Gunn Battles to 6 Round
Draw, Requires 36 Stitches
For
Immediate Release
Former IBA cruiserweight
champion Bobby Gunn 18-3-1 (15 KO’s) battled
to a six round draw with Cory “The Cobra”
Phelps 11-3-1 (6 KO’s) in the main event
at the Fort McDowell Casino in Fountain Hills,
Arizona. Gunn was cut over his eye only 30 seconds
into the first round as an accidental headbutt
immediately caused him bleed profusely in addition
to receiving some unexpected problems from Phelps.
Knowing that he may be in some trouble due to
the cut as well as Phelps jab and move mentality,
Gunn managed to hurt Phelps in the fourth and
fifth round with body shots before his opponent
began to retreat.
After the fight, the bloodied Gunn knew he had
to rally in the last few rounds due to the circumstances,
which also included the fight being changed
from a ten to a six round contest at the weigh
in. The hard hitting Canadian also revealed
that doctors told him the headbutt caused him
to fracture his eye socket.
“Phelps is a good game opponent but I
wish the fight was a ten rounder as initially
scheduled. I couldn’t see out of my eye
for the first three rounds and I would love
a rematch as soon as possible. I know that I
would have stopped this kid if it was a ten
rounder and he knows it too!