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Hopkins embarasses England's top gun
by Jimmy Bryght, independent sportswriter
2-20-05
If Howard "The Duck" Eastman is the best that there is from across the pond, then I have to wonder about the competition over there. Either Bernard Hopkins is that damn good or Eastman is monstrously overrated. In any case, the inevitable proved to be the answer as the world middleweight champion dismantled the British challenger in one of his easiest fights over the last half-decade.
On my card, I had Hopkins ahead by a tally of 118-110. What an ass-beating. Eastman was maddeningly one-dimensional and never actually challenged the champion, his best shots being laughed off by Hopkins. It must have been frustrating. Hopkins played with him over the last six rounds, smacking jabs and whipping fiercely undefendable left hooks almost at will. It was like watching a big cat play with an injured mouse just before growing bored enough to kill it.
Some fans booed Hopkins effort. There are some sad and mindless people who only want to see knockouts and don't know what true boxing is. When I pay to see a fight, I want to see 12 rounds. If it doesn't go twelve, oh well. But, I never boo the action unless it's John Ruiz.
I commend Hopkins and congratulate him for his historic 20th title defense and he is, without a doubt, the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world today.
Enough said.
by Jimmy Bryght, independent sportswriter
2-20-05
If Howard "The Duck" Eastman is the best that there is from across the pond, then I have to wonder about the competition over there. Either Bernard Hopkins is that damn good or Eastman is monstrously overrated. In any case, the inevitable proved to be the answer as the world middleweight champion dismantled the British challenger in one of his easiest fights over the last half-decade.
On my card, I had Hopkins ahead by a tally of 118-110. What an ass-beating. Eastman was maddeningly one-dimensional and never actually challenged the champion, his best shots being laughed off by Hopkins. It must have been frustrating. Hopkins played with him over the last six rounds, smacking jabs and whipping fiercely undefendable left hooks almost at will. It was like watching a big cat play with an injured mouse just before growing bored enough to kill it.
Some fans booed Hopkins effort. There are some sad and mindless people who only want to see knockouts and don't know what true boxing is. When I pay to see a fight, I want to see 12 rounds. If it doesn't go twelve, oh well. But, I never boo the action unless it's John Ruiz.
I commend Hopkins and congratulate him for his historic 20th title defense and he is, without a doubt, the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world today.
Enough said.
NUFF SAID. :
There seems to be a few on here with an irrational hate of all things British / European, especially that ****ing hillbilly Jonny Swift and that ridiculous little Japanese boy, Soko, who still thinks we have a king and Beckham's our best sportsman. 
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