Lennon:
I-I-It's Showtime!
[ Crowd cheering ]
Ranallo: It's a big fight
with a big-fight atmosphere!
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It is beautiful.
It is brutal.
It is boxing at its best.
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What a fight!
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Ranallo: We're about to find out
who's going to slingshot
their way up
the 154-pound rankings.
Erickson Lubin looking for his
fourth-straight stoppage win
against Nathaniel Gallimore,
replacing the injured
Terrell Gausha.
10 rounds in
the 154-pound weight class.
Here is Jimmy Lennon Jr.
[ Bell dings ]
Alright, fans.
Here we go.
With the main event
of the evening,
10 rounds of boxing scheduled
in a super welterweight
special attraction,
and now, ladies and gentlemen
in attendance
and boxing fans
joining us around the world,
live from Reading,
Pennsylvania, it's showtime!
[ Bell dings ]
Introducing to you first,
on my right,
fighting out of the red corner
wearing black-and-tan trunks,
fighting out of Chicago
by way of Kingston, Jamaica.
He weighed in at 152 3/4 pounds
with a record of 21 wins,
3 losses, and 1 draw.
He has 17 big wins
coming by way of knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen,
here is the hard-hitting,
all-action fighter
known as "Nate the Great."
Introducing Nathaniel Gallimore!
[ Bell dings ]
His opponent, across the ring,
fighting out of the blue corner,
wearing black trunks
with orange trim,
fighting and representing
Orlando, Florida.
His weight -- 153 1/4 pounds.
His fine record stands
at 21 wins,
only one defeat with 16 wins
coming by way of knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen,
here is the accomplished
young contender.
He is currently ranked
the WBC number two
super welterweight
in the world.
Introducing the popular
Erickson "The Hammer" Lubin.
[ Bell dings ]
Once again,
the referee in charge,
now to give instructions,
Gary Rosato.
Rosato: Nate.
Nate, you have a mouthpiece?
Okay.
Rosato: Let's go, Erick.
Erick, come up.
You got your mouthpiece
in there?
Mouthpiece in?
He got it.
Okay, good.
Come on in.
Nate, Erick,
I gave you specific,
detailed instructions
in the locker room.
I'm only going to tell you
two things at this time.
Protect yourself at all times.
Obey my commands
at all time.
Touch gloves.
Bang at the bell.
God bless.
Touch gloves,
fellas.
Ranallo:
Referee Gary Rosato officiating
his 830th professional fight,
and at the weigh-in,
these two talked enough trash
to fill a landfill.
Bernstein:
[ Chuckles ]
Man: Live on Showtime,
10 rounds in the super
welterweight division,
Nathaniel
"Nate the Great" Gallimore
taking on
Erickson "The Hammer" Lubin.
You never been
in the ring.
You ain't shit.
You ain't shit.
You ain't never been in the ring
with someone like me.
I promise you.
-You ain't shit. You ain't shit.
You going to be saying
otherwise.
You ain't going to do shit.
You going to be saying
otherwise.
I promise you.
I promise you.
You got your ass whupped
last time you talked shit.
[ Both shouting indistinctly ]
Ranallo: Enough talk.
It's time to rock.
Round number 1,
scheduled for 10 at 154.
[ Bell dings ]
And Erickson Lubin is
in the black-and-orange trunks
while his opponent,
Nathaniel Gallimore,
he sports his trunk colors,
black and tan.
Lubin, a lefty.
Gallimore has faced southpaws
in two of his
eight most recent fights,
including the loss
to Teixeira.
Bernstein:
And he ascribes that loss not
so much to fighting a lefty,
but his own issues.
He said, "I didn't follow
the game plan
as much as I should have.
That's on me. It's my fault."
And he just didn't feel like
he was engaged enough
in that fight.
You know, he's fighting
here tonight.
John Pullman,
who's been training him
the last four fights,
is off with another fighter.
Sammy Contreras is here
for the first time
as the lead trainer
for Gallimore.
We'll see if that
has an impact.
Gallimore told us that
he can
absolutely see himself
stopping Lubin.
He said to, "Stay in your seat.
Don't miss a second."
And he does have
12 first-round knockouts,
48% of his pro fights.
Last one came in November
of 2017,
but a big step up against a guy
who, at an early age,
Paulie, vied for a title
in this weight class.
Malignaggi: Yeah.
Lubin came out of the amateurs
with a really extensive pedigree
and a lot was expected of him.
So, you know, I mean,
the hiccup against Charlo,
but otherwise, you know,
he's looked the part,
and he's still at a young age,
so, of course,
Gallimore coming in
as the underdog,
but, you know,
he's been in
with a good set
of opposition himself,
so he's undeterred,
and he's talked the part
going into the fight,
so we'll see how
the bad blood shapes up.
And one of the reasons
that there is hope
that Lubin could come
all the way back from that loss
to Jermell Charlo is his age.
He just turned 24.
He's the second youngest
154-pounder in the top 25.
Only Jaime Munguia
is younger at 23,
and to put a button on it,
Al, the youngest fighter
to have won a 154-pound title
was Darrin Van Horn,
who was 20 years, 5 months
when he dethroned Robert Hines
in February of 1989.
Yeah, Darrin "Schoolboy"
Van Horn.
He was a very good
young fighter.
You know, Lubin just landed a
really nice straight left hand.
That is certainly a punch
he wants to land in this fight,
that along with
his right hook
which is a good,
good punch for him.
Feeling-out process here
in the opening three minutes...
...as Gallimore looking to
attack the body with the jab.
Lubin looking to collect
early data.
Fires off a right from
the southpaw stance, feinting,
trying to set
a trap for Gallimore.
Left hand to the body by Lubin,
final 10 seconds
of a getting-to-know-you
opening three minutes
as Gallimore lands a right
to the midsection.
[ Bell dings ]
Time.
♪♪
We'll take a look at the
"Keys to Victory" for each man.
First we'll start
with Erickson Lubin.
He uses his jab
often as a range finder.
When he throws it
with conviction,
it is a powerful weapon.
He needs to stay balanced.
They've been working on that
a long time with him.
The right hook --
not every left-hander
has a great right hook.
He does, and expect him
to use it in this fight.
We look at Gallimore --
no wide punches.
Sometimes he loops
his punches.
He'll get countered.
He's got a good uppercut
on the inside,
and that is a punch
he's going to try and land,
and I think the left hook is
his best power punch to go with
in this particular fight.
Rosato: Mouthpiece in,
mouthpiece in.
Back up.
Nate, back up.
Erick, wait.
[ Bell dings ]
Ranallo:
The bell, and round number 2.
Gallimore replacing
Terrell Gausha,
forced to withdraw
due to a hand injury,
and while most people
would see being a late sub
as a disadvantage,
well, Gallimore recorded
the most significant victory
of his career,
an upset fifth-round
corner retirement
against Justin DeLoach after
stepping in on 10 days' notice.
And Gallimore entering
the DeLoach fight
was a result
of inserting himself
into a Twitter war
between DeLoach and,
you guessed it, Lubin!
[ Laughs ] Yeah.
Only in today's society
could that happen.
There was a right hook
by Lubin.
That's the punch we alluded
to in the keys,
and look for it again.
And, of course,
fans here in
Reading hope that Lubin
and Gallimore treat each other
like Twitter troglodytes
as they pick up the pace
here in the second round.
You know, Gallimore's
body language
a little bit more aggressive
in this round
without Lubin
getting off the punches,
but Gallimore wants
to cut the gap
a little better
in this round,
and his body language is telling
you his intention is to do so,
and it's going to force Lubin
to get off more punches,
which he's starting
to do, as well.
And Gallimore didn't start
as an amateur until he was 23.
He always got into fights,
but he never liked boxing,
and then when he discovered
the sport,
well, went into
an amateur career,
had just over 50 fights,
won the Chicago Golden Gloves,
and we talked about Lubin.
He was considered
a gold-medal prospect
at the 2016 Olympic Games
but signed a pro contract
when he was 18
with then-promoter
Mike Tyson.
Yeah,
and everybody thought
Lubin was going to be
a really great pro,
and he certainly is
on the path to that.
This is the third fight
of the year for Lubin.
We don't get to say that
about top fighters very often.
I wish we could say it more,
Al.
Yeah.
The question
with Gallimore is,
"Was the problem with Teixeira
because he was lefty,
and does he have issues
with lefties?"
And so far,
he's struggled,
I think, a little bit
with the lefty stance of Lubin.
Momentarily bothered
by the jab of Lubin.
Lubin, comfortable
on the back foot,
coming forward now.
Under a minute left here
in round number 2.
Going to the body, Lubin, but
then Gallimore pushes him off.
And Gallimore
holding his ground here.
He's trying to get Lubin
to make a mistake
as he's stepping up
the pace a little bit,
at least in terms
of distance.
It's Lubin getting off
more shots, though.
Lubin going to just above
the belt line
with that left hand,
coming up on the final
30 seconds
of the second stanza.
And, of course,
a lot of fluidity at 154.
We talked about it
at the opening of the telecast,
Al, where in any event
in the sport of boxing,
especially
at the highest level,
one loss shouldn't
derail your career,
and Lubin, of course, trying
to prove that to be the case.
After getting struck
by Charlo,
has wheeled off
three consecutive stoppage wins
and looking to defeat
Gallimore here
as we complete round number 2.
[ Bell dings ]
Time!
Come on. Come on.
Come on. Come on.
Relax. Take a deep breath
and relax.
Take a deep breath
and relax.
-Turn around faster.
-Get that tape.
Get that tape on your hand.
Bring it down.
Put more tape on.
-Hey, relax.
-Get a roll of tape down there.
Relax.
Don't look too much
on that round.
Too stiff, I need you
to relax and box.
Okay?
Just keep working that jab,
Nate.
We have to start letting go
of the right hand.
Okay, we're second round.
We're not letting
the hand go, okay?
Nate, if he gets a punch in,
don't follow him.
Cut the ring.
Go back to your basics.
Go back to the jab.
Alright?
Stop launching in
with the right hand like that.
-Alright.
-Okay?
If you're going to throw
a right hand,
go back to the jab,
okay?
Listen.
Remember.
Just relax.
Loosen up and start
letting go of the right hand.
I need more right hand.
[ Bell dings ]
Ranallo:
We begin round number 3.
We mentioned Lubin in the midst
of a three-fight winning streak,
one of those victories
coming in February
when he became the first boxer
to stop the first
Las-Vegas-born titlist
Ishe Smith,
sending the 40-year-old
veteran into retirement.
Bernstein: Yeah, that was
an important win for him.
You know, one of the key
elements is,
since he's come back
with those wins
from the Charlo fight,
Gallimore is the first
big puncher he has faced,
and so that's,
you know, the question.
How do you deal with power
after you've been knocked out?
Malignaggi: Well, Lubin has some
very good boxing fundamentals,
and one of the ways you deal
with power is you don't get hit.
-That would help, yes.
-Lubin hits him.
Ranallo: Oh,
there's a beautiful right hand
that backed up Lubin
by Gallimore.
Finish your thought, Paulie.
Gallimore finished my thought
for me.
[ Laughter ]
Going to the body,
right uppercut on the inside,
and now things opening up
with Lubin on the ropes.
Gallimore
left hook to the body.
And you can see Gallimore
last round
was making an effort
to get a little bit closer,
and he's still trying to put
that mental pressure on Lubin.
Lubin remained calm
last round,
but now with some shots
landing, we'll see
if Lubin can remain calm
and return fire.
And, you know, I could have
put in the keys
to victory don't get yourself
caught on the ropes for Lubin,
and he did that
a little bit there,
and he paid the price.
Hindsight
being 20/20, Mr. B.
Darn it. Why didn't I
think of that before?
You know, when you look
at the stats,
Gallimore's opponents
have landed
just over 42%
of their power punches.
Lubin's opponents have landed
31% of their
power punches,
but Gallimore acquitting
himself well here in Round 3.
Yeah, this is a round
in which he's come out
with conviction,
and he was able to land
that one nice power punch
that gave him
some opportunities there.
Good left hand to the body
by Lubin.
Yeah, motivating Gallimore
is no picnic, you know,
and obviously he gave
Julian "J Rock" Williams
a tough fight in,
you know,
the Unified Light-Middleweight
World Champion,
so, you know,
and Gallimore,
this is a fight
where obviously we found him
motivated, as well, because,
you know, all the trash talk
and the bad blood
between these two guys,
so this is a good test
for Lubin.
Gallimore, as typical
of a lot boxers,
a hard scrabble upbringing,
endured some trials
and tribulations,
but the sport of boxing
giving him an opportunity
to provide for himself
and his family and, of course,
looking for the biggest
win of his career here tonight
against the once-beaten
Erickson Lubin.
This round will be
one that tests the judges
and maybe even tests
Steve Farhood.
I know he's perfect, but even
this could test him.
20 seconds left here
in the third.
And there was Lubin.
That clipped Gallimore
with the right.
Another shot to the body
by Lubin,
working the body here in
round number 3
as we complete the round.
[ Bell dings ]
Time!
And we will say hello to former
four-division titleholder
Adrien "The Problem" Broner.
He spent time with
Kevin Cunningham, as well,
who was training
Erickson Lubin.
♪♪
Gang, gang, Al Bernstein.
-No comment.
-Step up behind your jab,
and you can shoot the left hand
at the neck and chest, man,
but you've got to step up behind
the jab, man, with a double jab.
The double jab will keep
his hands at home.
The double jab will shoot
that straight up
at the neck and chest.
Then you can get your hook off.
-Alright.
-Alright?
-Yeah.
-Don't reach at him, though.
You settled down
a little.
Now start having some fun
in there, okay?
Alright.
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
Alright.
Now, listen.
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
Alright.
Alright? Come on.
Keep that jab
with the right hand.
Ranallo: Nathaniel Gallimore
and Erickson Lubin
both raring to go here
as we begin round number 4.
Bernstein:
You know, I think part of the
question when you face a lefty,
and Paulie, God knows,
has done that,
and he's had to deal with trying
to figure out the Rubik's cube.
You either can do
what Sammy Contreras
is telling Gallimore
to do --
get that jab in at least
as a range finder
and then land
a straight right hand.
The other thing you can do
is if you can take that step
to the left and get punching --
Oh!
Oh, Erick Lubin just rocked
Gallimore with the right,
and now Lubin, Gallimore
trying to bob and weave.
Mouthpiece is out for Gallimore
right in front of him.
Gallimore's mouthpiece,
referee is going
to call for a quick timeout.
Gary Rosato will retrieve
the mouthpiece, a quick rinse,
and, man, this is
going to behoove Gallimore.
And taking away the momentum
from Lubin there, as well.
I thought he landed
a couple good shots
after the mouthpiece
went out.
Oh, and he just landed
a straight left, left, uppercut.
Gallimore getting rocked here
in the fourth round,
rolling with some of them,
but he's also getting caught.
Lubin opening up.
The variation of left hands
by Lubin
from underneath,
from around,
from right down
the pipe straight
and changes the angle
as well with his feet
as he turns Gallimore
as he's punching.
And Gallimore keeps
moving to his right.
He's done that
throughout this fight.
That's why it's simple to throw
that straight left hand.
Gallimore was knocked out
against Michael Finney
via left hook
in the eighth round
of their November 2015 bout,
and now Gallimore attacking
the body of Lubin
with the left hook.
What I was getting at
when all this action started
was the other way to attack
a stop was go to your left
and then try
to double left hook.
Had he been doing that,
he wouldn't have been hit
with that
straight left hand.
Minute and a half remaining
in the fourth.
Great start for Lubin,
continues to tag Gallimore.
Look at what Lubin
does with the lead hand.
He knocks away the lead hand
of Gallimore,
and then he closes
that opening
and then throws
the left hand behind him.
Another left hand,
left uppercut,
it's all Erickson Lubin.
And he does it subtly.
Watch what he's --
He'll kind of pull down
Gallimore's left hand,
and then he'll shoot his own
left hand at the opening.
Yeah, it's not even like
he's paring.
He's, like you say,
just pulling down the lever
and opening it up.
But he does it very subtly
because sometimes he'll jab,
sometimes he'll touch,
and all of a sudden
he'll parry it down.
And look at where Nathaniel
Gallimore's foot is.
It's just inside
the lead foot of Lubin.
That's exactly where
you don't want to be,
and he has made
this easier for Lubin
to land those straight left
hands with his position.
Right hand to the body
by Lubin,
then that looping left hand that
caught the arm of Gallimore.
Gallimore backing up.
30 seconds left
in the fourth.
And Lubin just staying out
of the range of Gallimore's jab.
Gallimore does have
the reach advantage,
78 inches to 74 1/2
inches for Lubin,
but it's been a great
round here in the fourth
for Erickson "Hammer" Lubin
as jack
and sledge were busy
in that round.
[ Laughs ]
Listen. Look at me.
Listen, man.
Bernstein: Early in the round,
it would be a straight left hand
that would start
the problems for Gallimore.
Using the jab
as a range finder --
oh, it was actually
a right hook,
which is one
of the punches that --
And this is actually after
the mouthpiece is already gone.
-Yeah, that's right.
-Because that right hook
I remember landed after
the mouthpiece was already gone.
Yeah.
There was a shot
before the salvo
that already had
knocked the mouthpiece
out of Gallimore's mouth.
Yeah, there was
a straight left.
See on the ground right there
behind Gallimore.
There's a straight left,
and then that right hook
came, as Paulie
pointed out, afterwards,
but there were a number
of straight left hands
that landed during
that round for Lubin,
and, again, there he is just
coming in with the right hook.
When he got Gallimore
in trouble,
Gallimore kept shifting to the
right, shifting to the right.
That's why the straight
left hand landed.
There Lubin did a nice job
of stepping to his own right
and therefore giving
Gallimore no choice
but to move to his own right,
which forced Gallimore
into the mistake.
Ranallo:
This is round number 5.
Erickson Lubin, a southpaw
who's a naturally righty,
his third belt
with Kevin Cunningham,
known as "The Southpaw
Specialist"
as he led Cory Spinks
and Devon Alexander to titles.
Yeah, he knows how
to train southpaws,
and he knows how
to allow them to use
the advantage
of being a lefty.
[ Low voice ]
He's a southpaw whisperer.
Oh, I like that.
That's very good.
[ Normal voice ]
Fifth round here,
and it's Gallimore
trying to get back
into the fight
with the left hand,
but a countered left down
the middle by Lubin lands.
Gallimore, though, a gallant
effort here in the fifth
but then gets
backed up by Lubin.
There was the left hook
from Gallimore,
but he's not in position
to throw it,
because he's got his feet
inside the lead foot of Lubin.
If he's going to crank
that left hook,
which I think he should,
he's got to get outside.
And, Paulie,
it appears Gallimore
is not really balanced.
His stance is askew.
It's not great
balance here,
but some of that
is also Lubin to blame,
or Lubin to credit.
-Yeah.
Man, he makes these subtle
footwork changes,
and he throws
Gallimore off.
Oh, Gallimore left hook
for the body.
But see,
there he throws the hook.
He's got to double the hook
and take a step outside
so that hook can land.
Well, now Gallimore
trying to rough up Lubin,
but Lubin throws fire
from the ropes,
and there's a right hand,
and now Lubin is able to...
-You see what he does?
-...circle away, pivots away.
You see what Lubin does?
After he's done punching, he'll
take that little half step.
It's not a full step.
It's just enough
of a half step to force
Gallimore to go nowhere
but to his right.
Ranallo:
Midway point of the fifth,
left hook to the body,
Gallimore trying to work
the body of Lubin,
not really bothering him much.
There's an overhand
right left hook.
You have to double
with that hook.
That's what Lubin's
susceptible to.
Left hook by
the southpaw, Lubin.
And Gallimore
is not doing that.
Nicely placed punch there
by Lubin,
oh, and the right hand
by Gallimore.
Now Lubin's holding his ground
a little more, too.
He's sensing he can step
into this fight a bit
and throw
some more purposeful shots.
By the way, Lubin hasn't seen
the fifth round of a fight
in over three years,
so he's getting more rounds
than he has in recent fights.
Lubin's lead hand low but then
flashes the jab to Gallimore,
could be trying to bait
Gallimore.
30 seconds left
in the fifth.
Well, you see a lot of
the subtle repertoire of Lubin
in this fight.
It's a really good opponent
for him
to really continue
his maturation process
after the knockout loss
because we're getting to see
a lot of the subtle things.
Oh, nice uppercut by Lubin
and Gallimore
on the ropes shelling up,
wanting to taunt.
A jab again getting --
no, the straight left
got through the guard,
split the guard
of Gallimore.
So another good round
for Erickson Lubin.
[ Bell dings ]
Time!
I need you
to take a quick second,
and I need you to breathe
and let you go.
-Alright.
-Okay?
You need to start
working on basics.
Start working on jabs.
You're not letting
your right hand go.
You're letting
this kid work.
That's the reason
you back up.
When you start getting
towards the rope, forget that.
Get in the center of the ring.
No need to be on the ropes.
Alright?
Listen.
If you're going to want
to land something,
you're going to have to blind
this kid with your jab, bro.
Okay?
-Yeah.
Mix it up, jab, double
jab, and start letting
the right hand go.
Okay?
-Okay.
Bernstein: We take a look back
at what was a great sequence
for Erickson Lubin.
Setting up the straight left
with that pawing jab,
and though Gallimore is
showing lots of bravado,
that doesn't really help you
win the round,
and Erickson Lubin's
really doing a good job
with that jab
and straight left hand.
Ranallo:
And speaking of the good job
that Erickson Lubin is doing,
Paulie, can you expound
about those subtle changes
that you've seen
Lubin make?
Well, it's not so much
subtle changes,
but it's just the subtle
things to his repertoire.
You know, maybe they're things
he worked on in the gym
with Kevin Cunningham.
Maybe it's just things
he's always had
that he's kind of perfected,
but I love the variation
on the left hand.
You see him throw
a straight left hand,
but also see him throw this sort
of straight left uppercut.
You know,
it's from a distance,
but he doesn't throw it
as an uppercut.
He just throws it
from underneath.
Then the sidestep after
he's punching protects him
but also forces Gallimore into
an unsure position himself.
Alright, let's bring in
our unofficial scorer,
Steve Farhood.
How do you have it
at the midway point, Steve?
Farhood:
Same way I had last fight,
a shutout, five rounds
to zero,
all for Erickson Lubin.
It doesn't seem to me
like Gallimore
is committed
to being the aggressor.
He may be a puncher, but he's
not really being aggressive,
throwing punches
from too far away,
and as long as Lubin
stays off the ropes
I think he's in total command
landing upstairs and down,
hurting Gallimore, five rounds
to zero Erickson Lubin.
We're in the second half
of our 154 pounds,
and, Al, our Steve Farhood
is handing out those 10s
like Halloween candy.
Bernstein: [ Laughs ]
He's the Russian judge
giving 10s.
You know, coming
into this round,
Lubin had landed
44 punches to the head
and 31 to the body
according to ShoStats,
which is
a very balanced attack,
and that's what Lubin was
seeking coming into this fight,
and I think Paulie's
point about Lubin
is what he's
showing us is --
I hate to use this phrase
because it's a catchall,
but his great
ring generalship.
Yeah, yeah.
That's the layman's term,
right?
Yeah, well, I hated to use it
because it sounds cliché,
but in this instance,
it's true.
-Yeah.
-And a cliche is true sometimes.
A lot of times, ring generalship
is mistaken just for footwork.
Yes, precisely.
But really he's not
going anywhere.
You know, he's standing
in front of Gallimore,
but he's just got
these little steps.
He's setting up punches
from various angles.
Even the feints, I mean,
he's feinting
Gallimore out of his shoes
a lot of times.
Ranallo:
Wow, that lead left hand
got through the guard.
A minute left
here in the sixth.
And let's also give
Gallimore credit
because it's Gallimore's
willingness to still try to
win the fight
that was also allowing
Lubin to create these openings.
-That's true.
You know, if we had a guy like
in the first fight, Mulowayi,
you know, it's a lot harder
to create openings
against a guy who's
only trying to survive.
Gallimore is still trying
to win.
Absolutely.
He's just not as good
as Lubin is,
but it's allowing Lubin
to show the repertoire.
Ranallo:
Oh, again counter left lands
for Lubin again,
loads up on that left hand
and goes to the body,
and Erickson Lubin looking
to befuddle Nathaniel Gallimore.
Lubin cutting off the ring,
goes to the body with the left.
Oh, and Lubin opening up
on Gallimore
at the end of the sixth.
[ Bell dings ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
Alright.
Okay, listen.
I'm telling you relax.
I need you to get
your shit together.
Alright?
-Yeah.
Control that mind.
Listen.
We're down.
Okay?
You have to start
getting busy.
-Yeah.
-You're not being busy enough.
Alright?
Okay, following this guy around,
looking at him,
ain't going to win
rounds like that.
Bernstein:
At the end of the round,
Erickson Lubin
exploded with some great
combinations.
Gallimore is sitting right
in the right spot to be hit
with that straight left hand,
and Lubin obliges him
and then shows his hand speed
and his combination punching,
and when you have a good
right hook like Lubin does
to mix into
that combination
and not just throw
straight left hands,
it helps you.
The pawing jab, that is kind
of a trademark of Lubin.
He likes to use it
as a range finder,
and it sets up
that straight left hand,
and Gallimore just
can't get away from it,
and then the right hook
comes upon you,
and the reason
he's talking to him
is because there was
so much trash talk
before this fight
between the two.
And remember, speaking of
the right hook of Lubin,
Lubin is a natural
right-hander...
Yes.
...who fights out of
the southpaw stance,
so therefore, you know,
he's going to --
he's basically a converted
right-hander.
Ranallo:
Mauro Ranallo, Al Bernstein,
Paulie Malignaggi,
Brian Custer, Jim Gray,
and our crack
"Showtime Boxing" crew here
in Reading, Pennsylvania.
This is Round 7
of our main event,
scheduled for 10,
in the 154-pound weight class.
Former-title-challenger
Erickson Lubin
looking to continue
his winning ways,
looking for his fourth
consecutive win
since his only defeat.
Nathaniel Gallimore filling in
for an injured Terrell Gausha
as our unofficial scorer
Steve Farhood
has Erickson Lubin
pitching a shutout.
And, you know,
Gallimore has only been down
once in his career
to Michael Finney,
and we see why.
He has taken some big power
punches from Erickson Lubin,
who is
a very good puncher.
And not only
is he taking shots,
but he's also still
trying to win the fight.
Yes.
You know, his body language is
he's trying to remain dangerous.
You know, this kid
has a lot of character,
and again, because of
his winning mentality
he's allowing Lubin
to create more openings.
When a guy shows up
to fight,
obviously, it makes
for a better fight.
Yeah.
Good shot to the body,
the left hand by Lubin,
the southpaw proving to be
tricky for Nathaniel Gallimore,
and again he breaks through
the guard with that left hand,
but Gallimore, as Paulie
Malignaggi so astutely put it,
still in the fight,
still trying to win the fight
although you look
at the power punches, Al.
It's all Lubin.
Well, it's a flawed
game plan, to be honest,
for Nathaniel Gallimore.
They believe the jab
and the straight right hand
is going to get it done,
but he's not putting himself
in position to land that punch,
and I believe the left hook
is an important weapon for him.
He's not in position
to throw that punch.
And he's still letting
go of punches
with harmful intent,
you know, and --
-Yes, oh, for sure.
-He's just short.
He just hasn't hit his spots
because Lubin is so sharp.
But, look, he's not giving up
ground that easily.
You know, a guy
who's usually packed it in
starts to give up ground
a lot more easily.
Gallimore is still trying
to hold his ground.
It's just Lubin
is too sharp for him.
Yeah, and, strategically,
he's not doing the right things,
so when you put
all that together,
it's not a winning formula
for Gallimore.
And there Lubin walked
towards Gallimore's right hand
and allowed
Gallimore to get it off.
Yes,
that's exactly right.
That was a Lubin mistake
that made it possible.
It wasn't a huge mistake,
but it wasn't anything
Gallimore did proactively.
Ranallo:
Lubin working the body.
30 seconds left
in the seventh.
31-year-old
Nathaniel Gallimore,
21-3-1 with 17 knockouts.
Erickson Lubin is only 24,
21-1 with 16 KOs.
Final 10 seconds
of the seventh.
[ Bell dings ]
Time!
♪♪
♪♪
Give me some water.
Give me some water, bro.
How you doing?
You took that round off.
Take a deep breath
and let it out.
Now rinse your mouth out
again.
Rinse your mouth out.
[ Speaking indistinctly ]
♪♪
♪♪
Smart, okay?
Don't get crazy.
I don't want
you launching in.
-Yeah.
-Okay?
But let your hands go.
-Alright.
-Okay?
You have to go do something
this round, okay?
-Got you.
-Be smart in there, okay?
Give me a little rhythm
up top.
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
Alright?
-Alright.
Everybody up.
[ Bell dings ]
Ranallo: Round number 8.
Erickson Lubin
in the black-and-orange trucks,
Nathaniel Gallimore,
he is in the black and tan.
Lubin, of course looking to
get back into title contention,
staggers Gallimore
momentarily with that right.
Well, Gallimore also
threw his own left hook,
which forced Lubin
to go the other way.
Exactly.
Bernstein:
Thank you for noticing,
Paulie Malignaggi.
He usually notices
those things, doesn't he?
I saw you make the flinch.
I saw you noticed it, too.
I just beat you to the punch.
-Thank you.
Thank you for helping me
out on that one.
[ Laughter ]
I've been battling this
for a long time
about righties
fighting lefties,
and even when they have
good left hooks
they don't set up their game
plan around the left hook.
That's what I think
Gallimore should have done.
Ranallo: Good combinations being
put together here by Lubin
after Gallimore
had some success, as well.
Gallimore looking to shoeshine,
right uppercut on the inside,
the left hook to the body.
And he stepped
into those.
Yeah, but the double
left hook was there,
and he wouldn't throw it
to the head,
but that's exactly
what Gallimore should be doing,
and Lubin is helping him out
a little bit
by being against the ropes
and in the corner.
Got some shoeshiners that
were pretty aggressive...
there, Paulie,
especially in New York City,
[ Laughing ]
1:44 left in the eighth.
You could make
a couple bucks
when you're shining shoes
back in the day.
Can Gallimore
get something done here?
There he gets in
a left hook.
Yeah, he's trying to be
subtle himself, Gallimore.
You know, he's trying to feint
downstairs with the jab
and then come up
with the left hook to the head.
It's hard to catch Lubin
out of position.
Just past the midway point
of the eighth round,
and Gallimore
launching the right hand
that just grazed
the chin of Lubin.
When Lubin keeps this fight
in the center of the ring,
he's in business.
See, there's Gallimore
attempting to go
to the left right there.
Yes, which he should have been
doing, in my opinion,
most of this fight.
And now it has
forced Lubin
to go towards the right hand
of Gallimore
as Gallimore is able to --
-Precisely.
See the real-estate battle
is interesting here,
you know, because...
-It is.
...It creates a different
kind of chess match.
Absolutely, and when he
forces him to go to the right,
he can get in there
and --
Ranallo: Oh, wow,
good exchange of punches.
Nice exchange here in the final
45 seconds of the eighth frame.
Lubin steps into the left
to the body.
Sharp jab by Lubin.
Left hook and one downstairs,
one upstairs by Lubin
and another left hook,
just misses with
the sweeping right.
Blocks that jab by Gallimore.
We are through eight here
in Reading, Pennsylvania.
[ Bell dings ]
♪♪
♪♪
Posing too much, man.
Alright.
And you're
still targeting.
He's loading up
that big left hand.
All he's trying to do
is land a left hook.
So stop standing still
and posing out there.
Alright?
-Yes, sir.
-We in tip-top shape now.
-Yeah.
-Ninth round, ninth round.
Now get back
into your rhythm
and get your jabs in him
with the left hand.
Lead some shots.
When you're closer,
you drop some shots,
being close, you've got
to cut down in the body.
Alright?
-Yes.
Just give me some rhythm, man.
Come on, man.
You're in tip-top shape, man.
Come on, man.
You're out there posing
too much, man.
You're letting him
wind up and load up.
♪♪
[ Bell dings ]
Ranallo: This is round number 9,
scheduled for 10, at 154 pounds.
Bernstein:
The interesting thing
about this fight is,
so Erickson Lubin,
who thought he might --
when he's had his power bursts,
thought he might knock
Gallimore out in this fight,
hasn't been able to do that,
and so what he's been
forced to do
is fight a more tactical fight
with bursts of power.
And of course, let's bring up
the elephant in the room,
Terrell Gausha much different
stylistically than
Nathaniel Gallimore,
and that was who Lubin was
originally scheduled to face.
Yes, and they had a good
three-and-a-half weeks
to prepare,
so, as Kevin Cunningham said,
when he found out
who he was fighting,
they looked at video,
went back to the drawing board
and came up with a new idea
and new plan.
Malignaggi:
I tell you, Gallimore can be
a bit more awkward
in the way
he throws his punches.
Gausha is more technical.
You know what I mean?
He's more
fundamentally sound,
and not that that necessarily
makes him better or worse.
It just makes him --
it makes the punches
a little bit more
predictable yet more correct.
So maybe they land better.
-Right.
Gallimore a bit more violent
and intent
in the way
he throws his shots,
and a lot of times
they're not technically correct,
but of course the awkwardness
can create problems.
And he has more power
than Gausha.
Yeah, which also can
create problems.
And our unofficial scorer
Steve Farhood giving Gallimore
his first round in the eighth.
-Yeah, I agree.
That was his best round
of the right.
Ranallo: Lubin on the ropes
coming forward.
Combination lands with the left
down the middle.
Goes downstairs,
left uppercut.
Final 60 seconds
of the ninth round,
Gallimore going downstairs,
bobbing and weaving,
blocking that shot
but not the left to the body.
And again the subtle footwork
change by Lubin
as he stepped around
to continue the combination,
wasn't satisfied
with just the shot.
Stepped around,
instead of getting out,
he just stepped around
and continued that combination.
Both men have been
10 rounds 1 time,
Gallimore losing and Lubin
winning his 10-rounder.
Gallimore
was with Williams, right?
Yes.
As Ed McMahon used to say,
"You are correct, sir."
-Who?
-Once in a while.
Ranallo: Just kidding, Al.
Just kidding, no, no.
-Did I age myself or what?
-No, no.
Alright.
There you go.
Ranallo: 20 seconds left here
in the penultimate round,
no laughing matter
for Lubin and Gallimore.
Gallimore looking for
the biggest win of his career,
and Lubin of course
wanting to continue the momentum
that he has built since being
stopped in the first round
by Jermell Charlo,
and the 10th and final round
is on the horizon.
[ Bell dings ]
Time!
And we mentioned
our Spanish broadcast team,
and I know they're going
to be over the moon
to get some TV time
as Alejandro Luna and
"El Diamante"
Raúl Márquez
providing that scintillating
commentary in Spanish.
They are great together,
and we're so thrilled
to have them.
Here is Lubin continuing
to control this fight.
There's trying to get
the left hook
into the body
and doing it,
but it's Lubin who's keeping
Gallimore in the right position,
and there's the subtle
movement to the right.
Malignaggi: Continuing
the combination there.
Right, where he gets to
throw the right hook
and continues
the combination to the body,
and Gallimore
has let him do that,
you know, throughout this fight,
and that's been --
if there's one thing in this
fight that has been most vital,
it's that Lubin has controlled
the geography of the ring,
and Gallimore has not.
And Lubin does it
in a crafty way there
because he gets you
to lock up defensively.
Therefore, now you can't
follow him forward
'cause you locked up
defensively,
and once
you're locked up,
he's able to make that
first move on the side step.
Final three minutes
of the fight,
Erickson Lubin,
Nathaniel Gallimore.
Lubin just landed the left hand
down the middle,
but Gallimore continues
to stock feinting,
looking for a lane,
and there lands a nice overhand
right then goes to the body
with a right hand.
I'm sure Kevin Cunningham
doesn't want Lubin
languishing on those ropes.
And also going
to his own left.
Yep.
That's right.
And Gallimore continues
to work the body,
double jab and the left hand
to the midsection by Lubin.
And I've always been
a guy against southpaws.
I didn't believe you just
make it be one-track minded
to go towards your...
-Yeah.
...your left,
but at the same time...
Right.
When you're going to go
their power hand,
you probably want to do it away
from punching distance.
Exactly.
And the southpaw
is the same way
against a right-hander.
-Exactly.
I don't mind Lubin going to
his own left at times
because you have
to change directions
just to mix it up, but...
-Exactly.
...you want to do it outside
of punching range.
That's right.
Yeah, one dimensionally,
you can't do the same thing
all the time,
but you have to
mostly do it 75% of the time
and strategically do that
the other time.
Key word "strategically,"
exactly.
Ranallo:
Another hand to the body
by Nathaniel Gallimore.
Left hand countered by Lubin.
And Gallimore has not
been able to --
He has done some good work
with left hooks to the body
when Lubin has been
on the ropes,
but that's been
the extent of it.
Just passed the midpoint
of the final round.
You know, Kevin Cunningham said
when he got Lubin,
he put him in
with very tough sparring
to see if his confidence
had eroded at all
after that knockout loss
to Charlo,
and he determined
that it had not been eroded,
so he said, "All we had to do
is work on some mechanics,
and this guy
would be good to go,"
and he has been,
and in this fight,
his toughest test
since the Charlo fight,
he has passed the test.
And it's proven to be thus
far a successful union
between Kevin Cunningham
and Erickson Lubin,
as Gallimore
looks for the right hand.
Under a minute left
in the fight.
Off-balance.
Erickson Lubin looking
to improve to 22-1,
looking for his fourth-straight
victory since his lone loss.
Gallimore running out of time
to shock the system here
at the 154-pound division.
That left hook partially
blocked by Gallimore.
Lubin, though,
walking him down.
Lubin looking to put
a punctuation mark
on his performance here.
Final 10 seconds.
Lubin has Gallimore
on the ropes,
Gallimore
still trash-talking,
flapping his gums more than
he's throwing punches.
[ Bell dings ]
♪♪
♪♪
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
♪♪
♪♪
That's it, boy.
It's how it's supposed to be.
Good sign of sportsmanship.
Listen in.
[ Indistinct conversations ]
♪♪
Take a look at the numbers
in this fight,
and we see, you know, Lubin
landing his power punches
at a 42% rate.
Power punch is anything
other than a jab,
and that's pretty
extraordinary.
Once you're in
those figures,
you know you've done
extremely well in this fight,
and the percentage landed
by Gallimore,
you see very, very anemic,
and part of that was
the lefty style of Lubin
and the fact that this man,
Nathaniel Gallimore, just --
I don't think they had
the right strategic plan.
They could not
make it work.
There's Adrien Broner
in the corner of Erickson Lubin.
♪♪
"Inside The Ropes,"
and what we will see here
is primarily the great work
of Erickson Lubin
because he controlled
this fight and dominated it.
Using the jab to set up
the straight left hand,
he did that a lot in this fight
and then the right hook
which we talked about
in the Keys To Victory,
how that could be
an important weapon.
It was the left primarily,
but he would mix
in those right hooks
and create
opportunities,
and Gallimore,
when he got him on the ropes,
Lubin was able to land
some terrific punches,
and despite the histrionics
by Gallimore,
for the most part, he was
on the receiving end
of most of these
power punches,
and the thing about Lubin
that I think is impressive
is he's not
a one-trick pony at all.
You know, he gives you
a variety of punches
and works both the body
and the head,
and you can't ask
for much more than that,
and I love the way he uses
his jab as a range finder.
You know, I said in the Keys,
"Jab with conviction,"
but even when he uses it
as a range finder,
he always comes through
with a good, straight left hand
and sometimes turns that jab
into a right hook,
and, again, the variety
of these punches is,
I think, what's important
for Erickson Lubin.
Lubin's knockout
streak ends at three.
We get the official decision
from Jimmy Lennon Jr.
-Need a towel, man?
-Huh?
Need a towel?
[ Bell dings ]
Ladies and gentlemen,
after 10 rounds of action,
all three judges score
the bout the same, 99 to 91,
all three in favor of the winner
by unanimous decision,
Erickson "The Hammer" Lubin.
[ Bell dings ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
