Newsflash: Taylor Gets December 4 date and opponent inside....

[J !]

Well Wez as you know, boxing is a funny game when you are in your early 20s and shifting up the ladder you cant wait for your next fight, no matter who it is, bring em on, ship em in, and carry em out.

When you reach world title contender status you go for that chance, he has been rebuilding against guys who quite simply cant get him up for the fight.


Hopkins would do that for anothehr title shot but I think Hopkins would dismantle him by the middle rounds.

Howard likeable as he is at times is too laid back for his own good. If he had more of a workrate and a bit more agression he could have been a champ for a long time himself. Unfortuantely cos of his nature he tends to wait and hold back a bit.

Basically the fighters he has been up against in his last two fights have been euro level fighters and he cant be arsed would be my guess.

to my mind after such a controverisal loss to Joppy he should have gone for another big name straight off, or a rematch, and made sure.

Instead he took six months off to feed his freakin canaries in Guyana.

Madness.

[Nautilus]

Taylor Gets December 4 date.

By G. LEON

September 29th,2004- Reliable sources have informed **********.com that undefeated middleweight Jermain Taylor will return to hbo on december 4 on hbo. No opponent has been solidified but it will most likely be william joppy, Howard Eastman or sam soliman. Word is though HBO likes joppy, so he is probably the front runner to get the fight.

Look forward to his fight. JT is a real star.

[neils7147933]

Taylor fights Hopkins if and only if Bernard fights a while longer - like multiple years. Calling someone out to doesn't always mean you have any intention of fighting them. See Roy Jones in that dept. How many heavyweights and top contenders as he called out? See also Calzaghe.

Hopkins realizes that Taylor is a lesser draw at this point than a Mayorga, Tarver, Wright, Mosley, etc., so there's less incentive to fight. Most boxing journalists still see Taylor as the "heir apparent" to the division, not an immediate threat.

I can't see the fight happening anytime soon. THIS is what SHOULD be happening - a fight with Joppy. And anything less than a solid 117-111 type win means Taylor needs to step back for a minute and work on his game.

I'll tell you what though - this guy destroyed Raul Marquez. He very well could TKO Joppy. If he does, he should go after what ever belt is the first to strip Hopkins.

[J !]

Surpised no-one has mentioned Sturm as a potential opponent.

[Dark Destroyer]

Surpised no-one has mentioned Sturm as a potential opponent.

To be honest i forgot about him, thats pretty bad really because he is a strong Middleweight fighter. Hmmmmmm that could be interesting although is Jermain at the Sturm level yet or does he need another slight test against someone like Joppy?

[J !]

Well Im not sure Sturm is better than eastman? So if Howard is being touted then sturm should be in the mix.

one disputed loss against an undertrained, opverweight and blase Oscar does not make you the worlds number one contender in my opinion.


Apparently (according to Boxing news havent seen it) Sturm laboured to his latest win.

[Dark Destroyer]

Well Im not sure Sturm is better than eastman? So if Howard is being touted then sturm should be in the mix.

one disputed loss against an undertrained, opverweight and blase Oscar does not make you the worlds number one contender in my opinion.


Apparently (according to Boxing news havent seen it) Sturm laboured to his latest win.

Good points, hmmmmmm Howard should be able to get a good fight surely. With Jermain, Joppy, Sturm and Hopkins surely one of them will fight him.

[J !]

WELL HE IS YET TO HAVE ONE FOR THREE YEARS!

[Dark Destroyer]

WELL HE IS YET TO HAVE ONE FOR THREE YEARS!

There maybe no hope for him at all then if nobody wants to give him a chance.

[J !]

who knows, he didnt do himself any favours in the joppy fight and he hasnt pushed himslef hard enough in his return in my opinion.

But

it would be a great shame for such a talented fighter to have only one shot at the title in his career, a career that has seen him ranked WBC number one for an age. A waste even.