Kevin Torian vs Raphael Carolina (11-07-2023) Full Fight
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00:00 (crowd talking)
00:02 - All right, boxers, your trunks are looking good.
00:04 Remember, protect yourselves at all times.
00:06 Listen to my commands at all times.
00:08 Any questions of me, touch gloves and come out swinging.
00:11 - Featured bout of the evening.
00:12 - Oh man, that's a stare down right there.
00:14 Here we go.
00:16 - Kevin Torian, two and oh two knockouts.
00:18 He's in the furry white and black trunks.
00:23 Rafael Carolina, one and two, one knockout.
00:25 Wendell, North Carolina, he's in the black
00:28 and white trunks.
00:29 Game was on with Albert Hainsworth
00:30 here at the Troubadour Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee.
00:33 - Yeah, I wanna see where did Torian get those trunks?
00:39 Where can I get a pair of trunks like that?
00:40 - I'm sure you're gonna ask him after the fight.
00:43 They actually look like they'd be good blankets.
00:47 I'm actually warm looking at it.
00:49 Carolina, he's coming off a unanimous decision defeat
00:56 and he gets hit with a hard right hand
00:58 to a pretty good amateur fighter,
01:01 young professional heavyweight Francis Oren.
01:03 That took place on June the 2nd.
01:05 You see the Southpaw.
01:09 - Good to see they're kinda measuring each other out.
01:18 - Carolina is staying a little straight up for my liking.
01:21 - Yeah.
01:22 - You don't like a guy being so straight up and down
01:26 where you see Torian, he's crouching a little bit
01:30 and being able to move a little bit like that.
01:33 - Yeah, also Carolina's head is just no movement,
01:38 especially no movement in Edelman's head right now.
01:41 But nobody's really throwing,
01:42 they're just pawing at each other.
01:44 - Quick shout out to box rec, Greg,
01:46 Greg Johnson, who's been tweeting
01:48 about the fights all night.
01:49 Gotta give him my customary shout out.
01:52 Oh, good left from Carolina.
01:55 - Right, keeps the boxing public.
01:57 And Rafael Carolina.
02:00 - He's coming out aggressive.
02:03 - Yeah, it's kind of an awkward style as well.
02:07 Good right for Torian, good jab at least.
02:10 - I wonder how Torian's gonna have to let his hands go.
02:20 He's gonna get more busy.
02:21 Or Carolina's won this round so far.
02:25 - Carolina's done a nice job at countering,
02:29 but now he's leading with the jab.
02:30 A good left from Carolina.
02:32 - I think Carolina's getting a little more confidence now.
02:41 You know, 'cause you got Vito.
02:46 - Good straight left and a little slapping right hook
02:50 from Rafael Carolina.
02:52 (crowd chanting)
02:54 Torian flicks the jab.
03:03 - He's gotta start flipping that jab.
03:05 - Left to the body from Carolina.
03:09 - Remember I was saying, I wanted to see him box.
03:12 You know, right now this guy,
03:13 when it's set for him, he's sitting straight,
03:15 but he's gonna throw punches.
03:17 You're gonna have to jab him to get him off of you.
03:21 - Good first round for Rafael Carolina.
03:25 - Yeah, he's definitely won this round.
03:27 Yeah, he's definitely won this round right now.
03:34 See a little bit right here.
03:39 Torian was throwing some good punches straight,
03:47 started out, and I guess he thought
03:49 that was gonna intimidate Carolina,
03:52 but right there you can see it didn't.
03:54 So I think that was only really the points
03:57 that Torian had right now.
04:00 They're definitely gonna have to see
04:07 how Torian takes his coaching.
04:10 This is his first time in the second round as well.
04:12 I mean, out of his two fights,
04:16 or this is his third fight, so.
04:18 - Actually, the last fight he won
04:19 in the second round against Calvin Early.
04:22 - Oh, did he, Early?
04:23 - But this is the first time
04:25 that a guy's kind of fought back against him,
04:28 which is probably more important.
04:30 - Yeah.
04:31 Yeah, that's definitely it.
04:34 - So, a little cleanup going on in Carolina's corner.
04:41 - In Torian's corner.
04:43 - Excuse me, Torian's corner.
04:44 - Yeah, he's gonna have to jab.
04:49 He's gonna have to jab and he's gonna have to cover up.
04:51 - There's a left and a right.
04:53 And this could be one of the reasons
04:57 why a lot of fighters early in their career
05:01 do not like to fight southpaws,
05:03 'cause it's a whole different look,
05:05 and it's a whole, you know,
05:06 and this guy's an awkward southpaw at that.
05:11 - Yeah, he is.
05:12 But he's right there.
05:17 - I know the guy, he just fought Francis Orin,
05:20 like I said, he was a prized amateur,
05:22 he's a smallish heavyweight, about 215 pounds,
05:26 and Carolina at least went the distance with him.
05:28 So that shows that he knows how to handle himself in there,
05:32 and he's shown that through the first round
05:34 and minute of this fight.
05:35 - Yeah, he's throwing,
05:39 he's throwing right down the pipe right now.
05:44 Vito's gonna definitely have to,
05:46 Torrey's gonna definitely have to like throw more,
05:49 'cause he's sitting right there,
05:50 he can't wait for that one punch.
05:52 That's the thing about boxing,
05:55 is you gotta box.
05:57 - Straight left from Carolina.
06:01 Again, you see, just touching with the left hand,
06:07 Torrey gets in a little right hook.
06:09 Nice jab from Carolina again.
06:14 (crowd cheering)
06:17 Torrey just would jab,
06:20 but Mario would be able to keep him off.
06:22 And he just sit up.
06:25 But Carolina's staying busy, he's tracking him down,
06:31 he's not running either.
06:33 - Good left hand from Carolina, good right from Torrey.
06:37 - Torrey, I mean, Carolina smiled at him,
06:44 after that big hit, so he could be hurt,
06:45 or could be thinking it's like funny.
06:48 - Jabbing contest.
06:57 Right from Torrey.
07:01 - You hear the crowd,
07:03 it's only they throw that right hand.
07:05 Throw that right hand.
07:06 - Well, usually the best punch against a southpaw
07:08 is that, the straight right hand.
07:09 - The straight right hand.
07:12 Back to the jab is Kevin Torrey.
07:14 - Throw it to right hand, one, two.
07:21 You gotta throw it one, two.
07:24 You gotta.
07:28 - We are halfway home, our main event.
07:36 Could an upset be brewing with Rafael Carolina?
07:42 (bell rings)
07:44 - Yeah, right now with,
07:45 right now I got Carolina up two.
07:49 Up two rounds, and for Torrey to come back,
07:53 he's gonna have to throw that.
07:55 - See some of the action,
07:57 there's a left that gets through,
07:58 and a right that comes back from Kevin Torrey.
08:01 - Yeah, he's gonna have to throw,
08:05 he's gonna throw the right hand.
08:10 - Carolina's had about 20 amateur fights,
08:14 he star boxed at the age of 18,
08:16 he just said, "I always wanted to box."
08:19 - Oh wow.
08:20 Pretty cool, just to like star boxing.
08:23 I mean, he's an awkward southpaw,
08:26 but you know, he's still, he's throwing punches,
08:31 he's landing, he's controlling the ring, I believe.
08:34 So, I mean, right now he's up on Torrey,
08:38 and who's the favorite?
08:39 - Carolina told me, you know,
08:45 he does a lot of odd jobs around North Carolina,
08:47 he works on trees, he details cars,
08:52 so he's kind of like a jack of all trades kind of guy
08:56 down in Wendell, North Carolina.
08:58 - Yeah, got us sitting here making money.
09:00 - And Carolina's coming out aggressive,
09:02 and lands a big left hand, and a right.
09:06 (crowd cheering)
09:09 Carolina kind of mixing it up a little bit,
09:13 mixing up his game plan,
09:15 where he was sitting back and jabbing,
09:17 and kind of touching with a straight left hand,
09:19 he went right after Kevin Torrey to start round three.
09:23 - Yeah, he did.
09:27 And now he's sitting here,
09:33 and Torrey, he's gonna lose this fight,
09:35 'cause he's not throwing.
09:37 - Yeah, and just touching with the left.
09:40 Not letting Torrey get into any type of rhythm at all.
09:43 - No, not at all.
09:44 And Torrey is not throwing that right hand,
09:47 he always keeps cocked.
09:49 I think this would be the perfect time
09:52 for him to throw the right hand.
09:54 - Torrey just misses with that left.
09:57 (crowd cheering)
10:00 Good straight left from Torrey.
10:05 - And he's tired.
10:12 - Everybody's saying, "Hey, you gotta throw your hands."
10:23 - There's a good left again from Torrey.
10:28 - Okay, we're gonna let that one go.
10:29 - Torrey's first few fights,
10:32 he was really bullying the guys,
10:36 and I think now this guy right here is not,
10:38 yeah, he's not intimidated at all.
10:41 Actually, he's stalking, and actually talking to Torrey.
10:44 - Got a lot of confidence.
10:47 - Yeah, and he's got some good shots that landed him.
10:56 - And he's a straight up fighter.
10:59 - A straight left again from Rafael Carolina.
11:02 Body shots, just missed for Carolina,
11:18 but he is dictating the action,
11:21 and I think he has so far in all three rounds, Albert.
11:25 (crowd cheering)
11:27 - Yeah, I've never seen Torrey like this,
11:31 as far as, I've only seen him two other times,
11:35 but actually the guy is tracking him down,
11:40 hawking him down, he's touching him, he's pointing.
11:44 10 rounds, he's gonna have to go for a knockout
11:48 this next round for Torrey to win.
11:50 - There's a left again at the bell.
11:55 He give that round to Rafael Carolina as well?
11:59 - I'm gonna give that round to Rafael Carolina.
12:02 He was the one more busy, he was the one touching him,
12:05 and Torrey was kinda just waiting.
12:08 He had that right hand cocked and didn't throw it at all.
12:11 - On the very unofficial scorecard of Albert Hainsworth,
12:14 as you see some of the action of round three,
12:21 but Rafael Carolina just went right after him.
12:24 I would expect to see Carolina do the same thing,
12:30 being that he's in Torrey's hometown, he's gonna roll you,
12:34 I mean, we think it's three-nothing, but we don't know that.
12:38 - Yeah, we don't know that, you know,
12:40 we have the professional judges that have been great,
12:45 and so, but my unprofessional opinion,
12:51 I think Carolina is up.
12:53 - Fourth and final round.
13:01 - To me personally, I think Torrey is gonna have to
13:05 knock this guy out to win.
13:06 No more decision, and right now he's not,
13:10 unless he's cocking for that right hand.
13:14 - Carolina going after Torrey again,
13:17 he pushes him into the rope.
13:18 (crowd cheering)
13:21 - Yeah.
13:22 - As the great Bobby Chez used to say on his broadcast,
13:28 Kevin Torrey is at the point of no return,
13:32 meaning he needs a knockout.
13:33 - Yeah, he definitely needs a knockout.
13:35 Right now, I don't see that happening.
13:39 He's not throwing his--
13:45 - Good right hand from Torrey,
13:47 maybe his best punch of the fight.
13:50 Is it too little, too late?
13:51 Kevin Torrey with his best flurry of the fight.
14:00 Good left.
14:01 And he eats a hard left from Carolina.
14:16 - Carolina wasn't intimidated at all with that flurry.
14:19 - Good left again from Torrey, he gets through.
14:23 We are halfway home.
14:26 A spirited fourth and final round,
14:30 as Kevin Torrey is trying to work himself
14:33 back into this fight.
14:35 Hard right land.
14:39 - Gotta keep going.
14:41 I think that actually hurt Carolina.
14:45 Carolina came right back.
14:47 - Gotta keep throwing those hands.
14:53 Torrey has to keep throwing those hands
14:56 or he's not gonna give it to 'em.
14:58 - Torrey trying to push forward,
15:04 but Carolina's taking some good shots
15:06 and continues to be on the aggressive
15:10 the last minute of round four.
15:14 - 45, 40 seconds.
15:16 - Good left again, that may have hurt Torrey.
15:19 A left right to the head drives Torrey in back.
15:23 - I think that's from an exhaustion.
15:28 It looks like Torrey has winned it.
15:35 - Rafael Carolina.
15:37 May have just come into Nashville.
15:42 - And upset the hometown fighter.
15:46 Very good fight, good action fight,
15:55 well matched fight by Christy Martin
15:59 and everyone here a country box.
16:00 - What do you give that last round to?
16:09 It's Torrey, the first maybe minute and a half,
16:14 two minutes as we see some of the heavy leather
16:18 landed in round four.
16:20 - Really a lot of missed shots from Torrey.
16:24 A lot of them was like--
16:25 - There's a right that got in.
16:27 - Yep, there's another one.
16:29 - There was a hard right.
16:36 - That's where I think he should have kept attacking
16:38 'cause that kind of stunned him for a second.
16:40 - And here comes the,
16:41 I think we're gonna see the left hand now
16:42 that lands for Carolina, that really rocked, there it is.
16:46 That really rocked Torrey in back.
16:49 He definitely was stunned momentarily with that shot.
16:53 - That could have been counted as a,
16:56 I mean that could have been counted as a knockdown
16:58 because Torrey was holding onto the ropes,
17:01 they kind of stable itself.
17:03 - Nonetheless it was,
17:07 that ruled a knockdown and,
17:10 I mean a knockdown definitely would have
17:12 probably sealed the fight for Carolina.
17:15 - If he hasn't already.
17:17 - So we shall see.
17:23 JT Conway's waiting on the official decision.
17:28 - Yeah I would say right now I'd probably,
17:36 I would close like 3-1 or 4-0.
17:41 You know it just depends on how the judges,
17:43 but I think it'd be for Carolina, that's my,
17:45 you know that's just my opinion.
17:48 - JT Conway was just making sure he had
17:52 everything he needed in order,
17:54 so with this decision let's throw up to JT Conway.
17:58 - All right ladies and gentlemen,
17:59 let's hear it for these two warriors.
18:02 (crowd cheering)
18:06 Phenomenal fight, phenomenal fight all right.
18:09 Judge Jacob Nevin has this fight 39-37.
18:13 Judge Terry Hogan has the fight 40-36.
18:18 And David Hudson scored the fight 39-37
18:22 for your winner by unanimous decision,
18:26 Raviel Carolina.
18:29 (crowd cheering)
18:31 (crowd clapping)
18:34 There you have it, Raviel Carolina.