The DAZN Boxing Show 10/12/2024 12th october 2024, Opetia Vs Massey
The DAZN Boxing Show 10/12/2024 12th october 2024, Opetia Vs Massey
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00:00the night of his life and now let's welcome to the ring the undefeated defending world champion
00:10from australia jai apataya
00:30jai apataya the defending champion and now two-time ivf cruiserweight champion of the world
00:46and as he was saying he knows the threat that massy poses he knows how hungry he is
00:54because not that long ago apataya was in that position he had to wait a long time
01:00for his opportunity he took it against meris bredis made defenses met bredis again
01:07it was another rough passage for him particularly towards the end of the fight
01:14but in a lot of people's eyes having dethroned bredis he has earned that number one slot
01:21in the cruiserweight division there's somebody sat in the studio in london who will disagree with that
01:26and maybe they'll get the opportunity to meet at some point or maybe
01:29jack massey will derail the train tonight it's a tall order it's a tough task
01:36but massey's looked good this week he's looked confident mentally
01:41he's looked like he's exactly where he needs to be but so has apataya
01:46ladies and gentlemen this bout is scheduled for 12 rounds
01:50and it will be for the ibf cruiserweight championship of the world
01:57brought to you by riyadh season at the general entertainment authority geo
02:02with frank warren for queensbury promotions bob erum for top ring incorporated
02:07eddie hearn for matchroom boxing gold star promotions boxer and cello
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02:18stc dr sulaiman al-habib medical group saudi airlines new murabba development
02:27company and lucid motors it is sanctioned by the british boxing board of control
02:34steward in charge guy williamson mbe along with the international boxing
02:39federation president daryl people's supervisor george martinez our three
02:46judges assigned will be glenn feldman of the united states john latham of
02:52england and manuel oliver palomo of spain our referee in charge will be
02:59steve gray of england introducing to you first the challenger fighting
03:09tonight out of the blue corner he comes to the ring wearing black with red and
03:13yellow and weighed in officially at 199.12 pounds coming to us from
03:20manchester england he brings a professional record of 22 wins two
03:26defeats with 12 wins coming by way of knockout ladies and gentlemen please
03:32welcome the current ebu european and commonwealth cruiserweight champion
03:39jack one smack massey
03:48and his opponent across the ring he is the defending world champion fighting
03:53tonight out of the red corner he comes to the ring wearing beige with blue and
03:58white and weighed in officially at 198.9 pounds hailing from gold coast
04:05australia a 2012 olympian he is now undefeated as a professional with 25
04:14wins 19 of his 25 wins coming by way of knockout ladies and gentlemen here is
04:22the current ring magazine champion and tonight the reigning and defending
04:27two-time ibf cruiserweight champion of the world
04:45okay boys have a cold break you take a step back you don't deliberately throw
04:48punches to the back of the head you protect yourselves at all times touch
04:51gloves
04:56live scoring available on this one scan that qr code get yourself involved give
05:01your verdict there's the live blog as well steve gray our referee there's jack
05:06massey
05:09bouncing on the balls of his feet boxing out of that blue corner upper tire comes
05:13out of the red corner in that golden silver skirt like design in the south
05:20four stands massey orthodox massey won that european title against isaac
05:26chamberlain outdoors at crystal palace in the summer and didn't need asking
05:32twice when this fight was put in front of him last when we last saw off a tire
05:39it was in that rematch with breeders opposite just dipping his knees and
05:43sending that left hand into the body of massey and he was cruising through nine
05:47rounds he was nine rounds up he books nice and sensibly he kept it long he
05:51used his feet he didn't allow breeders to close the gap at 39 years old then in
05:56the tenth round he had his nose broken by the head of breeders there was a lot
06:02of bleeding it was all hitting the back of the throat he was gulping down blood
06:07he felt like he was drowning was the way he described it and the wheels almost
06:13came off towards the end for that reason but he managed to get through it good
06:17right hand there from massey took his feet in and put some meat on that upper
06:21tire again just going down to the body little faint with the front foot the
06:26upper tires already landed a couple of nice straight lefts both the head and
06:29the body that's obviously a shot he's looking to land with regularity you know
06:38the Southpaw against the orthodox the backhand usually coming to play nicely
06:43Massey in a big body there upright a little bit as well big target proper
06:48tire upper tire let go with the right hook and brought his left foot forward
06:54so he was almost in an orthodox stance and looked like he really wanted to let
06:58his hands go but it was just a little bit too close there's that long raving
07:02left into the body from upper tire
07:14it's the final minutes of round one and when you look at upper tire across the
07:18far side of the ring from us Matt then you get a look at his back he is
07:23absolutely massive he looks huge in there yeah big back but I don't think
07:29he's the biggest cruiserweight in the world I think he makes it pretty
07:32comfortably I think Massey be coming down to make cruiser I think upper tire
07:37pretty much walked around a good body shots going in there from upper tire
07:44good right hand into the body there from Massey he's just in terrifying shape
07:48upper tire short right hand there from Massey as well he's a good fundamentally
07:54sound fighter that was good for Massey again let off with the left through the
08:02right stepped up to his right hand side of the tire with a good crisp short
08:06left hand there maneuvering it back towards the corner and then stepped
08:12orthodox and through a right hand lead almost
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09:01that's die off the tires dad tapu leading the corner there he trained him
09:06as a kid he trained him all the way through as a pro until the fight before
09:11he won that world title in Australia in his first fight with Maris Bredis they
09:15had a falling out at that point a separation and now they are back
09:20together Mark Wilson one of his coaches when he boxed for Australia stepped in
09:24in the intervening period and as I understand it they haven't completely
09:29decided whether they're going to stay together going forward they'll
09:33decide how they felt things went for this camp and fight before making a
09:39longer term decision there have been so many father-son combinations in boxing
09:44down the years they can work very very well but they are rarely without their
09:49problems off the tight again just dipping the knees and throwing that left
09:52into the body between rounds Matt you were saying to me that this is going to
09:56be an interesting round because they both landed enough in that first round
10:00to get a sense of what the other has got yeah you see up a tire here kind of
10:05stepping on Massey here trying to bang the shots in look a combination so you
10:10know he's felt Massey's power in the first round been caught a few shots took
10:13a few shots on the gloves ball ready now he's really up at the pace here that
10:17straight left hand into the body that was a shot we've seen him throw on the
10:20pads again and again that's a real favorite of his and also that pull back
10:24with the right hook that he just threw there a few moments ago so yeah
10:27very positive start here to the second round from up a tire Massey just trying
10:33to stay tight stay compact stepped in there
10:40through the combination up a tire he always keeps those hands pretty high
10:44that lead hand he'll tend to wave out in front of him a little bit as a
10:48distraction almost he does leave the body quite exposed but he never seems to
10:53Massey with the one to the right hand didn't quite land but it left him in a
10:56good position to throw the left of the body
10:59Massey with the one to the right hand didn't quite land but it left him in a
11:10good position to throw the left of the body
11:23also Massey said earlier in the week that he always finishes strong always
11:28finishes the fight and he's noticed that up a tire particularly in the both fights
11:32with Breedis which sent the 12 rounds he faded as the end yeah we know there
11:36were reasons broken jaw in the nose but nonetheless from Massey's point of view
11:40he thinks maybe that's where I need to take him
11:48final 30 seconds of round two up a tire is how the better of these opening two but Massey
11:53has been absolutely competitive he's been giving back he's landed some decent
11:59shots there's a good left hand though from up a tire as he just maneuvered him
12:03back towards the rope so Massey found himself a bit square
12:24Artur Beterbiev one half of the main event
12:31arriving at the Kingdom Arena
12:37his demeanor has not changed one iota all week and you could say exactly the same
12:43thing about Dmitry Bifov they are pure prize fighters they do not have emotion
12:50they are emotional vacuums when it comes to their opponents no malice or ill will
12:57towards each other whatsoever but when they shape up in there in a few hours
13:04time that there will be absolutely no mercy absolutely zero
13:10so into the third I had a little look around their dressing rooms two three
13:21hours ago they are absolutely huge I've never seen anything quite like it but
13:28that won't matter to them one job we saw better be a train earlier in the weekend
13:33go about this business no music just trained in silence working the same
13:38drills he's been working his entire life good start to the round here
13:42up a tire just moving Massey back to the corner Massey doing quite well there
13:46though stepped off to his right through a right hand and managed to get out of
13:49the corner you get the feeling Matt that up a tire is trying to ramp this up a
13:54bit round by round just increase the temperature and see if Massey can handle
13:58it yeah he's definitely in his nose straight left the body okay blocked it
14:02that one Massey but he doesn't want to get keep eating them all night you know
14:05they got to really take the wind out of his sails as they get down the stretch
14:09so you know it's clever from up a tire to keep targeting the body but Massey's
14:13got to try and you know fire back maybe catch the shot in the elbows then fire
14:17straight back with the right hand it was a good right knee to the body for Massey
14:21about 10-15 seconds ago up a tire trying to lead off with the right uppercut
14:27didn't manage to land it
14:39good looking left off the back of the right there from up a tire I think it was
14:42half blocked by Massey yeah partially partially blocked partially got through
14:51there are similarities in the boxing journey of these two up a tire talking in
14:55the build-up about Howard 17-18 I know they wondered him and his dad whether
14:59they could keep doing this because it just wasn't making any money for them
15:03good right hand there from Massey Massey himself almost quit a couple of
15:09years ago his career had hit the doldrums after losing a tight one to Richard
15:15Reactpour for the British title he just couldn't get anything going was working
15:21on the scaffolds and then he got the opportunity to fight Joseph Parker which
15:24was a massive gamble at heavyweight and he took it when the ten rounds won some
15:30rounds a performance that has aged really well then he had to wait for the
15:34opportunity against Chamberlain and when it mattered he came through they both
15:40know the vagaries of this that you just have to hang in there because you don't
15:44know what is around the corner
15:54yeah sometimes just got to hang in there in a fight as well when you might maybe
16:07not really having much success on the attack but he's not really getting
16:12beaten up on there either he's you know he's looking after himself pretty well
16:18Massey not really taking too much clean so earlier on team Pivot got the tape
16:27measure out to give this ring the once over 20 feet inside the ropes is what it
16:37will have been and if they took any kind of issue with the exact measurements
16:42then they would have had a certain gentleman from Worcestershire chasing
16:46them around the ring Mike Goodall who puts up all these rings is an exacting
16:52man so I don't think he would have taken too many queries he rarely does but
16:57that's the attention to detail that teams always pay they want to know
17:01exactly what it is that their fighter is getting involved in because that contest
17:05we see later on it is a contest of fractions already and Pivot is that kind
17:11of operator he's that precise he will want to know down to the inch how much
17:15room he's got exactly see again that buddy keeps targeting that buddy up a
17:23tire you know they're not they're not shots they're going to score a knockdown
17:27or stop you or wind you but they just take windle you bit by bit that's a good
17:33short right hand from Massey about 10 seconds ago took off a tire a bit by
17:37surprise got through the guard just knocked him nicely back onto his heels
17:41that's the kind of thing that will give Massey encouragement left into the body
17:45again there from up a tire he's looking to chop down the tree isn't he yeah and
17:49he's he's losing these rounds Massey but he's having successes as well he is
17:53firing back and defensively you know he's pretty good he's pretty tight there
17:57yeah he's getting maneuvered into corners and a big way up a tire wants it
18:01but he's is he was there a cut there on the head well there's a blood coming
18:08somewhere it looks like it's Massey the inside of the nose maybe towards the
18:16aisle just below the eye we'll get a better look at it when he comes over to
18:19our side of the ring up the time trying to let those hands go Massey again though
18:23strong enough there he's not being pushed around the bullet by up a tire as
18:28you say Matt up a tires winning these rounds that was a good combination there
18:31for Massey yeah exactly he's firing back he's he's answering it back he's not
18:35getting overwhelmed boy up a tire even they see yeah up a tires back too much
18:42the ropes his hands go Massey's caught them on the gloves
18:49Massey just saying to Steve Gray that he feels he was caught with an elbow at
18:53some point there I think that's what he said at least anyway
19:00that long left works really well for up a tire he just dips his knees and sends
19:04it in there he's got a big wingspan on him
19:17straight left hand from up a tire but again back comes Massey good jab
19:22he catches the left himself yeah that was better from Massey you know rather
19:27than just reacting with single shot to put some combinations together
19:34right hand got through a Massey you can see with a rueful grin they're almost
19:45he knew he needed to keep that left up and when he didn't he got punished for
19:49it up a tire just dipping to his right finding the uppercut followed by the
19:57left and then again goes down to work the body this is methodical from up a
20:02tire it's consistent
20:05counter right hand there from up a tire
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21:10delivering so many good fights at the top of the bill tonight is for me it's
21:16it's the crowning glory in a way pure you sick absolutely fantastic of course
21:21Joshua deep bar at Wembley three weeks ago sensational to be there but this
21:26fight between better be Evan people without this setup it wouldn't have
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21:38been able to pay for itself basically so I don't think we would have seen it and
21:44it is just a fight of the very very highest quality that'll be along later
21:51on Fabio Wardley and Fraser Clark in their rematch up next for the British
21:55and Commonwealth heavyweight titles and we're into the fifth here between dry
21:59up a tire who's defending his IVF cruiserweight title against Jack Massey
22:05yeah I'm guessing Massey's probably lost all four rounds so you know he's got to
22:09be careful doesn't want to give himself an absolute mountain to climb going into
22:12the second half needs to get on the scoreboard here a little bit and also
22:15just to try and break the flow of the fight because I put I've been even
22:20Massey's been competitive and has landed shots he's losing the rounds and it's
22:24even is it's up a tire who's dictating all the terms the pace the range everything
22:33you're spot-on it's got to that point or it's very nearly at that point if we're
22:36not quite there yet where Massey has to make a decision is he actively going to
22:41really try and up it as you say get on the scoreboard try to put a dent in off
22:45the tire and really turn this around in which case he may leave openings for the
22:50for the Australian or is he going to keep going as he is and not quite just
22:55hope that off the tire will tire but maybe put a bit too much faith in that
23:00yeah well up a tire is not going to tire at this pace because he's the one
23:03controlling it and there's some damage to that left eye we picked it up in the
23:08earlier round there was a cut I think on the inside of the bridge of the nose
23:11good right hand there from up a tire that's hurt Massey I think he's looking
23:15to cover up a little bit there but up a tire is putting the hammer down a bit
23:21in this round Massey is firing back as much as he can but he's having to fight
23:24really hard to stay in this and keep up a tire off him
23:33Massey does the right thing there just leans in looks to grab hold up a tire
23:36isn't having any of it you can see the damage to that left thigh Massey though
23:40giving credit shrugs off a tire often says to him I'm more than happy to trade
23:49but it's getting very hard in there for him well if up a tires looking to plant
23:53his feet and really bang some hard single shots in here this is where
23:56Massey might be able to try and time it and fire back in punch with him he might
24:00well get a clean opening
24:04final stage is around five
24:11clean work
24:31that's a set back corner now led by his father Tapu
24:40yeah that was a good right hook caught Massey he took it well but it definitely
24:44shocked him a little bit you see when I mean it was a good shot he was trying to
24:48land his own left hook and then he tries to tuck up then
24:52up a tire switching his tack to the body and then trying to chuck that one down but
24:58Massey got underneath it but I think he was definitely buzzed by that
25:02like I say it's getting to the point the fight now where you know as up a tire
25:06tries to load up and bang in these hard singles that's where Massey if he times
25:11it right punch with him and get the clean opening because he's you know he's
25:16he's way behind on the cards here eyes starting to close as well and he looks
25:22good and fresh up a tire as he comes out from that red corner and I think he's
25:27capable again of just flicking through the gears here and just raising that
25:31temperature degree by degree as we click through these rounds and Massey
25:36is doing absolutely everything he can to stay with him and he is staying with him
25:40it is a competitive fight but as you say up a tire is winning these rounds and
25:45he's turning a screw yeah and those body shots that he's been consistently
25:52sticking with putting them in they'll be taking their toll now they'll be taking
25:56the wind out the sails the legs will be not quite what they were
26:03but Massey you know those body shots they do take their toll
26:13Massey just trying to step forward and climb into a right hand there
26:18shut down his own space slightly nice combination there for Massey but up a tire
26:22counters with a strong looking right hook
26:26this is better for Massey he's opening up he's punching with up a tire
26:34there's a southpaw left hand though just goes juggling through the guard up a tire
26:38gets on top of him Massey just trying to push him off tucking up on the ropes and
26:43you can see the damage to the face straight left hand then turned it into
26:46an uppercut that's high quality stuff from up a tire damaging stuff as well
26:57and I think if up a tire puts the hammer down in his final minute of the
27:07six he could get somewhere here yeah he's he's nearly there now for taking I
27:11think I say about this round maybe the next one
27:18and stop the fight Jack Massey's not really aware just yet he looks at his
27:22trainer in disappointment but that is a good stoppage because up a tire did
27:26exactly what we've been describing he clicked through those gears he raised it
27:30round by round by round he was bringing serious heat accuracy variety punch power
27:37it was a good as I described it earlier consistent methodical performance he had
27:42a plan and bit by bit he just broke his man down it was heading one way Massey
27:48was never going to do anything other than continue there because that's the
27:52kind of fighter he is but sometimes you need saving from yourself and that's
27:56exactly what the trainer did perfect stoppage perfect timing the right was on
28:00the wall the fight was had been knocked out of Massey just a bit of pride was
28:05keeping him in there up a tire could smell it was putting his foot on the gas
28:10was going to go through the gears Joe Gallagher sensed that and said no that'll
28:15do you know and I think the tail come in at the right time save Massey from an
28:19unnecessary beat for another round or two or you know maybe he wouldn't even
28:23have got through that round if I put I would really put the foot to the floor
28:26but yeah good stoppage because it the tire to turn dramatically and not even
28:32turn it was always going up a tires way but it was starting to move a lot faster
28:38it was and nothing had happened to suggest that he was going to be capable
28:44of turning that tide and when that's the case you have to go on the evidence
28:48of your own eyes and what is actually happening rather than what you would
28:52like to be happening or what you might like to happen in the the next few
28:55rounds there was no turning that around Joe Gallagher's an experienced guy he
28:59knew it so he called it yeah good show you know a good performance from up a
29:04tire and you know a stubborn performance from Massey he tried he stayed in he
29:08tried to come in come back at him he was you know it wasn't for the one to try
29:13it but the reality was he was beat by a better man tonight up a tire too slick
29:18too fast too good it's as simple as that it happens doesn't it and there's no
29:24shame in it he prepared as best he could Massey he gave everything that he had
29:28in the ring but he was just up against somebody who was a level above him and
29:32up a tire puts to the sword another British fighter is becoming a bit of a
29:38habit and he will be watching on with great interest when Chris Bill and
29:41Smith boxes Zudo Ramirez in a few weeks time if Bill and Smith could do the
29:46business there then maybe we'll see up a tire tangle with another Brit but that
29:52was a cold clinical very effective performance from a really good fighter
30:12Massey has been checked out by the doctors he'll be crushingly
30:16disappointed but there is nothing to reproach himself for there is still
30:24plenty left for him our MC Thomas Treiber is up there in the ring these
30:31two just being called to the center Massey just going over to join up a
30:35tire
30:41ladies and gentlemen here is the official time two minutes of round
31:02number six the blue corner retires their fighter and referee Steve Bray
31:08accepts their retirement therefore your winner by way of technical knockout
31:13still undefeated and still IBF cruiserweight champion of the world and
31:22ring magazine champion Jai Upatia
31:30so up a tire keeps hold of that red IBF belt and also the ring magazine belt in
31:36the background there a successful reunification if you like what is that
31:42tapu leading the corner and they're just offering their congratulations to Jack
31:51Massey Chris Mannix hovering microphone in hand let's go to him now
32:06Jack congratulations two great performances against Morris greatest but
32:09this looked like a near flawless one tonight against Jack Massey how did you
32:13feel about the way you fought I felt good you know I knew Jack was gonna come
32:17to fight nothing but respect to him and his family safe travels home I just want
32:22to say a massive thank you to my whole team man we've had to jump through some
32:25hurdles to get to this ring you know you know Mark tough kids Nick friend so many
32:33ups and downs you know but we stayed staunch we stayed together and we got
32:36the win so this victory is for all of us sounds like it was a tough training camp
32:40what was some of the hurdles you had to deal with oh man you know just the ins
32:43and outs of boxing you know just pushing ourselves to the trenches mentally and
32:47physically you know I'm away from my daughter for the first time so I miss
32:53her thank you appreciate it you know about a month's time right here in Riyadh
32:58two of those cruiserweights belts are gonna be on the right line Gilberto
33:02Ramirez against Chris Willem Smith is that the fight the winner of that fight
33:05the guy that you want next I'm hoping that comes man Benny boy just whispered
33:10in my ear you know I was gonna get the winner so we'll see what happens but
33:16Turkey L a chick thank you so much your excellency for putting these events on
33:20thank you for making me a part of them and whoever he tells me to beat that's
33:24who I gotta be congratulations John thank you very much well done there to
33:30Jaya but I Johnny a strong performance from him he you know he kept the
33:35pressure on he made it look pretty easy to be honest he did control