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with his own combination!

Protect yourself!

They take turns

trading combinations and covering up...

...as the momentum shifts back and forth

from one fighter to the other.

Tremendous uppercut by Hope!

And down goes Billy!

Ref, come on! Come on!

Tony Weeks is gonna call it a low blow.

He's hurting him. He's hurting him.

- It's okay, sweetie, it's okay.

- He's hurting him.

Come on, Billy... Come on!

One point, low blow. Hear that?

- One point, low blow...

- There's no count,

and Escobar is losing a point

for the low blow.

- Let me know when you're ready.

- I'm good.

You ready? Okay, here we go. Time in.

This could be critical

for what should be

very close scores at this moment.

We're about a minute away

from putting this

in the hands

of three judges at ringside.

Let's go!

Hope needs one last big shot.

Both men all-out.

Escobar comes back

with a hard right hand.

Come on, man.

Now we near the last minute

of what has become

a spectacular seesaw fight.

Switch up! Switch up!

Now's the time, Billy! Now's the time!

Now Hope switches feet

for a southpaw uppercut,

and down goes Escobar!

Yeah, Billy! Yeah! Yeah!

- Yeah!

- Southpaw! Yes!

Tremendous left-hand shot by Billy Hope.

What an unbelievable

left uppercut from the southpaw position.

...five, six...

Wow! Who would've ever seen this coming?

- You good?

- I'm good.

You good? Okay, fight's over. It's over!

- Escobar is saved by the bell,

- Fight's over!

just as he was getting up.

And Billy Hope finishes

the fight with a flourish.

We'll see what that does

to the scorecards

in what could have been

a very close fight.

That may have been the two-point round

that get him over the hump.

Whether he won the fight or not,

he'll have tremendous satisfaction

from having knocked Miguel Escobar down.

Now let's go to ring announcer

Jimmy Lennon Jr.

to find out who's the winner.

Ladies and gentlemen,

after 12 rounds of action,

we have a split decision.

Judge at ringside, Casey Borne,

scores the bout 115 to 113

for Miguel Escobar.

- No.

- Judge Raoul Fromes sees it...

...115 to 114

for Billy Hope.

And Judge Ricky Quiles scores the bout

116 to 112...

in favor of the winner...

and the new...

WBC Light Heavyweight Champion

- of the World, Billy...

- He did it!

He did it! He did it! He did it!

Hope!

Hope is back! Hope is on top again!

Billy Hope has regained

the Light Heavyweight

Championship of the World.

Yes, Jim, we still have Hope.

- Yes!

- Yes, Dad!

What a spectacular story

here in Vegas tonight.

We did it, baby.

What an amazing moment

of redemption for Billy Hope.

Hey, baby...

I'm ready. Yeah, I'm ready.

I'm ready.

I'm ready. I'm ready.

- Hey, T. Come here.

- What?

- It's your belt.

- It's for you, man.

No, no, no. That's-that's yours.

Hey, hey, it's too heavy, man!

No, no. No, no... no, no.

Everybody, great work.

Very nice. Thank you.

You got to hang that up

on the wall in the gym.

Up there for the kids.

- Yeah!

- Daddy!

- Lei Lei!

- Daddy! Daddy!

Baby...

Hey. Hey. Are you okay?

Huh? Hmm?

Yeah.

- Hmm?

- I was scared for you.

- Aw.

- It was so scary.

Aw, baby, you're so brave.

You guys take care of each other.

I love you, Daddy.

Yeah, baby.

Your mother would be so proud of you.

Let's just go home, okay?

Just go home, okay?

Let's go home.

Let's go home.

I was so worried for you.

Come here.

Back up. Back up.

Give the man some room.

Back up.

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