Person: William Joppy

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Focused Duddy primed for Eastman duel

AFTER the fiasco of the aborted McCullough-Martinez fight a week earlier there were no problems at the scales in Belfast yesterday when John Duddy and Howard Eastman weighed in for tonight’s sell-out middleweight contest at The King’s Hall (RTÉ2, 9pm).

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Eastman eyes lucky third title bid

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Hennessy backs Eastman to land world title

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Hopkins annihilates former champ

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Calzaghe looks for Mitchell boost

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Calzaghe agrees to Joppy bout

Calzaghe must bide his time for title defence

JOE CALZAGHE will have to wait until May 24 to make the next defence of his WBO super-middleweight title.

Sat, 05 Apr, 2003

Calzaghe title defence is delayed

Joe Calzaghe will have to wait until May 24 to make the next defence of his WBO super-middleweight title.

Fri, 04 Apr, 2003

Boxing: Eastman looks for revenge mission

Howard Eastman watched Lennox Lewis exact revenge from Hasim Rahman on Saturday night two hours after the Battersea man claimed to have been robbed out of the WBA middleweight title.

Mon, 19 Nov, 2001

Boxing: Holyfield-Ruiz set for China showdown

Evander Holyfield and WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz will fight in Bejing on August 4.

Mon, 14 May, 2001

Boxing: Trinidad turns on the style

Felix Trinidad remained on course to become one of boxing’s all-time greats when claiming the WBA middleweight title in New York.

Sun, 13 May, 2001

Boxing: Rahman in defiant mood

Newly-crowned WBC and IBF heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman insists he won’t be ‘‘bullied’’ into fighting either Lennox Lewis or Mike Tyson by the threat of legal action.

Sun, 13 May, 2001