(OCT 18) In February of 2009,
Hollie Dunaway fought Ji Hyun Park for the IFBA strawweight world
title. Venue was
the 1988 Seoul Olympic Stadium in Seoul South Korea.
We feel that night Dunaway dominated and won the fight, although the
scorecards went in favor of Park. The fight is scheduled to be
televised in the USA but haven't been aired at this time, but we
know it will be at some point. The fight was televised live on an
ESPN affiliate in Korea.
Roy Jones Jr, dominated the Olympic boxing in the same arena in
1988, only thing is his gold metal bout was recorded as one of the
worst robberies in boxing history.
Dunaway and Park fought for the IFBA strawweight title. In our
opinion Hollie clearly won the fight. We will file a protest
with the IFBA at this point. I've seen two sets of scorecards
posted on Boxrec and still not sure of the official cards that
night.
Upon arrival at the Olympic venue we were taken to an empty room
with only chairs. The room was bone cold with no heat. We complained
loudly to the promoter, but were told there wasn't any heat. I went
to watch Park being wrapped and two large heaters filled the room
with heat. We used survival techniques to get Hollie warmed up, it
was that cold. Clean water wasn't to be found. We were prepared
though with our own.
We complained to the IFBA about the officials, at the time it was
suggested that we bring Ji Hyun to the USA to fight. I would welcome
her team to the USA anytime. All we want is for the judges and
Korean commission to provide a fair decision on our fight.
Ron Brand
Mgr Team Dunaway
***WBAN is requesting a video of this fight when it becomes
available.