Comments Thread For: Ekow Essuman stuns Josh Taylor to leave Scot's future in doubt

[Jack_sh*t]

He doesn't have the durability, firepower, or stamina to compete among the top guys at 14 stone 7

14 stone 7 would make him a heavyweight.

[Left Hook Louie]

14 stone 7 would make him a heavyweight.

Yeah, we know.
Math error converting stones and pebbles to pounds.

[SteveM]

Yup, time for Taylor to move on to something else. He doesn't have the durability, firepower, or stamina to compete among the top guys at 14 stone 7.
Taylor telegraphed as much when he was quoted in a recent BoxingScene article, ‘I could retire tomorrow a happy man’.

14 stone 7??
That's HW

[champion4ever]

Congratulations to Essuman on his incredible win. I didn't think he stood a chance but he fooled me. However, he was a hand picked opponent. Therefore, I tip my hat to him on his spirited victory.

As far as Josh Taylor goes; I don't know where does he go from here. Something was definitely off about his performance on yesterday. He didn't look the same in the second half of the fight.

He appeared very lethargic and low on energy. Could it have been an injury, his struggles with alcohol or just simply aging? In any case, he didn't look the same in the second half the fight. His gas tank was running on empty.

Perhaps, he should fight at least one more time and then call it a career. In any case, he is done at the elite level. He is officially a gatekeeper status.

[champion4ever]

He's deluded to the extreme if he thought he really won that fight, but he's been deluded ever since the embarrassing Catterall robbery.

Hope he releases a statement where he admits he lost this fight and that he should retire.

It's sad because I was a fan before the Catterall fight but he comes across so unlikeable these days.

I totally agree. At times, he comes across as a total douchebag

[champion4ever]

Taylor should call it a day. There's been a decline since the first catteral fight. He's had a really good career achieved big things but at 34 and the injurys he's had through training camps he just isn't the right he was 4-5 years ago.

You are right. Taylor no longer has that same zeal, hunger and passion he once had for the sport anymore. It shows up every time when it's his hour to perform. He just looked plain old to me. Perhaps it's the alcohol. They say alcohol could age an individual by some 15 years or more.

[BlackRobb]

Now you all see why guys like Taylor and Prograis flapped their gums about moving up to 147 when Crawford was there, but wisely never did. Good fighters, but wildly overrated and never elite.

[BlackRobb]

Congratulations to Essuman on his incredible win. I didn't think he stood a chance but he fooled me. However, he was a hand picked opponent. Therefore, I tip my hat to him on his spirited victory.

As far as Josh Taylor goes; I don't know where does he go from here. Something was definitely off about his performance on yesterday. He didn't look the same in the second half of the fight.

He appeared very lethargic and low on energy. Could it have been an injury, his struggles with alcohol or just simply aging? In any case, he didn't look the same in the second half the fight. His gas tank was running on empty.

Perhaps, he should fight at least one more time and then call it a career. In any case, he is done at the elite level. He is officially a gatekeeper status.

Simple: He was ALWAYS overrated. I told people years ago that he and Prograis would never venture up to 147 while Crawford was still there, and you see why now.

[JonEC]

If we’re being totally honest, he lost to Jack Caterall in their first fight as well. The guy has been high on the smell of his own farts for at least the last three years. I don’t know how on earth he believed he could face any of the upper echelon fighters at 147. Josh 2.0 was a figment of his delusional imagination - just like the victory he was so certain he deserved last night.

[JakeTheBoxer]

It is over man. You had a nice run at 140, but time to hang 'em up.