TROUBLE, TOO.
GEORGE: MOLINA IS STARTING TO
GET A LITTLE CONFIDENT.
I'VE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN AND NOW
STARTING TO THROW A LITTLE BODY
PUNCH HERE AND THERE.
OSCAR CANNOT ALLOW THIS GUY TO
HIT HIM IN HIS BODY.
JIM: STILL NOT GETTING MUCH OF
A CHANCE TO STEP UP BEHIND THE
LEFT HOOK AND SHOWCASE IT.
GEORGE: HE SHOULDN'T OPEN UP
TOO SOON WITH THE LEFT HOOK TO
THE BODY BECAUSE HE WILL ALLOW
MOLINA TO GET A LITTLE CLOSE.
JIM: MOLINA TRIED ANOTHER HARD
RIGHT HAND.
JIM: SEE HOW EVERY TIME OSCAR
THROWS THE LEFT, IT BACKS
MOLINA UP.
GEORGE: THE JAB IS GOING TO BE
MORE EFFECTIVE THAN HIS LEFT
HOOK.
OSCAR STARTS THROWING TOO MANY
LEFT HOOKS TO THE BODY, HE WILL
GET CAUGHT WITH A LOOPING RIGHT
HAND.
HE BETTER STICK WITH HIS JAB.
HE'S WINNING THE FIGHT WITH
IT.
JIM: THERE'S A HARD LEFT.
MOLINA STOPS IN HIS TRACKS.
DE LA HOYA SENSES SOMETHING AND
COMES FORWARD.
JIM: ANOTHER HARD LEFT FOR DE
LA HOYA.
MOLINA STEPS BACK.
GEORGE: THERE'S THAT POWERFUL
LEFT JAB OF OSCAR DE LA HOYA.
JIM: WHEN THEY SPEAK SPANISH IN
THE CORNERS, OUR INTERPRETER IS
HECTOR GARCIA.
>> OK.
JUST MOVE.
JUST MOVE.
GOT IT, SON?
HUH?
GIVE ME THAT WATER, JOE.
RELAX AND BREATHE, SON.
YOU'RE WORKING BEAUTIFUL.
LARRY: THERE ARE SOME
COMBINATIONS FROM DE LA HOYA
EARLIER IN THE ROUND.
HE IS CERTAINLY SHOWING TONIGHT
SO FAR THAT HE IS MORE THAN
JUST A PRETTY FACE.
>> COME ON.
TURN IT.
TURN IT.
TURN IT.
>> LET'S GO.
JIM: LOU DUVA URGING MOLINA,
TURN HIM, TURN HIM, TURN HIM.
HARD TO TURN A MAN WHEN HE'S
SIMPLY OVERPOWERS YOU EVERY
TIME YOU GET CLOSE.
GEORGE: MOLINA DID SOMETHING
VERY IMPORTANT.
HE LANDED THREE BODY PUNCHES.
WHICH CAN BE HIS SAVING FACE
NOW.
BECAUSE IF THIS FIGHT GOES
BEYOND SIX ROUNDS, THOSE BODY
PUNCHES ON OSCAR DE LA HOYA ARE
GOING TO PAY DIVIDENDS.
HE EVEN LANDED AN EFFECTIVE
LEFT JAB TO THE PIT OF THE
STOMACH.
JIM: YOU THINK HE SHOULD STAY
WITH THE BODY PUNCHES ALL DAY?
GEORGE: THAT'S RIGHT.
LET OSCAR WIN THE FIRST THREE
ROUNDS.
LARRY SAYS SOMETHING EARLIER,
MOLINA HAS BEEN IN HOW MANY
CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS?
LARRY: 12 CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS,
GEORGE.
GEORGE: IT COUNTS FOR A WHOLE
LOT.
JIM: WELL, CERTAINLY ISN'T
GOING TO GET DESPERATE OR
FLUSTERED AS A RESULT OF BEING
KNOCKED DOWN IN ROUND NUMBER
ONE.
AND HE CERTAINLY KNOWS HOW IT
FEELS TO LOSE ROUNDS AND WIN
THE FIGHT.
GEORGE: HE'S THROWN AN
OCCASIONAL RIGHT TO THE BODY TO
THE PIT OF THE STOMACH.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, THAT'S THE
CHAMPIONSHIP TYPE STYLE.
OSCAR BETTER STICK TO HIS LEFT
JAB, FORGET ABOUT TRYING TO GET
A THREE-PUNCH KNOCKDOWN.
HE'S A GOOD ONE-TWO PUNCHER.
JIM: DE LA HOYA THREW 92 JABS
IN THE FIRST ROUND AND LANDED
52 OF THEM.
GEORGE: STICK WITH YOUR LEFT
JAB, OSCAR.
MOLINA, STAY CLOSE.
STAY CLOSE.
JIM: AND DOES DE LA HOYA -- AS
DE LA HOYA'S ENERGY LEVEL
STARTS TO GO DOWN, MOLINA IS
ABLE TO GET INSIDE A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
JIM: THE GOOD LEFT HAND INSIDE
BY MOLINA.
GEORGE: NOW, YOU HOPE THAT
OSCAR DE LA HOYA'S CORNER
REFOCUS HIM, GET BACK ON YOUR
LEFT JAB.
DON'T ALLOW THIS GUY TO TOUCH
YOUR BODY AT ALL.
JIM: GOOD LEFT HOOK LANDED BY
DE LA HOYA AS MOLINA WAS COMING
IN.
THAT'S THE PRICE YOU'LL HAVE TO
PAY SOMETIMES.
GEORGE: MOLINA HAS TO TAKE THAT
AND KEEP COMING.
GEORGE: IMPORTANT BODY PUNCHES
AGAIN BY MOLINA.
HE'S APOLOGIZING.
BUT HE'S SAYING I'M GOING TO DO
IT AGAIN ANYWAY.
LARRY: THE REVELATION OF DE LA
HOYA SO FAR IS THAT HE'S
FIGHTING BETTER DEFENSIVELY
THAN WE HAVE SEEN HIM IN THE
PAST.
>> NOW YOU'RE BOXING NICE.
JOHN JOHN, YOU'RE BOXING GOOD.
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE HURTING
HIM?
JOHN JOHN, YOU'RE HURTING HIM
IN THE BODY.
YOU GOT THAT?
I WANT YOU TO GET CLOSE, JAB
YOUR WAY IN AND MOVE YOUR
HEAD.