John Duddy

By Jerry Hand: The question needs to be asked. Is John Duddy Ireland’s great hope, or Ireland’s great hype.? Or put it another way, is Duddy a dud?  

However, fighting for the first time since a defeat to former John Duddy foe Walid Smichet in March 2007, he looked stiff and short of ideas against the wild Jean Kamdoum. In truth, O’Brien, who advanced to 18-1, seemed fortunate to pick up a 58-57 ...  

Promoter Bob Arum announced that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr will most likely fight John Duddy sometime next year. • Yuri Foreman said he hopes his accomplishment, being the first ever world champion from Israel, will help bridge the gap between his ...  

Arum also added that the next challenge for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. would be a possible match against New York's "Irish" John Duddy. About 15,335 saw the fight by closed-circuit, and 16,000 people who saw it live. Gate approximation is about $9 ...  

And O’Brien insists that he won’t stop there, believing that he will soon be in a position to call out his US-based Irish middleweight rivals Lee and John Duddy. "I’ve watched Andy Lee fight and I think that would be a great challenge for me ...  

While Irish fight fans are familiar with current Irish middleweight stars such as Andy Lee, Matthew Macklin, John Duddy and Jim Rock the name Matt O’Brien may not be as instantly recognisable but he believes all that is about to change.