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Yea i wanted this fight to be the fight that ends Taylors struggle for appreciation from the fans.
I was smiling my face off when he got Pavlik down in the second as I was having my doubts about whether Taylor had enough power to stop Pavliks attacks and thought to myself "ok this is gonna be a good hard fight!" instead of the Pavlik domination everyone expected.
I think its the way that Taylor lost thats the most upsetting (so much for the punchers referee eh). If he wasnt in that damn corner and in the middle of the ring he would've gone down and been saved. That's the difference between the two nockdowns that people wont acknowledge.
Pavlik was hit with a punch that had him out on his feet but had nothing keeping him up which allowed him to go down and get back on his feet.
Taylor was in the corner and when his legs went you can see his body was falling but neither the ropes, corner or pavlik would let him fall which led to the fight being stopped because hed basically be a punching bag.
If Pavlik was in the corner when he was out on his feet it would most likely have been a round 2 TKO for Taylor and its just little what if's like that, that feel frustrating.
I am kinda upset cause I wanted Taylor to win and im not afraid to admit it. Im sure people will say "blah blah well he got his ass beat so why care?", but if we all thought like that teams that lost games/matches would have zero supporters.
Hats off to Pavlik though he won the title decisively.
I was smiling my face off when he got Pavlik down in the second as I was having my doubts about whether Taylor had enough power to stop Pavliks attacks and thought to myself "ok this is gonna be a good hard fight!" instead of the Pavlik domination everyone expected.
I think its the way that Taylor lost thats the most upsetting (so much for the punchers referee eh). If he wasnt in that damn corner and in the middle of the ring he would've gone down and been saved. That's the difference between the two nockdowns that people wont acknowledge.
Pavlik was hit with a punch that had him out on his feet but had nothing keeping him up which allowed him to go down and get back on his feet.
Taylor was in the corner and when his legs went you can see his body was falling but neither the ropes, corner or pavlik would let him fall which led to the fight being stopped because hed basically be a punching bag.
If Pavlik was in the corner when he was out on his feet it would most likely have been a round 2 TKO for Taylor and its just little what if's like that, that feel frustrating.
I am kinda upset cause I wanted Taylor to win and im not afraid to admit it. Im sure people will say "blah blah well he got his ass beat so why care?", but if we all thought like that teams that lost games/matches would have zero supporters.
Hats off to Pavlik though he won the title decisively.
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