BoxingBritish super-bantamweight champion Esham Pickering is aiming to beat Bernard Dunne to the punch for a shot at Kiko Martinez's European title.
Pickering was beaten by Dunne at the Point in Dublin in November 2006, but the English puncher has won his last three fights since that reversal.
He faces Sean Hughes on the Carl Froch/Robin Reed undercard next Friday and will then target Martinez.
Dunne's lost his European crown and had to put his World title dreams on hold after he was sensationally stopped in the first round by Martinez at the Point in August.
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Martinez is due to meet Wayne McCullough at the Kings Hall, Belfast on December 1st in a non title fight.
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