Is Taylor good?

yes he is http://home.coqui.net/rsilva/taylor.JPG I think this picture says a lot... he beat Hopkins. If he beat Hopkins once and then barely squeeked out against terrible fighters, then I might be questioning it, but... He gave Hopkins a rematch, and beat him again. THEN He made a defense against Ronald "Winky" Wright, which is a hell of a tall order. He has had a couple of bad performances since, but, I don't know why no one is giving him a pass on that. Ricky Hatton's two fights before Castillo were bad, but they didn't take him of the P4P list or say that he sucks.

He has natural athleticism - good power, great speed, great strength. But he fights very raw and unpolished. He relies on his physical gifts more then any other fighter i have ever seen. The MW division may be weak...but I feel like Pavlik is going to bust him up. this is a good assesment of Taylor. He seems to do just enough against the elite competition but doesnt seem to be able to reach down and impose himself over other fighters of his own caliber. He also seems to lack the power many believe he carries. Example the Ouma fight. He hit Ouma with every punch he had in his arsenal and could never really faze Ouma. Hopkins, not known for carrying a real big punch(except earlier in his career, he was wicked) would have had Ouma out of there by round 8 especially fighting as reckless as Ouma did. Jermain also just cant seem to get a rhythm going like you see many great fighters do. He also tends to cover up or just flat out stop being offensive in spots. Taylors better than good but once he moves up into the weight class he should be fighting in we'll see just how good he, that is if he makes it past Pavlik.

yes he is http://home.coqui.net/rsilva/taylor.JPG

yes, he's very good.. he needs to let his hands go and smart fighter, he has all the physical talents, i think he's gonna be fine and beat pavlik on saturday

yeah, hes good, i admire him because he gave my man winky a competitive fight(still lost 8 rounds to 3 and 1 even though...:nonono: but thats not his fault he got a gift) and beat that hopkins twice......so yeah he's good... i dont think he looked that bad against ouma, teh shots ouma took wouldve KOed anyone.....now the spinks fight i hold against jermain, he looked fucking awful.... I'm sorry Hyperion, believe it or not I dont make a point of it to disagree with you but that is atrocious scoring. If the judges would have givent to Taylor by a round or so I dont think that would be unreasonable as a draw wasn't.

He has a real good jab and is fast and powerful if he lets his hands go he didn't seem to want to let them go against Ouma or Spinks. He beat hopkins even if it was very close and held his own against winky wright come closer to beating him than many other people, yes i believe he is good. Hasn't looked good in his last 2 fights but Taylor has to let his hands go against Pavlik. He let his go against Ouma. He was trying like hell to knock him out and he couldn't do it. One thing about Taylor he needs space to land his power shots. Kelly Pavlik might be able to take advantage of that, he can land very powerfull effective punches on the inside, to the body especially, and he's got a good uppercut.

yea, he's good, i dont think hes great, but i believe he is good. he hung in there with b-hop twice in a rown and then winky afterwards. 3 tough fights to have...

Taylor real good, his so good his the goddamn MW champ of the world the question should be is Kelly Pavlik any good......

yeah, hes good, i admire him because he gave my man winky a competitive fight(still lost 8 rounds to 3 and 1 even though...:nonono: but thats not his fault he got a gift) and beat that hopkins twice......so yeah he's good... i dont think he looked that bad against ouma, teh shots ouma took wouldve KOed anyone.....now the spinks fight i hold against jermain, he looked fucking awful....

No, Taylor's managed to decision Hopkins twice but still, he's no good...

yes............

He has a real good jab and is fast and powerful if he lets his hands go he didn't seem to want to let them go against Ouma or Spinks. He beat hopkins even if it was very close and held his own against winky wright come closer to beating him than many other people, yes i believe he is good. Hasn't looked good in his last 2 fights but Taylor has to let his hands go against Pavlik.