Man you guys saying "he's just acting crazy for hype" have a weird idea of hype. He's up for prison for shooting his cousin and had to retire after the Abraham fight because he sustained brain damage.
That's extreme dedication... He really went the extra mile to create a back story.
How he used to look http://www.gamblingbeat.com/sites/gamblingbeat.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/kelly_pavlik_jermain_taylor_200802_ap.jpgHere is a pic from last week he's in phenomenal shape
http://instagram.com/p/tneSdSuID1/?modal=true
He looks and sounds fine he's just trolling his haters
http://instagram.com/p/tzxCExuIJd/?modal=true
He doesn't look or sound confident. He may go crazy in the ring and attack Soliman or something.
Has anyone else noticed how crazy JT looks by the eyes? I don't know if he's sick, punch-drunk, or what?
IDK - always easy to read too much into **** like that, but yeah - I've considerable experience with mental illness from both sides and the first thing I thought was 'that guy ain't OK'. Maybe I was kinda primed from his instagram **** and I hope I'm wrong, but I've just got a bad feeling about this fight.
IMO Taylor shouldn't be near a ring anyway, but seeing how he's behaved in the run up (not to mention the shooting and the court case hanging over him) and how he looked at the weigh in makes me uneasy.
Yeah he for sure looks either crazy from brain damage, someone with brain damage, or someone that just has mental issues. He doesn't look like he used to. He has crazy eyes.
The pics of him walking around with a rifle or this pic from the weigh ins?
I was gonna comment in the photos thread (I thought it might be taken as a joke in ill taste considering the situation with his cousin) but yes, hewas looking very detached and crazy:
http://www.boxingscene.com/uploads/82950/712.jpg