Irish Boxing

Pics from the arrival of Poonsawat, He was given a very warm reception from the Dublin Thai community!

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I think that if Poonsawat believes that Bernard has no pop in his punches, then they will be in for a shock.

Talking to a few people in the know, like Tomas Rohan and ex-Olympian Michael Roche, he can hit as hard as any super-bantam but his hands swell up like Naseem Hamed or Joe Calzaghe's used to.

The talk from those two now is that he's prepared to let the power go, seeing as he is a world champ and has only a limited timeframe left in the game. Bernard Dunne can punch hard and is prepared to put up with the agony for a few weeks after.

Mike McGurn was saying that when he took over, Bernard was 15% body fat and struggled to bench 50kg. He's down to 7% and is benching 82kg (I think?) now. That's a lot of power and muscle gained. He's doing HIIT instead of roadwork which McGurn doesn't believe in.

I'm gonna go for Bernard to box his own fight for the first few rounds, take a few solid shots, struggle for a while, get back into his rhythm as the conditioning pays off, and either win by split or unanimous decision. Hell, I might even put a few shillings on a late KO.

 

i think late ko dunne ur man poonswat seems to have a weakness 4 eating left hooks and thats dunnes money punch

 

Brought that up weeks ago

 

Mike McGurn is a phenomenon. He really is. I don't know if his rates are too high or whatever but every professional boxer in the country should be banging down his door asking to get him in as part of their regime.

Poonsawat is a fool if he thinks Dunne can't bang. Also, this theory that Cordoba just keeled over and it had nothing to do with punch power is ridiculous. He was drained when he went over 3 times in the 11th but a HUGE part of the reason he was so worn down was that Dunne had been landing heavy shots all night long. He didn't break down physically because Dunne was tickling him all through the fight.

Also, the first knockdown from Dunne is pretty clear proof he can bang. It was early in the fight and it was a heavy knockdown.

All that said, he can't take the volume of shots Cordoba hit him with. I know he had to go into the trenches to get the job done in that one but if he wades in against this lad he'll get sparked.

Dunne's always had right hand trouble. It was really played down how badly he hurt his right hand after the first fight in Castlebar. However, I had no idea he struggled badly with swelling in both hands.
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It looks like the time in his career is very limited as well. The theory from the lads I spoke to is (as I thought myself) that he won't be able to put his body through the McGurn regime again and again and again. They reckon for it not to work against you, if you know what I mean, then you have to have done it for most of your career. They are saying the fact that Dunne isn't used to training that way for the last 10+ years means his body won't be able to take the training without wearing down a bit.

He may only have a handful of fights left and he deserves some big paydays. A win here sets up a fight with Vasquez. And an exciting fight (win or lose) with Vasquez is a guaranteed way to get himself on some more big cards in the states. I've mixed feelings about going to watch him on Saturday. Obviously I desperately want him to win but I know if he does then we probably won't see him box in ireland again unless its for some kind of farewell fight, which will more than likely come if and when hes lost his last 'big' fight.

 

i really hope the thai lad belives that cordoba just collapsed because if so then he is in for a shock , vazquez even said dunne is one of the heavy handed fighters he has ever faced in sparring , i really think dunne could get the ko here

it will be a close one but as poonsawat looks like a decent little scrapper , hopefully dunne sticks to his boxing and dosent get invovled in a brawl which would be his undoing imo

 

:good

 

Its only a plane ticket away!

 

Ah fair play to you Paddy. I'll have the kosher meal and an aisle seat :good

This mortgage is killing me so the chances of me swanning off to Vegas for a fight are somewhere between slim and none. All my holidays will be based around scoring a few points and keeping herself sweet.

 

Tragic Irish boxer is buried

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Darren Sutherland turned professional after last year's Olympics

Irish Olympic boxer Darren Sutherland was today remembered not only as a sporting hero but as a kind and generous family man.
Hundreds of people gathered for the funeral of the 27-year-old Irish fighter who was found hanged in his London flat a week ago.
Father Declan Hurley told mourners that his family would willingly swap all his success to have him back.
A terrible darkness had fallen on the Sutherland home, he said.
"Nobody is more proud of Darren's achievements than his family," Fr Hurley told mourners at St Mary's Church in Navan, County Meath.
"Yet today, faced with the horrible, painful reality that Darren's young life has been brought to a tragic end, they would willingly swap all those achievements to have their son, brother, the one they love, back in their arms."
Fr Hurley said Darren - nicknamed the dazzler because of his show-grabbing performances in the ring - had earned the admiration of the country when he won a bronze medal in Beijing last year.
But it was his beaming smile that had won the nation's heart, he said.
Among the hundreds of grieving mourners were Darren's parents Tony and Linda and sisters Nicole and Shaneika.
Representatives from the sporting world included Olympic winning fighter Michael Carruth, champion boxer Jim Rock, Martin Rogan, Mick Dowling, John Joe Nevin and Olympic athlete Eamonn Coghlan.
Kenny Egan, who travelled to the Beijing games with Darren and won silver, also attended wearing the Irish squad tracksuit.
Guard of honour
Fighters young and old from St Saviour's Olympic Boxing Academy in Dublin, where Darren spent 10 years honing his famed skills, sat near the top of the church.
Dressed in black club t-shirts they lined the grounds in a guard of honour as Darren's coffin was taken from the chapel.
Fr Hurley said Darren has remained grounded, despite his success.
"Wherever Darren went, his gentle, kind, modest and generous heart endeared him to everybody.
"His success in Beijing obviously brought great demands, but he responded generously, whether it was offering encouragement to young boxers, speaking to students in his former school, or visiting sick children in hospital."
He said he was a loving and caring son and brother.
During the funeral Mass a pair of boxing gloves, a framed photo of Darren, his Olympic tracksuit and his bronze medal were placed by his coffin, draped in a white sheet.
A bouquet of flowers in the shape of boxing gloves sat near the altar, before being placed in the waiting hearse.
As his hearse left the grounds of St Mary's for his final journey, the boys of St Saviour's formed a guard of honour.
Arts minister Martin Cullen was also among the mourners, while taoiseach Brian Cowen and president Mary McAleese were represented by their aides-de-camps.
Darren was buried in nearby St Finian's cemetery.
He had turned professional and joined the Maloney camp after his bronze medal success.
He was one of the leading lights on the Irish boxing scene in the four years before the games and regarded as one of the best talents coached under the Irish Sports Council's high performance unit.

 

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WBA mandatory challenger Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym arrived in Dublin over the weekend to a huge welcome from the Thai community in Ireland who flocked to the airport to welcome their hero and the man known as Thailand’s Manny Pacquiao. However WBA super bantamweight champion Bernard Dunne plans to give Poonsawat an entirely different welcome at The O2 on Saturday night when they clash for the Dubliner’s WBA belt.
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Poonsawat just said he reckoned they didnt fight the same Cordoba- but did say Dunne proved himself as a fighter as well as a boxer that night...

Im still confident Dunne has the skills to do it-but i think it will be another thrilling fight!

 

RIP Darren-have to say in any dealings i had with him he was a complete gent!

 

Cordoba looked good to me that night until Dunne caught up with him:yep

 

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