I had it 8-3 Abraham.
Abraham was very impressive tonight. He gave away early rounds like he always does/will, at the start, but that's just to read and time his opponent.
Abe came on strong during the latter stages, and despite Taylor's relatively high output, he didn't present anything to trouble Abraham.
We all know what happened in the end.
I just hope Taylor makes the right choice and walks away with his wits intact. I've always supported Jermain through the good and bad, but as a hardcore fan, I wish he'd walk a way. We don't need another Meldrick Taylor. :(
Glad to see you're not biased. I know JT is your favorite fighter, and that was a great assestment; I agree completely.
I had given Taylor the 1st, 2nd, and 4th rounds.
This fight made me an abraham fan.
Even though he looked like a douche in his robe. That KO at that time was just spectacular!
Pissed/dissapointed at Taylor who made me lose my points for not lasting the extra 6 seconds. How does this even happen AGAIN!? Taylor has the worst luck.
I just got done watching the fights. I didn't keep score I got the impression that Abraham might have been up 7 rounds to 4.
It was frustrating watching Taylor throw practically nothing but jabs. I do think it was a good strategy to throw a lot of jabs to keep range but he didn't throw nearly enough rights hands to win rounds with.
I has it 105-103 for Jermain, he was winning just by activity alone.
That's kind of what I thought.
I mean if Joe Calzahge can win when he doesn't land many, how can you not give it to Jermain who wasn't landing much, but at least he moved his arms more than Abraham.
Armenian bias aside, I felt Abraham was scoring really well with his hard, but rather predictable combinations. This was especially true in the 6-11 rounds, when Abraham started to throw some vicious hooks inside.
Wasn't really scoring the fight, but I would estimate that Taylor only won 2 rounds at the start and maybe 2 more in the middle rounds, deduction included.
He landed more of those jabs then AA landed and he mixed in some good body work before he started getting warned for every punch not aimed for the chin. AA threw some winging shots that didnt land solid for the first 5 rounds. The replays on the German version even showed that they were mostly grazing clubbing shots. And even those were few and far between. You cant win rounds just walking forward and blocking most of the jabs coming at you. He was easily being outworked. Like I said, once he is in against someone with a solid double jab and good stamina he is fuuuuuuucked. And I have nothing against AA. At all. But I thought he looked like shit until Taylor started to lose his focus/tire.
I am sorry but I saw it differently. I was not rooting for any fighter in this fight at the beginning, waiting for the first several rounds to decide who to root for. I liked AA in early rounds better... This is the first fight of AA that I have seen actually.
He was NOT landing the jab. JT was jabbing AA's gloves, and that does not score.
AA delivered the only non-jab action in the early rounds, and won at least two or three of the first 5 rounds by landing very strong punch combinations.
He landed more of those jabs then AA landed and he mixed in some good body work before he started getting warned for every punch not aimed for the chin. AA threw some winging shots that didnt land solid for the first 5 rounds. The replays on the German version even showed that they were mostly grazing clubbing shots. And even those were few and far between. You cant win rounds just walking forward and blocking most of the jabs coming at you. He was easily being outworked. Like I said, once he is in against someone with a solid double jab and good stamina he is fuuuuuuucked. And I have nothing against AA. At all. But I thought he looked like shit until Taylor started to lose his focus/tire.
I agree with you somewhat on the low blows but if you watched the replay they were low, especially the 1st one. So it was within the realm of fairness as he was warned. Other than that I cant understand what your talking about. You must have seen it on sopcast.
German version on youtube. I agree the first one was clearly low, but after that was just bs.
Taylor didnt lose any of the first five rounds. And I watched the German version. All Taylor had to do was double up the jab and AA didnt do anything but walk forward. The point deduction was also horse shit. Anytime Taylor threw to the body he was warned. So he just ended up throwing to the head which is all AA had to worry about. Taylor lost (and is done) but he showed that someone with stamina and a good double jab can dominate AA easily. EASILY.
I agree with you somewhat on the low blows but if you watched the replay they were low, especially the 1st one. So it was within the realm of fairness as he was warned. Other than that I cant understand what your talking about. You must have seen it on sopcast.
Taylor didnt lose any of the first five rounds. And I watched the German version. All Taylor had to do was double up the jab and AA didnt do anything but walk forward. The point deduction was also horse shit. Anytime Taylor threw to the body he was warned. So he just ended up throwing to the head which is all AA had to worry about. Taylor lost (and is done) but he showed that someone with stamina and a good double jab can dominate AA easily. EASILY.
He was NOT landing the jab. JT was jabbing AA's gloves, and that does not score.
AA delivered the only non-jab action in the early rounds, and won at least two or three of the first 5 rounds by landing very strong punch combinations.