Callum Walsh of Eire cracks Przemyslaw Runowski of Poland of their tremendous welterweight battle at 3Arena on September 20, 2024 in Dublin, Eire. (Photograph by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
It was fairly the homecoming for Callum Walsh.
The unbeaten junior middleweight knocked out Przemyslaw Runowski in spherical two Friday night time earlier than a sold-out crowd at 3Arena in Dublin, Eire. Walsh, who grew up in close by Cork and was a multi-time newbie champion, improved to 12-0, 10 knockouts.
A few minute into spherical one, Walsh—who hails from Cork—landed a left cross to Runowski’s left shoulder. The shot briefly knocked the visiting Polish boxer off-balance. Seconds earlier than the bell sounded to finish the spherical, the unbeaten southpaw landed a straight left that drove Runowksi right into a nook.
A right-left mixture to the top dropped Runowski to the canvas one minute into the second spherical. Runowski remained on each knees as he was counted out at 2:04.
Instantly afterwards, Runowski was upset, stating he beat the rely and mustn’t have been knocked out.
“That is unbelievable,” stated Walsh within the post-fight interview. “What an evening. He had by no means been stopped till he received hit by me. I simply hit too arduous. When you get touched to the chin by my left hand, it’s recreation over.
“I can’t wait to return again. That is going to be a recurring factor. It’s not a one and achieved. We’re going to be again once more. That is only the start. I’m a contender. I’m not a prospect.”
Tom Loeffler, Walsh’s promoter, and UFC president Dana White have been seated ringside for the occasion. The 2 have carried these occasions through stream on UFC Struggle Cross.
White not too long ago declared that he ‘is all in’ close to selling boxing playing cards.
Walsh, 23, additionally has constructed his celeb by recurrently attending UFC battle playing cards as White’s visitor of White within the U.S.
In his earlier battle on June 7, Walsh dropped Carlos Ortiz a number of instances earlier than profitable by knockout within the second spherical. On March 15, along side St. Patrick’s Day, Walsh stopped Dauren Yeleussinov within the ninth spherical.
Walsh at the moment lives and trains in Hollywood, California. He’s educated by Freddie Roach.
Runowski, who resides in Slupsk, Poland, falls to 22-3-1, 6 KOs. Runowski stopped Benjamin Lamptey after spherical three of his earlier battle on Could 31.
The 30-year-old had gained his earlier 4 bouts since dropping by unanimous resolution to then-unbeaten welterweight Michael McKinson in August 2021.
Within the co-feature, Ali Akhmedov (22-1, 16 KOs) overcame a knockdown in spherical eight to win a detailed break up resolution over Pierre Dibombe (22-2-1, 12 KOs) of France. One choose scored the bout 97-92 for France’s Dibombe. The opposite two judges scored the bout 96-93 and 95-94 for Kazakhstans’s Akhmedov, who now resides in Venice, California.
The win was the sixth in a row for Akhmedov. His lone loss got here through knockout to Carlos Gongora of their Dec. 2020 battle of unbeaten tremendous middleweights.
Heavyweight Thomas Carty of Dublin improved to 9-0, 8 KOs, knocking out Argentina’s Carlos Vergara (6-2, 3 KOs) after two rounds.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He will be reached at [email protected]
