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00:00 Look at the tail of the tape here,
00:01 Paulie Balanagi for Estella and Thompson.
00:04 - 23 years old, Estella, the young prospect.
00:09 Thompson, 30 years old, but you know what?
00:11 Both undefeated and that's what counts.
00:13 Both guys have a hungry demeanor.
00:15 These guys weighed about the same,
00:16 just under the 154 pound limit,
00:18 and the reach, Estella with a half inch advantage.
00:21 Let's see how this plays out.
00:22 Two hungry, young, undefeated guys.
00:24 - So they both get to be undefeated, 11 and 0, 9 and 0,
00:28 but it's been against minimal competition.
00:31 This is the first time they've fought somebody
00:33 who's around their same level, especially record-wise.
00:36 So we've seen Estella here at Caribe Royale a few times.
00:40 He's from Orlando, rings the crowd,
00:43 as you can hear everybody cheering him on.
00:45 Thompson's been in the Midwest circuit around there,
00:49 representing the Chief, of course.
00:51 And you look at his opposition, not much resistance,
00:55 not much video you can find of him.
00:57 So it'll be interesting to see if he's as good
00:59 as his record indicates.
01:01 For Estella, we know that he's good,
01:03 it's just time for that young man to step it up.
01:05 - Yeah, yeah, Estella, obviously the more touted prospect,
01:08 but in this fight, it's two guys who have
01:12 this undefeated record, and Thompson had told us,
01:14 he's impressed with Estella's 0 on his record,
01:17 but at the same time, he's been in camp
01:18 with guys like Amir Khan and Terrence Crawford,
01:21 and he's been a sparring partner for those kind of guys.
01:23 So he said guys like Estella, prospects like Estella,
01:25 not gonna really affect his mentality, he's coming to win.
01:29 Two guys with a confident demeanor coming into the fight.
01:32 And when you have an 0 on your record,
01:33 that's usually how it works.
01:35 - And you look at Estella's trunks, I mean,
01:37 right away you're thinking Camacho, right?
01:39 - Oh yeah, that Puerto Rican influence
01:43 is always gonna be there.
01:44 - Yeah, that flair.
01:45 - Especially with the American Puerto Ricans,
01:47 you know, Camacho was Puerto Rican,
01:49 where a lot of times based in the US and New York,
01:52 Estella, Puerto Rican based in Orlando.
01:54 - Didn't you wear trunks like that a couple times?
01:55 - Yeah, well Camacho was one of my favorite fighters too.
01:57 (laughing)
01:58 - Come on, I gotta say.
01:59 - You don't have to be Puerto Rican
02:00 to love Camacho, man, come on.
02:01 - I gotta set up my man, Polly Malignaggi,
02:03 anytime I can get the Camacho reference in for him.
02:05 And you see, Thompson just keep going straight chiefs red.
02:12 - Good jab there by Estella, nice and switched it up.
02:15 Doesn't land the hook, but it shows he's thinking.
02:17 Good feints in there as well.
02:19 I mean, when I fought Broner,
02:21 I wore the replica of Camacho's outfit
02:24 when he knocked out Ray Leonard.
02:26 - You did? - Yeah.
02:26 I wore the same exact outfit.
02:27 - You absolutely did.
02:29 Yeah, there was no buildup to that fight.
02:32 - Yeah, maybe a little bit.
02:33 (laughing)
02:35 - Former world champion, Polly Malignaggi,
02:36 my partner tonight, also a fighter at Trey House.
02:39 - Estella using a solid jab right now,
02:40 controlling that range on Thompson.
02:43 Thompson trying to get working.
02:44 - 154 pounders, also 6'1".
02:54 - Estella, 23 years old, in the Orlando area.
02:57 We want to see from Estella,
03:01 step up in the competition, young man.
03:04 - And nobody's really landing anything solid yet,
03:06 but you see Estella's controlling the ring.
03:08 I like to see that control of the ring,
03:09 and using that left hand to do it.
03:11 Thompson now trying to take control of it,
03:13 trying to press him as Estella,
03:15 trying to get off those shots.
03:17 And Thompson already trying to steal it off at the end
03:18 with a big right hand there by Estella.
03:20 (crowd cheering)
03:23 (bell ringing)
03:26 (upbeat music)
03:29 (bell ringing)
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04:26 (upbeat music)
04:27 (crowd cheering)
04:30 - Yelling darling Giovanni.
04:32 Estella Giovanni's mom.
04:34 She's got the cheering section going on.
04:37 So Giovanni's the name,
04:40 but she's yelling Giovanni.
04:41 So I'm gonna go Giovanni now,
04:41 'cause I don't wanna upset mama.
04:43 - Maybe she'll make some mofongo for us too.
04:46 - You see Thompson tried to steal that round
04:48 at the end of the round,
04:49 but he more so confirmed it for Estella
04:50 when Estella was able to land that big old hand right.
04:55 The aggressiveness from Estella is different from,
04:58 oh, as he gets hit with the left hook by Thompson.
05:01 That might slow him down.
05:01 - Yeah, sometimes you don't wanna
05:02 fight off too much more than you can chew.
05:04 Estella's been doing a good job of controlling this fight
05:05 with that educated left hand.
05:07 You don't wanna fight off too much more than you can chew.
05:09 You wanna take it as it comes to you,
05:10 and as you create it.
05:12 Don't try to force it.
05:13 There he tried to stay in the pocket
05:14 just a little longer,
05:15 and Thompson was able to land a nice left hook.
05:18 - And we've done the last couple of fights for Estella,
05:20 and he's pedestrian with his output,
05:23 and very calculated with his approach.
05:26 And so sometimes you're like,
05:27 "Okay, come on, let's just kick him and step out the gas."
05:29 And he has a different demeanor tonight,
05:31 like very aggressive.
05:32 - Sometimes, you know what it is too,
05:33 is sometimes it's a matter of,
05:34 you fight better when there's better opposition
05:36 in front of you.
05:37 He's got a guy, Thompson, who's in front of him,
05:39 and he's trying to win the fight.
05:40 You see Thompson is trying to hold his ground here
05:42 in the ring and trying to position himself
05:44 to put Estella in a bad position.
05:45 There's a feint there by Thompson,
05:46 he's trying to force Estella into a corner,
05:48 but you know, and you see Estella's not,
05:50 you know, not being pedestrian at all.
05:51 Really focused every second of the fight,
05:53 and has used a very educated left hand,
05:56 both as a jab and also when he's turned into a hook.
05:58 And even when it's not landed,
05:59 it has controlled the distance from,
06:02 and it has prevented Thompson from really creating a lot.
06:05 - That's a good point, Paulie.
06:06 When you fight somebody who is more of your style,
06:08 more willing to engage with you,
06:09 you're gonna look different,
06:10 because the last opponent for Estella
06:12 was a veteran, Saul Corral,
06:14 who had over 40 fights under his belt,
06:17 who will go around, will hug, and make it ugly for you.
06:20 Where Thompson tonight, he's right there with you.
06:23 - That's right hand there on the side,
06:25 and Estella circles again.
06:26 Thompson will be good, well off to cut off the ring
06:28 on Estella to try to maybe suffocate the space a little bit.
06:31 You see Thompson's putting pressure,
06:32 but Estella's able to circle around
06:35 after landing those shots.
06:36 And Estella's just a hair quicker,
06:38 and he's able to really pull the trigger
06:41 and leave Thompson there after landing the shot.
06:44 So Thompson will be well off to cut off the ring
06:48 a little bit, but Estella's been able to circle,
06:50 which has kept him comfortable
06:52 and controlling with that left hand,
06:53 and some well-placed right hands.
06:54 - Watch behind the head.
06:56 - There it is again with the left hand.
06:59 And you see, sometimes it lands like right there,
07:01 and sometimes it doesn't, but what it's doing,
07:02 even when it lands or doesn't land,
07:03 the fact that it's consistent, it's out there,
07:05 it's change of rhythm, it has made Thompson,
07:08 has forced Thompson to respect Estella's output
07:10 and respect Estella's boxing,
07:12 and he's sort of got his hands tied.
07:14 He's not able to really get off the way he wants to.
07:16 - Foot for Estella.
07:20 - And again, it doesn't have to be the best hook,
07:22 but again, Thompson sees it's coming from the side now.
07:24 So now he sees the left hand coming from the middle,
07:26 sharp jabs coming from the side as a hook.
07:28 All of a sudden, it takes away your ability to anticipate.
07:30 And when it takes away your ability to anticipate,
07:32 you have to think just a little more.
07:34 And when Thompson's thinking just a little more,
07:35 he's not getting off.
07:37 - Solid round for Giovanni Estella,
07:40 our co-feature tonight.
07:41 Box Lab Promotions here in Orlando, Florida.
07:45 Kareem Doyal.
07:48 [crowd cheering]
07:51 - In the corner of the Puerto Rican, Estella.
08:00 - He must be happy with what's happening so far
08:11 in the corner of Estella.
08:13 In the corner of Thompson, you know,
08:14 he's getting himself in position,
08:17 but then he's allowing Estella to get off first.
08:19 So the adjustment has to come from Thompson.
08:22 He's got to start getting off first.
08:23 Maybe he saw the jab with the jabber
08:25 more so than anything else.
08:26 - Some highlight from that second round for Estella.
08:29 He came out really aggressive, Paulie.
08:31 - Yeah, and then he sees a change in that right hand.
08:33 He did block to the body,
08:34 so he changes it over with a slight hooking right hand
08:36 to the head, and you see he's able to circle around
08:38 and Thompson not cutting off the ring.
08:39 If mom likes those right hands, that's for sure.
08:41 - I think his mom's tired of watching eight rounds
08:44 for son go the distance, right?
08:45 'Cause the mom just wants the fight to be over
08:47 as soon as possible.
08:47 - Well, you know what?
08:48 As long as you get the W, everybody goes home happy.
08:52 - The anguish that parents go through
08:53 watching their kids fight.
08:54 And there you see, we're gonna have the Nadine cam.
08:58 Saludos, Nadine.
08:59 Oh, that's a good hook from the son.
09:01 - Yeah, and again, Thompson not getting off
09:05 at that distance.
09:05 He's got to start jabbing.
09:06 You know, they say you can jab with a jab
09:07 and a hook with a hooker.
09:08 Thompson's gonna have to start
09:10 being consistent with that jab.
09:11 He's making the same mistake
09:13 Moreno was making last fight.
09:14 He's trying to get in range and then punch.
09:15 And that's not gonna work against a guy
09:17 with a good jab with an educated left hand, like Estella.
09:19 You gotta use the punches to get you into range.
09:23 You can't try to constantly find your way
09:25 into range and then punch.
09:26 That might work against mediocre fighters,
09:27 but that's not gonna work against
09:28 the better level of fighters.
09:30 And Estella's one of those better level prospects.
09:32 - And as you continue to climb
09:34 in this 12-4 fight, Giovanni Estella.
09:36 You know, Thompson's able to get that left hook in there.
09:40 - Yeah, yeah.
09:41 - But he doesn't follow it up with anything.
09:42 He got it in there, it was blocked by Estella,
09:44 but again, he lost the position after that.
09:45 You know, again, you want to jab right here.
09:47 He uses it there, but you want to make sure
09:49 you want to try to start out jabbing
09:51 and take away the front hand of Estella.
09:53 'Cause Estella, if he's able to keep control
09:55 of the range and the boxing with the lead hand,
09:57 you're never gonna make him uncomfortable.
09:59 - Claudia Trago's doing a great job
10:01 roaming around the ring.
10:02 What'd you hear, Claudia?
10:03 - Thank you, Beto.
10:04 Johnny Estella, Giovanni's dad,
10:07 says he needs to work constantly
10:09 and stay behind that jab.
10:10 Make sure that he's constantly moving,
10:13 but be very cautious because they still don't know
10:15 what kind of power Chris Thompson has.
10:17 - Thompson has six KO's against limited competition.
10:21 I don't know, but yeah, the power,
10:25 those KO's that I did see a couple videos of Thompson,
10:28 probably it was like, okay, those guys were going down.
10:31 It wasn't gonna take much to knock him down.
10:32 No, not knock out Thompson,
10:33 we're still trying to figure out
10:35 who this young man from Kansas City is.
10:37 - You know what, regardless, he's undefeated
10:39 and he's confident in his record
10:40 because he's still trying here.
10:41 His body language is telling you
10:43 that he still believes he can win
10:45 and he's trying to put Estella into positions.
10:47 He's not been able to yet
10:48 because of Estella's educated left hand,
10:51 first and foremost.
10:52 I think that's the main reason Estella's ahead in this fight.
10:54 But it's not made Thompson lose confidence
10:57 in the fact that he can fight his way back into the fight.
10:59 Now he's just gotta figure out a way
11:00 to dominate that lead hand
11:03 'cause I think that's been the difference in this fight.
11:04 Thompson has to figure out a way.
11:06 'Cause once he gets close, he gets off here.
11:08 He doesn't lay a lot of shots there, but he's getting off.
11:10 And now he wants to get off, he wants to get off more.
11:12 But at that mid-range, he's gonna have to close that gap
11:14 and you're not gonna do that
11:15 without winning that left hand battle,
11:18 the battle of the left hand.
11:19 - And that was a low blow.
11:21 Thompson immediately reacted.
11:24 - Had to be careful, though.
11:26 - Yeah. - You didn't see that.
11:27 He walked away, you gotta be careful.
11:28 That was low, but--
11:29 - It was low in front of us, we're gonna get that replay.
11:31 Great job by our replay department to get this for you.
11:34 - Yeah, that's right on the leg.
11:36 Those, like, those kill moves,
11:38 these movements and tendons there, bro,
11:40 those hurt your ability to lift your leg up
11:42 and move around, you know.
11:43 You know, Puerto Rican fighters from the island
11:46 like to do that.
11:47 Miguel Cotto would love to do that.
11:49 - They like to, they might be in San Juan,
11:50 but they're gonna hit you in Ponce.
11:52 - Yeah, right on the leg like that,
11:53 'cause he kills your leg,
11:55 'cause he kinda numbs your legs up.
11:58 - Final seconds of the round.
11:58 Next round, we're gonna hear from Fyodor Trejo
12:00 to the corner of Thompson.
12:02 [bell dings]
12:02 [crowd cheering]
12:05 [upbeat music]
12:08 Crunch time Thompson, Matt Mays with him.
12:24 They love their Kansas City Chiefs,
12:27 as you see the Chet Kelcegers,
12:28 he came out with the Mahomes.
12:30 - It's a good time to like the Chiefs.
12:31 - Oh, absolutely.
12:32 - It's a good time.
12:33 - I took it in history.
12:34 - Too bad they didn't bring in that KC barbecue.
12:36 Let's look at the replays for that previous round.
12:37 Another good one for Estella.
12:40 - Yep, and you see how Thompson trying to get off
12:42 those shots on the inside there.
12:43 He's willing and able on the inside.
12:44 Wasn't able to land much in there,
12:46 but you see as soon as he's able to get in range,
12:48 I always look at the fight right away.
12:49 So that's that demeanor he has.
12:51 He wants to fight.
12:52 He wants to try to win this fight.
12:53 He's not, he hasn't lost,
12:55 but that enthusiasm right there on the inside,
12:57 even though he didn't land anything clean,
12:58 it shows his willingness to try to win this fight.
13:01 It's just, he's gonna have to do it with skill
13:03 and not just will,
13:04 because right now Estella's skill is preventing him
13:07 from finding the range he wants.
13:09 - You can hear that corner of Thompson telling him,
13:18 "Keep working."
13:19 And Claudia Tragos has more from the corner
13:21 of Crunch Time Thompson.
13:23 - Matt Mays is very clear.
13:25 He wants him to throw his hands just a bit more,
13:27 be a little bit busy.
13:29 But first and foremost,
13:30 he has to keep adding his stools slowly,
13:33 but surely to bring in like the surprise factor
13:36 to the fight.
13:37 - The surprise factor.
13:38 That's what we gotta get so far.
13:40 We haven't seen that from Thompson.
13:42 - One of the surprises could just be consistent jab,
13:44 which he's using a little bit more, the frown,
13:46 and now he's gonna cut off the ring.
13:47 Already the consistent jab has backed off Estella
13:49 a little bit more, but he's not cutting off the ring.
13:51 So Estella's been able to find the exit.
13:52 And when Estella finds the exit,
13:53 he finds, he's able to find his angles
13:56 like he did right there.
13:57 - Blood now from the nose of Chris Thompson
14:00 in the red trunks.
14:03 - Yeah, I mean, I'm not gonna get me wrong.
14:04 It could also be the Thompson,
14:05 no, nice combination there.
14:06 It's Estella tied down the ropes.
14:09 It could also be that Thompson doesn't know how to cut off.
14:11 Not a skill that you learn that easily.
14:14 - Well, he hasn't had to so far.
14:15 He gets headstabbed back a good hand by Estella.
14:18 - Well, he's had to. He just hasn't done it.
14:20 I mean, Estella--
14:21 - In his previous fights.
14:22 In his previous fights, he didn't have to
14:23 'cause he was taking care of business.
14:25 - Those guys weren't able to get away too fast.
14:28 - A little yap in there.
14:32 - Estella was warned, keep it up again.
14:34 - Yeah, we're in Orlando,
14:36 but he's landing some shots that are in Miami.
14:38 (laughs)
14:40 - Maybe a little Coral Gables action too.
14:43 All right, Claudia, I know you like that reference.
14:45 - I love it.
14:47 - Upping the pressure a little bit more
14:51 as Thompson this round.
14:52 - Yeah, and that's what he needs to do, right, Paulie?
14:55 - Yeah, absolutely.
14:56 - You're on the road, you're the underdog on this fight.
14:58 - And he's able to stay where he is.
14:59 Estella stays still just enough
15:01 to get off his combinations now,
15:02 which is what Thompson's been trying to do the whole fight,
15:06 but he hasn't been able to get in range
15:07 thanks to Estella's left hand and his movement.
15:10 This round, he's been able to trap Estella a couple of times
15:12 and then able to get off a couple of combinations.
15:29 Estella looking for a shot.
15:32 - Oh, and there it is, landed the big right hand.
15:36 Giovanni Estella knocks down Punch-Time,
15:39 who's wobbly, holding on to the ropes.
15:42 - His leg went stiff when he went down.
15:44 - Round is winding down, referee having a move.
15:51 10 seconds to go in the round.
15:53 Estella knocks him down again.
15:56 - One, two, three, four.
16:01 - Estella thinks it's over, it's not.
16:02 The referee's still counting.
16:05 Johnson is gonna survive the round.
16:07 - Thompson may be able to get out of the round.
16:09 - All right, let's go.
16:10 - Five, four, three, two, one.
16:11 - Two knockdowns, big round for him.
16:13 - Ooh, he's--
16:14 - And Thompson's walking back to the neutral corner.
16:15 - He's in the wrong corner, Thompson.
16:19 The commissioner had to go and get him
16:21 as Thompson goes down for the first time in his career,
16:23 and he went down hard.
16:24 - It's one of those things that Estella
16:26 had been landing consistently on the inside,
16:28 finally paid off there.
16:29 If we get that replay, we may be able to see it there.
16:31 Those chopping right hands,
16:33 we landed a couple of them early in the fight.
16:34 It didn't have the effect, but there,
16:36 in a round where Thompson was trying to get more aggressive,
16:39 what happens when you get more aggressive?
16:40 A lot of times you're not paying attention
16:41 to what's coming back,
16:42 and you end up getting hit with shots you don't see coming.
16:45 And it was the same kind of chopping right hand
16:46 that Estella had landed earlier in this fight,
16:48 but this time, because Thompson's in the process
16:51 of trying to throw his own shots,
16:52 this one has more of an effect.
16:54 - And that's the follow-up right there,
16:55 and Estella pounced right before the--
16:58 there was, like, a lull.
16:59 We were nice and quiet. You could hear everything.
17:00 - Yep. - And Estella was setting 'em up.
17:02 - That was the follow-up right there.
17:03 - Yep. - He was already up
17:04 on that initial knockdown.
17:06 - Estella thought it was over.
17:07 Look at that momentum.
17:08 [cheers and applause]
17:10 - Big round for Estella, 10 seconds.
17:12 [cheers and applause]
17:15 - And they start the round immediately.
17:17 Estella pouncing on Thompson.
17:20 [crowd shouting]
17:22 - Finish up the fight here in the fifth.
17:26 Thompson still wobbly.
17:28 [crowd shouting]
17:31 - Overhand right-- right on the ear.
17:35 - Yeah, I think Estella's now just trying to go back
17:36 for that chopping right hand.
17:38 It's been something that worked,
17:39 but now they're trying to hurt Thompson,
17:40 so let's see if Estella's able to work it a little bit.
17:44 You know, Estella doesn't have a lot of knockouts,
17:45 but a knockout in a fight like this
17:46 against another defeated guy
17:47 would be quite a statement.
17:49 - Only three knockouts.
17:50 It is 11 victories for Giovanni Estella.
17:52 [crowd shouting]
17:55 - Thompson's got to do that, man.
17:56 He's got to get back on his jab.
18:00 They've been helping the aggression in the last round.
18:03 Now Thompson's getting back.
18:04 That's what I mean about, you know,
18:05 when you fight a guy with an undefeated record.
18:07 He's not quite ready to just give it to you
18:09 just 'cause you're beating him.
18:10 - Absolutely.
18:11 Thompson has a lot of heart. He's been there.
18:12 [crowd chanting]
18:16 And what are they saying in Thompson's corner, Claudia?
18:19 - Well, Matt Mance is convinced that he's fine.
18:21 He recovered. He got clipped.
18:23 His hands were down,
18:24 and that's when he went down the first time.
18:25 And then the second time, his legs were not up to par.
18:28 But he says there's still a lot of boxing to be fought.
18:31 He's still in the game.
18:32 [crowd shouting]
18:35 - It looks like he's got his legs back underneath him,
18:37 does Thompson.
18:38 - Yeah, that was a really rough knockdown,
18:41 because you could see when he went down,
18:42 even the first shot,
18:43 his legs were really stiff,
18:44 and he got up with really stiff legs,
18:45 and that's why he ended up going down again.
18:48 But it seems like his legs are back now.
18:50 - Yeah, and they see what Estela does.
18:52 - It looks like Estela's just going for the home run.
18:54 [crowd shouting]
18:57 - Estela's feeling that rhythm, though.
19:06 - Yeah, he is. - He's trapped against the ropes.
19:08 You can see he's very comfortable with what he sees.
19:12 Thompson, nice working to the body,
19:14 and he's trying to bring it back up to the head.
19:16 - They're trying to counter off the ropes.
19:17 - Thompson's tough, man. He's game.
19:19 He's got a good shot twice.
19:21 They've got a much better round for him.
19:22 - Yeah, that's what I mean.
19:23 You're not giving it to him just 'cause, uh--
19:25 you know, you dropped him a couple times.
19:27 Not when you have an undefeated guy in front of you.
19:31 When they're undefeated,
19:32 they're not quite ready to give it up that easily.
19:33 - Oh, no. This is what you find out
19:35 when you're made of, and Thompson's got a lot of heart.
19:38 - I mean, for Estela, you know,
19:40 you figure you got a guy out of there,
19:42 all of a sudden, you know, he's resistant,
19:43 so it tests your ability to stay poised,
19:45 stay mature, and stick with the game plan.
19:47 - Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
19:49 - Thompson's keeping that guard super high now.
19:53 You got a cat drop in the left hand.
19:56 This round's been up.
19:57 [shouting in Spanish]
20:00 [bell dings]
20:01 - 10 seconds.
20:02 - Final second of the fifth round.
20:04 Giovanni Estela controlling the action
20:06 in Orlando, Florida, on CBS Sports Network.
20:10 [bell dings]
20:11 - Time.
20:12 [cheers and applause]
20:15 [indistinct chatter]
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20:23 - Coach May in the corner of Thompson.
20:25 - When you grab him, you go bodyweight with him.
20:27 - So he knows what this fight is all about.
20:30 Thompson's still upset from earlier in the round.
20:32 - Yeah. I want to see a big two-hand move.
20:35 I want to see more right hand.
20:37 - Did you see that hand knock him out?
20:39 - Three rounds left.
20:41 - He's not gonna stop.
20:43 - At this point, because of the two knockdowns,
20:46 he may be so far behind that he may need a knockout.
20:49 I think Estela's the one to be around.
20:52 Although this past round, Thompson did do some good work.
20:56 [whistle blows]
21:00 - Seconds out!
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21:07 - Oh, fix the hair, look at the camera.
21:09 Okay, Estela feeling good as we head to the six.
21:12 He should. He's up big.
21:16 But if Thompson's in the corner and telling his trainer,
21:18 "I need to knock him out,"
21:21 that's a death's remand,
21:23 and you got to always be careful with that.
21:25 - Yeah, and of course, like I said,
21:26 with the two knockdowns,
21:28 and he lost the early part of the fight,
21:30 he was gonna be around.
21:31 He may have won the last round,
21:32 but because of the two knockdowns,
21:34 he probably needs at least some knockdowns
21:36 if not a knockout.
21:38 - And when you go deaf, you start winging punches.
21:41 [indistinct chatter]
21:44 - What kind of closing power does Giovanni Estela have?
21:49 We've seen him go the distance.
21:52 We've seen him control the fights.
21:54 But what are we gonna see from him?
21:56 Let's go to Claudia Trejos.
21:58 - Beto, I asked Johnny Estela regarding that.
22:01 If he was looking for that knockout, he says, "No.
22:03 "Our thing is to come and win.
22:05 "I just need him to look pretty.
22:07 "I just need him to look concise, sharp.
22:10 "I don't need him to go for a knockout."
22:12 - Oh, he's doing all of that with two knockdowns.
22:16 - Yeah, I mean, I went over an undefeated guy.
22:18 Everybody looks nice on the resume.
22:20 You know, you keep your undefeated record.
22:22 You show that you're able to raise your level of opposition
22:25 and still remain dominant.
22:26 I mean, it's been a--
22:28 it's been a relatively one-sided fight for Estela,
22:30 not for lack of trying up front, Thompson,
22:32 but, you know, it's not-- again, like I said before,
22:34 it's not always a matter of will.
22:35 It's also a matter of skill.
22:36 You gotta have both.
22:37 And, you know, Thompson has shown the will,
22:40 but he hasn't had the skill to keep up with Estela overall.
22:43 - Yeah, educated left hand of Estela
23:00 continues to control that pace.
23:02 You see, Thompson has been trying the last couple rounds
23:04 to jab with him, but again,
23:06 there's a level of quality on the left hand.
23:08 And also, the way the educated left hand,
23:21 you see how Estela changes range with it,
23:23 changes levels with it.
23:25 - We're seeing different wrinkles to him,
23:27 some addition, new weapon for Giovanni Estela.
23:30 - Yeah, changing levels, giving different looks here.
23:35 - You see Thompson using a little feint as well.
23:38 - You said the development of a young fighter
23:40 is very important.
23:41 That's what the series is all about.
23:43 Trying to get clipped again.
23:45 - Yeah, what we've seen tonight is, you know,
23:47 so far, two young-- two prospects
23:49 getting in the ring against, you know,
23:50 some stubborn opposition
23:52 that really had the winning mentality within themselves,
23:55 and the prospects had to, you know,
23:57 dig in and take advantage and, you know,
24:00 learn from the experience and also, you know, get the win.
24:03 We saw--we saw Ruiz do it in the first fight,
24:05 and we're seeing Estela going through the motions here
24:08 in the second fight.
24:09 Nice fight, again by Estela.
24:11 - Another solid round for Giovanni Estela.
24:14 His dad and trainer said,
24:16 "I wanted my son to look good,
24:18 I wanted him to be concise."
24:20 Well, you're right.
24:21 You find the CBS Sports cameras,
24:23 get that hair ready, you look good, man.
24:25 We got two more rounds to go.
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25:14 Who's your squad, Pauly?
25:15 - Oh, my squad.
25:16 When I was growing up, it was Juventus,
25:17 but then when I won the world title,
25:19 I became a Milan fan,
25:20 because AC Milan invited me to Milanello,
25:23 and I hung out there for a week.
25:24 I was like, "Man, these guys are nicer than Juventus.
25:26 They have me hanging out with everybody."
25:28 Bernardo, phenomenal.
25:29 Pirlo was there, and Zaghi, Nesta, Seedorf.
25:32 I mean, I can name all of them.
25:33 At that time, they were Champions League champions.
25:35 - Man, you win a world title,
25:37 and your Juventus team doesn't invite you?
25:40 How dare they?
25:41 - I don't believe it.
25:42 You know what?
25:43 At this point, I'm just a Serial fan, though.
25:44 I grew up with a, you know--
25:45 it's my country, it's my league,
25:47 and I still root for the league to do well,
25:50 'cause it's fading fast, I'll tell you that.
25:52 - So Milan's still your team?
25:53 - At this point, you know what?
25:55 Within Serie A, I don't really complain
25:57 about when they play each other.
25:58 It's when they play all play in Europe,
26:00 I want any Serie A team to do well.
26:02 - In other words, if you're a team in Serie A,
26:04 invite Pauli.
26:05 He's available for you.
26:06 - Yeah, it's like if there's a Juve vs. Real Madrid
26:09 game in Champions League, I'm rooting for Juve, you know?
26:11 - Come on, let's go.
26:13 - You know, you--
26:14 - There's Estrada.
26:15 He's rooting for a knockout,
26:17 'cause he's starting to sit down
26:18 on his punches here in the seventh.
26:20 - Yeah, and so is Dante.
26:21 Dante knows he can knock out.
26:22 He's trying to bring it.
26:24 - Bucks.
26:25 [shouting]
26:26 - Body shot from Thompson.
26:28 - Yeah, they're in that Champions League final.
26:29 I was rooting for Inter,
26:30 but they lost to Man City.
26:31 William, though.
26:32 - Got to, man.
26:33 - Keep him up.
26:34 Keep him up.
26:36 - I'm afraid of telling him both of them to keep him up.
26:38 - Intensity's getting hotter here in this seventh round.
26:41 I think Thompson's trying to go for broke here.
26:44 Estrada entering in kind.
26:46 - Yeah.
26:47 Great work for Estrada.
26:48 You said it, stubborn.
26:50 That's a good way to describe Thompson.
26:52 - Yeah.
26:53 - Bucks.
26:54 A little redness around the eyes of Estrada.
26:57 [shouting]
26:59 - Well, he's got a willing follower in front of him,
27:01 you know, a guy who hasn't just wanted to give up
27:03 his undefeated record.
27:04 - And it's so important, though, too, Paul,
27:05 to mention earlier, the development of a young fighter
27:07 where you got to get through those guys
27:09 who have 40 fights and the ugly records
27:11 to hold you and hit you behind everywhere.
27:14 - Yeah.
27:15 - And you have no--you're like,
27:16 "Just get this guy away from me."
27:18 - Yeah, and even in this fight,
27:19 where, okay, you got a 30-year-old guy
27:21 who's undefeated.
27:22 - And Estrada drops Thompson again for the third time.
27:26 Thompson complains that I was pushed down,
27:28 but he was hit in his left ear.
27:30 - He's already--
27:31 - I'm just saying he got hit behind the head,
27:32 but Thompson is also kind of flying ahead of his head.
27:34 - Yeah.
27:35 - When your face is pointed down,
27:37 and you're kind of giving the back of your head
27:38 a little bit.
27:40 - And Estrada, uppercut, right hook from Giovanni Estrada.
27:44 - Good snap on these shots by Estrada.
27:46 He's not known as a big puncher,
27:47 but he's known as a big puncher.
27:49 He's been getting some good--
27:50 good snap on these shots,
27:52 good weight on these shots,
27:53 and it's forced Thompson to respect him,
27:55 as Thompson now kind of apprehensive
27:57 about punching back.
27:58 He's trying to keep those hands home and defend.
28:01 - 10 seconds to go in the round.
28:03 Another excellent round for 23-year-old Giovanni Estrada.
28:08 The Puerto Rican controlling Chris Thompson
28:11 in his backyard.
28:13 [cheers and applause]
28:17 - Thompson smacks his gloves together,
28:20 frustrated that he got caught.
28:22 They work on a big knot on his left eyebrow.
28:25 [indistinct chatter]
28:28 - Last round. - Yeah.
28:30 [cheers and applause]
28:32 - This was from earlier in the fight,
28:34 the first knockdown in round four
28:36 without a big shot.
28:37 - And you see what happened. - The punches were landing.
28:39 - They're trying to throw right hands at the same time.
28:41 You see Thompson was trying to get aggressive,
28:43 trying to put more punches together,
28:45 but he didn't have the left hand down.
28:47 He didn't have the left hand up
28:48 when he threw his own little right hook on the inside,
28:50 and Estrada's right hand took off at the same time
28:52 and landed, and Thompson got caught as he was throwing,
28:55 and that's why that shot hurt him.
28:56 The shot you don't see coming,
28:57 the shot you get hit with when you're throwing,
28:59 that's the one that'll do more damage.
29:01 That's why Estrada was able to get that first knockdown
29:03 in round four.
29:04 Now, he was hurt badly,
29:05 but again, it comes down to fundamentals.
29:07 Thompson throwing that short right hand on the inside,
29:09 Estrada throwing that short right hand on the inside,
29:10 but Thompson's left hand was down,
29:12 and Estrada took advantage.
29:14 - Eighth and final round are co-featured tonight.
29:17 CBS Sports Network.
29:19 Doing the research, preparing for this fight,
29:24 knowing Giovanni Estrada.
29:25 I expected eight rounds, 'cause his last fights
29:28 have been going the distance, have been pedestrian.
29:30 This kid looks different tonight.
29:31 - Gotta keep him up. - He looks very, very confident,
29:34 but very aggressive, sitting on his punches,
29:37 rolling with his shots like that,
29:38 throwing that uppercut like that.
29:40 I'm impressed with what Giovanni Estrada's showing us tonight.
29:42 - Yeah, I'm impressed with Giovanni.
29:43 He's not just trying to sit on his laurels.
29:45 He knows he's ahead by a mile at this point,
29:47 so he can't lose the fight,
29:48 but he's not just trying to cruise in the last round.
29:50 He's holding his ground here.
29:51 He's trying to close the show with an emphatic statement.
29:55 And also Thompson. Thompson's still there.
29:57 He's trying to go for broke here in this last round.
29:59 He's gonna try to push the pace, and he is.
30:01 He's trying to come forward,
30:02 despite knowing Estrada's dangerous enough to hurt him.
30:05 - It's about wanting people and fantasy for the first time,
30:10 wanting them to watch you again, to follow you.
30:13 Say, "Hey, I remember that kid
30:14 "when he was fighting in the ballrooms
30:16 "before he gets to the Vegas or the Madison Square Gardens."
30:18 You know, boxing fans love to do that thing.
30:20 "Hey, I remember him when..." - Yep.
30:22 - "How many times did I tell you?
30:23 "Remember Pauly when I saw you at the tuxedo shows?"
30:25 - And the trick to these kind of fights
30:27 is that when you're the prospect,
30:28 is when they raise your level of opposition,
30:30 keep being dominant.
30:31 If you keep being dominant
30:32 when the level of opposition is raised,
30:34 that means you're gonna keep forcing your team to say,
30:36 "Okay, he's ready for the next step up.
30:38 "I'm the next step up. I'm the next step up."
30:40 And eventually, you reach the promise,
30:42 you know, world title fights.
30:43 But it only happens if you keep not only winning
30:46 these kind of fights, but dominating them
30:47 so that your team knows, "Okay, you know what?
30:49 "We stepped him up, and he's looking so good
30:51 that we can step him up again."
30:52 - And you don't want to have a fighter who's 20 and 0
30:54 while he's not-- 'cause I've never been tested--
30:55 and then they get the bright light, and it's like, "Uh-oh."
30:57 - Yeah, exactly.
31:03 - Estella's doing his job tonight.
31:05 And Thompson, honestly, doing his job.
31:06 You know, he's coming in as the B-side.
31:08 He's undefeated. He wanted to keep his O,
31:10 and he never gave up, and he gave it the effort.
31:12 And this is the kind of fight
31:13 that Estella's gonna improve from.
31:15 He's got some amount of resistance,
31:17 and he's had to think his way through the fight,
31:19 stay poised through the fight,
31:20 and, you know, work the entire repertoire.
31:23 Again, he's letting go of nice combinations on the inside.
31:26 - And it's also a good showing for Thompson,
31:28 because I like his style.
31:29 - Yeah, obviously, he's still green,
31:31 got some room to grow,
31:32 but you can see that a loss tonight for Thompson
31:35 is not gonna deter him. - Yeah.
31:37 - He's gonna improve on that.
31:38 - And mentally, he's-- he's game.
31:40 - Absolutely. - He's still coming forward.
31:41 He's still trying to win the fight.
31:42 He never gave in mentally.
31:44 He never gave in psychologically.
31:45 He was trying to win the fight the whole time,
31:47 despite being, at this point,
31:48 with a minute and a 20-second blackout.
31:50 He's hopelessly behind,
31:51 yet he's still trying to come forward,
31:52 trying to land something.
31:57 - And, Delvin, for Thompson, you see him--
31:59 he's going against another undefeated fighter.
32:01 He might upset him.
32:02 But tonight, it was on Giovanni Estella.
32:05 He knocked down Thompson three times in the fight.
32:08 He came out early, he controlled,
32:11 and he cruises tonight.
32:13 Giovanni Estella puts on a show,
32:16 and Chris Thompson comes up short,
32:18 but it's a battle that went back and forth.
32:20 And la mamá está feliz, Nadine.
32:23 Okay, tranquila now. Relax.
32:25 You can breathe.
32:26 She's looking around like,
32:27 "Okay, somebody give me a high five.
32:29 Come on, pay attention to me."
32:31 A good night of boxing for Giovanni Estella.
32:34 We'll get the final decision here on CBS Sports.
32:38 Yeah, you did. You look good, Gio.
32:40 You're looking good, man.
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34:55 Ooh, two fights done.
34:58 Main event's still to go,
35:00 but let's go and find out
35:01 what the judges had to say
35:03 about our co-feature with Giovanni Estella
35:05 and Chris Thompson.
35:07 Our ring announcer is Mark Fredo.
35:09 - Fight fans here in Orlando,
35:13 let's make some noise
35:14 and show our appreciation
35:15 for these two warriors
35:17 going all eight rounds
35:18 here in the center of the ring.
35:20 We now go to the judges' scorecards
35:23 where Alexander Levin scored this contest 78-71,
35:27 Gina Griffith had it 79-70,
35:29 and Efrain Lebron had it 80-69.
35:33 All three judges in favor of your winner
35:35 by unanimous decision,
35:36 and still undefeated.
35:38 (crowd cheering)
35:40 From Orlando and Puerto Rico,
35:44 Giovanni "El Rayo" Estella!
35:50 - Giovanni Estella improves a 12-0.
36:00 Three knockdowns en route to his victory.