Pound for pound king Hopkins told Eastman’s promoter Mick Hennessy that his man deserved a second showdown following his outstanding effort. For the Londoner, it can’t come soon enough. “I would like to thank Bernard Hopkins for this opportunity,†Eastman said. “I hope he will give me another one. He doesn’t have to move up…
Bernard Hopkins got the number he wanted in making his 20th title defense. Now he’s looking ahead, to making money and history as a middleweight champion approaching middle age. Hopkins had barely finished beating Howard Eastman on Saturday night when he laid out his immediate future. There wasn’t much sense looking too far ahead, though,…
Chris Eubank calls him the most terrifying man he has ever met, Steve Collins claims no one hit him harder, before or since; only seven of his forty-two ring victims survived his fury and made it to the final bell, though whether in one piece or not is another story. I’m talking about Nigel Benn,…
Showing why he is rated by most as the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter, Bernard Hopkins retained his middleweight championship tonight for a record twentieth time against a game challenger in Howard Eastman. The challenger was aggressive and powerful early on and managed to land some good shots that hurt the champion throughout the fight but…
Two more fight results from the Staples Center in Los Angeles to inform you of tonight before the main event. Highly-touted middleweight prospect Jermain Taylor decimated the previously undefeated contender Daniel Edouard in three rounds in the event’s chief support bout. Edouard had no answer for Taylor’s fast, hard-hitting style, but had plenty of verbal…
In one of the outstanding fights on tonight’s huge fight card in Los Angeles, Britain’s Junior Witter got Hennessy Sports off to a fantastic start by winning what must be thought of as something of an upset win over Lovemore N’dou. Going into the fight, Witter, although being the European light welterweight champion was considerably…
Carl Handy became the latest fighter unable to survive the firepower of Quebec’s light heavyweight star Lucien Bute today. Handy found himself knocked out in the fourth round of his challenge to Bute which was for the NABF light heavyweight championship. Bute has now stopped all ten of his opponents as he has cruised through…
Howard Eastman’s reintroduction into world-class company may be a tad late, but only those ignorant of his credentials and boxing ability can deny his right to fight against Bernard Hopkins. Hopkins aims for a twentieth middleweight title defense, a historic feat, but one in which he faces a true middleweight contender at last. Having fed…
Bernard Hopkins has an obsession with numbers. He’ll talk to anyone who will listen about being a middleweight champion at the age of 40, and will gladly tell you that his purse for his last fight with Oscar De La Hoya was $10 million (euro7.7 million). The number Hopkins is most proud of, though, is…
The stage is set for the big fight card at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, USA tonight as on Friday, all of the fighters weighed in ahead of their clashes on what should be an historic night of boxing. Undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins and challenger Howard Eastman both weighed-in at 159-and-a-half-pounds. Jermain Taylor…
Friday night in the United States of America was a busy one with many big boxing results to report. We begin our results round-up with the news that Greek light welterweight contender “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis retained his undefeated streak with a twelve-round unanimous decision win over Roberto Santa Cruz. On the same bill, Shamone Alvarez…
The life of a prospect in the sport of boxing is harrowing. So much is on the line that one slip up and you’re on thin ice. Mis-step a second time and you’ll find yourself in a steep sided dustbin, almost impossible to climb out of as the money that provided your career ladder is…