Jermain Taylor should comeback as a LightHeavy

[MurderDeathKill]

No he shouldn't. Love Taylor but the man can't fight anymore. It's sad watching guys get hurt who can't let go.

[dstew]

Taylor himself said as recently as a year ago that he would never move up to light-heavy; in his words, "I'm just not that big."

I agree he looked buffer than usual at the end of the Fight Camp episode last night, but he ALWAYS looks bigger between fights. Yeah, he's probably added some muscle but that's what he needed to do simply to SURVIVE at super-middle.

[catalinul]

Would make no sense to move up other than fighting in a weaker division.

But it's been said and done,he said so hismelf he can't carry the weight,he seems smaller than these guys at supermiddle and even as a middle he was being fed junior middles and welters.

[TITO SEVERE]

Would make no sense to move up other than fighting in a weaker division.

But it's been said and done,he said so hismelf he can't carry the weight,he seems smaller than these guys at supermiddle and even as a middle he was being fed junior middles and welters.

I don't think he looked smaller than the guys at super middle weight my nukka. I think he can hold his own his issues are not that he aint got the skills no more it is that he fades in the later rounds as we have seen in 2 of his three last fights. Even against lacy he could have taken him off of there if he pushed it but I didnt think he had the sauce left to grease him up ya feel me brah. He needs to feel comfortable at the weight and getting one fight with Lacy and then jumping into a fight with Froch and then Abraham was not the way to get comfortable at smw. People are saying he is done it is not like he lost to Espino or Gary Lockett he lost to 2 world champions. Nothing to be ashamed of. i don't want to see Taylor hurt either but I think you can define being hurt in more than one way. To go out and retire the way he will if he decides to not come back may be worse on the soul that to actually get hurt. A fighters pride is all he has in some cases.

[The Great Shark]

I don't know man.. Taylor has been hurt too many times and is now suspect of his own chin. Maybe it is a weight issue, I mean he does have stamina problems.

[catalinul]

I don't think he looked smaller than the guys at super middle weight my nukka. I think he can hold his own his issues are not that he aint got the skills no more it is that he fades in the later rounds as we have seen in 2 of his three last fights. Even against lacy he could have taken him off of there if he pushed it but I didnt think he had the sauce left to grease him up ya feel me brah. He needs to feel comfortable at the weight and getting one fight with Lacy and then jumping into a fight with Froch and then Abraham was not the way to get comfortable at smw. People are saying he is done it is not like he lost to Espino or Gary Lockett he lost to 2 world champions. Nothing to be ashamed of. i don't want to see Taylor hurt either but I think you can define being hurt in more than one way. To go out and retire the way he will if he decides to not come back may be worse on the soul that to actually get hurt. A fighters pride is all he has in some cases.

I'm not saying he looked necessarily smaller but at least as physical strength he was not up there.
His issues are not his skills,his skills were always somewhat overrated,it's just that his problems are more acute now.
His stamina has been a problem for years not just recently,he always gets tired,he always goes on the ropes(altough lately he didn't but it still didn't help) when in trouble,he can't hide his right hand after firing his jab(it's that bow and arrown thing Manny Steward talked about),he ain't a big puncher,his chin seems diminished,he's terribly gunshy now,etc.
I like JT but he is undeniably past his prime if not shot.

[Ben_London]

I'm not saying he looked necessarily smaller but at least as physical strength he was not up there.
His issues are not his skills,his skills were always somewhat overrated,it's just that his problems are more acute now.
His stamina has been a problem for years not just recently,he always gets tired,he always goes on the ropes(altough lately he didn't but it still didn't help) when in trouble,he can't hide his right hand after firing his jab(it's that bow and arrown thing Manny Steward talked about),he ain't a big puncher,his chin seems diminished,he's terribly gunshy now,etc.
I like JT but he is undeniably past his prime if not shot.

I agree with most of that except not beeing a big puncher. He's the only man to drop Froch and Pavlik.

[catalinul]

I agree with most of that except not beeing a big puncher. He's the only man to drop Froch and Pavlik.

Yes not finishing them tells you about his bad finishing skills aswell.

But still I can't rate him as a big puncher,he hasn't knocked anyone out in 5 years and certainly not anyneo of note.
IMO he's a good but not tremendous puncher.