FULL FIGHT | Israil Madrimov vs. Eric Walker (DAZN REWIND)

a very good evening to you as we bring you our co-featured attraction of the evening brought to you courtesy of mr eddie hearn from matchroom boxing also in association with world of boxing and bella entertainment sponsored to you by jd sports and tc1 all the action coming to you live onto zone where it's always fight season this final eliminator for the wba 154 strap is scheduled for 12 rounds it is centered by the oklahoma state athletic commission the administrative chair joe miller this contest is also sent to you by the world boxing association the president giberto mendoza jr the three judges scored this contest at ringside are at the 10-point must system karen holderfield jesse reyes and david sutherland and a referee at the sound of the bell gary ritter now ladies and gentlemen here we go introducing our fighters first in the red corner with trainer lee marvant tonight wearing black with white trim he officially weighed in at 153.2 pounds tonight he enters this contest with an outstanding record 22 bouts 20 victories including nine wins by way of knockout against two defeats introducing to you the former wbc continental americas super welterweight champion the fighting pride a plaquemine louisiana eric babyface assassin oh walker and his adversary fighting out of the blue corner tonight with head trainer joel diaz wearing the white tonight with green red he officially tipped the skills at 153.6 pounds tonight this international titan enters the contest perfect five bouts five victories all by way of knockout presenting to you the current wba intercontinental champion haley from kiba who's pakistan the undefeated israel the dream module and a referee once again at the sound of the bell to give the instructions gary ritter big moment here for eric walker he said this fight would change his instructions from the producer here not sure what the hold up is okay gentlemen this is 12 rounds to wba eliminator expected to conduct yourself as champions you received your instructions earlier give us a spirited clean fight protect yourself at all times follow my instructions both the trunks are good anything below here is a low blow anything here touch your gloves good luck wba title eliminator you heard it eric walker 20 and two with nine knockouts 37 years old he says it's now or never for me my dream off just 25 but he is fast tracked for a world title opportunity and he could get it with a win here tonight [Music] but dream off in the white trunks with white gloves walker in the black with black scheduled for 12. how does walker set the tone early that he's not going to be a pushover because he's savvy he's tough he when me and andre ward sparta i remember andre telling me hey man i really like the timing of him i like the the body shots he throws smart punches and smart combination nice right and he's starting off fast right here he's getting the respect of madrid he punches and doesn't doesn't pose he doesn't he he punches and looks for a shot coming back he's always waiting for the counter walker is walker is the taller fighter but you wouldn't know it by that wide stance and almost a crouching posture for him that's what he has to do with with the shorter fire magic mob you have to you don't want to fight too tall whenever you're dealing with with fighters that can jump up as fast as they can when they're so fast with their feet he's in he could spring up with power one of the few fighters that has been able to fight this year but dream off with a one-sided one-sided stoppage over veteran charlie navarro back in february on the zone he's already ranked third by the wba at 154 pounds walker at 37 is nicknamed the baby-faced assassin can you still be called that at 30 seconds shouldn't he drop the baby shouldn't he just be the assassin i think he looks pretty young for his age sort of like little remember little bow wow he dropped a little he just became bow wow i wasn't a fan of power brush out your hands are free punch out the dream i'm learning some good body shots earlier one caught the attention of walker and from there he's been he's been covering up but walker threw back some body shots at my dream off so he's getting what's coming the over under according to vegas on this fight six and a half rounds sergio which way do you think it will go and i believe madrimov hasn't gone over a three or four round so that right there says that vegas knows what they're talking about because eric walker is going to be a tough challenger 335 victories as an amateur although some reports say he had 475 amateur fights there's no official record where he hails from uzbekistan big right hand connects there from a dream off for what it's worth walker took it pretty well put body shots right there that walker he's coming right back this was a good round for both of them to really display the the strategy they had behind to win nice action we're working good work [Music] good work just don't pull back straight out angle okay you see magimov come in there's that right hand it looked like it landed but walker turned with it here from the second angle walker coming up short with that right hand but he didn't fall off balance which was smart but see that's why these these slow replays are good because that punch looked like it landed in fast motion do you feel good okay be smart huh stay focused stay smart focus let's go [Music] round two certainly an unorthodox unique environment here tonight no fans outside and boy is it still hot 90 degrees downtown tulsa we are on the asphalt look how low walker's crouching his knees are almost touching the canvas because he has to he has to block the body shots from the shorter madre mob he's coming from both sides and that's what you got to do with shorter fighters you got to bend your knees down go to their level got to alternate your height as well fight fight tall behind the jab but on the inside you better bend them knees two polar opposites right here on how these two men learn to box body shot there by madrumoff one learn to fight in the prestigious amateur system uzbekistan fighting with the best of the best in the eric walker learning to fight in prison that's right spent well over a decade at the dixon correctional facility in louisiana fighting over 60 times before his release and it wasn't like a a normal ring and a sort of like an amateur system they would basically rope off an area in the courtyard they would go out there and duke it out he said nine ten times a year he had amassed a record of 60 and one i believe it was and he said listen i would go in there and fight the same guy five six times a year but man the inmates loved it we loved it and it taught me how to actually fight made his pro debut in 2013 and since then he's won 20 of his 22 pro bouts yeah i believe he was 61 and one in prison and uh he would fight nine times a year he did twelve years in the federal penitentiary oh good right hand by walker he stepped back and waited for matt matromoff to come in madrid almost looked down at the canvas for a second didn't you expect that punch to land the best success that my dream has happened to the body listen to me both of you i said the best thing for me both sides has been digging down countering to the body of walker stop stop stop stop what's the heck stop this is already the most difficult fight with dreamhoff's been in my dream off told us this was going to happen and of course i told you because i've been in the ring with walker there's another counter right hand right there stepping back walker stepping back right on time and catching my dream off coming in with his head down stop stop low blow stop now you got him low bucks himself told us this was gonna be his toughest fight stop stop back up so a competitive co-main event through two rounds [Applause] there's a high above look at the matchroom dazn canopy and we could need it tonight thunderstorms nearby downtown tulsa the oil capital of the year although i think houston claims that as well it's a battle over oil here we're gonna see the two shots landed by walker he dipped back beautifully and counted him with the right hand that was a clean shot right there that magimof took well same same punch different angle beautiful right there these are the shots that normally we see is your magimal plan i mean those are nice counter shots dipping back nicely coming back with a short right hand you said he took it well he didn't take it that well that seemed to buzz him of course that buzzed him but he wasn't shook he wasn't hurt that just that was a clean right hand [Music] boy walker throws a punch before the bell finished dinging dude this is walker's big moment of course he was on on the season five of the contender he did really well on that show he ended up losing a close decision to the winner of the show but can you imagine 12 years in prison watching that reality show and finally being on the stage to fight for a title eliminator this is a dream come true for walkers he has only two losses coming to brandon adams and the late patrick beverly [Music] is there's some of it it's the first glimpse of the maginoff footwork but he's not able to do it with walker as easy as he is with other opponents how about this statistic sergio last round but dream off through 28 punches walker through 64. just nod and smile when i bring up numbers okay how about you don't bring them numbers with me i know punches okay okay well he laid it he threw 64 punches compared to 28 which is not three to one [Music] notice how walker is kind of shutting down the dazzling footwork of my dream off stop stop that's already uh that's already a victory for for eric walker if he can stop madrimal from fighting this fight good body work now from a dreamhouse who's shifted his focus the time the three minutes control two minutes of [Music] you said that walker has negated the dreamhouse footwork how has he been able to do that with that body shot is that a knife that's no knock down he slipped walker slip right there he's been able to do it because he already got he already got madrid's respect with punching so he he can't just be careless with his feet and jump in normally like he does he likes to lunge in from awkward angles he can't do that with walker his walkers hurt him already or stun them or caught his attention whatever one of you combination here here here when he's coming forward so straight right invite him to walk into it [Music] and again walker comes right out in the middle of the ring ready to go are you a little worried that maybe walker is trying to do too much too soon no not at all this is his moment i mean there's a title eliminator this is his big chance no way this is what he has to do he had to start off fast get the respect of madremoth and he did that he's throwing twice as many punches every round he can't continue that for 12 rounds can he i think he can this is his moment individuals who come out of prison don't really rehabilitate don't really change their life but walker said i was in prison for two weeks and i decided this is not for me i've got to revamp my entire outlook my entire life and that's what he's done he said his friends his family everything came together when he left prison and here he is on world wide television fighting israel dream madrid with a win he will get a world title shot hey the great bernard hopkins did the exact same thing i believe he did he did time in prison came out in his late 20s and look at the incredible career that he had love the fact that the traffic lights downtown weren't turned off keep seeing red yellow and green crosswalks still concentrating on the body that's what you got to do with these older fighters you got to take their legs with them body shots how do you kind of have this score through the first three rounds but i like your mob's clean shots especially to the body i would probably have a three one major move or two two well since there's only been three rounds you can't have it two two i would have to be there two one again we starting with the numbers todd well 64 is a little more difficult to add up than four but you're right i'll take that one that's my fault nice shot landed there for walker it's interesting sometimes when the dream off swings and misses sergio he stumbles a couple feet forward that's how hard he's throwing these punches yeah with it with a uh you know savvy fighter like walker he's been stepping back slightly just a couple inches to get some some room to land the shot see magimoth can't fall off balance with walker exchange body punches on the inside walker has slowed down a little bit in my book i think he yeah i think uh the body shots are either catching up or we finally seen the age catching up on walker but this was a this was a slow round even though it was a tough gutty round by eric walker slowed down [Music] keep it simple [Music] let's go [Music] i love the fact that both these guys get off their stool and go toe-to-toe in the middle ring by the time the bell rings yeah but i noticed i noticed the body language of walker he collapsed into his stool i don't know if you noticed that todd the body language looked like he is fatigued so i don't know if if like i said if it's the body shots just the age but he looked tired in that round well as i mentioned the output has been very high for walker early on i asked you if he could continue that pace and i said yes but the way he collapsed in his ring and that minute rest he just looked he looked tired from me so i would like to see my dream off really pick up the pace right here and i think that's exactly what he's trying to draw here's beto duran apologist told me that they feel like their opponent is getting tired and he told them attack the body body body and then afterwards like what else do you tell him he said keep attacking the body that's what he wants them to do they feel like the tight is turning there you go sergio may actually be right like i said i know punch is not numbers but i but i i read body language man and right now you can see the confidence with my dream off he knows that he knows he was going to be in there with a tough fighter that he wasn't gonna take out the first half of the fight now this is my dream house fox i could expect my dream off come on with the dazzling feet and the angles and speed now it's my dream off fight from here on look at total punches through round four walker 245 punches thrown but eight less he's forgetting the heads even there he doesn't even care he's going to break this guy down from the middle and i'll tell you what i'd like that strategy because walker pulled out with his head high in the air and his arms were downstairs protecting the body you can see walker's arms are down there because he's protecting the body shot that's going to leave him open for a clean shot well how do you counter that when you know your opponent's only going for the body pretty much what do you do if you're walker you gotta you gotta either hold or you gotta offensively when you say this guy's coming in to throw my body what can i do to force him to stop that you gotta you gotta clinch back him up and you wanna you gotta try to get the referee involved you gotta buy time to catch your breath there was another swing and a miss where my dream off did a 360. that know how to use the ring like bernard hopkins and you know like hector camacho that was a good example he would hold you and then the referee will break you then he will walk around the entire ring waste 10 seconds but he was catching his breath he knew how to waste manage the time and and not waste energy [Music] by the way it's still 89 degrees in downtown tulsa at 9 20 at night so fatigue is certainly going to play a part you're just looking for the hooks come on look at how walker puts his arms on the ropes that's a sign of fatigue right there my dream off's doing it too jab jab right one two straight okay jab jab right one two straight straight right left hook you're just looking for hooks and body switch it up a little bit take a deep breath come on here [Music] [Music] round six we're scheduled for 12. in tulsa oklahoma todd grisham alongside the latin snake sergio mora and after a strong start walker appears to be wilted you agree with that assessment yes i agree and you're right my dream of arms were on the buckles as well usually the trainers hold down your arms because they don't want you to show that body language of fatigue but imagine bob's tired too he's catching his breath in that corner as well see how he's falling off balance right there my dream of as soon as he threw that punch that's unlike him i just said how hot it is still here in tulsa at what temperature did your trainer use to keep your gym for the fighters no we did the opposite of what uh the great emmanuel stewart did we didn't like training in a big shot left raises the growl of walker he may be hurt here but dream off letting his fist fly does walker have an answer walker has an answer he's fighting back he's holding his ground fighting it back but he doesn't have the legs to fight back hill was both went spilling out of the ring don't tackle him good how did your trainer have your room we had it cool we didn't like we didn't like it because he felt that the hotter it was the looser your legs got the more comfortable they got well their legs are very loose tonight he didn't want the he didn't want the muscles to relax my trainer would say he didn't like it too hot emmanuel stewart on the other hand wanted to boil him did he not yeah but if you notice you know his fighters are crunk gym fighters they didn't really react good to getting hurt their legs always you know tommy hearns the great tommy hearns every time he was hurt his legs couldn't hide it interesting observation walker appears to have recovered after that brief scare you could hear that body shot a nice breeze now blowing down south boston street here in tulsa don't do that again jumping on my dream off like a horse how's your experience been so far in tulsa sergio well the first night scared the hell out of me because of the thunder it was so loud two three in the morning the thunder was really scaring me but then i realized that's what the basketball team is called oklahoma thunder so that put me to sleep like a baby [Music] so how does walker turn the tide a little bit it seems like my dream off has got his number why i don't think he has his number i just think h is the number that's that's what's happening here eric walker's ages is uh is coming out i mean he did really well in the first half of the fight but i don't think he has the legs to really uh uh you know be offensive anymore or keep major move off especially imagine who's going to be in angles jumping in from from left to right going from from left to right it's gonna be too hard to catch up no more behind the head you hear me next time next time it's your point that's what i want to see more see walker's not forgetting the body you have an active fighter that's going to be jumping up and down in and out the body's going to stay still keep digging at the bottom both are the step back walker looks pretty good when he can extend those arms good run for walker keeping him at the end of the jab he's fighting with distance deep breath there from a dream off stop right it was 12 years walker's junior that means he's younger sergio yes himself you know he's looking around in the clinch he's taking a deep breath i don't know if it's the heat i don't know if it's the quarantine but both these fighters look a little bit tired walker landed some power punches here oh that's a good round for walker i didn't i didn't expect him to have this this kind of fighting but this is a big moment for him like i said so he started off fast he took off maybe the fifth and sixth but he's coming out nicely here in the seven stop stop and it's magic has been holding or maybe he's taking this round off himself but this has been a sloppy round for the usual you know dazzling feat of magic said he likes to pattern himself like triple g do you think their styles are similar at all right hand right there by imaginary no because maybe the upper body when he stands still he has he has the the same uh stance but now with the feet you know but dreamoff doesn't quite look right this round are you seeing what i'm seeing yes that's what i'm telling you walker's doing well and he's trying to hold imagine well has been trying to hold this fight so i don't look see it right there we don't we don't see that from madrid i don't know if he got shook up or he's tired he's fighting foot fatigue but he doesn't look right he's not making eye contact he's turning his back and walker's sensing that he wants to fight this is definitely walker's round [Music] it is a street fight and what a job our crew did assembling this from scratch started thursday morning the crew over a hundred people deep 6 a.m to midnight every day to get this thing going how about our lighting guys the riggers the camera guys our producers directors everyone who clears the ring so many people involved to make this what it is how would you describe this entire setup sergio you're good at descriptions unbelievable and yes and you're not a man that's known for consideration for so for you to be thoughtful for the people to set all this up that's big of you todd because this is incredible scene this game that she can exploit not only does she think she's gonna win she's gonna knock her out and how about the rebirth of eric walker the babyface assassin he looked gone in the sixth round and now he's been reborn as madrid's eating body shots he's taking deep breaths he's dropping his hands this is hunger todd this is why eric walker was a live dog here you can never put a price on hungry you can't put odds on somebody that that wants it more eric walker doing exactly what he needs to do keep punching keep backing up my dream up but driboff does not look like he can go another four rounds after this hands out of there get your other hand down walker has found the proverbial second wind is there any chance that we're just over hyping this as they go tumbling down again no way no way major moth is tired and he just did a veteran move he tackled walker right now he wanted that breath look at how deep his breathing todd madrid this would be a catastrophe for israel eric walker told us he's known as the dream i'm going to be a nightmare tonight and i kind of gave you a funny look when you said walker may have taken a couple rounds off i'm like taking a couple of rounds off rounds five and six but sure enough like a lightning bolt he has come alive and the dream off now is shrinking away and that's why me and the great andre ward gave a lot of credit to eric walker on the contender because we were in the ring with him we knew how he carried himself we knew that he was that he had the character to not care about the cameras he was there to win and now it's coming out the poise the experience the grit everything's coming out of walker the over under this fight was set at six and a half rounds that's clearly gone over and the dream off according to some bookies as high as a 20 to one favorite remember he's never been this far sergio he walker now is asking questions that we didn't have the answers to the dream up has come in and bulldozed everybody out right away five fights five kos but they've been matching that dream off really tough he hasn't been in there with with a fighter under 10 fights 15 fights or 20 fights and that's why he finally ran into a fighter that was the good eric walker had more than 20 fights but against legitimate opponents his only losses legitimate opponents oh a big winging right hand in the left land from a dream off he's trying to steal this round at the end but it appears to be walkers and this fight sergio is getting closer and closer absolutely that was a big round for eric walker let's listen in come on [Music] there's that right hand that right hand caught the attention of major mob it was right on the temple referee broke him up for some reason but here's the tackle imagine off with these are either hurt or tired either way he did the right thing and here's an uppercut right here by walker big uppercut right on the forehead of madremoff let's go come on we go that's what i want to see let's go finish this guy finish him up let's go yeah let's go let's go let's go when your trainer slapping in the face like that it is not good they are trying to wake this 25 year old up the only time i seen someone get slapped and it was good it was felix trinidad senior he would slap the hell out of junior but junior was doing well what about you're blowing it son angelo dundee he never slept ali oh no that was sugary leonard i'm sorry oh boy you saw the sweat shooting up in the air let's see if my dream off does wake up we're in the ninth round scheduled for 12. no no no no wba eliminator [Music] is my dream off perhaps not as good as we thought or is walker better than people gave him credit for i know you gave him credit sergio but the boogies didn't give him credit we didn't hear anybody in boxing media or social media circles predicting eric walker to win i didn't predict walking away but i predicted him to go the distance and give madrid off the toughest fight of his career and that's unfolding now you know i actually remember giving you an opening earlier tonight remember when i said sergio you think he can take him deep and maybe even beat him and he said wow i don't know about beating him but he can take him late and what's happening here todd he's taking him late but he might be beating him it's at least close it's close it's definitely close you would think if it's not four to four it's got to be five to three a huge left they're gonna call that was another top that was a knock down that caught a run on the chin that's a bad call by the referee walker's hurt that's a knockdown give me time give me time they're going to give him time that was a knock down that's a that wasn't a slip gary ridler is wrong right here and eric walker is taking all the time that was a massive left hand that should be a knockout sergio you're right i don't know huh mata knocked down that was a knock out todd well he says he's dizzy hey he he blew the call i'm sure when he watches it back he will agree as well he hit him in the head it was a good punch i heard the referee i'm sorry say it was a clean punch but he said something else but i couldn't quite make it out look he can't even gonna give him five minutes oh now they're they're gonna have to give him five minutes now no man i'm dizzy yeah you got you got five minutes that way maybe beto can yell at the referee and see if we can uh hear him say that again to beto stand up or sit down and whatever you want to hear exactly why that wasn't called a knock down okay it was a good punch the punch would have knocked him down but he went ahead and hit him with the shoulder that's what he went down if you had if you hadn't done it i understand if you hadn't done that if the fight's been over you'd probably get a knockout okay okay and he didn't even hit him with the shoulder either sir i i just think he's gary riller is uh trying to make up for his mistake that was just a bad call that that's a knockout right there in such a great fight that would have been a great way to end but right now regardless what happens whether walker lasts a distance or he gets stopped this stopped the momentum of what magimoff deserved which was a knockout well after taking a punch like that where you're seeing stars even five minutes may not be enough for walker to come back from that no way when the blood is pumping and the adrenaline's going and then automatically it stops and you get a time-out there's no time-outs in boxing todd that right there is going to take it out of walker one way or the other it's been one we have one minute okay the ruling was it was a good punch but he knocked him he knocked him down with his shoulder so the fight's not over yet we're having a five minute break he's got up to five minutes it was a good punch but but what happened after it he's that the reason he went down if he had if he hadn't hit him with the shoulder he probably would have gone down so beto asking the questions we got the answers but are you buying that you no did you hear his excuse he was stuttering he sounds like you trying to explain yourself to your girlfriend no but no we're going to score well so if you're eric walker right now you've been buzzed and sparring you've been buzzed in fights how do you shake it off a punch like that you can't shake it off that's what i just told you the momentum walker was fighting the fight of his life he was two rounds away from going the distance whether he would have won or lost it would have been a victory for him and his story but right now that just halted the momentum not only on walker's part but it takes away the knockout from madrid that should have been the shoulder that pushed him through the ropes had he not hit him with the shoulder it would have been a knock down fight probably would have been over i mean it was concussing how many while i was doing that he didn't turn all right go on so what's the ruling now if eric walker can't continue that's what i'm interested in they'll probably probably disqualify him which is which is going to be a a disgrace to tell you the truth because he fought he fought he was fighting his heart off and he had everything going from even though he was fighting tired and it was only two rounds left don't go to the scorecards yes no disqualification it was it was enough being accidental we're gonna go to the scorecards if he can't continue if he can continue there's no there's no penalty nothing sorry if he can't continue we're going to go to the scorecards well that could change everything i mean who's to say walker may not be up but why are they going to the scorecards i mean what stopped the fight well let's see if walker wants to continue okay he's up no more rough stuff but for how long i'm going to take points or else i'm going to disqualify you okay hopefully from a dream off he can bounce back and pick up where he left off to take him or get anything in the head huh oh my god you sure okay that's fine we're going ahead time in [Music] oh big right hand right away from the dream off is the round over is the round over world right now in downtown tulsa we don't know what's going to happen here i can't believe walker didn't go back down again after getting the right hand low blow man that's his entire time that shows how tough it shows the character of eric walker i've been telling you this they don't make them they don't make them like this man i mean he's gritty he's tough he could have easily taken a way out right there but he didn't he got back up and he went right at madrid getting hit with a big right hand in return i wonder if any judges will score this as a 10-8 round off eight seconds to go stop stop stop stop here in round nine [Music] how would you have scored that ninth round sergio i don't know it what what was the word that you use it's it's it's crazy i don't know i don't know it's bizarre world really unfortunate that we had that controversial turn nevertheless this is this has been a very competitive close fight who knows what the scorecard's going to look like if this goes the distance and that was walker still standing that was a hellacious left hand he ate to the jaw digging every single shot to the body walker's still pulling out with his chin up he got caught with a left hook right now either way madrid being tested like he has never been before and he was getting very fatigued that was kind of a last-gasp left hand there in round nine that he landed his hands were down by his side he wasn't throwing any punches walker was taken over that actually helped out the younger man absolutely yeah i mean look at how reject rejuvenated now madremoth is there's bounce on his step he doesn't look as tired he's not breathing heavy that timeout actually helped the younger fighter i said no but now he does because he's going for the kill and look at the technique and the punch selection of maddie mom he knows that leaping left hook scores or scored earlier and put him down wants to land it again there's an uppercut haven't seen many of those tonight the wind is really picking up here ringside paper is blowing everywhere storm clouds nearby downtown tulsa right now it's walker that's gone with a win because anything that he had going forward with momentum with halton by that knockdown well he's lucky to still even be in the fight it should have been a ko in round nine out walker's so tired he can fall through the ring and hurt himself okay let's go wake up he's wrong let's go 11 coming up i don't have a green don't get too close let's go create some distance let's go [Music] two rounds to go if you're just joining us israel the dream off scored what should have been stop stop a knockout in round nine but the referee determined that in his follow through he pushed walker down with his shoulder gave walker five minutes to recover and that's where we are right now in round 10 look at the work break from a dream off 76th throw compared to 54. outlanding of 32-70 going back down to the body come back step back going back to that ninth round sergio obviously a knockdown would make it a 10-8 round but it wasn't scored down but if you were a judge was it still a dominant enough round for it to be scored today no i don't think it was dominant enough but the judges can probably see for themselves that it wasn't knocked down so because of that yes they would give it a 10-8 regardless of what the referee thought he saw are they supposed to do that i would if i was a judge if i seen a clean knockdown and he had a and he was overwhelming winning that round i would i would give it a 10. don't get any closer than that i wouldn't cheat your marvel then knock right there is so tired it would be a shame if he gets hit with something big pulling out as hard as he fought for 11 rounds he's on the championship round well you can kind of feel for both fighters here you feel for walker considering what he's had to deal with and you also feel from a dream off who should have legitimately won the fight in the ninth round by k.o definitely and i think i made that known and dreamhoff deserved to win this fight the ko victory was snatched away from israel my dream off tonight well he's still got time one round to go and walker does not appear to have much left um [Applause] [Music] all right what other surprises do we have in store for us with three minutes to go you know walker's gonna give it all he's got usually in the 12th round you know it's the last round no matter how tired you are you get that shot of adrenaline this is our co-main event is real madrid 5-0 with five kos they fast tracking him for a world title shot walker age 37 believes this probably could be his last chance at stardom heard the last chance of a title shot but not the last chance we see of eric walker he earned another another right for another big fight didn't want him to get smothered because for that exact reading reason he doesn't want to give walker any chance to land something it's distance they want madrid off to fight you come over here come here one point low blow one point low blow one point low blow don't hit him again time in it like i said what awaits us here in round 12 a point deduction from a dream off and that right hand clipped him and sent him down is that a knock down you never know with this guy yes it is six seven hey walk over here walk to me can you go yes no more punishment let's go no more punishment minute and a half and you know my dream off once the ko well walker's going down swinging that's for sure you gotta love his heart his determination his drive his but it appears that it's not going to be enough i would love to see him clinch right now because he'll be ashamed to stop this fight he is taking a beating but he's still fighting back just if he can hold on for another 50 seconds left hand from a dream off again backed up against the rope is walker and he's throwing back which leaves him open this is distance stop break step back [Music] that's all heart right there todd circle don't stand there stop fighting man hands up 10 seconds kudos to walker for going the distance with madrid off suffering an official knockdown here in the 12th an unofficial one in the night and i'm going to go out on a limb here and say that referee gary ritter will not be up in nomination for referee of the year the only credit i could give gary ritter is not stopping that fight in those last 10 seconds which he could have but that was a moral victory for walker if he already went through the fire let him have those 10 seconds i don't expect it to loom large but remember a point was deducted from a dream off despite walker being knocked down so that will be what a 9-8 round most likely don't talk to me about numbers well how about the replay can you talk about that see walker not committing to that jab because he knew he was going to get counter with that right hand but he's so tired right now that regardless he still got hit with that right hand even though he was waiting for it he didn't have the legs to pull out like he was in the first half of the fight yeah you could see him flinch before it landed he doesn't he didn't have the stamina or the endurance to get out of that shot that's how tired eric walker was well hey what did we learn about madrid off here tonight because he has not been tested we haven't seen him go into the later rounds what did you learn about it well that he that he needs to he needs to continue fighting fighters like eric walker continue fighting these fights with with 20 30 experience but to go the distance to know what it's like to go the distance and maybe that would put the brakes on him wanting to to fight for a world title in the next two or three fights yeah there were some sketchy moments there in the middle rounds rounds what seven and eight where madremoth looked gassed out and walker was really taking it to him that sixth round i believe that walker came out blasting to the body of my dream off i really thought he had a chance to to really hurt or at least get a knock down on my dream off i mean that's how that's how one-sided that round was going but my dream off i don't know if he was hurt or tired he came back like a champ well he had that five-minute rest after landing the big left hand eric walker got beat by two men tonight madremoth and gary ritter here's jeremiah gallegos with our score totals [Music] ladies and gentlemen those of you here let's give our fighters a big round of applause and now we go to the judges scorecard here are the totals judge david sutherland has the belt 116 110 judge karen holderfield seized about 116 111 and judge jesse reyes 116. 110 for your winner by unanimous decision and now for a title opportunity a world championship title opportunity for the wba your winner eric still on defeat from kiva who's pakistan israel the dreamers

Channel: DAZN Boxing

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Keywords: dazn, boxing, highlights, full fight, ko, knockout, ryan garcia, top 10, canelo, anthony joshua, ggg, haney, israil madrimov, madrimov, walker, eric walker

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Length: 56min 14sec (3374 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 31 2021