BY MARCUS HENRY
In an effort to give John Duddy some much-needed exposure he's been added to the Wladimir Klitschko-Sultan Ibragimov heavyweight unification bout at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 23.
Although talk of this happening has been going on for some time, it's about time Duddy's people stopped messing around. Ireland's favorite fighter has been fighting outside of the states for almost nine months. Duddy (23-0, 17 KO's) needs to prove he's legit. And he needs to do it on a national prime time stage. What better place to do it than at the Garden? He'll be squaring off against Walid "Temperate de Sable" Smichet (17-3-1, 13 KO's) in a 10-round bout.
It's not exactly a clash of the titans, but Smichet won't be a welcomat for Duddy.
Undefeated New York City middleweights "Mean" Joe Greene (17-0, 12 KO's) and Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin (16-0, 13 KO's) are also on the undercard.