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would you rather see eastman beat hopkins or hatton beat Tszyu?

pick one dont say both :P

For the good of British Boxing it has to be Hatton but from a personal point of view i would love to see Howard do the business.

Hatton to beat Tszyu mainly because of the Super Fights we could witness after.

If Hatton fights and beats Tszyu, who knows DLH might make a trip to Manchester.

fornicate me, that really would be something, but I doubt Hatton would ever be as big a draw as oscar, not unless manchester suddenly grows in size. i suppose you never though, be amazing to have a british boxer with crossover appeal again.

Rather see Eastman win due to the length of time he's been waiting for a shot, whereas Ricky could have fought better quality fighters years ago.

not to mention he's fighting the best fighter p4p in the world.

It's akin to Turpin v Robinson, fights don't come much bigger than this.

Hatton winning against Tszu enhances the division and interest in the sport.
Howard Eastman does not hold the same appeal as Hatton and also the division is pretty empty of big fights, hence why all the talk of the champion fighting lesser weight boxers to make an interest.

Would not agree with the comparison to Robinson and Turpin.
Who was Turpin before Robinson in world terms, and Robinson was THE man at the weight back then.
Is Tszu thought to be so superior to Cotto or Harris?

Hatton, for two reasons.

(1) Hatton is a more exciting fighter to watch.

(2) Eastman has already had one shot at the big time against Joppy.

KOJOE90 wrote: (2) Eastman has already had one shot at the big time against Joppy.

But the argument against that is:

Hatton had TWO shots but pulled out of them..

Smit wrote:

KOJOE90 wrote: (2) Eastman has already had one shot at the big time against Joppy.

But the argument against that is:

Hatton had TWO shots but pulled out of them..

True,

But I was asked to make a hard choice and they were the only reasons I could think of, as I want them both to win. 8)

Hatton as there are far more interesting matches for him at 140 than there are at 160 for Eastman. In all honesty though I think both will end up disappointed. Great to see these fights happening, trying not to get too excited about them until I see them in the same ring facing off...

I'd prefer to see Hatton win. Eastman isn't active enough.

They will both be KOd anyway.

Hatton

He's by far the more exciting fighter of the 2, younger, more appeal to the country as a whole to get people interested in boxing again.

I would like to see Hatton KO'd but Eastman win.