Taylor damaged now?

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Personally, I liked the fact that Bernard saved his energy for later rounds. I'd rather watch a guy save his energy early and land more effective and powerful punches in the long run, then watch a guy just throw punches early on and waste his energy right away. It's smart fighting in my eyes. Let your opponent wear himself out and then strike hard. I also see where it cost him in this fight because he let Jermain wear himself out for way too many rounds. He should've started earlier if he wanted to win and he didn't. He'll learn from this and beat Jermain in the rematch.

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Personally, I liked the fact that Bernard saved his energy for later rounds. I'd rather watch a guy save his energy early and land more effective and powerful punches in the long run, then watch a guy just throw punches early on and waste his energy right away. It's smart fighting in my eyes. Let your opponent wear himself out and then strike hard. I also see where it cost him in this fight because he let Jermain wear himself out for way too many rounds. He should've started earlier if he wanted to win and he didn't. He'll learn from this and beat Jermain in the rematch.

I agree. It's nice when a fighter saves himself for the later rounds. But the only problem here is that he let Taylor win almost every round in the process. Is Hopkins the better fighter? Not against Taylor last Saturday night! In the rematch? Hopkins will change some stuff, but so will Taylor. It's a sad time for Hopkins. He's finally met a fighter who can not only outbox him for MOST of the fight, but also withstand his late-round surges.

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Taylor never really outboxed B-Hop, though. He just threw more punches and B-Hop was letting him so he would get tired. Once he got tired, B-Hop worked him over. B-Hop just started to work Taylor too late. They both will learn things, but B-Hop has been around longer so I think he is more intelligent in the fight game and will outsmart Jermain Taylor in the rematch.

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Taylor never really outboxed B-Hop, though. He just threw more punches and B-Hop was letting him so he would get tired. Once he got tired, B-Hop worked him over. B-Hop just started to work Taylor too late. They both will learn things, but B-Hop has been around longer so I think he is more intelligent in the fight game and will outsmart Jermain Taylor in the rematch.

Dude, Taylor was tired. Why can't people get this through their heads? The ONLY reason Hopkins was landing anything was bc Taylor was tired and didn't even try to jab. If Taylor paced himself Hopkins wouldn't of had achance to throw ****.

Outsmart him? Taylor has had half as much experience as B-Hop but he still ended up being smarter in the long run. If I was a Hopkins fan, I would be worried to hell about Taylor actually training to be better than he was last weekend.

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I know Taylor was tired. And that's why he lost the later rounds. In order to be a good boxer you need to PACE YOURSELF. Taylor didn't do that. Taylor didn't end up being smarter in the long run. B-Hop made a mistake. Everyone does it. Just because I were to make a mistake tying my shoe, doesn't mean the kid next to me, who tied his shoes is smarter then me because I knew 1+1=2. He didn't.

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I know Taylor was tired. And that's why he lost the later rounds. In order to be a good boxer you need to PACE YOURSELF. Taylor didn't do that. Taylor didn't end up being smarter in the long run. B-Hop made a mistake. Everyone does it. Just because I were to make a mistake tying my shoe, doesn't mean the kid next to me, who tied his shoes is smarter then me because I knew 1+1=2. He didn't.

Yeah, but your whole argument is based on Hopkins outboxing him in the first place. Taylor was tired in the later rounds and withstood the barrage. Taylor IMO won the first 7 or 8 rounds. Don't you think Taylor wearing himself out and winning most of the fight was smarter than Hopkins turning it on in the 9th round? Well hell yes. That's why he won the fight, no questions asked.

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Taylor wearing himself out in the earlier rounds wasn't smart. Niether was Hopkins turning it on in the 9th round. What if Hopkins would've started to turn it on earlier then the 9th? How would Taylor of handled it if he had already wore himself out? Bad thinking on both fighters parts in my eyes.

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Taylor wearing himself out in the earlier rounds wasn't smart. Niether was Hopkins turning it on in the 9th round. What if Hopkins would've started to turn it on earlier then the 9th? How would Taylor of handled it if he had already wore himself out? Bad thinking on both fighters parts in my eyes.

Yeah but my whole point is that Hopkins was only able to turn it on in the 9th because of Taylor being tired. If he was not tired, Hopkins wouldn't have been able to do much of anything. Taylor basically sat there and waited for B-Hop to throw those punches. Not to mention, he took them well. Let's not forget that Hopkins KO'd Tito and De La Hoya with lesser punches than he hit Taylor with. Taylor deserved that win so much more than anyone since Roy Jones. In the rematch, I'd be terrified if I was a Hopkins fan. Taylor is going to train even harder(as he said personally) and have a mroe effective gameplan. Hopkins NEVER gets beat by anyone in the last 10 years or so. The fact that Taylor, who most people said was too green to fight with him, did exactly that and won the fight. There's no backing up Hopkins this time.

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Yo MannyP, I have two questions for you. How old are you? and Why do you sometimes type normally, and other tymes type a like dis?

I dont see why Marquez would be afraid of Pac, considering he figured him out after that first round, but it may be true. Since he hasnt expressed any interest in fighting Pac again.

i thought this is a taylor thread