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I THINK PEREZ HAS TO TAKE A
LITTLE BIT OF STOCK HERE.
AGAIN YOU SEE HIM WALK IN WITH
HIS HANDS DOWN AROUND HIS CHEST.
NICE COMBINATION BY GARCIA.
>> PRETTY GOOD ROUND FOR GARCIA.
PEREZ CAN SHAKE HIS HEAD ALL HE
WANTS.
>> AS SOON AS YOU SHAKE YOUR
HEAD THAT IS USUALLY AN
INDICATION THAT YOU GOT HURT.
>> LIKE ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN WHO
SAYS WHO ME?
YEAH GETTING BACK TO THE JAB A
LITTLE BIT.
>> THAT IS WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO.
>> HE DOES NOT WANT TO GET INTO
WHAT HIS TRAINER SAID WAS
TURNING THE FIGHT INTO A COIN
FLIP.
YOU HIT ME AND I HIT YOU.
THAT WAS HIS OLD STYLE.
WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER, IT WORKED
FOR A WHILE BUT HURT HIM IN THE
BIGGER FIGHTS.
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN PEREZ
STARTING TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE
ROUND ONCE AGAIN.
>> I WOULD IMAGINE THOSE
31-YEAR-OLD ARMS ARE GETTING
PRETTY HEA.
>> HIS LEGS LOOKED A LITTLE
HEAVY AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS
ROUND.
>> ONE THING ABOUT CUBAN
FIGHTERS, THEY FIRMLY BELIEVE
THEY ARE ANOTHER LIFE FORM WHEN
IT COMES TO BOXING.
THEY KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
NOW THERE IS JUAN MANUEL
MARQUEZ, PRETTY RELAXED.
HE HAS BEEN THERE.
THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN THERE.
THAT IS WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS
FIGHT.
I LIKE THAT.
THAT'S GOOD.
>> THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST
TALENTED FIGHTERS IN THE WORLD.
IT IS AMAZING WHEN YOU WATCH A
FIGHTER.
>> GARCIA DID GET THERE WITH A
PRETTY GOOD SHORT LEFT HAND TO
THE TOP OF THE TEMPLE.
>> PEREZ DOESN'T WANT TO MAKE A
HABIT OF GETTING HIT BY THOSE.
>> HE ALSO HAD A GOOD
COMBINATION LATER IN THE ROUND.
>> JAB AND DOUBLE JAB.
IT WILL STOP GARCIA FROM GETTING
IN THERE.
>> A LITTLE MORE LIFE IN THE
LEGS OF PEREZ.
MAYBE HE DID TAKE THAT LAST
ROUND OFF.
>> WHEN HE LANDED THE JAB AND
THREW THE LEFT HAND.
>> THAT IS WHAT THEY WERE HOPING
HE WOULD DO MORE.
THEY JUST BANGED HEADS AGAIN.
>> YEAH.
UPPERCUT SLIPPED IN CLOSE
QUARTERS BY PEREZ.
EVERYTHING GARCIA IS DOING IS
ONE AT A TIME.
EXCEPT GETTING HIT.
AGAIN A NEAR CLASH OF HEADS.
HE MAY BE HEAVY-HANDED.
BUT VERY FEW CAN JUST GET IN AND
THROW ONE SHOT AND TAKE YOU OUT.
THAT JAB HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE
FOR PEREZ.
DOUBLE HOOK AND AN UPPERCUT.
ONLY ONE OF THEM GOT THERE.
SOME PEOPLE WHEN THE MATCH WAS
ANNOUNCED WITH THE ORIGINAL
OPPONENT.
THAT FELL OUT.
THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE SAYING
THIS GUY HASN'T FOUGHT FOR THREE
YEARS.
SIX-ROUND FIGHT IN A GUY WITH A
LOSING RECORD AND HOW CAN YOU
THROW HIM IN WITH A GUY WITH
GARCIA'S RECORD.
GOOD EXAMPLE FOR FIGHT FANS AND
FOR COMMISSIONS THAT AT THIS
TIME RECORD ITSELF, YOU NEED TO
LOOK AT THE GUY MORE THAN THE
RECORD.
AND THE RECORD IS NOT ALL THAT
BAD.
>> BUT HE HAD THAT LONG LAY OFF
DOESN'T MEAN HE FORGOT HOW TO
FIGHT.
>> HE SAID HE WAS IN THE GYM.
REALLY NO STORY BEHIND IT, JUST
THAT HE GOT A LITTLE BURNED OUT.
>> HE HAD LOST TO DAVID LOPEZ
WHO IS NOW A HIGHLY RATED
CONTENDER.
HE GOT DROPPED FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
I THINK AT THAT POINT HE
DECIDED, YOU KNOW, WHERE I AM
REALLY GOING.
I HAD A TITLE SHOT.
I DIDN'T WIN.
I HAVE BEATEN SOME TOP GUYSES
AND ALSO LOST TO SOME TOP GUYS,
LET'S MOVE ON WITH MY LIFE.
WHICH HE DID.
BUT LIKE MOST INVOLVED WITH
BOXING, EVERY TIME I TRY TO GET
OUT IT PULLS ME BACK IN.
[BELL]
>> HE IS CERTAINLY SHOWING THAT
HE CAN MAKE A LIVING DOING THIS.
>> I THINK SO TOO.
>> TWO ROUNDS, THAT IS ALL WE
GOT LEFT.
THAT IS ALL WE GOT LEFT.
OK?
YOU GOT IT, MY MAN.
DON'T BE CARELESS.
HE HAS NOTHING TO LOSE.
HE IS GOING TO GO FOR THE GRAND
SLAM ON YOU.
KEEP THAT RIGHT HAND UP AND JUST
BOX HIS ***.
JUST BOX HIM.
>> YOU HAVE TO KNOCK HIM OUT.
YOU CAN'T BOX ANYMORE.
THIS IS IT.
IF YOU DON'T KNOCK HIM OUT,
THAT'S IT.
WE CAN'T LEAVE HERE DEFEATED.
THINK OF YOUR FAMILY.
>> WELL THAT IS PRETTY ACCURATE
IN MY OPINION.
>> YEAH, I WOULD SAY.
I THINK HE IS THINKING ABOUT HIS
FAMILY INSTEAD OF PEREZ.
HE IS THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING
OTHER THAN BOXING.
>> PEREZ'S CORNER SAYING DON'T
LET HIM GET BRAVE.
GARCIA'S CORNER SAYING YOU HAVE
TO GET BRAVE.
PEREZ CAME RIGHT OUT WITH THE
JAB.
***.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDS TO
DO.
ESTABLISH IMMEDIATELY THAT THIS
ROUND IS GOING TO GO EXACTLY
LIKE THE LAST ONE.
I WILL TELL YOU, BARRY, THE
RUMORS THAT GARCIA WAS TIRED OF
BOXING AND LOOKING FOR A WAY
OUT, SEEMS TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE
RON: THE LAST FIGHT HE HAD WAS
NO CONTEST BECAUSE IT LASTED ONE
PUNCH.
RON: HE WAS IN WITH A GUY THAT
LAST NINE OF HIS LAST 12.
THE FACT THAT IT WENT 13 SECONDS
ONLY TOOK THREE SECONDS TO WALK
OVER AND PUNCH HIM.
BARRY: DOING THE RIGHT THING.
THROWING A FEW JABS AND TYING
HIS MAN UP.
RON: YOU KNOW, HE IS DOING ALL
OF THE RIGHT THINGS TO MUSCLE
GARCIA.
HE IS ALSO DOING ENOUGH ON
OFFENSE.
I DON'T SEE HOW THE JUDGES CAN
THINK OTHERWISE.
BARRY: I DON'T EITHER BUT I HAVE
LONG QUIT TRYING TO SAY WHAT THE
JUDGES THINK.
RON: YOU HAVE THE MEXICAN CROWD
HERE TRYING TO GET ON GARCIA.
THERE IS A RIGHT HAND BUT ONE
ONLY.
BARRY: THERE IS ONE AND THEN
THROWS ANOTHER AND PEREZ SLIPS
THEM BOTH.
PEREZ LOOKING A LITTLE BETTER AT
MOVING HIS HEAD.
RON: YEAH, HE IS.
PEREZ HAS PUSHED THE ENTIRE
FIGHT.
BARRY: HE HAS.
NO QUESTION.
RON: MOST OF THE EXCHANGES HE
ENDS THE EXCHANGE MOST OF THE
TIME.
AGAIN, A CLASH OF HEADS.
NOW GARCIA IS COVERING OCCUPY
THE ROPES AND PEREZ THINKING
MAYBE IT IS TIME TO GET BRAVE.
BARRY: I WOULDN'T ADVISE THAT.
[BELL] IF YOU LOOK AT GARCIA'S
BODY LANGUAGE WHEN YOU WALK BACK
TO THE CORNER WHEN HE WALKED
BACK TO THE CORNER HE LOOKED
LIKE A GUY SAYING SOMETHING.
READY TO GO BACK TO HIS DAY JOB.
>> PEREZ CLEARLY WITH THE
ADVANTAGE.
>> YOU CAN'T STOP.
YOU CAN'T MOVE BACK.
YOU CAN'T MOVE TO THE SIDE.
YOU HAVE TO THROW PUNCHES.
YOU HAVE TO THROW PUNCHES.
>> OUR INTERPRETTER IN THE
CORNER OF GARCIA.
GARCIA ONLY LANDED FOUR PUNCHES
IN THAT LAST ROUND.
>> CERTAINLY NOT WHAT PEOPLE
THOUGHT THEY WOULD GET OUT OF
THIS.
THEY TOLD GARCIA TO THROW
PUNCHES AT ALL COSTS.
YOU CAN'T GO BACK.
YOU MUST GO FORWARD.
HE IS THROWING PUNCHES BUT THIS
IS A RESIGNATION SPEECH.
HOPEFULLY THE PEOPLE IN HIS
CORNER WILL LOOK AT HIM AND SEE
THIS IS NOT A GUY THAT WANTS TO
FIGHT.
AND GIVE IT UP FOR PEREZ.
I MEAN HE CAME HERE WITH THE
IDEA HE COULD WIN THE FIGHT.
HE EXECUTED THE GAMEPLAN
PERFECTLY.
LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS.
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
ONLY 22 JABS IN NINE ROUNDS.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT.
YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT GARCIA
BECAUSE HE WAS THE HOT COMMODITY
WITH ALL OF THE KNOCKOUTS.
DANNY PEREZ'S PERFORMANCE HAS
BEEN TERRIFIC.
HE MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR GARCIA.
GARCIA TRYING TO OPEN UP A
LITTLE BIT.
>> THERE WAS A SHOT THAT DID GET
THROUGH.
AND AGAIN PEREZ, HE FINISHES
ALMOST EVERY ROUND.
>> NICE COMBINATION RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS WHAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO
GET INTO IT.
HE DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN THERE
DOING THIS AT THIS POINT IN
TIME.
>> HE HAS 1:15 TO GET THROUGH
THIS FIGHT.
I HAVE TO IMAGINE A VICTORY.
>> ONE THING ABOUT PEREZ HE CAME
IN THROWING PUNCHES FROM THE
START TO THE FINISH.
>> VERY CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE.
>> PRETTY COMPLETE PERFORMANCE
FOR THE GUY WHO DIDN'T FIND OUT
ABOUT THIS FIGHT UNTIL LAST
FRIDAY.
GARCIA DID SLIP AN UPPERCUT IN
THERE.
I DON'T BELIEVE HE HAS HURT
PEREZ AT ANY TIME.
>> GARCIA WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY
IF THEY DIDN'T MAKE THAT PHONE
CALL.
>> YEAH.
>> HE GOT BEAT IN EVERY ASPECT
OF THE FIGHT TONIGHT.
PEREZ SHOULD BE QUITE PROUD OF
HIMSELF.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THREE-YEAR LAYOFF IS A LONG TIME
TO COME BACK AND FIGHT LIKE THIS
WITH A GUY THAT IS HEAVY-HANDED.
>> AND IT IS OVER.
ENDS WITH A HEAD BUTT BUT IT IS
NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY
DIFFERENCE.
AN ABSOLUTE COMPLETE VICTORY IN
MY OPINION FOR DANNY PEREZ.
>> WELL YOU SAID IT BEFORE THE
FIGHT HE IS AN OLD 21 YEARS OLD.
>> LOOKED LIKE HE WAS 41 YEARS
OLD TONIGHT.
>> AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE
ANYTHING AWAY FROM PEREZ.
>> PEREZ MADE HIM LOOK OLD.
DICTATED THE FIGHT.
OUTWORKED HIM AND OUTPUNCHED
HIM.
HE WAS THE AGGRESSOR ALL OF THE
WAY.
HE DID EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID HE
WOULD DO.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE FINAL PUNCH
NUMBERS.
YOU CAN SEE PEREZ 85 PUNCHES.
YOU NEED TO GET YOUR COMPASS
FIXED.
ABSOLUTELY A DOMINANT
PERFORMANCE FOR DANNY PEREZ.
ONE FIGHT IN THREE YEARS.
THAT IS A LOT OF WORK.
>> LET'S LOOK BACK ON HOW THIS
FIGHT WENT.
I ACTUALLY GAVE GARCIA THE FIRST
ROUND.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY CLOSE,
COMPETITIVE ROUND.
AFTER THE FIRST THREE MINUTES OF
THE FIGHT, THERE WAS REALLY NO
CONTEST IN MY OPINION.
I THOUGHT PEREZ WAS THE HEAVIER
PUNCHER.
HE HAD THE MORE EFFECTIVE JAB.
>> HIS HANDS WERE FASTER.
HE WAS MORE AGGRESSIVE FROM THE
START OF THE FIGHT TO THE END OF