Your thoughts on Jermain Taylor's career.

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smoger is one of the only refs that has never had a premature stoppage or bad calling for a fight, so not sure where or why you are going with this... I think Taylor deserved a 10 count there out of respect -- he was the champion, but realistically, that fight was very very likely over.

Great athlete, solid boxer, was willing to fight ANYONE. Much respect to him, the first fight with Pavlik was one of the more exciting and entertaining fights i've seen at that level.

He had a good run, he beat Hopkins, because Bernard wasn't throwing many punches. His worst mistake was moving up to 168, he didn't have the chin or punching power to make the move. He might have beat Pavlik the first fight if not for Steve Smooger being the ref. smoger is one of the only refs that has never had a premature stoppage or bad calling for a fight, so not sure where or why you are going with this...

had the most classic ringwalk in the first hops fight with phil collins playing. Excellent script. i feel he under achieved as his reign was short like leprechauns. with his athleticism, i think he could have done tons more but he simply wasnt a smart fighter and it cost him. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

Jermain Taylor's success was the product of his youth and therefore reflexively his strength and quickness. Once he started taking damage and slowing down he was a sitting duck. He never had the skills nor the technique to make it last for very long. Too flatfooted, too mechanical, too repetitive. Good assessment aside from the "last very long" comment; don't forget he was twice knocked out in the 12th, and once in the 7th.

Just been thinking about this dude lately and his career. What are your thoughts on his career? I thought it was crazy to see him rise to the top, then fall pretty fast. Really think those Hopkins fights took something from him. He had a few fights where I thought he definitely should have won (the first Pavlik fights comes to mind & the Froch fight), but ended up losing. Then seeing him get knocked out by Abraham and exiting the Super 6 kinda sucked. What are your thoughts on his career overall? He was better than he gets credit for. The first Pavlik fight destroyed his confidence though. He had plenty of technical flaws and relied a lot on athleticism, but that's not really a knock on him. He was world class because of his athleticism, so what? He was still better than everyone at middle for a short time and almost beat Froch, which looks better in hindsight.

Undisputed World Middleweight Champion is pretty damn good. http://www.sportphotogallery.com/content/images/products/Sports/56182844/main/56182844-product.jpg

Jermain Taylor's success was the product of his youth and therefore reflexively his strength and quickness. Once he started taking damage and slowing down he was a sitting duck. He never had the skills nor the technique to make it last for very long. Too flatfooted, too mechanical, too repetitive.

He had a good run, he beat Hopkins, because Bernard wasn't throwing many punches. His worst mistake was moving up to 168, he didn't have the chin or punching power to make the move. He might have beat Pavlik the first fight if not for Steve Smooger being the ref.

Was par for the course for me. He seemed more athlete than boxer too me. Also I think he got hyped and more exposure than he deserved so early in his career. I think he had a very decent career and has nothing to hang his head about when he looks back and talks about his career.

Decent fighter, at best.

was given the bhop fights by HBO and didn't win them IMO. One of the most over rated fighters ive seen in my lifetime. as soon as the protection from HBO was gone, he got the **** beat out of him. similar to berto

eh..........

Gifted athlete, vicious jab, solid run at MW. Was a matchup problem for anyone.

Just been thinking about this dude lately and his career. What are your thoughts on his career? I thought it was crazy to see him rise to the top, then fall pretty fast. Really think those Hopkins fights took something from him. He had a few fights where I thought he definitely should have won (the first Pavlik fights comes to mind & the Froch fight), but ended up losing. Then seeing him get knocked out by Abraham and exiting the Super 6 kinda sucked. What are your thoughts on his career overall? was given the bhop fights by HBO and didn't win them IMO. One of the most over rated fighters ive seen in my lifetime. as soon as the protection from HBO was gone, he got the **** beat out of him.