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Dewey Bozella vs Larry Hopkins Full Fight Highlights — Transcript

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  1. 0:00Emanuel and I will call it for you while
  2. 0:02Max Kellerman goes and seeks an
  3. 0:05interview with referee Pat Russell. So
  4. 0:07there's a look before the fight at both
  5. 0:09Bozella and that's the opponent Hopkins
  6. 0:12across the ring. He's 52 years old. He
  7. 0:15boxed in prison, but this is his first
  8. 0:17ever professional fight. And Emanuel
  9. 0:19Stewart in round one, Bozella looked as
  10. 0:22though he had not yet developed any ring
  11. 0:24comfort at all. No, he seemed to have
  12. 0:26been real uncomfortable, mostly
  13. 0:28defensive minded and kept his head up
  14. 0:30too high, which made him get hit with a
  15. 0:32couple of good overhand rights earlier
  16. 0:34in the fight. I was surprised the way he
  17. 0:36came back so strong, got strong and
  18. 0:38strong each round and was just about 10
  19. 0:40seconds short of scoring a knockout in
  20. 0:42the final round. Ultimately, we're going
  21. 0:44to watch all four rounds, Emanuel. So,
  22. 0:45the audience will eventually see that.
  23. 0:48What they're going to see here in the
  24. 0:49first round is a much more tentative
  25. 0:51Dewey Bozella who was eventually hit
  26. 0:54with a right hand here that won the
  27. 0:56first round for Hopkins and made it look
  28. 0:58as though Bazella might be in danger of
  29. 1:00getting knocked out in this fight. Well,
  30. 1:02I in fact I was very much concerned
  31. 1:04about him being knocked out after the
  32. 1:06first round.
  33. 1:09Two minutes to go in the first round
  34. 1:11here. Again, we're going to show you all
  35. 1:13four rounds. Hands are up. Let's go.
  36. 1:15Dwey Bosella in the black trunks with
  37. 1:17green trim. 52 years old. Spent 26 years
  38. 1:21in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
  39. 1:23Turned down a deal from prosecutors
  40. 1:26which would have allowed him to walk
  41. 1:27after 10 years if he had acknowledged
  42. 1:29guilt. Said I would rather die in prison
  43. 1:31than admit to a crime I didn't commit.
  44. 1:34Was there for another 16 years before he
  45. 1:37was released.
  46. 1:40The Innocence Project is finding people
  47. 1:43all around the country, particularly
  48. 1:45those for whom DN evidence, DNA evidence
  49. 1:48can prove that they were falsely
  50. 1:50convicted. And the Innocence Project was
  51. 1:53instrumental in helping Bozella to get
  52. 1:55his case reheard. Now, a minute to go in
  53. 1:57the first round, and Bozella still had
  54. 1:59not been able to assert himself here
  55. 2:02against Henry Hopkins,
  56. 2:07excuse me, Larry Hopkins.
  57. 2:10May his name be remembered correctly.
  58. 2:12It's Larry Hopkins.
  59. 2:15We were going to say Bernard.
  60. 2:17You okay? And if you left the room for
  61. 2:1920 minutes and you're wondering why
  62. 2:20you're looking at Larry Hopkins instead
  63. 2:21of Bernard Hopkins, we'll fill you in.
  64. 2:24More on that later. Max Skellman is
  65. 2:26looking for an interview with referee
  66. 2:27Pat Russell right now to clear it all
  67. 2:29up. 43 seconds as you see left in round
  68. 2:32one of the four rounder for Dwey
  69. 2:35Bozella.
  70. 2:37He won the Arthur Ash Courage Award
  71. 2:40given by ESPN.
  72. 2:42He's been publicized on other networks
  73. 2:45and other news outlets. So, there are
  74. 2:46many in the country perhaps tonight who
  75. 2:48bought the pay-per-view hoping to see
  76. 2:50this and were privileged to be able to
  77. 2:52bring it to you.
  78. 2:53[Music]
  79. 2:57At this point in round one, you could
  80. 2:59see that Bosella was beginning to get
  81. 3:01his feet on the ground. Yeah, he was
  82. 3:02starting to get a little more
  83. 3:03comfortable. He was very stiff in the
  84. 3:04beginning and for a man who's been
  85. 3:06locked up all the years to be in a big
  86. 3:08situation like this here in Las Vegas
  87. 3:11HBO world championship fightation
  88. 3:15that ended the round brought the crowd
  89. 3:16to life. Yes.
  90. 3:20Now Bazello was trained for this fight
  91. 3:22by Danny Green or uh Davis. Danny Davis
  92. 3:26I should say, excuse me. Danny Davis
  93. 3:27who's a part of Bernard Hopkins team, an
  94. 3:30assistant trainer in Hopkins corner and
  95. 3:31a good one. You finish the round off.
  96. 3:34Pretty strong, right?
  97. 3:37This guy don't got nothing. Use your jab
  98. 3:40a little bit more and keep your hands
  99. 3:42up. Let's throw a little bit more
  100. 3:43punches. You don't have to be curless.
  101. 3:45Okay, just we just need combination like
  102. 3:48we just finished. We ended the round off
  103. 3:50pretty strong. All right, let's relax.
  104. 3:53Here you see Mazelle get it with a
  105. 3:55looping right hand
  106. 3:58mainly because he keeps his head up and
  107. 4:00he doesn't move his head too much. But
  108. 4:01he's probably not used to punches coming
  109. 4:03at him anyway. And if he did box prior
  110. 4:06to this, most of the time was always
  111. 4:08with a head gear on. Probably not so
  112. 4:10well exposed as it was in this fight
  113. 4:12here. What a beautiful patient job Danny
  114. 4:15Davis did coaching through this fight.
  115. 4:19Gave him all the right instructions, but
  116. 4:20also just his condition. And you would
  117. 4:22think he would be the one to retire. And
  118. 4:24the way he's going on, it looked like
  119. 4:26he's getting stronger and stronger as
  120. 4:27the fight goes on. Yeah. You're going to
  121. 4:28see that over the course of the next
  122. 4:30three rounds, rounds two, three, and
  123. 4:32four, as Hopkins begins to fade. And
  124. 4:35Bozella at age 52 in what he says will
  125. 4:38be the only professional fight of his
  126. 4:39life started to come on. It begins here
  127. 4:43in round two.
  128. 4:45And one thing you pointed out about him,
  129. 4:47Emanuel,
  130. 4:48and this is unusual for a relatively
  131. 4:50inexperienced fighter, is he's really
  132. 4:53more advanced as a defender than as an
  133. 4:54offensive fighter. Yes, very, very
  134. 4:56defensive man. Moving around good,
  135. 4:57kicking and parrying punches. Seems to
  136. 5:00like a little bit, want to do a little
  137. 5:01Allen move here and there. Seems to be
  138. 5:03really enjoying himself. Capable
  139. 5:05eventually of blocking and parrying
  140. 5:07Hopkins right hand with his left. Did an
  141. 5:09amazing job on the defense. In fact, his
  142. 5:10defense was probably more effective than
  143. 5:12his offense.
  144. 5:19[Music]
  145. 5:22So at this point, the fight was evening
  146. 5:24up after Hopkins had won the first
  147. 5:26round.
  148. 5:28And the possibility began to emerge that
  149. 5:30Bozella might win the second. Yeah,
  150. 5:32Mozilla is starting to be a little bit
  151. 5:33more aggressive now. He's starting to
  152. 5:35punch a little bit more. Before he was
  153. 5:36really enjoying his defense, but right
  154. 5:38now you see him getting a little bit
  155. 5:39more comfortable doing a few things,
  156. 5:42jabbing, throwing a lot of right hands
  157. 5:43now. Even though he's not landing them,
  158. 5:45he's still throwing his right hands
  159. 5:46where before he very seldom threw his
  160. 5:48right hand.
  161. 5:53That was the sweeping right hand Hopkins
  162. 5:55was able to land in the first round. You
  163. 5:58saw him throw it there and it was easily
  164. 6:00blocked by I think he had a lot of
  165. 6:02anxiety probably too when he first come
  166. 6:03out in the fight. You know, having never
  167. 6:05been in no situation like this, not like
  168. 6:07an amateur that's coming from national
  169. 6:09tournaments and all of that. And he
  170. 6:10seems to be relaxing a little bit more,
  171. 6:13picking punches, enjoying himself, the
  172. 6:15fact that he did his little dance, he's
  173. 6:17getting comfortable now. And of course,
  174. 6:19as you pointed out earlier in one of our
  175. 6:21undergard fights, it's not all that
  176. 6:23unusual to see guys get caught cold in
  177. 6:25the first round before they've really
  178. 6:26warmed up and gotten their feet wet.
  179. 6:28Bozella did get clocked with the one big
  180. 6:30right hand in the first round, but
  181. 6:31weathered it very well. He weathered it,
  182. 6:32but he's very good at picking off and
  183. 6:34parrying punches with his hands. One of
  184. 6:36the fighters that did that so great was
  185. 6:38George Foreman, who's a master of
  186. 6:39controlling a fight by just using his
  187. 6:41arms. And for this guy to never had that
  188. 6:44many amateur fights or any fight in many
  189. 6:46years, I think he's doing a fantastic
  190. 6:48job defensively. A couple of uh couple
  191. 6:51of sequences ago, you saw Bozella land
  192. 6:53an uppercut with the right hand. We've
  193. 6:55seen veteran fighters 10, 12, 15 fights
  194. 6:58into their career who haven't yet
  195. 6:59mastered the art of throwing the
  196. 7:01uppercut. No, it's a very dangerous
  197. 7:02punch. When you throw an uppercut,
  198. 7:04you're very vulnerable to get caught
  199. 7:05with a straight right hand yourself. So,
  200. 7:07you have to be very careful before you
  201. 7:08throw up. And by the way, Bosella threw
  202. 7:09it from too far away and he wouldn't get
  203. 7:11away with that against a better
  204. 7:12opponent. Well, to hear it was all
  205. 7:14right. Well, at least this was his one
  206. 7:16and only fight.
  207. 7:19Take a deep breath. All right, listen to
  208. 7:21Davis again. He was brilliant. Let them
  209. 7:23hands go. How you doing? Okay, you
  210. 7:25doing? Listen, you doing that was a
  211. 7:27better round. Better round. You giving
  212. 7:30me good jabs, but let this damn right
  213. 7:31hand go. Let it go and come back with
  214. 7:34that good hook of yours. Just give me
  215. 7:42Take a deep breath. Deep breath. Look at
  216. 7:44us. Look at us. Deep breath. Listen,
  217. 7:47this is working fine. I'm not worrying
  218. 7:49about this. Let this go. Come back with
  219. 7:51the hook. Hands up. Cuz all he got is
  220. 7:53that over hand and work that body. You
  221. 7:56do a couple body shots and then you
  222. 7:58stop. All right.
  223. 8:00Listen. Listen. No. Listen. This guy
  224. 8:04This guy
  225. 8:10So, two rounds in the books and now we
  226. 8:12move to the third of a scheduled four
  227. 8:13between Dewey Bozella in the green
  228. 8:16trunks or the black trunks with green
  229. 8:17trim and Larry Hopkins in the black with
  230. 8:21red, white, and blue. And you see that
  231. 8:23Harold Letterman on his unofficial
  232. 8:25scorecard gave the second round to
  233. 8:26Bozella, evening up the fight.
  234. 8:30So, now the question became, has a
  235. 8:32pattern developed? Would Bozel Bozella
  236. 8:35be able to build on what he had
  237. 8:37accomplished in round two? And here it
  238. 8:39comes. You can see that Bozella listened
  239. 8:42to what Danny Davis told him and began
  240. 8:44throwing the left right combination.
  241. 8:46Yes, he's becoming more aggressive at
  242. 8:47throwing punches more where before he
  243. 8:49was primarily defensive. He's re relaxed
  244. 8:52now a lot more, picking punches off,
  245. 8:54seeing the punches come. But the main
  246. 8:56thing is this volume of punches has
  247. 8:58picked up.
  248. 9:03New Bosella was not without any boxing
  249. 9:06experiences in prison. He learned how to
  250. 9:09box while at Sing. In addition to
  251. 9:11getting a GED and a bachelor's degree
  252. 9:14from college, he's now involved in
  253. 9:17public speaking on behalf of the
  254. 9:19Innocence Project and is a counselor to
  255. 9:22inmates. Does a variety of different
  256. 9:23things in his brand new life since
  257. 9:26leaving Sing Singh as an innocent man.
  258. 9:34has developed friendships with both
  259. 9:36Paulie Malinagi and specifically of
  260. 9:39course Bernard Hopkins who helped him
  261. 9:41get into this position on the undergard
  262. 9:43for this one pro fight. Shows very good
  263. 9:46ring gentlemanship in addition to good
  264. 9:48defensive skills. You notice when they
  265. 9:50got closer how he ends up turning his
  266. 9:53opponent where his opponent ends up in
  267. 9:54the ropes in the corner and he finishes
  268. 9:56up with his back to the center of the
  269. 9:58ring. While at Sen, he was actually in
  270. 10:00the ring with a much better fighter than
  271. 10:01Larry Hopkins. He fought Lou Dvalo, who
  272. 10:04was a contender for the light
  273. 10:05heavyweight championship of the world
  274. 10:07for a while. And Dval later told people,
  275. 10:09"It was a very hard fight with Dwey
  276. 10:11Bozella. If I hadn't been able to cut
  277. 10:13him, I'm not sure I could have beat
  278. 10:14him." That's a hell of a compliment.
  279. 10:19Deval once knocked down Roy Jones at the
  280. 10:21peak of Jones's career. In fact, Deval,
  281. 10:24I think, was a light heavy champion one
  282. 10:25time. Very good left-handed style. title
  283. 10:28belt. Yes, the title belt.
  284. 10:32Here's the action as it heated up in
  285. 10:34round three. And you can see a greater
  286. 10:36sense of urgency for Larry Hopkins now
  287. 10:39as he realizes that Bozella is beginning
  288. 10:41to get the better of him in the fight.
  289. 10:46So Hopkins ups his punch output and
  290. 10:49tries to land a haymaker. The same right
  291. 10:51hand that he was landing the first round
  292. 10:53on Bazella. He cannot land it. Fazella's
  293. 10:55defense has really got good. Instead of
  294. 10:57saying straight up, now he goes
  295. 10:59underneath the right hands.
  296. 11:04[Applause]
  297. 11:05[Music]
  298. 11:06Footwork so much better as the fight
  299. 11:08went on. Yeah, he's going forward now.
  300. 11:10Putting a lot of pressure on him.
  301. 11:13And that's the end of round three.
  302. 11:27show six weeks. This is what he do. Take
  303. 11:30a deep breath. Let's get this.
  304. 11:33Well, we good. Take a deep breath. How
  305. 11:35we feel? Good. How we feel? Good. Okay,
  306. 11:38then. Show your ass off this round. Show
  307. 11:42your Don't back up. Show your
  308. 11:44ass. He ready to quit.
  309. 11:47He ready to quit, baby. That was a
  310. 11:49beautiful round. Beautiful round. Don't
  311. 11:52let him back in a fight. All right.
  312. 12:01Here you see getting hit with I think it
  313. 12:03was a a a shot to the body. But the main
  314. 12:06thing is his defense still is so good.
  315. 12:08And the main punch that he was getting
  316. 12:10hit with in the first round, he's taken
  317. 12:12away from Hopkins. That was the overhand
  318. 12:15right. I'll tell you one thing, Emanuel.
  319. 12:18As great as you are, if I ever have one
  320. 12:21fight, and I am a couple decades to
  321. 12:23Larry Merchant, if I ever have one
  322. 12:24fight, I think I want Danny Davis in my
  323. 12:26corner. Excellent job. Yes. He's working
  324. 12:29and telling the guy to do exactly what
  325. 12:31he's capable of doing. Exactly. Right.
  326. 12:33He's telling him, "Don't let him get
  327. 12:34back in the fight. You're taking control
  328. 12:35of the fight." You know, did a great
  329. 12:37job. But in addition, as I said, just
  330. 12:39having him be in this kind of condition
  331. 12:40physically though is major. So there's
  332. 12:43the first dropage of the mouthpiece. And
  333. 12:45what you're about to see unfold in this
  334. 12:47round becomes fairly remarkable.
  335. 12:49Now they take Copkins back to the corner
  336. 12:52and put the mouthpiece back in. But you
  337. 12:54heard Danny Davis telling Bozella he's
  338. 12:56ready to quit. And what happens over the
  339. 12:59course of the next two and a half
  340. 12:59minutes in this round suggests that
  341. 13:01Danny was right on target.
  342. 13:11[Applause]
  343. 13:19[Music]
  344. 13:20Uppercut again by Bozella and it backs
  345. 13:23Hopkins up. It's turning out to be a
  346. 13:25very good exciting fight. Almost getting
  347. 13:27to be a brawl at the stage right now.
  348. 13:29And there goes the mouthpiece for the
  349. 13:31second time.
  350. 13:32And the referee's going to warn Hopkins
  351. 13:34that if it happens again, he'll take a
  352. 13:35point away. Just told him that.
  353. 13:42Still two minutes to go. And at this
  354. 13:43point, we were wondering, okay, is
  355. 13:45Hopkins going to spit the mouthpiece
  356. 13:47again? And you told me, yes, absolutely
  357. 13:49he will. And there it goes again. What
  358. 13:50was that? He's really wanting to quit.
  359. 13:53He's really want the referee to
  360. 13:54disqualify him. The referee did a great
  361. 13:56job in this case, Sheriff, taking points
  362. 13:58away, but never disqualify him, Larry.
  363. 14:00Because he was worn out. He wanted to
  364. 14:02fight the end. He wanted to go home.
  365. 14:03Suck it in.
  366. 14:05Go.
  367. 14:07So, we've had three mouthpiece ejections
  368. 14:10so far by Hopkins. As Emanuel Stewart
  369. 14:12tells you, he was seeking a way out of
  370. 14:15the fight. It's better to be
  371. 14:16disqualified than to be knocked out or
  372. 14:19beaten on points by a 52y old man. There
  373. 14:21goes the mouthpiece again.
  374. 14:23Hopkins must have thought at this point
  375. 14:25he'd be DQed. Yeah, he thought he was
  376. 14:26going to be disqualified, but the
  377. 14:28referee won't let him quit. It's going
  378. 14:30to make him fight.
  379. 14:38putting one in mind of the referee in
  380. 14:40Hamburg, Germany, who ultimately ruled a
  381. 14:42knockdown against David Haye for all the
  382. 14:44flops. Yes.
  383. 14:47Body punches by Bozella. Left hook,
  384. 14:50another body shot. Combinations,
  385. 14:54energy output, thorough dominance,
  386. 14:56backing his opponent up against the
  387. 14:58ropes, firing away at will.
  388. 15:03An exhausted Larry Hopkins spat the
  389. 15:06mouthpiece again and the referee simply
  390. 15:08said, "Fight on for the moment." You
  391. 15:10know, all of the years that he's been
  392. 15:13sleeping in those jail cells, he could
  393. 15:15have never even dreamed if he had to lay
  394. 15:17his own strip out in a dream that he
  395. 15:19would be able to do what he's doing like
  396. 15:20he's doing it and where he's doing it at
  397. 15:22here in Las Vegas. A man who spent 16
  398. 15:24extra years in prison because he refused
  399. 15:27to admit his guilt and ultimately was
  400. 15:30released when it was found that he had
  401. 15:33not committed the crime of which of
  402. 15:35which he was convicted. How much time?
  403. 15:38Now here the referee is thinking of
  404. 15:39disqualifying, but when he finds out
  405. 15:41there are less than 30 seconds to go, he
  406. 15:43makes the right decision and puts the
  407. 15:44mouthpiece right back in. Go take your
  408. 15:47medicine, Larry.
  409. 15:49More than 30 seconds to go, but you get
  410. 15:51the point.
  411. 15:53Larry Hopkins. Larry Hopkins. When you
  412. 15:55say, I'm not talking about Merchant.
  413. 15:56Yeah, I know. A lot of medicine thing.
  414. 15:58Nobody tells Merchant to take his
  415. 16:00medicine. All right. We know that.
  416. 16:05[Applause]
  417. 16:09You hear the noise here. You may not
  418. 16:11think that's much, but this was at 5
  419. 16:13p.m. This was not a large crowd. This
  420. 16:17was a rockus, lively crowd enjoying
  421. 16:19every second of what Bozella pulled off.
  422. 16:23One last mouthpiece spit, one last right
  423. 16:27hand, and Bozella's victory was
  424. 16:29complete.
  425. 16:34Age 52,
  426. 16:36he won it by unanimous decision.
  427. 16:39What a night. 5246 along with Antonio
  428. 16:42DeMarco who scored a remarkable comeback
  429. 16:44victory over the amazingly skilled Jorge
  430. 16:46Lonaris. Bozella is the hero of the
  431. 16:49evening.
  432. 16:54Posing for the obligatory Ring magazine
  433. 16:57photograph.
  434. 16:59What a thrill. You know, outside of the
  435. 17:03frustrated ending, I would you would say
  436. 17:04for the main event, it was a good night
  437. 17:06for boxing. Some great fights. This year
  438. 17:08fight here was really just about as big
  439. 17:11as the tracks as you get for an
  440. 17:12undercard. So many emotions involved
  441. 17:14with this particular man here.
  442. 17:17These are the replays of the conclusion
  443. 17:21of round number four showing Bozella's
  444. 17:24thorough dominance down the stretch of
  445. 17:26the fight.
  446. 17:32But the victory did not tempt him into
  447. 17:35saying that he would seek a second
  448. 17:37fight. He's going to stop while he's
  449. 17:39ahead. He's undefeated. He's going to
  450. 17:40stay undefeated.
  451. 17:46So, Dewey Bozella retires at one and
  452. 17:48zero. Tell the
  453. 17:51feels.
  454. 17:55Ladies and gentlemen, after four rounds
  455. 17:56of boxing action, we go to the judges
  456. 17:59scorecards. Judge Pat Connelly scores
  457. 18:01the about 3936.
  458. 18:03Judge Tom Taylor scores about 3837 and
  459. 18:06Judge Jonathan Davis scores about 3836.
  460. 18:09For your winner by unanimous decision,
  461. 18:13do it.
  462. 18:16[Applause]
  463. 18:18[Music]
  464. 18:22[Applause]
  465. 18:32So the message is clear.
  466. 18:34Did you ever have a dream that you
  467. 18:35thought was out of reach? Maybe it's
  468. 18:38not.
  469. 18:59What a story. Dewey Bozella now with Max
  470. 19:02Kellerman in the ring. Well, I'm here
  471. 19:05with everybody's favorite fighter, Dewey
  472. 19:06Bazella. Dewey, what are you feeling
  473. 19:09right now? Um, first and foremost, I
  474. 19:12would like to thank God for this
  475. 19:14opportunity. You know, it's something
  476. 19:16that was taken away from me when I was a
  477. 19:17kid. And just to have this opportunity
  478. 19:19to come in here and win. This is my
  479. 19:21first and my last fight. So, I thank
  480. 19:22y'all very much. You know, this is a
  481. 19:24young man's sport. You know, this isn't
  482. 19:28this isn't for oldtimer like me unless I
  483. 19:30was 20, 30 years younger. So, I wanted
  484. 19:32to thank y'all for, you know, the
  485. 19:33support you give me right now. And it's
  486. 19:35very much appreciated, you know. And I
  487. 19:37would definitely like to thank Oscar De
  488. 19:39La Hoya for giving me this for for
  489. 19:41giving me a chance. Uh definitely uh
  490. 19:43Bernard Hopkins, Danny, and all the
  491. 19:46people was working with me, man, to get
  492. 19:48ready for this fight. It's very much
  493. 19:49appreciated. But what are you feeling
  494. 19:52locked up for 26 years for something you
  495. 19:54didn't do, dreaming of having a
  496. 19:57professional fight, it comes at the
  497. 19:59Staples Center on the undercard of a
  498. 20:01Bernard Hopkins fight. What does it feel
  499. 20:04like? It's one of the greatest moments
  500. 20:06of my life, you know, just like, you
  501. 20:07know, receiving the Arthur Ash courage
  502. 20:09award, you know, and I would like to
  503. 20:11thank all the fans, man, for supporting
  504. 20:13me, you know, and thank you. Thank you
  505. 20:15very much, man, you know, for everybody
  506. 20:17what they have done for me. Thank you,
  507. 20:19Dwey. He came out fast in the first
  508. 20:21round and he was hitting you with
  509. 20:23overhand rights. We thought you lost the
  510. 20:25first round. What adjustments did you
  511. 20:27make going forward? Well, I I realized
  512. 20:30that, you know, um when you ain't fight
  513. 20:32for over 21 years, you know, you just
  514. 20:34getting right back out in the ring at 52
  515. 20:36years old, it's kind of difficult, you
  516. 20:38know, and so, you know, once I got the
  517. 20:39hang of what he was doing, I stepped up
  518. 20:41my game and I was able to take him out
  519. 20:42in the fall. That that's what it's all
  520. 20:44about. You looked like you were thinking
  521. 20:46about closing the show strong, were you
  522. 20:48got did you want the knockout at the end
  523. 20:50of the fight? Absolutely. If I can get
  524. 20:52it, definitely that that way it leaves a
  525. 20:53not to the judges and it falls in my
  526. 20:55hands. Did you think he was spitting out
  527. 20:58his mouthpiece on purpose? Absolutely.
  528. 21:00Why? Um, he was tired and I seen it and
  529. 21:04I took advantage of it.
  530. 21:07We understand why you don't want to
  531. 21:08leave it to the judges, by the way,
  532. 21:10Dewey. The judges are aren't always or
  533. 21:12the juries, right? Absolutely. What's
  534. 21:15your next fight, Dewey Bazella? My next
  535. 21:18spot is to work with kids. You know, uh
  536. 21:21the Dewey Repzella Foundation, you know,
  537. 21:23that's what I'm trying to get started to
  538. 21:24work with kids to keep them up off the
  539. 21:26streets and let them know through boxing
  540. 21:27they can turn their life around. That's
  541. 21:29what this is all about. Congratulations,
  542. 21:32champ. Anything else you want to say?
  543. 21:34Hey, you know something? I would like to
  544. 21:36say that, you know, dreams do happen if
  545. 21:38you never give up hope and to always
  546. 21:41believe in yourself. Don't let nobody
  547. 21:42tell you what you can't do. And I want
  548. 21:44you to know you're one of my favorite
  549. 21:45announcers. Thank you.

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