John Duddy vs. Verno Phillips

[The Hammer]

Definitely a smart move for John to go down to the weight he would be most effective at. Even during the Howe fight, he kept his left rather low at times, and I'm sure Pavlik would have turned the lights out. He also came in light for the fight, so could easily take off a few more. He's either a big light middleweight or a small middleweight. Light middleweight is where he belongs.

Good post. If he can easily make 154, he should fight there. He's naturally smaller even than 6'2" welterweight Paul Williams.

[dmger14]

I would LOVE to see him dominate that weight class with KOs. It's excellent for the sport to have a champ Irishman drawing big crowds.

Go John go!!!!

[Easy-E]

I just dont think John Duddy is very good, even against an old, way past his prime Phillips I expect him to get decisioned.

[Scott9945]

People are going to equate Mora dropping down to beat Forrest to this. However, Duddy doesn't have Mora's difficult style and Verno is hungry and underrated. I look for Phillips to win handily.

[Ben_London.]

This is an intriguing matchup - I'm not sure if Duddy will win, but he has a good chance.