Duddy world title tilt likely to get go-ahead
The unbeaten Derryman fights Walid Smichet tonight as the main co-feature in support of the heavyweight title unification contest between Wladimir Klitschko and Sultan Ibragimov and Pavlik’s promoters Top Rank have been granted permission by the event’s promoters for time on the post-fight press conference dais.
Top Rank president Bob Arum is understood to have met Duddy’s promoters Irish Ropes in New York last night and is expected to use his time with the media to confirm that the fight will take place June 7 at Madison Square Garden, providing the 28-year-old Irishman (23-0, 17KOs) gets past Smichet (17-3, 13KOs) without serious injury.
