Eastman vs Hopkins...Whats your pick and why?

[spinksjinx]

Spinks, I don't understand what you are talking about when mentioning that Johnson and Tarver wreen't special until beating Jones. I never said they were, and I personally don't think either of them are anything special after beating him either (although Tarver has good skills and size).

I never said Roy comes into fights out of shape...I just said that Hopkins is always in great shape and Roy had no desire to lay it on the line in his last two fights.

I also said that Eastman is JUST ORDINARY ENOUGH! You and I both know he's no standout talent or extremely gifted workhorse. He's not ordinary by normal standards, but in comparison to Hop he is.

If you are specifically speaking about the EA curse, then hey...you are right...the EA curse is a hell of an extraoridnary thing. Culpepper, Faulk, Vick, Carter, Jones, even Melo now, have all been stricken by it. But all of those athletes were FINESSE athletes (anyway you look at it I'm right here). None of those guys are real tough guys or ****ers...which Hop may just be the definition of. Look for any sort of curse to be broken here...the gringo is predicting it.

Perhaps I am speaking out of my ass a bit at the moment, but I was directing it towards the EA CURSE it's goofy but hey it hasnt failed yet...I brought up Roy and his last 2 fights to go along with the EA Curse so who knows...Id go out on a limb and pick eastman alone for that sole purpose.

The middleweight division sucks Eastman is in my top 5 fighters at Middleweight so anyone is as good as the next in the 160 class (besides Hopkins he is in a class of his own)

To ramble on about the EA Curse it is surprising noone mentions Tiger Woods, His game has slacked off and ****** for years.

[oldgringo]

Perhaps I am speaking out of my ass a bit at the moment, but I was directing it towards the EA CURSE it's goofy but hey it hasnt failed yet...I brought up Roy and his last 2 fights to go along with the EA Curse so who knows...Id go out on a limb and pick eastman alone for that sole purpose.

The middleweight division sucks Eastman is in my top 5 fighters at Middleweight so anyone is as good as the next in the 160 class (besides Hopkins he is in a class of his own)

To ramble on about the EA Curse it is surprising noone mentions Tiger Woods, His game has slacked off and ****** for years.

The reason Tiger isn't mentioned is because he hasn't been hurt or had an absolute blow hard year thus far. He's always been up at the top...everyone is just so used to seeing him win everything so when he doesn't win a major for awhile people automatically assume he's sucking. He's still the best golfer in the world, regardless of what anyone says.

Anywho, you're correct the EA curse hasn't failed yet but I'm telling you...it only happens to finesse athletes. Look at Ray Lewis, he was on the cover this year and is having a great season...who knows if anything will happen to him next season but so far it hasn't worked on him.

[spinksjinx]

The reason Tiger isn't mentioned is because he hasn't been hurt or had an absolute blow hard year thus far. He's always been up at the top...everyone is just so used to seeing him win everything so when he doesn't win a major for awhile people automatically assume he's sucking. He's still the best golfer in the world, regardless of what anyone says.

Anywho, you're correct the EA curse hasn't failed yet but I'm telling you...it only happens to finesse athletes. Look at Ray Lewis, he was on the cover this year and is having a great season...who knows if anything will happen to him next season but so far it hasn't worked on him.

Perhaps you are right, Well lets hope so anyways....Bernard deserves this more than anyone.

[dodge]

Hopkins by UD.

[Great]

Hop by UD or TKO in 10-12.

[RobbieD]

Eastman in 10

[paulmmv]

hopkins will win hes almost unbeatable

[stevenalexander]

hopkins got my vote

[HayeFan]

Eastman has a better chance than most. It'll be interesting at the very least.

If it was a 15 round fight I'd pick Eastman to steal the second half of the fight and a close decision. As it stands, unless Eastman gets on his case early, Hopkins will decision him in a losing effort that will either propel Eastman into the Sturm/Taylor/Tito mix or banish him back into high risk/low reward territory.

Having said that, Eastman is a real middlewight with a solid chin, boxing smarts and a good dig. He's every bit as wily and savvy as Hopkins, an upset wouldn't be a surprise.

[WidowTaker40]

Hopkins wins a UD but gets dropped once or twice in the process. Bernard comes in head down and swings. Eastman, with his good range, technique and power, will probably catch Hopkins with a hard punch and put him down but not out. This is Hopkin~s best opponent since Roy Jones.