Johan Gonzalez vs Ricardo Ruben Villalba (25-08-2023) Full Fight
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00:00All right, we've gone over all the rules in the dressing room.
00:02You know them, guys.
00:03Both trunks with their foot seat.
00:05Keep your butts here above.
00:07Good luck.
00:09Fight scheduled for eight rounds
00:12in the super welterweight division.
00:16Gonzalez, Venezuelan,
00:20now living in Panama City,
00:22against Argentina's Ricardo Villaba.
00:27Here we go!
00:28It's time to fight.
00:31Red and black trunks for 32-2 with 32 knockouts.
00:36Gonzalez, blue and white trunks for Villaba.
00:41Yeah, Gonzalez, in my notes, it had him at 72-inch reach,
00:44but I'm looking at him across the ring,
00:45and I'm like, man, this guy has very long arms.
00:48And then the tale of the kid come up to 75.5.
00:50That's a very long reach for this weight class.
00:52Oh, oh, good body shot.
00:56That's why you want to get in the tank early, right?
00:59Especially against an opponent
01:01who has made it a habit of finishing his opponents
01:04very quickly, Paulie.
01:0618 of his 32 knockouts have come in round one.
01:10Yeah, very fast starter.
01:11He's a rough, tough guy with heavy hands.
01:13Listen, 32 knockouts in 32 fights.
01:17Granted, he hasn't fought the toughest guys in the world.
01:19It doesn't matter. He knocked them all out.
01:20All of his wins are by KO.
01:21Yeah, and he's starting aggressive here as well.
01:23I mean, that was a nice body shot earlier, man.
01:25And some nice overhand rights, too,
01:26that were just grazing the ear of Yabba.
01:3129 and 1.
01:34The record of Big Baby is his nickname, Yabba.
01:38And he has been stopped in four of those losses.
01:42He's not looking good here, either.
01:43He's getting hit with some big bombs
01:45from somebody who can really punch.
01:48When you look at the stats, and it says 34 bouts, 80 rounds,
01:52100% finish rate,
01:55you know that you're facing somebody
01:56who's looking to finish it again early.
01:59And he fights that way.
02:00He fights with that kind of confidence, too.
02:03Yeah, from the tapes that I watch,
02:04very heavy over the front foot,
02:05comes out very aggressive right away.
02:06We're seeing that here.
02:0928 of his 32 finishes have come in the first three rounds.
02:14Long, using that long reach right there, Chris.
02:16Yeah, this is not a guy who wants to hear a final bell.
02:22He's only heard it twice,
02:23and those were the two setbacks in his career.
02:26One in Russia, the other in Panama back in 2019.
02:31Interesting thing is, you said, Gold,
02:32you know, in the first three rounds,
02:34where 28 of his 32 knockouts have been,
02:36if Yabba can get by this first three rounds,
02:38you know, I wonder if the pace changes a little bit.
02:40Because, you know, Gonzalo has started very, very fast.
02:44He's at a pace that you wonder
02:46if he can keep that kind of pace if the fight lasts.
02:50Yeah, this is an eight-rounder.
02:51Certainly not a short fight.
02:53He's coming out guns blazing.
02:56I mean, this redefines weather the early storm, right, Paulie?
03:00Yeah. I mean, it's here.
03:02Yeah, you can see red blotches all over the body of Yabba.
03:04His face is getting all red, his shoulder.
03:08Taking a lot of leather early on.
03:13And Argentina's Yabba likes to fight inside,
03:17and right now, Gonzalo's utilizing
03:19that 5-inch reach advantage
03:21to keep his opponent on the outside.
03:23Yabba trying to stop Paulie now.
03:25He might need to attack that with another stance.
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04:06Can you help us out a little bit on that, Paulie?
04:10You're saying keep hitting him?
04:11Yeah.
04:12Keep hitting him from the outside.
04:14And Johnny Gomez is saying, don't get hit.
04:16Let's get inside and fight our type of fight.
04:19That's going to be the question, Chris.
04:21Can Ricardo Yabba work himself inside
04:25to get within that reach advantage of Gonzalez?
04:27Round number two.
04:29Red and black trunks for Gonzalez.
04:31Yabba in the blue and white trunks.
04:34I got to stop wetting these ring girls.
04:36They're striking me between rounds.
04:39Another good aspect of Roblox TV.
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04:44Great fights, great ring girls.
04:46Ooh, good body shot again.
04:49He uses that range very well.
04:5175-and-a-half-inch reach.
04:52Very long for this weight class.
04:55And he lands.
04:56I mean, Yabba takes it.
05:00Yabba trying to stay busy here in round number two.
05:03Yabba decided he don't want to fight back.
05:04Still works for the wear.
05:05Yeah, might as well.
05:07He's like, I'm going to get hit anyway.
05:08I might as well just throw.
05:09I can't get out of the way.
05:10I might as well go out firing.
05:13This one is a little bit more of a phone booth
05:16start of round number two.
05:19And I don't know if you guys at home can hear these shots.
05:21They are loud and heavy.
05:23And the problem, I think, Yabba's having
05:24is also González is more skilled.
05:26González has a better shot selection.
05:28He also knows how to kind of ride and counter.
05:30Stop, stop.
05:33Born and raised in Venezuela, now living in Panama City.
05:38Double jab from Johan González.
05:41We've had a number of Venezuelans on our air.
05:42They get all punch. What is that?
05:44What's in the water down there that all these guys can punch?
05:48Oh, man.
05:49He's pouring on the punishment.
05:53Bejávez is very tough.
05:55Comes right back with everything.
05:56I'd like to know what's in that water,
05:58because I could use a couple of gallons, Chris.
06:01Could ship it up.
06:04Body, head, mixing things up.
06:07Yeah, Bejávez has been taking the shots well up until about now.
06:10He's starting to see them having an effect,
06:13head and body.
06:14Yeah, I think he decided this round
06:16he wanted to come out punching and fighting,
06:18and now he realizes that hasn't worked either.
06:19Yeah, you can kind of see his body language now
06:22is a little bit dejected,
06:23because, you know, that was sort of a stand
06:25he intended to make, and it didn't work.
06:27Yeah, almost like a last hurrah, right, Chad?
06:28Ooh.
06:29Sucking a couple uppercuts,
06:31but he's on very wobbly legs right now
06:34from the constant attack of González.
06:38A lot of times when you see a guy who's hurt
06:39and his legs aren't underneath him,
06:41he'll put himself on the ropes,
06:42because he doesn't have to worry about his balance as much.
06:44Here you see Bejávez staying on the ropes on purpose.
06:47Ooh.
06:49Oh, good body shot, too.
06:51Still digs it in there.
06:53González fakes with the double jab
06:57over the top of the right to the body.
07:01Under 30 seconds on the clock here in round number 2.
07:06Remember that three-round threshold?
07:07Yep. The Venezuelan.
07:11González has still set a big pace,
07:13so I'm wondering if it goes past 3
07:14if this pace starts to slow down.
07:17Villalba makes it past 3, though.
07:18Yeah, González is landing on the way in and the way out.
07:21He's utilizing that range very well.
07:24And I'm not advocating towards stoppage quite yet,
07:26but Villalba took way more punishment than Bolles
07:28in last fight.
07:29Yeah, he stopped Bolles.
07:31Great point. Great point, Jim.
07:42I was talking about González landing on the way in
07:43and the way out.
07:44Here you see big overhand,
07:46and as he steps out, lands another left hand.
07:49Bejávez leaning against those ropes
07:50because he got wobbled moments earlier
07:52with a right hand over the top.
07:53Didn't really have his legs for the rest of that round
07:56and spent it with his back against the ropes,
07:57absorbing punishment.
08:02How's your ring go, guys?
08:04Thank you very much.
08:05Through the production truck, round number 2.
08:07How's your ring go, guys?
08:09Thank you very much.
08:10Through the production truck, round number 3.
08:13Coming up next...
08:19...a little more of the same.
08:23From the corner of González,
08:26Villalba still in this fight.
08:29Comes out somewhat southpaw in a big swing and a miss.
08:32But he came right to center ring and came out fighting.
08:35You know, you got to give him credit.
08:37He did try to pick up the pace, Pauly, as well,
08:39in round number 2, tried to get inside and exchange.
08:43He did early on, and then he got hurt.
08:45Yeah. And that was the end of that.
08:46Yeah, then he got exchanged.
08:47Exactly.
08:50He just doesn't want to get cashed out.
08:53Again, I'm still keeping an eye
08:54on that three-round threshold.
08:55González's pace is fast.
08:58And González is actually taking the shots
08:59pretty well to the head,
09:00but, I mean, González is going to the body as well.
09:03As I mentioned, 28 of the 32 finishes
09:09for Johan González,
09:11and he has finished every one of his victories,
09:13have come within the first three rounds.
09:17All of the knockouts within five rounds.
09:22Pass starter, like we said.
09:23Coming up next, our co-main event of the evening,
09:27Pauldo and Estella.
09:30You notice González doesn't throw anything soft.
09:33Like, everything's hard, even his jabs.
09:36And that's another reason why I'm questioning
09:38if he goes past three, if he slows down.
09:40I mean, he's just torrid pace, hard punches.
09:47Well, his nickname might be Bevo Big Baby,
09:49but he is far from that.
09:51His viablo's showing a lot of heart.
09:54Bevo Big Baby.
09:56Bevo Big Baby.
09:58His viablo's showing a lot of heart
10:01as he continues to take the attack
10:05and approach this fight like he still
10:07is going to be the one with his arm raised,
10:10despite González throwing heavy shots
10:13and landing frequently.
10:16No question about the toughness of his jab,
10:19but he's in there, he's still trying.
10:21You can see in his eyes, he still has fight in him.
10:24Comey in the event is 15-1, Justin Pauldo,
10:2814-2, Eduardo Estella.
10:32Under a minute here in round three
10:34of this eight-round super welterweight matchup.
10:37One minute away from seeing if you're right, Paul,
10:39about that three-round threshold.
10:41Oh, yeah.
10:43Viablo seems like he's going to survive it.
10:48And I'll tell you, González has kind of slowed down
10:50in the second half of this round.
10:51Yep, for sure.
10:53Definitely taking some steam off the punches.
10:57Oh, good shot to the body.
11:00Maybe he heard us.
11:03Break it. There you go. There you go.
11:05If Viablo makes it to the fourth,
11:07he will have gone further than 28 fighters
11:13who have faced Johan González.
11:16And it appears that will be the fact.
11:20Good body shot on the inside there from Viablo.
11:23Long right hand.
11:24Yeah, that might be the key, man.
11:25Go into González's body now.
11:27You know, he's punched himself out a little bit.
11:29You know, I mean, he's still got plenty of energy.
11:30Don't get me wrong.
11:31But if you start to touch the body here and there,
11:33maybe you can turn this thing around a little bit.
11:34You're still in the fight.
11:36I mean, you've got González's, you know,
11:38kind of breathing heavy in the corner now.
11:42A little blood on the left ear of Viablo.
11:46That could be a problem.
11:47That could be an eardrum or whatnot, you know?
11:48Champ, you ever busted an eardrum before?
11:49Yeah.
11:50Yeah, I have too.
11:51That's a rough thing to deal with there in a fight.
12:18They want more combos from the corner of González.
12:21I mean, I don't know how many more combos
12:22he's going to be able to throw.
12:25They feel like it moves, that Viablo moves back, though,
12:28from the combinations as we work our way around.
12:32Number four, red and black trunks for Johan González.
12:36Ricardo Viablo in the blue and white trunks.
12:39Mike Goldberg, the Magic Man,
12:41the former two-time world champion.
12:42Paulie Molinaggi, former world champion.
12:44Chris Algieri, my powerful partners.
12:47We're together again on a Wednesday night
12:49here on your boxing channel, PRO BOX TV.
12:53Home main event, 15-1 against 14-2.
12:58And our main event of the evening is a battle of unbeatens.
13:0212-0 Leonardo Ruiz against 13-0-1 Raul Garcia.
13:09Vigel, the very durable guy, man.
13:11He's been getting hit with big shots upstairs and downstairs.
13:15Still coming back and trying.
13:16Landed a good body shot earlier in the round.
13:19Coming out behind his jab here early in round four.
13:25He has faced a high level of competition
13:28over the last year or so.
13:30Four straight unbeaten fighters.
13:33And previous to that, a fighter who was 20-1
13:38who he fought to a 10-round split decision in Romania.
13:43So Villalba's got some frequent flyer miles.
13:52Now he's switching to southpaw.
13:54And you've got a guy with a good chin.
13:56Get down to his guts.
13:57See if he likes that.
14:13In your mouth.
14:16The fight continues.
14:18Red and black for 32-2.
14:21Johan Gonzalez.
14:25Representing Argentina with his trunks.
14:27Ricardo Rubin Villalba.
14:30Again over the top.
14:31That long right hand of Gonzalez.
14:39We talk about the blood from the ear of Villalba.
14:41We can see where those are coming from.
14:42Those chopping right hands from Gonzalez
14:45have been landing all night long.
14:58I've been close to a cauliflower ear literally exploding.
15:03Chris Cyborg and Leslie Smith.
15:06And she wore that, Chris, like a badge of honor later
15:09with the band-aid on it.
15:10She was proud that she had fought Cyborg.
15:18Nice setup there.
15:19Looked like he was going to come with the right hand over the top
15:21and then threw it down low to Gonzalez.
15:24High percentage shot there
15:25when you've got a guy against the ropes
15:26with that right hand down low.
15:29Villalba's body language, though, is still 9-0-9.
15:32He hasn't gotten the fight beaten out of him.
15:34No, not at all.
15:36Tough, tough guy.
15:37Again with that right hand.
15:40And we're going to head to the fifth.
15:53You can see some action from that last round.
15:56Gonzalez did a good job of shortening up on the punches that round.
15:59Took a little bit of the power off,
16:00but then those long shots like that,
16:02which have been landing all night long,
16:04have been doing some good damage.
16:05But Villalba's very, very tough taking these shots.
16:22All knockouts.
16:23All 32 of them have come within five rounds.
16:29I don't know, Magic Man.
16:30You're looking like a very smart guy right now
16:32because Gonzalez is looking very uncomfortable.
16:34Very uncomfortable in between those rounds.
16:36He looks good during the round.
16:37In between, he's like,
16:38man, what is this guy made out of?
16:40Because he's probably,
16:41as Goldie gave us the stat early in the fight,
16:43he's used to getting these guys out there so soon.
16:46And you resist that onslaught.
16:48Maybe that's why the rest of them don't get knocked out.
16:50That is correct.
16:51Because both of those others
16:53won by unanimous decision
16:56and by a split decision, Paulie,
16:59in 10-round fights.
17:01Villalba having the best moment of the fight for him so far.
17:03Came out landing a good right hand.
17:04That definitely got the attention of Gonzalez.
17:09He comes out swinging this arm every round.
17:10Yeah, he certainly has, Chris.
17:13No.
17:14Well, and he's right in front.
17:15His corner's right in front of our broadcast position.
17:18And if you read the body language of Villalba,
17:21you definitely are getting a blank right now,
17:23which means he doesn't look deterred.
17:26He doesn't look beaten.
17:27He knows he's got to get something back,
17:29but he doesn't feel like he's not able to do so.
17:33Yeah, I haven't given him a round yet,
17:35but he's still very much in this fight
17:37trying to make it competitive.
17:39And again, much to both you and Paulie's point,
17:42will be keeping an eye.
17:44Down he goes for the first time.
17:46Big one, too.
17:47Yep.
17:48But that one, he was bouncing off the ropes
17:50and came back into the shot.
17:51That hit twice as hard.
17:55Knees up.
18:03Midway point, round number five.
18:05Gonzalez with the knockdown.
18:08Gonzalez smart.
18:09Goes right back down to the body.
18:12Got to watch for that right hand.
18:14Once there's a little bit of distance,
18:16Gonzalez very good at utilizing that 75-and-a-half-inch reach.
18:20Yeah, it's a great point, Goldie.
18:22When he gets you at the end of the punch,
18:24it's a different power level.
18:26Diablo's kind of riding with that right hand.
18:28He's got to start coming backwards.
18:30Oh!
18:31Down he goes for a second time,
18:33and it is all over!
18:3533 wins, 33 finishes,
18:38all within five rounds.
18:41Now, that, I think, was a good stoppage.
18:43Yes.
18:44Yeah.
18:48Smile on the face of the referee,
18:50but he's got to stop it.
18:52Smile on the face of Diablo.
18:55Nothing to be ashamed of.
18:57That man stood in there, took punishment,
19:00wanted to continue,
19:03but he is another victim of a knockout
19:06from the Venezuelan, Yohan Gonzalez.
19:22If you're going to see a replay of that first knockdown,
19:25you see Diablo bouncing off the ropes,
19:27and that big right hand
19:29catches him right on the end of the punch,
19:31does Gonzalez, puts him down.
19:34A little bit of a delayed reaction,
19:36but good hard shot.
19:37There's another one.
19:38That was the one, I believe, that ended the fight.
19:40Again, a little delayed reaction shot.
19:42We saw the blood from the ear,
19:43and that's exactly where those two big right hands landed.
19:46And then Diablo went down,
19:48and the ref had seen enough.
19:49I thought that was a good stoppage.
19:51He had taken a lot of punishment all night long,
19:53and although he was trying to be competitive,
19:55he was not.
19:58So he keeps those statistics consistent.
20:04No finish has gone longer than five.
20:12Looks like we got a night of knockouts on our hands.
20:14So far, halfway through, so good.
20:18Set to make it official
20:21with the 33-2, 33 knockout victor,
20:25once again, here is Mark Lichtenfeld.
20:31Ladies and gentlemen,
20:32referee Frank Santor Jr. stops his contest
20:35at 1 minute, 57 seconds of the fifth round.
20:38Your winner by technical knockout,
20:40El Ganador por Knockout Tecnico,
20:43Johan El Chelo Manotas Gonzalez!
20:56From the start of it, guys,
20:57that long right hand.