Irish Boxing

Man... Johny was out boxed by journeyman blown up welterweight..:-( I dont like to say this but there is no where to go for johny anymore.. It is all over..

What happened, Johny weight drained or has Johny actually been in too many wars against Campas, Eastman, Smidget etc. I mean Johny has eaten so much hard shots for such young fighter or wasnt Johny that good at beginning..:think

 

I am disgusted at this lads,cannot believe it.He has just blown his world title shot,and his credibility.unbelievable.

 

This guy was never that good. He was bound to lose against an average fighter sooner or later. Was it a good fight?

 

he was never the top 5 middleweight in the world people made him out to be, but i always thought john would mix comfortably amongst 5-15 in the world, maybe pick up a random strap, have some great sell out domestic fights against lee and macklin maybe retire as euro champ or something. he was never in the class of pavlik sturm or abraham but god damn i thought he would have beaten this guy. if he had of been knocked out with a shot fair enough, but to limp over the line with no ideas against a journyman. ouch

 

Just found out about the Duddy loss:yikes
I am absolutely shocked at this loss, haven't seen the fight but i can only presume Duddy seriously underperformed. I thought he was making great strides with Pat burns and really this defeat has left me perplexed.
The knifes are out already and as far as many people are concerned Duddy is now finished. I'll try and track down the fight and have a good look at what went wrong for Duddy but think it's a little early to be writing him off. A title challenge against Pavlik looks to be gone but lets see how John reacts to this defeat and if he can come back stronger before totally giving up on him.

 

Rounds 1,7 and 10 on youtube, others hopefully to follow.


I'll let you judge it yourself.

 

Looking at the you tube videos,if you didnt no the fighters you'd swear that duddy was the one who had lost 7 fights and that lyell was undefeated.Duddy had no defense at all he just seemed to let lyell hit him whenever he wanted and he didnt seem to be able to jab at all,the worst thing of it all is at the end Duddy has hands in the air as if he won right up until the scores are announced,he should of been ashamed of himself with his performance if he had any aspirations to be a champion.
He must of underestimated Lyell completely,maybe his advisors should of been getting him harder fights that he would not be clear cut favourite to win and to keep him focused,like the Ronald hearns fight that was rumoured last xmas before his dispute with irish ropes instead of the likes of lyell.
I no it would be a big risk on his advisors part,but maybe he should fight manfredo next(if the fight is still available),if he wins it would regain some creditbility for him,if he loses it cant do much more damage than this loss has already done.

 

****ing terrible, Im gutted:-(

 

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=19560&more=1

Whats next???

 

If he had fought Pavlik with the defensive skills of last night, you know what would have happened. I rate Vanda much higher than Lyell. The thing is Duddy never beat a good fighter, not in their prime anyway.

 

Hope this doesn't sound dumb, but I wonder if he ever had the right trainor,and was brought along right. He's had 4, and I thought Burns would be good for him. I don't know. livin the good life in Miami was probably not a good idea. after Campas, too many easy bouts? Lowe seems like a real old school type trainor. I dunno, maybe John never really had enough talent. It's just that when he looked good, he looked really good! (my 2 cents worth).

 

I know what you mean

When he put his punches together, at times he looked sensational, and then when his denfensive flaws showed up he looked absolute shite. All said the party might not be over yet:deal

 

just this minute read about duddy...wasnt expecting that..
looking forward to the whole thing appearing on youtube as one judge had it 96-94 to duddy.

 

i was just looking at lyells record and he lost to yuri boy campas who duddy beat fairly well...doesnt make sense:?