Is Jermain Taylor a dumb fighter?

[dans]

I mean if you threw 100 jabs and 2 of them got through, wouldn't you change your strategy? It was painful watching Taylor throw that meaningless jab that did nothing but drain his stamina. Why not throw a jab to the body where Abraham was more open?

Watching Taylor fight, one of my friend's and I began to question Jermain's ring smarts. So I ask, is Jermain Taylor a dumb fighter?

[larry x]

dumb is such a strong word..lets just say his boxing i.q isnt over 90

[Sam D. Menace]

when you've been knocked out in brutal fashion twice lets just say you might not have all your brain cells anymore

[Shadow boxer 3]

i was begging for jermain to throw some right hands and some uppercuts between abraham's guard but he just kept throwin those lazy range finding jabs with nothin behind it. but to answer ur question he's not a dumb fighter he just gets outclassed late in fights

[THE REED]

I kept repeating myself the entire fight..

throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right handthrow the right hand

AWESOME!

throw it again... throw it again... throw it again... throw it again

[ИATAS]

a lot of those jabs were getting threw abraham's tight guard. I mean AA's face wasn't bruised up for nothing.

[aristotlemoses]

Yea I would have liked to see some more uppercuts too thrown in there. Abraham wasn't that open to the body though it seemed to me.

[dans]

I kept repeating myself the entire fight..

throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right hand throw the right handthrow the right hand

AWESOME!

throw it again... throw it again... throw it again... throw it again

It was unbeleivable reed, I can't remember being as disgusted as I was with Taylor's performance. It's like he wasn't even trying to win, just keep his distance and stay on his feet for twelve round.

He's faster than Abraham, why didn't he throw more combinations? I know Abraham is powerful and all but my god. You'd think after hitting Abraham's guard for the 500th time he'd throw another punch.

[DrewWoodside]

dumb is such a strong word..lets just say his boxing i.q isnt over 90

He's scared of getting gassed, so he wouldn't let his hands go. He also doesn't want to leave himself open to get countered at all. His strategy wasn't really to win, he was content to go quietly into the night it seems. What's really interesting about Taylor is he's terrible at blocking punches. Every punch AA threw made contact. Taylor frequently partially blocks punches, but he still somehow manages to absorb a fair amount of punishment from the partially blocked punches.

[THE REED]

It was unbeleivable reed, I can't remember being as disgusted as I was with Taylor's performance. It's like he wasn't even trying to win, just keep his distance and stay on his feet for twelve round.

He's faster than Abraham, why didn't he throw more combinations? I know Abraham is powerful and all but my god. You'd think after hitting Abraham's guard for the 500th time he'd throw another punch.

It was frustrating definitely... i was surprised AA didnt start throwing the over hand right, right over the lazy jab...