Kessler's trainer: Mikkel would have to break an arm to lose the tournament.

[taker1570]

Dude better get his ass in there. His career is fast dyin.

I've been openly critical on AA for quite awhile saying he is beatable but I actually think it is a bad matchup for Taylor.

To me Taylor isn't smart enough to be selective with his punches in a fight with AA. He will find a way to wear himself out.

I really think he will be so wary of AA's power that he will be constantly moving and throwing a lot of useless punches into AA's gloves just to keep him occupied.

What Taylor needs to do is draw AA into throwing, make him miss, and counter. Taylor counters with his jab over wild rights hands as well as anyone in boxing. That could be a weapon but I just don't see JT holding it together for 12 rounds.

Trust me, hes not smart enough. Ive seen him fight live, he just looked so confused towards the end of the Froch fight. I think he can do well in the first 6 or 7, but Abraham will finish it in the 11th or 10th IMO.

[#1Assassin]

1. kessler
2. abraham
3. froch
4. taylor
5. ward
6. dirrell

Replace Abraham with Froch, and that would be my list.

lol, i was thinking thats about as a bad a list as u can make, then timba like always stepped up and ****ed it ip even more.

1. abraham
2. froch
3. taylor
4. ward
5. kessler
6. dirrell

[dstew]

dibella said it himself, right after the froch fight if im not mistaken.

I've watched that fight several times, including the post fight interviews and reading Dibella's comments afterwards in the press conference, and I really don't remember Shilstone's name coming up at all.

[Jim Jeffries]

lol, i was thinking thats about as a bad a list as u can make, then timba like always stepped up and ****ed it ip even more.

1. abraham
2. froch
3. taylor
4. ward
5. kessler
6. dirrell

So Abraham, who's never fought at SMW, who doesn't even have a great MW win, ranks above everyone at 168?

[#1Assassin]

So Abraham, who's never fought at SMW, who doesn't even have a great MW win, ranks above everyone at 168?

taylor has the best record of the bunch as far as Ws and competition is concerned. but we all know about his losses and flaws. second best record is abrahams, he is undefeated. he might never have fought at 168 but hes a huge guy. his promoter calls him a SMW fighting at MW. the move up will allow him to perform better than he has in years. remember the second miranda fight, this time he is likely to get even better.

[adietheforestfa]

Froch beats them all. You heard it here first.

[#1Assassin]

I've watched that fight several times, including the post fight interviews and reading Dibella's comments afterwards in the press conference, and I really don't remember Shilstone's name coming up at all.

dont know what to tell you, it did.

[BattlingNelson]

I've been openly critical on AA for quite awhile saying he is beatable but I actually think it is a bad matchup for Taylor.

To me Taylor isn't smart enough to be selective with his punches in a fight with AA. He will find a way to wear himself out.

I really think he will be so wary of AA's power that he will be constantly moving and throwing a lot of useless punches into AA's gloves just to keep him occupied.

What Taylor needs to do is draw AA into throwing, make him miss, and counter. Taylor counters with his jab over wild rights hands as well as anyone in boxing. That could be a weapon but I just don't see JT holding it together for 12 rounds.

There will always be a fear for Taylor not lasting the distance I suppose. He just nearly did against Froch and that might have taught him a thing or two about pacing himself. AA is so sloppy and takes rounds off that I see a real possbility for Taylor to master the undefeated german.

[Deja_Vous]

yup, i can easily see Kessler, Froch and Abraham all knocking him out again. For some reason he just has no heart after Round 7. Idk how he beat B-Hop, but that was a sham bc i was at the fight he had against Froch, and we had no idea what the hell he was doing. He just took rounds 7, 8, 9 and 10 off, tried in the 11th, but then got murdered in the 12th. All he needed to do was take a knee in the 12th and he would have won the close Unanimous. Then round 7 against Pavlik in there first fight he got KTFO. And in the second fight he started off strong but lost the later rounds.

Kessler couldn't even stop Anthony Mundine.

SVEN OTTKE ko'd that wobbling mofo with one punch.

Kessler is NOT a puncher and he is there to be hit.

[BattlingNelson]

taylor has the best record of the bunch as far as Ws and competition is concerned. but we all know about his losses and flaws. second best record is abrahams, he is undefeated. he might never have fought at 168 but hes a huge guy. his promoter calls him a SMW fighting at MW. the move up will allow him to perform better than he has in years. remember the second miranda fight, this time he is likely to get even better.

Those losses definetely counts against Taylor as far as resumé is concerned. Abraham at no.2? That statement gave me a decent bellylaugh. His best win is Miranda.

Best resumées of the participants is either Froch or Kessler. Hands down.