Official Lara vs Hearn / Taylor vs Truax Rnd by Rnd Thread

[MalikKnucklez]

7-3

96-93.

I don't see how that's not an accurate score. I could even see giving Truax one of the first 5.

I can't disagree with that. I figured from ur initial comment that u meant u had this fight more on the lines of a draw.

Anyway....I think the damage is evident. Taylor's lack of aggressiveness, not being able to walk the guy down with the jab, getting lazy with his combinations in the later rounds, etc. are all indicative of a fighter who's preoccupied with not getting knocked down.

Physically I think he's still able to compete. But mentally he's nowhere near the boxer he was. If anything, the post fight interview confirms that.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

I can see a sad ending coming in Taylor's career. Jermaine needs to retire before someone really hurts him.

He should keep fighting tune ups so we could get more post fight interviews like this one. Gotta admit the **** was funny.

I thought DiBella didn't wanna promote JT any more cause of his health issues? They should do him a favor and stop promoting him even if he got clearance. Would hate to see him get hurt in there. He had his time and it's time to let it go.

[Southpawology]

taylor is going to get brutally KO'd again if he keeps fighting, its inevitable.

[jayjames616]

He should keep fighting tune ups so we could get more post fight interviews like this one. Gotta admit the **** was funny.

I thought DiBella didn't wanna promote JT any more cause of his health issues? They should do him a favor and stop promoting him even if he got clearance. Would hate to see him get hurt in there. He had his time and it's time to let it go.

The interview was funny but JT is delusional. You could see his trainer is considered. He needs to hang it up before somebody retires him.

[Heru]

The thought of the KD being a confidence booster if he survived the rest of the fight seriously went through my mind. JT couldn't have made it any clearer that it was a huge confidence booster for him. The fact that the question and doubt about his possible reaction to ever being hurt again weighing heavily on his mind has been answered, I can see why.

His lack of endurance is worrisome, but I'd give him a serious shot at a win against Sturm. JCC Jr. is a tricky fight though.

[Tmann400]

For people who are questioning why Taylor was all hyped in the post fight interview, think about it, it's common sense. The dude has been KO'd a couple of times and suffered a KD to get up fight on and get the win while also proving to himself he can survive getting dropped or hurt. To us, that's no big deal but to him it's a huge deal.

Also, this Truax guy I think was better then advertised. I mean he has a couple of okay wins over journeyman Echols and Kolle. But, Taylor looked nowhere near as sharp to me as he did in his last fight. I think one of the contributions to that were just how defensive Truax was early on. All that being said, Taylor is a bit of an enigma. He's the kinda fighter that could dominate a top 5 fighter, then look like s.hit against a gatekeeper.

[Tmann400]

The thought of the KD being a confidence booster if he survived the rest of the fight seriously went through my mind. JT couldn't have made it any clearer that it was a huge confidence booster for him. The fact that the question and doubt about his possible reaction to ever being hurt again weighing heavily on his mind has been answered, I can see why.

His lack of endurance is worrisome, but I'd give him a serious shot at a win against Sturm. JCC Jr. is a tricky fight though.

I agree with this. Believe it or not this just might be a blessing in disguise for JT and his fans. I mean he was GENUINELY rejuvenated by what had just happened. I haven't seen that kind of intensity in Jermain's persona in roughly 5 or 6 years. We'll see though