Burns perfect punch against Cook Reminicent of Joe Louis v Max Schmeling

Mandanda · Jul 18, 2011

Nah i think Max took a dive here.....
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LNzWHuygpw&feature=fvwrel[/ame]

bigboxingfan · Jul 18, 2011

patsch

SouthpawSlayer · Jul 18, 2011

who's worse dunk or slap

cheekyvid · Jul 18, 2011

the scotsman is actually a very good paper, certainly pro-scottish but they know totally nowt about boxing.
they gave Lee McAllister almost 2 whole pages(i think, 1 whole page and a massive picture for sure) for the shambles that was his last fight...
ok its good to have boxing in the news but seriously...

KingCobra · Jul 18, 2011

:-(

Macky · Jul 18, 2011

Dunky McCafferty said: ↑

By Martin Hannan
at Echo Arena

IT WAS the punch they heard all the way from the Yankee Stadium in New York to Berlin. When Joe Louis, the legendary Brown Bomber, whipped a ferocious hook into the lower ribs of Max Schmeling in the first round of their grudge rematch in June, 1938, Nazi Germany's poster boy collapsed to ignominious defeat and it was later found that Louis had cracked the German's vertebrae.
For Joe Louis, read Bomber Burns. On Saturday night in Liverpool, world super-featherweight champion Ricky Burns from Coatbridge threw the finest punch of his career, and his opponent Nicky Cook's spinal column burst asunder, the diagnosis confirmed in the early hours of Sunday morning as a prolapsed disc caused by that sensational blow.

Nothing had been seen like it in a British ring, or indeed in a world championship fight at any weight since Louis decked Schmeling. In just 93 seconds of one sided-action - "he caught me with one jab, that's all," said Burns later - the champion blasted the English former champion, who has never been a quitter, out of the ring and on to a stretcher.

It was such a brilliant punch that only a few ringside observers, and fortunately the Sky cameras, saw what happened. After just five seconds of the fight, Burns threw a jab with his left, and a possibly ring rusty Cook was late in getting his defence into the correct posture.

That meant his left side was open to Burns, just as he and his trainer Billy Nelson had planned and worked for over many weeks in the rustic Fighting Scots' gym at the back of Stepps in Lanarkshire.

The right hook was so fast and so accurate that not even Burns knew he had thrown the perfect body punch. It landed above the hip in the small ribs, the least protected part of the torso, and the impact travelled deep into Cook's spine.

The challenger yelped and was grimacing in agony even as Burns hit him a solid blow to the side of the head - not a rabbit punch to the back of the head as was erroneously reported - and put him down.

Cook lay prostrate for a few seconds before bravely struggling to his feet as referee Phil Edwards gave him a mandatory count of eight. By this time Cook was already looking to his corner in bewilderment, clearly in massive pain and unable to control his legs.

Many another Scottish boxer has suffered from the fault of failing to finish off a stricken opponent. Not Bomber Burns.

As soon as referee Edwards allowed the fight to continue - and he looked dubious about doing so - Burns came forward and threw another body punch that put Cook down again.

This time the challenger was in such pain that the fight should have been called off, but he is a proud and courageous man and insisted on getting himself up and facing Burns.

The champion had no hesitation, wading in and sending Cook to the canvas for a third time. His cornermen had been ready to throw in the towel after the second knock-down, but this time they had no choice and referee Edwards was already moving to end the fight as the compassionate white flag of surrender fluttered into the ring.

Make no mistake, the persistent speculation that Cook was carrying a spinal problem may be true, though he had passed all the stringent medical exams, but it was the punching power of Burns that felled the Englishman.

The whole boxing world will sit up and take notice of Burns now that he has shown his power, for it was the Bomber's punch that looks to have ended Cook's career.

Burns said of his punch par excellence: "You can see that it was clean on to his ribs. It was a good hard shot and I felt it right up my arm.

"We have been working on the body shots a lot, especially on the (padded) body belt, and I just seem to be getting better with every fight."

Burns' coach Billy Nelson said: "Ricky is the best super-featherweight in the world. I do not find it an unsatisfactory way to win. Winning the fight in the first round keeps the miles on the clock"

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The way you try to impress Billy Nelson is simply sickening

P.S Ricky is class, wanna see him unify. And hes more than capable of doing so.

Dunky McCafferty · Jul 18, 2011

GazOC said: ↑

Pretty poor Dunks mate.
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ach when I saw the story I laughed to myself & thought "this HAS to go on brit ESB":stir

I cannot believe the way I got vilified though by a few, as if I had wrote it myself!atsch

Good 'ol Brit ESB, it can be beautifully humourless at times!

Dunky McCafferty · Jul 18, 2011

Macky said: ↑

The way you try to impress Billy Nelson is simply sickening

P.S Ricky is class, wanna see him unify. And hes more than capable of doing so.
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Macky, I was here talking up & debating Ricky Burns a long long time before Billy Nelson arrived here, or even started training him & there are posters here who will back me up if you dont believe me.

So get your facts right before slinging mud at me, if you dont mind.

Dunky McCafferty · Jul 18, 2011

cheekyvid said: ↑

Boxing news 24?
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CV, sorry I didnt get back earlier, as soon as I posted I had to nip out for a while, sorry I didnt get back with the link. Although judging by some reactions, you would think I wrote it myself!

GazOC · Jul 18, 2011

The weird thing is the writer knows enough about boxing to have heard of the Louis-Schmelling rematch but still comes up with a load of nonsense.

mckay_89 · Jul 18, 2011

Dunky McCafferty · Jul 18, 2011

SouthpawSlayer said: ↑

who's worse dunk or slap
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Me, one of the guys who implored Billy Nelson after the Cook debacle to please do all he can to get ****** to get Burns the big fights he deserves incase Burns turns into another Scott Harrison, to which Billy came back arguing his & Franks corner...

Aye, Im some blinkered suck up merchant... whatever rocks your boat, folks.

& its all in the archive

so go ahead! Snoop around...(one of my all time favourite lines from Ace Ventura pet detective)

TFFP · Jul 18, 2011

That article is almost as embarrasing as the fight it describes. Almost.

Rob887 · Jul 18, 2011

I'm on a diet, please change your avatar.

9Ball · Jul 18, 2011

LMAO
Simply brilliant Dunky

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