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Is welcome to the East End of London, three point 8 miles that | :01:07. | :01:11. | |
way in 257 days and five hours time precisely it is all going to start. | :01:11. | :01:20. | |
We are heading to crunch time for some of our leading athletes. Here, | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
the afternoon at within of the grittiest sporting venues of them | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
all the York Hall it's a big afternoon for some of the leading | :01:27. | :01:37. | |
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This is belief. This is our dream. We will take any punishment. | :01:51. | :02:00. | |
will take any pain. In spite of the long hours. And the hard graft. | :02:00. | :02:05. | |
always remain determined. Because at the end of our journey. | :02:05. | :02:15. | |
believe in only one outcome. Victory. So welcome to the British | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
amateur boxing champion sips held in this magnificent grand hall that | :02:18. | :02:23. | |
dates back to the 19 30s. Plenty of action for you until four clock. We | :02:23. | :02:33. | |
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are also going to reflect on this death of Joe Frazier. We are going | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
to start the programme but talking about another rivalry. One that has | :02:39. | :02:45. | |
dominated amateur boxing ranks. It at the flyweight devision between | :02:45. | :02:48. | |
Andrew Selby and Khalid Yafai. Who are second and fourth in the world | :02:48. | :02:55. | |
and have qualified for the Olympic Games but because neither is the | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
current world Championship neither gains Matt tick qualification. So | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
it was decided to have a best of three box off and the first fight | :03:03. | :03:10. | |
took place last night watched by Richie wood hall among others. In | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
this world we live n was there no other way other than this vote off? | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
No, there wasn't, because both boxers had met Olympic requirements | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
by making the quarterfinals of the World Championships, so, I think | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
the fair solution was what the head coach said, we won't over one | :03:28. | :03:34. | |
contest we have to assess both and we will do it over three and Selby | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
got his nose in front with that fine win. Let us see the best bits. | :03:38. | :03:43. | |
The action is in the first round and ends in what was a decisive | :03:43. | :03:50. | |
knock down although the referee doesn't rule in the end it wasn't. | :03:50. | :03:56. | |
The first round Selby was boxing well on his back foot. Khalid Yafai | :03:56. | :04:01. | |
had a good guard, but nevertheless, I think Selby got through with | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
I think Selby got through with better shots and more quality | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
punches. So it was a good start for the Welshman he commanded from the | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
centre of of the ring. He switched from orthodox to southpaw. He does | :04:11. | :04:16. | |
it naturally. He is a natural switch hitter. Khalid Yafai knew he | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
had to get up close to his man but the combinations were better and | :04:20. | :04:26. | |
that is a lovely left hook. The referee deemed it was a slip. | :04:26. | :04:31. | |
Andrew Newby putting his hand in the air. Good performance. He | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
maintained it through the contest. The Welshman boxing in the blue | :04:35. | :04:39. | |
which can be condition fusing and all afternoon you may find that | :04:39. | :04:44. | |
confusing when you have Scots men boxing in red. As the fought drew | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
to a conclusion Khalid Yafai knew hes was playing catch up. Selby | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
boxed well and Khalid Yafai knew he was behind. He knew he had to force | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
pace. It became desperate in that last round, he knew he had to land | :04:58. | :05:03. | |
bigger shots to Troy and force a stoppage. He got through with good | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
punches but Andrew moves out of the way, better combinations and he | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
boxed better on the day. He was the better man on the day. This is the | :05:12. | :05:16. | |
first time you have watched amateur boxing in a while, you may wonder | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
who there is no score in the top corner. That is a new ruling. The | :05:19. | :05:24. | |
scores will only come at the end of each round and you will find out, I | :05:24. | :05:30. | |
think Andrew knew on the final bell he had won but the margin was 26-12. | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
I thought it was closer than that. I thought Andrew won the fight but | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
I thought it was by six or seven points. Khalid Yafai disappointed, | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
and you know what, they are the best of friends as well. They are | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
team-mates, it was a sad situation. We have two lads who qualified for | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
the Olympic Games but only one can go in this weight category, there | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
it was advantage Selby. So Selby left the ring thinking he would | :05:54. | :05:59. | |
have to come back today to do it all again and take a 2-0 lead but | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
the news we have today is that Khalid Yafai and we have both of | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
them here, failed to make the weight for this second competition, | :06:07. | :06:12. | |
which means, that he has to forfeit his place in the Olympic Games and | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
Andrew goes through with a 2-0 lead in their best of three box offs so | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
it is a shame we haven't got see you in your kit we are chatting to | :06:19. | :06:24. | |
you. So Khalid Yafai I will talk do you about a heartbreaking decision, | :06:24. | :06:30. | |
but first of all, Andrew you in the Olympics next year. How about that? | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
I am over the moon. It hasn't hit me yet. So it will hit me when I | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
get home. At least he didn't have a chance to hit you. Is that | :06:38. | :06:43. | |
disappointing, would you like to have had a second fight. No, I am | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
glad, he hits hard. What about your tactics for the fight. You spar | :06:47. | :06:52. | |
with him all the type, what were your tactics going into the fight? | :06:52. | :06:58. | |
Just to hit him and try and get out of his big punches. He hits hard? | :06:58. | :07:05. | |
Yes. You knew you had to get close up to him. I knew I had to get | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
close. Obvious you hit and the tactics paid off. Did Did you feel | :07:11. | :07:17. | |
it was slipping away. Yes, you had to play catch up. I have to ask you, | :07:17. | :07:21. | |
I am sure most people will say how it is possible for do you make the | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
weight last night and not make the weight today? Did you go to | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
McDonalds last night, what happened? The situation was, we | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
normally have an optimal boxing way and get a kilo point, but I knew I | :07:34. | :07:39. | |
had to be strong, I put an extra bit of weight on, for that extra | :07:39. | :07:44. | |
power and I hurt my hand in the fight, my hand is swollen up and | :07:44. | :07:48. | |
swelled up, and I had a bruised knuckle. I spent a lot of time | :07:48. | :07:53. | |
getting that seen to, by the time I got back to the hoe it will I was | :07:53. | :07:56. | |
1.7 over, and tried to get most of it off last night, tried to get | :07:56. | :08:04. | |
most of it off and I did, and I had 0.9 this morning. We trained this | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
morning for an hour-and-a-half. And we had two attempts this morning | :08:08. | :08:13. | |
but we weren't in time for the scale, the scales closed at 9 p.30. | :08:13. | :08:19. | |
I lost out by 300 grammes. You must be hard broken. For every loser a | :08:19. | :08:21. | |
winner so congratulations, a Welsh representative for Great Britain | :08:22. | :08:27. | |
next year. Are you counting the days? I don't know how many it is. | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
It is 257. You can put it on a wall chart. I want to say well done and | :08:32. | :08:37. | |
wish him all the best. We are team- mates. Wish him all the best and we | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
will be rooting for him. Hope he gets a gold. Thank you for talking | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
to us. Congratulations, good luck for the next nine months. There are | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
boxers waiting for news the ring we have four Great Britain qualified | :08:50. | :08:58. | |
for next year, but the 60 kilogram dirition is competitive. | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
Representing Wales hoping to get himself into that Olympic qualifier | :09:02. | :09:09. | |
is Joe Cordina, a flashy switch hitting fighter. His opponent the | :09:09. | :09:11. | |
ABA England champion I don't know Sam Maxwell from Liverpool. The | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
reigning national champion. He is looking to gate crash the squad and | :09:16. | :09:26. | |
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get down to the training centre in So the first of a scheduled three, | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
three minute right in the light weight champion. Boxing in reped | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
representing Wales is Joe Cordina, from the St Joseph's boxing club in | :09:43. | :09:50. | |
Newport. His opponent from Liverpool is Sam Maxwell. Boxing in | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
the blue vest, head-guard and gloves. Both boxers fighting out of | :09:55. | :10:05. | |
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Joe Cordina beat Iain Weaver with a dazzling display in the semifinal | :10:13. | :10:23. | |
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at the York Hall. A good left hook gets in there from Cordina. Sam | :10:25. | :10:29. | |
Maxwell. Taught at the weight, trying to make use of his reflexes | :10:29. | :10:36. | |
and speed and score with straight shots. We are seen examples of the | :10:36. | :10:44. | |
blistering hand speed that Cordina possesses. As John alluded to in | :10:44. | :10:47. | |
the opening of the programme, the amateur boxing scoring system | :10:47. | :10:51. | |
changed in March this year, there is no longer a one second window | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
for three of the five judges seated at ring seed. The score will only | :10:56. | :11:01. | |
appear at the end of each round, so at the conclusion of round one we | :11:01. | :11:10. | |
will bring you an update at the end. That brings about a rapid | :11:10. | :11:14. | |
retaliation from Maxwell. For the conclusion of the bout we have to | :11:14. | :11:17. | |
wait for the official verdict so that bit of drama had been removed | :11:17. | :11:23. | |
from amateur boxing where we used to see the score ticking over. We | :11:23. | :11:33. | |
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have become accustomed to that. Maxwell is trying to draw a | :11:45. | :11:51. | |
response from the other fighter. Inside the final minute then of the | :11:51. | :11:54. | |
60 kilogram final and the lightweight Olympic spot is up for | :11:54. | :12:04. | |
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grabs. Joe Cordina, he goes up to Left jab. Cordina on the | :12:07. | :12:17. | |
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Maxwell is looking to join that set up. He is a part-time boxer. He | :12:26. | :12:31. | |
works in Liverpool. He would like to benefit from the system that the | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
elite boxers enjoy in Sheffield. So the conclusion of one round of | :12:36. | :12:43. | |
boxing, cagey encounter. Both Mendis playing their differing | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
styles. Cordina displague his speed and Richie has made a quick sprint | :12:47. | :12:53. | |
what do you make of that first round? What I saw I thought Cordina | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
boxed well. Maxwell, Cordina had a harder semifinal against Iain | :12:58. | :13:03. | |
Weaver. He got the taibg tactics right there. So I think Maxwell is | :13:03. | :13:07. | |
fresher. And gets caught and Maxwell catches him with a lovely | :13:07. | :13:12. | |
right hand shot. So yes, and a left hook there. The timing was good | :13:12. | :13:17. | |
from both. But Maxwell landed shots there on that first round. That | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
just reflected in the score, it is tied at four points apiece. After | :13:22. | :13:25. | |
one round of boxing, so the judges can't separate them. Everything is | :13:25. | :13:35. | |
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still up for grabs. Both boxers are ready for work. Here we go, the | :13:35. | :13:39. | |
second the scheduled three, three minute rounds in the final. It is | :13:39. | :13:45. | |
tied at four points apiece. Maxwell representing England, boxing in | :13:45. | :13:51. | |
blue against Joe Cordina from Wales. Sam Maxwell, 23-year-old, born in | :13:51. | :13:58. | |
London before moving to the north- west at the age of eight. A kick | :13:58. | :14:01. | |
boxer converted from that martial art to the noble art, in an effort | :14:01. | :14:06. | |
to improve his hands. He said once he found this he enjoyed the full | :14:06. | :14:11. | |
contact aspect of boxing. He hasn't looked back. Beautiful right hand | :14:11. | :14:16. | |
in that exchange from Maxwell. a cagey affair because they are | :14:16. | :14:18. | |
both counter punches so they are waiting for each other to lead off. | :14:18. | :14:23. | |
Now the action starts going, more accurate shots there from Maxwell | :14:24. | :14:33. | |
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with that right hand. Cordina got Cordina's speed against Weaver was | :14:50. | :14:54. | |
superb. His timing was excellent. He is not so quick in this at the | :14:54. | :14:59. | |
moment. Maxwell is getting the oedge of him here. That was a | :14:59. | :15:09. | |
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significant win for Cordina, he Cordina, for his part, only started | :15:27. | :15:32. | |
boxing for thickness. He was a keen rugby player in his youth, played | :15:32. | :15:38. | |
football for a decent level as well. Nice straight right from Maxwell. | :15:38. | :15:44. | |
Cordina is very content just to wait on the back for it. He gets | :15:44. | :15:49. | |
caught there, though. Nick off by some good straight shots from | :15:49. | :15:54. | |
Maxwell. He is standing his ground, spearing his shorter opponent as he | :15:54. | :16:04. | |
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Around 30 seconds to go here in the Maxwell hoping to get into the mind | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
of the selectors as he scores with a right hook. Picked up by a short | :16:20. | :16:26. | |
straight from Cordina. The problem Cordina has got, coming forward, he | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
is dropping his hands a little bit too much. Maxwell is more accurate, | :16:30. | :16:36. | |
straight out. There again, right hand on cue. Perfectly on cue, a | :16:36. | :16:42. | |
good shot to finish from this man, 23-year-old Sam Maxwell from | :16:42. | :16:50. | |
Salisbury. His coaches Alan Lynch. He is the reigning English champion | :16:50. | :16:55. | |
at 60 kilograms. Beautiful shots from the Liverpudlian. Great right | :16:55. | :17:00. | |
and from Maxwell, Cordina coming forward, hands low, chin in the air. | :17:00. | :17:06. | |
Better work from Maxwell there, more accurate shots from him. | :17:06. | :17:09. | |
Maxwell trying that left hook, caught with the straight left there. | :17:09. | :17:13. | |
It was a good ground for Maxwell, accurate with the right and | :17:13. | :17:23. | |
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especially, two punches there. Good Confirmation of a four point lead | :17:26. | :17:31. | |
for Maxwell. Development Boxer Cordina represented his nation at | :17:31. | :17:41. | |
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The Olympics is a real incentive for them here. Robinho lost in his | :17:43. | :17:50. | |
first bout, 13-17 against the German. -- Cordina. He will be in | :17:50. | :17:55. | |
the driving seat to get the nod for Wales, the final European qualifier | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
in Turkey last April. You would think so, but there has to be a | :17:59. | :18:04. | |
change of tactic from Cordina now. He gets caught with the sharp there. | :18:04. | :18:08. | |
He prefers to box on the back foot and wait for his opponent, but he | :18:08. | :18:11. | |
has done to change tactic, come forward and force the pace because | :18:11. | :18:21. | |
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Martin Ward represented Great Britain, excuse me, England at the | :18:26. | :18:29. | |
World Championships in Baku. He will be boxing at the love Test | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
event later this month, not competing at this event. -- Olympic | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
Test event. He could not compete last year after having rolled his | :18:38. | :18:44. | |
ankle against Josh Taylor in the semi-final on Friday night. Cordina | :18:44. | :18:48. | |
scores with a good right hand. Martin Ward is a podium boxer for | :18:48. | :18:52. | |
England and Great Britain as well. Faster work from Cordina, beating | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
Maxwell to the punch, but Maxwell Boxing very sensible, on the back | :18:56. | :19:01. | |
foot, waiting for his opponent to walk on to his shots. He has just | :19:01. | :19:05. | |
got to keep the accuracy going. onus is on Cordina to bring about | :19:05. | :19:11. | |
the change in tactics and tempo, because he is trailing by four | :19:11. | :19:17. | |
after two rounds of boxing. Maxwell has got to keep it as his. Whereas | :19:17. | :19:22. | |
fourteener is looking to put points on the board in a hurry, reduce | :19:22. | :19:28. | |
that deficit he faced after two rounds. -- Cordina. Maxwell tried | :19:28. | :19:31. | |
to keep it at long range where he can continue to score with those | :19:31. | :19:40. | |
long straight punches that have Just one minute to go, Cordina is | :19:40. | :19:47. | |
going to have to raise the urgency now. As he waited too long? A good | :19:47. | :19:51. | |
exchange of punches there. called Max hole with a couple of | :19:51. | :19:55. | |
good shots, Maxwell lent in too much. He should start working more | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
behind his jab. But Cordina has got to keep his hands up and have a | :19:59. | :20:02. | |
little bit more head movement, because these punches from Maxwell | :20:02. | :20:08. | |
are accurate. It is really to and fro at the moment, but Cordina is | :20:08. | :20:14. | |
being urgent because he knows he is behind. Into the final half-minute, | :20:14. | :20:18. | |
concentration crucial from both fighters. Cordina has got to | :20:18. | :20:23. | |
overturn that deficits that he was suffering. Maxwell looking to | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
maintain and increase his lead. Inside the final 20 seconds in his | :20:26. | :20:36. | |
After yesterday's bout against Iain Weaver, is thought Cordina was | :20:36. | :20:41. | |
favoured for this context. Maxwell has boxed superbly well. He has got | :20:41. | :20:45. | |
the tactics right today. He stopped Sean Dick put Scotland in the | :20:45. | :20:50. | |
second round with a dazzling performance. A dazzling performance | :20:50. | :20:57. | |
from Cordina against them, the TV podium representative. As Ritchie | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
pointed out, Cordina was the favourite coming into this. Do we | :21:01. | :21:07. | |
have an upset on the cards this afternoon? The bell sounds to | :21:07. | :21:12. | |
include three rounds of boxing. We await the coronation of the new | :21:12. | :21:15. | |
British champion in the lightweight division. Will it be this man? He | :21:16. | :21:20. | |
has got a smile on his face going back to the corner, because he | :21:20. | :21:25. | |
boxed superbly well and took a four point advantage into that final | :21:25. | :21:29. | |
round. It was a good round from Maxwell again. Cordina knew he was | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
slipping away, he caught Maxwell with a couple of good shots, but | :21:32. | :21:36. | |
generally Maxwell thought that there, waiting for his opponent to | :21:36. | :21:41. | |
come forward. The blocks a couple of shots there. He got the tactics | :21:41. | :21:47. | |
right. That is an upset, Ronald. Just awaiting confirmation of the | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
official verdict. It will be a nervous wait for the boxers. They | :21:52. | :21:57. | |
made their way to Center ring. They will hear the announcement to the | :21:57. | :22:07. | |
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A generous round of applause from this knowledgeable crowd here at | :22:07. | :22:12. | |
the York Hall in Bethnal Green. The verdict. The result of bouts number | :22:12. | :22:18. | |
seven, by a computer score of 16-14, the winner and Great Britain | :22:18. | :22:26. | |
champion, 2011, under 60 kilos, Maxwell in the blue corner. Beaming | :22:26. | :22:31. | |
from ear to ear, Sam Maxwell from Liverpool is the new British | :22:31. | :22:38. | |
lightweight champion courtesy of a 16-14 decision over Joe Cordina, | :22:38. | :22:41. | |
the development box and the Welsh representative. An upset was indeed | :22:41. | :22:47. | |
on the cards, because this man has upset the formbook. Joe Cordina, | :22:47. | :22:51. | |
who had plenty to thought about, a leading lightweight for the | :22:51. | :22:57. | |
national team, as Colin Jones, the former European champion, gives him | :22:57. | :23:01. | |
a pat of consolation. But in terms of the English set-up, Sam Maxwell | :23:01. | :23:06. | |
has definitely put himself on the radar of the selectors by crashing | :23:06. | :23:13. | |
into the championship here this afternoon. Congratulations, what | :23:13. | :23:18. | |
does this victory mean to you? means everything. You know, there | :23:18. | :23:22. | |
was no pressure coming to meet in this tournament, and whatever came | :23:22. | :23:26. | |
from it is a bonus. Just being here is great, but winning it, I am over | :23:26. | :23:31. | |
the moon. Where do you go from here? Hopefully, with my | :23:31. | :23:36. | |
performances over the last two days, I will definitely get on the TV | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
Developments God or something like that. So this keeps your Olympic | :23:40. | :23:46. | |
dream alive. String the things have happened. Hopefully! Thank you very | :23:46. | :23:56. | |
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Our man at ringside today, a big weekend for boxing, professional | :24:01. | :24:05. | |
and domestic titles at stake this weekend, and it is fair to say that | :24:05. | :24:10. | |
boxing has not had as many column inches in a long time following the | :24:10. | :24:14. | |
death of Joe Frazier, the former world heavyweight champion, at the | :24:14. | :24:19. | |
age of 67. It is hard to work out in an era where the words legendary | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
and Great are bandied around and undervalued, it is hard to work out | :24:23. | :24:26. | |
exactly who merits those descriptions. The one thing you can | :24:26. | :24:30. | |
say about Joe Frazier undeniably, one of the finest heavyweights of | :24:30. | :24:34. | |
all the time, one of the most fearsome, and he was part of that | :24:34. | :24:38. | |
unbelievable trilogy in an era when boxing was revered and will be | :24:38. | :24:47. | |
Joe Frazier's career was ignited at the 1964 Olympics when he slugged | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
his way to heavyweight gold while nursing a fractured left arm. Such | :24:51. | :24:57. | |
toughness and tenacity would become his hallmark. A country boy from | :24:57. | :25:01. | |
South Carolina became synonymous in the fighting city of Philadelphia, | :25:01. | :25:05. | |
bobbing, weaving, bustling and brawling, 5 ft 11 ball of fury | :25:05. | :25:09. | |
applying pressure that was near impossible to withstand. But | :25:09. | :25:13. | |
crucially he was that the ultimate exponent of the Philadelphia left | :25:13. | :25:19. | |
hook. Adversaries often found that smoking was hazardous to the health. | :25:19. | :25:25. | |
The left a trail of destruction to the world title. Muhammad Ali's | :25:25. | :25:28. | |
moving presence overshadowed his standing. The sporting rivalry by | :25:28. | :25:33. | |
which all others are judged was born. Frazier and Muhammad Ali | :25:33. | :25:36. | |
would meet three times, but their first titanic clash at Madison | :25:36. | :25:41. | |
Square Garden in 1971 transcended sport and capture the imagination | :25:41. | :25:45. | |
of the entire world. For the first time in history, two fighters with | :25:45. | :25:49. | |
perfect records and a legitimate claim to the heavyweight crown | :25:49. | :25:54. | |
would collide. Fraser's signature shot dropped Ali in the final round, | :25:54. | :26:00. | |
the iconic image in a punishing points victory. His final title bid | :26:00. | :26:03. | |
against's, the thriller in Manila, is widely regarded as the best | :26:03. | :26:11. | |
boxing match of all time. Joe Frazier! Ali and George Foreman | :26:11. | :26:15. | |
were the only boxes to give the Joe Frazier. While he is remembered as | :26:15. | :26:19. | |
one of the greatest and most bitter rivalries in sport, he was simply | :26:19. | :26:23. | |
one of the best heavyweight champions who ever lived, and the | :26:23. | :26:33. | |
:26:33. | :26:38. | ||
pantheon of heavyweight greats, his Well, Steve Bunce, esteemed boxing | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
pundit, is with us for the rest of the afternoon, a man who met Joe | :26:42. | :26:45. | |
Frazier on many occasions. There is a temptation if you are of a | :26:45. | :26:50. | |
certain age to think that the era that you grew up in it was the | :26:50. | :26:54. | |
definitive per year of any sport. But was he part of the golden of | :26:54. | :27:00. | |
all golden eras customer I think he was, because as you know, it is | :27:00. | :27:04. | |
rose-tinted. Any hero becomes that way when you look back, but the | :27:04. | :27:08. | |
heavy weights from the 1970s were known as champions for ever. Of | :27:08. | :27:14. | |
course, we at Ali, we had Joe Frazier, but there was also George | :27:14. | :27:17. | |
Foreman and Norton, and they managed to fight each other in | :27:17. | :27:20. | |
various combinations, and they provided 10 years of the greatest | :27:20. | :27:24. | |
heavyweight championship fight. When you listed at the top all the | :27:24. | :27:27. | |
things about him, the one thing he would miss out, and I were not | :27:27. | :27:31. | |
correct to, is overlooked, because he was also overlooked and | :27:31. | :27:37. | |
neglected. That is a bit of a tragedy. Perhaps because of the way | :27:37. | :27:40. | |
that Ali treated him a lot of the time, you know, pulling the rug | :27:40. | :27:44. | |
from under his feet, insulting him, saying he was ugly and all that | :27:44. | :27:48. | |
sort of stuff. From all the people who have been talking about Joe | :27:48. | :27:52. | |
Frazier, that lingering bitterness was there right to the end. | :27:52. | :27:56. | |
Absolutely, and it was not partly to do with Muhammad Ali, it was | :27:57. | :28:02. | |
hundred% to do with Ali. -- 100%. It is hard to change the way that | :28:02. | :28:08. | |
people look back, and all they meet is the Ali stuff, which was very | :28:08. | :28:12. | |
much anti-Joe Frazier. One week before he died, if they had been in | :28:12. | :28:15. | |
a room, there would have only been one man left standing. They hated | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
each other until the end. You may have heard some stuck with people | :28:19. | :28:22. | |
trying to convince you that they were trying to build bridges. | :28:22. | :28:28. | |
Absolute rubbish, take it from me, the hate randy, very deep. It is | :28:28. | :28:33. | |
always sad to end talking about a great fighter in a negative kind of | :28:33. | :28:37. | |
way, but I know that you have a story about when Muhammad Ali was | :28:37. | :28:40. | |
lighting the flame in Atlanta at the Olympic Games, and we are | :28:40. | :28:43. | |
thinking about the Olympic Games here this afternoon. Muhammad Ali | :28:43. | :28:48. | |
was lighting the flame, where was Joe Frazier? This tends to be | :28:48. | :28:51. | |
overlooked, but he was the first Olympic heavyweight champion to win | :28:51. | :28:56. | |
the heavyweight championship of the world, because Cassius Clay, | :28:56. | :28:59. | |
Muhammad Ali as he became known, was a light heavyweight. At the end | :28:59. | :29:02. | |
of the Olympics, when Muhammad Ali was being feted and had been | :29:02. | :29:07. | |
watched by billions, outside the boxing arena after the last fight | :29:07. | :29:12. | |
of the 1996 Olympics, as I left the arena, Joe Frazier was signing | :29:12. | :29:17. | |
copies of his autobiography for $50 out on the street wearing a cap. | :29:17. | :29:24. | |
Sadly, that is how I will remember him. Top 10, top five of all time? | :29:24. | :29:34. | |
:29:34. | :29:39. | ||
Absolutely talking about heavy weights, we have got any at Bethnal | :29:39. | :29:49. | |
:29:49. | :29:57. | ||
He is looking to once more make an impression on the selectors, in his | :29:57. | :30:01. | |
weight is the podium boxer for Great Britain baste. From | :30:01. | :30:06. | |
Sunderland, he is firmly entrenched in that position up there at the | :30:06. | :30:09. | |
English Institute of Sport in Sheffield but the Olympic spot | :30:09. | :30:19. | |
:30:19. | :30:26. | ||
still open in this weight class. -- So the first of a scheduled three | :30:26. | :30:30. | |
three minute rounds in the 19 kilogram heavyweight division | :30:30. | :30:35. | |
between Warren Baister wearing blue and his opponent Ben Llyemi from | :30:35. | :30:41. | |
Finchley representing England, and he boxes out of the red corner. | :30:41. | :30:45. | |
Baister taller. U you see the impressive fee seek as Baister | :30:45. | :30:49. | |
scores with a hard right hand to the body. Lleymi comes back with a | :30:49. | :30:59. | |
:30:59. | :31:00. | ||
stiff left jab of his own. It could Big test for Lleymi. Warren Baister | :31:00. | :31:08. | |
is a podium boxer. He shares that position with also Simon, those who | :31:08. | :31:13. | |
are in pole position to try and get that number one spot so this is a | :31:13. | :31:16. | |
test for like -- Lleymi. He has the power and good movement. So Baister | :31:16. | :31:25. | |
will be have to be on his best today. He is connecting with long | :31:25. | :31:35. | |
:31:35. | :31:36. | ||
shots but Lleymi is defensive. Lleymi didn't box yesterday, only | :31:36. | :31:44. | |
three boxers, he scored with a hurtful blow. Good shot. Switched | :31:44. | :31:48. | |
the attack downstairs. That stopped Lleymi in his tracks a bit. There | :31:48. | :31:52. | |
is that right hand. The Lleymi right hand is the punch that he | :31:52. | :31:59. | |
should be concentrating on, now and again Baister just, he does just | :31:59. | :32:02. | |
drop that left hand and he is open to that shot. Lleymi would be do | :32:02. | :32:12. | |
:32:12. | :32:16. | ||
well to keep throwing that punch. It is good to see Lleymi using that | :32:16. | :32:20. | |
job. The second shot is getting through. It is a sign he has been | :32:20. | :32:25. | |
well coached because the jab is an important punch for every boxer, no | :32:25. | :32:30. | |
matter what your style is. He has good head movement but he is using | :32:30. | :32:38. | |
that jab and using the right hand over the top. He scores once more | :32:38. | :32:43. | |
with the left hand to the body. Talking about the coaching that | :32:43. | :32:52. | |
Lleymi received, that is from John Oliver up there at the Finchley ABC. | :32:52. | :32:57. | |
Lleymi didn't start boxing until he was 19. Went down after takes a | :32:57. | :33:07. | |
year out because he was a terrific athlete across a number of sports. | :33:07. | :33:11. | |
Good variation Ronald, from Warren Baister. Good left hook to the body. | :33:11. | :33:15. | |
He keeps using that shot. He is a good straight puncture but he can | :33:15. | :33:21. | |
switch down stairs with the left hook. He is accurate and gets great | :33:21. | :33:31. | |
sparring. Carl froch comes into it as well. I have seen him sparring | :33:31. | :33:36. | |
with Carl. Lleymi tried to respond but doesn't succeed in doing | :33:36. | :33:41. | |
anything but air conditioning his hair. Lleymi trying to work away. | :33:41. | :33:45. | |
He made a mistake there Warren Baister. He fell short and he got | :33:45. | :33:50. | |
away with it. He stumbled into Lleymi but Lleymi has to look out | :33:50. | :33:53. | |
for that. Warren Baister doesn't need to be falling short with his | :33:53. | :34:00. | |
attack. So, this man being severely tested. All of his experience being | :34:00. | :34:05. | |
put to the test against the more experienced Warren Baister, but he | :34:05. | :34:10. | |
doesn't appear overawed by the task at hand. He acquitted himself well. | :34:10. | :34:16. | |
That was a great left hook. He did a one two combination then he | :34:16. | :34:19. | |
switched downstairs, he does it again there. A good combination | :34:19. | :34:24. | |
from Warren Baister. At the conclusion of the first, it is all | :34:24. | :34:32. | |
square. Four points apiece. That doesn't surprise me to be honest. I | :34:32. | :34:35. | |
thought Lleymi landed good right hands, and a lot of the shots he's | :34:35. | :34:45. | |
:34:45. | :34:54. | ||
blocked on his gloves. I think that Last year this tournament was won | :34:54. | :34:59. | |
by Simon, he went to AZ Alkmaar. He failed to secure a qualify kaition | :34:59. | :35:04. | |
for the Olympics so everything is still up for grabs. In terms of | :35:04. | :35:09. | |
going to that final Olympic qualifier in Istanbul in Turkey in | :35:09. | :35:15. | |
April. A bit of a change in tactic from Lleymi. I think his corner | :35:15. | :35:22. | |
have said get out there. He is scoring with the jab once more. | :35:22. | :35:28. | |
Baister finishes that with a hurtful left to the body. Good | :35:28. | :35:34. | |
counter from Lleymi. That is desire and belief in his ability, that is | :35:34. | :35:38. | |
one of his greatest strengths. Demonstrating those qualities here | :35:38. | :35:43. | |
this afternoon. Refusing to be intimidated by the occasion in what | :35:43. | :35:52. | |
is the biggest fight of his novice career. Really came to aten shown | :35:52. | :36:02. | |
:36:02. | :36:07. | ||
route to that ABA title when he Good left jab response from Lleymi. | :36:07. | :36:13. | |
He got caught and got caught again, he is hurt there. Starting to get | :36:13. | :36:16. | |
through now, it is a good guard from Lleymi but the odd one is | :36:16. | :36:20. | |
getting through. A beautiful left hook to the body and right hand | :36:20. | :36:25. | |
round the corner. You see him trying that shot again. Trying to | :36:25. | :36:29. | |
get behind the high held left hand of Lleymi. He is getting a bit | :36:29. | :36:33. | |
tired here Warren Baister, so he is working well at mid and long range | :36:33. | :36:38. | |
but he is falling and holding those feet, and that bringing Lleymi back | :36:38. | :36:43. | |
in with dangerous shots like those. He is attempting those short arm | :36:43. | :36:53. | |
:36:53. | :36:58. | ||
Baister had a good win yesterday. They are starting to take their | :36:58. | :37:02. | |
time. These are good shots from Baister. He is starting to slow his | :37:02. | :37:07. | |
man up. All of a sudden Lleymi came to a stand-still after a couple of | :37:07. | :37:12. | |
heavy punchs from Baister. He scored with a pun top of the rib | :37:12. | :37:18. | |
cage. 30 seconds to go. Baister breathing through a slightly open | :37:18. | :37:25. | |
mouth. It has ban torrid pace. Good right hand from Baister. But Lleymi | :37:25. | :37:29. | |
impossible to deter continues to plough his way forward in an effort | :37:29. | :37:35. | |
to land his own short punches. Upper cut got through. Again, | :37:35. | :37:40. | |
Baister making the mistake of holding the feet, he is landing | :37:40. | :37:45. | |
good shots but he is staying there. That is allowing Lleymi tho come in. | :37:46. | :37:50. | |
He is strong. He has been hurt down stairs but he has come through the | :37:50. | :37:58. | |
storm. Sporting round of applause. A rapturous one because that was a | :37:58. | :38:04. | |
pulsating round of action from these two heavyweight boxers. | :38:04. | :38:11. | |
round of solid boxing from both lads. In particular Warren Baister. | :38:11. | :38:14. | |
He kept his range there and switching with that left hook to | :38:14. | :38:18. | |
the bodies, those were the shots that were starting to hurt Lleymi. | :38:18. | :38:24. | |
He drops his hand and gets caught coming in. A lovely left hook round | :38:24. | :38:28. | |
the side. Better work from Baister but Lleymi he came through it. He | :38:28. | :38:37. | |
came through toward the end of the round. That was a good right hand. | :38:37. | :38:41. | |
A good second round for Warren Baister. There is the evidence. It | :38:41. | :38:46. | |
extended that lead to six. It was tied at four points apeesd after | :38:46. | :38:53. | |
one. Lleymi with only two scoring punches on the board according to | :38:53. | :38:58. | |
the judges. He trails by six in this final round. He won't be | :38:58. | :39:03. | |
interested in the moral victories, he is trying to get himself into | :39:03. | :39:08. | |
the reckoning of the selector, he comes out blazing to begin round | :39:08. | :39:14. | |
three. Yo you see him trying the short upper cut. Lleymi knows he's | :39:14. | :39:19. | |
is behind. Better work from Baister. A good left hook. When you are | :39:19. | :39:22. | |
boxing someone like Lleymi you have to concentrate for the full nine | :39:22. | :39:27. | |
minutes. He is one of those guys he can bring a right hand from in | :39:27. | :39:31. | |
where to Knox you out. Baister has to be on his guard to the left bell. | :39:31. | :39:36. | |
That is what he did in the ABA final. He didn't knock the guy out | :39:36. | :39:43. | |
but he put him on the floor. Baister continues to score can good | :39:43. | :39:48. | |
left hands to the body. They are hurtful as well. He has put his | :39:48. | :39:53. | |
opponent on the floor in the final round en route to that victory to | :39:53. | :40:01. | |
take his first ABA title. We talked about him walking into Finchley at | :40:01. | :40:09. | |
19. Then he invited hi Kosen Antony Joshua. The man who has become the | :40:09. | :40:13. | |
silver medallist at after a sensational performance in | :40:13. | :40:23. | |
:40:23. | :40:28. | ||
Azerbaijan. Baister needs to box at You stand toe to to with Lleymi you | :40:28. | :40:33. | |
bring him into it. Baister, having his handful keeping his mand up. He | :40:33. | :40:37. | |
is continuing to let the punches flow. What is encouraging from a GB | :40:37. | :40:41. | |
point of view he is letting that right hand go without fear or | :40:41. | :40:45. | |
caution, he has been plagued by right hand trouble. That is a peach | :40:45. | :40:49. | |
of a right hand from Baister. Following it up and Lleymi is in | :40:49. | :40:54. | |
trouble. Sags to the ropes. The referee has intervue veened. We | :40:54. | :40:58. | |
have a standing count. Will this be enough time for Lleymi to recover? | :40:58. | :41:03. | |
That was a peach of a punch. Right on the point of his chin and his | :41:03. | :41:08. | |
legs turned to jelly. Great right hand shot. Probably the best punch | :41:09. | :41:12. | |
of the contest so far. Certainly from Baister. And Lleymi is doing | :41:12. | :41:15. | |
well. He has done well to recover here, he is fighting back, all | :41:15. | :41:20. | |
credit to him. That was a super punch frp Warren Baister. He scored | :41:20. | :41:24. | |
with a good left hand to the body to bring the hands of Lleymi down | :41:24. | :41:29. | |
and expose that chin. That is the shot that did the damage. The | :41:29. | :41:33. | |
beautiful right cross. Baister boxing at range on the back foot. | :41:33. | :41:37. | |
He knows he's can hurt Lleymi. Lleymi has done well to recover. | :41:37. | :41:47. | |
:41:47. | :41:48. | ||
Has he recovered sufficiently to let his hand go. 30 seconds to go. | :41:48. | :41:52. | |
Right hand from Lleymi, but I think that is literally knocked the wind | :41:52. | :41:58. | |
out of his sails. He is not fully recovered and Baister, he is | :41:58. | :42:02. | |
walking away with it now. Perhaps taken the wind out of the sails are | :42:02. | :42:07. | |
the shots to the body, particularly to the left hand. They can slow the | :42:07. | :42:15. | |
movement of a fighter, deeper into the contest. There is the final | :42:15. | :42:21. | |
bell. What a strong kid Lleymi. He was rocked to his boot straps by a | :42:21. | :42:25. | |
thund row -- thunderous right cross. Sagged on the ropes. He managed to | :42:25. | :42:30. | |
stay on his feet and indeed fought back to the finish. Super shot. | :42:30. | :42:35. | |
Hopefully we will see it coming up. Great exchange here, from Baister. | :42:35. | :42:38. | |
Right hand coming up. Crack. Look at that. That was a lovely shot. | :42:38. | :42:43. | |
Lleymi did well to recover from it but he did. He is a strong boy. | :42:43. | :42:47. | |
Baister switches to the body. That was a good performance from Warren | :42:47. | :42:50. | |
Baister because he had to keep that concentration level right the way | :42:50. | :42:55. | |
through this contest, and there is that right upper cut, another left | :42:55. | :43:01. | |
hook downstairs, that was super stuff from Baister. Another angle. | :43:01. | :43:06. | |
What a punch. They don't come better than that. And the sequence | :43:06. | :43:12. | |
with the right upper cut, that is what brought on the standing count. | :43:12. | :43:20. | |
The result of bout number eight by 23 to 9, the winner the Great | :43:20. | :43:26. | |
Britain champion at 91 kill lows for 2011, baster in the blue corner. | :43:26. | :43:34. | |
So Sunderland Warren Baister is crowned a new British champion in | :43:34. | :43:40. | |
the heavyweight division. Give credit to this man, Ben Llyemi. | :43:40. | :43:44. | |
Stood his ground, gave his all and put in a solid performance of his | :43:44. | :43:49. | |
own. No doubt as to the victor, Warren Baister, the new heavyweight | :43:49. | :43:55. | |
champion of Britain. After a dominant 23 points to nine points | :43:55. | :44:04. | |
victory against Ben Llyemi. He is waiting to get his interview and we | :44:04. | :44:07. | |
have to reiterate the Olympic pot is up for grabs. He will have done | :44:07. | :44:13. | |
his chances no harm at all with a performance like that. Well done, | :44:13. | :44:17. | |
how important was it to put in a big performance here in front of | :44:18. | :44:21. | |
the selectors. Massive. Massive of. I felt to pressure yesterday. | :44:21. | :44:25. | |
Yesterday worse than today, but definitely felt the pressure, and I | :44:25. | :44:29. | |
am over the moon. I put a decent performance in. Do you think the | :44:29. | :44:33. | |
Shrek thrors see it that way? Hopefully, hopefully, finners | :44:33. | :44:38. | |
crossed! Where does this leave you in the mix for that Olympic spot? | :44:38. | :44:42. | |
Hopefully it should put us on the top. I should be top of the pile. I | :44:42. | :44:48. | |
am just praying I got to Istanbul. So you expect to go to Istanbul, do | :44:48. | :44:56. | |
you expect to go there? I am not, yeah, I do. Yeah I do. OK and do | :44:56. | :45:00. | |
you think the selectors will agree with you? Hopefully. Hopefully. | :45:00. | :45:10. | |
:45:10. | :45:12. | ||
How competitive is that division? He took a two men at the top from | :45:12. | :45:16. | |
Middlesbrough and Sunderland, Vallely has got the Commonwealth | :45:16. | :45:19. | |
Games gold medal, so he will be saying, I am going to be number one | :45:19. | :45:24. | |
for Istanbul, and after that win tonight Warren Baister will be | :45:24. | :45:29. | |
saying, no, I am going to get that slot! I do not think there will be | :45:29. | :45:34. | |
another box off, because we have been through some palaver, so the | :45:34. | :45:37. | |
selectors have got a headache. But at heavyweight and super- | :45:37. | :45:41. | |
heavyweight, we have had a rich vein over the last couple of years. | :45:41. | :45:45. | |
Some of our guys that should be going to the Olympics, they are | :45:45. | :45:50. | |
defending and challenging for titles, like David Price, and even | :45:50. | :45:56. | |
Tyson fury, lost to David Price. His unbeaten as a pro and will be | :45:56. | :46:01. | |
in Manchester tonight. I was going to say, a big fight this evening. | :46:01. | :46:05. | |
An extraordinary turnaround in the amateur ranks, six of the seven | :46:05. | :46:08. | |
guys from Beijing are now in the professional ranks, and yet another | :46:08. | :46:13. | |
class has come a long four years on who will be serious contenders. | :46:13. | :46:17. | |
gets even crazier than that. In December of last year there were 40 | :46:17. | :46:21. | |
boxes in the elite squads, and I am telling you a hand on heart that | :46:21. | :46:24. | |
you could have taken any 13 of those men and women and put them | :46:24. | :46:30. | |
into the Olympics. It has been a really hard selection. This shows | :46:30. | :46:34. | |
the depth we have got, this is not a hive job, we are the envy of the | :46:34. | :46:39. | |
world, we have stronger squads than every nation except for Russia, | :46:39. | :46:44. | |
that is a fact, not rubbish. words you and height are mutually | :46:44. | :46:49. | |
exclusive. Sadly! London 2012 is the first Olympic Games where women | :46:49. | :46:53. | |
will be competing in boxing in three weight divisions, 60 | :46:53. | :46:56. | |
kilograms is especially competitive, and qualifying takes place in China | :46:56. | :47:01. | |
next May. We have got a bite coming up now which of us the winner to go | :47:01. | :47:09. | |
down a beast -- put down a very serious market. I used to be a | :47:09. | :47:17. | |
kick-boxer, but now I am a boxer. My name is Amanda Coulson, I am an | :47:17. | :47:22. | |
orthodox boxer. The AIBA champion, very experienced, two world | :47:22. | :47:27. | |
championships. She needs to make a play now. When did you move over | :47:27. | :47:34. | |
into boxing? 2009, July. How did you find the transition? The style | :47:34. | :47:38. | |
is different, because you have to block kicks and that, so I had | :47:38. | :47:42. | |
loads of bad habits. She is an aggressive boxer, she comes forward | :47:42. | :47:50. | |
and throws punches in bunches, lots of combinations. One of her | :47:50. | :47:53. | |
weaknesses, she comes running in, and she will come running onto some | :47:54. | :47:58. | |
shots on Saturday. Hopefully I have got her number. I have been | :47:58. | :48:02. | |
training for 14 years, I have been on the full cycle of the male | :48:02. | :48:05. | |
boxing in this country. It is going to be a big one for me, it is | :48:05. | :48:09. | |
important that I put in the performance of my life and come | :48:09. | :48:13. | |
away with a good decision to move on to bigger and better things. | :48:13. | :48:19. | |
you nervous? They will be a lot of people watching. Yeah! People will | :48:19. | :48:22. | |
not have seen the box for a long time, or never seen the box. So | :48:22. | :48:27. | |
that is making me nervous as well. How do you deal with those nerves? | :48:27. | :48:32. | |
They would go as soon as I get in the ring, when the bell goes. Until | :48:32. | :48:37. | |
then, it is a long wait. It is open, you know, lightweight is open until | :48:37. | :48:41. | |
next May. One of us is going to lose, and it is not to say that | :48:41. | :48:45. | |
that person's Olympic dream is over, this is more of a personal thing | :48:45. | :48:50. | |
for me to prove that I can get a decision against her. You have got | :48:50. | :48:54. | |
the Great Britain vest, you feel like the number one fight at your | :48:54. | :49:00. | |
weight? I don't know! Why don't you know? I have only boxed in | :49:01. | :49:05. | |
different countries, so this will be the first time I have boxed here. | :49:05. | :49:15. | |
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So the women's 60 kilogram lightweight final, four rounds of | :49:16. | :49:25. | |
two minutes between Chantelle Cameron and Amanda Coulson, a real | :49:25. | :49:30. | |
veteran of international boxing. Joining us in the commentary box is | :49:30. | :49:37. | |
Lucy O'Connor, 2007 EU champion at 70 kilograms. Two fighters that you | :49:37. | :49:44. | |
know well. Absolutely, Amanda has been on the squad since it started | :49:44. | :49:48. | |
in April 2009, and Chantelle is a relative newcomer, but they are | :49:48. | :49:53. | |
both challenging for the prestigious spot. Lizzie is a | :49:53. | :49:57. | |
newcomer, what have you seen of her so far? Have you been impressed? | :49:57. | :50:04. | |
my goodness, yes. She has had a whirlwind start. She is undefeated | :50:04. | :50:07. | |
at international kick-boxing. She has adapted so well, so | :50:07. | :50:17. | |
:50:17. | :50:18. | ||
resourcefully to the boxing game. But left dog. -- good left hand. A | :50:18. | :50:25. | |
real contrast in styles, this. Because Cameron's trademark is to | :50:25. | :50:30. | |
let her punches go, but she has been picked off coming in, superb | :50:30. | :50:33. | |
straight shots from Amanda Coulson with their back close to the turn | :50:33. | :50:39. | |
buckle. That was a superb shot from Amanda as Chantelle came forward. | :50:39. | :50:44. | |
Definitely. Amanda has the strength with Chantal having the work rate. | :50:44. | :50:48. | |
Amanda knows she has to stay on their back foot and let her come on | :50:48. | :50:54. | |
to those big straight shots. Neat counter-punching from Coulson. She | :50:54. | :50:58. | |
has said that she will be boxing clever, literally, in an effort to | :50:58. | :51:08. | |
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ward off the advances of Cameron. Ronald, I have taken both of these | :51:09. | :51:12. | |
girls on the grass, and the power is definitely with Amanda Coulson, | :51:12. | :51:18. | |
but the volume is from Chantelle. Trying to get through with the left | :51:18. | :51:22. | |
hook, she scored with a good straight left, good movement, as | :51:22. | :51:28. | |
she scores with a left hand of her own, Amanda Coulson, terrific punch. | :51:28. | :51:33. | |
Continuing to close the distance and wore her opponent down, Cameron | :51:33. | :51:39. | |
on the ropes in the blue corner just above us. It has been a fast | :51:39. | :51:44. | |
start for both girls. BELL RINGS it is a fast start, good | :51:44. | :51:48. | |
to see her boxing clever, it is different to their plan. Chantelle | :51:48. | :51:55. | |
is working hard. Amanda Coulson, a real veteran, a real trailblazer of | :51:55. | :52:01. | |
women's boxing. She boxed superbly in that opening round. She actually | :52:01. | :52:05. | |
brought Chantelle Cameron on to those shots as she was coming | :52:05. | :52:13. | |
forward. Amanda just gotta accuracy right with that right hand, | :52:13. | :52:18. | |
blocking a right hand there, superb from Amanda. What a tremendous | :52:18. | :52:22. | |
combination, waiting for her to come on. Some tremendous strong | :52:22. | :52:27. | |
shots, great straight shots that define her as a boxer. | :52:27. | :52:32. | |
conclusion of the first, it is incredibly tight, cools and leading | :52:32. | :52:40. | |
by one point, so it is experience prevailing over you. Nigel Davies, | :52:40. | :52:43. | |
words of inspiration and instruction to his Great Britain | :52:43. | :52:49. | |
representative. Both fighters ready for this second of scheduled four | :52:49. | :52:55. | |
rounds, the lightweight final, the women's 60 kilogram division. Good | :52:55. | :52:59. | |
right hand from Amanda Coulson. Only three women's weight | :52:59. | :53:03. | |
categories will be contested at the Olympics, 51 telegrams flyweight, | :53:03. | :53:09. | |
60 kilograms lightweight and 75 kilograms middleweight division. | :53:09. | :53:15. | |
Cameron getting through with some good left hands. A fair reflection, | :53:15. | :53:20. | |
5-4? I thought that Amanda was slightly more ahead. I agree, | :53:20. | :53:23. | |
Ritchie, with that tremendous flurry in a neutral corner, I | :53:23. | :53:28. | |
thought she would have been a couple of points further up there. | :53:28. | :53:34. | |
Cameron very much still in it. Transferred from kick-boxing, she | :53:34. | :53:37. | |
said she was kick-boxing during that outstanding career and was | :53:37. | :53:42. | |
often penalised for not using her legs. Once she went across to | :53:42. | :53:45. | |
boxing... Good left hand to the body from Cameron. Once she went | :53:45. | :53:51. | |
across to boxing, it was love at first shot. She never turned back. | :53:52. | :53:55. | |
They really steep learning curve for her, but she has done | :53:55. | :53:59. | |
tremendously well in a short time on the podium squad. Lovely right | :53:59. | :54:04. | |
hand from Cameron there. He winced. Absolutely, what a tremendous | :54:04. | :54:09. | |
backhand! That gave her something to think about. Style wise, Cameron | :54:09. | :54:14. | |
is someone who comes forward. She hardly takes a backward step. | :54:14. | :54:18. | |
so difficult to box against. When you have got someone coming at you | :54:18. | :54:24. | |
all the time, it can take the Well out of you. Good right hand, right | :54:24. | :54:29. | |
and left to the body from Cameron, approaching the final 20 seconds of | :54:29. | :54:33. | |
this second-round. Coulson was in that cracking contest with the | :54:33. | :54:38. | |
other contender for this spot, Natasha Jonas, are in Liverpool | :54:38. | :54:44. | |
last year. A long straight right hand from Cameron. I think that was | :54:44. | :54:50. | |
the best shot from Cameron, that right hand. Again, volume of | :54:50. | :54:55. | |
punches. For once, she took a backwards step, amazing! Good right | :54:55. | :55:01. | |
hand from Cameron. It will be interesting to see what the score | :55:01. | :55:05. | |
reflects, because the incessant flow of punches coming forward from | :55:05. | :55:10. | |
Cameron just appeared to slow the pace and tempo slightly. What did | :55:10. | :55:15. | |
you make of this action? I think Cameron has definitely got back | :55:15. | :55:19. | |
into this competition. She finds the angles so beautifully. When she | :55:19. | :55:23. | |
is in range, she finds wonderful angles with uppercuts and body | :55:23. | :55:33. | |
:55:33. | :55:38. | ||
Confirmation of a one point advantage, one point deficit at the | :55:38. | :55:43. | |
end of the first-round. The Cameron, representing Great Britain in Bloom, | :55:43. | :55:50. | |
leads by one. 9-8. You fancy being a judge? You called that spot on! | :55:50. | :55:59. | |
No, I don't, what a difficult job, I will stick to this! Third round. | :55:59. | :56:06. | |
So into the third-round we go, remember women's contests are | :56:06. | :56:09. | |
contested over four two-minute rounds. The men have reverted back | :56:09. | :56:13. | |
to three rounds of three minutes. Look at the sheer volume of punches | :56:13. | :56:18. | |
from Cameron, forcing Coulson into an exchange on a neutral corner at | :56:18. | :56:21. | |
the far side of the ring. Talk about stamping your identity on a | :56:21. | :56:25. | |
fight, that is what Cameron is doing so far in round three. | :56:26. | :56:30. | |
think so, and Amanda Coulson is struggling with keeping her at a | :56:30. | :56:35. | |
comedy you agree? Amanda likes to box with a bit of distance, but | :56:35. | :56:40. | |
Chantelle is getting to her. She is putting pressure with the front | :56:40. | :56:45. | |
foot all the time, not giving Amanda a moment to think. This is | :56:45. | :56:48. | |
her strength. Amanda is doing incredibly well on the back foot, | :56:48. | :56:55. | |
good stuff by both of them. Hooks being exchanged as Coulson got | :56:55. | :57:00. | |
through with a sharp left-hand, slapping the head back of Cameron. | :57:00. | :57:09. | |
Beautiful left-right combination Just an intervention from the | :57:09. | :57:13. | |
referee to make running repairs to the head guard of Coulson. Cameron | :57:13. | :57:18. | |
said to the furthest neutral corner. You can see that bandana beneath | :57:18. | :57:22. | |
the red head guard, how she would dearly love to represent Great | :57:22. | :57:26. | |
Britain at the London Olympics! Historic that women's boxing is now | :57:26. | :57:32. | |
on the agenda. The action resumes with both fighters trading blows | :57:32. | :57:37. | |
without caution. We are inside the final minute. Yes, I think what | :57:37. | :57:42. | |
Cameron has probably got to do here, when she is falling into pools and | :57:42. | :57:46. | |
a little bit too much, she has got to start taking half a step back as | :57:46. | :57:50. | |
she is throwing shots, create the gap that will allow her to work | :57:50. | :57:56. | |
again. Lucy, again, it is another close round. It is another close | :57:56. | :58:00. | |
round, very difficult to call between them. I think Amanda needs | :58:00. | :58:04. | |
to keep the range as much as she can, and if not, drive forward a | :58:04. | :58:08. | |
little bit if she gets the opportunity. The final 10 seconds, | :58:08. | :58:13. | |
and again it is Cameron, the aggressor, continuing to wait for | :58:13. | :58:18. | |
it. Coulson punching effectively on the back foot schools with a good | :58:18. | :58:28. | |
right hand. -- scores. Skimming the ropes. In this third-round, Ronald, | :58:28. | :58:32. | |
the accuracy has definitely come from Coulson, she has got their | :58:32. | :58:35. | |
timing better, she is waiting for Hamann to come forward and then | :58:35. | :58:40. | |
coming back with her own counters. I have been really impressed with | :58:40. | :58:44. | |
Amanda Coulson in that round. is her game, she is not normally on | :58:44. | :58:48. | |
the back foot, but she is coping extremely well. She is covering up | :58:48. | :58:53. | |
nicely and coming back with second- phase straight shots. Good guard as | :58:53. | :58:56. | |
well from Amanda Coulson, a great straight left hand. She is doing | :58:56. | :59:04. | |
well at the moment. Lovely one-two combination from Amanda Coulson, | :59:04. | :59:10. | |
another left hook, and, Ronald, she did exactly what I say she should | :59:10. | :59:14. | |
be doing, standing back, allowing her opponent for it, bringing her | :59:14. | :59:24. | |
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That is the result, Amanda Coulson takes a two-point lead going into | :59:24. | :59:33. | |
this 4th and final round. One of Olympic qualifier for London 2012 | :59:33. | :59:37. | |
for the women, the world championships in China, so it is | :59:37. | :59:42. | |
the 4th and final round. A three- way tussle for the 60 kilogram spot | :59:42. | :59:47. | |
between these two and Natasha Jonas, last year's champion, and a strong | :59:47. | :59:53. | |
performance here will put them in the driving seat for that vest. A | :59:53. | :59:56. | |
straight right hand from Amanda Coulson, right hand around the | :59:56. | :00:01. | |
corner blocked by Cameron. Stop! Just a little bit untidy on the | :00:01. | :00:07. | |
inside. This is a terrific pace, do you agree? We are never | :00:07. | :00:10. | |
disappointed with his weight category and the girls. We saw it | :00:10. | :00:15. | |
last year with Amanda and Natasha, you cannot take your eyes off these | :00:15. | :00:25. | |
:00:25. | :00:34. | ||
bouts, a great example of female Running repairing to the blue head- | :00:34. | :00:41. | |
guard. Trouble with the bandana. will have problems here now. To say | :00:41. | :00:47. | |
the least, do you agree. I am not sure how much practise he has had | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
with hair dos. Full marks, he is in the rodge profession. He should be | :00:52. | :00:59. | |
a hairdresser, he fixed that with aplomb. Now the part he is familiar | :00:59. | :01:04. | |
with. Adjusting the chin strap. A minute to go in this final round. | :01:04. | :01:14. | |
The concentration because they know what is at stake. Cameron came into | :01:14. | :01:19. | |
this contest having been sent to the last two tournament where se | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
lost to Russian number two. She went to the EU Championships before | :01:22. | :01:29. | |
that where she had the dubious privilege of meeting Katie Taylor, | :01:29. | :01:34. | |
three time World Champion from Ireland. A strong showing here. | :01:34. | :01:40. | |
can see that Amanda Coulson really wants this. She boxing with urgency. | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
She was pipped against Natasha last year, and she is getting it right | :01:45. | :01:50. | |
here. Her accuracy is better. Waiting for Chantelle. She is | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
coming off at an angle and going back at her for second and third | :01:54. | :01:59. | |
phase, this is where she is picking up the points. Inside the final | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
half minute. Coulson led by two points at the conclusion of round | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
three. Cameron continuing to be the agree sov. But look at the movement | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
demonstrated as Coulson scores a lead. A straight left from Coulson. | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
She is boxing to order. Perhaps the experience and tactics employed too | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
much for Cameron. We will have to wait for the official verdict | :02:21. | :02:28. | |
unless within fighter can find a punch to bring about a finish. | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
is very fit Chantelle. She has made mistakes. It is probably the | :02:32. | :02:38. | |
experience showing through here. Amanda had that -- has had 13 or 14 | :02:38. | :02:44. | |
experience and Chantelle has made small errors that cost points. | :02:44. | :02:49. | |
sporting embrace at the end of a fantastic contest. Amanda Coulson | :02:49. | :02:55. | |
is in no doubt as to who has won. Celebrations from her, pumping that | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
right fist as she makes her way to her corner, because she boxed very | :02:59. | :03:05. | |
well. Look at that for a right hand. Great timing. She got it right in | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
that last round. Chantelle coming forward. Landing with a good right | :03:09. | :03:19. | |
:03:19. | :03:20. | ||
hand herself. That one. It was a bit offtarget. A good round for | :03:20. | :03:24. | |
Amanda: She worked well on the back foot. That is all she kneed to do | :03:24. | :03:31. | |
and that is all she did. Amanda Coulson bouncing in anticipation of | :03:31. | :03:40. | |
this verdict. By a computer score of 22 points to 17, the winner and | :03:40. | :03:45. | |
Great Britain champion ladies champion for 2011 Coulson in the | :03:45. | :03:53. | |
red corner. Absolute delight from Amanda Coulson as she is crowned | :03:53. | :03:59. | |
the light weight champion of Great Britain. She was pipped last year | :03:59. | :04:04. | |
to rob her of that victory, this year she made no such mistake. She | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
has boxed her way to the British title and put herself in the | :04:08. | :04:11. | |
driving seat for that final spot, ahead of the China World | :04:11. | :04:17. | |
Championships next year. She is in a really strong position now to go | :04:17. | :04:22. | |
as the 60 kilogram representative and try and secure that Olympic | :04:22. | :04:27. | |
berth at that historic championships at London 2012. | :04:27. | :04:32. | |
Women's boxing on the agenda only three weight classes and aman do | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
Coulson is in prime position for one of them. Congratulations, we | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
saw in that celebration just what this means to you. Meant everything. | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
Absolutely everything. Put in the performance of my life and I got it. | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
Did et file like it was a last shot? Yes, Chantelle had been | :04:48. | :04:55. | |
getting the nod over me and Natasha so I had a point to prove. I did it | :04:55. | :05:02. | |
and I am very happy. Where do we go from here? I'm going to Finland, so | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
I look forward to that and hopefully get a good win and finish | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
the year on a high. Natasha will watch this from home, how does she | :05:11. | :05:16. | |
fit into the mix. She is a fantastic boxer, you saw last year, | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
the boxing between me and he one point to the last minute that, was | :05:19. | :05:24. | |
the same to be fair, one us with up, one was down, then I came back, so | :05:24. | :05:30. | |
it is fantastic. But your Olympic dream is very much alive. It is | :05:30. | :05:40. | |
:05:40. | :05:42. | ||
after that I would say so. We think that is only the second | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
women's boxing contest we have shown on BBC TV. What do you think | :05:45. | :05:51. | |
people will make of it? Most people will be shock and surprised by how | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
technical the women R Amanda has been from 2003 to last year when | :05:56. | :06:02. | |
she got beat on the BBC by Natasha, she was untouchable at her weight | :06:02. | :06:08. | |
class. She is very technical. She has a full-time job, she answereds | :06:08. | :06:14. | |
the phone in a 99 call centre. Chantelle is full-time. She is in | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
Sheffield five or six days a week. If you were watching that and | :06:17. | :06:23. | |
saying, "Are they women? "they are good. They throw the right kind of | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
shots, there is no slapping. It is tidey neat and from here, John, | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
really it is hard to tell, who is who, which is why from is a | :06:32. | :06:38. | |
suggestion that women may be told not forced, told to wear skirts | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
next year at the Olympics. That is another issue. Let's not go down | :06:42. | :06:48. | |
that road. Sadly we don't have time to go there, mercifully, is there | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
are 13 fights on the bill today and one of them was just so good and so | :06:53. | :07:01. | |
tight, we simply had to show it to you. So the final of the 64 | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
kilogram light welter Wight final is June way. Josh Taylor boxing in | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
blue and his opponent representing England in red is Louis Adolphe | :07:11. | :07:21. | |
:07:21. | :07:22. | ||
from south west London. Good straight shots from Josh Taylor. | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
like Taylor's style. Skilful southpaw. Works well with the jab. | :07:26. | :07:31. | |
Good movement. He has a good guard so he thinks about his defencement. | :07:31. | :07:35. | |
Louis Adolphe is a bit too far away from Taylor, he will have to get | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
closer, move the feet into range and be fast with that right hand | :07:38. | :07:47. | |
counter. Josh Taylor. A relatively new recruit to the light | :07:47. | :07:55. | |
welterweight division. He was a welterweight earlier. He boxed on | :07:55. | :08:02. | |
both days, he put a blistering combination but adoll of blocked | :08:02. | :08:12. | |
:08:12. | :08:15. | ||
Good left hand. He is wading in, not measuring his man with jabs. He | :08:15. | :08:21. | |
is loobg looking to unload. waited a bit too long and that gave | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
Josh Taylor that time to plan that attack and just to, like a raging | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
attack. He jumped in and that straight left hand. It was mainly | :08:30. | :08:36. | |
because Adolphe waited too long. Adolphe falling short with his own | :08:36. | :08:43. | |
shots. The movement and reaction of Taylor causing the punchs to fall | :08:43. | :08:51. | |
short. Just over a minute to go, in the opening round. Josh Taylor the | :08:51. | :08:57. | |
Commonwealth Games silver medallist from last year, he came up against | :08:57. | :09:04. | |
Tom Stalker who took that title. Both men have moved up to light | :09:04. | :09:14. | |
:09:14. | :09:14. | ||
Taylor continuing to fire out that right jab. Adolphe, hasn't really | :09:14. | :09:21. | |
found any range of his own. Got the win yesterday, over Leigh of Wales. | :09:22. | :09:29. | |
This will be the biggest contest in which he has fought in A BAe | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
finalist earlier this year. There is not a lot getting through. He | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
has shown shots but Josh Taylor is blocking him no problem at all. | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
Adolphe is waiting too long. What he has to be doing is reacting | :09:42. | :09:47. | |
quicker. When Josh Taylor fires off he has to go back at him a bit | :09:47. | :09:57. | |
:09:57. | :10:03. | ||
quicker. Adolphe is dipping excessively at the knees.. | :10:03. | :10:08. | |
general problem is he is too far away from his opponent. He is | :10:08. | :10:15. | |
falling short sh and when your pone feant has a good guard like Taylor | :10:15. | :10:20. | |
you are not going to get through. He will have to find some adaptive | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
strategy. That was a perfect illustration of the rounding micro | :10:25. | :10:31. | |
koth cos.. Taylor evading the shots all too easily, the silver | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
medallist put a superb round of boxing together. Good work from | :10:35. | :10:40. | |
Taylor, apart from that bit there. That was naughty. That wasn't too | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
good. In terms Taylor's round in my opinion. That was a good right hand | :10:45. | :10:51. | |
left hook to the body there. We have been given the scores Josh | :10:51. | :10:57. | |
Taylor is three points to one up. So low scoring opening round. Goes | :10:57. | :11:04. | |
in favour of Taylor. Adolphe is going to have to make ap adjustment | :11:04. | :11:09. | |
with his feet, just to get himself in range to give his punches a | :11:09. | :11:15. | |
chance of scoring. When you the shorter man one tactic could be you | :11:15. | :11:21. | |
allow the southpaw to lead, southpaws are counter punches. Led | :11:22. | :11:28. | |
him lead, let him come forward and bring him on to shot. Into the | :11:28. | :11:38. | |
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second round in this 64 kilogram Adolphe now. Waiting for an opening. | :11:49. | :11:57. | |
Taylor stood still trying to draw a reaction from Adolphe. Adolphe | :11:57. | :12:01. | |
appears to be more relaxed. He is bouncing on the spot. He is letting | :12:01. | :12:08. | |
his hand wave round laxly. Taylor is shooting out straight shots. | :12:08. | :12:17. | |
That is a nice combination from Adolphe. He started this round well | :12:17. | :12:22. | |
Adolphe. The opening 20, 30 seconds of the round. He started to close | :12:22. | :12:28. | |
the gap down. Now that has brought about a standing count. Look | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
aAdolphe celebrating. In fearness to Josh Taylor the referee impeded | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
his backward process. The feet got in a tangle. He appeared to be in | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
trouble. The referee brings about an eight count. The referee sent | :12:41. | :12:51. | |
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him to the wrong corner. He should have gone to a neutral corner. | :12:53. | :12:56. | |
Adolphe appears to striken a huge amount of confidence from that. | :12:56. | :13:02. | |
Fell short with that last attempt, but he is letting his hands go more | :13:02. | :13:08. | |
freely here in this second round. He has closed that gap down between | :13:08. | :13:12. | |
himself and tai lo in terms of distance, by going on the front | :13:12. | :13:18. | |
foot, putting his pone nebt under pressure and he has got to. So good | :13:18. | :13:23. | |
response. That right hand with a peach of a punch. Followed it with | :13:23. | :13:28. | |
a hand to the point of the chin. Adolphe took it well. But the | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
action is beginning to heat up here, with one minutes to go in the | :13:33. | :13:37. | |
second round. It was a good response as you said from Taylor. | :13:37. | :13:43. | |
But I think Adolphe would even much more welcome this type of fight. A | :13:43. | :13:49. | |
toe to toe battle is what he wants. Taylor is responding with that. | :13:49. | :13:58. | |
just dropped his arms as. The shorter man beginning to find his | :13:58. | :14:06. | |
range. A piece of evasive manoeuvreing from Josh Taylor. It | :14:06. | :14:15. | |
has caused Adolphe to touch down on the canvas briefly. You have to try | :14:15. | :14:19. | |
and make your bone innocent -- opponent box the way you want to | :14:19. | :14:26. | |
box. That is what Adolphe has done. He has dragged him into a scrap. He | :14:26. | :14:32. | |
has been more successful, again. Beautiful left hand, to finish that | :14:32. | :14:39. | |
cluster of punches from Adolphe. Josh Taylor has been dragged into | :14:39. | :14:49. | |
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Wants. The momentum is in his favour. Great round from Adolphe. | :14:52. | :14:58. | |
What a response, he was losing at the end of the first but drags | :14:58. | :15:03. | |
Taylor in a toe to toe scrap. This is a bit scrappy on the inside | :15:03. | :15:10. | |
there. But there is a method in his madness. There is a good body work | :15:10. | :15:17. | |
from Taylor. That was a super punch but Adolphe catches his opponent | :15:17. | :15:21. | |
there is the right hand and he almost caught the referee, that | :15:21. | :15:26. | |
would have within been a stunner if it landed on the ref. There is that | :15:26. | :15:32. | |
right hander, and catches him with a left. So a good round. It is 6-4 | :15:32. | :15:42. | |
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He really stamped his identity and tempo in that last round. Who will | :15:46. | :15:53. | |
be able to establish themselves in the third and final round? Adolphe | :15:53. | :15:59. | |
has started off at a torrid pace once more, but is being the title | :15:59. | :16:09. | |
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contest, that favours at of, the man in red representing England. | :16:09. | :16:12. | |
Taylor will be disappointed with his performance because he has been | :16:12. | :16:17. | |
drawn into a scrap. He should be working behind his jab, keeping his | :16:17. | :16:24. | |
distance. But he has been caught. Josh Taylor, the boxer on the | :16:24. | :16:30. | |
development squad Khama had a superb win yesterday, now finishing | :16:30. | :16:35. | |
with a hook to their head. He had a superb win over Danny Phillips | :16:35. | :16:42. | |
yesterday. On paper, that appeared to be the harder fight, but Maria | :16:42. | :16:47. | |
Dolph is making this a title dogfight that favours him. -- Louis | :16:47. | :16:53. | |
Adolphe. Maybe he thought he just had to turn up for this run, which | :16:53. | :17:00. | |
is not a very good attitude to have, but he is not boxing very well. The | :17:00. | :17:06. | |
movement is the key with Taylor, he keeps getting caught on the ropes. | :17:06. | :17:16. | |
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Josh Taylor beat had off, so common opponents for both men. It is | :17:20. | :17:24. | |
counting very little in this contest. And it proves your maxim, | :17:24. | :17:28. | |
styles make fights. This is a scrappy affair, but it is sitting | :17:28. | :17:35. | |
at off, as we have said. He has got the confidence. -- it is shooting | :17:35. | :17:41. | |
at all. That impressed the judges, walking on to it. He works by a | :17:41. | :17:46. | |
scaffolding firm, he is a part-time boxer. He would dearly love to get | :17:46. | :17:53. | |
on the development squad. The I am listening to the Scottish corner, | :17:53. | :18:00. | |
they are saying, move, move! That was a lovely shot, could write hook. | :18:00. | :18:05. | |
Some running repairs to the head guard of Josh Taylor. Perhaps | :18:05. | :18:09. | |
breaking the momentum at the wrong time, because it was a good shot | :18:09. | :18:13. | |
just before the referee had to intervene. Now both men will have | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
time to gather their thoughts as we approach the closing stages of this | :18:16. | :18:26. | |
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third and final round at the 64 He is impossible to deter, | :18:28. | :18:33. | |
continuing to wait for it, letting these languid shots go, but a lot | :18:33. | :18:38. | |
of them are finding a home on the head and body of Josh Taylor. It is | :18:38. | :18:43. | |
tied at 6-6. Good footwork and punching from Taylor, scoring | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
effectively. This will be a fight to the finish between these two | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
proud warriors. It is tied at 6-6 at the two rounds, everything to | :18:52. | :18:57. | |
fight for in this third and final round. Yes, it is going to be a | :18:57. | :19:01. | |
close one, Ronald. Taylor has been listening to his corner, he is | :19:01. | :19:05. | |
starting to hit and Omo. He has found better quality shots, but | :19:05. | :19:10. | |
whether it is enough, this is a close one. Indeed it is, what you | :19:10. | :19:13. | |
make of the body language? Adolphe was in no doubt that he has done | :19:13. | :19:17. | |
enough to take the title, but Taylor feels he will have done | :19:17. | :19:20. | |
enough to secure the verdict as well. It is in the hands of the | :19:20. | :19:27. | |
judges, and we await the official verdict. Yes, scrappy in that last | :19:27. | :19:32. | |
round again, lovely short left hand from Taylor, just getting caught on | :19:32. | :19:37. | |
the ropes too many times. His ringcraft was not very good in that | :19:37. | :19:41. | |
fight, holding his feet too often, getting caught on the inside. | :19:41. | :19:45. | |
Although it is not pleasant to see, that was a bit south of the border, | :19:45. | :19:55. | |
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So a nervous wait for the boxes. Josh Taylor perhaps looking for | :20:00. | :20:03. | |
divine intervention as they share a sporting embrace once more, but | :20:03. | :20:07. | |
they have tested one another tonight. It is all smiles from | :20:07. | :20:12. | |
Adolphe, but the scores are just being told about ringside. Whose | :20:12. | :20:18. | |
hand will be raised? Ladies and gentlemen, number four, the | :20:18. | :20:27. | |
computer score was 9-the red and nine to the blue. On a countback, | :20:27. | :20:37. | |
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62 the red, 62 the blue. The belt went to the judges, and the judges | :20:38. | :20:47. | |
three against two in favour of the red corner. Adolphe has done it! By | :20:47. | :20:53. | |
the slimmest possible margin, countback 9-9, countback to the | :20:53. | :21:01. | |
first one, 60-60, finally in the final analysis, Adolphe from south- | :21:01. | :21:05. | |
west London will be crowned the new light welterweight champion of | :21:05. | :21:11. | |
Great Britain by a score of 3-2 on countback. He is the new champion. | :21:11. | :21:16. | |
Boxing is no different to any other sport, on such tiny margins are | :21:16. | :21:21. | |
championships won and lost. Ali and Frazier coming shortly, but before | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
we finish showing you the action from Bethnal Green, we have to show | :21:25. | :21:31. | |
you the first round and a bit more may be of the 91 kilogram class, | :21:31. | :21:41. | |
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91 telegrams between Joe Joyce, representing England, in blue. -- | :21:50. | :21:56. | |
91 kilograms. Representing Britain in red, Frazer Clarke, two towering | :21:56. | :22:02. | |
sue their heavyweights. Joyce is 26 years old, from London. His | :22:02. | :22:09. | |
opponent is from Burton Amateur Boxing Club. That is Frazer Clarke, | :22:09. | :22:18. | |
20 years of age. Two huge fellows here, Frazer Clarke works very well | :22:18. | :22:23. | |
at this weight. He works well with his jab, but as he comes forward, | :22:23. | :22:27. | |
he drops his left hand too often. He occasionally gets caught without | :22:27. | :22:31. | |
right hand, so he has got to watch what he is doing, keep that left | :22:31. | :22:39. | |
The name is very poignant, given the passing of the great | :22:39. | :22:43. | |
heavyweight champion we are discussing today, Joe Frazier. | :22:43. | :22:48. | |
Frazer Clarke's dad was a huge fan, hence the name, the Christian name | :22:48. | :22:55. | |
that he was given. Originally a podium BASSA, straight from the | :22:55. | :23:00. | |
junior ranks to the podium level, but it was too steep a stare. -- | :23:00. | :23:04. | |
Bodiam boxer. The move back down to development, and he was devastated | :23:04. | :23:08. | |
at the time, but he said that in hindsight it was the best thing | :23:08. | :23:18. | |
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Joyce coming across with a right hand and another one! I said about | :23:21. | :23:26. | |
that left hand, it is too low, he has got to get it up a bit more. | :23:26. | :23:35. | |
Joe Joyce box yesterday, won his semi-final. -- boxed. The Fort Ross | :23:35. | :23:45. | |
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Henderson from Scotland, so he is The Olympic spot is already taken, | :23:49. | :23:54. | |
because Anthony Joshua from Finchley boxed his way into that | :23:54. | :24:00. | |
position. He is moving the wrong way, Ronald, Frazer Clarke. He | :24:01. | :24:07. | |
keeps moving to his left, walking on to that right hand. Scoring | :24:07. | :24:10. | |
effectively with the Left as well, Joe Joyce, just 26 years old, a | :24:10. | :24:17. | |
real novice. He lost to Anthony Joshua in the finals, went on to | :24:17. | :24:21. | |
win his second title this year, getting the world championship | :24:21. | :24:27. | |
silver. The left eye of Frazer Clarke just beginning to swell up, | :24:27. | :24:33. | |
beginning to close. The final seconds of the first round. | :24:33. | :24:36. | |
little bit of damage there, it is because he has been shipping those | :24:36. | :24:40. | |
right hands and getting caught left, right and centre. It has been a | :24:40. | :24:45. | |
good performance from Joyce up to now. So the bell sounds at the end | :24:45. | :24:51. | |
of a really torrid first round in the super-heavyweight final, Joe | :24:51. | :24:56. | |
Joyce, look at that for damage on the left eye! My goodness, that is | :24:56. | :25:00. | |
really grotesque. The left eye of Frazer Clarke completely swollen | :25:00. | :25:03. | |
shut, and there is no way he is going to be able to continue at | :25:03. | :25:08. | |
that. I think they will call the referee over. This is some of the | :25:08. | :25:13. | |
action, look at that for a shot, what a right hand that was! Bent | :25:13. | :25:20. | |
arm shot, looping over that left hand of Frazer Clarke. | :25:20. | :25:25. | |
Well... It had to be said, big men, big punches, and Ronald and Riggi | :25:25. | :25:29. | |
were right, the referee stopped the fight after that. From a very tall | :25:29. | :25:35. | |
man called Frazer Clarke to a man who was only 5 ft 11, Frazier, and | :25:35. | :25:38. | |
it is impossible to tell you how the world felt, it almost stock | :25:38. | :25:44. | |
still and held its breath before he fought Ali at Madison Square Garden. | :25:44. | :25:48. | |
No live TV coverage in those days, you listen on the radio under the | :25:48. | :25:51. | |
bedclothes of make sure you got home from school the next night, | :25:51. | :25:55. | |
Tuesday night, to watch the highlights on BBC One. We watched | :25:55. | :26:00. | |
dumbstruck at the fight, at the outcome, and especially at the | :26:00. | :26:06. | |
final round. This is it, the final three minutes of one of the most | :26:06. | :26:10. | |
amazing world heavyweight championships of all time. Muhammad | :26:10. | :26:20. | |
:26:20. | :26:20. | ||
Ali trying to regain his title from He was to say at this point that he | :26:20. | :26:30. | |
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Aisle, there egos, the left hook! Tremendous left hook. He was up at | :26:36. | :26:41. | |
five, compulsory eight count. Cassius Clay down, the first knock- | :26:41. | :26:45. | |
down of the fight, tremendous left hook. Franchot Frasier finish in in | :26:46. | :26:52. | |
the last round? -- Can Joe Frazier? If he is down three times, the | :26:52. | :27:02. | |
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We have got just over a minute and a half to go. Cassius Clay can do | :27:11. | :27:21. | |
There is the left hook again, and the almost goes down from that one. | :27:21. | :27:27. | |
At this point, he looks a beaten man. The side of his face is | :27:27. | :27:30. | |
swelling, you can see the side of his face swelling where he took | :27:30. | :27:40. | |
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that tremendous left two. He is Frazier has the look of the | :27:49. | :27:59. | |
:27:59. | :28:00. | ||
Conqueror about him as he finishes Here it comes! It is over, and it | :28:00. | :28:04. | |
has gone the distance, and Frazier gives in a contemptuous little pat | :28:05. | :28:13. | |
on their head. Wow! The memories! I'm not sure the clock on the | :28:13. | :28:18. | |
screen in those days was quite big enough. Vintage clock. It is | :28:18. | :28:22. | |
fascinating, from a rewriting of history, if you like, to hear Harry | :28:22. | :28:27. | |
Carpenter calling him Cassius Clay, still. In all fairness, most of the | :28:27. | :28:33. | |
newspaper still called him Play. There has been a massive piece of | :28:33. | :28:36. | |
history just forgotten, loads of revisionist history since then to | :28:37. | :28:40. | |
do with Muhammad Ali and Cassius Clay. We are doing what everyone | :28:40. | :28:44. | |
else has done, falling into the trap. We should be talking about | :28:44. | :28:50. | |
Joe Frazier. But we are talking about Ali. The two will be forever | :28:50. | :28:56. | |
inextricably linked, and Frazier will always be wise to Morecambe. | :28:56. | :29:03. | |
That is absolutely fair, and that is why there was the Panama City -- | :29:03. | :29:06. | |
animosity write until he died. One or two people wanted to try to make | :29:06. | :29:11. | |
out there were bridges, but there were none, they were still in the | :29:11. | :29:14. | |
mind of the people calling him Cassius Clay. They hated each other, | :29:14. | :29:18. | |
they were two different types of people. Muhammad Ali had a lovely | :29:19. | :29:23. | |
home and a lovely life, Joe was poor, barefoot until he was six or | :29:23. | :29:27. | |
seven, he came to Philadelphia, one of the roughest cities, lit in the | :29:28. | :29:32. | |
scariest part of town. The greatest fight ever? Because of the build up, | :29:32. | :29:36. |