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00:00Gentlemen, you received your instructions in the dressing room. I expect a good, clean fight.
00:05Protect yourselves at all times. Obey my commands at all times.
01:00Don't let him get away. Be careful.
01:03He's going to blow you up.
01:10Move a little bit further.
01:12Luis Maeda in the white, red and blue trunks.
01:17We've seen him on Star Boxing. He's a fan favorite and active duty FDNY firefighter.
01:22It's an absolutely incredible story.
01:24Taking on Eric Alves here representing Brazil.
01:32Eric Alves turned pro in 2023.
01:38Originally from Brazil, now lives in Boston.
01:43Luis Maeda called it an honor to fight.
01:47On the Star Boxing platform.
01:52He said he wants to follow the footsteps of Chris Algieri, Joe Smith and others.
01:57And Alves did land that hard shot early.
02:16Since then, it's been both men jockeying for position here.
02:28And one thing about Maeda, he might win the fight, he might lose the fight.
02:33But he is as tough as they come.
02:35You have to be to be an active duty firefighter and an active professional boxer, which he is.
02:40Listen, it's a very tough balance, you know, to go out there and work.
02:45And especially in New York City, being a fireman.
02:48I mean, it's a brood. I'm sure in Eddie City, don't get me wrong.
02:51I'm not trying to compare.
02:54But, you know, New York City, I'm from New York.
02:56So, you know, listen, he puts his life on the line every single day.
03:00And I was mentioning how his brothers and sisters go and watch his fights at the bar.
03:05Nice shot by Alves.
03:07And Maeda comes right back.
03:11And like we said, Maeda's tough as they come.
03:13He took a hard right hand and then he's right back in there.
03:16And Alves throws bombs.
03:18Every shot he just unloads.
03:24End of round one.
03:26And Nick, you were talking about that.
03:28And it's a good point.
03:29I mean, to be an active pro boxer is tough enough, but to also be a firefighter.
03:33I mean, I don't think that can be understated about how incredible that is.
03:37No, no.
03:38I'll tell you, you know, those guys are heroes to me.
03:42I mean, you know, New York, you know, police and fire and rescue and EMS.
03:47They're all heroes to me.
03:49You know, and it's pretty, pretty special when you can do that.
03:53But when you're trying to juggle that in a boxing career, you know, it's difficult
03:57because, you know, your hours, I know in the station, I think it's like three days on,
04:01two days off.
04:02I don't know how it works.
04:03But, you know, those days are grinds.
04:05So it messes up your whole rhythm of your training camp and your training.
04:08So, you know, I'm sure he's training at different times.
04:11I'm sure he's training at different times.
04:13So it messes up your whole rhythm of your training camp and your training.
04:16So, you know, I'm sure he's training at different odd hours of, you know, of the week
04:21and things like that.
04:22So it's tough, man.
04:23My hat goes off to him.
04:27Absolutely.
04:28And let's get underway here for round two of our super middleweight bout.
04:34And it looks like Alves is still on his stool here.
04:37Let's see what's going on.
04:44And some delay there.
04:48Now round two officially underway.
04:50Luis Maeda in the white trunks.
04:54Eric Alves in the black and gray trunks.
04:58And remember, Nick, this is only a four-round fight.
05:00So as we've been talking about, you've got to get on the scorecards early.
05:05Yeah.
05:06And, you know, Alves, you know, he's a little more cerebral in his approach.
05:09But when he throws hard, tries to go for some home runs here,
05:14especially in that first round.
05:20Oh, nice over and right foot.
05:22Maeda eats it.
05:24Didn't even look like he, I mean, it didn't look like it affected him at all.
05:28It seemed like Maeda was getting a rhythm with that jab.
05:31And Alves just timed it with the right hand over the top.
05:34And that definitely affected Maeda.
05:37And there was a left hook.
05:39By Alves.
05:40He's landing these power shots.
05:41Now there's some blood on the mouth of Alves here.
05:48But Alves certainly has landed a few power shots that have affected Maeda.
05:52They're talking to each other out there.
06:10Nice, nice.
06:11Maeda hits him with two, three, four punches that all landed.
06:17Halfway through this round, too.
06:18And Alves seemed to load up on that big right hand.
06:21Missed.
06:22And Maeda took advantage.
06:27And Maeda seemingly seeing the blood on Alves' mouth,
06:30certainly motivating him.
06:31And it looks like he's targeting that as well.
06:34Nice job by Maeda.
06:35Oh, and he puts Alves down.
06:40With a short shot.
06:41Short.
06:42I think he did it with a nice little short uppercut.
06:44Left hand.
06:45But let me tell you.
06:47Maeda looks so much better than he has in the past.
06:50And Alves does not get back to his feet.
06:54Maeda comes up with a really nice win for himself.
06:58And you know what?
06:59Let me tell you something.
07:00I said this, and I'm sorry I said it.
07:01I'm not too proud.
07:02I said to him what he lacks in technique, he has in heart.
07:06When I was trying to speak about Maeda.
07:08You know what?
07:09That was a wrong description.
07:10He really looks like he's gotten a lot better.
07:14And he's starting to sharpen his skills a little bit more.
07:17And that was an unfair assessment of him.
07:19But he does have a lot of heart.
07:21And he just came up with a big KO for himself to improve to 4-4.
07:26And he gets back to that 500 level, which is great motivating.
07:30It's great for not just his record, but him personally.
07:34Now you're back in that middle, that 50-50.
07:37And now you can really kind of grow on that.
07:40Absolutely.
07:41As we see it in the replay, it was a flurry of punches.
07:43It looked like one of them to the body.
07:44And Maeda was able to get that stoppage win in round 2.
07:47And as Nick said, a tremendous gutsy performance there for Maeda.
07:51Gets back to 500.
07:53That's a big stepping stone for him.
07:54And I'm sure he's going to use that as motivation.
07:57His last fight was a draw.
07:58Now he gets back in the win column.
08:37Here we go.
08:56Here we go.
09:05He's using that stick.
09:06He's popping.
09:07And he's using a nice one-two in certain situations.
09:10Gets caught with something right there.
09:12And Alves licks his own blood.
09:15But let me tell you something.
09:16Maeda comes after him hard.
09:18Puts some really good combinations together.
09:20And puts him away here in the second round.
09:24Great fight by Luis Maeda.
09:29He's getting better and better.
09:31He really is.
09:33It's nice to get him off the island.
09:34But here we go.
09:35Right up here to Curran Batia for the results.
09:42And let's hear it for these two warriors in our super middleweight attraction.
09:54With a stoppage win at 202 in round 2.
09:58Winner by TKO.
10:01Representing the Bronx, New York.
10:04Luis El Barcelo Maeda.
10:13Really solid win for Maeda.