Boxing: Joppy picks Hopkins over Eastman

by Paul Upham: While the opponent for undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkin's 20th title defence has not yet been decided, 33 year-old WBC No.2 Howard Eastman remains on the list of possibilities. But three-time WBA middleweight champion William Joppy (pictured left), who has fought both men, expects Hopkins to win if the fight ever takes place.

"Hopkins will win that fight," said Joppy. "I don't see no knockouts. Hopkins might knock him out, but Hopkins definitely in a unanimous decision. The only thing Howard Eastman tries to pin on you is throwing that uppercut he has. That's all."