i honesty think it will help the middleweight division then you could have these possibilities... if he beats Eastman in Feb and then Eastman falls from the rankings... it could play out like this...

WBC - Felix Trinidad vs Jermain Taylor
WBA - Maselino Maseo vs Bert Shenk
IBF - Sam Soliman vs Howard Eastman
WBO - Felix Sturm vs Oscar De La Hoya

Oscar De La Hoya decided to stay at Middle or is he going back to Junior-Middle?

eastman hgas already beaten soliman in a one side points victory why do it again?

take your point htough, nice lil middleweight tournament :cool: