34) Floyd Mayweather Lost TKO 10: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Floyd Mayweather 20 January 2001 WBC Super-Featherweight Nevada [r1] … Mayweather’s very smart … hooks and right-hand leads … body shots from Corrales and the right hand lands … Moments for both fighters … [r2] … Corrales is trying to load up for one big shot … Right hand lead [Mayweather] … good left hook … an excellent round for Floyd … [r3] … Mayweather is working it now … Good left hook by Corrales … [r4] … You’d call this ring generalship … Good left hook to the body by Floyd … left hook and right cross … [r5] … Brilliantly executed fight plan … Good body shot by Corrales … Hard right hand by Mayweather … [r6] … Mayweather is running, hiding and hitting … hard left hook upstairs … big left hook to the body … [r7] … A knockdown … A brilliant performance by Floyd … and the second knockdown of the round for Mayweather … and there’s the third knockdown … [r8] … He [Corrales] throws punches but takes punches in return … Corrales has been embarrassed here … [r9] … I’m terribly impressed: I don’t think I’ve seen an exhibition of boxing like this since Willie Pepp [Lederman] … [r10] … Mayweather is just walking away with it … Corrales’s legs are just shot … pulls himself up … Right hand, another knockdown … That’s going to be the end of the fight. (Boxers: Mayweather & Boxers: Corrales) US HBO fight commentary
42) Jose Luis Castillo I ***** TKO 10: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Jose Luis Castillo I 7 May 2005 WBO Lightweight Nevada [r1] … It will be a brawl, a gruelling slugfest … trading hooks … Castillo coming right back … Great body work by Corrales … as they go toe to toe … wow … [r2] … A right uppercut and a left hook by Castillo … fists are flying … back comes Castillo … Left hooks by Corrales … what a combination upstairs … Big body shot by Castillo … The second round better than the first! … [r3] … More of the same … Corrales very accurate [hook] … left hook upstairs … Right uppercut on the chin by Castillo … landing more regularly … Big left hook by Corrales … another one followed by the right hand … [r4] … A battle of left hooks … What a left hook there by Corrales and Castillo comes right back … tremendous exchanges … and back comes Castillo … a left upstairs … a gruelling round … big punch [Castillo] … [r5] … What a heavy body punch and back comes Corrales … walked into that straight right … [r6] … Explosive punches … body work by Castillo … Vicious right hand cross by Corrales … good hook … Castillo won’t budge … Castillo: Corrales waves him on … Unbelievable action … [r7] … Taking the term ‘boxing warrior’ to the next level … Non-stop action … continue to exchange vicious punches in toe to toe fashion … The left eye of Corrales is getting bad … Truly an extraordinary fight … and now Castillo … [r8] … Corrales showing a sense of urgency … and wail away … left and a right … Back to the body Castillo … wow … What a left hook by Corrales … wow … Castillo … Castillo wobbled by a left hand … [r9] … One of the greatest fights … I have the fight dead even … Great combination outside from Castillo … Rights and combinations from Corrales … Here’s Castillo again … left uppercut … Right hand on the bell by Corrales! … [r10] … A left hook from Castillo and Corrales is down! … Castillo looking to finish it: he [Corrales] goes down again! … He just hurt Castillo with a right hand … and he hurts him with a hook … Castillo in trouble … Unbelievable! … US Showtime fight commentary
43) Jose Luis Castillo II Lost KO 4: UK Fight Commentary TV -
v Jose Luis Castillo II 8 October 2005 Nevada [r1] … Corrales taken a good solid left hook for his troubles … left hook … Exactly the same … good right hand from Castillo and left hook again … walk-in pressure … A little right cross Corrales … Here we go again … Uppercut Corrales … [r2] … A bit of edge between these two … Decent right uppercut [Castillo] … Punch for punch ferocious exchange … Good left hooks [Castillo] … [Corrales] unleashes a wonderful combination … [r3] … Toe to toe non-stop punching … Back comes Castillo! … Fortunes swing yet again … He really staggered then Corrales … [r4] … Left hand and Corrales is badly laid out by that one … He’s knocked out: Castillo has his revenge! UK Sky TV fight commentary
[8.5] GENARO HERNANDEZ 41-38(17)-2-1 [Lightweight & Super-Featherweight]: The New York Times -
Genaro Hernandez, a prizefighter nicknamed Chicanito – roughly translated as Little Mexican – who was twice the world super featherweight champion, died Tuesday at his home in Mission Viejo, California. He was 45.
The cause was a rare cancer, called rhabdomyosarcoma, that attacks muscle fibers, his friend Bill Caplan said.
Hernandez emerged from South Los Angeles in the mid-1980s as a lanky, artful boxer with a strong following among Hispanic fans of the sport. Losing only 2 of 41 professional bouts, he was WBA super featherweight champion from November 1991 to November 1994 and WBC super featherweight champion from March 1997 to October 1998. (The maximum weight for a super featherweight boxer is 130 pounds. Some boxing associations refer to this weight class as junior lightweight.)
Hernandez had his first pro fight in 1984 and defeated respected opponents like Lupe Miranda and Felipe Orozco on the way to his first title fight, with Daniel Londas on November 22 1991 in Épernay, France. He scored a technical knockout in the ninth round.
After eight successful title defenses, Hernandez gave up his super featherweight crown in November 1994 to fight Oscar De la Hoya for the lightweight championship in Las Vegas in September 1995.
Hernandez retired to his stool after the sixth round after De La Hoya smashed a powerful left hook into his face. He was roundly criticized for not returning. It turned out he had hidden that he had broken a nose while sparring a week before the fight. De La Hoya’s blow shattered it even more.
Hernandez apologized, but added, ‘It is better to say ‘no mas’ than not say another word ever again,’ referring to the famous words of Roberto Durán during a fight in November 1980.
Three fights later, in March 1997, Hernandez got a shot at the WBC super featherweight title in Corpus Christi Texas against Azumah Nelson. Hernandez was winning the bout when Nelson punched his neck well after the bell sounded to end the seventh round. The WBC president, Jose Sulaiman, went to his corner and told him that if he could not continue, he could be declared the winner by disqualification.
Hernandez, perhaps still stung by the criticism from the De La Hoya fight, refused to quit. He fought on and won a split decision. He defended the title three times before Floyd Mayweather junior battered him in October 1998, forcing his trainer, his older brother Rudy, to concede the fight after eight rounds. He nonetheless won a $600,000 purse.
In December of that year, Hernandez was found to have a blood clot and torn cartilage, and announced his retirement. His professional record was 38-2-1.
Genaro Hernandez was born on May 10 1966, and reared in what residents still call South-Central Los Angeles, though the city has renamed the section South Los Angeles to help banish the image of urban neglect connoted by the earlier name. His father, Rodolfo, was a shoemaker who had wrestled professionally as the Mexican Surprise.
Rodolfo encouraged the boy to learn to box at age 8 so he could defend himself in the tough neighborhood. His brother Rudy was also an accomplished welterweight.
After retiring, Hernandez worked as a boxing instructor and helped broadcast fights in Spanish.
He is survived by his wife, Liliana; his son, Steven; his daughter, Amanda; three brothers; two sisters; and his father. The New York Times article Douglas Martin 8th June 2011, ‘Genaro Hernandez, Twice a World Champion, Dies at 45’
34) Oscar de la Hoya Lost Ret 6: US Fight Commetary TV -
v Oscar de la Hoya 9 September 1995 WBO Lightweight Nevada [r1] … The quick hands of Genaro Hernandez … left hook from De la Hoya … [r2] … I’ve seen him [Hernandez] knock fighters out with one punch … Good combination from De la Hoya … there’s that De la Hoya power … [r3] … Hernandez very skilled boxer … Right hand from De la Hoya … now opening up … good left hook inside … the power of De la Hoya frightening for a lightweight … [r4] … Hard right hand, an uppercut by De la Hoya staggers Hernandez … Hernandez trying to pick up his own level of agressiveness [sic] … needs to get that jab landing … Good right to the body by De la Hoya … [r5 missing] … [r6] Hernandez really bleeding from that nose … Left hook by Hernandez … Hernandez quit … No more. US fight commentary