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Last night in front of a strong hometown crowd at Dublin’s O2 Arena, local hero Bernard Dunne was hammered back out of his brief foray into the world class standings by Thai slugger Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym.
Having won the WBA super bantam crown in a surprising upset of Ricardo Cordoba at the O2 this past March, Dunne understandably felt confident in the first two rounds and managed to keep his much shorter challenger at the end of the jab.
But once the third bell sounded, Kratingdaenggym was done studying the Irishman and was ready to test his contention that Dunne was in possession of a less than sturdy chin.
Just like Kiko Martinez had hit the jackpot two years ago during a European title bout, Kratingdaenggym rammed home a whistling left hook that flung Dunne hard to the canvas.
The 29 year old Dubliner beat the count and looked okay but couldn’t get away from the Thai’s lightning left and Dunne soon found himself on the floor a second time.
He showed heart in getting up again but Kratingdaenggym just couldn’t miss with the left hand bomb tonight and he finished off Dunne with it at 2:57 of the third frame.
Newly minted WBA super bantam champ Kratingdaenggym wins his 15th on the bounce and sees his CV to 39-1 (28).
Dunne suffers his second pro loss to fall to 28-2 (15).
On the undercard, a battle of local light heavies was won by Michael Sweeney, 8-0-1 (5), who polished off Jamie Power, 6-1 (3), in the third frame.
Featherweight Patrick Hyland, 18-0 (8), stayed perfect with a sixth round TKO of Manuel Sequera, 9-15-1 (7).
British heavyweight Tyson Fury, 9-0 (7), was taken the six round distance by Czech import Tomas Mrazek, 4-24-5 (3), before posting a 60-57 points win.
