Taylor Routs Lacy in Battle of Ex-Olympic Teammates

[JakeNDaBox]

Hope it was fun....my G$% damn DVR stopped recording again so when I got home from dinner the fight was not there. I hate Dish. How many in the house?

About 4,800 or so... that was the announced crowd, anyway. Not sure how much was paper, but in Nashville, attendance is almost irrelevant. It's a non-boxing town, so as far as I'm concerned, it was a good pull (even if the promoters didn't like the number very much)

[OptimusWolf]

I wanna see Taylor-Kessler or Pavlik-Kessler or Abraham-Kessler.

Anything to stop Kessler from fighting 2nd tier guys for the rest of his career.

[JakeNDaBox]

I wanna see Taylor-Kessler or Pavlik-Kessler or Abraham-Kessler.

Anything to stop Kessler from fighting 2nd tier guys for the rest of his career.

see those fights are more reasonable. Taylor-Calzaghe is an absurd push. Taylor just arrived at '68, and Joe's never coming back down, least of all for a Taylor fight, unless HBO wants to overspend on that one.

I don't like the thoughts of Taylor against anyone at light heavyweight or fighting at any weight above 168. I wouldn't mind seeing Taylor-Abraham, or even Taylor-Sturm in a rematch of their Olympic fight.

Oddly enough, the one fight we probably won't see is the one to which he has the clearest path - against the winner of Froch-Pascal.

[IMustBreakU]

Someone mentioned the idea of Taylor fighting Dawson. Perhaps at 168, but certainly not at LHW. Talyor needs to reestablish himself at Super Middleweight first before moving up (see what happened to Pavlik when he went all the way to 170?).

[dstew]

Taylor/Dawson is potentially a bad matchup for Taylor. Dawson is taller with a longer reach than Taylor, which always gives him problems (see Pavlik), not to mention he is as fast if not faster than Taylor. I'm not sure what, if any, advantages Taylor brings into such a fight. I think he's better suited at 168 than 175.

[venerablefist]

i don't think taylor should go above 168 he will be very small compared to the other fighters at 175 he should just clear out 168 so that andre dirrell can take it over in about 2-3 years of course

[ColWallace]

Taylor-vs-Kessler will be one helluva battle.

[Kesslerfan#1]

Taylor-vs-Kessler will be one helluva battle.

Thats what the fans want!!!
Taylor would be scared though IMO.
Would be good for Kessler's first Vegas/USA fight.

[dstew]

Thats what the fans want!!!
Taylor would be scared though IMO.
Would be good for Kessler's first Vegas/USA fight.

He wants a third match with Pavlik, who beat him twice, and he's scared of Kessler?