Comments Thread For: Jermain Taylor's Trainer Says Boxer in Prime Form

[Nomadic]

Fighting GGG is not career suicide, it's just suicide.

[MrRolltide91]

Come on now

[Gods We Faked]

Very hard to evaluate him against as an odd of a style as Solimans. He has been brutally stopped 3 times and had a brain bleed, so Im nervous just watching him take punches from my couch.

[boxingfocus]

Very hard to evaluate him against as an odd of a style as Solimans. He has been brutally stopped 3 times and had a brain bleed, so Im nervous just watching him take punches from my couch.

No, it's not. Taylor looked gun shy and low on ideas. He had an immobilized opponent in front of him and was unable to put any kind of attack together.

Worse, he got a decision literally because of 3 knockdowns which were all down to a dud leg. Without those 3 knockdowns, he quite possibly loses. They were a 9 point swing and at least 2 of those rounds he didn't land another telling blow (as if you could call the first 2 KDs telling blows).

Taylor doesn't have the athleticism and energy of youth any more, and his brain has been so dulled by his suffering in the ring that he doesn't seem to have any ring IQ either. So he's got almost nothing except for his talent, which was never off the scale anyway.

[DLee22]

Looked like a shell of himself to me... Cotto, GGG, and Quillin all stop him inside of 9 Rds

[PunchyPotorff]

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Originally Posted by PunchyPotorff View Post
You guys are writing Taylor off too soon. READ: HE WAS CLEARED TO FIGHT AFTER EXTENSIVE TESTS. Geez, and to think many of you won money betting on him. Bunch of fair weather friends here I guess. Hey, I don't wanna see him get demolished either, but fighting N'Dam or Porter next will be doable for Taylor. Unless he has a meltdown, either fight should be victories.

He should have never been cleared to fight again. The brain doesn't regenerate well after being damaged, & is susceptible to further injury. Jermain is not the same, and will be destroyed the next time he fights a top-tier boxer.

Oh wow, sorry, didn't realize we had a brain surgeon posting on this thread. My apologies. HA

[mistermartin]

Foh. This dude is done.

[Hougigo]

I agree actually. I mean, his power punches are unreal.... he was knocking Soliman down without even touching him and punched Soliman so hard, his legs broke.

IMO, #1 not only int he MW division, but all of boxing

[Mr. Objectivity]

the trainer ...............doesnt know what he is talking about............or is clearly just in it for the money.............

[daggum]

well he just beat a prime sam soliman so he's right