John Duddy
John Duddy was born in Derry, Northern Ireland on June 19th, 1979 and is the Boxer. At the age of 44, John Duddy biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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This is a review of a boxer from Northern Ireland.
See Shepherd's Bush murders for the Scottish murderer. John Francis Duddy (born 19 June 1979) is an Irish actor and former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2010.
In his last fight against Julio César Chávez Jr., he attempted for the vacant WBC Silver middleweight title once more.
Personal life
In 2009, Duddy married Gracie Coll, his long-time girlfriend, in their native Derry.
During Bloody Sunday, one of Duddy's uncles, Jackie Duddy, was one of the 14 people killed by British Army Paratroopers.
Amateur career
As an amateur, Duddy battled 130 times, winning 100 of his fights. At the age of 15, Duddy won his first Irish national title as a Light Middleweight in the Junior Division, later winning Irish championships at the Intermediate and Elite levels. He represented Ireland at both the European and Olympic qualifiers.
Professional career
Duddy became a professional in September 2003, and Tarek Rashed, a pro, was defeated in the Bronx, New York. He won by a first-round knockout. On November 22, he arrested Jesse Gomez at the Crowne Plaza hotel. His next match was at the Crowne Plaza, where he defeated Leo Laudat on December 21 but suffered his first knockdown.
When Duddy met Ken Hock on 9 January 2004, in Uncasville, Connecticut, he began a swanky competition quality. Hock had ten victories against four losses and one draw (tie) going into his bout with Duddy. In the fourth round, Hock became the first boxer to play more than one round against Duddy, but he was defeated by the Irish prospect. He then had his longest layoff in his career, but it was over nine months before his next bout. He lost by a first-round knockout at Middletown, New York, on October 30th. After that fight, Duddy regained power by defeating William Johnson on October 18 in Manhattan, and he quickly returned to action.
Duddy's last combat of 2004 came on December 12th, beating the then undefeated Glen Dunnings. After being knocked out in the fifth round, Dunnings became only the second boxer to advance more than one round against Duddy. Duddy defeated Chuck Orso in White Plains on February 4th, his first fight of the year.
Duddy defeated Leonard Pierre, the undefeated man, on 18 March as part of an Irish themed "day after Saint Patrick's Day card." This undercard was televised on ESPN in the United States, with Duddy and Pierre competing in the midst of the card's semi-main event, which was headlined by heavyweight Kevin McBride's later victory over Mike Tyson.
Given that Pierre had six first-round knockout victories, both the live audience and the television announcers predicted an early death in this fight. Duddy proceeded to dismiss Pierre twice before referee Frank Cappuccino called the match off, giving Duddy his seventh first-round knockout and his ninth straight knockout victory.
In Madison Square Garden on June 11, 2005, Duddy faced Patrick Thompson for the first time. Thompson was the third boxer to make it to the first round of the tournament, and both fighters were sentenced to a judge's decision. Duddy, who extended his winning streak to ten, was up 80–72 in favor of him, but his knockout streak came to an end at nine.
Duddy defeated six opponents in his first eight fights, including first round knockouts of Joseph Brady (17 September 2005) and Shelby Pudwill (16 March 2006). Duddy faced Rafaelo Cuevas, the former middleweight champion and undercard of 10 June 2006, on the undercard of Miguel Cotto-Paul Malignaggi's Top Pay-Per-View match. At Madison Square Garden, it was Duddy's eighth bout in less than a year and his third, but he showed no signs of exhaustion, battling Cuevas for 7 rounds before Cuevas returned to his stool with a broken nose and several deep cuts.
He defeated Yori Boy Campas again at Madison Square Garden, his next battle being against them. Duddy went the distance against a competitor with ten times more professional experience, winning in a unanimous decision after 12 rounds. Anthony Bonsante was defeated by him at Madison Square Garden on March 16, 2007. When the match was called off by referee Steve Smoger after the ninth round, Duddy won by a unanimous 90-81, 89-82, and 88-83 when the contest was called off by a misguided headbutt.
Duddy fought the first of his two scheduled combats on July 14th in what has been dubbed his "homecoming" to Ireland. Alessio Furlan was his first opponent at Dublin's National Stadium in his first appearance. In the 10th and final round, Duddy was ruled the winner by TKO with just ten seconds to go. On October 20th in Dublin's National Stadium, John went on to defeat Prince Arron in two rounds. On December 8th, he defeated Howard Eastman at the King's Hall in Belfast. The confrontation was supposed to be his toughest to date. Duddy defeated by 96 points in front of 5,500 supporters.
Duddy was defeated by a ten-round split decision by Billy Lyell, a fighter with seven losses in his twenty-five battles, on April 24, 2009.
Duddy made a fruitful comeback to the ring against Michi Munoz on October 10, 2009. Duddy received a unanimous decision. He defeated Juan Astorga in Madison Square Garden on January 23, 2010. In the first round, he rode by TKO, earning him his 18th KO.
On March 13, 2010, Duddy defeated Michael Medina of Monterrey, Mexico, in a split decision that was part of the Pacquaio/Clottey World Bodyweight Championship undercard. Julio César Chávez, Jr. was unanimously defeated in his last fight in San Antonio on June 26, 2010.
Acting career
Duddy concentrated on New York City, where the working class Irishman received an especially warm reception among New Yorkers and Irish émigrés. Duddy appeared in short film, web series, and Off-Broadway. In Kid Shamrock, Bobby Cassidy Jr.'s production based on his father's death, American boxer "Irish" Bobby Cassidy, Duddy played the title character. In the Matt Glasson short film The Bartender (2010-2012, 2016), a revenge-thriller based on a graphic novel, Duddy played the bartender and portrayed the character Mark Sullivan. Duddy's character appeared in "The Derry Destroyer" in honor of Duddy's boxing nickname in The Wronged One. According to Latino Review, The Wrong One attracted the attention of IFC (USA television network), formerly the Independent Film Channel, in January 2016. The series was considered by IFC on the channel's website.
In 2013, Duddy appeared on various publications. In the music video for Bon Jovi's "Because We Can," which debuted in January 2013, Duddy appeared as a boxer. Laoisa Sexton, an Irish actress, portrayed all of the male characters in her 2013 play For Love by Laoisa Sexton. Backstage and The New York Times lauded Duddy's film For Love. Duddy continued with For Love in Derry and Belfast, along with Waterford, Dublin, and Galway, in the Republic of Ireland, following the September 9th run from March to May 5, 2013. Duddy assisted Robert De Niro train in choreographing sequences choreographed by Robert Sale, the film's boxing technical advisor.
Duddy's role in the Roberto Durán biopic Hands of Stone (2016) resulted from his collaboration with Sale and De Niro on Grudge Match. In September 2013, Sale called Duddy to advise that the actor accept the phone call from an unknown number. Since another actor withdrew from the role, De Niro himself called on Duddy to give him the role of legendary Scottish boxer Ken Buchanan. "Filming Hands of Stone, an amazing journey," Thomas Hauser, an American sports writer, recalled.