Dunne’s plans disrupted as Sassau forced to withdraw

BERNARD DUNNE will have to make a quick return to the drawing board in advance of his televised fight in Leipzig on Saturday night after the enforced withdrawal of the original opponent, Daniel Kodjo Sassau from Togo, who came up against visa problems.

His new opponent, Marian Leondraliu, poses a new and more dangerous threat to the Dubliner’s unbeaten record because the Romanian is bound to be well prepared.

Leondraliu was scheduled to box Steve Foster Jr in London on Saturday night but when that fight fell through and the new opportunity came his way he grabbed it with both hands.