[VID] Taylor talks about Pat Burns return

[Dawerlzgreatest]

mars and venus libra

he should be making music hes a lover not a fighter

[NECK SNAPPER]

jermaine should come back its what he does but taking his time
start with top 50 guys not top 10 for about two years then finish up
his carear with a title belt

[starjammer]

Could anyone begrudge this man an easy fight?

[dstew]

Could anyone begrudge this man an easy fight?

You'd be surprised...

Star, did you catch the full 20 minute interview on radio stations website?
http://www.1037thebuzz.com/media-gal...?GalleryID=756

They got some photos as well:

[dstew]

Also, since this interivew, Taylor has spoken to Pat Burns directly. More details on that story should be available Wednesday.

[SonOfCuba]

favorite personality in boxing, what a great guy

[Mr. Philadel]

cool....can't wait to see JT back in there.....speakin' on how competetive his wife is made me think back to when he was KO'd by Abe she jumped up and screamed for him to GET UP!!!...the way she said it was like DAM!!....any other wife would've turned away and started crying....she showed how tough of a woman she is.....JT is one lucky dude in that sense.....I guess that balance out the bad luck he's had inside the ropes.....never understood why he got rid of Pat, NEVER!!...glad to see them back together tho'

[IIG]

Great interview. Props.

[dstew]

LIKE IT IS: Taylor better off with Burns in his corner
By Wally Hall, Arkansas ********-Gazette

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

LITTLE ROCK — When Jermain Taylor announced on a radio station last week that he was considering teaming up again with Pat Burns, there was a ripple of excitement.

A small ripple.

Taylor was in much demand as the middleweight champion of the world, but since a knockout by Arthur Abraham that landed him in the hospital with a concussion, Taylor has taken a much needed and deserved break from the fight game.

He did a couple of commercials, spent time with his family and pretty much laid low.

It was beginning to look like maybe he was considering retirement.

Then came the surprise announcement about hooking up with Burns, a well-respected trainer in Miami.

Under Burns, Taylor was 25-0 and became the middleweight champion of the world.

Without Burns, Taylor is 3-4-1.

Yet, there are no guarantees Burns is going to jump back on the Team Taylor bus and lead it back to HBO pay per-view fights.

For one thing, Burns would not consider training Taylor without Taylor undergoing a complete medical checkup, including a magnetic resonance imaging of his brain, to make sure he is 100 percent over the concussion he suffered in the last knockout that came late in the 12th round.

Burns has always said he will never put a fighter in a position to hurt himself.

“I care about Jermain too much,” he said. “I care about his wife and kids. I’ve kept up with him since I was fired. You don’t quit caring about someone when you spend five years training them for 25 fights.”

Burns has a reputation of being extremely cautious. Once a person handed Taylor something to drink after a sparring session. Before it was halfway to Taylor’s lips, Burns had seized it and dumped it.

“Might have been harmless,” Burns said, “but I didn’t know the person, and I sure didn’t know what was in the cup.”

Burns was always listed as a co-trainer with Ozell Nelson, who was Taylor’s first coach and mentor.

Apparently something happened between them after Taylor defended his middleweight championship with a much more convincing victory over Bernard Hopkins, who since that fight has moved up in weight and is 5-1.

Burns was fired, but he never fired out. He went back to Miami and continued to train, but the former Marine and Miami policeman quietly kept up with Taylor.

Obviously, Taylor never lost a fight in the 12th round when he was trained by Burns, but since then, three of his four losses were in the final round.

Conditioning had always been one of Burns’ concerns between fights, and Taylor told the ********-Gazette last week, “I know how he is. He’ll work me hard, and I don’t have a problem with hard work.”

Taylor turns 32 in August, and while that’s not prime for a boxer, it is a long way from the final bell, especially if the fighter is serious and works hard.

Yet, it will not be a year since Taylor was last knocked out until Oct. 17, and while some television folks have tried to entice him back into the ring, he has remained strong in his determination to be 100 percent if he comes back.

That doesn’t mean Taylor couldn’t start training, but it does mean Burns would not allow him to spar - and definitely not fight - until he has been 100 percent cleared by all doctors, including a neurologist.

There is only one person who can answer the important question: Why make a comeback?

If Taylor has the desire in his heart like he did in his victories over Hopkins, and even the losses to Kelly Pavlik when his worst enemy was his lack of conditioning, he can be successful again.

At this point, the odds are better of Taylor returning to the top if he and Pat Burns can work it out.

[check hook]

thanks alot for this.......how can any1 not love JT.....???? hope he comes back strong....i don't think i could stomch watching him get brutalised again...........