Taylor ruined his own career?

[slicksouthpaw16]

Oscar's career wasn't bleak because lost to Trinidad.

Mosley's career wasn't bleak because he lost to Vernon Forrest (twice) and Winky Wright (twice).

Ricky's career isn't bleak because he lost to Mayweather.

Darchinyan's career isn't bleak becaue he lost to Donaire.

And the list goes on and on. Fighters loose their 0s all the time. It doesn't mean their careers are over. Even if Taylor loses to Pavlik for the second time, he still will have a very good career ahead of him.

he says that he wants to retire before the age of 30 and hes about to suffer some more damage in this rematch. after Pavlik, if he does not get a shot at Sturm or Abraham, then my boy should call it quits.

[Ray*]

They question him even more now...

HOW? before they were questioning how he hasnt fought any Top contender in the Middleweight division like AKA Hatton...Witter, How are they questioning someone that fought his heart out and got KO.ed?

[bluemax]

Taylor is a good fighter not a great one. He was a protected HBO media star who had to finally fight a REAL middleweight that could punch and we quickly found out that while he's strong his defense is full of holes and any puncher who can stay with him for the first few rounds can ding him as Pavlik did. There was a very valid reason why Taylor's handlers and HBO didn't want him to fight a real hard punching middleweight. It amazed me that even after hurting Pavlik Taylor did the running. i expect like Tyson ,Taylor's opponents wil no longer back away from him and I expect he'll see the canvas a few more times. Some fighters learn from a loss we'll see in Taylor's case whether the loss makes him a better fighter or just exposed an over-hyped fighter.

[NachoMan]

Taylor is a good fighter not a great one. He was a protected HBO media star who had to finally fight a REAL middleweight that could punch and we quickly found out that while he's strong his defense is full of holes and any puncher who can stay with him for the first few rounds can ding him as Pavlik did. There was a very valid reason why Taylor's handlers and HBO didn't want him to fight a real hard punching middleweight. It amazed me that even after hurting Pavlik Taylor did the running. i expect like Tyson ,Taylor's opponents wil no longer back away from him and I expect he'll see the canvas a few more times. Some fighters learn from a loss we'll see in Taylor's case whether the loss makes him a better fighter or just exposed an over-hyped fighter.

I agree. Good post.