The Official Bernard Dunne v Poonsawat Kratingdaengym thread

Why thank you.

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I hope Dunne prooves a few wrong here. Looking at them both I definetely think Dunne has what it takes to beat this guy but he will have to fight the right fight. I hope dunne makes him eat his left hook everytime he leaves himself open jumping in.

 

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Munroe me bollocks.All Munroe has is size and strength.Hes not in Dunnes class when it comes to boxing.He doesn`t even hit that hard for a big lad.

 

Your right.He has faced better competition,and by far.
But look,stylewise this guy is made for Bernard.Hopefully Bernard can deal with the relentless pressure for the 12 rounds.I think he can,and I think he`l look sensational doing it.

 

Word back from the weigh in is Bernard nailed it dead level 122 first time and Poonsawat took three attempts to come down and make weight.

 

is there any video of this anywhere

 

On the RTE website

Watch Bernard Dunne v Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym on Saturday from 9.30pm on Pro Box Live, available on RTÉ Two and worldwide on RTÉ.ie.

Bernard Dunne and Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym have both made the weight for their Super-Bantamweight World title fight at the O2 on Saturday night, with the Thai boxer coming in right on the 122lbs limit.

Dunne, meanwhile tipped the scales at 121lbs and 8 ounces.

Poonsawat took four attempts before officials were satisfied that he was inside the limit.

Dunne confidently kept inside 122lbs figure, as he faces arguably a tougher match than the epic battle with Ricardo Cordoba that saw the Neilstown man claim the belt last March.

Tyson Fury's Irish debut against Ukraine's Oleg Maschek is the highlight of the undercard.

Fury kept the crowd waiting as he was present at the birth of his first daughter in Manchester this morning.

Fresh from a win over John McDermott, he weighed in at 18 and a half stone.

 

Irish sensation Bernard Dunne defends his WBA super-bantamweight title against Thai threat and mandatory challenger Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym at the O2 Arena in Dublin on Saturday (September 26).
Hometowner Dunne overcame Panamanian dangerman Ricardo Cordoba in 11 thrilling rounds to win the title earlier this year to complete a massive career turnaround from the night in August 2007 an unbeaten but unheralded Spaniard by the name of Francisco Kiko” Martinez smashed him in 86 seconds in front of a stunned Dublin crowd. Dunne lost his European title (and his automatic world ranking) that night, along with his unbeaten record, and it looked grim for the previously unbeaten local hero but he was brought back skilfully by promoter Brian Peters, avoiding Martinez again (and the man who subsequently licked Martinez, Leicester’s Rendall Munroe) for a trio of foreign opponents, one of whom, Uruguay’s Cristian Faccio, enjoyed a world ranking. The wiry, skilful, sharp-hitting Dunne beat all three and suddenly found himself in there with the lofty, heavy handed Cordoba for the major WBA title and fought for the fight of his life to lift the belt.
It was hats off to the fighter and his promoter, quite a win, quite a comeback.
Kratingdaenggym poses a real threat to Dunne’s new tenure, however, having lost only to gifted Ukrainian Wladimir Sidorenko in 39 career outings to date. The cute, stocky, heavy handed Kratingdaenggym conceded a unanimous 12-round decision to Sidorenko in Hamburg (where Sidorenko is based) back in 2005 and, perhaps more ominously, also holds a win over that man Cordoba. However, and this does separate the champion and challenger, Kratingdaenggym only scraped home on a split 12-round decision aagainst Cordoba IN Bangkok in August 2005. A split decision there speaks volumes; Cordoba essentially beat the man who meets the man.
Kratingdaenggym also holds a win over ‘name’ fellow countryman Somsak Sithchatchawal last year in Bangkok but Thais don’t travel particularly well, in my opinion, and it is hard to overlook that Kratingdaenggym’s only loss came in Europe, of course.
Yes, Dunne has his own problems: suspect round the whiskers, tight at the weight (he always looks gaunt), busts up easily (the Thai’s head may prove a menace there)… He could also have done with a loosener or at least an easier defence prior to this one. The turbulent, six-knockdown Cordoba affair in March (shades of Foreman-Lyle II) remains his last outing and two big fights back-to-back are the toughest of the tough in an already tough sport like boxing (although Carl Froch showed he to do it against Jean Pascal and Jermain Taylor). The Thai, in contrast, has won his last 14 outings – 12 early. He’s been ticking over nicely.
Nevertheless, “Ben” showed he could do it all against the tasty Cordoba, proving many people wrong and earning their respect. He certainly earned my respect. The champion has the tools, the Irish grit and the huge support to punch out and gut out another huge Dublin win and I hope I don't put the mockers on Bernard by saying that.

 

do u think that with poonswat struggling to make weight that it will have an effect on his performance tomorrow

 

Actually make that failed at the first attempt then took three more goes. So fourth time lucky.

However, our man on the scene, the ever watchful Paddy, saws Poonsawat looked fine