Taylor has something to say

[Manny_P]

I think you are overstating how dirty he was in the fight. You want a dirty Hopkins fight then watch him against Echols.

Jermain Taylor was holding plenty of times himself and hit Hopkins behind the head in one round.

I hate to admit it, your sig is right. I've gone 0-2 in my last two big time fights and my predictions are aren't coming through. ****in Ouma and Hopkins.

LOL. jest predict that Pac KO Velasquez in 2 rounds then you'll be on Ma Who Hot list fo sho.


I dint think the fight was REALLY dirty aswell. I'm jest basin it on what Tayler has said as he was the one in the ring wit Hop. And personally I think boxing shoulnt have room fo dirty cheat tricks as it is already an ugly sport in itself.

[legend]

I think you are overstating how dirty he was in the fight. You want a dirty Hopkins fight then watch him against Echols.

Jermain Taylor was holding plenty of times himself and hit Hopkins behind the head in one round.

I hate to admit it, your sig is right. I've gone 0-2 in my last two big time fights and my predictions are aren't coming through. ****in Ouma and Hopkins.

I agree that both fighter fought dirty. If anything Hopkins brought it out of Taylor though. Hopkins is universally known for being dirty. Watch some of Taylor's other fights, he is NOT a dirty fighter. I can point to several of Hopkins fights where he fights dirty. Taylor basically gave him a dose of his own medicine. Why does Hopkins get an excuse, because he's good at it and practices it every fight? You Hopkins fans are sinking fast in the eyes of most on here. The only people bitching about the outcome of the fight are Hopkins and his "loyal" fan club. You don't see the casual fan or even commentators(who usually start all this kind of ****) complaining.

[Dirt E Gomez]

I agree that both fighter fought dirty. If anything Hopkins brought it out of Taylor though. Hopkins is universally known for being dirty. Watch some of Taylor's other fights, he is NOT a dirty fighter. I can point to several of Hopkins fights where he fights dirty. Taylor basically gave him a dose of his own medicine. Why does Hopkins get an excuse, because he's good at it and practices it every fight? You Hopkins fans are sinking fast in the eyes of most on here. The only people bitching about the outcome of the fight are Hopkins and his "loyal" fan club. You don't see the casual fan or even commentators(who usually start all this kind of ****) complaining.

You wont hear the commentators disagree because they want him to lose. Down with boring and old Hopkins. Up with new and exciting Taylor. Taylor also hasn't needed to fight dirty if you look at his opponents. He's dominated virtually every fight he's been in. Take a look at his last when he fought in the undercard for Hopkins.... he didn't have time to fight dirty if he wanted to.

[legend]

You wont hear the commentators disagree because they want him to lose. Down with boring and old Hopkins. Up with new and exciting Taylor. Taylor also hasn't needed to fight dirty if you look at his opponents. He's dominated virtually every fight he's been in. Take a look at his last when he fought in the undercard for Hopkins.... he didn't have time to fight dirty if he wanted to.

I don't get your point. Are you saying Hopkins fights dirty because he fights better opposition? That makes no sense. If he can't fight clean, he can't fight! You're basically saying that Taylor is so good that he doesn't need to fight dirty and that Hopkins has to fight dirty to win most of his fights. You must be forgetting that Hopkins hasn't exactly fought Grade A opposition, similar to Taylor. The difference is that Taylor BEAT Hopkins, albeit a slim margin. I just don't want people to take credit from Taylor, he did EXACTLY what he was supposed to do. He outworked and outboxed the boring Hopkins for most of the fight. When u fight someone with Hopkin's style, you have to outwork him, because all he does is sit there and counterpunch. You people are acting like only a KO of B-Hop would make you think Taylor is worth anything!

[Dirt E Gomez]

I don't get your point. Are you saying Hopkins fights dirty because he fights better opposition? That makes no sense. If he can't fight clean, he can't fight! You're basically saying that Taylor is so good that he doesn't need to fight dirty and that Hopkins has to fight dirty to win most of his fights. You must be forgetting that Hopkins hasn't exactly fought Grade A opposition, similar to Taylor. The difference is that Taylor BEAT Hopkins, albeit a slim margin. I just don't want people to take credit from Taylor, he did EXACTLY what he was supposed to do. He outworked and outboxed the boring Hopkins for most of the fight. When u fight someone with Hopkin's style, you have to outwork him, because all he does is sit there and counterpunch. You people are acting like only a KO of B-Hop would make you think Taylor is worth anything!

I apologize, I'll reiterate my point more clearly. Hopkins has fought twice as many fights as Taylor, so I was partially suggesting he's had many more opportunities to, so obviously it will seem like he has done it more often.

Now as for your post... outworked? Yes. Outboxed? Hahahahah, now that's laughable. Compare the punch stats for each round and look at the damage done to both fighters and come back and tell me who outboxed who. I'll help you with the answer, Hopkins outboxed Taylor. Taylor can win a decision to be considered better than Hopkins, but the last fight was far too close to say he won much. He can have fun as the champ until Hopkins takes it back most likely.

[Stealthic]

Even Toney just said Hopkins was too complacent and let Taylor take it to him early on. And that he is the new champion.