At The O2 in Dublin, Ireland, Bernard Dunne (28-1, 15KOs) finally showed his potential by knocking out Ricardo Cordoba (34-2, 21KOs) in the eleventh round to capture the WBA "regular" super bantamweight title. Celestino Caballero is the super champion of the WBA because he also owns the IBF's version. The announcers called it one of greatest fights in Irish boxing history. Dunne came out to a fast start in the early going and nearly put Cordoba away in the third after hurting him and putting him down read more ...
It took Kiko Martinez (17-0, 14 KOs) just 86 seconds to destroy previously unbeaten European super bantamweight champion Bernard Dunne (24-1, 14 KOs) on Saturday at the Point Arena in Dublin, Ireland. The new champion Martinez, who formerly held the EBU-EU (European Union) 122lb belt, dropped Dunne twice before the bout was waved off. read more ...
Irish featherweight prospect Bernard Dunne remained undefeated at the National Stadium in Dublin on Saturday night with a close 10 round points win over Ukrainian Yuri Voronin. Referee David Irving scored for Dunne by 96-94.
Dunne was floored twice in the 10th round but the referee did not give a count either time. read more ...