Dunne out to erase trauma of Martinez defeat

CLOSE on eight months after being surrendering his European super bantamweight title Bernard Dunne bids to get his professional boxing career back on the rails when he takes on the former world champion Felix Machado at the Breaffy House Resort in Castlebar tonight.

The West of Ireland may be an unusual setting for his comeback appearance but the Dubliner only has one thing on his mind after the trauma inflicted upon him by Kiko Martinez last August.

The teak tough little Spaniard had Dunne on the floor three times before the referee stopped what was a mandatory title fight just 86 seconds into the first round making it the quickest European title fight finish in the division in history.