Could Howard Eastman have achieved more?

he could of certainly won a versain of the world title, he should have beaten Joppy apparently.

 

I bumped into a friend of McCrakens last year and he said McCraken had told him Eastman was the laziest fighter he's ever trained.

 

Hardly surprising. Eastman was too busy being eccentric and feeding his parrots in that commune he called home. Remember when he fought Joppy? What a joke. Not until the last minute did he bother to go into 2nd gear. By the time he did he lost a close decision and then bitched about the result. He spent more time showboating and putting his foot on the ropes than winning points. Such a dam shame as the US fans really liked him.

 

He clearly didn't train hard nor take time to master the science of the sport. Thus he was just a run of the mill kind of fighter. Nothing really amazing. A bog standard contender with good and bad days. He could have achieved much more.

 

He was always too lazy inside the ring and boring to watch.

 

Just lacked that mental focus. Physically, and when he was switched on, Eastman could be a very dangerous and aggressive fighter. When it came to his biggest fights though he was just lacking that extra bit of driver, either in the ring or in his preperation (or both).

 

Mental attitude is as important as conditioning and skill. Eastman didnt seem to care , thus he wasn't the complete fighter. A real shame as I always got the feeling that if he had bothered his arse he would have been devestating. He could have beaten Hopkins IMO but Hopkins saw what Eastman was all about and fought the perfect fight to lull Eastman into his "do-nothing" self.

 

The thing that always amused me was the bbc rankings rating Eastman above Calzaghe for a LONG period of time. It was pretty laughable.

Previous poster said it...lazy.

 

Only if he had a brain transplant.

So in other words, he couldn't have achieved more. These sort of questions always amuse me. It's like the Zab Judah/mentally weak thing. Could have should have would have. But they can't.

 

Still amazes me that the guy never won a title.

 

Eastman was a bit wooden against the slicker skills of Hopkins

he was a bit robotic

good but limited

his brother Gilbert was a bit of a showman though

 

Didnt he just win some Random title the other day??:think

What about his brother whats he up to last time i saw him he was getting knocked sparko by gary lockett??:admin :yikes

 

It was his national title.

 

Im not. He never worked for it and never wanted it enough.