Walsh vs Runowski Results

Walsh vs Runowski took place Friday, September 20 at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland.

Walsh vs Runowski Results

• Main Event: Callum Walsh defeats Przemyslaw Runowski via knockout at 2:06 of the second round
• Co-Main Event: Ali Akhmedov defeats Pierre Hubert Dibombe via 10-round split decision
• Emmet Brennan defeats Kevin Cronin via eight-round split decision
• Thomas Carty defeats Jonathan Vergara via knockout at 2:59 of the second round
• Craig O'Brien defeats Edward Donovan via six-round technical split decision
• Shauna O'Keefe defeats Valgerdur Gudsteindottir via TKO at 1:45 of round four
• Gareth Dowling defeats Daniel Nowak via TKO at :09 of round two

Walsh vs Runowski Fight Card

Ella Thompson vs Abbey Molloy

In the opener, friendly amateur rivals Ella Thompson and Abbey Molloy battled for three rounds, and while Molloy appeared to edge the action through the first two frames before holding off a late charge from Thompson, the strawweight bout was an exhibition, so no judges scores were rendered for the two 16-year-olds.

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Gareth Dowling defeats Daniel Nowak via TKO at :09 of round two

Dublin debutant Gareth Dowling got the crowd into the action immediately, as he halted Daniel Nowak in the second round of a wild junior middleweight bout. 

Dowling roared out of his corner throwing bombs to open the bout, and within 30 seconds, a left hook turned Nowak around and prompted a referee’s count. The Dubliner got wild, trying to finish, and got briefly jarred by a right hand before he scored with a right of his own that produced a second knockdown.

SECOND ROUND FINISH FOR DOWLING 🥊

Gareth Dowling pro-debut is one for the books!

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Nowak made it out of the first, but early in the second, another Dowling left forced the Poland native’s glove to the mat, and the fight was stopped. The official time was :09 of round two.

Dowling moves to 1-0 with the win; Nowak falls to 0-5.

Shauna O'Keefe defeats Valgerdur Gudsteindottir via TKO at 1:45 of round four

Irish lightweight prospect Shauna O’Keefe moved to 3-0 as a pro with an impressive fourth round stoppage of gutsy Valgerdur Gudsteinsdottir.

After a feeling out process in the opening frame, O’Keefe opened up in the second, bloodying the nose of Gudsteinsdottir and putting her on the defensive for most of the round. A clash of heads that cut the forehead of the Iceland native didn’t help matters, but after a consultation with the ringside physician, the fight was allowed to continue.

Shauna O'Keefe takes home the TKO victory!

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Another clash of heads jarred Gudsteinsdottir (7-6) late in the third, and O’Keefe opened up with both hands, and between rounds the fight was nearly stopped, but with the blood flow stopped, Gudsteinsdottir got another round.

And while the game Gudsteinsdottir marched forward in round four, O’Keefe was a sniper, opening the cut again and prompting Gudsteinsdottir’s corner to step up on the apron and ask for the fight to be stopped. The official time was 1:45 of round four.

Craig O'Brien defeats Edward Donovan via six-round technical split decision

Dublin’s Craig O’Brien upset previously unbeaten Limerick native Edward Donovan via six-round technical split decision to win the Celtic super welterweight title.

Scores were 58-56, 58-56, and 57-58 for O’Brien, now 15-3. Donovan falls to 7-1.

This one went to the judges 👀

Craig O'Brien takes home the split decision and is now the super welterweight celtic champion! 🥊🇮🇪

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O’Brien got off to a good start, tagging Donovan from odd angles throughout the opening round, and he kept the momentum going in the second, but in the third and fourth, Donovan began getting into a confident rhythm. 

Early in the fifth, Donovan landed his best shot of the fight, a right hand that jarred O’Brien, and things were getting testy at close range as the bout entered its latter stages. Unfortunately, a clash of heads opened a cut on O’Brien that forced a stoppage and sent the fight to the scorecards before round seven.

Thomas Carty defeats Jonathan Vergara via knockout at 2:59 of the second round

The Carty Party was in full effect at the 3Arena, as Dublin heavyweight prospect Thomas Carty knocked out Argentina’s Jonathan Vergara in the second round.

Emmet Brennan defeats Kevin Cronin via eight-round split decision

Former Irish Olympian Emmet Brennan and Kevin Cronin sat in the trenches and traded punches for eight rounds, with Brennan outlasting Cronin via eight-round split decision to win the Celtic super middleweight title.

Scores were 78-74, 78-75, 75-77 for Brennan, now 4-0. Cronin falls to 8-2-1.

Co-Main Event: Ali Akhmedov defeats Pierre Hubert Dibombe via 10-round split decision

In the co-main event, 7-to-1 underdog Pierre Hubert Dibombe appeared to upset Ali Akhmedov in super middleweight action, but it was the Kazakhstan native who emerged with the victory on the scorecards via ten-round split decision.

Main Event: Callum Walsh defeats Przemyslaw Runowski via knockout at 2:06 of the second round

Callum Walsh’s Irish homecoming was a rousing success, as the unbeaten junior middleweight from Cork retained his WBC Continental Americas title with a second-round knockout of Przemyslaw Runowski at Dublin’s 3Arena.

The 23-year-old Walsh was smooth on his feet in the first round, and when he engaged, he rocked Runowski with left hands in the opening minute and just before the bell, while the Poland native couldn’t get anything going offensively.