Steven Ray Jr. vs Carlos Arroyo (16-09-2023) Full Fight
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00:00Oh, you guys are talking to me. I did spot with a guy named El Diablo.
00:05Was he El Diablo for real in the ring?
00:07No, El Frisco.
00:08Oh, you were the guy.
00:10First of all, his name was Angel Manfredi.
00:12Oh, okay, Angel Man. Still, I follow him on social media, Facebook. Changed his life around, doing good.
00:19Great guy, I love him.
00:20Was he a pastor?
00:22I do believe.
00:24But I frequent the southern borders. Below the border.
00:29Here we go, Stephen Ray Jr. and Carlos Arroyo scheduled for four rounds in the junior lightweight division.
00:34Stephen Ray, in preparation for this fight, he sparred with Melvin Lopez. I don't know if that rings a bell.
00:39He just fought Emmanuel Lopez. Ended up losing, but it was a good fight.
00:43Stephen Ray is really good.
00:45He got some world-class sparring.
00:47He also sparred a guy named Ronald Bailey.
00:49His uncle?
00:50Yeah, Ronald was nice to him.
00:51You don't want to get hit by Randall Bailey.
00:52I have. Been hit by him before.
00:54See, that's why you act the way you do.
00:56I hit him first, too. I hit him back. He hit me first.
00:58You know, I've fought him.
01:00On the undercard with him and Tommy Hearns. Last fight.
01:05Oh, wow. Good fight.
01:08Good stuff, Steve.
01:10Good stuff from Steve. He's really putting together a combination.
01:14Nice, short shots. Composed.
01:18Nice.
01:19Let's bring another Marquee in.
01:22I'm liking the jab. The level changes from Stephen Ray Jr.
01:32You didn't even let me ask you what you were liking.
01:35But it's early in the fight.
01:37You are impressed with Stephen Ray.
01:39The first few seconds of round number one.
01:41The minimum of looks I've got to see, yes.
01:43Okay, I got you.
01:45Hey, Marquee, him and I go back.
01:47Great guy, man.
01:49Yeah, that was before you were Big Wheel Steel and you were Tin Can Will.
01:53Don't take that from Will.
01:55Will, you're a legend.
01:57Wait, we're going to put gloves on after the fight.
01:59He's not going to keep that same energy.
02:01Hey, Stephen Ray looking good early in the fight.
02:03Chopping right hand over the top.
02:05I like the double hook.
02:07Didn't find it, but it might come later.
02:09Yeah, but he tried it.
02:11Exactly.
02:12At this stage, trying a lot of stuff makes a difference.
02:14Stephen Ray, eyes wide open, sees everything.
02:18Really laid back, calm, poised fighter.
02:21Now, Carlos Arroyo, what can he do more of?
02:24I know it's still early in the fight.
02:26Stay busier and move his body off the line.
02:30He's sitting right in front of Stephen Ray Jr.,
02:32making it easy to put the jab out.
02:34Great point, MRJ, great point.
02:36And he's getting hit with clean shots, too, right down the line.
02:38Now, with a record of 524-1,
02:42what do you think his mindset is right now?
02:44I don't know. I've never had a record like that.
02:47Okay, but have you fought anybody with a record like that?
02:49I fought a guy who was 5'45".
02:51He gave me all I wanted.
02:53Second guy to go to the distance.
02:55Yeah, you find them like that.
02:57These guys are survivors, though.
02:59They don't get knocked out a lot.
03:01No, because if they get knocked out,
03:03then they can't get their paycheck.
03:05That's exactly right.
03:07I think it was Bo Williams, I think it was,
03:09had all the fights, a lot of losses.
03:11But you didn't knock Bo out.
03:13Bo was fighting the next weekend.
03:1515 seconds of round number one.
03:17Now, is Stephen Ray, I see,
03:19the Puerto Rican flag, is he part Puerto Rican?
03:21I think his mother.
03:23I think his mother's Puerto Rican.
03:25That brings us to the end of round number one.
03:27I'm not even going to ask you
03:29who you think won that round.
03:31I'm just going to assume
03:33that you're going to give it to Stephen Ray Jr.
03:35A.K.A. Finishing Touch.
03:37I'm going to give it to Carlos Arroyo
03:39because he throws the most.
03:42Nice combination, Stephen Ray.
03:44So, what do you,
03:46obviously, Stephen Ray Jr.
03:48has Chico Rivas,
03:50a well-known,
03:52here we go with the highlights, I'm sorry.
03:54Manager, matchmaker.
03:56First of all, tell me what you think right now.
03:58Paula Fey in 2019.
04:00I love the way Stephen Ray lines up the right hand.
04:02He just shoots it in the pocket.
04:04Yep.
04:06Well, you got to realize something,
04:08his line here is up too.
04:11Happy birthday, Randall Bailey, my brother.
04:13Birthday was the other day.
04:15Oh, was it?
04:17Can we say his age out?
04:1949.
04:21Happy birthday, Randall Bailey.
04:23Here we go with round number two
04:25between Carlos Arroyo
04:27and Stephen Ray Jr.
04:29Scheduled for four rounds
04:31in the junior lightweight division.
04:33I like Stephen Ray's poise.
04:35He's on target.
04:37Very well-schooled fighter.
04:39There we go.
04:41He's done something
04:43I haven't seen anybody do.
04:45Great hook,
04:47Stephen Ray Jr.
04:49Carlos Arroyo gets back up.
04:51I don't understand.
04:53You should have known he was going to get up.
04:55He doesn't quit.
04:57He was looking at it all over the place.
04:59Alright, so he fooled me.
05:01Stephen Ray Jr. is showing so much poise
05:03and is showing he can really punch.
05:05Stephen Ray back on the attack.
05:08Carlos Arroyo holding on for dear life.
05:10He's got a whole round to go.
05:12He still has a long way to go.
05:14Wow.
05:16Stephen Ray found the hook.
05:18He was trying it earlier.
05:20He tried a double hook earlier.
05:22I said it's good to try it.
05:24Now, are you impressed?
05:26He only has 11 amateur bouts.
05:28I know he's been around world champions,
05:30sparring world champions,
05:32but only 11 amateur bouts.
05:34Are you impressed, Nate?
05:36Carlos Arroyo again.
05:38I tried to explain to y'all.
05:40He trains in the gym.
05:42The spirit's in the gym.
05:48Carlos Arroyo still on the attack.
05:50He's throwing all of his uncle's favorite shots.
05:52The hook, straight right hand.
05:54I think it's going to be a matter of time
05:56before the referee stops.
05:58He's landing such good shots.
06:00Stuck in the corner.
06:02Now he holds on.
06:05He locked his fingers together in the back.
06:09Now, how can he weather the storm?
06:11Just continue to play at home.
06:13If it was me, I'd wrap my legs
06:15around his legs.
06:17How much do you think
06:19the referee's going to let this fight go?
06:21He's watching it.
06:23He's watching.
06:27He understands the guy's surviving.
06:29Rodolfo has a lot of experience
06:31in the ring.
06:34A good fighter.
06:36Are those the best referees and judges?
06:38Sometimes.
06:40Most times.
06:44I said sometimes, most times, good times.
06:46As a matter of fact,
06:48as a matter of fact,
06:50Rodolfo was a mean puncher.
06:52He was. He was a very hard puncher.
06:54Dude, he hit me one time.
06:56Hit me in sparring.
06:58Stephen Ray
07:00still composed,
07:02having fun in there,
07:04just walking down his opponent.
07:06Mark,
07:08what do you think he possibly can do
07:10to get this knockout?
07:12I like that he's
07:14coming through up the middle
07:16with these uppercuts like that,
07:18but he needs to find something
07:20around the sides,
07:22maybe like another double hook.
07:24That would probably seal the deal for him.
07:27Yeah, there's not much Carlos Arroyo
07:29is going to be able to do to be able to get Stephen Ray
07:31off of him.
07:33So his best case scenario is
07:35trying to hold, wrap up enough.
07:37Talk to me about the highlights.
07:39MRJ, Mark Reyes Jr.
07:41We see that good, stabbing right hand
07:43to the body that set up that left hook up top.
07:47Ladies and gentlemen, we are coming to you live
07:49from the Hilton downtown Tampa
07:51on Mexican Independence Day weekend.
07:53Having a great night
07:55Boxing Brothers, former world champion
07:57Nate the Galaxy Warrior Campbell
07:59former champion Frisco
08:01Azteca Arriola
08:03and future world champion
08:05MRJ, Mark Reyes Jr.
08:07On the trail, on the hunt
08:09for anybody at 147 pounds.
08:11Are we going down to 140?
08:13I know I ask you this all the time.
08:15You ask me this, but it's not happening.
08:17I can't get mad.
08:19I'll go across, but don't do that to me.
08:21Ladies and gentlemen,
08:24Round number three between Stephen Ray Jr.
08:26and Carlos Arroyo
08:28scheduled for four rounds in the junior
08:30lightweight division.
08:32Carlos Arroyo lands an overhand right
08:34on Stephen Ray.
08:36Very few and far in between,
08:38but did land one.
08:40Stephen Ray can land when he wants to.
08:42That's bad for Arroyo.
08:44Anytime a fighter is able to land
08:46their jab willingly
08:48it spells for a disaster
08:50for the opponent.
08:53And it doesn't seem like Stephen Ray has had
08:55anything coming back after he's
08:57shooting his jab.
08:59So it gives him no reason to shell up.
09:01And I know this is your job,
09:03but one thing I must say
09:05it's a thing of beauty when a fighter
09:07controls a fight with the jab.
09:09And I'm going to use two examples.
09:11Naoya Inoue and Terence Bud Crawford
09:13absolutely controlled their opponents
09:15with just the jab.
09:17The jab is powerful.
09:19One simple word, right?
09:21The jab sets it up, the jab predicts
09:23and the jab keeps you out of trouble
09:25when you're in trouble.
09:27The jab is the only punch that is
09:29offensive and defensive.
09:31Now is that an art?
09:33Oh, he's hurt.
09:35Arroyo's hurt.
09:37I saw him get hurt before with uppercut.
09:39That overhand.
09:41But uppercut set it up.
09:43But Carlos does not give up.
09:45He's in there.
09:47He's like, hey, I signed for four rounds
09:50Yeah, but he might not have it tonight.
09:52Yeah, he's up against a
09:54very talented fighter
09:56in Stephen Ray Jr.
09:58Stephen Ray Jr. is very talented.
10:00He's very poised.
10:02He picks his shots.
10:04Good body shot.
10:06Down goes Carlos Arroyo
10:08for the second time.
10:14You think he'll make it to the end of the round?
10:16If he goes to the body, he won't.
10:18If Stephen Ray goes to the body
10:20like he's told, this is over.
10:24The end is nearing.
10:26Ray is looking for the body shot again.
10:28Carlos Arroyo holds.
10:32What happens is Stephen Ray needs to be
10:34whacking the body when he's holding it.
10:36Okay, now let me ask you
10:38another question Nate.
10:40Does the referee know
10:42that Carlos Arroyo lacks power?
10:44If he's down big
10:47You can't just stop it
10:49because he can beat
10:51as long as he's fighting back.
10:53You can't stop it.
10:55He can't stop it.
10:57If Ricky Keyless can take a beating
10:59from me for 12, he can take these four.
11:01Be quiet.
11:03But listen, he's still fighting back.
11:05Rodolfo has a lot of experience.
11:07He knows when a fighter is hurt.
11:09He knows when a fighter is not
11:11and he's just trying to survive.
11:13I'm not acting like this is the worst I've seen
11:16Two seconds left in the third round.
11:18I mean is Rodolfo going to win?
11:20I don't know.
11:22Another knockdown scored
11:24by Stephen Ray Jr.
11:26who should be cruising
11:28to either a knockout
11:30or a unanimous decision victory.
11:34Three rounds.
11:36Two eight rounds.
11:38Two ten eight rounds.
11:40I mean it's not.
11:42That wasn't that hard to do.
11:44Here comes.
11:46The left hook to the body.
11:48The left hook to the body hurt him.
11:50He took one up top.
11:52Bang. Right there.
11:54It landed back here.
11:56That hurts.
11:58But you know
12:00when you get hit with those shots
12:02sometimes, your legs give up.
12:04Yeah.
12:06Frisco, who are you?
12:10For those that haven't been hit with a body shot.
12:13Ryan Garcia
12:15Legit body shot?
12:17Yes.
12:19Here we go.
12:21Taking a body shot is more about how much heart you got.
12:23Between Stephen Ray Jr.
12:25and Carlos Arroyo
12:27in the junior
12:29lightweight division
12:31Stephen Ray Jr. goes back to work
12:33on his opponent
12:35Carlos Arroyo
12:37focusing down on the body.
12:39Good jab.
12:41That jab is working.
12:43And he's cutting him off.
12:49Stephen
12:51pitching a shutout pretty much.
12:53And a great body shot.
12:55Good. Hurt him. Came right up the middle.
12:57He is hurting him with the overhand right.
13:01Now Frisco did say
13:03that Stephen Ray Jr. is tall
13:05for this weight class at 130 pounds.
13:08And so is his uncle.
13:10140.
13:125'11".
13:14He comes from the great pedigree.
13:16He's throwing some great body shots.
13:18Oh, good body shot.
13:20That body shot hurt.
13:22Carlos Arroyo holds his opponent.
13:24Takes a deep breath.
13:28Referee says
13:30something to him.
13:32I don't know exactly what was said.
13:34If you don't show me something, I'm going to stop it.
13:37Is it myself
13:39or Carlos Arroyo protecting himself?
13:41Like holding back?
13:43I knew it. I saw it coming.
13:45Referee stops the contest.
13:47I think it's a great call.
13:49Nate, Nate. No, no. Hold on.
13:51Nate, did I not say the referee would stop?
13:53Like not let him take too much punishment?
13:55Yeah, but you know what?
13:57He wasn't punching back.
13:59He wasn't punching back.
14:01Carlos Arroyo not too happy with the stoppage
14:03but I believe it was just a matter of time.
14:05I agree with you.
14:07Thank you, Frisco.
14:09Thank you, Frisco. I appreciate it.
14:11Okay, he stopped when he stopped fighting.
14:13You can't stop it.
14:15I know. It's professional. You're absolutely right.
14:17You can't stop it when he's fighting.
14:19Otherwise, why even be doing this?
14:21If you're going to stop it because you don't like the way it looks.
14:23Okay, I'm going to ask you guys a question
14:25since we're having this conversation.
14:27Wait, wait, wait. We have the highlights?
14:29We don't have the highlights.
14:31We have the lowlights.
14:34Okay, Castillo Corrales won.
14:36You bums wouldn't stop the fight is what I'm thinking.
14:38Oh my god.
14:40No, no, no.
14:42But he dropped his mouthpiece three times.
14:44You used the B word.
14:46Okay, but that's a totally different level of boxing.
14:48Totally, totally different level of boxing.
14:50If that meant...
14:52So you're telling me you'd stop that fight.
14:54You too.
14:56No, no.
14:58Rest in peace Diego Corrales.
15:00I love that guy.
15:02He was showing that he was still willing to fight.
15:04And he was still throwing shots.
15:06Yes, he was hurt.
15:08But, you know, it was back in the day where
15:10more rules are in place to protect the fighter.
15:12But the magic, he taught us something.
15:14If you're hurt, spit the mouthpiece out.
15:16He kept on spitting out.
15:18Spitting it out.
15:20Shut up.
15:22I didn't say anything.
15:24If it wasn't for Corrales spitting the mouthpiece
15:26he probably would have gotten knocked out.
15:28No.
15:31All I'm saying is this.
15:33If you want to stop every fight...
15:35Overhand right.
15:37Talk to me about what you're seeing.
15:39It's just pure dominance in here.
15:41See that?
15:43It's just pure dominance.
15:45Here we go, I'm going to throw it back to
15:47Florida Boxing Hall of Famer Bob Alexander
15:49with the tonight's verdict.
15:51Ladies and gentlemen, before the announcement of the time
15:53let's have a nice round of applause
15:55for both fighters please.
16:01Ladies and gentlemen
16:03your referee in charge
16:05calls a halt to the bout
16:07at 1 minute 21 seconds
16:09of the fourth and final round
16:11your winner by TKO
16:13still undefeated
16:15Steven
16:17finishing touch
16:19Ray
16:21Jr.
16:27Guys, I do want to correct
16:30something that I was just
16:32Felix Santana is 5 and 1
16:343 by knockout. He does have a loss
16:36that loss came to undefeated fighter
16:38Desmond Jarmon so yes
16:405 and 1 3 by knockout
16:42just to give you guys a correction.