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

[restless_438]

although i'm not arguing any more , here's the quote to best summarize the fight last saturday:

"All too often, the younger Taylor would throw a brief burst of punches, which looked terribly menacing, and drew applause from the fans and the HBO commentators alike; however, more often than not, it seemed Hopkins was subtly slipping these punches."

[Super_Lightweight]

hmm

Taylor did enough to win and Hopkins was not robbed.

People truly do not understand the term "robbery" if they refer to either fight as such. Both fights were award to Taylor by the judges and in both fights more fans felt Taylor won than Hopkins.

Maybe the Hopkins' guys should look in the mirrow, and they will see the robbers, as they are stealing away all the credit from Taylor.

[tracylee]

But Taylor did not do enough to win. He looked really amatuerish at times. He got confused. It really showed that he had been fed on a diet of overmatched smaller opponents (his one legit contender he faced was an out of retirement old Joppy). He was extreamly lucky he was facing a 40 year old man who just couldn't pull the trigger like he used to. Two years ago Taylor would have been knocked out.

I don't just count rounds on punches thrown. I count a lot for work-rate and punch output, but also a lot for controlling the ring and clean punching.

Apparently he DID do enough to win, TWICE!!!!!! Three judges and a big majority of the public thought so, and thats all that matters. As for Nards age, I love how that became an issue ONLY when he finally got beat. Convenient, but totally expected.
Taylor won, period. Taylor did what nobody has been able to do in 10 yr's, period. Taylor deserves **** loads of credit for that, period. Like it or not, those two fights are a matter of record now, and nothing will change that. People can 'boo' taylors win all they want, but he is the champ....so many are losing sight of the fact that that is indeed the important thing here. Taylor is young, after all, and can only improve from here. Do you not think he'll do just that to keep his titles that he earned? Bernard is the past for jermain now..he matters not at all, and with different fighters (less defensive ones, for one thing) he'll put on better shows and hopefully please the masses (the ones looking for something to complain about) a bit more.