Jermain Taylor..what went wrong?

[Shadows]

Vitali also took the fight on 2 weeks notice you dumbass. He was supposed to fight Cedric Boswell on the Lewis/Johnson undercard. Kirk Johnson got injured, pulled out and Vitali stepped in on just 2 weeks notice.

Vitali beat up Lewis and scared him into retirement. That's a FACT.

I lost a lot of respect for Lewis when he retired like a scared coward.

He may have taken the fight on two weeks notice, but you forget that Vitali is a superior white athlete and should've dominated and destroyed that glass-chinned fraud.

[BEEHOP]

Vitali also took the fight on 2 weeks notice you dumbass. He was supposed to fight Cedric Boswell on the Lewis/Johnson undercard. Kirk Johnson got injured, pulled out and Vitali stepped in on just 2 weeks notice.

Vitali beat up Lewis and scared him into retirement. That's a FACT.

I lost a lot of respect for Lewis when he retired like a scared coward.

I think Bernard Hopkins scared JOE C into retirement, but that's besides the point.

And I don't think you had respect for Lewis in the first place, since he's black.. You just hated him more. It's actually the perfect cherry on top of a wonderful career, he erased any doubt that the Klits could be compared with him.

[AntonTheMeh]

jermaine taylor is almost like the vince carter of boxing.he had all the abilty in the world, but something was missing.what was missing was a hunger to be great.

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No stamina. It killed me to watch him pretty much dominate froch only to lose in the end.

[COACH WEBB]

stamina
overhyped
won the belts to early
Hopkins fights ruined him
can't beat white men

Thanks for all of the input....

any other things that went wrong with Taylor?

[koboy]

jermaine taylor is almost like the vince carter of boxing.he had all the abilty in the world, but something was missing.what was missing was a hunger to be great.

At least, Taylor became a world champion, Wince (yes, Wince) Carter never did.

[AntonTheMeh]

At least, Taylor became a world champion, Wince (yes, Wince) Carter never did.

that takes a team effort.

[DC Fight Fan]

Before I start off this thread, I believe that ANY ATHLETE OR PERSON can redeem themselves from their past failures.

However, I tend to ask myself this question alot and I haven't gotten THE answer to it. So I'm going to ask you all...WHAT WENT WRONG WITH JERMAIN TAYLOR???

In hindsight I think that those two fights with Bernard took alot out of him...but let me know how ya'll feel.

IMO, Ozell Nelson can't train spit to fall and is nothing but a "Yes Man" to Jermain. Pat Burns had the key to motivate and invigorate JT. JT has not been the same since he fired Burns.

[one-Punch]

If Taylor would improve his stamina (that's if he could), and use his head a little more in fights, he would defiantly be on the top 5 list for P4P.

[βetamax]

Allan Green made a good point in an article I read on here a while ago - he said Taylor does train hard but can't relax in the ring and that's the root cause of his stamina problem since that greatly enhances fatigue.