Francisco_Vargas__Mexico__vs_Takashi_Miura__Japan____TKO,_Boxing_Fight_Highlights_HD(360p)
Francisco_Vargas__Mexico__vs_Takashi_Miura__Japan____TKO,_Boxing_Fight_Highlights_HD(360p)
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00:00The reigning and defending WBC Super Featherweight Champion of the World, Takashi Miura!
00:15The undefeated challenger, Francisco El Bandido Vargas!
00:25I want a good, clean fight. Obey my commands at all times and above all, protect yourselves at all times.
00:30Escuchame, cuidate, listos, vamonos.
00:54Right hand by Vargas. He almost a first round KO for Vargas.
01:07While he's here in the gym.
01:10Since then, 19 years.
01:17Man, Miura's easy to hit with that right hand.
01:19Yeah, he's killing with that right uppercut.
01:21He's taking the measure of Miura right away and now Miura lands a big left hand of his own.
01:25A lot of Vargas, though, punches really haven't been landed, not many yet.
01:29There's good right, that's one way to tame a pile driver type fighter, Jim, is you heard him coming in.
01:35Jim, very excited about the possibility.
01:40Well, he'll have to steal something here tonight.
01:42And he just heard it with a body shot too, Max.
01:44He just heard Vargas to win the fight.
01:46Because Miura has landed some of his own too. Vargas has a kick.
01:52Not a good one, but don't let it beat you.
01:56Francisco landed a overhead right down the middle.
01:59And at that point, Takashi was pretty much...
02:02Miura 7 out of 27 and a couple of them were very hard left hands.
02:05Caught him with Miura's defense extended.
02:08And to not go down and then land the shots that he landed.
02:14Promoter in Tokyo.
02:16Mr. Honda, Taekam boxing among his clients.
02:20Now I see what the problem is with Miura.
02:22He has to get too close before he throws those earlier.
02:25Good head shots too, wow.
02:29Vargas won the first round easily.
02:31I thought he just about knocked Miura down, but...
02:36An 8 round in the first.
02:39Roy, how conscious?
02:40He feels like it.
02:41So he knows that eventually, if he keeps on punching, it was his power shot.
02:45He won't throw it from a distance, he has to get right up on you before he throws them.
02:49The shots that he landed and then to still be hunting in this second round is amazing.
02:55And tries to force Vargas to fight his fight.
02:58Pretty hard on the inside.
03:00Gloves in competition.
03:02Miura appearing in the United States after having held a title for a few years.
03:07But in rounds 2 and 3, Miura is really battling back.
03:10He's got a world class heart.
03:12Jorge Linares of Venezuela.
03:14Roman Chocolatito Gonzalez of Nicaragua.
03:18On the inside.
03:22Vargas landed 25 power shots, including some hellacious right hands.
03:27Caught him looking strictly to hit, and he wasn't having any respect for Francisco Vargas.
03:32But Miura's gotten his feet back on the ground.
03:34Vargas is the far more responsible defender.
03:37No, no, no.
03:38So fighters from all over the world have been brought to Miura.
03:43No, no, no.
03:48Ridiculous.
03:51Exactly.
03:59I know this guy is not going anywhere.
04:01Let me get out of the way.
04:07Wow.
04:13That's exactly.
04:19This is right eye.
04:20Beginning to open up just a little bit in this round.
04:23That's some real hard punches, which have messed up Vargas' face real bad.
04:27Every little tap hurts you.
04:28Every little tap reminds you of what's surely coming back at you.
04:32Right.
04:33Vargas was on the verge of power.
04:35Still doesn't have any respect, and he better.
04:38You know what I'm saying?
04:39Vargas has hit him with everything.
04:40He doesn't shy away from nothing.
04:42He's taking a certain amount of punishment and staying right there in the fight.
04:45And now Vargas has to respect the fact that Miura is a hard punch
04:49in one of the preliminary bouts here tonight
04:52because he developed swelling in his right hand.
05:01Still getting painted by power shots in round one.
05:03Oh, good.
05:05Still getting painted by power shots in round one.
05:09Good body shot by Miura.
05:12World-class levels.
05:14South of 135 pounds.
05:19Good body shots by Miura.
05:21Left and right.
05:22It's just a matter of time, it seems, before Bandido catches him, but...
05:25Past Vargas' dots.
05:27He has to eat them on the way in.
05:29That's not a good thing.
05:30But when you're a power puncher, you always have that equalizer.
05:35Good straight left by Miura.
05:37And a straight right by Vargas.
05:41That you have a bruise there.
05:42So he's very conscious of it.
05:43However, what he's realizing is that...
05:45He's trying to figure out how to get those hard shots off of him
05:47or he won't be taking them too long.
05:49Miura was expecting to defend a straight right hand,
05:52and Vargas looped it, which is why he caught him.
05:57Good right hand by Vargas.
06:01It's a very strong promoter.
06:03And Miura keeps pressing forward, hoping to land a big shot.
06:06Tiny shots.
06:07Vargas is catching them.
06:08There are a couple good ones, but he's catching some on the elements.
06:11Doing a terrific job.
06:13Let's see if he can keep it up with all the bruises he's got on him.
06:15He can hit Takashi, Miura, whatever he feels like.
06:21As Miura tries to keep the pressure on.
06:23It's frustrating to have a guy still throwing power punches
06:26after the kind of punishment that Vargas has doled out.
06:30Miura beginning to focus on the body.
06:33Oh!
06:35And down goes Vargas on a perfect straight left hand
06:39set up by the body shots.
06:41And the blood is flowing freely now.
06:47He's a champion.
06:49If the contender wants to be a champion.
06:51Comeback performance already in the fight.
06:53Amateur or pro, he's been knocked out.
06:56I'm thinking about giving him a new nickname, Jim.
06:59Takashi Mike Tyson Miura.
07:01Now the fight begins to even up a little bit on the scorecards
07:04as Miura coming back with a 10-8 round, as you saw.
07:07Has to be discouraging for Francisco Vargas.
07:11Francisco Vargas told us.
07:12A lot of knockdowns, you see.
07:13Exactly.
07:14It looked like he was about to be stopped.
07:16Great point to reverse the damage by going to Miura's body.
07:21The action and the hard punches thrown, how much better does it get?
07:24It doesn't get much better than this, I promise you.
07:26Good combination by Vargas.
07:28Oh.
07:29A big power shot.
07:30His feet are planted, and he is solidly balanced.
07:34That's a way of getting those punches home.
07:37Punching when Vargas isn't expecting having the...
07:40He gets himself into the right position to throw power shots.
07:44Good right hand lead.
07:45Straight right hand for Vargas.
07:47Oh, better Vargas' dilemma if he...
07:50Oh, what a body shot.
07:51So far, in his 22-0-1 record,
07:54says, I don't have any trouble with southpaw.
07:56Good body shots to one another's ribs and liver.
07:59These are main event body shots.
08:01Offbeat rhythm, because Vargas here looks...
08:03Oh, good body shot.
08:05Like he's trying to box.
08:07Power shots.
08:08Yeah, he's definitely a power puncher.
08:09Boom.
08:10Definitely a...
08:11Style of fight.
08:12You know, it's almost as though he's resigned to the idea that if...
08:15Definitely a power puncher.
08:19No, no, no, no.
08:20Coming down the stretch at the 6-12.
08:23This is a great fight.
08:24Mainly because of Miura's level of determination.
08:27Landing those shots.
08:28And the eyes seem to be getting bigger and bigger.
08:31Used to a lot of body shots.
08:33But this is a great fight.
08:34And it's on the undercard, and the arena's not full.
08:37This is not who they came to see.
08:38And so the crowd stared him down in the corner.
08:41Oh, good body shot by Vargas.
08:43Didn't go down in the first round, but...
08:45But it was worse than a lot of night.
08:47Of course.
08:48And conditioning.
08:49How is he taking his body shots and his head shots and continuing?
08:52I don't know.
08:53Miura is...
08:54The condition that Vargas is in at this moment...
08:56Good combination.
08:57Slowed down.
08:58Fighting at about the same pace as Miura.
09:00Reverberate all around the arena here.
09:02The thwap sound.
09:03And we're getting all of that.
09:08Imagine what Manny Pacquiao, when he throws the 1-2.
09:19AC Miura lands a beautiful left hook to the body.
09:23One of his best punches right under that left...
09:27Vargas' body.
09:28And, of course, when he wants to throw the liver shot
09:30to the right side of Vargas' body,
09:32if he can get close enough...
09:33He steps in with that short right jab
09:34and shoots that big left hand behind him.
09:36That's another leap for Mickey Ward.
09:38Of course.
09:39When you look for what tactical adjustment
09:40might be available to Vargas to turn the fight back around...
09:43He's beginning to swell even more, I think, Jim.
09:46Oh, that thing's a mess.
09:47Yes, it is.
09:48He continues to get in the power shots
09:51and punish the right side of Francisco Vargas'...
09:54To rise to that level, but it ain't easy.
09:57He's got to overcome all this power that...
10:02Good body shot.
10:07Oh, good hook.
10:08He can't exactly run and hide.
10:10Boxing is...
10:11There he is, landing shots.
10:15Like that.
10:19Oh, Miura's throwing...
10:21Miura's hitting him with some big power shots.
10:23If he can...
10:25Then it's gonna be harder and harder for him
10:27to avoid those left hands from Miura
10:29if he can't see out.
10:30Like that counter.
10:31Miura winds...
10:32Reminds me of a slight...
10:35And you heard the discouragement
10:37in Vargas' corner of Takashi Miura.
10:42Vargas is the more skillful fighter.
10:44And then deliver his own power to the body,
10:46he can get lucky and get what he wants.
10:48But he's just got to withstand
10:49at the heart of a champion.
10:52And Miura has to be getting tired here.
10:54Between rounds the last time,
10:56they might take this fight away from him.
11:00This is a round that Vargas seems to be winning,
11:02but not the fighter.
11:03By far.
11:04And yet...
11:05If he don't hurry up and do something
11:07here to make up for it.
11:08To be his fate.
11:09That takes something special.
11:11Good body shot.
11:14Good left hand.
11:15Good left hand by Vargas.
11:16He's trying to box tightly
11:19and responsibly.
11:21Determination and the focus on the body.
11:24Back to the volume advantage he had early in the fight.
11:26Throwing more than Miura.
11:29Good body shot by Miura.
11:32Good left hand by Vargas.
11:33Another good left hand by Vargas.
11:35Highlands a right hand.
11:36Vargas found something.
11:38He wanted...
11:39Oh, good left hand.
11:42Max makes a great...
11:43He got the same velocity with the left hand
11:45as a Manny Pacquiao.
11:46Spectacular job of turning the momentum
11:48of the early rounds around
11:50by digging in.
11:51Miura may figure at this point
11:52he can afford to lose a round or two.
11:54Can he continue?
11:56Here's Vargas' opportunity.
12:00And that makes you far more fatigued
12:02than the shots, controlled shots,
12:03like Vargas is throwing.
12:09Good left.
12:14Punishing him.
12:19Keep that defense up.
12:20Be sharp with that.
12:22I see him come.
12:23Miura coming with the left hand
12:24behind that short jab.
12:26Booming left hand.
12:27Great left hand.
12:28Power shots in that round.
12:29Miura 29 out of 52.
12:32Oh, there he is.
12:33Whoa!
12:34There he is.
12:38Now Miura struggling for his own balance.
12:44That brings the crowd to life.
12:46Vargas with the chance.
12:47That's the only thing he knows.
12:49Miura won't make it out of this round.
12:51Tremendous opportunity.
12:52To turn this fight around like that.
12:54Unbelievable.
12:55Oh, good body shot.
12:56Miura is leaning on Vargas,
12:58using...
13:01What a will.
13:02From up close, killing him.
13:05Miura's not out of here.
13:08Those body shots are really wearing him down.
13:11Possible round of the year brewing here.
13:14And Cody Weeks is gonna stop it.
13:16And Vargas has an upset win.
13:19I know the stakes
13:21weren't as high in some fights you might see.
13:24You didn't know the stories going in.
13:26But that is as dramatic a fight
13:28as you can see.
13:30What a performance.
13:31What a special event
13:33both these guys created.
13:36The official time,
13:37one minute,
13:3831 seconds,
13:40round number nine.
13:42The winner by TKO victory,
13:46Francisco
13:48El Bandido
13:51Vargas.