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LARRY: THIS IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT
DE LA HOYA HAS BEEN WORKING ON
IN PREPARATION FOR THIS FIGHT
BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER SEEN HIM DO
THIS AS OFTEN, THROWING THE
RIGHT STRAIGHT OVER THE TOP.
GEORGE: AND HE GETS BACK IN
POSITION.
LARRY: BUT AT THE END OF THAT
ROUND, QUARTEY BUCKLED DE LA
HOYA'S KNEES.
LARRY: IKE QUARTEY, A MAN --
JIM: IKE QUARTEY, A MAN WHO
COMMONLY THROWS 80 TO 85
PUNCHES A ROUND, AVERAGING 45
ATTEMPTS HERE, AS HE SHORTENS
OUT HIS OUTPUT TO TRY TO
ACCOMMODATE FOR DE LA HOYA AND
THE FIREPOWER COMING BACK.
HAROLD: JIM, I GOT IT TWO
ROUNDS TO ONE, 29-28, OSCAR DE
LA HOYA.
I GAVE OSCAR ROUNDS ONE AND
THREE.
I THINK WHEN HE OPENED UP, HE
OUTPUNCHES HIM AND HURTS HIM.
TO ME, HE LOOKS LIKE A SKINNY
KID, BUT THE MINUTE HE OPENS UP
HE DOES GREAT AND HE WHACKS
HIM.
AS FAR AS IKE QUARTEY GOES, THE
SNAP IS NOT REALLY THERE.
DE LA HOYA'S HEAD NEVER WENT
BACK ONCE WITH THE JAB.
IF QUARTEY DOES LAND THE JAB,
OSCAR BLOCKS IT OR IT DOESN'T
SEEM HAVE TO -- TO HAVE AN
EFFECT.
GEORGE: QUARTEY SHOULD AT LEAST
TOUCH HIS TOE OR SOMETHING
BEFORE YOU JAB.
DON'T JUST THROW YOUR JAB OUT
THERE.
YOU GO TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT
YOU SEE.
OTHERWISE, YOUR JAB WILL FALL
ON HIS RIGHT HAND ALL NIGHT.
JIM: SO DO YOU THINK THAT SO
FAR DE LA HOYA IS WINNING THE
TACTICAL BATTLE, THE MIND GAME
BETWEEN THE TWO FIGHTERS?
GEORGE: HE'S KEEPS HIS
DISTANCE.
WHEN YOU'RE AN INCH TALLER, USE
THAT INCH.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S DONE SO FAR.
QUARTEY IS STANDING BACK, NOT
MOVING HIS HEAD, SHAKES HIS
FIST BEFORE HE DOES SOMETHING.
YOU WANT TO BE THE CHAMPION OF
THE WORLD, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO MIX IT UP AND TAKE IT FROM
HIM.
JIM: AS DE LA HOYA FLATTENS
OUT, SPREADS HIS FEET AND GOES
FOR MORE POWER ON HIS
CONNECTIVE PUSHES, HE BRINGS
HIMSELF DOWN INTO QUARTEY'S
RANGE.
GEORGE: HE WANTS TO SPRING WITH
THE HOOK.
HE UNDERSTANDS THAT HE GETS
TALLER SPRINGING WITH THE HOOK.
JIM: TACTICAL ROUND FOUR, THEY
TRADE JABS.
DE LA HOYA LOOKING TO FIND A
WAY TO SHORTEN THE DISTANCE
BETWEEN HIMSELF AND QUARTEY,
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
NULLFYING QUARTEY'S JAB BY
STAYING AWAY WHEN THE GHANAAN
STAR WANTS TO THROW.
GEORGE: WHENEVER OSCAR DECIDES
TO STOP DOING ANYTHING, QUARTEY
STARTS WITH HIS JAB AGAIN.
IF HE'S NOT MOVING AROUND, DO
SOMETHING.
JIM: DE LA HOYA LANDING A
LITTLE RIGHT AND QUARTEY
AWKWARDLY STEPPED TO THE RIGHT
GEORGE: NOW OSCAR DOES
SOMETHING STOOP, HE STOOPS DOWN
AND JABS UP, TO THE SHORTER
OPPONENT.
YOU NOTICE WHEN OSCAR MISS AS
JAB OR RIGHT HAND, HE GETS
RIGHT BACK INTO POSITION, HE
DOESN'T TRY TO FOLLOW THE GUY.
QUARTEY IS MOVING AROUND,
HASN'T DECIDED WHAT KIND OF
FOOTWORK HE WANTS, HASN'T
ESTABLISHED ANY KIND OF TACTICS
WITH HIS FEET.
JIM: AS ROUND FOUR COMES TO A
CLOSE, THE TWO FIGHTERS ARE
GETTING BETTER AND BETTER LOOKS
AT ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE THEY ARE
THROWING FEWER AND FEWER
PUNCHES AS TIME GOES BY.
GEORGE: IT'S RESPECT.
BOTH HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR
EACH OTHER.
>> OK, YOU GOT TO KEEP MOVING.
HE ONLY HAS THE RIGHT HAND.
THAT'S THE ONLY PUNCH HE HAS.
YOU GOT TO WATCH OUT FOR THE
RIGHT HAND.
>> AND KEEP THEM OUTSIDE.
>> YOU GOT TO GET BUSY WITH
YOUR HANDS, OSCAR.
YOU'RE LETTING HIM IN THE
FIGHT.
THROW THOSE COMBINATIONS ONCE
IN A WHILE.
THEY LOOK GREAT.
>> YOU HAVE TO START PUNCHING A
LITTLE BIT.
DON'T GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO DO
ALL THESE THINGS HE'S DOING AT
THIS POINT.
WHEN HE JABS, STAY ON THE
LEFT-HAND SIDE, OK?
LARRY: CONVENTIONAL WISDOM IS
THAT QUARTEY CANNOT WIN A CLOSE
DECISION IN WHAT AMOUNTS TO
OSCAR DE LA HOYA'S HOMETOWN, NO
MATTER HOW WE SCORE THE FIGHT,
THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT IN THE
CLOSE ROUNDS MAY BE GOING TO DE
LA HOYA.
OTS CAR -- OSCAR -- QUARTEY
WILL HAVE TO OPEN UP.
JIM: IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT
THAT ALL THREE JUDGES ARE FROM
OUT OF THE UNITED STATES.
TWO FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM,
ONE FROM JAPAN, AS THEY ATTEMPT
TO ELIMINATE ANY IMPLICATION OF
FAVORITISM IN THE JUDGING HERE.
GEORGE: NOW, OSCAR HAS QUARTEY
REACHING OUT WITH PAWING HOOKS
RATHER THAN JABBING
STRAIGHTFORWARD.
GOT HIS HANDS TUCKED TO HIS
SIDES.
I'M TELLING YOU, OSCAR CAN DO A
LOT OF THINGS WHEN HIS HANDS
ARE IN THAT POSITION.
JIM: AND INCIDENTALLY, BETWEEN
ROUNDS YOU PROBABLY HEARD GIL
CLANCY LEANING IN OVER DE LA
HOYA'S LEFT SHOULDER AND
TALKING INTO HIS LEFT EAR.
THROW MORE COMBINATIONS, HE
SAID, THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL.
GEORGE: EVERY NOW AND THEN, HE
SAID.
NOT CONSTANTLY, JUST THROW THEM
EVERY NOW AND THEN AND LET THE
GUY KNOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING.
NOW, WHEN YOU START THROWING
LEFT HOOKS WILD LIKE THAT, YOU
GET OUT OF RHYTHM, SO YOU GOT
TO REALLY CONTAIN YOURSELF,
OSCAR.
JIM: AND QUARTEY HAVING TO
DISCIPLINE HIMSELF TO CHOOSE
HIS SHOTS CORRECTLY IN A FIGHT
IN WHICH HE'S FIGHTING AT A
MUCH MORE MEASURED PACE THAN
HE'S EVER BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO.
GEORGE: WHAT OSCAR'S DOING,
USING THE MIDDLE OF THE RING.
HE'S NOT INTERESTED IN THE
ROPES.
HE'S NOT INTERESTED IN ANYTHING
BUT THE MIDDLE OF THE RING.
JIM: DO YOU SEE ANYTHING,
GEORGE, THAT INDICATES THAT
16-MONTH LAYOFF IS A BIG FACTOR
FOR QUARTEY?
GEORGE: HE'S FOUND A GUY THAT
CAN JAB WITH HIM AND HE'S
TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO DO IT.
HE'S BRAVE.
HE HASN'T GIVEN UP.
HE'S LOOKING FOR ANOTHER WAY.
NOW HE'S SLAPPING WITH HIS LEFT
JAB.
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN REALLY GET
POUNDED, BECAUSE IT THROWS YOUR
BODY INWARDLY.
JIM: THE TWO TIMES THAT DE LA
HOYA'S LANDED SHARPLY WITH BIG
RIGHT HAND -- RIGHT-HAND
CORNERS, IT WAS WHEN QUARTEY
GOT LAZY WITH THE JAB, DIDN'T
BRING IT BACK IN A HURRY, DROPS
IT TO -- DROPPED IT TO HIS
WAIST.
HE'S HOLDING IT THERE NOW.
GEORGE: OSCAR IS ONLY WATCHING
THE LEFT JAB, WHICH IS GOOD.
LARRY: BUT NOTHING'S HAPPENING
IN THIS ROUND, BASICALLY.
I DON'T SEE DE LA HOYA DOING
MUCH.
I SEE QUARTEY DOING MOST OF THE
LANDING.
GEORGE: NOT MUCH IS A LOT FOR
OSCAR DE LA HOYA.
NOT MUCH IS A LOT.
JIM: BODY PUNCHES INSIDE.
LARRY: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY
THAT, GEORGE?
GEORGE: YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE
CHANCES WITH A GUY WHOSE ONLY
CHANCE THUS FAR IS TO WIN BY
KNOCKOUT.
YOU WANT TO STAY POSITIONED,
DON'T TAKE ANY RICKS, JAB HIM.
BECAUSE THE WHOLE WORLD SAYS HE
HAS A GOOD JAB, SO OUTJAB HIM.
YOU GOT YOUR HOMETOWN.
JIM: WELL, MAYBE HE IMPROVES
HIS CHANCES TO WIN BY DECISION
IN THIS ROUND, BECAUSE I TEND
TO AGREE WITH LARRY.
QUARTEY HAS CONTROLLED THE
ACTIVITY HERE AND I'D BE
HARD-PRESSED TO SEE HOW A JUDGE
COULD GIVE THIS ROUND TO OSCAR.
>> WHEN YOU GET INTO THE ROPES,
YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
>> OSCAR?
OSCAR?
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOME MORE
STEPS, SIDE TO SIDE.
>> MOVE YOUR HANDS.
ONE HAND AT A TIME.
PUT THEM TOGETHER.
REMEMBER, STARTING TO THE --
>> OK, STOP STEPPING BACK, OK?
OK, ANYTIME YOU HIT HIM JUST
FOLLOW HIM, WHEREVER HE GOES,
JUST FOLLOW HIM.
KEEP JABBING.
IF YOU DECIDE TO STEP BACK,
KEEP JABBING WHEN YOU COME
BACK.
>> YOU GOT TO BE FIRST.
MAINTAIN HIM ON THE OUTSIDE.
AND BE CAREFUL OF THAT RIGHT
HAND.
JIM: ROUND SIX OF A SCHEDULED
12.
LARRY: OSCAR STARTS OFF WITH A
STIFF JAB.
JIM: AND DOWN GOES QUARTEY ON A
CLASSIC DE LA HOYA LEFT HOOK.
GEORGE: IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE
WAY IT DISMANTLES YOU, THAT
STIFF JAB OF OSCAR DE LA HOYA.
REMEMBER, THE LEFT HOOK IS JUST
PART OF IT.
JIM: QUARTEY WAS DOWN TWICE
AGAINST LOPEZ, ONE OF THEM WAS
A FLASH, BUT THE SECOND ONE WAS
ON A HARD PUNCH LIKE THAT.
GEORGE: OSCAR SHOULD SUPPOSE
NOW THIS WAS DONE BECAUSE OF
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LEFT
JAB, NOT BECAUSE OF THE RIGHT
PUNCH.
GO BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE DOING.
DON'T GET OVERANXIOUS AND START
REACHING.
JIM: RIGHT-HAND RETALIATION FOR
QUARTEY.
DE LA HOYA BEGINS TO OPEN UP,
TAKING CHANCES.
GEORGE: IT'S NOT NECESSARY FOR
OSCAR.
NOT NECESSARY AT ALL.
JIM: HE MUST BELIEVE HE HAS THE
GHANIAN STAR HURT ENOUGH TO
CONTEMPLATE FINISHING IT.
DOWN GOES DE LA HOYA ON A
LEFT-HAND BY QUARTEY.
GEORGE: IT WAS BECAUSE I --
BECAUSE HE GOT A LITTLE CLOSER
AND TRIED THE UPPERCUT TOO
EARLY.
JIM: NOW YOU GOT THE MAKINGS OF
A CLASSIC.
AND NOW IT'S QUARTEY WHO THINKS
HE CAN FINISH.
HARD TO THE BODY.
HARD TO THE BODY.
AND HOW --
LARRY: HAL PRIN GIVES DE LA
HOYA A CHANCE TO RECOVER --
HALPERN GIVES DE LA HOYA A
CHANCE TO RECOVER.
JIM: BOTH MEN HAVE BEEN DOWN IN
THE SIXTH ROUND.
AND BOTH WERE REAL KNOCKDOWNS
ON HARD PUNCHES.
HALPERN DEDUCTED NO POINTS.
THAT WAS JUST A WARNING TO
QUARTEY.
GEORGE: OSCAR STARTING TO OPEN
UP WITH THE LEFT UPPERCUT,
WHICH IS NOT A GOOD IDEA YET.
JIM: QUARTEY STARTING TO COME
BACK WITH HIS JAB.
GEORGE: OSCAR'S GOING TO HAVE
TO GO BACK TO HIS LEFT JAB AND
TAKE CONTROL OF THE FIGHT
AGAIN.
IT'S JUST GOING TO GET ROUGHER
AND ROUGHER.
JIM: ANOTHER RIGHT-HAND CROSS
FOR QUARTEY AND DE LA HOYA
BUSTLED FOR A MOMENT, BUT
DIDN'T GO DOWN.
GEORGE: NOW WE SEE THE FAMOUS
JAB THAT QUARTEY WAS TALKING
ABOUT.
LARRY: IT WAS IN THEIXTH
ROUND OF THE LEONARD-LEARNS
CLASSIC FIGHT THAT THE FIGHT
BROKE OUT.
IN THE SIXTH ROUND OF THIS
FIGHT, THE FIGHT HAS BROKEN
OUT.
JIM: IT'S ON NOW, BABY.
IT IS ON.
GEORGE: IT'S UP TO THE CORNERS
NOW TO GET OSCAR BACK IN
CONTROL.
THIS IS WHEN YOU NEED SOMEONE
TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.
JIM: BECAUSE THE MORE HE
BRALLS, THE MORE CHANCES HE
GIVES TO QUARTEY.
HARD LEFT HOOK UPSTAIRS FOR DE
LA HOYA.
QUARTEY GRINS.
THAT MEANS HE WAS HURT.
GEORGE: NOW THE JAB IS BACK FOR
OSCAR.
KEEP IT UP.
LET HIM SMILE, BUT GET YOUR
POINTS.
QUARTEY HAS GOT TO MAKE SURE HE
GETS INTO THE BODY OF OSCAR SO
HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY STRIPPING
OF THAT LEFT JAB.
JIM: ANOTHER RIGHT CROSS FOR
QUARTEY AND DE LA HOYA'S LEFT
EYE HAS BEGUN TO SWELL.
WHAT A ROUND.
>> PRESS ON IT.
>> DON'T FORGET, OK --
LARRY: ALL RIGHT, FIRST WE'RE
GOING TO WATCH AS QUARTEY GOES
DOWN.
HE WAS A LITTLE OFFBALANCE
AFTER TAKING A RIGHT HAND.
HE COMES IN CLOSE, CATCHES A
LEFT, DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE