 Bernard Dunne will now face Spaniard Kiko Martinez |
Bernard Dunne defended his European super bantamweight crown with a comprehensive unanimous points victory over Norway's Reidar Walstad in Dublin. The Irish star hardly lost a round on Saturday night and got a standing ovation at the National Stadium.
It means 27-year-old Dunne will face a mandatory defence against unbeaten Spaniard Kiko Martinez, with the fight going out to purse offers.
"Bernard is not the finished article," warned his manager Brian Peters.
"Martinez is unbeaten, he has a string of knockouts on his record and Bernard will have to raise his game even more to beat him.
"It is a fight that, if he wins, will just confirm him as the best super bantamweight in Europe and then he can move on from this level."
Peters was pleased with the way Dunne handled Walstad, who had defeated him as an amateur in the 1997 European Championships though insisted the best was still to come.
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