Sources close to the principals have confirmed that Troy Rowland is out as Jermain Taylor’s next opponent and undefeated “Haitian Sensation,” Daniel Edouard, 16-0-2 (9), is in. According to the source, both Taylor himself and HBO preferred Edouard to Rowland stylistically. Taylor vs. Edouard will be on the February 19 HBO-televised Bernard Hopkins vs. Howard Eastman undercard in Los Angeles. Edouard, the USBA middleweight champion, is coming off a fight-of-the-year candidate TKO4 over Willie Gibbs.
Tuesday, January 11 2005

Alright this could be a good fight!!! I belive Taylor will win this.

good to see edouard vs gibbs was a great fight and edouard could add some exitment to the fight

Taylor will get his chin checked in this fight.

This will be a good fight.

This is a nice sounding matchup.

I think Taylor is moving up very nicely with a few more fights he will be ready for bhop. He is just strating to put his style all together.

Taylor will get his chin checked in this fight.
****in swell. Agreed.

Seein Taylor beaten would not surprise me at all. A guy like Edouard or Soliman is so hungry, it's gonna be hard for him to deal with. If he pulls through, I'd be very pleased.

I will finally be impressed with Taylor if he can put away Edourd.Edourd is a tough young fighter and a big middleweight.I'm actually looking foward to a Taylor fight.Weird.

This will be great. Both fighter have a great oppertunity on the B-Hop undercard to make a name - or I should say for Taylor to lagit his name and Edouard to get more exposure. Looking forward to it. I pick Taylor 9round TKO - but I bet he'll get rocked a time or two.

edouard will give taylor all he can handle, you can rock him and he comes back furiously, he will force taylor into a war. look for jermain to touch the canvas for the first time in his career, edouard tko 6 in a shocker

taylor will get tested in this fight. i think he's good, if a little upright and one-dimensional, edourd should see what kind of chin he has.

This is going to be a great fight! Finally, Taylor is getting in there with a fighter who is as strong as him, has a great chin, and puts the kind of pressure on fighters that can break the young Taylor down. I think this fight may be a fight of the year candidate right here. The winner of this fight is going to be in my eyes the next superstar of the middleweight divisions.