This content is protected Expectation: None. I have seen neither of them fight before, and although I can look at their records, that does not tell my anything of their styles, strengths and suicidal tendencies, or anything else. Description: 1. A slap from Wallace on the back of Dunlap's head put Dunlap to the floor. Not a KD. A decent left hook, then a right, and a second left hook dropped Dunlap on the seat of his pants. The rest of the round was pretty exciting actually. Wallace tore into Dunlap with several strong left hooks, but Dunlap fought back gamely, delivering his own left hooks to Wallace's head. Pretty good round as they were both swinging for fences. Wallace. 2. Began at a good pace. Dunlap was back on ***** street after being hit with a solid left hook that had him visibly shaken up. After some more interplay, Dunlap began to take to the offense himself, coming in on the bigger man, throwing left hooks to the body. Wallace fought his way off of the ropes with a few left hands of his own. The rest of the round straightforwardly fought. Wallace of course threw the harder punches, but Dunlap threw a bit more. Dunlap. 3. As it starts out, both are equal to the task, Wallace throwing hooks from both hands to the body while Dunlap relied soley on the left hook to either head or body. However, the smaller fellow was unfortunate to walk into a couple right hand smashes. Neither punch hurt him severely, but they looked like they would tally up against Dunlap. Dunlap was throwing what I thought was a series of light low blows when Wallace staggered him with a right cross. Wallace. 4. Dunlap landed solid 1-2's to the head of Wallace. Dunlap was the more accurate puncher. Dunlap. 5. Slow, but good exchange at first. Wallace punched stiffly to the body and Dunlap punched stiffly to the head with wide haymakers from both fists. Dunlap. 6. A simple right overhand dropped Dunlap flat on his face. Dunlap got up with some difficulty, and collapsed onto his trainer on the way back to his corner after Wallace was awarded the TKO victory. Final score going into the 6th: 3-2 for Dunlap. Assessment: Wallace-A slow, ponderous fighter in the mold of Nino Valdes, who he resembled a lot actually. There was nothing outstanding about Wallace. He just got the job done. Dunlap-A decent boxer who staggered fairly decent comebacks after being hurt. He showed plenty of guts to trade with Wallace, but was unwise to stay in close when Wallace appeared the better inside fighter and Dunlap the better outside fighter. Dunlap had a waste of a right hand. Dunlap was not a shabby fighter, but maybe he was tangling with much too big a man. Verdict: Not a great fight, but not bad either. Fought at a decent pace from start to finish. No complaints. I just don't think this will have an impact on the classic fight community. However, it was interesting to get a glimpse at two young up-and-comers. Not a chance you get too often before the 80s.
