Setting the Record Straight on John Duddy

First off as you all are aware I am a fan of Duddy's, I was one of the fist ppl on this board to 'discover' him. I have been to 2 of his fights live his 10th and 16th. I even had the opportunity to interview him back in March before his Pudwill fight. So I have been following him since roughly his 8th pro fight. So I am bit bit biased in my opinion but I will be as objective as possible - People on the boards seem to be jumping the gun a bit after his fight with Campas. So let me remind everybody that is is still his only 18th pro fight. And he is been brougth up quite nicely so far. He has beaten some game veterans like Pat Coleman, Byron Mackie, Freddy Cuevas and Yori Boy Campas. As well as a tough gatekeeper at the middlweight division Pat Thompson and a solid prospect Lenard Pierre ( in his 8th pro fight). A decent majority of these fighters do not begin to fight this competition until they have 20 something bouts in their career (Top rated contender Kelly Pavlik is fighting Pierre in his 29th pro bout Nov 2 and hyped prospect Giovanni Lorenzo fought Mackie in his 21st pro bout compared to Duddy who fought Mackie in his 13th pro bout). So this brings us to the "controversy" of the Campas fight. And here is what I believe after seeing the fight. First off Campas was vastliy underrated by the ppl on this board, he was coming off some solid wins. And he came out in the early rds and tried to put Duddy away. but it didnt happen. It reminded me of the Cuevas fight a bit, Cuevas came at Duddy and tried to somether him and won the first couple of rds. After that Duddy ajusted and began to bang Cuevas' face in. This is true with the campas fight, Campas took the 1st 3 rds and soon after Duddy ajusted and began to win rds. AND whatt ppl forgot to mention here is that the ref even took away a knockdown in the 10th rd I believe. and the last rd I scored even. So this is getting too long but my point is he is still developing, in his 11th or 12th fight he had no jab and by the Cuevas fight he developed a mule kick of a jab. Now he needs to work on defense, I hope to see a fight with Jim Rock, Willie Gibbs, and Giovanni Lorenzo down the line for Duddy

Comments (10)

It isnt just that he is over age now its that he is at middleweight, dlh destroyed him at welter or less

19y ago

ThunderGatti

I didnt see a headbutt, and that was not a knockdown, wtf are you talking about? Now your just becoming a nuthugger. Ridiclious man. Grow up, I am going by what Duddy and his team said after the fight, that one of the 2 cuts was caused by a head butt. I could care less if it was, the fact of the matter is he was cut over both eyes. And I am sorry if seen the fight a few times and to me that was a KD. I know kfootball had the fight posted here before hopefully he can put that up again. But It is ppl like you that think I am pulling the headbutt out of my ass to make Duddy seem better, and then u make personal attacks, If you wanna talk boxing Im here if you want to act like kid in toys r us contine to do what you do

19y ago

Red_Menace

I thought it was a good fight. Duddy is still learning. I think he was doing well in the first round and then tried way too hard to dispose of Campas early. Once his eyes got cut, he stopped fighting well until the 7th round when he settled in and took over the fight. In the last round he made the mistake of trying to force a knockout again, and got caught. He'll learn from that fight. I don't think he's going to be an all-time great or anything, but he's a solid fighter and will probably do well for himself with some losses along the way.

19y ago

ThunderGatti

Vargas blasted campas, DLH blasted campas, everybody who means something has beaten the shit out of campas, and Duddy couldnt blast out an over the hill blown up welterweight? Weak no matter how you spin it. Hey I still think duddy fought well, after suffering a cut over both eys in the 2 rd one from a butt, he fought back and won the fight, he even floored Campas. So there is not much I could ask for, looking back now I think Id rather have him get the 12 rds in it might help him in the future. And also remember todays middleweight division is wide open, besides Taylor and Wright, who is getting up there in age , there is really nobody. I would love to see a Duddy vs. Abraham by the end of 2007.

19y ago

realheavyhands

he aint ready for eastman, eastman beat abrahm he was robbed

19y ago

_Beowulf_

I'd like to see how Duddy would do against someone like Howard Eastman.

19y ago

CaLLaHaN

Against 35 way past primed Campas.. :cop: It doesnt really matter, He just gained so many fans for putting on a great fight like that...

19y ago

CaLLaHaN

he did put on 1 heck of a show at the garden...

19y ago

kayjay

Good post! I hope you are right. The Campas fight was the first I saw him and I admit to being less than very impressed. But he is a strong kid and could become a contender. Also keep in mind that he was hyped a bit at first, so some of us were expecting more than we got. You are right that Campas is very tough competition for someone with so few fights.

19y ago

El_Jesus

19y ago