Hot shot Dunne raises his sights

IT was the perfect homecoming for Dubliner Bernard Dunne who gave the his delighted fans the result they craved at the National Stadium on Saturday night, toying with game Jim Betts from Leeds.

The response to this show - and only Jim Rock’s super middleweight title of Ireland on the line - left promoter/manager Brian Peters scratching his head. Now he plans another big show but has a dilemma over the venue: Dunne, he feels, could fill the Point.

But those details won’t worry Dunne. He enjoyed Saturday night and the fans loved it. The atmosphere created by the sell-out crowd was reminiscent of the 80’s and Barry McGuigan at The Kings Hall.