Duddy Outpoints Medina

John Duddy (29-1, 18 KO’s) defeated Michael Medina (23-2-2 18 KO’s) by a ten round split decision. Official scores were 96-93 twice for Duddy, and 96-93 once for Medina.

In the first round, Duddy used better head movement than he has displayed in his previous fights. He demonstrated a solid body attack in the early rounds, and thoroughly outworked Medina in round two. While Duddy’s defense has somewhat improved, the light-hitting Medina caught Duddy with very clean right hands toward the end of several rounds.

In round six, Duddy hurt Medina with a left hook to the body, but Medina continued to pressure aggressively. Just as round seven ended, a left hook followed by a right hand from Medina buckled Duddy. Both fighters went toe-to-toe in the eighth round.

In round ten, Duddy started assertively, but Medina struck him with left uppercuts, overhand rights and left hooks. Duddy countered with left hooks of his own. Then, about ten seconds before the bell sounded to end the fight, Medina got Duddy on the ropes and unleashed a series of rights and lefts.