Andy Lee vs Howard Eastman!!!!!!

didn't Eastman just fight Duddy, and where did you hear this from?

 

I was just thinking the same thing.

Eastman just lost to Duddy - so why have Lee fight a Duddy victim?

If Manny thinks he's ready for Pavlik and can beat any Middleweight out there - why not really set up his competition - instead of fighting an old Eastman.

 

come on, just cause manny says he is ready for pavlik......it dont mean that he is!!!!

manny (like most boxing people) knows how to talk up a guy and get him some ink.

this would be a great fight that would get lee into fringe contention......top 15 maybe.
and if he somehow could pull off a stoppage........that would really be a statement for the devision.

 

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/other_sports/boxing/view.bg?articleid=1062279

 

yea ive heard the same thing,this would be a great fight for lee at the minute and i think he'd get past him in more impressive fashion than duddy,we have to remember lee's only a prospect at this point and this fight would work wonders for making him much more than that,eastmans still a top 25 fighter and if Lee could ko him it would send shivers through the MW division.

 

Your right Lee is only a prospect, but according to Steward lee ready now for Pavlik.

 

yea and mannys trying to just make noise about his top prospect who dominated cintron,taylor and hung with wlad in sparring.2008 is a huge year for lee,by next december we'll know if hes a world class or just very good,which imo would still win him a belt.

 

eastman is no ones journeyman

 

Eastman might not be a journeyman, but he is dangerously close to being just an opponent. He's 37 and he's lost 5 of his past 7 fights. He's had a good career, but if Duddy beat him, I think Lee would knock him out.

 

The duddy fight was veeery close...

 

If it happens, its easy work for Lee. he's the real deal. Emmanuel always liked him better than Taylor.:smoke :smoke

 

dont think eastman would be an 'easy' fight for anyone but most contenders/top prospects should be beating him convincingly. i felt duddy was very strong in the early rounds and had a solid lead and he let off in the later rounds.he'd be a great test for lee and definatly the toughest of his short career.

 

Duddy is no Lee. True, it's its his toughest test thus far but he would leap that hurdle easily. Eastman is a fading fighter.:rofl:rofl