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So far this year we've seen the first of the big fights between a super champion and challenger ending in victory for the champion, in this case Bernard Hopkins decisioning Howard Eastman in Los Angels last weekend. I never watched the fight because I always felt it was going to be a one horse race. The post fight reports I've read in the paper confirmed my hunch. Eastman is now screaming that Hopkins ran away from him, but isn't Hopkins the champion? It's up to him to fight his type of fight and for the challenger to rise up and take the title. When you get the opportunity to fight for a world title you have to put everything on the line. In all likelihood, you'll only get one opportunity in your career and you must grab it with both hands. Howard Eastman was fortunate enough to have had two such opportunities in his career but has let both slip through his grasp.
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