Taylor Certainly Deserves Credit

LoL yea i remember one of the commentators enjoying the fact he "already got five dots of blood" on his shirt in one of the fights (cant remember which) lol. Now thats what i call in your face.

This was a great night for boxing fans in general. Berto with a tough, chop your ass down win against Estrada (I've been saying this for a minute, Berto is a PROBLEM at welter) to Pavlik beating Taylor in a slug fest. Shit, after I saw the blood fly on the camera in the Berto fight, I was happy. HD television makes all the more crisper...

He should have had his hands up but he doesn't fight that way. I think he deserves credit for standing in the flames and trying to put out the forest fire that is Kelly Pavlik. I can't wait for the rematch.

i agree. there was nothing wrong with how taylor performed an i believe he will bounce back.

I agree, he should've had his hands up more since he was taking too many shots, and I stated that...but people were considering Taylor to be like he was in his recent fights, lethargic and pushed back constantly without throwing anything; he threw the first punch in this fight and went after Pavlik often. When pushed backwards, he fought back and turned the tide. He got caught hard in the 7th round but he made some vast changes compared to his fight with Spinks.

I want him to take this loss as a wake up call and make a comeback as a better fighter. It must feel like shit being a title holder and still have everyone hate you, then have it taken away from you without truly being recognised while you did have it. Kinda feel sorry for him.

I'll second Addison....

If something unexpected had occured I might be able to agree with this. What did occur was about as generic, written on a piece of paper, type of outcome as could have been expected in favor of Pavlik. Taylor really blew donkey dick this time. Did he not confirm every shred of criticism ever written/spoken about him? He dropped his fucking hands and backed straight up (AGAIN) on a monster punching straight ahead 1-2 big man who only needed one other opportunity to do what he did to Taylor at any point in the remaining rounds. It could have happened in the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th. At any point. One punch to setup the finish. What is the point in getting in there with a guy THAT dangerous if you're going to give him repeated opportunity's to do exactly what he does and does best? It's a complete and total giveaway. Taylor stood with Pavlik. He was putting his chin out there like he could take Pavlik's punches. He took a few - but we wouldn't need Nostradamus to tell us that once Pavlik was able to land one of his big shots it would be all over. The truth was Taylor was not able to survive doing what he chose to do. It was all wrong.

Pavlik is my 2nd favourite fighter next to WLAD and after tonight he almost surpassed WLAD as my favourite fighter with his incredible courageous performance. I will give mad props Taylor, he is a true warrior(unlike Mayweather) and he actually went toe to toe with my boy the BEAST PAVLIK. TAYLOR is a warrior and he deserves RESPECT

I think Taylor surprised a lot of people. He does deserve credit.

I agree! AND i give Taylor credit!