Andrew Maynard vs Keith McMurray - Mirage Pay Per View 10-25-90
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00:00The number one ranked heavyweight contender getting ready for his chances
00:04Chance finally at the heavyweight championship fight after being held at bay by Mike Tyson now Buster Douglas giving him a shot now
00:10Earlier this evening. We got a look at a former Olympian Andrew Maynard
00:14He was in the ring against a lot of McMurray and Maynard was in this fight early on
00:19He gave McMurray some trouble
00:21But Maynard really stopped fighting stopped being the aggressor the fight doctor and he let McMurray hit him at times and some of Maynard's weaknesses
00:28Were exposed we're gonna pick up the action Andrew Maynard against Keith McMurray
00:31Let's pick it up with round number six of this bout scheduled for eight rounds Maynard against McMurray
00:43We start round number six
00:45The fight dr. Ferdie Pacheco Andrew Maynard against Keith McMurray Maynard in the blue
00:51McMurray in the gold. We're at the Mirage outdoors for this eight-round light heavyweight fight
00:59Moment of truth
01:06Round number one Keith McMurray hit the canvas was knocked down late in the round got back up Maynard is controlled by
01:13Maria shown some signs as a black curtain
01:16Maynard has control but not impressed
01:19Murray has survived
01:21the last moment charge
01:28With the record of
01:37Murray trying to hold on inside
01:41I think you can even hear it all over our microphones his corner screaming the hook
01:46That's just what they've been done when you land one of those big right hands come back with a hook
01:50He has none yet like that come back with a hook
01:52They've asked him to double up his punches as well, and it's really one shot in
01:58I think that one first shot that decked
02:01McMurray
02:11Maynard continues to press forward
02:16Stepped in with a counter right there
02:18You
02:22Said right him it's
02:24It is so deep and it's so discouraging to see you guys this far along in a pro career throw an amateur
02:30It's fun punch like that round after round after round
02:33Those corners corners telling them the right thing. Don't do that. Don't reach
02:41Well, sir, jam a lot
02:43Oh
02:52My heavyweight opponent
02:55Can't put him away
02:57He's dogged me hanging up to this point has been just a survival fight
03:00But the last couple of rounds he's at least tried hard has McMurray
03:04Don't end up being great punch knowing that Maynard has a weak enough chin that he can get him in trouble here with one good
03:09shot
03:13I
03:18Try to push the action can you ever look good against a guy like
03:33Well, will he make it to the end of round number six Maynard boring in
03:38But
03:42McMurray makes the bell after another battering and Maynard heads back to his corner
03:50Don't give me no excuses. Don't give me no excuses. All right
03:58Man who's talking a peppy Correa short and keep your budget moving short. You have nothing to worry about. No excuses
04:03Come on here. All right, let's go to work now. Okay?
04:08To go
04:16We can do it for you
04:30Let's take a look at some of the
04:32The corners were representative what's happening inside the ring in one corners frenetic activity in the other corner
04:38They look like they're discussing the Iraq crisis
04:41Just sitting calmly telling him keep on going. So nobody gave many advice. Come on. Let's go
04:45Let's go. The only thing I heard was trying to tie him up a little more
04:49We start round number seven of this schedule eight round light heavyweight bout
04:53Andrew Maynard against Keith McMurray McMurray down once Maynard can't finish him off
04:58This is the kind of work where when you're looking at the guy in the press you say we needed this kind of
05:03Shake him out and get him
05:05Back in the action. There's no great fight for us, but actually it's not a great fight for your fighter
05:11And it could result in discouragement because if you can't do anything with this kind of guy, you could get a little discouraged
05:20Frustration builds you to fight. We see McMurray throw a few punches and get that defense
05:27And you can't finish a guy off
05:29Great deal develops over the period of eight rounds as you know, you should you're better than he is
05:34You know, you've got to get him out of here. You know, you've had him down in the first round
05:37You know, he's got a weak chin. He can go
05:41All I must say in Maynard's defense of all fighters that catch themselves in this kind of thing
05:46It's happened to every good fighter. I know I mean everyone including Ali is at those nights. You just can't do anything
05:54Come on your hands a free punch
05:57Richard's here trying to encourage McMurray to throw some punches a
06:02Bad idea because when he does he scores
06:06It's almost like coaching
06:09Managers say to me you keep quiet. I got this guy where I want to keep telling him keep fighting
06:14What buddy told him to close his mouth?
06:16The guy should have said how do I breathe?
06:19Through my nose. It's not working right now
06:27Maynard
06:29But you see what did he come back with a huge overhand right to the head which he could not possibly land with the way
06:35The guy was bent over should have stepped in and gone right to the body with that
06:46Left hook has been the most effective punch for Maynard
06:49I
06:54Sit around seven the schedule eight round bout
07:02I'll miss my name
07:10Why'd you get out
07:12I
07:17Trying hard to make this a match it's steel, but he's not I mean he's almost to the point where he's coaching
07:22And it's still not an exciting bout
07:30Murray trying to tie up Maynard and
07:33Survive and make it through the end of round number seven the schedule eight round bout
07:43Oh
08:01Keith sir jambalot McMurray out of Las Vegas been battered about through
08:07Seven rounds of action is one more to go for
08:13I
08:17Already scored a few shots, but what this is your last round man your last and final run
08:27There's Andrew Maynard after a first-round knockdown
08:32Scored a lot of shots, but can't put him away
08:34We
08:42Start this eighth and final round and Andrew Maynard knockout Keith McMurray
08:49Lots of others
08:53Keith has now decided to fight this last round he saved himself
08:56For round eight because he's blown every round up to this point unofficially on my scorecard. I haven't behind
09:01To 270 Andrew Maynard way ahead come on punch it get out
09:08Two point round and round one with the knockdown
09:13Richard Steele still pleading the referee
09:15I think you have to go way back to remember a fight where a referee did more
09:19Coaching and more exhorting than this fight, which is just trying to make these two guys fight
09:25And have a nice clean fight, but have some action
09:31A
09:39Lot of leverage behind those punches for me. They're just pushing them out. They really aren't and there's no zing to it at all
09:46Don't have any zip to it
09:49These are what you call amateur
09:52score points in the Olympics
09:55There's a mouthpiece of McMurray they only put it back in if there's a lull in the action
10:00It would not be difficult to find in this battle Maynard just heifering away McMurray backing away
10:08Popsic it out midway point of the eighth and final round
10:21Murray's taking a lot of punishments
10:30I
10:32Mean away, but not scoring
10:35So on once even when a punch lands, it's just without any effect whatsoever. There's just no zip to it
10:41There's no leverage to it. I
10:44Think he's tiredness. He's frustrated. He's tired
10:47It's just about ready to go back to the dressing room. Take a shower and write this off as a loss cause
10:53Now we get the timeout from referee Richard Steele
10:56Go
10:58And they put the mouthpiece back in time and time is back in
11:03Here in this eighth and final round
11:11Don't hold it
11:14The best known as the guy that missed the bus to the Olympics and this may be
11:20One of the things that he can
11:22Take it out. One guy didn't get to compete because he missed the bus
11:28Does not look like he's going to have a
11:31Wonderful career in the pros unless he can take people like this out. We have much more effective. He's gonna have a rocky road in the pros
11:38And
11:47A left hook by Andrew Maynard to the head of Keith McMurray ends it that's kind of the way we started 30 a lot of
11:54leg hooks and
11:55Andrew Maynard
11:58With an effort in which he beats Keith McMurray
12:01At least we saw it that way but didn't do a lot of things that you were looking for
12:04I don't think he did much of anything
12:08Anybody was late where he didn't show a good defense didn't show a good offense
12:11He didn't show that he was punching with the authority. He needs in the pros and worse of all he didn't follow
12:16the
12:17Instructions from the corner, which is something he's got to learn how to do
12:20See McMurray trying to cover up when the mouthpiece went out. It was not a clear shot. It was at the end of the punch
12:26Get a look at some more of the action from the round right there
12:31You know full force because his legs never even buckled McMurray just walked away and tried to cover up
12:38Not an impressive
12:40Performance by either fighter so Andrew Maynard in Keith McMurray go at it for eight rounds in the light heavyweight division
12:47As Maynard tries to chalk up for another victory following his loss to Bobby Chaz
12:53On this evening of the moment of truth from the Mirage in Las Vegas, Nevada
12:58And
13:00Now nighttime has fallen over the Mirage and the crowd on hand as they continue to file in for the moment of truth between
13:07Buster Douglas and Evander Holyfield Andrew Maynard was a unanimous decision winner in that fight over Keith McMurray
13:13The judges had it 80 71 80 71