If it were 15rds Taylor would of been KO'ed

[Truth]

Looking at the fight Hopkins had plenty of gas in the tank, versus Taylor who just seemed to have ran out of gas, becuase he kind of just faded late. If this fight were 15rds like back in the day Taylor would of gotten laid out in the 13th or 14th rd.

I agree...Taylor was hurt..

[chito]

i agree. taylor's chin is not that good.

[MetalVomit]

quite possibly, however, "if" doesnt count.

[Recluse]

Hard to say. If it was 15 rounds, both would probably train to build up stamina harder. Hopkins would have probably waited till round 12 to get going. Who knows.

But really, who cares?

[Zab Super Judah]

This was Taylor's FIRST BIG FIGHT. He got gassed early, not because of conditioning, but because of inexperience. He didn't pace himself well, he was anxious and therefor tired easier in the earlier rounds.

It had a lot less to do with conditioning, and more with big fight experience. How many times has Taylor even gone 12 rounds? You don't just hop in the ring with Nard and expect to run 12 rounds at the pace he set.

WHY do you think fighters work their way up into longer fights, rather than going 12 rounds early in their career?

That's pretty common boxing knowledge... Wow.

taylor sort of pulled a vivian harris..he was over anxious but taylor still made it 12 rounds

[.::EnRiQuE::.]

i agree. taylor's chin is not that good.

dts the first time I've seen him stunned. u can't say he was hurt cuz he didn't get noodle legs. just cuz a fighter gets stunned twice in a fight against a fighter who has a record of 46-3-1 with 32 wins by KO don't mean he have a bad chin cuz obviously 32 other ppl were KO'd by him. i'd say its taylor's defense that isn't that good, not so much his chin

[A.I. the brain]

Looking at the fight Hopkins had plenty of gas in the tank, versus Taylor who just seemed to have ran out of gas, becuase he kind of just faded late. If this fight were 15rds like back in the day Taylor would of gotten laid out in the 13th or 14th rd.

If it was 15 rounds, Hopkins would also lose. He's gonna start his attack in the 13th rd after giving some rounds to JT. Then he cant take out JT, and he would lose in the cards via split.

[Seven]

If 'if's and but's' were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas. And B-Hop would still be Undisputed Middleweight Champ. But they're not and B-Hop lost because of a ****** ass judge.

[Parodius]

Taylor lost alot of blood, this is the #1 reason he ran out of gas. Hopkins is a dirty fighter, if he think he will KO Taylor, then lets see him get into a brawl with Taylor in the rematch. If he starts brawling from round 1, I guarantee you Hopkins will be Knocked out. Hopkins chin is overrated, if he really gets hit cleanly he will be KO. Again this was a 12 round fight, so stop making excuses for Borekins.

[Seven]

"Borekins." Wow, you really made fun of B-Hop with that one. I hope you feel real proud of yourself. Jermain did lose a lot of blood, yes. But he also spent a lot of energy in the first rounds of the fight. So, it is partially HIS fault too. And B-Hop didn't mean to headbutt him. It was ruled an accidental headbutt. And yes, I know Bernard isn't the cleanest fighter, but then again, niether am I. I like his style of fighting.