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00:00Let's get into it indeed on a big night of boxing here in Sydney with a world
00:06title fight as our main event that comes up in just over an hour but we have a
00:12couple of fights before that starting with this between Charlie Kazee and
00:17Louie MacGyver the Sydney sider and the Papua New Guinean they take to
00:21Centering to get us started Ben Damon and commentary alongside a couple of
00:26undefeated professional boxers in Sam Goodman and Jasmine Parr welcome to the
00:31team guys this is gonna be a great night of boxing we're getting started here
00:38with Kazee who's undefeated in six so far and has some greatness in his corner
00:45as mentioned his father of course and the legendary Johnny Lewis and have been
00:51enjoying what he's been doing so far and Sam he's been super busy so far this
00:56year yeah they've kept him very active this year and he's a great little fighter
00:59Charlie so he's very compact he works really hard and look he's got the
01:04runs on the board he's been very busy and look I'm expecting another a good
01:08performance from him yeah this is his fifth professional fight of this year
01:12Charlie Kazee and MacGyver goes to the body with his left and right hand gets a
01:20right hand through over the top to does MacGyver the Papua New Guinean has he
01:24happy to trade on the inside with him and he delivers a right hand suit is
01:29Charlie Kazee here in the opening round of a scheduled eight rounder that'll get
01:35it started good body shot to with the left hand from Kazee because he's got
01:39really nice defense there it's really tight so he's get sneaking those shots
01:41through he turned that left hand around too and he brings a nice right hand over
01:48the top does Charlie Kazee in this opening fight and MacGyver just bouncing
01:55around a little bit and you need to give something back I think Louie MacGyver to
02:00stick around in this one absolutely I think he's already starting to feel the
02:04body shots as well from Charlie I think Charlie's doing the right thing there by
02:08changing the levels it's 19 years of age Kazee break fellas right that's the
02:20way and that is Johnny Lewis you can hear in this distance there yelling out
02:27to Kazee talking about his distance as he delivers a left rick to the body
02:33MacGyver tries to bring his own left hand into play but they're damaging the
02:38body shots there's body shots a killer and again it's a lot better when he
02:47brings them to the middle though Charlie I find if he gets up through the middle
02:50with those body shots I think he's gonna get an early stoppage the right hand
02:58got through from Kazee he is working to the body and MacGyver trying to cover
03:03up as we get late in this round and giving some shots back but there's not a
03:08lot on those punches from Louie MacGyver as he turns his back for a moment
03:12Kazee went hunting for him but couldn't find him as we make it out of that first
03:17round of this our opening televised bout between Kazee and MacGyver here in
03:24Sydney with a world title fight coming up as our main event it's an all-star
03:32corner for Kazee his father Peter of course that's Johnny Lewis and Brian
03:39Wilmont is the cat man world champion cat man who's worked around these
03:48corners for many years as Peter Kazee delivers the instructions and just one
03:56way traffic really in the opener yeah I think as he was doing the right thing
03:59he was thinking about pressure forward so if he keeps it up this next couple rounds we could see the
04:03stoppage there for sure he's setting up a lot of those good body shots as well
04:07with the right hand especially I think if he can keep finding the right hand up
04:11top and then start to look to dig to the body I think we get the stoppage in the
04:14next couple rounds Sam a little bit of news around the place that perhaps you're
04:20headed to Japan at Christmastime they're telling us well it's not official it has
04:26been out and about in the last couple of days that the meeting with Inouye is
04:32scheduled is that right it's all alleged Ben or allegedly so okay well
04:38hoping I'm hoping that I'll get a bit of a Christmas present we we can get those
04:41four belts but at the moment no news okay we'll wait on booking the flights
04:47to Tokyo for Christmas Eve for that undisputed fight that Sam Goodman could
04:53be a part of with Diana Inouye but right now we're watching Charlie Cazzie go to
04:57work this 19 year old Sydneysider with Louie MacGyver the tough pup in New
05:01Guinea and standing in front of him and trying to trade with him as Cazzie finds
05:06a long right hand there turning that left hand around there is MacGyver but
05:18Cazzie came back and picked him off over the top good shots meaningful shots
05:23from Cazzie MacGyver did well to stand up
05:30right right step back and as we're watching this how would Andre Mikhailovich
05:35be feeling back of house do you think as he starts preparations on fight night
05:40he looked pretty relaxed he looked pretty comfortable he's a he's a
05:44confident sort of guy so I think he looked pretty calm like he was soaking up
05:48getting ready to enjoy the night he's got a massive task in front of him and
05:52it's gonna be on tonight to win that one. Couple of big right hands there from
05:55Cazzie too in this the second round of this fight he scored big with that right
06:00hand that he turned around onto MacGyver and there's a left hook he leads with as
06:04well but MacGyver wears it. That left hook and that right hand is finding a
06:08home for Cazzie he's doing the right thing there I think he can keep that pressure might be
06:14There's that left hook again he turns the right hand around and MacGyver just
06:18bobbles around this ring he's taking a lot of shots we know he's tough from
06:23seeing him previously but Cazzie is punching very accurately here
06:28tonight picking him off with both hands and seemingly it will so let's see if
06:34MacGyver can find something of meaning to keep him away but they keep on coming
06:39these shots. What about the pace as well from Charlie Cazzie I think he's already
06:44he would have almost done about 200 punches already in the first two rounds
06:47he's working hard no doubt Cazzie he'd like a statement two stoppages in his
06:53six fights and six wins so far and he'd like to step that up even further. I
07:00think it's great in his favor that he's been so active you get that real flow
07:03going on and I think he's feeling really comfortable in there. Great left hook.
07:08Left hook coming out more and more here in the second round. There it is again.
07:18MacGyver works to the bell but it was another Charlie Cazzie round. He scored
07:23with some big left hooks and a couple of right hands straight through as well
07:29and all going according to plan for Cazzie but not for MacGyver.
07:36He's got Dino Billinghurst in his corner.
07:45And what a night it is for this New Zealand connection that is Isaac
07:48Peach the trainer wrapping the hands of tonight's world title challenger Andre
07:54Mikhailovich an incredible boxing story as has already been discussed. A Russian
08:00orphan brought up in New Zealand who had some really troubled times as a
08:05teenager now he's undefeated and he is one half of a world title fight and
08:12there's been all sorts of drama throughout the build-up to that one.
08:17It was announced on just 29 days of notice for the pair of them but they've still
08:21crammed in all sorts of issues including today with the belt discussion the
08:26IBF and the WBO. We can confirm that it is just the IBF belt that Janubek holds that
08:34is being contested tonight whether or not they go ahead with the threat to
08:38strip him. We'll wait and see but certainly tonight an intriguing fight
08:45between champion Janubek and challenger Mikhailovich and that comes up as our
08:50main events. Right now we're watching Charlie Kazee who has been pretty precise here
08:57against Louis MacGyver. Oh I'm loving this work right here from Kazee this is
09:00so great to watch. Anything you'd like to see him add to his arsenal Sam? I think
09:07he just needs a little bit more separation right here in close I think
09:11he's given MacGyver, I don't want to say moments but he's also letting him get
09:16off a little bit I think if he gives himself some room and looks to land a
09:19few bigger shots to the body I think you definitely get him out of there.
09:25Good shot there on the inside from MacGyver turned around to right hands.
09:29Kazee over the top just chops his right hand through. MacGyver doubles up with the
09:35free right hand himself and and now at a bit more distance. On the inside though
09:41it is Kazee winning the exchanges. Powerful shots. Working hard he goes
09:48left hook right hand and gets through with both of them there does Charlie Kazee.
09:52I've told you a couple of times keep them up okay they're getting low. Will
10:01Sulos our referee laying down the law to Kazee. He jabs long to the body
10:09does Kazee just gives himself a little break here. See I don't mind this from
10:14Charlie I think just like that he can earn some longer right hands from that
10:18sort of range and then look to start to push the pressure again so I think if
10:22you can look to hurt him a bit with that right hand that he'd be able to build on
10:26that and get some more pressure. Yeah I agree with you there Sam he's
10:30definitely getting those longer shots but he's letting MacGyver get a bit
10:33more advantage there in the inside.
10:38A little bit looser this work here from Kazee.
10:46Tries to get back on the inside and turns that right hand around the guard
10:50of MacGyver and there's another beautiful right hand. It clatters through from Charlie Kazee.
10:56MacGyver wore it well but that's the biggest shot we've seen so far. Through
11:02nearly three rounds of boxing Charlie Kazee a nice right hand that rocked the
11:08head of Louie MacGyver who did well to stand up again. He's taken a body assault
11:13throughout and then he wore a big shot over the top but he stood up well.
11:20The Papua New Guinean Louie MacGyver again showing his toughness and he's earned
11:27his minute break because that was a big shot.
11:43Sit down low, get a bit of power. Take your mouth next round. Sit down a bit higher, sit down a bit lower, come straight.
11:58And as Charlie Kazee hears the instructions you can see we are really
12:02looking forward to that one an IBF super welterweight world title fight
12:06involving our own Tim Zhou who takes on Bakram Murdazelev. That is a big fight.
12:14We'll see live from Orlando on Main Event television in a couple of Sundays time.
12:19So a major opportunity for Tim Zhou after bloody Sunday in Las Vegas to
12:26bounce back and win another world title.
12:32Kazee and MacGyver here in round four.
12:40There's a nice snappy jabs from Kazee there.
12:48He's working off the jab here in round number four. Beautiful jabs. I think it's
12:54a much smarter way for him to go about it. To start earning those bigger shots
12:57more than just dipping his head in and starting to look to put the pace on
13:01straight away. I think he can land a lot cleaner and not get hit as much from this range.
13:10Yeah it looks like he's definitely fighting a lot smarter this round.
13:15Create a lot more hunch to that right hand as well when he is at this range.
13:23He's keen on staying at that range is Kazee here in round four as we pass the
13:29first minutes of this round. Now he goes back to the body and is again warned for
13:35just creeping low is Kazee.
13:42MacGyver with a right hand. He takes that for the left hook and another right hand
13:46from Kazee. Don't hold. Hands free. Punch out. Hands free.
13:53MacGyver to the body. Now they work on the inside.
14:00Right hand doubled up from Kazee and he finds another right hand over the top.
14:08He turns that left hand around as MacGyver tries to work to the body.
14:12There's some shots from MacGyver. The uppercut on the way through. Body shot
14:18from Kazee again and uses his feet to deliver that left hook. Now they work on
14:27the inside. Kazee and MacGyver here in round four. He turns again does Kazee.
14:35Hands free. Break. Break. Step back. Nothing wrong with the fitness of MacGyver.
14:42Oh both boys are fit as hell. This work rate is insane.
14:49The right hand just whizzes by from Kazee. That one got through but MacGyver
14:54got a bit of glove in front of it. Hands free. Break. Break. Too much holding.
15:01Let's go. Right hand again from Kazee. Hands free. Punch out.
15:11Shove there from MacGyver. Kazee misses with a few over the top and connects with that left hand.
15:19This is a good body shot too but MacGyver wore it well.
15:27Another round down between Kazee and MacGyver. Our next fight is an intriguing one.
15:35Mia Motsu and Shannon O'Connell. So two well-known female fighters from this
15:41part of the world. Motsu, world number one from New Zealand and O'Connell a former
15:46world title challenger from here in Australia.
16:05What are you seeing here Sam? Look I think he's landing a lot of good short
16:10hooks on the inside. Charlie I think he's he's just got to give himself a
16:14little bit more space and I like that little bit of separation so he can land
16:18those bigger shots but I think sometimes when he when he's he's losing his shape
16:23a little bit with his feet I think if he keeps his feet under him a bit more he'll
16:26be able to land those bigger shots and get him out of there because he's landing
16:29plenty. And he would like to get him out of there no doubt about that.
16:33Charlie Kazee as he walks out into the second half of this fight. Round five of
16:39eight. There is a regional belt being contested here over the eight rounds.
16:45That would be the first of Kazee's young career. Should he earn it?
16:54He shots a good one too with the left hands and he's working around the elbows
17:00of McGyver. Break! Break! Step back.
17:10Right hand Kazee. McGyver looks ragged again there for a moment but he does
17:21recover to stand up and trade as Kazee tries to outwork him. Landed two really
17:30good short right hands in a row just there. And a nice little left hook as
17:33well and a chopping right hand from Kazee.
17:48They trade shots but Kazee's are the more powerful of them and again he works
17:54off that jab and looking for those big shots to the body when he gets his
18:01opportunity.
18:07Another shot for Kazee.
18:13They call for the uppercut.
18:16Right hand gets through. Good shot.
18:19McGyver bounces off the ropes but continues to trade with him.
18:25It's a nice right hand though from Charlie Kazee.
18:31And the jab gets through again in the final minutes of this, the fifth round of action.
18:41I'd like to see him put something behind that jab because every time he throws it he's
18:45landing it at will so if he puts another good right hand behind it I think he's
18:49just it's just gonna really stack up and he's gonna get real close to getting
18:54McGyver out of there.
18:56Beautiful flurry there from Kazee.
18:59Combination punching from Charlie Kazee.
19:03And again he knocks that head around of McGyver.
19:10Are the body shots the way to finish this off do you think or is he right to be headhunting?
19:15I think it's definitely a mix. The right hands he's definitely sticking in with those right hands but I think he's
19:21definitely got to just keep putting punches together like he's doing and I
19:25think he can get the stoppage.
19:29Good on McGyver for keeping his feet, two feet on the ground.
19:32His head's getting left and left, right and sideways.
19:35Here we go.
19:36Yeah he's tough. Bluey McGyver, no doubt about that.
19:40And he gets another well-earned minutes break.
19:45Here at the Star in Sydney.
19:55And this is what happened in our previous rounds with Charlie Kazee
20:04and Bluey McGyver. Jasmine what did you see?
20:08There's a lot of punishment getting taken from McGyver but honestly props to him he's doing a
20:12really good job but sometimes you're a bit tough for your own good so we'll see
20:15what Kazee's got this round but he's he's letting the cleaner shots here and
20:19there's not much coming back from McGyver.
20:21Two seconds to go.
20:25Seconds down.
20:27Keep an eye on him.
20:37Fight.
20:40Round number six of our broadcast opener on a world title fight night here in Sydney.
20:47Incredible to think that we've got the best middleweight in the world
20:51in Janubek Alimhanala fighting a Kiwi challenger in Andrei Mikhailovich
20:57here in Sydney live on Fox Sports on a Friday night.
21:03How good's boxing?
21:06Can't wait to see Janubek in action against Mikhailovich.
21:12He is a phenomenal talent and a heavy favorite of course.
21:17Mikhailovich there trying to live out a dream as McGyver got through with a good shot.
21:25Good shot McGyver. Kazee was coming forward and scoring with big shots and McGyver
21:31he came straight back with the best shot that he's thrown so far in this fight
21:35but Kazee comes back and works hard.
21:38Good shot.
21:45It's quite crazy some of the shots he's taking McGyver but he's coming straight back with them too.
21:50He took a bunch there but he takes another right hand and a left hand over the top.
21:58And he pushes forward and he needs some more of those right hands that he produced.
22:04Cause there's something there.
22:07Kazee uses the shoulder to give himself space and follows up with a couple of shots
22:11and now he'll try and work from there. He goes to the body, there's Kazee.
22:15He definitely looks like he's starting to feel the pace a lot more in this round as well I think McGyver.
22:21Couple of body shots there. That one did creep a little low.
22:24That's a right hand over the top, a left hook from Kazee.
22:27McGyver on the inside with a left hook. There's a nice shot again from Kazee.
22:31Puts a couple together as he leans in and tries to work off his neck.
22:38McGyver waits for his own moment but can't find the target as Kazee goes around the side
22:44and throws that right hand.
22:47And he breathes deeply and smiles as McGyver seems to quite enjoy this stuff.
22:54And he's taking plenty of shots for his troubles but giving a few back too
23:00as he gets a couple of big ones.
23:04Kazee trying to step it up.
23:07The one-twos are landing quite nicely. I think if he takes that step back he's just going to find a straight down the middle.
23:17Glimpse up at the screen there from Kazee just to have a look at how long he has left in this round
23:22and he gets straight to work when he realises there's not long.
23:26Final 10 seconds of the round. McGyver turns around, a right hand is a beauty from Kazee.
23:31He tries to find it again but it'll be another round down.
23:37Another Kazee round two and he really started to step it up.
23:42Here's the highlights of what we saw Sam.
23:45I think that right hand is really a winner for him.
23:47I just think he needs to give himself a little bit of room and just continue to land those big right hands
23:54and then follow it in with the body shots.
23:56I think when he just pushes forward with the body shots he really does a good job.
24:01He's got a good body shot.
24:03He's got a good body shot.
24:05He's got a good body shot.
24:07He's got a good body shot.
24:08And follow it in with the body shots.
24:09I think when he just pushes forward with the body shots he closes himself off too much
24:13and gives McGyver a chance to rest and also fire off a few shots of his own.
24:17So I think just giving himself a bit of space, a bit of room, land those bigger shots,
24:21look for that right hand and I think the fight's his.
24:25I think we just saw Will Sulos go over to the other corner and say he needs to see something.
24:30So I think a sobbing chain far away if Charlie really pushes after him
24:34and gives himself a little bit more room to land those bigger shots.
24:37Yeah, the doctor went over for a look as well and a conversation with the referee.
24:41So perhaps that's the discussion that is being had now is whether Louie McGyver
24:47needs to stick around here for much longer.
24:49So let's see how this three minutes plays out and perhaps it'll be the last three minutes
24:55we see of the fight if those conversations continue.
25:00Kazi really did step it up in that sixth round and he'll go hunting, no doubt.
25:10He'd love that stoppage as we mentioned.
25:14McGyver though, he is working hard.
25:20Oh, big right hand from Charlie Kazi.
25:23Again, McGyver just stands straight up to it.
25:27But it was a really slick right hand from Kazi.
25:33McGyver is definitely a warrior. He is not backing down.
25:39There's no doubt about that. He's here for the fight.
25:48Good shots downstairs and over the top.
25:53From Kazi again.
25:58Left hook and Will Sulos has seen it up.
26:01Louie McGyver doesn't like it one bit.
26:08Well, McGyver's had a couple of fights here.
26:11One with Charlie Kazi and one with our referee Will Sulos after the fight was stopped on him.
26:17He wanted to keep going and looking at McGyver and seeing his obvious toughness,
26:23he is not a man who would ever quit.
26:26So he's gutted that he's been stopped here in Sydney this evening.
26:31But fair enough really because it was decisive and it was all one way.
26:38It was one way traffic the whole time.
26:40You know, it is for the fighter's best interest sometimes, you know,
26:44when the referee or your team do get involved, he was taking a lot of punishment.
26:48Charlie's landed plenty of big shots and there wasn't a whole heap coming back from McGyver.
26:52So I think that's a good stoppage foot well.
26:55Yeah, I agree. Health is your wealth.
26:57So you can only take so much damage and, you know, you can be as good as your own toughness.
27:02So, you know, he showed that he's tough, but sometimes that's not the best thing.
27:05He's distraught too is Louie McGyver.
27:08He wanted the opportunity to finish this fight on his feet.
27:10He hadn't been down in his defense, but he was clearly not in a position to win the fight.
27:16So after the conversation with the doctor in the corner during the previous break in between rounds,
27:25referee Will Sulos decided something else big and it's stopping and he saw the shot
27:30that he was looking for and he said no more.
27:34He's sticking a right hand there himself.
27:36He's just about to throw a right hand onto the ref, I think, Louie McGyver.
27:39I think it's slightly connected.
27:41Will goes in and gives him a shove.
27:43So keep your hands up, Will.
27:47There's a bit there.
27:48That was the right hand he needed.
27:50He's absolutely gutted is Louie McGyver, but he's a credit to Papua New Guinean boxing and himself.
27:56He's always so tough when he comes to fight.
27:59And while he will be disappointed with the result, he's lost no admirers
28:05and it's another big win for Charlie Kazee as we make this official.
28:10Ladies and gentlemen, time to make this one official.
28:13The end comes one minute and 18 seconds into round number seven.
28:17Your referee Will Sulos calls a stop to this contest.
28:21The victory by TKO Blue Corner and new WBC Australasia Silver Lightweight Champion,
28:32the Fighting Pride of Earlwood, Charlie Kazee.