Win ... Joel Brunker gets the better of Ivan Hernandez in Sydney. Source: Mark Evans / News Limited
World ranked featherweight and rising star Joel Brunker collected his biggest scalp yet in former WBO super flyweight champion Ivan Hernandez on Wednesday.
Fighting on the undercard of the Daniel Geale-Anthony Mundine fight, the 2004 Australian Olympic representative controlled the eight-round bout with neat and precise flurries.
Ranked third by the WBO, 10th by the IBF and 11th by the WBA, Brunker 26, earned the judges' favour by scores of 80-72, 79-73 and 78-75.
He suffered a cut close to his right eye following a head clash and was made to work by 30-year-old Hernandez (26-7-1, 17 KOs), who has lost his last three after winning his world title over eight years ago.
Neither Brunker or his his American promoter Gary Shaw were totally happy with his performance.
"I did what I had to do to win, I didn't want to make any unnecessary mistakes, that's the main thing,'' Brunker said.
"Every fight I've got to keep stepping, stepping stepping (up) so when I get to the big one, I do it comfortable and I win that belt instead of taking that big leap and coming undone.''
Brunker thought he was three or four fights from being ready for a world title shot.
Shaw said Brunker probably needed to have his next fight against a similar calibre of opponent to Hernandez.
"I've seen him fight better, but this (Hernandez) is a former world champion he fought, so it's a step up and that's the only way a fighter gets better,'' Shaw said.
"I told him when he walked out of the ring, he had to learn to close the distance more, he was giving him too much.''
Daniel Ammann (27-5-1, 6 KOs) retained his Australian cruiserweight title with a ten-round unanimous points win over David Aloua (8-1, 5 KOs).
Former world middleweight world title contender Jamie Pittman (22-3, 8 KOs) emerged from a 17-month break to score a unanimous eight-round points win over Zac Awad (18-3-1, 7 KOs) in a super middleweight bout.
Lauryn Eagle (6-3, 0 KOs), picked up the vacant national women's lightweight title with an eight-round unanimous points win over tough Queenslander Nadine Brown (2-2, 0 KOs).
Steve Lovett (6-0, 5 KOs) recovered from a third round knockdown to score a contentious unanimous six-round points win over West Australian journeyman Jeremy Allen (8-11-3, 3 KOs) in a catchweight contest.
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