The Press Confrerence
Headlining, Irish ropes promotions "Tomorrow's Champions" Friday night at the famed Beacon theatre live in New York City was the reigning IBA World & WBC Continental American Middleweight Champion will be the northern Ireland born John Duddy against Native New Orlean's own Dupree "The Total Package" Strickland (18-2-1-7 Ko's).
(John Duddy and Dupre Stricland at Press Conference in New York City)
"Ireland's" John Duddy (20-0-15 Ko's) now living in Queens New York defeated, "The Total" package, in a ten round main event, it proved not to be an easy quest, to remain unbeaten. John Duddy trains at Gleasons Gym in Brooklyn New York and is ranked No.8 by the WBO and No.9 by the WBA and No.13 by the IBF. Post fight, John Duddy plans to head to Ireland tentatively to fight there July 14th.
(John Duddy Promoter & Peter Quillin)
Pawel "Raging Bull" Wolak (15-0-9 Ko's) of Brooklyn New York, in a co feature main event tangled with Anthony Little (7-6-1 Ko) ultimately winning. Pawel Wolak born in Poland, now fighting out of Brooklyn is a former wrestler and had plans to become a mixed martial artist, thus becoming an amateur boxer to develop "striker" talent on his feet and to compliment his grappling skills. His amateur record is 40-5, he became so good at boxing that he gave up his UFC dream.
(Pawel "Raging Bull" Wolak, Promoter, John Duddy, Peter Quillin and Dupre Strickland at Press Conference in Manhattan, New York)
Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin (12-0-10 Ko's) a popular Brooklyn middleweight pummeled to victory Victor Paz (9-4-1-1 Ko) a 2004 Irish National Senior amateur champion.
Vaughn Parham (2-0-1 Ko) a Bronx heavyweight defeated Kenyatte Ravenell (1-2-1 Ko) of Harlem New York.
(John Duddy and Vaughn Parham at the Press Conference)
