Will Jermain Taylor Be Successful At Super Middleweight?

[DA1CATAS]

I think he definitely can. He just has to be focused and determined like he was in his second fight with pavlik. There are not too many people that could have beat taylor that night.

Then thats not good enough for me...

I think he could be better than that night.. Especially with the stamina issue fixed.

[bluemax]

Jermain Taylor definitely has the raw talent to succeed at 168lbs. The question is can he work hard enough to have the endurance to fight in the later rounds consistantly. If he can do that he'll be champion again. He HAS to gain some stamina to keep the big punchers like Miranda off of him in the later rounds or else they'll test his chin for sure. Moving up also means taking on bigger guys who punch harder. I always suspected Jermain's stamina and chin when he avoided hard punchers as Middleweight champion and instead fought small light punchers like Wright and Spinks who I think had a higher workrate and could have won those fights. Pavlik can punch but Miranda can REALLY punch and with two losses he may not be able to avoid the real Super Middleweights to gain a title shot. Time will tell

[Dorian]

good post ^