When did Jermain Taylor become the fighter he is today?

[dans]

This is a man who was soaring up the middleweight rankings, beat BHop twice, and was at one time considered a P4P type fighter. Where did things go wrong for Jermain? When did his stamina become such an issue?

I remember him fighting Winky Wright and earning a draw simply by out hustling Winky in the 12th round. What happened?

[Mighty_Windir]

Why all the hate to Jermain? He fought his best against an opponent who could have Koed anyone in any second, of couse he had to use that damn jab, it wasn't landindg but to keep that fking monster at bay because he knew if he got caught it was going to be over.

People are quick as **** to critize but let's see you or any of the other super 6 go 12 rounds with Abraham at super middleweight were he is not weight drained like he was at 160.

Goddammit.

[Pugilistic™]

Taylor's stamina issues weren't a concern for Taylor against Wright because Wright was tired late in the fight and didn't have the power to bother Taylor.


When Taylor got in the ring with guys who could punch hard and punch hard for 12 rounds, thats when his poor stamina was exposed.

[dans]

Taylor's stamina issues weren't a concern for Taylor against Wright because Wright was tired late in the fight and didn't have the power to bother Taylor.


When Taylor got in the ring with guys who could punch hard and punch hard for 12 rounds, thats when his poor stamina was exposed.

This is why I think he can beat Ward.

[ИATAS]

Hasn't been the same since:


Sometimes that first KO loss is something some people simply cannot recover from. And look at taylor, he's lost 4 of his last 5 fights. He's broken.

[latin.assasin]

The two fights with the executioner, then the ko loss to pavlik that made his shoulder have a spasm. Hate to say this but he might be has shot as other fighters out there, once you get ko'ed' once or twice its hard not to get ko"ed or have that fear in the back of your head, you heard arthur abraham say, he doesnt really hit hard

[IMDAZED]

The first fight with Hopkins

[Eaner0919]

The first fight with Hopkins

agree with this

I think the moment he stepped up in class, and mind you Hopkins was as high as you could attain for a middleweight, we clearly saw some of the shortcomings Jermain had.

kid is a warrior through and through but was limited and no one could re-engineer him differently

big kudos to him for being a good rep for the sport

[The Gambler1981]

I would agree that it was the Hopkins fights that led to this, he was never really impressive again after those fights.

[S A M U R A I]

Hasn't been the same since:


Sometimes that first KO loss is something some people simply cannot recover from. And look at taylor, he's lost 4 of his last 5 fights. He's broken.

Exactly man. Since the Pavlik fight Taylor lost all confidence.



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