Jermain Taylor's 2005 Schedule!

[TheGreat1]

Other way around.

i don't know, for some reason i see Taylor getting hit with a good shot, gets piss and trying to slug it out with tito, which will end in JT being KTFO. don't get me wrong i really like JT i think he will be a great Champ, as long as he stays away from Tito. i just don't think B-Hop, can beat his style.

[borikua]

PRESS RELEASE: IBF # 1 Middleweight Sam Soliman was ecstatic to learn form his Promoter Dan Goossen that it looks like a bout with Jermain Taylor will materialise hopefully as early as March or April. Soliman said that he has an enormous amount of respect for Taylor and has seen plenty of his fights. We were always confident that our paths were going to collide, so we have been watching him closely for over a year now. He is big – strong – rangy, however I am confident I can handle anything Jermain can bring to the ring. Soliman laughed and went onto say – “the true question that needs to be asked is how will Jermain handle me”? In all seriousness, we know Jermain will be a tough fight but we will be ready for him!

Soliman’s manager Stuart Duncan said that he was pleased to hear that Lou DiBella was considering the bout with Soliman and sees it as a great opportunity to showcase his boxer to America. I have always respected Lou said Duncan and again he has proven that he is prepared to make the hard fights happen. The one thing I will point out is that Sam Soliman is already the IBF mandatory to Bernard – however we welcome the opportunity to take on Jermain and are quite happy to put his mandatory position on the line. Hopkins already has commitments defending his WBC Title and we’ve declared ourselves available to Felix Trinidad to no response – we’d take Maselino Masoe in a heart beat but again it can’t happen, so we want the fight with Jermain. If Sam is a chance to fight Hopkins – the path to him is a win over Taylor. Our Promoter Dan Goossen will hopefully speak and negotiate a deal with Lou later in the week.

Soliman is coming of his 17th consecutive win and has stopped 7 of his last 8 opponents. He took Ray Joval to school mid year in the USA dropping him in the 4th round and has travelled all over the world amassing his 17 victories. Unbeaten opponents are nothing new to Soliman who ducks no one – Nader Hamden (32-0) Sakio Bika – Eric Teymour were all undefeated until they faced Sam. and we regularly travel to their backyard to do it. He has never been stopped in his 36 fight career and has only ever had one standing 8 count which was a flash knockdown which was a result of balance more than the punch. Sam went onto dominate that round and comfortably won the bout. On a likely result / prediction Duncan said confidently that while he respects Jermain for his ability he is confident his charge can take Taylor into unchartered waters. Jermain will think he has fought 3 opponents by the time Sam is through with him. There’s only one way Jermain beats Sam and that’s if the local commission lets him take a chainsaw into the ring with him.

[Miguel Cotto X 23]

Here we go the next David Reid.

[Sir_Jose]

Sam Soliman*rolleyes* oh gawd.

Too Quickly?? are you kidding me? He's being brought along at a snails pace. By 20 pro fights guys like DLH and Mayweather were already world champions.

[jack_the_rippuh]

I think people take the whole ruining a fighter by making him fight big fights too early way to seriously.
I say it's all bull****. I think Jermain Taylor is as ready as he'll ever be to get an ass whuppin by Bernard Hopkins. Why try to make him look better going into the fight, no matter who he tries to warm up with to get to Hopkins...one thing is certain. Hopkins will destroy him..

[tino]

December 28, 2004 - Jermain Taylor's promoter Lou DiBella contacted ********** to give us his undefeated middleweight contenders likely blue-print for 2005. "Bernard Hopkins is fighting Howard Eastman, and Felix Trinidad is likely fighting Winky Wright later this year,so the top two guys we were looking to fight are out of the equation," said DiBella, who later explained that Taylor will return to HBO Boxing After Dark in March or April to face the stiffest test of his career, Sam Soliman. The Taylor-Soliman winner will earn the right to become mandatory challenger to the winner of Hopkins-Eastman. Should Taylor defeat Soliman and bouts with Hopkins and Trinidad still not doable, former WBO middleweight champion Felix Sturm is the man on deck, "We've had several discussions with Sturm's people (Universum) and both sides like the fight. We probably would have done (Taylor-Sturm) first, but they already have something scheduled for March."

lol , his real schedule will be:

1- fight a featherweight tomato can

2-fight a flyweight contender (the biggest test of his career)

and at the end of the year , he will prove he can fight top middleweights by taking on jake lamotta.

[AintGottaClue]

lol , his real schedule will be:

1- fight a featherweight tomato can

2-fight a flyweight contender (the biggest test of his career)

and at the end of the year , he will prove he can fight top middleweights by taking on jake lamotta.

hahahahahahahahahah

[Nkredible]

They are moving this taylor kid way too quickly. I would rather see him fight 5 more good fighters before being thrown in with great fighters like Tito or hopkins.

what?

Man people say that after EVERY fight..dude just got done DOMINATING joppy and he needs 5 more fights before hopkins and trinidad? Give me a break lol..dude is ready to fight either right now...fighting sam and then hopkins is not a bad idea at all. I personally think the only dude thats capable of beating him IS hopkins...if beating him at all....other than that...i truely dont think Trinidad can beat jermaine taylor.

[Mr. Untouchable]

Jermain Taylor's 2005 Schedule!

They are moving this taylor kid way too quickly. I would rather see him fight 5 more good fighters before being thrown in with great fighters like Tito or hopkins.

I agree with you. Taylor is very good, but he needs a little seasoning. He is virtually untested. I believe that right now he is good enough to beat everyone in the division besides Hopkins and Trinidad. He is good but not a phenom, Hopkins and trinidad have been in there with the best and also happen to be the best. In 2005 we might see taylor get knocked out in the late rounds in a fight against the aforementioned.

[LuKahnLi]

If Taylor beats Soliman, that is a real step up. Soliman is damn tough.