BOBBY DUNLOP; a forgotten aussie 'great'.

[popeye1]

started his pro career at 19, it ended at 24. during his time he fought jose torres. obviously way too early. he did win a commonwealth title when it was really worth something. equal to a world title these days.

born in 1945 he had retired by 1969. he died in 2000.

cant find much about him on the net, but on boxrec you'll find his record.

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

rarely is hisname brought up. possibly his own fault as he retired so early. had he fought till 30yo he may have been one of our all time greats. he still may well be up there..

[Like a Boss]

started his pro career at 19, it ended at 24. during his time he fought jose torres. obviously way too early. he did win a commonwealth title when it was really worth something. equal to a world title these days.

born in 1945 he had retired by 1969. he died in 2000.

cant find much about him on the net, but on boxrec you'll find his record.

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

rarely is hisname brought up. possibly his own fault as he retired so early. had he fought till 30yo he may have been one of our all time greats. he still may well be up there..

Image how much he would dominate our light heavyweight division of today. Would probably beat all our heavyweights as well.

[Grant]

I rember when I was doing my own world ratings as a kid. Late 60s early 70s that ring magazine continually had him rated at 8 or 9 as a lt heavy. I remember him winning a Commonwealth title which was a big thing back then. Not sure why he retired. I believe he became a trainer in NZ?

[popeye1]

dunno mate. not much about him on the net that i can find...

is esb forum down?

[Brute]

Bobby's biggest problem was that nobody taught him how to punch. His KO wins were usually from him swarming his opponent and the referee would stop the fight. He had a lot of difficulty against classy fighters, fouling out against Clive Stewart and found out big time against the aging Jose Torres.

At the time of his retirement he was going nowhere.

[Beltane]

Ern McQuillan over matched him in his last fight against a US heavy and that was curtains for Bobby.

I saw Bobby fight Young McCormack of Scotland on a very hot night at the "old Barn" and the Scot was well in the fight for the first 4 rounds but started to struggle in the very steamy conditions. As usual Bobby was throwing a million punches and in the seventh round, the Scot was pinned against the ropes exhausted both from the heat and the great volume of punches received, which really were no more than taps.

Bobby was one of the fittest fighters of all time, but he got his victories through his fitness that allowed him to throw an incredible volume of abliet, light punches.

McQuillan's mismatch against Jose Torres found him out as Bobby started out at top speed throwing the leather, which Jose absorbed, then stepped back and belted Bobby back across the ring. To Jose, these were just love taps and he kept knocking Bobby down, who was so fit, kept getting back up until ref: Vic Patrick mercifully pulled the plug.

[patron]

Dunlop v Stewart was the last fight in the old Newcastle Stadium,Bob was like a lamb being led to the slaughter,Torres came out to improve his world ranking, Bob was a few rungs up the ladder, Bob wasn,t fortunate enough to be fighting in the era of tomato cans, but as Beltane said in his very good post, Mcquillan overmatched Bobby,i also saw the fight with a couple of old mates and after the second round we thought it was only a matter of time. all the best

[hofguy]

Ern McQuillan over matched him in his last fight against a US heavy and that was curtains for Bobby.

I saw Bobby fight Young McCormack of Scotland on a very hot night at the "old Barn" and the Scot was well in the fight for the first 4 rounds but started to struggle in the very steamy conditions. As usual Bobby was throwing a million punches and in the seventh round, the Scot was pinned against the ropes exhausted both from the heat and the great volume of punches received, which really were no more than taps.

Bobby was one of the fittest fighters of all time, but he got his victories through his fitness that allowed him to throw an incredible volume of abliet, light punches.

McQuillan's mismatch against Jose Torres found him out as Bobby started out at top speed throwing the leather, which Jose absorbed, then stepped back and belted Bobby back across the ring. To Jose, these were just love taps and he kept knocking Bobby down, who was so fit, kept getting back up until ref: Vic Patrick mercifully pulled the plug.

You've got your McCormacks mixed up. The Young McCormack that Bob Dunlop beat was not a Scot he was Irish, from Dublin. He was the older brother of Pat McCormack who Hector Thompson beat on a TV Ringside at Festival Hall in 1973. There was a Scottish light heavyweight, John Cowboy McCormack, but he'd retired a couple of years prior to the Commonwealth Title fight between Dunlop & Young McCormack.

[Brute]

John Young McCormack and Bobby Dunlop fought for the vacant Empire title. Mccormack had won the vacant British title against Eddie Avoth after Chic Calderwood's death. John Young McCormack beat John Cowboy McCormack in an elimination fight for the British title, that must have been a bugger for the commentators.

Avoth later beat Trevor Thornberry for the Empire title.