John Francis Duddy was born on 19 June 1979 and is an Irish actor and former professional boxer who fought from 2003 to 2010.
27 Facts About John Duddy
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John Duddy challenged once for the vacant WBC Silver middleweight title, losing in his final fight to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
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John Duddy won his first Irish national title at the age of 15 as a Light Middleweight in the Junior Division, later winning Irish titles at the Intermediate and Elite Levels.
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John Duddy represented Ireland at European level and during Olympic qualifiers.
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John Duddy turned professional September 2003, and his first fight as a pro was versus Tarek Rashed in the Bronx, New York.
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John Duddy began 2004 by stepping up his opponent quality a notch, when he met Ken Hock on 9 January 2004 in Uncasville, Connecticut.
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John Duddy then experienced his career's longest lay-off, waiting over nine months before his next bout.
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John Duddy's last fight of 2004 came on 12 December at Brighton Beach, Brooklyn against the then undefeated Glen Dunnings.
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John Duddy's first fight of 2005 came on 4 February, when he beat Chuck Orso in White Plains.
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John Duddy proceeded to drop Pierre twice before experienced referee Frank Cappuccino stopped the fight, giving John Duddy his seventh first-round knockout, and his ninth consecutive knockout victory.
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On 11 June 2005, John Duddy was up against Patrick Thompson in Madison Square Garden.
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John Duddy's next fight came against Yori Boy Campas, again at Madison Square Garden.
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Against an opponent with ten times more professional experience, John Duddy went the distance, winning in a unanimous decision after 12 rounds.
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On 14 July 2007, John Duddy fought the first of his two scheduled fights in what has been billed as his "Homecoming" to Ireland.
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John Duddy was ruled the winner by TKO with only 10 seconds to go in the 10th and final round.
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On 24 April 2009, John Duddy was beaten via ten-round split decision by Billy Lyell, a fighter with seven losses in his twenty-five fights.
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On 10 October 2009, John Duddy made a successful return to the ring against Michi Munoz.
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John Duddy went on to win by way of TKO in the first round, giving Duddy his 18th KO.
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John Duddy announced his retirement from boxing in a statement on 19 January 2011, after "a great deal of soul-searching".
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John Duddy pursued acting mainly in New York City, where the working-class Irishman found an especially warm welcome among working-class New Yorkers and Irish emigres.
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John Duddy landed roles in short film, web series, and the Off-Broadway stage.
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John Duddy played the title character in the 2011 production of Kid Shamrock, Bobby Cassidy Jr.
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In 2012, John Duddy played the bartender in the Matt Glasson short film Hard Times and portrayed the character Mark Sullivan in the online series The Wronged One, a revenge-thriller based on a graphic novel.
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John Duddy played a boxer in the music video for the Bon Jovi song "Because We Can," which debuted in January 2013.
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In September 2013, Sale called John Duddy to suggest the actor accept the phone call he was about to get from an unfamiliar number.
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John Duddy married his long-time girlfriend Grainne Coll in 2009 in their native Derry.
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One of John Duddy's uncles, named Jackie John Duddy, was one of the 14 people killed by British Army Paratroopers, during Bloody Sunday.