Irish Boxing

If Dunne beat Munroe would he then get a crack at the Japanese lad? He inherited the "full version" of the belt when Vazquez was injured. He could be beatable but i doubt Dunne could win in Japan.

Its seems like the quickest route back to the top-unless Peters can pull something shocking off!!

 

Munroe was shite v Maludrottu. He is techincally terrible. As long as you don't let him lean on you and throw a million pitter patter punches then you're laughing.

I do think Bernard is easily good enough to beat him. However, there is a huge question mark over Bernard mentally after the Poonsawat fight. It was a second spectacular and traumatic (more so than Martinez) loss in front of a packed home crowd. He really does need a tune up before he can even think about it. However, Maloney is looking to rush the fight for the new year. Theres absolutely no need to rush his way back to world level. It will be a case of 3 strikes and you're out for Dunne. So he has to bide his time and make sure he does things on his terms even more so this time

This, for me, shows me that Munroe or Maloney are chicken****. All his talk about how Bernard didn't deserve a world title shot and all that, and that Munroe is streets ahead of him. Now Munroe is top of the queue for a WBC title shot and they want to stall. I can't say I'm surprised at all, though, to be honest

 

I was just talking to an asian boxing writer there. He reckons the japanese lad isnt up to much. He reckons he got one of the worst home town decision ever seen in a good few of his bouts.. He says that common in Japan though-so much so that he is worried about Poonsawat defending his title there- but reckons even Munroe would beat this lad if he got him to England....and if Munore would beat him so would Bernard!!!

 

Spot on. I'm starting to feel a bit sorry for Munroe though, he doesn't seem to know where he is at. When asked if he thinks he is ready for a world title shot he refers to his team saying, well if they think I am then I must be!
I don't rate Munroe at all really, he lost the only real test he had at British level against Morris & then get's the mother of all lucky breaks fighting Matinez (who is **** in reality) for the EBU. Since then he has been coasting along fighting the dregs of the European scene and not looking too good at it. The commentators on Friday hinted that Maloney had tried to get out of the Maludrottu fight, this does not say much about Maloney's confidence in him at Euro level nevermind world level.
At this point I am so fed up of Maloney & his bull****, he had to eat a lot of crow after the Cordoba fight and now here we are again with him trying to disguise him bottling out of the Nishioka fight by calling out Dunne! Will this man ever learn

 

With all due respect to your writer friend he's talking through his arse. In his last 3 fights he's KO'ed Garcia while ahead by a mile on the cards, Gonzalez after being knocked down himself and away from home in Mexico with a huge 3rd round KO, and Hernandez with another 3rd round KO.
Two of his losses come against Verrapol Sahaprom (sp?)who was WBC bantamweight champion for years. Maybe even 8 years or something. And as far as I remember the only time he was ever stopped himself was in his debut fight.

I'm sure Poonsawat could take him but I think it's stretching it to start talking about a fighter as limited as Munroe beating him on the basis of home town advantage.

Also, every fighter gets home town decisions. That goes for Bernard and Munroe as well so I wouldn't be underrating this lad on the basis of him getting a couple of homers

 

The way this story was filed under UK News displeases me.

 

i take it back- just checked his record your right he isnt bad- byut i did read he was rescued by the ref on three seperate occasions in his last fight against a thai!

 

Sierra Fight Night: Hyland dreaming of All Dublin World title clash with Dunne Tuesday, 24 November 2009 Paul Hyland believes that Dublin could be heading for an all Dublin World title fight if Bernard Dunne can regain his World title status. The 25-year-old Tallaght native defends his Irish Super Bantamweight title against Eugene Heagney on the undercard to the Matthew Macklin – Rafa Sosa Pintos clash on the Sierra Fight Night at the National Stadium, Dublin on Saturday, December 5th and he believes that an all Dublin World title showdown could come sooner than people think.

Despite losing his WBA Super Bantamweight title to Thailand’s Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym in September Hyland believes that Dunne can bounce back and regain his status as World Champion. “I believe that Bernard can win the World title again. Not many people gave him a chance after the Kiko Martinez defeat and he came back from that to become World Champion and I think he can do it again.

“A lot of people have been talking about me fighting Bernard and that’s a fight I’ve always wanted but I think there would have to be something at on the line for that fight to make sense.”

In the most recent European ratings former World and European title holder Dunne is rated at number 2 while Hyland is listed at number 7 in the super bantamweight division.

“I’ve looked up to Bernard for a long time,” said Hyland. “I remember when I first turned pro he sent me a text congratulating me after my debut. He’s put Irish boxing on the map and although he lost to Poonsawat I believe he can become a World Champion again and when he does then can you imagine two Dubliner’s fighting for the World title. That would be something else.”

Hyland has domestic issues of his own to take care of on December 5th when he clashes with Huddersfield based Dubliner Eugene Heagney in the first defence of his Irish Super Bantamweight title. The two met in a non title affair last December with Hyland winning on points but with his Irish title on the line in the rematch he says it’s a fight that has taken on extra significance.

“There’s more on the line for me with this one because my belt is at stake and I’m very proud to be the Irish Champion so I’ve worked extra hard for this one. I’ve watched the tape back on our first fight and I’ve spotted things that I should have done first time around that I’ll be looking to do this time.

“I’m not too fussed about stopping him because if you go out there looking for the stoppage it doesn’t always come. The main thing is to win and to win as impressively as possible. If that means stopping him then all well and good but as long as my hand gets raised at the end of the night I’ll be happy.”

Even if all goes to plan on December 5th Hyland admits he won’t be indulging in too much turkey over the Christmas period. “I’m the mandatory for the European Union title against David Chianella and that fight’s coming up in Italy in February. I’ll probably have to travel to his hometown for that one but I don’t mind, I’m confident I’ll win the title wherever the fight takes place.”

Hyland is the youngest of three brothers with all three currently flying high in the professional ranks. Amazingly the trio are all reigning Irish professional champions with Paul holding the Super Bantamweight title, Patrick the featherweight belt and Eddie the current Super Featherweight champ. Between them they have a combined professional record of 47 wins and just 2 losses and Paul admits that the sparring sessions between the trio can lead to sibling rivalry!
“I’ve sparred top fighters in the U.K. and the U.S. so I know what I’m capable of and I spar my own brothers day in, day out and believe me when you’re the little brother trying to prove yourself against you’re bigger brothers sparring doesn’t get much tougher than that. It really keeps you on edge and it’s the perfect preparation for fights.”

Reigning European Middleweight Champion Matthew Macklin headlines the Sierra Fight Night when he takes on Uruguayan Champion Rafa Sosa Pintos at the National Stadium on December 5th. The undercard also features a second Irish title fight with Dublin fan favourite Anthony Fitzgerald meeting Lee Murtagh for the Super Middleweight title.

The undercard also features unbeaten Cork based Cuban sensation Luis Garcia, undefeated Dundalk Lightweight Michael Kelly and new Belfast pro Jamie Conlan.

Tickets for the Sierra Fight Night priced from €40 are available from Ticketmaster (phone 0818 719 300 or visit ticketmaster.ie) and all usual outlets.

 

when is your next show gareth

 

who said that? Julian? Scott?

 

Neither- But Julian would say that Japan is a dodgy place to go? how do you know him?

i dnt know scot!

 

agreed the Jap is no joke

 

Is it just me or does Hawkins not seem overly sold on the idea of Bernard boxing on. I'm just trying to read between the lines. He talks about how devestating the loss to Poonsawat was and then, at the end of the piece, says its up to Bernard to decide what he wants to do.

There was no 'I know he lost but hes still relatively young and we can go on to achieve loads of things so I think he'd be mad to hang them up but I guess its up to him'.

 

How close are Hawkins and Dunne?

When you see someone close take that sort of beating I can imagine it would be as hard for the trainer as it was the fighter. Its amazing though, anyone would be bouyed by Bernards statements that he would be up for a rematch with the Thai, I am surprised his team aren't pushing his chances but remember what Peters said after the last fight when asked about a rematch, wasn't it something along the lines of "only if me and Harry can go in the ring along with him.... with Baseball bats"

Does Dunne NEED a warm up before Munroe? And why?