John Duddy....Your thoughts?

[sparked_85]

he is tough though isn't he?

A bit of a throwback.

[BattlingNelson]

he is tough though isn't he?

A bit of a throwback.

He is tough alright. And a nice fellow too.

[guzi815]

hes a natural fighter, meaning he likes to , well to put it simply just fight! he just wants to get in there and fight, sometimes that can work, a lot of well known fighters have this courageous but dangerous style, some who employed this style, like jake la motta went on to be legends, others, like lester ellis (ever heard of him, see!) went on to win a world title at an early age,(lester won the IBF jr lw title at age 19) mostly just by blowing there opponents away, before coming up against a skilled fighter and getting taken apart, (as happened to lester) , many who use this style also sustain a lot of punishment and injuries (arturo gatti, lester ellis, danny green, micky ward) while others just get pummeled and never achieve anything in boxing (plenty of fighters) as for duddy, i think his fate lies in option 2/3 ,he will win a world title, bash a few guys up, before getting beaten badly by stronger and more technical fighters, probably retiring attempting a few comebacks before getting as real ass kicking and deciding to finally give it away....

I agree and respect what you're saying. You made me look at it from a different angle. After watching John Duddy at the Garden a couple of times, and especially his latest fight with Walid Smichet, it's as if Duddy WANTED to get hit. Like as if he were trying to showcase his chin. I could be wrong, but I know a few Boxers that have that "He can't Hurt me" mentality. Ricardo Mayorga is on the top of the list, inviting pure hitters to take a shot at his chin. If I could sum up Danny Green in one word....FEARLESS!

I'd still watch John Duddy. "Any Boxer" that comes to fight.....I am a fan.

[..........]

Duddy is an overrated punching bag, he has the worst defence in boxing, hands down...The only reason he is popular is because he is Irish and he lives in New York....He is lucky the fight with Pavlik fell through, he would've been hurt badly and brutally KO'd.

That makes no sense whatsoever? What does being Irish have to do with him being popular, and believe it or not, I can almost gurantee you there are other fighters who reside in New York City that you've never even heard of, so those two points are void.

Maybe he's popular because he's 24-0?

[Orion]

Not a big fan of Duddys, hell of a fun fighter to watch, hes just not very good.

[Guest]

Duddy is popular because he is Irish and likes to fight, plain and simple.
He's not a world-beater for sure, but I think he gets criticized a bit much.
I think that people instantly hate on a guy that gets a lot of hype without doing much, that's the big thing.

Walid Smitchet isn't a bad fighter and he fought him ok, and he showed warrior spirit against Eastman, a cagey vet with some thunder in his fists.

He's entertaining enough though, he is in good fights and I don't think his popularity will diminsh much if he loses.
The good thing about him is that we don't expect much so he's safe versus Andy Lee who Manny Steward and the boxing community hyped way too much.

A ko loss for Duddy wouldn't be shocking so the fall out will be a lot less.

He could end up being an Irish Mickey Ward type sooner or later.

[ElGranLuchador]

his last fight shoulda been stopped cuz of his huge gash on the eyebrow
not impressed by duddy just another brian vera

[Battleship]

Duddy is fun to watch hes just limited

[sterling]

well i think duddy shudnet of took so many flush shots if he hadnet of then he might of had a shot now.

[Guest]

well i think duddy shudnet of took so many flush shots if he hadnet of then he might of had a shot now.

I don't think he wanted to to be honest, he's just not that good.
Anyone will tell you, even a punch from Corey Spinks tends to hurt.
It may actually work to his advantage as far as his limited skills go.
He's no slickster for sure.