Bernard Dunne

Infobox_Boxer


name=Bernard Dunne
realname=Bernard Dunne
nickname="The Dublin Dynamo"
weight=Super Bantamweight
nationality=|nationality= flagicon|Ireland Irish
birth_date=birth date and age|df=yes|1980|2|6
birth_place=Neilstown, Dublin, Ireland
home=Dublin, Ireland
style=Orthodox
total=26
wins=25
KO=14
losses=1
draws=0
no contests=0|

Bernard Dunne (born 6 February 1980 in Dublin, Ireland) is a professional boxer and currently fights at super bantamweight He is a former EBU super bantamweight champion. [ [http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=081166 boxer Bernard Dunne ] ]

Amateur

Dunne boxed at amateur level for Ireland where he had a record of 119-11, captured 13 Irish titles but didn't qualify for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.Fact|date=April 2008

Professional

Dunne began his professional boxing career in December 2001 in the United States, winning his first fight in Feather Falls Casino in Oroville, California. Dunne won his first fourteen bouts in the United States before returning to Dublin under manager Brian Peters. Peters negotiated a deal with Irish public broadcaster RTE whereby Dunne's fights in Dublin would be shown live on national television. It was the first such deal for an Irish boxer. Dunne won the lowly regarded IBC super bantamweight title by beating Sean Hughes in the National Stadium in Dublin.

He has had several fights since then and has defended his title successfully twice. He has lost one fight in his professional career, with his highest accolade coming when he won the European Super bantamweight title on 11 November 2006 beating Esham Pickering on points in his home town of Dublin. In March, 2007 he defended the title by technical knock-out over Yersin Jailauov in the third round, in a mandatory EBU title defense. He followed that streak in June 2007, when he defended his EBU title, defeating Walstad Reider by unanimous decision. On the 25 August 2007, Dunne was defeated by Kiko Martinez. The referee stopped the fight in the 1st round before many of the spectators had found their seats - Dunne having been knocked down twice in that time - causing Dunne to lose the European super bantamweight title. Dunne has a sponsorship deal with Irish crisp company, Hunky Dorys.

Dunne had next been scheduled to fight Marcos Jimenez 13-1 (8ko) of the Dominican Republic at the National Stadium on July 12th. However, his opponent pulled out of the fight.

His replacement is Damian David Marchiano 15-4-1 (5ko) of Argentina. Marchiano comes into the bout on the back of an unsuccessful attempt at taking Silence Mabuza's IBO Bantamweight title.

Professional record

16-0-0
The Point, Dublin, Ireland
bgcolor=FF4040 | L TKO 1(12)
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2007-06-23
Reider Walstad
29-4-0
The Point, Dublin, Ireland
bgcolor=CCFFCC | W UD (12)
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2006-06-03
David Martinez
24-3-1
National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
bgcolor=CCFFCC | W TKO 6(10)
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2005-12-10
Marian Leondraliu
23-3-1
National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
bgcolor=CCFFCC | W PTS (10)
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2005-02-19
Jim Betts
3-8-1
Pala Casino, Pala, California, U.S.
bgcolor=CCFFCC | W UD (6)
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2004-03-27
Angelo Luis Torres
4-4-0
Desert Diamond Casino, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
bgcolor=CCFFCC | W UD (6)
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2003-10-03
Julio Cesar Oyuela
6-5-0
Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut, U.S.
bgcolor=CCFFCC | W KO 1(4)
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2003-04-25
Oscar October Rosales
0-0-0
Sams Town Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
bgcolor=CCFFCC | W TKO 1(4)
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2003-01-03
Simon Ramirez
0-3-0
Feather Falls Casino, Oroville, California, U.S.
bgcolor=CCFFCC | W TKO 2(4)
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Rankings

*World Boxing Council - ranked 26th in world [cite news|title= WBC official rankings |date=April 2007|publisher= World Boxing Council|url=http://www.wbcboxing.com/WBCboxing/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=106&docTipo=4&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC]
*World Boxing Organization - Ranked 12th in world [cite news|title= WBO official rankings |date=April 2007|publisher= World Boxing Organization|url=http://www.wbo-int.com/]
*International Boxing Federation - ranked 11th in world [cite news|title= IBF official rankings |date=October 2006|publisher= International Boxing Federation|url=http://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/index.php]
*World Boxing Association - Ranked 8th in world [cite news|title= WBA official rankings |date=October 2006|publisher= World Boxing Association PDF file|url=http://www.wbaonline.com/ratings/rankings/2006/wba1006.pdf]
*International Boxing Organization - ranked 19th in world [cite news|title= IBO official rankings |date=November|publisher= International Boxing Organization|url=http://www.iboboxing.com/rankings/122.html]
*International Boxing Association - ranked 4th in world [cite news|title= IBA official rankings |date=November 2006|publisher= International Boxing Association|url=http://www.ibamensboxing.com/rankingnovember2006.htm]
*International Boxing Council - Champion
*Boxrec.com - ranked 29th in world [cite news|title= Boxrec.com Official rankings |date=April 2007|publisher= Boxrec.com|url=http://www.boxrec.com/ratings.php?nationality=&sex=M&division=Super+Bantamweight&status=A&SUBMIT=Go]
*The Ring (magazine) - ranked 10th in world [cite news|title= The Ring official rankings |date=November 2006|publisher=The Ring|url=http://www.thering-online.com/ringpages/ratings2.html]

References

[http://images.skysports.com/images/playerpics05_06/Ireland/Dunne.jpg]

External links

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* [http://www.bernarddunne.net BernardDunne.net]
* [http://www.mdonnelly.ie/sport-page20847.html M Donnelly (sponsor) page on Bernard Dunne. News, Results and Pictures]
* [http://www.doghouseboxing.com/uk/Spud011805.htm Doghouse boxing article]