WILLIE “Big Bang” CASEY claimed his place among the legends of Irish boxing in his hometown of Limerick on Saturday night when he sensationally stopped Paulie Hyland in four spectacular rounds to win the European super bantamweight title.

IT WAS always going to be a difficult assignment but Bernard Dunne’s third comeback fight at Breaffy House Resort in Castlebar tonight took on a new dimension when his original opponent, Mexican Eduardo Garcia, injured himself in training and Cristian Facio was called up as a replacement.