John Duddy won a controversial 10-round majority decision over Walid Smichet on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Duddy was coming off a winning streak as he had just returned home and fought in front of his Irish fans at National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland where he boxed as an amateur before turning pro in 2003 in New York. While in Ireland Duddy fought and beat Alessio Furlan by 10th round TKO, Prince Arron by 2nd round TKO and decisioned Howard Eastman.
Duddy's potential fight with Kelly Pavlik this June is off due deep cuts he suffered during his fight with Smichet. A bad cut over Duddy's left eye will require a significant amount of time to heal properly making a June fight impossible.
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| Duddy vs TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
John "Ireland's John Duddy" Duddy
John Duddy, WBC continental americas middleweight champion won his first title on March 16, 2006 at Madison Square Garden in New York when he beat Shelby Pudwill by a 1st round TKO. Duddy successfully defended his title on June 10, 2006 at Madison Square Garden with his victory over Alfredo Cuevas by 7th round RTD when Cuevas corner stopped the fight before the 8th round.
On September 29, 2006 at Madison Square Garden in New York Duddy proved he is a fighting Irish when he fought his toughest opponent, former junior middleweight world champion Yory Boy Campas beating him by a 12-round unanimous decision.
On St. Patrick's Day Eve, March 16, 2007 at Madison Square Garden in front of a packed house Duddy and former Contender contestant Anthony Bonsante went to war. Bonsante, cut from an accidental clash of heads was kept on his stool after the 9th round. Duddy wins by TD keeping his IBA Middleweight title and capturing the WBC Continental Americas Middleweight belt. As Graham Houston said Irish eyes should be smiling by the ninth round
...indeed they were.
John Duddy shut out Dupre Stickland by a 10-round unanimous decision at Beacon Theatre in New York on May 19, 2007. Duddy dropped Strickland in the 1st round but Strickland recovered and proceeded to cut Duddy twice making the Irishman work for his win.