For JTaylor's sake, i hope Dibella's post-fight comments are true

[gnostic19]

You are way off dude. He is a young guy with not that many fights. You act like he's in his prime and will be fighting this same way in a few years. Hopkins wasnt nothing at this age. You dont think the kid will get better every fight? Wasnt Hopkins much better at 35 then at 25? Taylor will win the rematch because he is just too physically gifted for Hopkins at this point in his career

You may be right. That's why i said i hope Dibella is right for Taylor's sake. Then again, i don't think he has the innate, instinctive boxing skills that will make him a "great" fighter. "Good", maybe. "Great", not.

[gnostic19]

The only thing that truely pissed me off about Taylors win is that he did NO damage to Hopkins at all. I wanted to see him land at least 1 huge shot on Hopkins just to see how much power he really had but he couldn't do it.

Right on. In no way did Taylor "test" Hopkins in that fight. Hopkins didn't see anything he had never seen before. You can take Roy Jones out of the mix and the comment still holds true.

[gnostic19]

****in THANK YOU!

God, the kid has had as many fights as Hopkins had TITLE FIGHTS. "Not a natural fighter"...Please dude, the kids the most impressive prospect out there...oh wait, I forgot he's not even a prospect anymore, he's the new middleweight champion of the world. You've never seen him in any other fights have you? Cause if you'd seen his destruction of everyone else you wouldn't question his natural ability.

"and his foot movement ressembles granny baby-stepping her way through the line at Lubby's on Senior Night."

PLEASE don't even try to convince me that Hopkins has great footwork...Just stop.

I have seen like 4-5 of his previous fights. I'm not hatin' on teh young buck. I'm giving an opinion that apparently many people agree with in one sense or another.
Regarding his destruction of previous opponents...yeah, i saw him batter inflated, aged jr middleweights.

[deuce_drop]

The only thing that truely pissed me off about Taylors win is that he did NO damage to Hopkins at all. I wanted to see him land at least 1 huge shot on Hopkins just to see how much power he really had but he couldn't do it.

yeah, so how do you win a fight without landing one significant punch???!!!?? how does that happen.....fix? and that right hand punch that had hopkins going into the ropes, i think in the second round, didn't even land,he trew the right and came around with a left, that missed, and pushed hopkins into the ropes. hopkins might have not thrown as many punches or landed that many in the first 7rds, but the ones he did throw and landed he made them count. also watch the 8th rd again,hopkins should've been awarded that round too! hopkins put the smack down on the inside. when i first saw the fight i gave it to talor, then watching it again, i saw that hopkins clearly dominated the round, fighting on the inside....
all in all, i don't think the taylor did enough to take the belts away, whatever happend to, you have to clearly beat the champ to win on the cards. fading in the championship rounds, getting outworked and almost ko'd, not landing any solid shots, holding on for dear life wins the belts!! i don't get it. hopkins should've gotten the decision i had it 116-112 hopkins. watch the fight again, without the sound of the hbo crew stroking taylor and look for clean and 'effective punching!', without being bias towards taylor and you'll see that hopkins was robbed.....

[nezahualcoyotl]

DiBella said that Taylor "hasn't even scratched the surface" of what he is capable of doing in the ring. Firstly i'm not a Taylor hater or a Hopkins knut-hugger, by any stretch.
To these eyes, Taylor is not a naturally gifted FIGHTER. He is a gifted athlete, but it's easy to see that his skills in the boxing game are forced and programmed, not instinctive.
That overhand right he throws in closer in technique to Mayorga than Hearns, and his foot movement ressembles granny baby-stepping her way through the line at Lubby's on Senior Night.

His upper body movement is robotic...no feints(sp?), dips or rolling with the punches at all. If Hopkins had started throwing that right hand earlier in teh fight we would have been looking at a (T)KO.
Thankfully, for him, the middleweight division is thin as a sheepskin condom. I think that if the Bhop rematch comes off within the next 6 months, though, Hopkins may do to him what he should have done last weekend, even though i did have Hopkins winning the fight.

Very insightful and unbiased opinion GNOSTIC19.

Taylor lacks the killer instinct and natural boxing ability to hang with the MAN. On the other hand, B-Hop has the KILLER INSTINCT AND NATURAL BOXING ABLITY AND DISCIPLINE AND INTELLIGENCE TO DESTROY TAYLOR NEXT GO ROUND.

I feel sorry for Taylor because he's being used as cannon fodder for DiBella to get back at B-Hop. Besides that dont see the rematch changing much. B-Hop will start earlier and finish what he did in the first match.

Is it true Taylor fought the last half of the fight with a concussion? BAD! B-Hop is going to literally kill or end this kid's career! I'm serious I hope Taylor pulls out and gives up his belts to avoid the malicious beating he will inevitably undergoe as a result of a B-Hop rematch.

It was fun to see B-Hop taunt Taylor by wiping his feet against the ring mat, shoulder shruggin after Taylor missed a multi-punch combo and spankin him on his ARSE due to Taylor turning around after B-Hop was opening his can of whoop-ass! LOLZ!

Hey maybe this was all in B-Hop's plans...
To INTENTIONALLY:
1. let the first fight go to Taylor (that would explain his slow start)
2. while beating him up in the process (Gave him a concussion, puffy left eye, and deep cut in the head)
3. Getting the rematch.
4. In the rematch END Taylor's career and KILL DiBella's Cash Cow in the process.

Oh my, my, my how sweet revenge is! ...Mike Jones " Back then they didn't want me, now i'm hot they all up on me!"

R.I.P. Jermain Taylor...sorry