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[EXCLUSIVE] DiBella Drops Jermaine Taylor!
Dibella Drops Taylor
When Jermain Taylor was starched cold from a right hand from Arthur Abraham on October 17th at the O2 Arena in Berlin, Germany, it marked the third time that the Arkansas fighter had been brutally stopped in his career. The instant everyone got a sight of the former Middleweight champion lying on his back many began whispering that it was time for him to call it a day and remove himself from the ‘Super Six’ tournament that he was participating in.
Taylor would insist that he would fight on however and he is next lined up for an April clash with newly crowned WBA Super Middleweight champion Andre Ward in Stage 2 of the tournament. Taylor’s insistence to fight on is admirable but it has also lead his promoter Lou Dibella to issue the following statement that he will be dropping Taylor from his stable of fighters.
“I have just been informed though numerous press reports that Jermain Taylor has elected to continue his participation in The Super Six: World Boxing Classic tournament, and will face Andre Ward in April. It is with a heavy heart, but strong conviction, that I will recuse myself and DiBella Entertainment as Jermain’s promoter.
“Jermain’s career has been outstanding, and it has been a pleasure and honor to promote him. His victories against Bernard Hopkins remain the highlights of my career as a promoter. Jermain is not only a great fighter, but a good and decent man with a wonderful family. It is out of genuine concern for him and his family that I am compelled to make this decision.
“I informed him, as I do all my contracted fighters, that my goal was to help his secure financial stability for his family, maximize his potential, and leave our unforgiving sport with his health intact.
“It is my belief that the continuation of Jermain’s career as an active fighter places him at unnecessary risk. While he is undoubtedly capable of prevailing in future bouts, I cannot, in conscience, remain involved given my assessment of such risk.
“I wish Jermain all the best in his future endeavors. All of us at DiBella Entertainment hold Jermain close to our hearts and consider him and his family part of our family. We wish him Godspeed and continued health.”
One can only imagine what is going through Taylor’s head at the moment. The victim of back to back heartbreaking defeats, Taylor now has lost one of the most important figures in his career. We can only hope that he can somehow muster the mental strength to keep pressing forward despite the recent news.
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When Jermain Taylor was starched cold from a right hand from Arthur Abraham on October 17th at the O2 Arena in Berlin, Germany, it marked the third time that the Arkansas fighter had been brutally stopped in his career. The instant everyone got a sight of the former Middleweight champion lying on his back many began whispering that it was time for him to call it a day and remove himself from the ‘Super Six’ tournament that he was participating in.
Taylor would insist that he would fight on however and he is next lined up for an April clash with newly crowned WBA Super Middleweight champion Andre Ward in Stage 2 of the tournament. Taylor’s insistence to fight on is admirable but it has also lead his promoter Lou Dibella to issue the following statement that he will be dropping Taylor from his stable of fighters.
“I have just been informed though numerous press reports that Jermain Taylor has elected to continue his participation in The Super Six: World Boxing Classic tournament, and will face Andre Ward in April. It is with a heavy heart, but strong conviction, that I will recuse myself and DiBella Entertainment as Jermain’s promoter.
“Jermain’s career has been outstanding, and it has been a pleasure and honor to promote him. His victories against Bernard Hopkins remain the highlights of my career as a promoter. Jermain is not only a great fighter, but a good and decent man with a wonderful family. It is out of genuine concern for him and his family that I am compelled to make this decision.
“I informed him, as I do all my contracted fighters, that my goal was to help his secure financial stability for his family, maximize his potential, and leave our unforgiving sport with his health intact.
“It is my belief that the continuation of Jermain’s career as an active fighter places him at unnecessary risk. While he is undoubtedly capable of prevailing in future bouts, I cannot, in conscience, remain involved given my assessment of such risk.
“I wish Jermain all the best in his future endeavors. All of us at DiBella Entertainment hold Jermain close to our hearts and consider him and his family part of our family. We wish him Godspeed and continued health.”
One can only imagine what is going through Taylor’s head at the moment. The victim of back to back heartbreaking defeats, Taylor now has lost one of the most important figures in his career. We can only hope that he can somehow muster the mental strength to keep pressing forward despite the recent news.
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2...erson-and-more
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