Kid Galahad stops Fred Mundraby in four

Kid Galahad stops Fred Mundraby in four

Kid Galahad (17-0, 9 KO’s) beat Australian Fred Mundraby for the vacant Commonwealth super-bantamweight title with another dominating and impressive performance in front of his home crowd in Sheffield. Galahad, whose real name is Barry Awad, dominated all four rounds comfortably, forcing a corner retirement.

Galahad who adds the Commonwealth title to his British and European titles had no major problems in this fight and illustrated a skillful performance. He displayed a masterclass in switching hitting, as he looked very comfortable changing from orthodox to southpaw which seemed to confuse Mundraby.

Galahad found it comfortable from the offset, as he caught “The General” with a flush left in the first round which seemed to set his demise. This shot shook the Australian and from this point onwards he seemed rushed and left himself open on many occasions. This set the stage for Galahad to pick his punches accurately and he did executed that to perfection at times.

The second round saw the impressive Galahad further step up the pressure with Mundraby proving to be a punch bag. He was consistently getting hit by the fast hands of Galahad, with the Sheffield man mixing up his combination of punches perfectly on various occasions. Galahad illustrated his variation of punching, as was he comfortable mixing it up to the head and to the body.

This was the same pattern throughout the third and fourth round and whenever Mundraby would have some success, Galahad would step up his game and accurately swarm the Australian with a great range of quick powerful punches. With the Australian looking very dejected after the fourth round, his corner retired from the fight, and rightly so, as Mundraby face and body took a brutal beating. This proved to be a survival mission from the first round for Mundraby and by the fourth round, he was mentally and physically beaten.

The “kid” from the well renowned Ingle Gym in Sheffield proved that he was ready to introduce himself on the world scene after another impressive win. When asked who he would like to face for a world title, Galahad told Channel 5 “I think the easiest fight one is WBA against Quigg but I don’t think Quigg will ever fight me, I think I’m too much of a customer for him.”

Dominic Ingle, trainer and manager to Kid Galahad told Channel 5 “With Kid Galahad, we’re not hanging about. We did the same with Junior Wittor. Junior won the British, Commonwealth, European and we got him in for the WBC title. In the next twelve to eighteen months Mick (Mick Hennessey, promoter of Kid Galahad) could find us an elimator and get in the world title mix.”

Now the time has come for Barry Awad to make his name on a world level. He has dominated the British and European scene and now looks set to take on the world scene. He has impressed in every fight he has had, and looks like a fighter who will excite many to come. The question remains, can he produce the same scintillating performances he has produced on the domestic scene on the world stage? This question will be answered in the next twelve to eighteen months in what will be a crucial part of Galahad’s boxing career.

Galahad adds himself to a great array of British super bantamweights which include the WBA regular champion Scott Quigg and the number one challenger for the WBC super-bantamweight title Carl Frampton. This proves to be an exciting division and one that cannot be overlooked.

-Oun Abbas Hussain / @ouney86

-Contributor to www.BehindTheGloves.com