Is Jermain Taylor a bad finisher in your opinion?

[krispy kreme]

He is in a sense, because he can never completely take a guy out after hurting them.

[ACHlLLES]

sometimes its not always to be the goodguy in boxing, if you don't take your opponent out. They will take you out, that is how I see it.

[TheGreatA]

Off the top of my head... only Judah is worse that I can think of.

He ONLY wings his punches and smothers himself after he hurts someone...

It's a miracle he was able to finish Cory Spinks off in the rematch.

Tougher for me to recall any exceptionally bad finishers unlike great ones but recently names like Jermain Taylor and Zab Judah immediately come to mind.

Honestly Taylor could have stoppage wins over Pavlik, Lacy, Joppy, Spinks, Ouma and possibly Froch if he had any "killer" in him at all. Jermain's nickname "Bad Intentions" is one of the most unfitting that I can think of.

[Clint650]

yeah, i wanted to see Taylor become a star again. I think he's a strong fighter, and will give anyone in the SMW division a good fight. As soon as Froch landed that really good right hand in like the 7th-8th round, i could just tell by the look on Taylor's face that he was going to be done for. He surprsed me though, and kept catching Froch with some strong jabs and some nice left hooks. Even had a flurry towards the end. the thing about Froch that i noticed is that he has tons of patience. he throws punches from odd angles and his footwork wasn't great, but once he finds a rhythm he's right on. he punches straight, and hard.

[Clint650]

one the worst finishers in boxing. even when asked after the fight was over, he said he thought about the Pavlik fight and decided to save some energy and take Froch out later, as to not punch himself out too early.

[catalinul]

How is this a question?
It's painfully obvious?

[Check]

I think hes the worst big name finisher in the whole fight game. The guy had Froch knocked down and hurt and he just stared at him and waited for the bell to ring. He did it against Pavlik and Lacy too. His inability to close out fights will be the downfall of his career.

[ACHlLLES]

one the worst finishers in boxing. even when asked after the fight was over, he said he thought about the Pavlik fight and decided to save some energy and take Froch out later, as to not punch himself out too early.

He said he doesn't have stamina problems, yet he is worried about punching himself out? Someone needs to explain to my boy taylor that means his stamina is suspect when he is worried about punching himself out.

[mathed]

Oh my god... he's terrible.

He wings his punches terrible after he gets a guy down, or, like last night, he just didn't punch after Froch got up.

He's definitely one of the worst finishers in boxing, hands down.

Exactly, he should have taken Froch out in the 3rd

[Spacey1991]

Hard to say, but he should have definitely piled on more pressure after scoring the knockdown...