Eduardo 'Sugar' Nuñez VS Miguel Marriaga
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Transcript
00:00Don Divergis and Fernando Villafreal at the sound of the bell your third man in the ring referee Jerry Cantu
00:10And now ladies and gentlemen ten rounds of boxing scheduled in the super featherweight division
00:17Introducing first he's fighting out of the red corner. He wears black trunks with the bandera de colombia
00:23He scaled 131 and three-quarter pounds
00:27professional record 31 victories 7 defeats with 26 wins coming by way of
00:35knockout
00:36presentando de arjona
00:38Colombia here is the two-time former world title challenger Miguel the scorpion
00:48Marriaga
00:51Marriaga
00:54And his opponent across the ring fighting out of the blue corner, he wears the pink with the white trim
01:00He's scaled one hundred and thirty-three pounds
01:04professional record
01:0627 victories only one defeat all
01:1027 of his wins coming by way of knockout
01:14Peleando desde Jaguar a Sinaloa, Mexico
01:19a
01:24Nunez
01:27Nunez
01:37Caballero
01:39You know
01:46Is sugar Nunez indeed the real deal or can Miguel Marriaga use his vast experience
01:53To pull off what would be a very improbable upset
01:57It's our main event live from the war grounds in Carson, California
02:02Marriaga
02:04If you're Eduardo Nunez, he's gonna start fast not only because you have
02:08Power in both hands, but you want to make Marriaga feel every bit the 37 year old that he is. It's Colombia versus Mexico
02:18Marriaga and the Colombian flag trunks and Nunez in the tassels and pink
02:27Whoa, Marriaga, welcome to the jungle
02:32What
02:36What that that back Nunez up man, you know man, what's
02:42What I see
02:44Overhand right here. I see is that
02:47Nunez is the punch the the power puncher, but he's the one
02:51Backing up. Yeah, I got those welcome to him. Let me tell you though
02:54They're good for Marriaga for landing those overhand, right?
02:57Those are wildly dangerous punches that he's throwing from wildly dangerous angry
03:02I didn't like nothing about them. You don't want to be throwing shots like that. I mean, that's my your good Ricardo
03:08My yoga type punches that's like the baseball equivalent of just swinging for the fences early on
03:14No, that was Madonna kind of tight punches right there
03:19You're finally like Nunez II welcome shots to be thrown from that range with that power
03:25He's gonna catch you, you know coming in or catch you with something short
03:28I'll tell you though those two punches that land and they back Nunez off
03:31I mean, he's supposed to be as aggressive pitbull in there and he's not acting that way, you know something
03:36But something I've noticed about Nunez watching his fights
03:39Is that he get he fights the full three minutes like he will finish rounds really strong
03:44He did that exceptionally well against rock him off
03:50Nunez is touching that body because he wants to set something up on top whether it's the hook of the right hand
03:56But he's just kind of it's like a decoy. He's just touching the body
03:59Trying to set up a trap
04:06You think about Mariaga, yes, he punches hard, but you also know quite chinny
04:10You know, he's been dropped several times, you know in his career by you know, Oscar Valdez Nicholas Walters
04:17Another fighters Nick Colin dropped him. Of course Loma is the only one stopping
04:23And when you have power like Nunez it only takes one shot
04:26This is a type of fight where Nunez did, you know be losing rounds and just ended with one shot one punch
04:39Yeah, we're all holding our breath here waiting for Nunez to throw that right hand
04:43Who knows with a really?
04:45Wide stance, you know, normally the power punches don't have that wide of a stance. No, they lose their power
04:52Whenever you whenever you have your your feet that spread apart, but not for a Nunez
04:57Nunez really gun-shy here on round one.
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06:00So they want more jabs out of it a lot of the Nunez to break the distance and break the range
06:05That Mediaga took advantage of right there with this
06:08With those long arms, but it's actually
06:11It's actually Nunez with one inch
06:14Reach advantage, but he's not using it right now. It looks like Mariaga, you know is
06:19comfortable on the outside
06:20with his reach
06:22Mariaga competing in his second fight 71 days picked up an eight round decision win over Andres Perez back in June
06:29And that fight snapped a one and four skid that Miguel Mariaga was on
06:36So it's experience its power and its activity for Miguel Mariaga coming into this fight
06:41And maybe that's the reason Nunez is showing him a little bit of respect in that first round
06:46Well, it's interesting Sergio to hear the corner say fight with more confidence. It was an interesting choice of words
06:52Oh
06:55Nice let's go didn't look like there's much behind it, but it really affected Mariaga
07:06Whoa, see that the right hands landing for Mariaga because he's fainting to the body
07:13And he's saying that right hand up top
07:16I
07:17Guess that he's he knew how good Nunez is that he put into work and training camp like he's never put in before
07:24No corners were cut
07:27You know, I think you asked him Todd kind of the obligatory if you lose is it over and he's like no
07:33Keep going
07:38Well so far so good
07:40Yeah
07:41Pretty impressed right now with Mariaga. Normally, you know studying and watching the states. I see they were vulnerable
07:47It was a wide puncher. That's a good one too when he throws it, but sometimes he lacks the technique
07:53He's not doing that here. He's keeping a tight guard for a nice right hand down the pipe
07:58And one thing I noticed is how how focus is he is with his eyes? Yeah, he's looking at everything
08:04The new years is doing right now. He's just locked in focus. You can see it
08:09The same story to look at his face, you know poker face don't show no emotion just looking for that right hand
08:22That was a nice short right uppercut I'm ready I go baby missed it slightly. Yeah, Nunez roll over those punches pretty good
08:31Yeah, you can see that you can see the experience. I'm out. Yaga. How calm he is under pressure
08:39You
08:42Well, he should certainly have his old man strength because he is an old man 37
08:49It's true I'm 48 he's a young buck
08:58And that started that started with the left hook to the body
09:02Yes, the left hook to the body put the guard down he hit him with that clean overhand, right
09:07Like I said, it's gonna be the type of fight where it ends in one punch
09:10Look at his legs. He's trying to find him
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10:01More jabs out of Mariaga and they want him to move his waist move that upper body. Nothing not stay so stationary
10:08Getting hit with shots like that wide left hooks. Nothing landed real cleanly, but when it doesn't clean like that
10:13That took the legs out of Mariaga. Like I said, he showed in the past that he's chinny
10:18He doesn't want to get hit like that that cleanly. Hey props to him for standing up to get a shot
10:22That was a great shot by doing by his best punch
10:25Luna's best punches that overhand right good body shot there for you as well
10:29You can just hear the power and the punches when they land on the body
10:34Mariaga has the right game plan. He's punching with the power puncher, you know
10:38Speed that on the side powers that on the side
10:40That's on Mariaga side, but if you can punch him between the shots that can give you a chance nice counter right there for Mariaga
10:48But we've seen Nunez has the great equalizer if he touches you with the right hand, it's gonna affect
10:55I
10:57Would like I would love to see
10:59Nunez throw straight shots at the bar. There you go body
11:03Go aim at the body. Now. That's the reason you could stop Mariaga for moving. You can set him up with a shot
11:16And that overhand right is landing cuz he's throwing that hook to the body which brings Mariaga's guard down
11:23Yeah, I gave that right arm of Mariaga a lot lower
11:34Nunez swing it from the fences
11:37Mariaga special legs aren't under him right now. I love that jab to the gut right there
11:46And I like how New Year's is walking them down and he's just touching them touching them touching them is setting up the big shots
11:51as he is now
11:56And then that shoulder roll by Nunez coming with that right uppercut was beautiful good punch selection from Nunez went to the body
12:03What would the uppercut came back upstairs? He's making Mariaga think in addition to hitting him. It's a pretty big shots and applying relentless pressure
12:11You know just imposing his his size his strength, but most importantly just in front of him
12:17I think that mental pressure on Mariaga
12:20These are strafing body shots
12:27Nunez 27 years old in his fighting prime and boy does he look like
12:34He's set to face the winner of the IBF Super Featherweight title fight between Anthony Kakache and Josh Warrington
12:41Which takes place in three weeks?
12:44See Union he gets leverage off a slip in and rolling he walks you down, but it's with the slip in the rose
12:50And he just gets his power from that movement
12:53See by here. He's slipping. He's slipping. He's looking for something big
12:57Interesting defense employed by Nunez as well. I was the windshield wiper with that
13:14I
13:21Need to keep working like that keep working like that
13:34Giving too much space get a close-up distance
13:37You got a ready-to-go already
13:45Mariaga missing with that right uppercut getting hit with the money punch by Eduardo Nunez
13:51That's that right hand, but he set it up game
13:52Like you said touching up the body getting those hands downstairs just to come with that loop and shot over the top
13:59And sneaky athletic move right there by Nunez rolling out rolling with the shoulder roll coming back with that right hand
14:07I mean clever fighter Nunez is a clever power puncher here that can catch you off guard and turn your lights out with one shot
14:14Yeah, man Nunez. He's doing things. They like you know like Canelo does yeah the slip the road
14:19You know what Jim I want to use that example, but whenever you whenever you're talking about greatness
14:23You don't want to talk exactly greatness, but I see what you feel you, but he's Walt. He's walking him down
14:27It's kind of like how Canelo walks guys down
14:30Only Canelo
14:34Good moment here from Mariaga we got to give him his roses as well
14:40He's landed some big power punches is another one to the body from the 37 year old, but Nunez is just still stalking forward
14:49Loading up though a little bit too much. I think is doing yes
14:52I think he's got to be a little more active with these shots. Don't try to get him out of there with one shot
14:57Let your hands go in combination
15:00That sounded like a gun
15:14His legs are not under it right now
15:20Way too hard
15:23Real it sounds different. This is scary
15:29This is not going to end well for Miguel Mariaga, I don't think
15:39He's fighting back lands a left hand
15:43But this might be just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic
15:48Here comes Nunez
15:51I
15:53Got hurt man, but he has that experience. He knows how to survive
15:56He knows I stay calm under pressure as well. You can see the look in his eyes
16:00Like you said earlier Gabe, it's still there to focus. Yeah, and he took and he's rolling these shots. So he knows what he's doing
16:06He's wobbled the legs ain't there
16:09His head is clear
16:11So wily veterans smart men veteran with that championship experience that we talked about
16:16Good move there by Nunez to go downstairs the body Nunez needs to just concentrate on the body and
16:26Mariaga's not throwing back just trying to weather the storm with 39 seconds to go here
16:41His body's giving out on him
16:43See the referee getting very close to the action right now
16:51No opera cuts by Nunez just wide left
16:59Mariaga showing so much art here
17:13You want to continue? Yes. You stayed on the rope too long!
17:43Right hand
17:46Right here is that level to the body overhand right up top has been working for Nunez all night
17:54Mariaga dropped that that left hand left an opening for that overhand shot
17:58You can't be doing that against a puncher like Nunez gotta have that guard up the upper body movement
18:04You cannot drop any left hand in front of this monster
18:08What a shot that was sometimes you see a big power shot a guy stumbles backwards maybe falls out
18:13He went back from the shot the power shot almost literally knocked him out of the ring
18:18How is Miguel Mariaga still standing that I do not know and he lands a good right hand
18:26Man he's game
18:28Look, that's a 10-8 round because the knockdown from Nunez, but I did think he was Mariaga was having some success in that round
18:35Yeah, he played the ropes because he had no legs so he was just leaning on the ropes trying to try to give his legs
18:41some rest
18:48An excellent offensive display so far from Eduardo Nunez
18:56Said his trainer gave him the nickname sugar because he said you're gonna be a star one day and it just rolls off the
19:02Tongue makes you sound special
19:05I
19:08Caught him again
19:13Now this is where Nunez really does have to dig to the ball
19:24Let's try
19:26Every punch whether it's blocked and landed
19:29Just when you think Mariaga is done. He comes back and lands a power punch of his own
19:35little too much head-hunting from Nunez
19:37Oh
20:02The crowd reacting to every landed punch of Nunez
20:07I
20:13Another wind-up uppercut
20:19Nice defense right there by Nunez, you know walking his man down from being defensively responsible
20:25Good body shot left hand down low for Mariaga
20:38It's
20:43Kind of like being on a merry-go-round
20:46It's going in the same direction round and round and round
20:52And occasionally up and down for Mariaga
20:54But
21:01Nunez needs a stage. There you go. He's a stationary Mariaga to do to get that
21:25You
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21:48Sugar Nunez loading up on every single shot right now
21:52There's money shot around the guard. You can tell that that hurt
21:57Mariaga but Mariaga still still calm under pressure looking for shots man in the case of a right hand
22:02But just way too much pressure being applied by sugar Nunez coming from everywhere
22:08You can see even when he misses the torque everything going behind every shot
22:12Even when they're blocked those punches are having an effect
22:1637 year old Mariaga you definitely seen the value of
22:19Experience with Mariaga because even when he's outgunned and cornered
22:23He is still slipping a lot of these shots keeping that head movement going not staying stationary to give
22:29Nunez a target will this be the round that Nunez puts Mariaga away
22:34Only one fighter has stopped the Colombian and that was Vasily Lomachenko
22:38And Lomachenko did it with angles and surprising it his opponent with with angles and power from the side
22:46Whenever you're in front of a veteran a strong veteran like Mariaga, he's gonna
22:51Withstand the power just in front of him
22:54Raise the face going upwards and it kind of snapped for I guess head in a weird way almost went down
23:01It's a good body punch right there by Nunez. He's attacking the head so much. He needs to go back down to that body
23:16You know, I like a lot of what I see with sugar Nunez
23:19But I also see that he needs a lot of work as well. You know, he should be able to
23:23to change
23:25The flow of his combinations now because the hooks aren't doing it, you know, he needs you need something else straight punches stepping back
23:33Countering let him let him Mariaga throw up a shot. Let him get off balance coming with uppercuts
23:37Just change the momentum because this punches right here Mariaga already caught on to it
23:44And of course more jabs
23:46You
23:49Know cutting the ring off as you guys will know is a skill a significant skill right now
23:54Sugar Nunez is doing a lot more following that he is cutting the ring off. He was smarter or better at it
24:00He wouldn't let Mariaga escape to his left like he's doing consistently in this way
24:04Yeah, that's another thing that needs to work on also. He squares up making it easy for Mariaga to down the heart body shot
24:11So right now he's square, you know, his feet are parallel. That's not the way we're taught to box
24:15You know, you have to have one foot behind the other. That's when you get leverage. Oh
24:19Man a nice two-piece from Nunez downstairs and upstairs. I give it a Mariaga though. He is a tough guy
24:26He responded with a not that consequential accommodation, but he's still through two punches that landed
24:35The tassels almost came off his shorts with that swing
24:45Oh
24:47Oh
25:11Right hand again from Nunez
25:13You know, I think if Nunez would cut the ring off and put Mariana put Mariana against the ropes
25:20And just
25:22Stop it. I agree
25:30Will he make it up?
25:37Again
25:41They don't make it to the end of the round but barely
25:48I think they're gonna stop it
25:50and
25:52They have waved it off
25:55Good stoppage by the corner there. It was only gonna get worse for Nunez
25:59sugar Nunez
26:0128 wins
26:0228 knockouts
26:06That's a dangerous man right there right there and it's wonderful Nunez man sugar Nunez made a statement
26:11The way it didn't come easy not because Mariaga wasn't getting back
26:14But because Mariaga was resilient and he had the power to get the respect but too much
26:21He didn't take a lot of punches, but
26:25Would you favor him against the winner of Warrington versus Kakashi? Well, let me say this
26:31The idea of Josh Warrington facing an unheralded Mexican puncher
26:35I think we've seen that before so I don't think that's gonna happen if Warrington comes out of there. Kakashi maybe
26:42You know for the right price
26:44He's clearly strong. He's clearly heavy-handed. But as we saw during this fight, there's a lot he has to work on
26:50But as we saw they're good body shot delayed reaction. It wasn't that shot to the head that put
26:55Put Mariaga down. It was that left hand. I believe right to the body right there strafing body shot
27:01See the delayed reaction to it takes a knee
27:05That was the end of the fight a very good fighter in Nunez
27:08But certainly not someone's infallible certainly someone you can beat with the right strategy. Yes, Sergio
27:13Sometimes it's the innocent looking body shots that seem to hurt the most
27:16I wasn't innocent. That was right
27:21We've heard the shotgun shots that weren't put down those are being partially blocked or there were being uh,
27:25You know, you can see the punch coming. That was not blocked right on the ribcage those hurt
27:32No, no other way to react just you wanting to turn your back take a knee or just do on out most liver shots hurt
27:46So Eduardo sugar Nunez
27:50Nearly perfect. He only has one loss, but that was a very
27:55controversial
27:56six round loss
27:58Six years ago since then
28:0018 wins 18 and knockouts
28:03And
28:10Anthony Joshua makes the walk
28:13three weeks from tonight to face
28:16Daniel DuBois who's looked sensational in his last two fights both knockout victories
28:22You can see it as Riyadh season. It's London here on the zone
28:33And
28:45Ladies and gentlemen referee Jerry
28:47Kato calls a halt to this contest at the end of round number six on advice of the red corner
28:55Declaring your winner by knockout and now securing his spot for a world title fight
29:03Eduardo sugar
29:06Nunez