Pavlik would have been robbed if he didn't KO Taylor.

[Chipper]

At the time of the stop, Taylor was far ahead on all three official cards by scores of 58-55, 59-54, 58-55

DiBella and Manny knew that all Taylor had to do was go the distance because the judges were paid off. Just like his other close fights.

But Taylor didn't stick to the jab and Manny's gameplan and was dragged into a dog fight and you all know what happened.

Taylor reminds me a bit of Zab Judah because he has so much potential if he just stays focused in the fight. Taylor also was taking Pavlik lightly calling him a "normal" fighter. Similar to what Judah said about Cotto being "robotic" and one dimensional.

[Trevbutler]

59-54 was bad judging, but 58-55 is good. Could have been 57-56 if you gave Pavlik round 4 which was pretty close. I actually scored the fight. If you dont score a fight dont say its bad scoring. And even though I was going for Taylor I score rounds fairly.

I had it 58-55 Taylor because I thought he did a tad bit more in the 4th round.

[BmoreBrawler]

I would say anything above 57-56 for taylor is clear bribery. However, it could also be that the judges were so sure that taylor would win, or have such a fetish for fighters like him, that they were subconciously biased. Saw that happen in the pbf/dlh fight.

[NeXt In Line]

I kind of agree, at the beginning of round 7 I thoguht Taylor was winning, but not by that much, 57-56 sounds about right to me. I definately am glad Pavlik won cause he deserved it, even though I wanted Taylor to prevail.

However, if it had gone the distance, I would have felt VERY ****ty because Pavlik was not losing by that much, and Taylor would not have gotten the respect either because it would have been terrible judging.

[Hitman932]

59-54 was bad judging, but 58-55 is good. Could have been 57-56 if you gave Pavlik round 4 which was pretty close. I actually scored the fight. If you dont score a fight dont say its bad scoring. And even though I was going for Taylor I score rounds fairly.

I had it 58-55 Taylor because I thought he did a tad bit more in the 4th round.

i had 57-56 pavlik, i agreed with larry that pavlik was knocking down a lot of the nice looking shots taylor was throwing..... taylor countered impressively in the 4th it almost looked like he was going to take total control just pestering pavlik with his left but then the fifth pavlik just got on top of him and stayed there.

[Gareth Ivanovic]

I think so as well I had the fight 4 to 2 for Pavlik before the stoppage. I could see Taylor winning by a small margin, but not the margins the judges had it. I agree if Pavlik didn't stop Taylor he would have lost.

[-Antonio-]

I disagree, Jermain usually did a little bit more to win the close rounds imo. I didnt oficially score the fight, but I had Jermain ahead for sure. ESPN had it a complete shut out for Taylor before the stoppage.

[shawn_]

I think they need new Compubox operators, because they seem to count blocked punches as connects.

The Judges were probably paid off too.

Taylor won rounds 2 and 4. Everything else was decisively Pavlik.

[DLT]

I would say anything above 57-56 for taylor is clear bribery. However, it could also be that the judges were so sure that taylor would win, or have such a fetish for fighters like him, that they were subconciously biased. Saw that happen in the pbf/dlh fight.

I agree. I was rooting for Taylor but had Pavlik winning 57-56. I scored it the exact same as Merchant and trust me when I say that I dont go by what those guys say. I could accept a draw or even 57-56 Taylor but anything more then that for Taylor was dead wrong. Pavlik pressed the action all night and was easily landing

[niceguy45]

this is very iteresting to me, i picked pavlik to beat taylor, but i think in a re-match taylor can beat pavlik