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00:00 - Peace. - Mouthpiece.
00:02 - All right, gentlemen, you received the instructions
00:03 in the dressing room, know what I expect?
00:05 Good, clean fight.
00:07 Legal punches, here for you, legal punches,
00:09 here for you, touch gloves, good luck to both of you.
00:12 - All right.
00:13 - Tim, do you remember when you were
00:16 on your way to the Hall of Fame
00:17 and you had that desire of getting back
00:20 to your fight weight? - Yes.
00:22 - Okay, what if I told you that
00:24 Michael Portales weighed 300 pounds before COVID
00:28 and here he is tonight in that blue corner
00:30 fighting at 140 pounds?
00:34 - I would say that he's a mentally tough person.
00:38 Honestly, man, one of the hardest things in life
00:41 is losing weight.
00:42 I'm struggling with that right now, Bernardo.
00:44 - We both are, and he overcame so much
00:46 just to even make it.
00:48 He was picked up when he was 12 years old
00:49 by his now father and trainer,
00:53 and he was sleeping in the foster system,
00:56 but his foster family would make him sleep outside
00:59 until his foster parents said,
01:01 "No, that's not how it's gonna go.
01:03 Come stay with me," and he took him in,
01:05 changed his life, and for Art Barrera,
01:08 he's undefeated.
01:10 You don't wanna blink because this young man
01:12 has a vicious left hook.
01:14 He's 2-0, has only fought seven minutes as a pro,
01:17 has yet to go past round two.
01:19 - Oh, he's there, too, and he's trying to set it up
01:20 right now.
01:22 You know, Barrera just using his jab.
01:23 He's tall, long, and rangy, so, you know,
01:26 he likes to start everything from the outside,
01:28 which is smart.
01:29 You wanna use your height, you wanna use your range,
01:31 and there it is.
01:32 Left hook. - Watch your hands, guys.
01:34 - Just a little bit off the mark.
01:35 Once he finds the low kick, once he locates that head,
01:37 because what Portelis is doing is he's dropping real low,
01:40 and he's crouching down, and he's kinda shrinking
01:42 his target areas, but he is dropping his hands
01:45 on the way in, and eventually, he will get caught.
01:48 - His nickname is "The Bull" and "Mikey the Bull"
01:51 because he comes in like that,
01:53 trying to boom his way inside.
01:55 - Stop! - Break!
01:56 - Oh, he's doing the right thing.
01:58 And when I say he's doing the right thing,
02:00 it's Portelis.
02:01 He's doing the right thing by trying to crowd him
02:03 and close the distance.
02:04 - Ooh, and there's that left hook!
02:06 - There it is. - You take one to give one.
02:09 - Three!
02:10 [crowd shouting]
02:11 - That's it, that's it, that's it.
02:12 - I'm good, I'm good.
02:13 - That's it, baby, that's it.
02:15 - He was resting.
02:16 - They've done a little bit too long.
02:17 - Yeah.
02:18 - Your corner said that's it as well.
02:20 - And Raul Cae Jr. looked to his corner,
02:21 and you see Robert Garcia.
02:23 We talked about him being his next protege,
02:25 and the young man who discovered Art Barrera Jr.
02:28 is Robert Garcia Jr.
02:30 He's the one who goes out to the amateur tournaments
02:32 and says, "Hey, pops, check this kid out,"
02:35 and he's had that success with several fighters now.
02:38 - Look, one of the things that's--
02:40 I would say the hardest thing to teach is punching power
02:44 because you have it.
02:45 You're born with it, you know?
02:47 This young man right here was born with that,
02:49 and that's what I believe that Ryan Garcia saw in him.
02:53 And his son told him that, "Hey, this guy's knocking out guys
02:55 in the amateurs.
02:56 Now imagine him in the pros."
02:58 - 20 knockouts in 100 amateur fights.
03:00 He went 1-1 against Emiliano Vargas,
03:03 and when you spar against Virgil Ortiz,
03:05 Raymond Muratay and Brandon Lee,
03:07 you're gonna be able to do this, Tim.
03:08 - Look at it. He's stepping back.
03:09 You see the steps going backwards right here?
03:10 This is set up.
03:11 Boom, he was just waiting
03:13 for that opportunity to land that left foot,
03:15 and right there he caught him in between his combination.
03:19 Here it is again,
03:20 anticipating that looping right hand,
03:23 caught him high on the head,
03:25 got hit with a headbutt on the way in,
03:27 but there it is. Boom, right on the chin.
03:29 He's shorting that shot up in real time.
03:31 That's impressive for a young fighter.
03:33 Really impressive.
03:35 Here it is. Bait, bait, bait.
03:36 I got you to throw.
03:38 He took it on the chin well,
03:40 got hit with a headbutt also,
03:42 but then he steps back,
03:43 finds the perfect range to land that left hook right there
03:46 on the chin of Patelis, and that was it.
03:50 - I mean, he tried to get up.
03:51 It was a little late.
03:52 The corner had already decided that it was enough,
03:54 and Art Barrera Jr., who wears the name "Fernie"
03:57 on the back of his trunks in honor of his uncle
03:59 who died at 40 years of age,
04:01 he said, "That's the man who started me in boxing.
04:03 I'm living his dream."
04:05 - And look, Patelis was knocked out in his last fight as well.
04:08 - Yeah. - You know?
04:09 So, I mean, I know going into this fight,
04:12 I knew this fight was gonna get stopped sooner or later.
04:15 Maybe he could've continued,
04:16 but I'm just glad it got stopped.
04:18 It wouldn't have been good.
04:19 - Absolutely.
04:20 Let's send that up to Mark Chanuck
04:21 for the official time of the stoppage.
04:22 - Ladies and gentlemen, here inside Nickelode Ultra Arena,
04:25 this bout comes to a conclusion at 1 minute 41 seconds
04:28 of round number one for your winner
04:31 by technical knockout, Art Barrera Jr.
04:38 - So now he's fought 8 minutes and 46 seconds
04:40 as a professional in three fights.
04:43 We'll come back with more from Las Vegas.
04:45 There is Allegiant Stadium.