Floyd Diaz vs Mario Hernandez (27-09-2024) Full Fight
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00:00Okay, both waistbands are good, okay, keep the punches from here on up, all right?
00:10I explained the rules in the dressing room, I want a good, clean fight, you can take yourself
00:13at all times, touch him up if you want to, I'll see you at the belt.
00:17Dude's a mean muggin' right there in the center of the ring.
00:20I don't know, looking at a man in his eye like that, boy, he's looking at him like,
00:24I want to eat him, ahhh.
00:27A lot of changes in Floyd Diaz's corner over the last year and a half.
00:33Two fights with Bomek and the B&B team, he's on Diegas and Red Spikes now, he's with Cromwell
00:40Bullet Gordon, and the other change is that his live-in girlfriend, Zarina McCoy, is
00:46now his conditioning coach, Tim, so a whole different outlook in how he expects to fight
00:52as he steps into the ring tonight for Floyd.
00:55Yeah, it's always interesting when a fighter switches trainers, you always wonder why,
01:01however, you know, it's what he's comfortable with, you know, tonight, he has his girlfriend
01:06inside his corner, he's able to save, save on a little bit of money with her, although
01:11he is paying her, stays in-house, and, you know, he has someone that he believes in.
01:18Can he trust?
01:19Can he trust?
01:20Can he trust?
01:21He tells us, hey, she does not play because there are times where you see Eddie Claudio
01:27stepping in, he says, look, there's times that I feel like throwing up, he says, look,
01:29the trash can's over there, make your way over there, do what you gotta do, and come
01:33finish your set.
01:34I like that.
01:35You know, your girlfriend or the one that you, your significant other, you know, she's
01:39gonna keep it 100 with you, she's gonna keep it real, and that's what you need, you don't
01:42need somebody just, you know, supporting you and just telling you what you want to hear,
01:47you need to listen to what they're telling you, if they're telling you something real.
01:52She's right right there.
01:53She's right about that, excuse me.
01:55That was a right hand, just landed for Cashflow.
02:00He's looking for the right hand over the jab, using his legs to set it up, nice disengaged
02:06step back, just to land those two punches right there from Cashflow.
02:11Again, you know what Hernandez is trying to do, he's trying to get close, he just wants
02:15to bang.
02:16That's exactly what he wants to do, he says, look, I'm an old school fighter, I come in
02:21here to throw punches, if I gotta take some, it's all good, I'm gonna get close eventually,
02:25and there on the left you see Zarina McCoy, Floyd Diaz's girlfriend and conditioning coach
02:31for this fight.
02:32They've been through some stuff, we're gonna talk about that, and we did mention the accident
02:36that they had in Mexico after her last fight, as a matter of fact.
02:41Car spun seven times, her foot was on the dashboard, she's lucky that it didn't end
02:47up worse for her, but she said, I have to teach myself how to walk again.
02:53Nice combination here from Floyd Diaz.
03:00Nice right hand from Floyd, he's got some power, but he's gotta set it up properly.
03:07Now look, in boxing you get to see a little bit of everything, you see friends spar with
03:14friends all the time, but it's not every day that you'll see a boyfriend and a girlfriend
03:18lacing up to spar one another, and the way this young man, Floyd Diaz, explains it, the
03:25couple that spars together, stays together, but what happens in sparring apparently doesn't
03:30always stay in sparring.
03:35Me and my girl, we've known each other for a long time, we've been around in the gym,
03:39really just high and bi, one day we had a spar, she caught me off balance.
03:43I was just hitting him with like a really fast flurry of punches, like they weren't
03:46even really hard, and then I hit him with the jab and he just like went down, and he
03:50was not off balance, he just went straight down and then he just got right back up.
03:55Years later, we had to spar again, we were under the supervision of Coach K, and I caught
04:01her with a right hand.
04:02This dude hit me with a right hand, straight in my face, we have no headgear on, and he
04:07gave me a black eye.
04:09I wasn't intentionally trying to, but I think me with that, that revenge I needed, I needed
04:15to get it back.
04:16I just made sure she got to know that she can't drop me no more.
04:20Well, there's only one other way to drop a man, and he doesn't want that to happen with
04:26such a beautiful young lady, and we're going to leave you with our ESPN Plus modified ringside
04:32coverage.
04:33The side sounds of the ring, you'll hear the punches of the referee, and Zarina McCoy who's
04:37got a microphone on, as does trainer Cromwell Bullitt-Gordon.
04:40Stay on that stick!
04:41In and out, in and out!
04:42There you go.
04:43There you go!
04:44There you go!
04:45Good!
04:46Stay on that stick!
04:47In and out, in and out!
04:48There you go!
04:49There you go!
04:50Nice jab, nice jab!
04:51Give me a hook off that jab or something!
04:52Everything intentional!
04:53And bring it, follow it with something else!
04:54Nice, head movements.
04:55Good, I like the pull, stay low!
04:56Body, body, turn that body up!
04:57Nice, good!
04:58Good, stay low!
04:59Stay low!
05:00Stay low!
05:01Stay low!
05:02Stay low!
05:03Stay low!
05:04Stay low!
05:05Stay low!
05:06Stay low!
05:07Stay low!
05:08Stay low!
05:09Stay low!
05:10Stay low!
05:11Stay low!
05:12Nice, good!
05:13Stay low!
05:14Good.
05:15Keep slack.
05:16Step around in the right direction now.
05:17There you go.
05:18Good.
05:19Nice.
05:20Get back with the jab.
05:21Good.
05:22There you go.
05:23I like the body.
05:24Finish the double cut.
05:25Stay off the ropes.
05:26There you go.
05:27There you go.
05:28Spin him around.
05:29One up, one down.
05:30One up, one down with that hook.
05:31Mix it up.
05:32Good.
05:33Bop.
05:34Turn him.
05:35There you go.
05:36And turn him.
05:37Hands up when you step around.
05:38Good.
05:39Smart man.
05:40Get back to the middle of that ring.
05:41Good.
05:43Get back to the middle of that ring.
05:44Up, up, up.
05:45Bring it up.
05:46Good D.
05:47Good D.
05:48Bop.
05:49Nice.
05:50Turn him.
05:51There you go.
05:52Turn him.
05:53Turn him.
05:54Turn him.
05:55Let him go.
05:56Let him go.
05:57Stop.
05:58Stop.
05:59Let him go.
06:00Release the hold.
06:01Release the hold.
06:02Back with the jab.
06:03Back with the jab.
06:04Right back to that jab.
06:05There you go.
06:06In and out.
06:07Stick and pull.
06:08Stick and pull.
06:09Find it.
06:10Right there.
06:11Get that body now.
06:12Heads up.
06:13You know you're going to throw the overhand right at you.
06:14Nice.
06:15Nice.
06:16You throw the overhand right.
06:17You got to watch that.
06:18Get ready to roll it.
06:19Jab and roll it.
06:20Boom.
06:21Good shot.
06:22Nice.
06:23Nice.
06:24Nice.
06:25Hands up.
06:26There you go.
06:27Keep your hands up while you change it.
06:28Good D.
06:29That's it.
06:30Good D.
06:31Right back.
06:32Turn.
06:33Turn.
06:34Nice D.
06:35Right back with the jab.
06:36There you go.
06:37No work.
06:38No work.
06:39Get to the middle.
06:40Keep being first.
06:41Faints.
06:42Faints.
06:43Give me some faints.
06:44Get to the middle of that ring.
06:45Good.
06:46Good feet.
06:47Good feet.
06:48Nice.
06:49Almost there.
06:50You got to lean in.
06:51Good.
06:52Keep checking that hook.
06:53Are you putting the stool in or not?
06:54Yeah.
06:55Yeah?
06:56Okay.
06:57Bring it up.
06:58Uppercut when he slides in.
06:59Bring his head down.
07:00Stand him up.
07:01Right there.
07:02Right uppercut.
07:03I see it.
07:04Boom.
07:05Boom.
07:06Boom.
07:07Boom.
07:08Boom.
07:09I see it.
07:10Nice uppercut.
07:11Right back to the middle.
07:12Right back to the middle and work that jab.
07:13Do it again.
07:14She's going to be there.
07:15Right there.
07:16It's your turn.
07:17Go.
07:18Good D.
07:19There you go.
07:20There you go.
07:21Put it together.
07:22Use your legs.
07:23Nice.
07:24Uppercut again.
07:25It's right there.
07:26Uppercut jab.
07:27Nice.
07:28Get off that rope.
07:29Work.
07:30Let's go.
07:31There you go.
07:32There you go.
07:33Good.
07:34Keep your composure.
07:35Nice.
07:36Three shots.
07:37Good jab.
07:38All right, when you pivot it out, pivot out a little bit too high, okay?
07:48Don't pivot out high, pivot out low.
07:49Step around smooth.
07:50Keep that chin tight.
07:51Slow your heart rate down.
07:52Breathe deep.
07:53Stay composed.
07:54You're fighting your fight, not his fight.
07:55You're doing great.
07:56Remember that round.
07:57Let him come to you a lot, and you went back a lot.
07:58Go forward, or step laterally.
07:59Turn him.
08:00Don't go back.
08:01Once you turn him, get to the middle of that ring and work that jab.
08:02Good job.
08:03Don't stay on the rope.
08:04Control your breathing.
08:05As long as you're getting all that oxygen, you're out there ready.
08:06There you go.
08:07Come loose, come loose, come loose, come loose.
08:08Looking good, jab.
08:09Love the jab, though.
08:10Just love the jab.
08:11The jab is everything.
08:12You're faster, you're more technical than him.
08:13That jab right down the pipe.
08:14Jab, pull, big down the pipe.
08:15Look for the overhand right.
08:16Don't pull here and go under.
08:17Step left.
08:18That's it.
08:19That's it.
08:20That's it.
08:21That's it.
08:22That's it.
08:23That's it.
08:24That's it.
08:25That's it.
08:26That's it.
08:27That's it.
08:28That's it.
08:29That's it.
08:30That's it.
08:31Good.
08:32Nice.
08:33Good.
08:34Nice.
08:35Under, step left.
08:36All right.
08:37Let's go.
08:38Go.
08:39Go.
08:40Go.
08:41Unders.
08:42Set left.
08:43All right, let's go.
08:44Go.
08:45Go.
08:46Take and pull it counter.
08:47Stick, pull, counter.
08:48It's right there.
08:49Yeah.
08:50You see it.
08:51Good.
08:52Nice.
08:53Stick.
08:54Bring the jab.
08:55Nice.
08:56Double it!
08:57There you go.
08:58Good.
08:59Nice.
09:00Good.
09:01Nice, nice.
09:02Heads up.
09:03Nice.
09:04There you go.
09:05Get him again.
09:06Good.
09:07Nice.
09:08Nice.
09:09There you go.
09:10Now we thinking, Cash.
09:11All right, now use that good work.
09:12There you go.
09:13There you go.
09:14Turn him.
09:15There you go.
09:16Keep turning him.
09:17Turn him.
09:18Keep turning him.
09:19Look for the overhand right.
09:20You know he's looking for it.
09:21Equalize it with that jab.
09:22There you go.
09:23Way to step around.
09:24Smart man.
09:25Good.
09:26There you go.
09:27Be quick with that shot.
09:28Keep turning him around.
09:29Keep letting him uppercut.
09:30Let him go.
09:31Let him go.
09:32Let him go, Floyd.
09:33Let him go.
09:34Uppercut right there, Cash.
09:35The right one.
09:36Let's go.
09:37Let him go, Floyd.
09:38You're going to turn him.
09:39There you go.
09:40Uppercut.
09:41You got to do a concession.
09:42Keep those knees bent.
09:43Keep those knees bent.
09:44Good.
09:45Keep it in front of you.
09:46Nice.
09:47Turn.
09:48Turn.
09:49Turn.
09:50Turn him.
09:51There you go.
09:52Now get to the middle.
09:53Work that jab.
09:54There you go.
09:55Good body.
09:56Back to the jab.
09:58Good.
09:59Good.
10:00Keep steps.
10:01Nice.
10:02There you go.
10:03Good step around.
10:04Get off those ropes.
10:05Keep stepping around.
10:06Nice.
10:07Combination.
10:08Combination.
10:09Nice hook.
10:10There you go.
10:11Good jab.
10:12There you go.
10:13Good jabs.
10:14Get ready to roll over there.
10:15It's coming again.
10:16There you go.
10:17I told you.
10:18Nice.
10:19You can see them all the way.
10:20Told you.
10:21Keep that chin down.
10:22There you go.
10:23Press the leg.
10:24There you go.
10:25You got to press, Cash.
10:26Press forward, Cash.
10:27Let's go, Vic.
10:28Fight your fight.
10:29Push him back, Cash.
10:30Let him go, Floyd.
10:31Let him go, Floyd.
10:32Stop.
10:33Stop.
10:34Let him go.
10:35Get up.
10:36Get up.
10:37Get up.
10:38Get up.
10:39Stay in your jab and push him back.
10:40To the middle.
10:41Work your jab.
10:42Work your jab.
10:43Nice.
10:44Nice jab.
10:45Head over line.
10:46Move it over here.
10:47Sit down on your sides.
10:48Body.
10:49Body uppercut.
10:50Work.
10:51There you go.
10:52Work.
10:53Nice uppercut.
10:54Turn.
10:55Good shot.
10:56There you go.
10:57Good uppercut.
10:58Combination, Cash.
10:59Sit down.
11:00Sit down.
11:01There you go.
11:02Work.
11:03Work.
11:04Combination.
11:05Another one shot.
11:06Turn him.
11:07Turn him.
11:08Bend those knees.
11:09There you go.
11:10Good body shot.
11:11There you go.
11:12Combination.
11:13Combination.
11:14Hit him with two or three.
11:15Nice.
11:16Good.
11:17Combination.
11:18Nice.
11:19Give him a hand.
11:20Let's go.
11:21Work.
11:22Nice.
11:23Hands up.
11:24Let your hands go.
11:25Straight down the middle.
11:26Straight down the middle.
11:27Hands up.
11:28Hands up.
11:29Let your hands go.
11:30Compose.
11:31Uppercut.
11:32Nice body shot.
11:33Dig harder to that body.
11:34Dig.
11:35Nice hook.
11:36Commit to the body shot.
11:37Let your hands go.
11:38Get off those ropes.
11:39Nice.
11:40Dig to that body.
11:41Dig to that body.
11:42Dig it.
11:43Two or three shots.
11:44There you go.
11:45You're making him push you back.
11:46Now, every shot don't have to be hard.
11:47You throw a hard shot, you throw one hard shot.
11:49Don't throw one shot.
11:50Be busy.
11:51Okay?
11:52Breathe deep.
11:53Breathe deep.
11:54Stay composed.
11:55Stay composed.
11:56Once you turn him, use those jabs.
11:57Utilize those jabs.
11:58If he's coming forward, you need to hit him with those straight one, two, one, two, one,
11:59two.
12:00Back him up.
12:01Back him up.
12:02Go back in a straight line sometimes, too.
12:03Step off the line as you go back.
12:04Control your breathing.
12:05Sit up.
12:06Breathe deep.
12:07I need the heart rate to slow down.
12:08Breathe deep.
12:09Breathe deep.
12:10Breathe deep.
12:11Breathe deep.
12:12Breathe deep.
12:13Breathe deep.
12:14Breathe deep.
12:15Breathe deep.
12:16Breathe deep.
12:17I need the heart rate to slow down.
12:18Deep breath again.
12:19Breathe.
12:20Always angles.
12:21Don't need to go force against force.
12:22Just turn him.
12:23Breathe deep.
12:24Breathe.
12:25Breathe.
12:26You need your legs and I'm not lasting a few rounds.
12:27So you got to step, no pushing back.
12:28No wrestling.
12:29Let your fucking hands go.
12:30All right?
12:31When he's in the middle of his combination, hit him.
12:32You feel me?
12:33In the middle of his combination, hit him.
12:34All right.
12:35All right.
12:36All right.
12:37All right.
12:38All right.
12:39All right.
12:40All right.
12:41All right.
12:42All right.
12:43All right.
12:44All right.
12:45All right.
12:46All right.
12:47There you go.
12:49Keep it in front of you.
12:58There you go.
13:05Keep it in front of you.
13:06Turn.
13:07Work.
13:08Be first.
13:09There you go.
13:10Step around.
13:11Keep stepping around.
13:12Good jab.
13:13Keep stepping.
13:14Keep stepping up, keep stepping.
13:16Keep it in front of you, keep him in front of you.
13:18Good, good, good, good, good, move your head.
13:23Step around, step to the side, give me an angle.
13:25There you go.
13:26Next, next way, next, next, next way, next way, next way.
13:29Good, but get your hands back.
13:32Nice, there you go.
13:35Good.
13:36Much better round, Cash.
13:37Good.
13:39Move off the rope.
13:40There you go, beautiful, beautiful.
13:45Combination.
13:47Keep moving your feet, good hook.
13:48Beautiful, take him to school now.
13:51There you go, you in that zone now, you in that zone now.
13:54That's a lot better, baby.
13:56Nice, my man, nice.
13:59Third shot to that body.
14:00Let's go, hands up on the other side, good body.
14:03Back to your jab, move your feet, keep it in front of you.
14:06Keep it in front of you, keep him in front of you.
14:08Nice, beautiful round.
14:11Stay sharp, keep them hands up.
14:14Step around, keep stepping.
14:16Good, step around, good.
14:18When you step around, step around him, don't go back.
14:20There you go.
14:23Uppercut, uppercut right there.
14:25There you go.
14:26You always let him into it.
14:28Do it again with the hook.
14:30Good boxing, champ.
14:32Get off the ropes, good.
14:34Good, there you go.
14:37Keep working, keep working, there you go.
14:39Keep moving your feet, move your feet, there you go.
14:42Looking great in that round, champ.
14:44Hands up, uppercut, find it.
14:47Bring it under, bring it under.
14:49Keep coming in, bring it under.
14:50Bum, bring it under.
14:52Hands up when you're defending.
14:54Uppercut, where'd uppercut at?
14:55You know he's leaning.
14:57Work, move your feet, keep moving your feet.
15:01Keep moving your feet.
15:05Oh, two shots, not one.
15:07Get off that rope.
15:10Let's go, hands up for your hands.
15:11Get off that rope.
15:14Let's go, work.
15:15Give him an uppercut.
15:17There you go, uppercut, hook and concession.
15:19Keep touching, there you go, keep touching.
15:21Roll, get ready to roll his overhead.
15:23You know what he's looking for.
15:24Good, turn him.
15:26Keep moving your feet and turn him.
15:28Turn him.
15:31Keep moving your feet, hands up.
15:34Let's go, push his ass back.
15:36Bring it up, bring it up, bring it up, bring it up.
15:38Get back, get right here, get back to the ring.
15:41Watch that elbow, watch that elbow.
15:42Let him go, let him go, let him go, let him go, let him go.
15:45Me first.
15:47Time.
15:52Our co-main event will feature Xander Zayas,
15:55the undefeated top seven ranked fighter
15:58in the junior middleweight division.
16:01Last time he was in this building,
16:03he was headlining on the weekend
16:06of the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
16:08This is his home.
16:09This is his safe space,
16:11and tonight he doesn't have the pressure
16:14of being the main event, Tim.
16:16No, he doesn't, but you gotta understand,
16:18this young man is 21 years old.
16:21Started at 17 as a professional.
16:25I think he's ready for this moment, man,
16:27but he's still building.
16:28Although he is rated very high, again,
16:31in each organization, he still,
16:34his performances has to match his rankings,
16:36and I think it will tonight
16:37against the opposition he's facing.
16:40Who's tough?
16:40He made his pro debut at 17 years old.
16:43By the time he got his high school diploma,
16:45he already had four professional victories,
16:49and Tim, real quick, there's a lot of chatter
16:52going on in the corner of Floyd Diaz,
16:55whether it's his girlfriend, Zarina McCoy,
16:58or Carmel Gordon.
16:59How much is too much, or is it good for him?
17:02Depends on the fighter.
17:04I think all that chatter, for me,
17:06I don't think I would like it at all.
17:08I just need to hear one voice give me instructions,
17:11because you gotta think about it.
17:13He's also having to deal with the pressure
17:16coming from his opposition tonight.
17:19So, yeah, the less, the better.
17:21One voice is all I wanna hear, not two.
17:24Mario Hernandez does not think that way.
17:27His wife, Stephanie Hernandez,
17:29she's pregnant with their fifth child,
17:30and much like you, Tim,
17:32Kiana's 17, Noah's 10, Camila's four, Mia's three.
17:36They have the fifth child on the way.
17:37He wants a total of seven.
17:38So all the chatter in the Hernandez house is all good.
17:42We'll stop chattering.
17:43We'll leave you with our ESPN Plus
17:45modified inside coverage with the corner of Floyd Diaz,
17:48the referee, and you'll hear these punches.
17:52A little more body work this round.
17:54Good hook.
17:55And test that body when he come in, poke him.
17:58Poke him, Tash.
18:02Good turn.
18:03Way to step around.
18:05Good.
18:06Hey, step around, step around.
18:08Move your feet.
18:09Keep moving your feet.
18:12Good hook, good right hand, good count.
18:15Wait, get back to the body, though.
18:18Keep moving your feet.
18:20Body, body, body.
18:23Oh!
18:25All night long.
18:27All night long, baby.
18:28All night long.
18:30I'm talking about all night.
18:32All night.
18:34All night.
18:37Same shot, same shot, same shot.
18:41Same shot.
18:43Same shot.
18:48There you go, go.
18:50Body, body, body, body.
18:53Body, Tash, body, Tash.
18:56Body, Tash, body.
18:57Move your head.
18:58Slip, slip.
18:59Slip, slip and find it.
19:02Oh, there you go.
19:02With the hook.
19:05Body, body.
19:07Body, body after the uppercut.
19:10Good.
19:10Do it again.
19:11Same shot.
19:12Work, me first.
19:15Body, Tash.
19:15I need the body work.
19:18I need that body shot now.
19:20Body, body after the right hand.
19:22After the right hand, body.
19:24Good uppercut.
19:25All night, Tash.
19:26Turn him, turn him.
19:30Turn him.
19:31You don't want the round, box him.
19:34Move your feet.
19:34Move your feet.
19:37Move your feet, Tash.
19:38Keep it in front of you.
19:39Yes, sir.
19:40You don't want the round.
19:41Be smart.
19:42Hands up.
19:43Flip it over head right.
19:44There you go.
19:47Turn him, turn him.
19:48Go, go, go, go.
19:50There you go.
19:51There you go.
19:51Hands up.
19:52There you go.
19:54That's what I'm talking about.
19:59Diaz's trainer, Gordon Faulk,
20:014'1", Gordon, was saying,
20:02look, guys can't take his power at 118,
20:05and Mario Hernandez got clipped by a big shot
20:08to him here in round five.
20:10Yeah, just rushing in.
20:12Not really paying attention.
20:13Shooting the shot, got caught right in position
20:16with that uppercut as he was throwing a punch.
20:19Never saw the punch coming.
20:20Look at it.
20:21You see the eyes of Castro right there.
20:24He's setting up that shot.
20:26Lands it right on the money.
20:27Again, the punches that you don't see coming
20:29are the ones that hurt you,
20:31but getting the space, creating space for himself.
20:34He knew he was coming in with that right hand,
20:37and he sends him down to the canvas.
20:40Man, you see how everybody exalted in the corner.
20:45They had a good time seeing that,
20:47but that's a punch that he's been trying to land all night,
20:49and he's been landing it in spots,
20:51but that was the first time he actually heard him
20:53as he caught him as he was coming in,
20:54and he didn't see it coming.
20:5612 victories, three by knockouts,
20:57four consecutive decisions,
20:59and Eddie Claudio's going over the corner
21:01as the doctor is going to check on Mario Hernandez,
21:04and they're going to allow it to continue,
21:05and we will give you more ESPN Plus
21:08ringside modified coverage.
21:14Face, Mr. Face.
21:15There you go.
21:17Overhead.
21:18Your overhead is there then.
21:19Yes.
21:20Nice, nice.
21:21Double the triple that jab.
21:23Good.
21:24He tried to rush in, uppercut again,
21:26and I want the hook behind it.
21:28Right there.
21:29Go.
21:30Yes, sir.
21:31Double, double.
21:32You got to step in with that shot.
21:34Stay composed.
21:35Heads up.
21:36Step around, step around.
21:36Just step around.
21:37Keep it in front of you.
21:38Step around.
21:39Get off that rope.
21:41Good, D.
21:42No rope.
21:43Cash, get off the rope.
21:44Get off the ropes.
21:44There you go.
21:45Jab, jab, jab around.
21:46Nice.
21:49Good.
21:49Double up.
21:51Get that shot.
21:53Body shot.
21:54The left body shot.
21:54Don't freeze.
21:55Stay composed.
21:56Yes, it's there.
21:57I see you.
21:58There you go.
21:59You see it.
21:59You see it.
22:00Set it up.
22:01Set it up.
22:02Heads up.
22:03Step around.
22:04Step around.
22:04Smart man.
22:05Back with the jab.
22:06Good footwork, Cash.
22:07Keep moving your feet, Cash.
22:08Use the jab to set up your next shot.
22:09When you back pivot,
22:10give me the uppercut when you back pivot.
22:12Drop down.
22:13Back pivot and give it to him.
22:15Keep that chin down.
22:16Chin down.
22:17Right there.
22:18Fight it.
22:19There you go.
22:20Too tall.
22:21Too tall.
22:21Sit down.
22:22Miss his knees, Papi.
22:23Stay composed.
22:24Good body shot.
22:25That's what I need.
22:26Oh, good right hand.
22:28All right, box a little bit.
22:29Back with that jab.
22:30Move your feet, champ.
22:31Box it up.
22:32Box it up.
22:32There you go.
22:33Move your feet, baby.
22:34Move your feet, baby.
22:35There you go.
22:36Ah, you gotta watch that open.
22:37That's all he got.
22:38Don't let that shit hit you.
22:38There you go.
22:39Good composure.
22:40Test that body.
22:41Stay composed.
22:42Stay composed.
22:43Back to that body, Cash.
22:43Right there.
22:44There you go.
22:45Your body after the right hand.
22:46Let's go.
22:47Work.
22:48Stay composed.
22:49Back with the jab.
22:50That's what I need.
22:51Do it again.
22:53There you go.
22:54Yes, sir.
22:55Do it again.
22:56Come on, Papa.
22:56You give it until you take it.
22:57There you go.
22:58Back with the jab.
22:59Keep taking that body shot.
23:00He'll give it to you.
23:01Nice.
23:01Left body shot, Cash.
23:02Heads up when you're done punching.
23:03Stay composed while you throw those punches.
23:05Defense tight.
23:06Step around.
23:07Don't fight.
23:08Get raw.
23:09Step around.
23:10Step around.
23:10There you go.
23:11Move.
23:12There you go.
23:13Move it away.
23:14There you go.
23:15Nice.
23:15And the left to the body.
23:16You cannot get caught by that shit, bro.
23:20Nice body.
23:20Nice body.
23:21Back with the jab.
23:22Double and triple the jab.
23:23Step around.
23:24Don't fight.
23:26Step around.
23:27Don't fight.
23:28With the jab.
23:28Step around.
23:29Don't fight.
23:30There you go.
23:31Good body rolls.
23:32And now jab.
23:33Keep stepping.
23:33Keep stepping.
23:34Double it.
23:35Triple it.
23:36Good right hand.
23:37Get off the ropes.
23:38Get back to the middle of the ring and jab.
23:38Left hand up.
23:39Watch that overhand right again.
23:40There you go.
23:41The jab.
23:42Good.
23:43Step around.
23:43Keep stepping around.
23:44Stay composed.
23:45Keep stepping around.
23:46Just step around.
23:47There you go.
23:48Stay composed.
23:49And one uppercut right there.
23:50And one uppercut.
23:51And get off the ropes.
23:51You gotta come in.
23:52You gotta come in.
23:53Shoot right off them combos.
23:54Get off the ropes.
23:55Right there.
23:56You gotta find it.
23:56Let him come in.
23:57Let him.
23:58Good.
23:5910 seconds.
24:0010 seconds.
24:01Hands up and step around.
24:01Hands up and step around.
24:02Keep your defense tight.
24:04Good D.
24:04Good D.
24:05Right back.
24:06Stay composed.
24:07Good defense.
24:08Come on.
24:19Tim, those left hands for Floyd Diaz
24:21have just been venomous tonight.
24:23Left hands.
24:24Jab down the middle.
24:25You know, when you have an aggressive fighter,
24:27you got the check hook.
24:29You can rely on getting yourself off the line.
24:31You also have the jab to keep him out at bay.
24:37Nice little step back right there.
24:40Counter left hook.
24:42You know, it's perfect.
24:43That, you know, it's perfect.
24:44It's perfect.
24:45It's perfect.
24:46It's perfect.
24:47It's perfect.
24:48You know, that's the perfect formula for a pressure fighter.
24:52You know, you want to get off the line,
24:53you use the left hook.
24:54The left hook, you clear that side, you exit.
24:57Use the jab, keep him at bay.
24:59You can go down to the body to slow him down as well.
25:02That's what's missing, I think,
25:04from this knockout that he's on.
25:06He's on course for.
25:07He has to go back down to the body
25:10and he has to go there viciously
25:11so that way it'll open up the shot upstairs.
25:14And Cromwell Gordon has been demanding that
25:17from Floyd Diaz here as we're in the seventh round.
25:20We get you back to our modified ESPN Plus ringside coverage
25:24with the corner of Floyd Diaz,
25:27Cromwell Gordon, and Zarina McCoy.
25:32Watch your guys, watch your head, guys.
25:35Nice, keep that jab on him.
25:36He's going down, he's going to come up.
25:37He's going to go down and come up.
25:38Look for the overhand right.
25:39Roll, get ready to roll it.
25:41Step into it.
25:42There it is.
25:43Keep your fucking hands up.
25:45Hands up.
25:45Keep those knees bent.
25:47It's only starting, good, good body.
25:49Good, turn him, get off the rope.
25:51Get off the rope and go back to boxing.
25:53Good.
25:54Good body.
25:55Uppercut, find it.
25:57There you go.
25:58Keep finding that thing.
25:58Keep those knees bent.
26:00Keep finding it.
26:02Right there, uppercut again.
26:03Let's go, Bob, come on.
26:04It's right there.
26:05Set your feet.
26:06Left hand up.
26:07Roll, get ready to roll.
26:07You know he's throwing it.
26:09You know he's throwing overhand right.
26:10Boom, there it is.
26:11And back with the jab.
26:12Back to the body after that.
26:13Use those laterals and back with the jab.
26:15Stay composed.
26:17Get off the rope.
26:18Fight your fight.
26:19Give it up again, champ.
26:21Find that uppercut.
26:22It's there.
26:23There you go.
26:23All night long.
26:24Back with the jab.
26:25Double, triple.
26:26Right there.
26:27All night long.
26:28Back with the jab.
26:28Do it again.
26:29But double up with that left hand.
26:31Hands up.
26:31Step around.
26:32Composure.
26:33Find it again.
26:34Composure.
26:35Find that.
26:36Step around.
26:36Step around.
26:37There you go.
26:38There you go.
26:39Keep stepping around.
26:41Step around.
26:42Get up.
26:43Nice.
26:43Now turn him.
26:44Turn him.
26:45Keep touching.
26:46Keep touching.
26:47You want to be fast right there.
26:48Good.
26:49Good.
26:50Turn and use that jab.
26:52There you go.
26:53Again.
26:54Back with the jab.
26:55Do it again.
26:56There you go.
26:57Do it again.
26:58Again.
26:58Nice.
26:59Keep finding that shot.
27:00Get off the ropes and back with the jab.
27:01Body and uppercut.
27:02Body and uppercut in concession.
27:04And an uppercut.
27:05Very nice body.
27:06Say that.
27:07Nice.
27:08Good body.
27:09Stay composed.
27:10Back to that body.
27:11Keep digging that body, Cash.
27:13Left hand up in the process.
27:14Stay composed.
27:15Get off that rope.
27:16Get off that.
27:17Good.
27:18Okay.
27:19Turn him.
27:20Turn him.
27:21Okay.
27:22Bend those knees and throw that same punch.
27:23Where your back pivot.
27:24Right uppercut with your back pivot.
27:25There you go.
27:26There you go.
27:27Back with the jab.
27:28Right back with the jab.
27:29Be fast.
27:30Good D.
27:31Good D.
27:32Find the body, Cash.
27:33Find the body.
27:34Yes.
27:35Stay composed.
27:36Nice.
27:37Do it again.
27:38Nice.
27:39I like the body you want.
27:40Stay composed.
27:41Keep your left hand up.
27:42Left hand up, Cash.
27:43Nice.
27:44There you go, baby.
27:45Hands up.
27:46Chin down.
27:47There you go.
27:48Uppercut.
27:49Find uppercut.
27:50There you go.
27:51He's always there for it.
27:52Land that shit ten times if you have to.
27:53Uppercut.
27:54Land that shit.
27:55Don't force it.
27:56Don't force it.
27:57If it ain't there, don't throw it.
27:58Nice.
27:59Good right hand.
28:00Let's go.
28:01Press, press.
28:02Be intentional.
28:03Every punch intentional.
28:04Good.
28:05Let's go.
28:06Dig that body.
28:07There you go.
28:08There you go.
28:09Come on.
28:10Let's go.
28:11Fast hands.
28:12Fast hands, Cash.
28:13Nice.
28:14Yes, sir.
28:15Last round.
28:16Last round.
28:17Last round.
28:18One more round.
28:19One more round.
28:20Last round.
28:21Stay composed.
28:22He's done.
28:23Stay composed.
28:24Keep digging that body.
28:25Stay composed.
28:26Keep digging the body.
28:27You're doing beautiful.
28:28Once you get off those ropes, you get off those ropes, you turn them, and you go to
28:29your jab.
28:30Go into the body.
28:32Keep using that jab.
28:35Set up those body shots with that jab.
28:40In those body shots with that jab.
28:42Everything with the jab.
28:44Here.
28:45A little bit.
28:46Recovery, recovery.
28:47There you go.
28:48Breathe deep.
28:49I need all the air.
28:50There you go.
28:51I need all the air.
28:52There you go, champ.
28:53I need all the air.
28:54You're doing amazing.
28:55Now, he has to bring everything this round, it's the last round.
28:59He has to win by KO.
29:00Do not get this motherfucking shit, you understand?
29:02You sit over here, you roll up under,
29:04back pivot right up at your left foot.
29:05You already know what to do, you're doing it.
29:06I put guns there all night.
29:08Let's go, baby.
29:09Y'all fight, let's go.
29:14We're gonna touch gloves, all right?
29:16Harry, we're gonna touch gloves.
29:18Touch gloves, baby.
29:19Let's finish it.
29:30Get it back to the jab, as soon as you turn him.
29:41Good composure.
29:42Move your feet, keep him in front of you.
29:44There you go.
29:45Nice, good composure.
29:46There you go.
29:47Get that chin down, Bob.
29:47Good body.
29:48Get that chin down.
29:50Box a little bit, Cass, don't fight the whole time.
29:54Don't fight his fight.
29:55Nice, now jab, jab and lateral.
29:56Don't fight his fight this round.
29:57Jab and lateral.
29:58Use your legs.
29:59Use your legs.
30:00Use your laterals, Papi.
30:01Right there, boom, and then body.
30:03He's leaning for the body shot.
30:04Body right there.
30:05Nice.
30:06Stop head-hugging, go to the body, jab,
30:07after the second shot.
30:11Good, good stepping around.
30:12I love that, I love it.
30:13Use that jab to set up your next shot.
30:15Keep stepping around.
30:16Round eight, final round for Floyd Diaz, Mario Hernandez,
30:20and I'm sure when they were giving assignments
30:22to all the inspectors, they told that blonde lady
30:24between Zarina, McCoy, and Cromwell Gordon,
30:28you have the best assignment of the night.
30:32Right?
30:33Look, for a minute, I thought I was listening
30:36to what is it, Lilo and Stitch?
30:40Did it sound like it?
30:40Don't it sound like it?
30:44Oh, goodness, kid.
30:45Lilo and Stitch, man, for real.
30:47That voice.
30:51I mean, you gotta give credit to Mario Hernandez.
30:55He's a young man who works at UCI,
30:59the maintenance department.
31:01Same thing as we've heard all day today,
31:03runs during his lunch hours,
31:04starts his day at four in the morning,
31:07eight-hour shift till noon.
31:08They know what our work is.
31:10My man.
31:11By the way he fights.
31:11Absolutely, so he's like, you may hurt me,
31:15you may drop me, but I'm gonna be here
31:18because I'm old school.
31:19Now the mouthpiece came flying out.
31:21Who's mouthpiece?
31:22Yours?
31:23For a minute.
31:24Yours?
31:25That's it.
31:26Let's go over there.
31:28That's Floyd Diaz's.
31:32That gives me PTSD, man.
31:34I know.
31:35That last one.
31:36I enjoyed the Vago fight.
31:38Right.
31:39I'm checking my team to make sure
31:40they're all, everything's good,
31:41because let me see, they're there,
31:43they're yellow, but they're there.
31:47Let's go.
31:48Time in.
31:55Nice left hook from Floyd Diaz.
32:03So when you see Diaz get off to such a great start,
32:06why was he unable to finish Hernandez
32:08apart from his heart and his fighting spirit?
32:12What I was looking at right off the gate
32:14is you want to, again, continue to weak your opposition.
32:16So when you have him hurt,
32:19you want to take his attention elsewhere.
32:20You don't want him to take his head.
32:23You want to go down to that body
32:24and be able to weaken him even more, right, as a result.
32:27If he would've went down to the body,
32:28he probably would've increased his chances
32:30on catching him upstairs.
32:32But he was just head-hunting, you know,
32:34and again, fighters, they'll get used to
32:36getting hit with punches, you know,
32:38that resistance, they can take it.
32:41And that's what happened.
32:42Hernandez now, they're comfortable with the shots
32:44that are coming back at him.
32:47So once again, Floyd Diaz now makes it
32:50what should be five consecutive decision wins.
32:53He had the knockout available to him.
32:56Look, after everything he went through,
32:57after that horrible car accident,
33:00which could've been fatal out there in Mexico
33:02after his girlfriend's last fight in the month of June,
33:06he didn't come out the worst for wear from that accident,
33:09had a concussion, and here he is
33:11putting on a solid workmanlike performance
33:14against a man we knew, Tim,
33:15was gonna demand everything from him
33:18because Hernandez was rugged and he was tough.
33:21Rugged and tough, and that's what you're gonna see.
33:23In our semi, co-main event tonight with Xander Zayas,
33:27he has a tough man in Sosa, in Damian Sosa,
33:30who's going to bring it, again,
33:32throws 85 punches on average around.
33:35He's gonna be in his face,
33:37and I'm curious to see how he can deal with it.
33:40As you saw, you saw a lot of,
33:42I would consider Floyd Diaz,
33:44he's a really good situational fighter.
33:46Like, he has an answer for everything.
33:49You saw the hooks from the outside.
33:51You saw the lateral movement.
33:53You saw the body work.
33:54You saw the uppercuts.
33:55You saw him even step in and tie up in spots.
33:57Like, he knows how to manage himself
34:00inside that ring very well,
34:01and that's what makes him good.
34:03It really does.
34:04He knows how to win.
34:06Tim, 195 wins, 15 defeat from 210 amateur bouts.
34:11I mean, this young man, as an amateur,
34:14was ranked number one at 114 and 108 simultaneously,
34:18and you only get that because you know how to win.
34:22You know how to deal with different styles.
34:24You harp on that continually,
34:25and he showed that tonight.
34:27He may be disappointed that he didn't get the stoppage,
34:30but overall, it was a dominant performance.
34:31A dominant performance, man.
34:32Landed some really good shots, man,
34:34over the top, down to the body,
34:35set up his shots, you know,
34:37as Hernandez was coming in on the inside.
34:40Box used his jab.
34:41You know, we had that jab package in the left hook
34:44and turning this man,
34:45so he used various tactics and techniques, man,
34:47throughout the night.
34:49Solid, solid performance by Diaz, really.
34:52All right, Mark, was it a shutout,
34:53or did Diaz win any rounds?
34:55Ladies and gentlemen, after eight rounds
34:57here inside the theater at Madison Square Garden,
35:00we go to the judges' scorecards for the official decision.
35:04Max DeLuca and Ron McNair score the bout 78-73,
35:09and John Basile has it 77-74.
35:13All in favor of your winner by unanimous decision,
35:17Floyd Cashflow Diaz!
35:22Hey, the judges gave Mario Hernandez
35:24a lot of credit for his come forward spirit.
35:26Yeah.