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“Mighty” Joe Ward finally got in the ring against Oscar Riojas, stopping the Mexican-based veteran in the fifth round at the Dome in Rosemont, Illi...

The popular Irish middleweight never won a world title. But John Duddy ennobled boxing, wrote Thomas Hauser

Going back to his fistic roots, actor John Duddy has taken undefeated featherweight prospect “Fearless” Feargal McCrory under his wing as the Tyron...

Tokyo Olympian Emmet Brennan has a message for Eddie Hearn and Matchroom. He spoke to John Dennen

Fifty years ago, Brigit Farley learned about the death of a teenager named John “Jackie” Duddy.

Continuing the Ali legacy in boxing’s most famous arena, Nico Ali Walsh pounded out a gutsy four-round unanimous points decision over Reyes Sanchez...

By Thomas Hauser, Contributor Middleweight champion John Duddy on hanging up his gloves.  In 2011, John Duddy retired from boxing. Living in New York, the popular Derry native had compiled a 29-and-2 record with 18 knockouts. He’d experienced the thrill of fighting before cheering crowds in Madison Square Garden and also in his beloved Ireland.    Now, at age 35, Duddy is pursuing a new career. He wants to be an actor. There is a long tradition of boxers trying their hand at acting. In th...

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The story of Maureen Shea, The Real Million Dollar Baby She has been a fighter all her life and a boxer for over half of it. At 40, she wants Eddie Hearn to give her the world-title shot she deserves. Gavan Casey By Gavan Casey Thursday 29 Apr 2021, 11:59 PM Apr 29th 2021, 11:59 PM 24,377 Views 4 Comments Maureen Shea (front) and H...

First it was the Irish wrestler Sheamus appearing in the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. And now another world-class Irish athlete – boxer John Duddy – is making the leap to the big-screen. The Derry native will appear in the upcoming Robert De Niro movie Hands of Stone. The film tells the tumultuous life story of boxer Roberto Duran, with De Niro playing his trainer Ray Arcel. Arcel was active in the fight game for six decades and is said to have trained nearly 20 world champs. Th...