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JIM: BIG OFFENSIVE ROUND FOR
MAYWEATHER.
WHO HAS STAYED MOSTLY IN THE
POCKET THROUGH THE FULL THREE
MINUTES OF THE ROUND AND USED
HIS TREMENDOUS HAND SPEED TO
LAND MORE OR LESS AT WILL.
LIKE THE UPPERCUT AND THE LEFT
HOOK THAT WADDLED BRUSELES
AGAIN AS THE ROUND CAME TO A
CLOSE.
>> YOU -- HE'S READY TO GIVE IT
UP.
>> I'M --
>> NO, NO, NO.
>> YOU WATCH HIM.
>> ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS KEEP
DOING WHAT YOU DOING RIGHT NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> YOU WATCH HIM.
GO DOWNSTAIRS.
HE DON'T LIKE IT.
ROY: YOU SEE FLOYD USING THE
LEFT ELBOW TO GET A LITTLE
SPACE.
HE PUSHES OFF AND COMES BACK
AND SHOOTS THE RIGHT HAND OVER
THE TOP.
VERY SMART MOVE.
BOOM.
RIGHT HAND OVER THE TOP OF IT.
HE'S NOT PUSHING HARD.
HE'S JUST HOLDING HIM OFF OF
HIM.
JIM: POWER SHOTS IN ROUND FOUR,
MAYWEATHER, 25-40.
66%.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE THE
LIGHTEST HITTER IN THE WORLD
IT'S HARD FOR AN OPPONENT TO
HOLD UP UNDER THAT.
AND HE'S NOT THE LIGHTEST
HITTER IN THE WORLD.
IF ANYTHING, HE'S ADDED POWER
IN HIS LAST FEW FIGHTS.
GEORGE: NOT THE SHARPEST
PUNCHES IN THE WORLD AND SPEED
BRINGS ABOUT POWER.
JIM: THAT'S MORE FLAT-FOOTED
THAN HE USED TO BE.
SETTLING DOWN ON HIS PUNCHES AS
HE MOVES UP IN WEIGHT.
AND IT'S A NECESSITY, BECAUSE
HE NEEDS TO PUNCH HARDER TO
MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON
140-POUNDERS.
HOW MUCH DID YOU CHANGE IN THE
COURSE OF GOING FROM 160 TO
175, ROY?
ROY: I DIDN'T CHANGE MUCH.
PRETTY MUCH KEPT THE SAME
POWER, THE SAME SPEED.
I KEPT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.
REFEREE: STOP!
JIM: ONCE AGAIN, MAYWEATHER
LEANS OVER, WINKS AT HAROLD
LEDERMAN THIS TIME TO
LEDERMAN'S GREAT GLEE.
LARRY: LEDERMAN WILL GET A
TWO-POINT ROUND OUT OF THIS.
ROY: GOOD HOOK BY FLOYD.
JIM: TREMENDOUS COUNTERPUNCHING
BY FLOYD MAYWEATHER.
TAKING ADVANTAGE VIRTUALLY
EVERY TIME BRUSELES TRIES TO
THROW WITH A WELL-CHOSEN
ANSWER.
LARRY: LET HIM GO, BRUSELES.
LARRY: WHATEVER THE
DISTRACTIONS OF HIS LEGAL
TROUBLES AND EVEN THE FACT THAT
HE DOESN'T FIGHT VERY OFTEN,
MAYWEATHER TENDS TO TAKE CARE
OF BUSINESS.
HE TRAINVERY HARD.
4:30 ROUNDS WHEN HE SPARS.
SO NONE OF THAT STUFF HAS
AFFECTED HIM INSIDE THE RING.
ROY: AT ALL.
THAT'S HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
THAT'S A TRUE BUSINESSMAN
YOU HANDLE YOUR BUSINESS WHERE
YOU HANDLE YOUR BUSINESS AT,
YOU KNOW.
JIM: SO WHERE'S THE WEAKNESS?
IF ANY.
ROY: IN FLOYD?
JIM: YEAH.
ROY: DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A
WEAKNESS.
HE'S A COMPLETE FIGHTER.
JIM: HE'S OWN SHOWN HE CAN TAKE
A SHOT.
ROY: YEAH.
A FIGHTER LIKE FLOYD AND
MYSELF, THE ONLY WEAKNESS IS
THE FACT THAT YOU'RE YOU OWN
WEAKNESS.
LARRY: MEANING?
ROY: HE'S GOT TO BE CAREFUL
GETTING IN AND OUT OF TROUBLE,
TRAINING, GET IN SHAPE AND STAY
FOCUSED ON WHAT HE'S DOING.
AT THAT, NOBODY'S GOING TO BEAT
HIM.
LARRY: THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN
BEAT HIM IS HIMSELF?
ROY: EXACTLY.
JIM: NOW FLOYD IS HAVING A
DISAGREEMENT WITH HIS UNCLE AND
TRAINER ROGER MAYWEATHER.
THEY STAND.
>> RUN DOWNSTAIRS.
JIM: FLOYD NOT HAVING SAT DOWN.
HE HAD A FIREY MOMENT.
HE SEEMED TO BE TELLING ROGER
DON'T TELL ME HOW EASY THIS IS
SUPPOSED TO BE.
I'M THE ONE WHO'S IN THERE
FIGHTING.
>> YOU THROW A ROUND, IT SHOULD
BE RIGHT UP THERE.
>> NO PROBLEM, UNC.
>> DON'T LOSE YOUR HIT.
ROY: YOU SEE FLOYD SET HIM UP
WITH ONE-TWO PUNCHES AND A GOOD
THIRD.
TWO SMALL PUNCHES, LEFT-RIGHT
AND A BIG LEFT HOOK RIGHT THERE
BETWEEN BRUSELES' HOOK AND IT
WAS ONE OF THE BEST ROUNDS FOR
FLOYD.
LARRY: WHAT I FOUND INTERESTING
WAS THAT HE NOTICED THAT WE
NOTICED THAT LITTLE DUST-UP
WITH HIS TRAINER, ROGER
MAYWEATHER.
AND THEN HE SAT DOWN AND
STARTED SAYING, NO PROBLEM,
UNC, NO PROBLEM, UNC AND LOOKED
OVER AT US TO MAKE SURE WE KNEW
THEY'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
JIM: HEY, LISTEN.
TUREB LENS IS THE RULE OF THE
DAY IN THE MAYWEATHER FAMILY.
IT MAY JUST BE NORMAL BEHAVIOR
FOR THEM, BECAUSE CONFLICT IS A
PART OF THEIR DAILY LIVES,
QUIET FRANKLY.
GOOD RIGHT HAND TO THE BODY BY
MAYWEATHER AFTER BRUSELES
LANDED A COUPLE OF HIS BEST
SHOTS OF THE FIGHT.
BRUSELES IS STURDY AND STRONG.
I THINK HE'S SHOWING IT JUST BY
STANNING UP UNDER THE ASSAULT
THAT MAYWEATHER'S LAID ON HIM.
ROY: YEAH, HE IS.
BUT IF HE STOOD UP UNDER COTTO
FOR 30 ROUNDS, HE'S USED TO
SOME OF IT.
JIM: MIGUEL COTTO AN
EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD PUNCHER AT
140, PARTICULARLY TO THE BODY.
BRUSELES HELPED PREPARE COTTO
FOR HIS MOST RECENT FIGHT AS
HIS LEAD SPARRING PARTNER SO
COTTO TURNED AROUND AND
RETURNED THE FAVOR BY BEING
BRUSELES' LEAD SPARRING PARTNER
FOR THIS FIGHT.
INTERNET QUESTION FOR YOU, ROY
JONES, IS THERE ANYTHING
BRUSELES COULD DO TO CHANGE THE
FIGHT AND GET BACK INTO IT?
ROY: LAND A BIG, BIG SHOT WHEN
FLOYD IS NOT EXPECTING IT.
HE SHOULD HAVE PUSHED THE PACE
HARDER EARLIER TO MAKE IT MORE
OF A DOG FIGHT FOR FLOYD.
FLOYD CAN DO THIS ALL NIGHT.
JIM: THE TROUBLE WITH PUSHING
THE PACE EARLIER WITH FLOYD IS
HE'S SUCH AN ACCURATE PUNCHER
WITH SO MUCH HAND SPEED THAT
HE'D HAVE HIT BRUSELES MORE
OFTEN THAN HE HAS.
ROY: NO.
HE'S GOT CAUGHT JUST AS MUCH.
JIM: SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
I GOT YOU.
ROY: IF YOU DON'T GET HIT, YOU
MAY TAKE IT OUT EARLY.
JIM: QUICK LEFT HOOK INSIDE BY
MAYWEATHER.
ROY: GOOD UPPERCUT.
JIM: HE LEADS OR HE COUNTERS.
EITHER WAY, HE'S REMARKABLY
ACCURATE.
UNIQUELY AFFECTIVE.
AND BRUSELES IS STARTING TO
WOBBLE FROM THE CUMULATIVE
DAMAGE OF ALL THESE PUNCHES.
BRUSELES IS MAKING IT HALFWAY
THROUGH THE FIGHT BUT HE'S PAID
A HEAVY FIGHT TO GET HERE.
>> WHAT'S WRONG?
YOU HAVE TO FIGHT.
JIM: JOIN BOB COSTAS AND OTHERS
FOR A LOOK BACK AT TOMORROW'S
CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES AND A
PREVIEW OF THE UPCOMING SUPER
BOWL.
>> BREATHE THROUGH YOUR MOUTH.
COME ON.
BREATHE THROUGH YOUR MOUTH.
YOU CAN DO IT, MAN.
YOU CAN DO IT.
COME ON.
WORK IT!
WORK IT!
HIT HIM!
YOU'VE GOT THE CONDITION.
JIM: A LOOK AT THE MAGIC CITY,
DOWNTOWN MIAMI.
THE SKYLINE CONTINUES TO GROW
AS A BOOM HAS MADE MIAMI ONE OF
THE MOST GLAMOROUS AND HAYEK
TECH CHURE CITIES IN THE WORLD
CONTINUES.
HEY, ROY.
EXCUSE ME.
WE'LL GO TO HAROLD.
HAROLD: 60-54, SIX ROUNDS TO
NOTHING, FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR.
FLOYD'S FATHER WAS A FIGHTER
AND ROY JONES' FATHER WAS A
TRAINER.
GUYS LIKE THIS ARE BORN INTO
THE GAME.
THEY'RE SUCH A NATURAL.
BEAUTIFUL SHOTS, COMBINATIONS,
JABS, RIGHT HANDINGS, GREAT
DEFENSE.
TURNS HIS BODY JUST LIKE ROY
DOES.
IT'S A SUPER PERFORMANCE BY
FLOYD MAYWEATHER.
JIM: ROY, DO YOU LIKE THE
STEELERS OR THE PATRIOTS?
ROY: I LIKE THE PATRIOTS BUT
I'VE BEEN A STEELER FAN FOR A
LONG TIME.
JIM: I ASK YOU A QUESTION AND
FLOYD LOOKS AND SAYS THE
PATRIOTS.
AND THE EAGLES OR THE FALCONS?
ROY: A VERY CLOSE FRIEND OF
MICHAEL VICKS, SO I WANT TO SEE
HIM WIN.
BUT I LOVE DONAVAN MCNABB.
IT'S A TOSSUP.
JIM: TWO CLASSY GUYS?
ROY: YEAH.
PHILADELPHIA HAS THE
EXPERIENCE.
BUT MICHAEL VICK IS A ROY JONES
IN THE GAME.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HE MIGHT
PULL OFF.
JIM: AISLE AHAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
MAYWEATHER COMES TO THIS SIDE
OF THE RING TO ASK IF HE LIKES
THE EAGLES OR FALCONS.
WE KNOW HE HAS PICKED THE
PATEYATS WHILE PUNCHING
BRUSELES.
LARRY: I WOULD NOTE IN PASSING
WHO THE OPPOSITION IS.
HE TURNED DOWN STRONGER
FIGHTERS, DIDN'T WANT TO FIGHT
THEM.
JIM: SUCH AS?
JIM: ONE WAS A CONTENDER FOR
THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST.
THERE WERE OTHERS, BUT THEY
SAID THEY DON'T THINK THAT'S
NECESSARY BECAUSE THEY ARE
TRYING TO BUILD TOWARD THE BIG
FIGHT WITH GATTI.
JIM: WHEN DOES VIVIAN HARRIS
GET INTO THIS ROTATION?
LARRY: HARRIS HAS TO GET
HIMSELF INTO THE ROTATION.
HE WAS OFFERED THE GATTI FIGHT
NEXT WEEK.
HE REJECTED IT.
A PRETTY GOOD PAYDAY FOR HIM.
HE THINKS HE WILL MAKE MORE
MONEY DOWN THE ROAD SO ETC.
BEING CAUTIOUS.
HE ALSO TURNED DOWN A FIGHT
WITH COTTO.
SO HE'S YOUNG, 26 YEARS OLD I
BELIEVE.
HE HAS TIME AND FEELS THAT
EVENTUALLY SOME BIG FIGHT WILL
COME ALONG.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S RIGHT.
HE HAS TO GET SOME EXPOSURE,
BUT THAT'S APPARENTLY WHAT HE
THINKS.
JIM: BETWEEN ROUNDS WE WILL
SHOW YOU ON REPLAY THE MOMENT
WHEN --
[BELL RINGS]
JIM: -- WHEN MAYWEATHER
ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
LISTEN UP.
MAYWEATHER THE PATEYATS.
JIM: THIS FOLLOWS AN INCIDENT
YEARS AGO WHEN I, IN THE MIDDLE
OF A FIGHT SAID THAT'S THE
SECOND TIME FLOYD HAS, AND HE
LOOKED AT ME AND SAID THE THIRD
TIME.
>> PROTECTING ME.
>> YOU AIN'T GOING ANYWHERE.
ONE MORE TIME.
>> HE'S WAITING FOR YOU TO
THROW IT TO HIM SO HE CAN THROW
YOU FOUR.
THROW FOUR, THROW FIVE, DOWN
AND UP, MIX IT.
JIM: EVANGELISTA COTTO MAKING
THEAME SUGGESTION TO HENRY
THAT ROY JONES WAS MAKE MAKING.
TRY TO FIGHT AT A FASTER PACE.
YOU ARE GOING TO GET HIT
ANYWAY.
BRUSELES HAS WOBBLED A FEW
TIMES BUT SO FAR HAS HELD UP
UNDER MAYWEATHER'S POWER PUNCH
ASSAULT.
MAYWEATHER AS IS FREQUENTLY THE
CASE, HAS DONE WHATEVER HE
WANTED AGAINST BRUSELES.
EAGLES/FALCONS, FLOYD?
>> VIC.
JIM: I HAVE TO STOP THIS SO I
DON'T DISTRACT HIM.
IT'S TOO EASY.
ROY: YOU WON'T DISTRACT HIM.
JIM: BRUSELES RIGHT HAND WAS
WEAVING OVER HIS HEAD -- WAVING
OVER HIS HEAD.
LARRY: SOMEWHERE AT RINGSIDE --
JIM: WHAT A SHOW!
.
WHAT?
LARRY: MAYWEATHER BODY GUARD IS
SITTING GUARDING THE JEWELS.
MAYWEATHER BEING ONE OF THOSE
MODERN ATHLETES WHO THINKS THAT
DIAMONDS ARE A BOY'S BEST
FRIEND.
REFEREE: NO, NO.
ROY: BODY SHOT.
JIM: BODY SHOT KNOCKDOWN
SEEMINGLY BECOMING MORE
FREQUENT IN THE SPORT.
30 SECONDS TO GO IN THE EIGHTH
ROUND.
LET'S SEE IF MAYWEATHER WANTS
TO PUT ON A SHOW AND TRY TO
FINISH HERE.
HE DOES.
LEFT HAND, RIGHT CROSS WAS JUST
A LITTLE SHORT.
BRUSELES GOES DOWN A SECOND
TIME.
THERE IS NO THREE KNOCKDOWN
RULE IN EFFECT.
THE REFEREE WANTED TO LET THE
FIGHT GO ON.
THE RING DOCTOR FROM RINGSIDE
STOPPED THE FIGHT.
LARRY: HE WAS LISTENING TO HIS
CORNER MAN WHO ALSO WANTED THE
FIGHT STOPPED.
ROY: THAT MUST BE THE REASON
BECAUSE IN FLORIDA, IN THEORY,
ONLY THE REFEREE CAN STOP THE
FIGHT, BUT IN THIS INSTANCE THE
REFEREE TURNED AROUND AND WAS
GIVEN A REVERENCE BY SOMEONE AT
RINGSIDE WHO SAID, NO, NO, STOP
IT.
MAYWEATHER LANDED 20 OF 29 OF
HIS LAST POWER SHOTS.
THAT FIGHT LOOKED A LITTLE LIKE
THE CORELY FIGHT.
LARRY: WE DID SEE SAM PETER
TONIGHT.
JIM: ROY, YOU HAVE ALREADY
COMMENTED ON WHAT YOU THINK
HAPPENS IN MAYWEATHER-GATTI.
ROY: YOU SEE THE JAB TO THE
BODY.
THE BOD SHOTS LIKE THAT LEFT
AND BODY SHOT RIGHT THERE ARE
WHAT DID IT.
THE JAB, HE COME BACK AND
TAPPED ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT TO
THE SOLAR PLEXUS AND THAT DID
IT.
JIM: PERFECT SHOT.
ROY: SECOND KNOCKDOWN THERE WAS
ANOTHER BODY SHOT.
I SAW A HOOK TO THE HEAD, BUT
THE BODY SHOT IS WHAT DID THE
DAMAGE.
JIM: THE RIGHT TO THE SOLAR
PLEXUS, SAME PLACE WHERE THERE
WAS SOMEONE KNOCKED OUT LAST
YEAR.
THAT FOLLOWS THE THEME WE HAVE
BEEN SETTING UP HERE.
NOW THAT FLOYD MAYWEATHER HAS
GOTTEN BACK HENRY BRUSELES, HE
WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WEEK
BETWEEN GATTI TO SEE IF THAT
PAY-PER-VIEW TUSSLE CAN BE SET
UP LATER THIS YEAR.
LET'S GO TO MICHAEL BUFFER FOR
THE PARTICULARS.
MICHAEL BUFFER: A HALT IS
CALLED TO THE CONTEST.
OFFICIAL TIME 2:55 OF ROUND
NUMBER EIGHT.
THE WINNER BY T.K.O., STILL
UNDEFEATED, THE POUND FOR POUND
BEST IN THE WORLD, THE FORMER
TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMPION, THE
UNDEFEATED "PRETTY BOY" FLOYD
MAYWEATHER!
JIM: SO HE'S STILL UNBEATEN,
AND CONTINUES TO TRY TO STAKE
HIS CLAIM AS NOT THE NUMBER TWO
BEHIND HOPKINS, BUT RATHER THE
NUMBER ONE POUND FOR POUND
FIGHTER IN THE SPORT.
MAYBE THEY SHOULD BE ONE AND
ONE A.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE TOTAL
PUNCHES.
BRUSELES LANDING 24% OF HIS OWN
PUNCHES.
POWER PUNCHES IT WAS AMAZE
FESTIVAL AS HE LANDED NEARLY
60% OF HIS POWER SHOTS.
EVEN FUR FIGHTING A FLY, IF HE
LANDS 60% OF HIS POWER SHOTS,
HE WILL EVENTUALLY DO DAMAGE.
LET'S GO TO ALMOST WITH FLOYD
MAYWEATHER.
LAY-UP CONGRATULATIONS!
WHO IS THIS?
>> THIS IS MY OLDEST DAUGHTER.
FIRST I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR
THIS VICTORY.
I FEEL GOOD TONIGHT.
LARRY: YOU WERE IN WITH AN
OPPONENT WHO COULDN'T DO
ANYTHING TO YOU.
AFTER A FEW ROUNDS DID THE
WLOLE THING COME DOWN TO I'VE
GOT TO STOP THIS GUY?
>> I JUST LIST TONED MY CORNER.
HE WAS TOUGH.
I KNEW EVENTUALLY MY SHOT WAS
GOING TO TAKE HIM DOWN AND I
WOULD DRAW HIM IN DEEP WATER.
LARRY: THAT WAS THAT DUST UP
WITH UNCLE ROGER?
>> I TOLD HIM I TRAINED HARD.
MY UNCLE ROGER IS THE BEST
TRAINER IN THE WORLD AND WE DID
IT FOR THE FANS IN GRAND RAPIDS
AND ALL OVER THE WORLD.
LARRY: WHAT WAS THE DISPUTE
ABOUT?
>> THERE WAS NO DISPUTE.
THE BEST TRAINER IN THE WORLD
IS ROGER MAYWEATHER AND WE ALL
KNOW IT.
LARRY: DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE
FIGHT WITH ARTS GAT WILL COME
OFF IN JUNE IF HE -- ARTURO
GATTI WILL COME OFF IN JUNE IF
HE WINS NEXT WEEK?
>> ARTURO GATTI IS THE BEST OUT
THERE.
I HEARD SHANE MOSLEY IS COME
DOWN TO 147.
FLOYD MAYWEATHER IS WILLING TO
GO TO 147 AND FIGHT SHANE
MOSLEY OR OSCAR DAY LAY DE LA
HOYA.
LARRY: -- DE LA HOYA.
LARRY: IS THE GATTI-MAYWEATHER
COME OFF?
>> IT WILL HAPPEN THIS SUMMER.
FLOYD MAYWEATHER IS FIGHTING