Taylor: Im Going To Finish Him

That pep talk Big Bird and Mr Rogers gave to Taylor really payed off, hes very confident.

Jermain "the ghostbuster" Taylor, HA!

taylor has every right to reference the 2nd round. who's to say his extremely faster hands wont pop that neck again? taylor could easily win this fight. pavlik could easily win too. aka- good damn fight.

i was thinking that he would move up to smw. will he have success though, after he polishes off some easy fighters. or will another bad tko loss discourage him

what does everyone think taylors next move should be if he loses this fight? Move to supermiddleweight and get some easy fights there maybe go after some belts if Joe vacates them and goes to light heavy

what does everyone think taylors next move should be if he loses this fight? to be honest, i have no idea

what does everyone think taylors next move should be if he loses this fight?

Let's see if he has the will of a champion, time will tell.

WAR.....PAVLIK!!!!

i just want the fight to happen already, and it has a pretty good undercard as well so it should be a good night of boxing agreed, can't wait!

i just want the fight to happen already, and it has a pretty good undercard as well so it should be a good night of boxing

I have never been a big fan of Taylor but he is trippin to keep referencing the 2nd round in that first fight. I say that because if you really look at the punch that stunned Pavlik it was punch to the neck not jaw, chin, or temple. So Taylor is full shit for all the talking he is doing. I think he has a chance but its slim.

If Pavlik is dumb enough to drop his hands and take flush shots to the head then he deserves to be finished. Problem with that is I don't think he will. If he doesn't complain about being elbowed of whatever he was complaining about, the whole near KO never even takes place.

Ain't happenin JT I've said it before, JT is always gonna fight the way JT wants to fight. He's gonna keep that left hand down and it's lights out once again. And if JT thought those punches hurt the 1st time @ 160, He's in for a long (or short) night. Pavlik's confidence is ^^^^^ and you better believe he's training even harder this time around. Him knocking out JT again will only solidify even more as one of the big boxing stars today.

Former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor, the man who finally toppled the lengthy reign of Bernard “the Executioner” Hopkins, can’t wait for his highly anticipated rematch with Kelly “the Ghost” Pavlik – the man who smeared his perfect record with a seventh-round knockout last year. He vows that the February 16th rematch held in Las Vegas, Nevada, will be much different: “If I get him in that position again, I’m going to finish him. It’s all about revenge.” He refers to the second round when Taylor had Pavlik in major trouble but could not quite finish his courageous and resilient challenger. Taylor’s promoter Lou DiBella expressed it as follows: “Next time he does the chicken dance, he won’t finish the round.” To his credit, Taylor exercised his right to a rematch – though he cannot regain his middleweight title, as the rematch is being fought at the catch weight of 166lbs. But, Taylor cares much more about avenging his lone professional defeat than garnering jewelry around his waist. He wants to recapture more than a belt; he wants to reclaim his principles of hard work and dedication that he said he abandoned at times during his preparation last year. “I think I underestimated him just a little bit,” Taylor admits. “My mindset wasn’t right. This training camp is all work. It wasn’t like that last camp.” Taylor acknowledged that his stamina was less than ideal and that he ran out of gas in the fight that he was leading on all three scorecards. “I was beating this guy half-assed, but I got tired,” he said. “I didn’t do what I was supposed to do in training camp. … I lost what it took to become world champ.” Taylor’s corner will look much different, as Hall-of-Fame trainer Emanuel Steward no longer serves as head trainer. Instead, Taylor’s trainer, mentor and father-figure Ozell Nelson serves as the lead trainer. Nelson first began working with Taylor in boxing when the boxer was 11 years ago. That bond remains strong and Nelson has never left Taylor’s corner even when Pat Burns and then Steward served as lead trainers. “We have been together forever,” Nelson says. “We know each other. When he was a youngster I would take him out to a brick job and worked hard. He saw the value of hard work and dedication. We work real well together and we both know that this hard work is what it takes.” Taylor says that he has increased his sparring much more for the rematch than the initial bout. He has done his roadwork rather than shirk training responsibilities. He expresses confidence that his increased conditioning will enable his superior skill to take over and win the bout. “He doesn’t do anything better than I do,” Taylor says of his opponent. “He comes to fight and is strong. But, he was at his best last time and I wasn’t.” The former champion says that if he nearly crushed Pavlik the first time around when he was not in top condition, imagine the outcome when he is fully prepared and finely conditioned. “I got too comfortable last time around and he capitalized on it,” he says. “This time I’m in tip-top shape and can go 12 rounds easy. I didn’t go 12 rounds in the gym sparring last time. Now it is different. There is nothing like the feeling knowing you are in shape.” The Taylor camp expressed displeasure at comments of Pavlik’s trainer Jack Loew who referred to Nelson being responsible for Taylor’s amateurish style and mistakes. Nelson responded: “They refer to Jermain’s bad habits from the amateurs. Well, they are the same bad habits that kept Kelly from making the Olympic team .” DiBella was more vocal: “The Pavlik people are very confident, bordering on cockiness. … I think they should remember the second round. … Kelly deserves all the credit but it could have easily ended in the 2nd round. I believed then and I believe now that I promote the better fighter and on February 16th, the last fight will be erased and the result will be different.” Both Nelson and DiBella referred to Pavlik’s nickname of “the Ghost,” adding that “We will be the Ghostbusters. Good article. I just hope Taylor can stay true to his words. I'm really losing my patience when someone mention this fight. I cant wait! You have a humble, exciting man(Pavlik) and a man seeking redemption (Taylor) thats about to clash. That sets up a very exciting match-up. The first fight had lots of excitement. So I can just imagine when the clash for this second bout. I hope Nelson preached to Taylor the importance of keeping his hands up. Pavlik is going ino this fight with a lot of confidence. He is going to be a lot stronger at 166. I kinda of hard to root against Pavlik because of his humbleness. This is going to boils down on who wants it the most.

"IF" he gets him that position again. There's no guarantee that he does. If Pavlik applies the same pressure, and constantly backs JT up.. I think it's only a matter of time before those big shots start landing flush, and we see JT on his ass again.

go jt!! this reminbds me of mortal combat lol, finish him!