Taylor Plans to Give up Title!

**DiegoFuego** · 07-09-2007, 10:30 AM

I'd rather see him clean up the middleweight division by fighting Abraham, but whatever.

**Rudyo** · 07-09-2007, 10:30 AM

Good besides Pavlik there is really no one at Middleweight for Taylor to fight that he couldn't fight at 168.

**Floyd R** · 07-09-2007, 10:31 AM

Taylor Plans to Give up Title!

delete, already posted.

**jack_the_rippuh** · 07-09-2007, 10:34 AM

Originally posted by Floyd R

Taylor plans to give up title!

Monday, July 9 2007

WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor's proposed September 29 clash with Kelly Pavlik at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, will apparently be his last as middleweight champion. Taylor's hometown newspaper, the Arkansas ********-Gazette, reported on Sunday that a decision has been made by Team Taylor to move to super middleweight after that fight.

(copied from *********.com)

Win, lose, or draw I think it'll be a good decision for Taylor.
There's no one left at 160lbs.

**Floyd R** · 07-09-2007, 10:38 AM

I'm not sure this is a wise move by Taylor. I just hope he is not pushed along too quickly. He really needs to work on his defense and learn how to throw combos if he wants to fight the bigger guys.

**DiegoFuego** · 07-09-2007, 10:42 AM

I'm one of the biggest Taylor supporters here, and there are very few of us. But I want to know: is he going to feast on middleweights when he goes to super middleweight? I lose more respect for Taylor every fight. He needs to fight and beat Pavlik at 160lbs. If he doesn't, I will finally write him off like many of you did this time last year.

He probably needs to get rid of Steward too because it isn't working at all.

**JakeNDaBox** · 07-09-2007, 10:42 AM

His problem is that he can't make 160 without killing himself in camp. That was never a secret - and even more disgraceful that his pre-title run came against faded (and/or shot) blown-up welterweights and junior middles.

I'm fine with this decision. The only notable middleweight left to fight after Pavlik would be Abraham, and neither side seems terribly interested in travelling to the other's country to make the fight happen.

All that said, I'm not sure he gets past Pavlik. But if he does, I'd much rather see Taylor against top super middleweights than to see more junior middles move up to fight him, or even a fight against John DUDdy.

**JakeNDaBox** · 07-09-2007, 10:43 AM

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**passdabutter** · 07-09-2007, 11:05 AM

he wont have to give up the title if pavlik beats him

Taylor Plans to Give up Title!