Kelly Pavlik vs. John Duddy in MSG on June 7?

[MELLY-MEL...]

msg baby! i am there! i read at another site that abraham will fight on the undercard of pavlik - duddy and the winners will fight later in the year! that would be great, and i hope it is true!

[HappyBoxingFan]

can someone school me on who john duddy is... im lackin info here

Undefeated Irish middleweight. Comin off a (close) unanimous decision over what's left of Howard Eastman. He's slow and drops his hands alot. Moderate power. Good chin. Fan favorite in the NYC area. Big following in the Irish American community. He usually fights a showcase fight at the Graden St. Patrick's Day Weekend. Future tomato can for the middle weight/SMW division.

[Ironside]

can someone school me on who john duddy is... im lackin info here

Undefeated young guy, has 23 wins no losses. He's somewhat good, I see too many flaws in him, I don't really think he's champ material. Pavlik would beat him down.

[HappyBoxingFan]

msg baby! i am there! i read at another site that abraham will fight on the undercard of pavlik - duddy and the winners will fight later in the year! that would be great, and i hope it is true!

Perfect. ****ing perfect. Ok. Now I'm 1005 behind this fight. If you fight three times in one year... you should be able to take one fight off.

[Ironside]

msg baby! i am there! i read at another site that abraham will fight on the undercard of pavlik - duddy and the winners will fight later in the year! that would be great, and i hope it is true!

Wtf? Is Pavlik completely overlooking the fact that he's fighting someone better than both Abraham and Duddy?

[niceguy45]

i smell fighter of the year of 2008 if pavlik fights, taylor, duddy and jones and knocks all 3 of em'

[Silencers]

msg baby! i am there! i read at another site that abraham will fight on the undercard of pavlik - duddy and the winners will fight later in the year! that would be great, and i hope it is true!

If this is a showcase card for Pavlik and Abraham leading to them fighting later in the year, I'm very happy. I just hope all this won't distract him from Taylor.

[Degsy]

In my opinion, if Kelly beats Jermain again, he will fight Joe C next(if he beats Bernard).

So how will the Duddy defence be handled?

a) will Kelly relinquish his belts at middleweight to move up to SMW/170catch/LH?

b) Be stripped by the governing body for skipping the fight to move up

c) Arrange a pay off for Duddy to wait til the end of the year, probably a lump sum payment plus a contractual agreement to fight at the later date.

Given that Kelly is still going to be big box office, even if he loses to Joe, I expect the pay off route.

[HappyBoxingFan]

In my opinion, if Kelly beats Jermain again, he will fight Joe C next(if he beats Bernard).

So how will the Duddy defence be handled?

a) will Kelly relinquish his belts at middleweight to move up to SMW/170catch/LH?

b) Be stripped by the governing body for skipping the fight to move up

c) Arrange a pay off for Duddy to wait til the end of the year, probably a lump sum payment plus a contractual agreement to fight at the later date.

Given that Kelly is still going to be big box office, even if he loses to Joe, I expect the pay off route.

If he fought JOE C that would be so ****ING BOSS. I suggested this awhile back and everyone here said I didn't know what I was talking about... joe C wouldn't fight anywhere but 175... Has that changed?

[Silencers]

I think he'll fight Calzaghe after the Abraham fight, Pavlik said he didn't want to move up until he unified and I'm not sure if Arum would want him to fight Calzaghe.