WEBVTT 00:01.440 --> 00:02.440 Mhm . 00:07.840 --> 00:10.260 Along the southern coast of California 00:10.270 --> 00:12.580 sits naval base ventura County 00:12.590 --> 00:15.070 personnel at the Naval surface warfare 00:15.070 --> 00:18.300 center keep America's Navy number one 00:18.310 --> 00:20.790 in the world . They design , develop 00:20.800 --> 00:23.220 and test weapons systems installed on 00:23.220 --> 00:25.770 navy shifts tonight . Those same 00:25.770 --> 00:27.826 workers will witness the competitive 00:27.826 --> 00:30.040 skills of military boxers from 00:30.050 --> 00:32.420 installations around the world who are 00:32.420 --> 00:34.820 here to compete in the Armed forces 00:34.830 --> 00:36.360 Boxing Championship . 00:38.940 --> 00:41.350 Mhm . Mhm . Mhm . 00:44.640 --> 00:48.540 So yeah , 00:51.640 --> 00:53.110 about that . 00:58.540 --> 01:00.707 Good evening everyone . I'm van Stokes 01:00.707 --> 01:03.240 here with tom lava check were ringside 01:03.240 --> 01:05.960 at the 2000 and 10 Armed Forces Boxing 01:05.970 --> 01:08.610 Championship at Naval Base , ventura 01:08.610 --> 01:11.560 county California where tonight boxers 01:11.560 --> 01:14.540 from two services battle it out for the 01:14.540 --> 01:16.470 gold medal and the title of armed 01:16.470 --> 01:20.230 forces boxing champion In the 165 lb 01:20.230 --> 01:22.770 weight class . Well tom we'll be 01:22.770 --> 01:25.700 following usa boxing amateur rules . 01:25.700 --> 01:27.644 Let's talk about some of the rules 01:27.644 --> 01:29.756 we're going to see tonight . First of 01:29.756 --> 01:31.811 all , how does a boxer score in this 01:31.811 --> 01:33.533 competition ? We'll be using a 01:33.533 --> 01:35.533 computerized scoring system . three 01:35.533 --> 01:37.589 rounds of boxing consisting of three 01:37.589 --> 01:39.700 minutes of each round . Legal scoring 01:39.700 --> 01:41.700 blows , their scored when the white 01:41.700 --> 01:43.811 part or the knuckle part of the glove 01:43.811 --> 01:45.978 forcefully strikes the head or body of 01:45.978 --> 01:48.660 their opponent fouls the common fouls 01:48.660 --> 01:51.720 are slapping , holding , holding and 01:51.730 --> 01:54.600 hitting or pushing the fouls lead to 01:54.600 --> 01:56.750 cautions , cautions lead to warnings 01:56.800 --> 01:58.990 and three warnings results in a 01:59.000 --> 02:01.970 disqualification . The referee . His 02:01.970 --> 02:04.192 number one responsibility is the safety 02:04.192 --> 02:06.192 of the boxer . He can stopped about 02:06.192 --> 02:08.500 because the boxer's injured , bleeding 02:08.510 --> 02:11.080 or one boxer has a superior lead over 02:11.090 --> 02:13.480 his opponent . All right , thank you 02:13.480 --> 02:15.750 very much . Tom lava check now that we 02:15.750 --> 02:17.972 understand the rules . Let's get to the 02:17.972 --> 02:20.028 action in the preliminaries where in 02:20.028 --> 02:22.520 this about marine demetrius Russell of 02:22.530 --> 02:25.230 Minneapolis Minnesota faces off against 02:25.230 --> 02:27.740 soldier Matthew , Fisher of Newburgh 02:27.740 --> 02:29.830 indiana . Let's check out the 02:29.830 --> 02:32.530 highlights . We pick up the action late 02:32.540 --> 02:34.990 round one rustles in the red trunks 02:35.000 --> 02:38.250 while fisher is in the black . 02:39.940 --> 02:43.670 I just deep into round number one . You 02:43.670 --> 02:47.190 see the attack right there of Demetrius 02:47.190 --> 02:49.357 Russell of the Marine Corps forcing an 02:49.357 --> 02:53.090 eight Count on Fisher clock 02:53.090 --> 02:55.257 continues to run . They don't stop the 02:55.257 --> 02:57.368 clock for the eight count as you hear 02:57.368 --> 02:59.479 the belt and that's the way round one 02:59.479 --> 03:02.950 ends , take a look back and you see the 03:02.950 --> 03:05.283 attack right there of demetrius Russell , 03:06.040 --> 03:10.020 quick left , quick , right , and he 03:10.020 --> 03:12.131 is relentless in his attack . Referee 03:12.131 --> 03:14.660 sees that so he's moves in , delivers 03:14.660 --> 03:16.827 the account Well , let's move ahead to 03:16.827 --> 03:18.882 round number three . Van what I like 03:18.882 --> 03:21.104 about him is what I like about numerous 03:21.104 --> 03:23.160 Russell is he is a tall boxer , he's 03:23.160 --> 03:25.327 strong , he's moved well quite well in 03:25.327 --> 03:27.160 these first two rounds . He's an 03:27.160 --> 03:29.160 excellent defensive boxer . And the 03:29.160 --> 03:31.382 other thing I like about him is he's an 03:31.382 --> 03:33.604 outside boxer , like he's always , he's 03:33.604 --> 03:36.240 always keeping his distance . Tom We 03:36.240 --> 03:39.030 saw pretty dominant period , dominant . 03:39.030 --> 03:41.870 Round round , number one Russell won 03:41.870 --> 03:44.037 that first round by the score of 15 to 03:44.037 --> 03:46.203 1 , we called that in the second round 03:46.203 --> 03:48.259 Fisher who tried to pick it up , but 03:48.259 --> 03:50.960 once again Russell dominated that one 03:50.960 --> 03:53.410 by a little lesser scored 12 to 5 . Now 03:53.590 --> 03:56.780 this is round three somewhat behind , 03:56.790 --> 03:58.901 you're gonna see fisher hopefully try 03:58.901 --> 04:00.957 to pick up the pace a little bit and 04:00.957 --> 04:03.123 take it to demetrius Russell and let's 04:03.123 --> 04:05.580 see if he does here , Russell , by the 04:05.580 --> 04:07.358 way , has seven years of boxing 04:07.358 --> 04:09.247 experience . He was a 2000 and 10 04:09.247 --> 04:11.469 Virginia beach golden gloves champion , 04:11.469 --> 04:13.636 so he may have the experiential factor 04:13.636 --> 04:15.524 if you will over Sergeant Matthew 04:15.524 --> 04:17.691 Fisher of the United States Army under 04:17.691 --> 04:19.858 20 seconds remaining in this about and 04:19.858 --> 04:22.080 Russell keeping his distance , he knows 04:22.080 --> 04:24.136 he has the lead , he doesn't want to 04:24.740 --> 04:28.610 overextend himself or being cautious as 04:28.610 --> 04:30.790 the final seconds here and this about 04:30.800 --> 04:34.090 tick away and that will do it . And Tom 04:34.270 --> 04:36.740 demetrius Russell . He came out with a 04:36.740 --> 04:38.573 sense of confidence , he was the 04:38.573 --> 04:40.740 aggressor , He got things started , he 04:40.740 --> 04:42.907 stayed seemingly in control throughout 04:42.907 --> 04:44.851 the duration of this belt , What I 04:44.851 --> 04:46.907 liked about him again , once again , 04:46.907 --> 04:48.962 he's a tall boxer and he was able to 04:48.962 --> 04:51.018 get in score his legal scoring blows 04:51.018 --> 04:53.129 and then he was getting out the other 04:53.129 --> 04:55.240 thing , he keeps his distance and use 04:55.240 --> 04:57.462 that whole of that ring , that's what I 04:57.462 --> 04:59.296 like about him . Well , Jamarcus 04:59.296 --> 05:01.407 Russell will move on when we return , 05:01.407 --> 05:03.240 we'll learn more about demetrius 05:03.240 --> 05:05.407 Russell and the navy opponent he faces 05:05.407 --> 05:07.560 in the finals coming up next on TPc . 05:07.560 --> 05:08.290 Sports . 05:21.640 --> 05:23.862 Welcome back to the Armed Forces boxing 05:23.862 --> 05:25.970 championship at naval base , ventura 05:25.970 --> 05:28.380 county here in California where we just 05:28.380 --> 05:30.602 saw marine to Marius Russell defeat the 05:30.602 --> 05:32.520 armies Matthew fisher in the 05:32.520 --> 05:35.310 preliminary bowden tom that was about 05:35.310 --> 05:37.477 where demetrius Russell basically took 05:37.477 --> 05:39.477 control from the start . Absolutely 05:39.477 --> 05:41.699 dude , what I liked about him is he's a 05:41.699 --> 05:43.866 tall boxer . He's got a great body for 05:43.866 --> 05:46.560 a , for a middle weight , £165 . And 05:46.560 --> 05:48.970 then the other thing is he scored over 05:48.970 --> 05:51.170 30 points . He scored 33 points . So 05:51.180 --> 05:53.236 he's racking up the points . He's an 05:53.236 --> 05:55.458 aggressive boxer keeps his distance . I 05:55.458 --> 05:57.680 like this guy . He stayed busy . I like 05:57.680 --> 05:59.902 him as well . Well , our first finalist 05:59.902 --> 06:02.124 is a 22 year old , intelligent analysts 06:02.124 --> 06:04.402 who's been boxing for seven years here . 06:04.402 --> 06:06.569 We're talking about corporal demetrius 06:06.569 --> 06:08.910 russell , I'm gonna 06:12.340 --> 06:14.173 And I was like three , me and my 06:14.173 --> 06:16.970 brothers artists getting fueled . My 06:16.970 --> 06:20.210 dad used to put socks on our hands and 06:20.210 --> 06:22.266 told us that we had a problem and we 06:22.266 --> 06:24.266 can do it . Get out that way . So , 06:24.266 --> 06:26.488 I've been boxing since you are , I just 06:26.488 --> 06:28.266 started competing recently runs 06:28.266 --> 06:30.470 remembering prince . Yeah , okay , I'm 06:30.470 --> 06:32.960 boxing for the winter and 27 . Uh , 06:33.440 --> 06:35.496 pretty much just making America look 06:35.496 --> 06:37.718 good and positive light . Um , a couple 06:37.718 --> 06:39.840 kids , me , uh , come to the Marine 06:39.840 --> 06:42.062 corps will bring something new . Yeah . 06:42.640 --> 06:45.300 Mm , one day I got a call from my 06:45.310 --> 06:47.532 original coach in the gym and he said , 06:47.532 --> 06:49.588 hey , today is supposed to cover the 06:49.588 --> 06:51.699 gym . You know , I was supposed to go 06:51.699 --> 06:53.754 on a date with a girl and uh he said 06:53.754 --> 06:55.977 today you want to go ? And I was like , 06:55.977 --> 06:55.730 hey man , I really gotta date . He was 06:55.730 --> 06:57.897 like , no , this today is gonna change 06:57.897 --> 07:00.119 your life . So then I went to the gym , 07:00.119 --> 07:02.340 coach samples there and he asked me to 07:02.340 --> 07:04.650 join the team paying the price . 07:06.540 --> 07:08.651 I don't have nothing personal against 07:08.651 --> 07:10.762 the guy that I'm fighting , it's just 07:10.762 --> 07:12.707 going there , represent the Marine 07:12.707 --> 07:14.818 Corps and do what I can do . You know 07:14.818 --> 07:17.040 what do I have come out to fight ? So I 07:17.040 --> 07:16.060 hope you are too , because I want to 07:16.060 --> 07:19.380 put on the show , Russell faces off 07:19.380 --> 07:22.030 against Sailor Abdullah johnson who was 07:22.030 --> 07:24.363 a walk through to this championship out , 07:24.363 --> 07:26.230 johnson is a logistic support 07:26.230 --> 07:28.660 specialist from Indianapolis indiana 07:29.140 --> 07:31.950 take a look . Mhm 07:38.440 --> 07:40.662 Boxing helped change my life and taught 07:40.662 --> 07:42.718 me a lot of discipline and kept me , 07:42.718 --> 07:44.884 you know , how did the streets growing 07:44.884 --> 07:46.940 up being that I grew up in the inner 07:46.940 --> 07:48.884 city . So it was the way it was an 07:48.884 --> 07:50.884 outlet for me . A lot of my friends 07:50.884 --> 07:52.996 made a lot of bad choices in life . I 07:52.996 --> 07:55.107 chose to go to the gym . My brother , 07:55.440 --> 07:57.607 he boxes also as a professional body . 07:57.940 --> 08:00.130 It was stopped with johnson and it's 08:00.130 --> 08:02.074 pretty much how I got started just 08:02.074 --> 08:04.186 following him to the gym one day . He 08:04.186 --> 08:06.297 worked hard , just like I worked hard 08:06.297 --> 08:06.060 to get here and tomorrow night we'll 08:06.060 --> 08:09.070 see who's the champion who will take 08:09.070 --> 08:12.040 home the goal . The navy or the marines . 08:12.050 --> 08:15.250 £165 championship tom What do you see ? 08:16.140 --> 08:18.590 That is a unfair question because this 08:18.590 --> 08:21.060 is amateur boxing and anybody can win 08:21.060 --> 08:23.227 this . This is like any given sunday . 08:23.240 --> 08:25.296 Perhaps a little too early to tell . 08:25.490 --> 08:27.990 But we'll see the £165 championship 08:28.000 --> 08:31.060 bout is up next on TPC . Sports . 08:43.940 --> 08:46.070 Months of intense training have come 08:46.070 --> 08:48.580 down to this . The championship bout in 08:48.580 --> 08:52.040 £165 weight class Maureen 08:52.050 --> 08:54.390 demetrius Russell takes on Sailor 08:54.400 --> 08:57.320 Abdullah johnson for the gold . Let's 08:57.320 --> 08:59.431 turn it over to ring announcer Castle 08:59.431 --> 09:01.970 chalice as this final about is ready to 09:01.980 --> 09:04.900 get underway . Now making his way into 09:04.900 --> 09:08.630 the red corner representative , the 09:08.630 --> 09:12.460 United States Marine Corps . He's an 09:12.460 --> 09:14.571 intelligence analyst from Minneapolis 09:14.571 --> 09:17.910 Minnesota mouse station in camp Lejeune , 09:17.910 --> 09:21.170 north Carolina . He weighed in at 09:21.170 --> 09:23.950 £165 and he is 09:24.340 --> 09:28.120 The 2010 Virginia Beach golden glove 09:28.130 --> 09:31.550 champion . Let's hear it for corporal 09:31.840 --> 09:34.250 to Marius . Don't please 09:35.340 --> 09:39.090 so well , you get a good look at 09:39.090 --> 09:41.034 demetrius Russell as he enters the 09:41.034 --> 09:43.034 venue , the Marine Corps flag right 09:43.034 --> 09:45.312 behind him , followed by his teammates , 09:45.312 --> 09:47.210 salute to the fans . He slips in 09:47.210 --> 09:49.321 between the ropes . He's ready to get 09:49.321 --> 09:51.488 underway and representing your own the 09:51.488 --> 09:54.320 United States Navy . Okay , 09:55.240 --> 09:58.540 He's a logistic support specialist from 09:58.550 --> 10:02.050 Indianapolis indiana now stationed 10:02.440 --> 10:06.130 in the more California . He weighed 10:06.130 --> 10:09.550 in at 165 lb 10:10.240 --> 10:12.980 And he is the 2004 Indiana Gold 10:12.980 --> 10:16.000 England's champion . Let's hear it for 10:16.000 --> 10:19.150 Semen Abdullah the quiet stuff , 10:20.640 --> 10:24.590 john tom you watch the way these boxers 10:24.590 --> 10:26.368 in the ring and I've got to say 10:26.368 --> 10:28.950 abdullah johnson , he's ready to go . I 10:28.960 --> 10:31.071 think both of them ready to go . They 10:31.071 --> 10:33.404 didn't walk in , they strut it in there , 10:33.404 --> 10:35.238 they're ready to go And uh , the 10:35.238 --> 10:37.460 experience factor eight years in boxing 10:37.460 --> 10:39.349 against seven years , they boxing 10:39.349 --> 10:41.238 experience , they are both evenly 10:41.238 --> 10:43.571 matched . So what you're looking at tom , 10:43.571 --> 10:43.530 I'm hearing you say more of an evenly 10:43.530 --> 10:45.752 matched contest . Perhaps that's what , 10:45.752 --> 10:47.974 that's what I'm thinking . I think it's 10:47.974 --> 10:50.141 going to be another one of these bouts 10:50.141 --> 10:52.474 where it's going to be very close again . 10:52.474 --> 10:52.290 You know what I call that entry into 10:52.290 --> 10:54.290 the arena , I call that the matador 10:54.290 --> 10:56.457 struck , that's when the matador comes 10:56.457 --> 10:58.450 out , he's ready to conquer his 10:58.450 --> 11:00.394 opponent . And that's what I saw a 11:00.394 --> 11:02.450 little bit in each of the boxes were 11:02.450 --> 11:04.561 getting ready to see Abdullah johnson 11:04.561 --> 11:06.617 coming out of the blue corner as the 11:06.617 --> 11:08.506 blue shirt owner representing the 11:08.506 --> 11:10.339 United States navy and demetrius 11:10.339 --> 11:12.450 russell from the United States Marine 11:12.450 --> 11:14.506 Corps . Again , Russell advancing to 11:14.506 --> 11:16.450 this as a result of his win in the 11:16.450 --> 11:18.506 preliminaries over Matthew fisher of 11:18.506 --> 11:20.617 the United States army . Here we go . 11:20.617 --> 11:22.839 We're underway . It's the middle weight 11:22.839 --> 11:26.660 165 lbs . Once again , these are two 11:27.040 --> 11:30.290 tall , too tall boxers , too strong 11:30.290 --> 11:32.457 boxes and again , you can see early on 11:32.457 --> 11:34.660 they're using all of the boxing ring . 11:36.240 --> 11:38.351 Well , they're very cautious thomas . 11:38.351 --> 11:40.296 They come out , I guess you talked 11:40.296 --> 11:42.518 about them being evenly matched , but I 11:42.518 --> 11:44.462 imagine they have an even level of 11:44.462 --> 11:46.518 respect one for the other . Well , I 11:46.518 --> 11:48.518 would respect both of these boxes . 11:49.540 --> 11:53.490 It's and a 11:53.490 --> 11:55.379 lot of distance . You look at the 11:55.379 --> 11:57.601 distance between the two and you know , 11:57.601 --> 11:59.823 you're going to see a lot of open space 11:59.823 --> 12:02.046 between each russell in the red johnson 12:02.046 --> 12:04.157 and the blue right now , I think what 12:04.157 --> 12:06.046 you're doing , man , they're just 12:06.046 --> 12:08.420 trying to adjust to each other . Look 12:08.420 --> 12:10.587 at the wingspan , if you will though , 12:10.587 --> 12:12.642 on demetrius Russell time , he's got 12:12.642 --> 12:14.587 those long long arms . And I think 12:14.587 --> 12:16.476 that's part of the reason johnson 12:16.476 --> 12:18.698 probably trying to put distance between 12:18.698 --> 12:19.260 the two 12:22.540 --> 12:24.707 Demery . Said Russell , he's about six 12:24.707 --> 12:26.818 ft two inches tall . Again , like you 12:26.818 --> 12:28.818 said , he's got those long arms and 12:28.818 --> 12:30.984 he's uh right there , you can see that 12:30.984 --> 12:33.096 lead . He's taking a 50 lead and look 12:33.096 --> 12:32.780 at the distance . He's got look at the 12:32.780 --> 12:34.891 quickness , he lands scoring blows to 12:34.891 --> 12:36.669 the body and then tries to move 12:36.669 --> 12:38.669 upstairs . He takes a quick five to 12:38.669 --> 12:40.836 nothing lead as we approach the midway 12:40.836 --> 12:43.058 point in round number one of this three 12:43.058 --> 12:45.169 round Championship bout . So he's got 12:45.169 --> 12:47.790 speed , he's got quickness , see if 12:47.790 --> 12:49.957 he's got power behind those punches as 12:49.957 --> 12:52.123 well . And a lot of those punches . He 12:52.123 --> 12:54.234 is not , he's scoring with that jab . 12:54.234 --> 12:56.346 That's how strong those punches are . 12:56.346 --> 12:55.780 You know , I'm telling you tom we've 12:55.780 --> 12:57.836 watched this competition for a while 12:57.836 --> 12:59.891 and Marine Corps Coach Jesse Ravello 12:59.891 --> 13:01.891 has done a nice job with the Marine 13:01.891 --> 13:04.058 Corps boxing team . He's brought these 13:04.058 --> 13:06.169 young boxers along and really stellar 13:06.169 --> 13:10.140 fashion . We approach the one minute 13:10.150 --> 13:13.430 mark now , here in the first stanza And 13:13.430 --> 13:14.430 the score is 13:14.430 --> 13:17.760 60 13:18.140 --> 13:20.450 Abdul johnson trying to get in as you 13:20.450 --> 13:22.394 were getting ready to say , that's 13:22.394 --> 13:24.283 exactly I was gonna say he hasn't 13:24.283 --> 13:28.050 scored a punch yet . Mhm . Mhm . 13:28.740 --> 13:30.796 Here's the quickness of Russell . He 13:30.796 --> 13:32.870 delivers and steps out , goes up by 13:32.880 --> 13:35.430 eight at this point , Whoa , 13:36.040 --> 13:39.770 stick and move stick and move . Okay . 13:39.770 --> 13:41.992 He's doing he's doing the Ali Shuffle . 13:41.992 --> 13:44.326 He says , don't don't be doing that now , 13:44.326 --> 13:46.548 the amateur box , you can't showboat as 13:46.548 --> 13:48.603 we did 30 seconds in this round . No 13:48.603 --> 13:50.881 showboating . In amateur boxing period . 13:50.881 --> 13:52.881 They save that for the professional 13:52.881 --> 13:55.048 ranks in which sometimes we may have a 13:55.048 --> 13:57.250 little too much . So nine , nothing 13:57.250 --> 13:59.670 lead right now . Make that 10 by 13:59.670 --> 14:01.781 Demetrius Russell . The United States 14:01.781 --> 14:04.003 Marine Corps , the intelligence analyst 14:04.003 --> 14:06.226 from Camp Lejeune north Carolina . Once 14:06.226 --> 14:08.337 again , we we said earlier that day , 14:08.337 --> 14:10.281 Marius wrestle will score a lot of 14:10.281 --> 14:12.337 points . He's already scored £10.10 14:12.337 --> 14:14.503 points in this round as round , Number 14:14.503 --> 14:18.340 one comes to a close both 14:18.350 --> 14:21.750 boxers returned to their corners . Mhm . 14:22.860 --> 14:24.804 At this point , it's going to be a 14:24.804 --> 14:26.916 little bit of heart , a little bit of 14:26.916 --> 14:29.082 motivation , but strategy . Head coach 14:29.082 --> 14:31.416 Jesse Lovell , Let's give them a listen . 14:41.240 --> 14:42.240 Don't get 14:49.670 --> 14:51.640 me wrong doing 15:00.640 --> 15:02.910 Coach Silva , I think tom is probably 15:02.910 --> 15:05.132 saying you gotta get in close , you got 15:05.132 --> 15:07.466 to make a fight out of this . Meanwhile , 15:07.466 --> 15:09.466 on the opposite tack , if you heard 15:09.466 --> 15:11.688 head coach Jesse rival say , don't drop 15:11.688 --> 15:13.854 down , stay up , make him try to reach 15:13.854 --> 15:15.632 you . Johnson has got to be the 15:15.632 --> 15:17.854 aggressor . He has got to come and come 15:17.854 --> 15:20.077 and come at it and he's got to get into 15:20.077 --> 15:22.243 those long arms of demetrius Russell . 15:22.243 --> 15:24.354 Well that he does thomas we get ready 15:24.354 --> 15:26.354 for Round number two judges are set 15:26.354 --> 15:28.466 ringside physician . His place . Here 15:28.466 --> 15:32.450 we go , my party . Abdullah johnson , 15:32.450 --> 15:34.760 United States Navy and the Blue and 15:34.780 --> 15:37.280 demetrius Russell United States Marine 15:37.280 --> 15:39.224 Corps in this Championship , about 15:39.224 --> 15:41.460 £165 . The middleweight division 15:42.800 --> 15:45.740 Johnson is a logistic support 15:45.740 --> 15:48.950 specialist As we heard in the 15:48.950 --> 15:51.310 introduction to 2004 Indiana Golden 15:51.310 --> 15:54.930 Gloves , champion . So , you got to 15:54.930 --> 15:56.986 play it forward about six years into 15:56.986 --> 15:58.986 the present time . He's been in the 15:58.986 --> 16:01.097 ring for awhile . Eight years , total 16:01.097 --> 16:03.640 boxing experience . Yeah , 16:05.140 --> 16:07.307 The other thing I like about demetrius 16:07.307 --> 16:09.640 Russell . He's got fast hands and again , 16:09.640 --> 16:11.640 look at them . They're using all of 16:11.640 --> 16:13.751 this boxing ring more than any of the 16:13.751 --> 16:15.751 boxes , I think that we've seen And 16:15.751 --> 16:17.862 they're they're staying in the middle 16:17.862 --> 16:20.084 of this boxing ring . Nobody's nobody's 16:20.084 --> 16:19.600 getting trapped in those in those 16:19.600 --> 16:22.130 corners against the ropes . Russell 16:22.130 --> 16:24.297 refuses to get in the corner , he will 16:24.297 --> 16:26.408 come out and dance his way , he'll go 16:26.408 --> 16:28.630 right , go left , but he'll circle back 16:28.630 --> 16:27.940 to the center of the ring because 16:27.940 --> 16:30.051 that's where he can use his strengths 16:30.340 --> 16:32.173 to his advantage and he can move 16:32.173 --> 16:35.960 defensively As he takes a 13 - one lead 16:35.960 --> 16:39.830 at this point in time . Yeah . And so 16:39.830 --> 16:42.420 he sends demetrius Russell to a neutral 16:42.420 --> 16:44.680 corner while we get the mouthpiece 16:44.690 --> 16:47.170 checked or no , we're gonna just ahead 16:47.170 --> 16:49.740 here . It has to has to fit for safety 16:49.740 --> 16:52.370 purposes and it's just a simple thing 16:52.380 --> 16:54.547 now they're ready to go again . Yeah . 16:55.950 --> 16:58.570 And again Russell , the opposing boxer 16:58.580 --> 17:00.636 when the safety devices addressed by 17:00.636 --> 17:02.802 one of the officials that opposing box 17:02.802 --> 17:04.913 goes to the neutral corner , he's not 17:04.913 --> 17:04.810 allowed to go to his own corner and 17:04.810 --> 17:06.977 received coaching during that period . 17:06.977 --> 17:08.643 That's absolutely right man . 17:10.400 --> 17:13.820 Nice flurry by Abdullah johnson Picks 17:13.820 --> 17:15.709 up a point there but he still got 17:15.709 --> 17:17.960 several to go as he trails right now by 17:17.960 --> 17:21.500 11 under the halfway point here in this 17:21.500 --> 17:25.360 about and in this round round two and 17:25.360 --> 17:27.527 there you saw johnson's head rock back 17:27.527 --> 17:29.416 on that jab . So there's a lot of 17:29.420 --> 17:31.364 there's a lot of force behind that 17:31.364 --> 17:33.364 punch . He's getting the jab in the 17:33.364 --> 17:35.253 defense , he slips in between the 17:35.253 --> 17:37.420 gloves if you will of Abdullah johnson 17:38.580 --> 17:40.636 and he's done it enough times , he's 17:40.636 --> 17:42.747 going to get an eight . Care comes an 17:42.747 --> 17:44.747 eight count but again he's gonna be 17:44.747 --> 17:46.747 fine and he's gonna go again . He's 17:46.747 --> 17:48.858 just letting him take a little rest . 17:48.858 --> 17:51.024 Boom , ready to go again . Nobody hurt 17:51.140 --> 17:53.840 no additional points credited because 17:53.850 --> 17:55.960 you receive an eight count or you're 17:55.960 --> 17:58.182 forcing it count . It's merely a safety 17:58.182 --> 18:00.182 factor in amateur boxing and that's 18:00.182 --> 18:02.404 that's one of the things I like about . 18:02.404 --> 18:02.180 Again , it's the safety of the 18:02.180 --> 18:04.800 competitor , a little different than 18:04.800 --> 18:07.370 professional boxing , but we're glad to 18:07.370 --> 18:09.860 be bringing this to you on the pentagon 18:09.860 --> 18:12.080 channel . Glad you're watching it , 18:12.090 --> 18:14.460 Glad you could be with us here . 18:19.440 --> 18:23.170 Okay . And right now 18:23.170 --> 18:26.370 demetrius Russell very effective in his 18:26.370 --> 18:28.314 combination leads with the right , 18:28.314 --> 18:30.203 comes back with the left and then 18:30.203 --> 18:32.426 dances out of the way swiftly . That is 18:32.426 --> 18:34.426 the art and the skill of a good box 18:34.426 --> 18:36.537 that that last blow that he scored on 18:36.537 --> 18:38.537 was a long straight right hand . We 18:38.537 --> 18:40.481 come down to the waning seconds of 18:40.481 --> 18:44.270 round number two 18 . right now . 18:44.840 --> 18:48.670 Yeah . And there's the bell 18:49.640 --> 18:51.751 boxers retired to their corners . The 18:51.751 --> 18:53.807 last bit of council they're going to 18:53.807 --> 18:56.029 receive before we get set for the final 18:56.029 --> 18:59.540 stanza . Yeah , yeah . Miami a lot to 18:59.620 --> 19:03.240 do with this first thing you do tom 19:03.250 --> 19:05.194 when you come to the corner , that 19:05.194 --> 19:07.417 coach is going to look into the eyes of 19:07.417 --> 19:09.528 his boxer . You see coach civil doing 19:09.528 --> 19:12.400 that , He's not overly exerting himself 19:12.410 --> 19:14.830 but very calmly . He's addressing his 19:14.830 --> 19:18.160 boxer right now , Abdullah johnson , 19:18.240 --> 19:20.407 you're absolutely right , not shouting 19:20.407 --> 19:22.462 at him , not screaming at him , just 19:22.462 --> 19:24.629 giving him calm instructions and not a 19:24.629 --> 19:24.580 lot of instructions . But you talk 19:24.580 --> 19:26.524 about eye to eye contact , johnson 19:26.524 --> 19:28.358 riveted on his coach , his coach 19:28.358 --> 19:30.510 looking directly back into his eyes , 19:30.520 --> 19:32.870 jesse Revelli , a little more animated 19:32.870 --> 19:36.580 right way . 19:39.390 --> 19:41.710 Don't get careless . Everything's in 19:41.710 --> 19:43.870 good shape . You're the man says head 19:43.870 --> 19:45.950 coach , jesse rubella . To demetrius 19:45.950 --> 19:48.710 Russell stay with your plan , Thank 19:48.720 --> 19:51.000 your work and work your plan sometimes 19:51.000 --> 19:53.056 tom it's no different outside of the 19:53.056 --> 19:55.056 ring . Then it is inside the ring . 19:55.056 --> 19:57.222 Perhaps , you know , I talked to jesse 19:57.222 --> 19:59.167 Ravello before this about and he's 19:59.167 --> 20:01.389 really high on him . He said he listens 20:01.389 --> 20:03.444 to him , he trains hard , he's got a 20:03.444 --> 20:05.500 lot of uh he's got a lot of hope and 20:05.500 --> 20:08.900 expectations . You learn things about 20:08.910 --> 20:11.890 being a military person , a military 20:11.890 --> 20:14.112 boxer , but you also learn things about 20:14.112 --> 20:16.168 leadership . You lead by example and 20:16.168 --> 20:18.390 then of course you command that respect 20:18.390 --> 20:20.557 as the coach to your young boxer . And 20:20.557 --> 20:22.668 you see that simply portrayed here in 20:22.668 --> 20:26.580 this competition , 30 seconds gone 20:26.580 --> 20:28.247 in round number three of this 20:28.247 --> 20:30.136 middleweight contest . The Marius 20:30.136 --> 20:32.358 Russell , United States Marine Court in 20:32.358 --> 20:34.580 the red Abdullah johnson of the navy in 20:34.580 --> 20:38.140 the blue Russell was an 20:38.140 --> 20:40.840 intelligence analyst . 22 years old . 20:40.840 --> 20:43.007 He's got a great future ahead of him , 20:43.007 --> 20:46.680 I think time , but credit johnson . He , 20:46.690 --> 20:48.690 I mean he's staying , he is staying 20:48.690 --> 20:50.690 every bit of the aggressor . He can 20:50.690 --> 20:52.468 possibly be , he's trying to be 20:52.468 --> 20:54.412 aggressive , But once again , he's 20:54.640 --> 20:56.473 demetrius Russell is such a good 20:56.473 --> 20:58.584 defensive boxer . Look he scores band 20:58.584 --> 21:00.807 with that right hand that straight shot 21:00.807 --> 21:03.029 and then he backs right out . Mhm . Mhm 21:03.040 --> 21:05.096 Well this is skill and technique and 21:05.096 --> 21:07.318 right now you have to say the skill and 21:07.318 --> 21:09.540 technique blogs to the marine demetrius 21:09.540 --> 21:11.596 Russell . But again , we've seen the 21:11.596 --> 21:13.818 heart of the Navy boxers throughout the 21:13.818 --> 21:15.984 course of this competition . And Abdul 21:15.984 --> 21:18.096 johnson right now is leading with his 21:18.096 --> 21:18.060 heart 21:21.840 --> 21:23.951 gets a little off balance right there 21:23.951 --> 21:25.951 as he goes down the campus . Just a 21:25.951 --> 21:28.173 slip , just a slip . And once again the 21:28.173 --> 21:30.173 referee wipes off the gloves and in 21:30.173 --> 21:32.340 case they picked up a foreign particle 21:32.340 --> 21:31.950 when his gloves touched the ground . 21:32.340 --> 21:34.630 Now they're ready to go again . Now 21:34.630 --> 21:36.630 here's the difference time when the 21:36.630 --> 21:38.741 skill level is equal , it's the heart 21:38.741 --> 21:40.908 that wins . But right now you can have 21:40.908 --> 21:42.741 all the heart in the world , the 21:42.741 --> 21:44.963 technique and the skill that belongs to 21:44.963 --> 21:44.840 demetrius Russell right now in this 21:44.840 --> 21:48.680 valley . Mhm Stick move 21:48.690 --> 21:50.857 dance fake one way , go to the other . 21:50.857 --> 21:53.160 Nice movement by the Marine Russell . 21:54.040 --> 21:55.040 Yeah , 21:58.240 --> 22:00.462 Down to the one minute mark in this the 22:00.462 --> 22:02.950 3rd round of the championship bout . 22:03.800 --> 22:07.440 Yeah , Russell covers 22:07.440 --> 22:09.860 nicely moves to his left and gets out 22:09.860 --> 22:11.916 of the reach and the way of Abdullah 22:11.916 --> 22:15.460 Johnson and and again we've got uh 40 22:15.460 --> 22:17.660 seconds left and a lot of energy in 22:17.660 --> 22:19.780 both . In both of these boxers , 22:21.370 --> 22:23.592 these boxes are both in great condition 22:25.840 --> 22:28.007 off the rope back out to the center of 22:28.007 --> 22:30.007 the ring . Goes demetrius Russell . 22:32.440 --> 22:34.662 I don't think either one of these boxes 22:34.662 --> 22:36.718 has has any kind of a difficult time 22:36.718 --> 22:38.829 passing their physical examination to 22:38.829 --> 22:41.360 finally tuned athletes under 15 seconds 22:41.360 --> 22:43.840 remaining in this about tom and heavily 22:43.840 --> 22:45.673 one sided in favour of demetrius 22:45.673 --> 22:47.880 Russell at this point , but once again 22:47.890 --> 22:51.560 it's a lot of action . 30 22:52.140 --> 22:55.000 35 points being scored , crowds loving 22:55.000 --> 22:55.300 this 23:00.380 --> 23:03.400 and so tom in this £165 middleweight 23:03.410 --> 23:05.577 contest , you saw demetrius Russell of 23:05.577 --> 23:07.799 the United States Marine Court come out 23:07.799 --> 23:09.966 as the aggressor and basically put his 23:09.966 --> 23:12.132 skills on display for everybody in the 23:12.132 --> 23:15.120 house . I really , really like this and 23:15.120 --> 23:17.231 I like the Marine Corps boxer again . 23:17.231 --> 23:19.250 Great defensive boxer . Both boxers 23:19.250 --> 23:21.630 however , used the entire portion of 23:21.630 --> 23:24.850 that ring . They were moving All 180 23:24.850 --> 23:26.906 seconds all three rounds . Give them 23:26.906 --> 23:29.183 credit . They both got after it . Well , 23:29.183 --> 23:31.183 let's go to castle for the official 23:31.183 --> 23:33.072 call of this balance . Ladies and 23:33.072 --> 23:35.360 gentlemen , we have a winner and he is 23:35.740 --> 23:39.530 out of the red corner . The Marius 23:39.540 --> 23:42.390 Russell . 23:42.400 --> 23:46.160 So , demetrius Russell has his hand 23:46.160 --> 23:48.160 raised , he's going to get the gold 23:48.160 --> 23:50.049 medal draped around his neck . He 23:50.049 --> 23:53.830 earned it rightfully . So come on champ , 23:53.830 --> 23:55.886 That's a pretty good show you put on 23:55.886 --> 23:57.719 tonight to Marius , You got some 23:57.719 --> 23:59.886 lightning quick hands and you've got a 23:59.886 --> 24:01.997 jackhammer of a jab . Is that sent to 24:01.997 --> 24:04.219 be your most valuable weapon to you and 24:04.219 --> 24:06.386 severing . Yeah , I got long reso It's 24:06.386 --> 24:08.608 got to be and it looked like at the end 24:08.608 --> 24:08.200 he was starting to get inside . Were 24:08.200 --> 24:10.144 you getting tired or were you just 24:10.144 --> 24:12.200 decided to put your hands up and let 24:12.200 --> 24:14.311 him swing away ? Yeah , that was it . 24:14.311 --> 24:16.644 Um , I know I keep my bed when I wanted . 24:16.644 --> 24:18.922 So I started to get some Well , listen , 24:18.922 --> 24:18.760 you put on a great show and we all 24:18.760 --> 24:20.704 appreciated congratulations on the 24:20.704 --> 24:22.816 championship . And we look forward to 24:22.816 --> 24:24.927 seeing you again next year . Yeah , I 24:24.927 --> 24:27.149 just like to say , I dedicate this went 24:27.149 --> 24:29.204 to uh , we lost some Marine Lombardo 24:29.204 --> 24:31.371 Gimenez and it's all falling all right 24:31.371 --> 24:33.649 in Afghanistan . Thank you . All right . 24:33.649 --> 24:35.871 You're welcome and thank you . Well tom 24:35.871 --> 24:37.982 they always talk about boxing perhaps 24:37.982 --> 24:40.149 as being an individual sport , but you 24:40.149 --> 24:42.149 listen to demetrius Russell and you 24:42.149 --> 24:44.040 sense right away . There's a team 24:44.050 --> 24:46.217 workman like team building approach to 24:46.217 --> 24:48.217 the entire sport of boxing . It's a 24:48.217 --> 24:50.439 team , there's a bond between all these 24:50.439 --> 24:52.494 and all these boxes and they support 24:52.494 --> 24:54.494 each other and when they lose one , 24:54.494 --> 24:56.550 it's awful hard on . So Russell runs 24:56.550 --> 24:59.520 away with this one by the score of 29-6 . 24:59.740 --> 25:01.851 Well , let's take a look at the about 25:01.851 --> 25:04.018 card for next week's show . We'll have 25:04.018 --> 25:07.290 all the action in the 178 lb weight 25:07.290 --> 25:09.970 class . Here's your chance to weigh in . 25:09.980 --> 25:12.036 Let us know which sports you want to 25:12.036 --> 25:14.147 see covered on the pentagon channel , 25:14.147 --> 25:16.950 email us at Sports at pentagon channel 25:16.960 --> 25:20.180 dot mil . I'm van Stokes and I'm tom 25:20.180 --> 25:22.770 lava . Check see you next time on the T 25:22.780 --> 25:25.980 p . C . Sports coverage of the 2010 25:25.990 --> 25:28.460 Armed Forces Boxing Championships . 25:35.940 --> 25:37.000 Yeah , yeah .