WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: Joppy beats Eastman for the WBA 'regular' title
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VERY incisive and important conversation on the sanctioning bodies in last week’s magazine and on the podcast. Boxing News have been on the front foot with this issue going back to November 23, 2001, when the WBA elevated Bernard Hopkins to ‘super champion’ status and allowed William Joppy and Howard Eastman to contend the ‘regular’ title, which I believe was the first fight to hold this dubious distinction.