World title must wait as Dunne eyes Spaniard

BERNARD DUNNE, ground out a second successful defence of his European super bantamweight title with an unanimous points victory over the gritty Norwegian, Reidar Walstad, at The Point on Saturday night, but he won’t be rushing into a world title fight just yet.

At the end of 12 gruelling rounds the three judges gave the verdict 118-111, 116-112 and 115-113 to Dunne who felt out of sorts before the fight.

“I had spaghetti bolognese and it just completely upset my stomach,” he said. “It kept repeating on me before the fight. It didn’t agree with me. It didn’t settle in my stomach, so I think we’re going off Italian food before a fight.”