Duddy’s new opponent Arron eyeing ‘ambush’

HE may be a late replacement for John Duddy’s most recent opponent, but the cocky Manchester middleweight, Prince Arron, insisted yesterday that he will ambush John Duddy at the National Stadium in Dublin on Saturday night and become heir to the world middleweight throne.

Kelly Pavlik had barely won the world title when a challenge by Duddy was being pencilled in for St Patrick’s Day with Las Vegas the likely venue.

Duddy’s handlers, however, were busily charting the route to an eventual world title fight with engagements in Dublin and Belfast. They quickly signed up the Spanish champion and when he withdrew with an ankle injury, they brought in Noe Tulio Gonzalez Alcoba, a rough and tumble veteran from Uruguay who had previously fought for the world title.