Bernard Dunne on Setanta

Full card has been announced:
Dunne v Martinez-European Super-Bantamweight title
Oakey v Magee-British Light-Heavyweight title
Macklin v Darren Rhodes-8 rounds Middleweight
Andy Lee v Ciarán Healy-8 rounds Middleweight
Paul McCloskey v Alfredo Di Feto-8 rounds Light-Welterweight
Nicky Smedley v Darius Snarski-6 rounds Light-Welterweight
Willie Thompson v Athur Jashkul-4 rounds Welterweight

Certainly the best card we've had in Ireland for about 10 years , the first 5 bouts are all very interesting to me .

Coverage on RTE is from 21:30-01:00 , Setanta Sports 1 is from 21:30-0:30 . Setanta are also repeating the Morales v Diaz fight from 20:30 for the hour before coverage starts on the Dunne card .


If you live outside Ireland and don't have RTE or Setanta you will still be able to watch the fight on a stream from http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/ , the stream is normally good quality and as far as I'm aware you're still going to be able to watch this in the UK as RTE has the fight merely listed as World Wide , where as when Duddy last fought they said World Wide(except in North America) so they would have listed if the stream was unavailable to those in the UK .

 

I think Molitors power is very underrated right now. His power has improved a lot since he switched trainers, from Adrian Teodorescu to Chris Johnson. He has been sittin down on his punches a lot more in the last couple of years compared to his earlier fights. It has shown in his last 4 fights, where he has knocked out all 4 opponents. Going into his last 2 fights, everyone said that Hunter and Ndlovu would both have more power than him, and he knocked them both out. His new strength and conditioning trainer, who is renowned for his work with pro hockey players, has supposedly helped improve his power as well. He hits harder than he did a few years ago, thats for sure. With all that being said, you're right though, that he doesnt hit as hard as Ponce, RM, or Vazquez. I dont think guys like Bautista, Medina and Zarate hit much harder than Molitor, if any harder at all.

anyways, moving back to Dunne, I look forward to seeing this fight. I have actually been getting a free preview of Setanta since the 11th. Its Setanta International Sports Pak, so I dont know if they have the same programming schedule. I have a bad feeling Im gonna get a soccer game at that time instead of the fight card. Hopefully I will be able to get the RTE stream going if I have to. What time (locally) does the Tv broadcast begin, and what time will the main event start?

Finally, when you say Dunne is 'tight at the weight', do you mean he is having trouble making 122 and is draining himself to get to that weight, or did you mean something totally different?

 

There is no doubt Molitor is starting to hit harder , the stoppage over NDlovu was the one that really impressed me as I don't have much fate in the other guys 3 chins . But at the same time he mightn't have stopped any of these guys a few years back .

I don't think you'll get it on your Setanta so you're best off just sticking to the stream . As far as I'm aware it's on Setanta Sports 1(UK) that have it .

Broadcast starts at 21:30 Irish time , I'd estimate Dunne will be on anytime between 10:45-11:30 but it's hard to tell with the broadcast lasting 3 1/2 hours now .

I mean exactly what you think by tight at the weight , he drains himself to make it . He'll still be able to make the weight for a good while but it does have a negative impact on him(especially his stamina) .

 

Can't believe it. A couple of months back, I had a dream that Calzaghe got KO'ed fighting some Italian dude while Kessler was watching. Now last night, i'm after dreaming that Dunne got KO'ed in the 5th round while fighting some Mexican fella and Martinez was watching from ringside!!!

I hope this isn't a sign of things to come:yikes

 

Thanks for the info. It looks like they will have enough time to show 3 fights, Do you know if the Andy Lee fight will be televised?

 

:bbb

Man u need to get a life if ur dreamin of boxing....i mean theres way more important things to dream about ffs

 

I'd be fairly certain yes but I don't think it'll be live(although it might) .
What I reckon is they'll start with the Oakey v Magee fight and after that show Lee or Macklin's fight . Then unless there has been a very earl ko in one of the bouts(actually quite likely to happen) they'll show the other after Dunne's fight . If there is an early ko they'll possibly show them back to back and then Dunne's fight and finish with McCloskey against Di Feto(a reasonable amount of highlights) and finish with short highlights of the other two bouts .

There will be big build up to the Dunne fight and a good bit of analysis after it .

So that's how I see things planning out , but I can't guarantee anything .
If you can I'd watch the whole thing as all the televised bouts should be good .

 

My friends, now that's what you call a china chin!

 

What happened?

 

Martinez TKO 1 Dunne.

 

oh, ****!

 

Majority Draw Oakey keeps the title. Dunne got caught cold and Martinez did a world class job in finishing him. Those kind of losses can destroy fighters it must be absolutely devastating to lose in such a fashion.

 

told ya bigears. :yep

dunne has never impressed me.

that was just too easy.

 

Not Dunne.

Damm that was one way to lose.

I never rated Dunne as being good enough for world level but I like the kid. Lets hope he comes back and maybe a little bit wiser.

Great card. Andy Lee looks class. Oakey deserved to keep his title.