Should Taylor have taken a knee?

[Piper the Great]

Alot of us give cotto & his fans hell about him taken a knee against tony. but if JT would have taken a knee instead of taking that punishment on the ropes think he wouldve made it to the bell?

think about with 15-20 sec left. a knee wouldve used up at least 10-15 sec. 8-9 sec on a knee & bout 3-5 sec the ref asking him if he is ok. the rest of the time he could ran b/c froch wouldve been on the other side of the ring.

going into the 12r taylor was up 106-102. with the kds taylor wouldve still been up 113-112.

so in this case would a knee have been smart or ***** move?

[KEYNES]

It would've been a ***** move.

A Demarcus Corley, Zab Judah, and Miguel Cotto type ***** move.

[IMDAZED]

Yep...take a knee and make it, what, a 10-7 round? Great way to avoid the knockout so you can lose the decision. What were the cards going into the 12th?

[KEYNES]

It's almost as disgraceful as picking up your leg to avoid further punishment to the body after getting nailed with a hard body punch.

[THE REED]

Yep...take a knee and make it, what, a 10-7 round? Great way to avoid the knockout so you can lose the decision. What were the cards going into the 12th?

Taylor still would have won

106-102 on two scorecards...

if round 12 was a 10-7 round... he still would of won a split decision 113-112 on 2 cards

[Pullcounter]

Alot of us give cotto & his fans hell about him taken a knee against tony. but if JT would have taken a knee instead of taking that punishment on the ropes think he wouldve made it to the bell?

think about with 15-20 sec left. a knee wouldve used up at least 10-15 sec. 8-9 sec on a knee & bout 3-5 sec the ref asking him if he is ok. the rest of the time he could ran b/c froch wouldve been on the other side of the ring.

going into the 12r taylor was up 106-102. with the kds taylor wouldve still been up 113-112.

so in this case would a knee have been smart or ***** move?

in hindsight it would've been a good move cause he'd have won the fight.... but in public opinion he'd be hated because the scores were so skewed.

honestly i'm glad froch won.

[Stab Judah]

It's always smarter than getting ko'd unless you know it will cost you the fight which means you are going to have to stand up and take that chance.

[Kevin Jesus]

Oh hellllllll naww. Jermain Taylor is my favorite active fighter, I'm glad he went out on his shield without getting seriously hurt. Taking a knee? nah man, no knee takers allowed in my faves list(except for Judah)

[REMOVED SHARK 97]

Taylors class, he would rather go out on his feet than on his knee's like a ***** and take a points victory.

[dans]

Haha so funny. Again most Mayweather fans will say "Cotto is a coward, Judah is smart." I'll bump it again if you want to get to the heart of this matter.