Vote! Hopkins win - how did you see it?

[J !]

Eastman is a sack of **** like most fighters from his country.... "Would you like some tea?'

NO **** YOU ****HEAD. Obviously havent a ****ing lcue what your on about and have a chip on your shoiulder about the brits for no good reason. NEWSFLASH ITS RACISM.

Heres a few fighters that may job your memory ignoramous.

Hatton V Kostya for the universally accepted as linear light Welter champ

Woods V Hoye IBF light heavy champ.

Brodie v Chi last year twice. brodie can come again if he drops to S-bantam (where wayne mccullough is also looking to secure a rematch with larios)

Harrison - WBO feather champ

Nelson - WBO cruiser champ and avoided like the plague by other champs.

David Barnes may well work his way up to meaningful shot this year and is one to watch at welterweight.

Joe Calzaghe universally accepted as super middle number one.

Junior Witter now being lined up to fight Gatti

Esham pickering European Bantam champ

Nicky Cook european feather champ.

Carl Froch up and coming prospcet with real venom in his punches at super middle.

Carl Thompson the old warrior still out there and would give any of the top ten a decent nights work at Cruiser.

Enzo Macc, agian cruiser weight with real power and look for him to emerge in the next year as a world force.

Wayne Alexander looking to secure a title shot against Daniel Santos.

[Guest]

why did Eastman lose to a "shot" Joppy, because he's ****in ******.

Can we just stop this BS now? The only people who think Howard has two legit. losses on his record are the three judges at the Joppy fight.

[the giant one]

It was not a pretty win by any means but Bernard did what he had to do in order to win. Hello to all and i hope to enjoy your forums from now on

[Moon]

Trinidad would inflict damage cuz he's a puncher. And Eastman's a target. Although I think Eastman has the power to hurt Tito, he'll still be outclassed in terms of punching.

Eastman has some decently heavy hands and good skills. But, as you say, his wide open style makes him a target. Couple that with his overall lack of speed past the mid-rounds, that makes him a BULLSEYE against Tito. I also don't see Eastman keeping anybody on the outside, despite those gangly arms.

[borikua]

No, I got it on tape and just watched it. Hopkins was grading Eastman, not himself.

"I fought the fight that was best for myself," said Bernard Hopkins after defending his middleweight title for the twentieth time. "I heard a lot of cheers and some down time where everyone wanted more action. But I’m a slow starter." On Eastman claiming he ran, Hopkins stated, "If Eastman looks in the mirror someone put the welts up there. The smart man in boxing lives to see another day. I wanted to fight my fight and not Eastman’s.....I give myself a B-. A knockout would have taken me to an A."

[Guest]

Eastman has some decently heavy hands and good skills. But, as you say, his wide open style makes him a target. Couple that with his overall lack of speed past the mid-rounds, that makes him a BULLSEYE against Tito. I also don't see Eastman keeping anybody on the outside, despite those gangly arms.

That's one thing I will give Hopkins - he IS fast. The fact that he's so fast actually creates an inaccurate impression of Eastman, because I'd say Eastman's speed is above-average too. And - though he should have realised it wasn't going to work and adapted - the old "leave the left hand down low" has been a trap that he's used to great effect in the past. I didn't like the way Hopkins won, but fair play - it's Howard's only legit loss. (My God, he dished out Nuff Tump to Joppy)

[ClydeErwinBarretto]

It still bugs me the way people talk about what a great contender DLH was when he was treated with kid gloves and then given a smack down. But Hop meets someone who was bigger and stronger who can effortlessly take it for 12 rounds and he's a bum... huh?

I wish Howard had pressed harder though, for Nuff Tump.

I don't understand your quibble babble for the past billion posts about this topic. You state you wish Howard pressed on? Well, guess what he didn't. If he wanted to take the fight to Hopkins, HE DIDN'T. Do you really expect a 40 year old man to bring it on? If Eastman wanted to win he should've done something other than NOTHING but get hit with left hooks over and over. Maybe he should've stopped talking about knocking out Hopkins and worked on keeping his hands up.

[Guest]

This is the thing... people keep saying "Hey, Hopkins just ran like a girl all night... but he's forty, what did you expect?" I expect him to either box or get the f*** out - fair enough, Mr. Quibble Babble?