Newly-crowned WBA super bantamweight champ Bernard Dunne admits that he was inspired by the Irish rugby team en route to his win over defending champ Ricardo Cordoba at The O2 Arena in Dublin on Saturday night.

BERNARD DUNNE can fulfil every boxer’s dream by becoming world champion tonight but he will have to produce the performance of his life if he is to strip the WBA world super bantamweight title from Ricardo “El Maestrito” Cordoba before a sell-out crowd at The 02 in Dublin.

THEY sparred at the Vladimir Klitschko training camp in Austria last year when Andy Lee was preparing for his homecoming fight in Limerick but Alex Sipos will wish he had never set eyes on the Limerick man when they touch gloves in anger at The O2 in Dublin on Saturday night.

ANDY LEE faces a familiar foe at The 02 this night week when he takes on former European title challenger Alex Sipos on the Hunky Dorys World Title Fight Night.

Andy Lee is set to face a familiar foe on the undercard of Bernard Dunne's world title challenge next week.