Bernard Dunne May Continue Career at Featherweight

By Mark Vester

According to the Irish Independent, former super bantamweight champion Bernard Dunne may consider a move to featherweight. He was crushed last weekend by Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym in three rounds. Dunne plans to vacation for the next few months and then make a decision on the future of his career. Dunne was a featherweight in the early part of his career. There are also less bangers at featherweight, like champions Chris John and Steven Luevano.

Dunne's loss blew away any chance for a big money fight with Israel Vazquez. Dunne's team was trying to make a Vazquez fight for the end of the year. Vazquez told the paper he agrees with a possible decision to send Dunne back to featherweight.

"Bernard and I sparred each other almost every day in Freddie Roach's Wild Card gym in Hollywood when he was starting out. He was boxing at featherweight then, and I think that is the division he should get back to. We would have done very well financially if we had fought as arranged before the Kratingdaenggym match, but that's how it goes. You win some, you lose some," Vazquez said.

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