William Joppy

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 30 Oct 2004, 15:26

Does anyone give Joppy a chance of upsetting the gravy train?

can anyone remember what the outcomes of his two lawsuits was/

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 30 Oct 2004, 17:04

I think that the Middleweight division is all the better for having Joppy on board but with him having already been comprehensively beaten by the two top dogs at the weight in Trinidad and Hopkins it's difficult to see where he can go next. A rematch with Eastman would be fruitless for both men although it may serve to settle a score as many are still divided on the outcome.

Is Joppy big for the weight? If so i would like to see him move up to Super Middleweight and try his hand up there, i seem to remember against a previous opponent Ian Darke gave us his "Heard it hear first" line about Joppy being next to fight Calzaghe but that never materialised.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 30 Oct 2004, 17:14

I think Joppy is going to be a shot fighter after the severe battering he took off Hopkins. lest we forget he was destroyed by Trinidad too. He looked pretty good against Eastman, but he's had only four fights in four years, has been out for a year already

I think he's tailor made for Taylor....see what i did there/

josh fg · Post by **josh fg** » 30 Oct 2004, 17:31

I think that Joppys career is over, I think what you say about Taylor is correct. I do think that he wone the fight against Eastman but that had much to do with eastmans performance as it did with Joppys.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 30 Oct 2004, 18:09

Yes, Eastman was unwilling or unable to sustain pressure on him and allowed Joppy to outwork him. Taylor fights at a better pace.