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Sun 03 Mar 2009Dunne rounds off historic day with WBA title
Dublin boxer Bernard Dunne knocked out Ricardo Cordoba out in the 11th round of his world title challenge fight in Dublin last night to become the new WBA super-bantam weight champion.
It took the best part of 11 rounds to seal victory over Ricardo Cordoba, a man who arrived in Dublin with a list of victories as long as his reach. He was supposed to be too good for Neilstown’s finest, out of his league even, but Dunne sent him crashing to the canvas four times.
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