Ryan_Garcia__USA__vs_Jayson_Velez__Puerto_Rico____Boxing_Fight_Highlights_HD(360p)
Ryan_Garcia__USA__vs_Jayson_Velez__Puerto_Rico____Boxing_Fight_Highlights_HD(360p)
Transcript
00:00And here's the class, Lion Garcia!
00:08La maravilla, Jason Berman!
00:20Okay gentlemen, both your trunks are a little high, so keep your punches above this line.
00:23Shake hands, good luck to both of you.
00:26This is boxing, it's a little chill here in StubHub.
00:29Let me tell you something.
00:32Jason Berman is not...
00:34This fight is a test for me, because they want to prove...
00:37Lion Garcia says, don't worry, I'll make my adjustments as the fight progresses and I'll make him pay.
00:43And just in the right distance to get a punch off.
00:45With his right hand, left hand.
00:46And he's staying close to be able to do that.
00:48In a way of keeping him off him, which is not going to be a good thing.
00:51He must as the fight goes on in rounds.
00:55And Jason Berman is right in his face once again.
00:58So he's looking to prove that he belongs amongst those names, B-Hop.
01:03He's setting up a right uppercut or a left uppercut after those combinations that was mentioned earlier.
01:08He's facing me, I'm a grown man and he's going to find that out in the ring.
01:11And he has one of the awkward, not pretty styles.
01:14For his family here this evening.
01:15And he still was training as he was working, anticipating maybe an opportunity.
01:19Berman not afraid at all, not intimidated by Lion Garcia.
01:22He's set up a position.
01:24An aggressive and veteran move.
01:26He wants to stay close and he wants to keep the pressure on for us to be able to do that.
01:31You see B-Hop that I'm not finished as a true prospect.
01:35And that I can't win the counter.
01:37If you see how his hand's up.
01:40Valdez wants to turn around.
01:41Center of the ring, Valdez.
01:43And throw combinations and not get trapped on the ropes.
01:46Like he's getting trapped.
01:47Boy, what a list that is.
01:48It is. And you know, there's too many good times.
01:52Whether it's the left hand or right hand.
01:54Or Valdez is going to run right into those shots.
01:56Valdez has to make you think that because he ended with an easy shot, that it's over.
02:00Lion Garcia is also his trainer.
02:03I want more jazz.
02:05That's not really enough.
02:08You see Valdez trying to work the body.
02:10Right hand to the body of Jason Valdez.
02:12Has something for him because he's coming back with something.
02:15Valdez is staying...
02:16Oh, boxing adage.
02:17There you see the overhand right.
02:19So, Valdez came to fight.
02:23He's got Frida Kahlo.
02:25He's got Dia de los Muertos seen in Ryan Garcia's repertoire.
02:29He's more of a...
02:30That's what he wants to do is bring Ryan Garcia into his fight.
02:34That's with a nice left and right.
02:36You see the leg of Jason Valdez.
02:39Fighters know how they got to win this fight and also establish that now.
02:44You're able to create space and try to take advantage of Valdez.
02:48More combinations.
02:49These one-feet Ryan put three, four at a time.
02:51Nice right hand there.
02:52Once again, you see the legs of Jason Valdez go a little weak.
02:56And here comes Ryan Garcia.
02:57Making its presence known.
03:00When Garcia or if Garcia misses, if he misses...
03:04Garcia's getting hit with that right hand because he's throwing one jab.
03:07Garcia has to be careful not to try to come out like...
03:10This is where Jason Valdez is really dangerous.
03:14Like many other fighters.
03:15And that's something that you would like to see someone develop.
03:18Jason Valdez turning to jello early on.
03:21Trying to suck him into a wall.
03:24Garcia has to be in the middle of the ring and do it when he's going down with that jab.
03:28But he got his hand there to the chin of Valdez who once again...
03:31We remind you, he's never been stopped as a pro.
03:34Here comes Ryan Garcia.
03:35He said before, four rounds, this fight would be over.
03:38The best of the fighter meetings.
03:40I want to make him think.
03:41I don't want him to think that he can just let him come to me.
03:44And as the rounds progress, I'll start doing what I want him to think.
03:49Brash predictions from Ryan Garcia.
03:52Now he's got to make...
03:53If he misses and he don't protect himself, he will get countered.
03:57Because he has to double a jab up.
03:59That would make Valdez be kind of leery.
04:02He came out on opponents before.
04:04And can have Garcia really fighting if he has to go more than one.
04:11Valdez knows that he has to keep what he wants to do against lesser fighters.
04:15But already twice, we've seen him do his thank you leg.
04:18He's on the brink of retiring.
04:19He was working at a fast food chicken place in Puerto Rico and he said...
04:29Henry Garcia gives the instructions to his son, Ryan Garcia.
04:34Come on, let's go get him. You gotta attack.
04:37This is your moment.
04:38War. War.
04:39But when each of them wants that win, this is as bad as they were in the first round.
04:42And so does Valdez, who comes out fighting after this.
04:45That really means what he's saying.
04:47And you know what? Punches can change your mind when they hit you.
04:49He's also a young, brash, undefeated fighter from Puerto Rico.
04:53Trying to show the world what King Rai is.
04:57Ryan Garcia is the hottest thing since sliced bread.
05:00He lands two overhand rights.
05:02Big Mexican Puerto Rico on Cinco de Mayo weekend.
05:05That's what you've got tonight.
05:07He should add more punches, because when he's throwing combinations,
05:10he seems to be sharper.
05:12Paying the price here in the sixth round.
05:14Nice left hook from Ryan Garcia, who starts to unload.
05:17Look at the punches landed.
05:19Almost twice as many for Ryan Garcia at a 34%.
05:23It was William Cruz giving instructions.
05:25Beto, what was he telling the Puerto Rican fighter?
05:27And Bernard, he's back to that.
05:29Maybe not right away, but he goes back to what his job is tonight.
05:33What did you observe from Ryan Garcia in the first four rounds?
05:37Round by round by round.
05:39How do he change Vales' thinking and make him fight his fight?
05:44Vales is somewhere, but he's got to press forward and do something different,
05:48or he's going to be picked off.
05:51Go out there and then see it physically.
05:53I mean, if you can back it up, it all makes sense.
05:56Simalo smothered him. Get in front of Ryan.
05:59His legs watered.
06:00Vales spoke about that, and, you know, we see Garcia as a guy
06:04that has a quick knockout here in his fifth year pro bout.
06:07Experience.
06:08He's going to repeat himself round by round by round,
06:10because Garcia is going to continue to envision,
06:12but it's also the fight that Jason Velez envisioned.
06:15I mean, he knew that.
06:16It all makes him great.
06:17But do you see Velez wearing down here in the fourth round?
06:20That's exactly what he wants to do, and there's that quick overhand.
06:23And Jason Velez is a more experienced fighter with his 30-seconds.
06:27Ryan Garcia was supposed to be...
06:32So far, he knows the thinking of that because he's been in that situation
06:37way past this fight, and beat him to the punch
06:41and sneak that uppercut in there every now and then.
06:44This evening, you see Ryan Garcia trying to set things up.
06:48He's not just going out.
06:49The only thing that impresses me about this young man
06:52is how he's able to create space.
06:54Canelo triple G undercard, fortunately for us.
06:57So far, Garcia's passing the test.
07:01And that's an observation of Ryan Garcia as he lands...
07:06Thank you very much to our ringside reporter, Beto.
07:12You see him having to think things through here,
07:14and he lands a nice uppercut as Velez tried to get aggressive,
07:18and he's paying the...
07:19That fight did not happen,
07:21so here he is headlining on Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN.
07:24Tonight's main event on Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN.
07:28In the corner, Jason Velez as he receives instructions from William Cruz.
07:33And you can only do that when you're throwing those combinations.
07:36You get frustrated.
07:38Everything that's coming at him, because Velez is throwing one punch,
07:41and he's throwing and using a hand
07:43and making something out of that pressure.
07:45It's just basically running into him in a leg-hook position.
07:49Feet planted.
07:50Lightning quick.
07:52You get away with switching your offense.
07:54That's the wave of Velez coming forward that Ryan Garcia...
07:59You got to break him down, and you got to change up
08:01from just hitting him with an uppercut.
08:03And actually bum-rushing to the corner
08:05and just let all his hands go like he tried to do.
08:07The shine and the fans are still with him.
08:10The blood trickling from the right side of the face of Jason Velez.
08:15You see him moving now.
08:16He's not trapping himself in the corner.
08:18He's coming forward with his head, and he gets caught.
08:21As Velez walking like he's throwing the ground, as we always say,
08:24and let the punches cause power punches.
08:26Because now you're in the deep water.
08:28You have your right hook.
08:30That right hook you have to deal with.
08:32As Velez said...
08:34That left hook from Garcia is like a whip.
08:37When he throws one, Garcia's slipping.
08:39Got him right out of there.
08:40Nice combination there from Ryan Garcia,
08:42who's here for the fight this evening.
08:44What I like about Velez...
08:47Nice combination.
08:52He did a good job in terms of that,
08:54but there's that overhand right.
08:56He catches him with the right hand coming in.
08:58And then the left hook from...
09:00I make adjustments as the fight progresses.
09:03Not so much in sparring.
09:05Round in and round out.
09:06Beto, what were the instructions from Ryan?
09:09This isn't...
09:10When you were a champion defending the world title
09:1220 times as a middleweight,
09:14this is what you did.
09:15Stop working at the fast food place.
09:17I dedicated myself to boxing.
09:19You must throw a punch to make him pay.
09:21You make him miss, you make him pay.
09:23You're not going back to the ropes, getting trapped.
09:25Velez, he continued to come forward.
09:28You know, he's not as talented.
09:30All of these punches won't be effective to him.
09:33But I doubt if he can withstand the speed.
09:35He had right that, once again,
09:37finds a home behind the ear of Jason.
09:39Once the fight starts, I see what my opponent has,
09:42and I learn as we did.
09:44What's it like when you succeed in doing well after a while?
09:51You can't set him up for storm power shots.
09:59Velez must change...
10:00He's taken Ryan Garcia to unknown territory.
10:03Well, a couple of rounds early,
10:05it was in the second round.
10:07He's holding up so far behind.
10:09He is holding up, but he's...
10:11That's what he didn't do tonight.
10:13And nice left hook there from Ryan Garcia,
10:17and almost 60 more landed.
10:20All right, Ryan Garcia with his back to the rope there.
10:23Garcia is aware of what he's doing, Velez.
10:27Nice right hand.
10:28I see what I'm working with, and get my vision right.
10:31Well, Ryan Garcia...
10:32Maybe another right uppercut,
10:34because he see everything.
10:36He see everything Velez is doing.
10:38As he said in the corner,
10:39when he goes to say he's good,
10:40he told him to put the...
10:42A percentage at 28.
10:44He's got some respect for Velez,
10:46but to do what?
10:47Keep the pressure.
10:48But keeping pressure and not actually moving...
10:51It doesn't have to be a jab when you're that fast.
10:54He's not breathing.
10:55Garcia's not breathing hard like, you know...
10:58All this in his fight for a reason,
11:00to give Ryan Garcia rounds, experience.
11:04Ryan Garcia playing the matador there.
11:07In that scene, where Velez...
11:15Oh, big right hand from Ryan Garcia.
11:22Come on! Let's do this!
11:24Come on! Let's go!
11:26This Garcia is actually 7 years old,
11:28and you know what? Let's get him.
11:30No training wheels, no life jacket, no floaties.
11:33This is the 10th and evening,
11:35and he takes a nice left hook,
11:37and that's exactly what he's doing here.
11:39You've seen the other guys out or down.
11:41At the Garcia-Velez main event,
11:44alongside Bernard,
11:45he gets to prove who he is,
11:47Ryan Garcia, a true prospect.
11:49This fight...
11:50Velez says,
11:51hey, protect yourself at all times, kid.
11:53That veteran move.
11:54Look.
11:55He'll take a round,
11:56showing that he still has some stamina left.
11:58This is a great opportunity in the 10th round.
12:01From the StubHub Center in Carson,
12:04where Velez...
12:05He's going to say, okay, fight.
12:06Listen, you must protect yourself.
12:08In one shot could have changed everything.
12:10Tonight, it was different.
12:12And that's a learning phase
12:13that everybody's not going to have.
12:14Velez once again proves his durability
12:16against Ryan Garcia.
12:18Put in a workman-like center,
12:20wearing overalls,
12:21and when I went to the locker room,
12:22to reassess where he is.
12:23He's been calling out the champions,
12:25but I talked to him.
12:26I said, hey, did you bring your lunch pail, too?
12:28He said, I did,
12:29because this is a tough fight.
12:30I know what I want.
12:31Jason Velez proved it.
12:33You've got power,
12:34but I can take your shots so far.
12:37Not when he continues to develop,
12:39and this one's a monster.
12:41Hello.
12:42The businessman, Bernard Hopkins,
12:44as this fight comes to an end.
12:46So Ryan Garcia sees the 10th round distance for the...
12:51For your winner, by unanimous decision,
12:54The Flash,
12:55Ryan Garcia!
13:02Very sportsmanlike for Jason Velez
13:04to put the belt on Ryan Garcia,
13:06who improves to 15-0.