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JIM: ROUND ONE BEGINS.
IN HIS BOUT AGAINST GODDY, DE
LA HOYA LOOKED FLUID AND LOOSE.
THE RIGHT HAND WITH GREATER
EFFECTIVENESS THAN BEFORE.
THAT WAS AGAINST A RELATIVELY
EASY TARGET.
A LEFT HOOK WOBBLES CASTILLEJO
EARLY.
LARRY: I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN A QUICK LITTLE RIGHT HAND,
JIM.
GEORGE: CASTILLEJO HAS TO MAKE
SURE HE KEEPS THIS A
EUROPEAN-TYPE FIGHT.
DON'T TRY TO MIX IT UP WITH
THIS GUY IN EXCHANGES.
JUST JAB, MOVE OUT OF THE WAY,
KEEP YOUR HANDS HIGH AND YOU
CAN WIN ON POINTS.
OSCAR IS PREPARED, LIKE AN
AMERICAN, TO MIX IT UP.
JIM: WHAT IS A EUROPEAN-TYPE
FIGHT?
GEORGE: KEEP THE JAB MOVING.
IF THE GUY TRIES TO HIT YOU
BACK, STOP HIM WITH YOUR HANDS.
RIGHT HANDS WITH GOOD
INTENTIONS.
NO POWER.
JIM: CASTILLEJO'S FIRST CLEAN
SHOT IS A LEFT HOOK TO THE
BODY.
GEORGE: OSCAR WILL FIND HIS
LEFT JAB.
HE HAS TO BE DEDICATED TO IT.
THIS GUY IS TALL AND HE DOESN'T
BEND DOWN INTO A LOT OF GOOD
SHOTS.
YOU HAVE TO GO ON TOP WITH WHAT
YOU CAN GET.
IF YOU WAIT TO SLIP-AND-MOVE
YOU WILL BE WAITING ALL NIGHT
BECAUSE THEY BRITAIN -- BRING
THEIR HANDS RIGHT BACK UP.
THE EUROPEAN-TYPE FIGHTERS.
JIM: THE IT IS OBVIOUS HERE.
CASTILLEJO WITH HIS LEFT HAND
IN FRONT OF HIS FACE.
DE LA HOYA LANDS A RIGHT HAND
AS CASTILLEJO MOMENTARILY
DROPPED THE LEFT.
GOOD COMBINATION PUNCHES INSIDE
BY OSCAR DE LA HOYA.
GEORGE: YOU JUST CANNOT WAIT
FOR TALL, LONG-ARMED GUYS.
OSCAR, SUPPOSEDLY ON PAPER HAS
A LONGER REACH.
THIS GUY IS TALL AND HE'S GOT
THE ADVANTAGE OF THE PUNCH.
YOU WAIT AROUND IT WILL BE A
LOT OF TROUBLE FOR YOU.
JIM: CASTILLEJO STARTING TO
LOOSEN UP HIS JAB AGAINST OTHER
OPPONENTS, ON PAPER AT LEAST.
CASTILLEJO THROWS A JAB.
CASTILLEJO LANDED A SOLID RIGHT
HAND INSIDE.
DE LA HOYA WALKED RIGHT THROUGH
IT.
LANDS A RIGHT HAND OVER THE
TOP.
IT IS THERE IS ALREADY IS
REDNESS AROUND THE EYE OF
CASTILLEJO.
GEORGE: REMEMBER THIS GUY HAS
FOUGHT AT THIS WEIGHT A LOT.
HE HAS BEEN IN WITH A LOT OF
HARD HITTERS.
JIM: VERY GOOD ROUND ONE FOR DE
LA HOYA, WHO IS NOT ALWAYS A
FAST STARTER.
>> VERY GOOD.
YOU HAVE TO JAB MORE, OK?
YOU NEED TO JAB MORE, OK?
BREATHE IN SLOW.
COME ON.
NOW, DO IT AGAIN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
NICE AND CALM.
NICE AND CALM.
JIM: OUR INTERPRETER IS RAY
TORRES IN THIS CORNER.
>> YOU GOT TO BE CLOSE TO HIM.
JIM: BY COMPUBOX NUMBERS, DE LA
HOYA LANDED 22-42 POWER SHOTS.
HE ONLY THREW THE JAB 14 TIMES.
YOU HEARD FLOYD MAYWEATHER SAY,
WORK YOUR JAB MORE.
CASTILLEJO THREW MORE PUNCHES
IN THE FIRST ROUND, BUT ONLY
LANDED 10 OF THEM.
GEORGE: NOW OSCAR IS TAKING
CHARGE WITH HIS JAB.
HE CAN WIN FIVE OR SIX ROUNDS
WITH HIS NOTHING BUT HIS RIGHT
HAND.
THIS IS NOT THE FIGHTER TO GIVE
YOU HIS BODY TO SHOW
COMBINATIONS.
JIM: CASTILLEJO MIXING THINGS
UP A LITTLE BIT, BES TO LEAD
WITH LEFT HOOKS INSTEAD OF THE
JAB.
GEORGE: HERE IS A GUY WHO
FIGHTS IN EUROPE.
HE IS ACCUSTOMED TO GUYS BEING
OVERAGGRESSIVE.
KEEP JABBING.
STAY ON YOUR MARK, NOTHING GETS
OUT OF HAND.
JIM: CASTILLEJO IS SHORT WITH
HIS JAB.
DE LA HOYA ABLE TO STEP IN AND
POP HIS TO THE FACE OF
CASTILLEJO.
THE SPANISH FIGHTER TRIES TO GO
TO THE BODY.
AND VIC DRAKULICH SAYS, BRING
THEM UP.
LARRY: THE FIRST THING YOU
NOTICE IS CASTILLEJO KNOWS HOW
TO FIGHT.
WHETHER HE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE
DE LA HOYA'S PUNCHES AS THE
FIGHT GOES ON REMAINS TO BE
SEEN.
BUT YOU CAN SEE HE HAS A PLAN,
HE HAS MUMENTE, COMES IN, GOES
OUT.
CREATING SOME PROBLEMS FOR
OSCAR.
JIM: CASTILLEJO LEANING INTO A
DE LA HOYA LEFT TO THE BODY.
GEORGE: THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT
TO DO WITH OSCAR.
HE IS A PUNCHER.
MAKE HIM FOLLOW YOU AROUND.
JIM: HARD LEFT HAND BY DE LA
HOYA STUNS CASTILLEJO.
NOW THE FIGHTER BACK UP ON HIS
MARK.
GEORGE: OSCAR GOT HIS LEFT HAND
ON HIS HIP.
IF A GUY IS DOING THAT, HE IS
LOOKING FOR ONE SHOT.
THAT IS WHEN YOU CAN GET HIM.
HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH HIS
HANDS DOWN.
JIM: CASTILLEJO NAILED HIM WITH
A RIGHT-HAND SHOT AS DE LA HOYA
ALLOWED THAT HAND TO WANDER
LOW.
LARRY: IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS
TRYING TO INVITE THE RIGHT
HAND.
GEORGE: THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE
IS DOING, WHICH IS NOT GOOD.
YOU DROP YOUR HAND, YOU MIGHT
NOT BE HERE.
>> BE AWARE AND THROW SOME
PUNCHES.
OK.
DEEP BREATH.
YOU'VE GOT THROW BODY SHOTS.
THROW THE BODY PUNCHES.
THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL?
GOOD.
BREATHE IN AND LET IT OUT DEEP.
GET YOUR COMBINATIONS GOING.
GET HIM RIGHT WHERE YOU WANT
HIM.
STIFF ARM WITH YOUR WEIGHT OUT.
LARRY: RIGHT HANDS FROM DE LA
HOYA, SOMETHING THAT HE HAS
OFTEN NEGLECTED AS WELL AS HIS
JAB.
WHAT DID FLOYD MAYWEATHER SR.
MEAN BY SAYING STIFF ON HIM?
GEORGE: HE WANTS HIM TO LEAVE
HIS HAND OUT THERE LIKE A
STICK.
FEEL WHERE YOU ARE GOING AND
THEN THROW.
JIM: LIKE LENNOX LEWIS DOES.
GEORGE: OSCAR BETTER BE
PREPARED BECAUSE THIS GUY IS
ABLE TO GO IN WITH BIG FIGHTERS
AND THROW A LOT OF PUNCHES.
SET THE DINNER TABLE.
JAB.
GO TO THE BODY.
WEAKEN YOUR OPPONENT.
JIM: DE LA HOYA RESPONDED TO
FLOYD MAYWEATHER'S ASK FOR MORE
JABS IN ROUND TWO.
HE THREW 22 AS OPPOSED TO 14 IN
THE FIRST ROUND.
AS ROUND THREE REACHES ITS
SECOND MINUTE, CASTILLEJO SEEMS
TO BE GETTING JUST A LITTLE
MORE COMFORTABLE IN THE FIGHT.
GEORGE: OSCAR IS TURNING BACK
INTO THAT OLD FRANKENSTEIN
STYLE, WALKING IN, NOT MOVING
YOUR HEAD.
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
BOUNCE AROUND, GET YOUR
FOOTING.
JIM: YOU'VE ALWAYS FELT,
GEORGE, THAT DE LA HOYA IS AT
HIS MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN HE IS
UP ON HEZZ TOES.
GEORGE: YOU CAN BOUNCE TO YOUR
LEFT, RIGHT, MAKE THINGS HAPPEN
AGGRESSIVELY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK IN WITH
YOUR HEAD NOT MOVING.
JIM: IN OTHER WORDS, HE HAS SO
MUCH SKILL, WHY NOT USE IT ALL.
GEORGE: WHY NOT USE IT ALL.
HE IS NOT GOING TO DO THAT
COUNTERPUNCHING WITH GUYS WHO
FIGHT IN EUROPE.
THEY CAN WEAR YOU OUT WITH THAT
STUFF.
JIM: CASTILLEJO ELBOWING DE LA
HOYA AND FIRING THE RIGHT HAND.
GEORGE: WHAT OSCAR DOES, HE HAS
MAYWEATHER SHADOW BOX WITH HIM.
HE IS SHORTER.
OSCAR KEEPS HIS HAND,
ESPECIALLY HIS LEFT HAND LOWER,
BY HABIT.
LARRY: THAT PUNCH DID NOT LAND.
JIM: THAT WAS BLOCKED BY
CASTILLEJO'S RIGHT GLOVE AND
WRIST.
LARRY: SO FAR I DON'T SENSE
REAL POWER COMING FROM DE LA
HOYA'S PUNCHES.
THAT SIMPLY MAY BE BECAUSE HE
IS MISSING SO MANY.
GEORGE: HE HAS DONE WELL ON
GOING THE BODY AFTER HE MISSES
HEAD SHOTS.
HE SNEAKS IN ONE OR TWO THE
BODY, WHICH IS GOOD.
YOU HAVE A GUY WORRIED ABOUT
HIS BODY.
YOU HAVE TO LAY THOSE HANDS
DOWN.
JIM: CASTILLEJO NOT LANDING AT
A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE, BUT
THROWING ABOUT EQUALLY WITH DE
LA HOYA.
AND OCCASIONALLY STICKING IN A
RIGHT HAND, AS HE DID THERE.
GEORGE: OSCAR HAS GOT TO BE