BERNARD DUNNE will take his boxing career to a new level when he fights for the vacant IBF world super bantamweight title at the National Stadium on October 14.

Belfast’s Brian Magee assured himself of a merry Christmas and, all being well, a prosperous New Year when claiming the IBO super-middleweight title in Liverpool last night.

Belfast’s Brian Magee will go into the biggest fight of his life tonight with high praise ringing in his ears from the last great super-middleweight to emerge from Ireland.