Civic reception in honour of world boxing champion

WORLD boxing champion Bernard Dunne is to be honoured in Cork this week on the same day a legendary Leeside-born boxer is commemorated.

Lord Mayor Brian Bermingham will host a civic reception for Dunne on Friday just hours after unveiling a plaque in the city centre to Cork-born Mick Leahy.

Leahy, who began his boxing in a gym in the Glen, moved to Coventry, England, where his career took off.