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I haven't read the fight thread yet so I don't know what the rest of you made of tonight's bout. And this isn't sour g****s from me because I lost all my points on a bet. (In a way I'm glad I lost because it means I now get to add the hilarious images IWatchBoxing has created for me as part of my punishment).
But I'm all for the sweet science of hitting and not being hit. Hell, my favourite boxer is Muhammad Ali. But there's a difference between using skill to avoid punches and just running about like a little girl who's just peed in her pants. For Christ's sake, Bernard, this was your 20th Defence in front of the boxing fraternity and Hollywood. In the championship rounds, if nothing else, grow a pair of balls and stand there and trade.
Granted, Eastman was technically deficient on some key areas tonight. But why shouldn't he be? He hasn't dealt with this class before (unless you count Joppy) and a lot of people on here were predicting he would be KOed. (Those "rabbit punches" in the early round were accidental though - Hopkins kept ducking constantly). And true enough, rather than Nuff Tump it was more a case of Not Enuff Tump.
But I would have liked to have seen Bernard box, if only once. I actually really wanted him to get bashed up tonight. Not for Eastman's sake, but because of his smug, ****y little smile when he sat on his seat, thinking he was actually doing a good job rather than just being a ***** running away and pathetically pot-shotting. Yeah, that's outwitting your opponent. It's also cheap and unmanly.
I'm not a macho type, but I wanted a fight tonight. So did the crowd. Say what you like about Howard, he wanted to deliver Nuff Tump. But the guy in the opposite corner wanted to play kiss chase. I liked it when Hopkins seem to register Howard's blow in the 11th. And I liked the fact that no matter what bomb he threw at Eastman (and there were plenty, why didn't Howard adapt?) he couldn't even phase him. Now that's a chin.
Yeah, the scores were accurate, and this is Howard's first legitimate loss (because, no matter what the judges said, he really didn't to William Joppy, by no stretch of the imagination) but how terribly undignified for this "Hall of Famer" to do it in such a weak, cowardly fashion.
I did some research on Bernard. Here's his favourite programme, from UK TV in the early 80s. He watches it all the time: theme tune clip
But I'm all for the sweet science of hitting and not being hit. Hell, my favourite boxer is Muhammad Ali. But there's a difference between using skill to avoid punches and just running about like a little girl who's just peed in her pants. For Christ's sake, Bernard, this was your 20th Defence in front of the boxing fraternity and Hollywood. In the championship rounds, if nothing else, grow a pair of balls and stand there and trade.
Granted, Eastman was technically deficient on some key areas tonight. But why shouldn't he be? He hasn't dealt with this class before (unless you count Joppy) and a lot of people on here were predicting he would be KOed. (Those "rabbit punches" in the early round were accidental though - Hopkins kept ducking constantly). And true enough, rather than Nuff Tump it was more a case of Not Enuff Tump.
But I would have liked to have seen Bernard box, if only once. I actually really wanted him to get bashed up tonight. Not for Eastman's sake, but because of his smug, ****y little smile when he sat on his seat, thinking he was actually doing a good job rather than just being a ***** running away and pathetically pot-shotting. Yeah, that's outwitting your opponent. It's also cheap and unmanly.
I'm not a macho type, but I wanted a fight tonight. So did the crowd. Say what you like about Howard, he wanted to deliver Nuff Tump. But the guy in the opposite corner wanted to play kiss chase. I liked it when Hopkins seem to register Howard's blow in the 11th. And I liked the fact that no matter what bomb he threw at Eastman (and there were plenty, why didn't Howard adapt?) he couldn't even phase him. Now that's a chin.
Yeah, the scores were accurate, and this is Howard's first legitimate loss (because, no matter what the judges said, he really didn't to William Joppy, by no stretch of the imagination) but how terribly undignified for this "Hall of Famer" to do it in such a weak, cowardly fashion.
I did some research on Bernard. Here's his favourite programme, from UK TV in the early 80s. He watches it all the time: theme tune clip
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