Paulie Ayala’s 1999 Fight of The Year

ladies and gentlemen [Applause] ladies and gentlemen a very good evening to you and we welcome you to the spectacular Mandalay Bay Resort Casino in Las Vegas Nevada for the feature the bout of the evening brought to you by Bob Arum stop break incorporated and Showtime in the television in association with the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and the undisputed undefeated king of beers Budweiser this map coming away a sanction by the World Boxing Association resident Gilberto Mendoza supervisor dr. Calvin it'll sing along with the Nevada State Athletic Commission the Chairman is not a la mascota commissioners Glenn Corrado Lorenzo Fertitta dr. Luther Mack and dr. James nay the executive director Mark were physicians at ringside doctor dr. Margaret Goodman dr. William Berliner at dr. James game timekeepers of the Bell also keeping count of the downs we have how basic and Jana Broadfoot introduces you our judges scoring this town from ringside from the Las Vegas Nevada Duane Forde from Montreal Canada he Childress and from Valencia Venezuela Fernando this Seoul great fans here we go with our main event of the evening 12 rounds of boxing for the WBA bantamweight championship of the world and now ladies and gentlemen in attendance and boxing fans joining us around the world live from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino it shook time [Music] and introducing to you our referee in charge of this not working and this is 116th world's had about Joe Cortez introducing do ladies and gentlemen the Challenger on my right fighting out of the blue corner 118 record of 27 wins would loss [Music] not tonight ladies and gentlemen he is he reads the former na VI champion burton ranked the number two man away contender the by that WBA please cop in the Challenger if you see Paulie [Applause] [Applause] [Music] and his opponent across the ring the defending three-time world champion out my left fighting out of the red corner [Music] Mexico he went in there same as a record at 118 pounds he is undefeated in his campaign the ring with 46 wins no losses two draws with 25 wins coming by way of knockout here is the former IBF and WBA junior man of eight world champion and the current WBA bantamweight champion of a world known as Mimi Toluca introducing the undefeated Johnny the once again our referee in charge of this bow Joe contains all right gentlemen this rule this better be a championship of the way I'm here to enforce a rule I want a good clean fight and when you drop tactics any dirty party because I don't think anything from you guys practice concern by others qualify you to what you are doing you understand but when the good fight keep the poisons up give me a clean fight shake him up [Applause] Johnny Tapia setting the tone early things got started quickly even before the instructions unbelievable check this out bring it out to Jimmy Lennon jr. was introducing the fighters Tapia comes over and watch what he does to Ayala he shoves him away and then a skirmish breaks up this is before the Bell and plate now to get this thing started here we go this is the real food I guess you said to say to some bad blood Hairston pretty accurate statement round one Stefan 4:12 for the WBA featherweight championship they're both water black trunks Johnny Tapia on your screen [Applause] opens it up for the lockup Tapia historically a fast starter respectable of Miami prior to the fight he's very confident in his ability to be better he says I Allah's game and it's got a good chin out a message the toughest beifuss he looks for a faster [Applause] 2il he said it without ya Latif he was talking about this that is thing Johnny said I don't want to knock about I really want to punish yes against southpaws is Tapia I biggest feature big big factor now they're both unloading there's no feeling they're gone right - Diana said the key for him go to the body that's my style he says himself post I will make the change although Tapia said he may have to switch either way while the overall feeling is well Ayanna's a very good fighter aggressive busy throws a lot of punches he may be a bit too slow for Tokyo and he's not a big puncher only 12 knockouts in his 27 wins we'll see how it all unfolds he's landed a couple of nice right up to tap his body fat also tap it and showing that right hand right down the middle and scored with it many times Pepi I nearly slipped [Applause] to put that thing back [Applause] is it constant movement going to the body hardly don't fight with this guy so aggressive attacks the game with such confidence and emotion but he's smart too he fights under control although controller cement wood in place with such emotion that's how he beat Danny Romero and visualize his power the control she's so quick he can get in laying the shot and step back out and they miss five or six times already it's gonna be key that speed offensively and defensively he's not thinking of an out speeding him right in this round see this button right there too fast - it's [ __ ] Bing Bing tap yet loves to brawl everything with him is a war he feels more at home in the ring and it does outside the ring as a punches mentality but does not have a big only 25 of his 26 wins by KO one and then some over deep breath okay leave us out there okay okay okay gonna holler don't worry about that will mean nothing okay how do you feel okay no one Chuck there's gotta be more than one hand okay you remember when he's going to your legs you got a peasant lead let him come back to the body that body would have to slow down [Music] [Applause] we aren't around to to fear comes rushing out the sit on the right top has got a great corner man and Freddie riches of bravest fighters I was on fighting as a kid and now is turned into a great trainer and a great it's a seven fighter at his church boy I sure would tell you guys right now [Applause] trying to take control before this the Joe Cortez is an excellent referee will take charge again Tapia slept on that the Mandalay Bay for robber panic show us a pretty good stream moving to help me around maybe watch Alice corner said you got soul Caitlin keep moving it friendly puts in Tapia back Kentucky [Applause] [Music] look at the concentration on Tapia face when it gets never the yeah scoring with the tappet coming the Anna's fighting raging on here [Music] and then to the head good sequence here for kept his word he's gonna go to that body school discipline diner number-two contender : right in there with the champion this is a great insight right hats teaming up under a minute remaining in round two [Applause] and double up up and over get over and under heaven easy a straight answer that said Tapia back beautiful Champa and the crowd is over and don't tap it with the combination to the place for mrs. exchanges here around tools [Applause] repeatedly with hooks rights and left's but the effects back we need some music a little stronger than tappy tappy just got [Music] [Applause] Oh savage fighting Savage all right thank you very much Steve I'm here with Oscar De La Hoya Oscar you have a very big fight coming up on September the 18th on HBO against Felix Trinidad it's really the fight that everybody's been waiting for how do you feel you'll stack up against Felix I feel great I feel uh I'll be in the best shape of my life everybody has been waiting for this fight for the longest time and it's finally gonna happen September 18th the fight of the millennium and the fight will be taking place here in Las Vegas let me ask you do you feel as though you've gained a tremendous amount of credibility with fight fans and within the industry with your defeat of Ike Quartey well I believe having to fight every single fighter they face they put in front of me if it's honest it was Whitaker before he clearly was your best fighter and the best fight probably had definitely I Corte was young strong undefeated world champion so uh beating Ike Quartey gave me that extra respect I needed to move on to the next level to face on Trinidad and then also capture another level of respect Oscar we wish you luck thank you September 18th right back over to you Steve by Jim round 3 round 2 is a solid one for Paul tapi has turned a lot of punches that spark many of the picked off by the gloves of Paulie Ayala for that was about as good as you can see to even guys going at it I mean neither one gaben it just action happy resort is you boxing smart now walks in the house right [Applause] it's another one punches ping off the Challenger [Applause] shots of the body tap is getting drunk because of the slope this might not be the advantage he's getting hit in the head really hard since can take that separated for the IATA continues to look impressive [Applause] [Music] and [Applause] bouncing a pole he's only been down once in his career his second pro fight versus a fighter named James Dean Ben's a half remaining in round three this prospector good that he journey is it the right hook effectively ridiculous [Applause] they Johnny Depp is trying to make a point he's not doing well by standing slugging down doesn't mean he's got the speed he's got the boxing style [Applause] that's what you should be doing inside his inside do that too he goes right to the body this guy is the yellow so I'm not intimidated at all by the so called mystique of Johnny Tapia the fact that tap is undefeated he's a three-time world champion as the Traviata but Iapetus continues to Chris and happiest is it hurt me shakes it but you gotta wonder we go we talk about a lot stop pause that's when I step on each other's feet happy right foot many times reading the story happy also said his biggest concern was the south of the left caballo [Applause] I still love each other okay Johnny here you go listen to me all right you standing in front of this guy too much champion shots okay you've got to use your speed okay right that miss defense not as good as it usually is he gets hit with a nice right hook behind the head hi Alan working very well on the inside here's the left uppercut quite of a bulldog round kind of a hidden behind here pulled them later in around he gets drilled pretty cleanly there's a nice left hand to the body one two and tap here gets hit clean as he's walking away and he does his usual smile and those are points going in the tip for Pauly a Yahoo's had two very good rounds blazing around so it's up to tap here to stop [Applause] Tapia usually proficient and avoiding punches making opponents pay when they mess but not here tonight but never underestimate the heart of a champion at the release of gentlemen once said that after the Houston Rockets from the target Johnny champions got the big heart in that previous round tap you identity for the knocked out because was like a punch in punch Lena gets hit Jimmy play like kind of pulled him down he was all bout so it was not a clean punch different out clean even though his knuckles crack the canvas that's correct to become a fortune activeness of the patch but he was tall down aningaaq out of the carrot box for continues about two minutes ago they are refusing to be intimidated by tapping and scored the most effective blows that spot [Applause] lift up the vine cap is very well nice right hand down well the tap has we've seen nothing's ever easy it's always a drama always an adventure but he's never lost in 48 fights is his number up tonight it another good flooring by midway through the course I go back with the topic and effectively [Applause] [ __ ] dance again yeah [Applause] those are getting thrown to the chin [Applause] terrific fight Bigfoot the star by the Challenger the number-two contender for the Iceland from Fort Worth Texas have to do a lot better this round than you did the last two we did some guns you're lacking for two rounds left see now getting his timing back at the cameras making I'll just block him off main town the score sandy said there's Titans defense [Applause] he goes to the chick thirty Seconds Upton report happy since alright now get switched as he said he might look at [Applause] he's scared of the pink um he's been cut so many times he keeps worrying about that cutter that's the equipment sir [Applause] saves around [Applause] okay one more up in okay not here and come back at the hook you hear me combination that body gone through then after you combinations you can you cannot send further spin them off to the side and hear me touch like in the gym right you think it's big buddy I cut you right I want to see those things Edwin put it together now okay button going on here there they Spang hit just leaning into one another right in there I - I head to head little later on same type of thing they just slamming heads right bend over right into one another coilette concise instructions from Freddie Roach she's so good is if you do what Freddie says is you can't always do what it says you got a good chance an appreciative crowd here at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas as we had to laugh [Applause] the worst who continues to the head body at the champion Marie Rose was correct he cannot find insignificant [Applause] the crowd [Applause] till someone gets here gentleman comes back and gets here and they're both maddening hard shut there's no cream puffs up here they're vicious Evan flow this fight is great [Applause] but too long [Applause] at the spiritual and religious tattoos draped all over his back firing that jab it's being picked off by a yatta that jab again was stopped by the clubs of Champions downstairs and upstairs for the left uppercut left up by Johnny Tapia was it beautiful look you made a nice little fake dipped inside inside a hook right around I Al's right hand fast when he wants to me and so as Ayane who continues to pick off many countries he's got some kind of defense looked at me to the face [ __ ] whoa he just paid for it oh he did show's opening up there by the Tapia seemed unfazed by excruciating the vid and it both had their deployments back nobody's clearly controlled the entire round Boyan starting to close at a little stronger [Applause] [Music] pick straight right hand back stupid we're top didn't step back he keeps coming in he keeps coming in and when he comes in two three four five chances though [Applause] guilty what a seesaw but letting they talk until you doing anything okay your insights and stay busy good you gotta stay busy with both hands - koala simple you've abandoned your school gotta keep using that [Applause] why use those legs I'm not using your legs okay listen to me the right hand leave and the double left hooks gonna be good shot you told that show you knock do something good job okay then the right hand lead a double life talk okay hit him to see what Apia gets in a hello to somebody back home which he generally does between rounds like that camera time here we go number six the title ended a controversial technical decision he lost it he's trying to make sure he leaves tonight what the title this was going to be hard tonight the great Emanuel Stewart just came by droplet Lucas and Paulie is fighting the perfect fight Tapia needs war right hand leads just when he wrote that one of the quarter man said you got need need one more pull right in leads Johnny right hand leave it double up top there it is the great Randall Stewart said Polly is fighting the perfect cool instructions from Henry Mendez a sense of urgency in that box again every time you get somebody [Applause] screeches up a little too much [Applause] with publish option shop [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I gotta switch the sample getting good happy adapted so quick and suddenly the switching and good shot boy that should have had some factors in fire [Applause] yaksa just blown up come on Pepe's up again comes back he switches so quickly [Applause] combinations [Applause] amazing case - this fight my Tapia [Applause] how many punches have been thrown a little happiness out for good he just switches back and forth that's really funny I mean I've never seen the guy now that says he fought better against seven cause and it doesn't seem to be bothering him no one comes in with one and then back and forth they're not giving us any ground no inches no no [Applause] second surprise they take turns [Applause] thirty combination beautiful cake cake [Applause] right I do you gotta use your legs more little more scary okay side to side movement okay this guy can fall on your face - that's cute flourish get off to the side and turn them to another combination every time you figure gusto now ease the double right hand okay here goes the head-butting again tap he's moving back Ayala coming in just as they come together again bang right there right on his arm triggers up he's worried about that I tap you switches to southpaw now right here he's gonna double up their body nearly switches the cell - Janssen left hand and I knew more pretty clean very breezy switch your scourge of the half unofficial I got a dead heat I got three rounds to three 5757 5750 sir [Applause] but mention the other lights mosey into this work by the folks watching on television scheduled for 12 for the wv8 matter what championship Johnny Tapia vs. Paulie I up get his bid a sterling from coming five we use that double triple jab the downside is so much more buttons back so much more impressively that free should be that on the inside and the inside is getting guilty on inside southpaw again just for one jab trying to confuse her while this their tap you too quick and elusive we're not heavy punches behind that was a straight [Applause] over 20 showing everything here [Music] then he gets hit and that fire inside the right knee from the dock stage [Applause] put this an implosion approaches and that comes tap here now Tapia backs off the set measuring is nice right hand the body with John's got take a left uppercut when she when she lands there she's inside take it up being a lot more patience and a beautiful combination upstairs misses it's not pinochle Susie's beginning we do a pretty tough assume boxing of ujin [Applause] bouncing punches off the shoulders and head of Tamia Tamia answers back there belongs to the face like a machine gun [Applause] both fighters in medical condition to be pulling this up second another in stationary elephant after news all day giant very quick inside where they are taking the body seems to make you strong lands well but I all seems to stronger oops down the middle I a love winning the fight on inside captain come outside they're comfortable with it know that leave that I told you dude is gonna come down the condition number a game pain remember when you have in this way to you laughs you better throw that listen you're chasing it [Music] [Music] the words of Henry Mendez you got big stuff you gotta throw punches into the ears of 40 as he starts [Applause] as the water comes cascading down us [Applause] what a gripping spices a right hook big time happiness lowers his head it bores in [Music] but it keeps coming forward happiest eat something I'm not sure what I see is the trick not staying inside and he has started to get the ball a little bit but I am Allah who definitely stronger punches right here this sequence there's a left hook I left up missing bytes happy sunny shots and then he goes upstairs eyes but the second when you see two fighters this equal is good it becomes a contest of the world who's got the will to win you will not let the other guys win and that's what makes boxing great this right now conditioning and maybe experienced benefactor be funny about the Hat fun the reason there's a combination [Applause] to tell you Mattel visited James about that's his thing hip move here very quick reflexes offensively as well as defensible drop Ollie and slowed up son [Applause] [Applause] got dismissed yet been attached attention and that straight bride was rejected by the clubs of ours the purpose of both fighters supremist went into the fundus deep emotion believable shape but that feeling stronger yeah Louie [Applause] something completed asleep this is an input of me of nights I forgot my calling tickets on against the cargo [Applause] Theresa the engine [Applause] okay guys now we get to pick up a little bit more from yes you're letting them come back with too many combination combination another company okay you put on the outside right go with that right hands can't join you you do so flexes and connect your left with your name foolish okay all right okay now listen to me and do it okay I got your right hand your body temecula hard left hook you Bob under this every time you throw something [Music] [Applause] face partner between Robson turkey round to expert quarterman with very good fighters the Chimera eight Branagh crowns a very even very exciting fight strong punches on the inside by L I skill the convinced in sizes a little piece off for John right now [Applause] certainly through longest on delivery [Applause] [Applause] [Music] feta cheese fight champion [Music] [Applause] but the there of course tisn't conscience Channing [Music] very treaty going back [Applause] to study over a piece of meat but it's in the start of your [Music] night this is a great book between champion Daniela it's perfect [Applause] champion [Applause] [Music] [Music] but tap is getting off first [Applause] to get the prize [Applause] [Music] that left killers work dr. Tapia Pasolini agenda true [Applause] [Laughter] [Applause] it was just a quick that's a street fun he got broke [Applause] [Laughter] what another sizzling round [Applause] the wraparound and I am [Applause] [Music] you watch would have split us up water and feet right here left foot right foot they've meet and watch what happens as we roll the tape they wind up stepping on each other all the time and that is very very awkward [Music] is a different angle same thing with the feet except Johnny pepper stepped in some water or something just slipped right out it's an awkward dance parlor come on [Applause] going into the championship causeway now we're in 12 I don't think in it no matter where this fight goes from this point on market down June 26 1999 one of the fights of the year again this has to be a candidate for five years get the head on top of that the gun would topple happy as hell for time let on Johnny tap his heads yes he's been situation is flipper masking it up but that is main who stopped out of their liquor [Applause] backing out boy get back in a corner Gambia also getting close streaking into his mouth had to spit it out coming down from cascaded from the top of his head from the head cuts with the South Pole he's been looking for cut he found it [Applause] domination Stephen for a major sense of urgency now for Johnny Tapia [Applause] we should just stick these games ladies win the fighters back here now I think anything stopping because it'll go to school because if he wants to stand and write these Haneda but to the chin and then he goes to the body [Music] Asian internet tasting but he can't get get this kid come back and nails this and the round see stuff is back at Wharton it's a very even fight just like tap his head and forget about things like I got in front of them right to the header file [Applause] Johnny Tapia story with the combinations by storing the combination then when it gets cavity counters the counter just by a little bit part of the crowd chatting only the other Johnny can't even tell the difference at this point 50 seconds to go in the 10th round as this frenetic fight continues blows here boy back it up boys have trouble amazingly no not without mobile digging just beautiful stop by the [Applause] why did we go to this he get stuck wire and that's what it was the whole room [Applause] I got it water [Music] okay I'll only be done okay take the analogy that was a good run food combinations right you're back in this guy up right there now you see that right here throws the bloody clash of heads boy il is coming in Johnny Tapia he just slammed into one another as they turned no one's even looking and I I can't see how clean that headbutt was excellent right here my tab he goes to the body as boy picks his head on and sits right there as we left hook counter jab right down to plate beautiful right hand over to Jim Gray all right Steven spoke to dr. Flip home and he says his cut as a surface scratch on the top of Johnny Tapia his head it will not prevent him from continuing Steve thank you thank you Jim the last time Iona went past the tenth row was two and a half years ago by decision January 11 1997 on the De La Hoya Whittaker car show that Gomez we talked about the meeting soon he said this way [Applause] but it's almost sure to go to football oh yeah it definitely needs these two rounds and tap in each one of the two needs these are pulling away right now gaming the point she needs these are a truly championship round it just looks like polish finally start to run out of gas in the bathroom detector switch again two separate processes so fix or but I'm not on speaking it up back to conventional with the right some of those got through seven um o'clock [Applause] beautiful defense by Cathy right there made me miss a whole lot of fun [Applause] I mean who would not only has he made a major everybody's been [ __ ] every one of these four times per day conditioning huge fountain here down the stretch and we talked at the top of the show in the fight like this necessary to be a superstar yes yes it is and both fighters sighting like superstars yeah [Music] we are dest a boy he's got guts he keeps [Music] and sour [Music] he's so quick Steve's hard to get away of his punches when you put your hands up the block is just another set of five or six on [Music] [Applause] [Music] well this is a fan [Applause] hey I got a thing non-stop activity from the opening bell and that is not an exaggeration [Applause] any message behind outlook to something active [Applause] visit something standing they've been champion to play [Applause] [Applause] they're going to do something they do it and then they're answered by their counterpart right here I on the inside with happy attack he likes to hook but he walks into a hook he comes back through the six punch combination Ayala makes an attempt to do the same thing Johnny gets to get out of the way this is real give-and-take long hey thank you Joe and get him no okay [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] neither fighter a novel specialist as they touch flow so this final round will be critical crucial perhaps to determine the outcome tap Backup the points right now so he can't lose [Applause] would be surprised [Applause] 603 three punches so even a knockdown wouldn't help him that much unless it's a 10-7 [Applause] the wonders in the last year to put your gravity we approach the bottle two minutes women run of a somatic slugfest here in Las Vegas and you're the first of all this has got to be a candidate definitely gonna be [Applause] to get the phone [Applause] don't forget we're just just guessing Bobby and I we [Applause] a pretty good read actually [Applause] has simple esteem [Applause] [Music] [Applause] jump [Applause] shipping [Applause] championship [Music] Johnny she can't be every the Sherman [Applause] this is what the right [Applause] final 30 seconds [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is in giant irritating against [Applause] winning the title it's just that close [Applause] [Music] into the hands of the three judges for the Las Vegas kingship pizza party Canada [Music] let's wait [Music] [Applause] [Music] the emotion [Music] [Music] concern over there the Tapia Park as polio embraces worry on the face of Johnny Tapia anyone had lose that fight yeah that's a very very close fight and truly [Applause] but boy let me tell you they got to do this again skirmish in which tapped in before the bell went shot [Applause] we continue to decision one of the best bites of the year we're ready for the decision from Jimmy Lin ladies and gentlemen before I read the score totals we've all seen a tremendous twirl rounds of action no matter who the winner is they both deserve a round of applause Paulie Ayala and Johnny Tapia great Franks well there is and gentlemen after 12 rounds of boxing we do have a unanimous decision as the judges agree here are the score totals judge at ringside jeez you trust scores about 115 to 114 judges Duane Forde and Fernando V so both scored about 116 to 113 all three in favor of the winner and the new da battle a champion of the world [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] champion suffers his first to fainted [Applause]

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Length: 56min 19sec (3379 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 21 2020