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Chief_Second
10-02-2007, 05:45 PM
Source BBC.com

Duddy mooted as Pavlik opponent

Derry boxer John Duddy is being mooted as a possible opponent for new undisputed world middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik next March.

American Pavlik claimed the world middleweight crown with a seventh-round stoppage of Jermain Taylor on Saturday.
Pavlik's promoter Bob Arum is already taking about Duddy as a possible opponent for the new champion.
"People have mentioned a fight with John Duddy. That would be huge in Madison Square Garden," said Arum.
"That would be right before St Patrick's Day."
Arum expects Pavlik to have a rematch against Taylor but he wants his fighter to have another contest before the return bout.
Duddy has claimed 21 straight wins and his last bout was a 10th-round stoppage win over Italian journeyman Alessio Furlan in July.

The 28-year-old Irishman will be back in action when he faces Spaniard Pablo Navascues at the National Stadium in Dublin on 20 October. Thirty-one-year-old Navascues has lost only one of his 26 professional bouts.


Quality stuff - but my money's on a pavlik blastout inside 6 if it takes place
scurlaruntings
10-02-2007, 05:56 PM
Ironically this could be Duddys home coming.Both guys are VERY similar fighters. Both have porous defences and both can bang.Duddy isnt a true super middle but im sure he can carry his power up 8lbs. Pavlik does nothing special other than throw lots of punches walk forward and bang.His not elusive, his ring generalship is fairly poor, his hand speed is average but he makes up for all of this with his power. To be honest im smelling an upset.. In anycase i think this fight may be even more exicting than Taylor vs Pavlik.
mattress
10-02-2007, 06:03 PM
I can't see it lasting a round......fuck knows who'll win tho'.
Matthew W
10-02-2007, 06:06 PM
Pavlik will have too much for Duddy, who I don't think is world class as Pavlik is.
TheGrimReaper
10-02-2007, 06:08 PM
duddy has 0 chance
mattress
10-02-2007, 06:10 PM
duddy has 0 chance

No boxer who can punch like duddy has NO chance. If he catches Pavlik then he could fall.
Chief_Second
10-02-2007, 06:12 PM
duddy's best chance would be an early onslaught before pavlik can do too much damage - pavlik is superior in the mid to later rounds.
mattress
10-02-2007, 06:14 PM
duddy's best chance would be an early onslaught before pavlik can do too much damage - pavlik is superior in the mid to later rounds.

And thats exactly what he'd try and do. It's his only realistic hope
tays001
10-02-2007, 06:36 PM
pavlik in a reltivly easy fight inside 4
Pimp C
10-02-2007, 06:38 PM
Kelly by TKO:deal
BITCH ASS
10-02-2007, 06:39 PM
Kelly by TKO:deal

Dude ain't so bad, huh?

Now, it's time for me to start betting against him. I don't know if he still has hunger or not.
Pimp C
10-02-2007, 06:44 PM
Dude ain't so bad, huh?

Now, it's time for me to start betting against him. I don't know if he still has hunger or not.
Yeah I'll give you props you talked up Kelly and he delivered.:good Kelly is the real deal I don't see anyone at 160 beating him right now.
iceman
10-02-2007, 06:46 PM
And thats exactly what he'd try and do. It's his only realistic hope

Agreed , Pavlik can be a slow starter and get caught cold early but once he finds his range with that right hand its lights out for whoever is standing in front of him.
Duddy usually starts out fast so i would give him a slight chance of surprising Pavlik
BITCH ASS
10-02-2007, 06:46 PM
Yeah I'll give you props you talked up Kelly and he delivered.:good Kelly is the real deal I don't see anyone at 160 beating him right now.

Cept for maybe Taylor in the rematch.
pipe wrenched
10-02-2007, 06:49 PM
Yeah I'll give you props you talked up Kelly and he delivered.:good Kelly is the real deal I don't see anyone at 160 beating him right now.

:good
Pimp C
10-02-2007, 06:51 PM
Cept for maybe Taylor in the rematch.
I just don't see it I think Kelly has Taylor's number.
JETSKI
10-02-2007, 07:15 PM
Ummm...Looks like I'll be going to Kellys first Title defense @ MSG!!!:D


Pavlik by TKO (cuts)

Campos opened up both eyes on Duddy like a surgeon. Kelly will butcher the Irishman.
jopez707
10-02-2007, 07:26 PM
A gimmee for Pavlik's first fight (undefeated but relatively untested) fighter, Pavlik will destroy Duddy as any top 160lber should do.
Amsterdam
10-02-2007, 07:29 PM
Pavlik KO 1.:lol:
JETSKI
10-02-2007, 07:36 PM
Pavlik KO 1.:lol:

Not really. I've noticed KP takes a couple of rounds to really start to uncork his punches. Maybe in the 3rd. But I think Duddy is one tough SOB & will prob be cut up badly before he would wither & fall. If thats the case, maybe by 5 round he'll run out of blood & that will be it.
Shev
10-02-2007, 07:50 PM
Duddy's manager was at the Pavlik-Taylor fight scouting the winner for a fight in March 08. Duddy's either stupid or suicidal, he should try to win the Wba and let Pavlik fight Abraham then go for a big money unification for St Paddys 09.
Boro chris
10-02-2007, 07:51 PM
Seems like Duddy is getting thrown to the wolves.:-(

Pavlik tko4.
brooklyn1550
10-02-2007, 07:53 PM
Pavlik KO4 Duddy
Hrak
10-02-2007, 07:54 PM
If Duddy fights Pavlik, hill basically be getting thrown into the wolves. His not ready. I hope his promotional team is smarter than that.
Vincent Gottschalk
10-02-2007, 08:56 PM
I like Duddy a lot but a good big man will always beat a good little man and Pavlik really is a light heavyweight fighting among the middleweights, he is just too powerful for the gutty Duddy. It's gonna be a fun war with Kelly winning in 6:bbb
Vincent Gottschalk
10-02-2007, 10:27 PM
Duddy has faster hands then Pavlik but thats about it in ever way he is out classed:deal I think Duddy people want cash in on him now while hot because the truth is while a good fighter Duddy just cuts to easy and might lose to a club fighter before he gets a title shot the way things are going with getting cut up of late:think
MrTod
10-02-2007, 10:35 PM
Ironically this could be Duddys home coming.Both guys are VERY similar fighters. Both have porous defences and both can bang.Duddy isnt a true super middle but im sure he can carry his power up 8lbs. Pavlik does nothing special other than throw lots of punches walk forward and bang.His not elusive, his ring generalship is fairly poor, his hand speed is average but he makes up for all of this with his power. To be honest im smelling an upset.. In anycase i think this fight may be even more exicting than Taylor vs Pavlik.

i respectfully beg to differ. i think kelly is extremely smart in the ring, and his defense is better than people think. he's not just a one-dimensional slugger. did you notice he deftly turned the tide and began to out-jab taylor? don't just peg him as power and nothing else. he's pretty crafty.
Mrvooh
10-02-2007, 10:47 PM
Ironically this could be Duddys home coming.Both guys are VERY similar fighters. Both have porous defences and both can bang.Duddy isnt a true super middle but im sure he can carry his power up 8lbs. Pavlik does nothing special other than throw lots of punches walk forward and bang.His not elusive, his ring generalship is fairly poor, his hand speed is average but he makes up for all of this with his power. To be honest im smelling an upset.. In anycase i think this fight may be even more exicting than Taylor vs Pavlik. Right you are , and just think of the crowds...Some will travel, again, I'm certain, from Ohio, and Pavlik also is well known in Atlantic City, and Duddy has a big following of supporters in NY...BIG crowd:good
Rock0052
10-03-2007, 01:53 AM
If Duddy fights Pavlik, hill basically be getting thrown into the wolves. His not ready. I hope his promotional team is smarter than that.

I agree with your point about this tossing Duddy to the wolves...it seems like a bit of a cash-out move to me.

Pavlik's defense is very underrated- he blocked many more shots from Taylor than was given credit for, and the difference in handspeed between Jermain and Duddy is like night and day. I think Pavlik would stop JD in brutal fashion. I don't dislike Duddy- John's an exciting fighter, but Pavlik is the wrong kind of matchup for him.
maciek4
10-03-2007, 02:52 AM
Honestly how can you beat Pavlik when you struggled with Yori Boy Campas