Whats next for Taylor?

[Super_Lightweight]

Good question. At 168 who knows what will happen? I picked Taylor to win this time but I was scared for sure. There is no telling who will the second time in my opinion, even with the fight being at 168 or whatever.

[Hitman932]

That's what happens when a fighter is in good shape. Fighters who train very hard AND dehydrate themselves can make amazing weights. Ask Roy Jones, or Jose Luis Castillo for that matter.

if taylor uses dehydration as an excuse i will lose a lot of respect for him. the fight was right there for him and he couldnt get the job done, plain and simple.

[Mike Tyson77]

I hope the rematch is at 160. Then we will see if Taylor is the real deal. The man beat B-Hop twice, Pavlik must defend the titles against Taylor next.

[Super_Lightweight]

It's not an empty excuse if it is a fact. Either way no one can know for sure if he would win at 168, because Pavlik is just a hard hitter. But we won't have every little question cleared up until they fight one more time, at a higher weight.

[MJ406]

weight drained or not .. Taylor can crack

that 2nd round was wow. rediculous snap on his punches.

but I was picking Pavlik to win

people saying he's over rated etc ... if you saw Zertuche, Miranda .. don't look at the names .. and say well so and so was over rated .. no **** Pavlik would win

look at the results. Kelly Pavlik is one tough SOB .. and will be hard to take down at any weight .. 160 or 168.

thats what made the fight so good. would you really expect Pavlik to come back like that and get a 7th round Kayo .. after getting dropped in the 2nd round?

[Fox McCloud]

It's not an empty excuse if it is a fact. Either way no one can know for sure if he would win at 168, because Pavlik is just a hard hitter. But we won't have every little question cleared up until they fight one more time, at a higher weight.

All Kelly can do is hit hard? That's what I thought from the Miranda fight to yesterday... now:

No dice.

He showed some damn good boxing skills tonight IMO.

[Run]

well for the sake of clarification i dont think he is "as done" as reid, i just couldnt think of another relevant comparison, but i cannot agree that a rubber match would be pick em...

pavlik was caught by "dumb ****" in the second and i dont think he lost more than 3 or 4 minutes of the fight aside from that 2nd round.... but really if pavlik doesent stick his chin out like mayorga he would have just taken the fight over much sooner imo.

i also dont think its fair to assume somebody has the resiliency to comeback from a defeat same as castillo. castillo is much tougher mentally imo, i never ever thought taylor sounded truly confident in the lead up to this fight and he sure as **** wont be confident the second time around after hitting pavlik with everything he had and losing anyhow.

I realize you're a Pavlik fan.

And I'm not really the biggest fan of Taylor..........but we don't see eye to eye on how these two match up...............

I view it as Marquez v.s. Vasquez,Castillo v.s. Corrales, Pavlik v.s. Taylor.

These kinds of rubbermatches between excellent fighters can go both ways. And my point was I wouldn't write Taylor off that quickly.

IF HE WON HE WAS THE BETTER FIGHTER.WTF

Yeah better fighter...............earlier tonight.



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[MJ406]

hitman .. Taylor didn't use dehydration as excuse .. not yet at least

**we'll see how everything unfolds .. I dunno why people on here are talking about 160 rematch

the contract said 168 rematch if Taylor loses

and thats honestly why I leaned more toward Pavlik.

who knows .. there's still Kessler/Calzaghe in November

+but I would think a Taylor/Pavlik rematch would be more marketable than Kessler/Calzaghe winner vs Pavlik .. just my take on it

[Super_Lightweight]

Pavlik definitely has more than just power, but his physical tools (height, length, etc.) are his main gifts. These are things that give him an advantage. If Pavlik was 5'10'' he'd be a very different guy.

But he's not. And damn, are we lucky to get to see him.

[Da Truth 35]

The recovery for Taylor is now mental he already witnessed his first knockdown loss thats going to happen to every fighter its just the point to as if hes going to put it behind me or stick to his head and get rid of Steward they are not made for each other he should go back to Burns or his amateur trainer the rematch is set thats no doubt but its just the matter of how hes going to rebound i said earlier that hes done but thinking about it i dont think he is or he could be look at Jaidon from the contender he got rocked by Green and is rebounding nicely.so far i have a feeling 2008 is going to be a good year