People underrate Taylor's resume before Hopkins...

[Fox McCloud]

don't forget Daniel Edouard, Sam Hill and Grady Brewer all of whom had at least 1 notable name on their records when Taylor fought them. Taylor has a VERY good resume and IMO against Pavlik he just tried to DRILL a nail using a hammer u feel me he brought the wrong tools to the job site. much like Mayorga and Forrest I think if Taylor fights Pavlik he would win like if Forrest fought Mayorga he would win too. Pavlik has been exposed already as a 1 dimensional fighter but it would still be good for Taylor to beat Pavlik and redeem himself. by doing so he will have at least 1 win over every man he's faced in the ring and that's a confidence booster especially after beating Lacy so decisively, a fight that I had scored 120-108 for Taylor..

Wow...

Good call on all three of them!

Hill beat Reid
Brewer beat... well no one, but has come on to beat Bundrage and Forbes... both are good wins for sure.
Edouard beat Gibbs.

Man, his resume really is better than most. Wow. 6 decent names before a title shot. Impressive Mr. Taylor.

[dstew]

Taylor's resume prior to winning a championship is better than Mayweather's but he had 6 more fights, Mayweather's resume at 23-0 is arguably better than Taylor's.

No knock against Hernandez, but Mayweather didn't have Hopkins looming in the distance to take the titles from. Taylor NEEDED those 6 extra fights before being ready for the opportunity to take on the p4p king.