He had to play the villian in order for people to take notice. I kinda feel bad for him that it has to be that way. Floyd is probably a much nicer guy than he lets on and im not so sure he is completely happy taking on this bad boy role. Unlike someone like Mayorga who loves to be the bad guy, I'm not so sure Floyd is the same, I really think the guy just wants some respect and appreciation from the fans, the media and the hbo announcer crew for a change.
Im really happy Pavlik won , I was rooting for him but i thought he was done for in the 2nd round. I had the fight dead even until the stoppage. One thing i noticed about Taylor is that he sometimes goes into this kind of shell and just stops throwing punches. It looks like he has some kind of mental block when this happens. I forget what round it was but he went into that shell momentarily before snapping out of it.
Cuz Floyds style is like watching paint dry. Only hard core boxing fans can appreciate what he does but I watch fights to be entertained not gloss over a fighters technical ablilities. Which is why I wont buy his next fight on ppv and instead get the mosley vs cotto , vargas vs mayorga fights.
He should just work out a deal with the people involved in the contender series and have them do a tournanment. The winner gets to fight DLH. Win or lose i think it would be a great opportunity for a young and upcoming fighter to showcase his stuff. It would also bring in a lot of new fans to the sport who may watch the show but not necessarily professional boxing.