Dunne ready to prove point against Pickering

BERNARD DUNNE takes his boxing career to a new level when he fights former champion, Esham Pickering, for the European Super Bantamweight title at The Point tonight.

Despite hosting Lennox Lewis, Prince Naseem Hamed, Wayne McCullough and Steve Collins, this is the first time the venue has been sold out for a boxing match.

Ticketmaster Ireland managing director, Eamonn O’Connor said: “We have Paul Simon and the Scissors Sisters in concert this week and then it is Pink, Bruce Springsteen and Christina Aguilera and the fact that Bernard is up there with big names proves how popular he has become.”