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Originally posted by JUYJUY
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Howard Eastman is a MUCH better fighter then Gatti. Eastman was definitely worse then Hopkins, but he was a legitimate number one contender. Gatti is barely deserving of a top five ranking in his weight class (if he deserves it all). I have been saying for months upon months that Gatti was going to be completely worked by Floyd! As a matter of fact, I thought Floyd would sweep the fight until finally stopping him in the tenth. And even in that mediocre assessment of Arturo's skills I was giving Gatti too much credit! Gatti did not put up nearly that much fight out there tonight. Now, despite all of this I don't think this means that Floyd should rocket to the top of a pound for pound list. Floyd did what he was supposed to do and took care of business against a much less talented fighter, nothing more and nothing less. Floyd is probably the heir apparent to the pound for pound throne, but right now Hopkins is still on top and deserves his spot. Hopkins has beaten all comers for eleven years and controls the pace of a fight better then anybody else in boxing, up there with the best in boxing history in that regard. Just because Floyd looked spectacular against a glorified club fighter does not mean that he should overtake Bernard... at least not yet.
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