Boxing Classic Manny Pacquiao vs Jorge Elicier Julio

All right, thank you very much JB is Mike Tyson the biggest puncher for his weight that we'll see in the ring tonight Maybe maybe not because Manny Pacquiao is the biggest punching 122 pound fighter to have come along in a while tale of the tape Pacquiao with a 10-year age advantage Over Jorge Eleazar Julio Pacquiao an inch and a half taller Julio with long arms and a one-inch reach advantage Julio weighed in right on the 122 pound limit Pacquiao Unusually a pound and a half under and tonight Pacquiao unofficially weighs 129 Julio 130 rules for the bout with Bobby Chads This fight is going to be covered by the unified rules of the Association of Boxing Commissions The scoring will be a 10-point must system There will be no standing a count and no three knockdown rule Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round only the referee can stop the fight in case of an accidental foul We go to the scorecards after round number four first to enter Jorge Eleazar Julio Fighting now out of Montebello, California Originally from Magdalena, Colombia and Barranquilla, Colombia where he grew up 44 wins 3 losses for Julio, but 45 of those 47 fights in lower weight classes He's only moved up to this 122 pound class for his last two fights And he got one win and then a 10 round Decision win over Darryl Pinkney. Darryl Pinkney's got to be the best 25 win 29 loss fighter anywhere in the sport Well, I'll tell you what. He's not a bad fighter. He's very experienced I saw a fight and did his fight against Tapia keep it close He's game 10 box a little power decent chin all around not a bad fighter Julio lost to Johnny Tapia Two years ago Later lost to Adan Vargas as well before moving up from 118 pounds He says he was too weakened by making the weight limit now here comes Pacquiao in his last fight He was the victim of a brutal siege of fouls by Agapito Sanchez and a fight which wound up in a technical draw in San Francisco the fight was on HBO. It had the strong-minded Larry Merchant calling for Sanchez to be banned from boxing I don't know about ban, but I'll tell you what that was a really dirty fight I saw the tapes of it and it looked like it was street fight more than look like a boxing match prior to that Pacquiao burst on the scene Electrically in Las Vegas on the undercard of Lennox Lewis's knockout of Haseem Rahman with a sensational performance Against Lesionola Ledwaba of South Africa Ledwaba had looked like maybe the best in the division now blew him away You know what? He might have gotten old in a day let wobble either way He got hit by a freight train and that young kid came at him with punches and punches every angle aggressive sharp strong I was very impressed unusual fighter big punching Southpaw. You don't see them all that often It'll be Pacquiao's power against Julio's experience and craft as we get ready for this one And on this unusual hybrid night the heavyweight championship fight from Alice in Wonderland another ring announcer Michael Buffer Ladies and gentlemen here at the pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee. We welcome you to our first Championship bout of the evening It's brought to you by Murad Muhammad's M&M Promotions the three judges at ringside scoring This contest will be Paul Artiste Bruce Foster and Freddy Steinwinder and when the bell rings your referee in charge of the action Bill Clancy And now ladies and gentlemen 12 rounds of boxing. This is for the IBF junior featherweight championship of the world Introducing first fighting out of the blue corner wearing purple and weighing in at 122 pounds his professional record an excellent one It stands at 44 victories including 32 knockouts with three defeats from Montebello, California Here is the challenger the former two-time world champion conquistador Jorge Elisir Julio And his opponent across the ring fighting out of the red corner wearing blue trimmed with red and white Officially weighing 120 and one-half pounds his professional record also outstanding 33 victories including 24 knockouts with only two defeats and one bout even from General Santos City Philippines Presenting the reigning defending IBF junior featherweight champion of the world Manny the destroyer Pacquiao Okay, gentlemen 12 rounds for the championship we went through the rules in a locker room. I want a good clean fight Protect yourself at all times punches here. Okay punches right here at the top or okay any questions Touch gloves good luck Bruce Paul you ready I count trained by the veteran Freddy Roach former protégé of the great Eddie Fuchs regarded by some as one of the very greatest of all modern trainers Alias or Julio a part of the stable of Ricardo Maldonado Who's sent many top fighters into the ring box? Maldonado was also the manager of Agapito Sanchez who fouled Pacquiao so ruthlessly in San Francisco and Freddy Roach said to us yesterday. I wouldn't be surprised if Julio tries to do the same doggone thing guilt by association maybe Or just trying to get Pacquiao ready to be more protected this time perhaps Freddy says he would like for Pacquiao to learn to foul a guy back when he fouls him but Pacquiao's two sportsmen like to Do so he said well I can't imagine Anyone fouling me when I were fighting that many times mean I like it one back So this must be a real good kid big left hand by Pacquiao Julio stops him in his tracks there with a left hand counter Both fighters using their jabs early and I think Pacquiao has already gotten some of Julio's respect for his power I think so you could see that Julio has got Concerned look on his face. You see a little bit straining his eyes when he gets hit with some of those punches Pacquiao can punch When you come up to 122 from 118 and you get Manny Pacquiao in your third fight in the division You may be biting off something more than you can chew, but Julio has a lot of knowledge and a lot of crack Big left hand by Pacquiao you got countered by a nice left-hand counter by Julio Sometimes the first couple of punches might rock you but then you taste the power and sort of get used to it, right Bobby Well, you know there are times that you can sort of adjust to it But if you get caught one of those and you're not looking I'll tell you what your legs come right out from under you Catch it looking boy. Oh boy hurt so much more Pacquiao with a body shot after missing with the wild right hand You can see what a big hitter Pacquiao wants to be throws every punch With aggressive intentions Julio a little bit more of a changeup artist and holding his own now After a rough first minute one of the things there's a beautiful straight left hand by Pacquiao But one of the things that's helping Julio is that jab? It's all setting the combinations of Pacquiao Pacquiao saying it was an elbow There's a low blow so already an elbow and a low blow from Julio Making contact with Pacquiao and that's exactly what Freddie Roach suggested. He thought might be the case When you punch that hard as Pacquiao is takes a lot of energy to start those punches. Oh, that's a huge left hand shot And the right hand shot Say it takes a lot of energy to start those punches if you don't hit something It takes the same amount of energy to stop seconds. You could get prematurely fatigued. You have to make those punches. It's something body shot by Pacquiao Julio seems a little bit flustered by Manny's power And the first round comes to a close And when we go to Manny Pacquiao's corner where they may speak some tagalog our interpreter is Ernie Kalu Okay, Manny now here I want you to use a jab a little bit more You you a little bit wide with your punches. Tell him not to pull his head down, okay? Yes, sir. All right. Be a little bit wide with your punches. Okay. I want you to go behind the double jab. You hear me? All right that you got to be smart, you know, make sure be first. Okay, you hit him on the bottom in the stomach It hurts him Come on, keep punching You watch a combination Pacquiao winds up throwing a left hand underneath. It was very good. But then his arm winds up getting wrapped around his head You see it right there and he just pulls him down to the ground Thus the call of no knockdown when Julio went to the canvas now round two begins Another straight left hand by Pacquiao and you heard Julio's corner saying hit him in the belly It was a perfect execution of what he was told in the corner double jab and throw the left hand He did it look what we see the kid listens. Hey, come to me bueno bucks Very ropes holding to go in behind the double jab and followed him with the left hand Get it twice in a row in the second one drop This is some prospect Bobby to me. He's every bit as exciting as Prince Nassim Hamed He really is he can punch he can take a punch. He's aggressive. He loves to fight Okay, second knockdown of Julio No, three knockdown rule in effect. I think Julio's gonna have trouble finishing this round, I really do Julio trying to fight his way back A little grabbing and holding might be the thing to do. Pacquiao's just getting ready to swing away again and Bill Clancy's seen enough Devastating second round TKO for Manny Pacquiao What a comeback from the misfortune of San Francisco very very impressive against a fighter who is not that easy to beat It's not easy Tommy that I can tell you I Think the most impressive thing was exactly what you pointed out Freddie Roach calmly said double jab and then follow with the left hand You did it get in the first 10 seconds hit him good followed up with it and dropped him and that was the beginning of the end For your family Thank you Pacquiao feeling as though a great weight has been lifted from his shoulders He was so disappointed by the technical draw in San Francisco How one of the judges there had scored the fight with Sanchez in front remains an enduring small mystery of our sport But all of that erased now as he blows away a good veteran fighter in horse a Jorge Elias or Julio That's what we call going back to your corner getting advice and making the adjustments instantly he made the necessary Johnson adjustments He came out and literally blew He's dominant at 122 the money would be at 126 with Ahmed Barrera Morales and various other good fighters here in the knockdowns Bobby first knockdown that jab It was that that was the second jab with the straight left hand and here comes the second again the accumulation factor becoming a factor Banging up to the body staying on top of the body and then up top again with a straight left hand behind the jab Eventually the referee is going to come in here. It's just teeing off on Julio and Pacquiao Definitely definitely wins this fight at Preston Pacquiao so quick so aggressive and Hurt Julio so much in the first minute of the round that the veteran fighter never even really tried to grab and hold her by Time, you know, I don't know if that was just because it was so hurt Or he just wasn't thinking or he just not the type of guy to do that, but he needed to hold on Let's go to ring announcer Michael Buffer for the official particulars on the Pacquiao TKO Ladies and gentlemen referee Bill Clancy has to step in and call a halt to this bout the official time 1 minute 9 seconds of round number 2 the winner by TKO victory and still the IBF junior featherweight champion of the world Manny the destroyer Pacquiao Another terrific performance for Manny Pacquiao very similar to his Rapid destruction of Lashanola Ledwaba in Las Vegas last year. You see the enormous potential You can see how strong he is at 122 Will he go up to 126 and chase huge fights against fighters like Ahmed and Barrera and Morales and Tapia? Remains to be seen. Let's go to Fran Charles in the ring with the winner All right, Jim. Thank you, and I'm standing by with victorious Manny Pacquiao interpreting for us will be our translator Ernie Manny first off you just came out of a fight a very roughhouse tactic fight against Agapito Sanchez You had a bad cut over your eye a couple of low blows where you would all concern about any of that type of Behavior in the ring tonight, but I was in love and monkey Agapito in the cover I'm not talking that I am I am a calamity. No, I'm not scared because I should uh the fight the his fight before against uh, Johnny Tapia and I think I I beat him You have big power in both hands. You throw every punch with serious intentions What is your plan to come in here and make quick work? Yeah My plan is a first to third round. I throw up all the fans power that's my plan for the fight yeah, and Maybe if I can survive, it's okay You got a good trainer there in front of Roach and after the first round Freddie said you're winging your punches a little bit Double up on the jab and that jab is what hurt Julio Yeah, I know that they said my coach is a very Good and for me. He's the the best coach coach in in the world. So You're a champion at 122 pounds, what's next move up to 126 stay at 122 who are you looking for next? Yeah, all the belt I want to unify that in 122 and 126 pounds Any opponent no one in particular, you know many Pacquiao. Congratulations on a terrific fight Thank you, all right, let's send it back up to JV