Deliverance for dazed Dunne

BERNARD DUNNE will remember it as the longest three minutes of his boxing career, if not his life, when he reflects on the sensational finish to Saturday’s victory over Ukranian, Yurin Voronin.

That’s how long the Dubliner’s unbeaten professional record hung in the balance. In fact it hung on just about everything - the ropes, the muscular shoulders of the Ukrainian and at times Dunne appeared to be reaching for the TV lights that hung from the roof of the National Stadium for something else to hang on to.

He was not the only one stunned by the vicious left hook that caught him behind the right ear. Fans too were shocked and one could hear a pin drop as Dunne switched to auto-pilot, bobbing, weaving and trying desperately to avoid the in-your-face opponent.