CORNER, WEARING BLUE AND YELLOW. HIS PROFESSIONAL RECORD OF 21 WINS, FROM ARGENTINA, ROLDOFO JUAREZ! WEARING BLACK AND RED, WEIGHING 168 POUNDS. PROFESSIONAL RECORD, 15 WIN, ONLY ONE DEFEAT. FROM GERMANY, BY WAY OF HAVANA, CUBA, UWEL HERNANDEZ! >> WE'RE IN FOR A TREAT WITH THIS FIGHT. BOTH FIGHTERS HAVE EXCELLENT RECORDS. 35K.O.'S BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. >> WBA TIET ONLY THE LINE, BOTH WANT TO BRING THAT HOME. >> THE PREVIOUS FIGHT LEFT THE BAR REALLY, REALLY HEIGHT. THESE GUYS HAVE TO COME READY TO MATCH WHAT WE JUST SAW A WHILE AGO. WE ARE READY TO GO, FIRST ROUND, LIVE ACTION, ESPN KNOCKOUT, FROM PANAMA CITY, PANAMA. FIRST ROUND OF A SUPERMIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT FOR THE GOLD TITLE. 12 ROUNDS OF ACTION. WE'VE GOT UWEL OF HERNANDEZ FROM CUBA WEARING THE BLACK TRUNKS AND CUBAN FLAG. ROLDOFO JUAREZ FROM ARGENTINA WEARING BLUE AND YELLOW. JUAREZ WITH A -- HERNANDEZ WITH A BIG LEFT HAND TO THE SIDE OF JUAREZ. HERE ON THE CAMERAS OF ESPN. >> BETH OF THEM, LEAD HAND THERE FROM JUAREZ. >> JUAREZ WITH A RIGHT HAND TO THE SIDE OF THE BODY. CONTRARY TO THE PREVIOUS FIGHT, THESE TWO GUYS ARE FOCUSING ON THE BODY SHOTS EARLIER IN THE ROUND. BOTH OF THEM LOOK VERY ECONOMICAL IN THE PUNCHES THEY'RE THROWING. NOT MUCH MOVEMENT FROM EITHER SIDE. THROWING VERY HARD EARLY IN THE ROUND. TWO HANDS FROM JUAREZ. TWO HANDS FROM HERNANDEZ BACK. JUAREZ AGAIN WITH THE LEFT HAND ON THE SIDE. PARTIALLY BLOCKED BY HERNANDEZ. >> I LIKE WHAT I'M SEEING ALREADY. DOING A GOOD JOB OF BLOCKING. JUST LIKE THAT. LEAD HAND. >> HERNANDEZ MOVING A LITTLE BUILT MORE NOW. TRYING TO SEE AN OPENING IN THE GUARD. NOTHING THERE. 40 SECONDS TO GO IN THE FIRST ROUND. SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT. FIRST ROUND OF 12. THIS ROUND WENT KIND OF BACKWARDS. USUALLY YOU START THROW STUDYING YOUR OPPONENT. THEY STARTED THROWING BUT NOW THEY'RE STUDYING THEIR OPPONENT. >> 10 SECONDS TO GO. MISSING THERE, JUAREZ, HERNANDEZ NOT THROWING TOO MANY PUNCHES. >> WE SAW THE ACTION IN THE EARLIER PART OF THE ROUND, THEY WERE STUDYING EACH OTHER. NOT TOO MANY TIMES YOU'VE SEEN A ROUND LIKE THIS. MAKES IT DIFFICULT. MORE HOMEWORK FOR THEM. >> I THINK IT WAS A HERNANDEZ ROUND. >> A THREAT FROM HIS OPPONENT. >> HERNANDEZ GET THE FIRST ROUND. THERE'S A HIGHLIGHT. BLOCKED SHOTS. SUAREZ, THE BODY SHOT. GOING TO THE SECOND ROUND. 12 ROUNDS OF ACTION. WBA SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT. HERNANDEZ IN THE BLACK TRUNKS, JUAREZ IN THE BLUE AND YELLOW. HERNANDEZ THE ONE THAT'S BRINGING THE FIGHT. COMBINATION THERE. BLOCKED BY THE VERY TIGHT DEFENSE FROM JUAREZ. HE'S MUCH MORE ACTIVE IN THIS ROUND THOUGH HIS SHOTS ARE BEING BLOCKED. JUAREZ MORE CAUTIOUS. NOTHING GOING THERE. THE CROWD IS GETTING ANXIOUS A LITTLE BIT. >> HE'S REALLY FOCUSED. >> OH, YEAH. GOING UP AND COMING DOWNSTAIRS. SHOWS THE LEVEL IN THE RETURNS. >> TEXTBOOK BOXING RIGHT THERE. YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT TO CROSS OVER. LIKE IT IS RIGHT THERE. >> STARTED PUNCHING. ER IF HERNANDEZ COMING RIGHT IN BETWEEN YOU KNOW HE'S OPEN. >> GOOD STRATEGY THERE FROM HERNANDEZ SO FAR. WAR LES STILL CAUTIOUS. NOT THROWING COMBINATIONS. TRYING TO STAY BACK FROM THE OUTSIDE. HERNANDEZ IDENTIFIES -- OH! THAT WAS A WICKED LEFT HAND TO THE BODY. >> LOOK AT THAT MARK ON HIS BODY, COMPLETELY RED. HE GOT -- >> HE'S DOWN. FOR THE COUNT. A SURPRISINGLY VICIOUS LEFT HAND TO THE SIDE, GOT HIM. GUARD UP. WAITED FOR THAT AND GOT HIM. >> HE'S DIGGING INTO THE BODY. VERY GOOD BOXING. >> YOU WERE JUST RIGHT ON THE MONEY THERE. YOU SAID, I LIKE WHAT I'M SEEING FROM HERNANDEZ. YOU KNOW. PUNCHING UP, PUNCHING UP IN THIS ROUND. AND JUAREZ JUST STAYING BACK. >> PUNCHES UP THERE. DISTRACTING YOU KNOW. >> WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, IS THIS THE RESULT OF A PLANNED STRATEGY FROM THE GYM? OR IS IT SOMETHING HERNANDEZ REALIZED IN THE FIRST ROUND AND PART OF THE SECOND ROUND AND JUST DECIDED TO GO FOR IT? >> COULD BE EITHER OR. THEY MIGHT HAVE STUDIED HIM AND THOUGHT HE -- AT THE SAME TIME HE COULD HAVE JUST PICKED UP ON IT. RING ANNOUNCER: NEW SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT WBA CHAMPION, UWEL HERNANDEZ! >> THERE WE HAVE THE NEW SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE CHAMPION, UWEL HERNANDEZ, WHO FOUGHT A VERY SMART FIRST ROUND AND IN THE SECOND ROUND HE WENT FOR THE KILL. THE STRATEGY OF PUNCHING UP. GETTING JUAREZ -- HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ROUND. YOU SEE THE ACTION THERE. JUAREZ MISSING WITH THE LEFT HAND. BODY SHOT. BODY SHOT. PARTIALLY BLOCKED. BODY SHOT. BODY SHOT. 85% OF THE SHOTS FROM HERNANDEZ WERE BODY SHOTS. >> BEAUTIFUL. PUNCH WITH THE RIGHT HAND. >> BOOM, RIGHT THERE. PRECISELY WHERE THE ELBOW, THE RIGHT ELBOW WAS NOT PROTECTING HIS BODY. HERNANDEZ JUST DEPOSITED THAT VICIOUS, POWERFUL LEFT HAND AND THERE WAS NOTHING FOR JUAREZ TO DHOASM RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BODY WAS COMPLETELY RED. A CLEAN SHOT HE GOT DIRECTLY.
