Roman Gonzalez vs Rober Barrera (12-07-2024) Full Fight
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00:00For this history in the making,
00:04I can't get more excited than what I am right now
00:09to be in the hometown of this great champion.
00:13And remember I told you I was going to mention
00:17an asterisk, a twist to this fight.
00:2011 years ago, Chocolatito beat Robert Bravo.
00:26And Ronald, so this is a vengeance for Ronald.
00:30He wants revenge, yeah, Ronald does.
00:33He's not coming to lay down.
00:34Like I told you when I saw him early on in the hotel,
00:37he said, look, I'm coming to make the rest of the Nicaraguan
00:42country, all the country, cry after I beat Chocolatito.
00:45And I want revenge.
00:46I'm not my brother.
00:48I am better than my brother, and you will see.
00:50So, well, so far he's looked good.
00:54I mean, physically, he looks stronger than Chocolatito.
00:59Right, this is the first time Chocolatito fights at baton.
01:04He actually made weight a pound and a half below baton.
01:10But we'll see.
01:12You know, he's coming from two years layover.
01:17Let's see what Chocolatito brings.
01:18And Barrera is coming with a vengeance.
01:22Barrera's fighting very smart.
01:24He's fighting from the outside.
01:25He's trying to control him.
01:26He's fighting at mid-long range, exactly what he said he would.
01:30Now he's switching to righty.
01:32He goes to righty to softball.
01:36But here comes Chocolatito.
01:38He's at constant pressure.
01:40And Barrera is winning him.
01:41He's saving him at times, but then he gets out of there.
01:44He keeps turning him.
01:45He's fighting smart so far.
01:47He's not fighting Chocolatito's fight.
01:49Yeah, and he's got to take Chocolatito off his plan,
01:54you know, because Chocolatito, it's
01:58got to be rusty right now.
02:00Absolutely, I mean, almost two years in activity.
02:04You get all that pressure fighting
02:06in front of your hometown fans and countries watching.
02:09There's got to be some pressure.
02:11He's 37 years old.
02:13You know, you don't know if your reflexes are the same,
02:15your footwork, your speed, your explosiveness.
02:18This is a big test for Chocolatito
02:21to see if he still can hang with the big guys.
02:25You know what I mean?
02:26I follow you.
02:27I follow you.
02:28And you mentioned something very interesting there, Raul.
02:32His footwork, I noticed that ring
02:35is not as flexible as other rings that I've seen before.
02:38Is this to an advantage of Chocolatito, you think?
02:41I think it's a fast ring.
02:43I think it's an advantage for Barrera.
02:44Barrera's a guy that uses footwork that moves in and out
02:47like he's doing right now.
02:49He's using the whole ring.
02:50And I think it's, like I said, it's a fast ring.
02:52It benefits Barrera more.
02:54It's not like a slow ring.
02:55It makes him slow and, like, more for, like, Chocolatito
02:59and more, and that's putting the time to come forward.
03:02It's better for Barrera, but it hurts Chocolatito.
03:04You get that pressure.
03:07He's coming back in the round because...
03:09He's warming up, but Chocolatito always starts slow.
03:11Yeah.
03:12If he had two, three rounds,
03:13then we'd be able to tell where he's at.
03:14But right now, he's looking good
03:16at the end of this round.
03:18He is. He is.
03:19Oh, headbutt.
03:20Oh, no. I hope there was no blow there.
03:23Oh.
03:24Oh, cut. All right.
03:26That was the first round.
03:27He... All right.
03:29I mean, the earlier part of the round
03:32went to Barrera.
03:35You know, he landed clean shots.
03:38He was on the open, you know.
03:40Boxing from the outside, giving him angles,
03:42switching right into lefty.
03:44But then Chocolatito kept applying that pressure.
03:49He's busy with his body shots, with his jab.
03:53He did that right hand up.
03:54You know, he's trying to learn.
03:55I think he better take it the second half of the fight.
03:57I mean, if that's the round.
03:59Yeah, but...
04:01I don't know. I'm gonna give it to Chocolatito.
04:03Well, I'm gonna go with Barrera.
04:06I don't have a follow-up with that either.
04:07Yeah, because to me, he landed more shots,
04:11especially at the beginning, so...
04:14We'll see what takes place.
04:15There is some repetitions there.
04:17The best moments of the big right hand there,
04:20left hand by Barrera.
04:24We go to the second round.
04:27Out of ten, Roman Gonzalez,
04:31the Chocolatito wearing black, green, and pink,
04:36Robert Barrera wearing black,
04:38and some allegories for the Colombian flag.
04:43And as El Diamante mentioned,
04:45he fights southpaw, then orthodox,
04:48then goes back to southpaw.
04:50And there comes the crowd,
04:52talking of their hero.
04:54Yeah, cheering out there.
04:56Oh, good combinations there from Robert.
05:00Okay, I think they're covering up
05:02good night's tight frame defense.
05:03Maybe though, I mean, some of those shots got in.
05:06The uppercut from Barrera got in.
05:08Now we see Barrera back to southpaw stance,
05:11trying to measure with the jab and angles,
05:13punching off of angles.
05:14That's very smart.
05:15That's what he has to do.
05:16Oh, he sat on those shots.
05:19He could make, he caught Chocolatito
05:21with some hard shots right there.
05:23He did, and...
05:24I feel like Chocolatito buckled a little bit, his knees.
05:26He got that one.
05:27Yes, I was going to comment on that.
05:29Something gave that.
05:31You got to remember, Dino, at 37 years old,
05:34at this weight class, remember,
05:36he, at this little weight class,
05:38he's kind of old for a fighter.
05:4037 years old for, you know, a super middleweight,
05:43a superweight, a heavyweight,
05:45and that is the same, like a low-weight compounder.
05:49That makes a big difference.
05:51I follow you there.
05:53However, same as in the first round,
05:56the moment we hit the mid part of the round,
05:59then it's when Roman Gonzalez
06:01starts getting into the fight, you know?
06:04Now he's using big combinations,
06:07uppercut, oh, big, light hand,
06:10just punched Robert Barrera off him.
06:15Big left hand.
06:16I think that left hand got him.
06:18Yes, he's going for the kill.
06:21Chocolatito's going for the kill.
06:22The left hand again.
06:25Barrera's game, but look, Chocolatito's
06:27getting the better part of this exchange.
06:28Yeah, he's got this big fluid.
06:30He's got that rhythm going.
06:31He's got a good rhythm going,
06:32and he's got to continue with his right hand
06:34and then follow up behind the jab.
06:36Good jab by Chocolatito.
06:39Yes.
06:40He slowed down a little bit there,
06:41but I can see him winding up again.
06:43Yeah, if I am Barrera, I need to start moving again.
06:47Don't stay in front of Chocolatito.
06:49That's big Barrera's mistake.
06:51At times, you know, the losses that he has,
06:53he has fights higher-level fighters
06:56who tends to go to war too much,
06:58and that's why he loses.
06:59He needs to keep boxing,
07:00and that's what he's doing right now,
07:02but also Chocolatito's forcing him to go to war.
07:05Yes, he's cutting the ring,
07:06not giving him much space to move to his advantage.
07:10Yeah, he's making that ring smaller,
07:12where he ain't got no room to run.
07:15That's why he makes him a great fighter, you know,
07:18especially when he gives the first half of the round
07:22to come back strong to finish the round.
07:24There you go.
07:26That was the second round of Roman Chocolatito Gonzalez
07:31Come back, great round.
07:33I mean, clean round, good exchange.
07:38There you go, first part of the round.
07:41Barrera in the attack,
07:43then comes Chocolatito with this big right hand.
07:46Yeah, those right hands, like, double, triple,
07:48giving him a, what I call a buffet of right hands,
07:52then that left foot to the liver by Chocolatito.
07:55I mean, Barrera was really eating up
08:00Chocolatito's left and right hands, you know.
08:02Oh, yeah, he dined at the place,
08:07and he took some to go as well.
08:08Yes, very well said.
08:12Can't afford to do that.
08:13He can't keep eating up by those right hands.
08:15But look how Chocolatito changes up
08:18his way of throwing combinations,
08:20three, four right hands,
08:21then that left foot to the body.
08:24Yeah, that sequence there
08:28is a full experience in the ring.
08:31We go to the third round, third round out of ten.
08:34Now, Barrera comes up really active in this round,
08:37throwing a lot of punches.
08:39Eyes from Barrera, combination to the face.
08:45Ooh, big hand.
08:46Right hand again, and body shots,
08:48and look at that left hook again by Chocolatito
08:52coming up the middle here.
08:53You know, he's changing, he varies his combinations.
08:55I love that.
08:56That's why he's, you know, a four-time world champion.
09:01Ooh, big hand, body shot again, the right hand.
09:05Barrera doesn't look good right now.
09:08He better do something.
09:09He's got to hold on.
09:10Barrera needs to hold on.
09:11Yep.
09:13But look at Chocolatito's activity.
09:14He can't hold on.
09:16He doesn't give a move to hold on.
09:17Chocolatito just keeps punching.
09:20And punching hard.
09:21Yeah, punches and punches,
09:23changing up his speed of his combination.
09:26There he goes behind that jab, doubling up that jab,
09:29going to the body, going on top.
09:31Barrera can't hold on.
09:33He can't, he can't smother him.
09:36Chocolatito is just,
09:37it just opened his book of experience
09:41and life on the ring,
09:44and he's just showing all the arsenal to Barrera.
09:48Different dimensions, different levels.
09:50Different angles.
09:51Yeah, he's definitely,
09:52right now he's showing why he's a different level fighter
09:55than Chocolatito.
09:57There goes Barrera, getting used to those angles,
09:59which he's successful at times, but not enough.
10:03Chocolatito's experience figures it out,
10:06you know, by cutting off that angle.
10:08He's a smart fighter.
10:10Oh, good shot there, but Barrera sat on him,
10:12but the initiative, the momentum
10:16is all for Chocolatito Gonzalez.
10:19It is, it is.
10:20And now we're, you know, hitting the one-minute mark
10:24to go in this round.
10:25Chocolatito's going to come back if he punches and goes away.
10:29Punches and goes away, not allowing Chocolatito
10:32to string three and four combinations in a row,
10:35like what he's doing now.
10:37There you go, combination to the body,
10:39then to the face.
10:41Missed that one.
10:42Oh, big right hand by Chocolatito.
10:45Got Barrera backing him up.
10:47Again, the right hand.
10:49Big right hand again, combination with the left.
10:52Big right hand by Chocolatito.
10:54And Chocolatito's coming there.
10:56You get a hold, Barrera.
10:58There you go.
11:00He's going to get the corner, make that room
11:01to land that power right hand.
11:03He's taking a step back, coming forward.
11:06Yeah, that's a great space.
11:08Watch that right hand again.
11:09He goes back in again.
11:10He's going to take a step back and then shoot the right hand.
11:13Masterpiece punching, I call that.
11:16Absolutely poetry in motion by Roman Gonzalez
11:20in that sequence there.
11:21But Barrera's there, though.
11:22Chocolatito's coming forward, but he's back.
11:25He's going to go through the exit.
11:27Excellent round for Chocolatito.
11:29Excellent round.
11:30Beautiful.
11:31Beautiful boxing.
11:32And this is what you mentioned, you know,
11:35Chocolatito needed not only to win,
11:38but he has to look good.
11:40He has to look convincing to the big shots.
11:44And he's shown it so far, yeah.
11:46Look at that.
11:47Look at that right hand.
11:48I love it.
11:49That right hand, and then that left hook
11:50to the body or an uppercut.
11:51There you go.
11:53And when Barrera tries to smother him,
11:54he'll take a step back to bait a bit to land the right hand.
11:59Yeah.
12:00Yeah, that's old school, man.
12:01That's, yeah.
12:02He's taking Barrera to school, showing him
12:06the road, how to get there.
12:08Barrera looks, he looks, he looks worried in the court.
12:11He looks tired.
12:12He's not even looking at his trainer.
12:14All right, here comes some air, yeah.
12:16Watch that right hand.
12:18Yes.
12:22Nice face, figuring it out, you know,
12:24putting that jab out there, and just being
12:26very tactful there with his shots.
12:28Talking about Chocolatito, González.
12:30Did they forget the mouthpiece?
12:32Yeah, they forgot the mouthpiece in this corner.
12:34Oh, wow.
12:35It happens sometimes.
12:36Oh, wow.
12:38And I like the professional fortesy by Barrera,
12:41by not throwing punches there, because the referee
12:44didn't even know.
12:44No.
12:47Back to the fourth round out of 10.
12:49And that's it.
12:50Fourth round out of 10 in the script.
12:53You know, Barrera active the first minute,
12:57minute and a half or so of the round.
13:00But then, Chocolatito comes really, really hard.
13:06But right now, Barrera is calling it.
13:09Chocolatito's baiting.
13:10He's at his best, but he's trying to bait him in.
13:12He's trying to wear him down.
13:13Look at the way Chocolatito's covering up with great defense.
13:16A lot of those shots, they're not landed.
13:19They're landed on the gloves.
13:20Every now and then, he'll land.
13:22But watch Barrera run out of gas.
13:24Watch Chocolatito come back.
13:26OK, that's a good strategy, right?
13:30And the experience of Chocolatito, you know.
13:34I think, you know, he's got to take a couple of punches
13:37at this weight class, because it hasn't been his weight class.
13:42Now the crowd gets into it.
13:46And here comes the minute mark.
13:49That's that right hand.
13:51I like that right hand.
13:52I smell it.
13:53There you go.
13:54Here he comes.
13:55To the body, over the top of the right.
14:00Chocolatito knows what he's doing.
14:02Absolutely, he does.
14:03He is in control of the fight.
14:06He tested Barrera's power.
14:08I think he can, you know, handle it so far.
14:12OK, nice right hand by Barrera there.
14:16He's measuring him.
14:17Look, he's trying to count him, what?
14:19Good angles there by Barrera.
14:20But Barrera, I mean, he lands those shots,
14:22and he can't move Chocolatito.
14:23Chocolatito taking all those shots to the gloves,
14:26to the arms.
14:27Every now and then, he's wearing them out.
14:29He's wearing them down.
14:31I'd be surprised if he just lets him win this round.
14:33I think Chocolatito won the first four rounds.
14:35But look, he's settling in.
14:38He's looking for openings.
14:39He's looking for openings.
14:41He's preparing openings.
14:42There he goes.
14:44That was a huge right hand to the left side
14:48of the face of Barrera.
14:50That got the crowd going as well.
14:52Here comes Chocolatito.
14:53That's a right hand.
14:54He's trying to prepare that right hand.
14:57Make him move to that right hand.
14:59Yeah, he's setting the table.
15:01Too big there.
15:01Push him off.
15:02You've got to push him off right there.
15:04Smart move.
15:10OK, the inside fight.
15:13Barrera trying to stay.
15:15Oh, big hand.
15:15Big hand.
15:16Big right hand.
15:17Two times, three times by Chocolatito.
15:21OK, Barrera counter-punching, which he didn't do earlier
15:26in the rounds.
15:28That goes to 10th in the fourth round.
15:32In the resting round, you know, Chocolatito took longer
15:36to get into the ground in this fourth round.
15:40He's got to be, you know, trying to give this one
15:44to Barrera.
15:45Yeah, honestly, I think he was letting him wear down.
15:48I mean, he punished him for four rounds already, you know,
15:51so he's letting him grow his confidence.
15:54And at the same time, he's setting traps.
15:56He's setting traps with Barrera.
15:59I mean, he's a very smart fighter.
16:01He's focused.
16:02He's always thinking.
16:03See, even right there, you see, he made his punches go.
16:06He landed solid.
16:06He sat on him.
16:07Look at the uppercuts.
16:09He's got to get more of that coming,
16:10for being more consistent than his past rounds.
16:14Get back to what he did in the last, in the first four rounds.
16:19Barrera on the other side, you know,
16:22he's got to try to not let Chocolatito trap him.
16:28Try to keep moving, especially moving to the left.
16:33See, same script.
16:35Oh, we're going to have a time-out in a minute.
16:38There you go.
16:39Yeah.
16:40What happened?
16:41The tape over the left glove of Barrera's, yes.
16:49Now, and the crowd might think this is tactics.
16:53It might be.
16:54I don't know.
16:55But for this round, by now, Barrera
16:59should know that Chocolatito's strategy is to, you know,
17:02wear him down the earlier part of the round
17:05to come back towards the later part of the round.
17:08So, you know, you've got to make adjustments to that.
17:14I think it's a little bit too long.
17:15But it wasn't, I mean, nobody was hurt at that point.
17:18I don't think nobody was trying to take advantage.
17:20The other side, it's loose.
17:23It's still loose.
17:24The referee's going to stop it again.
17:27The referee's going to stop it again.
17:30OK, a couple of big shots by Barrera there.
17:34OK.
17:37Nice uppercut by Barrera.
17:40Again, it's the early part of the round, but it has been.
17:45And now you see Chocolatito winding up.
17:48OK, and Chocolatito's coming back earlier this time
17:51in the round.
17:53Oh.
17:54Big man.
17:55Solid shot.
17:56No, no, it was a big man.
17:58Again, with the left hand there.
18:01Barrera is taking some good, solid shots by Chocolatito.
18:05Remember, this is a different weight class
18:07than Chocolatito, too.
18:08Yeah, yeah.
18:09He's classifying it fairly the same power.
18:11Oh, there he goes.
18:14He's hurt.
18:15Barrera's hurt.
18:16He's just taken me.
18:18He's taken too many punches.
18:20Barrera's taken too many punches.
18:22He's just taken me.
18:23Hold on.
18:24Yeah, yeah.
18:25Chocolatito needs to keep going.
18:27He needs to finish him right here.
18:29He's got plenty of time.
18:30Oh, yes.
18:31Oh, yes.
18:32One minute and a half to go.
18:34There you go.
18:35You've got to hold him.
18:37Catch him when he diffuses that hurricane of Chocolatito.
18:43Yeah, he's got to try to offset that rhythm
18:45that Chocolatito has.
18:46Chocolatito's trying.
18:47Now, both fighters have loose tape, right?
18:50Yeah.
18:51I mean, look.
18:52It's sticky in here.
18:53It's humid.
18:54It's hot.
18:55It's sweat.
18:56The water.
18:57Sometimes that tape doesn't hold on.
18:59It doesn't.
19:00And here we go.
19:01Here we see Chocolatito again.
19:04Finally ended.
19:06We got one minute to go in the round.
19:08Big right hand by Chocolatito there.
19:12I don't see any counter-punching by Barrera.
19:17So Barrera's got to come up with something different.
19:20Big hand again.
19:23He can't exchange punches with Chocolatito.
19:26Big hand by Chocolatito again.
19:28There you go.
19:29Got to hold out there, Marquez.
19:31Big hand.
19:32Can he put up a great winning move?
19:34Uh-oh.
19:35No.
19:36Can he put up a smart move?
19:38No.
19:39No.
19:40Can he put up a smart move?
19:42No.
19:43No.
19:44No knockdown.
19:45No knockdown.
19:47There was no knockdown.
19:49The crowd thought.
19:51The crowd believed it was a knockdown, but it wasn't.
19:54Oh, look at that left hook to the liver right there.
19:56Absolutely.
19:57At that point, trust me, those left hooks, those body shots,
20:01they're paralyzing.
20:02They hurt you.
20:03I mean, Barrera's tired now.
20:05Like, a body shot like that, then he's not tired.
20:08Another round for Chocolatito.
20:10Yeah, yeah.
20:11It was a clean round for Chocolatito.
20:13And I like the way Chocolatito kept bringing the pressure,
20:19you know, because he would say, well, he's rusty and all,
20:25so he's going to take it easy.
20:26I don't think he took it easy in this fifth round.
20:30Much on the contrary, this was the most active round
20:35that Chocolatito had in the entire fight
20:37so far, from my angle.
20:38I don't know what to do.
20:40Yeah, very pinpoint accuracy with his shots,
20:42busy behind the jab, changing the way he throws it.
20:47He mixes up his combinations.
20:50This constant pressure, I mean, just beautiful, beautiful,
20:54beautiful round for Chocolatito.
20:56Yeah, there it is.
20:59Right hand there, uppercut with the left.
21:04Barrera's got to be smarter.
21:07Barrera's got to be better at getting away from Chocolatito
21:13from when Chocolatito starts his attack, you know?
21:21The hurricane, the eye of the hurricane
21:25has to stay away from Chocolatito, otherwise.
21:28That's tough.
21:29I'm telling you, if that hits, it's
21:32hard to get away from that.
21:34But see, Barrera keeps coming active out of the corner,
21:39giving it all in the first two minutes,
21:41and then he's got nothing in the tent to finish the round.
21:44Yeah, but he's not boxing.
21:45He's not using his angles.
21:47He's not using his footwork, his long jab, the reach.
21:51He's not trying to keep the fight on the inside.
21:53He's getting lured into a war, which is giving Chocolatito
21:57what he wants, and Chocolatito is the best side of him
22:01when they go to war.
22:02At every point, at every point when they go to war.
22:05And, I mean, I think Barrera is showing a lot of courage,
22:10but it's not showing a lot of tactics,
22:13just staying there when he's got to fight from the outside.
22:18Yeah, he's not thinking.
22:20He's not thinking.
22:22He's confused, but then, you know,
22:23with that constant pressure and the way
22:25Chocolatito changes up his combinations, it's hard to think.
22:29Yeah, and he can't focus.
22:32He's lost focus.
22:34He's trying to duke it out.
22:35It's a matter of time.
22:36It's a matter of time.
22:37Yeah, yeah, I believe so.
22:40Boom, right hand by Chocolatito.
22:43Boom, left hand.
22:47Combinations by Chocolatito there.
22:49Barrera looks really tired.
22:51He looks wobbly.
22:52He might stop the fight in the corner, too,
22:54but he's taking a lot of punishment.
22:57And again, he should just either hold Chocolatito
23:01or walk around.
23:02He's trying to duke it out with the better fighter,
23:06with the more experienced fighter.
23:08You can't do that.
23:10That's not his fight.
23:11It's not.
23:12That's not his game plan.
23:13The game plan was to box and box and box.
23:15As he did in the first round.
23:17And every now and then, exchange when he can
23:19to give him angles, hit him from different angles,
23:22but he's not doing it right now.
23:24Chocolatito is making that ring smaller and smaller,
23:28and Barrera has no room to run.
23:33There's no room to hide.
23:36He's looking for places to hide,
23:37and he runs into Chocolatito.
23:40He's a monster right now.
23:41Yeah, yeah.
23:42Like a hurricane.
23:43Ooh, that was a big right hand.
23:45That was a big right hand, and he throws Chocolatito.
23:48Oh, there you go.
23:49Wow.
23:51Wow, Barrera's getting a beating in this round.
23:54He doesn't deserve to be beat the way he is.
23:57He buckled a little bit there again
23:59with the left hand to the body.
24:02Oh, another right hand might send him to the canvas.
24:05We've got 10 seconds to go.
24:07He's going to survive this ring, this round.
24:10Yes, sir.
24:11What a heart, big heart.
24:12Big heart by Barrera.
24:14Definitely, definitely.
24:16And there goes the sixth round.
24:18But are they going to allow him in the corner
24:20to keep taking the kind of punches with him?
24:23Makes no sense.
24:23Makes no sense, you're right.
24:26He's not winning now.
24:30He's not, definitely not.
24:32And we're going to see him here in the repetitions
24:34there on the corner, see?
24:36Boom, right hand by Chocolatito there.
24:39There comes the upper.
24:43There it is.
24:46Changes angles, get him on the body shot,
24:48then with the right hand on the face.
24:51Left hand to the face again.
24:55And he's so, you know, precise with his shots.
25:01He takes his time, talking about Chocolatito.
25:04And I love how he mixes it up.
25:06You know, he never almost throws the same combination.
25:09He changes it up, you know, the hook to the body,
25:11hook to the uppercut up the middle with his left hand
25:14and then his right hand.
25:17And Barrera's doing nothing.
25:20You know, when Chocolatito is in the spurs of combinations,
25:26Barrera's just there, like, you know,
25:30being just an easy target.
25:32He's standing there like a punching bag, let's be honest.
25:34He's standing there like a punching bag.
25:36But the reason why he's standing there,
25:38because now he's not mobile.
25:39Look, those body shots have taken effect.
25:41He doesn't have the legs anymore.
25:43He doesn't have that same speed.
25:46At times, you know, he tries to punch from different angles,
25:49and, you know, he's got to be real consistent with that.
25:52He's got to be, you know, use his reach, use that jab.
25:56Keep turning him in circles.
25:58Stay away from Chocolatito's power right hand
26:02or, you know, just keep the fight at mid-long range.
26:06Don't make it a short-range fight.
26:07Every time Chocolatito closes that distance, here he comes.
26:11And we see Chocolatito almost end the fight.
26:15He's going to end it here pretty soon.
26:17And it's the same thing.
26:18I don't see how Barrera's lasting this long.
26:21It's round seven already.
26:24Yep.
26:25Now, Barrera is doing a bit better this time.
26:28You know, we reached the one-minute-and-a-half mark
26:31pretty much soon, and he's doing much better now.
26:35Try to stay away from Chocolatito at this time,
26:39at this point, right?
26:42Chocolatito's also kind of taking it easy in this round as well.
26:46And we got the crowd behind us
26:49cheering for the champion.
26:53You know...
26:58Barrera's trying to do something in this round,
27:01something different.
27:02But again, see, he's standing in front of Chocolatito,
27:05trying to duke it out.
27:06And this is when he gets hurt.
27:09This is to his disadvantage.
27:11Big right hand by Chocolatito hurting.
27:14See?
27:16You see it now in his shots.
27:17Chocolatito now, the volume is not the same.
27:20Still throwing a lot of punches,
27:21but now he's really trying to land the big shot.
27:24Oh, another one right there.
27:25Watch that right hand, that left hook.
27:28This game, the right hand.
27:29Oh, yeah, we're going to have a night there on this.
27:31He's holding.
27:32Oh, the referee intervened.
27:33There you go.
27:36Chocolatito, big right hand right in front of us.
27:42Barrera trying to stay away,
27:44but Chocolatito trying to get a wild left hand there.
27:48Big right hand, uppercut by Chocolatito,
27:51and Barrera standing right in front of him,
27:54taking it all in.
27:55Oh, there he goes again.
27:57There you go, big hand.
27:58Big shots there by Chocolatito.
28:01Chocolatito is wondering,
28:02what do I have to do to stop this guy?
28:04He's taking too much punishment.
28:07In this round, Chocolatito has focused his attack
28:10to the face, to the head.
28:12And Chocolatito, big right hand right in front of Chocolatito.
28:16Big shots on this round by Chocolatito,
28:20but nevertheless...
28:21I think they need to stop the fight.
28:24I know he's still throwing here and there in spurts,
28:26but all it takes is, you know, one bad punch.
28:33You know, letting the fight last for 30 seconds more,
28:36somebody get hurt.
28:37It happens all the time.
28:38Yeah, I hear you.
28:39I mean, he's not going to win.
28:40I don't see him coming back from this.
28:42Unless he gets some sort of win from supernatural power
28:50or something like that,
28:51because he's getting a raw beating from Chocolatito.
28:57And he's asking for it, you know?
29:02He follows the script.
29:04The earlier part of the round, he stays away,
29:07and then all of a sudden, he comes in,
29:11and he starts to duke it out with Chocolatito,
29:13and he gets the worst.
29:14Yeah, that's not his fight.
29:16I mean, you know what, honestly,
29:18even if it's not his fight, he's just got no choice.
29:20You know, he doesn't have the legs,
29:22the conditioning, the skills,
29:25especially at this stage of the fight.
29:27Already eight rounds, he can't get away from Chocolatito.
29:31Let's see if Chocolatito goes for the finisher, you know?
29:33I'm thinking he will.
29:35I know he wants the knockout.
29:37I think he wants the knockout.
29:38We want the knockout.
29:40The fans want the knockout.
29:41The fans definitely want the knockout.
29:44And I don't know.
29:46To me, Chocolatito's got to, you know,
29:50give him another round.
29:53His first fight at 118, so he's got to, you know,
29:58feel it and see if he can endure the weight
30:03at this weight class, you know?
30:05Oh, nice dabbing.
30:07Oh, we didn't see that before in the fight.
30:10The dabbing, yeah.
30:13Very smart. I mean, he's smart.
30:15He knows when to use his punches,
30:17his dabs, his hooks, his uppercuts.
30:19Exactly.
30:20The way he mixes it up.
30:21He maneuvers them, he controls them with the dab.
30:23He set up his, the way he throws his combinations
30:27and he changes them up.
30:28But it all starts with the dab,
30:30the way he maneuvers his opponent with the dab.
30:34Yeah, and that sequence was beautiful.
30:36I mean, he threw three, four jabs in a row,
30:40all landed, you know, very clean,
30:42but right in front of a judge.
30:45It was like, you know, I'm taking you to school here.
30:48Here is how you throw a jab,
30:50and I'm going to do it three times
30:52so you learn the lesson.
30:54And what a lesson it was.
31:01Inside fight now.
31:04The way he uses his jab hand, too,
31:06with the left, you know, the left hook to the body,
31:09the uppercut and then right hook.
31:11I mean, the left hook, too, with the left hand.
31:14When I'm talking about the jab and then uppercut with the left,
31:18the hook with the left and then come back with the right hand.
31:22Clean, masterful experience.
31:24There he goes. That's what I'm talking about right there.
31:26Yeah.
31:29And I like this round
31:31because it's been a little bit different, you know?
31:36Barrera has done a bit more,
31:38but Chocolatito kind of took another trick out of the bag.
31:43And when Barrera kind of figured out
31:46what Chocolatito was doing,
31:48there Chocolatito goes, and there's a body shot.
31:50A body shot. Delayed body shot.
31:53The reaction to that body shot.
31:56It was a delayed reaction to that.
31:59Yep. There goes the knockdown,
32:01but I think he's gonna be saved by the bell.
32:03We got 15 seconds to go.
32:09There comes Chocolatito.
32:12The referee almost stopped us right there.
32:16He wants to stop it.
32:18Barrera's gotta move away.
32:20There goes the round, I told you.
32:21They pulled the bell.
32:23Well, they stopped it in the corner.
32:25They did?
32:26No, will they stop it in the corner?
32:28They should stop it in the corner.
32:29Yeah, they should. That was wicked.
32:32Okay, what are you gonna get out of?
32:33There's that body shot. Delayed.
32:36Watch. There he goes.
32:37One, two, three seconds. Boom.
32:39Yep. Yep.
32:40Reminds me of that body shot
32:43Hopkins had against De La Hoya.
32:46Yes, my Olympic teammate, Oscar De La Hoya,
32:50where he got knocked down by him.
32:53Knocked out?
32:54Knocked out by Bernard Hopkins.
32:55By his business partner now.
32:56Bernard Hopkins, the executioner.
32:58I think that's when the business association started,
33:02right after the fight.
33:03He said, hey, let me make you a deal.
33:04You knock me out with a body shot,
33:05why don't you come join me?
33:06Let's go into business.
33:08If you can't beat me, you know how this thing's going.
33:11If you can't beat him, you gotta join him.
33:13That's exactly what happened.
33:16I mean, the crowd has had an entertaining fight.
33:21Chocolatito has pulled, you know,
33:24at the right moment, the necessary trick
33:29to accommodate the round to his favor.
33:32I love that.
33:34We go to the ninth round.
33:36You know, Chocolatito still in front.
33:39Barrera still standing in front of Chocolatito, miraculously.
33:43Yeah, and Chocolatito, I don't think
33:44Chocolatito's giving up on the knockout.
33:47I think he's going to go, oh, there's that left hook.
33:48Yeah, he's going for the kill.
33:49Yeah.
33:50He's going for the kill on this one.
33:52Chocolatito on Barrera is in survival mode right now.
33:56Oh, for sure.
33:57Oh, there's that left hook.
33:58You know.
33:59Here we go.
34:00Yep.
34:00Referee's going to jump in.
34:01Yep.
34:02It's a matter of time.
34:03Wow.
34:04Oh!
34:05There it is.
34:06That's it.
34:07That's going to be it.
34:08I don't think he's going to make it.
34:12Still coming.
34:13Where's the corner?
34:15Nope.
34:16He didn't raise his hand.
34:18Unbelievable.
34:19He didn't.
34:21He didn't raise his hand.
34:23Oh, no.
34:24Chocolatito better stop this right now.
34:26Here comes the referee.
34:27Yeah.
34:28Technically, the referee won't jump in.
34:30What is he waiting for?
34:31Look at that.
34:32Son of a gun.
34:33This is a massacre.
34:34Oh!
34:35Stop the fight.
34:36Come on, ref.
34:37Stop the fight.
34:38Come on, ref.
34:39What is he doing?
34:40What about the corner?
34:41You better stop it.
34:42The corner.
34:43Jesus Christ!
34:44Throw the towel in.
34:48What is this?
34:50No way.
34:51No way.
34:52No.
34:53This is inhumane, man.
34:55Not because he's, you know, moving his hand.
34:58He's not in the fight.
35:01He's got a minute and a half left.
35:03That's way too long.
35:04Look at this punishment.
35:05This is unnecessary.
35:07Completely unnecessary.
35:09Wow.
35:14Come on, Ramon Gonzalez.
35:16That's what you gotta do for the benefit of the boxer.
35:25Next big hand.
35:28Valera's gonna go to the canvas with the next big hand.
35:31That's too much.
35:32That is too much.
35:33Look at him.
35:34That's it.
35:35He needs help.
35:36He needs help.
35:37He's just a tough guy.
35:38He needs help from his corner, and he's helping the referee.
35:40Do you know?
35:41He's not getting it, so what to do?
35:44Wow.
35:45I mean, you gotta admire his courage, but this is way too much.
35:48I do, but, I mean, what does that give him to, you know, like, being hurt?
35:52Yeah.
35:53Yeah.
35:54He's still got, you know, he's 31.
35:57He can still have, he has a couple of years more in his career to go.
36:02You can't, you know, risk the rest of your career for just one fight.
36:09The next big hand by Chocolatito is gonna send him to the canvas.
36:14Come on, come on, come on.
36:15He's getting what?
36:16He's trying to jump in.
36:19What is he waiting for?
36:20I don't know.
36:21The referee.
36:24I mean, he acts like he's watching closely, but his expressions and everything
36:29I know.
36:30make it seem like he's watching really closely, ready to step in, but he doesn't.
36:33It doesn't.
36:34Look at the punishment he received in this round.
36:36Yeah.
36:37The punishment was so much, this is easier 10-8 round.
36:4110-7 round.
36:42Even if, yeah, I mean, the amount of punches, the type of punches,
36:47like right there in the corner, look, boom!
36:50That was enough.
36:51That's it, that's it, I'm done.
36:52Yeah.
36:53I'm done right there, look, he's done.
36:55He's asking for it now.
36:56Yeah.
36:57No mas.
36:58He stands up.
36:59The referee asked him to bring his gloves up and he didn't do it.
37:05You know, I think the referee missed that one.
37:07This is not a blowout because Chocolatito gave a couple of rounds.
37:14We're going to the last round of this fight.
37:18He has looked impressive, you know, in front of a tough opponent
37:26that, you know, is resilient to go down.
37:28Well, let's see if he, you know, brings him down in big fashion now.
37:33Three big hands by Chocolatito the first 10 seconds.
37:40Barrera's got no more left in him.
37:43See, again, boom.
37:44Chocolatito needs to keep him there on the ropes.
37:47Now stop action there by Chocolatito.
37:50Punches and punches, change the speeds of his combination.
37:52But then you see Barrera trying to smother him to offset his rhythm.
37:56But Chocolatito, look, wasted no time right on him again.
37:59There went the mouthpiece.
38:01Oh, it's a matter of time.
38:03Yeah, yeah, you should stop.
38:04That's it.
38:05That's it.
38:06There we go.
38:07Finally.
38:08Finally the referee makes a right decision.
38:10Jesus Christ, about time.
38:11Big win.
38:12Big comeback for Chocolatito.
38:14Chocolatito.
38:15Chocolatito.
38:16Chocolatito.
38:17Chocolatito.
38:19Chocolatito.
38:20Chocolatito.
38:21For Chocolatito's home crowd.
38:23The crowd goes crazy.
38:25Here in Managua, Nicaragua, Poli Deportivo, Alexis Arguello.
38:30What a fight.
38:32What a performance by Chocolatito González.
38:35The hero is definitely back.
38:38And he's back in big fashion.
38:42What a way to finish up.
38:44What a way to show his crowd that he's still got something left in his career.
38:51And he sends a huge message to all the champions.
38:56He sends a message to Inoue.
38:58He sends a message to Nakatani.
39:00Sends a big message to Nishida and Takei.
39:04I am Roman Chocolatito González and I'm back in business.
39:11Tremendous win by the hero in front of his hometown.
39:17Huge win.
39:20The people is excited.
39:23Everything is going over.
39:27And we're getting ready to announce the official time of the fight.
39:34Here is Jimmy Lennon Jr.
39:38Ladies and gentlemen, namaste caballeros.
39:41We have the time, 51 seconds and one minute.
39:45We have the time, 51 seconds and round number 10.
39:50El tiempo, 51 segundos and round number 10.
39:54El ganador por knockout, the technical knockout winner.
40:00El único, Roman Chocolatito González.
40:12The crowd explodes.
40:14The crowd explodes.