Taylor damaged now?

[dansweeney]

Hopkins by ko in 7 in the rematch, he is gonna come out looking for the ko in his last hurrah

[tino]

i think taylor ' s body is strong young and healthy enough to handle this kind of fight without losing anything .

on the other hand , he seemed like a mentaly broken fighter in the last round AND in the post fight press conference , which is a sign to me that somehow bernard has taken his soul in the last rounds .

[Seven]

Shame Bernard wasn't more in his prime because then people wouldn't have a get out line of "He was old anyway"

No one has used that excuse? B-Hop has the last few fights in him. He won't get old until after he retires.

[Dark Destroyer]

i think taylor ' s body is strong young and healthy enough to handle this kind of fight without losing anything .

on the other hand , he seemed like a mentaly broken fighter in the last round AND in the post fight press conference , which is a sign to me that somehow bernard has taken his soul in the last rounds .

You maybe right but i really really hope not. Jermain is a nice respectable sportman and a ideal champion. If he's the future of the middleweight division then he's going to be a respected one just like Bernard.

[Dark Destroyer]

No one has used that excuse? B-Hop has the last few fights in him. He won't get old until after he retires.

I hope so, i like Bernard alot. There probably isn't a more dedicated fighter over the years like he has been.

[Tha_Greatest]

This fight was all Hopkins from rd. 4 on
I thought the same thing,it was ugly like Trinidad Vs Hokins Or Trinidad Vs Wright but

[scap]

I cant believe how much **** Jermain Taylor has taken for his victory over a guy who had not been beaten in over a decade, this young green rookie who had not been in a competitive or even remotely grueling fight is being tarnished for what???? Winning a close decsion against one of the best middleweights of all time?

I dont ****ing get it????

Damaged goods??? He did not take that bad a beating, **** he didnt even get touched up until late in the fight.

This fight could have gone either way and for anyone to suggest that a robbery took place needs to recheck that definition.

Nard has grown accustom to throwing 15-25 punches a round and against guys like Oscar and Eastman that was just fine, but against Taylor it wasnt, you did not need to be a better fighter than Nard to beat him you just needed to outwork him and for the first half of the fight that is exaqctly what the young green kid did, he outworked NArd.

The remtach will be a u pickem and people who are expecting for NArd to come out and start fast I think will be sorely mistaken, he has never started fast in his career...another thing...if Taylor had a concusion does anyone think that may have had something to do with his performance late in the fight?

No excuses for sure but doesnt this idea about the concussion at least have to be entertained. The kid fought a good fight and for whatever reason ran out of gas and began to get tagged by the master...NArd deserves critizism too, a guy with 20 title dfenses decided that he really didnt neeed to do much in the first half of the fight, he thought that it would not matter...guess what it did matter.

The fight could have gone both ways, it was that close and people who are acting like Jermain is damaged goods need to understand what damaged goods really are...David Reid....Fernando Vargas...those are fighters who were damaged....

Jermain Taylor damaged??? Settle the **** down!

[SilentButViolent]

i really think mentally, it had some bad effect on Tayler. Not too much to damage him and affect his carreer. He wouldnt want a rematch if he really felt something bad on the inside afta the fight.


Wanna know who is a dmaged fighta? Juan Manuel Marquez. That doo dont want none of Pac no mo. That's a great example of how to mentally and physically damage sumbody. You could put Barrera in there aswell. nyahahaha, sorry to fans of these fightas.

you might as well put morales in there too

[Manny_P]

you might as well put morales in there too

nyahaha. Morales wasn't damaged in anyway. He looked good actually. Pac also dint looked damage. Can't wait fo the rematch. Pac will KO Morales , I KNOW IT!

[kallsop]

NArd deserves critizism too, a guy with 20 title dfenses decided that he really didnt neeed to do much in the first half of the fight, he thought that it would not matter...guess what it did matter.

Hopkins was not taking it easy as a strategy. He was avoiding the bombs that Taylor was throwing and fighting very defensively to protect himself. Getting knocked off balance in the second round told Hopkins to keep running. It was only when Taylor got gassed that Hopkins got back into the fight. Hopkins has fought more and more conservatively as he has aged. The guy is smart and knows that going at the younger fighters pace for the whole fight is not possible.

If Taylor trains twice as smart for the rematch, Hopkins will not get a chance. He can run his mouth now but when the rematch begins, Hopkins will be running.

Team Taylor has probably just hired a nutritionist and conditioning coach to correct the stamina problems in this fight. They never expected a 26 year old to burn out against a 40 year old and they will not repeat that mistake.

Get a grip folks. Beating Hopkins once already is not a negative for his confidence. I like that he is humble and talks about where he can improve, instead of the usual "I'm the baddest dude on the planet" insecurity trip.