Boxing: A good Bet for Howard.

HOWARD Eastman Howard Anthony Eastman (Born 8 December 1970 in New Amsterdam, Guyana) is a London, England-based Middleweight boxer nicknamed the Battersea Bomber, and currently promoted by Hennessy Sports. will bid to win his back his European middleweight title when he fights Frenchman Erland Betare in London on January 28. The British and Commonwealth champion hopes that regaining the crown he relinquished last year will set up a clash with America's undisputed world champion Bernard Hopkins

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Eastman, 31, warms up against Hussaine Osman in Dagenham on December 21 and manager Nick Hennessy said: "Hopkins is running out of options now that Roy Jones Jnr is moving up."

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Title Annotation:	Sport
Publication:	The Mirror (London, England)
Date:	Dec 10, 2002
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