Quade Cooper wins boxing debut in first round TKO, eyes second fight WITH one right cross, Quade Cooper announced himself as a boxer with serious potential last night. And moves are already under way for a second fight in seven months. Cooper was rocked early in the first round of his debut at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. But he laughed it off to deliver a brutal knock out to Barry Dunnett with 1sec left in the round. The blow, which left Dunnett sprawled on the canvas, came as Cooper's Queensland Reds team were in the final stages of their 20-8 trial loss against the Chiefs. Botha blows up after SBW win In just six days, Cooper will start at flyhalf for the Reds in round one of Super Rugby. His reaction in the dressingroom after the fight was relief. Cooper said he had fallen in love with boxing. "I had so much fun out there I didn't want to leave the ring," he said. I'm just happy right now. It was great to have one round but I do want to get out there and do it again. Quade Cooper and Barry Dunnett trade punches. Cooper was clearly nervous before the bout but made a measured start and managed to land his jab. Dunnett also performed well, overcoming his reach disadvantage to tag Cooper with jabs and hooks. He stunned Cooper with a hook to the temple but the rugby star maintained he had merely slipped. It was slippery out there. It rolled off my shoulder," Cooper said. I felt fine. Dunnett has a reputation for fading late in rounds and he did so again last night, leaving his chin open for Cooper to strike. Quade Cooper knocks out Barry Dunnett. "What impressed me most was that he listened to me," Cooper's trainer Shannon King said. I told him to throw a certain combination and he did that and he knocked him out. King said a second fight was a near-certainty. "I have never had a fighter who listens like him and I think he has a huge future," he said. We are talking about a second fight in seven months, or in his off-season, but rugby's his priority. Quade Cooper celebrates after knocking out Barry Dunnett in their cruiserweight bout. The 24-year-old, who had Anthony Mundine and Khoder Nasser in his corner, needs a serious step up in competition for his next fight. Dunnett had little defence and was not fit enough. His record is now 1-2. Cooper took this fight with just two months of training. King did not try to turn Cooper into a technical boxer. Instead, he focused on maximising his athleticism. Cooper shed three millimetres off his skinfold measurement, dropping to a ridiculous 37 for the fight.