Herich Ruiz Cordoba vs Dionardo Minor (28-07-2023) Full Fight
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00:00 - Yeah.
00:02 - Hello, guys. - How are you?
00:04 - Respect the rules and respect each other.
00:06 - I don't want to see any low blow and no holding.
00:08 And stop is stop. Touch him up.
00:12 - Thank you, sweetie. - That's your man right there.
00:13 - I don't like when you use the B and B.
00:15 - Love Massimo. - Oh, yeah.
00:16 Got the coffee candy here. - Oh, yeah.
00:19 - He's always ready to give it to us.
00:20 - You know Massimo's in the building
00:22 when Paulie sees him,
00:23 and Paulie can speak Spanish to you,
00:25 speak English to you, and he sees Massimo,
00:26 all of a sudden, he goes back to the old country,
00:28 ready to go.
00:30 Fantastic referee, too, in his own right.
00:32 Here we go. The heavyweight's scheduled for eight rounds.
00:35 The southpaw is La Amenaza Ruiz in the black and gold.
00:39 We're immediately snapping that jab, though, huh?
00:41 - Yeah, it's a southpaw versus southpaw right here.
00:43 - Yeah, the thing is,
00:45 Minor started boxing six years ago, he said, for fitness.
00:48 He was an athlete growing up, but he was doing a business,
00:51 and he had a good amount of amateur bouts,
00:53 where Ruiz has just been in that system in Cuba.
00:56 - Oh, yeah. Yeah, you got--
00:58 you get a good amount of amateur bouts.
01:00 When you're in the Cuban system,
01:01 you get that good amount of amateur bouts.
01:02 But Minor has been a sort of a natural talent.
01:04 You know, his trainer was telling us he sees a lot in him,
01:06 a lot of potential in him,
01:08 and he's sparred some of the better fighters in the world,
01:09 like Filip Hergovich, among others, you know,
01:12 and holds his own.
01:14 It's just they believe in-- and this guy's a little older.
01:16 He's gotten a little bit of a late start,
01:17 but he's got talent, so it'll be an interesting fight
01:20 against Amenaza Ruiz.
01:23 - Immediately with the overhand left is Amenaza Ruiz,
01:26 who turned pro of this building a year ago.
01:30 He's only gone into the third round once.
01:32 Everything else has been quick knockouts.
01:35 With the heavyweight division,
01:36 you can take longer to develop with the bodies.
01:39 You don't have to be in your early 20s
01:41 to be in your peak drive.
01:42 - Well, everything's a little slower,
01:44 so you can kind of settle into the weight class,
01:46 settle into it over the course of time.
01:48 - There's an example with Minor.
01:50 Oh, and he gets a snapback quick by Ruiz.
01:52 - Oh. - Now Minor is winging punches.
01:55 Ruiz good defense, slipping him.
01:58 - Well, Minor undaunted, though, man.
01:59 He took a number of shots, came right back firing,
02:02 didn't land anything cleanly.
02:04 He's got to stay-- keep his head under him,
02:05 because Ruiz will walk him into more traps.
02:07 Obviously, a solid boxing veteran like Ruiz
02:10 with that amateur experience
02:12 will take advantage of that emotional response.
02:16 - Might be the first time that Ruiz has actually been hit
02:18 solidly in his pro career.
02:21 'Cause other fights have been walking the park.
02:24 - Minor, very solid.
02:25 He weighs 213, very muscular.
02:28 In the blue and white.
02:30 [crowd shouting]
02:33 Good combination from Ruiz.
02:36 Keeps his hands really low for the heavy weight,
02:38 moves around.
02:40 [crowd shouting]
02:44 - See, Minor's coming forward,
02:45 but you want to come forward with the jab.
02:46 You want to use the jab.
02:48 It seems like Minor's trying to get in range,
02:49 and then he wants to start punching.
02:50 And he's got to get in range,
02:51 and he's got to get in range,
02:53 and he's got to start punching.
02:54 And Ruiz is preventing that
02:56 by getting off with the jab first.
02:58 You see Minor's kind of creeping up,
03:00 he's kind of trying to get in position,
03:01 but he's not using that jab.
03:03 You got to use that jab as you get in that position.
03:04 Otherwise, you're going to let the slick Ruiz
03:07 get off first, and he's going to keep your hands locked in
03:09 like he has right there, you know?
03:11 - Even the feints from Ruiz, moving Minor back,
03:15 the wrinkles, you see the experience
03:17 evidently here in the first round.
03:20 Ruiz will show you the entire repertoire, so to speak.
03:24 Good little hook there by Ruiz as well
03:27 as you come to the close of that first round.
03:30 - Stop, stop, stop.
03:31 [whistle blows]
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04:01 [laughter]
04:02 - Hit it.
04:03 [upbeat music]
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04:08 Uh.
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04:30 [upbeat music]
04:33 - Second round of action coming your way.
04:35 The heavyweights here in Orlando, Florida.
04:38 [bell dings]
04:40 Henry Ruiz.
04:43 You saw something different there.
04:45 You saw something different from him probably
04:47 the last couple fights where he's had to use his footwork
04:49 here, he's slick moving around.
04:51 He knows he's got a good one with Miner in front of him.
04:52 - Yeah, yeah, he's got a stubborn guy, Miner,
04:54 who's trying to set him up, trying to--
04:56 again, but you see Miner trying to get close
04:57 without using that jab.
04:58 Now he's finally using that jab,
05:00 but he came a little short as Miner's using those quick feet.
05:02 Miner has to sort of creep in with his jab.
05:04 He's landed a jab there, but Ruiz has done a good job
05:07 with that snapping jab, controlling Miner at range.
05:11 - Good way to describe it.
05:12 It's snapping here at ringside.
05:13 He's using it a lot as Ruiz.
05:17 Even the face.
05:20 Oh, good right hand from Miner on the ground.
05:23 That caught Ruiz.
05:26 - Ruiz is more responsible with his glove position.
05:28 You see, Miner's got to get that as well.
05:29 As when Ruiz lands, there's a little bit less responsibility
05:32 on the part of Miner with his hands, not his position.
05:35 He's not blocking him as much.
05:37 So Ruiz is able to land a little cleaner.
05:40 There, Miner does a better job with his hands.
05:42 - Got to try to counter some of those, though, right there.
05:44 He's got to fight back right there.
05:45 That's a good way to sort of take away the confidence
05:48 of a guy like Ruiz.
05:49 You got to start punching in between him.
05:50 Otherwise, Ruiz is going to keep growing in confidence.
05:51 Nice right hook there by Ruiz.
05:54 - Miner just looks stiff. He's very muscular.
06:00 Not too often you see heavyweights with a six-pack.
06:03 Oh, big hook from Ruiz, followed by a right hook from Ruiz.
06:06 Miner's shaking his head no.
06:07 - Miner's got a good chance.
06:09 - Taking those shots.
06:11 - Asama in the back, right before he got his hands wrapped,
06:14 I'm like, "You ready for this fight?"
06:15 He said, "You got to take a big risk to get that big reward."
06:18 I'm like, "Okay."
06:20 - And his body language tells you he's trying to fight.
06:23 He wants to fight. He's just-- he's not as good as Ruiz,
06:25 but he's looking to make it a fight
06:26 and trying to make-- get that work in there
06:29 and hoping to maybe cause a mistake on the part of Ruiz
06:32 that he can take advantage of and capitalize on.
06:34 - Claudia Trejo is in the corner of Ruiz.
06:36 What are they saying over there, Claudia?
06:37 - Beto, I had a chance to speak to Bob Santos.
06:40 That's Ruiz's trainer, and he says there's a lot of respect
06:42 for Miner.
06:44 He's a good fighter. He can take a punch,
06:45 and he can dish a punch,
06:47 but they're just taking it round at a time,
06:48 and he wants Ruiz to take it easy,
06:52 not just walk into the fight and not press for a knockout.
06:55 - Yeah, and that's sort of what Ruiz has been doing.
06:57 He's been fighting a very responsible fight,
06:58 setting up everything off the jab,
07:00 keeping a proper balance, defensively responsible,
07:03 and just basically setting up the little simple shots,
07:05 taking the counter right there,
07:06 as he did with a nice little uppercut,
07:08 and not trying to overcreate Beto.
07:10 - Yeah. Ruiz...
07:13 has that resistance tonight,
07:14 and he has a guy like Miner
07:15 who's not scared or intimidated by him.
07:18 - And who tries to fire right back on his head.
07:20 - Oh, oh.
07:21 - So he keeps Ruiz on his P's and Q's after he lands a shot.
07:24 Keeps his move-- you know, you got to move
07:25 after you land the shot, after you throw your punches,
07:27 and Ruiz is doing that because Miner's firing right back.
07:30 - [grunting]
07:33 - Miner coming at him.
07:37 Head exchange, final seconds of the second round.
07:40 Our heavyweights going back and forth.
07:43 Ruiz and Miner getting it going in Orlando.
07:47 And Miner will not sit down.
07:49 He was an athlete growing up.
07:52 - You can see it in him. - Yeah.
07:54 - No, no, I should let me.
07:58 - Training near the Austin, Texas area.
08:01 [upbeat music]
08:04 ♪
08:12 - Miner started his career with a draw back in 2021.
08:17 Did a win, a win, another draw,
08:19 then he got a couple victories.
08:20 His only loss was to Sonny McEwen
08:23 in Commerce, California.
08:26 Earlier this year, lost to the United States Division.
08:29 - He's been a tough decision, making a solid heavyweight.
08:32 - 8-7. - Sonny California.
08:34 - Seconds up, seconds up. - He didn't know.
08:36 - Coach, wipe the water, wipe the water.
08:38 - Come on, come on, please.
08:39 - So he's been working the club circuits.
08:41 - 8, 8. - Moving on up, but...
08:43 This is easily his toughest opponent.
08:46 - No, no, Marco, no, Marco. - Ruiz, Cordova.
08:48 So for Ruiz, who turned pro in this building last year,
08:53 he had a first-round KO, then he had a second-round KO,
08:56 then he had a third-round KO.
08:59 In April, he went two and a half rounds,
09:02 so he stopped early.
09:04 In third.
09:08 This is the first opponent that has a winning record
09:10 against Ruiz.
09:11 - Oh, very nice. - One-two there by Ruiz.
09:15 He's feeling it now, he's feeling it.
09:17 Giving those different looks, giving that shimmy.
09:19 - Yep, that right there, that--
09:21 his first couple fights, Paulie, he was just coming in,
09:23 just steamrolling you, like, all right.
09:24 - Yeah, that's a cliche, all look like he was double-parked.
09:27 Now he's actually taking the time,
09:28 like he's slipping punches. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:30 - Show us some defense, show us some wrinkles.
09:31 - Yeah, and that's respect for Miner.
09:34 You know, he knows he can't just walk right through Miner.
09:36 So he's landing those shots and then being responsible
09:38 afterwards, looking to, you know,
09:40 give those range changes, hands in proper position.
09:44 - He's got Bob Santos in Las Vegas out of his corner.
09:48 - Body, body, body. - Actually working
09:50 with everybody. - Yes!
09:52 - One thing I like to see Miner doing
09:53 is putting some feints in there, you know?
09:55 He's got Ruiz alert to what he can do, you know what I mean?
09:58 Ruiz is giving him respect, so maybe use those feints.
10:00 There is a feint right there. - There's one.
10:02 - Maybe you heard me. - Another one.
10:04 - I can use it, and then you start to maybe
10:06 punch off those things, you know what I mean?
10:08 - The feint is very important, right?
10:09 Obviously the jab, but the feint--
10:10 - Because it's a change of rhythm,
10:12 because you know what, he's got the ability
10:13 to throw those punches.
10:14 There's a feint again, you see how Ruiz
10:15 reacted to it and went right back to the ropes?
10:17 Now he's got Ruiz in a position where he's on the ropes.
10:19 - [grunting]
10:22 - Miner's going on in Texas.
10:24 What are they telling him, Claudia?
10:25 - Pete Artiniego was very clear,
10:27 specifically what Paulie was just saying.
10:29 Keep that feint and close the ring.
10:31 Just close the gap counterclockwise,
10:33 just so he doesn't walk into that right.
10:37 - And you saw a couple seconds ago now,
10:39 Miner was able to land a double jab.
10:41 You see, again, those feints, now that you see that,
10:43 we'll see what ends up happening.
10:44 It ends up becoming something different for Ruiz,
10:46 and he can't escape that.
10:47 It's becoming something different for Ruiz,
10:49 and he can't anticipate anymore,
10:50 'cause now you don't know if it's a feint
10:51 or if it's a punch.
10:53 And Miner lands a couple of jabs.
10:54 - Let's go. Come here, 6.
10:56 [crowd shouting]
11:00 - Leave it at 72.
11:01 - [grunting]
11:03 - Overhand left from Ruiz.
11:05 Miner did a better job of blocking it.
11:07 Not that one, or that one.
11:08 - Well, you know what, you can see the experience difference
11:10 in the shot selection as well.
11:11 You know, Miner knows what to throw at what moment,
11:14 and it's been the difference in the fight,
11:15 you know, the experience.
11:17 - Yeah, and you know, a couple of years ago,
11:19 Miner's calculated with his shots.
11:20 - Yeah, yeah, and Ruiz reacts.
11:23 He doesn't just have to think about it.
11:24 You know, Miner still has to think about
11:25 what he wants to do.
11:26 You know, he has to let it come to his mind.
11:28 It's not his natural mind.
11:29 He's not been boxing his mind.
11:30 - Six years total from the time he walked into a gym
11:34 and actually trained to where he is now
11:37 on CBS Sports Network.
11:38 Good back and forth.
11:40 Ruiz looking good here.
11:41 Box lab promotion in Orlando.
11:43 - Oh! - Big shot line at the buzzer.
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12:19 [cork pops]
12:21 [upbeat music]
12:24 [man shouting in Spanish]
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12:45 [upbeat music]
12:48 [crowd chattering]
12:50 [bell dings]
12:51 - Our opening bout, the heavyweight,
12:52 Henry Ruiz from Cuba in the black and gold,
12:55 and Dino Minor from Texas in the blue and white.
13:00 First time in his career that Ruiz will be going
13:03 to the fourth round.
13:05 Getting good work.
13:06 He's controlling this fight,
13:07 but he's showing those different steps
13:10 and why he had a lot of people talking
13:13 about him returning pro.
13:16 Minor coming out a little bit more aggression
13:18 here in the fourth.
13:19 - Yeah, and Minor kind of realizes, you know,
13:21 he's going to have to step on the gas a little bit
13:23 and get himself back into this fight.
13:24 He's competitive in every round,
13:25 but he's losing every round,
13:26 so he needs to step it up just a little bit.
13:29 - Yeah, Minor stepped into that boxing fitness class
13:32 six years ago, started sparring some heavyweights
13:35 and realized, "Hey, I'm pretty good at this,"
13:36 sparring against these big guys,
13:38 entered some amateur tournaments,
13:39 and that's where he was at,
13:42 getting work as an amateur, developing himself,
13:45 and then got into it.
13:47 - You know, sometimes you see guys
13:48 that talk about boxing,
13:49 "I could have done this, but I bought this.
13:50 I could have done this."
13:51 But Minor's got legitimately talent
13:54 and as well as character.
13:55 Like, he doesn't react badly when he gets hit.
13:57 He actually reacts like a fighter,
13:59 and he understands the position game.
14:01 He understands-- just not polished enough.
14:03 You would have loved to see if they would have got
14:04 their hands on him as trainers, his team,
14:06 when he was 18, 19, instead of when he was 28.
14:09 But really, you know, there's something to work with there.
14:11 I'll be honest with you, man.
14:13 Ruiz is a very, very good prospect.
14:15 You know what I'm saying?
14:16 And although he loses in a fight,
14:18 he's making him work.
14:20 - This is where they say there's levels to this.
14:21 So Minor's been doing well on his level.
14:24 He's stepping up, and give him credit
14:25 for stepping up against Ruiz,
14:26 'cause it's been hard for matchmakers
14:28 to find somebody for Ruiz.
14:29 - And that's the thing.
14:30 I mean, when you're of this age, like Minor,
14:32 you kind of have to rush yourself.
14:33 You don't have the time to develop properly,
14:35 but you can see the talent there and also the character.
14:38 - Yeah, and the combination of these two things,
14:40 which are two combinations--
14:42 the combination of these, you need.
14:44 - Yeah, sometimes the guys can probably get slow now.
14:46 Now, Minor, he's hanging.
14:47 He's taking a shot, but he's hanging.
14:49 - Yeah, you see, even when he gets hit,
14:50 you see he doesn't, like, go into this panic mode.
14:52 He understands to keep that position,
14:54 keep that stress on the opponent,
14:55 let him know that you're still there, you know?
14:59 - Now he's getting tagged here in the fourth round
15:01 as Ruiz trying to step on the gas.
15:03 - But you see he understands the position.
15:04 He makes Ruiz back off even after Ruiz landed.
15:07 He's still in the ring.
15:09 - This is good work for Ruiz, too,
15:10 in his fourth pro fight.
15:11 - Excellent work.
15:12 It was a good fight for Ruiz,
15:13 because Ruiz has been blowing guys out.
15:14 He's the kind of guy he needs
15:16 to keep maturing as a professional.
15:19 - Any time Bob Santos takes you on and you move to Vegas--
15:22 I mean, there's a lot of guys going from Cuba to Vegas
15:24 with Bob Santos, but when Bob is really invested in you,
15:27 you're like, "Okay, there must be a reason."
15:29 - Yeah, yeah, Bob's not wasting the time.
15:31 He gets enough superstar fighters coming his way.
15:34 [crowd shouting]
15:36 - And Ruiz, and he smears.
15:39 - You gotta get that hook back.
15:42 - Final seconds of the round.
15:45 And reach for Ruiz, controlling the fights.
15:48 It is D-no-minor.
15:50 Looking good, Orlando.
15:52 [cheers and applause]
15:54 - Meet the team behind the team.
15:56 The coach, the manager, and the snack dad,
16:00 all using Chase to keep up with their finances.
16:03 The coach helps save goals here
16:05 because she saved for soccer camp there.
16:07 And check this out.
16:09 The manager deposited a check.
16:10 Magic.
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16:13 Orange slices.
16:15 Because this team all has Chase.
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16:21 Chase, make more of what's yours.
16:23 - We head to the fifth round.
16:25 And now in the corner of minor,
16:26 you can see at the bottom of your screen,
16:27 they put the towel around him.
16:28 They give him a little bit of extra water.
16:30 The towel's starting to take an effect
16:32 on the D-no-minor.
16:36 But there have been some shots landed by Henry Ruiz.
16:40 Given the instruction there from Bob Santos in his corner.
16:42 Nice and calm, the Cuban.
16:44 Takes that deep breath.
16:45 - Come on, come on.
16:46 - And we head to the fifth round.
16:47 - Expecto. - Come on, come on.
16:49 Let's go.
16:50 - Come on, come on.
16:51 - Come on, come on.
16:52 Let's go.
16:53 He's in control.
16:54 You know he is when Mastro shows up.
16:56 - No, you don't need him.
16:57 - They got to get a little quicker, Bob Santos,
16:59 in that corner.
17:00 - Yeah.
17:01 - He took a minute and change in that corner.
17:02 - That's a better move right there.
17:03 That's a good trainer.
17:04 He buys every extra second.
17:05 - If the ref lets you get away with it.
17:07 [grunting]
17:09 - He don't respect you.
17:11 He wants to win.
17:12 [crowd shouting]
17:15 - All right, this is now where I want to see Ruiz
17:19 step on the gas, get out of third.
17:21 - He's trying, but man, I'll tell you,
17:23 every time he tries, it's also Miner stepping back on the gas.
17:26 - Yeah.
17:27 - Miner reacts to everything, and he also--
17:29 sometimes he acts himself.
17:30 He's the first, you know?
17:31 He's trying to make up a physical fight.
17:33 Still hasn't gotten the winning mentality
17:35 beaten out of him as Miner, despite the fact
17:37 that Ruiz is ahead in the fight.
17:38 [whistle blows]
17:39 [crowd shouting]
17:42 - Laying on the ropes, keeping his hands low is Miner.
17:45 OK.
17:46 Real confident, my man.
17:47 [crowd shouting]
17:50 - He's not going to get up.
17:51 He's not going to get up.
17:52 He's not going to get up.
17:53 He's not going to get up.
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18:11 [crowd shouting]
18:15 - He's not going to get up.
18:16 He's not going to get up.
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18:35 He's not going to get up.
18:36 He's not going to get up.
18:42 - For the first time in his career,
18:43 Ruiz is getting resistance.
18:45 Ruiz is getting professional fighting in front of him,
18:49 battling with him.
18:50 And what do they say in this corner, Claudia?
18:52 - Beto, I'm highly impressed.
18:54 First of all, Bob Santos speaks very good Spanish,
18:56 and he was very clear.
18:57 He's very happy with what he sees.
18:59 Ruiz is composed.
19:00 He thinks he's controlling the fight,
19:01 but he says be careful because these are heavyweights.
19:04 All it takes is one punch.
19:05 - And he's like, "I'm going to close.
19:06 Close the gap."
19:07 - And in reality, you know, that is true
19:09 because, you know, Ruiz has a bloody nose.
19:11 - Yeah, I just saw that right above us.
19:13 There's some blood from the nose of Ruiz.
19:15 So Miner able to slip in a heavy shot.
19:17 There's that left.
19:18 - Trying to get in there, man.
19:19 Is Ruiz fading a little bit with all this resistance?
19:21 - Just slightly.
19:22 Let's see.
19:23 - A chance here for Miner to take advantage.
19:26 A little good left hand there by Ruiz.
19:27 He starts flying back.
19:30 Good little scrap going here in round five.
19:32 - Yeah, you got to go, go, go, go, go, go.
19:34 - He's going to get it.
19:35 - He's going to get it.
19:36 - He's going to get it.
19:37 - He's going to get it.
19:38 - He's going to get it.
19:39 - He's going to get it.
19:40 - He's going to get it.
19:41 - He's going to get it.
19:42 - He's going to get it.
19:43 - He's going to get it.
19:44 - He's going to get it.
19:45 - He's going to get it.
19:46 - He's going to get it.
19:47 - He's going to get it.
19:48 - He's going to get it.
19:49 - He's going to get it.
19:50 - He's going to get it.
19:51 - He's going to get it.
19:52 - He's going to get it.
19:53 - He's going to get it.
19:54 - He's going to get it.
19:55 - He's going to get it.
19:57 - The B-side fighter on paper.
19:59 - When you start drawing blood, you get a little--
20:01 you walk back to your corner with a little swagger,
20:03 and that's what-- that's what Miner did.
20:05 - Keeps the mouthpiece in.
20:08 Good for him.
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20:29 I'm all about that.
20:30 - Rob Ruiz, baby.
20:34 - And now Ruiz stands up.
20:35 No chair for him this time.
20:37 OK.
20:40 Look for the replays from the previous round.
20:44 - Yeah, some good action in that last round.
20:46 I'll tell you, both guys, some good work.
20:48 There's a left hand there by-- by Ruiz.
20:51 - Haven't been many body shots.
20:52 - Ruiz worked the body there.
20:53 That one's kind of blocked.
20:55 I don't know, man.
20:56 I thought Miner did the better work last round.
20:57 That was-- Miner had some-- some good--
21:00 good shots last round.
21:01 As I said, we drew some blood as well.
21:03 Let's see if Ruiz comes back in this round.
21:06 He gets another-- another win.
21:09 - It's been good back and forth between the heavyweights.
21:12 They haven't been leaning on each other,
21:14 giving themselves the space to work with.
21:16 You see the progression of young players.
21:18 This is all about still working our way
21:20 towards the main event tonight of Hidalberto Umara
21:23 in Cuba and William Encarnacion in Dominican Republic.
21:26 OK.
21:30 Look at Miner, sitting on his punches a bit now.
21:33 - Yeah, and Ruiz just swung down just a little bit to where now
21:36 he's not getting out of the way of the shots, you know?
21:38 Got to keep that jab going, and that's--
21:40 that'll set up left hands like that.
21:41 Smart shot by Ruiz.
21:42 A little simple shot sometimes will control the pace for him.
21:45 - Yeah, and he's got a good-- he's got a good--
21:47 he's got a good-- he's got a good--
21:49 will control the pace for you and let him not get out of hand,
21:51 'cause that's what Miner's trying to do.
21:52 Miner's trying to let the pace get out of hand for Ruiz
21:54 so that he can start to be physical with him
21:56 and not to break him down mentally.
21:58 Good little right body shot there by Ruiz.
22:00 - The work pace for Ruiz definitely slowed down.
22:04 We were raving about his feints and his jabs
22:06 in the second, third round.
22:07 All you haven't said in the last couple.
22:10 As I said it right on cue.
22:12 - And that's the thing.
22:13 The jab will control the pace for him.
22:14 You know, if the pace-- that's how you prevent the pace
22:16 from getting out of hand from you.
22:17 And Ruiz has a good enough jab to do that.
22:19 Good body shots there.
22:20 That'll back off from Miner's pressure.
22:23 - Dino keeping his hands low, very confident.
22:25 - Yeah.
22:26 - So maybe he doesn't respect Ruiz's power?
22:29 - I'll tell you what, though.
22:30 Those body shots-- the body shots he landed a second ago,
22:32 Ruiz, maybe Dino leave him alone for a second,
22:35 although now he's back with a little uppercut on the inside.
22:38 A little battle of attrition starting to develop here
22:40 between these two guys.
22:43 - Come on, Dino.
22:44 - Come on, Dino.
22:45 - Come on.
22:46 - Come on.
22:47 - Come on.
22:48 - Come on.
22:49 - Key moment there is Ruiz gets off first.
22:51 Miner was in position to get off first,
22:53 but he let Ruiz get off first.
22:54 And now Ruiz takes advantage of that momentum
22:56 and continues to try to do that.
22:57 Go ahead.
22:58 - Get off that seat.
22:59 I got number one.
23:00 - Go!
23:01 - Go!
23:02 - Go ahead.
23:03 Come on.
23:04 - You can see the experience of Ruiz here,
23:06 using little jukes and jives to buy himself some time
23:09 in little different looks.
23:11 - Go, go, go, go, go, go.
23:14 - Give him a little push.
23:15 Give him a little push.
23:16 - Back, back, back.
23:17 Let's go.
23:18 Go, go, go, go, go.
23:20 - Right hand from Miner.
23:22 - Yeah, he's trying to keep Ruiz working.
23:24 He always gets himself a clench in there.
23:26 Let's see if Miner lets him clench or if Miner continues
23:28 to force him to work.
23:29 Ruiz is looking for the rest here.
23:31 - Go ahead, go ahead.
23:32 - Ruiz trying to go to the body.
23:33 Miner's counter with a one-two.
23:35 Right hand from Ruiz as Miner's in the corner.
23:39 Is he comfortable in the corner working off the ropes?
23:42 Lands a couple over cuts to Dino Miner.
23:46 Left and a right for Miner.
23:49 Steal the round.
23:52 Oh, Miner staring at Ruiz.
23:56 - [speaking Spanish]
23:58 - All right, all right, we respect you.
23:59 - Okay. - We respect each other.
24:01 - You love to see that, though.
24:05 - Yeah.
24:06 - Guys start out disliking each other,
24:07 but after a certain amount of rounds together,
24:09 they start nodding at each other at the end of the round.
24:11 Like, "All right, I got you. I got you, bro.
24:13 All right, you're good. You can fight."
24:14 - Yeah.
24:16 As they work on the nose of La Menaza.
24:19 He has to be cut as a pro.
24:21 Three and 0, all knockouts, as you see on the graphic on screen.
24:24 - 100% KO ratio is on the line here for La Menaza.
24:30 I don't know. I don't know.
24:32 - I don't know.
24:34 You better do something to separate these rounds.
24:36 - Yeah, I thought he got off to a good start
24:38 and he's been very, very competitive.
24:40 [whistle blows]
24:41 Some replays from that last round.
24:42 That was a good little hook there from--
24:44 - Come on, come on, please. Come on.
24:47 - From Ruiz and then coming back here,
24:49 Miner off of the neutral corner,
24:52 working at the end of that round.
24:54 - And so the last time Miner was in the ring,
24:57 it was in April.
24:59 He was in Baltimore, Maryland, taking on Malik Titus,
25:02 and he knocked out the undefeated Titus
25:06 with three seconds to go in the fight.
25:09 Titus weighed 265.
25:11 Miner was 212.
25:13 - The Miners are solid 212, as you see.
25:16 - But he's been here.
25:19 Ruiz has never gone this deep into a fight.
25:22 So the conditioning factor and the experience rounds-wise
25:25 is on the side of Miner. What can he do?
25:26 - And the records, the prospects, they don't intimidate him.
25:28 You see, he knocked out the undefeated guy last fight.
25:30 He spars with some world-class opposition.
25:32 He's not intimidated by these guys,
25:35 even with his lack of experience.
25:37 He believes in himself, and his work ethic
25:39 has shown that he can be at this level.
25:41 He's done a good little scrap here against Ruiz.
25:43 He's probably behind, but it's a good scrap,
25:46 and he's forced Ruiz to really work at this
25:49 and even taking some rounds off him.
25:50 At least one, for sure. Maybe two.
25:51 Good body shot there by Ruiz.
25:53 - And that fight against Titus in Titus' backyard.
25:56 No problem with that. No intimidation.
26:00 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:02 - Ruiz being squammy with these body shots.
26:03 - No embargo. No embargo.
26:05 No embargo.
26:07 No embargo.
26:09 [shouting in Spanish]
26:12 - Oh, nice little shot.
26:22 Blackhand gets through the guard there by Miner.
26:24 Let's see if he can follow it up,
26:25 or if Ruiz comes right back.
26:27 You see they're starting to language on each other a little bit.
26:29 They're gonna get on--
26:31 - Yeah, it's like a body tie.
26:33 - Yeah, it's like a ceiling.
26:34 They're on the way on each other.
26:35 - On the legs. On the legs.
26:36 - Monsomo's saying, "Keep it up."
26:38 It was right in the beltline of Dino Miner.
26:41 - See, here, at this point in the fight,
26:42 is where jabs can be really effective,
26:43 'cause guys are tired, so they don't slip as well.
26:46 And that short, little straight shots
26:48 can start to really, really snap heads back.
26:52 It's the simple shots that land better for you here
26:54 instead of trying to load up too many wide shots.
26:57 - Left with a minute to go in the seventh round.
27:00 - He's got to get back to Ruiz right off.
27:02 - Oh, no more--no more--
27:04 - They're both breathing heavy here in the seventh.
27:06 And Miner just pushes Ruiz back.
27:08 - Yeah, and Ruiz threw that one, too,
27:09 but he kind of fell in with it.
27:10 - And that's low right there
27:11 on the opposite side of Dino Miner,
27:13 as Monsomo's been warning him about the low blow.
27:16 - It's gonna be the last one.
27:17 - He's warming up.
27:18 - Hey!
27:19 - And that's gonna be the final warning.
27:20 And, Claudia Trejos, you have more?
27:22 - Yes, I just spoke to Peter Simeaga,
27:23 and that's exactly what he was saying.
27:25 Those low blows are frustrating Dino,
27:27 and that's one of the reasons why he keeps just yelling at him,
27:30 and he keeps pressing him,
27:31 because during the frustrations due to the low blows,
27:33 he just backs off and stays away from the aggression.
27:36 - Excellent stuff, Claudia.
27:38 As Ruiz bleeding more from the nose and the mouth.
27:41 And you saw Miner pointed his ab out right here.
27:43 Hit you right here.
27:45 Look at Miner. Stop it.
27:47 - You know what's crazy?
27:48 We talk about the experience of Ruiz.
27:50 Ruiz has amateur experience,
27:51 and you can see the shock selection,
27:53 a little bit more poise early in the fight.
27:54 But as the fight wears on,
27:56 now you're seeing the experience of Miner
27:57 having fought more rounds.
27:59 - Professional experience.
28:00 - Yes, and you can see he's more comfortable now.
28:03 And Ruiz is sort of starting to stagger to the finish line.
28:06 You're starting to say, "Wow, you know,
28:07 that was another good round for Miner."
28:09 - And Miner does not sit down.
28:12 And we'll take a look at some of the shots
28:14 that were landed in the seventh round.
28:16 There were body shots right on the belt.
28:18 That's Marciniego's corner complaining about.
28:21 - Let's hear it.
28:23 - As we head into round number eight.
28:25 - You see Ruiz, the body-- that was--
28:27 - That was a good body shot.
28:28 - Yeah, that was behind the arm.
28:30 That was--seemed to be good.
28:31 I don't think he got the warning for that one,
28:32 or he doesn't.
28:33 - This might be--
28:34 - Let's see this one.
28:35 - Up on the belt line, it was--
28:36 - That's the same one.
28:37 That's the same one.
28:38 I don't know if he got the warning for that one.
28:39 - No, that was--
28:40 - The warning was right on our side, where--
28:41 - Good job, my friend.
28:42 - Yeah, Moscow was-- - Cambia, cambia.
28:43 - See the WBA world heavyweight rankings.
28:45 Oleksandr Usyk as the super champion,
28:46 and then you got right behind you,
28:47 Duvall Wilder, Boccoli, Joshua--
28:49 - Okay, go back, go back.
28:50 - Leonard Piero. You know, you got some names in there.
28:52 Jarrell Miller up in the top ten as well.
28:55 These guys want to--you know, fights against one another,
28:58 fights against guys like this will develop you to that level.
29:01 I mean, that's for both of these guys, to be honest with you.
29:03 You know, you want to toughen yourself up
29:05 on the way up the ladder, so you can get yourself ready
29:07 for those top-tier heavyweights.
29:10 - Eighth and final round.
29:12 Ruiz.
29:14 Paulie looks like he's just trying to get to the end of the eighth
29:16 and survive. - I'll be honest.
29:18 I had Ruiz winning the first four rounds.
29:20 - Yeah. - But the last three
29:22 could be for Minor, possibly.
29:24 Round six could have went to Ruiz,
29:26 so he could be maybe comfortably ahead,
29:28 but, you know, you might want to win this round just to be safe.
29:31 - Absolutely. - And for Minor,
29:33 you might want to win this round to try to maybe get the draw
29:35 out of it, you know?
29:38 - Yeah, the last couple rounds have been even,
29:40 where nobody's really done anything to separate themselves.
29:43 - Yeah, and I thought, you know, Minor has actually started
29:46 to take the advantage in the second half of the fight,
29:48 and after the fight in general, body language-wise
29:51 and everything, he's sort of been pushing Ruiz more and more,
29:54 but here in this half of the first part of this round,
29:57 first minute of the round, he's allowing Ruiz
29:59 to sort of move around.
30:01 Let's see if Ruiz can come up with a salvo,
30:03 good left hand there. He needs stuff like that.
30:05 - Yeah, more of that. - And Minor's got to--
30:07 can't go back to what he was doing earlier in the fight,
30:09 which was trying to walk into range and then punch.
30:11 He's got to punch his way into range.
30:13 - So Ruiz is trying to stay away.
30:15 - Uh-huh. - Maybe he thinks he's won this fight easy.
30:18 - He's trying to engage, trying to slip.
30:20 - He's trying to maybe pot shot and then trying to
30:22 take advantage of maybe the overaggression,
30:24 but you see stuff like that.
30:26 Now he's got to try to get some of that work back.
30:29 - All right, everybody, ball.
30:32 - Good left hand there by Ruiz.
30:34 Minor's making some of the mistakes he's made earlier
30:36 in the fight, where he's trying to walk into range
30:38 and then punch, and again, you've got to punch your way
30:40 into range. - And Ruiz,
30:42 we haven't seen combination from him in a while.
30:44 - Some of that pizzazz, some of that experience,
30:46 you can see it here from Ruiz.
30:50 Not in a state of four now. Good body shot.
30:52 That was a little good shot right in the solar plexus
30:54 by Ruiz, and a nice counter jab as well.
30:56 - He is slipping, but he's slick with that.
30:58 - And he's counterpunching.
31:00 Having himself a good round so far here with a minute left.
31:03 - Both these guys are tired. - Yeah.
31:10 - You can see it, especially Minor,
31:12 who's been chasing around Ruiz the last couple rounds.
31:14 He's been swinging punches now.
31:16 - Yeah, we didn't see any big power shots
31:19 thrown by Minor at all, or Ruiz.
31:21 - Minor can't seem to find the range this round.
31:24 He's trying to put Ruiz into position,
31:26 but Ruiz doing a good job working that footwork
31:30 and using those pot shot counters this round.
31:33 - Yeah, Minor's never let his hands go.
31:40 He's sitting down on the couch.
31:42 - Yeah, Chris couldn't find the range in this last round.
31:44 Smart round, smart boxing round by Ruiz.
31:47 He may have sealed the victory for him.
31:49 - Bad experience on the side of Ruiz.
31:51 - Oh, they gotcha. - Eighth final round.
31:53 We'll come back with the decision.
31:56 Our first bout of the night here in Orlando.
31:59 Goes with the scorecard.
32:01 We'll come back, see who won this fight.
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34:17 We have three fights total for you tonight.
34:19 The heavyweights just went back and forth,
34:22 and it goes to the judges' scorecards.
34:24 That's Henrich Ruiz.
34:26 He's out of Cuba.
34:28 Dino Miner, Utland, Texas.
34:30 Let's look at the recap from this fight
34:32 that went eight hard rounds.
34:34 - Yeah, this was a good competitive fight.
34:36 You know, we saw-- he started out with that snapping shot
34:39 from Ruiz, and he was controlling that range.
34:41 It seemed like Miner was willing,
34:43 but he just couldn't get the proper distance
34:45 to really trap Ruiz, and Ruiz was really winning the fight
34:48 with good footwork, snappy shots,
34:50 and then just a better shot selection
34:52 when the fight got started.
34:54 But then as the fight wore on,
34:56 I thought you'd see a good left hand there by Ruiz.
34:58 As the fight wore on, you started seeing Miner
35:01 hold his position better, and he started to--
35:03 eventually started to make Ruiz pay.
35:05 - Go, go, go, go, go. - So those body shots--
35:07 those body shots really affected there for Ruiz.
35:09 - Not beyond the head. Not beyond the head.
35:11 [dramatic music]
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35:16 - Yeah, the head weights, back and forth.
35:18 It was Ruiz who had to figure things out
35:22 as he went the distance for the first time
35:24 in his career, came into this fight 3-0.
35:27 All by a knockout tonight.
35:29 - Good work--good work by Ruiz
35:31 in a fight where he finally had--went the distance,
35:34 and he had not only been able to distance,
35:36 he went eight rounds. He got eight rounds of good work
35:38 against a guy who kept pushing him all the way through.
35:41 And Ruiz answered some questions about Ruiz.
35:44 And even a guy like Miner, a guy you want to
35:46 see again as well. - Oh, man, we got to
35:48 figure some things out. You got to get to the circle of trust.
35:50 Our ring announcer is Mark Frattle.
35:52 Figure it out. [bell dings]
35:54 - All right, here in Orlando, Florida,
35:56 let's make some noise for these two heavyweights.
35:59 The big boys going toe-to-toe
36:01 across all eight rounds this evening.
36:04 We now go to the judges' scorecards,
36:06 where Tina Griffith and Thomas Nardone
36:09 each scored the contest, 78-74.
36:12 Rose Lysand had it 80-72.
36:15 All three judges, in favor of your winner
36:17 by unanimous decision and still undefeated...
36:23 from Isla de Juventud, Cuba,
36:26 and reached La Amenaza Ruiz!
36:33 - Nice of--nice of the judge Rose to miss the fight
36:38 while she was sitting ringside. That's always good.
36:40 When you're sitting ringside, you miss the fight.