does abraham have the output to beat jermain taylor?

Arthur is going into the fight as a favourate but should he be? previously in fights he's given away early rounds and doesn't sustain the pressure that jermain taylor seem to faulter from. If he maintains this pattern will he lose? Abraham reminds me somewhat of a joshua clottey with power. Is it possible that their styles are dictated somewhat by their size, that is to say, how much does weight loss affect workrate? Clottey made cotto look tiny and abraham has lots of problems making weight. Abraham is bound to take the first few rounds off but will this higher weight improve his workrate enough later on in the fight?

Comments (10)

boxing_great

I think Abraham's power will be too much for Taylor.

16y ago

The_Demon

I think it should motivate him to perform better, the Froch defeat. he doesnt look like he wants too be in there after 6 rounds though kind of un-interested,halfs his punch-output,stops moving so fluently i give him little chance too be honest

16y ago

The_Demon

the step-up in weight will help abraham imo as long as abraham keeps on him throwing punches he will win,after the 6th round taylor fights scared and throws less becoming more open its a nice little first fight for arthur at SMW,im not sure if taylor has anything left after the froch loss

16y ago

El_Cholo5954

the step up may favour Abraham.

16y ago

Silencers

I think his workrate will be much better at 168 compared to 160, he used to gas after throwing a flurry at 160 but at 166 against Miranda, he was throwing much more without gassing. I don't think he'll be a high output kind of guy but I think his workrate will be better overall.

16y ago

nb_out_king

Although if Taylor can get his defence worked out and use it in the late rounds, he might pull of a win.

16y ago

nb_out_king

I regret to say - since I like Taylor a lot - that I think AA will have too much power for Taylor to take. Too many hard bodyshots and Taylor goes down late in the fight. AA by knockout in round 11.

16y ago

Mersey

I think he will throw more punches fighting at SMW. He really needs to throw more too IMO. He will lose some fights if he sticks to the style he's been using in the last couple of fights, he doesn't throw enough punches.

16y ago

TheGreatA

Abraham usually conserves his energy for the later rounds. I imagine he will take Taylor out as Jermain runs out of stamina yet again.

16y ago

KJB

He may and he may not. The big liability Taylor has here is that he slows down late in the fight, I believe a lot of people are banking on Abraham to take advantage of that and take him out late. While Taylor is not exactly fragile, he has been knocked out before. It depends though, if Taylor is taking his career and his legacy seriously he should have these thoughts going into training camp. He will definitely build an early lead on the scorecard, he has to find a way to cross the finish line.

16y ago