John Duddy vs. Alessio Furlan round by round

Round 1:
Cagey opening with both fighters pot shotting. Duddy floors Furlan half way through the round with a left hook. Furlan in survival mode and clinching a lot. Duddy relentlessly trying to get him out of there. Furlan survives the round with lots of clinching and holding.

10 - 8 Duddy

Round 2:
Duddy the aggressor as expected and letting fly with the leather. Duddy open to shots but Furlan hasn't hurt him with any of his shots. Duddy loving the left hook now. Furlan clenching a lot. Nice shot by Furlan, but Duddy takes it easy. Nice combos by Duddy throughout the round.

10 - 9 Duddy

CC for this! Dam this is a boxing fest this weekend!!! Great work man!

Round 3:
Furlan reckless with his shots. Nice left hook by Duddy. Duddy working the body now. Duddy picking him apart and less reckless now. Duddy jabbing and more careful. Duddy cut by a headbutt (happened earlier). Nice combos by Duddy. Furlan fires back but Duddy blocks. Duddy again having his way and out boxing Furlan. More jabs from Duddy. Furlan misses a left hook. And again. Duddy working the jab again. Combo from Duddy. Another missed right hook from Furlan.

10 - 9 Duddy

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CC for this! Dam this is a boxing fest this weekend!!! Great work man!

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CC back man. ;)

Round 4:
Duddy again with jabs. Cracking right hand by Furlan but Duddy takes it. Duddy aggressive. Furlan misses with a one two straight combo. Furlan with a nice right, Duddy fires back. Nice uppercut by Furlan. Duddy with jabs. Both at close quarters fighting. Left hook by Duddy hits home, Furlan takes it. Nice jab by Furlan. Duddy fires back with a combo. Furlan getting tape on his glove fixed. Above Duddy's eye is bleeding, but it should be ok. Nice left hook by Duddy, but Furlan takes it. Phone box fight now. Furlan landing more now. Duddy with a nice right hook. Furlan with a right in reply. Bell.

10-9 Furlan

CC Oggie. I like Duddy, I think he can be a big star in America on national TV if he gets enough exposure. Good stuff I completely forgot about this.

CC Oggie, poor Rhun over there doing Skelton Sprott this sounds like an exciting one here.

Round 5:
Duddy casual with his shots, low blow from Duddy. Furlan jabbing. Duddy hits 3 back. Duddy takes a jab and a right hard. Furlan having success. Duddy takes two big straights! Duddy open. Duddy just jabbing. Lazy shots. Big left hook missed by Furlan. Duddy finding it harder to connect, Furlan's defence is good and tight. Nice jab from Duddy. Picking his shots. Nice jab and left hook by Duddy. Bell.

Close round... maybe Duddy takes it on workrate. 10 - 9

Round 6:
Duddy again jabbing. And Furlan. Jabs, jabs, jabs. Duddy trying to box his way to victory now. Furlan having succes with the jab at will. Nice straight right by Duddy. Nice jab/cross combo by Duddy. Right hook from Furlan. Boxing match now. Uppercut misses for Furlan. Left hook from Furlan. Duddy with two left hooks. One scored. Duddy jabbing again. Furlan is taking lots of shots on the arms. Duddy doing all the work but Furlan having success when he throws. Duddy jabbing again and clash of heads. Bell.

10 - 9 Duddy

Sounds like quite a transformation.

How does Duddy's jab look?

Mate, I wish I could have been here and not bothered with Sprott v Skelton, at least Duddy's entertaining. CC bro.

Round 7:
Duddy... jabbing again. Nice right hook by Duddy hits hard. Working the body too. Duddy with more left hooks to the body and head. Furlan misses a right hook. More jabs from Duddy. Nice cross by Duddy. Furlan doing little. Duddy being careful. Nice right hooks by Duddy. More Duddy kjabs. Furlan miss a right hook. Scores with a cross. Duddy jabbing back. Hard stright right by Duddy. Furlan sloppy now, looking tired. Duddy again jabbing. Furlan lunges in and misses a right hook. Furlan again needs to get the glove tape fixed. Lazy jabs from Duddy. Left hook by Duddy and takes a jab in return. Bell.

10 - 9 Duddy

Duddy's jab is pretty lazy... more of a range finder most of the time.

Duddy's power is a bit overrated

CC mate stickied this ;)

Round 8:
Duddy working the jab. Furlan tight as hell. Duddy out boxing and out working him. Duddy seems to want to get the rounds in. Jabbing. Nice left hook by Duddy. Clinch. Left hook to the body and head by Duddy. Furlan doing nothing. Clinching. Right uppercut misses for Duddy. Jab scores by Furlan. Great combo by Duddy and hits a lovely left hook. Furlan takes it. Anothe rleft hook scores for Duddy. Furlan misses with his. Duddy scores with two crosses. Left hook by Duddy. Bell.

10 - 9 Duddy

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Originally Posted by Oggie

Duddy's jab is pretty lazy... more of a range finder most of the time.

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Figured as much. He's had that jab before just never used it as much as it sounds like he is today.

Round 9:
Duddy looks like he is just playing with him. No KO in mind I think.
Duddy again with jabs. Hitting lots now. Furlan clinching. Nice straight right by Duddy and Furlan misses a right hook. Furlan so sloppy now. Duddy hitting the jabs at will. Furlan clinching and his head is dangerous. Hooks by Furlan mostly blocked. Uppercut by Duddy scores. Left hook too. Furlan lunges in and does nothing. Duddy with a left hook, partially blocked. Furlan dagain misses with a lunging left hook. Duddy jabbing. And again. Furlan is tired. Bell.

10 - 9 Duddy

Looks like Furlan is doing what he was paid to do...turn up and allow Duddy to have his glorious homecoming to Ireland. I like Duddy as he makes for entertaining fights, but needs more tests like Yory Boy Campas gave him.

Final Round (10):
Duddy jabbing once more. Furlan doing nothing. Furlan with a straight right. More jabs. Furlan luncges in and clinches. Furlan trying to jab back. Missing everything. Jabs by Duddy. Left hook by Furlan. Nice jab by Furlan. Duddy with a nice cross. Big combo by Duddy and Furlan is floored by a left hook. Back up, but hurt! Duddy is finishing him relentlessly. Down again! Referee counting but the corner has stopped it with around 10 seconds left. Furlan is pissed. Duddy wins by TKO!
Furlan did not deserve to lose like that, he was tough.

Cool clicks back to all. ;)
Duddy was trying to get the rounds in I think. As soon as he began to open up in the last, he hurt Furlan and floored him twice.
Decent fight, but Duddy can be more exciting for sure. Think he was trying to showcase what he learned in training camp.

good work mate ;)

Cheers man.
Don Turner was saying that Duddy is around 5 fights away from a world title fight (too soon I think). He said that he knew Duddy would knock him out by the second round, but Duddy wanted to box him.
He seems to be trying to morph Duddy into a boxer, like McGirt did with Gatti.
Duddy looked good against a guy that was as stationery as they come, his real test will be against a mover.

Good stuff Oggie. 5 fights, that's a bit far off I would have expected something sooner especially with Taylor and Pavlik leaving and the other champs at 160 nothing extraordinary. Still, they know what's best.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention... they announced Bernard Dunne's next fight earlier. He'll be defending his European title against the 1# and mandatory challenger Kiko Martinez on August 25th at the Point Theatre in Dublin.

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Good stuff Oggie. 5 fights, that's a bit far off I would have expected something sooner especially with Taylor and Pavlik leaving and the other champs at 160 nothing extraordinary. Still, they know what's best.

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Thanks man.
I'm Irish you know, so I'll root for Duddy whatever he chooses... but I just don't see him hanging with the likes of Taylor, Pavlik, Sturm or Winky (if he comes back to middleweight). Abraham and Miranda would be easier, but I still think it would be very hard work... 50/50 fights at best, without doubt.
I think they need to build him up a bit more at European level, especially now that he has a new trainer. Hopefully he will knock some boxing into him. Like I said though, once he gets in with a guy that can dance, we'll see what he is really like.

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Originally Posted by Just a Boxing Fan

Duddy's power is a bit overrated

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Absolutley!

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Originally Posted by Oggie

Don Turner was saying that Duddy is around 5 fights away from a world title fight (too soon I think). He said that he knew Duddy would knock him out by the second round, but Duddy wanted to box him.
He seems to be trying to morph Duddy into a boxer, like McGirt did with Gatti.
Duddy looked good against a guy that was as stationery as they come, his real test will be against a mover.

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Nice coverage Oggie-Ben-Doggie! :coolclick:

I totally agree...Duddy's got a lot more work before he get's that title shot.

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Originally Posted by Oggie

Don Turner was saying that Duddy is around 5 fights away from a world title fight (too soon I think). He said that he knew Duddy would knock him out by the second round, but Duddy wanted to box him.
He seems to be trying to morph Duddy into a boxer, like McGirt did with Gatti.
Duddy looked good against a guy that was as stationery as they come, his real test will be against a mover.

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Nice coverage Oggie-Ben-Doggie! :coolclick:

I totally agree...Duddy's got a lot more work before he get's that title shot.

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:coolclick: back Wacko!
I learned from the master. :bowdown:














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:coolclick: good work son, it sounded a pretty exciting fight, I'm guessing something along the lines of his fight with Bonsante?

He definitely needs work and will never be a great fighter but he's certainly exciting and will doubtless prove to be one of the top draws over the next 4 or 5 years.

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:coolclick: good work son, it sounded a pretty exciting fight, I'm guessing something along the lines of his fight with Bonsante?

He definitely needs work and will never be a great fighter but he's certainly exciting and will doubtless prove to be one of the top draws over the next 4 or 5 years.

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:coolclick: back man.
It wasn't as exciting as Duddy's fights usually are, but enjoyable.
You got the feeling he was trying to prolong the stoppage so the Irish fans could see him in action for more than a round or two. He was pawing with the jab a lot and basically throwing lots of arm punches in combinations. Furlan to his credit had a tight defence... no head movement, just had himself well covered with his arms/gloves. Duddy got tagged a lot but Furlan didn't have the power to hurt him at all.
Any time Duddy actually threw shots with power he floored or hurt Furlan.
I agree with you that he will never be a great division dominator (unless something miraculous happens), but he is entertaining at least. A fight with Miranda would be a belter while it lasted, hehe.
I'm just thinking, maybe if they put him in there with Howard Eastman... he is usually a good measuring stick, but maybe he has had his day now.

CC# 287 Oggie for the coverage

CC #455 back to you man.

CC thanks for that Oggie

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CC thanks for that Oggie

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No worries man, CC back.

Thanks for the RBR, Duddy is my favorite fighter. I knew he was gonna whoop that guy, but thanks for the update, sounds like he put on a good show. CC for that.

Nice work Oggz!

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I aint sold on Duddy yet. I think that he's using too much brawn & not enough brains in his game.

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Thanks for the RBR, Duddy is my favorite fighter. I knew he was gonna whoop that guy, but thanks for the update, sounds like he put on a good show. CC for that.

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CC back!
It was a good show against a very static fighter. I think he could have had him out of there in the first or second round, but as soon as he knocked him down in the first, he just held back... probably to get the rounds in and let the Irish fans see what he can do I reckon.

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Nice work Oggz!

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I aint sold on Duddy yet. I think that he's using too much brawn & not enough brains in his game.

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:coolclick: back Wacko.
I agree with you 100%.
He outboxed Furlan up until the stoppage, but Furlan was just so easy to look good against because he has no head or foot movement. I'm hoping Don Turner can teach Duddy to use his brain a bit more than he has up until this point... but I'm not expecting a miracle. ;)
Either way, he will either be awesome entertainment or a decent boxer/brawler. He'll always be a popular sight and if they throw him in there with another brawler, he could be potentially in a few classic wars.