Dunne smashed in third round in Dublin, Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym takes title
by SC on Sep 26, 2009 6:27 PM EDT
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Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym came to Ireland to take Bernard Dunne's WBA junior featherweight title, and take it he did. After a good opening round for Dunne, Poonsawat got back into the fight with a strong, busy second round, and then scored three knockdowns in the third round, smashing his way to a technical knockout victory and taking Dunne's belt.
Poonsawat (39-1, 28 KO) was giving up a lot of size, clearly shorter and smaller than Dunne. But his aggressiveness and Dunne's inability to keep him at bay had him closing the gap, and in the end, he was able to land very hard, clean shots inside on Dunne, who just couldn't handle it. He's never had the best chin, and Poonsawat got to it and broke him up.
But Dunne (28-2, 15 KO) fought his heart out as always. He was winging shots until the final knockdown, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a more genuine, heartfelt fighter than Dunne. After the bout, he essentially said that Ireland was having a tough time, and he just wanted to bring the country some joy. He was given several big ovations after the bout, and he's earned them. Hopefully he'll bounce back, because he's always a lot of fun to watch.
It was a good action fight, as expected. Both guys came to fight, and that was to the detriment of Dunne. He fought smart and jabbed very well in the first round, but once Poonsawat got inside, it was all over.
On the undercard, Tyson Fury fought again, just 15 days after his controversial win over John McDermott, taking on a tomato can. He looked a bit tired and certainly wasn't at his best, but won a six-round shutout to improve to 9-0 (7).
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I feel so sorry for Bernard. It was a good,close fight up until he was caught with the big left in the third. The guy is a class act and he’s all heart. It’s going to be tough but I hope he comes back well.
Fury hurt his right hand badly in the second round and that stopped him finishing the fight.
Great tribute paid to Darren Sutherland earlier in the night as well. Emotional night for sure.
R.I.P Darren Sutherland
by Hellsing on Sep 26, 2009 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dunne = bantamweight Khan
The parallels between Dunne and Khan as UK hopes are pretty similar. Both of their chins were exposed by unheralded fighters following which they came back strong. Seeing what happened to Dunne, I think its only a matter of time before Khan’s stopped after being exposed to to shelf competition like Dunne was today.
by cyke on Sep 26, 2009 7:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Khan is much more talented and much more cautious than Khan
Now that Khan has figured out that constant offense is his best defense, I can see him going pretty far. But he’ll get starched again eventually. Dunne on the other hand is somewhat limited, and is too much of a warrior to not try trading.
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by Brickhaus on Sep 26, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the irish commentator was hilarious in third. he kept saying he didn’t see the punches that dumped dunne where they were very clear and flush.
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by sonofapsycho on Sep 27, 2009 10:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jim magee is old
Stephen Quadros: Where do you see yourself in three years.
Quinton Jackson: Let's see, I'm 22 right now. In three years I see myself being 25.
by RealIrish on Sep 27, 2009 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
naw the best part was when he kept on repeating the fact that tyson fury is gonna be popular cause hes white … wtf was with that … so i guess fury is out new great big white hope!?!?
by 3zilla on Sep 27, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Europeans have a bit of a hard time making waves in the States, so while what he was saying might have been a bit out of the ordinary for broadcast talk, he’s almost surely right. Tyson Fury has a great name, he’s very tall, he’s still quite young (and green), and he talks a great game. Add in the fact that he’s white and he could become big in America. It’d be naive to think being white wouldn’t help with marketing. It’s a shame and I don’t personally care if the motherfucker’s purple, but it’ll probably help.
Then again everyone kept (keeps?) saying Kelly Pavlik is popular due to whiteness, but fact is outside of Ohio he really hasn’t gotten too popular. (His AC crowds are Ohioans traveling.)
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by SC on Sep 27, 2009 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bernard dunne
Bernard dunne is a real peoples champion he was stopped in the third round but so what he is still a great boxer and he will be back stronger than ever I have had the plesure of meeting ben in smyths toy store with my 5yr old son he’s a class lad ben we still beleave keep you head high you are a true champ
by Johnrogers on Sep 27, 2009 3:49 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
He and his fans have certainly shown themselves to be really classy. Good luck to him.
by Drunken cutman on Sep 27, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s a heck of a fighter and the level of class he showed after the loss to Poonsawat was outstanding. The Irish fans cheering him as heartily as they did was wonderful to see. Don’t get a lot of that in the States.
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by SC on Sep 27, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bernard dunne peoples champ
Bernard is a class boxer I was at the fight with my 5yr old son every cheered like he won Bernard done what he could on the nite my son said he is going to train harder and get bernards belt back for him ben is like the Irish rocky old people young people kids love him I just hope he will come back stronger than ever
by Johnrogers on Sep 28, 2009 5:42 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
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