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00:00:00In life, they toss curve balls at you, you know what I mean?

00:00:14And you just gotta shrug it off and just keep on going.

00:00:18There's been a lot of speculation about my plan, and here they are.

00:00:21I will fight again.

00:00:23How am I going to really be private?

00:00:25If I go to a club, it's in the paper. If I buy cars, it's in the paper.

00:00:30If I kiss my girlfriend, it's in the paper.

00:00:33So really, how am I going to be private?

00:00:35The fans, they're human beings. Sometimes they're fickle.

00:00:38They don't like you, they like you.

00:00:39You gotta keep striving, you know what I mean?

00:00:41I have things that I want to accomplish in my life as a person,

00:00:44but I just, as far as my career, I want to do well.

00:00:48I just have the desire to fight.

00:00:51Some people have the desire to fight, but don't have the desire to train.

00:00:56You do come hand in hand.

00:00:58You can't do one without the other.

00:01:01I think that I'm an ace in the hole when it comes to the heavyweight division

00:01:04because I believe I'm the best fighter.

00:01:06This is a promotion of Don King Productions.

00:01:35in association with the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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00:01:52Welcome to the MGM Grand Garden.

00:01:55During the short history of this multi-purpose arena,

00:01:58many of boxing's current luminaries have shined in this ring

00:02:01at the world's largest hotel and casino.

00:02:04Tonight, the atmosphere in this building is charged with enough electricity

00:02:08to light up the fabled Las Vegas Strip.

00:02:11The reason for the excitement, of course,

00:02:13is the long-awaited, much-anticipated return of Mike Tyson.

00:02:17He burst upon the professional boxing landscape in 1985

00:02:20and left a path of destruction through the heavyweight division.

00:02:24His return to the boxing ring promises to invigorate a sport

00:02:27that desperately needs star power to attract mass fan attention.

00:02:31And it appears Tyson has already begun to fulfill that void

00:02:35created three years ago when he went to prison.

00:02:38The MGM Grand Garden's usual capacity for boxing is 15,222.

00:02:43But an additional 1,514 seats were added here tonight

00:02:47to accommodate the demand to see the former champion's return in person.

00:02:51Over 1 billion are expected to view Mike Tyson's comeback on television

00:02:56throughout the world.

00:03:01Good evening, everyone.

00:03:02I'm Jim Hill, your host for this historic, much-anticipated night.

00:03:06In a year that marked the return of Michael Jordan to the basketball court

00:03:09and Monica Sellers to tennis,

00:03:11the return of Mike Tyson to the boxing ring

00:03:13has overshadowed those compelling stories,

00:03:15making the leap from the sports page to the front page.

00:03:18For years, Tyson has been forced to live his life in the tabloids

00:03:22and under the glare of the media's bright lights.

00:03:25Now, with more attention focused on him than ever before,

00:03:28Iron Mike probably faces new challenges.

00:03:31Can he once again rise to the top of the heavyweight ranks?

00:03:34Can he win back the fans while seeking his title?

00:03:37Is the public ready to accept him after three years in prison

00:03:39for a crime which he still maintains he did not commit?

00:03:43The epic saga of Mike Tyson continues.

00:03:46The next chapter begins.

00:03:47Let's go down to ringside now.

00:03:49Here's Steve Albert.

00:03:49Steve.

00:03:50Thank you, Jim.

00:03:51The second coming of Mike Tyson comes at an opportune time

00:03:54given the current state of the heavyweight division.

00:03:56It's been four years since his last fight,

00:03:58and boxing fans are still using Tyson as the yardstick

00:04:01by which all other heavyweights are measured.

00:04:03Tyson KO'd his first 19 opponents en route to becoming

00:04:06the youngest heavyweight champion in history

00:04:08when he stopped Trevor Burbank in 1986 at the age of 20.

00:04:12Less than a year later,

00:04:13he became the undisputed heavyweight champ of the world,

00:04:16defending the unified title six times.

00:04:18It would take arguably the biggest upset in sports history

00:04:21to end his reign when a 42-1 underdog named James Buster Douglas

00:04:25would turn the boxing world upside down,

00:04:28only to lose the undisputed title to Evander Holyfield a few months later.

00:04:33After four more fights, all victories,

00:04:35Tyson signed to meet Holyfield in what could have been

00:04:37one of the biggest promotions in boxing history.

00:04:39But shortly before the fight, Tyson pulled out with a rib injury.

00:04:43Before the rescheduled fight could take place,

00:04:46Tyson was convicted of rape and went to prison for three years.

00:04:49His last fight was June 28, 1991,

00:04:52a 12-round decision over Donovan Razor Ruddock.

00:04:55Through it all, the Tyson aura continued to grow.

00:04:58He became larger than life,

00:04:59a life highly publicized in and out of the ring,

00:05:02to the point where he is now one of the most recognizable athletes in the world.

00:05:06And even though his first opponent on the road back is unproven,

00:05:10untested, and lightly regarded,

00:05:11there exists an overwhelming curiosity and fascination with Tyson's return.

00:05:16This is an event that has captured the attention of

00:05:18not only the most diehard boxing fan,

00:05:21but also the casual observer and even the non-boxing fan.

00:05:24It is a story almost four years of the making,

00:05:27and it comes to a dramatic climax tonight.

00:05:30With that, let me bring on my partners at ringside.

00:05:32First, the fight doctor, Ferdy Pacheco.

00:05:34And Ferdy, what about the similarities and differences between Tyson's return

00:05:37and other notable champions?

00:05:39Well, the first similarity you see around you,

00:05:41this enormous public interest from every corner of the earth they're calling in,

00:05:46and from every corner of the United States,

00:05:47they're tuning in to watch this fight.

00:05:49That's the same thing that happened to us with Ali.

00:05:51The difference was quite a bit.

00:05:53The last similarity, by the way, that I can think of

00:05:55is they were both fighting white Irish heavyweights,

00:05:58but different white Irish heavyweights,

00:06:00because we had to take on Jerry Quarry,

00:06:03and that gentleman was always very tough and high-ranked.

00:06:06As far as McNeely is a very big question mark,

00:06:08which is going to be answered here in a few minutes.

00:06:10As far as the differences, they're very big.

00:06:13Ali came in as a hero, a national hero, beloved.

00:06:16Tyson is a discarded hero, a discredited hero,

00:06:19one who has to win back his public.

00:06:22Ali, all during his retirement,

00:06:24went into the gym and kept in shape and kept in training,

00:06:26so when he had to come back, he didn't have that much to do.

00:06:29But Tyson has had no boxing,

00:06:31has had no kind of boxing attention and training in jail,

00:06:35so he had to come back from a long way back,

00:06:38and he's had to do it in a short time.

00:06:40The similarities are very thin,

00:06:42and the differences are big,

00:06:44and the only thing that we can look for, Mr. Tyson,

00:06:46is a meandering road down,

00:06:48at the end of which is ring greatness,

00:06:50if he can pass all the tests.

00:06:52Ali passed him, he is a ring great.

00:06:53Now it's up to Tyson to go down that trail.

00:06:56All right, Ferdy, also working with us tonight is Bobby Chez,

00:06:59and Bobby, is four months of training okay?

00:07:02Is that enough after being out for four years?

00:07:05Steve, Mike Tyson's been a professional fighter for many years.

00:07:07He knows what it takes for his body to get in shape

00:07:09after a long layoff as well as a short layoff,

00:07:11and after all, those four years were at rest,

00:07:13a forced rest, if you will.

00:07:14He wasn't abusing his body,

00:07:15and he's in his late 20s, relatively close to his prime,

00:07:18not 37, but 38 years old.

00:07:20And lastly, he's fighting Peter McNeely.

00:07:22He's not fighting Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, or Riddick Bowe.

00:07:24Fighters that would push him to his physical and mental limits.

00:07:27He's fighting a relative unknown

00:07:28that doesn't seem to have the capabilities to do that much to him.

00:07:31He's fighting a relative unknown

00:07:33that doesn't seem to have the capabilities to do that much to him.

00:07:36I'm sure four months was ample for what he has to face tonight.

00:07:39All right, the weigh-in for Tyson versus McNeely

00:07:42took place this past Thursday here at the MGM Grand.

00:07:44Thousands turned out,

00:07:45aside from the media crunch here in this arena.

00:07:48Let's take a look.

00:07:49And Mike Tyson displaying the results of some very rigorous training

00:07:52since his release from prison.

00:07:54This is the most muscular he has looked in his career.

00:07:57He is reported to have weighed about 240

00:07:58when he left the Indiana Penitentiary,

00:08:00although observers thought he looked thin and uncharacteristically small.

00:08:04His intent was to get to a fighting weight of 224, 225.

00:08:07He was 216 for his last fight in 91.

00:08:10Tyson here tipped the scales at 220,

00:08:13drawing screams from the crowd.

00:08:14Meanwhile, Peter McNeely blowing kisses to the crowd,

00:08:17but still enjoying his newfound celebrity status,

00:08:20relishing the moment, playing to the audience.

00:08:23And he weighed in at 224.

00:08:24Yes, a circus-like atmosphere at the Tyson-McNeely weigh-in on Thursday.

00:08:30Some background on the 26-year-old McNeely.

00:08:32He is college educated.

00:08:33His mother is a college professor.

00:08:35He's a third-generation fighter.

00:08:37His father once fought for the heavyweight championship.

00:08:39And his grandfather, a 1928 Olympian.

00:08:42Tonight, McNeely will receive a reported $540,000,

00:08:45which is $539,500 more than he got for his last fight.

00:08:50He still lives at home and sleeps in the same room with his younger brother, Snubby.

00:08:54He's had a poster hanging over his bed for the past five years,

00:08:58and it's a picture of Mike Tyson.

00:09:00Meanwhile, the 29-year-old Tyson is fighting for the first time in exactly four years and 52 days.

00:09:05The so-called new Mike Tyson appears to be more reflective, but has his moody moments.

00:09:10Despite the extensive media coverage and massive hype for this non-title fight,

00:09:15Mike Tyson, the man for whom this coming-out party is being thrown,

00:09:18simply says,

00:09:19I'm just looking forward to doing my thing.

00:09:22Outwardly, he shows little emotion,

00:09:24but he has left no doubt that he wants to fight.

00:09:27So we are here at the amazing MGM Grand Hotel, Casino, and Theme Park in Las Vegas, Nevada.

00:09:33Right now, let's go to the reporter on our broadcast team, Jim Gray,

00:09:37for a look at the celebrity and media attention for Tyson's return.

00:09:40Jim?

00:09:41All right. Thank you very much, Steve.

00:09:43Well, the public really didn't have the chance to anticipate and plan for the return of Michael Jordan,

00:09:48the surprise return in March to the NBA,

00:09:50but such has not been the case for Mike Tyson.

00:09:53Since leaving prison the day after Jordan returned to the court in Chicago,

00:09:57everybody has been anticipating this night here,

00:09:59with media appearances on several media outlets throughout the country

00:10:04and across the world with a worldwide appearance on Larry King Live.

00:10:07This has led to more than 1,100 credentials being issued for tonight.

00:10:12In fact, this fight is going to be viewed live in over 90 countries,

00:10:16including China, Russia, India, and Australia.

00:10:19Now, as for Peter McNeely,

00:10:21well, nobody knew who Peter McNeely was just a couple of months ago.

00:10:25Now he's becoming a household name for all of the wrong reasons,

00:10:28much like Randall Tex Cobb and Chuck Wepner.

00:10:31However, probably should be stated that both Wepner and Cobb

00:10:34had better fighting credentials and better skills.

00:10:37Well, he's taken a lot of fun, poked Adam Peter McNeely,

00:10:39and he's handled it very well.

00:10:41He had an appearance on the Jay Leno show, the Tonight Show,

00:10:43and if he's going to be remembered at all,

00:10:45it's probably going to be as the answer to a trivia question

00:10:48as to who was Tyson's first opponent.

00:10:50But aside from all of this about the opponent and Peter McNeely,

00:10:54tonight there is an aura and an excitement here

00:10:56that really hasn't been seen in boxing for some time.

00:10:59All you have to do is look at the list of celebrities

00:11:01who are scheduled to appear tonight.

00:11:03Jim Carrey, Jerry Seinfeld, Tim Allen, Madonna, Charles Barkley,

00:11:06you name it, most of them are going to be here.

00:11:08So this is an event.

00:11:10Maybe it is an event to be seen and not to see.

00:11:14That remains to be seen.

00:11:15Steve?

00:11:16Thank you, Jim.

00:11:17We'll have more on tonight's main event from ringside

00:11:20later in the broadcast.

00:11:21But for now, let's throw it back up to Jim Hill.

00:11:23Jim?

00:11:24All right, Steve, thank you very much.

00:11:25Joining us tonight on our telecast

00:11:27is a man who knows a thing or two or three about comebacks.

00:11:30Of course, we're talking about Sugar Ray Leonard,

00:11:32and you look great.

00:11:32It is great to have you with us tonight.

00:11:34Well, thank you, Jim.

00:11:34In fact, I wrote the book on comebacks,

00:11:36so I don't think about comebacks.

00:11:37You certainly did.

00:11:38You know, the city of Las Vegas

00:11:39really hasn't had this much excitement in it

00:11:41about an athletic event in a long time.

00:11:43Well, the position of the headway division,

00:11:45let alone the boxing division,

00:11:47it needs a Mike Tyson.

00:11:48It needs a superstar.

00:11:49Mike Tyson has an aura, a presence, a persona

00:11:52that can give boxing a shot of adrenaline in the arm.

00:11:55Now, when you talk about Tyson's return,

00:11:57naturally, the term ring rust comes to mind.

00:11:59Should he be more concerned about ring rust,

00:12:01or is there something else that you think

00:12:02would be in his mind?

00:12:03Well, Jim, we use the term ring rust

00:12:05to describe a fighter's skill

00:12:07after he's had a long layoff.

00:12:08The first thing that goes is at time and rhythm.

00:12:12Fighters that normally throws a series of punches

00:12:13or combinations tend to look for one big punch,

00:12:16which I expect from Mike Tyson.

00:12:18The second thing that tends to lead that fighter

00:12:20is the ability to sip a punch,

00:12:23bob and weave,

00:12:24the use of the upper body movement.

00:12:26Normally, fighters who are quite elusive

00:12:28tend to be stationary targets,

00:12:30but with the opposition,

00:12:31the caliber opposition,

00:12:32that Mike Tyson is facing tonight,

00:12:34I don't see these things being revealed

00:12:36because Mike Tyson just needs a big punch.

00:12:38Well, we certainly look forward to your analyst work tonight,

00:12:43and, you know, your analyst work here

00:12:44is going to be just absolutely amazing,

00:12:45and we're going to have a lot of fun,

00:12:46that is for sure.

00:12:47And while all the attention tonight

00:12:48is fixed on Mike Tyson's return,

00:12:50there are three world championship fights

00:12:52also featured here at the MGM Grand Garden.

00:12:56Here is tonight's bout order.

00:12:58The card begins with a battle of undefeated.

00:13:01WBC lightweight champion Miguel Angel Gonzalez

00:13:03defends his title against Lamar Murphy.

00:13:05Then, newly crowned WBA heavyweight champion Bruce Seldon

00:13:09makes his first title defense against Joe Hipp.

00:13:12As a bonus to our East Coast viewers,

00:13:14our third bout tonight is our main event.

00:13:17Mike Tyson begins his comeback

00:13:18against Peter McNeely in a scheduled 10-rounder.

00:13:21And we conclude our coverage

00:13:22with a battle of knockout artists.

00:13:24Two-time WBC middleweight champion

00:13:27Julian Jackson versus Quincy Taylor

00:13:29in what on paper could be

00:13:31the best boxing matchup of the evening.

00:13:33Mexican sensation Miguel Angel Gonzalez

00:13:36is about to risk his WBC lightweight title

00:13:39and his undefeated record against Lamar Murphy

00:13:41in our first bout of the evening.

00:13:43Gonzalez hopes to replace Julio Cesar Chavez

00:13:45in the hearts and minds of Mexico's boxing fans.

00:13:48If this young champion wants to supplant a living legend,

00:13:51he must win big confrontations like tonight's fight.

00:13:54For Gonzalez, the path to greatness

00:13:56goes through an undefeated challenger.

00:13:58For Murphy, the door to a world title

00:14:00is guarded by one of boxing's best young champions.

00:14:03The WBC lightweight championship is next.

00:14:06Let's go back down to ringside once again.

00:14:08Here's Steve Albert. Steve.

00:14:09Thanks again, Jim.

00:14:10The 135-pounder set to lead things off

00:14:12as WBC lightweight champion Miguel Angel Gonzalez

00:14:15meets Lamar Murphy in a battle of undefeated.

00:14:18Gonzalez, who has become the toast of Mexico,

00:14:20won the title at age 21

00:14:21and in four years since has turned back all comers,

00:14:25defending his crown nine times

00:14:26while upping his record to an impressive 37-0.

00:14:29The confident Gonzalez claims

00:14:31that he is the best fighter in Mexico

00:14:32and it's time for the great Julio Cesar Chavez

00:14:35to move over and make way for a new hero.

00:14:38He has set his sights on Chavez

00:14:39but says that Chavez wants no part of him.

00:14:42He also looks to a future showdown

00:14:44with the celebrated Oscar De La Hoya,

00:14:46the WBO lightweight champion.

00:14:48This is a talented division.

00:14:49Aside from Gonzalez and De La Hoya,

00:14:51the other champions are Rafael Ruelas,

00:14:53who rules the IVF,

00:14:54and rushes Gussie Nazarov, the WBA title holder.

00:14:57Gonzalez, who's had difficulty making this weight,

00:15:00goes for his 10th title defense

00:15:01against unheralded Lamar Murphy

00:15:03in his first attempt at a world championship.

00:15:05As we bring back the fight, Dr. Ferdi Pacheco,

00:15:08and Ferdi, should Gonzalez be considered

00:15:09among boxing's elite?

00:15:11Certainly.

00:15:11Certainly so.

00:15:12undefeated, plowing his way through anybody

00:15:15they put in front of him.

00:15:16This guy looks unstoppable.

00:15:17He looks like he could go

00:15:19until they put somebody in front of him

00:15:21that's as good as he is,

00:15:22and that's Oscar De La Hoya.

00:15:23That matchup would be a jewel

00:15:25whenever it happens, any year.

00:15:27Yeah, but is he the next Chavez?

00:15:30He says he's Chavez right now.

00:15:31He says, I'm ready to take on Chavez right now

00:15:33and finish that legend and start my own.

00:15:36Is he another one?

00:15:36Yes.

00:15:37But in the future,

00:15:38he's got to keep on fighting.

00:15:39He's got to keep on being undefeated.

00:15:41After all, Chavez has almost reached 100 fights.

00:15:44That's quite a career.

00:15:45How about a quick prediction?

00:15:47I think it's a matter of class.

00:15:49The champion, Gonzalez,

00:15:50is just too much for Murphy.

00:15:51All right, if we turn back to Bobby Ches,

00:15:53Bobby, experience plays such a major role

00:15:55at the championship level,

00:15:56and you would know.

00:15:57Well, certainly, Steve.

00:15:58Experience is something you can't be taught.

00:16:00You can't buy it.

00:16:01You have to go out and earn it

00:16:01and do it to get it.

00:16:03And for any fighter, it's an invaluable asset.

00:16:04It makes the difference sometimes

00:16:05in a close fight between winning or losing.

00:16:07And what type of threat

00:16:09does the undefeated Murphy pose for Gonzalez?

00:16:11Well, Murphy's undefeated.

00:16:13Craves a world title.

00:16:14That in and of itself is a threat.

00:16:15He's hungry.

00:16:16He wants a championship,

00:16:17so he wants Gonzalez.

00:16:18He's got great moves.

00:16:19He's got good reflexes.

00:16:20He's hard to hit.

00:16:21And if he's on his game,

00:16:22could pose trouble for anybody,

00:16:23including Gonzalez.

00:16:24And what do you think is going to happen?

00:16:25I think Gonzalez is going to wear him down.

00:16:27I think the pressure is going to be

00:16:27a bit much for him.

00:16:28The aura of the moment

00:16:29in the championship fight,

00:16:30the undefeated champion

00:16:31is a good, strong finisher,

00:16:32especially in the late rounds.

00:16:33I think it goes a few rounds,

00:16:35but I pick the champion.

00:16:35All right, Bobby,

00:16:37let's get a look at the challenger

00:16:38in the ring,

00:16:39and that, of course,

00:16:40is Lamar Murphy,

00:16:41a product of the tough streets

00:16:42of Overtown, Florida,

00:16:43on the outskirts of Miami.

00:16:45Growing up in that neighborhood,

00:16:46he easily could have gone

00:16:47the way of gangs,

00:16:48but instead of hanging out

00:16:49on the streets,

00:16:50he went to the Overtown gym

00:16:51to work out and start his career.

00:16:53Here he is at only 22,

00:16:54just four and a half years

00:16:56after turning pro

00:16:56and in a position

00:16:57to win a world championship.

00:16:59Lamar Murphy rated number seven

00:17:00in the world by the WBC,

00:17:0218-0 with one no contest,

00:17:0413 KOs.

00:17:07And here's the champion,

00:17:0824-year-old Miguel Angel Gonzalez

00:17:10out of Mexico City.

00:17:11He has held the title

00:17:12for almost three years,

00:17:14winning it in 92

00:17:14with a ninth-round TKO

00:17:16over Wilfred Oroca.

00:17:18His toughest test

00:17:18was when he outpunched

00:17:19the hard-punching

00:17:20Lievander Johnson

00:17:21last August

00:17:21and then slowed down

00:17:23the elusive former champ,

00:17:24Calvin Grohl.

00:17:25He has an unblemished record

00:17:26of 37-0 with 29 KOs,

00:17:28including a streak

00:17:29of 17 consecutive knockouts

00:17:31between 1990 and 1992.

00:17:34He is second

00:17:34in the outstanding

00:17:35WBC strawweight champion

00:17:37Ricardo Lopez

00:17:38with the most wins

00:17:39by a current undefeated

00:17:40world champion.

00:17:42All right,

00:17:42let's check the statistical breakdown

00:17:44as we go to the tail of the tape.

00:17:45And Lamar Murphy,

00:17:46only 22,

00:17:47Gonzalez 24,

00:17:48just a one-inch height advantage

00:17:49for Gonzalez.

00:17:50Both hit the weight limit

00:17:51of 135

00:17:52and a three-inch reach advantage

00:17:54for the challenger,

00:17:55Murphy.

00:17:56And to the WBC rules

00:17:57for this championship fight,

00:17:5810-point must system in effect,

00:18:00three scoring judges,

00:18:01no standing eight count,

00:18:02no three-knockdown rule.

00:18:04Only the referee

00:18:04can stop the fight

00:18:05and a fighter cannot be saved

00:18:06by the belt

00:18:07except in the last round.

00:18:09Also,

00:18:09if there's an accidental foul

00:18:11before the start of the fourth,

00:18:12the fight will be ruled

00:18:13a no decision.

00:18:14If it happens

00:18:15after the start

00:18:15of the fourth round,

00:18:16they go to the scorecards.

00:18:18Gonzalez,

00:18:18a four-to-one favorite

00:18:20here at the MGM Grand

00:18:21in Las Vegas,

00:18:22getting ready

00:18:22for the WBC Lightweight Championship.

00:18:24Let's get the official introductions

00:18:26from our ring announcer,

00:18:27the classy Jimmy Lennon Jr.

00:18:31Ladies and gentlemen,

00:18:33a very good evening to you

00:18:35and we welcome you

00:18:36to the world's largest hotel,

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00:18:58At this time,

00:18:59we present a world championship

00:19:00bout that is sanctioned

00:19:01by the World Boxing Council,

00:19:03the president,

00:19:04Jose Suleiman,

00:19:05the supervisors,

00:19:06Edmund Lipinski

00:19:07and Mauricio Moreno,

00:19:09along with the Nevada State

00:19:11Athletic Commission,

00:19:12and the chairman,

00:19:13Dr. James Knave.

00:19:15Introducing to you

00:19:16the judges

00:19:16scoring this bout

00:19:17from ringside,

00:19:19Omar Mintun,

00:19:21Dalby Shirley,

00:19:22and Daniel Thunderwheel.

00:19:24Introducing to you

00:19:25our referee in charge,

00:19:27working in this,

00:19:28his 17th world title bout,

00:19:30Mitch Halpern.

00:19:33All right, fans,

00:19:33here we go

00:19:34with the WBC

00:19:35lightweight championship

00:19:37of the world

00:19:38scheduled for 12 rounds

00:19:41of boxing.

00:19:42I introduce you first

00:19:43to the challenger

00:19:44on my right,

00:19:45fighting out of the blue corner.

00:19:47He is wearing red trunks

00:19:48with blue trim

00:19:50and hailing from

00:19:51Overtown, Miami, Florida.

00:19:54He weighed in

00:19:54at the lightweight limit

00:19:55of 135 pounds,

00:19:58and his fine record

00:19:59includes 18 wins,

00:20:01no losses,

00:20:02one no decision,

00:20:04with 13 wins

00:20:05coming by way of knockout.

00:20:07Please welcome

00:20:08the WBC number seven

00:20:10ranked lightweight contender,

00:20:12introducing the undefeated

00:20:13Lamar,

00:20:15Cochise Murphy.

00:20:21And his opponent

00:20:23across the ring

00:20:24is the defending

00:20:25world champion

00:20:26on my left,

00:20:27fighting out of the red corner,

00:20:28entering the ring

00:20:29wearing black trunks

00:20:30with gold trim,

00:20:31fighting out of

00:20:32and representing

00:20:33Mexico City,

00:20:34Distrito Federal,

00:20:37Mexico.

00:20:38He weighed in

00:20:39the same as his opponent

00:20:40at 135 pounds.

00:20:42He is undefeated

00:20:43in his campaign

00:20:44in the ring

00:20:45with 37 wins,

00:20:47no losses,

00:20:48and 29 big wins

00:20:50coming by way

00:20:51of knockout.

00:20:52Tonight,

00:20:52making his tenth

00:20:53defense of his title,

00:20:55please welcome

00:20:55the undefeated

00:20:56WBC lightweight

00:20:58champion of the world,

00:21:00Miguel Ángel

00:21:02González.

00:21:08Once again,

00:21:09here's our referee

00:21:10in charge.

00:21:11Now to give instructions,

00:21:12Mitch Halpern.

00:21:13All right, gentlemen,

00:21:20we've already

00:21:20got on the instruction

00:21:21address here.

00:21:21We want a good fight

00:21:22and obey my commands

00:21:23at all times.

00:21:25Protect yourself

00:21:26at all times.

00:21:26Any questions?

00:21:27All right,

00:21:28let's go up.

00:21:28Come on,

00:21:28touch me.

00:21:32The arena

00:21:33filling up

00:21:34better than

00:21:3416,000

00:21:35expected here

00:21:36at the MGM Grand

00:21:37in Las Vegas.

00:21:38Ringside,

00:21:39he's going

00:21:39for $1,500

00:21:40apiece.

00:21:41First crack

00:21:42at a world title

00:21:43for 22-year-old

00:21:43Lamar Murphy,

00:21:44a hard puncher.

00:21:45His big punch,

00:21:46the straight

00:21:47right hand.

00:21:48He does have

00:21:4913 knockouts

00:21:50in his 18 victories,

00:21:51has eight first-round

00:21:52KOs,

00:21:5211 within

00:21:53two rounds.

00:21:56And here is

00:21:56the champion,

00:21:57Miguel Ángel

00:21:58González,

00:21:58doing some

00:21:59last-second

00:22:00praying,

00:22:00has the will

00:22:01of a champion,

00:22:02was in trouble

00:22:02in several

00:22:03of his title defenses,

00:22:05but always found

00:22:05a way to win.

00:22:06Has the potential

00:22:07to be recognized

00:22:07in the best

00:22:09pound-for-pound

00:22:10category,

00:22:11the knock

00:22:11on González

00:22:12weak chin,

00:22:13despite his

00:22:1437-0 record.

00:22:19And there's

00:22:20the bell,

00:22:20round one,

00:22:21scheduled for 12.

00:22:23An interesting

00:22:23ritual there

00:22:24to begin things

00:22:25for the champion,

00:22:26Miguel Ángel

00:22:26González.

00:22:27Wouldn't it be

00:22:27terrible if he gets

00:22:28up from that

00:22:28prayer and the guy

00:22:30is standing right

00:22:30there.

00:22:30Boy,

00:22:31he took a sweet

00:22:32time getting up.

00:22:33That was an

00:22:33awfully long prayer.

00:22:34I wonder if it's

00:22:34just for his chin.

00:22:35Yeah.

00:22:36His chin

00:22:37is suspect.

00:22:39González told us

00:22:39he's watched videos

00:22:40of Murphy

00:22:41and found that

00:22:41he's elusive,

00:22:42moves around a lot.

00:22:43So his game plan

00:22:44is to put pressure

00:22:45on him.

00:22:45He's fought a lot

00:22:46of fighters

00:22:46with the same style

00:22:47and getting very

00:22:48specific.

00:22:49González said

00:22:50he'll attack

00:22:50the lower abdomen.

00:22:51González,

00:22:52the champion

00:22:52in the black trunks

00:22:53with the gold sequence.

00:22:55The challenger

00:22:56is Lamar Cochise Murphy

00:22:58in the red trunks

00:22:59with the blue trim.

00:23:00He got that

00:23:00rather unusual nickname

00:23:02from, of all people,

00:23:03his mother.

00:23:05Right now,

00:23:05Murphy's pressing

00:23:06the fight.

00:23:07González is not

00:23:07coming forward at all.

00:23:09González is very cool

00:23:10and Murphy looks

00:23:12a little tight, Bob.

00:23:12He looks like

00:23:13he wants to get

00:23:14in there real bad

00:23:14and swing

00:23:15and puts him hurt

00:23:16on early.

00:23:17It's not easy

00:23:18to do on an experienced

00:23:19fighter like Miguel.

00:23:20And Murphy is 18 and 0,

00:23:22but he is really

00:23:23stepping up

00:23:24in terms of

00:23:25skilled opponents.

00:23:27Most of the names

00:23:27on his ring record

00:23:28are unrecognizable.

00:23:30And he doesn't seem

00:23:31to be giving that much

00:23:32respect to González.

00:23:32He's walking to him

00:23:33like he's the stronger

00:23:34of the two

00:23:34and he's the power puncher.

00:23:36He can punch, Bobby.

00:23:38I mean, he's

00:23:38Lamar has a good punch.

00:23:40I mean, he's from

00:23:41the Overtown.

00:23:41That's a tough, tough district.

00:23:43That's where I had

00:23:43my office for 20 years

00:23:44and boy, that is tough.

00:23:45If you can survive

00:23:46down there,

00:23:46you are a tough man.

00:23:49González admits

00:23:49he has had weight problems

00:23:51but says that is not

00:23:53an excuse he can use

00:23:54for a fight that

00:23:55is being televised worldwide.

00:23:57He feels, oh,

00:23:58he'll knock out

00:23:59Maman Murphy.

00:24:01He is respectful

00:24:02of Julio Cesar Chavez,

00:24:03but he does feel

00:24:04it's time for Chavez

00:24:05to pass the torch.

00:24:07Well, González certainly

00:24:07doesn't seem to be worried,

00:24:08does he, Bobby?

00:24:09He's taking him very poorly.

00:24:10The other guy's really

00:24:11pressing hard and fighting hard.

00:24:13He doesn't really seem

00:24:13to be upset yet.

00:24:15He doesn't have any

00:24:15bad intentions

00:24:16on too many of his punches.

00:24:17Very, very calm.

00:24:18Almost too calm.

00:24:20Yeah, I mean,

00:24:21he can get caught here early.

00:24:23González has a history

00:24:24of being a slow starter,

00:24:26but he is a very good finisher.

00:24:28Well, he's living up to that.

00:24:31Murphy said he'll show

00:24:32lots of movement

00:24:32side to side,

00:24:33punch from different angles,

00:24:34make his shots count.

00:24:36This is by far

00:24:36his biggest fight to date.

00:24:39Will he be distracted

00:24:40by the enormity of the moment

00:24:41being the first fight

00:24:42on the Mike Tyson undercard?

00:24:44He said no.

00:24:45But Sugar Ray Leonard

00:24:46told us in our

00:24:47fighter meeting yesterday

00:24:48very honest and interesting

00:24:50things to say

00:24:51how distracted he was

00:24:53when he first fought

00:24:54Roberto Durant.

00:24:54He just lost it

00:24:55because of the awesome

00:24:56nature of the event.

00:24:58This Tyson thing

00:24:59has taken on a life

00:24:59of its own.

00:25:00Less than 20 seconds

00:25:01remaining in round one.

00:25:03Murphy has done

00:25:05exceedingly well

00:25:06in this first round.

00:25:08He's putting all the pressure

00:25:09on his hands,

00:25:09better shots.

00:25:10Right now,

00:25:11González is not offering up

00:25:12much in the way of offense.

00:25:13A couple of good counters.

00:25:14It was a nice right hand,

00:25:14but not what I expected.

00:25:17Final seconds

00:25:17of the opening round

00:25:18for the WBC

00:25:19lightweight tunnel.

00:25:27You see the bottom

00:25:28of him around.

00:25:29Make him come to you.

00:25:30You understand

00:25:30what he's in?

00:25:31He's scared of you.

00:25:32Make him come to you.

00:25:33All right?

00:25:34Give me a little shakey shoulder.

00:25:35Come on, come on, come on.

00:25:36Give me a little shakey shoulder.

00:25:37Give me a little shakey shoulder.

00:25:39Don't let him take the shot

00:25:40to the body, okay?

00:25:41You gotta start getting the body.

00:25:42I want combinations

00:25:43and nothing else.

00:25:45All right?

00:25:46That's all I want.

00:25:47You're doing good.

00:25:48You got him scared.

00:25:49But, bro,

00:25:50a scared man is a dangerous man.

00:25:51You understand what I'm saying?

00:25:52All right.

00:26:05He's telling him,

00:26:05watch his hooks.

00:26:06Watch his hooks now.

00:26:07Make him miss the hook

00:26:08and then come back

00:26:09with a punch.

00:26:09Be calm.

00:26:10Take it easy,

00:26:11but step it up.

00:26:12And the other corner,

00:26:13I find it kind of strange, Bobby,

00:26:14that the guy says,

00:26:15make him come to you.

00:26:16Well, he won the round, Lamar,

00:26:17by coming to the other guy

00:26:18and chasing him all over the place.

00:26:20Makes no sense to me, Ferdy.

00:26:21Come to him?

00:26:22What are you talking about?

00:26:23All right, round two,

00:26:24Murphy pressing the action

00:26:25in round one,

00:26:26slightly marking up

00:26:27Gonzalez's face.

00:26:30Could be a little of a slow start

00:26:32for Gonzalez,

00:26:33but that has been his history.

00:26:36Gonzalez is the complete package

00:26:38when he gets it going.

00:26:39He's in excellent condition,

00:26:40well-schooled,

00:26:41a thinking man's fighter.

00:26:42He's fast.

00:26:43He has very good handspeed.

00:26:45Keep the punches up

00:26:46since referee Mitch Halpern

00:26:47to Gonzalez,

00:26:49the champion.

00:26:50Gonzalez with fast combinations.

00:26:51We see some of the foot movement here.

00:26:53His best punch

00:26:54is the straight right cross

00:26:55and uppercut.

00:26:56I think he's getting awake, Bobby.

00:26:58He's just waking up

00:26:59and he's deciding

00:27:00to start fighting some.

00:27:01It's the champion,

00:27:02Gonzalez,

00:27:03who's starting to pop hard,

00:27:04hard body shots in there.

00:27:06Going to the body.

00:27:07Well, even the great

00:27:08Julio says that

00:27:09Chavez gives away

00:27:10a round or two

00:27:11once in a while.

00:27:12I just didn't like

00:27:13the way he gave that one away.

00:27:14Well, that was a gift.

00:27:15I mean, he hardly did anything.

00:27:17But now he's starting

00:27:18to look like a champion.

00:27:22Bubbing right hand there

00:27:23by Gonzalez.

00:27:24Yeah, that right hand,

00:27:25though, Steve,

00:27:25you notice he's slapping.

00:27:26He's kind of turning,

00:27:27not even turning it over,

00:27:28not looping it properly,

00:27:29slapping it.

00:27:30Now, uh-oh.

00:27:32A point being up

00:27:33for Gonzalez

00:27:34for a low blow.

00:27:37He said,

00:27:38I gave you two warnings.

00:27:40And he did.

00:27:41This is early

00:27:41in the championship match

00:27:42for that,

00:27:43but he wants to take control early.

00:27:44Stop that punching.

00:27:45He just hollered,

00:27:47keep it up again.

00:27:47That was borderline.

00:27:48So this could turn out

00:27:49to be another very big round

00:27:50for the challenger,

00:27:51LeVon Murphy.

00:27:53Another strange day in Vegas.

00:27:55We're starting out.

00:27:56The challenger's already

00:27:56got the first run.

00:27:57He's already got a point

00:27:58in the second round.

00:27:59Uh-oh.

00:28:00Setting the tone early here.

00:28:01Uh-oh.

00:28:03Another one of those days.

00:28:05Mitch Halpern

00:28:06making the decision.

00:28:07He's repped

00:28:08four and a half years

00:28:09and worked his way

00:28:10up to nice respectability.

00:28:11Combination

00:28:11by LeVon Murphy,

00:28:13the left-hand land

00:28:13and the right-hand miss.

00:28:14Right now,

00:28:16Gonzalez looks as if

00:28:17he's in slow motion.

00:28:18He doesn't seem

00:28:18to be reacting.

00:28:19His combinations

00:28:19are not getting off.

00:28:23Oh,

00:28:24another very low blow

00:28:26major south of the border

00:28:27with the left.

00:28:29Another low blow.

00:28:32Bobby,

00:28:32how many points

00:28:33can he take

00:28:33in one round

00:28:34for low blows?

00:28:35That one hit him

00:28:35in his seat.

00:28:36I know.

00:28:36Can he take another one?

00:28:37That was another low blow.

00:28:42Meanwhile,

00:28:42Lamar Murphy

00:28:43looking extremely confident.

00:28:45Oh,

00:28:45stacking up points here

00:28:47as his fight progresses.

00:28:48Lamar Murphy

00:28:49looks relaxed

00:28:50like he's fighting

00:28:50in Overtown

00:28:51on 2nd Avenue

00:28:52and 10th Street.

00:28:52He looks like

00:28:52he's just having fun.

00:28:54He is having

00:28:55an Overtown evening here.

00:28:57You know,

00:28:58it's funny.

00:28:58Both fighters

00:28:58thought,

00:28:59this guy's never

00:29:00fought anybody like me.

00:29:02Murphy said,

00:29:02he's never fought

00:29:03an American fighter

00:29:04can move like this

00:29:04and Gonzales said,

00:29:06he's never fought

00:29:06a Mexican fighter

00:29:07fights like I do.

00:29:12Coming in,

00:29:13we knew that Murphy

00:29:14was tough.

00:29:15Certainly has the appearance

00:29:15of a tough guy

00:29:16with the no-socks approach

00:29:17a la Mike Tyson.

00:29:21Under 10 seconds

00:29:22in round two.

00:29:23He got hit right

00:29:24on the button

00:29:24with Gonzales

00:29:25and what appeared

00:29:25to be his best right hand

00:29:26and just smiled at him.

00:29:27Yeah.

00:29:28Boy,

00:29:29that's hard.

00:29:30One point taken away.

00:29:32Detailed instructions

00:29:51coming in

00:29:51on how to handle

00:29:53the combinations

00:29:55that he's not landing,

00:29:56but he has not said

00:29:57anything about

00:29:58punching to the body

00:29:58or not punching to the body.

00:30:00They have not addressed

00:30:01losing a point at all.

00:30:02Apparently,

00:30:05they might not have understood

00:30:06that he lost a point.

00:30:07He could have well

00:30:08lost that round as well.

00:30:09I'll tell you right there,

00:30:10you saw that.

00:30:10Let's look right south

00:30:11of the border

00:30:12and it was clearly

00:30:13below the belt.

00:30:14And he had been warned twice.

00:30:15Mitch Halpern,

00:30:16a lot of patients.

00:30:17He warned him,

00:30:18clearly told him.

00:30:19Nothing wrong with that.

00:30:20There you see it again.

00:30:21One point deducted

00:30:28from Gonzalez

00:30:29in the last round.

00:30:30Gonzalez could be down

00:30:31by three points already

00:30:32as we head into round three.

00:30:34Scheduled for 12

00:30:35for the WBC Lightweight Championship.

00:30:37Lamar Murphy thinking upset.

00:30:38Well,

00:30:39they certainly

00:30:39aren't worried

00:30:40in this corner

00:30:41about the slow start

00:30:42and the points taken off.

00:30:43They just didn't address it at all.

00:30:45Maybe they are so confident

00:30:46this is going to end up

00:30:47going to knock out.

00:30:48Now,

00:30:48body shots by

00:30:49Gonzales.

00:30:51And back comes Lamar Murphy

00:30:52with a vicious combination

00:30:53and landing

00:30:54with both of those punches.

00:30:55All over.

00:30:56Swarming all over the champion.

00:30:58Combinations are really nice

00:30:59to make sure

00:30:59he's trying to just

00:31:00ward him off,

00:31:01bite his time,

00:31:02save his strength,

00:31:02but he's getting hit clean

00:31:03with a lot of those shots.

00:31:04That was big point builders

00:31:05for Lamar Murphy.

00:31:07Big point builders

00:31:08from the kid from Overtown.

00:31:10Outstanding flurry.

00:31:11Oh,

00:31:12there was a good right hook

00:31:13by Gonzalez

00:31:14that got through,

00:31:15but Murphy showing the chin.

00:31:16You know,

00:31:17he does show that

00:31:18Chavez coldness.

00:31:19Here was that big attack

00:31:20and he came out

00:31:21looking like nothing.

00:31:22And he's still going

00:31:23to the body

00:31:23and he's still hitting

00:31:24right at the butt level.

00:31:25He is very close

00:31:26to those body shots.

00:31:27He has not stopped

00:31:27any of the body attack.

00:31:28Left, right, left, right.

00:31:30He's staying in the body.

00:31:33Going to the body

00:31:34is Gonzalez

00:31:35and then back upstairs.

00:31:36Missed with that

00:31:37left uppercut.

00:31:39Well,

00:31:39that's definitely

00:31:39a Chavez attack.

00:31:40The hook to the body

00:31:41and then back up to the head

00:31:42is definitely

00:31:43Julio C.

00:31:43There he goes.

00:31:45Left hook by Gonzalez,

00:31:46but counterpunching

00:31:47by Lamar Murphy

00:31:48and get those punches

00:31:49up again

00:31:50or else Mitch Helper

00:31:51is going to duck

00:31:51yet another point.

00:31:53Now,

00:31:53you watch the difference

00:31:54when he throws

00:31:54his left hook to champion.

00:31:56He's sometimes

00:31:56falling back

00:31:57where Chavez

00:31:57is digging in

00:31:58going forward.

00:32:00That's a good point,

00:32:02Bobby.

00:32:02He right now

00:32:03is not putting

00:32:04the heavy punches together.

00:32:06He's not hurting

00:32:07Lamar Murphy at all

00:32:08and Lamar Murphy

00:32:09is having a picnic

00:32:11and Murphy now

00:32:12flicking the jab

00:32:13good head movement

00:32:15by Murphy

00:32:15as well

00:32:16looking for the opening

00:32:16trying to set up

00:32:17the right hand.

00:32:20Another low blow

00:32:20by Gonzalez

00:32:21Halpern.

00:32:21Let it go.

00:32:23He was on the other side

00:32:24of him.

00:32:24He's on the other side

00:32:25of him.

00:32:25Didn't see it.

00:32:25I think that's the only reason

00:32:26he let it go.

00:32:28I'll tell you what,

00:32:28this is going to be

00:32:28a low blow festival

00:32:29for sure.

00:32:31Another near low blow.

00:32:33Mitch Halpern warning

00:32:34Gonzalez to keep it up.

00:32:37He has not deterred

00:32:38the champion

00:32:39from firing those shots

00:32:40down there.

00:32:40I mean,

00:32:41he has his way of fighting.

00:32:43He's not going to change

00:32:43for anybody.

00:32:45Oh,

00:32:45there was nearly a low blow

00:32:46but he kept it just

00:32:47at the waistline

00:32:48with the left uppercut.

00:32:50Now Gonzalez goes upstairs

00:32:51and again digging to the rim

00:32:54but getting the cautioning

00:32:54from Mitch Halpern.

00:32:56Oh,

00:32:56that's his style of fighting

00:32:57to the body.

00:32:58He's certainly sticking to it.

00:32:59You've got to admire him

00:33:00for that.

00:33:03Trying to wear down

00:33:04the challenger.

00:33:04Oh,

00:33:05good left hook

00:33:05by Gonzalez

00:33:06that got in cleanly.

00:33:08He's starting to land

00:33:08a little more clean

00:33:09with his shots

00:33:09and they're starting

00:33:10to become a little heavier.

00:33:12Yeah,

00:33:12I think they're starting

00:33:12to have an effect

00:33:13on Lamar Murphy.

00:33:14Gonzalez slow down some.

00:33:15Gaining steam here

00:33:16as his fight wears on

00:33:18as we approach

00:33:1910 seconds to go

00:33:19in the third.

00:33:23Right,

00:33:23come back,

00:33:23come back.

00:33:27Well,

00:33:28up next,

00:33:28the WBA Heavyweight Championship

00:33:30is Bruce Seldon

00:33:31looks to defend

00:33:32against Joe Hipp.

00:33:33Let's go over

00:33:34to Jim Gray

00:33:34in the Seldon dressing room.

00:33:36Jim.

00:33:36All right,

00:33:37thanks,

00:33:37Steve.

00:33:37I'm here with Bruce Seldon.

00:33:38Bruce,

00:33:39anxious,

00:33:39nerves here

00:33:40in your first title defense?

00:33:42Ready.

00:33:42Ready to go out there

00:33:43and do work,

00:33:44man.

00:33:44A little bit of nerves,

00:33:45you know what I'm saying,

00:33:46a little nervous tension.

00:33:47Did the butterflies get bigger?

00:33:48Are they tonight?

00:33:49Yeah,

00:33:49they are a little bigger tonight.

00:33:50But see,

00:33:50that's what makes a good fight.

00:33:52You know what I'm saying?

00:33:52How about being

00:33:53the heavyweight champion

00:33:54and being the undercard?

00:33:56Does that bother you at all?

00:33:57Well,

00:33:57I love being the heavyweight champion.

00:33:58You know,

00:33:59that's what I trained.

00:33:59That's what I fought

00:34:00eight years for

00:34:01was to one day

00:34:02become heavyweight champion

00:34:03to work.

00:34:03But I say to myself,

00:34:05would I rather be on top

00:34:08of a car

00:34:09that nobody sees

00:34:10or on the bottom of a car

00:34:12that everybody's going to see?

00:34:14So,

00:34:14you know,

00:34:15I'm thankful

00:34:15that I'm on the

00:34:16Mike Tyson undercard.

00:34:18It doesn't bother me at all.

00:34:19I'm just thankful

00:34:20to be on it.

00:34:20Bruce,

00:34:21good luck.

00:34:21That's a great attitude.

00:34:23All right,

00:34:23let's go back out to the team.

00:34:24All right,

00:34:24Jim,

00:34:25thank you very much

00:34:26here at the MGM.

00:34:27Graham Bruce Seldon,

00:34:27a lot more focused

00:34:28and mature over the last

00:34:29few years

00:34:30and really did a terrific job

00:34:32in winning the vacant title

00:34:33over Tony Tucker.

00:34:34He'll be coming up

00:34:35after this one

00:34:36against Joe Hipp,

00:34:37the first Southpaw

00:34:38that Seldon will have ever seen.

00:34:40All right,

00:34:40here we go now

00:34:41into round four.

00:34:42Murphy connected

00:34:43with a nice flurry

00:34:44to open up round three

00:34:45and then Gonzalez

00:34:46starting to complain

00:34:48about Mitch Halpern's warning

00:34:49and he keeps

00:34:51throwing those low blows.

00:34:53That's his body attack.

00:34:54Really,

00:34:55in all fairness,

00:34:56you know,

00:34:56that's the protector

00:34:57is pretty high

00:34:58on Lamar Murphy

00:35:00and that's his attack.

00:35:01That's the way he fights.

00:35:02He can't abandon the body

00:35:03and just go to the head.

00:35:04So he's taking his chances

00:35:05with the referee.

00:35:06I'll tell you what,

00:35:07some of them were just

00:35:07a little too low.

00:35:08The belt is actually

00:35:09another protector,

00:35:10so yeah,

00:35:10and they were below the belt.

00:35:12Yeah.

00:35:13It doesn't keep it

00:35:14from throwing them,

00:35:15though, Bobby.

00:35:15Boy,

00:35:16this guy's determined.

00:35:18Murphy

00:35:18with a very effective,

00:35:20purposeful jab

00:35:21and once again,

00:35:21the warning

00:35:22about the low blows

00:35:23for Mitch Halpern.

00:35:25Murphy coming forward.

00:35:27Combination to the head

00:35:28by Lamar Murphy

00:35:29who continues

00:35:30to look impressive.

00:35:32And now watch the head.

00:35:34The champion can't deal

00:35:36with the speed right now

00:35:37of Lamar Murphy.

00:35:38He's having a lot

00:35:38of trouble with him.

00:35:39Except Lamar doesn't get

00:35:41him enough.

00:35:42You know,

00:35:42he started that last round

00:35:43beautifully and he started

00:35:44the end of the last round

00:35:45beautifully,

00:35:45but in between,

00:35:46he was getting pummeled.

00:35:47I mean,

00:35:47this guy's doing

00:35:48a systematic job

00:35:49of cutting down his body.

00:35:50He is truly fighting

00:35:52a patient fight,

00:35:53waiting to do his damage

00:35:54and then come in

00:35:55and finish.

00:35:55Good left hook

00:35:56by Lamar Murphy.

00:35:58Turned Gonzalez's head

00:35:59to the side.

00:36:01Poking left,

00:36:02straight left by Murphy.

00:36:03That's getting through.

00:36:05Well,

00:36:05I'll tell you,

00:36:06much like Chavez,

00:36:06Gonzalez's face

00:36:07is totally emotional.

00:36:11Lamar Murphy,

00:36:12a turn pro in May of 91.

00:36:13A slapping left hook

00:36:14there by Gonzalez.

00:36:16That connected.

00:36:18You see,

00:36:18once again,

00:36:18he did it as he was

00:36:19moving back or to the side,

00:36:20not coming forward

00:36:21like Chavez,

00:36:21not planted with his legs

00:36:22well under him.

00:36:24Not the same power.

00:36:25Now doubling up

00:36:27on the left hook

00:36:28is Gonzalez.

00:36:29Looking confident here

00:36:30in the fourth round.

00:36:32Bobby,

00:36:32how about the

00:36:33carelessness

00:36:34of the hands

00:36:35of Lamar Murphy?

00:36:35He's always got his hands

00:36:37way down,

00:36:37way down.

00:36:38Yeah,

00:36:38Lamar Murphy looks like

00:36:39he's having too good a time

00:36:40and too comfortable

00:36:40and he doesn't seem

00:36:41to be threatened

00:36:42by the power of Gonzalez

00:36:43and he's already felt it.

00:36:44And now he's talking

00:36:45to Gonzalez.

00:36:46Hit me,

00:36:47huh?

00:36:47Yeah,

00:36:47now he's playing

00:36:48to Gonzalez.

00:36:48He's trying to toy

00:36:49with him hot-dogging

00:36:50and that could be detrimental.

00:36:53Yeah,

00:36:53the playing's okay

00:36:54if you really want to

00:36:55but not why

00:36:56you're getting hit.

00:36:56No,

00:36:57he's showboating

00:36:58and that's going

00:36:59to only make

00:36:59the champion angry.

00:37:01Less than 30 seconds

00:37:02round four.

00:37:04A little bit of a low shot

00:37:06there by Gonzalez again.

00:37:07Now he digs upstairs.

00:37:10He's got to start

00:37:11getting more busy.

00:37:12Lamar,

00:37:13the early advantage

00:37:14is being whittled away here.

00:37:17You're right here now.

00:37:17Come on.

00:37:18Break, break, break.

00:37:18That's pretty good

00:37:19defense there by Gonzalez

00:37:20and hitting on the break

00:37:22and again

00:37:23that gets a dark stare

00:37:24from Mitch Halpern.

00:37:25Oh,

00:37:26keep it up again.

00:37:29A very interested spectator,

00:37:44WBC super lightweight champion,

00:37:46Julio Cesar Chavez on hand.

00:37:49The crowd reacting to Julio on the big screen.

00:37:51Chavez says he's sick and tired of hearing about the Gonzalez, who claims he'll knock out Chavez.

00:37:56He says Chavez is ducking him.

00:37:58They'd have no problem, I'll tell you this, filling up cavernous Azteca Stadium.

00:38:02A very interested spectator, WBC super lightweight champion, Julio Cesar Chavez on hand.

00:38:09The crowd reacting to Julio on the big screen.

00:38:11Chavez says he's sick and tired of hearing about the Gonzalez, who claims he'll knock out Chavez.

00:38:16He says Chavez is ducking him.

00:38:18They'd have no problem, I'll tell you this, filling up cavernous Azteca Stadium.

00:38:22Can you imagine what that would be?

00:38:23That would be huge.

00:38:24Two Mexican heroes.

00:38:32You need a gentleman to go to the body.

00:38:34That bam, bam, bam indicated three punches to the body.

00:38:37Repeat triple shots to the body.

00:38:39He is working the body very, very well.

00:38:44If he can just avoid losing the point.

00:38:46He is doing, I think he's getting the job done.

00:38:50What he wants to do, he's getting done.

00:38:51He's wearing out Lamar.

00:38:52Lamar is certainly not as fast, nor is he as aggressive as he was in those first two rounds

00:38:56where he looked like he was going to have a romp here.

00:38:59And we certainly have been witnessing the terrific hand and foot speed of the champion, Gonzalez.

00:39:04Got off to a bit of a slow start here, but beginning to turn things around.

00:39:09Round five.

00:39:09He can't stand still and just be a heavy bag to a guy's punching like that and not return

00:39:16some kind of powder.

00:39:17I mean, you got to do something here.

00:39:20And like any fighter who gets in the limelight, you're going to have your critics.

00:39:24The rap on Gonzalez, as we mentioned, the weak chin, sometimes mechanical, lethargic.

00:39:29But many, if not all of these problems may be due to his struggle with weight.

00:39:34Eventually, it's going to be time for him to leave this weight class and move up to 140.

00:39:38Well, I'll tell you, that weight struggle is something that I know a lot about.

00:39:41It can really deplete a man's energy and make him fight a fight that is nothing reminiscent

00:39:45of what he is.

00:39:47That's very true.

00:39:48That's very true.

00:39:49But all those adjectives don't add up to this guy's undefeated record and brilliance.

00:39:53That he's got somebody, those things are mis-mabeled on this guy.

00:39:58Well, at just 24 years of age, he's making his 10th defense already of this title.

00:40:02That'll say something.

00:40:03He's 37-0 with 29 knockouts.

00:40:06He doesn't look lethargic tonight.

00:40:08He's popping and fighting, and he's carrying a fight.

00:40:11He's doing it all.

00:40:11He's held the title almost three years.

00:40:14Flurry by Murphy, but back comes Gonzalez.

00:40:16Beautiful counterpoint against Gonzalez, and those punches are landing.

00:40:19Watch the head, says Mitch Haltrin, as his heads came together.

00:40:22And right now, Murphy refuses to give too much ground.

00:40:25He's coming forward.

00:40:25Even though he's getting hit, he's getting some shots in.

00:40:27He wants to be the aggressor here.

00:40:32Miguel on hell, Gonzalez in the black trunks with the gold trip.

00:40:36Turn pro at 18, won the title at 21.

00:40:39Has defended the title nine times.

00:40:43Early on, Steve, early in the week, he was a huge favorite.

00:40:46Odds dropping, like, unbelievable.

00:40:49He started out at something like 12 to 1.

00:40:51Now it's got down to 4 to 1 just prior to the fight.

00:40:56Right uppercut by Gonzalez that's stuck in there.

00:40:58Murphy showing a good chance.

00:41:00Nice hook followed behind it, and there is lead right hand.

00:41:02He's starting to land those shots cleaner.

00:41:04Bobby's starting to hit.

00:41:05He's starting to get the range and hit the head.

00:41:06Now he's looking more like Mr. Chavez.

00:41:08Coming forward, landing, throwing flurries of punches.

00:41:21Now going with the jab, he tripled up with that left jab.

00:41:25He even got a fourth punch into the midsection.

00:41:27Gonzalez looking more impressive as his fight wears on.

00:41:35And Murphy wears out.

00:41:41Gonzalez now having his way.

00:41:43Going downstairs, upstairs.

00:41:45The challenger, Cochise Murphy, looking over to help her for a little assistance.

00:41:48He's not going to help, as the bell sounds.

00:41:52Well, we mentioned it before.

00:41:54We mentioned WBC's Broadway champion, Ricardo Lopez.

00:41:57Let's take a look at the current champions and their records.

00:42:00Undefeated, you see Miguel Angel Gonzalez right up there at number two.

00:42:05Current undefeated world champions behind the splendid Ricardo Lopez.

00:42:10Also of Mexico, who's 40 and 0.

00:42:12That's some pretty good company for Gonzalez.

00:42:13And he wants him to impose his potency.

00:42:29He says, keep your distance, but keep coming forward.

00:42:31Above all, keep the combinations coming, but keep your potency.

00:42:35Meaning, start punching hard.

00:42:37Here we go.

00:42:43It's funny, we're in an active corner here, right off to the right of Lamar Murphy's corner,

00:42:50and we are getting paved.

00:42:53Round six.

00:42:54Oh, a little slip there.

00:42:56A little moisture.

00:42:57Yeah, that's all that much.

00:43:00They were using water and ice cubes on Lamar Murphy,

00:43:03and he didn't seem to need to wake him up that much.

00:43:06We got a little bit of a taste of it as well.

00:43:09Kind of refreshing.

00:43:10Round six, scheduled for 12, the WBC Lightweight Championship.

00:43:15Miguel Angel Gonzalez after a slow start,

00:43:18getting his act together and showing the complete package right here.

00:43:23He's still not showing me Chavez-like qualities, Ferdy.

00:43:26I still don't think that I see a little bit of Chavez getting beaten by this man.

00:43:29I don't either, Bobby.

00:43:31I mean, he's got a little ways to go before he can start comparing himself.

00:43:35He's great.

00:43:37Chavez, and this guy's not that category yet.

00:43:39Not from what we're looking at, not from what we see.

00:43:42The area of which you can compare him,

00:43:44he's pretty much equal in low blows right now.

00:43:47I doubt he's equal as a body puncher.

00:43:50Boy, he has learned his own.

00:43:52His head just got snapped back by a Murphy shot that was really strong.

00:43:57And Murphy now fighting angry.

00:43:59Murphy's combinations have tailed off a little bit, though.

00:44:02Kind of one at a time, waiting too much.

00:44:04I think that's that body action.

00:44:06I mean, all those body shots start to slow you up,

00:44:08start to slow you down,

00:44:09and all of a sudden you haven't got that intensity that you had at the beginning.

00:44:12That is what a body attack's supposed to do.

00:44:17Boy, for guys that are studying fighting and want to learn about body attacks,

00:44:20they should study this film.

00:44:21Oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.

00:44:24Here we go again.

00:44:25Gosh, he puts us up.

00:44:26That's one point.

00:44:27Another point being deducted from Gonzales.

00:44:30Well, you've got to keep our punches up, okay?

00:44:32Gonzales does speak some English, so he certainly understands.

00:44:35And, of course, that's the universal language.

00:44:37That one won't hurt this much because he's carrying the round,

00:44:40so at the very best, you're going to get an even round here

00:44:42unless Lamar does something spectacular here

00:44:45to win the round.

00:44:47But if he wins the round, then he's got a big round.

00:44:49He's got two rounds, two points.

00:44:51And, uh, Gonzales undaunted goes right back to the body.

00:44:55Murphy missing.

00:44:56Some great defense head movement there by Gonzales.

00:44:58Oh, there's a landing with a right front.

00:45:00Gorgeous touch by Gonzales.

00:45:02There's a beautiful uppercut right behind that, Steve,

00:45:03but it's not having an effect on Murphy.

00:45:05Look, he's right in his face.

00:45:07Murphy swarming all over Gonzales in the corner.

00:45:11A barrage by Murphy.

00:45:14You know, something we didn't talk about just a minute ago with the low blow, too.

00:45:16Murphy kind of drag and dog down and the punch went south of the border

00:45:20almost because of what Murphy did by pulling on the back of his head.

00:45:25So plenty of action here in round six and throughout most of this fight.

00:45:30But Murphy's standing still.

00:45:31He's not on his toes.

00:45:32He's standing still.

00:45:33Immobile and straight up.

00:45:34And Murphy is counterpunching successfully here.

00:45:38I'll say that.

00:45:39He's getting tagged, but he's answering back.

00:45:41Furious exchanges under 15 seconds round six.

00:45:49They are not letting up.

00:45:50Another great flurry here by the challenger Murphy to the head of Gonzales.

00:45:55They're not that hard.

00:45:56And Gonzales able to come through as the bell sounds.

00:46:00And looking to hit again after the bell.

00:46:02Tremendous action to end that round.

00:46:05Well, earlier here at the MGM Grand Hotel, just moments ago, the arrival of former undisputed

00:46:19world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.

00:46:21His first fight back as he'll be taking on Peter McNeely, his first fight in over four

00:46:28years, a little bit later.

00:46:30And judging from the reaction this event has generated, he is even bigger, more, bigger,

00:46:35more popular than he was before he went to prison.

00:46:37Let's take a look at that low blow that finally, finally wore out the patience of Mitch Halpern

00:46:49and said, that's enough.

00:46:51Oh, that is south of the border.

00:46:54Yes, that is a blow that's illegitimate.

00:46:58And since he had warned him so many times, he had to take a point off.

00:47:01Mitch doing a good job.

00:47:02But boy, suppose Mitch's work is what turns this title fight around.

00:47:06Suppose that.

00:47:07Mitch, take charge, Halpern.

00:47:10Very busy man tonight.

00:47:11Round seven.

00:47:11We're only halfway through the fight.

00:47:13One more point.

00:47:13It technically is a disqualification.

00:47:15Am I not right, fellas?

00:47:16That's what I'm thinking, Bobby.

00:47:17So what if this guy could win on a disqualification?

00:47:21Ouch.

00:47:24Because you know he is not going to stop punching to the body, Bobby.

00:47:27He is not going to stop punching to the body.

00:47:30No, but I'm wondering just how far Mitch Halpern is going to let it go to take a title by disqualification.

00:47:34Oh, boy.

00:47:34I think it's going to have to go somewhere.

00:47:36We might have a second Mexican-American War if we do.

00:47:41Yeah, that would be awful to have to lose a title that way.

00:47:44I know where my table is going.

00:47:47Another warning to the back of the head.

00:47:50This is turning into a foul fest, but it's one-sided.

00:47:57He keeps hitting on the break, too.

00:47:58I mean, Gonzalez keeps hitting on the break, but he's done them about three or four times,

00:48:01and that's the one thing Halpern has not warned him about.

00:48:04It's actually legal to hit on the break

00:48:06if the referee doesn't physically break.

00:48:07If he says step back, break it up, break out, fight out,

00:48:11you've got to protect yourself at all times.

00:48:12That's the last instruction I'll always tell you.

00:48:13It's a small abrasion beginning to form

00:48:16under the right eye of Miguel Angel Gonzalez

00:48:18but having no effect at this particular moment.

00:48:22Little cut.

00:48:25Murphy needs more of those mono-mono stuff

00:48:28that he was getting away.

00:48:29You know, he didn't.

00:48:30Oh, right hook.

00:48:31Countering by Gonzalez.

00:48:33Just as Murphy was coming in.

00:48:35Well, you see, he was also back.

00:48:37His weight was back.

00:48:38That right hook would have hurt more

00:48:39had it been a forward punch.

00:48:42Gonzalez looking to set up that right

00:48:44with the stiff left jab.

00:48:46Gonzalez, a 4-1 favorite,

00:48:48could be in trouble if this bout goes the distance

00:48:50with all of the point deductions for low blows.

00:48:54Well, because of all...

00:48:55Right uppercut by Gonzalez that got in.

00:48:57I'm sorry, because of all of that,

00:48:59I've got this an even fight right now,

00:49:00mathematically has turned to our mental scholar.

00:49:03Bobby, what you got?

00:49:04Actually, I have a point right now for Murphy

00:49:06because of the two-point conduct deductions.

00:49:09You know, it's that close where it could be anybody's fight still.

00:49:13His champion's starting to take charge,

00:49:14but he's losing points.

00:49:16Yeah.

00:49:16He just can't keep losing points like that.

00:49:18That's like losing rounds big time.

00:49:29Under 30 seconds remaining in round seven.

00:49:40Murphy on the attack, but not getting anywhere.

00:49:42Murphy giving a very good account of himself,

00:49:53not winning the round, but he's still standing there.

00:49:55He's still standing there, and he's giving all he's got.

00:49:58And then Gonzalez is slanted with a crisp right hook at the bell.

00:50:03Right now, let's go to Jim Hill and Sugar Ray Leonard.

00:50:05Fellas?

00:50:06All right, Steve, thank you very much.

00:50:07Ray, you were talking about Lamar Murphy

00:50:09and how arrogant and cocky he is in the ring,

00:50:11and you like that.

00:50:12Well, I love that, Jim.

00:50:13As a matter of fact, in the earlier rounds,

00:50:15Lamar Murphy displayed no respect whatsoever for the champion,

00:50:19and that was probably a way to approach a championship fight.

00:50:21But what's happening now, he's starting to fall back.

00:50:24He's starting to allow Gonzalez to throw some body shots.

00:50:26He shouldn't wait.

00:50:27He should stay aggressive.

00:50:28Is he starting to get a little lazy?

00:50:30I think he's getting a little lackadaisical,

00:50:32but what he needs to do is stay aggressive and stay arrogant.

00:50:35Are you kind of surprised at the way the champion is fighting?

00:50:38You know, he's hitting on the break,

00:50:39holding behind the neck, and a lot of low blows.

00:50:41Well, the majority of the time, that happens through frustration.

00:50:44I don't think he can hit the elusive Murphy on the chin.

00:50:47He's been trying pretty much for the past six, seven rounds,

00:50:50and he hasn't done that.

00:50:51Okay, let's go back down to ringside once again, Steve Albert.

00:50:53Steve?

00:50:54Thank you, Jim.

00:50:55It's Sugar Ray.

00:50:56We are getting ready for round eight.

00:50:57Lamar Murphy going right back at it now

00:51:00with Miguel Angel Gonzalez.

00:51:03They touch gloves.

00:51:04There is a respect here between these two fighters,

00:51:07but they are at war.

00:51:09We have not heard what's been happening in Lamar Murphy's corner,

00:51:12and pretty soon I'd like to hear what those guys think is going on.

00:51:16You know, I think they're giving him good instructions,

00:51:19and he's hanging right in here.

00:51:20I mean, you know, there's a very even fight up here

00:51:22with these two points deducted.

00:51:23He's still, Murphy, that is,

00:51:25he's still pushing the champion back.

00:51:26He's not allowing Gonzalez to come forward,

00:51:28set himself, and I really am just...

00:51:30Uh-oh, Bobby, Bobby.

00:51:32It's a warning.

00:51:33Here we go again.

00:51:33That's two warnings.

00:51:34I'm very disappointed in the right hand,

00:51:36the way it's being thrown by the champion.

00:51:38Now, powerful shots to the body by Gonzalez

00:51:41with right and left.

00:51:42Going downstairs and upstairs with right hooks and left hooks

00:51:45is Gonzalez the champion,

00:51:46opening things up here in round eight just a bit.

00:51:50Oh, he looks really cocky right now,

00:51:53dancing around, waiting for that little opening,

00:51:55head movement, crouching, moving inside.

00:51:58The countering jab, and then the straight right by Murphy.

00:52:02Combination by Gonzalez.

00:52:05Oh, he's all over the place now.

00:52:07Gonzalez, landing.

00:52:09Oh, he's beating a tattoo on the body

00:52:11and the head of Lamar.

00:52:12Now, here's where Lamar should shine in here,

00:52:14but he's letting Lamar get away.

00:52:16He should follow him in a corner now.

00:52:17Trigger.

00:52:18And Lamar's not really punching.

00:52:19You're kind of pulling little tippity-tap punches.

00:52:21It's not really on them.

00:52:22When he had him in a corner,

00:52:23he should have triggered it off.

00:52:24He didn't.

00:52:25Now, here's where Gonzalez is showing

00:52:27the will of a champion.

00:52:29He knows because of the point deductions,

00:52:31he might have some difficulty.

00:52:33This thing goes the distance,

00:52:34and he has come back more than once

00:52:36to win in tough situations

00:52:38and defend his title nine times.

00:52:41Combination landing there by Murphy.

00:52:43Murphy now pouring it on,

00:52:45snapping the head back of Gonzalez,

00:52:47but Gonzalez standing right in there

00:52:48and showing a very good chin

00:52:51despite what we said earlier.

00:52:52See, it's the speedy punches that are getting on Gonzalez.

00:52:55Right up, uppercut.

00:52:57Murphy going wild in that corner.

00:52:59What a play.

00:52:59Low blow by Gonzalez.

00:53:01Getting away with it.

00:53:02Murphy made the mistake of stopping

00:53:04and looking at the referee

00:53:04just when he had Gonzalez going.

00:53:07Three straight harrowing right hands.

00:53:08Hey, that's pretty good stuff from Lamar Murphy.

00:53:10What a chance to know this barrage here

00:53:12by the challenger, Murphy.

00:53:15And he certainly found the target.

00:53:17If this guy's got a weak chin, Bobby,

00:53:18I don't know.

00:53:19And you know what?

00:53:20Murphy's punches are not that heavy.

00:53:21From quick combinations,

00:53:23they're not that heavy shot.

00:53:26Lamar Murphy, undefeated, 18-0.

00:53:29But this, his biggest opponent thus far

00:53:33in his young career.

00:53:35Lamar Murphy acting like

00:53:37it's just another fight in the overtime.

00:53:38He's certainly not giving him respect.

00:53:40He's bowling him as the aggressor.

00:53:41And this round, he is pummeling the champion.

00:53:43If anything, Gonzalez showing too much respect

00:53:46to the challenge.

00:53:46You saw when they came out,

00:53:47he cut Murphy's glove.

00:53:50Oh, good luck.

00:53:51Champion keeps his head too high, Steve.

00:53:53Lamar Murphy opening up on Gonzalez.

00:53:57That's the bell sound.

00:54:00Excellent, excellent work by Lamar Murphy.

00:54:03First big, big, big round.

00:54:05Let's listen.

00:54:06How are you, all right?

00:54:08Let's do it.

00:54:11You don't want this, motherfucker.

00:54:12You, you, I'm down, little motherfucker, all right?

00:54:15You did that.

00:54:16That's how you do it.

00:54:16You won that round.

00:54:17All right?

00:54:18I want more of that, Murphy.

00:54:19All right?

00:54:20How you feel?

00:54:21I want more of that.

00:54:22Keep feeling good.

00:54:23All right?

00:54:23I want you to try to double up the fucking hook.

00:54:25Double up the hook.

00:54:26You're getting in.

00:54:27You're getting in close.

00:54:27That's good.

00:54:28But, Murphy, you ain't using that short stick.

00:54:30All right, let's take a look at this rapid-fire machine gun-like punching that he did.

00:54:35Right hand.

00:54:36Right hand again.

00:54:38All double combinations and ending up with left and right.

00:54:42Murphy was cooking, and especially the right hand was landing with efficiency.

00:54:46And that's just one of the exchanges.

00:54:48Bobby, take a look at the second one.

00:54:50You know, as he comes to the end of the round, he's doing it again.

00:54:52He's pushing him back.

00:54:53And the champion's standing, too, straight up on the ropes.

00:54:55Look at his head's up.

00:54:56His head's in the air.

00:54:57Right hand, left foot.

00:54:58Murphy's not punching big.

00:54:59Quick and accurate.

00:55:00What an interesting round.

00:55:02That last round was round A.

00:55:04Gonzalez controlled the first minute.

00:55:06Then Murphy dominated the second minute.

00:55:08And the third was even until a late Murphy flurry caught Gonzalez on the ropes.

00:55:13We are into round nine for the WBC lightweight title.

00:55:17The champion, Gonzalez, in the black and the challenger, Murphy, in the red.

00:55:21Well, Murphy should have gotten an injection of adrenaline from that round because he was looking good.

00:55:26He was cooking.

00:55:27He's got two points taken away from the champion.

00:55:30And you know what?

00:55:30This stuff is right here for him to take.

00:55:32He can take the championship.

00:55:34Unless we got some bizarre night in Vegas, this is up for grabs.

00:55:38Peter C. Gonzalez now looking a little more desperate, chasing Murphy, literally running after.

00:55:43Murphy in very cocky fashion with his hands down low, dancing around.

00:55:50Gonzalez digging to the body.

00:55:52He's at low blow points.

00:55:53It's up in rounds two and six.

00:55:56Yeah, Bobby, but you call it exactly right in that.

00:55:59Up before that, he looked like he'd read the last page of the script.

00:56:01He knows how this is going to end up.

00:56:02He's going to knock the guy.

00:56:03Now he looks desperate.

00:56:04Now he's, uh-oh, I'm going to start fighting some.

00:56:06This could be getting away.

00:56:08Much more desperate.

00:56:09Gonzalez has 29 knockouts and 37 victories.

00:56:14He's in jeopardy of losing his WBC lightweight title and his first fight in 38 bouts.

00:56:22Against an unheralded fighter.

00:56:23Good right hook there by Gonzalez that landed.

00:56:27Now the quickness of the hands of Gonzalez, but the unflappable Murphy standing right in there.

00:56:33Here's where Murphy gives away the rounds, just not firing back, not landing the combinations, waiting, slipping, trying to throw one big haymaker.

00:56:39He can't do that.

00:56:40He's got to work.

00:56:41Yeah, it's as if he was so satisfied with that last round, he didn't have to do anything this time, just rest a little bit.

00:56:46And that's bad.

00:56:47Particularly, yes, against the champion in Las Vegas.

00:56:50We all know how difficult it is to win a decision.

00:56:52I don't care how many points have been deducted against the champion in Las Vegas.

00:56:56Best way is to put him on the canvas.

00:56:59Well, at least fight with that ferocity that he was showing there.

00:57:01Right now, he's, like, taking the whole round off.

00:57:04He has nothing, nothing.

00:57:08And it might well be that between the body shots and that big, exhaustive campaign that he launched there that he was getting tired.

00:57:14But he needs a round off.

00:57:17A relatively inactive round here for the challenger, Lamar Murphy.

00:57:23Losing that fire and spirit that we saw earlier as the champion continues to pour in, go to the body.

00:57:30Oh, boy.

00:57:31Was that a low blow, Bobby?

00:57:32It's a good thing the referee was on the other side.

00:57:35Whoa.

00:57:35Mitch Halpern did not see it.

00:57:37We did.

00:57:38Now, Murphy again, going to the head.

00:57:39Left uppercut.

00:57:41Let's see some more.

00:57:42Let's see.

00:57:44I've heard he has not stopped throwing to the body.

00:57:47He's still whipping those punches in there.

00:57:48He's a well-trained fighter, Bobby.

00:57:50He got him this far.

00:57:51He's going to bend it.

00:57:57Win it, win it.

00:58:01Well, this event is being televised to around 90 countries, six continents.

00:58:07Here's the Spanish broadcast with Renato Morphy, John Gonzalez, and Ricardo Lopez.

00:58:14The WBC strawweight champ.

00:58:17There's Ricardo, who is watching very...

00:58:20Is that what you call a bash closely?

00:58:22He should be in Hollywood.

00:58:24Sort of cute.

00:58:27Ricardo Lopez, the WBC strawweight champion.

00:58:31Well, the arena is beginning to fill up.

00:58:33They're expecting 16,000 or 17,000.

00:58:37They've had to add seats here at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, as they eagerly anticipate

00:58:44the return of Mike Tyson coming up after the Selden-Hipp WBA heavyweight championship.

00:58:50He just said, in this round is where you win the championship.

00:59:01This corner has just told Gonzalez it's still up for grabs.

00:59:04In this round is where you win your championship.

00:59:07Well, Ferdi, I have this fight pretty much dead even right now, and these last three rounds

00:59:10make or break either one.

00:59:11Absolutely well.

00:59:13It is close, and we still got the third element, Mitch, who could just disqualify him, and that

00:59:18would be horrendous.

00:59:20Round 10, scheduled for 12 for the WBC lightweight championship.

00:59:26Miguel Angel Gonzalez, I think with a lot more than he bargained for against the unheralded

00:59:32but undefeated challenger, Lamar Cochise Murphy.

00:59:35Well, at this point, I have the champion at 85-84, and they split those two rounds, and

00:59:40it is going to be interesting to watch the scoring in this.

00:59:45But if it's work, if they judge by work, then you've got to give it to Gonzalez.

00:59:49He's outworked Lamar.

00:59:50Lamar has stood still, like he's doing that in the last round in this one.

00:59:54Gonzalez is popping that jab, and coming around with the overhand right.

00:59:59No knockdown to this fight.

01:00:01Now back comes Murphy, but as you pointed out, Bob, I just have to wonder how much power

01:00:07is behind those Murphy punches, because they don't seem to be having that much effect on

01:00:10Gonzalez.

01:00:11They look good, but you don't know how hard they are.

01:00:13But he's not even totally on the ground with some of them.

01:00:14Stevie's leaping and just jabbing a right hand from an awkward stance, not even a good,

01:00:18solidly thrown one from the textbook position.

01:00:21Just quick in there, but not hard.

01:00:24From the folks in the Bob Euchre seats that pay $200, I guess, looks pretty good.

01:00:28Now Murphy can't take the rest of the round off like he has in the past.

01:00:54Previous rounds, he throws nice combinations, nice flurries, and then act as if he had to

01:00:58do nothing for the rest of the round.

01:00:59He can't do that.

01:01:01Well, he's doing it right now.

01:01:03Under a minute remaining in the 10th round, Benny Collins, who spent three years in the

01:01:07amateurs with Lamar Murphy, yelling from Murphy's corner, do the work.

01:01:10There's hardly anything left in Gonzalez's punches either, Bobby.

01:01:16Those two are not hard.

01:01:18This is not a man I could see taking who you'll say for Travis down at all.

01:01:21I am sorry.

01:01:22He's got a wake-up call if he thinks he can take that.

01:01:25Maybe in a year.

01:01:28Maybe in a year.

01:01:29Maybe in two.

01:01:30And that would be because Travis gets very, very, very old.

01:01:32Low blow again by Gonzalez and not seen by Mitch Halpert, or he let it go.

01:01:40You saw the expression on Murphy's face.

01:01:41Murphy on the attack.

01:01:43Mitch was right behind Lamar Murphy.

01:01:45He couldn't see that.

01:01:46Lamar Murphy now taking it out on the champion.

01:01:48I think it might have occurred to Halpert, too, that he's painted himself in a box.

01:01:52If he goes to go for that next one, he is in a box.

01:01:55Next disqualification.

01:01:56Come on!

01:01:58Come on!

01:01:59Come on!

01:01:59You shaking your head, but he's still doing it, bruh.

01:02:06You get the shit right, Murph.

01:02:09All right?

01:02:09Get it right, bruh.

01:02:10Because you shaking your head.

01:02:12You ain't doing shit.

01:02:13You saying, oh, you looking for the ref to help you, bruh.

01:02:15Nobody ain't going to help you.

01:02:16Nobody ain't going to help you.

01:02:18Help yourself, bruh.

01:02:19All right?

01:02:20Help yourself.

01:02:22Be tired of this shit, Murph.

01:02:23You need it.

01:02:24You need it.

01:02:25You understand what I'm saying?

01:02:26You got to fucking work.

01:02:27You got to work.

01:02:28That's why he's hitting you low, bruh.

01:02:29That's why he's doing all this dirty shit.

01:02:30He is tired.

01:02:31That motherfucker's dead on his feet.

01:02:33All right?

01:02:33Let's take a look at this work.

01:02:35Now, as Bobby says, these punches are coming from every which way, but they're not hard.

01:02:39And he is also getting hammered.

01:02:41As you can see from that vantage shot, Gonzalez shot a right hand that landed right on the jaw.

01:02:45They're exchanging punches, but neither are throwing anything good.

01:02:48Look at it from over at Bobby.

01:02:49From the overhead, you can see his feet.

01:02:51You look at Murphy's feet.

01:02:52They're not really planted.

01:02:53He's just jumping around.

01:02:54He's sliding across the floor.

01:02:55Punches are grazing shots at best.

01:02:57They're not solid.

01:02:57They're quick, and they're annoying, but not big punches.

01:03:00This is uncharted territory for the challenger, Lamar Murphy, fighting past the 10th round

01:03:05for the first time.

01:03:06And this is 19th fight.

01:03:07Comes off a good round, does Murphy, as we head into the championship round.

01:03:12Round 11.

01:03:13Come on, baby.

01:03:14Come on, Murphy.

01:03:14You gotta go, baby.

01:03:16Let him, baby.

01:03:16This is for the WBC Lightweight Championship.

01:03:19Good left hook there by Murphy that landed.

01:03:21Gonzalez comes right back.

01:03:23Good.

01:03:24Digging to the ribs once again.

01:03:26And Mitch Halpern has to dive into the tube.

01:03:30And he's going to have a little discussion.

01:03:33Come on, come on.

01:03:34Come on, let's go.

01:03:35Gonzalez claiming he got hit in the back and ahead.

01:03:38I wonder if there's ever been a double disqualification.

01:03:41Ha!

01:03:42Ha!

01:03:43If it happens, it'll happen in Las Vegas.

01:03:45What is that, a technical draw?

01:03:47Don't even bring it up.

01:03:51Lamar's fighting with much more real and much more excitement.

01:03:53His corners told him and told him hard.

01:03:55Nobody can help you but yourself.

01:03:57Don't look at the referee.

01:03:58Do it yourself.

01:03:59This is where that experience counts, Steve.

01:04:00This is that championship quality that many fighters try to get

01:04:04but can't seem to get a handle on.

01:04:06What to do in the last two rounds.

01:04:08When and where to pick your spots and unload.

01:04:10We talked about this going into the fight with you.

01:04:12A two-time world champion knows the feeling.

01:04:15And we also brought out the point that Gonzalez has the heart,

01:04:18the will of a champion.

01:04:19He knows when it really counts.

01:04:22Let it go!

01:04:25Let it go, Murph!

01:04:26Hey, stop watching.

01:04:26Stop watching.

01:04:27Sit back.

01:04:28A busy Mitch Helper.

01:04:29Again, has to break the two up.

01:04:34And you can see the exhaustion.

01:04:36Both very tired midway through the 11th round.

01:04:39Now both beginning to lean on each other.

01:04:41Oh, good.

01:04:41Right hook there by Gonzalez.

01:04:43That tag.

01:04:44The challenger, Murphy, right in the jaw.

01:04:46Murphy kept coming.

01:04:47The punches that Gonzalez was throwing are not well set.

01:04:50They're not big punches.

01:04:51They don't stop Murphy, that's for sure.

01:04:53But then again, when Murphy gets there, he doesn't deliver anything big either.

01:04:57Murphy just keeps coming forward.

01:05:02Good head move by Murphy to elude those shots by Gonzalez.

01:05:05And Murphy once again coming straight ahead.

01:05:08He landed with a left hook, did Murphy?

01:05:10You know, I'm an equally big fan of Ricardo Lopez, as I am of Luis Cesar Chavez.

01:05:16And pound for pound, this fighter's not better than either of the two.

01:05:19Well, at least not here tonight.

01:05:21Well, he's got a tough nut in front of him, too.

01:05:24And he's a tough kid.

01:05:25Lamar Murphy from the overtime in Miami is tough.

01:05:28And look at this flurry by Murphy.

01:05:31He's got Gonzalez against the ropes.

01:05:34Murphy just wailing away left, right.

01:05:37Murphy's letting his hunger take over.

01:05:39His hunger for that title.

01:05:40He is pouring it on.

01:05:42And this is what he needs to do to steal around, and he's stealing it,

01:05:44because that was good, good action by Murphy.

01:05:46And he's still there.

01:05:47A left hook by Murphy.

01:05:48What an assault.

01:05:49Then he digs to the rib.

01:05:51All of his repertoire being shown here.

01:05:53Ten seconds in the round.

01:06:07Man, want to finish that round.

01:06:09That one, Murphy, that round, and things are getting interesting again.

01:06:15All right, let's go to the blue corner.

01:06:18We need the last round.

01:06:19We need the last round.

01:06:21You need a fucking breaking up inside.

01:06:23Let's go for it here.

01:06:24Fuck it up, baby.

01:06:24You got it.

01:06:25Last round.

01:06:26May I say something?

01:06:29That's the difference between the ghetto and the very few.

01:06:36This is the last round.

01:06:39It's up to you.

01:06:40You've got to go from the distance.

01:06:41This is a championship.

01:06:42You've got to go at your distance at your place.

01:06:45Let's take a look at that action where Lamar won that round

01:06:49and brings this fight into range for Lamar.

01:06:52It is still touch and go as we come to the end

01:06:55and much heavier punches and much more damage being done by Lamar Murphy.

01:07:01Excellent action by Lamar Murphy.

01:07:03Well, here we go.

01:07:08The 12th and final round for the WVC lightweight title.

01:07:12Again, Gonzalez showing the respect and then going right at the head of Lamar Murphy.

01:07:17Gonzalez was in trouble in several of his title defenses, but he always found a way to win.

01:07:22And he's 37-0, 29 knockouts.

01:07:25And Gonzalez hasn't shown that he can't connect yet with a big punch here.

01:07:30And Murphy showing he has the heart of a champion, too.

01:07:34Remember what happened here last week with Vincent Pettway and Paul Vate?

01:07:38I had Vate and Ware head and all three judges had Pettway head by a round.

01:07:42So right now, my best guess is the champion is a couple of points ahead and can't lose this fight.

01:07:46Yeah.

01:07:48I have my head by one, and it could be a draw, but I doubt it.

01:07:51I mean, it could be.

01:07:52I guess the lesson that we all learned from that Pettway-Vate fight is if there's any indecision,

01:08:01if you're not sure, just go for it.

01:08:04Go, I mean, finish strong.

01:08:05Yep, that's almost the definition of championship fighting and championship heart.

01:08:09The guy that goes out in the field.

01:08:10Here he goes.

01:08:11Look at that.

01:08:11He's going at it right here.

01:08:13Lamar Murphy landing to the head of Gonzalez.

01:08:17This is where Lamar Murphy has won his round, pushing the champion to the corner,

01:08:21and take advantage of his lack of speed and his inability to get out of the way of Murphy's punching.

01:08:26There's a crisp left hook by Gonzalez to the head of Murphy.

01:08:31Murphy standing right in there showing a terrific chin.

01:08:36Halfway through the final round for the title.

01:08:47Murphy showing more energy than Gonzalez here in the last round.

01:08:51Gonzalez looking worn out.

01:08:56Murphy's doing what he has to do is to look fresh, look hard, punching harder there.

01:09:01Neither one of them are hurting each other, but the champion looks weary, and his punches are nothing.

01:09:07Less than a minute to go in the final round.

01:09:09And Lamar Murphy showing the ring generalship.

01:09:14He is dictating the pace.

01:09:18Well, those two rounds as they took those points away now figure very, very big.

01:09:22But here comes Gonzalez beginning to open up.

01:09:24But Gonzalez there, landed a nice combination.

01:09:27He stayed off the ropes.

01:09:28He's back at the ropes.

01:09:28He took a step forward and dove into Lamar Murphy with punches as opposed to just keeping his head straight up on the ropes where he was getting killed.

01:09:36Gonzalez in almost desperate fashion here going right back at Murphy.

01:09:40But Murphy very wisely tying Gonzalez up whenever Gonzalez gets loose.

01:09:44Trying to control the fight.

01:09:4620 seconds and counting in the final round.

01:09:50And a strong finish here for Murphy.

01:09:52He tries to keep it going.

01:09:57Gonzalez pressed up against the ropes.

01:09:58Now he backs off.

01:10:00Five seconds to go in the championship fight.

01:10:03And you'll hear a roar from the crowd.

01:10:05Oh, Gonzalez with some dirty tactics hitting after the bell.

01:10:12Well, it's been that kind of a night for Gonzalez.

01:10:15A low blow festival against him.

01:10:19Well, those points that are taken away are going to be of significant impact on this decision.

01:10:26Unless I'm very wrong.

01:10:28This is very close.

01:10:29I have it a draw.

01:10:29Bobby, I think you have it one point for the champion.

01:10:32What have you got?

01:10:33I think I have the one point for Murphy.

01:10:34But I'll tell you what, right now it's so difficult to tell the two points.

01:10:37I think with a swing, I thought the champion won the fight.

01:10:39But with the points taken away, I thought it was off the fight.

01:10:42And Gonzalez ends the fight the way he started it on his knees, praying.

01:10:45And he may need a lot of help.

01:10:47Well, there he, that prayer is indicated.

01:10:49I mean, the first one might not have been necessary, but the second one is necessary.

01:10:53Oh, please give me a Las Vegas decision.

01:10:57Murphy picked off a lot of punches from Gonzalez with his gloves.

01:11:01But if the judges didn't see it that way, Gonzalez retains his title.

01:11:05We shall see in a moment.

01:11:06Omar Minton from Mexico.

01:11:08Dalby Shirley of Las Vegas and Daniel Van Der Weyl of Belgium are the three judges here.

01:11:15Hitch Alvarez had to deduct a couple of points for low blows.

01:11:18Rounds two and six from the champion, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, who is in jeopardy of losing

01:11:23the title and losing his first fight.

01:11:25Murphy also undefeated.

01:11:27And, uh, Lamar Murphy waiting around to see if he has upset the four-to-one favorite,

01:11:35Miguel Angel Gonzalez, for the WBC Lightweight Championship.

01:11:38Gonzalez came in with high praise.

01:11:41All the advertisements.

01:11:42He was the next Julio Cesar Chavez.

01:11:44He was telling everybody he could beat Chavez.

01:11:46He wants Chavez.

01:11:46He wants Oscar de la Hoya.

01:11:48But, uh, quite frankly, he didn't put on the kind of impressive performance that we thought

01:11:54he would here tonight.

01:11:55And that may be because of this man, Lamar Murphy, who is getting all the hugs in the corner.

01:12:01Benny Collins, the trainer.

01:12:04This goes all the way.

01:12:06The distance, 12 rounds.

01:12:07And it is taking quite some time to get the scorecard.

01:12:12Momentarily, we'll throw it up to Jimmy Leonard Jr. to get the official word.

01:12:16But right now, just like you, we stand by.

01:12:19It was very tense up there in the ring, particularly for this man.

01:12:25Miguel Angel Gonzalez, the champion.

01:12:29Looks like Jimmy Leonard Jr. is ready with the decision.

01:12:32So let's throw it up to our ring announcer, Jimmy Leonard Jr.

01:12:34Ladies and gentlemen, after 12 rounds of boxing, we have a majority decision.

01:12:44And here are the score totals.

01:12:45Judge at ringside, Daniel Vanderveel scores about 114, 114, even a draw.

01:12:52Judge at ringside, Omar Minkun scores about 117 to 109.

01:12:59And Dolby Shirley scores at 114 to 112 in favor of the winner, still undefeated, and still champion,

01:13:09Miguel Angel Gonzalez.

01:13:14As you can hear from the crowd reaction, a very unpopular decision, a majority decision,

01:13:20for Miguel Angel Gonzalez, who retains his title, and a fight is breaking out in the ring.

01:13:29It is Bedlam in the ring.

01:13:30The security is running into the ring.

01:13:37People are just wailing away, and we've got ourselves a full-scale riot in the ring.

01:13:43As the security force here at the MGM Grand pounces into the situation.

01:13:48Let's see if we can see who's in the center of it all.

01:13:51That looks like Murphy's trainer.

01:13:53That could be Collins in there.

01:13:59Benny Collins in the center of it.

01:14:00There he is in the blue jacket.

01:14:03And I'm not exactly sure who the combatants were after the fight.

01:14:09I don't know, Steve, but there were a lot of good, clean punches thrown by a lot of different people.

01:14:14Meanwhile, Lamar Murphy playing to the crowd, arousing this crowd even more.

01:14:19They thought that he should have won the fight.

01:14:21You know what?

01:14:21I thought he should have won the fight, too, Steve.

01:14:23The fight was close, but I thought Murphy did the job.

01:14:26I thought he worked and hustled a little more.

01:14:27He gave away a lot of the middle rounds by just not working.

01:14:29But with the points and everything working out, the fouls, I had Murphy winning the fight.

01:14:34But, hey, I've been wrong in Las Vegas many times.

01:14:37What a way to start this fight card.

01:14:44In fact, it is so crowded and so wacky in that ring right now.

01:14:48Jimmy Leonard Jr. is off to my left making the announcement.

01:14:51He wants Lamar Murphy embracing his printer, Benny Collins, who was in the center of that break.

01:14:57I'm not exactly sure who he was going at.

01:14:59Obviously, they are distraught over this decision.

01:15:03What a wild scene here to launch this four-fight card.

01:15:08It has only just begun.

01:15:10Meanwhile, Lamar Murphy is escorted out by his printer, Benny Collins.

01:15:15And hearing it from the crowd, most of whom thought he won this fight.

01:15:20Instead, it's a majority decision to the champion in controversial fashion, Miguel Angel Gonzalez.

01:15:26Who now goes to 38 and 0.

01:15:28Remains with 29 knockouts.

01:15:29Meanwhile, Murphy loses his first fight as he slips to 18 and 1.

01:15:34Again, you hear the boos from the crowd as they react to Miguel Angel Gonzalez.

01:15:41An unpopular victory here in Las Vegas tonight.

01:15:43The 24-year-old Gonzalez making his 10th defense of the WBC Lightweight Championship.

01:15:51And he wins it by majority decision.

01:15:53Now 11 and 0 in world title bouts.

01:15:56He took this one the hard way.

01:15:58He had a couple of points, disqualified because of low blows.

01:16:02And he's lucky he didn't get disqualified altogether.

01:16:04Steve, those low blows were plentiful and they just kept on coming.

01:16:08But he would not move off that body attack.

01:16:11Meanwhile, Lamar Murphy unsuccessful in his first world title shot.

01:16:15His first defeat.

01:16:15His record slips to 18 and 1.

01:16:17But most of the fans here, and as you can see, the MGM Grand has just about filled up.

01:16:23Most of the fans thought that Murphy won.

01:16:26So it's one down, three to go.

01:16:28Coming up next, the WBA Heavyweight Championship.

01:16:31As Bruce Shelton makes his first title defense against Joe Hipp here at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.

01:16:36This ought to be interesting.

01:16:38We're set now for post-fight interviews.

01:16:40Let's go up to the ring of the fight, Dr. Ferdi Pacheco.

01:16:43Okay.

01:16:45Do you know that if they would have given you another warning by the referee,

01:16:55it would have been a disqualification?

01:16:56You lose the title?

01:16:56Yeah, I think the referee was overly on my case.

01:17:12The punches weren't that low.

01:17:13They were to the part that didn't hurt.

01:17:15And so therefore, he thought the referee picked him.

01:17:18Did you think you won the fight?

01:17:19Did you think you won the fight?

01:17:21Yeah, definitely.

01:17:22I think it was very similar.

01:17:23I have to recognize the match very similar.

01:17:26However, the fight was decided in the last rounds, where I forced the fight.

01:17:31I felt that by those points that the referee dropped me, it was supposed to be a bit complicated.

01:17:36And so it was, but if we analyzed the fight, I think I was the one who took the fight,

01:17:42the one who forced the fight all the time.

01:17:43And that in the last rounds, I definitely won the fight.

01:17:47All right.

01:17:48He thinks it was a very close fight.

01:17:50That, uh, the translation being that he thought he won the fight because he won the last rounds

01:17:55and he was the aggressor, and he definitely thought he won the fight.

01:17:58So from this champion to Jim Gray at Rickside.

01:18:04Okay.

01:18:05Thank you very much, Ferdi.

01:18:06Did you feel as though you won the fight, Lamar?

01:18:08Of course.

01:18:08You heard the crowd.

01:18:10You know what I'm saying?

01:18:11You heard the crowd, man.

01:18:12That's all I got to say.

01:18:13I don't got too much to say.

01:18:14Hey, it's just like Chavez and Randall the second time.

01:18:18Everybody knows he won, but hey, he from Mexico, no problem.

01:18:22But, you know, we respect our American people to the back of, and you know what?

01:18:25They did.

01:18:26You feel as though you were cheated by the referees, then?

01:18:28Of course.

01:18:28To judge it.

01:18:29Of course.

01:18:29But, hey, I can take it.

01:18:31You know what I'm saying?

01:18:31I'm a champ.

01:18:32And you avoid it.

01:18:33I'm a champ regardless.

01:18:34Anybody, you take a poll, you take a poll from anybody, and they say Lamar Murphy won the fight.

01:18:38You know it.

01:18:39I know it.

01:18:39Am I right?

01:18:39Do you know it?

01:18:40Randall just by and congratulated you.

01:18:42He's been through this.

01:18:43What did he tell you?

01:18:44I'm the champ.

01:18:45I'm the new champ.

01:18:46You say the champ, keep your head up.

01:18:47Keep your head up.

01:18:47My food chair in front of me.

01:18:48Because you're the champ.

01:18:49So?

01:18:49What about the low blow?

01:18:50The X-Cainal ass?

01:18:51No, it ain't bothering me, but damn.

01:18:53I want the ref to see it, though.

01:18:54You know, if I would have started doing it, he probably would have...

01:18:56He would have disqualified him.

01:18:57You know that.

01:18:58He would have disqualified him.

01:18:59So you obviously won a rematch.

01:19:01Of course.

01:19:01I kept the fight clean.

01:19:02Not only we want a rematch, the people want a rematch.

01:19:07Because that was a hell of a fight.

01:19:08Lamar won it, took it to the distance, and almost knocked him out three times.

01:19:12Am I right?

01:19:13Replay the film.

01:19:15Replay the film.

01:19:16Low blows all through every round.

01:19:18What is the...

01:19:18How rough is this?

01:19:20In the back of my head.

01:19:21In the back of the head.

01:19:21We went in there with a straight fight, and they still cheated.

01:19:26Come on.

01:19:27And then they want to start some records after the fight.

01:19:29Yeah, what happened after the fight?

01:19:31They jumped on my lawyer.

01:19:32They jumped on his lawyer.

01:19:33It's all similar.

01:19:34And similar is going to stand up for his rights.

01:19:36Just like me, I'm going to stand up for my rights.

01:19:38Were you inciting the crowd just a little bit, though?

01:19:40That could have really gotten out of hand.

01:19:42It did.

01:19:42Of course.

01:19:42You heard the crowd when I almost had him out.

01:19:46Of course I incited the crowd.

01:19:47I think the crowd wanted to see more of me.

01:19:49All right.

01:19:49Lamar, congratulations for a great fight.

01:19:51We look forward to the rematch.

01:19:52Steve?

01:19:53All right.

01:19:53Thank you very much, Jim.

01:19:54This crowd is now in a very surly, ornery mood after that first very unpopular decision.

01:20:03Most thought that Lamar Murphy won the fight rather than the champion Miguel Ángel Gonzalez,

01:20:09who took it by a majority of the decisions.

01:20:11Let's take a look back at the chaos in the ring after the actual fight took place.

01:20:16The two camps went at each other.

01:20:18Somebody from the Gonzalez camp, and somebody, I believe it was the trainer there, Benny Collins.

01:20:26There's Benny.

01:20:27Yep, there was Benny.

01:20:28From the Murphy camp, his trainer.

01:20:30And they got each other in a headlock.

01:20:33And then somebody else coming in there from the Murphy camp, as I can tell by the colors of their outfits,

01:20:40and really getting in some shots, Bobby.

01:20:43I'll tell you what.

01:20:43There were some good uppercuts and right hands thrown in this fight.

01:20:46They obviously taught their fighters well because they know what they were doing.

01:20:49Now, the question is, which was the better fight?

01:20:52Well, certainly the fight was a better fight.

01:20:54But for crowd's sake, you know, it's like a hockey game.

01:20:56It's going to be more exciting when regular people and the spectators dive in the ring and start doing it.

01:21:01So a wild start to what we thought would be a long night, and it probably will be with this first fight getting off to a 12-round start.

01:21:12And this crowd just settling in now.

01:21:19All right, let's take a look at some of the action now as we introduce a new addition to our broadcast, the Telestrator.

01:21:24Bobby Ches is at the controls.

01:21:26And, Bobby, take it away.

01:21:28Well, what we have here, Steve, is what was, if the fight was won by Murphy, how he won it, okay?

01:21:33You take a look.

01:21:35You see the ropes here.

01:21:35These are the ropes.

01:21:36This, the champion constantly has his back against the ropes, and he stands straight up.

01:21:40Murphy comes in, throws the punches.

01:21:42He comes in quick, right up the middle, quick, quick, quick, and uppercuts and hooks around.

01:21:46And you watch it.

01:21:47When his back's to the rope and his head is high, those punches are very effective.

01:21:56Now his head goes up in here.

01:21:57You'll see it.

01:21:57See?

01:21:58That's when he's affected.

01:21:59That's when Murphy was doing the job.

01:22:01He kept the champion's head like that up on the ropes.

01:22:03Now, that was only a brief moment, but in the corners, the exact same things was happening.

01:22:07Keeps his head up on the ropes.

01:22:09And that's, I think, I think that's what made the crowd feel that Murphy won.

01:22:13And I'll be honest with you, I thought he won, too.

01:22:18All right.

01:22:18So there's not much more to say.

01:22:20You thought that Murphy won the fight.

01:22:23And what helped Murphy, too, were the two low blows, the points being taken away.

01:22:27More than two low blows, but the point deductions.

01:22:29Oh, certainly more than two low blows.

01:22:30There was at least 10, 15 low blows clean that we could see.

01:22:33But I think with the two points, he was clearly the winner.

01:22:35He took some time off in the middle rounds.

01:22:37His corner knows he did.

01:22:38They were telling him to stop doing that, to do some things, to fight back, to push him.

01:22:41And when he came forward, unbelievably so, he was the stronger, better fighter.

01:22:46I thought the champion's forte was to come forward, Steve, and it just wasn't that way.

01:22:49I agree with you, too.

01:22:50I thought Murphy won the fight.

01:22:52And you can probably just chalk it up to another wild and wacky, controversial Las Vegas decision.

01:22:58We're in Las Vegas, a city like no other.

01:22:59And we're seeing decisions and events like nowhere else.

01:23:03Now, the question is, is this a harbinger of things to come?

01:23:05I mean, we've only just begun, and we haven't even come close to the Tyson fight yet.

01:23:09You know, I don't know, and I don't want to predict.

01:23:12I'm a prognosticator only of the Pugilist again, not anything else that happened.

01:23:16Well, this is the place to be if you can do that.

01:23:18You're an odds maker.

01:23:19All right.

01:23:20Well, Bobby, Mike Tyson is not the only Mike captivating crowd tonight here at the MGM Grand.

01:23:25And earlier, our Jim Gray had a chat with another one who is headlining right here at this big hotel.

01:23:33Guys, thank you very much.

01:23:35I'm joined by a man whose face you probably do not recognize, but whose voice and whose name is extremely recognizable.

01:23:41Michael Crawford, the Phantom of the Opera, who is now starring here at the MGM Grand.

01:23:45Just across the way from the fight, and unfortunately, he can't be with us at the fight tonight

01:23:49because his show is just about ready to begin.

01:23:51The FX show, a spectacular show.

01:23:53But you're a big fight fan.

01:23:54You're sorry you're missing this, aren't you?

01:23:55I am indeed.

01:23:56And so one of the worst contracts I've ever made, working 7.30 and 10.30 shows tonight with all that noise going on next door.

01:24:02I mean, it's very tantalizing.

01:24:04You have a very, very special memory about Mike Tyson, don't you?

01:24:08I do have a special memory.

01:24:10The last time I went to see him fight was in Atlantic City, and I was doing Phantom of the Opera in New York.

01:24:16And I got a new girlfriend, and my makeup girl for Phantom, I thought, I'm going to give him a special treat.

01:24:22We'll go to Atlantic City, see this fight against Sphinx.

01:24:25And Billy Joel got me the tickets, and I was up there, great seats.

01:24:30And I'm sitting down, the bell goes for the first round.

01:24:33I look at the girls, I say, isn't it great that we're here?

01:24:35And I look back, and he's knocked Sphinx out.

01:24:38I didn't see him lay one punch on him.

01:24:40It was, it was, so, and tonight I'm not going to see him.

01:24:43I said, maybe I'm very lucky to him.

01:24:45Hand the squirmer in the eye.

01:24:46Yeah, yeah.

01:24:47You found that out with boxing.

01:24:48Yeah.

01:24:48I understand, however, that you have an opponent for Tyson that you're a trainer.

01:24:52Well, I've got a fella here that could be, well, we could line up for the next opponent.

01:24:58Look at this.

01:25:00He's working in the show here at the MGM, in effects, and he's quite a, well, he's quite a hot fighter.

01:25:07Seems to use his combinations pretty well.

01:25:08Looks like he has a pretty wicked left.

01:25:10Yeah.

01:25:10And if you recognize, I think, you see that?

01:25:13Look.

01:25:13And he's got Don King's haircut, so I think.

01:25:16Spewing fire, he might be ready for Tyson.

01:25:18Michael, it's good to see you.

01:25:19Thanks for joining us.

01:25:20Thank you, Jim.

01:25:21All right, let's go back to ring fast.

01:25:22All right.

01:25:24Well, Michael Crawford, among others, has speculated about Mike Tyson's next opponent.

01:25:28That might be slightly premature.

01:25:31With that, let's go back to Jim Hill.

01:25:33All right, Steve, thank you very much.

01:25:35Well, Ray, when the decision was announced, you just shook your head.

01:25:38You didn't like it any more than the crowd here.

01:25:40Well, I tell you what, Lamar Murphy has nothing to hold his head down about.

01:25:43He fought a magnificent fight.

01:25:45He out-hustled the champion.

01:25:46He out-punched the champion.

01:25:47He was very elusive.

01:25:48He was a champion, as far as I was concerned.

01:25:51And to add further controversy to it, a fight broke out in the ring.

01:25:53But a young man that you're familiar with, Ollie Dunlap, was right in the middle of it.

01:25:56He used to work with you for a lot of years.

01:25:57Well, Jim, he would love to hear you say that he's a young man.

01:26:00But Ollie has been with me for a number of years.

01:26:02And he was trying to settle things a bit then.

01:26:04Man, what's next to this great event tonight, huh?

01:26:07You can't tell.

01:26:07I mean, you feel the electricity.

01:26:09You feel the question marks still looming up in the air.

01:26:11And we're ready for it.

01:26:13All right, Ray, stay right where you are.

01:26:15And I'm going to have to tell you that we have more coming up a little bit later on.

01:26:18We'll be talking to Sugar Ray Leonard a little bit more in our telecast.

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