Bad intentions

It depends on what he wants. He could obviously still beat most of the Euro belt contenders or club-level guys in America and would still make a decent ish living on these circuits, but would take punishment in the process as seen in his last fight - but obviously a former champion and a 'top level' guys ego will mean they probably won't want to be slugging it out life-and-death on a card like this - so I'd agree thats the definition of 'done'. Taylor's skills itself are probably still enough to compete at world level IMO but the psychological scars of the knockdowns probably will have had some effect in his approach and will make him tense when he's in there, which will have manifested physically making him slower etc plus the factor of age. No questioning the guys a warrior but I'd stay away from the big hitters in the MW division - and lets face it the likes of Martinez, GG, Pirog hit hard - the guys got nothing left to prove, unless its financially motivated. Would love him to prove me wrong as JT was one of my favourite boxers a few years ago but don't want to see him getting hurt and knocked down by guys like Caleb Traux who in his prime he'd have beaten comfortably. If he fancies one last roll of the dice go for Sturm or Chavez Jr for cash reasons as they're both popular with their fanbases, a belt and a style that he could have a chance against taking less punishment in the process. Much better than the straight lefts he'd endure against Sergio.

chin cracked ala RJJ

Everybody loves a come back guy and I would've loved for JT to make it but he's done IMO. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android