First show some respect for the fighter and get his hometown right. Ireland's own is proudly from Derry.

I see this so called slip up against Smichet as every cloud has a silver lining. John and his team where maybe getting carried away with the hype surrounding a title fight with the ghost. Now Irish ropes and manny stewart know that john has work to do. But i must confess i had a little chuckly to myself, as to the way everyone is dismissing John as a contenter, bewear john has the passion, and heart of a warrior and wont stop, never takes a step back. Things lacked by more skilled fighers, but you can bet every cent you have john has what it takes to step though those ropes and challenge the ghost. And Kelly better be ready as theres fire in duddys eyes.

Ronan, Derry, Ireland

Although John was being hit by heavier hooks he scored continuously with his jab throughout the fight and was on target more than Smichet.
It was not a good performance by John he has shown little progress from the Campus fight and I do agree Pavlik would dismantle him and possibly hurt him badly.

I watched the fight in Sydney, Australia and cringed when I seen the amount of times he was getting hit with big shots at random, he is comfortable at fighting outside but once inside he is an unmissable target, no head movement or footwork
I just didn't understand why he want to stand toe to toe when he was coming off worse every time.

I doubt he is ready for a title shoot after that, it would be like putting a deer in a lions cage against a guy like Pavlik. We know money talks in boxing and I'm sure it will be a big pay day for him but I would like to see him fight 3 times with decent opposition before a Pavlik fight cause he could get hurt badly.

Dortz, Sydney, NSW

I had the opportunity to meet John Duddy last year before his St. Paddy's Day fight at MSG. A very likable young fighter. With that said, can we be realistic here. Putting him in against Pavlik is simply foolish. There is a big hype machine pushing Duddy here but the facts are that he gets hit far too easily by over the hill journeymen (See Bonsante, Campas, Smichet). Kelly Pavlik is at a whole different level. Duddy has heart and guts but his skill is nowhere close to Pavlik's. It would be a gross mismatch with Duddy possibly getting seriously hurt. The greedy promoters should be jailed for letting this debacle take place. DON'T LET THIS FIGHT HAPPEN!!!

Steve, Dracut, USA / MA