On July 25, 2003, Howard Eastman (37-1, 34 KOs) and Hacine Cherifi (34-7-1, 20 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round bout.
Howard Eastman is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 89% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round TKO victory over Scott Dann, 3 months and 9 days ago. Hacine Cherifi is on a 2-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Didier Nkuku Mupeko, 2 months and 5 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Howard Eastman at 99-1 winning odds. Hacine Cherifi really doesn't have much to present against Eastman.
Howard Eastman stopped Hacine Cherifi via RTD in the 8th round. Eastman improves his record to 38-1 (35 KOs), while Cherifi adds a loss to his record at 34-8-1.