Anybody else miss Jermain Taylor?

nah. he was a fairly average and dull fighter with the ring iq of a rock.

I remembered people here actually argued that he should be rated higher than Pacquiao P4P after his second win over Hopkins.

I think he could come back all his losses were close fights. Just depends what state his brain is in. I don't know if I have seen a guy come back from three brutal knock outs all in 2 years.

Yeah you're probably right. It's hard to imagine him being better than the new crop of americans at 168 (Ward, Dirrell, Green), or the rest of the elite at 168. before he fought AA i would have picked taylor to give ward and dirrell a very hard fight,just due to his style.but now,well i think he is finished,physically and more importantly mentally

Alright next question, Would you guys like to see him come back? Think he can be great at 160/168? I would like to see him fight again.....just keep him away from punchers!!.....maybe a fight with Calzaghe at 168 won't be as bad as before....NOW they BOTH have been on the shelf collectin' dust and rust.....so who knows?!?.....I doubt he can make 160 anymore.

but didnt you say in the other thread that taylor was ahead against abraham going into the 12th? meaning he was 15 seconds away from winning the fight in your opinion? he was way behind against abraham though Yeah I though he was up on points. But after a hard fight with Froch and two hard fights with Pavlik. He maybe should have faced a light puncher or two. Two fights with Pavlik, Jeff Lacy,Froch, ko twice. He should not of fought Abraham and he paid the price in the 12th round.

Yeah I miss JT, such a shame he lost in such brutal fashion against Pavlik, Froch and AA they really took a tole on him.

i dont wana see him come back at all whoever its against he doesnt have it anymore,he has no need to risk his health Yeah you're probably right. It's hard to imagine him being better than the new crop of americans at 168 (Ward, Dirrell, Green), or the rest of the elite at 168.

Alright next question, Would you guys like to see him come back? Think he can be great at 160/168? At 160/Yes. At 168/No. SMW is loaded with great fighters who could easily beat Taylor.

Alright next question, Would you guys like to see him come back? Think he can be great at 160/168? I don't believe so, you just don't recover from that many bad KOs. Definitely not at 168. Maybe if he returned at 160 and beat up on some of the bums there to get over it, but I'm not sure he'll ever fight a meaningful fight ever again.

Alright next question, Would you guys like to see him come back? Think he can be great at 160/168? i dont wana see him come back at all whoever its against he doesnt have it anymore,he has no need to risk his health

Alright next question, Would you guys like to see him come back? Think he can be great at 160/168?

Not sure what happened to him, he just never put it together and after so many brutal KOs the poor guy is finished. You can't question how good the guy was, for as short a period of time as he was at his best.

To bad he did not pull out of the super 6 sooner. After the Froch fight he should not have fought Abraham. That's just asking for neurological damage. but didnt you say in the other thread that taylor was ahead against abraham going into the 12th? meaning he was 15 seconds away from winning the fight in your opinion? he was way behind against abraham though

To bad he did not pull out of the super 6 sooner. After the Froch fight he should not have fought Abraham. That's just asking for neurological damage.

For sure. I was pretty disappointed to when he withdrew from the super six. Hopefully he has more fight left in him. He had pretty strong showings in both the froch and abraham fights despite their outcome.

hell yea!!....JT is my dude :boxing:

ye he was a good guy and a very skilled boxer,shame he went downhill so quickly