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).

Duddy, the 28-year-old New York based Derry native with a perfect 22-0 record faces the former British, Commonwealth and European champion on a bill titled “The Only Show in Town.”

The excitement surrounding the weigh-in indicated that the affair, which also includes two Irish title fights, is aptly named.