Bernard Dunne - Now offered £200,000 to face Munroe!
Published April 15, 2009 by Martin Bean
Frank Maloney is now willing to pay Bernard Dunne £200,000 (STERLING) if he has the bottle defend his WBA super-bantamweight title against Rendall Munroe. Maloney originally offered the Irishman £150,000, but has upped the ante with the choice of a £200,000 purse or share of the promotion.
And Munroe has told Maloney that Dunne can even have the fight that the world wants to see in his backyard, Dublin. The fight would earn Dunne the highest purse of his career and the latest offer is surely too good for him to refuse. Maloney said: "If Bernard doesn't accept this offer then his promoter Brian Peters must have some incredible offers for his man. I had no reply to the first offer, but I'm sure when Dunne gets wind of this one he will tell Brian to call me and thrash out the deal''.
"Bernard can have home advantage and either £200,000 in his bank or a share of the profits from the promotion which could earn him even more. When we were ringside in Dublin for Dunne's title win against Ricardo Cordoba, Rendall kept pointing at Dunne and saying, 'Get me him.' Bernard can run, but he cannot hide from Rendall for ever and what a shame he seems to be avoiding his biggest rival."
Leicester dustman Munroe has good reason to fancy his chances against Dunne when their paths eventually cross. Dunne's only loss came when his suspect chin was exposed in 86 seconds by Kiko Martinez in August 2007. Since then southpaw Munroe has defeated the Spaniard twice inside a year making a mockery of Martinez's supposed punching power.
Maloney added: "Dunne-Munroe will happen and wherever it takes place I am confident that Rendall will win inside the distance. I challenge Bernard and Brian to prove me wrong"
There are currently 0 comments on this article.