Dunne lands world title shot

BERNARD DUNNE has been handed the opportunity of a lifetime in the form of a shot at Ricardo ‘El Maestrito’ Cordoba’s WBA world super-bantamweight title at The O2 in Dublin on March 21.

“It’s the dream I have had since I was five years of age. I have always wanted to be a world champion and now I have that opportunity,” the 28-year-old Dubliner said yesterday.

What is reputed to be the biggest deal in the history of Irish boxing was hammered out at lunchtime on Christmas day. That evening Dunne postponed his Christmas dinner and went for a long run to begin his build-up to the fight.