What the hell is up with all these articles hating on Taylor?

[Dirt E Gomez]

hey dirt. if you whooped my ass for 5 solid rounds, and i ecckked out 7, how wins.


ding ding ding the guy that won more rounds

Hey, that would be taylor huh

Yeah, that would be. But if you show me the fight and try to point out the supposed 7 solid rounds I'll have a good time laughing. There were at least 4 rounds that were virtually toss ups as to little details here and there one might use to favor one fighter or the other. Hence the reason the offical judges, despite all reaching 115-113, didn't have all of the rounds scored the same.

that aint how scorin works.

It's rounds won. That or a KO/TKO.


Hopkins can land MO shots on Jermain, but if he only landed THOSE punches in say 4 rounds of the fight, he aint deserve to win.

I've got an honest question Manny... did you even see the fight? To suggest Hopkins only landed those punches in 4 rounds is ridiculous. I was proving your prior point wrong with my statement by showing that Taylor's "outwork[ing]" didn't really exist.

[Manny_P]

Yeah, that would be. But if you show me the fight and try to point out the supposed 7 solid rounds I'll have a good time laughing. There were at least 4 rounds that were virtually toss ups as to little details here and there one might use to favor one fighter or the other. Hence the reason the offical judges, despite all reaching 115-113, didn't have all of the rounds scored the same.



I've got an honest question Manny... did you even see the fight? To suggest Hopkins only landed those punches in 4 rounds is ridiculous. I was proving your prior point wrong with my statement by showing that Taylor's "outwork[ing]" didn't really exist.

yes

and you aint readin correctly. I said " SAY Hop landed those punches in only 4 rounds" it was an example i used to prove ma point!

[Dirt E Gomez]

yes

and you aint readin correctly. I said " SAY Hop landed those punches in only 4 rounds" it was an example i used to prove ma point!

What point? If hypothetically Hop landed all of his punches in 4 rounds he'd hypothetically lose a UD to his hypothetical opponent? Brilliant as always Manny.

[tracylee]

Your points are definitely valid but it doesn't explain why boxing writers who are supposedly boxing fans on a boxing website are badmouthing this fight so much.

Exactly! It's unprofessional, to say the least. Being able to report the news while being neutral is important. Bashing should be limited to the "opinion" threads where everyone else posts...not the actual articles.

[tracylee]

The only thing Taylor should be insulted by is his own performance, not how others speak of it. He knows he done ****ed up and won decisions that could've gone either way. Taylor needs to step his game up if he truly wants to be the next great middle weight champ and there's nothing wrong with saying so.

Lol, if he won, both times, how exactly did he **** up? Either way, with the fans he cant lose in this situation. The ones that like him keep in mind who he was fighting, and all the other 'more exciting' fights he was in. The haters will keep watching him if only to see him lose. If anyone ****ed up it was Nard...thinking he could ko jermain, and win with his name and career backing alone (first fight I mean..think he knew better the second time around)

[Manny_P]

What point? If hypothetically Hop landed all of his punches in 4 rounds he'd hypothetically lose a UD to his hypothetical opponent? Brilliant as always Manny.

I was teachin you how to properly score a fight in which 4 posts befo YOU SEEMED to don't know how to do........

I said that landing the MORE clean shots don't win you fights. I say "say Hop landed MORE, but only landed then in 4 rounds", DONT MEAN he should be winner.


you brought the way how YOU THINK a fight should be won, I just told you THE RIGHT way.....

[Dirt E Gomez]

I was teachin you how to properly score a fight in which 4 posts befo YOU SEEMED to don't know how to do........

I said that landing the MORE clean shots don't win you fights. I say "say Hop landed MORE, but only landed then in 4 rounds", DONT MEAN he should be winner.


you brought the way how YOU THINK a fight should be won, I just told you THE RIGHT way.....

Yeah, so you're saying in a hypothetical situation a fight should be scored so that Hop loses if he only lands his punches in 4 rounds. This is common knowledge... not a debate point. You're discussing a "what if" in a fight. It serves no purpose and proves nothing.

[Super_Lightweight]

hmm

The bottom line is, people that picked Hopkins to win are now saying Taylor looked unimpressive in beating a guy that they originally said was gonna KO Taylor. ALL of the articles have been slanted anti-Taylor. It's bull****. When Tarver beat Roy in October, there were plenty of articles supporting and not supporting him. Someone should give Taylor credit.

[Manny_P]

Lol, if he won, both times, how exactly did he **** up? Either way, with the fans he cant lose in this situation. The ones that like him keep in mind who he was fighting, and all the other 'more exciting' fights he was in. The haters will keep watching him if only to see him lose. If anyone ****ed up it was Nard...thinking he could ko jermain, and win with his name and career backing alone (first fight I mean..think he knew better the second time around)

Exactly!

Beranrd kept on tryin to convince the public, sayin that he gonna knockout Jermain. He made believers (Dirt E and restless), but that aint good enough.

The funny part is that when you all think bout it, Jermain won both fights fightin IN HOPKINS GAME/GAME PLAN. LOL. Hop wanted a boring, slow paced fight (the ones he excel in) and he LOST in a fight he wanted to fight in.

[Dirt E Gomez]

Lol, if he won, both times, how exactly did he **** up? Either way, with the fans he cant lose in this situation. The ones that like him keep in mind who he was fighting, and all the other 'more exciting' fights he was in. The haters will keep watching him if only to see him lose. If anyone ****ed up it was Nard...thinking he could ko jermain, and win with his name and career backing alone (first fight I mean..think he knew better the second time around)

Oh please. Look at his expression (along with the marks on his face) after the first fight. He looked like somebody had just shot his dog, not like he was confident in a win. Same with the second fight, minus the major bumps and bruises. Did he **** up becaues he won? No, but he ****ed up by not impressing anybody. Can anybody honestly say after watching him fight Hopkins twicer that they were impressed? They might not be depressed, and have hopes, but honestly impressed?

Also, Nard talking about KO'ing Taylor is BS anyways. So a fighter made a claim prefight... and people bought it.... whose fault is that? I didn't believe for a second Hopkins would be ultra aggressive and manage to KO him unless it was a pure lucky counter punch that landed right on the button.