bernard dunne to retire?

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Re: bernard dunne to retire?

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slapbangwhallop wrote:What an arsehole!

Bernard wasnt a failure in the US, only for SRL folded and his missus wanted to go home then he would probably still be there. He was immensely popular in America.

However, I do know someone that was a failure in America.............
ffs.

touchy touchy. :D

just admit it didn't work out in america for him.

all those points wins in a row.

and he struggled in a few of those.

his career was in need of a change and he came back.

and hatton did very well stateside thankyou very much.

30,000 fans turning up to support a fighter will never be beaten. :OhYes:
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hitman_hatton1 wrote:
slapbangwhallop wrote:What an arsehole!

Bernard wasnt a failure in the US, only for SRL folded and his missus wanted to go home then he would probably still be there. He was immensely popular in America.

However, I do know someone that was a failure in America.............
ffs.

touchy touchy. :D

just admit it didn't work out in america for him.

all those points wins in a row.

and he struggled in a few of those.

his career was in need of a change and he came back.

and hatton did very well stateside thankyou very much.

30,000 fans turning up to support a fighter will never be beaten. :OhYes:

you wouldn't be by any chance just looking at Dunnes boxrec record and deciding he was a failure in the States would you?
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Re: bernard dunne to retire?

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Deno1986 wrote:you wouldn't be by any chance just looking at Dunnes boxrec record and deciding he was a failure in the States would you?
i remember quite a few of his fights in america.

cos he got shown on friday night fights a lot.

which was on ch5 back then.

surprised your so convinced he did well over there.

just admit he didn't cut the mustard. :roll:

he ended up having a better career than i ever thought he would.

so he proved me wrong anyway. :KO:
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Re: bernard dunne to retire?

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hitman_hatton1 wrote:
slapbangwhallop wrote:What an arsehole!

Bernard wasnt a failure in the US, only for SRL folded and his missus wanted to go home then he would probably still be there. He was immensely popular in America.

However, I do know someone that was a failure in America.............
ffs.

touchy touchy. :D

just admit it didn't work out in america for him.

all those points wins in a row.

and he struggled in a few of those.

his career was in need of a change and he came back.

and hatton did very well stateside thankyou very much.

30,000 fans turning up to support a fighter will never be beaten. :OhYes:
who mentioned Hatton?? touchy touchy!

Oh well if 30,000 fans turn up to see you have your brains smashed all over the canvas then that is a success - but if you win on points THATS a failure. Very good, very good! Now jog on sonny jim!
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Re: bernard dunne to retire?

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what did u mean when u said 'however, i do know of someone that was a failure in america'. :-?

he was beating guys who he should have been getting out of there.

simple as.

anyway we obviously beg to differ on this.

not as it really matters.

i gave dunne credit in my first post on this thread.

lets just leave it at that. :OhYes:
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Re: bernard dunne to retire?

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slapbangwhallop wrote:
hitman_hatton1 wrote:
slapbangwhallop wrote:What an arsehole!

Bernard wasnt a failure in the US, only for SRL folded and his missus wanted to go home then he would probably still be there. He was immensely popular in America.

However, I do know someone that was a failure in America.............
ffs.

touchy touchy. :D

just admit it didn't work out in america for him.

all those points wins in a row.

and he struggled in a few of those.

his career was in need of a change and he came back.

and hatton did very well stateside thankyou very much.

30,000 fans turning up to support a fighter will never be beaten. :OhYes:
who mentioned Hatton?? touchy touchy!

Oh well if 30,000 fans turn up to see you have your brains smashed all over the canvas then that is a success - but if you win on points THATS a failure. Very good, very good! Now jog on sonny jim!
dunne never fought at a level close to hatton. hatton beat top level fighters. dunne didn't beat any really. but bernard was not a bad fighter who deserved his world title victory.
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MrBoxingUK2 wrote:
slapbangwhallop wrote:
hitman_hatton1 wrote: ffs.

touchy touchy. :D

just admit it didn't work out in america for him.

all those points wins in a row.

and he struggled in a few of those.

his career was in need of a change and he came back.

and hatton did very well stateside thankyou very much.

30,000 fans turning up to support a fighter will never be beaten. :OhYes:
who mentioned Hatton?? touchy touchy!

Oh well if 30,000 fans turn up to see you have your brains smashed all over the canvas then that is a success - but if you win on points THATS a failure. Very good, very good! Now jog on sonny jim!
dunne never fought at a level close to hatton. hatton beat top level fighters. dunne didn't beat any really. but bernard was not a bad fighter who deserved his world title victory.
never said he did I was just making a point. it seems the usual crew turn up to knock Irish fighters on every thread whilst at the same time dissapearing up the holes of some hyped British fighters. This is a thread about Bernard retiring you would think that the boring cliched tossers could give it a rest even once.
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sligobhoy67 wrote:
MrBoxingUK2 wrote:
slapbangwhallop wrote: who mentioned Hatton?? touchy touchy!

Oh well if 30,000 fans turn up to see you have your brains smashed all over the canvas then that is a success - but if you win on points THATS a failure. Very good, very good! Now jog on sonny jim!
dunne never fought at a level close to hatton. hatton beat top level fighters. dunne didn't beat any really. but bernard was not a bad fighter who deserved his world title victory.
never said he did I was just making a point. it seems the usual crew turn up to knock Irish fighters on every thread whilst at the same time dissapearing up the holes of some hyped British fighters. This is a thread about Bernard retiring you would think that the boring cliched tossers could give it a rest even once.
so your slapbangwallop????? you said hatton is a failure in the states? and he wasn't
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MrBoxingUK2 wrote:
sligobhoy67 wrote:
MrBoxingUK2 wrote: dunne never fought at a level close to hatton. hatton beat top level fighters. dunne didn't beat any really. but bernard was not a bad fighter who deserved his world title victory.
never said he did I was just making a point. it seems the usual crew turn up to knock Irish fighters on every thread whilst at the same time dissapearing up the holes of some hyped British fighters. This is a thread about Bernard retiring you would think that the boring cliched tossers could give it a rest even once.
so your slapbangwallop????? you said hatton is a failure in the states? and he wasn't
I never mentioned Hatton at all, I was just making a point. Everyone knows the sbw is my work account.
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sligobhoy67 wrote:
MrBoxingUK2 wrote:
sligobhoy67 wrote: never said he did I was just making a point. it seems the usual crew turn up to knock Irish fighters on every thread whilst at the same time dissapearing up the holes of some hyped British fighters. This is a thread about Bernard retiring you would think that the boring cliched tossers could give it a rest even once.
so your slapbangwallop????? you said hatton is a failure in the states? and he wasn't
I never mentioned Hatton at all, I was just making a point. Everyone knows the sbw is my work account.
"Oh well if 30,000 fans turn up to see you have your brains smashed all over the canvas then that is a success - but if you win on points THATS a failure. Very good, very good! Now jog on sonny jim!"

you quite clearly did :TU:
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MrBoxingUK2 wrote:
sligobhoy67 wrote:
MrBoxingUK2 wrote: so your slapbangwallop????? you said hatton is a failure in the states? and he wasn't
I never mentioned Hatton at all, I was just making a point. Everyone knows the sbw is my work account.
"Oh well if 30,000 fans turn up to see you have your brains smashed all over the canvas then that is a success - but if you win on points THATS a failure. Very good, very good! Now jog on sonny jim!"

you quite clearly did :TU:
Sheesh! I was talking about the original post, I didnt mention Hatton until he did! Now have you a point?
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Re: bernard dunne to retire?

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Manc_Red wrote:My mother looks after his daughter, so when I say this I say this with honesty :-

He made a good life out of Boxing, got a lot of the rub of the green and made some great money out of lucrative sponsorship deals here that made him a household name - which will make him a few quid also in the future.

However, he was batting above his head and was not able to cope with any type of a decent fighter that had a good shot on em, every time I watched him at the 02 I always felt that he was on borrowed time.

He was lucky to win the belt.

Fair play to him though, not everyone can say they were champion of the world.

Brought a bit of joy to these parts :TU:
Having read-through this off-on-a-tangent-topic, I think this is the fairest reply on the actual subject. :TU:

My only gripe is calling Dunne a world champion - although I admit my anger is at the WBA for their absurdness, and not at Dunne who just won what was offered to him. I think Caballero would have squashed him faster than his Thai nemesis.

Fair play to him though, hope he's happy.

"T.M.K"
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Dunne was part of an Irish boxing revival and will be a big gap to fill.

I wish him all the best for the future and I believe he's made a few quid from the sport anyway.
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His heart was to good for his chin!

Did very well for himself and was in some very good fights, good luck to him in the future :TU:
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alexpaterson wrote:His heart was to good for his chin!

Did very well for himself and was in some very good fights, good luck to him in the future :TU:
good point - he was blown away twice! but never went dont and stayed down.

Against Kiko he got up three times before being stopped. Against Cordoba he was put down twice and got up. Against Poonsawat he was stopped on the 3KD rule!

Heart of a lion, chin of a...............Khan!
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Re: bernard dunne to retire?

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feargalocuinneagain wrote:
alexpaterson wrote:His heart was to good for his chin!

Did very well for himself and was in some very good fights, good luck to him in the future :TU:
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Re: bernard dunne to retire?

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alexpaterson wrote:His heart was to good for his chin!

Did very well for himself and was in some very good fights, good luck to him in the future :TU:


well said alex
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slapbangwhallop wrote:

Oh well if 30,000 fans turn up to see you have your brains smashed all over the canvas then that is a success - but if you win on points THATS a failure. Very good, very good! Now jog on sonny jim!

WE HAVE TO STOP BEATING HITMANHATTON1!

:lol:
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Re: bernard dunne to retire?

Post by Ted »

hes nuts to retire theres still big money fights out there for him.

If he was with someone like fwank he'd be a regular world champ by now.

c'mon back bernard, the euro title is still a decent belt for ya.
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feargalocuinneagain wrote:
somalian wrote:HE id the right thing after getting that gift decision over Valdez in the USA. Get back to Ireland pronto and make some cash. Fair play to him. He was never going to beat any of the top dogs. I can only imagine what JuanMa or Gamboa would have done to him. He might be in a wheelchair after those fights.
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