Press Release: Cedric Kushner, President of Gotham Boxing, announced in New York today that he has been informed by Irish Ropes that they cannot deliver the services of John Duddy, the headliner on the November 21st New York City show. The show has been cancelled.
No reason was given, but Duddy is quoted as saying “It is out of my control. Obviously I’m very disappointed,” to his hometown newspaper the Derry Journal.
Other NewsLight heavyweight Joe Calzaghe may return to the ring next year in front of his hometown fans in 
Wales, but it doesn’t sound like a rematch with Bernard Hopkins is high on his list. “Screw Hopkins, man,” he told the London Mirror. “He got his a*** kicked by a white boy. He’s got to accept that. He’s an idiot. A complete a*******. I don’t want to give him a rematch. It wouldn’t be a good fight. The guy’s a racist. He was never going to give me any credit. The way he fought against me in Las Vegas was cowardly because he held on all night and feigned being hit by low blows. He tried to steal the fight.” Calzaghe is expected to make an appearance at the WBO Convention this week.