MORE BOXING FIGHTS: https://www.boxingfightsvideos.com
FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/boxingfvideos_
FACEBOOK FAN PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/boxingfvideos1/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/boxingfvideos_/
FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/boxingfvideos_
FACEBOOK FAN PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/boxingfvideos1/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/boxingfvideos_/
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00 I know Juan has a slight height advantage it looks a little bit more than what it
00:12 says on paper 6'2" to 6'0" but in the stare off it looked a little bit a
00:17 little bit longer than that a little bit taller than that but height doesn't
00:22 always matter we got arm reach I didn't get these guys reach before the fight
00:26 but I would say that Juan probably has a slight advantage when it comes to the
00:29 reach
00:32 that the size of Ricky's legs Jesus he's got tree trunks I mean he's fought up at
00:48 heavyweight you know both guys early feeling each other out both trying to
00:53 establish a jab trying to find that distance
00:57 Ricky with a nice combination little hop in on that hook
01:06 they both have that bend in the legs that I love you know where you know that
01:13 oh beautiful lead uppercut yeah that is that they're ready to go they're ready
01:18 to explode they're ready to get in there there and the hand speed on these guys
01:21 is great you know sometimes people think what a tendency when you get the bigger
01:26 guys that the hand speed is going to be affected but I mean you're you're a pure
01:29 example of the bigger you got later in your career as we started fighting at
01:33 heavier weight classes your hands we didn't go anywhere I always had good
01:35 hand speed for for my weight classes and it's such an advantage the bigger weights
01:40 that hand speed is such a massive advantage seeing the confusing puzzle
01:45 look on the bigger guys face when he said why is he still this fast right or
01:49 what why can he hit me from there when I don't think he can and I think this is
01:55 probably where Ricky wants this fight put this guy in the corner try to lump
01:59 him up a little bit
02:01 he's got one has a good fast jab - he's doubling that thing up finding that
02:10 range with it
02:24 and one just looks relaxed to me right now but Ricky does too I mean both
02:28 different defenses right Ricky has more of a higher shell one has more of that
02:33 little little roll that little Philly shell almost what we call our windshield
02:37 wiper defense
02:39 little left hook snuck through there at the end he's been finding some real
02:52 success with that the left hook
02:56 one trying to put some body work in there potentially slow Ricky down for
03:13 the later rounds although this is another four rounder you know I feel
03:21 like they should be at least doing six with these records right with that many
03:24 fights I'd like I'd like to see a six at least six I'll tell you what that's a
03:31 hard round of call hard round the call I think probably the cleaner striking
03:36 would have went to one but Ricky was definitely in there lumping him up on
03:40 the inside putting probably the longer combinations together but the single
03:44 shots I'd probably lean towards one hard round the call very hard luckily we're
03:49 not judging tonight those guys got enough problem we should probably be
03:58 doing everything I'm sure we can add one more job
04:04 I mean we're watching the fight that is true I mean with the technology today I
04:13 could easily text my scorecard up to the ring you know exactly you know air drop
04:18 it you know
04:20 this is definitely to be the telling round where one guy has to establish
04:28 who's the front-runner here
04:32 I'd like to see one just keep popping that jab out there and finding his range
04:50 with a jab but Ricky's doing work on the inside I would like to see Ricky keep
04:54 that keep that chin out of the air his last fight he went down pretty bad it
04:59 looks like when he's loading up for those big shots that his hands are
05:02 dropping down and he's and he's going for like that monster hook but
05:05 unfortunately he's getting caught a little bit with it and that's what the
05:08 results were in his last fight he's coming in there was a guy like that and
05:12 there was again you know it's a it's a it's a habit you have to fight when you
05:16 load up for those big shots to drop that hand to get a little bit of more whipping
05:20 to it but as we can see right now those straight short shots for one or landing
05:25 you know Ricky's head snapping back a little bit doesn't look like it's
05:28 affecting him too much right now but in the eyes of the judges score score score
05:32 score got some respect yeah we got some definitely out to respect Ricky backed
05:36 up
05:38 at least he has his wits enough to know that okay let me chill out and back up
05:44 get my stuff together
05:47 I'm gonna get my stuff together here we go
05:50 I'm gonna get my stuff together here we go
05:53 here comes a jab there it is
06:06 I like what one's doing on the outside how he's constantly moving his head
06:18 Ricky's head seems to be in one one position why I think is why one's not
06:22 having a problem just poking that jab out there just keeping it in his eyes
06:25 but there there goes Ricky just lands a nice little short left hook you know
06:33 it's it's it's about constantly moving that target
06:37 nice little clean right hand over the top the the power shots Ricky's landing
06:49 they're hitting but they're hitting a lot of like banging on the arms and in a
06:53 four round fight you know that's I don't believe you have enough time to really
06:57 make those arms tired you know you need a longer fight where those those shoulder
07:02 punches those arm punches they're gonna add up they're gonna slow down the hands
07:06 you don't feel that stuff it's about six seven round
07:10 got about 15 seconds left here in the second round nice little short left
07:18 hook counter back with a jab and then a short right cross again every time
07:26 Ricky's lunging in he's getting caught with that little stiff jab which almost
07:30 stops him in his tracks a little bit
07:33 [Music]
07:36 [Music]
07:39 [Music]
07:42 [Music]
07:45 [Music]
07:48 [Music]
07:54 [Music]
08:00 [Music]
08:06 [Music]
08:12 [Music]
08:15 [Music]
08:21 [Music]
08:26 how do you feel about that last round Curtis
08:37 just the same narrative from the first one Juan definitely rent landed the
08:45 cleaner harder shots definitely looks good for the judges but Ricky's in there
08:50 I would just like to see him no start to you know take more responsible real
08:55 estate I was a beautiful overhand right by Ricky I would have given that last
08:59 round probably the the edge would have went to one for me in that last round
09:02 that first round would be a hard one but Ricky's coming out swinging right here
09:06 yeah I would just like when he gets here to be a little bit more responsible I'd
09:10 like him down cleaner shots there's a beautiful left hand by Ricky just as you
09:15 get in there and arrange where you know to be you don't need to go in there and
09:18 get crazy I'd like to see some I'd like to see some level changes when I'm in
09:22 there just let's move the target a little bit
09:26 because your hands go up your chin goes up right you're reaching well you're
09:30 just look we just got to move the damn target especially when you're fighting
09:34 like a precise a precise fighter who's he's not trying to kill you with every
09:39 shot but just those short little stiff shots and he's going straighter you know
09:43 those straight shots I'm a firm believer that the straight shots are the ones
09:46 that add up the most and they're the ones that can cause immediate damage we
09:53 got a little cut probably from a head but
09:56 that things bleeding pretty damn good right now they're definitely gonna have
10:02 to tend to that between these rounds
10:06 headlock I like that headlock schoolboy hell out I like that little overhead
10:13 right off that school yard head and I'm a his next fight fellas chill out I
10:18 would I would assume that one's probably gonna start teeing off on that eye with
10:21 his right hand see if he can make a little bit more damage
10:25 lands a short little uppercut on the inside but Ricky lands some hooks he's
10:34 definitely aiming that jab at that cut I as you can see most people think the
10:40 jabs just thrown at the head now he's being precise with it he's hitting that
10:43 side of the head you can just see it right there especially from this angle
10:48 he's been landing that short little uppercut he is working that I would that
11:00 jab I know he's setting up I know he's setting up that straight right probably
11:06 off the right into that right hand
11:11 I saw a left hook to Ricky acknowledges it he's starting to wear it to you see
11:16 it you can see it by his demeanor change here comes that pressure but here he
11:20 comes though he's not he's not giving up he's still getting shots in there he's
11:25 game he's slugging it on the inside now here's where having a good cut man's
11:32 gonna pay off you got to stop that bleeding you know one's gonna go right
11:36 back to that I this next round for the final round
11:43 and you know the judges see that blood they immediately think oh this guy's
11:47 taking all the damage which he was taking the shots definitely taking the
11:51 shots but that was from a handbook
11:54 but they don't take that into account all the time you know it was if it was
12:02 in fact a headbutt or I think we're gonna see it right here I know he's
12:04 already bleeding down I tell you what one strong these little fast shots that
12:11 they almost escaped the eye but they're landing
12:15 what do you say we make some noise in here this is the final round arguably I
12:33 think ones up two to one could be three oh you know you don't want him to rest
12:37 on his laurels here you want him to boy beautiful beautiful exchange right there
12:42 definitely coming out
12:45 good overhand right but here comes one right back I really like one you know he
12:56 reminds me a lot of myself tall rangy guys that get on the inside it can do
13:01 work fighting smooth yeah but you would assume with a tall fighter like that
13:05 which a lot of people assume with you which we've absolutely we took advantage
13:08 of it once Canada and thought you know we switch it up in round four where I
13:12 was like Kurt let's go inside and work this guy who thinks we only can fight in
13:16 long range
13:18 is definitely is definitely a shock to these guys that when these tall range
13:30 you guys can get inside 30s hooks 30s short uppercuts still find a
13:35 range and put some pop on the end of the punches on the inside because it's not
13:39 what you expect you know you expect oh he's long you should be on the outside
13:42 just touching touching touching and then they get on the inside and they're
13:45 beating you in there too and then you know you're trying to solve that puzzle
13:48 and you just don't have the piece every time just when you think you got the
13:52 answer you change the question mr.
13:57 wrestling shout out there in case you guys didn't catch it I mean it is
14:02 WrestleMania week here we go
14:06 you know one thing I'm always looking for when I'm watching fights watching
14:14 especially watching these exchanges but when I'm watching like clean connections
14:17 with striking is it's the guy whose eyes are always trained right it's the eyes
14:22 leave the accuracy when you see guys looking away and winging shots that
14:26 they're not looking at they're just not landing they're not landing where you
14:29 want him to land
14:32 beautiful right hand coming back over the top
14:40 beautiful one one two I like the stutter step on the inside to come in
14:48 he's just he's just beginning and ending each flurry with like a clean little
14:56 short shot that I think is I think it's with scoring and I think it's winning
15:00 him this fight
15:03 nice right hand by Ricky right there dueling left hooks
15:18 and a right hand by Ricky
15:21 Ricky trying to draw out the fight here at the end of the round hey great fight
15:38 I knew this was gonna be a great great fight when we looked at a card
15:42 definitely two technicians trying to go in there trying to put their style on
15:46 the line here at the end of the round
15:48 [Music]
15:51 [Music]
15:54 [Music]
15:57 [Music]
16:00 [Music]
16:07 [Music]
16:13 [Music]
16:19 [Music]
16:27 [Music]
16:30 [Music]
16:36 [Music]
16:42 [Music]
16:54 [Music]
16:57 [Music]
17:04 [Music]
17:09 [Music]
17:21 one more time how about it for both of these fighters here you go all four
17:26 rounds hard-hitting action we go to the scorecards again for our decision both
17:36 anticipating the scorecards our judges Mike Bell Don Howard Chris Levin all
17:42 scoring an identical 40 to 36 all for the winner by unanimous decision
17:49 Juan Higuera!
17:52 yeah that's just about how we thought this fight was gonna go you know it's
17:59 not that Ricky didn't have his moments in the fight but I just feel like Juan was
18:03 the cleaner boxer