And New!!!!!!!!!!

[RastaSmoker]

UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i said it
Taylor wins by decision. Yes i said that he would win by knockout, buty he still won. UUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[-Antonio-]

According to the commentary Hopkins came on well late. Was it a good fight?

[scooterman320]

Oh yeah, finally, maybe now hop will shut up

[Truth]

Shocking things in boxing don't shock me anymore. I am so used to being shocked...this is nothing to me. I wish Bernard would have won, he should have just retired after Eastman. He is a great fighter that deserves alot of respect. Its too bad it had to end like this...

[Tony Blitz]

Hopkins pulled through on the last 3-4 rounds, I failed to see how that judge scored him 116-114 or something like that, it was clearly Taylor's fight.

[gdblstx]

BH ALWAYS comes on late. Always. He also usually gives away the first few rounds. But Taylor was a little beeter tonight.....watch for the rematch........

[CUFreeze]

And New!!!!!!!!!!

cong**** to a great kid!!

now go home you bitter convict!

[DJ OxXx]

Yup I knew Taylor was gonna win because of hopkins being on the fight night round 2 cover. Anyway, Where would I be able to download this fight? It seems like everywhere I go to download boxing fight off of bittorent trackers they get shutdown. Can someone please tell me an active bittorent tracker website for fights.

[scooterman320]

from espn online:

Unofficial scorecard
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
Hopkins 9 9 9 9 10 9 10 9 10 10 10 10 114
Taylor 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 116



Round 1
Hopkins runs immediately to engage Taylor at the opening bell, then sizes him up. Taylor does the same. Taylor opens first with a left. The action ratchets up after the first minute. Both fighters exchange brief flurries, then revert to taking each other's measure. Referee Jay Nady warns Taylor to obey his commands. Both fighters stay cautious, but Taylor is slightly more aggressive. The round ends with a furious volley of punches by both fighters.
ESPN.com scores it: Taylor 10-9


Round 2
Hopkins and Taylor go toe-to-toe, but Taylor breaches Hopkins' defenses. Hopkins buys time to regroup. Taylor shows his strength early getting in a left and a right to the body. Taylor appears to have the upper hand, gaining confidence. Taylor's jab is more active. Hopkins still isn't out of it, becoming the aggressor briefly. Taylor isn't backing down and stays strong.
ESPN.com scores it: Taylor 10-9


Round 3
Taylor looks to press his advantage, but respects Hopkins' ability to strike back. Taylor gets in two left jabs before Hopkins holds him and tries to get in shots of his own. Taylor is successful in landing his jab, while Hopkins continues to study him. Taylor's physical presence appears to impose on Hopkins, missing on an overhead right. Taylor's left is his bread-and-butter punch at this point, scoring more often. Taylor attacks at the end of the round, securing it with a closing combination.
ESPN.com scores it: Taylor 10-9


Round 4
Hopkins and Taylor start cautiously once more. Taylor has the reach and takes advantage by landing his left jab. Taylor is scoring consistently. Taylor keeps beating Hopkins to the punch, though the 40-year-old Hopkins remains patient. The round lulls until the final five seconds, but Taylor comes through again with a late flurry.
ESPN.com scores it: Taylor 10-9


Round 5
Taylor and Hopkins open the round with more looking than punching for the first minute. Taylor is faster, but sustains a cut on his forehead from an accidental head butt, stopping the action briefly. When the fight resumes, Taylor presses the attack, forcing Hopkins to the ropes. Hopkins scores with a left hook. With a minute left, Hopkins starts in with a combination of his own, then starts taunting Taylor. Hopkins scores with another left. Taylor scores again with a combination, but Hopkins shows he's unfazed. Hopkins appears to gain momentum.
ESPN.com scores it: Hopkins 10-9


Round 6
The crowd gets into it as both fighters stalk each other. Taylor continues to be the aggressor, using his left and stepping forward. Hopkins feints as the fighters reset for another exchange. The cut above Taylor's forehead is an X-factor. Taylor scores with a left, but it did not have much effect. Taylor works the body quickly, though Hopkins again gets out of it. Taylor throws more punches and gets the round based on his greater activity.
ESPN.com scores it: Taylor 10-9



Round 7
Hopkins moves side to side for much of the first minute of the round, but Taylor keeps his eye on him. Taylor manages to be more economical with his punches, but Hopkins still measures him. Hopkins is warned for hitting while holding, but no deduction is taken. Taylor continues to land with the jab. Hopkins respects it, keeping his distance as he awaits an opening.
ESPN.com scores it: Tied 10-10


Round 8
Hopkins cannot afford to continue waiting if he is to win this fight, but gamely sticks to his game plan of patience. Hopkins and Taylor engage in a brief exchange of punches, but neither gains a real edge. More watching, more waiting. Hopkins gets in a left hook. Then more watching, waiting, anticipating. Can Hopkins keep this up? Hopkins is warned again for holding. He needs to make a move.
ESPN.com scores it: Taylor 10-9



Round 9
After another stretch of cautiousness, Taylor gets off an effective combination. Hopkins holds and resets. Taylor has not exposed himself to attack. In fact, as the aggressor, the fight goes more and more his way. Hopkins and Taylor mix it up in the final 20 seconds, but Taylor does not allow Hopkins to get the better of him.
ESPN.com scores it: Tied 10-10



Round 10
The crowd is somewhat subdued as the round opens. Taylor appears to be in control of the bout at this point. Hopkins gets in a couple of shots; Taylor blunts the rally by holding him. Hopkins forces the action again. He scores with a big right to Taylor's jaw. Hopkins presses the attack. Taylor catches Hopkins with an uppercut. But Hopkins has the momentum now. He digs in to take the round strong.
ESPN.com scores it: Hopkins 10-9



Round 11
It's a fight now. Hopkins and Taylor are more intense. And Hopkins appears determined to strike fiercely, like a cobra. Hopkins appears to have more energy, landing more rights to the jaw. Taylor comes back with the left jab. But Hopkins gets to Taylor with a vicious flurry that sends Taylor to the ropes. Hopkins is now fighting with nothing to lose save his undisputed title.
ESPN.com scores it: Hopkins 10-9



Round 12
Hopkins and Taylor know this is it. Hopkins lands with a right. Both fighters brawl briefly before Taylor lands a right of his own. Another Taylor right lands. Both fighters are still standing tall. Hopkins attacks in the final minute with a furious flurry, but Taylor withstands it. Both fighters go at it. Hopkins starts moving around, Ali-like, in the final 30 seconds. Hopkins misses, Taylor hits. Both fighters exchange flurries in the final 5 seconds. The round is close, but Hopkins lands more punches.
ESPN.com scores it: Hopkins 10-9



Taylor wins by split decision to become the new undisputed middleweight champion.

[scooterman320]

from SI.com: Dethroned
Hopkins loses middleweight title in decision to Taylor
Posted: Sunday July 17, 2005 12:42AM; Updated: Sunday July 17, 2005 12:44AM


Jermain Taylor (left) got off to a quick start before holding off the 40-year-old Bernard Hopkins.
AP



LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Jermain Taylor was, indeed, ready for Bernard Hopkins, and he ended Hopkins' record middleweight title winning streak with a split decision Saturday night.

Hopkins had won 20 consecutive defenses, but he started slowly and only got to Taylor late in the fight. By then, the undefeated challenger had built up a big enough lead on two judges' scorecards to take the crown.

Taylor, 26, has won all 24 of his pro fights. It was the first loss for Hopkins, 40, since Roy Jones defeated him 12 years ago.

Judge Jerry Roth scored the fight 116-112 for Hopkins, but judges Duane Ford and Paul Smith both had it 115-113 for Taylor. The AP scored it 114-113 for Hopkins.

Hopkins started very slowly, and the pro-Taylor crowd ate it up. With many in the crowd of 11,992 at the MGM Grand making the trip from Arkansas -- Taylor wore Razorbacks red trunks with Arkansas written across the back -- the fans had lots to cheer about in the first three rounds.

But the chants of "JT, JT" stopped in the fourth when the action slowed, and in the fifth Taylor was cut on the top left side of his head by an accidental butt. It bled for much of the remaining rounds and seemed to slow Taylor for a while.

Hopkins never really opened up full-blast until the 10th, when he followed a series of exchanges with a pair of huge rights. Taylor stumbled into the ropes and held on, and Hopkins looked ready to end it.

But he couldn't, even though he was on the attack in the last two rounds. At the end, Hopkins saluted the crowd by standing on top of the ropes as Detroit Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace joined him in his corner.

But, like Wallace's Pistons last month, Hopkins lost his title moments later.