I think he definately deserves a pound for pound spot. He has fought some pretty good fighters and he always steps up in his big fights. I would put him around 7.
Who has he beaten besides the overrated Edison Miranda, people hate Floyd because of his cockyness what about this guy he talks as if he has conquered a whole weight division.... I hope Jermaine fucks him up
You say Miranda is overrated....but he beat he kicked Allan Green's ass, dismantled Willie Gibbs within a round, and should have won the championship in Germany when he fought a good Arthur Abraham, who many people believe to be the 2nd best middleweight in the world right now. Besides, JT didnt have a good resume before he beat Hopkins.
I dont think he was robbed at all. I had bika winning the first 3 or 4 easily with his jab. Sam did come on later on but it wasn't enough to win. You just might have the last couple rounds in ur head and making ur decision based upon that. Besides, I dont think u can really tell who won until u watch the unedited version. They only show the harder and cleaner shots during the fight.
Kball, I agree with your prediction on Pavlik winning, but I strongly disagree that Taylor is going to dominate the first three rounds. Pavlik is a very strong starter and I actually think he will take 2 of the first three rounds.
I am surprised that i havent seen anyone mention how low Taylor keeps his left hand. This is going to be a key factor in the fight. Pavlik's best punch is his straight right hand, and while Pavlik isnt a speedster, that right hand is going to get through a bunch of times unless Taylor keeps that hand up....which is highly doubtful. Im looking for Pavlik to win by decision or late tound stoppage.
Damn...$25 million for ONE fight. It doesn't suprise me though. I remember when he fought Campus he was making something like $13 million without the pay-per-view money.
I got a couple of my friends to start watching boxing. Whenever a fight comes on TV they will watch it. One of them always goes to different boxing sites to check on the boxing world. The other one I have shadowboxing and hitting the mitts some. He doesnt compete seriously, but he loves to backyard box.
Im really hoping they make PAC-Guzman soon. so that we can truly determine if he is for real. they made a very good job at hyping him BTW.
I agree Miron. Hopefully these two will clash within guzman's next two fights.
I think he would rebound well. He would probably need a good tune-up fight to get his confidence up...after that he would be good to go. He would move back down to welterweight and have some more big fights against some big names: Cotto, Mosley, Judah 2, etc. He would wanna a crack at one of these big name guys at welterweight to redeem himself.
Yeah but I think is defense is starting to get a little bit better. He is not the type that can dodge and elude a lot of punches. Instead, he is the type that is going to block punches with his gloves and arms. Watch his recent (last couple of fights) and you can see that his defense is getting better. He is starting to block a lot more punches.
I don't know if he will get to the P4P king spot, but he is definately going to make it into the top 3 or 4. I'll make my decision after the Judah fight.
Although I am for Cotto on this one, there is one big difference between Zab and Corley insane...power. This could be a problem if Zab catches him flush with that left.
But I agree wioth you on the Tito analysis. I also think Cotto is fundamentally a better boxer. He doesnt have as much power as Trinidad, but I like his technique and style better.
Haha thats kinda ironic. I wonder how Ward is going to be as a trainer. I know he was training hos nephew (and prolly still is). The nephew lost his first fight though and I don't know how he is doing now
They said he was bringing out and Puerto Rican flag? If so, he is going to lose all respect from Mexicans. There is a big rivalry between Mexicans and Puerto Ricans when it comes to boxing.
Any truth to the Kessler hand problem anyone? If so that will play a huge factor.
Also what time does the fight come on eastern time U.S? Ive heard 6 and 9...