Taylor-Joppy; The Forgotton Battle...

[ProBox1]

In all the hoopla of the big heavyweight card next weekend and then Winky-Shane II. Followed by Vitali-vs- The Tyson Trouncer, a very important fight has been lost in the shuffle. Olympian Jermain Taylor, the heir apparent to Bernard Hopkins faces a severe test.

Taylor takes on former titleholder William Joppy. Outside of Hopkins and Felix Trinidad a good arguement came be made in Joppy's behalf that he has been the third best middleweight in the world over the last five or six years. A few years back Trinidad exposed Joppy's chin as Felix won in five rounds. [details]

[markosg19]

if taylor had any balls he would have accepted the fight with eastman and not an extremely faded, shot joppy. so who cares!

[Champoreeno]

Didn't Joppy say he was retiring after getting completely torn apart (beaten up, not stopped) by Hopkins? He's just a name for Taylor now. At least Taylor's getting a real Middleweight though.

[abdiel2k3]

actually i care more about this fight then any of the fights on the upcomin HW PPV or Wright-Mosely 2
altho Joppy is past his experation date
hes still a good test for Taylor
we all know how Wrights date with mosely is gonna end up
i just hope wright buys shane dinner after hes done ****n him again
i mean its the polite thing to do

[Renegade]

B-Hop should fight Eastman first, then Taylor can take the next step up, which if he wins, would put him in excellent position to fight the winner of B-Hop/Tito. Joppy is an excellent test, and other than Morales/Barrera the most exciting fight coming up. Youngblood is what it's all about.