Bernard Dunne v Reidar Walstad(free stream Tonight/Today)

Nasty cut on Walstad to open the 7th, clash of heads.

 

**** that cut is bad... Vitali vs Lewis bad.. just ****ing bad.

 

Walstad's cutman is a f*cking hero, that thing stopped bleeding. Too many combinations from Dunne though, even though his defense is shaky.

 

Walstad's ready to go...

 

Walstad is a tough SOB. I'm impressed by both these guys, just a good action fight.

 

No kidding, I spoke waaay to soon. One-sided but terrific fight anyhow.

 

FOTY candidate for sure. Really good fight. Lots of heart, skill, a nasty cut, good crowd.

Thanks for the link, enjoyed the fight!

 

BigEars, I owe you one for that link. That was an "absorbing" fight indeed.

 

118-111, 116-112, and lastly 115-113 all for the winner.. and

STILL champion Bernard Dunne!

115-113 is a little too close, but the right guy won.

 

BigEars - Thank you very much for the hook up. I really enjoyed the action. You're boy dunne looked good int there and that was a great fight to watch.
Hope some day some how i can repay the favor. Thanks again.

 

I just a ran across this thread. Sorry I couldn't see the fight; I'm in the U.S.

I got to know Bernard when he was living in Santa Monica and training at the Wild Card gym. A terrific, fiesty, mischievious kid -- knew every "accidental trick" to get by with. Had great hand speed and ring generalship.

A poster on here mentioned how he held his hands low. He did that sparring then, too, but could really crack with both hands -- threw blazing combinatioins, especially double and triple left hooks to the head and body.

Sadly, he had brittle hands (had just gotten married) and went back to Ireland to recuperate, and never came back.

One of the things he did -- an eccentricity -- (that I always thought he'd pay for one day) was backing away after a clinch and throwing both arms up in the air to reset. Has he broken that habit?

 

Haha, nope.

It wasn't a result of the move you're talking about, more fatigue and keeping his left too low, but Walstad drilled him with a nasty overhand right in the 12th. He wasn't in "severe" trouble, but he had to hang on for a good thirty or forty seconds to clear his head. Overall though, he looked tremendous, beautiful combinations and body work.

 

Thanks for the update, BA. Hope at some point he fights again in the U.S. He used to have wars in the gym with Nate Campbell, Israel Vasquez, and "Famoso" Hernandez.