From 2005 to 2009 who had a tougher run than Jermain Taylor?

[breakyourface]

Froch's resume looks better than Taylor's. Not knocking Taylor though, he fought some great battles, shame he's lost it though, he'll never be the same

[ChampBox@PR]

Miguel Cotto easily!@

[El Jesus]

Is this why you go around stalking me and flaming my threads, Kev? Because you make great topics like "Taylor had it really tough, fighting the likes of Kassim Ouma and Cory Spinks."



Great thread, man.

come on anorak youve been here long enough to know that when jermaine fought them they were worth something.

although...they were a chore to watch

[El Jesus]

I've always said this much, but people on here HATED Taylor when he was champion. I think some people never got over the fact that he ended B-Hop's streak. But there's no way in hell Hopkins has a claim to winning either of those fights. He did absolutely nothing for 7 of the first 8 rounds in the first fight. You can't win a fight by only winning 5 rounds unless you score some KDs or get points deducted from the opponent.

He also beat Wright in my opinion. At best, Winky could have gotten a draw, which is what he got.

I thought Taylor was a fine champion. He just didn't knock *****z out, but so what?

part of it was the lack of consistency in his performence, the winky fight, and the fact that he seemed ashamed of himself when he "beat" hopkins.

[Guest]

come on anorak youve been here long enough to know that when jermaine fought them they were worth something.

although...they were a chore to watch

Nah man, I'm not buying that. I have a lot of respect for Cory Spinks, but he's simply not a middleweight.

And even despite the fact that he was at least one weight division above his maximum ability, he still made Taylor look awful, and possibly won the fight. (I can't be sure.... I kept falling asleep for some reason).

[EdWins]

wow. I never realized this TOUGH run Taylor had. It's true, I remember this guy was consistently fighting the best and WINNING most of the time too.

And for what it's worth, even though it doesn't matter anymore but I had Taylor winning the Pavlik rematch. I just rewatched the fight a little while ago as my way of trying to "hype" myself up for tonight's card, and I had it 116-112 for taylor.

I look forward to seeing Taylor's comeback, truly one of the best.