Brunson breaks world knockout record

Brunson breaks world knockout record
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By Marc Abrams

Tyrone Brunson broke the world knockout record by making Francis McKechnai his 19th straight first round knockout victim.

It took just seventy-two seconds for Brunson to knock McKechnai down three times to 19-0 with all wins coming by first round knockout.

Kara Ro remained undefeated by scoring a four round unanimous decision over Lekeysha Williams in a ladies Jr. Lightweight bout.

Ro, 131 lbs of Windsor, Ontario is now 16-0. Williams is 9-12-3.
Federico Flores Jr. of Park, Michigan moved to 4-2 with a four round unanimous decision over Jonathan Jackson, 151 1/2 lbs of Detroit. Jackson is 0-1-2.

Luigi Gjokaj needed just seventy-two seconds to dispose of Eric Rue in a scheduled four round Jr. Welterweight bout.

Gjokaj, 141 lbs of Pearl Heights, Michigan scored a knockdown and is now 1-1. Rue, 141 lbs of Battle Creek, Michigan lost his pro debut
Jose Mandujano scored a split decision over Brandon Little in a four round Jr. Welterweight bout.

Scores were 39-37, 39-37 for Mandujano and 40-36 for Little. Mandujano, 138 lbs of Middletown, Michigan is 2-0. Little, 142 lbs of Toledo, Ohio is 1-1

Is Brunson any good or is he fighting guys from a soup deli?

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Originally Posted by THE THIRD MAN

Is Brunson any good or is he fighting guys from a soup deli?

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Right now it's pure deli boys he's beating

His record is a joke and his managers should be ashamed. He was 18-0(18) and he fought a guy who was 3-14 kod in all of his losses. Valero fought better competiton and in my mind still holds the record. This is one of the major problems with boxing.

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Originally Posted by BoomBoom

His record is a joke and his managers should be ashamed. He was 18-0(18) and he fought a guy who was 3-14 kod in all of his losses. Valero fought better competiton and in my mind still holds the record. This is one of the major problems with boxing.

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I agree Brunson is beating bums. But Valero beat a bunch of garbage fighters as well. In fact other than Vincente Mosquera all of the fighters on Valero's resume are crap

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Originally Posted by BoomBoom

His record is a joke and his managers should be ashamed. He was 18-0(18) and he fought a guy who was 3-14 kod in all of his losses. Valero fought better competiton and in my mind still holds the record. This is one of the major problems with boxing.

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I agree Brunson is beating bums. But Valero beat a bunch of garbage fighters as well. In fact other than Vincente Mosquera all of the fighters on Valero's resume are crap

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I agree that Valero beat weak opposition but not quite as bad as Brunson. Brunson has only fought one guy with a winning record in 19 fights. Thats pretty bad imo.

Okay, i have seen him fight once and it lasted a minute so it's hard to say if he is any good or not. What happens when he steps up? They will have to test him sooner rather than later?

Brunson could keep going for years if he keeps fighting no hopers.

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Brunson could keep going for years if he keeps fighting no hopers.

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He could just go for the Butterbean style sideshow career and fight tomato cans his whole life I guess.

It would be great to look back and say you had a 100-0 record with 100 1st round KO's

Even fighting Journeymen thats impressive.

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Even fighting Journeymen thats impressive.

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I would say yes. "Journeymen", "tomato cans"... they're still legit pro-boxers eventhough they got pretty crappy resumes.

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Originally Posted by BoomBoom

His record is a joke and his managers should be ashamed. He was 18-0(18) and he fought a guy who was 3-14 kod in all of his losses. Valero fought better competiton and in my mind still holds the record. This is one of the major problems with boxing.

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I agree Brunson is beating bums. But Valero beat a bunch of garbage fighters as well. In fact other than Vincente Mosquera all of the fighters on Valero's resume are crap

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I agree that Valero beat weak opposition but not quite as bad as Brunson. Brunson has only fought one guy with a winning record in 19 fights. Thats pretty bad imo.

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Not too mention the guy he KO'd last had been ko'd in all previous 14 losses and was on a 8 loss streak and has never been past the third round in any of his 17 prior fights....IMO it is a travesty the guy even still has a license....Brunson's team should be ashamed..there is coddling a fighter then there is outright bullshit

Wasn't Valero's 18th KO for a world title?

It's sad because Brunson's handlers are doing him no service. He's a young fighter who has skills, a fast jab, fast feet and a good body attack with obvious power but instead of advancing him through the ranks, they are putting him in there with no hopers to keep this gimmick streak alive. He turned pro 3 years ago and because of this, still hasn't taken a step up.

It's sad because while he has his 15 minutes now, his handlers pretty much robbed him of an effective upbringing, now as he is being called to make a step up in competition, he is going to be unprepared against any formiddable competition they are going to make him pay for doing things like rushing in with his hands down or reaching with his left hand. Guys are supposed to learn these lessons on their way up, but how is a guy like Brunson supposed to learn that when the people around him aren't concerned about making him into a champion and bringing him up through the ranks the proper way?

Stepping up is about much more then positioning yourself to fight better fighters and eventually win a title. There are critical things about the pro game that every fighter must learn as they begin their pro careers. While it means nothing to us, it's essential for young fighters to make the step up from a 0-2-1 bum to get your first when to a crafty 13-7 journeyman who isn't going to lie down for you. Fighters base their entire pro careers on those fights because that's how you learn. It does no use for Brunson to fight these guys just to put a name down on the record. Now look where he is, he's made a name for himself against tomato cans and he is being asked to step up. And the crafty 13-7 journeyman isn't an option anymore, fans want to see the bigger names and Brunson loses out on that knowledge that those guys bring, knowledge that will do him better in the long run but because of this streak, he gets 0-2-1 everytime.

Ridiculous. Brunson is only 23 and he is probably making a little bit more a fight for this streak then he would otherwise so I'm sure he loves up but it is robbing him in the long run. 19 fights and not one challenge posed, that's not right for the fans or the fighter and it's his promoters, managers, trainers and everyone else cashing in on this to blame.

Here is a vid of the historic fight :rolleyes:

Tyrone Brunson vs Francis McKechnai - LiveVideo.com

Here's a thought, he's 154lb, put him in with JCC jr and see what happens?