Time for talk over as Dunne plans KO

DAVID MARTINEZ does not seem to appreciate the enormity of the challenge that lies ahead of him when he takes on Bernard Dunne before his hometown fans at the National Stadium on Saturday night.

The ink had barely dried on the contract when Martinez was firing his first salvo from Albuquerque, and yesterday his promoter, Lenny Fresquez, joined the verbal assault, telling Dunne to prepare for the first defeat of his career, describing Dunne as a “nothing who had done nothing and would never do anything”.

“Dunne’s been fighting bums and old men. His team has done a great job babysitting him up to now so I’m amazed they have made the mistake of putting him in with Martinez,” he said. “My guy is young and hungry, he’s not an old man and he’s not a bum.”