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00:00:00It's quick work of Mario Milo made at 52 first round up next main event Tommy the Hitman Hearns sets out to defend his title against the Silk Michael Olajadeh two men who've traveled extremely different roads to start him yet both certainly experiencing their share of highs and lows along the way.
00:00:18Thomas Hitman Hearns has left a path of destruction and route to capturing his five world titles. To this day he remains one of boxing's premium attractions because of his crowd pleasing style. As the first man to win four world titles in four different weight divisions his place in history is secure.
00:00:43Right hand down goes Roldan. Left hooks to the body would set that up. He's not going to get up. This one is over. Thomas Hearns has made boxing history.
00:01:01At times Michael the Silk Olajadeh exhibited the styles and skills of a star as he climbed the middleweight ladder of the 1980s.
00:01:09Left hook scores for Olajadeh.
00:01:13And a straight right hand sends Burton down.
00:01:18And down goes Roldan.
00:01:29Hearns has got to give him some respect.
00:01:32Oh grab hold of him which he's not doing.
00:01:34No he's too weak. He has nothing left. He's going to be knocked out.
00:01:37And down back.
00:01:38And Roldan is coming to the right.
00:01:42The Roldan is stopping the right.
00:01:44Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
00:01:46So close to being knocked out in the first round.
00:01:51Quested the barrage.
00:01:53Comes back.
00:01:53Knocks him out.
00:01:55In round three.
00:01:59Oh my brother.
00:02:01A late by Brockley.
00:02:02It hurts us now.
00:02:05A lunging right.
00:02:06He's not going to get up Al.
00:02:09He does it's a miracle.
00:02:10Oh big right.
00:02:12A handbite.
00:02:17For the winner.
00:02:19By unanimous decision.
00:02:21And new IBF middleweight champion of the world.
00:02:25Frank.
00:02:26The gold takes.
00:02:31And the winner by a TKO.
00:02:34Iran.
00:02:35Ray Borkley.
00:02:38I did feel weak going into it.
00:02:40I'm going to take a little rest.
00:02:42And believe me I'll be back.
00:02:43After waiting eight long years for a rematch with Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns thought
00:02:55he finally would have his revenge.
00:02:57The hitman sent Leonard to the canvas twice during the fight but could not knock him out.
00:03:02Well, I thought I won earlier rounds but Ray was able to come back.
00:03:10I can't say nothing negative about Ray.
00:03:13It's a great fight.
00:03:14I got to give him a drop.
00:03:15But would you expect with two knockdowns to get only a drop?
00:03:18Well, I was hoping for a winner but you know how that is.
00:03:23In his last fight, Michael Olajide needed a knockout in the final round to salvage a victory
00:03:31against Dennis Milton.
00:03:33The waning moments of the tenth round found Milton in desperate trouble and Olajide moving
00:03:38in for the kill.
00:03:39Referee Ken Simmer appeared to stop the contest granting the Silk a technical knockout.
00:04:01However, the referee explained he thought he heard the bell signifying the end of the fight.
00:04:06At that time, Milton won the decision but the final outcome will be decided in New York
00:04:10State Supreme Court.
00:04:17Between battles, Thomas Hearns returns to his Fortress of Solitude to relax and enjoy the
00:04:23spoils of his ring wars.
00:04:24Expensive foreign cars.
00:04:27A personalized swimming pool.
00:04:29And five world championship belts adorn his home.
00:04:37Hearns' accomplishments separate him from most boxers, but there is one thing he has in
00:04:41common with his fellow fighters.
00:04:43The greatest champion of all time.
00:04:44The man that inspired me into boxing.
00:04:46I used to watch this man on TV when I was like eight, nine years old.
00:04:52And I watched him put on a show.
00:04:54He made it look so easy.
00:04:56Like anybody can do it.
00:04:57I said, well, this is what I want to do.
00:04:58This is what I made my mind.
00:04:59This is what I want to do if I was boxing.
00:05:01To me, it seems like Tommy is content and then it seems like he's not content.
00:05:06You know, I watch him.
00:05:07He spends a lot of time, you know, by himself.
00:05:10I think at this stage of his life, he's probably trying to figure out what he's going to do
00:05:19with the rest of his life because he realized that boxing has been a way of his life since
00:05:22he was about 10 years old.
00:05:24And now it's, you know, we've got to be realistic, you know, that we're coming to the final stages
00:05:28of a great career.
00:05:30I'll tell you what motivates me and keeps me going in this game.
00:05:32The fact that one thing that this is what makes me happy.
00:05:35I'm happy when I'm out there performing in front of thousands of people, fans, and I'm
00:05:43making sure that they're happy by giving them what they want.
00:05:47I'm giving them a show.
00:05:49And when I can do that, I'm happy.
00:05:51Another thing is that my goal, and I have a very new goal now, is to hold more titles
00:05:57than any other fighter that ever held in their entire career.
00:06:05Tommy Hearns has spent a majority of his career attempting to step out of the shadow
00:06:09cast by Sugar Ray Leonard.
00:06:12Perhaps he accomplished that feat in the rematch when he fought Leonard to a draw.
00:06:20He came out on top pretty much as far as I'm concerned.
00:06:23That was enough to quench that thirst, that thirst of recognition, total notoriety, because
00:06:33all of a sudden, you don't hear about Tommy Hearns, you know, because Tommy Hearns know
00:06:38that the only way he can really make some noise is to fight me.
00:06:44I prefer going up there and fighting him right now and again and beating him for this fight
00:06:49and getting a decision. But if I have to, I can level with just having to draw with him now.
00:06:56He's always given me problems because of his height, the differential of power.
00:07:02He's a much bigger man. He may weigh in at the same, but he's a much bigger and stronger
00:07:07man than I am. So he always presents a problem. Always.
00:07:11I think he knows that he cannot beat Thomas Hearns.
00:07:14So I know that he's probably not going to fight me again.
00:07:19Based on particularly his last performance and his popularity with the fans for giving
00:07:23us so many exciting fights the last 13 years that a really superstar victory over Michael
00:07:29Ologeny would give him for the first time the whole stage where he wouldn't have to share
00:07:33it with anyone. And I think that coupled with his professional ego, I think will make
00:07:39him give us a great performance on the 28th when he fights.
00:07:44In 1986, Michael Ologeny Sr. brought Michael Jr. to New York.
00:07:49Under his father's guidance, the younger Ologeny blossomed into a media attraction.
00:07:54A budding star in boxing who was never timid about making a fashion statement inside the ring
00:08:00or out of it.
00:08:02The Ologenays were riding the express to the championship until they got derailed.
00:08:08First by Frank Tate, then by Iran Barkley.
00:08:14If you've lost and come back, you're most definitely a better fighter. You're a better
00:08:18person. You've been on both sides of the tracks. You're harder. You really learn to appreciate
00:08:25things a lot more.
00:08:26After his second defeat, Ologeny replaced his father with trainer Hector Oka, who was later
00:08:33joined by Angelo Dundee.
00:08:36Okay.
00:08:37Don't trade.
00:08:39Set him up, nail him a shot.
00:08:40We'll have to trade with this guy.
00:08:42Okay?
00:08:43Give me the other one.
00:08:45Give me the other one.
00:08:46No, take it off.
00:08:47It was really, I think it was a growing animosity between my father and I.
00:08:54We weren't communicating as we once did. We weren't listening to each other. A lot of
00:09:00things were being said that I was taking very seriously. It got under my skin.
00:09:06I get along with a great Hector Oka's trainer and I communicate real well because I could
00:09:12communicate with a trainer if we came from Mars. It wouldn't make no difference. We speak
00:09:17the same language. And Michael likes the language. He likes the communication. He likes the way
00:09:22we're working together. He's a very happy individual. You know what? We're having a lot of fun.
00:09:27This is important because if you have fun at what you do, you can excel at it.
00:09:32See the way the guy's not throwing the jab? We'll do the same thing with Mr. Haines.
00:09:37Same thing. Scourging him.
00:09:40Don't walk with the punch. You lose your balance. Every time you run and punch, you walk with
00:09:44the punch.
00:09:44When the psychology is right and physically I'm feeling good, I really honestly don't
00:09:52believe there's a middleweight out there that can beat me. I really don't. I'm quick enough
00:09:56and intelligent enough and hit hard enough in the ring to take care of myself.
00:10:00One of the hottest middleweights in the world, ladies and gentlemen, WBA middleweight champion
00:10:10of the world, Mike McDonald.
00:10:12Welcome back live to the beautiful Mark G. Edis Arena in Atlantic City. A huge crowd on
00:10:16hand as we close in on the WBO super middleweight title fight. Tommy Hearns versus Michael Olajide.
00:10:22One of the many celebs on hand, interested spectator, Sugar Ray Leonard, who beat Hearns at 81, fought
00:10:29in the hit bands of that controversial draw last year. Leonard sent to the canvas twice
00:10:33by Hearns. Hearns has certainly already established himself, Bernie, as a superstar, but he seems
00:10:41obsessed now with being number one in the world. What do you make of Hearns' situation?
00:10:45Well, I think realistically he sees Tyson's kind of out of the way. Leonard and Hagler kind
00:10:49of on hold, and it's his opportunity to break through to a position he's never really authentically
00:10:54held from 1980 to 1990. Now it's his time. But in order to get there, he must win and win
00:11:02impressively against authentic and good competition. It's a major crossroads fight as far as Michael
00:11:09Olajide is concerned. What kind of a chance do you give him? I give him a chance because
00:11:12we don't know what kind of Tommy Hearns we're going to see tonight. Tommy Hearns' fights are
00:11:16all adventures. He is right at the point where he may be wearing out. He has been a champion
00:11:21for 10 years. He's had heavy campaigning. This could be the night that he's no longer
00:11:25Tommy Hearns. If Elijah takes advantage, if he uses Angelo Dundee's brains in the corner,
00:11:31if, if, if, it could be an interesting evening. There have been some negative signs in terms
00:11:36of Tommy Hearns, the slurred speech pattern and all of that. Do you think he should discontinue
00:11:40fighting? Not at this point. At this point, as long as he's winning, certainly off the performance
00:11:44with Leonard, which a fight that I thought he won, as did most of America, I think he's entitled to
00:11:49go and try to capture that elusive fame that he's been trying to get, to be the number one man in
00:11:55boxing. However, if he can't beat an Elijah Day or if he begins to take beatings, then they're going
00:12:00to have to go back, reassess it because it really isn't worth it, as we know, to stay on too long and
00:12:05have damage to your brain. Would you like to offer a fight doctor prediction? I think you can't help but
00:12:11go with Tommy Hearns until he proves that that one night he's no longer Tommy Hearns. You have to go
00:12:15with him, but you have to give Elijah Day an outside chance. If he boxes, if he's slick, if he outspeeds
00:12:20him and out-thinks him, we could see an interesting fight. All right, Ferdy, time now for the facts and
00:12:24figures. Let's take a look at the tale of the tape. Tommy Hearns getting set to meet Michael
00:12:30Elijah Day for the WBO Super Middleweight Championship. Hearns is six years older than
00:12:36Elijah Day. Everything else is almost equal. Height, weight, and reach about the same. Elijah Day did
00:12:41have to bulk up a bit. Hearns had to shed some pounds. The WBO rules will be enforced. And these
00:12:47are two fighters who also boast two of the top trainers in the world, Angelo Dundee and Emmanuel
00:12:51Stewart. As we close in on fight time, some final thoughts. I think Elijah Day is going to come out
00:12:58and try to box Tommy Hearns. And I know for a fact that's the wrong thing to do because there's not a
00:13:06box out there today that can out-box me. It may come right off the bat that I'm going to have to go
00:13:12out there and get the respect by hitting him hard. Or I'm going to have to wait three or four rounds.
00:13:16Or maybe I'll have to wait later into the fight. But there'll come a time where I'll have to sit down
00:13:20at my punches and say, Tommy, I'm here. And I'm going to have to show you what I got.
00:13:24I think that Thomas' all-around talent and punching power should prevail and he should win.
00:13:30And I would love to see a knockout inside of five rounds. But in case it goes to full limit,
00:13:35we're prepared for time. We'll just box and go for the decision. But I'd love to see a real dramatic
00:13:40performance. It's a fine line. Greatness, champion, fine line. But when you cross that line,
00:13:46it's dynamite. I think Mike's going to cross that line. He's going to wind up being
00:13:50a world champion.
00:13:51To me, this fights everything. And I can't... I just... I would just hate myself if I went
00:13:58in there and didn't get a chance to show what I was capable of doing and not putting up a
00:14:03good performance. More important to me, I'm an entertainer. I know that. And I have to put
00:14:08on a good show for the people. But I have to put on a good show for myself.
00:14:12Whatever the style may be, I'm going to be ready for it. I'm going to be... I'm aiming to get
00:14:18one of my best performers at all time.
00:14:26So we're awaiting the main event here at the Mark G. Eddis Arena. Named in memory of the
00:14:33first president of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort. Good friend of Showtime as well,
00:14:37who died tragically in a helicopter crash last year.
00:14:40Let's go back now and take a look at the Michael Moore-Mario Melo fight just moments ago,
00:14:52which ended in the first round via the knockout route in favor of Michael Moore. Here is round one.
00:14:59That's it. They're both left-handers. And you see the power that Melo brings at the very beginning.
00:15:09He can't hit anything with it. He's not hitting anything but arms in the back of the head.
00:15:14And so therefore, he wasn't taking Moore out of his game plan, which was to jab very effectively
00:15:19and try to land that left, straight left lead.
00:15:28Melo was very boastful, as most fighters are, but he was more matter-of-fact. He had predicted an early
00:15:35knockout in his favor, but it was the other way around. And Moore just overwhelmed Melo.
00:15:42And that was the first really authentic good left-hand that just crunched him. And from there on out,
00:15:46it was just a matter of time. His legs buckled. You know, he comes off of eight straight knockouts,
00:15:51this Melo. And of course, he thought, well, this is going to be another one of those things where
00:15:54it's going to be him or me. He was right. It was him or me, but it was him that left.
00:16:00And Moore was coming off a ninth-round knockout over Marcellus Allen here at Atlantic City back on
00:16:04February the 3rd. You really didn't get to see enough of Moore to appreciate the development.
00:16:12And if he keeps getting these early knockouts, when's he going to develop his style? When's he going to
00:16:16learn? That's one of the problems with a guy that's a big banger. Sooner or later,
00:16:20you've got to go 10 rounds and see what it feels like, 12 rounds. And that's when you decide
00:16:24whether you want to be a champion bad enough.
00:16:28How do you think Michael Moore might do against a Virgil Hill?
00:16:32Oh, that would be a very interesting fight.
00:16:35And down went Melo.
00:16:40Moore thought he broke not one, but two ribs.
00:16:42I don't know if he broke any ribs, but certainly from the way he's riding, it certainly wasn't
00:16:46in any comfort. He got hit in the ribs. I didn't see it that hard until the replay. And then,
00:16:50of course, you did see a very effective punch right at the floating rib, the kind that does
00:16:55hurt.
00:16:551.52 of the first round.
00:16:58Michael Moore knocking out his eighth opponent in the first round of action. We are awaiting
00:17:04the main event. Michael Buffer is getting ready for the pre-fight festivities.
00:17:11Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome his entrance to the ring. The challenger for the next title
00:17:16about Michael, the Silk.
00:17:19The Michael Jackson look-alike. Never met a flashy outfit he didn't like, although a little
00:17:36toned down tonight. Even his hair is shorter.
00:17:39Now, he cut his hair because he said he gave him, the judges, the wrong impression every
00:17:45time he got hit. Water would spray all over the place.
00:17:48Once that part, I'm almost sure.
00:17:59Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
00:18:03Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
00:18:08Sweet dreams of the earthy.
00:18:10With my dreams and dreams.
00:18:14Next reaction for Elijah Day.
00:18:36And now, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the entrance of the champion, the Hitman, Thomas.
00:18:42Take justice.
00:18:57Take justice.
00:19:01Danger!
00:19:31Danger!
00:20:01The head back says we'll see the old Tommy Hearns tonight
00:20:16with a shocking second or third round knockout.
00:20:19Hasn't really had an easy fight, though, since 1986.
00:20:25But as Elijah is aware, he's dangerous.
00:20:27Welcome to the RTS Arena here at Donald Trump's eighth wonder of the world,
00:20:33the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
00:20:38Top Rank Incorporated and the King of Beers present the featured bout of the evening.
00:20:42This bout is sanctioned by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board Boxing Commissioner Larry Hazard
00:20:47and the World Boxing Organization represented at ringside by Ed Levine of Miami, Florida.
00:20:53The three judges doing the scoring for this world title bout.
00:20:57Will be Vinny Raynone of Hackensack, New Jersey.
00:21:01Cesar Ramos of Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
00:21:05And from Trujillo, Puerto Rico, Samuel Conde.
00:21:10The referee for this contest.
00:21:12From the state of New Jersey is Tony Orlando.
00:21:15And now, ladies and gentlemen, from the Trump Taj Mahal, it's boxing, it's showtime, so let's get ready to run the 12 rounds
00:21:29for the WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World.
00:21:35Introducing first, fighting out of the red corner, wearing the white shorts with blue trim.
00:21:41He weighed 166 and one half pounds, fighting out of the Big Apple New York City.
00:21:46As a professional, 27 victories, only two defeats, 19 KOs.
00:21:52Presenting the challenger, Michael, the silver, luxury day.
00:21:59And coming out of the blue corner, wearing the cronk gold with red letters.
00:22:09He weighed in today at an even 168 pounds.
00:22:14From the Motor City, Detroit, Michigan, he brings a professional record of 46 victories.
00:22:2038 by KO, only three defeats and one draw.
00:22:25And his record includes five world championships in five different divisions.
00:22:31Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the WBO Super Middleweight Champion of the World, Thomas Kidman Hurd!
00:22:50Final instructions from referee Tony Orlando.
00:23:10Keep in mind, Hearn's extremely lethal in the early rounds.
00:23:14Elijah Day says he doesn't expect a track meet, he expects a fight.
00:23:18Interesting to see that they're both built about the same, but Tommy's much bulkier, and he looks a little bit taller.
00:23:26Hearns made the weight at 168, worked out in a room that was not air-conditioned, about 100 degrees to get down to the weight.
00:23:33Elijah Day had to get up a little bit to 166 and a half.
00:23:37Round one, scheduled for 12 for the WBO Super Middleweight title.
00:23:42Here's Elijah Day trying to box, trying to run this for some of Angelo Dundee's tactics to frustrate Hearns.
00:23:47Hearns is just dancing with him. It's like two people dancing. Hearns anticipates his move and moves over.
00:23:52He has not yet come in to punch. He will assume.
00:23:55Dundee has trained 11 world champions. He hopes Michael Elijah Day will be number 12.
00:24:02Elijah Day looking a little apprehensive. I won't use the word scared. That's not the right word.
00:24:07But he certainly is apprehensive. His reflexes are overly fast, trying to get away from just faith.
00:24:15Elijah Day's best punch is his left hook. Of course, for Hearns, it's the crushing right.
00:24:20Well, somewhere along the line here, Elijah Day better throw something.
00:24:24You cannot win a round just on a bicycle.
00:24:26It's been a disco routine here so far.
00:24:34I think Angelo wants him to while away this round, lose it, frustrate, more than frustrate Hearns,
00:24:40to give a little confidence to Elijah Day to say, hey, I'm in here.
00:24:43I've weathered that round. Now let's start to work.
00:24:45That's the midway mark of round one.
00:24:51Quick hook by Elijah Day. Elijah Day well knows that the hooks have been catching Tommy Hearns
00:24:57and hurting him in previous fights. He tried to lead with a hook. You can't hit Tommy that way.
00:25:03Hearns was trying to bore in on Elijah Day, but Elijah Day easily wiggled away from the corner.
00:25:09Hearns is not cutting him off. When he wants to punch, after he cut him off, you will see action.
00:25:19Make no mistake, Hearns is permitting him to do this.
00:25:22This is not the cleverness of Elijah Day. It's Hearns letting him dance and letting him get away.
00:25:28These are the first opening jabs you've seen, and we're almost through with a round.
00:25:31Nobody's jabbing. Nobody's doing anything but dancing with each other.
00:25:34That was the first big punch thrown. Elijah Day with a miss.
00:25:41Again, a hook, but he tries to land. You cannot find pay dirt with that, without setting it up first.
00:25:47Not with an experience rather like Tommy Hearns.
00:25:49Elijah Day says he won't climb on his bicycle at the start, but he seems to be doing just that.
00:25:54Well, I think he climbed on his motorcycle. He's got more speed than a bicycle here.
00:25:58He's reaching for him when he reaches in, and that can be lethal.
00:26:01Elijah Day just reached in instead of going in with his feet.
00:26:05He reached in with his hands and left his head exposed.
00:26:08Hearns will pick you up that way.
00:26:15Final seconds, round one.
00:26:25The end of an uneventful first round.
00:26:27The end of an uneventful first round.
00:26:31The end of an uneventful.
00:26:43The end of an uneventful.
00:26:45Unless you got him definitely peeing, don't shoot the round shot because they look bad if you miss it.
00:26:50Mainly just keep cutting him down slowly by following him off.
00:26:52No cut shot there in their face.
00:26:54He'll slow down.
00:26:54The only thing he's breaking at you will.
00:26:56Okay, don't worry about it.
00:27:04See it, Michael?
00:27:07Stay off the rope.
00:27:10Train one way and go the other way.
00:27:12Okay.
00:27:13Whatever's open, take one.
00:27:14Okay.
00:27:15Okay.
00:27:16Is Tommy Hurts made to order?
00:27:25Angelo Dundee just told Michael Elijah Day.
00:27:27Well, remember, Angelo Dundee is a master psychologist.
00:27:30When it comes to corner work, he's trying to pump confidence into Elijah Day.
00:27:34Just making it through that first round and not getting tagged with anything gave him
00:27:38a little bit of confidence.
00:27:41The instructions to Hearns were, don't punch unless you really see an opening.
00:27:45Just be patient.
00:27:46It's going to be there.
00:27:47The guy is scared of you, so just take your time.
00:27:50When you cut him off, punch sharp.
00:27:52Don't punch wide.
00:27:54Also made mention of that wide left hook.
00:27:56He's trying to hit you with the left hook means they studied the film, you say.
00:28:00Because after all, that is the punch that has gotten Tommy Hearns in trouble.
00:28:05We're into round two, scheduled for 12.
00:28:08There was a smattering of boos following the dispirited first round.
00:28:17And of course, Tommy Hearns says he wants to be a showman, a crowd pleaser.
00:28:24He wants to be very sensitive to the crowd.
00:28:27Let's see if he reacts.
00:28:28Except there are times when he's lost the fight because he mixed it up when he should
00:28:31have controlled himself as in the first Leonard fight.
00:28:34And that's what happens to him.
00:28:37Right now, he wants to be a big star and he doesn't want to make any mistakes.
00:28:41He's listening to his corner.
00:28:44He's going to shorten up these punches.
00:28:46He's going to shorten the distance.
00:28:47And he doesn't care if it takes a round or two.
00:28:49Well, Hearns had predicted a first round knockout.
00:28:52He also said he was aiming to give his best performance of all time.
00:28:56And he said this is the biggest fight in the world to him.
00:28:59Let's see if he picks up the pace here in round two.
00:29:04Right now, he's fighting without any caution at all.
00:29:08His left hand is down.
00:29:09He's just playing with Elijah Day.
00:29:11He's a man that has utter disdain for the punching power of Elijah Day.
00:29:20Elijah Day blames his unimpressive performance in his last fight against Dennis Milton in
00:29:25December on a lack of concentration.
00:29:27Can't afford to do that against Hearns.
00:29:31Of course, that was a disputed fight that's still in litigation, but no decision.
00:29:36Now, things are getting a little more interesting.
00:29:39Hearns finally pinned him where he wanted, but Elijah Day fought back off the ropes.
00:29:47Elijah Day known for his grace and craftiness.
00:29:50Excellent foot speed, able to slip away.
00:29:53Well, Elijah Day showed some courage there on the ropes.
00:29:57He was willing to trade with Tommy.
00:29:59It was pretty even.
00:30:00So he's gaining a little bit of enthusiasm, a little bit of confidence.
00:30:04Here's Elijah Day.
00:30:06Tommy Hurts patiently coming on, just like a man that knows he's got a date with a knockout.
00:30:12And we are heading for the foul.
00:30:21Another interested spectator alongside Donald Trump, Sugar Ray Leonard.
00:30:36Tought to that controversial draw against Tommy Hurts last June out in Las Vegas.
00:30:47Well, you're the Chinese friend.
00:30:48Left hook.
00:30:49Everything you do, always look in front of him.
00:30:51Always watch him.
00:30:52Well, Mary, be cool.
00:30:53Just another time.
00:30:54Close and a gap in slow.
00:30:56Little that too.
00:30:57Little rest.
00:30:58Little rest.
00:30:59Little rest.
00:31:00Some water.
00:31:01Little rest.
00:31:02Yes.
00:31:03It won't be long.
00:31:04Open door.
00:31:05Both ways.
00:31:06Both ways.
00:31:07Both ways.
00:31:08Okay?
00:31:09Okay.
00:31:10Very good.
00:31:11You're doing good.
00:31:12Just keep it up.
00:31:13Okay.
00:31:14Very intense look on Michael Olajide's face as we head into round three.
00:31:30I think he felt pretty good.
00:31:31He took Tommy's pretty hard shots.
00:31:33It didn't bother him that much.
00:31:35Angelo's preaching.
00:31:36Let these early rounds go by.
00:31:38Don't worry about losing him.
00:31:39So, he has lost both first rounds and the second round.
00:31:43Emmanuel Stewart says, I hear Olajide is a many talented fellow.
00:31:49He's written children's books.
00:31:50Plays the saxophone and the trombone.
00:31:52Interested in acting.
00:31:53He says, we see Hearn sending him back to all of those endeavors.
00:31:57You see, Tommy believes in being a career enhancer.
00:32:00Well, I'll tell you one thing.
00:32:03He is harping on the left hook.
00:32:06Stewart says, keep thinking about the left hook.
00:32:09Don't let him throw that left hook.
00:32:11He knows about the right.
00:32:14He's got to do this.
00:32:15I'll tell you the truth.
00:32:16But now he's got to go.
00:32:17Prior to the Barkley fight in which Hearns lost.
00:32:21Oh, there's a pretty snappy left by Thomas Hearns.
00:32:24Hearns inadvertently decked Emmanuel Stewart during a sparring session.
00:32:29would have been embarrassed if he didn't do it with the right
00:32:38is remarkably little jabbing in this fight for guys that's a terrific jab
00:32:48tommy's left jab is lethal and he has not been using it
00:32:52it's just starting to sort of feel him out with the left and starting to throw hooks and right
00:32:57hands to the body elijah they still on that bicycle has apparently not suffered any pain
00:33:07do you believe this is hearn's strategy these are his tactics or is
00:33:11this being dictated by the way elijah day is fighting well it's a little of both i mean
00:33:17obviously elijah day in standing there for a punch out and so it's up to tommy to cut him off and and
00:33:23um punch effectively i think that he's waiting for these early rounds so that the steam goes out
00:33:29of elijah day's legs and he's not going to be moving around at that point you will see
00:33:33tommy hearns trigger off the real ammunition
00:33:39that punch to the midsection blocked by hearns on elijah day's part he's got to start doing some
00:33:44kind of fighting to make tommy get worried about his suspect ken he's got to land some bombs up there
00:33:49he's got to do something he can't just keep taking punches and running elijah day has yet to connect
00:33:54but he just slipped that uppercut by hearns there's a left jab by elijah day that got through
00:34:01he's got to do much more of that he's got to put in an effective jab hook off the jab and run
00:34:07hearns opening up just a bit with a combination
00:34:11hearns is kind of running out of patience he's just saying okay enough for this let's get down to fight
00:34:16round three is heading into the books
00:34:36we don't want to fight yet i don't want you yet okay just do what you're doing driving crazy i want that
00:34:43you're doing just fine for me now keep it up not yet not yet i want you to strength the guy use your
00:34:54speed be patient okay i want plenty of patience from you son watch how tommy hearns uses his left it sets
00:35:05everything up a good left jab sets everything up there's the jab before you know it what's happening
00:35:10he triggers off two other punches and that's what makes it work for uh for uh tommy hearns there's
00:35:16the left now pawing left but he comes back with a right uppercut and another right hand which misses
00:35:21but this is what you'll see more of his one particular knockout punch is a very weak jab
00:35:26which brings the other fighters hands down and almost immediately triggers the right hand from
00:35:30time he's knocked three or four people out with that he'll fake that little punch and then you'll see
00:35:34the right hand zip in there real fast round four scheduled for 12 the wbo super middleweight
00:35:40championship the advice from alajide's trainer angelo dundee was faint him and show patience the
00:35:48patience angelo's talking about is he wants these early rounds to go away he wants her to get so
00:35:53frustrated with this guy's speed that he starts to commit errors he starts to run in thinking that
00:35:58the guy's scared of and starts to get less like he's doing right now all of these dopey things
00:36:02he's doing right now that's what angelo wants and all of a sudden he's going to unleash elijah now
00:36:08whether elijah can do anything then remains to be seen but that's angelo's strategy right now patience
00:36:14frustrated hearns was beating iran barkley impressively you recall before he got knocked
00:36:20out the third round three fights ago and he got hurt in all of the fights with the left hook and
00:36:27barclays was a classic he also had a war with james kenshin which he won
00:36:35but a lot of folks thought kenshin won it including me i thought that was a clinch festival of all
00:36:41time but in the sugar ray leonard fight he showed tremendous heart continues to talk
00:36:46elijah day that's just what angelo wants and that shows he's frustrating he's playing
00:36:58showing no respect for michael elijah day now he goes to the big section of the head
00:37:04and none of that landed it all landed on the gloves of elijah day and a low blow by her
00:37:09everything landing on the gloves and shoulders of elijah day it looks great it's winning in points
00:37:16but it's not hurting elijah day well you gotta wonder about her motivation going in against a
00:37:22fighter like elijah day coming off the rematch with blentard which was a super high
00:37:26elijah day has yet to connect a solid punch
00:37:39oh a low blow by elijah day that really nailed hers
00:37:46and that caught his attention if nothing else did boy was that a low blow and that could be a factor in
00:37:52this fight all of a sudden one point one point one point he now has time to recover a point has been
00:38:00taken off he has enough time until to recover a good time five minutes three four minutes he's got up to five minutes
00:38:11the reference just said take your time make sure you're all right
00:38:13well if he was frustrated before now he's frustrated and mad
00:38:34a combination that does not bode well for elijah day on the other hand that does take something
00:38:39out of you i don't care what kind of rest you got and what kind of point was taken off it takes
00:38:42something out of steam of your punches and it weakens your legs
00:38:49whether it was intentional or unintentional doesn't matter it's the same effect absolutely
00:39:00final seconds round four and hers pouring in had elijah day off balance
00:39:12it's
00:39:25no more
00:39:27no more
00:39:27no more
00:39:28can't go much more about three more rounds because you have to pick up the pace on them
00:39:31okay let's take a look at that unintentional low blow but that is what you call a low blow by any
00:39:45definition and that ladies and gentlemen hurts and takes the um takes the entire steam out of your legs
00:39:53a bunch this week and another view of it it's an unintentional obviously unintentional but
00:39:59nonetheless the effect is the same
00:40:09round five scheduled for 12. the low blow really taking the starch out of tommy herms for about a minute
00:40:16a minute and a half let's see how he reacts here in the next round interesting angelo is saying give me
00:40:21one or two more rounds of that and in the other corner emmanuel stewart is saying he can't do this
00:40:26for more than another one or two rounds then we're going to have a fight so both corners taking the same
00:40:31for different reasons
00:40:37interesting drop step move by tommy herds
00:40:46herds continues to be the aggressor angelo dundee feels that when you've had as many fights over as
00:40:52long a period as tommy herds his legs don't stand up in the last half of the fight whereas elijah days
00:40:58will and that's what you're seeing here a gamble you're seeing a gamble that tommy's legs will not
00:41:02stand up you saw a little trip a moment ago but nothing around that's an indication legs are going
00:41:07very little but nonetheless oh wrong shot strong body shot by tommy herds herds with an explosion
00:41:16to the midsection of elijah day now combination to the head but not hitting anything but those blocks
00:41:22now that is a good shot by tommy herds and it landed on elijah day a solid lunging left by herds
00:41:31and that was flush on the face there was a nifty right by herds a crisp right cross
00:41:36that made it through to the face but good defense by elijah they give him credit
00:41:40he's avoiding most of these punches they're either landing on gloves or in the air
00:41:43counter punch by elijah day that does no damage that one got through the left by elijah day
00:41:56elijah putting more steam in his punches he's got to do something to keep herds off for herds and keep
00:42:00coming like a locomotive gaining speed and getting conscious herds unfazed by elijah day
00:42:06he's fighting a strange fighting that he's doing a lot of perky jerky show business stuff like that
00:42:15right there for no reason at all that's not going to make him a superstar
00:42:28nonsense all that's nonsense as you get to right right there
00:42:33oh that one really backed elijah day up
00:42:37those are effective body punches
00:42:39elijah day covering up nicely but those punches to the side are taking an awful lot out of elijah day
00:42:45one of those solid deliveries and elijah day could go down
00:43:04and herds finishing strong
00:43:09round five is history
00:43:15okay
00:43:20how do we go for this mother
00:43:21you're catching the stuff on my arms
00:43:23you're going to catch everything yeah but i want you to make him pay
00:43:25yeah i want you to make him pay you know what i mean okay
00:43:28you don't got too much no huh good
00:43:32this guy is ready for you if you want
00:43:34i mean this guy ain't got too much you see in here with everything you got
00:43:38let's watch the body work by her and she sets it up with a nice strike
00:43:41nice straight right hand right there making elijah they go down and cover up and here comes the body attack
00:43:46hurts will not let you get off the hook once he gets you in that position where you're bending and
00:43:51getting away from he steps in and launches that body attack
00:43:54bunch of punches to the side that's the one that hurts that's the one that hurts and that's what
00:44:01takes the legs out from elijah on the other hand angelo says now we step it up
00:44:05and the fighters said huh what round six scheduled for 12
00:44:12dundee told elijah make him pay this is a lot of first third fight with revered
00:44:18corner man angelo dundee interestingly replaced michael's father michael elijah
00:44:24senior said to be some friction between father and son although dundee feels that michael jr still
00:44:30respects and cares about his dad dundee in the corner with hector roca guiding
00:44:35the path of michael elijah day
00:44:39elijah day felt that his father was making him fight a style of fight that wasn't him
00:44:44angelo is a master of taking a fighter and using what he's got and making him better with it
00:44:49we're certainly seeing a better eyes right now in defense and strategy but he's not winning this
00:44:53fight he's losing every round it's 50 to 44 having lost a point in the fourth round for low blows
00:44:59unofficially i might scorecard of course but i cannot see a round that you can give elijah
00:45:04he's been fighting in retreat and not gaining around this is elijah day's third trip up the ladder
00:45:09against a huge name losing to the likes of frank tate and iran barkley in previous bouts
00:45:19credit should be given to his defensive style many of those punches are not getting in that
00:45:25hearns is throwing but you can't win fights just picking off punches on your gloves
00:45:31hearns has simmered down his routine less taunting and more business-like fashion now around six
00:45:38midway through i think both corners are about through with the waltzing and are getting down into
00:45:43the real fighting they want to get this thing over with he's not playing he's standing right in
00:45:50front of now he wants to go at it
00:45:55fading the bolo punch too is heard landed right there with the right elijah able to cover up on the left
00:46:03left jab by tommy hearns never forget that tommy started as a boxer and he was a very very fine
00:46:18boxer when he found out he could punch that hard crushing overhand right by her
00:46:23he's coming back and he's coming back and he's coming back and he got one back and that one was
00:46:48intentional heard said you're going to do that my friend you're going to get some back well he's
00:46:52looking to even the score on that department
00:46:56well there's a whole university's worth of experience
00:47:00in tommy hearn's head you just don't fool around with experience
00:47:09and that'll do it for round six
00:47:18and that's what i'm trying to do
00:47:25i'm not going to let them go
00:47:26i'm going to keep shooting something that happens
00:47:28you're on three left hooks in a row no good the man is catching most of the hooks
00:47:31of the body they're not working he's playing out something i'm not working you change up
00:47:34so it changes some difference so i put more right hands to the real grab
00:47:38then try to catch them on top of you not to let right hands go
00:47:41no right here is different everything that's working let the right hands go
00:47:45and after every right hand come on back with a left hand okay
00:47:48let the right hand go this is the time we let it go we're over the halfway point
00:47:51and he's slowing down and fighting a little bit more but come on back with your effort
00:47:54round seven scheduled for 12. the air hudite emmanuel steward very calmly
00:48:14instructing tommy hearns he's like a professor teaching his favorite student he says those left
00:48:21hooks to the body aren't landing they're landing on his arms he's catching them so go right-handed
00:48:25this time i want you to go right-handed more let's see what tommy does when he goes right-handed
00:48:30he goes right-handed he can get hit by left hooks and that's what he's his weakness
00:48:36hearns dancing around again playing with elajide a right hand by hearns that landed
00:48:44elajide a seven to two underdog
00:48:56and hearns will collect the cool 1.6 million for this fight
00:49:00well emmanuel steward wanted hearns to step up the action go right-handed
00:49:08and uh fool elajide i haven't seen all that right-handed punching
00:49:14that left only made hearns smile
00:49:17if it lands a little bit slower to lord he won't be smiling that much
00:49:21elajide beginning to load up on those punches
00:49:25again a low blow by hearns
00:49:28keep him up let's keep him up come on let's go
00:49:30and the warning from referee tony orlando
00:49:35i misspoke the low blow was by elajide received by her
00:49:43past the midway mark round seven
00:49:48elajide now standing in much closer he's within range of that rifle jab
00:49:53a series of ferocious left jabs by her and connecting
00:49:59and almost a low blow there by elajide
00:50:01but that was on the side but that was on the side that really didn't
00:50:08good job elajide
00:50:11back comes hearns with another good one
00:50:17elajide getting brave boy is he within cannon shot
00:50:21this is the first time that elajide is not on a bicycle standing right in front of him
00:50:36trading jabs apparently waiting for his opportunity to throw something hard
00:50:40or receive something hard
00:50:44he's very close now is elajide
00:50:52left hook by her
00:50:54sneaking in
00:50:55the interesting to see whether angelo puts him back on that bicycle when he goes on a corner
00:51:01because he is not doing very well here
00:51:05and that'll do it for the seventh round
00:51:09and listen to the crowd
00:51:21we can go we can get a little closer a little closer but when you block when you block you gotta
00:51:26nail it you gotta nail a counter you know what i mean mike short shot don't throw a line
00:51:31to do it okay spin it okay now son come on drop it look speed take it right too okay let's go to
00:51:39work okay speed speed speed and when you take it to speed it's bleeding hard well according to
00:51:45birdie's score sheet he hasn't gone to work to this point that's what you call a big gap angelo's
00:51:51ready to uh outwit and slow down um hearns but hearns is not complying because hearns looks like
00:51:58he's just as strong as he was the two-point round was because of the low blow you recall
00:52:04that was in the uh the uh fourth round correct now it's the eighth round scheduled for 12 and
00:52:12you heard the words of angelo dundee almost on cue yep get in closer and punch harder and be faster
00:52:18you know i've been watching this thing now for seven rounds i've been meaning to ask you why do
00:52:22you think he's got the eight ball written on his name i mean that is not by in any culture that i
00:52:27know mean good luck behind the eight ball is usually a bad place to be sounds like the story of my
00:52:33career oh nice hook by elijah day that's a left hook that was well advertised to her tommy
00:52:44nice strong jab by tommy indicating that that hook did not do the damage
00:52:48that left was slipped by tommy hearns well elijah day has an eight hearns has a five we know that
00:53:00means five world titles
00:53:08solid left but it hit off the shoulder of her
00:53:12maybe the eighth the eighth is for the eighth round signifying this will be it for elijah day a couple
00:53:29more of those and it will be
00:53:33elijah no longer seems apprehensive seems like he's ready to he believes angelo he's in there he's ready to
00:53:39step up the action but it's tommy hearns who's doing the work hearns continues to dominate
00:53:46overwhelming elijah day
00:53:52boy hearns doubling up beautifully on the left
00:53:56and left jab powerful followed by a light beautiful combination by her
00:54:01boy if there's anybody that looks prettier punching than tommy hearns i don't know who it is
00:54:06hearns stepping up the pace the right cross a glancing glow didn't have full impact
00:54:11he's just pecking away at elijah day's head well he's starting to get to elijah day now some of
00:54:17those are landing flush and they are strong punches hearns trying to put on a drive to get this over
00:54:23with on the eighth round elijah day still there trying to throw that hook there's two good three good
00:54:28shots by elijah day a very game michael elijah day able to land
00:54:40he's standing up to tommy hearns he's not winning the rounds but at least he's getting his shots in
00:54:44which is more than he did the first five rounds the silk just walked into one
00:54:48another effective round for hers hers with a right but it did connect
00:55:01really mixing up his repertoire now tommy hearns
00:55:04and that'll do it for round eight a lot of action but mostly by her
00:55:18i do not like that you feel good for all of this nobody wants to see that
00:55:21shape just get to be in a good solid fight and let the right hand go you go bang bang bang bang to the
00:55:27body and then pull out hey just like on the other back then just really want to that's when you should
00:55:31knock guys out because you used to study guys and jump at them when they would be in a relaxed mood
00:55:35you bang bang and you pull out relax pull out and then let it go right away
00:55:40here i got it the guy's fighting you more now so you don't want showbo just get your hands up and
00:55:45just be a solid busy fighter now okay this guy's ready for you back him up when he opens up nail him
00:55:52okay let's make him pay let's make it back come on baby
00:56:01that's that left hook that elijah day's been he got stunned by looking at so many films of left
00:56:06hooks and of course hearns never pardons he comes back with a boxing lesson and before you know it
00:56:12you've missed and he's landed three or four shots and therefore he's ahead 80 to 71 on my scorecards
00:56:17but elijah day has been making a fight of it in the last two or three rounds round nine scheduled
00:56:22for 12. it's gone longer than most people thought it would of course you heard the voice of reason in
00:56:28the herds corner emmanuel stewart who really election of it there goes elijah
00:56:32two three four early in round nine
00:56:36six seven eight he gets up on eight now the bad news is too much time in this round two minutes and
00:56:4425 and back to the ropes goes elijah day to weather the storm can he do it i don't think so
00:56:50hearns sticking in for the finish
00:56:54swarming smothering elijah day
00:57:04hearns looking very very immaturity
00:57:09and uh elijah day has weathered most of those most of those punches didn't land
00:57:13hearns would have done better to stand back and talk to the views with clarity and christmas
00:57:17as he tried to smother him
00:57:20the crowd urging hearns on elijah day weathered that by just good defense keeping his head
00:57:28that's where he's going to get knocked out when he fights from distance
00:57:31from distance hearns will knock him out
00:57:34can michael elijah day survive a knockdown here in the night
00:57:38hearns looks like he may have punched himself out in that last plurie
00:57:44hearns is breathing hard he tried too hard there's still a minute and 20. if elijah
00:57:49can weather this a little bit elijah day kind of motion and said come on come on
00:57:55he's talking to her he's telling him to come on oh what a shot by her
00:58:02a while left by elijah day that nearly tagged her first smiling here's where he gets knocked
00:58:08out in the middle of the ring with his ring with his roots to support him
00:58:13elijah day has a chance out here if tommy chooses to fight he can knock him out here
00:58:20but tommy looks like he's punching himself out
00:58:23and now elijah day trying to come back
00:58:26with 40 seconds left in the night
00:58:30not the greatest spot in the world for hearns on the ropes
00:58:33and not the greatest place in the world for elijah in the middle of the ring
00:58:38as careless in his punches he is right now but he's coming off
00:58:41now the crowd getting behind elijah day
00:58:43what a heart on elijah day
00:58:47coming just waiting for an opening
00:58:50punching off the ropes is hers
00:58:53final seconds round nine
00:58:55all elijah day needs is to hold on a little bit and get that whole minute's rest
00:59:00he should get into a clinch here
00:59:04what a finish to the ninth
00:59:06oh
00:59:07a perloucist left by elijah day and they continue to punch after the bell
00:59:13he's ready to go
00:59:22the guy wants it if he leads to get the ropes hit him here
00:59:26he surprised you
00:59:30let's take a look at that knockdown
00:59:44tommy herds loading up that left hook
00:59:47you watch this he's got that right arm cooked and there it goes
00:59:51that's what stuart has been telling him throw the right
00:59:53let's take another look at it and you can see how he set it up this is what stuart's been
00:59:57telling him set it up with those lazy left then trigger off the right hand there it goes
01:00:01but he got up he survived and he came back and that was incredible to me
01:00:09the strength with which he came back at the end of that round was really surprising
01:00:12what a great comeback in the ninth round by elijah day
01:00:17round 10 scheduled for 12 for the wbo super middleweight championship
01:00:22elijah day comes out winging
01:00:23and he hits herds and herds is holding on
01:00:25and he turns with the right hand and herds is holding on
01:00:31and joe said now he's ready
01:00:33they'll go after him
01:00:34i'm with him
01:00:36could it be an upset in the making
01:00:40he had needed not got to win
01:00:42he's so far behind that he can only knock him out
01:00:45but let me tell you this kid's trying he's going for the knockout
01:00:49a left jab by elijah day that snapped herds head back
01:00:55and now it's elijah day chasing
01:01:01and herds falling back in retreat
01:01:05elijah day showing tremendous heart which is a trademark of tommy herds
01:01:18tommy's legs
01:01:28tommy's legs
01:01:30tommy's legs
01:01:32slow left big right
01:01:33get the hell in tommy tommy
01:01:35elijah day still clever in defense holding those gloves up
01:01:41tommy's legs
01:01:44oh my god look at his legs
01:01:45they are one leaf
01:01:48these are the legs of a veteran who have too many belts
01:01:5131 year old tommy herds may be in trouble here
01:01:56against the 25 year old elijah day
01:01:59elijah day must attack at all out
01:02:01it's got a gamble but he's got a chance
01:02:04for the first time in the evening he's got a chance
01:02:06he's got a chance
01:02:12now reacting to anything elijah day throws
01:02:15because it's elijah day on the attack
01:02:18not hearns
01:02:19and hearns his legs are strange
01:02:20hearns has that worried look
01:02:26but he has to throw that right hand
01:02:28and he's got to catch elijah day
01:02:31elijah day has been catching everything on his gloves
01:02:42solid combination there by tommy herds
01:02:46elijah day may be on the way to winning the first round of this fight that he's won
01:02:50oh
01:02:54a roundhouse missed by elijah day
01:02:56that was a reggie jackson out of the ballpark punch
01:03:01going for it all
01:03:03final seconds of the tenth
01:03:15now what's going through sugar ray leonard's mind right now
01:03:20maybe i should fight him again
01:03:22you're strong you got to use your power you understand
01:03:26set down just shoot the power set down on the right hand guard the left foot right hand
01:03:30but dig down in the toes
01:03:33it's the 11th round right here you're not going down the stretch you got to fight one
01:03:36but some power would make a man back off from you
01:03:39i don't want all this everything is too loose here
01:03:41set down on it you understand
01:03:43you're bouncing about that bang bang and blow it up on the shot
01:03:46even if it goes on his hand it's going to have him another risk
01:03:49give some water
01:03:50concentrate connie he's going for broke he's throwing wild punches you got to concentrate son
01:03:55give me some water give me some water give me some water
01:03:57all right second shot
01:03:58birdie's score sheet finally a round for elijah day
01:04:06but elijah day coming on strong here in the latter part of the fight round 11 scheduled for 12.
01:04:11and from what we have seen her needs a leg transfusion he needs another pair of legs here
01:04:18that does not bode well for him in big fights
01:04:22of course elijah day looking for the ko to pull this one out
01:04:27that was angelo's gamble and angelo's gamble may pay off
01:04:32but at least the kid has given a tremendous shot i refer to elijah day
01:04:36the silk who has given it his all in the last four or five rounds of his 27 wins 19 by knockout
01:04:50well you have to wonder if elijah day has run out of some steam after the last two rounds
01:05:06he can't just come in wide open on her he's got to wait for an opportunity one good punch it makes
01:05:12him wobbly and then he can attack well it looks like elijah day is measuring hers out for that one
01:05:20thunderous punch but it there it went but it missed herds is controlling him with a jab
01:05:29good right hand by herds
01:05:33able to battle the pesky elijah day off
01:05:40and off of this you got to wonder with this guy
01:05:43could her make it against virgin hill going to get up to the light heavyweights i'm not so sure
01:05:47off this performance that one scraped the back of hers combination by her and elijah is in trouble
01:05:59he was wobbled
01:06:00and here's going on the ropes he should retreat to the ropes and cover up like he did before
01:06:15oh nice hook nice hook by elijah day what a counter punch by elijah day when it looked like he was
01:06:20really in trouble he's getting pummeled and he still had the sets to get off a good hook and look at
01:06:25tommy went back tommy went back tommy does not like those hooks a very poised michael elijah day hanging tough
01:06:32about 30 seconds left in the 11th
01:06:39oh he's showing signs of great weariness now there's another good two shots but tommy back again with two good shots
01:06:46these guys are just trading oh a war the last few rounds
01:06:55keep it up
01:06:58final 10 seconds of the 11
01:07:03again a wild frantic miss by elijah day comes back at the bell
01:07:1211 in the books
01:07:25this is your round you got to get out and do something okay
01:07:33give me some water give me some water i've got three minutes
01:07:36don't lose concentration tommy
01:07:41keep your hands up baby keep your hands up
01:07:43there ain't no more don't save nothing let's let it all hang out okay block punch
01:07:48it's all there for you baby okay we ain't got no more
01:07:51even there no more get up chuckle's leg he's breathing real
01:07:54i'll be a champion let's go
01:07:56give it to him
01:07:58nobody thought it would go this far 12th and final round
01:08:11get back get back get back get back get back so much for the people who thought a lot today was just a piece of silk that was going to come and get torn in half here
01:08:19it's youth and strength and the intelligence in the corner of angelo dundee willing to gamble willing to make a game plan that would wear out hertz
01:08:28turns back on his bicycle lunging with the jab we've yet to see the right here
01:08:36in this round another good hook by the silk
01:08:41alajidai certainly has to knock turns out for the
01:08:55i'll be bouncing around as if those legs weren't old and tired
01:08:59that happens to these guys running around it looks like they're going to cave in the next round they're bouncing like muhammad ali
01:09:06you
01:09:08you cannot deny that he's been one of the great boxes in the 80s
01:09:12he's certainly never given you a dollar fight has tommy hearns
01:09:15he's made this one interesting because he couldn't put away the silk and the silk got brave and came on
01:09:22you have to wonder what this does to his
01:09:25proclamation that he'd like to be number one in the world with mike tyson dethroned by buster douglas and now
01:09:32he says that sugar a letter he's boring so it makes you wonder he needs a very big fight against a very good fighter like sugar ray or hangover and a win
01:09:41a fight like this does not make him a superstar or a great
01:09:45a little bit better than the average
01:09:51the silk has been a disappointment in this 10th round as tommy bounces and shows his defense and boxing skills
01:09:58the silk cannot attack and it's eating jabs once again the measure of greatness and experience of tommy the hitman herds
01:10:05he can box and he can punch and what a way to break in this new arena nobody thought it would be this interesting
01:10:12in the main event
01:10:14well when you have a strategist in the corner the first part was boring but then when the strategy pays off here comes elazade
01:10:20the referee giving herds the benefit of a great big break he should follow him right into the ribs
01:10:36in elizade he has not punched there's that left jab by herds again while he's in there he should punch now
01:10:44he should go at it try everything right there when he's not moving well this is it he's got to go for
01:10:50broke final 20 seconds of the fight well
01:11:03the crowd showing its appreciation a lot of action a lot of action for a fight that's basically 118
01:11:25180 was a fight in which one fighter dominated the other from the scorecard but it didn't prove that way
01:11:30the strategy was to blow those early rounds and come back strong at the end which made for a very
01:11:35interesting final part of the fight it also showed us several things it showed us that tommy herds
01:11:40while he was to be a large superstar cannot be with a performance like that considered a horrific
01:11:46fighter he is a great fighter because he's tommy herds he survived from 1980 to 1990 in five
01:11:52championships he is by any by any definition a great fighter but he's wearing out and it's it's coming up
01:11:59to one of these nights when he's no longer going to be tommy herds he's going to be in there with
01:12:02nobody strong and that will be the other tommy herds tonight it wasn't elijah day but it almost was
01:12:08and he could certainly lose those showboat tactics well i think that's part of his mistaken notion that
01:12:15in order to be like sugar ray leonard in order to be these guys you've got to play and you've got to
01:12:20get the people's uh attention you don't need it when you're as great as he is he's a great boxer he's a
01:12:24great puncher let's let's take a look at the only knockdown again again that patented tommy herds
01:12:30left and then this lightning right hand wow there it comes and when you get that everything short
01:12:36jerks and that last little punch on the way down was not kosher they they can't penalize him because
01:12:41he really was punching on the way but it's not necessary uh to punch on the way down the guys on
01:12:47the way down watch the right hand land flush i mean that should have knocked him out
01:12:50well he not only survived the round he came on strong in the final rounds and that's i think
01:12:56because tommy went so so crazy at the uncharacteristic like he is the hitman he knows how to put your
01:13:01way and he went sort of amateurish and swarmed instead of punched that's a clear clear shot
01:13:07three different shots i think we all agree he did get knocked down by a right hand
01:13:11so we're awaiting the decision which
01:13:20should uh almost certainly go in favor of veteran tommy herds michael buffer the ring announcer has the
01:13:28ladies and gentlemen here is the official scoring from the trump taj mahal in atlantic city
01:13:32sanjuel conde scores about 120 to 107 cesar ramos scores at 119 to 110 and vinnie rinoni has it
01:13:43119 to 107 for the winner and still
01:13:47tommy herds
01:14:01tommy herds 47 3 and 1 winner by unanimous decision
01:14:07i'm glad i did my world work
01:14:11it was very hard um have you met a defensive fighter that had that kind of skill i mean
01:14:21he seemed to just have radar for you he was very defensive and very alert made he was very
01:14:28defensive and very alert made it very difficult at first i found it a little difficult trying to
01:14:35locate with my left hand and the left hand my key work and i've been basically working on my left
01:14:40and trying to get as strong as i can jab all night and set the right hand off well he made it quite
01:14:47difficult for me um but you did land the right hand and when you did and he went down you did
01:14:51something uncharacteristic of the hitman you swarmed you usually take your time you're a hitman you're
01:14:55ice cold you go in there and do your work all of a sudden um a bad mistake and i will never make that
01:15:01mistake again i even my training manager told me that you lost your pulse i mean you just lost all
01:15:07side of control there's one thing everybody will carry away from tommy herring's fights from 1980
01:15:12to 1990 is your ability to finish in a cold cold hitman way and that and that we didn't see and i
01:15:18was i was more surprised than emmanuel stewart if we can see the uh the monitor here's the knockdown
01:15:24you see what a perfect right hand you hit him with tell us about that uh i'll just say two of the
01:15:29right right left jabs that's going to watch the left jab and made it easier for me to sneak the right
01:15:33hand through but after that first right hand was kind of difficult to hit him flushing you know
01:15:37now here's the swarming we talk about yeah watch as most most of those are bouncing off of his gloves
01:15:43yeah i wouldn't take my time wasn't setting my punches or place my punches like i usually do
01:15:47i used to take my time to just place myself but i was just swarming away with and hit nothing
01:15:52let's let me ask you another thing one of the things that upset me because i consider you such
01:15:57a great boxer and such a great puncher is that you began to showboat in an unnecessary fashion that's
01:16:02not you yeah that wasn't me neither i guess i just wasn't tuned for this fight i trained very hard
01:16:08but i can't say i was definitely focused on what i was doing i was i was just doing something to
01:16:16probably mostly in just reaction all right emmanuel stuart in a couple the long time trainer
01:16:21teacher professor all right you get ready leonard to come back over here i saw his legs go twice i
01:16:28saw his legs just do a number didn't get hit his legs just went wobbly on him i mean what's next for
01:16:33this guy i mean are we seeing the beginning of the end of tommy well the legs really bother me because i
01:16:38saw the same thing and it seemed like he regained a little stability but overall it was a little
01:16:43check in and you know at this point in time i thought elijah it was a pretty good fight because
01:16:47he wasn't in that great a danger because elijah is not a physical fighter not a puncher so i'll have
01:16:52to assess where he goes from here i'd like to see him fight another fight uh soon and then take another
01:16:57good look at him and see where where he stands at leg lines okay emmanuel i hope you look at him
01:17:01maybe it was just a case of too long off not in the best of shape or whatever maybe just father
01:17:06time is sitting i think father time is catching up with you in a hurry and thank you very much for
01:17:10coming in let me talk to elijah today who had a a wonderful uh a wonderful uh night of defensive
01:17:16fighting and certainly a night to be proud of uh in the uh last few rounds you carried out the
01:17:21strategy at the beginning uh what was you what was going through your mind when angelo said take your
01:17:26time take your time just be patient did you think that was going to pay off at the end i originally
01:17:31thought it did uh tommy was in a lot better condition to be considered although i did train for a
01:17:35top uh top flight herns um i thought i could have done a little bit more i didn't let my hands go
01:17:40enough i was stiff fighting someone isn't as uh as great as thomas herns is expected but um
01:17:46i'm professional now and i should be letting my punches when you started to come on you got hit by
01:17:49your right hand and you went down were you in any kind of trouble because you looked like you
01:17:52recovered on those ropes and were able to take all of the shots yeah i really was i mean you come
01:17:57with a good shot angelo and hector were warning me beforehand they said don't reach whatever you do
01:18:01because that's when you get caught and uh i think that's what i did i threw a one two i leaned over
01:18:04my feet and i got caught but when i got up i was all right time he did an uncharacteristic thing he
01:18:09swarmed all over you instead of taking his time like he is he's the hit man now let us take a look
01:18:15at at the knockdown when we uh come back to the on on the monitor here now you tell me what you're
01:18:20seeing about yourself um well i'm leaning i'm dropping yeah i was standing directly in front of him
01:18:25that's exactly what we didn't want to do i felt that right hand graze me the second one so that's how i
01:18:30knew i was all right but then you came back and the surprising thing is not only did you absorb
01:18:34his entire charge and we see it on the ropes but you came back and then attacked him and were winning
01:18:39the end of the round um i felt really good my punching power i thought would be a little bit more
01:18:43effective but um possibly when we get back down to 160 my real weight um i'll be carrying more of a
01:18:49legitimate punch were you trying for a left hook he seemed to be getting left hook crazy there i did
01:18:56that's my best punch and i thought i'd be able to catch him with it uh i think i may have left it
01:18:59just a little bit too long to start maybe if i would have started to press it around the fourth
01:19:03round take a little bit more of a chance well i think you surprised a lot of people today that
01:19:06thought the silk was going to come in and get torn in half you did well at the very last part of
01:19:10that fight was an exciting fight one last word from you yes please i'd say thank you to cybex
01:19:15vinnie perez angelo dundee hector roca dog friend all my friends michael dermando castle sports very
01:19:20good thank you very much let's go back to steve albert at ringside all right ferdy a victory for
01:19:25tommy hearns but not the kind hearns desired not a convincing victory not
01:19:32the kind a showman would desire tommy hearns though wins by unanimous decision
01:19:39over michael olajide to retain the wbo super middleweight championship and his stablemate from
01:19:46the cronk gym in detroit michael mora defeated mario mary