The win boosts Dunne's hopes of taking on European super bantamweight champion Michael Hunter later this year.

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Rigondeaux's speed appeared to be too much for Donaire (31-2), who was trying to defend his WBO super bantamweight belt for the fifth time.

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The fans' apathy was alarmingly underlined on Sunday ahead of Bernard Dunne's successful defence of his European super bantamweight title in front of his home crowd in Dublin.

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