Poonsawat targets knockout blow

THAILAND’S Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym came face to face with WBA World Super Bantamweight title holder Bernard Dunne, for the first time yesterday and promised that Saturday night’s meeting at the O2 will not be as cordial.

The stocky challenger did all his talking through an interpreter but his demeanour did not call for any clarification and even Dunne, himself, admitted that he was a man of substance and power.

His record speaks for itself — 38 wins, 27 by KO, from 39 fights — and the only loss of his career was dubious in that it was a fight in Hamburg back in 2006 when the three judges unashamedly and overwhelmingly rowed in behind Wladimir Sidorenko.