Duddy vs. Vanda

By Sean McDaniel: Showing a completely different look that used more boxing and jabs, undefeated middleweight John Duddy (26-0, 17 KOs) outclassed a slower more limited Matt Vanda (39-9, 22 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Saturday night on the undercard of Miguel Cotto vs. Michael Jennings at Madison Square Garden in New York. [...]

By Jim Dower: Middleweight John Duddy (26-0, 17 KOs) survived a 10th round scare to defeat Matt Vanda (39-9, 22 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. In winning the fight, Duddy showed that he’s clearly not ready for a fighter in the [...]

By Manuel Perez: Undefeated light middleweight John Duddy (26-0, 17 KOs) defeated journeyman Matt Vanda (39-9, 22 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision tonight at Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. The final judges’ scores were 99-91, 99-91 and 97-93. Duddy, 29, looked good for the most part, dominating the limited Vanda and [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Undefeated middleweight contender John Duddy (25-0, 17 KOs) takes a big step in his career tomorrow night when he faces Matt Vanda (39-8, 22 KOs) at Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. The bottom line is if Duddy doesn’t impress or if he loses the fight, he can just about [...]

At today’s weigh-in from New York, former welterweight champion Miguel Cotto came in at 146, one pound under for his clash for the vacant WBO welterweight title on Saturday night at New York’s Madison Square Garden. His opponent, Britain’s Michael Jennings, came in at 146.5.

By Chris Williams: Light middleweight John Duddy (25-0, 17 KOs) fights journeyman Matt Vanda (39-8, 22 KOs) on Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. Both fighters at first glance appear to be on opposite sides of the spectrum, yet Saturday’s fight is likely to be closely contested with Duddy [...]

World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK (34-1, 30 KOs), from Youngstown, Ohio, is in his last 10 days of training for his rumble with No. 1 contender and mandatory challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (43-4-1, 38 KOs), of Torreón, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico. The Pavlik-Rubio world championship fight will headline an exciting card at soldout [...]

Enzo Calzaghe has backed his son Joe’s decision to retire from professional boxing. Earlier this evening Enzo said he was “over the moon” at the announcement. Speaking to Setanta Sports News Enzo Calzaghe said: “I said to Joe ‘the minute you want to retire I’ll be behind you because enough is enough’. Technically, and on [...]

Undefeated Top-Five contenders “Ireland’s” JOHN DUDDY and ANTHONY PETERSON will light it up in separate bouts at Madison Square Garden, headlining the undercard of the Miguel Cotto vs. Michael Jennings / Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik vs. Marco Antonio Rubio two-city / two-title pay-per-view extravaganza. Duddy will go mano-a-mano with MATT “The Predator” VANDA and Peterson [...]